在我的记忆里,“外公”一词只出现在书本上、影视剧中或是外婆和母亲的谈话间,从未参与过我的生活。因为外公离开我们整整二十年了。今年春节,我们一家人回到母亲的家乡,一来是与多年未见的亲人团聚,二则是春节前去给外公上坟。听外婆、妈妈她们说,外公生前是位老师,课讲得很好,人也很随和,喜欢穿一身中山装搭布鞋。母亲说外公很聪明,动手能力很强,会制做好多的智力玩具:九连环、七巧板、华容道;会包粽子,是那种 In my memory, the term “grandfather” appears only in books, in drama or in the conversation between grandmother and mother and has never been involved in my life. Because my grandfather left us for twenty full years. This year’s Spring Festival, our family back to her hometown, one is with his loved one for many years without reunion, the second is to go to the Grandfather graves before the Spring Festival. Listen to grandmother, mother, they say, the grandfather was a teacher before his death, the class is very good, people are very easygoing, like to wear a tunic loaded Zhongshan cloth shoes. My grandfather said the mother is very clever, strong ability, will make a lot of intellectual toys: nine links, Tangram, Huarong Road; dumplings will be wrapped, is the kind