C65 (2/2)

”Young man! What's your name? ” someone asked me again.

I replied, ”Jin Shile!”

”Hey!” His surname was Jin! San Geda has the same surname as you! ” the man who asked the name said to the middle-aged man with the sheepskin hat.

The middle-aged man wearing a sheepskin hat stood up from the corn stalks and walked over to me. He carefully examined me before suddenly pointing at me and asking, ”Is your father called Jin Donghai?”

I nodded and said yes.

”Aiya! The East China Sea is my big brother! I am your Third Uncle! Aiya! The eldest son of my big brother, who has been missing for so many years, has returned! ” The middle-aged man wearing a sheepskin felt hat cried out in joy.

The other warm villagers rushed over and surrounded me. They looked left and right, sizing me up from head to toe. Their faces were filled with curiosity and their mouths were chattering. Just by looking at its appearance, it somewhat resembled Eastsea.

”How many years has he been missing? Fifteen years? ”

”More than fifteen years, eighteen years! The child disappeared when he was four! ”

”Young man, how old are you?” someone asked me.

I replied, ”Twenty-two years old!”

”He disappeared when he was four years old. It's been eighteen years, and he's twenty-two years old. He's the perfect age!”

The number of villagers who came to spectate increased as they discussed amongst themselves.

I was thinking, ”So I came to my hometown! My father also did not tell me where my hometown came from. It's such a coincidence that I accidentally bumped into him! ”

”Child, are you cold? Come home with me! ” The middle-aged man in the sheepskin felt hat grabbed me. I didn't resist and followed him home.

His home was in a deep alley. The manor was very high up. However, the area of the manor was small. Entering the courtyard felt cramped and cramped. A few low, dusty rooms were full of people. There were also a few sheep and some chickens and ducks in the yard. They were covered with sheep dung and chicken and duck dung. The air was still filled with the smell of the sheep, mixed with the stench of chicken and duck dung, which was extremely unpleasant to the nose. I was not used to this kind of squalor and felt uncomfortable all over.

The middle aged man with the sheepskin felt hat on his head was called San Geda. His real name was Jin Guo Fa. He claims to be my Third Uncle. In any case, he's older than me, so I'll just call him Third Uncle. He called everyone out into the yard. First, he introduced me. ”This is the eldest son of your grandpa Donghai, he's been missing for eighteen years and he's returned! His name is Jin Shile! ”

Then, he introduced those people to me one by one: ”This is my eldest son, Jin Da Zhu, nicknamed Da Laozhu. Although he looks older than you, he is only twenty. You are two years older than him, so let him call you big brother! Da Laozhu, quickly call him brother! ”

”Brother!” Jin Dabao smiled innocently at me and shouted with his coarse voice.

”Hm!” ”Hello, little brother!” I nodded.

”Brother, do you have a nickname?” Jin Dabao asked me.

”No!” I shook my head.

San Geda introduced another young woman: ”This is Da Laozhu's wife! She had just married someone! Her name is Chao Xixi! Your sister-in-law! ”Hehe, hurry up and call me uncle!”

”Eldest Uncle!” Chao Xixi shyly called out to me as she blushed and lowered her head.

”Yes, how are you, sister-in-law?”

”This is Jin Ergang, nicknamed Smelly Vajra because he likes to fart. Only seventeen years old and already a wife! Marry her next year. Smelly King Kong, quickly call him brother! ”

San Geda was extremely busy, and only after a round of introductions did he remember to bring me clothes to change. Da Laozhu is the biggest out of them all, so he took his clothes for me to wear. However, I was too tall. Even after putting on my clothes, they were still quite short, but at least my clothes were still dry, which was still better than being wet.

I remembered that there were two other important people who did not greet me, so I asked, ”Third Uncle, where are my grandparents?”

San Geda's smile disappeared, he sighed, and said: ”Your grandfather has passed away! Your grandmother is sick and is lying in her room! ”

I said, ”Then I'll go in and see my grandmother. ”Which room is she in?”

San Geda brought me to a mud house facing west. The space inside was low, it did not take up a lot of space, and the light from the window was poor, giving off a thick musty smell. I saw an old woman sitting by the bed. An old woman was also lying on the bed. I don't know which one is my grandmother.

It was clear enough that the old lady sitting by the bed had two circular burn scars on her face. The scar felt thick and hard, covering her eyes. Where could he see her eyes? She was blind.

However, her face was currently facing me, as if she could see me. Her expression was not very good, and was rather gloomy as she asked, ”San Geda has committed another offense today. Who did you bring this time?”