I barely slept that night. Basically, every time I squinted my eyes, all kinds of strange images would come into my head.
The same should be true for Xiangyu, because the next day, she came to wake me up with a pair of panda eyes and a head of greasy hair.
"Zhou Cang, I cooked some breakfast randomly. I don't know if it suits your taste." Xiangyu stood in front of my room door and said to me, "You look very bad. Drink some porridge first. Wait a minute."
See if you should go to the hospital to see a doctor."
"I'm so sorry. You were originally a guest, but now I have to take care of my daily life." I said and followed Xiangyu out of the bedroom.
"Zhou Cang, why are you being polite to me? We have experienced so much together, there is no need to distinguish between these." Xiang Yu said softly.
I walked to the patio and squatted by the drain under the eaves to wash up, while Xiangyu served me porridge in the kitchen.
The scene in front of me immediately reminded me of my grandma. If she were still alive, she would be busy in the kitchen now, and she would be nagging me while she was busy, telling me not to stay up late and go to bed early and get up early.
You must have breakfast and so on.
However, only a few days later, everything has changed.
Tears suddenly burst into my eyes again, and I quickly lowered my head to prevent Xiangyu from seeing.
After washing up, I went to the kitchen and took a look. Xiangyu's hands were really skillful. She made almost the same breakfast as when grandma was there.
Red dates, millet porridge, vegetable buns, and a few plates of pickles on the Eight Immortals table.
I felt my chest suddenly feel warm. If Xiangyu hadn't come back with me this time, the Zhou family would be in such a state of devastation that they wouldn't even be able to drink hot porridge.
In that case, I might really be shocked and stop pouting.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but say thank you to Xiangyu again.
"Ah, why are you saying thank you again? Didn't I say that there is no need to be polite between us?" Xiangyu said with a smile while handing me the chopsticks.
"Xiangyu, after breakfast, let's go to the city museum." I said while sipping the red dates and millet porridge.
"Okay," Xiangyu said, stretching out his chopsticks and picking up a piece of sweet cucumber.
I don't dare to think about grandma and everything in the past, because when I think of it, my tears will fall uncontrollably.
Breakfast was finished quickly. Xiangyu and I tidied up the kitchen together and then set off.
There is not much traffic in small cities, and we missed the morning rush hour. The traffic conditions along the way were very good, so it didn't take long for us to arrive at the city museum.
When we were about to set off, I had already called Uncle Wang in advance, so after we parked the car, we went straight to the office to find him.
When he opened the door to Uncle Wang's office, the little old man was still holding a magnifying glass and was studying something.
"Uncle Wang," I tried my best to put a smile on my already stiff face.
"Cang'er is here, come in quickly." Uncle Wang took off the eyes on the bridge of his nose, and then slowly stood up. Maybe he just saw Xiang Yu behind me, and said a little surprised: "There is another one."
You're a little girl, Cang'er, you were on the phone, why didn't you tell me."
"Uncle Wang, Xiangyu is not an outsider, so I didn't mention it to you on the phone." I explained simply.
"Oh." Uncle Wang looked at me, smiled charmingly at me, and didn't forget to add: "I understand, you stinky boy, you have such good eyesight, such a beautiful little girl, you are like this
You were deceived."
"Uncle Wang, what are you talking about? We are classmates." I explained hurriedly.
"Clear, clear, classmate." The little old man didn't forget to tease me again.
"Hello, uncle," Xiangyu was not affected by either of us at all and greeted Uncle Wang gracefully.
"Sit down, I've made tea for you." Uncle Wang said.
"Uncle Wang, have you found the batch of cultural relics donated by my grandfather?" I asked impatiently as soon as I sat down.
"Alas," Uncle Wang sighed.
When he sighed, I already guessed that he might not have found it.
"Cang'er, those cultural relics were taken away by the province as soon as they left the gate of Zhou's house, and they didn't even enter the museum." Uncle Wang added.
As expected.
"However, your grandfather always insisted on donating it to the city museum. Although the city museum did not get the cultural relics in the end, the donation still went through an official process, so there should be records about this batch of cultural relics in the archives.
"Uncle Wang added.
When I heard that there were records in the archives, my eyes immediately lit up. As long as there were records, I would be able to know what my grandfather donated at that time. In this case, I would be able to follow the traces and find the place where these cultural relics were unearthed.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but excitedly asked: "Uncle Wang, can we take a look at the file?"
"Of course, otherwise, I wouldn't have provided you with such information." Uncle Wang said, pouring a cup of brewed tea for each of us.
"Uncle, thank you very much. This batch of cultural relics is particularly important to Zhou Cang. You are truly our nobleman," Xiangyu said.
"This little girl is not only beautiful, but also has a sweet mouth. Cang'er, you have really good taste." Uncle Wang started to tease me again.
"Uncle Wang, first find the file and show it to us, and then you can tease me any way you want." I was really worried.
"Okay, then you two will drink tea here, and I will go find the file for you. The process of getting the file is a bit complicated. It requires several people to open the door. It may not be that fast. You two just wait."
Wang Shuo said, then stood up and walked out of the door.
"Zhou Cang, your uncle is really nice. He is an old curator who came out of retirement. He has no airs at all. He feels like the grandpa next door." Xiangyu looked at me.
said.
"Yes, Uncle Wang and my grandfather have known each other since a very early age. We even went to Yunnan together to study in the countryside. Later, the two of us took root in the same city."
As I said this, I suddenly fell into deep thought.
I heard that Uncle Wang also liked grandma very much back then, but grandma's heart was with grandpa, so Uncle Wang had to quit.
Uncle Wang has never been married in his life. According to him, he has devoted his life to archaeology. But how much of this is because of his grandmother, probably no one knows except himself.
I was thinking silently in my heart, and I couldn't help but feel sad all of a sudden.
Grandma had been kind to others in her life and had never done anything against the laws of nature and conscience. Who would have thought that when she died, she would not have any children or grandchildren around her, and only her grandfather would accompany her.
When I think of this, I really can't control myself from crying again.
"Zhou Cang," Xiangyu moved her position, poured me a cup of hot tea, and then said, "Did you think of grandma again when you saw Uncle Wang?"
She held my shoulders and said softly, "He has passed away. If you keep doing this, grandma will not feel at ease when she leaves."
I buried my head lower, and big tears fell on the back of my hands.
"So, you must cheer up and live like grandma when she was young. Think about it, in that era, how special it must be for a woman to go against her family's wishes and follow her grandfather out of the mountains. Therefore, you must not
It’s embarrassing for grandma.”
Xiangyu said, took out two tissues, stuffed them into my hand, and then said, "I'm going to the bathroom."
She is really a very attentive woman, and she found such a good reason to leave so that I could have time and space to sort out my sad emotions.
Watching Xiang Yu gently close the door of Uncle Wang's office, I raised my head and wiped the diameter of my hand on my face for a while, wiping away all the tears on my face.
At this time, Uncle Wang also came back.
But his hands were empty.
"Zhou Cang, all the archives from that year are gone." Uncle Wang said to me with an anxious look on his face.