Chapter 3 Name Labels

Zhang He didn't sit for a while, then he suddenly found that a dark shadow suddenly flashed between his eyes and the sky, and at the same time, a man's voice came from his ear, saying, "Beibei, what are you sitting here?"

"Beibei!" Hearing someone call him by his nickname, Zhang He couldn't help but subconsciously flash back, and immediately cast his eyes on the old man in front of him who was wearing blue pants on his lower body, wearing a white shirt on his upper body, black-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his gray hair was neatly combed back, and he was bending down and smiling at him. In less than a moment, he stood up excitedly and shouted loudly at the same time: "Grandpa Tian."

The old man couldn't help but be taken aback by his shout, so he took a step back before saying with a smile: "Boy, what are you doing? I was shocked! Why didn't you go to school today? What are you doing sitting here? What is there in the sky?" the old man tilted his head as if curious to look at the sky.

But Zhang He ignored the old man's question, but happily stepped to the old man's side, grabbed the old man's arm, raised his head and said mischievously: "Grandpa Tian, are you still so handsome?"

"What! You kid! It's the sun coming out in the west! You smile at me and never say a word. Why is this still in my hands today, and my mouth is like smearing honey again. What's the matter, I haven't seen my guts fat for a few days?" The old man, who was quite surprised and a little flattered, lowered his head and said to Zhang He. But Zhang He just stared at the old man's face and smirked, and didn't speak.

"Hehe, you kid. Is there no one at home, your grandmother?" said the old man as he turned his head to look at the north room.

"My grandmother went to work, and I was the only one at home. ”

"You're alone? Then don't sit here, how cold is it to sit here! Will you go to grandpa's house to play?" The old man tentatively "sent an invitation to Zhang He.

"Yes, yes, yes, but you'll have to wait for me! I'll have to go home and clean up first. ”

"Clean up?" Before the old man could react, Zhang He ran back to the house with a smoke, and then quickly closed the drawers and cabinet doors in the house, took the keys and locks, and then went out of the house again to lock the door, ran back to the courtyard, took the old man's arm again, and walked into the west house in the south room of the courtyard with the old man.

"Hello Grandma Tian. As soon as Zhang He entered the door of Grandpa Tian's house, he respectfully said hello to Grandpa Tian's wife, who was sitting at the round table reading the newspaper.

"Oops! Little Beibei is here!" Seeing that her wife entered the house with the children from the neighborhood, the old lady hurriedly put down the newspaper and stood up, while beckoning Zhang He to sit, she reached out and took a teacup from the tea tray on the table, picked up the cold bottle, poured half a cup of boiled water into the cup, and lifted the thermos on the ground to mix some hot water into it, put it on the round table in front of Zhang He, and said with a smile: "There is no orange juice at home, let's make do with boiled water." ”

"Thank you!" Zhang He stood up politely, held the teacup with both hands and nodded.

"Look at how funny this kid is! If he doesn't speak, he doesn't speak, this one speaks like a little adult, and he knows how to be polite, Lao Zhang's education is good!" Grandpa Tian, who had already sat on the sofa on the west side of the round table and had been watching him from the side, couldn't help but smile at his wife.

"Yes, I haven't seen this kid talk much, and every time I see him calling him, he hides behind the adult, and he is so shy that he is a little girl. The old lady moved a stool and sat down beside her wife, and then took over the conversation. Then he turned his head and asked his wife, "What about his family, why did he let him sit in the courtyard alone?"

Without waiting for Grandpa Tian to reply, Zhang He replied while drinking water: "Hey! I had a fever two days ago, isn't it just right! Grandma and they all went to work, and I had nothing to do, so I went to the courtyard to bask in the sun for a while." After speaking, he didn't forget to smirk at the second elder.

The old couple couldn't help laughing when they saw his style, and the old man deliberately teased him while laughing: "You all went to work, then why didn't you hear you cry today?"

Hearing Grandpa Tian's question, Zhang He didn't make a sound immediately, but first gently put the dried teacup on the table next to him, and then said proudly: "I've grown up! What is there to cry about! How comfortable I am at home! What do you want to do!"

"Hehe, you kid. Seeing Zhang He reply like this, he couldn't help but make the old couple laugh again. But Zhang He disapplauded, and moved his gaze around.

"Eh, I only know that your name is Beibei, what is your big name?" the old lady got up and refilled a glass of water for Zhang He, and then asked him.

"Zhang He, Gong Chang Zhang, Gabei He!" Zhang He raised his head and replied to Grandma Tian.

"Zhang He, aren't you surnamed Zhao?" Grandpa Tian suddenly interjected.

"Ah, the surname is Zhao? Oh, yes, it's the surname Zhao. No, my surname used to be Zhao, oh, no, now my surname is Zhao, my name is Zhao Lei. Zhang He, who suddenly realized that he had lost his words, immediately avoided the eyes of the second elder, lowered his head and picked up the teacup and blamed himself: "Damn, damn it, how did I forget this stubble, when did I change my name to myself? It seems to be the third grade, yes, it is the third grade, the year before the court sentenced my parents to divorce." My family only found out about my name change when I was in the fifth grade. ”

"Hey, what's your name? One moment surnamed Zhang, another surnamed Zhao. Grandma Tian and Grandpa Tian glanced at each other and asked.

"Hmm!" Zhang He coughed his throat and said: "My surname is Zhao in my father's house, and my surname is Zhang in my mother's house, my grandfather doesn't have a son, so I gave myself a name surnamed Zhang, and the old Zhang family adds me as a Beibei, won't it become Zhang He?"

"Zhang Jiabei! Okay! You kid, you don't have a big idea, you don't have a small idea, so let your grandfather succeed you. After listening to Zhang He's explanation, Grandpa Tian immediately praised.

But Grandma Tian still asked with a puzzled face: "Then does your family call you Zhao Lei or Zhang He now?"

"It's Zhao Lei! Our family still doesn't know about me changing my name, I want to wait until my grandfather's 60th birthday, you must help me keep it secret." Zhang He put down the teacup and said with a child-like expression.

"Hehe, are you still holding back to celebrate your grandfather's birthday?" Grandpa Tian continued to praise.

"His grandfather must be happy to death!" Grandma Tian sighed as she sat back beside her wife.

"Hey! I've finally passed the test!" Seeing that the second elder was basically satisfied with his answer, Zhang He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, so he turned his gaze back to the surroundings.

"I seem to have only been here with my grandfather once when I was a child, and that's right, before I came, my grandfather told me that the Venerable Master's house is like the palace, and I am not allowed to touch it blindly. By the way, it's not that I was shy and afraid to see people when I was a child, it's my aunt who didn't let me take care of this old couple, as long as I talked to them, my aunt and they would talk about me. What is the reason for this?"

Looking at the gorgeous purple-brown furniture of Grandpa Tian's house, Zhang He suddenly remembered a memory from his childhood, so he immediately opened his mouth to ask the second elder for a question that he had been curious about since childhood. But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back, because he didn't know how the second elder would react to the question he asked. Therefore, after holding it for a long time, he mustered up the courage to ask tentatively in a whisper: "Grandpa Tian, Grandma Tian, can I ask you a question?"

"Hehe, do you still have questions? I think you can ask something?" the old couple smiled and glanced at each other, and Grandma Tian spoke.

I saw that Zhang He wanted to speak and stopped, as if he was embarrassed, and squeezed out a sentence from his mouth: "Are you capitalists?"

As expected, the old couple was stunned at first after hearing Zhang He's question, and then immediately put away their smiles. Grandma Tian stood up suddenly, said "I'll make half a pot of water" and walked out of the door. Grandpa Tian on the side also had a complicated expression, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case on the desk next to him, struck a match and lit it and took a deep breath, before he asked him with a smile: "Did your aunt tell you?"

"Yes". Zhang He looked into the old man's eyes and replied firmly.

The old man saw that he answered very simply, and his little eyes were full of longing. So he sighed, then took a deep puff of his cigarette, and then looked into his eyes sharply and asked, "Do you know what a capitalist is?"

Zhang He couldn't help but feel funny when he looked at the old man's rather complicated expression, so he replied with a smile: "A capitalist is a person who dares to take risks to do business, and at the same time provides jobs for the general public!"

"Ahh Listening to Zhang He's answer, the old man couldn't help but be so shocked that he swallowed the smoke that was about to spit out of his mouth, and immediately choked and coughed.