Chapter 41: The Boy

Uncle Jiang was the first to come to my house, and on the day he came, the crazy old man and I happened to come back from morning class.

As soon as the crazy old man and I entered the door, we saw Uncle Jiang and my dad drinking tea on the sofa, while my mother was busy preparing ingredients for the Chinese New Year in the kitchen.

I thought that Brother Zhengren was here with Uncle Jiang, but I didn't expect that the person sitting next to Uncle Jiang was a strange boy.

He was about fourteen or fifteen years old, and when I saw him, he was sitting next to Uncle Jiang, cowering.

His skin was dark, a little darker than Zhengchun, but those eyes were bright, and he looked at my house with wide eyes.

The first time I saw him, I felt that he was very defensive, and I made a slight movement with the crazy old man, and he stared at us, his eyes were like a frightened kitten, revealing a very wary look.

The crazy old man was still like that, and he walked on the sofa with a big grin and asked, "Here?" ”

This sentence is actually nonsense in my opinion, Uncle Jiang is already with my family, and he is still asking why this is not nutritious?

But Uncle Jiang nodded solemnly, and then didn't speak.

But I was keenly aware that when the mad old man approached the sofa, the boy's eyes were fixed on the mad old man, his whole body tensed, and his body leaned forward, like a cat ready to attack people.

When the crazy old man was lying on the sofa with a big grin, the boy was immediately startled and wanted to get up, but he was held down tightly by Jiang Shibo, and there was no movement.

I couldn't help but scoff and thought to myself: Is it necessary? The crazy old man is not a jackal, tiger or leopard.

Just thinking about it, I was not interested in observing him anymore, so I walked around every room in the house, and then asked Uncle Jiang: "Uncle Jiang, where is Brother Zhengren?" Why didn't you come? ”

"Jeong-in, he's wrapping up, he'll be here in the afternoon." Jiang Shibo said.

Closure? I don't understand what Uncle Jiang meant by the finish.

When I wanted to continue asking, the crazy old man looked at Uncle Jiang and said, "Is that him?" ”

Uncle Jiang nodded, looked at the boy, touched the boy's head, overflowed with sadness, and even seemed to have tears in his eyes, and said, "It's him!" ”

My dad and I looked at each other, and we didn't understand what kind of dumb riddle the crazy old man and Uncle Jiang were playing.

The crazy old man moved the wooden lacquered fruit plate containing all kinds of snacks on the coffee table in the direction of the boy, and said, "These are all edible, and you can take whatever you like." ”

The boy saw the mad old man's movements, and once again shrank himself behind Uncle Jiang's back. Hearing the crazy old man speak, he showed an eye from behind Uncle Jiang and looked at the crazy old man.

After that, there was silence, Jiang Shibo seemed to be immersed in the memories, and the crazy old man was lying on the sofa and falling asleep, and after a while, he actually snored!

My dad went to the kitchen to help my mom prepare the reunion dinner for tomorrow's Chinese New Year's Eve.

As for me, the crazy old man told me to go back to my room and practice hand dueling before I fell asleep.

After the mad old man fell asleep, I took a quilt from my room, covered the mad old man, and then went back to the room to practice hand duels and spells, and did not come out until lunch.

Lunch was eaten at home, and Uncle Jiang and the boy were also there.

I don't know when the crazy old man woke up, but as soon as he arrived at the dinner table, his windswept eating appearance was immediately disliked by Uncle Jiang.

Having said that, although Master Jiang and the crazy old man do not deal with each other, in fact, in Jiang Shibo's heart, the crazy old man will always be the senior brother.

So because of this, when he saw the crazy old man's eating appearance, he just twitched the corners of his mouth, and then tried not to pay attention to the crazy old man.

During this period, my parents actually looked at the boy's appearance and felt a little distressed, my mother showed the most intensely, she kept picking vegetables for the boy, but he didn't seem to appreciate it, and every time he looked at my mother with a very frightened expression.

This made my parents feel distressed again.

At the dinner table, my parents also asked if the boy was Uncle Jiang's child, but Uncle Jiang shook his head and did not say where the boy came from.

My parents also knew that the crazy old man and Uncle Jiang sitting in front of them were not ordinary people, and there were some things they shouldn't know, so they didn't continue to ask.

After a meal was eaten in such an awkward and strange atmosphere, the crazy old man was not very affected, and the food was called a satisfaction.

After eating, the crazy old man called Uncle Jiang out of the door, and took the boy with him.

I originally wanted to go along, but I was driven back by the crazy old man: "Go, go, what are you doing with me?" Give me your stuff to practice well. I'm going to check your homework at night! ”

I couldn't, I had to run home in a daze.

It was almost dinner time, and the mad old man and the others returned, and with them were all the people of our line.

My living room is not big, usually my parents and crazy old man, plus me, I feel that the living room is a little crowded. There were so many people coming here that the living room was packed.

My parents were very enthusiastic about their arrival, especially when they saw that my uncle and uncle's apprentices were about the same age as me, and they were all very well-behaved, my parents treated them as if they were their own children.

I saw my parents take out all the snacks in my room and greet Brother Zhengren, and I gritted my teeth in anger.

These ghosts!

Because of their arrival, dinner was a great one. My dad moved out the Eight Immortals Round Table, and the big guys filled the entire round table, chatting while eating, which was very lively.

It's just that the boy is still the same, vigilantly looking at us people, and he doesn't say a word when he eats, and he doesn't take the initiative to pick up the dishes. If it weren't for Uncle Jiang constantly serving him vegetables, I guess he would be able to eat a bowl of rice!

Originally, I thought that Brother Zhengren, who was so difficult to speak, would be "jealous", but I didn't expect Brother Zhengren to sit next to the boy and whisper to him from time to time, this dish is delicious and something like that.

It just blew my mind.

And the crazy old man introduced my parents to my uncles and uncles in turn before the meal, as well as Brother Zhengren. Their identity, the crazy old man is not taboo against my parents.

After dinner, we all lay on the couch and watched TV, the couch could not accommodate so many people, and I don't know where my parents got the small wooden stool for us, and the crazy old man sat on the couch.

The originally small sofa squeezed down my parents, the crazy old man, Uncle Jiang, Uncle Li, Uncle Zhou and Uncle Pan.

It's funny to say that the sofa that the crazy old man occupied first, originally he wanted to lie down half-lying as usual, put his feet on the coffee table, and then was forced to sit with his hands and feet shrunk by Jiang Shibo and a few others.

The crazy old man's face was full of grievances, but he couldn't keep quiet, so he had to sit like that.

It didn't take long for the Red Army kid to come, carrying some New Year's goods. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Uncle and aunt, happy New Year!" The Red Army sends its blessings to you! ”

The crazy old man and my parents, as well as I, are used to the way the Red Army speaks, but it is the first time for Uncle Jiang to speak without leaving the Red Army.

I heard Zhengwei muttering in a low voice: "Didn't I hear that Brother Zhengyi's family still has something to do with the Red Army?" ”

Just because this sentence was originally said very quietly, I didn't expect it to be heard by Jiang Shibo and them.

The crazy old man and the uncles are all people in the department, and because of certain things, they have a special affection for the soldiers. So when Jiang Shibo heard about them, there were still soldiers coming? They all got up and walked to the door to prepare to greet them.

Only me and the crazy old man didn't move.

This kid from the Red Army originally wanted to come to my house to send off the New Year, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the door, he was still changing his shoes, and suddenly a large group of people surrounded him and looked at him, so that he was so frightened that he couldn't speak.

"This ...... This...... Shoichi! ”

When the Red Army saw such a large group of people, they hurriedly called me. I lazily replied in the living room: "Yo, the Red Army soldiers are coming, come in." ”

When Uncle Jiang and his entourage saw that it was such a child, they returned to the living room without interest and sat down in their place.

Later, Jiang Shibo learned that this Red Army was not the other Red Army.