Zou Shengzu did not arrange my wife and children in too remote areas.What he meant was that the big hermit lived in the city, and there were not many people in remote areas. Suddenly, a family popped up, and everyone knew about it soon. Isn't this directly sent to Japan.

I nodded, settled my wife and Yining—especially Yining, this girl is too restless—we went back to the car.

Before I left, my wife called me: "Yige."

I turned to look at her: "What's wrong?"

The wife smiled slightly, her eyes dim: "It's not too late, change your clothes and go."

I raised my eyebrows again, my eyes touched the hospital gown I was wearing, my heart softened, and I said to Zou Shengzu: "Wait for me later."

Zou Shengzu pouted, shrugged his shoulders, and went to the children's pile without urging him.

The house is a one-story house, a total of six rooms, connected in a row. To put it bluntly, it is two sets of large tile-roofed houses adjacent to each other. It is not grand, it is all built of blue bricks, not painted, and it is not like the outer wall of Dongling. The ancestral house covered with glazed tiles.The wife has never lived in such a dilapidated house in her life, but she lives in peace without a word of complaint.I am extremely guilty, guilty that she followed me in fear and suffered.

Kerosene lamps were burning in the low houses, and the window frames revealed a square of honey yellow, which was not as bright as electric lights.The light was dim, illuminating his wife's face on and off.She dug out a brand new shirt from the bottom of the box, the color of crow blue, soft and smooth to the touch, it is an excellent material, it is the clothes of this season.

She took it over to me and compared it to me, and said, "It's made according to your previous stature, it's a bit big."

I said: "Such a good material, what kind of clothes will you make for me? I don't think you have made any clothes for yourself, but Yining added another outfit."

The corners of her eyes turned red slightly, and she said softly: "You don't care about so much, I'll make this for you, I have too many clothes, I can't finish them all!"

I looked at the new clothes quietly for a while, and said, "Why don't you see you wearing cheongsams, don't you have a lot of them?"

"I can't work in those things, and I'm not a grandma anymore," the wife forced a smile, "He's—how do you say that word—working people now?"

I missed her going to the box, she quickly grabbed my arm and said, "Hurry up and change your clothes, Boss Zou is still waiting!"

I looked at her, and finally, she let go of her hand slowly, lowered her head, and remained silent.

I squatted down and opened the box. It was empty, only a few old underwear, a pair of black cloth shoes, two small coats, and two pairs of cotton trousers.

There was bitter water in his mouth, and his nose was sore as if he had fallen into a vat of vinegar.Suppressing my complicated and turbulent emotions, I asked knowingly: "Where did those cheongsams, coats, trench coats, and jewelry... go?"

The wife's hand on my shoulder was as soft as a feather, but to me it was as heavy as a heavy stone.She put on a bewildered cry, but pretended to be relaxed and said: "Just in case, wait for you to get a new job, and then buy a new one, those on the left and right are old..."

I covered my face with tears dripping from between my fingers.

How beautiful is that pearl necklace worn on her snow-white neck; how graceful is that electric blue cheongsam with the sapphire earrings brought to her from Shanghai...

My wife also squatted down, opened her arms, and hugged my head into her soft and fragrant chest.I was panting with difficulty, like a drowning person, tightly clutching her skirt made of coarse cloth, feeling sincere sadness.

I whispered over and over again: "I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."

My wife picked up my face and habitually went to grab the handkerchief under the armpit, but it was empty, so she had to use her sleeve to wipe my face instead.I murmured, and she responded, "It's okay...what's the matter...why are you crying..."

I moved my head out and wiped my face twice. At this moment, my wife said, "Boss Zou is still waiting, change your clothes quickly."

I nodded and let her wait on me.She smoothed her sleeves, straightened her collar, and finally flattened her shoulder blades. She took a step back, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile, "Why is my husband so good-looking?"

I lowered my head and smiled, rubbing my face: "I'm old, but still look good?"

"Even if you have lost all your teeth, and your eyebrows and hair are all white, you are the most beautiful in the world! But you belong to my family, let them be envious!"

I smiled and said, "Little fool, you are the prettiest..."

The wife pursed her lips and smiled, blushing her cheeks. Under the flickering light, she looked forward to looking beautiful.

I took her hand and brought her to the yard together.While walking, I said to her: "This is Nancheng, just two streets away from the eldest sister's house, very close, you can judge by yourself."

The wife said: "Just restrain the children from going out. From time to time, Li Si will come to deliver some rice, flour, grain and oil." Having said this, she sighed, "Boss Zou has really done his best to us."

But I don't think so, if I said that I used Zou Shengzu's help, I would be very embarrassed.After learning that he is my own elder brother, I took it for granted - which elder brother doesn't miss his younger brother?

But the wife pretended to be angry and said: "Why didn't you react at all? I don't know what you and Boss Zou are doing, I just hope that you will put down your violent temper and don't be so anxious with others. Boss Zou You can still think of us when things go wrong..."

I was slightly taken aback, and said, "Why is he unhappy?"

The wife said: "He didn't tell you?" Seeing that I shook my head inexplicably, she said again, "In the past three years since you left, the government ordered the metal to be handed over, and Yicheng Yining and the others took away all the copper ink cartridges that were left in the school. I don’t know what to do with it. Just like that, all the gold banks have collapsed, and there are still two or three copper banks. As a result, a while ago, the Gongheli Copper Bank on Siping Street said that it sold a copper lunch box. No, the manager They've all been arrested, and they might be designated as 'economic criminals'! Right now, everyone is in danger. Boss Zou's cloth store is no longer selling goods. He puts a few high-end silk as decorations, and there are only two clerks left. I have no energy, and my heart is full of panic when I look at people."

My wife knocked on my chest, and I clenched my fist quietly.

Stepping into the courtyard, I looked at the hidden flowers and said: "...I know about this matter. Now, I don't want to wrong you any more than in the past. If you have something to do, remember to discuss it with Uncle Liu first. If you can't go out, don't go out. When you are away, you have to take care of yourself, this family depends on you."

The wife opened her mouth, but stopped talking.

I know what she wants to ask, she wants to ask me when I can come back, come back to this home, and continue to do her day.

I don't know the answer to this question either.

This night the moon is as round as a silver plate, and we say goodbye under its affectionate gaze.The little girl led Yichen forward, and the little girl looked more and more graceful, with western eyebrows, eyes and nose, and oriental skin and mouth. When she saw me, she was shy and shy, hiding behind her legs, only showing her eyes to look at me.

The little girl pushed Yi Chen out and said, "I don't know you, call me Uncle."

The little girl urged her three times and asked her four times before she heard a soft milk voice: "Uncle..."

I patted her head, wanting to give her sweets, but my pocket was cleaner than my face, so I took advantage of the little girl's film for nothing.Raising his hand, he touched the little girl's head again, hugged her into his arms and patted her, and said, "Brother is useless, I made you suffer."

The little girl burst into tears, and Yi Chen was so frightened that she cried too.I hastened to wipe her tears: "I'm a mother, why do these tears fall as soon as I say it?"

The little girl smiled through tears, gave me a light thump, and said, "Brother, as long as I follow you, it won't be hard."

"You take good care of Yichen, and take care of yourself. It's not easy to help your sister-in-law when you're fine."

The younger sister agreed.I looked up and looked around but couldn't see Uncle Liu, so I asked, "Where's Uncle Liu?"

The wife said softly: "Uncle Liu is still in Dabeiguan, and he said that there must be someone watching over there, and he can't leave completely, lest the Japanese get suspicious, he can stay for a few days."

I "tsk": "Isn't this nonsense!"

The wife said: "Uncle Liu is an old man, and he is more thoughtful than us. What he said is also reasonable. If something goes wrong, there must be a messenger."

I couldn't do anything about being anxious, no one knew where the Dabeiguan was hiding, so I had to suppress my worries.It was getting late, so I called the three children and told them one by one.Yili was not close to me, so he didn't say a word, and he didn't know if he listened to him or not; Yicheng listened expressionlessly, and suddenly said, "Dad, I can go to Japan next year, do you know?"

"know."

"But if you keep going, I won't be able to go."

"You want to go to Japan?"

He pondered for a moment and said: "...the teacher said that Japan is better than Manchukuo. I want to go and have a look."

I slightly bent down and asked him, "Do you know which country you are from?"

"It has nothing to do with which country I am from!"

"I didn't get angry with you, I just asked you, which country are you from?"

Yicheng said, "I'm from Manchuria."

I twisted his bulging cheeks, trying to tell him that he was Chinese, but he was afraid of talking nonsense and being listened to by someone who cared.

So I said, "But your father is not from Manchuria."

Yicheng's eyes widened, and he stayed where he was, unable to speak.

Yining lowered her head, and when I tapped her head, she raised her head reluctantly, her mouth so pouted that a soy sauce bottle could hang on it.

I picked her up, she is 11 years old, she is no longer a little girl, she has a slender waist and long legs, she can say she is married in two years.The weight is not light, I am very tired from holding it, but I am reluctant to let go.

She struggled and said: "Dad, I'm not strong enough, you put me down!"

I put her down and said to her, "Don't be angry, okay?"

She twisted her body: "I'm annoying you, you go away!"

I smiled: "Then I'm really leaving."

She raised her head and screamed loudly: "I'm tired of you, I'm tired of you, I'm tired of you—!"

"Then I'm leaving, you listen to your brother and mother, be honest and don't cause trouble."

She came up to push me, and I was caught off guard. I staggered, sprained my foot, and fell to the ground with my buttocks, which hurt my buttocks.

She came up and kicked twice: "Hurry up, I'm annoying you the most, you should never come back!"

The wife ran up to pull her, and raised her hand to give her two slaps.Zou Shengzu helped me up, and when I was anxious, I grabbed my wife's arm hard, and it hurt her.

The wife cried while scolding: "You white-eyed wolf, I don't know whose food you eat! That's your father! How can you talk to your father!"

Yining suppressed crying and shouted: "I don't have his father! I don't know him! He's not my father! Hurry up, hurry up!"

In the end, I couldn't hear what she said vaguely, it was nothing more than words.She came up to push me again, I grabbed her two little hands and kissed the back of one hand.

She withdrew her hand, rubbed it against her clothes vigorously, and finally cried out, her voice hoarse from crying, but she repeated: "You are not my father..."

The sorrow of parting tonight was too turbulent, I looked at Yining who was flailing his teeth and claws, although I didn't make a sound, I cried too.

The two of us faced each other for a while and dropped the golden beans. I lowered my head and dragged Zou Shengzu away.

Yining shouted from behind: "You are no longer my father!"

The author has something to say: Well, go to the hospital tomorrow, bless me~ If you can’t stay up late, go to bed first, good night everyone!

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