"What did you say?"

Ye Xu's face changed, but he didn't expect Ye Chen to turn his face on the spot.

The atmosphere in the venue instantly froze, and the second aunt and others were also a little at a loss, they usually accused the third family of getting used to it, when did they dare to scold the juniors on the spot like this?

"Ye Chen, how do you talk to the elders?" Uncle Ye Zhengxing's face sank, and he said sternly.

"Uncle, I respect you as an elder to call you that." Ye Chen put his hands behind his back, ignored the many frightened eyes, and said coldly: "Just one Su Zifang asked you to force me to bow my head and apologize?" ”

"I am your own nephew, my father is your own brother, and you keep saying that we are relatives? But relatives and elders are like that? Did Su Zifang ask you to cut off relations with me, so you didn't recognize me as a nephew? ”

Ye Chen's words were too sharp, and the city government of Ye Zhengxing couldn't stand it, and his face turned blue on the spot, and the eldest aunt was even more anxious: "That's not what our family meant. ”

"What does that mean?" Ye Chen snorted coldly: "In your eyes, Su Zifang may be the pride of the sky and needs to be attached to make friends, but that's your business, what does it have to do with me?" Because I ignored him, I want to apologize to you? ”

"What is the reasoning of this, please explain it to me!"

When Ye An, Ye Ning and the others heard this, their faces changed greatly.

They never thought that Ye Chen, who was originally weak and bulliful, would be so sharp, and his eyebrows were cold.

Ye Ning was angry and regretful in his heart, angry that Ye Chen didn't care about the face of his relatives at all, and turned his face on the spot, regretting that he shouldn't have said this, so that his father and mother couldn't get off the stage.

There are many things that can only be done but not said, and in order to cling to Su Zifang, and sacrificing the face of relatives, it doesn't make sense to say this.

"Okay, okay." Uncle Qi's hands were trembling, and he didn't look at Ye Chen, but looked directly at Ye Chen's father and said, "Third brother, I didn't expect you to teach such a son." ”

Many elders also looked at it, they didn't bother to reason with children like Ye Chen at all, and went directly to the parents.

Ye Chen stood still, full of confidence in his parents.

His father was a literati and arrogant, and he hated the things that tended to be inflammatory, otherwise he would have bowed to the Shen family in Shangjing and become the Shen family's son-in-law.

Sure enough, although Ye Jianxiu's face was ugly, he still said in a deep voice: "Big brother, although Xiao Chen is a little rude, but what he said also makes some sense, Xiao An has to rely on himself step by step to be down-to-earth, making friends with nobles and the like, after all, it is a small way." ”

"You!"

Ye Zhengxing's blood was about to spit out.

What kind of stinky temper this family has! You deserve to be like this!

"Alright, that's it!" The old man slapped the table and said in a low voice: "They are all brothers, uncles and nephews, do you make a joke like this, do you show jokes to outsiders?" ”

Seeing that the old man was in a frenzy, everyone instantly fell silent.

Many juniors didn't dare to come out, only Ye Chen stood there, calm.

The old man looked at him deeply, and then said slowly: "Jianxiu is right, it is important to make contacts, but you also need to be hard to strike iron, if you have the ability, you don't need to make friends, and the connections come from you." ”

"Of course, Xiao Chen is also wrong, the elder is your elder after all, how can you talk like this?"

"Yes, Grandpa." Ye Chen bowed slightly.

He always has a trace of respect for the old man in his heart.

Uncle and the others could only snort coldly, but looking at Ye Chen's family, their gaze became more and more unpleasant.

The party dispersed in a hurry, and Ye Chen's family stayed in the villa, which made the uncle and others even more jealous in their hearts, thinking that the old man was too partial, when did the others stay overnight by him?

"Hmph, what's that?" After coming out, the second uncle couldn't help but scold.

"Forget it, second child, you dissipate your anger, anyway, the New Year will be coming, and there will be an embarrassment for their family at that time!" The eldest aunt persuaded.

Everyone who heard her words smiled knowingly, and the annual family meeting every year was a time to watch Ye Chen's family's jokes.

Although the uncle didn't speak, a hint of happiness flashed in his eyes.

"The third child, the third child, you keep saying that connections are not important, I look at this annual meeting, what are you going to do?"

……

Early the next morning, Ye Chen came to Dongshan Park as soon as possible.

He recently returned home, and his cultivation time has decreased, so he tries to find as much time as possible to practice external skills and temper his physical body.

There are already many elderly people in the park who are stretching their muscles and playing tai chi.

Ye Chen found a vacant space, put out a shelf, and hugged his hands, such as sealing and closing, like an old ape hugging a tree, like a dragon pillar, his fist style was clumsy and simple, and the fight was flowing smoothly, with a vast and magnificent atmosphere.

"Xiao Chen, what kind of punch are you fighting, why haven't I seen it!"

An old man walked over and said with surprise in his eyes.

"Grandpa." When Ye Chen saw someone coming, he put away his fist and said: "My name is the Thirty-Six Styles of Agni, which was passed on to me by a master, if you learn it, I can teach you." ”

"No need, no need, I'm in my seventies and eighties, it's okay to do tai chi." Ye Huai'an waved his hand; "You can walk with me, just take a walk."

The grandfather and grandson walked on the lakeside.

Ye Huai'an said earnestly: "Xiao Chen, although your uncle acted improperly last night, it was also for the good of your juniors. ”

"Your father has been upright all his life, but he doesn't know that in this world, it is still the most important thing to be with the light and dust."

"There is a couplet in the Dream of Red Mansions, 'The world is full of knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is the article', sometimes we must adhere to the bottom line, but more often we have to accept the rules of this society, integrate into it, and use it."

The old man is imparting the wisdom of this life.

He had ups and downs in his life, and finally went from an ordinary man to a high position as the deputy city lord of Jinyang City, and played the foundation of the Ye family.

Even so, the old man never complained.

"Your eldest uncle is ambitious and talented, your second uncle is inactive, although your father is capable but too stubborn, among the younger generations of the family, Ye An can still watch, but he attaches too much importance to fame and interests, is too weak to family affection, and only cares about himself." Ye Huai'an sighed and said with a long sigh.

"If I die in the future, and the family is in their hands, I am afraid that it will fall apart in a few years."

"Grandpa, you can live for a long time, don't say anything discouraged!" Ye Chen couldn't help but say.

"Hehe, my body, I don't know myself?"

Ye Huai'an shook his head, suddenly turned around, looked directly at Ye Chen, and said, "Xiao Chen, in this life, I am actually the most optimistic about you!" ”

"You are a good seedling, although it is still a little naïve and extreme, but this is only caused by smooth sailing since childhood, if you can encounter a big setback in the future, polish it, and it will become a great tool."

Ye Chen's face was terrified, he never expected that the old man would have such expectations for him.

"My grandfather in my previous life, I'm afraid that he also looked at me like this, but it's a pity that I didn't until I was twenty-five or six years old, after going through the warmth and coldness of human feelings, and the changes in the world, I finally woke up, and since then I have embarked on the road of cultivating immortals, bravely and diligently, and I am out of control."

Thinking of this, he said firmly: "Grandpa, don't worry, this Ye family, I will guard it for you." ”

"Okay, okay." Ye Huai'an nodded with satisfaction.

There was a look of no regrets in his eyes.

……

This Spring Festival is very uncomfortable, although everyone still maintains a harmonious atmosphere on the surface, but a crack has vaguely appeared between Ye Chen's family and the eldest uncle's second uncle's family.

Except for Ye Guoguo, almost no juniors dared to play with Ye Chen anymore, and even Ye Guoguo was restrained by her parents.

Ye Chen didn't care, he chatted with the old man every day, practiced boxing, and was so busy.

Soon, Chinese New Year's Eve passed, and the entire Ye family began to leave for their hometown in the suburbs.

There, the annual Nanjiang Ye family annual meeting is about to open.