Strange father and mother (85)

The city of Beijing is filled with snow, and the cold is shrouded in the cold. In the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in the south, there has just been autumn.

At the entrance of the station outside Shenzhen, a young man got out of a black car from nowhere. He was thin. He couldn't see what color it was. He was wearing a wide sweatshirt in the night. He was wearing a baseball cap on his head, with a low brim of the hat. He was carrying a backpack, like most young people, there was no eye-catching. He only looked at his figure, but it was really difficult to tell. He got off the bus halfway through the way. No one would have looked at such a young man. Cars are different from trains. They took cars, especially long-distance buses, at a fork in the middle of the road.

There were many phenomena of getting off the bus, and there was nothing worth paying attention to. He walked down, and then went to the opposite side of the road familiarly. He negotiated with some taxi drivers who were taking care of business here. In remote places, taxis do not have a meter. People say that the price is as much as possible. Sometimes there is more than one customer on the way. But for the convenience of travel, most people are still willing to pay more. This young man is like most people who go out. He talks with the taxi driver for a few words about three or five yuan. In the end, they make concessions. When the young man got on the bus, the taxi turned around and headed towards the city.

The night makes the city look more colorful.

The young man looked at the gorgeous night view outside through the car window. The city has not been back for many years.

The taxi driver is an enthusiastic person. When he saw the customer looking at the city with strange eyes, he smiled and said, "It's not like the past. This city is the same every day. After half a month, two unrecognizable buildings emerged. Young man, I tell you, if the public security family compound you mentioned was not a veteran driver like me, I might not have been able to find it. That area is about to be demolished... The people in the family compound did not know if it had been moved."

Have you moved?

He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. This was the only place that could be called home in his heart. His only concern was only here.

Near! Near!

The convenience store outside the community is still there, and at this moment, the light of the light came out of the store, as if illuminating the way home. After so many years, I just don’t know if the old lady is still there. I don’t know if the popsicles she sells now are still 50 cents. The car stopped at the door of the convenience store, and the young man paid the car money. He watched the car drive away from the dim street lights, and then turned to look at the small shop behind him. The shop had a small door face, and there was a freezer at the door. When he was a child, all the pocket money was contributed to it. Inexplicably, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"What do you want?" The curtain was lifted open, and the old lady with a hunched body walked out of the curtain without raising her head.

The young man seemed to be startled, "No... don't..." As he said this, seeing that the old lady turned around and wanted to go back in disappointment, he said in a silly way: "Then you need an old popsicle."

The old lady waved her hand, "There are no popsicles now, there are small cups of ice cream, do you eat it?" She looked a little regretful.

"Eat!" The young man was a little lost, and some things disappeared with the years.

The old lady handed over a paper cup. The cup was filled with cold ice cream, and a flat wooden stick was placed on it to dig out ice cream to eat. "Take it. Who are you looking for? You are not living in this piece, are you renting a house or looking for someone? You can ask me, I'm familiar with this piece." The old man was as enthusiastic as ever.

Can't recognize yourself anymore? I used to be a regular visitor here. The old lady knew that she was here as soon as she heard the footsteps. He smiled bitterly. I am afraid that my own parents are not easy to recognize now.

He responded a few times, handed over fifty dollars with the ice cream. The old lady took it and seemed to think that the money was a bit too much. She made trouble. She muttered twice, pulled out a shoe box from under the counter and rumbling to find change. While searching, she also muttered: "Who do you want to go to the yard first, and you can find it if you can find it. If you can't find it, you can ask me. The place is about to be demolished, and many people have moved, and the old houses are rented to some people who work to earn rent..."

The young man was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't help but move towards the family yard faster.

The old lady counted the money, but turned around and disappeared. "I don't want the money anymore. Now this young man..." she complained twice. She slapped her thighs as if she remembered something, "Oh... look at my brain, I don't know if it's the son of the old Lei family... Ouch! This is really... a big delay..." As she said that, regardless of the store door was still open, she chased forward.

Lei Hong heard the footsteps and had already disappeared into the dark place. He hid and looked at the old lady like a headless fly. She could vaguely hear her muttering voice: "...I've done something wrong... Lao Lei was soaked in the wine jar all day... I pity his wife... I used to be a decent person..."

Gradually, he couldn't hear it, but Lei Hong's heart hurts as much as a needle.

This person who is sympathized with by a lonely woman should be his mother.

For a moment, his steps to go home became heavier. He stood in the shadow for a long time, smoking cigarettes one after another, until the eyes in his bag were cleaned and he could not take them out. He threw the cigarette box on the ground and looked at the family building where he was.

Most of the windows of the five-story buildings in the family yard were dark. He walked out of the shadows, stood in front of a unit building on the innermost side, looked up at the windows on the third floor, and could see the windows of the living room in the home and the windows of his room. At this moment, the lights in the living room have been turned off, and only the lights in his room are still on.

If he is not at home, there should be no one in the room. Why is the light on? Is it because my parents have moved out? Is the tenant living here? I can't tell whether he is disappointed or relieved at this moment. He tried to lighten his steps and walked up the stairs step by step. The lights in the corridor on the second floor are still not very good, and he will not light up if he doesn't move the footsteps. He just stomped his feet a few times, and the lights immediately turned on. He raised his lips and found a familiar feeling of going home. But then there was a clicking sound in his ears, causing his smile to froze on the corner of his lips. This sound was so familiar that he was stiff for a moment. He heard footsteps down the upstairs again, and then he woke up and turned around and ran downstairs.

"Honghong..." The familiar cry made him pause, and he wanted to escape faster.

The sound of anxious footsteps mixed with the moans of "Ouch". He stopped and turned around involuntarily. The familiar figure came into his eyes, and tears remained without warning.

"Mom..." The name was called "Mom..." thousands of times in my dream, but now I feel it is as important as a thousand gold.

This thin and thin woman who seems to be a little incompetent is her mother who was once as elegant as a white swan?

"Son!" the woman shouted again tentatively.

Lei Hong was so ashamed that he wanted to escape. Is he still her "son"?

No!

If you want to say that the only one who is guilty is this woman.

He wanted to turn around and support her, but his feet seemed to stick to the ground and could not lift a single step. The woman walked over with difficulty, grabbed his sleeve, and shouted: "Son, is it you?"

"No..." He just wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into it. He asked her to see this. How big should this blow be? "No!" He shook his head firmly, "No! No! You admit your mistake. I am not your son..."

"Nonsense!" The child's voice changed a little, but it felt right, "I can admit anyone's footsteps, only yours can't. The light on the second floor is like that. Every time you go home, you will always stomp three times, two short and one long. Every time you get off school, I will open the door for you whenever I hear the stomp of my feet..."

The box of memory opened suddenly, and tears burst down the dam.

"Son, turn around and ask mom to see." The woman pulled him, "Let's go home, mom will make you delicious food."

But what else do I have to go home?

He struggled to pull back his arm that was being pulled back, and the woman seemed to moan in pain again. He turned around and said, "Has he hit you again?"

Under the dim street light, the woman finally saw the child who was thinking about day and night, and her face changed immediately. Her face... Lei Hong quickly lowered the brim of the hat and pulled back the hand that held the woman to leave. The woman grabbed him, "Son... the child... go home with mom!"

It is difficult for a woman to move around and it is very difficult to get up the stairs. The house is still the same, and the decoration of every furniture is exactly the same as when she walked. Including the slippers placed at the door, they were all worn when she was at home.

Sitting on the old sand, he didn't dare to take off his hat. He raised his head and saw the family photo hanging on the background wall of the TV. He restrained his expression on his face and asked in a dark voice: "Where is him?"

The woman pointed to the wall on the other side, "Where is there!"

He turned to the direction of the woman's finger. A photo was hung on the wall, and the altar under the photo was placed on the tribute, "My dad..."

"I died on duty." The woman's voice was very indifferent. It was a good saying. In fact, it was driving into a ditch while on duty. I worked all my life. In the end, I got a death to the line of duty. It was an explanation. After all, this vain could have a part of the pension to ensure a living every year, and he had his own share when he was assigned a house. "Last month's incident..."

Lei Hong stood up and thought he hated him so much that he hoped that he would die a good death. But now the living person in his memory was hung on the wall, and suddenly he felt a little missing in his heart, and it hurts every time.

I'm late.

He knelt dejectedly in front of the photo, kneeling at the woman's feet, "I'm back late! Mom...Mom...Mom...I'm back late..."

The woman cried like rain with tears. She stepped forward and hugged her child, trying to touch his head like he did when he was a child. But as soon as the hat opened, a brown curl poured down. The woman's hands began to tremble, and then her whole body began to tremble, but then everything returned to calm, "It's so beautiful..." She praised, "When I gave birth to you, I was hoping to be a daughter, how beautiful it would be if she was a girl. This... it's so good..."

No matter how calm the words are, they cannot cover up the trembling of the sound.

She felt so distressed. How many knives would she have to be able to become like this now.

A thousand words of sorry, he almost couldn't breathe, "Mom... I was wrong..." It was really wrong, it was outrageous.

No matter how many mistakes you do, this is your own child. No matter what he becomes, this will not change at all.

It started to rain outside the window at some point, drizzling, covering the whispers of the mother and son in the house.

When the rain stopped and the sky was clear, the sound of birds sounded, Lei Hongcai was startled and looked embarrassed. "Mom..." His tone couldn't help but hesitate. She had injuries on her body, old injuries from learning to practice dancing in the early years, and old injuries from being beaten by her drunk father over the years. He should take her to the hospital for a good examination and then go to the sanatorium for recuperation. This is all his responsibility. But now? It's really time for me to leave.

This time I leave, I may not be back this day.

"You still have to leave?" The woman showed reluctance on her face, and she was even a little panicked and helpless, but then she seemed to understand something, and she hesitated for a moment, and finally became firm. The child's appearance is like this in a city where acquaintances are everywhere. If you want to live a normal life, the further you go, the better. "... Then go." She said so hard, "Mom gives you an address, which is the address of our new home. It's said that it should have moved long ago, but I'm afraid that you can't find your home when you come back, so I've been waiting here..." Staying here, living the bed where my son once slept, "But now, it's better, for so many years, I'll wait until you come back. You have to remember where your home is. No matter when, don't forget that your mother is waiting for you at home..."

My heart that is so cold that I think I am invincible is soft. I have reflected on the first time I have been thinking about whether what I have done over the years is worth it.

"In two days..." Lei Hong's voice was firm, "In two days... someone will arrange for you to have a physical examination and treatment. It was all arranged by me, so you don't have to worry about anything." As he said that, he took out a card from his bag, "This is an account opened in a Swiss bank. Please take the money in it, don't be reluctant to leave. I don't lack money..."

The woman hesitated for a moment and then put it away, "Mom saves it for you..." The child has become like this now, and I don't know what to do in the future. If I meet someone who can stay with me until old age, it is luck. If I can't meet it, I can't have a child. What should I do when this child gets old in the future? Nothing is more realistic than money.

Lei Hong's mouth moved, squatting in front of the woman, buried her head in her arms for a long time without saying anything.

The woman was relieved, "Go! Mom is fine, don't worry when you go out..."

Lei Hong's nose was sour, he raised his head and forced his tears back, then stood up and turned around and left. He opened the door and stepped out of the threshold. He stopped. He didn't have the courage to turn back. He knew that as long as he turned around, he might not be able to leave today.

"Remember where home is. Remember to come back." The woman's voice choked, but she was not forced. It seemed that her son still remembered her, so she had already made her feel particularly satisfied.

Lei Hong responded in a silence and quickly left. He didn't dare to look back. He knew that there was always a vision behind him following him.

Leaving the city in the morning light, his eyes gradually darkened.

The phone in his bag vibrated, and he answered the phone without making a sound.

"Why don't you talk? I kept calling you last night and didn't answer. Where are you now?" The sound of the call that used to make people feel warm, but now it feels particularly harsh. A long time ago, he regarded him as his father, as an elder, as a mentor of life. He respected and loved him, and he kept saying that he treated himself as his biological son. Even if something happened like that, the relationship between the two changed, and he never doubted this concern. But what about that saying, falsehood is false after all, and no matter how it is said. Mom never seeks rewards for herself, but what about him?

I have paid too much for this feeling. And what has he given me?

The corners of his mouth raised, and a sarcastic smile appeared, "What's wrong? Didn't you say you want me to do something private now, to pay tribute to my father, and then... I'll go."

There was a pause over there, followed by a long sigh, "Your father? He... let's mourn."

She smiled again, "Would you like to pay tribute to your father?" Just an excuse. I'd better not go to his grave to anger him. The fate between father and son has ended in this life. I hope I won't meet you in the next life. She calmed down and said "um" to the phone, waiting for the other side to speak.

"Ah Hong! Don't rush to go..." The other party's voice sounded a little tired, "I didn't sleep all night last night, and I always felt sorry for you. If I really trap you, I will live in regret for the rest of my life. Really! You are really not an indifferent person in my heart. When talking about relatives, there is no one except you..."

Lei Hong's heart swayed with his words for a few times, then became firmer again, "What do you mean now?"

"I mean, come back first." Deng Kun leaned against the head of the bed, looked up at the ceiling, "Come back first, let's talk about the future. Wait and my phone number..."

That means things have changed and there will be some things that can be used to you in the future.

Lei Hong responded with a smile, and he was so natural to speak. After hanging up the phone, a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes. Only when she gave willingly, no one could force herself to give anything. But now she seemed not so willing.

Just as I was thinking, I heard the taxi driver ask, "Sir, where are we going now?"

"Let me down at the intersection of Gaolu." Lei Hong looked at the traffic flow and replied.

On the highway, there are many long-distance buses to Beijing. You can find any one that you like, which is convenient and comfortable to ride in secret and ride a ride. You can get to the place all the way, and you don’t have to worry about anyone checking it.

"Come to Beijing?" Lao Liu raised his eyebrows and told the other end of the phone, "I'll stare..."

I hung up the phone and scratched my head. I didn’t know if it was summoned by Deng Kun or the other party came here privately, but I have to say that this guy is bold.

Thinking of this, he picked up the phone and called Lin Bo again, "...Be careful, it's nothing wrong, don't ask Tongtong to go out. If there are not enough bodyguards at home, you can say something..."

So Lin Yutong's life became even more difficult. Sometimes it wasn't OK to have a meal alone with the Fourth Master.

"You are honest and obedient, such a person is the most dangerous." Lin Bo insisted very much. No matter how Lin Yutong was twisted, it was useless.

The Fourth Master was like the son-in-law of the Lin family who was hired by the Lin family. He came back on time to have dinner here after work. Seeing that Lin Yutong was really bored at home, he comforted him and said, "Don't worry, I have already beaten someone to pick up Lei Hong's mother. The conditions in the sanatorium here are good..." So, there is no danger if you wait a little before going out.
To be continued...