Saturday morning at seven o'clock.

Guo Yang drove and Zhou Bing from the city to Xue's house in the provincial capital. Take the highway from City C to the provincial capital, which is an hour and a half. But because the Xue family was in the provincial retreat center in the suburbs, and it had to span the entire provincial capital, it was already ten o'clock in the morning when Guo Yang and Zhou Bing rushed over.

Mr. Xue was a high-ranking cadre who participated in the revolution before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Although he still enjoys the rank of deputy minister, he did not live in the compound of the provincial organs, but chose to go to a cadre rest house in the suburbs of the northern provincial capital of the Northern Military Region.

Old Man Xue is the highest-ranking and most senior veteran cadre living in this cadre retreat, so his residence is a two-story small building numbered 00001, which is equivalent to the popular single-family villa, but it is not a villa.

The entrance to the retreat center is strictly checked.

The armed army soldiers guarding the gate repeatedly checked the identity documents of Guo Yang and Zhou Bing, and called the No. 1 Courtyard to verify before they were released.

Don't talk about Guo Yang, even Zhou Bing has never been to the Xue family.

The two drove the car to the outside of the No. 1 courtyard and stopped, carrying gifts, and then stood side by side outside the door of this two-story small building with red walls and green tiles, and calmed down before ringing the doorbell of the Xue family.

After a while, a tall young man in his twenties came out and opened the door, looked Guo Yang and Zhou Bing up and down, and then said lightly: "Are you from City C?"

Guo Yang looked at the demeanor of the tall young man, and he should be the third generation of the Xue family. He guessed well, it was Xue Guangzu's son Xue Peng, and the family rushed over from the capital yesterday. And Xue Guangyao's family is a daughter named Xue Yan.

Zhou Bing smiled: "Yes, my mother is Xue Chunlan, this is my object Guo Yang, we are here to ......"

Before Zhou Bing's words were finished, Xue Peng proudly avoided him: "Come in." ”

Xue Peng took the lead and led Guo Yang and Zhou Bing through the quiet and small garden full of flowers and plants, which was full of acres in size, and entered the main house of the Xue family.

In the living room, the old man of the Xue family and the two brothers of the Xue family, as well as the families of the two brothers, have been waiting for a long time.

Xue Guangyao smiled and beckoned: "Xiaoice, Xiao Guo, come!"

Guo Yang obviously felt that Zhou Bing was a little nervous. He shook Zhou Bing's hand, and the two walked hand in hand to the Xue family's living room.

The old man of the Xue family was wearing a light gray Mao suit, a pair of old Yanjing black cloth shoes on his feet, his hair was meticulously combed, his face was like a full moon, and he was not angry and arrogant.

Coming from the years of the revolutionary war, and having been in high-level power positions for a lifetime, the old man's prestige has been cultivated for a long time.

On the right of Old Man Xue is Xue Guangyao in military uniform, and on the left is another middle-aged man in a black suit who looks like Xue Guangyao between his eyebrows and eyes.

The so-called one enters the Hou Gate as deep as the sea. Although the Xue family is not a feudal family, it has a deep court, and Guo Yang feels like the sea.

Every piece of furnishings in the interior looks majestic and majestic.

But Guo Yang's expression was calm.

He was a human being in two lives, and he saw many things very thoroughly.

Although the Xue family is powerful, for Guo Yang, it is like that. The so-called desirelessness is rigid, Guo Yang does not feel that he has a request from the Xue family, so he can maintain a bit of invisible dignity.

The old man's deep gaze was cast.

Guo Yang straightened his waist and looked even more indifferent.

Xue Guangzu was looking at Guo Yang and Zhou Bing.

The old man of the Xue family was also looking.

The ladies of the Xue family were also silently watching.

Zhou Bing hesitated slightly, she didn't know what to call the old man or other elders of the Xue family. Guo Yang squeezed her hand, suggesting that she should not worry, since the old man of the Xue family took the initiative to let them come over, he must have other plans.

The old man's gaze is extremely penetrating and perceptive. He seemed to want to see Guo Yang and Zhou Bing clearly, and his silence directly led to the silence of everyone in the Xue family.

In the Xue family, as long as Old Man Xue doesn't speak, no one dares to overstep his bounds.

It's the rule.

Unbreakable.

Xue Guangzu opened his mouth and closed it again.

Xue Guangzu's wife Li Anna and son Xue Peng exchanged suspicious glances with each other, they actually didn't know why the old man of the Xue family suddenly summoned Xue Chunlan's daughter and son-in-law over.

In fact, even Xue Guangyao was a little dazed, not knowing the old man's true thoughts.

Xue Guangyao's daughter Xue Yan looked at Guo Yang and Zhou Bing with some curiosity, Zhou Bing and her seemed to be the same age, and they were also beautiful, but Zhou Bing had an affinity and a generous temperament, which Xue Yan did not have.

The Xue family is watching and waiting for Old Man Xue's attitude.

If Old Man Xue officially recognized Guo Yang and Zhou Bing, it would mean that the old man had forgiven Xue Chunlan, who had been expelled from the family that year, and the past would be written off.

Old Man Xue's expression became more and more calm, and his deep and majestic gaze finally fell on Guo Yang's body, which made Guo Yang slightly uncomfortable.

Long.

Old Man Xue said lightly: "Are you Chunlan's daughter Zhou Bing?"

The old man looked at Zhou Bing.

Zhou Bing was actually quite nervous.

Looking at the grandfather in front of her, who was still in the Northern Province for a while and can tremble half the sky by stomping his feet, she smiled reluctantly, and she didn't know how to answer, whether she should bow to the old man or not, so she had to nod.

"Well, you should know who I am. The old man said softly.

Zhou Bing was stunned at first, and then she was overjoyed, she immediately realized that this was the gesture of the old man agreeing to recognize each other.

She immediately stepped forward and bowed: "Xiaoice has seen grandpa!"

Zhou Bing's grandfather's call made the Xue family's faces complicated.

Old Man Xue looked at Guo Yang again.

Guo Yang calmed down, and also stepped forward to follow Zhou Bing and bowed to salute and shouted to his grandfather.

The old man actually laughed. Still, the smile is full of meaning and elusiveness.

No one knew what was going on in the old man's mind.

The old man waved his hand to Guo Yang: "You guys sit down." ”

However, Guo Yang and Zhou Bing were not embarrassed to sit down, and the old man said slowly: "Do you know why I called you here?"

Guo Yang smiled, neither humble nor arrogant, and said honestly: "I don't know." ”

The old man's eyes froze: "Guangyao came back and told me about your engagement." To be honest, I'm a little curious about you Xiao Guo in my heart. I asked you both to come over today just to meet you. ”

Guo Yang was stunned: Curious about me?

Guo Yang didn't know if he should make a flattered appearance to show the Xue family, but he really didn't have the interest in acting at the moment. He knew that the old man must have something to do, so he listened with a serious smile.

The old man turned his head to look at Zhou Bing lightly and said: "Back then, Chunlan and your father Zhou Dingnan insisted on going their own way and eloped to get married, and in a fit of anger, I expelled her from the house, claiming that the Xue family no longer had this daughter. ”

Zhou Bing's expression froze.

"Including your parents, many people think that I, Xue, look down on the children of the poor, dislike the poor and love the rich, and stick to the view of the door......"

mentioned the past more than 20 years ago, Old Man Xue's voice was calm, "But in fact, I am so angry that it is not Zhou Dingnan, but Chunlan." In her eyes, there is no Xue family and my father at all, her marriage is a major matter, she makes decisions without consulting her family, I don't even know anything about Zhou Dingnan, so I bear the notoriety of beating mandarin ducks in vain. ”

"If Chunlan hadn't been too willful and arrogant back then, our Xue family might not be able to accept your father Zhou Dingnan. But what did she do? In fact, I only said a word of disapproval, and she was aggressive, ignoring the reputation of the Xue family, and eloped with someone to get married...... Where do you put my Xue someone's face?"

The old man's words made Zhou Bing stunned.

The Xue family's resolute opposition to the marriage between Xue Chunlan and Zhou Dingnan was all learned by Zhou Bing from his mother Xue Chunlan, but judging from Old Man Xue's words, it seems that his mother Xue Chunlan also made a great mistake back then...... Thinking about his mother's current character, Zhou Bing suddenly felt that what the old man said was the truth.

Zhou Dingnan's humble background must be disliked by Xue Lao, and the Xue family definitely wants to choose a better and well-matched husband for Xue Chunlan, so as to contribute to maintaining the powerful position of the Xue family and contribute to the strength of being a member of the family.

But Xue Lao's attitude back then may not be as ruthless as Xue Chunlan later explained.

Guo Yang sighed lightly in his heart, Xue Chunlan in her youth was obviously more arrogant and self-serving, if she was willing to lower her posture and "mediate" with her family, her marriage with Zhou Dingnan might be accepted by the family.

"Later, your father Zhou Dingnan grew up. This must be acknowledged. From a poor start, to now having his own family business, it is said that he is doing well. ”

Xue Lao shook the ink folding fan in his hand: "Maybe it's because of this that Chunlan returned to the family triumphantly, meaning nothing more than to let me see that her choice back then was not wrong, it was me Xue who looked at the wrong person." Over the years, she came back under the pretext of visiting me, and her real purpose was just to demonstrate to me, my father. ”

Zhou Bing was extremely embarrassed when he heard this, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"That's why I've been refusing to see her, at least not openly allowing her to resume contact with her family. I have never paid attention to her and your Zhou family's affairs. ”

"The more she tried to demonstrate to me, the more reluctant I was to recognize her. Sometimes, I am very angry, in my daughter's heart, I Xue is actually the kind of superficial person who hates the poor and loves the rich!" A trace of anger appeared on Xue Lao's face: "I, Xue, was born in poverty, and the Xue family was just a tenant of the landlord's family back then, and the family had no long things. I'm going to look down on the poor kids?"

"Your mother is ridiculous for herself. Xue Lao let out a breath of turbidity: "For so many years, I have never said these words." But now that I have said it, you can tell Chunlan when you go back, if she is still obsessed, I, Xue, will never recognize her as a daughter even if I die!"

Xue Lao's words were categorical.

"As for you, you are juniors. Xue Lao's deep gaze fell on Guo Yang again: "Your background is more humble than Zhou Dingnan back then, but your efforts are more impressive than Zhou Dingnan." Glory came back and told me what you had to say at the engagement reception, and to be honest, I appreciate it. I appreciate your self-motivation and high morale that does not feel inferior or give up. ”

"So I want to meet you. Xue Lao picked up the teacup and took a sip: "This kind of spirit in you is something that our descendants of the Xue family do not have. ”

Xue Lao put down the teacup, pointed at Xue Yan Xue Peng and said lightly: "So I called you juniors back, I want you to get to know each other." The so-called wealth is only three generations, if you don't work hard and don't get motivated, the glory of our Xue family may be buried in your generation. ”

"Poor people like Guo Yang, you never look at each other squarely, what you rely on is actually just the hard work of my Xue and your fathers, it can be said that you are sitting back and enjoying the success. But I can now see and investigate your future, you will lie on the glory of the family and wait for death, and Guo Yang, a poor disciple, with his own talent and hard work, will not be long before he will override you, and the so-called innate things you rely on are worthless in the eyes of others. ”

Xue Lao talked eloquently, Xue Yan and Xue Peng looked at each other, and they were extremely unconvinced.

Boiled, after a long time, grandpa called Guo Yang and Zhou Bing to give his brothers and sisters a political lesson?

Xue Lao stared at Guo Yang: "Before you came, I had a little understanding of you. Yes, with his hard work, he was admitted to Yenching University, and he seized the opportunity to establish his own career...... Young people, keep up this kind of self-motivation, and your future is bright. ”

"I was impressed by your hard work and self-motivation. Today, I called you over, and called your two elders back, just to admit that you are the descendants of my Xue someone. ”

"Don't be unconvinced. Xue Lao turned his head to look at his grandchildren: "You have a superior family background since you were a child, and you have no worries about food and clothing, but you are the same age as Guo Yang, after graduating from college, you have established your own business and have your own business, and you still have to rely on your family to help you arrange work!"

Xue Yan and Xue Peng's faces turned red, and they were embarrassed by Xue Lao's words.

Guo Yang and Zhou Bing were also a little embarrassed.

Xue Lao's praise and affirmation came too abruptly, so that Guo Yang didn't know what to say for a while.

Elder Xue suddenly sighed: "Grandpa is old, and he will leave you one day." If you rely on the two of you alone, you won't be able to support our Xue family's heaven at all. I don't want our Xue family to fall in the near future...... You know what I mean?"

Xue Lao's expression immediately became very serious.

Xue Guangyao and Xue Guangzu smiled at each other, and Xue Guangyao took the lead in getting up and greeted warmly: "Xiao Guo, Xiaoice, come, sit down and talk." ”

Xue Guangzu made a color to his wife Li Anna: "Anna, hurry up and get a few dishes, today Xiao Guo and Xiaoice go home, let's celebrate and celebrate!"

Li Anna understood and got up to help the nanny and aunt arrange the food.

This can be regarded as Guo Yang and Zhou Bing's confession banquet.

Guo Yang took a deep breath and cast a hint at Zhou Bing, who was a little dazed and unbelievable, and motioned for her to take the initiative to greet Xue Peng and Xue Yan, which was a certain embarrassment to crack the party.

Even if Xue Lao's words today are insincere, for Guo Yang, it is not a bad thing to be able to recognize his relatives. The powerful position of the Xue family is here, and with such a backer, in a fashionable phrase, this is a rich resource.