During the Spring Festival of 1992, the Bai family was particularly deserted.
When Bai Jingde was around, although the child was not talkative, having a child at home always brought a sense of homeliness.
Now that he is gone, the only one left in the Bai family is Bai Zhenting, who is almost seventy years old.
There is also Bai Lisha, who is depressed and taciturn all day long and has not yet recovered from the shadow of losing her son after a year.
Especially on New Year’s Eve, every household is lit up and families are reunited.
You can hear the laughter and joy from your neighbors' homes even at home.
The Bai family seemed even more cold and gloomy.
Neither the father nor the daughter ate much at the New Year's Eve dinner.
No one sat in front of the TV to celebrate the New Year, and everyone went back to their rooms early.
In the middle of the night, Bai Zhenting got up to go to the bathroom and found that Bai Lisa's door was half open.
But her crying sound came from her grandson Bai Jingde's room.
He then walked gently to his grandson's door, wanting to go in and comfort his daughter.
But in the end he didn't go in. He turned around and left silently with tears in his eyes.
My daughter has missed her child so much over the past year that she often feels distraught and as if she has lost her backbone.
As a father, he saw it all and felt the pain in his heart. Like her, he also felt that the days were long and torturous over the past year.
After returning to his room, Bai Zhenting tossed and turned all night and couldn't fall asleep.
The pillowcase was wet with tears.
He thought about it over and over for three or four days. One day, while having breakfast with Bai Lisa at home, he said solemnly, "Shasha, tomorrow Dad will take you to the countryside to see the children."
"Dad, you're not in good health. We just went to sweep Jingde's grave before the New Year. It hasn't even been ten days yet, so there's no need to go so often."
"Dad didn't mean to go see Jingde, he meant to go see your child."
"What?"
Bai Lisa turned around and asked in surprise.
"Shasha, that kid, his dad sent money to his family every year before he turned eighteen. I think if we go and see him, his family shouldn't make things difficult for us."
"Dad, are you serious? Are you willing to take me to see him?"
"Yes. Jingde is gone, and you have no intention of getting married again. Dad is old, and I'm afraid that one day I'll be gone, leaving you all alone in the world. Dad is worried and distressed!"
"……dad……"
Hearing her father's sentimental and emotional words, Bai Lisa suddenly burst into tears.
Her father loved her, and she loved him too.
As soon as her son left, she and her father became two miserable people. They always felt sad when they sat facing each other in silence every day.
Life is simply bleak and lifeless.
"Shasha, that child is now in his twenties and an adult. Although he has never seen you, you are still your biological son. Dad had no choice but to send him away."
"If he wants to blame someone, let him blame Dad. Just think of it as Dad's fault alone. I believe that sooner or later he will understand you and accept you as his biological mother."
"Now that you have a connection with this child, you'll have someone to care about in the future, and Dad will be able to leave with peace of mind when he leaves."
"Dad, I won't let you keep saying 'die'. You will definitely live a hundred years!"
"Silly child, no matter how long Dad lives, he will still die before you. But as long as that child recognizes you, Dad will finally have some comfort no matter how many years he lives!"
Having said that, Bai Zhenting paused, frowned, and changed the subject.
"only……"
"Dad, just what?"
"Oh, it's all Dad's fault! I heard that kid didn't even finish high school. His education level is really low. Maybe he won't achieve much in his life!"
"If Dad hadn't sent him away back then, and had kept him in our home to raise him, no matter how hard it was, I think we would have been able to train him to become a university student."
"Oh, Dad really couldn't have thought of this back then. What a pity for that child!"
"Dad, it's already like this, don't blame yourself too much. In the end, it's all my fault for being young and ignorant back then. I hurt myself and the child..."
"Okay, it's New Year's Day, so let's stop blaming ourselves. Tomorrow morning, we'll take a bus to the countryside to see the child!"
"Yeah, okay."
After the two agreed to go together to see the child who had been sent away tomorrow, Bai Zhenting then told him everything he had known about the child over the years.
I told Bai Lisa everything.
The child was sent by Bai Zhenting to a distant relative's village, a family named Shu.
The Shu family had five daughters, and the couple had always wanted a son, but they had not been able to conceive a sixth child for several years.
So when Bai Zhenting and that relative sent the child to his home, the couple was overjoyed, feeling that they finally had a child.
So they gave the child a very appropriate and old-fashioned name, Shu Jizu.
After Shu Jizu was sent to the Shu family, Bai Zhenting went to see him twice.
Later, Bai Jingde was born. He grew older and it was too tiring to take the bus, so he never went to see him again.
That distant relative also passed away a few years ago.
He was a generation apart from that relative's descendants and was not very familiar with them, which was almost equivalent to severing the relationship, so naturally it was not convenient for him to ask them too much.
So I don’t know if Shu Jizu is married now?
What do you do?
I know nothing about his current situation.
The next morning, after having a quick breakfast, Bai Zhenting asked Bai Lisa to bring more money and a few boxes of gifts.
The two went to the station together and took a bus to a town nearly a hundred kilometers away.
After arriving in the town, we took a bumpy ride for more than twenty minutes and arrived at the roadside at the entrance of a village.
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