Cross-century family reunion

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Relatives reunited after a long separation, the wheel of time suddenly turned forward quickly. In an instant, they have matured or become old from the image that was frozen in my mind in those years!

Are you emotional at this time? Excited? Or the sadness that time waits for no one? Now let's look at the relatives who haven't returned for 30 years.

This is a cross-century reunion, which stems from affection, time and missing.

Four dads, an old man over 70 years old, and a relative whose father is a grandfather, have been away from home for decades, and suddenly came back from Heilongjiang this year to reunite with everyone. This time, a family of eight, two sons, two daughters-in-law, two grandchildren, wrapped in the northeast cold wind, wrapped in thoughts, bathed in the flavor of the year. They are very kind and happy to see their loved ones.

On the fourth night of the first month, I suddenly received a phone call from my mother, saying that my fourth dad was back and wanted to meet you. I am surprised that after so many years, nearly 30 years, the fourth father's family never came back. Everyone thinks that he may not come back in this life, and so do the villagers.

Because before, he never came back after the death of his uncle and his second father. It may be because of the long journey and old age that going home has become a problem for him.

The dinner was held on the third floor of HSBC Hotel. When I entered the door, an old man with gray hair, broad figure and fat body was sitting in a suitable position on the wine table, sitting side by side with his father, facing the door, and I saw him at a glance.

His two sons, Wang Bin and Wang Dong, are also on the table. After the introduction of Brother Liu, I took Dad's hand and didn't know what to say. I only feel that there is a heat flow surging from my heart, slowly overflowing and blocking the whole atrium.

"Young people leave home, old people return, and the local accent has not changed." Dad's hometown accent hasn't changed at all. I am asking him, "Dad, you have lived in the Northeast for more than 50 years, why are you still full of Henan dialect?"

He smiled, squinting and smiling brightly. "I will never forget that I have always spoken Henan dialect, and sometimes my grandson will speak it."

"When your uncle died last year, I was ill and caught a cold for more than twenty days. Your junior (sixth dad) told me not to go back this year. I will try to go back to my hometown next Spring Festival. "

I met my fourth father, and he kept explaining. In the dim light, I saw the tears in his eyes.

I seem to have lost my fourth dad's mood, which is the inner remorse and guilt of an old man in his seventies. But each of us can understand the true confession of the aging old man.

After decades of wandering, he gradually adapted to the life in the northeast, but he was lonely in that strange city for half a century. He must have his difficulties and pains. In that hard time, after the cruel military service, he was assigned to the cold northeast and had no choice.

I'm thinking: those years were miserable. In the cold winter, in the far northeast, the four daddies' family must be more lonely and miserable, suffering from homesickness far away from their loved ones. There are no relatives in that city except my family of four.

The flood of life devours their dream of returning home bit by bit. Life is repeated year after year, and thoughts will still grow wildly.

Like each of us, he is alone in a foreign land, and he also bears a heavy burden. Everyone has to move forward, so overwhelmed, so helpless and so desperate.

That kind of wandering, helplessness, wandering, homesickness, will certainly be entangled, involving their lonely family.

I'm thinking: in recent decades, every time I miss my family, especially the Mid-Autumn Festival or the Spring Festival, my fourth dad will miss my family, the old people and my brothers and sisters at home. He must be extremely eager to have some relatives who can share their joys and sorrows in this cold and strange city.

Everyone has feelings. No matter where he is, he will miss his family and feel homesick. He may be standing in front of his home or on the platform, gazing thoughtfully at the direction of his hometown in Henan. Jinzhuang in Dengzhou is the place where he was born and raised, where his parents and relatives live, and where he is haunted by dreams. Maybe when he encounters hardships in life, falls into a trough or is made difficult by others, he will think of his relatives, and he will definitely feel lonely without the help and comfort of his relatives.

If you don't come back for so many years, as some people in the village say, you won't forget your roots for fear that your relatives will stick to him. I heard this when I was a child, and I just listened. I have no ability to distinguish right from wrong at all, and sometimes I am just wondering by myself.

Now, I guess with the thinking of a mature person who is also rushing for life, especially with the thinking of a relative, that Dad Four must have his own difficulties and a lot of helplessness in life. Every family has a difficult experience, perhaps because the journey is too long, the holiday time is too short, and it will be too nervous to go back and forth; Perhaps it is because children are under too much pressure to go to school and dare not think too much; Maybe the parents and old people at home have died, and the family is doing well. Every family is also very busy at ordinary times, and they all have different degrees of work and life pressure, so they don't want to come back to disturb these relatives.

In any case, relatives came back with a family of eight, and the reunion across time and space is a rare reunion. Last summer, my six parents and six aunts came back from Hefei. At that time, everyone was reunited at HSBC Hotel. The lively atmosphere that night was just like tonight. At the end of the year, uncle died, and Liu's father came back from Hefei with his son and personally gave him a funeral.

Dad Liu used to live in Shandong, where he has lived for decades. Doctor's son works in Hefei. Later, after Liu Dad retired, he took his son to live in Hefei. Dad Liu is also a soldier. He always loves reading, like a scholar. He is gentle and kind, and his manners always reveal the solemnity of soldiers and literati. He always talks with us with a smile and gives us more effective and pertinent guidance on how to treat and support our parents. That night, relatives sat together and talked about what was going on in the world. There seems to be endless family topics.

Home will never be far away from you! Even though it is thousands of miles away from Qian Shan, even though it is far away, the silent hometown is always staring at life and death during your tired and long journey. All your thoughts and concerns are the reasons why you go home through time and space without hesitation.

Dong Wang and Wang Bin changed from ignorant teenagers at that time into mature and sophisticated people with lofty ideals. Their sincerity, humility and smile are unforgettable. We are ancestors, holding my brother's warm hand tightly, and a feeling of deja vu arises spontaneously. It is the same strain of family temperature, which instantly spreads on the round table in front of us and rises to the whole room, warming everyone's face.

The dinner seems to have lengthened a lot! The overhead light on the roof of the room is swaying leisurely, and the light is fuzzy and flashing. It was still a chilly night, but it was warm and lively that night. Everyone stood and sat at random, having a big round table and tasting all kinds of delicious food, which was full of flavor.

At the dinner table, a bottle of Heilongjiang white wine with the red label "Ningcheng" came into view. It's white wine from the northeast, the original cold wine bottle, which instantly heats up at this lively dinner table. The rich and mellow wheat fragrance in Northeast China drips into the warm hearts of relatives and slowly melts and precipitates in the bottom of my heart. ...

However, no matter how beautiful the food is, it can't compare with the reunion, conversation, steaming food, mellow wine and thoughtful words of long-lost relatives.

Under the warm light, everyone's smile is like a blooming rose.

Father and four fathers are sitting directly above the big round table, and the two white-haired old people talk more deeply. I kept waving my arms and shaking my head. In the light, I saw my father talking very speculatively. When he was excited, he sprayed it on his face in one breath, but completely ignored it. Four dad almost put his face on his father's face and told the truth. Fourth dad is very naive, and his posture is very similar to that of second grandma.

We don't know much about their world, and their old brothers may also have their own old topics. They have the same taste and love so deeply that our younger generations have never lived.

Fourth dad is in good health, much better than my dad. According to Bin's daughter-in-law, the fourth dad is in good health and grows vegetables for them after retirement.

Everyone took a group photo at the dinner party, and their happiness was beyond words. In the meantime, dad Liu, who is far away in Hefei, also gave you a video call and said hello again and again. His mood at that time must be no less than the joy of our warm reunion at the scene. He was obviously happy at the other end of the phone, smiling like a child, asking questions, and his mother played a joke on his sixth dad.

I heard four old people talking at the dinner table: father, mother, four fathers and four mothers;

"I didn't expect that we became old women in an instant!" Fourth mother said to her mother.

"We can't forget that my grandfather died at Zhulinqiao (Hubei)." Father is emphasizing to the fourth father.

Perhaps the most unshakable emotion of human beings is the deep affection of falling leaves. People's deepest concern is really giving birth to you and raising your home.

The conversation continued, and the supplementary explanations of Big Brother and Second Brother made me understand the life experience of the master.

Master died in Zhulinqiao, Hubei Province, begging with his old grandma, grandpa, Sir Zhong and grandma. After the master died, the local people buried him locally and sent the old wet nurse and her son back to their hometown. Lao Nai's younger brother (old uncle) looked at his nephew piteously, so he never got married and raised his sister's children.

Later, Sir Zhong adopted his old uncle (surnamed Wang) as his adopted son and changed his surname from Li to Wang. Only after listening to their words did I understand the historical story of this family. Li is a family. It turns out that they are all surnamed Li and their hometown is Hu. Before, I was at a loss about the history of these families.

According to my father, Grandpa and Sir Zhong later went to Zhulinqiao, Hubei Province to look for the master's grave, but they couldn't find the detailed address where the master was buried, and the locals didn't allow outsiders to dig the cemetery here at will. Later, the matter of starting to rob the tomb went away.

(This is the most classic picture)

Listen to the second brother, and then they want to build a grave at Zhulinqiao. However, due to different opinions and many superstitions, it is said that digging the earth's atmosphere may make wealth and luck run away, so the search for ancestors' graves has come to nothing.

As long as everyone is well, don't say anything!

This is a cross-century family meeting. I hope this kind of scene happens every year!

The cheerful atmosphere in the room is still high, and everyone's laughter echoes over the whole hotel.

Out of the hotel, relatives shook hands and hugged each other, said goodbye, greeted each other, blessed and prayed.

Suddenly, I feel that this small town is full of excitement. The laughter of relatives has driven away the chill of this city, and the air at night has warmed up a lot. ...