In Hong Kong in April, compared to the cold and windy northern New Jersey town, it was already early summer weather.

As soon as Cai Zhiliang returned to Hong Kong, he received news from Lu Xiang that the uncle he had never met in Jiangsu Province had been found. To be on the safe side, he sent a photo for Cai Zhiliang to confirm.

This is a family photo. To Cai Zhiliang's surprise, apart from Lu Ni's parents, there are a total of 7 children, which are quite different from Cai Zhiliang's memory.

Lu Ni in the photo is not very old, and she looks like she is thirteen or fourteen years old. Cai Zhiliang took out the photos he kept at home and compared them.

If you look carefully, you can still see some similarities. Of course, this is the same person.

Even if it is a color photo, the appearance of the same person in different times and in different clothes may be very different, not to mention that it is still a black and white photo.

If Cai Zhiliang hadn't known in advance that this was a photo of his grandmother when she was a child, he would never have dared to recognize her. After all, he had never met his grandmother, and his impressions all came from photos, which were flat and stereotyped.

Therefore, Cai Zhiliang could only take the photo to find Zhao Hongde for identification.

It was Saturday and Deng Xiaoya didn't have to go to school. Her lively temperament had recovered, but she was as quiet as a lady today, which surprised Cai Zhiliang.

"Where is grandpa?" Cai Zhiliang looked around, but did not see Zhao Hongde.

"Shh... keep your voice down." Deng Xiaoya was not satisfied with Cai Zhiliang's shouting at Goldman Sachs, and glanced at the study from time to time.

"We have guests..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the study door opened, and a tall woman in a light green skirt came out. While Cai Zhiliang was still thinking about the woman's identity, Deng Xiaoya had already ran over, very well-behaved.

"Teacher Li, please stay and have a casual meal." Zhao Hongde invited politely.

"No, thank you. I have to visit Zhang Chong's home." Teacher Li glanced at Cai Zhiliang and said, "You are busy in advance, so I won't disturb you."

"This is my grandson, it's okay."

Zhao Hongde explained, but Teacher Li left anyway. Perhaps the discussion was almost done. He was worried that he had no excuse to leave, so Cai Zhiliang came in.

"Did you get into trouble at school?" At this time, Cai Zhiliang also figured out what was going on. The teacher was doing a home visit.

"No, the teachers and classmates all like me." Deng Xiaoya snorted lightly and returned to her usual ways.

"A Liang, when did you come back?" Zhao Hongde sat on the sofa and said, "When I called you two days ago, I didn't hear your mother talk about it."

"I just arrived the day before yesterday. My grandparents are not used to the climate there, so I sent them back." Cai Zhiliang took out the photo, handed it to Zhao Hongde, and said, "Look at this."

"Is your dad still not getting better... Huh..." Zhao Hongde took the photo, frowned, and shouted: "Xiaoya, bring me my reading glasses."

"Well, it will take half a year of treatment before the effect can be seen." Cai Zhiliang said: "This is a family photo that was just sent to me. I compared it with the old photos at home. There are some similarities, but I am not sure."

"A-Liang, fresh pineapples are quite sweet." Zhao Baoxian brought over a plate of pineapples and reminded her daughter, "Eat less. Don't be like yesterday. If you eat too much, your tongue will not work anymore."

"I know, I know." Deng Xiaoya nodded, holding the pineapple, and said, "Just eat a little bit."

Cai Zhiliang also forked a piece of pineapple, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, just as Zhao Baoxian said, while waiting for Zhao Hongde's answer.

Zhao Hongde put on his reading glasses and stared at the photos brought by Cai Zhiliang. He examined them carefully and said after a long while: "It should be right, it's a family photo of your grandma's family."

"Are you not sure?" After observing for so long, Zhao Hongde's answer was not very sure, which made Cai Zhiliang shake his head and sigh.

"Didn't I just say it was confirmed?" Zhao Hongde took off his reading glasses, rubbed his sore eyes, and said, "It's your grandma in the photo, it's not wrong."

"Then you've been looking at it for so long." Cai Zhiliang said, "Isn't it, for you, it's not just a matter of taking a look."

"Your grandma told me before." Zhao Hongde handed the photo to Cai Zhiliang and said, "Your great-grandfather had a mole on his forehead. Take a look."

"I just watched it for so long just to confirm some things you didn't understand. Now I've confirmed it." Zhao Hongde said: "Your grandmother was separated from her family back then, and she didn't have a single photo with her. I can only identify it through some characteristics.

Judging, your mother may not even know, so let’s not talk about you.”

"What other characteristics are there?" Cai Zhiliang came closer and took a closer look. Even the mole was blurry and he couldn't see clearly. He said, "For example, why does my grandma have 7 brothers and sisters? Why do I remember that there are only 5

indivual."

"Your mother is young and your grandmother doesn't want to mention it anymore, so she doesn't know about some things." Zhao Hongde said: "Besides, people can't be resurrected, so there is nothing to talk about. So when your mother was thinking about finding a relative, she wanted to

It didn't help much, so I didn't mention some past events."

"Can't people be resurrected after death?" Cai Zhiliang started staring at the photo again.

"Your grandmother has nine brothers and sisters in total, so her conditions are naturally very poor. Your uncle also..." Zhao Hongde said for a moment, perhaps thinking of his eldest son who died in infancy.

There are seven children in this photo, which means that two great-uncles or great-aunts have passed away.

Cai Zhiliang didn't know what to say. Usually at this time, Zhao Baoxiu was there to comfort him, and he just held Zhao Hongde's hand tightly.

"The reason why we say there are five brothers and sisters is that when they were separated, one elder sister, two younger sisters, and one younger brother had already died. This time it should be correct. It has been more than 50 years. Things have changed and people have changed.

The only ones who remember these things are the brothers and sisters of their family. Look at this photo, there are seven brothers and sisters, which is more detailed than the information we provided at the time."

"If I tell my mother, she will be very happy." After losing his mother, finding relatives has become a kind of sustenance for Zhao Baoxiu. Cai Zhiliang said: "I hope they all live well."

"When do you plan to go there?" Zhao Hongde said: "The two of us can go there. Your mother is far away in the United States, so there is no need to go back and forth."

"If you don't take a look, how can you feel at ease?" Cai Zhiliang asked back, "After the Qingming Festival, I will arrange the trip and ask my mother to fly directly from New York to Feipu River. We will meet there. It will take a week to prepare.

Time."

Zhao Hongde nodded and said: "Notify me a few days in advance."

"When is your birthday this year?" After talking about going to Jiangsu Province to visit relatives, Cai Zhiliang mentioned Zhao Hongde's birthday, which he missed last year.

"It's not your turn to worry about this matter." Zhao Hongde was noncommittal and asked Cai Zhiliang to take care of his own affairs.

Cai Zhiliang just tried it out. It had been less than a month. Since Zhao Hongde still had the same attitude, let's just spend it peacefully. After lunch, Cai Zhiliang left.

Soon it will be Qingming Festival. Just like in previous years, Cai Zhiliang accompanied Cai Xun and went to sweep the tomb with his family. As time went by, sweeping the tomb became a fixed process, burning paper, toasting, and leaving. No one would introduce the family to the younger generations.
Chapter completed!