Chapter 24: My Sister
The old lady took Xie Bin's hand and slowly told her about Xie Bin and his grandfather, and Xie Bin suddenly realized.
Xie Bin's grandfather, as he guessed, is not an ordinary character. According to the old lady, Xie Bin's grandfather is definitely a son of a scholarly family and the only son in the family, and he is very favored. In the big family at that time, the children all invited tutors to study, and the tutors at the time of the old man were all famous masters of Chinese studies. And the old man also lived up to expectations, he was deeply learned by teachers at a young age, especially good at calligraphy and painting.
Later, the old man met the old lady who was also everyone's child through an introduction, and the two fell in love at first sight and soon fell in love. The old lady likes carving, so the old man specially found a carving master to learn bamboo and wood carving to please the old lady.
In other words, it was at that time that everyone would have such a mind to chase girls. But the effect was indeed obvious, and the old lady soon married the old man.
In that turbulent era, because the families of the two were considered big families, and they also contributed a lot to the national cause, so both of them only cared about the wind and snow, but never had to worry about firewood, rice, oil and salt. If it can continue like this, it will indeed be a happy and happy thing.
But the sudden outbreak of the ten-year catastrophe that everyone did not expect, the first to bear the brunt was the Xie family, who had contributed a lot of strength to the new country, that is, Xie Bin's grandfather's family. Because of the Xie family's family origins, it was a well-known family during the Qing Dynasty, but now it has become a disgraceful side that is spurned by others, and it is grabbed by people and braided to the bottom.
At that time, the old man and the old lady had been married for more than three years, and had a three-year-old boy, and the old lady was pregnant.
Needless to say, the cruelty of the struggle at that time, the old man who had been pampered since he was a child was asked to die and live, and later secretly hid in the deep mountains of Yilin with the help of others.
Although the old lady was lucky to escape, she could only hide her name and change her surname to Yu, which brought up the two children with hard work.
Ten years have passed, and the old man has changed from a high-spirited young talent to a savage in the mountains who doesn't even have a home. And the old lady has also changed from a young woman in her prime to a rural woman in order to support her son.
When the catastrophe was over, both men returned to their homes and prepared to be reunited. But the old man couldn't find his home, because it had been not many years since he moved away, and after inquiring for a long time, the old man returned to the countryside of Yilin in frustration and settled down.
The old lady was lucky to find the organization, get compensation, and get back part of the confiscated property, but unfortunately the house was gone, so she had to start anew. In this way, a happy family failed to reunite by mistake, which directly made the two of them grow old day by day.
The difference is that the old man adopted Xie Bin in the countryside, while the old lady took those family wealth to start a jewelry business, with the support of the state, it is getting bigger and bigger, and now it is now one of the top jewelry groups in China, and now it is even involved in real estate, hotels and other industries, and the two sons have also grown up and started a family.
However, the old lady changed her surname to Yu at that time, and she wanted to restore her surname, but unfortunately it was not like now. At that time, if you wanted to change anything, you had to review it, and the old lady could only keep her surname Yu in order not to cause trouble. When her sons grew up and the business grew, it was not so simple to change their names and surnames. So I simply took the surname Yu and has been until now.
Over the years, the old lady has spared no effort to mobilize her ability to find the old man, but the old man is a person who doesn't even have a household registration book, and in the deep mountains of Yilin, where can he find it so easily.
I thought that there was no hope in this life, but I didn't expect that a cypress lady carving brought back by Yu Fei made the old lady see hope. The lady carving was carved by the old man himself, and naturally he couldn't escape the old lady's eyes, and he recognized it at a glance, and then he hurriedly called Xie Bin back from Changhua.
Xie Bin was also a little speechless when he heard this. After so many years, the old man has lived so hard, who would have thought that when he was young, he was a rich disciple who didn't touch the spring water with his fingers? Moreover, who would have thought that his wife would be a well-known jewelry predator in China? The so-called providence makes people, and the general idea is like this.
No wonder the old man often said that life should not be fully occupied. The old man when he was young, that was really not a little unsatisfactory, the family had money and status, he was graceful, and he had a belly of poetry and books, and he also had a wife who was like a flower, and gave birth to a fat big fat boy, and there was a big fat boy in his belly who was about to be born. It's a perfect life, and there's really nothing to regret about living to this extent.
No wonder the old man has such feelings, his life is too perfect. As for the subsequent catastrophe, the separation of wives, homelessness, etc., it boils down to life as a play, and it is also helpless in helplessness.
Thinking about the old man's life, Xie Bin let out a long sigh, but he didn't know what to say. Anyway, almost fifty years have passed, and the old man has been out of this world for almost ten years, and there is no point in saying anything more. Looking at the old lady's tearful face, Xie Bin couldn't help but feel a trace of tenderness in his heart, no matter what, this is the old man's wife and his nominal grandmother.
"You, how did your grandfather come over all these years?" The old lady took Xie Bin's hand and asked tremblingly.
"This, in fact, is not too difficult, he is very open-minded, he still writes and paints when he has nothing to do, and then teaches me to do carving or something," Now that the matter has passed, Xie Bin doesn't want to make the old lady sad anymore, so he picked up some interesting things and said them, and also hid the suffering of the old man's life.
Now that I think about it, it is really not easy for a person like the old man to get to that point. What is even more rare is that the old man becomes more and more open-minded the older he gets, which is the real open-mindedness and indifference after seeing through the world.
"Where is the old man buried? Can you take me to see it? The old lady came back to her senses and asked expectantly.
"It's in our village," Xie Bin naturally wouldn't refuse this request, presumably the old man would be very happy if he knew about it.
"Let's go, let's go," the old lady greeted, pulled Xie Bin and walked out.
Out of the bedroom, the old lady announced loudly: "From today on, Xie Bin is a member of our family, Yu Fei, you have to call your brother." ”
Yu Fei smiled slightly and called out to his brother. Xie Bin waved his hand a little confused, he was not mentally prepared for this, and the old lady did not mention it to him. I wanted to refuse, but looking at the old lady's firm eyes and trembling body, Xie Bin could only smile back. But looking at other people's faces, it's not very good-looking.
Especially the two middle-aged people, it should be the two sons of the old man, although they are also laughing, but the ridiculous ones are a little reluctant. Xie Bin's ability to observe words and colors is absolutely unambiguous. But it's understandable when you think about it, no matter who suddenly has a big nephew like Xie Bin, they will feel a little uncomfortable.
Xie Bin looked at the faces of the two, vaguely similar to the old man, but he thought in his heart that it would be a big deal to have less contact with them in the future. He Xie Bin was raised by the old man well, but that is limited to the old man, as for the old lady and the two so-called uncles, Xie Bin doesn't care. If it weren't for the pitiful old lady, Xie Bin would have left a long time ago.
Maybe the two "uncles" thought that Xie Bin wanted to climb the picture of wealth and wealth, and they didn't treat Xie Bin's face very well. Not to mention Xie Bin, even the old lady with bad eyes also noticed it, and said sharply to her two sons: "From today on, Xie Bin is my own grandson, if you are not convinced, tell me directly." ”
Yu Fei's father, that is, Xie Bin's "uncle" Yu Liqiang hurriedly smiled and said: "Mom, look at what you said, isn't it a little unacceptable for us for a while, don't worry, we will treat Xiao Xie as our own nephew." ”
Xie Bin secretly sneered, isn't his nephew still a nephew, this nephew or something, who doesn't have a few, any friend's son is a nephew. However, Xie Bin still said gratefully: "It's okay, Grandma Yu, I will get along with my uncle and them." Of course, this is just to comfort the old lady, if he can, Xie Bin will definitely not be alone with these two uncles and second uncles.
Sometimes it's like this, people don't necessarily need anything right or wrong to get along with each other, sometimes they just don't fall in love and look at each other unpleasantly. Just like Xie Bin's two "uncles", from the beginning of the meeting, Xie Bin looked at them unpleasantly, and those two are probably very awkward to look at Xie Bin. But there was no way, there was an old lady here, Xie Bin could only endure it.
Knowing the news of the old man, the old lady couldn't wait for a moment, if it weren't for Xie Bin's gentle persuasion, the old lady would have wanted to set off overnight.
That night, Xie Bin rested in this villa, and the sheets and everything were laid by the old lady herself, and no one could persuade him. Before going to bed, Xie Bin's "uncle", who is also Yu Fei's father, stood at the door of Xie Bin's guest room and said with a smile: "Young people, you must be self-aware, what you can take and what you can't take, think clearly." ”
Xie Bin was stunned for a moment, and said coldly: "You think I am willing to come to your house, if it weren't for Xue Yuying and Yu Fei, I wouldn't be here, don't think that a few dollars are great, I still get good when I don't have money." As he spoke, he lay on the bed by himself, "Tomorrow I will arrive in Yilin, after you have worshiped the old man, we will have nothing to do with each other, and no one will appear in front of anyone in the future, so as not to feel uncomfortable." ”
Xie Bin is indeed angry, this family, except for the old lady and Yu Fei and a thirteen-year-old boy Yu Zifang, all have an inexplicable wariness of Xie Bin, including Xie Bin's two aunts and Yu Fei's brother Yu Zizheng.
Yu Fei's father nodded, "That's the best," and turned around and left.
Xie Bin looked at the luxuriously decorated ceiling, and felt aggrieved for a while, the old man was open-minded and indifferent all his life, but these two sons were really not angry, and even stingy. Let's not talk about whether Xie Bin will ask for his family's money, that is, how many can Xie Bin want? Their family is known as the leader of domestic jewelry, as for being so stingy? I didn't even go to the old man's grave, so I found him Xie Bin for a showdown first.
Xie Bin snorted coldly, although he didn't have as much money as them, he didn't need their charity. He Xie Bin didn't starve to death when he didn't have money, let alone have money now. After worshipping the old man, you take your Yangguan Road, and I take my single-plank bridge, and it is best not to get along with each other.
Just thinking of Yu Fei, a lively girl, Xie Bin felt a little depressed. This girl who looks very cheerful and lively has become her sister, which is really unacceptable.