Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 96 095 Personal Arrival (Two in One)

"Xiao Tang, someone is looking for you." After one round of delivery, Qian Zhongping reminded Tang Zhitong as soon as he entered the branch business hall.

"Thank you, Sister Qian." Tang Zhitong put down the parcel, and the person looking for him stood up after hearing Qian Zhongping's words.

"Who are you?" There were two people looking for him, an old man and a young man. The old man had gray hair and the young man looked familiar, but Tang Zhitong was very sure that he had never seen them before.

"Are you Tang Zhitong?" The old man looked excited. The fur coat in his hands fell apart and he didn't bother to pack it up.

"I am. Who are you? Look at the tight eyes." Tang Zhitong looked confused.

"Xiao Tang, do you want to call?" Qian Zhongping still remembered the last time someone came to see Tang Zhitong, Xiao Tang looked sad when he came in, picked up the phone, and as long as Tang Zhitong said yes, he would immediately call him.

"Thank you, Sister Qian, please wait a moment." Tang Zhitong hesitated in his heart. He no longer owed foreign debts and had not offended anyone. He would wait and see before talking.

"My name is Tang Wenbang, is your father's name Tang Wuguo?" The old man said as he took out his ID from his leather jacket. After getting the ID, he probably thought the fur coat was in the way, so he threw it directly on the ground and handed the ID to him tremblingly. Tang Zhitong: "Look, this is my ID."

Tang Zhitong felt something about it at this time, and he believed it for three minutes. After receiving the documents, he looked at it. A work certificate, the kind with a photo, and a letter proving that he was visiting relatives, all from a forest farm in the Northeast.

After looking at it carefully, Tang Zhitong felt that there was no need for the old man to come all the way to amuse himself. He was already convinced, and tentatively called him: "Uncle?"

"Hey! Hey! After so many years, I finally found you!" When Tang Zhitong called out his uncle, Tang Wenbang burst into tears. He stepped forward and grabbed Tang Zhitong and looked him up and down, "Good boy, not bad, not bad, he is tall." Martha’s big one.”

Tang Wenbang's hand was very strong, but Tang Zhitong accepted it happily. At this time, he believed that emotions can't deceive people. Grandma's wish was finally fulfilled!

When Qian Zhongping saw this, he quietly put down the phone.

"Nian Bin, come here! Call me brother." After a while, Tang Wenbang regained his composure and pulled the young man next to him over and ordered.

"Brother!" The young man was not as excited as Tang Wenbang. He grinned and simply called "brother."

"Hey!" Tang Zhitong also agreed numbly.

"This is the second son of your sister-in-law's family. His name is Su Nianbin. He graduated from junior high school and had nothing to do at home, so I brought him here." Tang Wenbang wiped away his tears, calmed down, and introduced him to Tang Zhitong.

"Uncle, Nian Bin, let me make a call first. It's almost dinner time, let's go home first and talk slowly." Facing his relatives, Tang Zhitong extended the invitation without hesitation and called Wang Jingwen about his uncle's arrival. , let her go home if it is convenient.

After making the call, Tang Zhitong handed over five cents and said to Qian Zhongping: "Sister Qian, please help me ask for leave from Zheng Suo. I won't be able to come tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll call you if you need anything." Qian Zhongping accepted the money, came out of the counter, picked up the leather jacket that Tang Wenbang had thrown on the ground, and handed it to Tang Zhitong.

Tang Wenbang refused Tang Zhitong's suggestion to call a rickshaw. The leather jacket was put on Tang Zhitong's bicycle, and the three of them walked back while chatting.

"In the past 30 years, I have returned to my hometown three times, but I could not find the buried letter the first two times. This time I heard that there was a food shortage and I couldn't sleep well at night, so I went back again." Tang Wenbang said the reason.

"That's not right, uncle. I went back a while ago and asked the villagers. They said no one from our Tang family has ever gone back!" Tang Zhitong was stunned, thinking that he was the first to go back. The uncle had gone back twice before?
"Bullshit folks! Brother, they even dug up my grandpa's grave. They didn't dare to tell you and fooled you." At this point, Su Nianbin said angrily.

"Damn it! You don't have much hatred, do you? How could they do this?" Tang Zhitong was shocked when he heard this.

"It's not their fault for some things, but they shouldn't hide it from you!" Tang Wenbang was more mature, and his tone was full of helplessness and vicissitudes of life. "I buried a few silver coins the last two times I went back. Those people dug the grave a while ago and found out Qian was so excited that he buried it secretly. When you went back, you built a new grave. I buried your grandfather with my own hands. I knew the location, but it was the wrong location, but they said this was it. I dug it up, and not only did you not bury it, Yes, I didn’t have any left, so I became suspicious.”

"Then what did you do?" Tang Zhitong asked.

"I helped some people in the Northeast a few years ago, and one of them worked in my hometown, so I asked him to come to the door. I only found out the truth after they helped me investigate. Fortunately, the things were not thrown away, so I found them at the address you left. ” Tang Wenbang patted Tang Zhitong’s shoulder and said with emotion: “Fortunately, I finally found you!”

"Then they..." Tang Zhitong said half a sentence.

"Don't worry, it won't get better." Tang Wenbang grinned and clicked until the smile came back on his face.

You understand some things, I understand. Tang Zhitong nodded and skipped the topic, "How have you been living there these past years?"

"Fortunately, there are white mountains and black waters. As long as people are diligent, they will never die of hunger. Even if the winter is too cold, when we went back to our hometown, we were still wearing fur coats, so we have to take them off here." Tang Wenbang also skipped the topic tacitly, "You He looks like your dad. They say that a nephew is like an uncle. Take a look, do Nian Bin look a bit like you? "

"Don't tell me, it's quite a bit. No wonder I thought you looked familiar at first glance, but you look a little strange to me." Tang Zhitong looked at Su Nianbin for a few times, and the two of them looked very similar.

"I don't blame you. I look like your grandpa, and you haven't seen him before. Your dad looks like your grandma, and he has the same temper." Tang Wenbang happily explained to Tang Zhitong.

"Hey, my mom also said I look like grandma."

"How many brothers and sisters do you have? Well... are everything okay at home?" Tang Wenbang couldn't hold back and asked anxiously.

"I have two younger sisters, and there was a third child who didn't stand still and died in confinement." After Tang Zhitong finished speaking, he hesitated to speak, but he couldn't hide the matter, so he finally said it out: " Grandma didn’t make it through the winters of the past two years, and my dad had tuberculosis, which the doctor said couldn’t be cured, and it disappeared last spring.”

"Alas..." Tang Wenbang sighed and was silent for a while before speaking: "It's almost as I guessed. If Wu Guo is doing well, how could he keep your address?"

"Grandma and my dad have always missed you and my sister-in-law. Grandma thought about going back to visit, but she is too old to travel long distances, and my dad has been in poor health... Before they died, they both told me to go back. , I will wait until I start working and have more money..." Tang Zhitong thought for a moment, and then explained to his uncle.

"I understand, I understand, I don't blame you." Tang Wenbang patted Tang Zhitong on the shoulder and consoled him.

"People are subject to birth, aging, illness and death, please be more open-minded." Tang Zhitong also comforted his uncle.

"Seventy years are rare in life. Your grandma can live to be over 60, which is considered a joyful loss. I am almost fifty, so there is nothing to look forward to." Tang Wenbang forced a smile, as if he was responding to Tang Zhitong, but also as if he was saying something. Self-abnegation.

Although he said that, when he came to Tang Zhitong's house, entered the main room, and saw the photos of his mother and brother hanging on the wall, Tang Wenbang couldn't bear it any longer, fell to his knees on the ground, and cried loudly: "Mom, Mom, My son is late!"

"Mom, the baby's father, eldest brother is here, and our family is finally reunited." Zhang Guifang couldn't help but cry too.

Su Nianbin had never seen such a battle before, and he was at a loss as to how to pull his uncle up. "Mom, please stop crying. Reunion is a good thing. You take the basin of water and I'll wipe uncle's face." Tang Zhitong understood, but still had to persuade her one by one.

"Uncle, please pay attention to your health. Grandma is watching. She definitely doesn't want you to be so sad." Tang Zhitong took a bench, and together with Su Nianbin, he put Tang Wenbang on the bench and sat down.

Despite being persuaded by others, Tang Wenbang still cried for more than 20 minutes, venting his sadness. After Tang Fengzhen, Tang Fengzhi, and Wang Jingwen came in one by one, Tang Wenbang calmed down a little.

It is inevitable for a family to introduce themselves to each other.

"Brother, I didn't know you were coming in advance, and we didn't prepare anything. Let's have a simple lunch, and let's have a more substantial dinner." The lunch was simple, and there was no time to make arrangements. Zhang Guifang was full of apologies.

"We are all one family, so don't be polite. Food is tight now, so don't be extravagant. This is already good." Tang Wenbang pointed at a plate of stir-fried vegetables and two plates of pickles on the dinner table.

Tang Wenbang ate the stir-fried pickled pickles with shredded ginger, which was so delicious that he almost shed tears again.

While eating pickles, Tang Wenbang told Tang Zhitong: "Euclidean, the pickles you stir-fry are very similar to those made by your grandma. Please stir-fry some pickles for me when you have time. I will take them back to your sister-in-law to try."

"Okay, I'll fry more for you." Tang Zhitong nodded and agreed. It's not difficult to fry pickles, but it was indeed taught by Grandma Tang.

Wash and shred the pickle knots, soak them in cold water, hold them dry and set aside. Cut the old ginger into shreds and set aside. Add oil in a hot pan to sauté the shredded ginger until fragrant, then add the shredded pickles and stir-fry until the water is dry.

The ratio of pickles to old ginger is 3:1. Jiang Nuangong is suitable for Xiao Wang, who has not left home since childhood, so Tang Zhitong fried this kind of pickles. Unexpectedly, it brought back memories of Tang Wenbang.

After the meal, Tang Zhitong took his uncle and cousin to the barber shop. After more than ten days of driving and horseback riding, their hair seemed to be rubbed with static electricity. Tang Wenbang was unshaven and quite haggard.

It was February [-]nd and there were not many customers in the barber shop.After washing their hair, getting a haircut, and giving Tang Wenbang a shave, the two of them felt a lot more energetic.

After getting his hair cut, Tang Zhitong took the two of them to take a bath. The bath tickets had not been touched since there was a bathroom at home.

"Euclidean, I stored some things at the station. I'll ride your bike there. Don't you worry?" Tang Wenbang asked Tang Zhitong after coming out of the shower.

"Look what you said. I have nothing to worry about. I'm just worried about you getting lost." Tang Zhitong was naturally relieved and took out his car keys.

"The road is at your fingertips, I'll ask around."

"The road we just took is called Flower Market Street. Go straight west and turn north at the second intersection. After passing the city gate building, you will reach the train station." Tang Zhitong roughly told Tang Wenbang the route. It really didn't matter. Far away, just a few kilometers.

"Euclidean, where is your uncle?" Zhang Guifang bought a chicken and was cleaning it in the yard. She saw that only Tang Zhitong was pushing Wang Jingwen's bicycle, followed by Su Nianbin, so she asked.

"Uncle went to the train station to get something and will be back in a while. You leave it while I pack it up," Tang Zhitong said.

"Sister, I'll do it. I know this." After Tang Zhitong locked Xiao Wang's bicycle, Su Nianbin rolled up his sleeves and got to work, skillfully scalding the chicken and plucking its feathers.

"Hey, there's so much to do at home." Seeing Su Nianbin's jerky movements, Tang Zhitong watched the fun and had no intention of helping.

"You kid, you don't help me." Zhang Guifang criticized Tang Zhitong.

"Sister, it's okay. I can do it by myself. I do it at home." Su Nianbin plucking the hair smoothly without feeling it was too hot, and he had no intention of letting Tang Zhitong help him.

"Listen to this, your life is pretty good there. Can you still eat chicken often?" Being able to speak is not as good as being able to listen. Tang Zhitong heard something else from Su Nianbin's words.

"It's a chicken, but it's not a chicken. My uncle said it's called hazel pheasant, and we all call it Feilong. Brother Guzi, do you know Feilong?" Su Nianbin plucked the chicken's hard hairs cleanly, and plucked out the down feathers with quick eyes and hands.

"Feilong, I've heard of it. I heard that the stew tastes very good." Tang Zhitong had indeed heard of it, one of the eight delicacies, known as "dragon meat in the sky", but it had been listed as a protected animal long ago and had no chance to taste it.

"It's really good. You can try it yourself this time. Uncle heard that there was a shortage of food in the pass last winter. Since then, all the flying dragons we shot have been dried and stored. This time we brought them all." Su Nianbin hehe Said with a smile.

When Tang Zhitong heard this, he was speechless for a moment.

What is a close relative?Tang Wenbang is a close relative.

Not only did he travel thousands of miles to look for his relatives three times, but he also made reserves in advance even if he could not find his relatives. This kind of behavior is extremely rare.

Classmate Xiao Wang was also very rare. He pointed to the two quilts on the clothesline and secretly told Tang Zhitong that he had taken out the dowry quilt and planned to dry it for his uncle and cousin tonight.

Having a wife like this, what can a husband ask for?
Tang Zhitong spared no effort and planned to cook like Lao San, but there was no fish, so he could only stew chicken and rabbit. He planned to cook four more, making up six dishes.

Tang Wenbang came back very quickly and refused to let Tang Zhitong make it again. So he made another peanut. Tang Zhitong used the excuse that he didn't know how to make a flying dragon and asked his uncle to teach him how to make a flying dragon soup, plus two things for lunch. Small pickles, barely scraped together six dishes.

At dinner, Tang Zhitong took out the leftover Maozi and Fenzi from the last drink and poured a cup of Maozi for his uncle. As a result, Tang Wenbang couldn't get used to the taste, so he changed it to Fenzi.

The two of them drank a bottle, and Su Nianbin drooled at the sight of the wine. Unexpectedly, Tang Wenbang had warned Su Nianbin not to drink it, so he could only stare at him.

The family chatted while eating, listening to Tang Wenbang talk about the past.

The old lady and Tang Wuguo never talked about why the four mothers separated in the first place. Tang Zhitong learned the whole story from Tang Wenbang's mouth.

The Japs occupied Quancheng, and many people fled. There were rumors that the commander-in-chief in the north was willing to accept the refugees without charging for train tickets, so the family followed the refugees and took the train north.

There were many refugees on the train. Tang Wuguo wanted to defecate, but other refugees kicked him off the train when the train stopped. The train left before he could finish defecating.

Tang Wenbang said that he saw himself separated from his mother, and also saw a large crowd pouring in from the other direction, and the family was just scattered...

Later I found out that the reason why there were refugees from the north going south was because the little devils bombed the train of the commander in the north...

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