Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 226 Homeland
That's all for a while.

Then came the competition.

Picking a load and carrying a child to the finish line did not challenge Cheng He at all. He won the first place easily and won the prize, which made Cheng Xinxin happy for a long time.

Zeng Wenhua was very envious, this is the physique of rural people.

By the way, Peach Blossom Village seems very familiar.

After thinking about it for a while, I suddenly remembered, wasn't that village on the news about half a year ago?Looks like he was on a show.

I don’t usually pay much attention to these things, and it’s really not easy to remember them all at once.

In addition, when I just came back a few days ago, I seemed to have seen news about their village?Founded an art learning center?It seems that there are still many people to join in.

They didn't pay much attention to such news, but the name of Peach Blossom Village was easy to remember, and they could remember it after reminding them.

Now, when Cheng He mentioned it again, he would never forget it.

At this time, Zeng Wenhua has decided that he must take his children to the countryside to see.

……

Cheng Xinxin was sitting in the car, holding the prize her father had won for her - a pink Peppa Pig doll, gently stroking the soft fur on the doll.

The quality of the prizes is good, not shoddy ones, and they are very comfortable to the touch.

She has long forgotten the fight not long ago, and now she is happily humming the song of Piggy Page:

"I don't care about little things, and I'm never confused about big things. I'm a smart and happy pig. I'm always grateful and content. Don't work too hard. Health is my favorite gift..."

She can't hum the lyrics clearly, and she often misses the tune, but at the moment she is very happy.

After playing the temple fair for a long time, Cheng He is now driving back.

This is their New Year's Day.

I don't know if Zeng Wenhua will come to Taohua Village to rent a house, he thought lightly.

This is an unexpected added value.

Then he thought, how about opening up a place and building a parent-child farm?
Well, his agricultural company's projects are getting richer and richer.

……

On the third day of the first lunar month, the American who had made an appointment with him had already told him that they would arrive at the Provincial International Airport at two o'clock in the afternoon, and Cheng He, please pick them up at the airport.

When leaving the village, almost everyone in the village came to see him off.

Hearing that he was going to pick up a villager who left Taohua Village since he was a child, everyone thought it was amazing.

More than 90 years old!
Who would have thought that after wandering outside for so many years, he would still think of coming back.

It's okay to think about coming back, but a "bamboo dragon lantern" actually knows the address of my hometown.

All in all, just amazing.

If the things they made were not sold abroad, wouldn't this old man never come back until he died?
It's surprisingly beautiful and sad.

Arranged according to the branch, the old man and Cheng Shi's family can be regarded as the closest relatives.

Cheng Shi wanted to come out together in Cheng He's car, but he didn't know how many people the other party would come, so he didn't follow because he was afraid that there would be no room in the car.

Let's meet at the entrance of the village in a while.

It takes four hours to travel from the village to the province.Cheng He set off in the morning and took his children to the provincial capital.

Along the way, Cheng Xinxin couldn't help asking curiously, "Father, is the person we're going to pick up a foreigner or someone from our village?"

She never got it.

Cheng He said: "He is from our village. He was cheated away when he was a child. He never came back and lived abroad all the time."

Cheng Xinxin was full of sympathy for that man.It was so pitiful to be cheated away when I was a child.

She must not be deceived by others, and she must always be by her father's side.she thought.

When Cheng He checked the genealogy, he also looked at the seniority. Although the "Cheng Erxi" was very old, he was only two generations older than him. He should be called Grandpa.

As for Cheng Xinxin, she should be called "Grandpa".

I don't know how the old man is doing.

When he arrived at the place, Cheng He held up a huge "Cheng Erxi" sign so that the other party could see it.

It didn't take long before I saw a well-dressed middle-aged man walking towards them pushing a wheelchair.

This person even had to find an interpreter to speak, which shows that he is not very good at Chinese.However, he did understand the three words "Cheng Erxi" held up by Cheng He.

When he got closer, he smiled and said, "Hi, thank you."

Cheng He said: "You are welcome. If you are based on seniority, I have to call you uncle. My family, you are welcome."

Looking at the smiling face of the middle-aged man, he asked again: "By the way, do you understand me? Or should I speak slowly?"

The middle-aged man smiled, and instead of answering his question in a hurry, he bent down slightly and asked the person in the wheelchair, "Dad, can you understand me?"

At this moment, the old man sitting in the wheelchair was full of tears, nodded slowly, and said, "Listen... I understand..."

He heard from his son that this is a young man from their village, a person from their village.

The words spoken by the younger generation are exactly his own local accent.

He wanted to say something, opened his mouth, and wanted to say something, but it was very difficult and he couldn't speak.

The old man was very anxious. He pointed to his mouth and said, "I'm sorry... I haven't said it for a long time... I can't..."

At this time, the accent of Taohua Village he spoke was already hard to hear.

I haven't spoken my own words for more than half a century, so I'm not that fluent anymore.

He was sold to Nanyang, and later came to the United States. Because he had to adapt to life, he learned other local languages.

Later, after giving birth, the child learned English at school, and the language of their family has mostly been English.

And later, his grandsons directly married American wives, and no one in the family could speak Chinese.

He can understand Cheng He's ordinary words, but he also wants to speak them so fluently, but it's a pity that he can't!

The old man was very anxious.

Cheng He comforted: "Take your time, it doesn't matter. Let's go back first?"

"Hmm... go back first..." the old man nodded.

Cheng Erxi's son Henry said to Cheng He: "Thank you."

A middle-aged man with good manners.

Cheng He also replied: "Uncle, you're welcome."

Henry could fully understand these simple words, and he nodded.

This is the greatest wish of my father in his life.He was able to fulfill his wish while he was still alive and send his father back to his hometown, feeling good.

This is what a son should do.

The children were also clamoring to come, but there were too many children in the family, so he suggested that he come here first, and take a look before talking.

On this trip, only their father and son came back with a nanny who took care of his father's daily life.

Father is getting old, and he doesn't know if he can adapt to life in his hometown, or how many days he can stay here, so let's keep things simple.

On the way back, Cheng Erxi kept looking out of the car window.

Those turbid old eyes were now full of light, full of vitality.

A breath of homeland surrounds him deeply, even though it is so strange.

He hadn't come back for more than half a century, and when he was shuttling through the provincial capital, he saw that there were so many high-rise buildings in his motherland, and he felt a burst of excitement.

The place he had been thinking about all his life had finally returned.

The provincial capital is developing well, with tall buildings everywhere, better than he imagined.

Slowly arriving in Nanshan City, the environment became a little deserted.But along the way, Chinese New Year's red lanterns are hung everywhere. This kind of festive atmosphere also makes people feel happy.

This is his hometown.

Although it was very strange, the old man's face was full of unconcealable joy.

Cheng He tried his best to check the history of Xiananshan City's changes in the past two days, and tried to start talking about it in the 40s when he left. As far as he knew, he talked about it one by one.

When he said these things, he spoke very slowly, trying to make them understandable as much as possible.

Nanshan City used to be just a county, and it was upgraded to a city in the [-]s.Earlier, it was merged with other counties and divided several times.

These old things are said now, but they were changed several times at that time. This is the change of history.

After walking out of Nanshan City, the car will drive towards Taohua Village, which will bring us closer to our real hometown.

This is a narrow mountain road under construction.

Compared with the environment of the provincial capital, this road is obviously much worse.

A section of the mountain road is under construction, but it has been shut down because of the Chinese New Year.Wait until the end of the year to start working again.

But this road is so long, even if it is to resume work, I don't know when there will be a good road.

Cheng He didn't drive fast, and tried his best to take care of the old man's physical endurance.

Cheng Erxi's eyes kept looking out of the car window, trying to find the shadow in his memory.

However, even such a mountain road did not exist in the past. This broken road has undergone many modifications and additions before it has the scale it is today.

He looked unfamiliar.

Peach Blossom Village is so poor!Cheng Erxi thought in his heart, feeling a little sad.

As you can see in the video, Taohua Village is not bad.

He has begun to feel sorry for his homeland, and he has grown closer to it.When he left, the village was poor and empty.

As people get older, their feelings will be richer.And his son Henry, apart from being curious about the strange environment, did not have such deep feelings as his father.

Slowly driving all the way, the car finally drove back to Taohua Village, where a group of enthusiastic villagers were waiting for them at the entrance of the village.

Cheng He stopped the car, opened the door, and together with Henry helped Cheng Erxi who was in a wheelchair.

The villagers immediately rushed forward and greeted each other with a smile.

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