As I walked on the road, I was thinking about what Chen Xian said, although his and Chen Shuang's practices are not worth learning from. However, what he said really touched me. Children who had an unfortunate childhood are very sad, and I am no exception. I left with my master when I was less than ten years old and studied all kinds of Taoism. Although I did not live up to my master’s hard work, I still have a family!
Thinking of this, I suddenly had an idea, that is, go home and take a look!
"Elder brother, do you have time?"
Su Fengfeng didn't know why, and was a little surprised, "Of course there is time, why do you ask?"
"It's nothing, I just want to go home and have a look. I have rarely seen my parents since I entered elementary school. Now I don't even have the slightest impression of where they live. I can only remember a little bit of my grandparents' addresses. .”
Su Feng laughed wildly and said, thinking he understood very well: "Fourth Junior Brother, do you miss your family? Your grandparents feel sorry for you, right?"
But I shook my head and said, "That's not true. My childhood was very unfortunate! My grandfather would either beat me or scold me. He would say that I was lacking souls and stupid every day. My grandma was even more outrageous. She would not let me eat at all times. I was even beaten. Said I deserved it..."
"What, there are still grandparents like this? Although I am not the only boy in the family, at least my grandparents will not treat me as harshly as you. They have never beaten or scolded me. The ones who treat me the most are us. Master." Su Fengfeng didn't quite believe what I said, and even complained about the master.
"I am in the opposite situation to you. The master cares about me the most and has taught me almost everything he has learned in his life."
"If you say this, I won't argue with you. You have a good foundation in Taoism. It makes sense for the master to love you."
Hearing what he said, I felt a little relieved and asked, "What was your childhood like? Did you think I was so dark?"
"No, I'm almost ten years older than you. I was almost an adult when you joined the Yakuza sect. I only joined the Yakuza sect after I finished elementary school. I grew up with my parents. They have always loved me very much, not to mention my grandparents, even if they are from another generation! Hey, fourth child, since you don’t have much relationship with your grandparents, why do you want to go to them? "
I took a long breath and said, "Maybe it's because the chat with Chen Xian just touched my heart. Chen Xian is pitiful. How am I better than him? I am also a pitiful person, very poor." Poor guy, his parents died early, but at least he has a sister who is both a father and a mother. As for me, except my master who loves me, who cares about me?"
"Junior brother, don't think too much. Chen Xian and Chen Shuang went against the grain, and that's why they ended up like this. You must not imitate them. Although your childhood was unfortunate, you still have us. These brothers and sisters also have your Deng Wanwan."
I smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't go astray. I just want to see my grandpa and grandma again and ask about my parents. I want to see my dad and mom even more."
After saying this, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If that's really the case, then I'll be relieved. Okay, I'll go with you."
Just like that, we took a taxi and drove away. According to my childhood memory, we arrived at the 3302 Property Community.
It has been twenty-five years since I left my grandparents. In my mind, this is a narrow street. The houses on both sides of the road are all uniform courtyard bungalows. After so many years, there has been no change at all here. The road was so narrow and even the ground was in dilapidated condition. Compared with the row upon row of modern residential areas, this place is a forgotten corner, incompatible with the modern metropolitan layout.
I took Su Fengfeng here and there, turning around, which made him tired and started to complain to me, "Your family is really hard to find. I don't know how many times I have turned around."
"We'll be there just around the corner. It won't be long. Hey, you've lived in Beijing for so many years. You must know that courtyard houses are valuable. Just tell me!"
"Old Beijing Siheyuan? Hey, let me tell you this. In fact, it is a problem with a long history. Rare things are more valuable, you know? Nowadays, with the rapid development of the city, there are fewer and fewer old things like Siheyuan. What if there are less? La! It seems precious. However, living in a courtyard is not convenient at all. It is really inconvenient. Anyway, I don’t like courtyards. I would rather live in a residential area with convenient life. Moreover, I don’t like it at all. Beijing, those Beijing geeks want to buy a house in the capital, huh, I dare say they will regret it after buying it."
After listening to his complaints, I could only laugh and pretend it was nothing. Sure enough, the authorities are obsessed with it, and most people sneer at what they see and understand. Instead, they have certain illusions about the illusory and unknown things. Once upon a time, I also wanted to have a three-bedroom house in the capital. Now it seems that there is nothing good in the capital!
Finally we arrived at our old house. It was still the same home. Even the door to the small courtyard had not changed. It was still the same rusty iron door.
"Elder brother, this is my hometown. Do you want to come in and sit for a while?"
When Su Fengfeng saw the dilapidated house, he twisted his lips and said, "No, I can't stand your dilapidated house. I'll wait for you outside. You go back as soon as possible! I don't want to wait too long." Long."
"Okay, thirty minutes at most!"
After saying that, I knocked on the door. Who knew that the door was not locked at all, but as soon as I knocked, the door opened.
I walked in without thinking too much, passed through a small courtyard of less than ten square meters, and entered the room. In the house with one bedroom and one living room, I saw an old lady with silver hair struggling to carry a thermos bottle. Pour water into the cup.
Although I hadn’t seen her for more than 20 years, I recognized this octogenarian at a glance. She was my grandma.
"grandmother……"
The silver-haired old lady didn't respond and continued to pour water.
At such an old age, the functions of various organs in the body have also declined, so I shouted loudly again: "Grandma..."
The old man finally heard me and slowly turned her head to look at me, but she couldn't recognize me. Indeed, I was still a child less than 1.4 meters tall when I left. Over the past 20 years, I have grown into a middle-aged man of 1.75 meters tall with a round waist. The changes were so drastic that it was normal for her not to recognize them.
The old man opened her mouth, and only one row of teeth remained on her mandible. She slowly pursed her lips and asked, "Young man, who are you? What are you doing here?"
Looking at my grandma's stooped body, I feel a little sad. Although I was abused by her in various ways when I was a child, I can no longer hate her.
I stepped forward, took the thermos bottle from her hand, filled the glass with water, held it in my hand and helped her sit down.
"Grandma, it's me. Look at me. I'm Zhang Ruoxu! Ruoxu is the grandson who has been beaten by you and grandpa. Several times, you kicked me out of the house and refused to let me eat. Do you still remember? ?grandmother!"
After being reminded like this, grandma seemed to understand a little. She gently stroked my hair with her withered hands, and finally spoke, "Ruoxu, it must have been more than ten years since you left this home, right?" "
"Grandma, you remember wrongly. It has been twenty-five years since I left home! When I left, I was only this tall. Do you remember?" I stretched out my hand to gesture to him.
"Oh, come to think of it, my grandson is already so old! Where have you been all these years? You haven't come to see us either."
When grandma said this, it became clear to me that their lives had not been good in the years since I left. It can be seen from the fact that she lives in this dilapidated house. The furniture is still old-fashioned and none of it has been updated. The appliances in the house have long been broken. The only thing that can be connected to electricity is an old-fashioned landline phone.
I don’t know what happened to this family. I just feel that the grandparents are very pitiful, but they are also hateful.
"Honey, who are you talking to again? Where is my water?"
"Oh, here it comes!"
Grandma agreed and asked me to pick up the water glass and follow her in. "Your grandpa is seriously ill. Please take a look at him."
I followed my grandma into the inner room. My grandpa’s condition was even worse. Not only was his hair all white, but one of his legs was amputated. The disease had tortured my grandpa to the point where he was no longer human. He could only lie on the bed and couldn’t even move around. The ability is gone.
"Grandpa, look at me, I'm back! I'm Zhang Ruoxu!"
"What? Zhang Ruoxu! You are back, your grandson is back!"
As he spoke, grandpa couldn't help but burst into tears and sniffled, "My grandson is back, back! Come, come to grandpa, let grandpa take a good look!"
I sat next to my grandfather, and he looked at me hard with his eyes that were almost blind due to cataracts. He was speechless for a long time. After a long time, he finally said something that made me most gratified.
"Ruoxu, grandpa... grandpa is not a good grandpa, grandpa is sorry for you!"
A man who is about to die has good words. Grandpa's physical condition is so bad, it seems that his time is really running out. I was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.
"Grandpa has always had a wish, which is to have a college student in our family. Your father and your two aunts have not realized my wish. I have placed all my hopes on you, but you are not smart. , you were naughty in school, I know I was being cruel to you by beating you and scolding you, but I did it for your own good!"
Originally I no longer hated Grandpa so much, but what he said made me angry again, and I said directly: "Grandpa, I was naughty, have you ever really cared about what I said? Have you listened to what I said? ? Think about it carefully, when I came back from being beaten outside and told you and grandma, you didn’t listen to my explanation at all. You only said that it was okay for me to touch others and hit them for a while, which was a shame. Then, I went to school I just made a mistake on a small question, and the teacher deducted 50 points from me, making me the last in the class. Also, the teacher said that I would call my parents if I didn't complete my homework. You and grandma couldn't help but beat me if they caught me. The truth is, my homework I was detained by the teacher, so what should I do with my homework? You and grandma never believed in me or liked me."
After saying that, I stood up and walked out.
