When Ye Chen walked onto the terrace of the third floor of this villa alone, the convoy of Liu Jiahui and Chen Zhaozhong's family had already driven into the villa courtyard one after another.
The reporters flocked in with the convoy, and the best lion dance team in Hong Kong Island, made two lifelike lions dance superbly, and the scene was particularly lively.
Although Ye Chen has never liked lively scenes, he is particularly relieved to see this scene now.
The thick smoke produced when the firecrackers exploded rose up with the rich smell of gunpowder. This familiar but unfamiliar smell made Ye Chen suddenly feel refreshed.
He has loved the smell of gunpowder when firecrackers burned out since he was a child. However, with the ban on burning and setting off fireworks everywhere in recent years, he has not smelled this familiar smell for a long time.
It may also be related to the happy events of Chinese people and their love for fireworks and firecrackers during festivals, so whenever they smell this smell, it is a good time for family reunion and happiness to come, especially when Ye Chen was young and during festivals.
, parents will take time to accompany him to set off fireworks and firecrackers.
At that time, Ye Chen wanted to set off firecrackers from New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Therefore, this taste will also make Ye Chen involuntarily regain his unique sense of happiness when he was a child.
Ye Chen stood on the edge of the terrace, took a few greed sips, and couldn't help but think of his parents in his mind.
Most of the time, Ye Chen is a strong person, and he rarely crys or is never afraid. Even if life gives him great hardships, he can still live with a smile.
But only when he missed his parents, the fragile sensitivity in his heart would be exposed involuntarily.
His personality is like a hedgehog with strong armor, and his parents are his soft and fragile abdomen.
He saw Chen Zhaozhong walking out of the car in a suit. Chen Zhaozhong was wearing the suit he brought when he fled to the United States. After so many years, the suit still fits well, and although his hair has already
It's gray, but it looks particularly energetic.
Ye Chen suddenly remembered what his father said to him when he was young.
Those words were also the reason why he refused his grandfather and insisted on taking his mother back to China.
He said: "Chen'er, you have to remember that any person with a right heart and flesh and blood must have three souls and seven spirits. If such a person stays away from his hometown for a long time, the three souls and seven spirits will lose one soul. When will he step on again?
When you go to your hometown, the lost soul will be naturally retrieved. If you do not return to your hometown, or if your hometown is lost, then this soul will never be retrieved."
Now that he saw Chen Zhaozhong seemingly ten years younger overnight, Ye Chen suddenly realized the true meaning of his father's words.
The father also said: "In the three souls and seven spirits of human beings, the three souls are the heavenly soul, the earthly soul and the life soul. The heavenly soul means the homeland, the earthly soul means parents, and the life soul means themselves."
As he said that, his father asked him again: "Chen'er, do you know why in the long river of five thousand years of history, whenever the country is in danger and the country is in decline, countless ancestors will sacrifice their lives for the country one after another?"
The young Ye Chen shook his head ignorantly and asked, "Why, Dad?"
The father smiled slightly and explained, "That's because people can lose the other two souls and seven spirits, but they must not be without the heavenly souls! Because among the three souls and seven spirits, the heavenly soul is the most important, because it represents a person.
The highest belief is that a person’s belief in his homeland, his motherland, and his nation is the highest belief. This is the reason why my father chose to return to China, and why, the Jews have experienced so many hardships, but they still have to do anything.
The reason for returning to the Palestinian region and establishing Israel is because they are like their father, who want to find their souls. The only difference is that their father left their homeland back then, and they lost their homeland.”
The young Ye Chen did not understand the feelings of family and country, so he didn't understand why his father was full of tears when he said this.
Now when he saw Chen Zhaozhong's face radiant and reborn, he truly understood his father's hot and sincere heart back then.
Ye Chen couldn't help but think that he had not left his hometown to develop overseas, nor had he forgotten his original intention, nor had he been blinded by material desires, but his three souls and seven spirits were no longer complete, because the day his parents passed away
, his earth soul, which represents his parents, also left with them.
Just as Ye Chen was sighing and feeling in his heart, he suddenly heard a familiar voice beside him asking: "Mr. Ye, what are you thinking so trance?"
Ye Chen was slightly stunned and turned around and saw that Liu Manqiong had arrived behind him at some point.
He was surprised, but also a little scared.
He didn't expect that he would be so careless that he would not even notice that ordinary people like Liu Manqiong were approaching. If there was an enemy approaching at this time, he would be unable to resist at all.
Then, he came to his senses, smiled slightly, and said to Liu Manqiong: "I'm thinking about some old things."
As he said that, Ye Chen asked her: "When did Miss Manqiong come?"
"I just arrived." Liu Manqiong also smiled slightly, then walked to Ye Chen, looked at the lively scene below, and asked Ye Chen: "Are you thinking about your parents just now?"
"Well..." Ye Chen did not deny it either, nodded slightly, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said softly: "Although twenty years have passed, I still miss them very much..."
Regarding this topic, Liu Manqiong and Ye Chen are almost on the same frequency.
She almost completely understood Ye Chen's feelings, so she couldn't help but sigh softly, then walked up, plucked up the courage, took the initiative to hold Ye Chen's hand, and squeezed it hard in the palm of his hand, as if it was
In this way, you should convey your concerns and comfort to him.
Liu Manqiong was afraid that Ye Chen would think too much, so he changed the subject and said, "Mr. Chen's condition seems to be much better than yesterday."
"Yes." Ye Chen nodded and said seriously: "He has found his heavenly soul."
As he said that, he saw Chen Zhaozhong helping his mother out of the car with his own hands, and quickly said, "No, not only the heavenly soul, but also the earthly soul."
Liu Manqiong asked in surprise: "Mr. Ye also knows the three souls and seven spirits?"
Ye Chen was stunned and couldn't help asking: "Do you know too?"
"Of course..." Liu Manqiong smiled slightly and said seriously: "Mr. Ye, don't forget that I studied Chinese and have studied for many years. In fact, at the end of Chinese, I learned philosophy and history."
Ye Chen nodded slightly and said, "It's better to read. The essence of five thousand years of civilization is in the book."
Liu Manqiong smiled and said, "Although Mr. Ye hasn't finished college, I think there must be a lot of people studying here? I know the unpopular Taoist ideas such as Three Souls and Seven Spirits."
Ye Chen laughed at himself: "I haven't read many books. I've been working hard at the bottom for twenty years. I don't have so much time and energy to read more. These are what my father told me when I was young."
Liu Manqiong said seriously: "In fact, it is not too late to study at any time. If Mr. Ye can take time out, he can make a plan for himself first, try reading one a month, and then strive to read two a month and one a week.
Book."
As he said that, Liu Manqiong said again: "If Mr. Ye doesn't dislike you, I can help you make a reading plan."
Ye Chen couldn't help asking her: "Why don't you have to check the progress and assign homework at that time?"
Liu Manqiong smiled shyly and said, "I can do it, if Mr. Ye needs it."