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But before Jiang Ye said that he wanted to take his family on a trip, he was serious.

Half a month has passed, Jiang Ye's job has stabilized, and Tang Li's shop has also been renovated.

This day, while everyone was sitting together for dinner, Jiang Ye put down his chopsticks and suddenly suggested, "Mom and Dad, Tang Li, why don't we go outside together for the next rest day?"

Tang Daihe and Jiang Shaohui looked at each other, both hesitant, but there was still some expectation on their faces.

"It's not impossible..." Tang Li murmured, blinking his eyes, "Brother, where do you want to go?"

Jiang Ye thought for a while, and slowly uttered two words: "Go home."

Speaking of which, it is true that I have not returned to my hometown for many years.It just so happens that life has settled down now, and while the parents and the goat still have the strength to travel far, let the family go home together.

However, there are still some concerns.For example, Jiang's father's travel problem, or goats.

While the family was discussing, Tang Li happened to see the goat lying on the sofa with half-closed eyes, looking drowsy.He squatted next to the sofa and looked at the goat carefully.Under the light, the goat's hair has turned white.It is old and not as vibrant as it was when it was young.Tang Li stretched out his hand to stroke the goat's head, its reaction was also much slower, its eyelids drooped a few times and closed again.Tang Li looked at it and suddenly felt a little sad. How long can the goat stay with him like this?

Jiang Ye came over at this moment, Tang Li looked up at him:

"Brother, the goat can't take the long-distance bus with us."

Jiang Ye also squatted down beside the sofa, and stretched out a big hand to gently stroke the back of the goat.He sighed, and only said softly, "It's getting old."

Tang Daihe thought for a while and said, "How about we rent a car?"

The two brothers raised their heads, and Jiang Ye nodded in agreement: "Yes, I can drive. My hometown is not too far away, and we should be able to get there in half a day by car. It will be convenient for Dad and the goat."

"I can also drive." Tang Li's expression was also very happy, "Brother, I will switch driving with you, and we will be there in a while."

So it was decided.The family of four began to pack their luggage, Jiang Ye was in charge of renting a car, and Tang Li was in charge of preparing the backpack.

It has been a long time since the family of four traveled together like this. Everyone was very excited, and even the goat enthusiastically bit his toy and wanted to take it away with him.I still remember that a long time ago, Tang Daihe and Jiang Shaohui took their brothers from their hometown to travel in the city where they are now settled.Unexpectedly, after so many years, the direction of their travel just changed.

Fate is a circle.

The journey is not long.The family rented a van with an empty back seat for Papa Jiang's wheelchair.During the period, the goat got motion sickness a few times, which made Tang Li very distressed. Fortunately, he got off the car and healed a lot.The service station has food and toilets, and it is not a torment to stop and go along the way.When Jiang Ye was driving, Tang Li sat in the back humming songs to the family and sharing homemade snacks.

They arrived at their hometown in the evening.

My hometown has changed a lot.Many large shopping malls have been newly built on the bustling Central Street, and the small bridge across the river where the family used to go for a walk has also been renovated and built into a modern and beautiful bridge.At night, the neon lights of the city light up the night sky.

As soon as you get off the bus, you will feel refreshed by the fragrance of the hometown, and every place you pass by is full of memories.

After the luggage was settled in the hotel, the family went out, found a restaurant to have a meal, and then walked around casually.

Although the appearance of my hometown has changed a lot, fortunately, those classic old shops remain the same.

Jiang Ye took the lead, Tang Daihe pushed Jiang Shaohui, and Tang Li led the goat.The family took a warm walk.When passing by a familiar street, Jiang Ye unexpectedly found that the milk tea shop that he used to frequent when he was a child is still there.He immediately bought four large cups of red bean pudding milk tea.Plug in the straw and sip, the familiar sweet taste immediately wakes up the sleeping taste buds.

The goat watched everyone drinking milk tea, and wagged his tail expectantly.Jiang Ye smiled, and went to the convenience store next door to buy a bag of beef jerky, and fed it to the goats.

"It's still the same old taste." Jiang Shaohui took a few sips of milk tea and sighed.Tang Daihe also nodded, with a nostalgic expression on his face, "I remember Jiang Ye liked to drink this kind of sweet milk tea when he was a child, and he even took Tang Li to drink it with him."

Jiang Ye and Tang Li looked at each other, and they both laughed.Jiang Ye said naturally: "I like it very much now too." They stood in front of the milk tea shop, only to find out that the new store manager is the old store manager's daughter.

"It's good if you like it. You haven't come here for a long time. I remember that time, you were still in high school, and this little brother was only this tall. It's been so long in a blink of an eye. Today I brought my uncle and aunt back together ?” The store manager smiled and gestured on his chest with his palm, and handed them an extra cup of original milk tea, “Okay, this is for you. In the future, I have to go home and have a look.”

Tang Li took the gift of milk tea and smiled at the girl.Jiang Ye's eyes were hot for a moment: "Sister, you... still remember us."

The store manager smiled gently.

A family of four walked side by side in People's Park.The original empty small square has now been neatly planned and built into a small garden.Grandpas and aunts practicing Tai Chi, playing chess and chatting, chasing children flying kites, students wearing doll clothes and handing out leaflets... A gentle smile bloomed at the corner of Jiang Ye's mouth.

"Here... I still remember. I used to teach you how to ride a bicycle here." Jiang Ye watched Tang Li take two steps, turned around and said excitedly to Tang Daihe and Jiang Shaohui, "Parents, you Do you know? Tang Li used to learn how to ride a bike, but he couldn’t ride it well at first, and then he fell down, right here, sliding down this slope... Then he was so angry that he ignored me for several days, hahaha. I bought several Only a pancake can be coaxed."

"The first time I fell, it hurt," Tang Li also recalled, "I still remember the pain."

"You're like a little tyrannosaurus baring your teeth." Jiang Ye smiled, and suddenly reached out and picked up a branch on the ground, and threw it out forcefully, "Goat, go and pick it up!"

Looking at the little back of the goat staggering and running hard, the whole family showed knowing and warm smiles.

The goat bit the branch back carefully and placed it in Jiang Ye's palm.Jiang Ye patted the goat's head and said "good boy" three times.The goat shook its tail happily, and Jiang Ye continued to recall: "Later, we went to eat delicious food together, and you gradually forgot about it. Then you love to eat delicious food with me , milk tea, pancakes, kebabs, stinky tofu... Sometimes food festivals are held in the square, and every time we eat it, our mouths are full of oil. At that time, we often took goats out to play. I don’t know if the goats still remember this place ?”

"Wang!"

As if answering Jiang Ye, the goat wagged its tail.

Tang Daihe and Jiang Shaohui seemed to be recalling a long and soft memory, both of them had nostalgic smiles on their faces.Tang Li also laughed.It turned out that in a blink of an eye, they had grown up for so many years.The carefree time of childhood seems to be just yesterday.

The sun is shining these few days, and the family went to all the familiar places for sightseeing.The brothers' school is still in the old place, but the facilities and buildings have been updated for a round. The four of them almost got lost while walking on the campus.It is said that the city is developing rapidly now, with small changes in three years and major changes in five years.It has been almost ten years since they moved.

They also returned to their original home.As a result, the old city was completely demolished this year due to renovation.The old houses fell down, and green belts were built.The two brothers stared dumbfounded. Even the goat seemed to remember the appearance of his hometown, and it raised its tail and roared a few times in the air.

Jiang Shaohui had the deepest emotion. He had worked conscientiously as a policeman in this small town for 20 years, married a wife and had children in an ordinary way, and happily guarded their small family with Tang Daihe.But now the old house has been rebuilt, and all the old houses have been bulldozed.A strange new building has been built, but it seems that those green memories will never come back.

"It's all overthrown..." Jiang Shaohui sighed and muttered, "People and scenery are not what they used to be."

The hearts of the family are empty, but fortunately, the good memories will never fade.

The four of them stood blankly in front of the newly built green area. Jiang Ye suddenly joked with a smile: "If we move a few years later, maybe we can get a large amount of demolition money. Then everything... will be different Alright."

As a result, fate likes to play tricks on people so much.

However, life is actually good now.To put it another way, if there hadn’t been such an experience at that time, perhaps Jiang Ye and Tang Li would not have been able to become independent so early and achieve what they are today; he might not have been able to realize the importance of his younger brother to him and learn to cherish it. Tang Li would not have become the stable and considerate adult he is now, who spoiled Jiang Ye to the sky, and unknowingly attracted his full attention... Naturally, they would not have so many precious memories up.

Tang Li said suddenly: "Brother, there is one more place I really want to go."

"Huh? Where?"

Tang Li turned his face sideways, looked at Jiang Ye seriously, and slowly said a place name: "...do you still remember?"

Of course Jiang Ye remembered.

That was their "secret base" when they were young - the deserted monastery.When they were young, the two brothers often rode bicycles to the monastery for picnics and games.Later, Jiang Ye made a girlfriend, and the three of them went to the monastery together, and left a lot of good memories.Because the temple has been abandoned for a long time, it is usually inaccessible.So the children naturally proudly regarded that small piece of pure land as their secret garden.

But I don't know if there are any developers who have taken a fancy to that land and changed it to an unrecognizable appearance after so many years?If so, that would be a pity.

The two brothers drove the car with mixed feelings and wanted to go there to have a look.Tang Daihe and Jiang Shaohui were also very curious about the "secret childhood base" that their son had never mentioned, so they followed along.

As a result, halfway through, Jiang Ye found that the previous road had been blocked.How to take a new path?A search for navigation seems to make a big bend.Tang Li got out of the car directly, and asked a resident on the side of the road for directions.After listening to their stories, the enthusiastic passers-by laughed and vaccinated them: "Tell me there! A few years ago, I was really attracted to it, and it was contracted to build a scenic spot. Now it's much better." Tourists! It is almost becoming one of the representative scenic spots in our small town. The road you mentioned seems to have been blocked three or four years ago. Now if you want to go to that scenic spot, you have to take the main road."

Jiang Ye and Tang Li looked at each other in blank dismay, and the entanglement between them still happened.Although it is much better to be a scenic reserve than to cut down trees and build buildings, but the little treasure that has been hidden for many years no longer belongs to them alone, and they are still a little bit disappointed in their hearts...

The four rushed to the scenic spot, but they didn't expect that the area was developed better than they thought.However, the deserted small monastery was originally surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by a large green grassland, and the environmental foundation was already good.The temple was rebuilt, and several small hotels and restaurants were built, which are quite a bit of farmhouse style.The goat was very happy to see it, and became active rarely, and went to trot to chase the butterflies.

"So it's this place," Tang Daihe covered his mouth and smiled, "I know this place. So this is your 'secret base'."

Jiang Ye was a little surprised: "Mom, did you know?"

"This used to be an abandoned temple." Jiang Shaohui also remembered, and smiled, "We all know it, but we don't come here often."

But the scenery of the scenic spot is really good.The family took advantage of the opportunity to check in at the hotel here. This is a pastoral-themed hotel with simple and unique decoration.They booked two standard rooms, and Goat lived with Tang Daihe and Jiang Shaohui.The standard room has two beds and a separate bathroom.Because it is the peak tourist season, house prices have more than doubled than usual.Jiang Ye paid the money dumbfounded. The wasteland on the edge of the city that no one cares about before can now sell for nearly 600 a night.It's really a turn of events, another family today.