Home of Rebirth

"Brother...Brother, let me go with you. I haven't been to Peony Garden for dinner yet. Take me there. I haven't seen Uncle Meng for many years. I don't know if Uncle Meng still recognizes me." It's gone." Xia Yue tugged at the corner of Meng Huaiyuan's clothes, and looked at him eagerly.

"..." Meng Huaiyuan didn't really want to take Xia Yue there, because he wasn't sure what was going on with the old Meng family, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to take care of Xia Yue at that time, but he looked down at the earnest little eyes, and didn't care. I can't bear to refuse.

Meng Huaiyuan's second uncle and old uncle were all sorry. The second uncle had been squatting on the threshold to smoke. After a while, he would look up at the main room where Cheng Likui lived, and then look at the simple front room where Meng Huaiyuan lived. taste.

The old uncle is younger, and has been coaxing and deceiving Meng Huaiyuan in the house. He was a little annoyed by Xia Yue at first, but he felt that the neighbor's child was not paying attention, and he was talking about family affairs here, so he still didn't leave. , actually want to follow.

So he hurriedly said: "Others don't have to go. If you want to go to Peony Garden for dinner, Uncle Tian will drive you two to eat alone. Today you go home first, and your brother will be back at night."

"No!!!" Xia Yue shook his head and flatly refused, pulled Meng Huaiyuan's sleeve, and pulled hard: "Brother, just take me, take me, please..."

It was rare for Xia Yue to hum and beg him, and Meng Huaiyuan fell instantly, and immediately nodded and spoke.

His old uncle was unwilling immediately, and while signaling Meng Huaiyuan with his eyes, he said, "Don't go when he's a child. When the dinner table is full of our family, he...won't he go..."

"It's okay, he's also part of our family." Meng Huaiyuan said flatly, then lowered his head to pat Xia Yue's head, and bent the corner of his mouth at him.

For the time being, the old uncle couldn't hear the voice inside, but anxiously wanted to stare at Meng Huaiyuan to scold him, but after thinking about it, he held back, turned his head and shouted at the second uncle who was squatting by the threshold: "Second uncle! Brother, come here and tell me about your eldest nephew, he has to take the neighbor's children with him."

"..." The second uncle threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, turned his head to look at Meng Huaiyuan in the room, sighed, and said in a compromise: "If you want to take it, you can take it with you. A child is afraid of nothing."

Logically speaking, these are all uncles with the same surname in the same family, and they have a high status in front of their nephews, but neither his second uncle nor the old uncle dare to control Meng Huaiyuan.

Children from such a family are so promising, and everyone has to look up to them when they come to them.

Besides, these two people already knew that Meng Huaiyuan's father was back, and also knew that his father had another family outside, so they kept hiding it, so that Meng Huaiyuan's mother didn't know about it before she died.

For so many years, their uncles did not take care of their nephew, so they threw him to his uncle. I also heard that Meng Huaiyuan was wronged by Cheng Likui, but no one stepped forward to help, so I felt He has no right to speak in front of Meng Huaiyuan.

In this way, Xia Yue sat in the car of Meng Huaiyuan's second uncle's house as he wished, and followed him to the Peony Garden.

On the way to the car, the second uncle, who had always been taciturn, said while driving: "Huaiyuan is a good boy. There is no good boy in our old Meng family for eight generations. Huaiyuan...his father is not a thing, Really, it's not that the second uncle speaks badly. His father has been a mess since he was a child. Forget about everyone else."

The old uncle looked a little embarrassed, "You two, what are you talking about? He finally came back, and the child can see him again. Don't talk about it. If you talk too much, the child will feel uncomfortable."

"It's good, it's not good for anyone." The second uncle kept his eyes on the car in front of him, and didn't even dare to look at Meng Huaiyuan. He paused, and continued: "I was thinking at home yesterday. One night, I thought he might as well die outside, and he wouldn't be like this now, he didn't even look like a father, this joke was passed down from the roots of old Meng's family, really, when your grandfather, our father, It's not too exciting, your father didn't learn anything good, he learned to abandon his wife and children."

"But Huaiyuan...Second Uncle will tell you the most truthful words. After all, he is your father. Even if he doesn't let you call him your father, he is still your father. Someone's father can use his strength to help you. Someone's father can't help, but he is your father and your father after all. If you really fight him hard and yell at him, it's your fault. Although he is worthy of scolding, you can't be as knowledgeable as that person. My eldest nephew is the number one scholar and will go to a famous university in the future, so you can’t commit crimes because of such a joke, ah, listen to the second uncle, you call him uncle today, and you will treat him as uncle in the future , Don’t treat him as a father, just be...you just be your father who was sentenced to death for murder, and treat him as dead..." Meng Huaiyuan sat in the back, just listening, with a calm expression.

Xia Yue turned to look at him, and quietly reached out to hold his hand. Meng Huaiyuan lowered his eyebrows, smiled softly, then stretched out his hand to pinch Xia Yue's face, and said calmly: "Second uncle, stop talking, I knew."

"Ah..." Second Uncle was stunned for a moment, then nodded again and again: "Okay, as long as you know, Second Uncle will stop talking, Second Uncle knows that Huaiyuan is the most sensible."

After finishing speaking, his big rough hands wiped his face indiscriminately, and the old uncle also turned his head to look out of the window, wondering what he was thinking.

About 20 minutes later, the car stopped at the gate of Peony Garden.

This Peony Garden is known as the only five-star hotel in the city. If anyone has something to do and can hold a banquet here, it is a representative of wealth and wealth, but in fact, Xia Yue can't even reach three stars, which is compared with some small shops. , the marble floor inside, and the golden wallpaper on the wall look a little taller.

After they got out of the car, Meng Huaiyuan's second and old aunts were already waiting at the door with their two children. When they saw Meng Huaiyuan, they hurried over to pull Meng Huaiyuan and said affectionately.

"Hurry up, wait for Huaiyuan to come, come over and let my aunt see, she has grown so tall, she really looks more energetic the longer she grows, just like a star on TV."

The cousin of Meng Huaiyuan's second uncle's family also stepped forward, looked at Meng Huaiyuan and said, "I heard that you also went to No. [-] Middle School. From now on, we will be alumni. If you have anything to do in school, come and talk to brother."

His cousin is also good at studying, and all the nephews and nephews of the old Meng family are very energetic. Xia Yue looked at the two boys who had a little impression one by one, and then looked at Meng Huaiyuan who was holding his hand .

I still think Meng Huaiyuan is the most handsome!

A group of people entered the private room of the hotel. Meng Huaiyuan's father, Boss Meng, hadn't come yet. He didn't come until they all sat down and drank two pots of tea.

There was a middle-aged woman in fashionable clothes, and two boys, the older one was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and the younger one was eleven or twelve years old. Although the clothes on their clothes were not expensive, they looked better than the rest of the children. It's obviously a higher class, especially when the woman is deliberately and elegantly carrying the handbag in her hand, she looks like a city person coming to the countryside to help the poor.

"Oh, this is his second uncle, old uncle, hurry up...Lao Meng introduces me."

The woman's name was Tong Huimin. She looked very affectionate when she talked to her sister-in-law, but her expression was very perfunctory. It was obvious that she looked down on her husband, a poor relative of the family.

"Ah... that... Huimin, this is the second brother, this is the old brother, this is his second aunt, this is the old aunt... Then what... Huaiyu Huaiqing, come and call someone..." Boss Meng kept stuttering in a daze , but his eyes were fixed on Meng Huaiyuan as soon as he entered the room.

Meng Huaiyuan raised his eyes, and the father and son looked at each other. In the end, Boss Meng couldn't hide his guilt, as if he couldn't bear Meng Huaiyuan's gaze, and finally said with a trembling voice, "This is... this is Huaiyuan..."

"Well, this is Huaiyuan. This year, he got the first prize in the senior high school entrance examination. Those high schools are scrambling to get it. They not only give tuition waivers but also scholarships. They are promising... This child... this child is rare..." Second Uncle While talking awkwardly, he stretched out his hand to pull Meng Huaiyuan up, and pushed him to Boss Meng.

Meng Huaiyuan looked at Boss Meng, narrowed his eyes for a while, and nodded to him flatly after a while: "...Master."

"..." Boss Meng was almost shocked, and the corners of his eyes, which were already deeply wrinkled, turned red instantly. It took a long time before he vaguely agreed, "Hey... good boy... good boy..."

Xia Yue watched from the side, feeling the irony of this scene, how could this Boss Meng dare to agree!

He gritted his teeth vigorously, controlled his expression, finally closed his eyes, and then pretended to be ignorant, and opened his mouth to shout: "Brother~~~~ I'm hungry..."

Xia Yue sat in the chair and looked up at Meng Huaiyuan pitifully.

Meng Huaiyuan hurried over and sat beside him: "I've already ordered, and I can eat right away, can I wait a little longer?"

"it is good."

Xia Yue nodded, his petite appearance was cute and pretty, and the one with bright eyes and white teeth was prettier than a little girl.

"Oh... this child looks so good-looking." Tong Huimin noticed Xia Yue, turned to look at her second aunt and asked with a smile, "This is your child too. What's his name and how old is it?"

His second aunt didn't know Xia Yue, she was a little flustered at this moment, she instinctively wanted to shake her head, but the old uncle quickly took it over and said: "No, this is the child of the neighbor's family. He has a good relationship with Huaiyuan, so he came here today."

"Oh, that's it." Tong Huimin nodded, and her impression of these relatives was even worse in her heart. She felt that this occasion was a gathering of relatives, and why did she bring a neighbor's child to do a good job.