60s Splendid Life

They set off before the sun rose in the morning, stopped and stopped along the way, and stopped to rest several times.

They ate their own dry food along the way, and Lu Jin specially prepared some pork for everyone to eat, and fed water to the mules, let the mules out to graze and rest for a while before continuing on the road.Otherwise, after walking such a long distance, they were afraid that the mule pulling the cart would be exhausted and would not be able to explain to the mule's owner.

It wasn't until the afternoon sun moved to the west that they arrived in the county. Here they asked people how to get to the Anshan Labor Camp. They followed the direction pointed by others and searched all the way.

After leaving the county seat, I walked west for another ten kilometers, and saw a place surrounded by stone walls in the distance.Lu Jin knew that this was the Anshan Labor Camp. He pointed to the front and said to Wang Chenglin, "Brother Cheng Lin, the front is right there. Let's go to the front gate and ask, we should be able to enter." He remembered following Their father has been here, so they can go in.

He knew that before their father passed away, they would secretly come here to visit and give gifts to the elderly every year.It's just that too many things have happened in the family in the past two years. First, their mother died of illness, and then their father died unexpectedly, so no one came to visit the elderly.If he hadn't mentioned it this time, the brothers and sisters wouldn't even know that they still have a grandfather.

It is true that when their parents were alive, they did not want the children to know about their grandpa, so they never mentioned the fact that they had a grandpa in front of the children. It was only then that their parents told Yuan Shen about the grandfather's house.

"Okay, let's go ahead and have a look." Wang Chenglin was a little excited when he finally saw the place after walking for a whole day.The road was so desolate that even a person who asked for directions, he wondered if they were going the wrong way, or Lu Jin said he was right along the way, so he drove the mule this way with dubious belief.

After walking along a dirt road for more than a mile, they finally found the gate.

Standing in front of them was a rusted iron gate with a sign on it that read "Anshan Labor Camp".

There is a security booth at the door, and there are two people playing cards inside.

The children woke up all the way from their sleep. Lu Jin asked them to stay in the car. He went to the security booth to say hello, and took out the note that their captain had given him, saying that he would go inside to visit his relatives.When he took out a cigarette and handed it to them, one of the men took the cigarette and nodded to let them in.

The entire labor camp is very large, with some fields around it, and a mountain forest behind it. Stone walls and fences are built around it, and there are guards. It is difficult for the prisoners here to escape outside.

Even if a prisoner escapes, being a fugitive is not so easy in this day and age. Every village has a security team. If you escape, you can’t go home. If you go to another village, you may be caught out. , If you are caught again, it will be an extra crime.It's better to stay here honestly, work here and still have a bite to eat, and won't starve to death.

"Yu Wenchang lives in this room. Go in and see if he is in there." The person who led them took them to the back dormitory and told them, pointing to one of the dormitories.

Yu Wenchang was their grandfather's name.

"Okay, thank you, brother." Lu Jin took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and stuffed it into the other party's hand, thanking the other party for guiding them.

Sure enough, after the man took the cigarettes, his attitude towards him was much better, and he told them that if they didn't leave at night, they could still stay with them, but they had to pay for the accommodation.

Lu Jin thanked the person and said that he would go over to check in later.Otherwise, it would be too late to go back later, and the road would be unsafe. They might as well stay here for one night and wait until tomorrow before going back.

When they walked outside the door of the house, they saw a middle-aged man sitting inside. The man was tall and thin, and he looked about forty years old, but this young man was obviously not their grandfather. It's older than this man.

Seeing them standing at the door, the man asked who they were looking for. When his eyes fell on a young man's face, the man seemed to think of something, "Are you... Xiao Jin? The grandson of the Wenchang family?"

Lu Jin looked blank and didn't remember this man.

Seeing the young man looking at him blankly, Sun Xiu pointed to her own face and said, "I am Uncle Sun, have you forgotten? You saw me when you were young."

"Oh, hello, Uncle Sun." Actually, Lu Jin didn't remember, but he guessed that this man should be a roommate who lived with their grandfather.

Sun Xiu was obviously very happy to see the young man remembering him, and seeing him bring someone back, his gaze swept across the tall man's face, but he didn't know this person, and saw Lu Jin bring a few older men with him. His youngest child came, and the children looked alike, so he guessed, "Are these your younger brothers and sisters?"

"Yes, this is the youngest brother, Xiaobao, and this is the elder sister, Xiaolian, and younger brother, Chenchen." Lu Jin introduced to the man.

"Then this is?" Sun Xiu had met Lu Wenchang's son-in-law. He was a gentleman-looking man, and he was different from the tall peasant in front of him.

"This is the elder brother Wang Chenglin who sent us here. When we come this time, please ask Brother Cheng Lin to send us here." Lu Jin introduced.

"Oh, so that's it. You are here to see your grandpa. Look at me. Come in and sit in the room. Your grandpa has gone to cook and hasn't come back yet. Wait until he comes back. Have you eaten yet?" Sun Xiu asked.

The room was very simple, except for two sleeping beds, there was only a table and two long benches.Sun Xiu went to move two long benches over for people to sit on, "Sit, sit, the room is simple."

Only then did Lu Jin notice that there was a bowl on the table with a pair of chopsticks on it. It was obvious that the man was eating when they came.He said embarrassingly: "We ate something on the way, Uncle Sun, you can eat first, don't worry about us, we just wait here for our grandpa."

"No hurry, no hurry." Sun Xiu couldn't keep a few guests here, so he ran to eat.

"Look at me, I brought some food here. There's a chicken here. Uncle Sun, you can eat some." Lu Jin took out a bag from his back basket, and inside the bag was a paper-wrapped salt-baked chicken. He opened it and put the things in On the table, when he got closer, he saw that the man's lunch box contained a little rice and a little green vegetables, and there was no trace of meat.

Sun Xiu said hurriedly: "No, no, I'll just eat these. Keep what you brought for your grandfather."

Just when Lu Jin was about to tear a chicken leg down for the man to eat, they heard footsteps coming from outside the door. He turned his head and looked back, and there was an old man with gray hair and a hunched waist holding a chicken drumstick in his hand. The bowl comes in from the outside.

It was already autumn, and the old man was still wearing shorts and short sleeves, and a pair of straw sandals on his feet. It seemed that he had been wearing them for a long time, and they were a little torn.

Lu Wenchang came back from outside after eating. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a few more children in the room. He raised his head and looked forward, and saw a somewhat familiar boy standing inside. His eyes stared blankly. Looking at the boy, he stood motionless at the door.

"Grandpa." When he called out grandpa, Lu Jin realized that his eyes were filled with tears. Even he himself didn't know the reason, maybe it was because of the way the old man looked at him, or maybe it was because he had walked such a long way He just met his relatives, maybe because he has been a human being in two lives, he only realized the family affection in this life... But no matter what, when he saw the old man, his mood was excited and a little sad, because the old man Looking at them for a moment, there are too many things hidden in the eyes, which infected him.

He didn't know if he had relatives in his previous life, would his relatives look at him like this when he met them.But he himself knew that it was impossible in his previous life, what he had was this life and the relatives he met in this life.

"You are...Xiao Jin?" Lu Wenchang obviously recognized his grandson, when his eyes moved away from the grandson's face and landed on the faces of several children, big and small, beside him, His whole body trembled a little, and the rice he was holding fell out of his hands.

Wang Chenglin, who was still standing next to him, reacted faster. He strode forward and grabbed the bowl that fell from the old man's hand. "Be careful!"

"Grandpa, it's me, I'm Xiaojin. And this is Xiaobao, this is Xiaolian, and this is Chenchen. Xiaobao is the youngest, sister is second, and Chenchen is the third." Lu Jin put the three The younger brothers and sisters all pulled to the old man and let the old man see, "And this is brother Cheng Lin, who specially sent us to see grandpa."

After introducing the old man, Lu Jin said to the three children: "Xiaobao, Xiaolian, Chenchen, call grandpa."

"Grandpa." The three siblings shouted obediently when they heard their brother's words.

"Okay, okay, I've grown up so much." Lu Wenchang raised his hand and touched the head of a grandson. He didn't expect that one day the grandson would bring a few younger siblings to visit him. When he realized that his face was a little wet, he looked up. Wiping it with his hand, he wiped away the tears in his hand. Seeing the children looking at him, he said a little embarrassedly: "Look at me, I'm old, and I shed tears when the wind blows."

"Have you eaten yet? Why did you come here so far? Grandpa is very good here. You don't need to come so far to see him." These years, the son-in-law came to see him secretly. In the first few years, Lu Wenchang also I have rushed several times and asked my son-in-law not to come, but the son-in-law is still determined to go his own way, no matter how he pushes him away, he will not leave. One year he even brought a child to see him, which is the grown-up grandson in front of him.

He and his wife had a son and a daughter. The daughter married early, and the son joined the army. What happened at home in the early years, the wife died, and he broke ties with the daughter's family. His, I haven't seen him in so many years.

It's just that when he saw a few children coming, but his son-in-law didn't come with him, Lu Wenchang felt a strange feeling in his heart. He looked at his eldest grandson and asked, "Why didn't your father come with you?"