1330: You Are Not Talking About Eating Big Yellow Croaker (4 More)

"His name is Xu Zhongyi. He was born in early winter of 1938. He went abroad in March 1966. He was 28 years old that year. My daughter-in-law's name is Cui Yiru. She is two years younger than Zhongyi. It was the fifth birthday of June 1940. They went abroad. I also brought my little grandson Xu Changle, Lele is only 5 years old..."

Xia Xiaolan calculated in her heart that she went abroad in March 1966, and it has been just 20 years now.

The prosperous Xu Zhongyi 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 at the time and sent a letter back?"

Grandma Yu stood up, "Wait, I have this letter with me all the time 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.

And it was sent by Xu Zhongyi in the first year he took his wife and children to go abroad. It can be seen that he sent a letter to the country as soon as he settled down. Grandma Yu suggested that she could open it and take a look. The letter was quite long. At the beginning, it said that he had arrived in the United States safely and was ready to settle in San Francisco.

Saying that the son is unfilial, 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, and in one year at most, he will be able to return to China to pick up his parents if he obtains resident status.

"The letter was sent in 1966, but when you received it..."

Grandma Yu's face was not good-looking, "Not long after the Zhongyi family left, the situation in the country has changed. This letter was sent to me directly, but I couldn't receive it. It was confiscated directly. It was brought to me in October 1968."

Grandma Yu remembered very clearly that someone beat, smashed and humiliated her house. She and her husband felt that it was impossible to live in such a life.

In the evening, a former friend brought them the letter, which became a lifesaver 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 up her and her husband. The hope of family reunion was in front of her. Grandma Yu and her husband must have hoped.

"Zhong Yi's antiques that he brought abroad are all things from the previous Yu family. They are the good things that Yu's family left to me before they went abroad. Even if they were in the United States in the 1960s, they can definitely be exchanged for a lot of money!"

Xia Xiaolan replied: "The United States is a society where money is paramount. With money, you can naturally get your identity."

It is illegal for people who have no money to go to capitalist countries as "smuggling".

Rich people go and call it "investment", and it is definitely welcome to be able to bring money there.

Is it not easy for rich people to get a US green card?

"But this is Uncle Xu's only letter to you? Are you sure it's Uncle Xu's handwriting?"

Grandma Yu nodded:

"Nonsense, I don't know what my son wrote? Zhong Yi not only brought the antiques left to me by my parents, but he and Yi Ru are not illiterate. Zhong Yi can speak English and German, and Yi Ru has studied piano for many years. If they Once you get your identity, it's easy to find a job in the United States. After that, there was no letter to come back. Your grandfather Xu's body collapsed, and I closed my eyes first."

It's not that no one has said that Xu Zhongyi's absence of news must be caused by an accident in the United States.

How can Grandma Yu believe it?

Live to see people, die 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 finds his way back to China, will he find your small courtyard in Shangdu? Now my aunt and her mother-in-law live in the courtyard, and we also call the neighborhood committee. After saying hello, maybe I haven't found someone when I go abroad, and Uncle Xu will go back to look for relatives himself!"

To say that the news of the turbulent era 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 in China, and it should not be difficult to come back from the United States...

Xia Xiaolan also felt a little bad in her heart. Most of the time, some uncontrollable accident happened, but Grandma Yu now relies on this belief to support her, and she can't let the old lady get discouraged.

I have to try my best to encourage my grandmother.

Grandma Yu is such a shrewd person, I don't know if I didn't hear it, or if I just want to hear what I want to hear subconsciously:

"You're right, in case Zhong Yi finds it himself, that's what I thought, so I've been guarding the house. When Zhong Yi 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 enough. This is Grandma Yu's persistence.

Xia Xiaolan followed Grandma Yu and said a few words.

From Grandma Yu, I want to take a photo of Xu Zhongyi and Cui Yiru, as well as a family photo taken by a 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 40s, with a straight back and energetic eyes. From the photos, her face was round and completely different from now.

"You were so pretty when you were young."

Grandma Yu snorted, not very fond of listening to Xia Xiaolan's flattery: "That's it? It's time to live a hard life!"

When she was young, the Yu family was "in half a city" in the business district, and that was really called Xianyi angry horse.

At that time, she held the gold and antiques left by her family in her hand, and she did not dare to use it in China. The family was actually living a tight life. But the whole family can stay together, even if it is from brocade clothing and jade food to rough tea and light meals, it is also happiness.

Grandma Yu doesn't regret hearing the rumors that her son's family was sent abroad early. The Yu family's ingredients are not good, her husband's Xu family's ingredients are also not good, and her daughter-in-law Cui Yiru. What can a family that can let her daughter learn piano for many years?

What good ingredients?

Staying, all are the object of criticism.

Her little grandson, Bai Bai Nen Nen, just passed her 5th birthday, and she may not be able to survive in China.

Going abroad is at least a hope, and there is also some guilt on the way... Grandma Yu did not expect that the turmoil would last for so many years, and all the news from abroad and at home would be interrupted.

Xia Xiaolan slapped the flattery on the horse's ass, and quickly said the business: "Then do you remember that Uncle Xu took those antiques? If they moved from San Francisco, the sold antiques may still be in some collections in the United States. It's in the hands of the family, and maybe we can check it out from this aspect."

This is one method.

At that time, no one would take pictures of antiques. Grandma Yu could only use her memory to write a list for Xia Xiaolan. It was what Xu Zhongyi took away, what it looked like, which dynasty it belonged to, and what styles were there. Wait.

"They want to go abroad, and they can't take big things with them. These things are small and valuable. Besides these, there is only a box of large yellow croakers... Alas, I don't know how much the Zhongyi family has suffered abroad!"

Xia Xiaolan blinked, "You're not talking about eating big yellow croaker, are you?"

What a pain to eat!

A box of big yellow croaker!

A 'big yellow croaker' refers to 12 taels of gold, how much does a box weigh? ####Good night, see you tomorrow~