Re-select the life system

Chapter 189 28 Down and out
The plane landed slowly at Taipei Airport. On the plane, my grandfather was seated by the window. This was his first time flying, and he was very nervous, holding the seat tightly with both hands!
Grandma and uncle are not much better, but Qin He is very relaxed. Although he has not taken many planes, but the experience of several generations, in his current life, he can hardly find anything that can surprise him. , or something unexpected.

From the moment he was reborn, Qin He felt like an outsider, never truly integrating into this body, because until now, he still understands that although this world is Qin He's life, it is not his life!

During this trip to Wanwan, Qin He didn't feel too much expectation or surprise. He couldn't understand his grandfather's mood. More importantly, as a junior, he helped his grandfather make up for his regret.

After this world is over, Qin He will not go to Wanwan to look for these relatives, because that world, Grandpa's regret, has already gone with the wind.

The Wanwan in 2002 was similar to the mainland ten years later, with old houses and high-rise buildings interspersed with each other, and occasional bright lights, which make people distinguish that this is not the mainland!
Just after leaving the airport, two black Mercedes-Benz stopped at the gate of the airport. Grandpa and the others became more cautious. Qin He smiled and helped grandpa into the car.

The driver and the two people accompanying him were still very respectful. They got into the two cars one after another, and the cars drove smoothly towards the outside of the airport.

Qin He didn't ask too much. Judging by the posture, Zhang Xiaolin's Zhang family should be regarded as a rich man in Wanwan, but the other party's details obviously don't want everyone to know.

Contacting Zhang Xiaolin during this time, the other party seems to be fulfilling the entrustment of the elders in the family.

The other party is also obviously guarding against Grandpa and his party. After all, the poor relatives from the mainland are also afraid of causing trouble!

It was evening at this time, all kinds of vehicles were crowded outside, and two luxury cars shuttled smoothly in the traffic flow. Qin He looked at the feasting lights outside the window, and occasionally there were betel nut girls in cool clothes, with signs in traditional characters, which were different from those in mainland China. Fireworks!

About half an hour later, the vehicle slowly drove away from the center of the city and slowly entered a group of villas. These villas were built on the hillside. Although they were deep in the downtown area, they were quiet in the downtown area. The white villas were surrounded by trees. Obviously elegant and dignified, it looks like a place where rich people live.

When they arrived at the place soon, the greeters opened the car door first, and respectfully let them get out of the car. The clothes of the grandfather and the others were really incompatible with this place, and they stood in front of the villa, at a loss.

In the villa, more than a dozen people soon came out, including men and women, old and young. The leader was an old man in his early eighties, leaning on a cane and being helped out of the villa by a woman in her fifties.

The woman whispered a few words in the old man's ear. There was a glimmer of light in the old man's eyes. Those blurred eyes began to look at the people in Qinhe. Soon, he saw his grandfather in a Chinese tunic suit. The old man shouted He was holding something, but he was obviously weak.

Grandpa's tense body was gently pulled by Qin He, asking Grandpa to come forward to recognize each other.

Grandpa stumbled forward this time and looked at the old man carefully. After a while, he shouted in the dialect of his hometown with uncertainty.

"Third Uncle?"

When the old man heard the local accent, his eyes were moist immediately, and the sunken eye sockets were filled with tears. He wanted to step forward excitedly, but his grandfather quickly stepped forward to support him. The two hands were tightly held together. He tried his best to raise his head to see Grandpa's face clearly.

Qin He also felt a little sad. He sized up the men and women around the old man. They were all gorgeously dressed, and their temperament and attire showed that they were people of status.

Look at the back of me, the uncle in a large suit and a pair of liberation pants, and his somewhat restrained and tired face, with a Mediterranean hairstyle, this temperament is no one else!
If my grandfather hadn't had that accident back then, maybe his current appearance and temperament would not be worse than any of these people. Of course, it was that accident that made him who he is.

There are countless possibilities in life, and the appearance of oneself makes many impossible things possible!
After the old man and grandpa exchanged greetings for several minutes, the group finally entered the villa together. Seeing that grandma was very nervous, Qin He stepped forward to hold her hand to reassure her.

After entering the house, several butler-like waiters began to arrange the dining table. The woman who was supporting the old man also introduced her family to grandpa in her authentic Bayan Mandarin!

That woman is the eldest daughter of the old man, she is 63 this year, and she looks like she is in her early fifties. In fact, she is a few months older than her grandfather, and she also came to Wanwan with her father from the mainland. I was very familiar back then, the relationship between cousins, but I haven't seen each other for more than 50 years, and the familiarity of the past has long since disappeared.

When the woman introduced her family, she obviously had a sense of pride. The dozen or so children behind him were all her children and grandchildren!
The old man had two children in the mainland. When he arrived in Wanwan, he married a concubine. In the end, they gave birth to nine children. Now there are more than 100 descendants. Everyone lives in different places, even overseas. Among them, Zhang Xiaolin is only the third son of the old man. offspring only.

When it came time for my grandfather to introduce me, I just briefly introduced it. Except for the old man who smiled and agreed, the others obviously didn't care about my grandfather's introduction.

Qin He could also clearly see that, except for the old man who really cared about family affection, the others in this group were obviously impatient.

Did they come over to say hello? After the introduction, they are ready to enter the dinner!
At the dinner table, the old man was obviously in a bad state of mind. He was too excited just now, and he was a little tired before eating. Finally, he was supported by the housekeeper to rest.

In order to welcome the arrival of the grandfather and his party, the other party also prepared a lot, not only the processed lobster and seafood, but also a variety of steak and foie gras, and it is also a common meal in Western food.

Without the restraint of the old people, everyone became more active immediately, and even some young people started to chat about their own affairs, bursting into laughter, and everyone began to eat the delicacies around them.

Grandpa and others were arranged to sit in a row, but they had never eaten this kind of Western food in their lives. Looking at the cutlery and cutlery in front of them, they didn't know how to start.

This was obviously a bit too much, the three of them, grandpa, grandma and uncle, didn't know how to start at all, so Qin Hedai yelled directly at the waitress waiting by the side.

"Four pairs of chopsticks, please!"

Qin He's words stunned everyone present for a moment. Several young people couldn't help laughing out loud, and some young people whispered their thoughts to each other.

The waiter was also stunned for a moment, and quickly looked at the woman in charge. The woman guessed the reason when she saw the cautious grandfather and others, and smiled and asked the waiter to bring a few pairs of chopsticks.

This dinner was a bit weird, other people at the table were eating western food and drinking red wine, Qin He and the others were holding foie gras with chopsticks, as if they were eating stewed food.

After the meal, perhaps feeling that Qin He and the others were really ashamed, the woman began to arrange for people to take Qin He and the others to the guest room to rest, and prepared new toiletries, and ordered the managers to be on call at any time. He always felt uncomfortable.

Since entering this villa, Qin He and others have been waiting for them all the time, but the people in this villa, except for the old man before, don't seem to regard them as relatives, and no one came to say hello , I don't have the feeling of visiting relatives in my own home at all.

Even my grandfather's cousin, the two old people haven't seen each other for more than 50 years. Logically, as a cousin, there should be a lot of things I want to ask, right?

But the other party obviously didn't intend to come over to greet them. After dinner, they didn't come over to ask a few people. They only asked the housekeeper at home to take care of a few people.

Qin He felt that this was more like a kind of surveillance. After washing up, Qin He went to the room of his grandparents to comfort him for a while, and then went back to his room. Qin He didn't want to cause trouble in other people's territory.

After a sleepless night, Qin He got up early the next morning and found that his grandpa and grandma had been up for a while. The two old people were sitting on the sofa in the living room. The third uncle of the grandpa had already woken up. The two old people were sitting on the sofa On the ground, talking in a low voice, the housekeeper stood aside, like a wooden man.

Seeing Qin He approaching, Grandpa smiled and pulled Qin He along.

"Xiao He, you can call me grandpa!"

Qin He smiled and went over to call grandpa, the old man half-closed his eyes, smiled and said good, the old man slightly trembled and took out a red envelope from his pocket, and stuffed it into Qin He's hand, Qin He glanced at grandpa, grandpa nodded nodded.

Obviously, the old man is not old at heart. Although his condition is not very good, he still cares about some etiquette.

After staying with the grandpa for a day, the grandpa really wanted to see his mother who had not been there for many years, so he began to say goodbye. The old man couldn't keep him, so he had to ask someone to arrange a car, and let a special escort take a few people to this time. The real destination of the trip to the Bay.

After staying in this villa for a day, Qin He didn't even understand his grandpa's family members, let alone the conflicts of grievances and resentments back then.

Except for grandpa, the family is always on guard against grandpa and his party.

Qin He didn't even know about the other party's family situation. His maternal grandfather was too old and in a bad mental state. He kept talking vaguely about old things in the mainland.

But Qin He also vaguely guessed something. More than 20 years ago, after the Zhang family split up, everyone didn't have much contact with each other, and the relationship was not very good, so this happened.

After another two hours of driving, we gradually walked out of the city and entered the urban-suburban junction of Wanwan. We saw not only canteens but also farmland around us, and finally stopped in front of an old two-story small building on the side of the road.

Seeing this dilapidated two-story old house, Qin He couldn't believe it, but the escort said that he had arrived at the destination, and didn't say much about the rest.

Several people got out of the car. Grandpa was obviously in a very complicated and nervous mood at this time. The escort knocked on the door on the first floor. After a while, there was a sound of scolding inside. Soon, the door was finally opened, and a The unkempt middle-aged woman, the other party looked at the people outside, and asked who to call in Wanwan dialect.

The escort asked with a smile.

"Is the owner of this house Chen Xuemei?"

The middle-aged woman glanced at several people suspiciously, shouted a few times into the room, and soon a more sloppy middle-aged man came out of the room!
Seeing this middle-aged man, Qin He felt that he should find the right place, because this sloppy middle-aged man looked too much like his uncle behind him. The genes were gone. He was not tall, had Mediterranean hair style, and his nose was also similar.

The man was wearing a shabby vest and holding a cattail fan. He glanced at them warily and asked suspiciously.

"What are you looking for with my mother?"

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, before the accompanying staff could speak, the grandfather was already a little excited. He took two steps forward and asked the middle-aged man.

"Is your father's name Zhang Chengbo? Your mother's name is Chen Xuemei, and your sister's name is Zhang Yun, right?"

The middle-aged man was startled by his grandfather's eager tone and quickly took two steps back and shouted.

"Who are you? Did Anzi cause trouble outside again? What happened to Anzi has nothing to do with us!"

What is this mess?
Qin He couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward a few steps, and said to the middle-aged man.

"That uncle, don't be nervous. We are from the mainland. This is my grandfather. His name is Zhang Xingguo. I think you should have heard of this name before?"

"Zhang Xingguo? Mainland?"

The middle-aged man was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly came to his senses, quickly put down his cattail fan, stepped forward to look at his grandfather several times, and suddenly said a little excitedly.

"You are Brother Zhang Xingguo, right? I have listened to my parents nagging since I was a child, and I have been nagging since I was a child. A few days ago, that boy from the Zhang family called and said that he found you, which made my mother excited for a while. Come on, don't stand up." It's at the door, come in and sit, come in and sit!"

After several people entered the room, a strange smell came over them, and the room was also in a mess, Qin He frowned.

This is completely different from what I imagined. With such a big family business, the future generations will not be in such a miserable situation, right?

Grandpa's half-mountain villa should be what he imagined yesterday. What the hell is this?

And looking at this middle-aged bald man, he was obviously born after coming to Wanwan, not a few years older than his uncle. Looking at this appearance, he is indeed a bit miserable!
A few people squeezed into the room, and it was obviously a bit crowded. Seeing this, the two escorts saw that they had already delivered the people and completed their task, so they left after talking to them!

Zhang Xiaolin had told Qin He before he came that after Qin He and his friends completed their family visit, they only needed to contact him and he would still arrange for someone to take them back to the mainland.

This kind of family visit is obviously more like a ritual, allowing several old people in the family to complete some kind of regret. Qin He can also see from the experience of the past two days that the younger generation, the arrival of the grandfather and his party, did not have the slightest surprise. Even more like a mission accomplished.

And the old man is already very old, and he is obviously weak and unintentional. Qin He thinks this is good, and he has made up a regret with his grandpa, and it is estimated that this knot will be gone in the future.

It is estimated that after the death of a few old people, the relatives on the Wanwan side will have nothing to do with the next generation, so that's fine.

After the escorts left, there were only Qin He and the others left here. There was no luxurious room. The whole living room was in a mess and there was nowhere to set foot. Down.

According to seniority, I should call this bald man Second Grandpa, but Qin He always felt that he couldn't call him out, and the bald man was also a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly asked his wife to tidy up and prepare to pour tea.

Apart from the somewhat chaotic environment, this bald man was obviously quite enthusiastic towards his grandfather and his group. He pulled his grandfather to talk about trivial matters about his parents and his own family over the years!

Grandpa also smiled rarely, and didn't care about the surrounding environment. Although the bald man in front of him, although it was the first time they met in this life, they were real brothers twice.

Grandpa introduced grandma, uncle, and Qin He to each other. This time, grandpa was really sincere. When introducing uncle, he even compared his hair with uncle's, and the two laughed loudly.

The atmosphere of the family is much more harmonious, the uncle also called uncle, and Qin He also called second grandfather, but the family conditions of second grandfather really made Qin He unbearable.

They said it was pouring tea, and after searching for a long time, they couldn't find the tea leaves in the end, so they had to boil water, which was fine, but in the end they couldn't even find the cups. The family was speechless.

After chatting for a while, the grandfather began to ask about his mother, and finally learned that although the mother was eighty years old, she ate well and was in good health, but the old man did not want to live with his son, but lived with his eldest daughter. home.

Grandpa looked at the environment in the room, and shook his head helplessly. It was almost time for dinner, and the second grandpa wanted to ask his wife to cook. After dinner, they went to grandpa's sister Zhang Yun's house together.

But seeing the situation at home, Qin He quickly proposed to go out to eat, just in time to visit the local customs.

The second grandfather smiled awkwardly and agreed.

Qin He was a little messed up by these relationships, and he was not very familiar with it, so he even thought about what to call for a long time.

Under the leadership of the second grandpa, a few people found a small restaurant that serves Fujian cuisine, and had a simple meal. When it was time to pay, the second grandpa fumbled for a long time and found out ten Taiwan dollars. When everyone saw it, it was extremely embarrassing In the end, it was Qin He who took out the money and paid the bill.

This money was the red envelope my grandfather gave me yesterday morning, [-] Taiwan dollars.

Seeing this desolate second grandpa, grandpa and the others were also very embarrassed and sighed again and again.

The second grandfather quickly explained that because his son Zhang Quanan owed a lot of gambling debts outside, the family has been tense these years.

Qin He was completely speechless. After the meal, six people squeezed into a taxi. After Qin He paid more than 50 express fares, he finally arrived at his destination.

This is a small town. My grandfather’s younger sister was married here at the beginning. Several people stopped beside a small six-story building on the street. There was a fruit stand on the first floor. , shouted a sister.

Qin He looked inside and saw an old woman with gray hair but good spirits. She was wearing an apron and was sorting out the fruit on the fruit shelf.

The old woman who was arranging the fruits in the shop turned her head, glanced at the second grandfather, and immediately said with dissatisfaction.

"You still know how to come to see grandma! Whose son doesn't care about his grandma? He hasn't even called his mother in the past few months!"

The second grandpa obviously looked old-fashioned. He picked up a pear from the fruit stand with a smile, took a bite, and pointed at the grandpa outside the house.

"Sister, I have a very happy event to tell you today. You will never guess who is here today. Look who is that person?"

The old woman looked up. Obviously, she had no impression of Grandpa at all, and she would never have thought that her elder brother who was separated from the two sides of the strait would suddenly appear in front of her.

She only saw a white-haired couple standing outside, a bald middle-aged man, and a young man at the end. She didn't know any of these people, and they looked so old-fashioned in their clothes.

The old woman picked up a cantaloupe and asked casually.

"Who is this?"

"Sister, I told you that you definitely won't believe it. You kept talking about it before, saying that your elder brother loved you very much, but now that your elder brother is right in front of you, you don't even recognize him!"

"Oh!"

Cantaloupe fell to the ground!The old woman's eyes were in a trance, she looked up at the grandfather outside the house again, her lips trembled slightly, and she couldn't say anything!

(End of this chapter)