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The next morning, relatives on the paternal side and the maternal side came in large numbers - Even that little girl came back with her grandmother. Six had to take care of receiving guests, he seemed to not pay attention to his child anymore. As for Mrs. Six, she took care preparing things for her husband, arranging each shirt, packing small things into a small bag, she kept standing next to the backpack. The girl seemed to be abandoned, standing in the corner of the house, sometimes leaning against the door and just looking at everyone around her father. Her expression was a little different, she was no longer stubborn or frowning, her expression darkened with sadness, the sad look on her innocent face was very cute. With long, curled eyelashes, and like never blinking, her eyes seemed to grow larger, her gaze wasn't confused or strange, she looked with deep thought.
When it was time to say goodbye, he carried the backpack on his shoulder, after shaking everyone's hand, Mr. Six looked at his daughter and saw her standing in the corner of the house.
He probably wanted to hug her and kiss her too, but he seemed to be afraid that it would struggle and run away, so he just stood and watched it. He looked at it with fond and sad eyes. I saw the child's endless eyes suddenly flutter.
-Alright! Dad will leave now! - Mr. Six said softly.
We, everyone - including him, guessed she would just stand there. But strangely enough, at that moment, the father-daughter relationship seemed to suddenly arise in her, while no one expected it, she suddenly shouted:
-Dad... ad... ad... daddy!
Its cry was like a cut, cutting the silence and cutting everyone's gut, which was so sad. It was the "Dad" that she had been trying to suppress for so many years, the "Dad" sounded like it broke out from the bottom of her heart, she cried and rushed forward, as fast as a squirrel, then jumped up and spread her arms to hug her father's neck.
She hugged her father's neck tightly while crying:
-Dad! I won't let you go anymore! Stay at home with me, please!
Her father picked her up - she kissed him all over. She kissed his hair, kissed his neck, kissed his shoulder, and kissed the long scar on her father's cheek.
Meanwhile, her grandmother told me that last night, she found out why she wouldn't accept her father. She asked:
-He's your dad, why don't you accept him?
-He's not. - Despite lying down, it bounced up.
-How do you know he's not? Your father has been gone for a long time, you must have forgotten him!
-Dad is not the same as the one in the picture he took with my mother.
-Why not, he's gone for a long time, so your dad is older than before.
-It's not being old, my father's face does not have such a scar on it.
Oh, now she knew. It turned out that she didn't accept her father because of the scar, and her grandma said that her father went to fight against Western invaders and was shot and wounded by the enemies - she reminded her of the crimes of the Western invaders at the river mouth station. Listening to her stories, it lay still, rolling and sometimes sighing like an adult. The next morning, she asked her grandmother to bring her back. No sooner did she realize that than her father was about to go.
Meanwhile, she still hugged her father tightly. Unable to hold back his emotions and not wanting to show his child crying, Mr. Six held his daughter in one hand, took a cloth to wipe his tears with the other, and kissed her hair:
-Daddy has to go, but daddy will come back for you.
-No! - Cried the little girl, her hands clasped around his neck, she must have thought she couldn't hold her father with her hands, she spread both legs and grabbed her father, and her little shoulders trembled.
Seeing that scene, some people around couldn't hold back their tears, and I suddenly felt breathless as if someone's hand was squeezing my heart. I suddenly had an idea, wanted to ask him to stay for a few days. But it's difficult, we didn't know whether we would go to the gathering or stay. We needed to return on time and receive orders in time to prepare. So it was time to go, everyone had to gather and pat her, her mother said:
-Autumn! Let your dad go. Right after the liberation, your dad will return.
Her grandmother stroked her hair and coaxed:
-My granddaughter is very tough! Just let your father go and he will buy you a comb when he returns.
She hugged her father again and cried:
-When daddy's back, you must buy me a comb! - She said in a sob, while speaking, she slowly slipped down.
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