Taoist Yunxu walked to the dilapidated door and hesitated for a long time. He raised his hand several times and put it down again.
But finally, he mustered up the courage to knock on the door.
The person who opened the door was an old lady with a stooped figure and a cane.
The old lady looked to be in her seventies, her face was full of wrinkles, and her eyes seemed a little bad. She felt like she couldn't see us clearly, and her vision was completely out of focus.
As soon as Taoist Yunxu saw this old lady, he was so excited that he trembled all over.
But he had been brewing for a long time, but he couldn't say a word. He could only stare blankly at the old lady in front of him, his eyes filled with the vicissitudes of life.
I think the many emotions and emotions in his heart at this moment are definitely not something that we onlookers can understand.
After being away for half my life, I came back in my old age.
The most important thing is that this wife is already very old and on the verge of decay. Her youth and youth are long gone, leaving only a rickety body left with the vicissitudes of life.
Under such circumstances, I feel that it is already a miracle that Taoist Yunxu can still recognize him.
"Who are you looking for?"
The old lady looked at us sideways for a long time before she finally saw the person clearly.
"Xiuzhi, I'm back."
Taoist Yunxu said one sentence, and then he fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, crying and feeling guilty.
"I'm sorry for you..."
"Brother, who are you?"
The old lady was completely confused. She quickly came forward with a cane and looked at Taoist Yunxu who was kneeling on the ground with a puzzled face, crying bitterly.
"I am Wenyuan Xiuzhi. When I ran away from home, we had only been married for two years and our children were less than one year old. It was me who harmed you and made you wait for me all your life."
Taoist Yunxu burst into tears and repented from the bottom of his heart.
"Are you Zhang Wenyuan? The son of Zhang Yuan's family?"
When the old lady heard this, she suddenly became a little excited. She quickly helped Taoist Yunxu up and said: "At that time, they all said that you died outside. I didn't expect that you are still alive until now. You came back this time... ....”
The old lady looked at Taoist Yunxu with some confusion.
"I just came back to see you. After all, I have failed you in this life, and I am ashamed of you, mother and son. If I don't come to see you in my lifetime, I will never let go."
Taoist Yunxu said as he wiped the tears from his eyes.
"I'm not Xiuzhi. Mr. Zhang, you are really presbyopic. Even your wife can admit your mistake. Your wife and children have already moved to the city. I only live here temporarily and help take care of this old house." That’s all.”
The old lady poked the ground with her cane and said complainingly.
"Aren't you Xiuzhi?"
When Taoist Yunxu heard this, he was immediately stunned.
Several of us also put our hands on our foreheads, looking like we couldn't bear to look at him.
This Taoist Yunxu is really too careless. You can't even recognize him. Just ask him clearly before talking.
This time it was better, she knelt down and cried bitterly, and said a lot of self-blame and guilt, but it turned out that she was not his wife at all.
Doesn't this make you lonely?
Putting aside whether he was embarrassed or not, Lin Ze and I felt extremely embarrassed just looking at him.
"Is the Taoist Master really careless now?"
Lin Ze bared his teeth and said in a somewhat unbearable manner.
"Actually, it's normal. After all, we haven't seen each other in half my life. I probably wouldn't recognize anyone else."
I quickly helped to smooth things over.
"If you can't recognize it, you can't recognize it randomly. This makes... tsk tsk."
Lin Ze shook his head as he spoke, and then he was amazed again.
At this time, Taoist Yunxu also came over. When he saw us young people, he was so embarrassed that he couldn't even lift his head.
"Taoist Priest, don't be discouraged. Since your wife and children have moved to the city, we can just keep looking."
I quickly comforted Taoist Yunxu.
"Otherwise... forget it and stop looking for it."
Taoist Yunxu said with a troubled face.
"We've come this far, why not look for him? Mr. Aisle, let's go to the city to look for him."
Lin Ze said and walked forward, pulling Taoist Yunxu directly out of the town.
"First of all, where did you move to the city? If you just ran to the city to look for it so recklessly, wouldn't you be looking for a needle in a haystack?"
I shouted quickly.
"It seems so?"
Only then did Lin Ze react, and then ran to ask the old lady again.
"Grandma, do you know where his wife and children have moved to the city?"
"I've been to that place once, but I can't remember it clearly. It seems to be No. 86, Muslim Street. You should be able to find it if you go to Muslim Street in the city and ask around. Xiuzhi's son runs an auto repair department there. .”
The old lady recalled it and said.
"Okay, thank you, grandma."
Lin Ze asked for the specific address and ran back excitedly, then greeted us and rushed to the city.
His positive energy was as if he was going to help him find a wife.
In this way, a few of us rushed all the way to the city, and then found this so-called Muslim Street.
Most of the shops on the street have been closed, leaving only a few barbecue restaurants open.
By this time it was already night time.
We searched all the way along the street and found No. 86 quickly.
This is an independent three-story building, with shops downstairs, people living upstairs, and a yard behind it. It looks pretty good, and the door is decorated in a very grand manner. It is considered a wealthy family, and at least it is well-off.
A few of us looked around outside, and then Taoist Yunxu went up and knocked on the door.
He didn't know whether it was because he had vented all his emotions on the old lady just now, or what, but Taoist Yunxu looked at her now, and he was obviously not so excited.
Accompanied by a sporadic sound of footsteps approaching from far away, the door finally opened.
The person who opened the door was a young man in his twenties, who looked elegant and wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses. He looked like a typical college student.
The young man was probably a little timid. When he opened the door and saw so many of us, he looked obviously nervous.
But he still asked politely, "Who are you... looking for?"
When Taoist Yunxu was asked this question, he didn't know what to say.
Especially when facing such a young man, he couldn't bring his emotions into it.
I think if this is really the home of Taoist Yunxu's wife and children, then this young man is obviously his grandson.
Don't tell me that she's not much different from me in age.
"Is your grandma's name Xiuzhi?"
I saw that Taoist Yunxu really didn’t know what to say, so I had to ask for him.
"I have no idea."
The young man shook his head very decisively, his expression somewhat wary.
