Huo Chengcai looked at his son Huo Yaowen, who was sitting there and didn't speak, and sighed slightly in his heart, in fact, when Huo Chengguang came to him and informed him that he was going to hold a Huo clan meeting at the end of the year, he refused in his heart.

After all, in the early years, Huo Chengcai's family was also a famous family, and his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father were all well-known big names in Zhongshan.

But when it came to Huo Chengcai's generation, it had already begun to highlight the state of decline.

During the Republic of China, Huo Yaowen's grandfather, that is, Huo Chengcai's father, Huo Zongxiong was also a popular figure in his hometown of Zhongshan, not only studied at the first-class Peking University in China at that time, but also almost studied abroad.

If it weren't for the death of his great-grandfather at home, Huo Zongxiong had to go home to inherit the family business, I'm afraid his education would have been a little higher.

It's a pity that Huo Zongxiong is as his name suggests, a little too male, after marrying his wife and giving birth to a child, within a few years, the Anti-Japanese War broke out, and with all his enthusiasm, he directly took most of his family property to join the army to resist Japan.

When Huo Zongxiong was at his most imposing, he served as the regimental chief of staff of General Yang Hu of the 17th Group Army of the National Army, and later when he retreated from the battlefield, he was accidentally hit in the back by a stray bullet from the devil, which directly pierced his chest, causing massive bleeding in internal organs, and he died after ineffective rescue.

Because Huo Zongxiong is a regimental-level officer and the highest general among the martyrs who died in the war, the government of the Republic of China not only awarded the seventh-class Baoding Medal, but also a Blue Sky and White Sun Medal under the highest honor, the National Light Medal.

In addition to these two medals, there are also two mourning couplets inscribed by General Yang Hu and Lao Jiang in the house.

Yang Hu mourned: "Honesty is both brave and martial, and it is strong and invincible." The body is the god of death, and the soul is resolute as the ghost",

Lao Jiang mourned the union: "The green mountains bury the bones of the faithful, and the blue blood stains the red flag."

It can be said that the Huo family is also a famous family, but it's a pity that Huo Chengcai is too uncompetitive, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't study well, after arriving in Hong Kong, he was fooled into doing business, was deceived and lost a lot of money, resulting in the family now living in public housing.

It is precisely because of the glory of the ancestors that Huo Chengcai's investment failed, and he lost his family capital, after hearing Huo Chengguang mention the Huo clan meeting, he didn't want to go deep down, for fear of being seen and ridiculed by his old relatives and friends, but his son Huo Yaowen has also grown up, and now if he doesn't get acquainted with the old uncle of the clan again, I'm afraid that he won't find anyone to help him in the future, so he agreed to Huo Chengguang.

After returning home, Grandma's words could be regarded as giving Huo Chengcai a little relief.

On the other hand, Huo Yaowen, although he knew about his grandfather, and he also knew that his grandfather had been a soldier and fought, but he didn't know Huo Chengcai's experience after coming to Hong Kong, so he looked at Huo Chengcai's face-to-face appearance, and he was embarrassed to open his mouth to speak, so he could only listen quietly to Grandma and Lao Dou talking there.

Huo's father looked at his son Huo Yaowen, and originally wanted to talk to him about something, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it, just picked up his clothes and turned around and walked out of the house a little lonely, and went to the public toilet to take a bath.

Looking at the departing Huo's father, Huo Yaowen pursed his lips, glanced at his grandmother, who was also a little lonely, and roughly understood something in his heart, but he also sighed in his heart.

...

On the morning of the second day,

Huo Yaowen got up early, thinking that he was the first in the family, but found that his mother had already gotten up to make breakfast outside.

After washing up, Huo Yaowen hurriedly ate some breakfast, took the briefcase and said goodbye to his mother and grandmother, took a bus to the pier, and took a ferry back to the University of Hong Kong.

Huo Yaowen on the front foot had only walked for more than two hours, and Huo Tingting on the back foot went home from the Diocesan Girls' School on Jordan Road in Kowloon during her weekly vacation.

Just got home.

My mother was brushing the dishes at the door, and after seeing Huo Tingting coming up from the staircase, she said, "Little sister, someone just sent a letter over, and it seems to be written with your name on it." ”

"Letter?my name?" Huo Tingting was stunned.

Huo Mu said casually while brushing the dishes and chopsticks: "Yes, I don't know what it is, so I put it on the table, you can go and see it yourself." ”

"Oooh. ”

Huo Tingting hurriedly walked into the room, saw a thick enlarged letter bag on the table, couldn't help but walk over curiously, picked up the bag and looked at it, only to see that the mailer written on it was "Literary World", frowned, and muttered in a low voice: "Could it be that Brother's submission was rejected?"

Looking at the thick letter bag, the more Huo Tingting thought about it, the more likely it became, and sighed: "It seems that it is still not possible for Brother to write romance." ”

Immediately, Huo Tingting casually opened the large envelope bag, and when she was about to take out the manuscript inside, she found that it was actually a book, and there was actually a handwritten manuscript paper in the book.

Huo Tingting picked up the book and took a look at it first, and when she saw that it was the weekly magazine of "Literary World", she couldn't help but focus on the manuscript paper, and after reading the content on the paper quickly, she was suddenly excited.

Hurriedly put down the manuscript paper, picked up the weekly magazine of "Literary World", and quickly flipped through it, until he found the number of pages printed with the "Sweet Honey" written by Huo Yaowen.

"Foreword: Thirty-six mandarin ducks with the same fate of birds, a pair of butterflies and poor insects. ”

"With the successful conclusion of the two-month New Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream Essay Competition, we have received thousands of manuscripts written by writers in Hong Kong, including some excellent works, under the evaluation of Ms. Zhang Ailing, Ms. Qiong Yao, Ms. Yishu, and Ms. Nie Hualing, who we warmly invited, we finally carefully selected three new essays with the most contemporary characteristics. ”

"They are the first place: the second place in "Sweet Honey" in Fusheng: Lin Yanni's "Tie My Life's Heart" ......"

"The top three will receive a publication qualification, an essay contest and a prize ......"

"Because there are many contestants who have submitted essays enthusiastically in this competition, we have added an excellent work award, and the works of each writer contestant who won this award can be published in the weekly magazines of the literary world......

After Huo Tingting looked at the content published in the weekly magazine, she was sure that Ah Ge's "Sweet Honey" won the first place in the essay competition, not only can she get a reward of 5,000 yuan, but also have a chance to publish!

Suddenly happy, he hurriedly ran outside the house and said to his mother: "Mother, my brother has won the first place in the essay competition!"

"Oh?" Huo Mu put down the dishes and chopsticks and said in surprise: "What is the first place in the essay competition?"

"It's an essay contest held by the literary world, and Ah Ge won the first place, not only with a prize of 5,000, but also with the publication of a novel, so let's rush to the literary world to receive the prize money before next Monday. ”

"Really!" As soon as she heard that there was a prize of 5,000 yuan and that it could be published as a book, Grandma's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said with a grin: "My good boy is amazing." ”

"Mmmm, Brother is the best!" Huo Tingting nodded her head a few times vigorously, her face was full of joy, and her admiration for Brother Ah increased a little in her heart.

Suddenly thinking of something, Huo Tingting hurriedly ran to the house.

Huo's mother looked at the girl who was in a hurry, smiled bitterly, and began to clean the remaining dishes and chopsticks, her son has a good life, can make money, and can write novels for publication, and his heart is like drinking honey, not to mention how moisturizing it is.

At this time, Huo Tingting came out of the house with a small satchel and hurriedly ran towards the stairs.

"Go to Agona!"

"Your brother came back yesterday and left in the morning, so I'll call him later and ask him to take the time to come back in the next two days, wouldn't it be good?"

"No, I'm going to the newspaper office next Monday, I'm afraid that my brother will forget it, I'm going to inform him in person!" After speaking, the younger sister hurriedly ran downstairs.

Huo Mu walked to the staircase and shouted worriedly, "Do you know the way to go?"

Soon, Huo Tingting's shout sounded in the corridor: "I've been there, don't worry, Auntie, I know the way." ”