Go to school and after school. Go back to Jiangyue Mansion from Monday to Friday, and go to the Xie family's old house on Sunday. Because I choose to go to day school, I don't have evening self-study on campus, so I study at home... This is the little girl's schedule.
Life after the start of school is as ordinary as usual, like boiled water, with nothing worth describing and savoring.
As for someone, it's even simpler. In the first half of the month, I took the opportunity of the piano store's renovation to take a long vacation. I didn't do anything special during the holiday. I just read books, drank tea, and tidied up the house. Every day.
The most important part of the trip is to go out to a nearby market near dusk in the afternoon. Then wait for the little girl to come back from school. While eating a steaming meal, listen to the latter chirping and sharing interesting campus stories today... Housewife? NONONO,
He is a househusband!
In the second half of the month, the piano store has basically been renovated, but this does not mean that it will open for business immediately. There will always be some time to let the smell go, and you will also have to contact the previous suppliers, re-select products, etc.
All in all, it’s been a great time, the whole month of September. You can’t say that someone didn’t do anything serious, then it’s true that he didn’t do anything serious.
And it’s not all over yet. At the end of September, because the Mid-Autumn Festival is adjacent to the National Day, there are eight days of statutory holidays.
Tangdou Children's Shoes had already made plans and arrangements for this, and even bought the air tickets in advance. The destination was a famous snow mountain scenic spot in China. For a short trip, they were just the two siblings, and their aunt didn't take them with them - well, the latter was because
Too busy to join - but anyway, the regret that someone didn't participate during the summer vacation was made up for.
Rain and dew all touched this spot, but the little girl managed to hold it.
Unfortunately, something unexpected happened just one afternoon before departure. Tangdou's grandmother suddenly fell ill and was in critical condition. The news came from her cousin Tang Rong, who asked the little girl if she wanted to go back for a visit.
Regarding the situation on Tangdou's father's side, I have mentioned it before, so I won't go into details here. I will only talk about the relationship between the little girl and that side, which is not close, and the overall relationship is relatively average.
It's natural, after all, they are separated by two places and not in front of you. No matter how close the relationship is without daily maintenance, it will gradually become alienated. Not to mention that the little girl's situation is quite special. The experience of being an orphan for more than ten years has almost caused her to lose all respect for her blood relatives.
a feeling of.
That is to say, the situation gradually improved after they recognized their relatives. But that was also for the Xie family, not the Tang family on the father's side.
In addition, the Tang family's attitude towards the sudden appearance of Tang Bean was really not taken seriously. When they recognized their relatives a few years ago, the Xie family had notified the Tang family, but in the end those who came were just to seek personal benefits.
His second uncle Tang Yongfa and his cousin Tang Rong.
So later on, the little girl gradually lost interest in this aspect. Apart from making phone calls and sending some things during holidays, the two parties basically had no contact with each other.
It's just that this time the situation is quite special. Birth, old age, illness and death are important matters that cannot be ignored due to emotions and reasons. Therefore, the final result is that the brother and sister's travel plan fell through. Xie Wei temporarily left work and took the little girl to hurried back to visit...
…
As for the Tang Dynasty, well, his status is rather embarrassing. It belongs to the category where you can go, but it is not necessary. In this case, I won’t go.
Lingjiang Airport, boarding gate.
"Don't think too much." Tang Chao touched the little girl's hair and looked at the downcast and hesitant look in his eyes, shaking his head gently, "Not necessarily, maybe it's nothing. Even if it is... there's nothing we can do about it.
matter."
Humans are emotional creatures after all, and they may not realize it at ordinary times, but when facing death, the concept of blood relatives will become clearer. At this time, even some negative emotions that have been accumulated before will become insignificant.
"Remember to call me when you get there."
"Um."
Watching the two figures, one large and one small, disappear in the passage behind the boarding gate, Tang Chao sighed silently and turned towards the airport gate.
Passing by the international flight terminal, my eyes passed by unintentionally. I couldn't help but pause at my feet. In an instant, I returned to normal and continued to walk forward. Until I came to a beverage display cabinet, I glanced at it with my peripheral vision. Well, it was a certain Tietou girl named Ren.
That's right.
The reason why a second confirmation is needed is because of the way the other party is dressed at this time. Contrary to the usual stereotype of a young boy with a crew cut, black Nike sportswear and pull-back shoes, he is playing in the hip-hop style of a bad boy. The shirt is colorful and hung around the neck.
Wearing a dog tag and a naughty baseball cap on his head... Needless to say, he looks quite presentable in one outfit.
If it were Tang Bean here, he probably wouldn't be able to recognize it, and wouldn't dare to shout if he recognized it. But Tang Chao can certainly confirm it, and even give some comments on his outfit, such as - change a pair of socks.
, it’s really hard to wear small pants basketball shoes with mid-calf snow-white cotton socks...
The corners of his eyes twitched, he calmly withdrew his gaze and left.
Needless to say, that magical disguise can only be used for field missions. But what does it have to do with him? Just like that, go wherever you like.
…
The Tang family is in the next province and city, and the flight time is not even an hour. Tang Chao quickly received a call from the little girl and got a general understanding of the situation.
Well, that's bad.
It seems that the old man had a physical problem before, but he did not pay attention to it and never went to the hospital to check it seriously.
This phenomenon is not uncommon among the previous generations. They always think that minor illnesses and pains are nothing and can be overcome by taking some medicine and sleeping. If the younger generation wants to take them to a big hospital for examination, they will be complained and reprimanded.
Waste of money and so on. Until in the end, a minor illness turned into a serious illness, and it was difficult to recover, and it was too late to regret it.
This was the case for Tangdou's grandmother. In fact, when the little girl arrived there, the old man had already been taken back to her hometown from the hospital.
It is self-evident what this means, but the little girl is obviously not mentally prepared for this. She still wants to talk to this somewhat strange grandma about the father she only saw in the photo, but she doesn't want to
It was already too late. So when I called back, my tone was full of hollowness, confusion and at a loss...
Everything in the world is like this, and no one can control it at all. It doesn’t matter if you don’t say it. Let us calm down and temporarily look away and turn to another child who is still on his way.
Tang Chao's guess was correct. A certain Tietou boy was indeed traveling on a mission. But he probably didn't even expect that the latter, who loved to go wherever he wanted, would go very far this time.
After several transfers and a long journey, which took about thirty hours in total, we finally arrived at our destination, an airport in a southern city in Brazil. Then,
"...What, you're here? Isn't it number two as promised... Ha, the rumors are really not believable, Ren Tongxiao, you are quite humorous. Of course I am talking about South American time, how could it be domestic time? Haha...
Ha...you, you, you, aren't you?!!!"
"..."
Well, there was a slight situation, but overall it was still under control. After some exchanges, Ren Buping hung up the phone and walked out of the airport with his suitcase. He looked around and headed to the taxi stand not far away.
"A high-end hotel in the center of the city. If you are in a hurry, please give me a tip!" It was a concise and concise statement.
The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. Of course Ren Buping doesn't speak it, but he can still speak a few sentences in English. At least he is a serious junior high school student and has learned it. Don't worry about whether his accent is bad or whether his grammar is wrong.
It's over when it's not in place.
The taxi driver, a middle-aged fat man wearing sunglasses, was stunned when he heard this. Then he looked up and down at Ren Buping, who was expressionless because he was unsure about his heart. He grinned warmly and made an OK gesture: "GO
!”
Look, isn't this going smoothly? Ren Buping's heart relaxed a little, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.
This good mood lasted for about a quarter of an hour, until the car turned off the beltway, and the street scene outside the window gradually became dilapidated, messy, and dirty.
Ren Buping didn't know much about Brazil except that he seemed to be very good at football, but no matter which angle he looked at it, it was obvious that the area outside the window could not be the city center.
It’s not that you have to stay in a high-end hotel in the center of the city. Of course, you have activity funds when you go out for work, but Ren Buping is not that particular. You must know that before he came to Lingjiang to settle down, he wandered around alone and was used as a bed by the sky and the earth.
It's just a long-distance mission. Choosing a high-end hotel in a prosperous area can avoid unnecessary troubles.
This is the most important thing. But now——
Ren Buping raised his eyes and looked at the driver in the front seat. The latter looked normal. Apart from banging the horn vigorously and lowering the window and yelling a few curse words from time to time, there was nothing strange about him.
Five minutes later, the taxi slowed down and stalled.
Ren Buping turned to look at both sides of the window, at the alleyway walls covered with colorful and messy graffiti, as well as the five or six young men and women who were laughing and playing with switchblade knives, flanking him from behind. He pursed his lips and said nothing...here
Of course there won’t be any high-end hotels!
The middle-aged driver who had put on weight turned around and said with the same enthusiastic face: "Wele to Brazi, Get off the car!"
Ren Buping understood this sentence and did not resist. He followed Shan Ruliu and opened the door.
As soon as he stepped out, a switchblade was placed on his neck.
Immediately, a young woman wearing a denim jacket walked up to him, raised her hand and touched Ren Buping's cheek with a bright smile, and said something in the local language. I didn't understand it. She was probably teasing, which made the young people around her burst into laughter.
.
Then he pushed aside his partner's switchblade, put on the handle and pulled Ren Buping out of the car, then quickly completed the body search and took out his wallet and mobile phone.
On the spot, I opened the wallet compartment and took out a thick stack of reals (Brazilian currency) with large denominations, which my ex had just exchanged at the airport not long ago.
Seeing this, the young woman in the jacket couldn't help but her eyes lit up, and she whistled happily. Then she heard the driver talking, turned around and walked to the trunk to rummage through the suitcase.
At this time, "Wait." Facing the young woman's surprised look back, Ren Buping raised his hand and pointed to the wallet in her left hand, "your", then pointed to the mobile phone in her right hand, and calmly shook his head, "NO."
Both the words and actions are a bit wild, but the meaning is undoubtedly clear: the money is yours, but you can’t take the phone.
Logically speaking, this request is not too much. It is enough to buy a few mobile phones with the cash in your wallet. But unfortunately, the other party obviously does not think so: I have already been robbed, can you reason with me?
The alley was quiet.
Immediately, there was a violent roar. The young man holding the switchblade just now had a gloomy expression and strode over.
The young woman was shocked when she saw this. She stretched out her hand to pull, but she couldn't stop her. She couldn't help but cursed and followed a few steps. She wanted to reach out to dissuade her, but suddenly there was a blur in front of her eyes.
Wow——
A figure whizzed past, and with a bang, it hit the garbage pile in the corner of the alley. I subconsciously looked around, who could it be if it wasn't that irritable companion?
Then I turned my head stiffly, and a palm appeared in front of me. It was still the same flat tone with little emotion, and it was still the same crappy spoken word, "Phone, Please, Thank you."