That morning, Shao Hu drove to his hometown in Dongcheng District, which was one of the many ancient buildings. As soon as he walked into the living room, he first saw two half-sisters, the eldest sister named Baochai and the younger sister named Baozhu, who were sitting under the south window embroidering. The eldest sister had a very stern face, as if she was not alarmed, but she was taken aback when she saw him; The little sister is more beautiful and has a more lively personality, smiling at him.

Shao Hu doesn't remember the last time he saw the two of them, he only feels that the eldest sister has grown older and the younger sister has grown up. So he walked over and asked, "Eldest sister, little sister, do you still recognize me?" ”

The eldest sister still said with a straight face: "How can you not recognize it." ”

Shao Hu asked again: "How is my father's body?" Can I meet him? ”

The eldest sister didn't raise her head and said, "No one is stopping you, my father was tortured by illness last night and didn't close his eyes, and he just fell asleep not long ago, if you want to wake him up, then it's up to you!" ”

Shao Hu thought for a while and said, "Then I'll go and wait in the back garden." When will my father wake up, please tell me. ”

The two sisters did not answer. Shao Hu sighed, walked out of the living room, and sat down in the gazebo in the back garden.

The flowers in the garden must have not been taken care of for a long time, and the weeds grew thick and tall above the branches, and the flowers were aggrieved like abandoned babies, and they were full of tears. Shao Hu couldn't help but think of his father's absurd life, since he was ten years old, his father abandoned their mother and son, and lived with seven or eight women successively, the eldest sister and the younger sister were born to two of these women, and it was only in his later years that he took these two sisters into the family and entered the household registration. When her mother died, she was only forty-two years old, and she entrusted the newly adult Shao Hu to his grandfather's comrade-in-arms, Mr. Yue, and Shao Hu joined the army at that time. Shao Hu didn't know much about his father, knowing that he was the most wealthy man in Dawn City, living a life of spending all day drinking. If it weren't for Old Man Yue's advice, Shao Hu would not have come back to visit him, even if his condition has deteriorated badly now.

Shao Hu was sitting in the garden and thinking about it, when he suddenly heard a sound of cars in front of the courtyard, which should have been a guest who came to visit his father. Sure enough, not long after, I heard a familiar voice calling Shao Hu's name, she was the mistress of the White Crane Villa, Madame Milo.

Shao Hu hurriedly stood up. Mrs. Milo went to the gazebo, took him by the hand, sat down side by side with him, and said, "It is good that you have come to visit your father." As your father's cousin and your mother's friend, I think it is my duty to teach you, because there is not even a man in charge of the family now. You have to know that in this situation now, you should think about your future ...... by taking into account all the possible scenarios."

Shao Hu didn't understand what Lady Milo was talking about, and he didn't care about his future.

Mrs. Milo shook Shao Hu's hand vigorously, and then said, "This is not only your business, nor is it just a family matter, but also your relatives...... I know it's very sad for you to talk about it now, and it's not easy for me, I'm almost sixty years old, and I don't have a man and a woman, so I have to be prepared for this. I just went to see your father and showed him your picture, and he wanted you to come and see him, you know? ”

Shao Hu sighed and said, "I came here today to see my father and make him feel at ease...... As for the rest of the things, I will leave it to the eldest sister to handle it. ”

Madame de Milo hurriedly said, "But, the problem is that your father made a will last winter, and I heard that he left all his fortune to his two daughters, and did not give you a penny. ”

Shao Hu said: "That's his property, and it's his business to do with it." ”

Mrs. Milo slapped Shao Hu's hand and said, "You don't care, in fact, I don't care, but if this matter is spread and let others know, won't it damage your father's reputation, saying that he is old and confused, and his own son doesn't care, but he cheapens two illegitimate daughters!" ”

Shao Hu was a little disgusted when he heard this, so he said, "Please don't say anything like the two of them are illegitimate daughters." They took care of my father for more than ten years, and my father gave them all his property, and I didn't complain. ”

Mrs. Milo seemed to think that Shao Hu's explanation did not make sense, and pulled her back to the living room.

At this time, the two sisters were no longer under the south window. A young maid chased them from behind with a bundle of ice, nodded to them, and hurried into a room on the left side of the hallway. Shao Hu also saw the situation in this house clearly, and the eldest sister walked over with a cold face and closed the door with a bang.

Mrs. Milo pointed to the room and smiled at Shao Hu, which meant something that could not be said in a thousand words.

The two of them walked through the corridor to the luxurious bedroom in the easternmost part, and in the outer room sat some of my father's friends, most of whom were talking to each other, and when they saw Shao Hu come in, they suddenly fell silent. Mrs. Milo grabbed Shao Hu's arm tightly, as if she was afraid that someone else would snatch him away. Those people would all nod to Shao Hu, and Shao Hu also nodded in return.

Shao Hu knew from their expressions that it was now the most critical moment, and Mrs. Milo held her head high and led Shao Hu straight inside, and people immediately flashed a path. Shao Hu saw that the family had already changed his father's clothes, and an elderly doctor was sitting on a chair next to the bed, staring at the patient on the bed and looking at the watch on his left wrist, as if he was ready to announce the death of the patient at any time.

Mrs. Milo went up to the doctor, pointed to Shao Hu, and said, "This young man is the only son of the old man...... Is there any hope for the old man? ”

The old doctor was silent, but tapped his watch with one finger and made a crisp sound.

Mrs. Milo sighed, left the doctor and returned to Shao Hu's side, and said, "The rest is all up to God's arrangement. With that, he asked Shao Hu to sit down on the sofa against the wall outside and walked out by himself.

Shao Hu felt that all the eyes in the room were focused on him, and he was very uncomfortable. After spending ten minutes in this embarrassing atmosphere, an old lady walked up to Shao Hu's side with tears in her eyes and sat down to comfort Shao Hu. The old lady talked for a long time, but Shao Hu didn't find out who she was from her words.

Suddenly, there was a crowd outside, and the eldest and youngest sisters entered, followed by Mrs. Milo.

Shao Hu felt that something important was about to happen, so he stood up. As soon as Mrs. Milo came over, she took Shao Hu's hand and walked into the inner room together. The people outside also came in.

Although it was close to noon, the curtains in the room were tightly covered, the chandelier and bedside lamp emitted a warm orange-red light, and on the large bed against the east wall, the father's burly body was covered with a dark purple quilt, his face was bloodless, he looked sallow, and his eyes could not move, staring straight up.

The three sisters and brothers went to say goodbye to their father in the order of eldest and youngest. When it was Shao Hu's turn, he stepped forward and touched his father's cold right hand, his father's expression did not react, and his father's eyes kept staring at the void on the roof. Shao Hu kissed his father's hand and retreated. The younger sister in the back followed and stepped forward.

Shao Hu saw that the people he knew and those he didn't know shed tears, and he felt very guilty in his heart, because he didn't shed a single tear, so he went to the living room and hid alone.

Not long after, he heard two people arguing in the corridor to the west, Shao Hu walked over and saw that it was the eldest sister and Mrs. Milo, the two of them were fighting for a briefcase, and the younger sister was so frightened that she hid her face and ran into their room.

Mrs. Milo saw Shao Hu and shouted: "They want to hide the old man's will, but fortunately I saw it!" Come here, the old man said in his will that he would leave all the family property to you! ”

Such a shout was heard even by the people in Dongtou's father's room. The eldest sister's face was pale, her lips trembled with anger, she shook her hand and shouted, "Take it, you all take it!" We sisters are illegitimate daughters, so you can kill us! After saying that, he also walked into the room crying.

Mrs. Milo took the briefcase and handed it to Shao Hu, who took it and said to her, "You have to bother, leave the rest to me." Mrs. Milo patted Shao Hu on the shoulder and said, "Child, I am also worthy of my dead sister, you must protect your family's family business!" ”

Shao Hu nodded, watching Madame Milo walk triumphantly to the bedroom to the east, explaining to the crowd how the two sisters concealed their wills. Shao Hu let out a long sigh and walked into the room of the two sisters, who were hugging and crying, and they didn't even pay attention to him when he walked in.

Shao Hu closed the door, walked in front of them, put the will on the table, and said, "Eldest sister, little sister, listen to me, I don't know how my father arranged it in the will, even if he leaves me something, I won't accept it...... You also know that the war is about to begin, I have my mission, I will leave Dawn City tomorrow, whether I can complete the mission, whether I can come back alive, is unknown. You two stay at home and take good care of your father...... I didn't have anything else to say, and I was gone. ”

The two sisters were surprised when they heard Shao Hu's words. The eldest sister first stood up and walked to Shao Hu's side, held Shao Hu's hand, and it took a long time to say the word "brother", and as soon as she said it, she hugged Shao Hu and cried. Seeing this, the little sister also came over and hugged her sister and brother, and the three of them cried together......

Before leaving, Shao Hu and the two sisters went to see their father's old friend and Mrs. Milo, and told them about the will, and the three siblings had already discussed it, because he had something to leave Dawn City, and there might be no way to send his father to his death, so he asked them to come over to help the eldest sister and the younger sister at that time.

Everyone was very pleased with the reconciliation of their three siblings, and they all said: "This is a good thing, and your father will be relieved if he knows about it." We'll take care of the rest. ”

Shao Hu thanked them one by one before leaving the ancient mansion. The two sisters sent him out into the street, and the car that had been watching him drove to the intersection and turned left to the south of the city......