There is a little moonlight outside the window, the grandparents and grandchildren in the house are sitting opposite each other, Zhu Lao is shaking the teacup in his hand, the best Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao tea is intoxicating, the old man's eyes are slightly drunk and tired, and the wrinkles on his face are becoming deeper and deeper under the mist of light, and the whole person seems to be much older all of a sudden.

"In our Zhu family, there has always been one thing that is taboo, and no one has ever ......been willing to mention it," Zhu Lao sighed faintly, looking at Lin Kun with his eyes, but he was very pitiful.

Lin Kun took the liberty to interrupt: "Grandpa Zhu, the taboo thing of the Zhu family, I, an outsider, ......"

Zhu Lao in turn smiled and waved his hand to interrupt, and said: "Since I want to tell you, I just don't treat you as an outsider, we are friends for the New Year, and Grandpa Zhu wants to talk to him." ”

Lin Kun said with a slight panic: "Grandpa Zhu, don't worry, Lin Kun will naturally not tell you about it." ”

Old Zhu smiled and said, "You must have seen it during the meal, there are empty seats in the middle of both sides, you must be very curious, it was for my second son's family to be empty, more than 20 years, it has been empty for more than 20 years." ”

Lin Kun said: "Grandpa Zhu, what about your second son's family?"

Zhu Lao raised his eyes, his eyes were full of kindness and kindness, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was obscure: " There was a turmoil in the Zhu family back then, my second son died in order to save me, my little grandson who had just been full moon was also robbed, and my second daughter-in-law also passed away, this is the most painful thing in my life, for so many years, I have always wanted to find my grandson, more than 20 years, I don't know if he is dead or alive, I don't know how he is doing now, whether he has grown up, or has he been killed back then, I have never given up for so many years, I have never given up, I have used all the resources I can use to find in secret, alas……”

A long sigh, as if to say the helplessness of fate, let you be the head of the Zhu family of the four major families in China, let you turn your hands into clouds and hands for rain in this Yanjing Imperial City, but life and death are difficult to stay, relatives are difficult to find, this sorrow is like a condensed disease in the bottom of the heart, occasionally a lightning and thunder or tossing and turning sleepless night, deep touch.

Lin Kun felt inexplicably heartache for the old man in his heart, and said, "Grandpa Zhu, have you found it?"

Zhu Lao looked at Lin Kun, his eyes seemed to rekindle hope, the scorching heat of family affection in front of him made this old man who had passed most of his life and was about to die, suddenly ignited endless hope, but then this scorching heat dimmed, replaced with an unfathomable sadness in his eyes.

Zhu Lao Weiran sighed, shook his head, pressed his old and soft hand on Lin Kun's hand, and said: "How Grandpa Zhu hopes to see Zhengkun in his lifetime, if he is still alive in this world, he should be at your age, if I can hear him call me grandpa, even if I close my eyes immediately, I will have no regrets." ”

Looking at the old man in front of him, who was shining in front of outsiders, the old state at this time and the helplessness of being frustrated by fate, Lin Kun's heart was inexplicably touched, and he unconsciously called out: "Grandpa......"

Zhu Lao's old and helpless eyes suddenly glowed, and he responded: "Hey!"

Lin Kun suddenly became sad again, and said: " I think of my grandfather, my parents died when I was a child, my grandfather took me to the countryside to survive, he was a soldier when he was young, he was shot several times, in that poor and remote place, but he couldn't even receive the subsistence allowance, he was very stubborn, liked to drink, was strict with me, taught me a lot of kung fu, and also taught me the truth of men, life is very poor, childhood was very hard, but as long as there is a grandfather, I feel that I am not alone, I don't study well, even if I study well, it's useless, I can't get into college, so I have to go to the army, in the army with the martial arts taught by my grandfather, I jumped up, became the elite of the army, and there are more comrades-in-arms and partners around me, but whenever I think of my late grandfather, I will be inexplicably sad, he is the closest person in my life, I went to fail to let him live a good life, when he died, except for a neighbor willing to help, no one in the village was willing to lift him, when he closed his eyes, his fingers trembled and pointed at me and said, 'The dragon and phoenix among people', when he smiled and closed his eyes peacefully, my world collapsed......"

Tears snatched out of his eyes, Lin Kun wiped them away, looked at Zhu Lao with a strong smile and said: "Grandpa Zhu, if your grandson is still alive, he still cares about his relatives at least in this world, and my dearest person has been buried in the ground for a long time, leaving only a mound without a tombstone." ”

Zhu Lao sighed and said: "Xiaolin, I think you can understand a truth, really understand, not perfunctory on the surface, birth, old age, sickness and death none of us can stop, as a man, what we can do in this world is the day when we are old and close our eyes, can we not leave regrets in this world, your grandfather smiled peacefully before closing his eyes, indicating that he has no regrets in this life, a real strong man is born lonely, and the love of children is too deep, and it will only mess up his heart." ”

Lin Kun didn't seem to understand, but Zhu Lao smiled and continued: "Xiao Lin, do you think Grandpa Zhu is lonely at this time?"

Lin Kun thought for a moment and nodded.

Zhu Lao stood up, put down the teacup, walked to the window with his hands down, raised his head to look at the bleak moonlight outside the window, and said: " The huge family business of the Zhu family, there is no one to inherit, the descendants who have been cultivated for so many years, none of them can take on the big responsibility, usually they are more intrigues between brothers, the larger the family, the more fierce the internal struggle, what I am thinking in my heart, none of them can understand, I am not greedy for the position of the head of the Zhu family, but once I abdicate and put power to them, I am really afraid that in my lifetime, I will see the Zhu family retreat and slowly be left behind by the other three major families. ”

Lin Kun thought for a while and comforted: "Grandpa Zhu, everything is something outside the body, why do you ......?"

Zhu Lao smiled and said, "The Zhu family is no longer outside my body for me, it is a mission left by my ancestors, and it is something more important than my life. ”

Zhu Lao turned his head, looked at Lin Kun's sudden change of words, and asked, "Now do you know why I lied to them?"

Lin Kun nodded: "Grandpa Zhu, you are protecting me, for fear that they will mistakenly think that I am your long-lost grandson." Grandpa Zhu, but such a lie that seems to be a little imprecise, will they believe it? The more you say that, the more they will be suspicious, anyway, I am not your own grandson, so I will tell the truth if it's a big deal. ”

Zhu Lao shook his head with a smile, looked at Lin Kun and said: "Fiction is real, fiction is real, reality is false, sometimes the real is fake, and the fake becomes true." ”

Lin Kun was confused and a little confused, Zhu Lao smiled and said: "It's not early, I won't leave you here to rest tonight, I'll let the little steward send someone to send you back." ”

Lin Kun arched his hands and said, "Grandpa Zhu, goodbye!"