Chapter 102

Du Jiang pulled the reins a little harder, finished his cigarette and lit another one. Lu Yu did not urge him. The carriage was silent for a while before Du Jiang's voice was heard.

"Your grandmother had only one older brother. There was a lot of trouble in the family back then. Your great-grandmother favored boys over girls, and only your uncle didn't want your grandmother. Your great-grandmother even tried to commit suicide over this matter, but it didn't change your great-grandmother's mind. In the end, your great-grandmother begged her second sister-in-law to bring your grandmother with her when she returned to Xinjiang. Only then did your grandmother save her life. Later, your grandmother gave birth to your mother. Ten years later, she took your mother back to her hometown to visit your great-grandmother. In that home, the only person your grandmother missed was her mother." "

After the mother and daughter returned, they found that the village had been flooded in the summer and all the houses and land were washed away. No one in the family had gone. Your grandmother had no introduction letter, so she didn't even have a place to live. The two were chased by the bandits and got separated. Later, your mother was rescued by a master and brought back to Honggou Village. It happened that your father saw your mother and took a fancy to her. Your mother had nowhere to go at that time, so she chose to marry your father, hoping that your father would help her find your grandmother. Your father kept his promise and kept looking for her all those years, but there was no news. "

Du Jiang flicked the ash from his cigarette and glanced at Lu Yu: "Lu Yu, your mother said that the biggest mistake she made in her life was to abandon you."

He pinched his nose, looked at the desolate Gobi Beach and said nothing.

Lu Yu pursed his lips tightly, and his hands, which were casually placed on his knees, curled up. Jiang Nian sighed as she listened. She tilted her head to look at Lu Yu. The man's jawline was tense, and the ends of his eyebrows and eyes were filled with a dark gloom. Jiang Nian didn't know what he was thinking, but she knew that he must be in turmoil at the moment.

Not to mention Lu Yu, as an outsider, she felt that the experience of Lu Yu's grandmother and mother was heartbreaking.

In that more difficult era, a mother and daughter were displaced, and it was a miracle that Lu Yu's mother could survive.

But she couldn't help but wonder, why did Lu Yu's mother abandon Lu Yu and leave?

Is it because she went to see Uncle Du?

Has she never thought about coming back to see Lu Yu in these years?

Jiang Nian looked at Lu Yu with heartache, moved her butt forward, stretched out her hand from under the mattress to pinch the corner of Lu Yu's clothes on his back and tugged. When Lu Yu turned his head to look at her, Jiang Nian raised her little face and smiled at him soothingly. Lu Yu's wrinkled eyebrows relaxed a little and showed her a very faint smile.

Jiang Nian thought about asking Du Jiang why Lu Yu's mother left him, but it would be best to ask Lu Yu's mother.

So she asked something else: "Uncle Du, does Lu Yu have any relatives in Xinjiang?"

Du Jiang's eyes were a little red. He took a deep puff of his cigarette before throwing away the butt. His rough voice was a little hoarse: "Shen Ai's second grandmother couldn't have children, and Lu Yu's grandmother was adopted by his second mother. The old couple died a few years ago, and the yard next door was requisitioned by the team."

Jiang Nian looked at Lu Yu. At this moment, she didn't know whether to say that Lu Yu was really miserable, or to scold the author of this book for making Lu Yu's life experience so miserable. He is no different from an orphan now. Although he has a biological mother, the gap between them is too deep, and the knot of more than ten years cannot be untied for a while.

Lu Yu didn't say a word along the way. They walked for a long time on this road. There were no winding paths, just a dirt road that never ended. When they saw the mud houses on both sides of the road, Du Jiang said, "We'll be there in another hour."

It was already six o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun had already set in the west.

Half of the sky was red, and the cold wind made people's faces hurt. After walking on this road for a day, from the deserted land into the village, Jiang Nian had a better understanding of Xinjiang.

The Gobi Desert here is very large, so large that it makes human beings small and helpless in the natural environment.

If she was left here alone, she would definitely not be able to get out.

Jiang Nian watched donkey carts passing by on both sides of the road, and people driving sheep. Gradually, the road felt the breath of life. Occasionally, people passing by on both sides of the road would greet Du Jiang and talk to him. When the carriage was about to arrive, Lu Yu asked, "Uncle Du, when she was with you, did you know about my existence?"

Du Jiang waved his whip and said, "Yes."

After arriving at the destination, Du Jiang turned a few corners and There was a small dirt road ahead, with several mud houses on both sides that were not adjacent to each other but separated by a short distance. Unlike the houses that were lined up in the original city, each household raised several sheep and chickens. Not far away, a person was standing outside a house. He was wearing a dark blue coat and his hair was tied up in a bun at the back. It was too far to see his face, but from his posture and temperament, he had a rare sense of elegance.

Jiang Nian noticed that Lu Yu's eyes were fixed on a middle-aged woman not far away. Her eyelids jumped. Could that person be Lu Yu's mother?

The next moment, Du Jiang said, "Lu Yu, that's your mother."

He pointed outside the house, and a man came out. He looked younger than Lu Yu. He walked to the woman and said something. Jiang Nian saw her smile. The carriage was getting closer. When it almost reached the door, Jiang Nian could see her features clearly. She was a very beautiful woman with delicate eyebrows and whiter skin than ordinary people. Her eyes were especially beautiful with dark pupils. Perhaps because she had experienced hardships in her early years, the light in her eyes had faded a lot. Jiang Nian found

that Lu Yu's eyebrows and eyes were very similar to his mother's.

Lu Yu didn't say anything. Even when Du Jiang pointed out that the person standing over there was Shen Ai, his mother, his expression didn't change much. He just said "hmm" coldly.

The carriage stopped outside the house. Du Jiang jumped off the carriage first, holding the reins and looking at Shen Ai who was looking at Lu Yu expectantly. He saw that Shen Ai's eyes were red. It was obvious that she had just cried again. Her lips trembled for several times. She wanted to speak but didn't know how to start. She looked at him again and again. Du Jiang nodded gently at her and told her that this was her son Lu Yu.

Shen Ai's eyes were red again, and tears were welling up in the corners of her eyes but they didn't fall. She looked even more distressed.

Lu Yu never looked at Shen Ai from beginning to end. When he saw Du Jiang took the luggage away, he turned around and carried Jiang Nian off the carriage. Jiang Nian looked over Lu Yu's shoulder at Shen Ai who was looking over here. She lowered her eyes and looked at Lu Yu's sharp profile. She whispered, "That's you..." She paused before saying the word, "Mom?"

Lu Yu: "Yes."

Although he hadn't seen her for more than ten years, the woman's appearance had always been engraved in his heart. In the past ten years, every time he went out and met a woman of her age, he would pay attention to her. He had expected that maybe one day he would meet her on the road.

But more than ten years have passed, and the delusion had long been shattered.

Jiang Nian held Lu Yu's hand tightly and followed him out the door. Du Jiang introduced them: "Lu Yu, Jiang Nian, this is your mother, and that's your brother, Du Liang, who is fifteen years old this year."

He said to Du Liang: "Call them brother and sister-in-law, they are your real brother and sister-in-law."

Du Liang looked at Lu Yu, then at Jiang Nian, and hurriedly called out in the sound of Du Jiang's warning cough: "Brother, sister-in-law."

Lu Yu did not respond, but nodded as a reply.

Jiang Nian did respond, and her eyes looked at Shen Ai uncontrollably, but Shen Ai kept staring at Lu Yu. The tears in the corners of her eyes finally fell, and her lips trembled for several times before she said: "Xiao Yu."

Jiang Nian felt that when Shen Ai called out that name, the man beside her breath became heavier. She looked up at Lu Yu and saw him lower his eyes and nodded coldly to Shen Ai. She called out calmly, "Auntie."

Shen Ai's eyebrows were furrowed, and tears were flowing more and more. She tried to keep herself relaxed and wanted to greet Lu Yu with a smile, but the corners of her mouth could not rise, especially that the word "Auntie" shattered all her fantasies about Lu Yu over the years. She wondered if he would call her mother when she saw this child again, and angrily questioned why she deceived him and abandoned him?

But he didn't ask anything, and it was completely different from what she imagined.

It has been almost 20 years since they last saw each other. He has grown from a ten-year-old child to a grown man. He no longer has the childishness of his childhood, but only indifference and calmness. She recognized Lu Yu at the first sight. His eyebrows and eyes are like hers, but his facial contours are like his father.

Shen Ai held back the sobs that were about to burst out of her throat and uttered an "Ah" with difficulty: "You must be tired after a day's journey. Come in and have a rest and warm yourself up."

Du Jiang said to Du Liang: "Return the carriage to the team."

Du Liang said: "Oh."

He ran to Du Jiang and saw Lu Yu and Jiang Nian come in. He asked in a low voice: "Dad, is he really the son of Mom and the previous uncle?"

Du Jiang was silent for a while before saying "Hmm", then patted Du Liang on the back of his head: "You shouldn't say that." "If you have any questions, don't talk nonsense. Come back and eat your meal later. Don't be nosy."

Du Liang rubbed the back of his head: "I know, I didn't say anything."

It was getting dark now. Jiang Nian followed Lu Yu into the yard and could see the outline of the small yard. There were several pear trees in the yard. There was a chicken coop built with sticks on the corner of the wall next to the pear tree, where chickens, ducks and geese were raised. On the other side of the pear tree was a vegetable field, about three acres of land. The house here was different from the original one, there was only one big house.

Shen Ai opened the thick curtain to let them in first. Lu Yu said, "Thank you."

Jiang Nian also said thank you politely. Shen Ai smiled unnaturally, "Don't be so polite to me. There's meat stewed in the pot. You sit on the bench first. I'll go check the fire. We'll eat later."

She asked Jiang Nian first, "Girl, what do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

Half a year ago, Du Jiang said he was going to Honggou Village in Feng County, Yun City to find Lu Yu to see if he could still find him. When he came back, he told her that he had met Lu Yu. He is now successful and is serving in the military district of the original city. He is also married. His new wife is very beautiful, as beautiful as when she was young. In

the past six months, Shen Ai has been thinking about what Xiao Yu looks like when he grows up and what he is doing. Have you got married yet? He was standing right in front of her, but he was very distant with her.

Jiang Nian saw that Shen Ai looked at Lu Yu absent-mindedly, and said at the right time: "I'm fine with anything."

Shen Ai came back to her senses and asked Lu Yu: "Xiao Yu, what do you like to eat now? I'll make it for you."

Lu Yu looked at Shen Ai standing at the door of the kitchen, and his memory suddenly went back to eighteen years ago when she was standing at the door of the kitchen before leaving, and asked him with a smile: "Xiao Yu, what do you like to eat? Mom will cook a table of delicious dishes for you today."

At that time, she had already decided to leave.