After hearing what his eldest son said, Li Minghua was surprised and said, "Let's go. Where can he go?"
Li Jianping gave the letter to his father: "He left such a letter."
With Li Minghua's education level, it was not difficult for him to read through a letter. He read it word by word under the lamp.
Li Jianbo's handwriting is beautiful and it is effortless to read.
"Dear Dad, Mom, Big Brother: Forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye. I'm sorry that I made this decision without consulting you in advance. It's time to choose again, and this time I decided to choose another direction. Please Forgive me for making arbitrary decisions. I hope everything is well with you. I will be back in three to five years, maybe a little longer!"
This letter was written carelessly. Li Minghua was furious when he read it. After reading it, he slapped the table and said angrily: "What the hell is this!"
Li Wei stood there and read the letter again. The second brother was really gone. He must have been planning this from a long time ago. Li Wei recalled some of his second brother's unusual behavior after New Year's Day last semester. Was it from that time that he began to decide to leave? That's why he became so weird.
Liu Chunzhi also held a breath in her heart: "Speaking of it, he is not yet eighteen years old, where can he go? He doesn't have much money."
Li Minghua started smoking again, and the family fell into silence. They were all thinking that Li Jianbo might just be rebellious and wanted to go out for a walk, and maybe he would come back in a few days.
Li Wei suddenly remembered the story about the middle-aged uncle that her second brother told her last night. She said dullly: "Going abroad? Will my second brother go abroad?"
The other three people glanced at her, and Jianping first said: "Going abroad? Just that kid? Impossible, absolutely impossible. Do you think going abroad is as easy as leaving the province? I heard that you need a visa and a passport. Even if he does it If he comes down, who will he go to?"
Li Wei has never been abroad, so naturally he doesn't know these procedures.
Li Minghua had already smoked half of a cigarette. He frowned and said to his wife: "We have raised him for sixteen years, but we still can't keep him close. His biological mother must have found him, otherwise it would be like this?"
Liu Chunzhi was speechless. She covered her mouth and cried. Although this son was not raised by her, after all, she had stayed with her for sixteen years. Even raising a dog has developed feelings, let alone a living person. people. Jianbo has been sensible and studious since he was a child. He has received countless awards and certificates over the years, and has also earned several scholarships. They always thought that in a few years they would be able to survive, and they could rely on Jianbo to live a stable life for a few days, but in the end they would just leave.
Li Jianping didn't say anything, but Li Wei heard something strange and hurriedly asked: "Second brother, second brother, isn't he from our family?"
Li Minghua had finished smoking one cigarette and wanted to get another one, only to find that the box was already empty.
"Jianping, go out and buy me a pack of cigarettes."
Li Jianping took the money and went out.
Here Liu Chunzhi quietly talked to Li Wei about what happened sixteen years ago.
"Jianping was less than five years old at that time. Jianbo was an educated youth who had gone to the countryside and had the opportunity to return to the city, but it was not convenient for a woman to raise a child alone. The higher-ups had to review her, and she had some contacts with our family. Seeing that we only have one child at home, and Jian Ping likes to play with him, she entrusted Jian Bo to us before she left, and asked us to help take care of him for a while. We would come back to pick up Jian Bo when his job was stable and everything was arranged. Morning. For a few years, he could still send us some sugar, milk powder, etc., and he sent us money a few times, but it didn't last for a few years, and there was no news, let alone picking up Jianbo. As time went by, we stopped. Jianbo regarded him as his own child and forgot about his biological mother. When his mother placed him in our home, he was only two years old, and we never mentioned it in front of him. He was still so young at that time. "Young, I probably don't remember anything about his mother. This is the sixteenth year. I thought it would be like this for the rest of my life, but I didn't know that he..." Liu Chunzhi started crying again as she spoke.
Li Wei had no choice but to comfort him: "Mom, don't be too sad. I don't think the second brother is such a heartless and unrighteous person. Didn't he say in his letter that he would come back? He will definitely come back. If not, he will come back. If you really go abroad, maybe you can go to a place not far away.”
"In the end, I'm still feeding an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf." Li Minghua felt angry.
That night, because of Jian Bo's incident, the whole family was enveloped in misery. Li Wei understood what happened, and she returned to her room silently.
On the desk was a large pile of tutoring materials that her second brother had personally selected for her. There were also areas he had annotated with his pen, including test points and difficult points, all of which were drawn for her. There were questions from the first year of high school to the third year of high school. .
Looking at the clean and neat handwriting on it, Li Wei gradually felt that his eyes were a little blurry. She felt uncomfortable in her heart, so she leaned on the table and closed her eyes. He was sitting in this position last night, playing guitar and singing for her. His singing still seems to linger in my ears. If she had noticed his behavior and asked to keep him, would she not have left? Li Wei suddenly remembered the story about the sad middle-aged uncle that her second brother told her.
The uncle also faced a choice. He chose to give up the invitation of his biological mother. Since then, he has been living in a haze. He is nearly fifty years old and has accomplished nothing.
The younger sister who died young and the elder brother who is in jail. My mother passed away due to illness, and my uncle's regrets on his deathbed. In the flash of lightning, Li Wei sat up, and she vaguely understood something. The second brother could predict something, so he desperately encouraged the eldest brother to do something and change the family. Is that middle-aged uncle actually talking about himself? But how could it be possible, how could the smart and studious second brother be reduced to a pitiful uncle
Li Wei was a little confused. No matter whether his second brother was a middle-aged uncle or not, he had actually made his own choice. No one could predict what would happen in the future. Without her second brother to support her, she would have to walk step by step on her own.
It has been two years since I came to this time and space, thanks to having such a brother beside me. Li Wei recalled that she was expelled from school before she could figure out the situation when she first came here. It was Jian Bo who gave her a lesson that made her gradually understand. In order not to let her fall behind, he guided her step by step on the right path. Help her with her homework and help her understand this era again. Li Jianbo was her guide. Without such a brother, she would have had an extremely difficult life.
"Thank you for everything you have done for me. I will definitely go on a good journey. I won't let you worry anymore."
Li Wei read this sentence in her mind while looking at the handwriting, and at the same time, she also hoped that her second brother could prosper elsewhere.
Ask for it!
(End of chapter)