"Brother Xiao Cheng, can your career be bigger than the revitalization of the Xiao family?" Xiao He pursed his lips and said, "What our family lacks most now is a helper, and the Xiao family can be revitalized in the future, don't you also have your share?" ”

Xiao Cheng smiled dryly, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I don't have this plan for ...... time being." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xiao Dong still wanted to insist, but Xiao Mei walked in from outside with a plate of balsamic vinegar pork ribs at this time, and said with a smile: "What are you talking about, it's rare, a few big men, so quiet." If you put it before, you can't make a fuss. ”

"It's not a three-year-old child, who still plays monkey picking peaches, and the black tiger has taken out his heart." Xiao He grinned.

"Do you want to be beaten again?" Xiao Mei glanced at her, put the dishes on the table and said, "Don't sit still, hurry up and pack up the dishes and chopsticks, and get ready to eat." ”

At the round table in the old house, headed by the second grandmother, several people sat around.

The second grandmother couldn't stop nodding and said, "It's been many years, you little guys, you can be together again, it's rare, it's really rare...... It's just a pity that Xiao Zhan is still missing...... Anyway, eat it while it's hot. ”

"The sweet and sour pork ribs of the second grandmother are famous in the nearby old street." Xiao He was like a gluttonous cat, picking up a piece of ribs and putting it in his mouth.

The second grandmother said happily: "Of course, my sweet and sour pork ribs have been to the state banquet." ”

"Ouch, so idle......." As soon as Xiao He took a bite, he couldn't help but make a sound. This sentence made the originally happy atmosphere a little embarrassing all of a sudden. Xiao He realized that he had said the wrong thing and was about to defend himself, but Lan Siying immediately said at this time, "I'm sorry, maybe I put salt as sugar, so it's so salty." ”

"Really?" The second grandmother looked puzzled and said, "I made the sweet and sour pork ribs myself, Siying, when did you add sugar to them?" ”

Xiao Mei immediately interjected: "Grandma, have you forgotten, didn't we say that we like to eat sweeter just now, so we asked Siying to add some more sugar, and she accidentally put it wrong." ”

"Really?" The second grandmother still frowned, and finally shook her head and said, "Hey, people are old, and their memory is not good." You wait, I'll make you another plate. ”

"No need for the second grandmother." Everyone hurriedly grabbed the second grandmother and said, "It's better to be salty, let's eat." ”

Under the persuasion of everyone, the old grandmother did not insist, otherwise, she would have to go to the kitchen to work again.

This little accident, because of Lan Siying's words, was easily resolved. A few people should talk, laugh, and eat happily, as if they had returned to their childhood.

The second grandmother couldn't help but sigh: "It would be great if I could eat with you little guys every day." It's a pity that you've all grown up and are going to fly far. ”

Xiao Mei couldn't help sighing: "Yes, grandma, when you grow up, you won't be so simple, and you won't have so much time." But don't worry, many of us will take time out to visit you every month. ”

"Good, good." The second grandmother nodded again and again, and then said, "Here, the old man, I said something that shouldn't be said, my family's lineage, he will become a son and his generation alone, I don't expect him to become a dragon and a phoenix, I just hope that he will be safe for a lifetime, marry a wife and have children, and be an honest man." If there is any trouble in the future, I hope you can help more. ”

"Second grandma, what you said is too foreign, we are all brothers and sisters, if there is any difficulty, of course we will help each other." Xiao Mei glanced at it and said.

Xiao He also nodded and said: "Second grandmother, you can rest assured of this, our Xiao family boys, which one is not a righteous and well-known man." ”

"By the way, Xiao Cheng, what have you been busy with in the past two years? I rarely see you, and the second grandmother said that you quit your previous job, why? Xiao Mei suddenly asked, "If you are not satisfied with your work, I can tell your grandfather for you." ”

"Sister, you really misunderstood." Xiao Cheng stood up flattered and said, "I really don't have anything to say about this career that my grandfather arranged for me, but people, they always have their own interests and hobbies, and I want to work hard for my ideals." ”

"So what are you doing now?" Xiao Mei asked suspiciously.

Xiao Cheng was stunned, and said after a moment: "A little business in the military industry, it's hard to say specifically, when I have a successful career, I'll tell you later." ”

"Virtue!" Xiao He couldn't help muttering, "Brother Xiao Cheng, they are all a family, and they are still hiding, is there any way to make money, and I am reluctant to tell my brothers." ”

"No, it's just a little business, I'm embarrassed to say it." Xiao Cheng shook his head.

"What's embarrassing, say it and share it." Xiao He asked again.

Xiao Mei glared at her and said, "Everyone has their own privacy, what are you doing to get to the bottom of it?" ”

From beginning to end, Xiao Dong didn't speak, because he had asked Xiao Cheng about this question before, but Xiao Cheng didn't seem to be very willing to answer, so there was no need to insist.

"It's not about privacy, I'll tell you when I make some achievements." Xiao Cheng smiled awkwardly.

After a few people had eaten and packed up their things together, they said goodbye to the second grandmother and Xiao Cheng and left the old house.

Looking at those backs, Xiao Cheng's face gradually became gloomy, and he subconsciously clenched his fists.

"Chengzi, what can't you say?" The second grandmother was very puzzled, and asked, "They are all your brothers and sisters, there is nothing to hide, you didn't kill people and set fires, can't even grandma tell you?" ”

"Grandma, if you ask again, I won't be able to go home in the future." Xiao Cheng said with some negative anger.

"You ......." The second grandmother was speechless for a while, and sighed, "I've grown up, and my wings are stiff." Your parents died early, and I single-handedly pulled you up, and now I don't even listen to my grandmother, right? ”

Xiao Cheng's face moved, and he stepped forward to help him: "Grandma, I didn't mean that, I just didn't want to have too deep a relationship with them." ”

"Why?" The second grandmother frowned and asked, "You are brothers and sisters who have played since childhood, and you have a deep brotherhood, after all, you are all relatives." ”

"Hmph, dear? Do they treat me as a relative? Xiao Cheng snorted coldly and said, "Grandma, Chengzi is honest, don't be angry, my parents have been soldiers all their lives, and they are not led by grandpa, they died on the battlefield, what did we get?" An unrealistic Medal of Honor? It's still a pitiful pension. Grandpa's mind has never been on us, in his eyes, there are only two brothers, Xiao Dong and Xiao Zhan, who are his own grandsons! ”

"Chengzi, how can you say that?" The second grandmother was very angry and said, "Your parents became soldiers, they volunteered, no one forced them, not to mention, sacrificed on the battlefield, it was an accident, no wonder who, whoever let our family die." At the beginning, there were only our grandparents and grandchildren left in our family, and your grandfather helped us a lot, but there are some things that you don't know. ”

"What can he do, he helped us, and it's just a little material compensation!" Xiao Cheng snorted disdainfully, "Grandpa advocates the military, if it weren't for him speaking too strongly, my parents wouldn't have to join the army, and they wouldn't have sacrificed, so I didn't have a father or a mother since I was a child." What has he helped me with over the years? Give me a painless job? A lifetime of inaction? It's not what I want! In short, in the final analysis, they never took us seriously, why do we have to put a hot face on a cold ass! ”

"Chengzi, you, when did you become so extreme?" The second grandmother looked at Xiao Cheng in surprise and was speechless.

"Grandma, it's not extreme, it's just reality. When I was a child, I was ignorant, and I played with them, thinking that I would live together like this for the rest of my life. But it wasn't until I grew up that I understood what the gap was, other people's, after all, someone else's, you have to tend to the flames, follow others behind to make amends, people are happy, reward you with a mouthful of leftovers, unhappy, treat you as a slave, I don't want to be a subordinate, I want to be a master, I want to make them people in the Xiao family's compound look down on me! ”

The more Xiao Cheng spoke, the more resentful he became, he looked at the second grandmother and said: "Grandma, since I was a child, I have been like Xiao Dong's accessory, wherever he goes, I will follow, he has always had the final say, I am not convinced, and I am not reconciled." You only have one grandson like me, do you want me to live in their shadow for the rest of my life? ”

"Chengzi, I'm ......." The second grandmother's face was entangled, she couldn't speak for a while, she sat on a chair with a cane, and was silent for a long time before she slowly spoke, "Chengzi, your parents died early, and you have grievances, I understand this." You are stubborn and strong, you want to be independent, and you don't like to deal with Dongzi and them, and I understand that. If you don't want to do your own business, I won't stop you. But there is only one point, you can't do anything that violates the law and discipline, this is the bottom line, once you cross it, no one can help you. ”

Xiao Cheng exhaled lightly, a smile appeared on his face and said, "Grandma, I just don't want to deal with them, I feel like I'm doing bad things." You can rest assured, one day, I will become famous and become your most shining medal. ”

"Hehe, I hope so." The second grandmother smiled faintly, thinking a lot, but finally fell silent.

Xiao Dong, who walked out of the old house, saw that it was almost dark, and prepared to go back.

Xiao He said dissatisfiedly: "This Brother Xiao Cheng is really good, he is mysterious now, and some things are still hidden." Sister, you are often not at home, and it is normal to rarely see him. But he and I are both in the capital, and the person who hasn't seen him for months feels as if he is deliberately avoiding us. ”

Xiao Dong narrowed his eyes, smiled complicatedly, and said: "People will change, no one will be as simple as childhood, we used to frolic together, thinking that we would spend our lives like this, but when we grew up, we realized that the world is too big, there are too many things we have not seen, and there are too many things we want to get." Perhaps, Xiao Cheng has his own world and doesn't want to be with us anymore. ”

"That's right, when you grow up, you have your own space." Xiao Mei nodded approvingly and said, "Xiao He, don't be so reckless in the future, it's true that we are brothers and sisters, but we also have to have a degree, you know?" ”

"It's embarrassing." Xiao He scratched his head and said, "Since they are brothers and sisters, why do you still engage in such a false set." ”

"Even if there is a blood relationship, there are always relatives who are distant and close." Xiao Mei sighed, suddenly looked at Lan Siying and said, "It's been more than ten years, things are people, just like the second grandmother, she is really old, she can't even tell the difference between sugar and salt, if it weren't for Siying to take the responsibility on herself in time, I'm afraid she won't be able to sleep tonight." ”