"Daddy, why are the people here just like grandpa? We are so conspicuous here!!"
When Li Bu and the others arrived at the airport, there was a group of foreigners at the airport exit, following a white-haired man slowly walking out of the airport.
During this period, a little blond girl in the team couldn't help but mutter to the Chinese people who were surrounded by black hair and changed skins.
Hearing what the little girl said, the little girl's father, a mixed-race man, smiled and hugged her and explained, "Because this is China, of course there are more Chinese people with black hair and yellow skin here."
"Daddy, are we Chinese? Grandpa is Chinese, so shouldn't we be Chinese too?" After hearing her father's explanation, the little girl couldn't help but be curious and asked if she was Chinese.
Here comes the human problem.
Facing his daughter's question, the man smiled bitterly and nodded: "Yes, of course we are Chinese. Although our hair is different from grandpa's, our blood is Chinese."
blood, so we can be considered Chinese."
"Yes, Ruth, your father is right. Although you have registered residence in the United States, you have Chinese blood in your blood, and our ancestors are all here, so we are Chinese.
." After hearing the exchange between his son and granddaughter, the old man in front also smiled and added a few words.
After hearing the old man's words, the little girl Ruth showed a satisfied smile and asked the old man with a smile: "Grandpa, grandpa, didn't you say someone came to pick us up? Why didn't I see some English words?"
Brand?"
"Chinese people prefer to be with Chinese people, so the people who came to pick us up probably thought that our family all have black hair and speak Chinese, so we still have to look at the Chinese characters to see if there is any welcome to us.
Bar....."
When the old man came back this time, he only said that he was coming back with a group of six people, but he did not say that he was bringing back a mixed-race child. Therefore, when he did not see the welcome sign in English, the old man thought that it might be Li Bu and the others who mistakenly thought he was marrying
China’s wife.
And just when the old man thought this, Li Bu and others hurried over and saw their conspicuous group of six people at a glance, and then Li Bu walked over slowly to say hello;
"Hello, are you Lijiawei's family?"
"Yes, I'm Lijiawei!!"
Hearing that Li Bu was speaking in English, the old man subconsciously replied to him in English. After replying, the old man quickly changed his tone and said in Chinese: "Yes, I am Li Jiawei, and these are my family members. You are here to pick me up."
Ours?”
"Hello, Mr. Li Jiawei, I am Li Bu, and this is my brother Li Hong. These two brothers are Li Xiaomu and Li Xiaoye from the same village. We are here to take you home." After hearing the old man speaking Mandarin, Li
Bu immediately began to speak Mandarin and introduced the people on his side to the old man with a smile.
Hearing Li Bu's introduction, the old man quickly turned around and pointed to the people he brought and introduced: "This is my eldest son Kurt, this is my second son Cody, this is my third son Cobo, and this is my eldest son."
Daughter-in-law Nora, this is my granddaughter Ruth."
"Hello, I'm Libu. Wele!!" After listening to the old man's introduction, Li Bu saw that the five people in front of him all had blond hair and blue eyes, so he started to speak English again.
Hearing Li Bu's greeting, the old man's family members immediately smiled and said, "We all actually speak Mandarin. Our family speaks two languages. We speak English when we go out, and we speak Chinese when we are at home...
...And thank you for your welcome. It is our honor to come back and visit here.”
"There are many people here, and the people in the village are still waiting for us to go back, so we should get in the car and go back to the village first, and then chat slowly..." Li Hong and others came up to talk to the old man.
After shaking hands with the family members, Li Bu took the lead out of the airport, got on the motorcade he brought, and led everyone back to Lijiacun.
On the way home, the old man Li Jiawei kept leaning against the car window, looking at the passing scenery outside, hoping to find some memories of his childhood.
Unfortunately, sixty years was too long after all, so he was unable to find any of the ruins he was once familiar with.
Like the old man, the old man's children were also leaning against the window at this time, looking at this strange country, strange urban area, strange environment, and strange everything in front of them.
A few hours later, when the car stopped at the bridge construction site, Li Jiahua, who had been disappointed all the way, finally looked at the river in front of him and became excited; "Hey, I finally found a familiar place. This river has been there for decades, and it is still the same."
Nothing has changed...
Also, our Lijia Village finally has our own bridge. Okay, great, we no longer need to be called the Mountain Wilderness..."
“Because our Environmental Protection Bureau has stricter control, our rivers have not been damaged.
Also, the construction of this bridge only started this year. The total construction cost of the bridge is 7 million, and the decoration of the bridge is 3 million. It is estimated that 10 million will be used to complete the first bridge in Lijia Village." He smiled and said back to the old man.
After that sentence, Li Bu started to join Li Hong and the others, taking them out of the car and walking down the road to the river to take a boat.
After getting on the boat, Ruth, who had never spoken to Li Bu before, suddenly came up to Li Bu, looked at him curiously and asked, "Uncle, uncle, where are you taking us? Are you going?"
In the wild?”
"It's not the wilderness, it's the mountain village. It's the place where your grandfather was born and grew up. Don't you want to go and see the place where your grandfather was born?" Ruth was very cute, so Li Bu always smiled when he replied.
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Hearing that the destination of her trip turned out to be her grandfather's childhood home, Ruth immediately walked up to the old man and said expectantly; "Grandpa, you said your childhood home was really fun. You will take it with you later."
I’m going to have some fun.”
The old man who was looking around was stunned for a moment when he heard Ruth's words. Then he nodded and said, "Okay, after we cross the river, grandpa will take you to see grandpa's childhood home and our old house."
The ancestral home of the Li family!!"
"ele!!"
"ele!!"
As soon as the old man finished speaking, the boat docked, and a warm welcome immediately sounded at the entrance of the village. And this time I don’t know what Li Aiguo and the others thought, but they even produced an English version.
As the welcome sounded, Li Aiguo and Li Wanfu once again acted as representatives and came out to welcome Li Jiawei and the others: "You have worked hard along the way, welcome you home, children of Lijiacun..."
"Go home, go home. I have been away from home for more than sixty years. Today I am finally back. Li Jiawei, Lijia Village, is back..." Like Li Zhongguo and Li Tianhua, I heard the words of welcome from Li Aiguo and the others.
At home, Li Jiawei also began to get excited.
After stepping forward to help Li Jiawei off the boat, Li Aiguo and Li Wanfu smiled and said, "You should know Li Zhongguo and Li Tianhua. They came back from Malaysia one day earlier than you. They are waiting for you to come up and meet them."
Woolen cloth...."
"Li Zhongguo, Li Tianhua, Black Gouzi, Er Laizi, they are still alive?
I'll go, old fellows have a long life, I thought I'd never see those two bastards again in this life... Come and take me to see them..." Upon hearing that the village has its own
As an acquaintance, Li Jiahua immediately became as fast as flying. He completely lost the posture that an eighty or ninety-year-old man should have, and hurriedly followed Li Bu and others into the village.