The last elf

While eating, my father saw me staring at the Harbin beer on the table with a preoccupied look, so he couldn't help but wave his hand in front of my eyes and said: "Son, what are you thinking about? You can drink it if you want." , you’re such an old person, it’s okay to drink some wine, I won’t care about this and that like your mother, who of us is following whom? Do you think so?”

I smiled bitterly, picked up the bottle opener, opened the beer and poured it into the cup. After taking a sip, I asked him: "Dad, have you been to Harbin?"

"Harbin? I've been there! I spent some years there when I was young, and I didn't even know your mother at that time."

"Oh? Do you know anyone there?"

In fact, this was just a casual question, and I didn't expect to get anything out of it. But unfortunately, I was actually asked about an old story about my father.

"Do you know anyone? Yes, but..."

"But what?"

I became interested as soon as I heard it.

"But you have to promise not to tell your mother."

"Okay! I promise."

Dad nodded after listening, then drank a glass of Harbin beer, and then looked at the three words Harbin on the bottle and muttered to himself.

"I remember, it was 1995, you were not born yet, and I was only 21 years old..."

It turned out that at that time, my 21-year-old father had already left Leping and went to Harbin to work alone. In their time, apart from going to school, there were only two other options: working or farming. The former was obviously better than the latter, so my father dropped out of school. After that, I went north alone. As for venture capital and stock trading, no one dared to think about it because no one had any money at that time.

But what is worth pondering is that there was pure love in that era of money.

It’s true. Since ancient times, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. Once you have money, it’s hard to find pure love. So in that era, everyone’s hearts were simple. There was no intrigue or intrigue, but only a common goal. The goal: to feed the whole family, get married and have children.

Getting married and having a wife is every man’s dream. In that era, marrying a wife may not be difficult for us now, but it is still difficult for my father’s generation. After all, every parent has You want your daughter to marry a rich family, right?

But my dad was very lucky.

During the days when I was working in Harbin, my father met a girl named Xu Huilian.

The two fell in love quickly. At that time, Hui Huilian was one year younger than her father, and her family was quite wealthy. At that time, the eldest ladies from wealthy families almost didn't need anything, so they didn't care about each other when they were looking for husbands. Whether you have money or not, as long as you like it and treat yourself well, as for appearance, go away. In those days, men were considered handsome only if they were talented or motivated. Unlike now, only good-looking men have no ability. There are a lot of pretty boys.

Besides, dad is really good-looking.

Aunt Huilian took a fancy to her father's ambition and hard-working spirit. In addition, her father was also very good to her, so the two of them established a relationship.

At that time, the man was 21 years old and the woman was 20 years old and had reached the age of marriage. Under the urging of everyone and their parents, they got engaged.

Seeing that the wedding day is getting closer, everyone is immersed in the joy of the upcoming wedding.

However, God was not pleased.

God seemed to intend to break up the lovers. In 1995, a major supernatural incident occurred in Harbin that shocked the whole country.

That’s right, the Harbin cat-faced old lady incident.

(Regarding the incident of the cat-faced old lady in Harbin, I won’t go into details here. To be honest, I feel scared when I think of the appearance of the cat-faced old lady. If you are brave enough, you can go there. It’s really scary. Is there any...)

Okay, let’s get back to business.

It is precisely because of this cat corpse incident that people all over the country are afraid of cats.

But unfortunately, my father had a cat at that time, and it was a black cat.

The black cat was picked up by my father when he was walking on the street one night when he first came to Harbin. At that time, my father did not know Aunt Huilian and had no friends around him, so he regarded this cat as his My best friend.

As time goes by, the feelings will naturally become deeper.

If I ask you, which is more important, humans or cats?

Most people will definitely say that people are important, but dad doesn't know how to choose.

Yes, after Aunt Huilian's parents learned that her father had a black cat, they immediately regretted it and said they were unwilling to marry their daughter to such an evil man.

Everyone knows that cats have been very evil animals since ancient times, especially black cats, which are regarded as the bringers of bad luck and are believed to attract dirty things, so adults don't like cats very much.

How should I put it? I think you all have guessed what happened next. Due to my father’s hesitation at the time, the marriage fell through.

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Dad drank another glass of Harbin beer and sighed: "She even came to me personally that night and asked me whether the cat or she was more important."

"Then what did you say?" I asked.

Dad smiled bitterly and said, "I said cats are important."

When my father said this, my heart suddenly hurt. I don't know why, but it suddenly hurt, and it hurt very much.

"What happened next?" He Xiangxiang asked.

"Later, she married someone else."

"Did she do it voluntarily?" He Xiangxiang asked again.

Dad did not answer directly, but looked at the wine bottle in his hand, then touched the words Harbin with his hand and said: "The day I left Harbin, she came to see me off, even though she was pregnant with the child at the time."

After speaking, my father wiped his eyes and continued: "Although we didn't say anything at that time, when the train started, she still gave me a note, and there was only one written on it. Character."

"What word?!" He Xiangxiang and I asked in unison.

Dad didn't speak, but dipped his finger into some wine, and then wrote the word on the table.

you.

"you?!"

He Xiangxiang and I both screamed out of curiosity when we saw it.

"What do you mean? Isn't this word used by younger people to address their elders?"

"Look carefully at the structure of this character."

After hearing this, He Xiangxiang and I stared at the word carefully with our eyes wide open. After a while, we both said slowly: "I have you in my heart..."

"Yes, I always have you in my heart."

After Dad finished speaking, tears fell, and then he covered his face with his hands and burst into tears.

My eyes were moist. I never thought that my father had such a sad relationship before my mother.

"Dad, stop crying..."

I patted him, but I also cried. He Xiangxiang beside me had already burst into tears.

Although Lulu didn't cry, she was nestled in He Xiangxiang's arms and her expression looked very sad. This little girl is also a person of temperament, and she also understands emotions and desires.

I touched Lulu’s little head, and then said to my father: “Dad, in fact, I have hidden many things from you and my mother, but I still can’t tell you now, but please don’t worry, we will all gather together soon. I will tell you and mom everything the day we get together."

After hearing this, my dad raised his head and looked at me, then touched my head and said, "Son, dad understands you and supports you. You will always be the best in dad's heart!"

"Dad..."

I opened my mouth, cried again, and then hugged him and choked.

After regaining my mood, I said to him seriously: "Dad, my son is going to Harbin tomorrow. When I come back, we will call my mother back. I will let you hold your granddaughter by then, I promise."

Dad looked very happy after hearing this, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Okay! Okay! Go ahead, son! Dad will always support you behind your back!"

I nodded, then turned to He Xiangxiang and said, "You also have to wait for me to come back."

He Xiangxiang nodded to me, and I saw her eyes twinkling, which was very beautiful.

I raised my head, and the full moon in the sky tonight was like a painting, and the stars in the sky were twinkling, just like He Xiangxiang's eyes.

(End of this chapter)