Chapter 27 Chapter 26

Fang Lan brought her mother-in-law to Yinan—Wang Dengsheng met his mother who had been separated for 37 years—Mother begged her son to spare her brother—Lan Xiaoping came—Jiang Miao came—Guan Yeping and Jiang Miao's first love— ——Lan Xiaoping and Jiang Miao’s extramarital affair——Wang Dengsheng and Jiang Miao’s relationship between husband and wife——Wang Dengsheng met his adoptive father and mother After a period of intense commotion, Yinan County became much more stable.The hearts of more than 1 million people here are boiling, the earth here is awakened, the dark clouds in the sky here are cleared, and the masses of people are silently spreading the joy and excitement in their hearts.

County Water Conservancy Guest House, Guan Yeping looked at the materials nervously and orderly as usual.But a scene of excitement, joy and sorrow awaits in his heart! At noon, Fang Lan came with her elderly mother.Guan Yeping happily took care of his mother, who was over seventy years old. Most of the old man's hair was white, and the wrinkles on his face also increased.Seeing his long-lost son, he was so happy that there was a smile in the wrinkles on his face. Fang Lan said: "When I received your call, I asked for three days off. I hurried to take care of my mother, and then I rushed to your place."

Guan Yeping said: "Fang Lan, thank you! Let's go to eat. After dinner, you and Mom have a rest first, and we will talk slowly in the afternoon." In order to welcome his elderly mother, Guan Yeping personally bought four pig's feet and asked the chef to stew them thoroughly. This is his mother's favorite dish.It's rare for a family of three to eat such a meal together!During the meal, my mother nags about the past unconsciously. As soon as the past is mentioned, the mother calls "Little Dongzi" again.Fang Lan laughed. After the meal, Guan Yeping sent Fang Lan and her mother to the county guest house.Not long after he came back, Ge Yuncheng came in a hurry and said to Guan Yeping:

"Wang Dengsheng's parents have arrived!" Guan Yeping said, "Where is it now?" "I have already arranged to live in the guest house of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, but I haven't told them about Wang Dengsheng's situation!" Ge Yuncheng said. "Okay, don't tell the old man yet. Is Jiang Miao here?" "Soon." At half past three in the afternoon, Guan Yeping sat next to his mother, and Fang Lan sat on the opposite bed.At this time, following a light knock on the door, Zou Zheng stood at the door and said, "Secretary Guan, someone is here!"

"Please let him in." Wang Dengsheng was brought here inexplicably. The handcuffs have been removed, and the clothes have been tidied up, but his face looks haggard and sad. Guan Yeping looked at him and pointed to the empty sofa and said, "Please sit down!" Then he said, "This is my lover Fang Lan." Then he said to Fang Lan: "This is Wang Dengsheng!" Wang Dengsheng looked at a few people who seemed to have nothing to do with him and were extremely uncoordinated, and didn't know what to say.Guan Yeping handed him a cigarette and lit it for him himself.

Fang Lan looked at Wang Dengsheng, then at her husband. She wanted to laugh, but she couldn't.In the end, she tried her best to show a slight smile, but it was a bitter smile. Guan Yeping grabbed his mother's hand and said, "Mom, can you tell me about the time you took me and brother to Zhejiang that year?" For more than 30 years, whenever that period of the past was mentioned, my mother always changed her face suddenly, and burst into tears of sadness.After Dongzi became sensible, he did everything possible to prevent his mother from mentioning this regrettable event that could never be recovered.As the years passed, Dongzi became sensible, especially after Dongzi took a smart wife.That part of the past that made her very sad also gradually talked about it on the surface.However, the unforgettable separation of flesh and blood, she lost her son with her own hands, can never be erased in her heart.She always felt that her son's shouting and crying were deeply pierced in her mind and heart forever!

To her surprise, her son always kept her from talking about it in the past, but today he took the initiative to let her talk about it.There were bursts of pain in her heart. The past events of more than 30 years ago are reappearing in front of our eyes. Holding half a bowl of wild vegetable soup in one hand, and holding Dongzi, who was not yet four years old, in the other, she stepped into the door of the ruined temple anxiously.Xiao Lai is gone!She ran, cried, and shouted, but what she answered was the vast snow, the bitter cold wind, and the empty echo... The mother was sobbing, she hugged her son tightly, and shouted: "Dongzi, my son!" Dongzi, Xiao Lai was lost by me..."

Wang Dengsheng opened his frightened eyes wide, looked at everything in front of him, and cried out: "Really? It's true! No, no..." Guan Yeping wiped away tears for his mother, caressed his mother, pointed to Wang Dengsheng who was sitting next to him on the sofa, and said, "Mom, he is Xiaolaizi, your son..." The old man didn't seem to believe his ears, and the hand holding Guan Yeping suddenly became cold: "What did you say, what did you say?" "Mom, yes, that's right. I found Xiaolai for you, my brother!" Wang Dengsheng suddenly knelt down in front of the old man, with tears dripping from his bloodshot eyes, and shouted loudly: "Mom..."

The old man held Xiao Lai and Xiao Dongzi in his arms, crying with surprise, and said loudly: "Son, is this true?" Fang Lan sat beside her with tears streaming down her cheeks, and said happily, "Mom, it's all true!" The mother's old face finally unfolded.She touched Wang Dengsheng's face with both hands. The son, who was still a boy when he was seven years old, the son who had been separated for more than 30 years, really came back. The tears flowing out at this moment are happy and sweet.At last the mother cried out: "Son, my child, you have finally returned to Mommy..."

The mother-child relationship that had been accumulated for too long broke out at this moment.Laizi, Dongzi, the flesh that fell from her body, their inseparable bond of flesh and blood!Everything else is forgotten, every nerve of the mother is leading the son, and the son always misses the mother in his heart! Looking at this shocking and moving scene, Fang Lan felt happy or sad?She secretly wiped tears. Mother suddenly asked: "Why do you meet here?" Guan Yeping was stunned. Wang Dengsheng was also stunned. Wan Lan was also stunned. After a long time, Wang Dengsheng broke down in tears and said: "Mom... I, I committed a crime... an irreparable crime..."

"What?..." The old man who was full of joy just now was shrouded in sorrow again. "Mom, yes, it's true." Guan Yeping said helplessly. The mother grabbed Guan Yeping and said, "Dongzi, didn't you say that you have become a high official? Why can't you save your brother?" Guan Yeping closed his eyes tightly, leaned on the hairpin, and said weakly: "No one can save him! He committed an unforgivable crime, and the people of Yinan County will not forgive him. It is impossible for me to save him! " The old man said loudly: "I don't believe it. Since you lost your brother, you have been arguing with me every day for your brother, but now that you have found your brother, and you can't save him, what use is it for me to want your son? " "Mom..." Guan Yeping looked at Wang Dengsheng, held his mother with both hands and said, "Mom, it's too late, it's too late! Let him speak for himself, how to save him? What did he do!" Guan Yeping Ping burst into tears.How much resentment is in this cry; how much regret is in this cry; how much inexpressible emotion is in this cry! Fang Lan felt sorry for her husband, pitied her mother-in-law, and felt sorry for her elder brother.She walked up to the old man, took the old man's hand and said, "Mom, don't make things difficult for me anymore! Don't you know your own son?" At this time, someone knocked on the door.Fang Lan said in a low voice, "Yeping, wipe your eyes quickly." Then she handed him the handkerchief. Guan Yeping said, "Please come in!" Lan Xiaoping came, and Guan Yeping introduced, "This is the acting secretary of the Yinan County Party Committee. That is my lover Fang Lan, and this is my mother." Lan Xiaoping smiled and nodded. Guan Yeping said, "Xiaoping, please sit down, I want to tell you something." Lan Xiaoping asked, "What's the matter? Secretary Guan." Guan Yeping sighed and said, "Xiaoping, I dare not face reality, but I must face this reality." He tried his best to calm down his emotions, fixed his eyes on Wang Dengsheng, and continued, "Wang Dengsheng is my My brother who has been lost for 37 years!" Lan Xiaoping blurted out, "What?" "I can only use this opportunity to invite my mother and let them recognize each other, but it's a pity..." "Then you already knew?" "That conversation we had after the announcement of his dismissal that day." "My God! How could such a thing happen!" At this time Zou Zheng came, Fang Lan opened the door, Zou Zheng said: "Secretary Guan, a lady named Jiang Miao wants to see you!" Guan Yeping said, "Ask her to bring it!" Lan Xiaoping felt flustered, and hurriedly said to Guan Yeping, "I'd better avoid it for a while!" "No, everything is clear, everyone should not be suspicious of each other!" Pushing the door open was a woman in her 40s. This woman was slim, tall, and fair-skinned.A pair of charming big eyes are full of vitality. She is Jiang Miao, Guan Yeping's university classmate and former lover.She is Wang Dengsheng's wife, and Lan Xiaoping once had an inseparable affair with her.Of course, Guan Yeping had already told Fang Lan about this old relationship without reservation when he was in love with Fang Lan.Lan Xiaoping didn't know about this, and neither did Wang Dengsheng. When these three men who had been in love with her Jiang Miao appeared in front of her at the same time, this was something she did not expect. Guan Yeping broke the embarrassing situation and said: "This is a very rare opportunity, I think we should make everything clear. Comrade Jiang Miao, please sit down." Fang Lan stepped forward, shook Jiang Miao's cold hand and said, "My name is Fang Lan, please sit down, Comrade Jiang Miao." Wang Dengsheng lowered his head and did not look up at his wife. His heart was full of pain and confusion.The tragedy happened not only to him alone, but also to Jiang Miao and the children. Now that his mother came suddenly, he was really ashamed to face all this. Guan Yeping said: "Comrade Jiang Miao, first of all I want to tell you something that surprised you: Wang Dengsheng is my brother, and this is our mother! We have been separated for 37 years!" Jiang Miao looked at them absent-mindedly, feeling dizzy for a while, and Fang Lan hurriedly supported her.She pulled herself together and said, "What's going on? My God!" Guan Yeping also said: "Everything that happens in the world is normal. There was a relationship between you and me, and it has been more than 10 years. There is no need to hide it from Wang Dengsheng and Fang Lan. Because That's history, and it's pure. It's just that it's too late to regret what happened to Wang Dengsheng now. I hope you can calm down and handle the relationship correctly. Comrade Xiaoping is a good comrade and does a great job. I just hope Everyone can treat all honors, disgraces, fame and fortune with an ordinary heart. It's not that I'm unreasonable, not to mention that he is my brother. We have been separated for more than 30 years, and now my mother in her 70s has just met. Don't you want everything Is everything beautiful?" Jiang Miao said: "It's good to be clear! At the beginning, Guan Yeping and I broke up, and I was responsible. But my marriage to Wang Dengsheng was also a misunderstanding. We have no feelings for a long time. In fact, we should have broken up long ago. .It’s not because he has committed a crime now, I’m saying this, living together as a couple without feelings can only be a kind of mental torture.” Guan Yeping also felt Lan Xiaoping's embarrassment here, so he said: "Xiaoping, please come here and invite Lao Wang's adoptive parents to come here! Let's meet together and say everything that needs to be said. These two old people don’t know about Lao Wang’s background and what happened to him?” Lan Xiaoping nodded and left. After the brief silence in the room, Guan Yeping broke the silence and said: "Mom, after my brother ran out of the ruined temple, he was taken back by a kind couple to support him in living, going to school, and graduating from university. Now it's time to tell others, can you tell me?" I want to thank you! If the old man has difficulties in life in his later years, I will be responsible for some financial relief." He said to Wang Dengsheng again, "Old Wang, when the two old men come, you should also say a few words, everyone Don't be miserable. Don't talk about the unhappiness in Jiang Miao's heart in front of the old man. Some things are between you and Lao Wang, so we won't persuade you anymore. " This is considered a family, and they all get together awkwardly in this unusual environment!They waited in silence, thinking deeply.Everyone has an unspeakable pain in their hearts, everyone has a strange imagination, and everyone hopes to have a warm and sweet home! After Lan Xiaoping brought the two old people, he left. This is a pair of old people who are over seventy years old.The man is of medium height, with a slightly hunched waist.His hair was grizzled, but combed neatly. From this hair alone, it can be seen that he is not a peasant.Thick eyebrows and big eyes, bags under the eyes are clearly hanging down.The woman is tall and looks relatively strong.Guan Yeping stood up, and everyone in the room stood up.Everyone smiled and greeted them.Wang Youjin felt a little strange in his heart, he was retired by the assistant of the township agricultural economics!Except for his son Wang Dengsheng and his daughter-in-law Jiang Miao, they are all strangers. Wang Dengsheng went up to meet him and said, "Dad, Mom, why are you here?" Wang Youjin said: "Didn't the county go to the car to pick us up?" Guan Yeping smiled and said, "I arranged it." Just when Wang Dengsheng was puzzled by the second monk, Guan Yeping said to Wang Dengsheng: "Please tell the old man clearly!" Wang Dengsheng smiled wryly, looked at his adoptive father and mother, then at his own mother and said, "Dad, Mom, this is my biological mother!" Wang Youjin looked a little surprised, and immediately returned to normal, laughed and said: "Oh! It's really rare. After more than 30 years, you finally saw your son!" Guan Yeping looked at his mother, tears welled up in her dry eyes and said, "No, brother, Xiaolai is your son, thanks to you!..." Wang Dengsheng added: "That's my younger brother, Xiao Dongzi..." Guan Yeping held the old man Wang Youjin's hand tightly and said, "Uncle Wang, the kindness to your elders cannot be expressed with the word 'thank you'. As the saying goes, 'Great kindness does not say thank you'. Over the years, my mother Missing my brother, I cried out my tears and broke my heart..." Wang Youjin said excitedly: "I picked up the child and shouted desperately, but I couldn't find anyone. The child was already hungry and passed out, so I put him..." Guan Yeping said: "Uncle Wang, we all know that your whole family is kind people." Weeping, Wang Dengsheng suddenly knelt down in front of Wang Youjin and his wife, lowered his head and said: "Dad, Mom, I'm sorry for your kindness in nurturing, I failed your hopes, I committed a crime, an unforgivable crime..." The two old men looked at their son in panic, "What's going on?" Jiang Miao didn't want to see all this, she let go of Fang Lan's hand, strode out of the room, and ran away without looking back. Guan Yeping pulled Wang Dengsheng up and said to the two old people, "Please sit down, two old people, and talk slowly." After all, Wang Youjin was a retired cadre in the village, and he already understood seven or eight points in his heart.His son has become the secretary of the county party committee. It's not that he doesn't know about corruption now. What else can there be besides corruption?Nowadays, cadres are unlikely to have political problems, and life style is not a problem. There are only economic problems.There was a brief silence in the room, and Wang Youjin said to himself, "It's because I didn't educate you well! Raising children doesn't teach parents! Maybe it's because I don't have a son, or maybe it's because you are too pitiful to lose your biological parents. You are too spoiled!" Guan Yeping said: "Uncle Wang, family education is only one aspect, and people change! He also graduated from university, joined the party, and became the secretary of the county party committee. Don't you know that what he did was illegal? " Wang Dengsheng said with tears: "No one is to blame, but myself. Today, I meet my old mother and younger brother who have been separated for more than 30 years. My parents who raised me are also here, and I will leave you. In response to Li Shangyin's poem "It's hard to say goodbye when we meet". I really have a thousand words to tell you, but I don't know where to start!..." The three old men pulled Wang Dengsheng almost at the same time. They didn't know what kind of punishment their son would receive, but they could tell from his son's expression that it must be an unforgivable crime.Wang Dengsheng put his arms around the three old people, wept bitterly and said: "Dear father and mother, my son can no longer honor you, please take care of yourself!" Faced with this miserable scene, Guan Yeping felt unspeakable sadness in his heart. These are all relatives in front of him, a strange family full of sorrow and joy!He knew that Wang Dengsheng had a lot to say to his adoptive parents. Over the past 30 years, they have established a deep relationship, and Wang Youjin and his wife only have him as their only son.Guan Yeping said: "Uncle Wang, there is still some time, so let's talk alone!" Wang Youjin said with tears in his eyes, "What else is there to say now?" Guan Yeping's face was stern, and he thought for a while and said, "There is only this time, you should talk! I will invite you tomorrow morning, including my mother, to leave here. That is to say, we will not be able to meet casually tomorrow. Guan Yeping said to his mother again: "Mom, let's go out and talk to them." As he spoke, he pulled his mother and went out with Fang Lan. Mother turned her head and shouted loudly: "Laizi, my Laizi..."