"His name is Xu Zhongyi. He was born in the early winter of 1938. He went abroad in March 1966. He was 28 years old that year. My daughter-in-law is called Cui Yiru. She is two years younger than Zhongyi. She was born on the fifth day of June in 1940. They went abroad. At that time, I brought my little grandson Xu Changle, Lele was only 5 years old"
Xia Xiaolan calculated in her heart that it has been exactly 20 years since she went abroad in March 1966.
Xu Zhongyi, who is in full bloom, is now a middle-aged uncle, and Grandma Yu's well-behaved grandson should also be 25 years old.
"I remember you said that Uncle Xu arrived in San Francisco, USA, and sent a letter back?"
Grandma Yu stood up, "You wait, I have always carried this letter with me, and it is well preserved."
Grandma Yu went back to the house and took a yellowed envelope.
Xia Xiaolan looked at the postmark and found that it was indeed sent from San Francisco, USA on September 19, 1966.
Moreover, Xu Zhongyi sent the letter in the first year when he took his wife and children abroad. It can be seen that he sent the letter to China as soon as he settled down. Grandma Yu indicated that she could open it and have a look. The letter was quite long, and at the beginning it said that he had arrived in the United States safely and was planning to settle down in San Francisco.
?What is said that his son is not filial, and when he arrived in the United States, he had to sell the antiques he brought with him when he left home to settle down.
However, he and Cui Ruyi will find a job in the United States as soon as possible. After another year at most, he will be able to return to China to pick up his parents after he obtains resident status.
"The letter was sent in 1966, but when you received it"
Grandma Yu's expression was not good, "Not long after Zhongyi's family of three left, the domestic situation changed. I couldn't receive this letter directly, and it was confiscated directly. It took a long time before my friend took the risk to help. Bring it to me, and it was already October 1968."
Grandma Yu remembers very clearly that someone beat up and humiliated her at home, and she and her husband couldn't live with this kind of life.
At night, former friends brought them the letter, which became a life-saving straw in a desperate situation.
Xu Zhongyi arrived in the United States safely with his wife and children, and said that he would return to China to pick her and her husband. The hope of a family reunion was in front of him, and Grandma Yu and her husband must have hoped.
"The antiques that Zhongyi brought abroad are all from the old Yu family. They are good things left to me by the Yu family before they went abroad. Even in the United States in the 1960s, they can definitely be exchanged for a lot of money!"
Xia Xiaolan interjected: "The United States is a society where money is paramount. If you have money, you can naturally get status."
It is illegal for people without money to go to capitalist countries called "smuggling".
Rich people go and call it "investment", and it is definitely welcome to bring money there.
Isn't it easy for rich people to get US green cards?
"But this is the only letter from Uncle Xu to you? Can you be sure that it is Uncle Xu's handwriting?"
Grandma Yu nodded:
"Nonsense, I don't know the characters written by my son? Not only did Zhongyi bring the antiques left to me by my mother's family, but he and Yiru are not illiterate. Zhongyi knows English and German, and Yiru has studied piano for many years. If they After getting the identity, it is easy to find a job in the United States. Afterwards, there was no letter to come back, and your grandpa Xu¡¯s health collapsed, and he closed his eyes for now.¡±
It's not that no one has said that Xu Zhongyi must have had an accident in the United States if he hasn't heard from him anymore.
How could Grandma Yu believe it?
When you are born, you have to see people, and when you die, you have to see corpses!
Xia Xiaolan understood: "It may be that the country was closed to the outside world in those years, and the news was interrupted. If Uncle Xu returns to China, will he find your small courtyard in Shangdu? Now my aunt and her natal sister-in-law live in the courtyard, and we will call the neighborhood committee too. After saying hello, maybe Uncle Xu went back to China to look for relatives before I went abroad to find someone!"
Speaking of the turbulent era, the audio was interrupted. It has been seven years since the reform and opening up. Even the domestic side can go to the United States to study. George, an American, has been hopping around in China. It should not be difficult to come back from the United States
Xia Xiaolan also felt a little bad in her heart, most likely some uncontrollable accident happened, but Grandma Yu is now supported by this belief, she can't let the old lady be discouraged.
I have to try my best to cheer up Grandma Yu.
For such a shrewd person as grandma, I don¡¯t know if I didn¡¯t hear it, or subconsciously just want to hear what I want to hear:
"You're right, if Zhongyi finds it by himself, that's what I think, so I have been guarding that house. When Zhongyi went abroad, he left from that house."
Therefore, the small building in Erqi Square can be given to Xia Xiaolan, but the house she lives in is not good enough. This is Grandma Yu's persistence.
Xia Xiaolan followed Grandma Yu and said a few more words.
I'm leaving from grandma Yu XuA photo of Yi Yi and Cui Yiru, and a family portrait taken by the family of five at the photo studio when grandma Yu's grandson Xu Changle was born.
At that time, Grandma Yu was estimated to be in her forties, with a straight back and energetic eyes. From the photos, her face was round and round, and she looked like a different person from now.
"You were so pretty when you were young."
Grandma Yu snorted, and didn't like listening to Xia Xiaolan's flattery: "That's it? It's time to live a hard life!"
When she was young, Yu's family was "Yu Bancheng" in the Shang Dynasty, and that was really called fresh clothes and angry horses.
At that time, she held the gold and antiques left by her family in her hands, and she dared not use them in China. The family's life was actually very tight. But the whole family can stay together, even if they go from fine clothes to simple food, that is happiness.
Grandma Yu doesn¡¯t regret hearing the news that her son¡¯s family went abroad ahead of schedule. The Yu family¡¯s status is not good, her husband¡¯s Xu¡¯s family¡¯s status is also not good, and her daughter-in-law Cui Yiru, what good is there for a family that allows their daughter to learn piano for many years?
Those who stay are all the targets of criticism.
Her little grandson, Baibai Nennen, just celebrated his 5th birthday, so he might not be able to survive in China.
Going abroad is at least a hope, and I will suffer some crimes along the wayGrandma Yu did not expect that the turmoil would last for so many years, and all news from abroad and at home would be interrupted.
Xia Xiaolan slapped her flattery on her ass, and quickly got down to business: "Then do you remember that Uncle Xu took away those antiques back then? If they moved away from San Francisco, those sold antiques may still be in some hidden places in the United States. If it is circulated in the hands of the family, maybe we can start to check it from this aspect."
This is a method.
At that time, no one would take photos of antiques, so Grandma Yu could only use her memory to write a list for Xia Xiaolan, which included what things Xu Zhongyi took away, what they looked like, which dynasty they belonged to, and what styles they had, etc. wait.
"They want to go abroad, so they can't take big items with them. These things are small and valuable. Besides these, there is only one box of large yellow croakers Sigh, I don't know how much Zhongyi's family has suffered abroad!"
Xia Xiaolan blinked, "You're not talking about the big yellow croaker, are you?"
What a pain to eat!
A box of large yellow croakers!
A 'big yellow croaker' refers to twelve taels of gold, how much does a box weigh? #### Good night, see you tomorrow~ (Remember this website URL: www.hlnovel.com