Beginning and ignorance

So, the four of them gathered in the guest room building.

Jiang Xichen's mood at the moment doesn't look as bad as it was at the dinner table.When Jiang Dongwei and Han Xun came in, they saw him listening to Xie Wu talking about the paintings in the living room with great interest.Those paintings were all bought by him earlier to please Xie Wu, but in fact he has no interest in them.

Jiang Dongwei felt a little paternalistic disdain for his nymphomaniac look towards Xie Wu, and couldn't stand it.He didn't even say hello, and went straight upstairs.

Jiang Xichen took the initiative to stop him: "Hey, brother, wait!"

Jiang Dongwei stopped and looked at him, still not saying a word.Jiang Xichen didn't mind, he just stood there and asked, "Do you think the old man is angry enough tonight?"

After all, he is a brother. Hearing this, Jiang Dongwei knew that this poor kid was going with him.These two matters have been under the old man's eyelids for so long, and the old man has never expressed all kinds of emotions in his heart, which is obviously unhealthy.In fact, everyone is looking forward to his early anger.

After the fire is over, the hurdle can almost be passed.

He thought for a while, and answered Jiang Xichen: "Five or six points."

Jiang Xichen showed his approval, and then looked at his elder brother questioningly: "Then tomorrow..."

"Don't be silly!" Before they could reach a consensus, Han Xun stopped him. He followed Jiang Dongwei, tugged him, turned his head and said to Jiang Xichen in the living room, "If you want to go tomorrow, just obediently celebrate your birthday. Just go, don't think about embarrassing the old man on that occasion."

"Oh..." Jiang Xichen replied shyly, and exchanged a glance with Jiang Dongwei. The latter spread his hands and pointed at Han Xun. His attitude was obviously still inclined to Han Xun's opinion.

When they went upstairs, Jiang Xichen looked back at Xie Wu and muttered in a low voice: "Brother Xun listens to everything..."

Xie Wu patted him and comforted him slightly: "Okay, don't act too hastily, today is an improvement."

A slap and a jujube, this kind of thing is not only for the strong to give to the weak, but the reverse is also possible, such as in the Jiang family.

After the disturbance in the restaurant at night, the four people who were driven to the guest room building went to the main building to meet the old man early the next morning.They all stood in front of Jiang Qinmao, greeted him good morning, and wished him a happy birthday.

That posture makes people feel like watching children pay their respects in the feudal era.With a cold face, Jiang Qinmao gave a "hmm" and pointed to the seat in front of him: "Let's eat."

Several people turned from passive to active, discussing today's birthday banquet at the breakfast table.You said something to each other, and revealed the information that all four of them would go to Jiang Qinmao, who was "not talking about eating".A warm and harmonious breakfast is eaten. If a few cameras are placed next to it, it will be a standard model of a happy family.

Jiang Qinmao looked expressionless and said nothing about the information they revealed.

But right now he didn't express anything, it was the biggest expression: if he didn't raise any objection, he agreed with them to go.

The four of them looked at each other secretly, knowing that it was right to come here for an awkward chat this early in the morning.

At the same time, I would like to thank the psychiatrist who lives in the guest room building, and sigh for his accurate pulse detection. In the early morning, the doctor gave these four people the simplest method: do what they like, pour honey into it, and influence it invisible.

As for the old man's "goodness", it is not difficult to grasp.

He is in his fifties this year, approaching his sixtieth birthday, and he is starting to feel like an old man.The emergence of this kind of mentality is like a physiological process, and it will naturally breed when one gets old.He began to like lively scenes from the bottom of his heart, like family together, like children around him, especially during festivals and birthdays.

But with such a heart, he would not say it outside, because it would be embarrassing to say it.

After all, he was only half his life, and all he pretended in his heart was the vast world, and his wife, children and family were just appendages, a small part of that world.Now for him to admit that that small part has become the focus of his eyes, and even the absolute core of this world, it really... needs some time.

But this process can be accelerated, that is to satisfy him and make him taste the life he yearns for.Once a person is happy, all guards, limits, discomfort, unwillingness... are all relaxed.

The location of today's birthday banquet is set in the restaurant remodeled from the old palace, which meets the needs of low-key luxury.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, we began to welcome the guests to enter the venue.

This matter was originally arranged for the old man's two secretaries to do it, but now it was Han Xun who appeared on the stage in person. Outsiders don't know the internal affairs of the Jiang family, but they only think that the second young master came forward to welcome the guests this time, which gave them a lot of face.

After entering the banquet, I saw Jiang Dongwei sitting in the infield with a familiar young man beside him. The two entertained them one by one as "uncles and uncles". .

At 03:30 in the afternoon, the feast begins.

Jiang Qinmao delivered a speech on the stage as usual, and there were three young people standing beside him, one by one.At this time, there were already many people who recognized Jiang Xichen in the audience, and there were many people whispering and discussing.

"... You are all here, old friends are all here, that's why I hold such a game on this day every year, I am happy to meet you!"

Jiang Qinmao's speech came to an end. Hearing his words, the audience burst into warm applause. He looked at the crowd with a smile, waited for the applause to fade away, and then pointed to the three people beside him.

"These are my three sons, Dongwei, Han Xun, you are all familiar with this. This is my youngest son, Jiang Xichen. The child is ignorant, he is a showman, and he is usually afraid of the media spreading rumors, so he refuses to come Celebrate my birthday, today is the first time I have come to see someone."

Jiang Xichen leaned over at the right time, and greeted the audience with a smile: "Hi uncles, aunts, aunts, brothers and sisters!"

After finishing speaking, he tossed a wink casually, which attracted the voices of the young guests in the audience.Old people look at him as if they were children, and find them cute.There was thunderous applause, and suddenly someone flattered Jiang Qinmao's "good luck" loudly, which attracted praises to the three young people one after another.All of this is like putting gold on Jiang Qinmao's face.

His cold face was rarely filled with a smile, and even his eyes were gentle.

This jujube is a gift to the old man's heart.

The birthday banquet didn't end until nightfall, the old man left early, leaving three children to see off the guests.

By the time they are done, the city's nightlife has just begun.However, the four of them had worked so hard all day and had no plans to participate in the nightlife. They got together to exchange their experiences for the day, and waved to each other, ready to leave.A group of people went to the parking lot together, and as soon as they got inside, a car flashed double flashing.

Then, the car door opened, and Lin Yi stepped out of the car, she said with a smile: "Fortunately, I made it in time, the old man asked me to give you a little gift."

The four looked at each other with a premonition.

Lin Yi came over, and the aunt who followed her was carrying two black suede bags, she gave them to Han Xun and Xie Wu respectively, and then said to Jiang Dongwei and Jiang Xichen: "I'm sorry, such a gift should have been It was sent by your mother, I took over today, I hope you don't blame me."

After hearing this, the brothers looked at each other, and they all knew what this gift meant.It was rare for the two of them to react in unison, and they didn't reply, they just smiled at Lin Yi, bent over and bowed.

Lin Yi took two steps back and looked at them one by one: "The days to come will be long, I hope you will cherish each other." She held her breath for a moment, sighed, and pulled up her coat, "Then I'll go home first, today, just I won’t take you back, let’s have fun.”

After all, he turned and went back to the car.

The gift from the old man is two watches.They are not famous models of any famous brand, but a domestic watch made in the 70s, which comes from the earliest mechanical clock factory in China, and also from the mother of Jiang Dongwei and Jiang Hanxun.

The marriage between Jiang Qinmao and his first wife was an atypical marriage.It is not a strong alliance, but a potential stock.

He worked in a watch company for two years before enlisting in the army, and won the favor of his boss with his outstanding business ability, but later enlisted in the army.In the army, he also built a network of contacts, and when he came out, he already had a considerable network of contacts.Relying on his network resources, he obtained the investment from his former boss, started to get into the real estate industry, and married the boss's daughter by the way.

This daughter is the mother of Jiang Dongwei and Jiang Xichen.

When she came, she brought a pair of favorite watches from home.At that time, they were still fashionable, and soon after the market opened and foreign goods poured in, they pressed the bottom of the box.But that's the only thing she's brought, and kept to this day.

For the time being, Jiang Qinmao had to let them express their feelings.

After Lin Yi left, the four of them got their wish, but thinking of their mother, Jiang Dongwei and Jiang Xichen didn't have any intention to talk, they were speechless, and now they really went back to their respective homes.

Three days later, Jiang Dongwei finally packed his things and returned to the United States under Han Xun's persuasive guidance and repeated orders.He was still not reconciled to not being able to pull Han Xun back to go through the formalities.On the way to the airport, I kept putting on a bad face.

Han Xun has long been used to his temper tantrum, even if he left it alone.

"August." Before the security check, Jiang Dongwei said suddenly.

He stared at Han Xun with an expression on his face as if he had made a lot of concessions when he opened his mouth.Seeing him like this, Han Xun thought it was funny again, so he didn't laugh out of consideration for his face.

He coughed lightly, and said: "Okay, August. I will definitely go back with the ring in August, propose to you, and go through the formalities, okay?"

Jiang Dongwei listened, curled his lips in disgust and didn't answer, reached into his jacket pocket, took out a small box, grabbed Han Xun's hand and stuffed it into his palm, and said in a nasty voice: "You don't need to beg. , When you take the initiative to take care of my marriage and love affairs, I will be old. Take it well, and I'm leaving. "

This might be the worst marriage proposal ever.

Han Xun was helpless, but what else could he do?It's not just about pampering and coaxing.

He opened the box by himself, took out the ring from inside, put it on his hand, and shook it at Jiang Dongwei: "Put it on, you can go back with peace of mind."

Jiang Dongwei looked at him, as if he had a lot to say, but he kept it on his lips, and couldn't pick which one to use as the conclusion of today's farewell.He stared at him deeply for a long time, sighed lightly, and then hugged him as usual, but kissed his neck lightly while taking advantage of the hugging posture.

Han Xun's heart softened, and he also took out a small thing from his pocket and put it in Jiang Dongwei's pocket.

"What is it?" Jiang Dongwei reached out to touch it, and what he touched was a small kit, which was similar to the amulet Han Xun gave him at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain last time. "Is it an amulet again?"

"No." Han Xun held his hand, not letting him take out the kit, and said, "This is what I begged in front of the Buddha. Take it, and I will go back tomorrow to fulfill my wish."

Jiang Dongwei pursed the corners of his lips and did not remove it on the spot.

He got on the plane with it in his pocket, and couldn't resist opening it before takeoff.Inside was only a small piece of dark yellow silk, with his name "Jiang Dongwei" written in small letters on one side, and a sentence written on the other side: To live in ignorance, or to go to the place of ignorance without beginning, is not what you want. It's just obsession.

That day, the "living Buddha" in the hut taught Han Xun to write down all his troubles and unreasonable desires, burn them, and then go out, everything will be new.He wrote down his troubles and demands truthfully, and burned everything else except the silk with "Jiang Dongwei" written on it.I finally had to give up, took it back, and wrote that footnote on the back.

He doesn't need Buddha's enlightenment, and he doesn't need others to guide him. He knows best that he has been an idiot for the rest of his life.The Buddha said that ignorance in one thought and affliction in four dwelling places, for him, all come from this ignorance.But it is absolutely impossible to give up.

He can only take it back, rely on his mortal body, bear it for a lifetime, and enjoy it for a lifetime.

(Finish)

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