On the snow-white wall in the corner, there is a huge family portrait more than one meter long.
In the center of the picture, three old people are sitting with smiling faces, their smiles are loving and warm.
Then Xue Ling and Cheng Tianyuan stood hand in hand, both of them smiling with happy smiles on their faces.
Standing next to Cheng Tianyuan was a tall, tall and handsome man with facial features very similar to his, gentle and elegant, and a kind face.
Chen Tiezhu recognized him at a glance as Ranran - Cheng Huanran.
Ran Ran is several years younger than me, and she used to like to chase after him and call him to play together.
Standing below him was a boy who was more than half a head younger than him. His eyebrows were somewhat similar to his, with childish eyebrows and a handsome and youthful air.
Chen Tiezhu guessed that he should be the youngest brother Cheng Huanchong.
Next to Xue Ling stood a strong, tall man in his twenties, with a slightly round face and a hearty smile on his face.
Chen Tiezhu couldn't help but think of Yang Yang, the little boy who had always been chubby.
That kid was very naughty, loved to laugh, loved to eat, and swam very fast. He occasionally even had a small dimple in the corner of his mouth when he joked.
The little boy had grown up, and even though he still had a little baby fat, the smile on his face was as cheerful and bright as ever.
Xue Yang was nestling next to his mother, with one hand on the shoulder of a girl. The girl was close to his shoulder, intimate and warm.
Chen Tiezhu's eyes were fixed on the girl's body and face, and he did not move away for a long time.
The chubby little girl in my memory waved her arms at him and giggled, showing her two cute little teeth, and then squeezed his hand without letting go.
Later she learned how to crawl, crawling towards him with a clatter, smiling at him, her eyes as cute as a moon ship.
Then she started to stagger, walking toward him in small steps, her head swaying, and her chubby body also swaying, which scared him so much that he stretched out his arms and guarded her tremblingly, not daring for a moment.
Relax.
Later, she talked to him babblingly, called him "Brother Iron Tou", and liked to hug his neck and giggle happily.
Every time she laughed, he couldn't help but laugh too.
In Chen Tiezhu's memory, the days when he smiled the most were the days when he lived in Ronghua Mall.
And the person who made him smile the most was the beautiful girl in front of him - Xue Xin.
The softest places in my memory seem to be filled with the figure of this girl.
The little girl has grown up, and is no longer chubby and cute, but slim and pretty, with youthful features on her face.
The sparse short hair back then has turned into long black hair.
The round face I had back then has become more pointed and beautiful, but my facial features don’t seem to have changed much.
Her eyes are still bright and lively, her nose is almost the same, and her cherry mouth is almost unchanged.
Therefore, he recognized her the first time he saw her.
His little Xinxin has grown up.
"Iron head?
Ironhead?"
Someone shouted.
Chen Tiezhu was stunned for a moment, then turned sideways - Cheng Tianyuan brought a cup of tea and handed it to him.
"Thank you, Uncle Yuan."
Chen Tiezhu nodded and thanked, and explained: "I have a name in Wen State called Chen Xinzhi.
Maybe I’m used to hearing it, so I haven’t responded promptly in the past two days.”
"Chen Xinzhi?"
Cheng Tianyuan smiled slightly: "It sounds good! It's a good name!"
Chen Tiezhu looked at him with squinted eyes and whispered: "Uncle Yuan, you haven't changed much, you are still the same Uncle Yuan I remember."
"I'm getting old."
Cheng Tianyuan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You just can't remember me before, that's why you say that.
You were still a little boy back then, and you grew into a man in the blink of an eye. How could I remain the same?
Old, really old."
"It's better if your mentality doesn't get old."
Chen Xinzhi’s warm voice.
Cheng Tianyuan smiled and said: "The mentality is pretty much the same, it has always been the same."
Chen Xinzhi nodded: "That's good.
Uncle, I have contacted my mother from time to time over the years, and almost every time I ask her to bring you news that I am safe.
After so many years, I still remember your family’s kindness to me and my mother.
If my wife hadn't saved my mother back then, and you all helped me so much with your money and efforts, my mother and I... would definitely not be where we are today."
When my mother was hospitalized, she was so frustrated that she planned to commit suicide by jumping off the building. If Mrs. Xue Ling hadn't grabbed her mother with her huge belly, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
He probably wouldn't be able to survive without his mother.
If it weren't for their family back then, there would be no mother and Chen Xinzhi later.
"It's been so many years, how do you still remember it?"
Cheng Tianyuan said with a smile: "You have thanked me so many times, why do you still need to remember it all the time?
Fortunately, your mother came to help us at home, otherwise we wouldn't be able to cope with so many children.
I'm just helping you temporarily.
Your mother helped us for several years.
In other words, we should thank your mother even more."
Chen Xinzhi couldn't help but frown when he thought of the past.
Cheng Tianyuan looked at him and whispered happily: "Tietou, you are finally back.
You kid made your mother wait so hard... You must remember to make it up to your mother and honor her in the future."
"I...I'm sorry, mom."
Chen Xinzhi sighed lowly: "Back then, I was so angry that I almost lost my life, which made you all worry about me.
I also missed too much."
Cheng Tianyuan asked sadly: "You must have had a hard time living in a foreign country all these years, right?"
No need to ask, just thinking about it makes me feel scared.
He was a teenage boy who drifted to the south. Later, he was tricked into boarding a boat and smuggled to a foreign country.
Unfamiliar with the place, language barrier, different customs, no money and no food or drink - I can't imagine how he managed to survive alone in Wenguo in the first days! Chen Xinzhi smiled slightly and shook his head: "Fortunately, I got through it.
"
He laughed it off, but Cheng Tianyuan was so distressed that he kept sighing.
"We looked for many places at that time. Uncle Zheng almost broke his leg and your mother almost cried her eyes out.
Not only are people worried that you will lack food and clothing outside, but they are also worried that you will be in danger outside.
Your mother even thought you were dead..." Chen Xinzhi's eyes were slightly red and he whispered: "I'm sorry to Uncle Zheng and my mother... for causing you to be worried and scared.
I tried my best to contact you at that time, but it was all in vain."
In those years, he wandered on the edge of life and death several times. It was the expectations and longing for his relatives that allowed him to survive the pain and gave him the hope and pursuit of living.
His relatives, apart from his mother and the Zheng family, are their entire family.
"What's past is past."
Cheng Tianyuan said warmly: "You have grown up.
Duoduo is thirty years old, and you are twenty-eight and a grown man.
Don’t be impulsive when doing things or thinking in the future, and think more about your family.”
"Um."
Chen Xinzhi nodded respectfully.
At this moment, a delicate and pleasant laughter sounded outside, brisk and cheerful! “Grandma! Grandpa and grandma! Parents! I’m back! I’m back!”