Chapter 3 The Past of the Year
Night falls, enveloping the entire Jianghai City.
The Xiao family's old house, the lights shine, dispelling the loneliness of the night.
In the huge cafeteria, several of Xiao Wanlong's descendants had already arrived in advance, sitting together and chatting, with smiles on their faces from time to time, which was enough to confirm the joy and excitement in their hearts.
As Xiao Wanlong's disciples, they have long been closely related to the Xiao family, and if something happens to the Xiao family, they have absolutely no possibility of escaping.
In the past, they had always been proud of being Xiao Wanlong's disciple, but as the Xiao family gradually declined, their hearts were also full of worries.
is worried that his future will be completely bleak with the decline of the Xiao family.
Under such circumstances, there are even one or two disciples who have begun to retreat in their hearts.
This is human nature, in the face of interests, any feelings can be given up.
However, with the return of Xiao Yunfei, showing a tough attitude and strong strength, these disciples also saw the hope of the Xiao family's resurgence.
The relationship between master and apprentice for many years is naturally impossible to be easily wiped out, and it is necessary to completely let go of other thoughts, and it is bound to live and die with the Xiao family wholeheartedly.
It is precisely with this determination that the atmosphere of the Xiao family has become extremely united again.
A few minutes later, Xiao Wanlong's family came to the dining room, and all the disciples stood up at the first time, and shouted with respectful faces: "Master, master, you are here." ”
Although Liu Shujuan has always had no name with Xiao Wanlong, in the eyes of others, she is the real hostess of the Xiao family.
"Sit down, today is a family dinner, and there are not so many rules. Xiao Wanlong's face was pleased, and he waved his hand gently.
This is an extremely in-house disciple, and he is also highly valued by Xiao Wanlong, and he is the real future pillar of the Xiao family.
Even if Xiao Wanlong has decided to retire and hand over the Xiao family to Xiao Wanlong, but if a family wants to continue forever, it is impossible to rely on one person alone, and only with the full support of the people below can all kinds of difficulties and hardships be resolved.
And these disciples are the powerful assistants that Xiao Wanlong left to Xiao Yunfei.
"Master, please be seated. ”
Several disciples were full of respect and did not take the lead in sitting down.
Seeing this, Xiao Wanlong did not hesitate, smiled slightly, and led the family to the dining table and sat down.
"Yunfei, these are your senior brothers and sisters, and they are the real descendants of the Xiao family, and they will definitely become your powerful assistants in the future. After sitting down, Xiao Wanlong said with a relaxed face.
Between the words, the meaning has been revealed very obvious.
"Senior Brother Yunfei, I am Senior Brother Xiao Zhan, and I will ask you for more advice in the future. A young man looked at Xiao Yunfei, his face was kind, and there was no hypocrisy in his tone.
Those who reach are teachers.
Although Xiao Yunfei is their junior brother, but the strength he has only shown has surpassed them too much, if he can get Xiao Yunfei's advice, his future strength will definitely be able to make great progress.
This is also the direction that a martial artist pursues all his life.
"Senior brother is polite, I will bother you to assist me a lot in the future and revitalize the Xiao family together. Xiao Yunfei's eyes flashed slightly, hesitated for a moment, showed a smile, and said modestly.
Before coming back, he already knew that Xiao Wanlong was seriously ill and had little time to live, and in such a situation, if he refused to accept the Xiao family, it would definitely be an unbearable blow.
Of course, the main reason that forced Xiao Yunfei to make such a decision came from Xiao Wanlong's attitude towards his mother.
"Senior brother, the Xiao family is also our home, and we will never allow others to destroy the warmth of the home. Xiao Zhan's spirit was shocked, and he immediately patted his chest and reassured.
"Yes, we will do our best to protect our common home. Several other disciples stood up at the first time and shouted excitedly.
"Thank you brothers and sisters, for the future of the Xiao family, we will work together. Xiao Yunfei waved his hand lightly and said calmly: "But today is a family banquet, so let's not talk about these things, let's have dinner together happily, and we will talk about other things in detail later." ”
"Yes, Yunfei is right. ”
Next to him, Xiao Wanlong immediately agreed and said: "There will be time in the future, today's family banquet is to wash the dust for Yunfei, and we will put down other things for the time being." ”
"Mober, let's serve. ”
"Okay. ”
With Xiao Mo's promise, it didn't take long for all kinds of exquisite and delicious dishes to be served one after another, and the family banquet officially began.
While eating and drinking, Xiao Yunfei gradually understood the situation of his senior brothers and sisters.
In addition to the senior brother Xiao Zhan, there are five senior brothers and senior sisters.
They are the second senior brother Xiao Ruo, the grandson of the housekeeper Xiao Mo, the third senior brother Luo Qiang and the fourth senior sister Luo Qian are a pair of brothers and sisters, Xiao Wanlong adopted them from the orphanage back then.
The fifth senior brother Mi Chao and the sixth senior brother Yang Jian are also orphans adopted by Xiao Wanlong since childhood.
It can be said that these people have enough cohesion for the Xiao family, and they have long regarded the Xiao family as their home.
Except for the strength of the fourth senior sister Luo Qian, who is at the peak of Ming Jin, the strength of the other senior brothers has reached the dark strength, and in the entire Jianghai City, they are all masters of the younger generation.
It's just that there is still a huge gap compared to Bai Chenhao.
When the Bai family came to provoke, Senior Brother Xiao Zhan and Fifth Senior Brother Mi Chao both faced each other, but the final result was a fiasco, and even Bai Chenhao's ten moves were difficult to take.
Knowing these circumstances, Xiao Yunfei's heart can be regarded as having a number, and in the bottom of his heart, he began to think about the next plan.
Since it has been decided to take over the Xiao family, we must work hard for the revitalization of the Xiao family.
In this way, before I knew it, the family feast was over.
Xiao Yunfei agreed with several senior brothers that they would get together again in a few days to discuss the plan to revitalize the Xiao family before sending them away.
Although they are all children of the Xiao family, these senior brothers do not live in the old mansion of the Xiao family, but have their own residences nearby, and the distance is not too far, and it is only a few minutes away on foot.
After the family banquet, because he had rested for a few hours during the day and had just drunk a lot of wine, Xiao Yunfei naturally found it difficult to sleep for a while, walking alone in the courtyard, blowing a cold wind, quietly thinking about a series of things that would happen after returning to Xiao's house.
Even the Bai family dared to come to the door to bully easily, which is enough to see that the Xiao family has fallen to the point where it has now.
If you want to rise again, it must be a difficult thing.
"Cloud Flying ......"
Suddenly, a figure sounded from behind, interrupting Xiao Yunfei's thoughts.
"Aunt Liu. ”
Xiao Yunfei turned around and looked at the visitor with a slightly embarrassed face.
That's right, the person who came was Liu Shufen, a woman who has been taking care of Xiao Wanlong without regrets for many years.
Nominally speaking, Liu Shufen is her mother's rival in love, and she is also the opponent of the Xiao family's hostess.
However, according to what Xiao Yunfei learned, over the years, Liu Shufen has really taken care of Xiao Wanlong, even if she didn't get the name, she didn't have any complaints.
Based on this alone, it can be seen that Liu Shufen has deep affection for Xiao Wanlong.
It can be said that Liu Shufen is also a bitter woman.
"Yunfei, over the years, I've suffered you......" Liu Shufen's face was full of warmth, like a mother, full of distress for Xiao Yunfei.
"It's nothing, I'm used to it. Xiao Yunfei shook his head undeniably, even if he could understand Liu Shufen, it was not easy to accept it for a while.
"Yunfei, don't blame your father, he was also extremely helpless about what happened back then. Liu Shufen shook her head slightly, naturally she could feel the rejection in Xiao Yunfei's tone, but her feelings for Xiao Wanlong made her still regard Xiao Yunfei as her own child: "Over the years, I can feel the pain and struggle in his heart. ”
"A few years ago, he had a serious illness, and his original 70-kilogram body suddenly shrank to only 40 kilograms, which is not an exaggeration to describe as skinny. ”
"If I hadn't received a call from you at that time, I'm afraid I would have fallen a long time ago. ”
"Over the years, I can feel that you are the hope in his heart to persevere. ”
Hearing this, Xiao Yunfei's expression was shocked, he didn't expect that there was such a fact hidden behind it, and as for doubt, he never thought about it.
An honest woman like Liu Shufen has no need to deceive herself like this.
For a while, Xiao Yunfei's heart was also inexplicable.
After a long time, he sighed softly: "Aunt Liu, over the years, I guess you have not been easy, thank you for your dedication." ”
"This is what I should do, speaking of which, I'm still sorry for my sister......" Liu Shufen shook her head lightly, with a hint of guilt: "Maybe, without my existence, Wanlong would have already gone overseas to pick you up." ”
"The past, needless to mention, the living should live well. Xiao Yunfei's essence flashed, how could he not hear the hidden meaning in Liu Shufen's words, there must be some inside story in it, but this is a woman's selfishness, even if it is really wrong, it is worth forgiving, after all, nothing has happened, who can guarantee the final result?
What's more, his mother has been dead for so many years, and even if Xiao Wanlong really comes to pick them up, he may not really be able to arrive in time.
However, Xiao Yunfei was still very puzzled about the reasons that caused their mother and son to flee overseas back then, and after a little hesitation, he still asked: "Aunt Liu, tell me what happened back then." ”
"...... of the year"
Liu Shufen's gaze was a little trance in an instant, and her face showed a deep look of memory.
It turned out that Xiao Wanlong and Meng Qingxuan had just met, and the two fell in love at first sight and involuntarily came together, but it didn't take long for the Xiao family to suffer a heavy blow, and in the face of a powerful enemy, in order to have no worries, Xiao Wanlong could only send Meng Qingxuan overseas for refuge.
At that time, Meng Qingxuan had just become pregnant, and Xiao Wanlong didn't know it.
And Meng Qingxuan was also dedicated to thinking about Xiao Wanlong, and did not mention the pregnancy, which led to such a result in the end.