Before stepping into the ancestral house, there was a lively noise inside, and the laughter and laughter were yearning, but Mei Tian had never felt it, and he didn't even think about it. After bypassing the shadow wall, I saw that in the courtyard, there were four round tables generously arranged, and there was more than enough space for people to walk back and forth, even if the children ran wildly, it would not affect the people eating around the table at all.

The table was full of people, pouring wine and handing cigarettes waiting for the banquet to begin, and the aunts and aunts were busy serving, even if they were mixed outside and entered the house, they had to abide by the etiquette and abide by the tradition. Sitting at the table, there were nearly fifty people among the standing parents, and there were no more than fifty people in the house, Mei Tian never thought that his family was so huge, this was only a part, and there were other people who walked around less and would come before the score.

There are so many, and there are blood relatives, but there are only a handful of Mei Tian who can be called, and more of them are the first acquaintances, and there are very few people who know him the same, if it is not for his father, even the elders may not be able to guess which descendant this is.

The attitude towards his father can be divided into two categories, one is walking around in Guyu Town, most of them ignore their family, draw a clear line and have nothing to do with it, led by Meitai, he deliberately excludes Mei's father. The other part is to work outside all the year round, and even rarely come back, their attitude will be relatively friendly, perhaps the reason is because they have other ways out, for the family is just an emotional sustenance, the people or things in the ancestral house have a normal heart, the horizon is broad, and the willingness to come back is just to do a filial piety, for such a family, the scourge of family fortune is just a superstitious saying.

As Mei Guo, who has the highest prestige in the family, he prefers to see the scene of the family gathering together for the New Year's holidays, and who will take care of the family business in the future is not among the factors he considers. When he was young, his brothers and sisters lived in a house, including Mei Tian's father, who had always lived in harmony, why was such a crime imposed on him, in order to let him return to the ancestral house, he also spent some thoughts, including repairing the family tree, he was the first to stand up in favor, and was even willing to spend more money on this move out of his own pocket.

If you talk about the memory of these uncles, maybe the only thing that impresses you is Uncle Meiguo, no one treats the family when he is a child, only he will go against the wishes of his family and come to visit them, and when he is a child, he will feed him candy, and even the only new clothes are given by him, and then he left his hometown to do business and no relatives have ever come, he can naturally call "uncle", that is, because of this memory.

When I saw him again after decades of absence, I saw that I was still loving, but I had gone through the vicissitudes of life, and the old spirit had faded, and he was dressed neatly and neatly, and he looked like he was rich with a lot of money, but his eyes were bloodshot, his breathing was disordered, and his lips were a little white, and he could see that he was overworked and did not have a good rest.

After seeing his father and son coming, he was overjoyed and more energetic than outsiders saw, a person is used to dealing outside, and he will always show his best mental outlook to outsiders. I had dealt with Mei's father before, but he was surprised to see Mei Tian, unexpectedly when he was a child, who had thought that he would grow up to be a talent, Mei Tian should have been in his thirties, but he was a young and old man, I don't know what I have experienced, but it is definitely a good thing.

The eldest uncle pinched his arm, strong and material, he thought that Mei Tian did not exercise less on weekdays, so he did not treat him as a child again, took out a cigarette and handed it to him, he smoked less on weekdays, but suddenly an elder handed him a cigarette He was still a little overwhelmed, it can be seen that he was happy and did not refuse, because there was no fire, he looked for the eldest uncle to take the fire informally, but it attracted the second uncle who was sitting on the side to speak dissatisfiedly: "There are no rules, don't smoke if you don't smoke, and you also find the elders to borrow fire, how to teach." ”

He didn't say it to his face, but what he said was for his father and son, but the eldest uncle didn't think so, and said with a smile: "It can be seen that the eldest nephew can't smoke, but it's good to learn, and there will be more ways to communicate with people in the future." ”

The eldest uncle obviously passed this atmosphere, but everyone turned a blind eye, they didn't think that Mei Tian would have much impact, and they didn't even stop their eyes on him, the eldest uncle pulled Mei Father to his seat and sat down, they only arranged ten seats at this table, and did not leave a place for Mei Father. Now that his identity is no longer what it used to be, if he sits down rashly, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction, and finally the relationship has room for maneuver, and he doesn't want to go wrong with this rule again.

After a stalemate, Meitai spoke, saying that it would be good to add a seat, and since he was here, he couldn't let the guests have no place to sit. There are words in his words, which already indicate that the father and son are outsiders and should no longer be members of the family. The real father didn't care, just silently brought a damaged stool, barely able to sit on it, because it was unstable to be thrown aside in the courtyard, but even if anyone knew, no one reminded him.

Father Mei introduced all the elders to him, and called them one by one, except for the eldest uncle, the others just responded, but their attitudes were extremely cold, and they just pointed to a position for Mei Tian to sit over, so as not to hinder their brothers' interest in drinking.

Glancing at his father, he smiled a little helplessly, but he happily accepted all this, believing that the harmony of the relationship was nothing more than the accumulation of time. Having understood what his father meant, he went and sat down at the table where his cousins and sisters and their married families were served. Their generation does not have the thoughts of the previous generation, at most they will not be sociable, and they will not be able to hold grudges, and they will not reject Mei Tian for no reason when they see that they are dressed neatly and neatly.

He is in the age compromise here, not too big, not too small, but no one knows, which uncle's family, which aunt's family, they don't know, but they can completely ignore their own existence, drinking happily and talking about the old, it is because of familiarity, they left the table one after another to entertain other items after Mei Tian was not on the table, not for the sake of it, but there is no need to bother to please the stranger in front of him. He was the only one left at the table, and when he saw that his father was chatting happily with his uncles, he sat there, waiting for the end to take care of him and go home.

But seeing that the banquet is about to end, they are still drinking, the wine is still non-stop, he has drunk a few glasses when he is bored, since the fusion of the head lowering grass in the body, he is like a normal person, neither afraid of the sun, nor need to consider the loss of spiritual power in the body, even the amount of alcohol has increased greatly, it is conceivable that he has slowly become stronger without knowing it.

Maybe it was because he was the only one left at the table, which made the aunts who cleaned the table unhappy, thinking that a young man and a little old man drank alone for so long, delaying them from leaving the table. In the end, he decided to ignore Mei Tian's feelings, clean up the table and go back to rest early, and his tone was more arrogant: "The dishes are cold, do you still want to eat?" If I don't eat, I'll remove the table. ”

When he asked like this, Mei Tian shook his head a little embarrassed, he didn't have the intention of nostalgic for the dishes on the table, he just needed other flavors to drink, but he was embarrassed to say this, and he was embarrassed to leave any plate. But at this time, the uncle next door at the table they are doing their best, need to add more dishes, the aunts are still diligent after listening to the kitchen to prepare, maybe there is any uncle's children on the table to accompany him, the aunts may not have the intention of chasing customers.

He was just holding a glass of wine and walking casually in the courtyard, he had never visited this place, and then he was waiting for his father's time, and he read sadly: "I would have been to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch." ”

Drinking the wine in your hand melancholy, it is really difficult to deal with people, especially when you are useless.

At this time, a trembling old man walked towards him with a cane, he looked Mei Tian up and down, when someone looked at him with his eyes, he would always arouse instinctive vigilance, looking at each other, even in the dark night, he could recognize at a glance, it was his grandfather who was on crutches, it was completely different from the last time he saw it, he was already a dying old man, even with fierce and sharp eyes, he could not deter others, but even so he still looked at himself with a resistant gaze.

I haven't seen him since the banquet, it seems that my father said that he had a serious illness before, and he didn't have a good impression of several grandparents, especially his own grandfather, everyone said that tiger poison still doesn't eat children, he can be so cruel to his father and son, just for a gateway view, to protect his position at all costs, his unscrupulous means eventually led to his own loneliness.

He asked solemnly, "What's your name?" ”

"I don't have a name."

"Nonsense, how can a person not have a name." The old man saw that he didn't regard himself as an elder, and he should have been very angry, but now he seemed a little anxious, so he asked again: "Then is your surname Mei?" ”

I thought I could blurt out that I didn't have a surname, or that the answer had nothing to do with him, but I still held back, he glanced at his father, because several uncles regarded him as a laughing stock, and had no respect for him, and poured him a lot of wrongful wine, and his father, who didn't know how to be tactful, thought that he could finally blend in with them, and drank too much of him like a clown, and that stool still did not support his last dignity, and fell to the ground with people.

The group of uncles didn't go to help, but pointed at him and laughed, but Mei Tian's grandfather didn't care at all, but he was very annoyed when he saw it, so he didn't care about the grandfather in front of him to ask him rhetorically, and bypassed him and helped his father to leave.

(End of chapter)