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On the way back, Yuan Ning saw Mr. Xie sitting by the lake alone.He looked at Zhang Xiuyan, closed his eyes and rested his mind. He was a little more courageous than before, and said, "Brother, can I get out of the car and talk to Grandpa Xie?"

Zhang Xiuyan opened his eyes, took a look at Yuan Ning, and told the driver to stop.He looked at his watch and said, "At 05:30, I will go to Xie's home to pick you up."

Yuan Ning wanted to say that he didn't need to come, but he didn't dare to refute, so he nodded obediently.Zhang Xiuyan sat in the car and watched Yuan Ning run to Mr. Xie's side before asking the driver to drive again.

Because of the accident last time, Mr. Xie seldom travels by recruiting blessings. He always asks the nurse to accompany him to the lake, and then sits alone.As soon as Yuan Ning ran close, he heard the big willow tree next to him say, "Is that your grandfather?"

Yuan Ning shook his head.

Grandpa is a very vague shadow in his heart, Yuan Ning only saw it when he was very young.

Not long after he could remember, his grandfather passed away, and the whole family was in chaos.The parents were sad, the second uncle and the second aunt were busy arranging for the funeral, and the aunt quietly held the grandma and said, "You will follow us from now on!" The grandma said straightly, "I know, I know."

As a result, not long after the separation, lightning struck the ancestral hall next to the ancestral house.

When he was sent to grandma's house, it was said that grandpa was angry because grandma's family was unevenly divided.Grandpa loved Dad the most during his lifetime, but in the end he gave nothing to Dad... If Grandpa was still alive, everything would be different!

The big willow tree said again: "Then he is so pitiful. He sits here for a long time every day, and no one has ever come to see him. He used to have a dog who came with him, but now the dog can't come. It is said that it is because of him. Your dog hurt someone?"

Yuan Ning was stunned.He actually didn't understand why he got out of the car, but seeing Grandpa Xie's straight back from a distance made him feel a little uncomfortable.

When the news came out last time, he heard it said that the vicious nanny committed so many crimes that no one found out, it was because those people were indifferent to the elderly at home, and some people even felt that they were freed from a burden.

burden.

Yuan Ning didn't stop, and ran directly to Mr. Xie.

Old Xie's ears were sharp, and when he heard his footsteps, he raised his eyes slightly, as if looking at Yuan Ning, and called out two words accurately: "Ning Ning?"

Yuan Ning exclaimed: "Grandpa Xie, how did you know it was me?"

Mr. Xie said: "Everyone's footsteps are different. Some are light, some are heavy, some are steady, and some are frivolous. You can tell who it is if you distinguish carefully."

Yuan Ning suddenly realized: "So it's like this! I used to be able to distinguish the sound of my parents parking, and the sound of the wheels when the two of them were riding a bicycle was different!"

Xie Lao laughed: "That's it."

Yuan Ning sat on the bench next to Mr. Xie, closed his eyes and felt the sounds around him.In addition to the whispering of the flowers, he also heard the soft sound of the wind, the rustling of the leaves, and farther away, a bubbling artificial spring, from which the spring water kept coming out. , must make the surrounding lake water slightly churning.

Is this the world when the eyes are blind?

He can tell the movement of mom and dad when they come back because he has been waiting for mom and dad to come home.Does Grandpa Xie also hope that someone will come to see him?

Yuan Ning didn't know the answer, but he didn't want to see Grandpa Xie sitting here alone listening to the wind.

Yuan Ning said: "The wind is blowing, Grandpa Xie, do you want to go back?" He moved his buttocks, as if he couldn't sit still, and his tone was a bit eager, "Zhao Fu must be waiting at home."

Old Xie smiled: "You want to play with Zhaofu, right?"

Yuan Ning was a little embarrassed.He said shyly, "Brother, elder brother said to pick me up at 05:30."

Hearing his stuttering address, Mr. Xie said, "It's been so many days in your new home, and you're still not used to it?"

"No," Yuan Ning repeatedly denied, "They are all very good, and they all treat me very well. Eldest brother, elder brother is very good, father, father is very good, mother, mother is also very good..."

"Then why do you always stutter when you call them?" Mr. Xie pointed out the flaws in his words without hesitation.

"I, I was born with it." Yuan Ning became nervous.

"Alright then." Mr. Xie didn't force him, stood up, and stretched out his hand in front of Yuan Ning.

Yuan Ning solemnly held Mr. Xie's hand, and seriously led Mr. Xie back.

If someone usually guides him so carefully and treats him as a useless person who cannot act alone, Mr. Xie will inevitably feel a little uncomfortable.But listening to Yuan Ning's childish "command", Mr. Xie wanted to laugh inexplicably.

The little doll almost tripped over by himself, but still clutched his hand nervously.

The two walked slowly back to Xie's house along the sidewalk.

Zhao Fu rushed out, yelled at them twice, raised his tail straight up, and swung it left and right at them.Yuan Ning boasted: "Thank you grandpa, Zhao Fu is more energetic than last time! And it is also fatter than last time!"

Zhaofu: "...Wow, woof, woof!"

——I am strong, not fat!

Zhao Fu was protesting, but Mr. Xie was very happy after hearing Yuan Ning's words.

Ever since his eyesight failed, old friends always carefully avoided the fact that he was blind, not to mention those relatives who only had money in their eyes, they saw him as blind and regarded him as a useless person , They didn't make any appearances, so that he could see their true colors early.

It was rare that Yuan Ning was willing to tell him what he saw.

Mr. Xie said: "Zhaofu was only one year old when I became blind, and now he is nine years old." He sighed, "I can't even imagine what it looks like now."

Yuan Ning said, "Then why don't you touch it!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Fu immediately ran to Mr. Xie, flicking his tail even more vigorously.

Yuan Ning said: "Zhaofu is flicking his tail, and he is flicking it so hard! I'm really afraid that he will shake his tail off!"

Zhao Fu turned to him and barked at him several times, meaning "I can't shake my tail off"!

Xie Lao couldn't help laughing when he heard Yuan Ning and Zhao Fu "arguing".Just as he was smiling, he felt his hand being held by a soft little hand, and that little hand put his hand on Zhaofu's furry face.

Yuan Ning said: "Grandpa Xie, please touch it! I said that Zhaofu is fat, but it still said no - do you think its face is as wide as two palms of yours?"

Mr. Xie felt itchy and hot in his palm. He touched it carefully and found that it was as wide as two palms closed.He affirmed Yuan Ning's words: "I have gained a lot of weight."

It was rare for Zhao Fu to get close to Mr. Xie, and he didn't care to protest to Yuan Ning, so he stuck out his tongue and licked Mr. Xie's palm.When these hands touched his head for the first time, they were not so shriveled, nor were they so thin.

It's not that it's getting fat at all, it's that the owner has lost weight!

Zhao Fu's eyes were moist.

Yuan Ning rebroadcasted it in real time: "Thank you, Grandpa, it is so happy to be blessed!"

Zhaofu: "..."

Xie Lao's eyes were also red.

In fact, the cautiousness of old friends is not because of his own grudges.

Eyes can't see, don't they have ears, noses - hands and feet?

The world hasn’t changed at all, what has changed is his own mentality—it’s that he himself is becoming more and more negative, more and more decadent, less and less aware of what kind of life he is living, and living like a walking dead.

The darkness in front of Mr. Xie has not diminished at all, but the haze in his heart has dissipated a lot.He opened his arms and hugged Zhaofu, feeling that Zhaofu's body seemed to be bigger than himself.

Mr. Xie said to Yuan Ning: "When Zhao Fu rushed to you that day, he must have frightened you."

Yuan Ning said: "Of course! It's so big, taller than me, and its teeth are so sharp - I had nightmares for several nights after that day!"

Mr. Xie sighed: "You are a good boy." After being so frightened, he was still willing to come to see him and ask for blessings.

Yuan Ning also reached out and touched Zhao Fu's head, and said in a low voice, "I also want to thank Zhao Fu."

Xie Lao was taken aback for a moment and asked, "Why?"

"My mother came to see me in my dream that night, and she still hugged me to sleep!" Yuan Ning said happily, "I haven't seen my mother for two years, I, I miss her. Of course, now my mother, My mother is also very kind to me, but I still can't help but think." Yuan Ning squatted next to Mr. Xie, lowered his head and asked, "Grandpa Xie, is it wrong for me to do this?"

Mr. Xie only knew that Yuan Ning was adopted by Zhang's family, but he didn't know what was going on in Yuan Ning's family.He reached out, groped in the air for a while, and found the little head.

"There's nothing wrong," Mr. Xie reassured. "It's normal for a child to miss his mother, and a husband to miss his wife. I also...I miss my wife very much." Tell me your heart knot, "I used to be very busy, and there were always endless things to do. I felt like I was holding a fire in my heart. I had to burn my whole life in it before I was willing. I have a bad temper, and my creation I always lose my temper when things go wrong, but my wife has always been gentle and never scolded me, she tolerated me and supported me like water, and I never did anything for her."

Yuan Ning didn't quite understand the feelings contained in Xie's old saying, so he just boasted: "Grandma Xie is so kind!"

Mr. Xie said: "Yes, she is so kind, there is no one better than her in the world." Once the chatterbox is opened, all the thoughts that are spoken to outsiders pour out.

Yuan Ning asked curiously, "Grandpa Xie, what did you do before?"

Mr. Xie said, "I am a composer."

"Composer?" Yuan Ning didn't quite understand.

"Have you heard the song?"

"I heard."

"Every song has a certain tune, and that's what I wrote."

"Then Grandma Xie must like listening to songs very much!" Yuan Ning deduced firmly, "She must really like the songs you wrote, Grandpa Xie!"

Xie Lao was taken aback for a moment, inexplicably remembering what happened when his wife was alive.

At that time, every time I heard his new song, my wife's eyes would be filled with a strange brilliance, joy, joy, and admiration—that kind of brilliance never disappeared even during those days when she was lying on the hospital bed.

So, did he ever bring happiness to his wife?

Xie Lao felt that his dead heart seemed to be slowly coming to life, beating vigorously in his dying body.

Mr. Xie said, "Yes, she likes it very much." He stretched out his hand in front of Yuan Ning, "Help me to the piano in the house, and I'll see if I can play it."

Yuan Ning immediately grabbed Mr. Xie's hand firmly: "Okay!"

The old and the young went back to the main house.

Zhao Fu followed them step by step, as gentle as a kitten, for fear of disturbing Yuan Ning and Mr. Xie in front.

When they arrived at the piano room, Yuan Ning accompanied Mr. Xie to grope in front of the piano.

Although unfamiliar, it has not been forgotten.

Xie Lao's hands became more and more flexible.

Sad and long music poured out from his fingertips.

Yuan Ning was fascinated by listening to it, only to realize that the sun was about to set when he came back to his senses.

It's past six.

When Yuan Ning realized this, he stood in front of the wall clock in a daze, staring at the passing hands motionlessly.

it's dark.

Big brother didn't come.

Thunder rumbled outside, and soon it started to rain.