After Fu Bao returned home, she seemed the same as usual, but that night she took out the New Year's money her parents had given her from her small cabinet.
Every year during Chinese New Year, Fu Bao and his brothers receive lucky money, which adds up to quite a bit over the years, not counting their regular allowance.
Fu Bao took out the money and counted it; there was 1500 in total. Fu Bao decided to give the money to Lin Chunhua.
After all, it's not enough for her to make her way in the world on her own.
Today, Fu Bao was also moved by Lin Chunhua. To be honest, there was nothing else she could do to help her, but this time she did her best.
The next day, Cheng Cai said to Ting Ting, "Auntie, I want to go see my parents. They passed away many years ago."
“Chengcai, then you should take Youcai with you. Now that you two are so successful, let them be happy too.”
"Thank you, auntie."
"We're family, so don't say thank you or anything like that. That's too formal, you know?"
"Okay, I understand."
Cheng Cai hesitated just now. For so many years, he had been waiting for himself and his younger brother to be doing well before he went to see his parents and grandparents.
Today he was also worried that his aunt would be unhappy, after all, his aunt had always treated him like her own child for so many years, and he was also worried that his aunt and the others would overthink things.
However, Cheng Cai was still grateful for his aunt's attitude, because his aunt was someone who always thought of him.
He couldn't help but feel lucky.
“Youcai, let’s go see your parents and grandparents. I seem to have forgotten what your mother and father look like, but I vaguely remember how she comforted you when you were little.”
“Brother, I’m so unfilial. I didn’t think of anything. I was only thinking about going home to see my aunt, uncle, and younger siblings.”
"It's not your fault. You were so young when your mother passed away. To be honest, I can't even remember what they looked like."
"Let's go, I've finished talking to my aunt today, let's go take a look."
As soon as the two stepped out, Tingting chased after them.
"Chengcai, Youcai, take these steamed buns and other things with you. Go quickly."
"Okay, Auntie."
"Brother, this is what Auntie brought for our parents. Auntie is so good to us."
"Yes, they're better than Zhuzi and the others. We should take good care of them in the future."
When Youcai and Chengcai arrived at their destination, they didn't know why, but tears streamed down their faces.
Perhaps the tears are for the bitterness and sorrow of childhood, or perhaps they are for how hard-won everything we have now has been.
Youcai and his brother silently shed tears. They wanted to say a lot to their parents and grandparents, but for a moment they didn't know where to begin.
Cheng Cai wiped away his tears, arranged the things with You Cai, and kowtowed three times.
"Mom, Dad, Grandpa and Grandma, although Youcai and I suffered a lot when we were young, we are very happy now."
“Mother, I dreamed of you once when the pillar fell into the water, and I haven’t dreamed of you since.”
"Is it Mother who is silently helping Youcai and me? Is it because she sees us suffering too much and is helping us one last time?"
“After I fell into the water, I never saw you again, neither did Youcai, Mother,” Youcai and Chengcai said, and then they started to cry.
In his short 20-odd years, he experienced a lifetime, beginning with endless suffering and days without end.
All I think about every day is having enough to eat. I hope my brother and I can gather a lot of firewood today.
At the time, all I wanted was for him to grow up quickly so he could earn more work points and he and Youcai wouldn't go hungry.
But everything changed after he fell into the water while saving Zhu Zi.
He dreamt of his mother. Perhaps she was worried about him and came to see him, or perhaps she saw how much he was suffering.
Let's help him and Youcai one last time.
"Mom, Dad, Youcai and I are so grateful to Uncle Jianjun and Aunt Tingting. They treat us like their own sons."
“We are doing very well now. We have enough to eat and wear. I’m getting married soon, and we’ve been accepted into Xiamen University.”
“We are doing very well, so don’t worry about me and Youcai.”
"We're going to Xiashi after the New Year. We'll come to see you again next New Year."
"Let's go, you're talented."
Chengcai led Youcai forward through the wind and snow, never looking back.
As Youcai watched his brother's retreating figure, he thought of his childhood, when his brother used to shield him from the wind and snow with his tender shoulders.
Back then, all they thought about every day was having enough to eat and staying warm, but he didn't seem to be too hungry in his memory.
The older brother would rather go hungry himself than not let him eat his fill, because he was worried about leaving him alone at home.
So no matter what Chengcai did, he was always talented. Back then, the winters in the north were so cold that there were always large smoke cannons hanging around.
His older brother was worried that he was too cold, so he always walked in front of him to protect him from the wind and snow.
At this moment, Youcai seems to have grown up and is no longer carefree. When he was a child, his older brother protected him, and now that he has grown up, he also hopes to help Chengcai.
Now he is protecting not only himself, but also Uncle Jianjun's family.
The tears on Youcai's face seemed to have been blown away by the wind and snow.
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