Xu An and Xiao Mo took a train for three days before arriving in Beijing. After getting off the train, they took a bus directly back to their former home.
Xiao Mo was still very young when he left and he no longer remembers the way.
Xu An hadn't been back for seven or eight years. He only remembered the places near his home. When he came, his brother-in-law told him how to take the bus. He asked someone else and arrived home at around two in the afternoon.
Walking into the familiar streets and listening to the voices of people around them, Xu An and Xu Mo both felt a little homesick.
The area near Kyoto University is rather desolate, and the people living here are quite diverse, including teachers from Kyoto University and factory workers.
When my grandfather bought this house, he considered many factors. He was afraid that the yard was too good and would be coveted by my step-grandmother.
My parents told me that my grandfather searched the area for several days before he found this yard.
Although it is very remote, it is close to Peking University and convenient for my parents to go to work. Although there are more rooms, it is very remote and far from the city, so it is not very eye-catching.
If this house was in the city, it would probably be occupied by someone else when something happened at home, and it would not be his uncle's family's turn to move in.
The two men walked to a courtyard. The stone lions at the gate had disappeared, and the paint on the two mahogany doors was almost peeling off.
The words "Xu An" carved with a knife on the right door frame can still be clearly seen. He carved them when he was eight years old, and was beaten by Xu's mother for this.
He walked over and touched the two words, and just as he was about to push the door, it opened from the inside.
A middle-aged man came out and asked in confusion when he saw them: "Who are you two looking for?"
When Xu An saw him, he shouted in surprise: "Uncle Lin, it's me, Xiao An!"
He pointed at Xiao Mo who was standing beside him and said, "This is my little brother, Xiao Mo."
Xu Mo also remembered him and said with a smile, "Uncle Lin, you don't recognize me. When I was a child, you often gave me jujube buns to eat. I still remember them. They were delicious."
Lin Hua slapped his thigh, "Oh, it's Xiao An and Xiao Mo, why didn't you two come back with your parents? Come on, go in quickly." Then he helped them carry their luggage.
"Xiu Min, Xiu Min, Xiao An and Xiao Mo are back, go cook for them."
As soon as he finished speaking, a neat middle-aged woman came out of the house. She was about forty years old and her clothes were patched but very clean. ”
When he saw the two of them, he ran over, took their hands and looked them up and down, "Xiao An has grown so tall, and Xiao Mo is looking good too. I'm glad you're back safely." At the end, his voice was a little choked.
Xiao Mo patted her hands and comforted her, "Aunt Lin, don't be sad. We are doing well there. We haven't suffered much. Look at the flesh on my face."
After Xiao Mo finished speaking, he pinched his face and showed it to them.
Aunt Lin took another closer look and indeed did not look like someone who had suffered much. His face was not chubby, but it still had some flesh on it.
Xu An asked: "Uncle Lin, Aunt Lin, haven't my parents come back here?"
"I came back the day before yesterday, and was called by the school leaders the same day. We didn't even have a few words to say."
The two were so excited to see them come back! I immediately boiled water for them to wash up, but they had just finished their meal.
Several people were just about to sit there and have a good chat.
Someone from the school came to call them away, and we haven’t seen them since. Uncle Lin went to the school to ask, and they said they were in a meeting and would be back in two days.
Uncle Lin said to his wife, "Go and make some food for the kids. We can talk later if you have anything to say."
"Hey, I'll go right away. You take them back to the house first." Aunt Lin said as she walked towards the kitchen.
Xu An looked around the yard again and found it was no different from when they left.
This is a small courtyard house with two entrances. Uncle Lin now lives in the front yard, so his uncle's family must live in the back yard.
The yard in front is not big, with five houses in a row, two side rooms on each side, and a small gatehouse.
There is a large courtyard at the back, with five main rooms, five side rooms on the east and west sides, five rooms each, a kitchen, two toilets and two bathrooms.
Xu An sneered. It seemed that his step-grandmother and his uncle had lived very comfortably in his house over the years!
Uncle Lin placed the brothers' belongings in the main room in the front yard. On the day Xu's father and mother came back, his wife cleaned up the main rooms.
Xu Mo asked, "Second brother, you said we were talking here, did you hear what happened later?"
Xu An walked around the yard, listened to his words, and said with a smile: "We didn't avoid people when we talked, they are not old, their ears should not be deaf, how could they not hear?
Come on, let’s go pack up first, and then discuss it with Uncle Lin and make plans. ”
The two brothers took a bath first, and Aunt Lin cooked a bowl of noodles for each of them, with two poached eggs on top.
After they both finished eating, Uncle Lin started talking about family matters.
"Your uncle still works at the Power Supply Bureau and is now the director there, and your aunt works at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative.
Your step-grandmother is taking care of the grandchildren at home. Dabao, you all know that your aunt gave birth to a baby girl a few years ago.
After you got into the accident, your dad asked us to move in. A few days later, your uncle's family also moved in. Your step-grandmother said that the house was bought by your grandfather and asked us to move out.
I just said that this house was sold to me by your family and asked them to move out.
Your uncle thought I also wanted to occupy this house, and because they didn't have the title deed, he felt very guilty.
I was afraid that they would do something bad after they left, and that this yard would be unpreservable, so I reached an agreement with your uncle that one of us would live in the front yard and the other in the back yard, and no one would tell anyone. ”
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