(Due to the excessive number of words in this chapter, it has been updated twice, and the following is the first half of "39 Down".) ）

"Grandpa, why are you upset again?" There was a soft sound from behind the chair.

The old horse bent down to take a look, only to see that the little man was sitting on the ground beside him and playing with the fawn.

"Hey!" The old horse let out another long sigh, not knowing what to say to her.

Yang Yang grabbed the small toy and walked over barefoot. She leaned back against the armrest of her grandfather's rocking chair, trying to say nothing but not saying anything, only fluttering her black eyelashes.

"Hey......" The old horse held the phone and looked at the balcony and sighed again.

"Why...... That grown-up always sighs? Yang Yang was puzzled.

'Humph!' Why'...... Because the weather is so good in the morning! ”

"Oh! So why don't little children sigh? ”

"Because it's not over in the morning!" The old horse said with his left foot shaky.

"The frog doesn't sigh, it only croaks; The birds don't sigh either, they chirp; The cow will sigh, and it moos like this—sighs; Ants - it doesn't sigh because it's too hard......" Yang Yang said to her grandfather as if she were talking to herself.

"So...... Grandpa is an old cow? The old horse looked down with a kind face.

Yang Yang nodded responsibly, then put his left arm on his grandfather's left leg, and his right hand pinched the fawn on the armrest. The grandfather and grandson had two or four eyes, all staring at the walnut-sized plastic deer, watching it run happily on the endless grassland.

The old horse was unhappy, so he took Xifeng wine and drank it himself. Anyway, he was leaving, and he just drank the bottle of wine before leaving, and it would be a waste to stay here. Lao Ma thought about Xingbang's loneliness and depression outside all these years, thinking about the difficulty and despair of him running alone, and he was even more sad, the more he drank, the more he snored, and he lay on the rocking chair and snored without eating lunch. Zhiyuan was busy all morning - buying fruit snacks, preparing various drinks, tidying up the house, just waiting for the children to come over in the afternoon.

At noon, Tsai Tsai had lunch with Han Dian and Shu Yu, and then the two boys went to Tsai Tsai's house. Although it's his birthday, but there is no most important person to appear, no matter how gorgeous and lively it is, what's the point? Tsai Zai pretended to be very happy to chat with Han Dian, while sighing in his heart. A lot of thoughts are in vain, a lot of effort is done in vain, don't say that the young man is worry-free, and sorrow can be sad to death.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Ran came first, Feifei arrived at three o'clock, plus Tsai Tsai and Han Dian, the four boys of the same age opened and closed their mouths and chatted about "our school", math teachers, girls at the same table, summer vacation homework, final exams, ...... I can't stop talking about you, and a group of teenagers are eating and chatting around the dining table, very happy.

Zhiyuan hid in the room to make room for the children to have a worry-free place. The old horse fell asleep at first, but then woke up and sat on the balcony listening to the play and sobering up alone, and did not disturb the young party. Yang Yang was the most excited, burrowing into the middle of a group of big brothers to look up at this and that. Tsai Tsai was not happy to get rid of her at first, but seeing that his classmates liked to tease his sister, he did not stop him.

After a while, the little guests showed off their gifts - high-end gaming headsets, signed books for idols, and a very complete set of learning tools...... The four eldest children were lively in the boy's room to open gifts and look at gifts, squeezing around among the big brothers, like the monkeys who entered the Pan Tao Garden and the drunken Zhu Bajie, dancing and funny, which undoubtedly added an extra layer of fun and excitement to the brother's birthday.

After finishing his studies at five o'clock, he obediently greeted his grandfather, uncle, and brothers and sisters, and also showed the gift he brought to his brother - a toy perpetual motion machine, and he also brought a gift from his sister Zhong Xuemei - a set of reference books and review questions for the third year of high school. At the right time, Zhiyuan also took the gift that the couple bought for their son in advance - a sturdy and durable student watch.

A group of people were making a lot of noise in the house, and the hut was full of joy like never before. The completely sober old horse took advantage of the situation to walk to the door of Tsai Tsai's room, and shouted with a happy expression at the children in the room: "Tsai, Grandpa has also prepared a gift for you!" After speaking, the old horse raised his eyebrows, pretending to be mysterious. When everyone heard that it was a stranger they had never seen before, there was a holographic sound.

Tsai asked curiously, "What?" ”

"Your piano - grandpa fixed it for you yesterday! Look! The old horse stood at the door and said with a wink.

"Really?" Zai squatted down excitedly, took out his violin from the piano case under the bed, looked at it a few times, and held it in his arms to debug.

"Let's do it! Brother plays sister dance! The chubby Handian made a fuss in the crowd.

"Hehehe...... Pull the most popular "Meow Meow Song"! Xiao Ran, who was thin and tall and ******, clapped his hands and shouted.

"I'm going to sing, I'm going to sing!" Yang Yang raised his hands and called out in the crowd.

Tsai Zai set up the piano and sat in the crowd and said, "Then play a "Meow Meow Song", Feifei you will sing, you sing the best!" ”

When the boy is ready, he starts to play the violin...... Why does it smell wrong? Tsai tried again, and it still does. The boy frowned in bewilderment, and tried again, and the crowd listened to the sound of the piano creaking out of tune, like a goat's cry in the northwest in the theater, and the howl of a wild wolf in the northeast in the concert hall.

Tsai tried again, but something was still wrong, he frowned and said to Lao Ma, "Grandpa, how did you fix my piano?" ”

"Didn't you break the strings? I've got you covered! Lao Ma said lightly.

"Where did you buy the strings?" Tsai asked solemnly.

"What else to buy! I'm on the erhu, drag it down and give it to you! And it doesn't cost anything! The old horse said proudly holding on to the door frame.

"I say an erhu sound! You've completely ruined my piano! Tsai Zi shrugged and said angrily.

At first, the smiling teenagers bent the corners of their mouths and squinted their eyes to wait for the theatrical performance, knowing that there was no play, a group of people had just flattened their facial features, and when they heard the erhu strings on the violin, the older children were grinning and watching the show.

"Hahaha...... The sound of the erhu! I'm going to ......," Feifei broke the silence with a southern accent, and suddenly clapped and laughed.

"Hahaha......" A group of people laughed in an instant, and the laughter in the room was endless, and Yang Yang didn't know why he was jumping and twisting his butts in the crowd, which made the boys laugh again and again.

Zhiyuan came when he heard the voice, but saw his son pouting and humming in the crowd for a while, stomping his feet and twisting his shoulders.

"What's wrong Dad?" Zhiyuan asked the old horse in a daze at the door.

"I continued the strings of his violin, and people didn't think it was good, and they thought my erhu sound was unpleasant...... That's it! The old horse patted his ass and returned to the balcony with his cane. The old farmer sat on the rocking chair and fanned the fan, and yesterday he was busy for most of the day, and he gave him his favorite erhu string, and people were not happy.

At six o'clock, the boy carried a large bag of things and led a group of people to the restaurant to find a private room, Zhiyuan took Lao Ma and Yangyang and set off, and after arriving at the mall, he strode to get the cake. At seven o'clock in the evening, the dishes were all ready, the people were all there, and the candles of the cake were lit. He Yiming clasped his hands together in the candlelight and silently made a wish under the attention of everyone.

"Turn off the lights, light candles, and make a wish! It's like something! Hum! There was a taunt from the old horse at the silent and dark dinner table, and everyone at the table looked at the old horse in an instant, and even the hero who made a pious wish interrupted the most golden and long-awaited moment of the year.

"Tsk! Can you wait for him to make a wish before he speaks? Gui Ying, who had just arrived at the private room to stabilize her breath, suddenly breathed again.

"If you want to make a wish, do you still need to take a school exam? Just coax a three- or five-year-old hairy child, and he's still a doll when he's sixteen? Don't you know that this man is getting more and more stupid? Old Ma retorted solemnly.

"Stop talking! Tsai only has this birthday once a year, what are you messing with? Gui Ying said loudly.

Zhiyuan saw that several children were dumbfounded, and hurriedly released soft words: "Yiming's grandfather is a villager, and he hasn't had a birthday, which is very rare!" Don't worry about you students! ”

Gui Ying also hurriedly relieved: "You have never given your child a birthday, what did you make a mess after a while?" Boy, ignore him and make a new wish! ”

"Grandpa, stop talking! I'm going to make a wish! Tsai Tsai angrily told his grandfather loudly.

"It's done, it's done! Wish, wish! Don't be too big, you can't do it! If it's a little smaller, maybe it can be realized! The old horse raised his chin and said with a smile.

As soon as the old man finished speaking, Han Dian pursed his lips and snickered, and several other children also lowered their heads and smiled.

After making a wish, he blew out the candles, and after blowing out the candles, he cut the cake for everyone. After cutting it for the guests, when it came to Lao Ma's part, Gui Ying interjected on the side: "Children only have a birthday once a year, how precious!" You left right away and don't cherish this time! Life is already very boring, and the baby goes to class every day...... I'm tired to death, if you don't get some tricks, wouldn't it be even more boring! This person has to have a sense of ritual in his life! ”

The old horse tilted his head back and said slowly: "It's not that I don't cherish it!" He now lives with festivals, birthdays, gifts, and rituals...... And what about after that? Is it better for this person to live with sweetness in front or sweetness in the back? Which one do you dolls say? ”

The old horse paused, glanced at the teenagers, and then continued: "You believe in Grandpa Ma—it must be a good day ahead!" As a parent, he now gives him all his good life, and in the future, after he becomes independent, he will make money and live a life that is not as good as it is now - isn't that miserable? Now be more restrained, endure hardships, suffer grievances, have fewer gifts and surprises, and temper more setbacks, it will only be good for him! After speaking, the old horse lit a pot of cigarettes.

"The old man is well-informed and experienced, and he is right!" Zhiyuan said to a few older children while scooping soup for Yangyang.

"No smoking here!" Gui Ying snatched the cigarette pouch and poured some tea into the smoke pot, and the hookah could no longer be smoked.

"I think your grandfather is right, and my dad often says the same!" Feifei, who had been enlightened earlier, nodded in agreement.

"Come and learn, eat this! Xiao Ran, Feifei, eat vegetables and eat vegetables! Gui Ying greeted the children.

"Grandpa, am I at home today or are you at home? This table is full of my classmates, and we finally get together to get together and you always interject - brush up on the sense of existence! Can you take it away for a while, and when my classmates leave, I will listen to you for ten days and ten nights! Tsai pouted and begged.

"Good, good! Success, success! I'm going to sew my mouth with a rope and tie it with my belt!" Hehe...... Also home! The old horse snickered sideways as he cleaned up his cigarette pouch.

"This beef is delicious, you boys eat more!" Zhiyuan motioned to everyone.

"You see you talk better than your mother now!" Gui Ying looked at Tsai Tsai and his classmates and said with a smile.

Everyone laughed and ate cake or soup with vegetables.

"That's true! Your grandfather is really good! Han Dian gave a thumbs up in his arms and said to He Yiming, and then he whispered to the other boys: "I heard Yiming say that his grandfather is not an ordinary person, and his reputation is well deserved!" It lives up to its name! Several of the children laughed secretly.

When it was almost eight o'clock, a few adults were full, and left first with Xuecheng and Yangyang, so that Tsai Tsai and his classmates could have a good time in the private room. When she walked downstairs to the community, Gui Ying said to Zhiyuan: "Then you take them up, and I will send them back!" ”

"Okay!" After Zhiyuan finished speaking, he took up Yangyang's little hand and turned around to walk back.

"Isn't this a man's house?" The old horse let out a cold snort.

"Uh...... I can go, I'll go! When Zhiyuan heard that the tone was wrong, he hurriedly reached out to Gui Ying to ask for the car keys.

Gui Ying stood in place and stared at the old horse in a daze, but the old man ignored it and called Yangyang to go to the elevator.

"Hurry up and give me the car keys!" The peacemaker nudged his wife's elbow for the car keys.

"I'll go!" Gui Ying looked at Zhiyuan with his hands on his chest and insisted on not giving the key.

"Tsk! Don't make Dad angry! Zhiyuan whispered while glancing at the back of the old horse.

"Why are you so afraid of him!" Gui Ying clasped her hands on her chest and asked loudly.

"Isn't it different who is going to deliver it? How ugly it is to argue here for this! Xuecheng is watching here! Zhiyuan frowned and whispered.

"Who sends it differently - then what's the difference between me and you? Don't let him sway! Gui Ying stretched out her hand and pointed in the direction of the elevator.

"Oh, okay, okay, I'll send it!" Zhiyuan pushed Gui Ying's elbow a few more times.

Gui Ying took a long breath, exhaled slowly, and then lowered his head and said to Xuecheng, "Xuecheng, will you let your uncle send you home?" ”

"Hmm." Xuecheng nodded sensibly.

Gui Ying gave the key and watched Xuecheng go to the garage. On the way back, Gui Ying was a little dissatisfied, first, because she deliberately provoked the old man, and secondly, because of Zhiyuan's weakness in front of the old man. Since his father came to the house, Zhiyuan has accommodated him in almost everything, he wants glasses, he goes to the optical store, he wants a recliner, he actively buys it as soon as possible, he wants to eat this, buy this, buy that, he responds to everything...... He Zhiyuan, who is too filial and obedient, is a bit not like the original He Zhiyuan.

When one person compromises for the sake of another, he inevitably loses his position or persistence. If all good qualities are excessive, they will become shackles to others—such as being too cautious, too filial, and too forbearing.

When he used to teach, He Zhiyuan had similar problems at work. He is always helpless and nerve-wracking for stubborn students, and he pays a lot more than others in his work but his salary is one level lower than others...... Once upon a time, Gui Ying was proud of Zhiyuan's pure and noble character.

But in life, such a moral level often worries her. It's just a few cents short to buy food, and when you go out, you can endure it when you are pointed at and scolded by others, and when you go to your own house, buy a house, buy a car, do decoration, and buy appliances, you are cheated out of some money, and you have to grit your teeth...... Strangers you don't know hurt by chance - it doesn't matter, no one can be sure that all the people you come into contact with in this life are pure and kind. But when he encounters the children being wronged, and when he himself is wronged, he seems to be unaware of it. How can a strong woman endure this.

The old man has no malice, his domineering and willfulness from time to time breaks the existing balance of this family, but in the face of conflict, Zhiyuan always prioritizes the interests and situation of the old man. He Zhiyuan seems to have no desires in this family, he is always the one who is unknown and selfless, the one who always does not express his will and will and looks very passive, he is so wronged by himself, it will only make him more depressed in other ways - Gui Ying is especially worried about him.

It's only the old man, but now it's a good thing - it's good that he's gone. Everything will eventually return to the original comfortable and optimal state, Gui Ying comforted herself.