godfather

Meng Jianmin and his wife brought Meng Xiaojing back to Shaanxi to start school soon, and the family will move to Xi'an before the end of the year, so they are very happy.Meng Jianmin said that after moving to Xi'an, the new family compound, the new house, the family conditions are much better, the big city of Xi'an is also lively, and there are many scenic spots and scenic spots everywhere, so Shaotang will take Xiaobei to visit relatives when he is free.

When He Shaotang came this day, he specially wore casual clothes.

Later, Meng Xiaobei compared and figured out that his younger father looked younger in casual clothes than in military uniforms, and he looked youthful and lively, with a different expression on his brows and eyes.

Shaotang's upper body is a pure white T-shirt, without any fancy fox pattern on the chest, the pure white fabric faintly reveals the beautiful chest outline under the light.Below is the old jeans cut off the trouser legs, turned into a pair of half trousers, paired with a pair of high-top military boots is very cool and handsome, it definitely does not look like [-]!

Every time Shaotang went to the old lady's house, he never came empty-handed. He was the most sophisticated in this regard. This time, he bought a canvas backpack for each of the two brothers as a gift for the beginning of high school.There are a total of seven or eight small pockets on the front, back, left, and right sides of the backpack, inlaid with brass buttons, which are much more advanced than the nylon schoolbags used by ordinary students. They are foreign trade OEM products from Guangdong.

Meng Xiaobei is a thief. When he saw a gift, he quietly searched for what his godfather gave Meng Xiaojing when he received it. After comparing the two schoolbags, he found that the two schoolbags were not exactly the same. The bag he bought had a leather trim, and the bag was not empty, and a stainless steel military canteen was secretly stuffed for him.Meng Xiaobei was emotionally satisfied.

Shaotang watched from behind his godson's irresistible thieves and domineering foolishness, and shook his head.

Shaotang's partiality was not too blatant, but Grandma Meng was even more partial.The older a person is, the more he looks like a child. Sometimes his temper is unreasonable. I am afraid that her second grandson will surpass the small stele by a little bit.

The old lady was very happy to see Shaotang buying a gift for her grandson, but when she saw that Shaotang had also bought it for Meng Xiaojing, her face collapsed: "Is it worth buying so much? It's a waste of money, and I bought it for Jingjing too." ?..."

The old lady had been nagging her second grandson all morning, and she didn't like it no matter what: "I'm leaving on the train tomorrow, and I'm not staying at home today! There are guests at home and I don't know how to stay, so I'm called out early in the morning." ,immature!"

Shaotang asked casually, "Who did you go out with?"

Grandma Meng said: "How would I know? We don't even know each other in the family, so we still drove to pick him up, looking for rich people!"

Meng Xiaobei was too lazy to listen to his grandma's work for nothing, so he dragged Shaotang to do interesting things in the house.

Meng Xiaobei pestered someone: "After dinner, take off your T-shirt, I'll splash some ink on you, and I'll draw it to make sure you can't find a similar one on the street, only one!"

With tolerance and pampering in Shaotang's eyes, Xiaobei could play whatever he wanted, and nodded, "Success."

Meng Xiaobei started thinking about ruining his godfather's pair of jeans again, this time he just copied the pen and drew on his body.Shaotang leaned back on the bed, her thighs tensed up.Meng Xiaobei hugged Shaotang's leg, and drew a pen cartoon on the front of the right trouser leg, a handsome head, naked to the waist, half man, half horse, holding a bow and shooting an arrow.

Shaotang narrowed his eyes and said, "What did you draw?"

Meng Xiaobei said: "I drew you, do you look good?"

Shaotang: "I have a horse's buttocks and four horse's hooves?"

Meng Xiaobei: "This is Sagittarius!"

Before and after the confession, the two have not changed much in getting along, as if they have been in love for a long time.

Later, Shaotang never wore these trousers again, afraid of being stained with sweat, and dared not wash them, so he kept his son's handwriting as a treasure, saying, "I will sell them for money when you become famous for your paintings in the future!"

For lunch that day, the whole family sat around a table. Grandma Meng made seven pots and eight bowls, scrambled eggs and clams, and stewed a fish.

Meng Xiaobei kept staring at his little father while eating, Shaotang was handsome and serene on the side, eating rice in silence, the small black mole at the corner of his lips trembled slightly with the chewing of his mouth...

His sister-in-law was also eating at the table. She specially wore a new floral dress and leather sandals that day. She also had a short hairstyle of movie star Zhang Yu's perm at the barber shop outside. The short hair was more conspicuous and beautiful.

I don't know who started the conversation, but at the dinner table, Grandma Meng's thoughts that had been lingering for many days were brought up.

Grandma Meng also held back for a long time: "The spoon is hot, I don't have to worry about it after I go to high school. I will worry about you now."

Shaotang raised his eyes with his chopsticks in his mouth: "Why do you worry about me?"

Grandma Meng put down a stack of chopsticks: "Why aren't you married yet?!"

Shaotang lowered his eyes and smiled slightly: "Why are you worrying about this... No one in my family is urging me."

Grandma Meng said sincerely: "That is! Your mother is gone, and you don't live with your father's family. They don't love you anymore, and they don't care about you anymore! Am I the only one who really cares about you!"

Shaotang and his biological father have been separated for many years, and they rarely see each other.Even if his father wanted to, he couldn't talk to him, and he didn't dare to interfere with his son's private life at all.His uncle He Cheng mentioned it, but Shaotang must be willing to listen to his uncle!He is not a person who is willing to be controlled by others.

Grandma Meng didn't hide her selfishness: "Shao Tang, you know how much I hope that you can truly become our family, that you and Jianmin can become brothers and sisters!"

Shaotang didn't say a word, he was very uncomfortable with the relationship between his seniority now...

He wanted to tell the old lady that you made a fool of yourself, but after thinking about it, the old lady was not wrong at all, it was him who was out of line.

Grandma Meng is in a hurry: "Shao Tang, will you succeed in what you said to me today? Look at our unmarried girl, do you like it or not!"

Meng Jianmin hurriedly raised his head, winking at the old lady to stop: Madam, we can't say this at the dinner table!

Aunt Meng Xiaobei was also stunned, she lowered her head, and her face immediately turned red!

Meng Xiaobei dropped his chopsticks, and lowered his head to the table with his face paralyzed.

Grandma Meng uttered her words like a cannonball: "You said that you two are both big and big people, how unhappy! These years, my daughter has been looking at you for many years!"

"I wish you could become my uncle! I don't like all the three uncles in my family, but I just think you are the most pleasing!"

There was a circle of people at the dinner table, everyone had their own thoughts, and their eyes were not quite right.

The sister-in-law complained embarrassingly, "Mom, you said it at this time", then got up and hid in the room.

The corners of Shaotang's mouth were tightly closed, his face was expressionless, and he remained silent. He didn't expect this to happen at the dinner table today, but he couldn't lose his sense of propriety.

Meng Jianmin also felt that it was not good to speak out.He has a different way of thinking. He thinks that someone with such a personality and opinion as Shaotang, if he really likes his little sister, they have known each other for many years and they have already made a pair. How about waiting until today?Therefore, he has never opened his mouth to protect the media, and if he uses his family and old friends as a bargaining chip to force the other party to nod, he is afraid of hurting his face and harmony.

Meng Xiaobei's face turned dark, he pouted and bit his chopsticks, staring at his godfather's reaction.

Grandma Meng greeted her with a smile: "Shao Tang, this little girl of ours is quite a nice person, beautiful and gentle, and I know her well after we have known each other for so long."

Shaotang leaned forward and said, "Godmother, I..."

Grandma Meng rushed to say: "My family is an ordinary family, with no money or power, and I know it's not good enough for your family, so I'm afraid you'll dislike it! I definitely don't want to be high-ranking. To be honest, if those children of cadres who are domineering outside, I will seriously look at them." No, I beat you because I care about you!!!"

"I don't deserve it" and "I miss you", Shaotang insisted on not saying a word.

Meng Xiaobei listened intently with his chopsticks in his mouth, and snapped the chopsticks in two with one bite. His gums were so painful that his mouth was bloody.

Shaotang did not refuse.

Is Shaotang going to agree?

Daddy wants to be with sister-in-law.

To be his uncle?

……

Meng Xiaobei frowned, and suddenly said in a deep voice, "Grandma, don't make it up."

Grandma Meng asked back: "Why did I match up blindly? Your godfather and your sister-in-law are about the same age, and they have no date. Can I ask?"

Meng Xiaobei: "Did you ask what my godfather means?"

Grandma Meng: "I'm not asking."

Meng Xiaobei frowned: "Then did you ask my opinion?"

Grandma Meng was particularly puzzled: "...What's the matter with you? What does this child think? Your godfather drags you to such an age, and he can't take care of you for the rest of your life without marrying a wife! He will marry anyone!"

Shaotang hinted in a low voice: "Xiaobei."

Meng Xiaobei bit down a few deep tooth marks on his lower lip, his back was straightened, his eyes were fixed, and he said word by word at the table: "Then he can't talk to my sister, how can it be like this?... I haven't agreed yet, absolutely not."

Grandma Meng was surprised, and said in a daze: "...you are, what's wrong with you? Why are you crazy?"

Shaotang remained silent, and stopped Xiaobei with stern eyes, so stop making trouble.

Meng Jianmin was also stunned, why did his son become so overbearing and unreasonable?

The sister-in-law stood at the door of the house, dumbfounded, surprised and embarrassed, as if she didn't know her nephew anymore...

The whole family seemed to stand on the opposite side at that moment, huge boulders pressed down on them blackly, and the sky changed color.Meng Xiaobei's entire face twisted rapidly, his whole body was not right, extremely frustrated and confused.What his grandma said was so right, it was impossible for my little father to remain unmarried for the rest of his life, and it would be a matter of time before he separated from him and found a woman to live with.On that day when the little dad gets married, finally has his own family, and has one or two children, his godson will completely withdraw from the stage of history, and no one wants him at all.

Meng Xiaobei was stunned, his mouth slightly opened.

He pinched his fingers month by month to count how long he and his little dad would be together.I just didn't expect this day to come so soon?

What this person said a few days ago while holding his face, "Godfather loves you too" echoed in his ears.He couldn't sleep for several nights because of this sentence.

What kind of love is this love?Like a father loves his son? ...Meng Xiaobei was confused, as if he had been tricked, and was about to collapse in an instant.

Meng Jianmin said in a low voice disapprovingly: "Meng Xiaobei, adults discuss this kind of matter, don't get too excited, agree or disagree, after all, it's a matter between Shaotang and your sister-in-law, you..."

Meng Xiaobei asked back: "What about me? I'm not a member of this family?"

Meng Jianmin said helplessly: "Son, I understand how you feel. You have had the deepest relationship with your godfather since you were young, more than with me, so he will find someone to be jealous of you in the future."

Meng Xiaobei yelled with black eyebrows and white face: "You guys understand me!! Have you been in charge of me for so many years? You have given me anything and you know what I want?!"

Shaotang sternly said, "Xiaobei, shut up first."

Meng Xiaobei's eyes were red, and he turned his head to look at Shaotang, his neck was covered with veins, and he trembled slightly, his voice became choked and hoarse: "Why should I shut up, if you say you don't want me, you don't want me? The ball that gets in the way, let you kick it around. My dad kicked me to you, you keep kicking, you kick, who else can you kick me to?!... Go and get married, I , no, agree, agree, never agree.”

For the first time in his life, Meng Xiaobei turned his back on Shaotang, poking their hearts with every sentence.

The whole family was stunned, and there was no sound.

……

Shaotang left the table, took a deep look at Meng Xiaobei, turned his head and strode out of the house.

Shaotang was also somewhat frustrated, too angry to speak, but not to the Meng family, but mostly to Meng Xiaobei: I treat you so well, why do you distrust me so much?

This child is 16 years old, and he still has the same temperament as when he was six years old, and he will never grow up.In the past, he could leave his parents and run away after listening to a word from Cha, but now he can make a big fuss if he disagrees at the dinner table.The emotional setbacks and haze suffered in his youth, the joys and sorrows of his family being separated in two places, and the gradual distortion of his personality and mentality in the corner where he cannot see the light, these may accompany Meng Xiaobei for life. The most serious flaw in his relationship was at the age of six. It was already shaped into shape, and Meng Xiaobei couldn't control himself.Besides, Xiaobei is more difficult to appease now than when he was a child. He is quite grown up, has a strong personality, and dares to quarrel with his family members.

Later, Shaotang went downstairs to find an empty corner, smoked a cigarette with Meng Jianmin, and explained everything in a few words.

With a look and a word between the men, they understood each other that Meng Jianmin was not a messy person.

Meng Jianmin quickly persuaded: "Shaotang, you must not be as knowledgeable as the old lady. My mother is just worrying, and my son is stubborn. I will explain to the old lady that my mother is not the kind of unreasonable rural woman. You rest assured."

Shaotang nodded: "Then I will trouble you."

Meng Jianmin was very apologetic and said embarrassingly: "Is this called troubling me? Or trouble you to wrong you. You must not dare to come to our house because of this. The old lady must be very sad like that!"

Shaotang said lightly: "No."

He was really afraid that this failed marriage would affect his future walks in Meng's house and affect his relationship with Xiaobei.So I refrained from saying anything at the dinner table, so as not to hurt the face of the old lady.He understands the heart of a mother, and no one is malicious.

Meng Jianmin laughed at himself: "I guessed that you didn't like my little sister! You haven't found a partner at your age, and your vision is by no means ordinary. With your conditions, my sister really doesn't deserve you."

Shaotang frowned and said with a sneer: "It's not unworthy, is my vision wrong?"

The two squatted side by side under the eaves and smoked.From the corner of his eye, Shaotang traced Meng Jianmin's angular face, which had experienced vicissitudes, and felt guilty: How will I face this person in the future? Tell the truth, I love your son, I want to ask you for your troublesome son, you will nod agree?

……

After Shaotang left, Grandma Meng also sighed for a long time at home, feeling sad and disappointed.

The old lady stomped her feet and slapped herself, "I did something bad with good intentions. I didn't know that he was really unwilling. What should I do? I'm not a chicken flying egg or a godson!"

Meng Xiaobei covered his head under the quilt all night, his eyes were red, and he was very sad.He and his sister-in-law didn't speak a word all night.

Then, two full days after Shaotang left, he didn't call again.

Meng Xiaobei started to panic at this moment, even more panicked than his grandma, did Xiao Dae never come again?

Ma Baochun came back from shopping at the Dongdaqiao Mall, bought two new pairs of trousers for Meng Xiaobei, and tidied up the old clothes in the big closet, which smelled strongly of sanitary balls.The woolen trousers that Meng Xiaobei wore in winter were still the "high school size" woolen trousers that his mother had woven ten years in advance when she sent him to Beijing!When Meng Xiaobei saw the woolen trousers in three sizes, small, medium and large, he suddenly realized that his mother still cared about him and loved him.It's just that as he got older, he became more and more speechless with his parents, and it was his own heart that changed.

As for Meng Jianmin and Ma Baochun, the parents missed the most important ten years for the growth and change of their son's personality. Many things missed are missed, and the passage of time cannot be redeemed.

Meng Jianmin and his wife took Meng Xiaojing back to Shaanxi by train, and the family separated again, as if it would be like this forever.

When his parents and younger brother were about to leave, Meng Xiaobei didn't respond, he was depressed and silent.His parents don't belong to him after all, leaving or staying doesn't make a fundamental difference to his life, and the house is still quiet after leaving.He was only afraid of losing his godfather.At this time, Shaotang was no longer as nasty as his "love brother" or something, Shaotang was his father, his closest relative, as if the sky would collapse without this man, and his life would be turned upside down!

The second aunt and the second uncle came to the house and chatted with each other about this embarrassing incident.The second uncle smoked a cigarette, looked at things from a man's point of view, and said privately: "Our mother is confused, why would she want to match Shaotang and your little sister? It's obviously useless!"

The second aunt had a poisonous mouth, and she didn't show mercy to anyone: "Our mother didn't even think about what kind of family Shaotang came from, and they were the children of high-ranking officials! How many officials and leaders in the army want to find such a son-in-law! If he can look up to my sister, I'll write my name Meng Jianxia upside down!"

"My younger sister, apart from her good looks, how can she be admired by others? And she is so old, she is almost an old girl. She likes him for nothing, so let's get rid of it as soon as possible, and find someone who is right for her." , just like our family!"

The second uncle was smoking a cigarette, squinting at his daughter-in-law: "Just like me—what's wrong with me?"

The second aunt laughed and said, "You're pretty good! Tell me, if you were a figure like He Shaotang, would you have come to our house to marry me?"

The second uncle laughed happily, exhaled smoke rings, and shook his head violently: "I, I won't look for you in my next life!!!"

The second aunt turned her lips, spit out two pieces of melon seed skins, and said cheerfully: "So, you can only match me. He Shaotang must have high vision. In the future, he will definitely find them in the military region or the armed police force." A child of the chief’s family! What kind of pot should match what kind of lid, and a small broken enamel jar should be matched with a large stainless steel glass bell jar, can your bowl hold it!”

……

Meng Xiaobei covered his head in the towel and listened.

His second aunt and second uncle are a pair of philistines, and every sentence they say is the truth, and the blood will be hit by a needle.Meng Xiaobei gnawed on the pillow towel under the blanket, and he was actually just a broken enamel pot. How much surplus value is created for the other party.He also wants to study hard in his heart, so that he can be successful when he is admitted to university in the future, and he can "raise" his little dad like a man. However, his unattainable ideal is like the shadow of a flower dripping in the water, and it will shatter when he touches it.

There is still a music box birthday card he bought hidden by the bed, carefully wrapped in wrapping paper, and before he can give it away, he seems to be broken in love.

Meng Xiaobei felt in his heart, as if he had been dumped by his second father again, and he was about to lose his father again.

These days, who really takes whom seriously, and who feels sorry for whom?

His sister-in-law was sitting by the bed, her eyes were red and she had obviously cried, and she finally asked, "Xiaobei, I didn't expect you to object like this. Living with you makes you unhappy, what do you tell me?..."

Meng Xiaobei sat up cross-legged on the bed, scratched his hair, but had nothing to say, and finally shook his head and said, "You didn't feel sorry for me, it was I who felt sorry for you."

"I just can't accept you being with my godfather."

"I would rather he never enter this door or come again in the future, and I can't accept you two."

Meng Xiaobei's words are stubborn, which means that if there is me, there will be no you two, and if there is a family like the two of you, there will be no me.

The aunt stared at him blankly, completely unable to understand...

The two of them couldn't live together in this room no matter what, so Meng Xiaobei went to live in Qi Liang's house the next day, consciously hiding.As a result, his sister-in-law also packed up her bedding and carried a luggage bag, and moved to the staff dormitory of the unit.

Grandma Meng said that you have to pay more for food and lodging in the dormitory of your unit, so why did you come here?His sister-in-law is also an introverted, persistent and self-respecting person. After hurting her heart this time, she resolutely refused to hang around in front of her natal family and listen to her sister's ridicule, so she insisted on moving out of her natal family.