Li Jianping arrived home just before dark, while Yang Man was busy working at Yang's laundry and did not come back at night.
Li Wei saw Yin Yin coming back from school. This little girl seems to have grown taller. Yinyin called out sweetly: "Auntie."
Li Wei opened his arms and said he wanted to hug this cute little girl, but Yin Yin seemed a little shy and hid behind her father.
Jianping pulled his daughter out and said to her patiently: "She is your aunt, what are you afraid of? Your aunt has been ill for a long time and missed you here, so she came back to see you."
"Really?" Yinyin seemed a little unconvinced.
"Go." Li Jianping pushed his daughter, and Yinyin came to Li Wei. Li Wei bent down and gave Yinyin a big hug.
"Xiao Yin Yin, aunt misses you so much." She pressed her child's face. At this moment, she thought of Shujia. Shujia liked to pester her so much, but this niece was not very close to her.
The family had dinner together, and then Li Wei went to his mother's room.
Before Liu Chunzhi returned from delivering towels to the guests, Li Wei entered the room by himself. There is a portrait of my father hanging on the wall, fruits and melons on the cabinet, and an incense burner. Li Wei went over and offered a stick of incense to his father.
"Dad, I'm back."
Li Wei couldn't even imagine that the last time they met was the last time. She stayed in front of her father's portrait for a long time until Liu Chunzhi walked in.
"Why don't you turn on the TV?"
"There aren't any good shows."
Liu Chunzhi is used to leaving the TV on all the time, and it is convenient to have background sound even when working.
Li Wei then asked his mother to sort out the dry clothes piled on the bed. Liu Chunzhi said, "Just rest, I'll clean them up."
"It's okay, I'm not tired."
The mother and daughter sat together. Liu Chunzhi looked at her daughter carefully, shook her head and sighed: "My career has just improved, and I finally found a boyfriend. Now it's good, everything is gone."
"Mom, these are all external things. You can still fight for them if they are gone. The most important thing is to live."
Her daughter has gone through a great ordeal, and now Liu Chunzhi can no longer blame her. Her greatest satisfaction is that her daughter can wake up.
"Why don't you come back and join forces with your elder brother to run the family business well? It's better than working for someone else, being wronged everywhere, and being fired when you ask for permission."
Li Wei said: "I haven't been fired."
"Then can you go back to your previous position?"
"The supervisor said it was no longer possible, and the deputy director told me to wait for arrangements later."
"In that case, why not come back."
Li Wei still prefers to be in charge of this job. She also wants to have her own career, but she has carefully considered her mother's proposal. Finally, she solemnly said to her mother: "Mom, please give me some time. If I don't make it until next year, If you still can’t make any progress, I will come back to accompany you.”
Liu Chunzhi smiled gently and said: "You didn't refuse immediately and thought about it carefully. That's enough. No matter what you encounter outside, everything will be fine as long as you return home."
Family is the last resort, Li Wei has always known.
"I won't talk about work, but where is your boyfriend? Where is the actor? When you first had an accident, he ran to the hospital to see you. Why did he run away later, regardless of your second brother? I can’t reach him no matter how I try?”
"He..." Li Wei couldn't explain to his mother. He was silent for a long time before saying: "He left because he had no choice but to leave. Mom, don't delve too deeply into this issue. Maybe he will come back after a while, or maybe he will never come back. Don’t blame him too much.”
Liu Chunzhi couldn't help but get angry after hearing Li Wei's defense for Zhao Qian: "What are you talking about? You are thirty years old and you still think so innocently. No wonder you were fooled by that stinky man. He didn't do anything at the beginning." An is kind-hearted, but I just want to play with you. Now that his true nature is revealed, he will just slap his ass and leave, and you are still speaking for him. Weiwei, can you have some backbone?"
"Then mom, please tell me what should I do."
Liu Chunzhi said: "Find someone again, someone reliable, someone who can live a real life. Big stars are not reliable at all. Those people have a lot of gossip. Such people are unreliable. Weiwei, what have you experienced? After suffering, what you need now is stability. Find a reliable man and start a family. It will be better if you have a man to rely on. "
After all, Liu Chunzhi still had to rely on men to express her meaning. Li Wei said calmly: "Mom, I don't want to talk about this yet. Let's settle the work matter first."
Liu Chunzhi is naturally more worried than anyone else because she has not yet married off at the age of thirty, but she also knows that there is no need to worry about marriage. Li Wei is not married yet, Jian Bo is two years older than Li Wei, and he has no marriage partner. He is always busy with work to deal with her. This pair of children made her heartbroken. She didn't dare to control Jianbo too harshly, so she had no choice but to control her daughter.
At night, Li Wei and Liu Chunzhi slept in the same bed. Li Wei asked about how her father got sick, how to treat it, and how to leave. It has been so long since Liu Chunzhi mentioned Li Minghua, and she still feels heartbroken when talking about her husband to her daughter.
"Let's go to Yongning to see him tomorrow." Li Wei suggested.
Liu Chunzhi said: "Okay, now that you've woken up, it's time to tell him. He can feel relieved knowing that he knows underground."
The mother and daughter talked until midnight before falling asleep. Li Wei and his mother were lying on the same bed, sleeping in the same place where his father had been lying before. I dreamed all night that when she was still in Yongning, she was in junior high school.
Early the next morning, Yang Man drove his pickup truck back and brought back the sheets, bedding, and towels that had been sent for cleaning.
The aunt and sister-in-law were filled with emotion when they met.
After breakfast, Li Jianping said he wanted to go back to the countryside with his mother and sister, and left the family affairs to his wife for the time being.
Li Jianping had just learned to drive not long ago, but he couldn't resist his courage. After getting in the car, Liu Chunzhi kept advising him: "Drive slower, drive slower, don't be in a hurry."
In less than thirty minutes, we arrived in Yongning. Met the hometown in my memory.
The green mountains and green waters are still the same as in the memory.
Li Mingguo's house was closed, and it didn't look like anyone was home.
Li Wei couldn't help but ask: "Where are uncle and the others?"
Liu Chunzhi said: "Now the whole family has gone to Guangzhou, and there is no news at all."
The house was beautifully renovated, but there was no caretaker. There was only one house left.
Finally arriving at the cemetery where Li Minghua was buried, a newly built grave appeared in front of Li Wei. Buried next to them are Li Minghua's father and Jian Ping's grandfather.
Li Wei knelt down facing the grave. She cried and said, "Dad, I'm here to see you."
(End of chapter)