462 Su Taotao was a little confused by this sudden pancake
Zhou Linglan looked at the gentle and elegant old lady in front of her indifferently, trying to reunite with the person in her memory, but time flies, and she can no longer find any similarities.
She moved her lips, but the sound was always stuck in her throat and she couldn't call out. Old
Mrs. Song walked forward, no longer caring about her manners, and hugged Zhou Linglan into her arms:
"Linglan, you naughty child, don't you call Aunt Song?"
Zhou Linglan smiled, tears silently fell, and whispered: "Aunt Song, how are you?"
Old Mrs. Song burst into tears.
How are you? How can you be fine after decades?
"Okay, okay, the children must be hungry after sitting on the plane for such a long time. Let's go home first."
Grandpa Hu asked the police officer to help carry all the luggage into the car. There was enough space in the car, and Baibai didn't need to use the trunk, so he also had a place.
Grandma Song sat next to Zhou Linglan, holding Zhou Linglan's hand all the time, unwilling to let go for a moment.
Although Su Taotao didn't know what happened decades ago, she knew that the truth must be very heavy, which made Zhou Linglan never set foot in her hometown for decades, and never mentioned it at all.
"The people over there died two years ago. They committed many evil deeds and committed suicide. Being childless and lying in bed is their final retribution.
You have already severed ties with them and changed your surname to your mother's. After a hundred years, even if the grass on the grave is taller than a person, it has nothing to do with you. You don't need to look at it again when you pass by. They deserve it." The
gentle and elegant Mrs. Song rarely said such cold and harsh words, and her expression was rarely so solemn.
Su Taotao guessed that the bloody and vicious stories came and went, and it might be that Zhou Linglan's father married a vicious stepmother after her mother died, causing the young Zhou Linglan to be displaced and almost die in a foreign land.
Zhou Linglan's biological father's lineage had no children except Zhou Linglan, and the bloodline was cut off.
Zhou Linglan had long since cut ties with her biological father and changed her surname to her mother's, so she did not go to worship them after their death, and did not continue the incense.
Zhou Linglan looked out the window at the bare tree trunks that kept receding, and nodded: "I know."
The atmosphere in the car was a little subtle, and they drove to the Hu family's courtyard in silence.
Chenchen was a little expert at livening up the atmosphere, saying that Grandma Song brought you delicious specialties, and then saying that Grandpa Hu folded a thousand paper cranes for you to prolong your life...
During the meal, one of them praised the delicious food and boasted about three bowls of rice in one breath, which made the two old people so happy.
The depression in the car also disappeared.
When Chenchen was a child, he had a slurred speech. He called Old Wu and Old Grandpa Hu from Tang's hometown "Grandpa Fu". Now that he has "grown up", he can distinguish them clearly, but he still calls Old Wu "Grandpa Fu" and Old Grandpa Hu "Grandpa Hu".
After lunch, the family did not delay any longer and loaded the things that had been sent to them into the car, ready to transport them back home.
In fact, Grandma Song had too many things to ask Zhou Linglan.
She really wanted to let Zhou Linglan stay for a few days.
But Zhou Linglan didn't want to.
Grandma Song didn't force it anymore. After all, they were not far away, and there was a long way to go. There would be plenty of time in the future.
"Everything has been cleaned up there. The bedding is new, and the pots and pans are ready. You can move in right away. Go back and have a good rest. Don't rush to clean up these things." Old Mrs. Song said.
Family members don't talk behind each other's backs. Zhou Linglan and Old Mrs. Song have a deep relationship. Even if they are mother and daughter, it is rare to achieve this. It would be too formal to say thank you.
"Grandma Song, please go back and take a nap. We will come to see you after we are settled." Su Taotao said.
Old Mrs. Su waved her hand: "Go ahead, drive slowly."
...
The Zhou family's old house is really not far away. It's just two alleys behind. Even if there is no car, it will only take ten and eight minutes to call two tricycles to pull it up.
When the car drove to the main road, Chenchen suddenly pointed to the opposite side and said, "Mom, Brother Yangyang's house!"
Su Taotao also remembered the "No. 1 Noodle House in Beijing" and touched the child's head:
"Chenchen has a good memory. When we are free next time, we will go to Brother Yangyang's house to eat noodles."
Chenchen pulled the car window and nodded heavily: "Yeah, yeah, Brother Yangyang's fried noodles are delicious. Hey, Chenchen suddenly looked back--"
"Uncle, was the person who just walked past Brother Yangyang?"
Fu Yuanhang turned around and saw only a tall and straight back with a neat crew cut. He shook his head:
"I didn't see it clearly, I don't know if it's him."
After so many years, I don't know what Li Xiangyang looks like now. This back view doesn't match the Li Xiangyang in my memory.
Of course, Li Xiangyang is definitely not the same as he was back then.
Chenchen was quite regretful: "I think he is Brother Yangyang, Brother Yangyang looks so good when he smiles!"
Mr. Hu's current security guard is called Xiao Zhang, he is also a frequent visitor of "Beijing's No. 1 Noodle House", he goes there whenever he wants to eat fried noodles.
He also likes Chenchen very much, after all, the little guy gives him candy as soon as he sees him, it's hard not to like him.
He said something extra: "He is the son of the owner of the noodle shop opposite. I seem to have heard them call him Yangyang."
"Wow," Chenchen turned around and looked at the guard, "Uncle Xiao Zhang, you are right. I said he was Brother Yangyang!"
The guard said: "Chenchen has a really good memory. He still remembers him after so long."
He has been a guard for Mr. Hu for two or three years. This is the first time he has seen Chenchen. Even if Chenchen has not seen Yangyang for at least two or three years, the boy has changed a lot in the past few years. Chenchen can actually recognize him. It is really amazing.
Chenchen nodded: "I remember everyone I have seen, Uncle Xiao Zhang, and I will always remember you too!"
Xiao Zhang laughed: "Okay, okay, I remember it well..."
...
This place is still the same as when I came here a few years ago.
Separated by a road, there are bungalows and large courtyards on one side and standard quadrangle courtyards with two entrances on the other, dividing the house into two distinct levels.
The alleyway in the back is not as wide as the one in the front, so cars cannot drive in, so you can only park on the main road and move your things in bit by bit.
Su Taotao saw a row of bungalows in the alley opposite, which were even more dilapidated than the "No. 1 Noodle House in Beijing". There was not much difference, and it was almost the same as she imagined. After all, no one had lived there for so many years. Even if the inside had been renovated, it would be difficult to renovate the outside.
Unless everyone renovated it together, it would not be good-looking if only one house in the whole row had a new exterior wall.
Anyway, she didn't start school so early, so she would see if she could find someone to replace the tiles. Even though there was not much rain in the north, she was still a little worried about leaks.
Zhou Linglan saw Su Taotao looking at the bungalow opposite like an old monk in meditation, and thought that she had friends living there, so she said:
"Taotao, let's go, we'll go back first, and we'll visit your friends another day when we have time."
Su Taotao came to her senses and watched everyone walking towards the courtyard with bags in their hands.
Su Taotao blinked. What happened?
She closed her mouth tightly to prevent the words "Did we take the wrong road? Shouldn't we go the other way?" from coming out.
It's probably not that they took the wrong road. Even if Xiao Zhang didn't recognize her, Zhou Linglan wouldn't recognize her after not coming back for decades, and Fu Zhengtu wouldn't have remembered her wrongly, right?
After all, it was Xiao Zhang who had been helping to clean up before, so it's impossible for him to have made a mistake!
Su Taotao was a little confused by this sudden surprise.
So, their house in the capital is not a shabby bungalow waiting to be demolished, but a standard, well-maintained courtyard house with a value in the future measured in billions?