half thorns, half joy

"Mom, our house is an old house. It's been many years. Look at the ceiling, it's still old-fashioned." Tang Xuan didn't feel embarrassed about the ruins of her old house. She was happy to share everything about herself with Zhao Suizhi.

However, Zhao Suizhi was silent.

Tang Xuan talked for a while, only to realize that Zhao Suizhi hadn't spoken. She quickly smiled and said, "Oh, I'm so excited, I can talk so much, I'm so noisy."

"No." Zhao Suizhi sniffed, his smile looked a little tired: "It's good, it's good."

Tang Xuan sensitively sensed that something was wrong with Zhao Suizhi, she turned her head to look at Xiao Zihan, Xiao Zihan coughed lightly, and asked, "Mom, are you okay?"

Zhao Suizhi nodded: "It's okay."

"Is it all right?"

"Yeah." Zhao Suizhi's gaze became kind, and his voice became more emotional, "Mom just thinks, Xiaoxuan... Xiaoxuan is really not easy."

Having said this, Tang Xuan immediately felt sad.

But she still kept her smiling face and said firmly: "Mom, it's okay, it's all over, isn't it good now?"

"Well, good, good."

Xiao Zihan saw that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law became more and more sad, so he said: "Okay, let's not talk about it now, so we don't waste time, go to the grave and talk about it after you finish."

Tang Xuan also bid farewell to Zhao Suizhi, "Mom, let's not talk about it for now. Zihan and I are going to visit the grave."

Just when Tang Xuan was about to hang up the video, Zhao Suizhi suddenly said, "Wait!"

Tang Xuan hummed, and looked at Zhao Suizhi suspiciously.

Zhao Suizhi looked a little nervous, pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment before saying: "Xiaoxuan, can you let me see your house again?"

"Huh?" Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan looked at each other, "Okay. Mom, let me show you my kitchen. But I haven't cooked for many years, everything is old."

Zhao Suizhi's eyes were fixed on the screen, absorbed in watching.

"Look at this, the old honeycomb coal stove, this one was used at home when I was very young, and it has been kept here since then, so it is considered an antique now, haha."

"The cushion of this chair was woven by my mother. It has been 20 years now, and the color of the wool is almost faded. The cushion was broken once before, and I sewed it to mend it."

"This is my parents' room. This room has been empty since they passed away. This side faces the balcony. Over the years, the furniture has discolored. Look at this wardrobe, it is very old and has a mirror."

"And this Chinese knot, also made by my mother, this..."

Tang Xuan introduced them next to each other, and explained everything she saw. Zhao Suizhi listened very carefully, occasionally asking a few questions.

With that said, half an hour passed.

After Tang Xuan finished talking, Zhao Suizhi reluctantly hung up the phone.

"Let's go, let's go now. There's still time to pack up when we come back." Xiao Zihan picked up Xiao Yuebai and said to Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan hummed, picked up the plastic bags and umbrella, and followed Xiao Zihan out the door.

Still on the way to the cemetery, Xiao Zihan was driving the car, Tang Xuan sat quietly in the back seat, Xiao Zihan glanced at Tang Xuan through the rearview mirror.

"Don't you think, Mom is acting weird today," Xiao Zihan said to Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan herself was also very emotional at the time, but Xiao Zihan, who was a bystander, couldn't see it clearly. Tang Xuan thought about it and hummed, "It seems a little bit."

Xiao Zihan continued: "Although it's not very good to say so, Mom, but to be honest, Mom has never been a person who is curious about other people's lives. I think it is reasonable for her to chat with you, but you have to look carefully. The decoration of your home is really a bit strange."

Having said that, Tang Xuan also felt it was true.

During the short half hour, Zhao Suizhi spoke to her in a slightly different tone.

There seemed to be some emotion in Zhao Suizhi's voice and tone.

"But, there's no need for Mom to do this, right?" Tang Xuan was puzzled.

Xiao Zihan shook his head: "I don't know, maybe it's because I thought about when I was young, maybe the house in your house is similar to the houses of people in the past. Although our house has been pretty good since I can remember, maybe my mother lived in it when I was young. It's that kind."

This analysis is very reasonable and well-founded. If some childhood memories are reproduced, it will definitely be very touching to everyone.

Tang Xuan also nodded, "Probably so."

Then, she said: "I'll talk to Mom when I go back this time. If Mom wants to, I can take her to see it. It's just... there is really nothing interesting in a small place like ours."

"Let's talk about it when we go back."

"Ah."

……

On the other side, after Zhao Suizhi hung up the video, he stared at the phone and stared blankly.

She was still in shock, no matter what, she couldn't believe that such a coincidence happened to her.

The woman his son likes, his daughter-in-law, is actually the daughter of his best friend in this life.

If this kind of thing didn't really happen to him, Zhao Suizhi would never believe it.

But when she recalled the details of getting to know Tang Xuan, it was not without heralding.

Why did she feel familiar with Tang Xuan when she first saw Tang Xuan, and she couldn't help but develop a good impression of Tang Xuan.

Why does Tang Xuan often give her a familiar feeling.

Both of Tang Xuan's parents died in a car accident.

Tang Xuan's hometown is in Songyang County.

These are all coincidences among coincidences.But she didn't think about that at all before.

Zhao Suizhi doesn't believe in coincidences, if there are too many coincidences, it's inevitable.

So, is it because she and Tang Xuan's mother are good friends, Xiao Zihan inherited her genes and was naturally attracted to Tang Xuan?

After all, even the process is so similar.

Tang Xuan's mother is also from an ordinary family, and her family is wealthy. Tang Xuan's mother is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and she is very independent. At that time, she was sunny and positive, and she didn't mind the family status of her friends. of.

All of this is very similar to the experience of Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan.

Zhao Suizhi covered his eyes with one hand, and hot tears flowed down his fingers.She said silently, "Su Sheng, this is fate."

……

The car drove to the suburbs, and the cement-paved road had experienced wind, frost and sun, and had become potholed and very uneven.

But within a few minutes, we reached our destination.

Tang Xuan was afraid that Xiao Yuebai would sprain her ankle when walking on the mountain path, so she asked Xiao Zihan to hug Xiao Yuebai, and she walked behind with the plastic bag.

During the Ching Ming Festival, many people went back to their hometown to go to the grave. Tang Xuan's hometown was underdeveloped, and burials in the mountains are still popular today.

Curls of green smoke rose one after another in the mountains, and in front of some new graves, there were still people lying in front of the graves, crying loudly.

Anyway, no matter how many grievances you have on weekdays, how much you need to pretend to be happy, when you come to this place full of dead people, you don't need to pretend any more, and you are completely released.

Amidst intermittent crying and soot floating in the sky, Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan arrived at their parents' graves.

The shriveled oranges in front of the grave were put there when Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan came over a year ago, on July [-]th.

Tang Xuan knelt down and carefully cleaned the stone slab with her hands.

She was quite upset, which was enough to show that, apart from her, none of the relatives in the family came to visit her parents' graves.

That's right, my parents left early, and they belonged to the younger generation among those relatives, and the younger generation is still ignorant.

But forget it, as long as mom and dad have her.

"Dad, Mom, Zihan and I came to see you again with Yuebai." Looking at the names of her parents on the tombstone in front of the grave, Tang Xuan said with a smile.

After hearing what Tang Xuan said, Xiao Yuebai said crisply, "Grandma, Grandpa, the baby is here to see you. Are you all right?"

At that moment, Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan both turned to Xiao Yuebai, their eyes filled with disbelief.

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