At this time, my mother came out of the house, and there was a man in his forties who came out with her, the man was very well-dressed, with a pair of glasses, and looked polite, this person should be my cheap stepfather?

"Xiaohu, are you here?" I can tell my mom is happy today.

"Hmm." I whispered yes.

"Let's go, it's cold outside, come in and warm up." My mom said to me with a smile, and the man next to him smiled at me and took the liquor and fruit from my hand.

When I entered the house, I found a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl sitting on the kang, who was playing with her mobile phone with her head down. The last time I saw this girl, it was my half-sister Xiaotong, but I don't know what her last name is, but she doesn't seem to like me as an older brother very much.

After entering the house, my uncle was very enthusiastic, and gave me a soda to drink and beckoned me to eat fruit, my uncle's first impression to me was honest, and the natives in the mountains were honest people, and my uncle was no exception.

For a while, the atmosphere in the room was awkward, and my mother coughed and laughed, "Xiaohu, my mother is introducing you to you, this is your Uncle Xia." ”

My mom paused in the middle of speaking, I guess she wanted to say that this is my husband and your stepfather, maybe she thought that saying this would cause me to resent it, so she didn't say it.

"Hello Uncle Xia." I smiled and shook hands with my cheap stepdad.

"Xiaotong, come and say hello to your brother." My mother said to the girl who was playing with her phone on the kang.

The girl didn't speak, she still lowered her head and fiddled with her phone, I said in my heart, why does this girl hate me so much?

"Xiaotong, this kid has been spoiled by me since he was a child, Xiaohu, don't mind." My mom said embarrassedly, and then realized that she seemed to have said the wrong thing, and looked at my face nervously.

To be honest, listening to my mother say this, my heart is sour, I really envy Xiaotong, I have been spoiled by my father since I was a child, and my mother is used to it, how can it be like I don't have a father and no mother, but I think about it, it's not a big deal, I'm not living a good life?

"It's fine." I laughed.

The next conversation was very awkward, I didn't have much to talk about with my mother, Uncle Xia seemed to be a good person, and he was also very good to my mother, so I was relieved, as long as my mother felt happy.

Soon it was time to eat, and it was only now that I knew that my uncle had never been married, and he was still a single, and he would go to my mother's place every year for the New Year, but I don't know why he didn't go this year, and it was because of this that my mother went back to the mountains to accompany my uncle for the New Year.

During the meal, Uncle Xia asked me where I went to college, and I told him frankly that I dropped out of junior high school, and I noticed that my mother's hands were shaking, maybe she felt guilty, right?

My sister Xiaotong heard that I hadn't even finished junior high school, and her eyes were even more disgusted with me, and she didn't even want to look at me, and I didn't bother to leave this girl.

"So where do you work now? Is there a steady source of income? Uncle Xia asked.

"I am currently working in Changchun, working as a consultant, and my work can be relatively free, more than 3,000 a month is enough for me to live." I replied casually.

"Oh, that's right. Xiaohu, you have also grown up and are adults, can your uncle ask you a question? Uncle Xia asked.

"Okay, ask." I didn't understand what he was trying to ask.

"Don't blame your mother for not taking you away back then, blame me, I was too selfish back then, and your mother has been thinking about you all these years." Uncle Xia took a sip of wine and said with self-reproach.

"I don't blame anyone, so many years have passed, not to mention that I'm doing well." At this moment, I let go of all the prejudices in my heart about my mother, it was wrong for her to abandon me back then, what right do I have to hate her? My mother gave me my life, so I don't hate her no matter what she does.

"Uncle has also been blaming himself all these years, do you think it's good to give uncle a chance." Uncle Xia said sincerely.

What the hell is he trying to say? I didn't answer until he was done.

My mother was already in tears, Uncle Xia put his arm around my mother's shoulders and said to me, "When your mother and I were there, I was just a small boss who was in tatters, and with your mother's support over the years, the business has become more and more prosperous, and I dare not say anything else, even if I don't do anything in this life, it is enough for our family of four to have no worries about food and clothing." ”

Here Uncle Xia used the phrase "our family of four", does he see me as family?

"But uncle's business can't be left behind, and your sister Xiaotong is still young, and she is not suitable for taking over the business as a girl, so I discussed it with your mother yesterday, and I want you to live with us in the future, and I will take you familiar with it for a few years, and the family business will be handed over to you to take care of, and we can retire with confidence." Uncle Xia said to me very sincerely.

"If I object, why should I give it to him? That business belongs to my father, and of course it will be left to me. Xia Yutong's emotions suddenly became very excited.

"Xiaotong, don't be so rude, he's your brother, how can you talk?" Uncle Xia said with a frown.

“I don't have a brother。” Xia Yutong said loudly in English, I understand this sentence, I don't mean that I don't have a brother.

"Xiaotong, speak Chinese." My mom said angrily.

"We're brother and sister," I said in proficient English, which meant that we were brother and sister.

After I finished speaking English, Xia Yutong was stunned for a moment and said, "Didn't you graduate from junior high school?" Why do you speak English so well? ”

"Can't you teach yourself?" I laughed.

Xia Yutong glared at me in disbelief and stopped looking at me.

"I didn't expect you to be so smart, Xiaohu." My mother didn't expect me to speak English so well, and such a good child dropped out of junior high school, she should regret it.

"It's just a matter of work." I said casually.

"How? Come with us. My mother asked expectantly, and Uncle Xia looked at me expectantly.

"Mom, Uncle Xia, thank you for your kindness, you have your life, and I have my life, so let's keep it like this. Also, I'm going to the U.S. after the Chinese New Year, and I probably won't be back for several years. "It has always been my ideal to live the life of a rich man, but it is not by relying on charity, but by my own hands to fight, and what is the meaning of being a rich second generation? Is it interesting to eat, drink, and have fun all day long?

"What to do in the United States? How many years can you stay? My mom asked, worried, and a little excited.

"It's just an expatriate assignment from the company, and it's not clear how many years I'll stay, but it's more than three or five years, what's wrong?" I said.

"This is great, Xiaotong is going to study in the United States for the New Year, where do you work?" Uncle Xia asked a little happily.

"Uh, so coincidentally? I work in California. "In my mind, I only think of the name of the United States, and I just say it casually.

"Then you may be a little farther away, Xiaotong is studying at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts." Uncle Xia looked triumphant when he mentioned his daughter.

I glanced at Xia Yutong, I didn't expect this little girl to have such a good academic performance, and she could be admitted to Harvard University in the United States, it wouldn't be a pile of money, right?

"Ugh." I don't know exactly how far away, and I haven't been to the United States either.

"As long as you are in the United States, Xiaotong is also your sister, you have to help your mother take care of her after you go to the United States." My mom said.

"I don't need him to take care of it." Xia Yutong said disdainfully.

"Xiaotong, if you are so rude, my mother is really angry." My mom said with a frown.

"Xiaohu, when you get to the United States, Xiaotong will trouble you." Uncle Xia said.

"Yes." What else can I say, how can I say that Xiaotong is also my sister, I can't be so cold-blooded.

After dinner, my mom and I left each other's phone numbers for future contact, and although I had few topics with them in the first half, the second half was okay and the topics gradually increased.

After dinner, I went back to my second grandfather's house, my mother said that when I got there, remember to call her to report safety, to be honest, I suddenly became a child with a mother I was quite uncomfortable, before leaving, I chatted with me, as if I wanted to say all the words that I hadn't finished for fifteen years today.