Thirteen: Uninvited guests

Wang Mingming saw the roof of his house, and a kind of joy arose spontaneously when he arrived home. She greeted the neighbors and walked briskly towards home.

She saw a sedan parked in front of her house, and a driver in a suit was sitting in it. Apparently there are guests at home. Wang Mingming excitedly stepped into the door of the hall.

Her father stood respectfully and spoke to the guests. My father had a two-sided head and wore a black cardigan. In the pocket of the left jacket is a pocket watch, and the bracelet is pinned to the button of the garment.

Wang Mingming looked at the guests excitedly. Everyone likes to have guests in their own home, which is a sign of family prosperity.

It was a guest he had never seen before, about thirty-seven or eighteen years of age, dressed in a suit, skinny, with a big back combed. The hair was cut neatly at the top of the collar.

He sat and talked to her father with his legs crossed. Behind him stood two stocky henchmen. Wearing a black suit with sunglasses.

Wang Mingming heard that these people are very fierce, they speak very horizontally, and they are always very desperate when they do things. she

I'm afraid of them, and I always feel that they will look for trouble for no reason.

She couldn't help but suppress her smile, her face couldn't help but sink, she always hid away when she saw such a person on the street.

She asked the teacher, "Why are these people so horizontal, why do they always wear sunglasses?" ”

The teacher said: "The bodyguards all over the world are physically strong and have great fists and feet. Good marksmanship and quick response, I believe that I am the best. It is invincible in the world.

"They're very cross-sectional, and that has something to do with their profession. They believe only in and are loyal to their masters.

"They are very righteous and can sacrifice themselves for the sake of their masters. If you don't mess with them, if you don't get in the way of their affairs, if you don't pose a threat to his master, they won't pay attention to you.

"They wore sunglasses so that no one could see his eyes. Their vigilance is very high, and when his face is facing you, his eyes are observing his surroundings.

"They are always on guard against a surprise attack on his master and himself."

Wang Mingming was very worried about her father when she saw that he was dealing with this kind of person, and she felt that it was not a good thing for such an uninvited guest to come to the house. These people can't afford to offend.

She didn't say hello to the guests and calmly shouted, "Dad." She raised her leg and walked into the house, she didn't want to greet such a guest.

Father said, "Come home, this is your Uncle Zhang." Come from the city, come and see it. ”

Wang Ming had no choice, so she had to stand still and turn to face the guest. Her eyes were on the ground in front of the guest's feet. She was waiting for her father to speak.

The father said to the guest, "This is my daughter's middle school in the city. She'll take a break tomorrow and come home to have a look. ”

Wang Mingming hurriedly bowed to the guest and shouted to him: "Uncle Zhang is good." You use the tea slowly. ”

The man nodded with a smile on his face and said, "Okay." Really polite. Today's students just know how to be polite. The way he sat didn't change at all.

Wang Ming looked ridiculous when he spoke, like a second idiot. She couldn't help but smile slightly and said, "Uncle Zhang, you use tea slowly, I'll go into the house to do my homework." ”

The man said, "Okay, you're busy, please." He nodded his head and remained the same. The two bodyguards were motionless like two wooden men.

Wang Mingming seemed to escape from the evil god and entered the back room in three steps and two steps.

The Sunday dinner was prepared at home for Wang Mingming's birthday. The fragrant dishes on the table make people want to eat when they see them. Smell it and drool.

Her favorite sweet and sour fish is made by her mother. Grandma made her a sour and sweet jellyfish silk salad with red heart and sweet radish. The eight-treasure rice and the big cake were bought by my mother in the city.

Her father, who usually doesn't drink, drank two glasses of wine for her birthday. The father said, "Son, today is your eighteenth birthday." Nineteen years old, it's an adult. I congratulate you. ”

Wang Mingming hurriedly stood up and said, "Thank you Dad, thank you Mom, thank you Grandma." You have raised me and provided me with education, and I will work hard to learn to be a useful person.

"I will listen to my teacher's teachings and shoulder the rise and fall of the country, I will honor my grandmother, honor my parents, and care about the growth of my younger siblings. I will never fail to live up to your expectations of me."

Her younger siblings applauded her happily, and the happiest thing about this meal was that they ate a cream cake that they couldn't usually eat.

The mother said, "You are an adult now, and you are in high school." In the former Qing Dynasty, it was impossible for a girl from an ordinary family like you.

"Now it's the Republic of China, and it's progressing compared to the former Qing Dynasty, but the people in this country are poor, and there are few children who can go to school. Most of the young people on the street who can stand up are tall and young.

"In a big city like Nanjing, which is also the capital, there are very few young people who can go to high school. Even fewer girls. You have to be content, but you have to work harder.

"Your father's business has grown, and our family's current life has turned over. Your younger siblings are still young, and this family will depend on you and your father to support them in the future.

"Even though you are a girl, you are literate and intelligent. In Nanjing, girls are more precious than boys. ”

Wang Mingming said, "Mom, I have written down your orders." I'll try. ”

Grandma smiled and said, "My eldest granddaughter is a filial child, sensible and reasonable. The family will be counting on her in the future. ”

After dinner, Wang Mingming talked with his grandmother for a while, but her grandmother was not in good health and kept coughing. She saw that her grandmother was tired.

She said, "Grandma, you're tired, come, I'll help you sleep." She went back to her house to review her homework after she went to bed.

It was late at night, and she faintly heard crying from her parents' house. She listened carefully to her mother's crying.

She was taken aback. My parents never quarreled, and my mother must have been crying so late that something must have happened, so she hurried over.

She pushed open the door and saw her father walking back and forth in annoyance, and her mother sitting at the small round table in the middle of the room crying. Her parents looked at her in surprise when they saw her come in.

Her parents' expressions told her that something unfortunate must have happened in her family. She felt a pang in her heart, and tears welled up at once.

She cried and asked her mother, "Mom, what's wrong, what's going on at home." Tell your daughter.

Her mother cried even more when she asked. The mother wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, "You ask your father, it's all good things he did." That's a lot of good. ”

The father frowned and scolded the mother softly: "What are you crying about, lightly, you have already alarmed the child, don't alarm the mother again." "Father went over and closed the door.

The mother said sadly, "My hard-working child, your father just said that he would marry you to a forty-year-old man. Can I promise him this? What should I do? ”

Wang Mingming was bored all of a sudden. She didn't believe what her mother said was true. The father has always loved her, how could he push his daughter into the fire pit. After a while, she came to her senses.

She looked at her father and said, "Dad, what's going on?" Why do you want to marry me? Why did you marry me to someone so old. ”

The father sighed heavily, lowered his head, and did not dare to look at her. It can be seen that his father is very helpless, and he is very ashamed.

She has always admired her father, but her mother did not advocate her to go to senior high school, because the life of the family was not very relaxed, and it was useless for a girl to have a high education.

My father was in business alone, and he had to buy and ship goods, and sometimes he had to charge the goods, which was really busy. The mother had to take care of her sick grandmother and younger siblings.

Her mother hoped that she would help her father in his business earlier, and that he would devote all his energy and money to raising her younger brother.

Her father insisted that she go to high school, saying, "When a girl is more educated, she will be as useful to the country as she is to the family."

"Now it's the Republic of China, aren't there female doctors and teachers? Is there also a female official in the country. There are also female officers in the army. Those were the work of learned women.

"We don't have a lot of money, but it's not difficult to provide for our children's education. Raising children to be useful people is a big deal. ”

The mother still insisted on her opinion, she said: "The female doctor, the female official, that is someone else's child, even if she is fine, she is married to someone else's family, and we are a bamboo basket to draw water." ”

Although her mother insisted, she listened to her father, and her father had the final say in this family, and Wang Mingming went to senior high school at his father's insistence.