godfather

Shaotang and Jianmin sat outside the door of the ward with their heads bowed, one sat on the left side of the door, the other sat on the right side, and refused to sit on a stool.It seems that the heavy burden of the past 20 years is on the shoulders, and they are unwilling to bend down and bow their heads, and support them firmly.

Meng Jianmin used to know the origin of the "big sister" in the countryside, and even helped to go to the post office to deliver things. Now, listening to the old lady talk about her family history and feelings, it is a completely different feeling, with mixed feelings in her heart.

Shaotang rested his elbows on his knees, turned his head slightly to one side, stared at a point at the end of the corridor, his eyes flickered with a dim fire.

Shaotang said, "Jianmin, let me take care of Xiaobei for a few more years."

Meng Jianmin: "..."

Shaotang: "Wait until he turns 25."

Meng Jianmin: "What do you mean?"

Shaotang said: "Meng Xiaobei is only twenty after all, and he is not fully sure about many things, ideas and outlook on life. He has feelings for me now, and trying to stop him makes him sad and stubborn. Boys have a rebellious mentality and are prone to accidents. In another five years, when he turns 25, let him make his own decision."

Meng Jianmin smiled bitterly, and asked back, "Are you kidding me? You two will be inseparable after another five years."

Shaotang rubbed his palms, his eyes were deep, and the mole on his lips was conspicuous.Shaotang said: "Who told you that the longer the two get along, the stronger the relationship will be, and they will be inseparable? Couples have been married for seven or ten years, and some have drifted away and parted ways... In five years, I'm almost forty, and he will be willing to live with me then? For the rest of my life?"

Meng Jianmin's eyes froze, and he said with difficulty: "If at that time, Xiao Bei wanted to live a normal life..."

Shaotang said bluntly: "If he regrets it and wants to separate, I will let him go and won't entangle him."

"I can assure you of this, I keep my word."

"He wants to... find a girl to marry in the future, and I will let him get married."

When Shaotang said this, his expression was extremely calm, and he made a promise clearly word by word, but in the dark where his hands were clenched together, his nails were deeply embedded in the flesh of his palm.

Meng Jianmin didn't say a word at that time, and he didn't nod in person to agree to the two people's continued relationship.

Shaotang later recalled this paragraph, and Jianmin probably started from the time they met in the hospital, and the defense line in his heart slowly collapsed, and his bones were shaken.

Meng Xiaobei was lying on the hospital bed for transfusion, the walls around him were pale, and his father felt distressed.But as a parent, after all, you can't hold back a child who resists stubbornly.Long-term see-saw torment each other, family verbal and physical harm to each other, cold violence, and the final outcome is that the elders compromise and give up with tears in all likelihood.

For example, if one day in the future, Meng Xiaobei said to him, I don't love you anymore, I don't want to insist anymore, I want to get married, can Shaotang cling to his son and not let go?

If he doesn't leave, I won't give up; if he wants to leave, I let him go.

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For a while, Meng Jianmin was not so easy to let go, but at this time, another incident happened, Xiaobei and Shaotang were lucky to breathe a sigh of relief, and survived the catastrophe for the time being.

During the summer vacation, Meng Xiaojing and several friends, including Nie Hui, went to the seaside of Qinhuangdao for a trip.Later, the two went back to Xi'an to play together, and they didn't get involved in the family's troubled affairs at all, they didn't care about it, and they didn't worry about it.

Immediately, Meng Jianmin received a call from his second child in Beijing.Meng Xiaojing said to him, "Dad, I caused trouble."

Meng Jianmin is now full of gray hair, anxious and fragile, afraid to hear that his son is in trouble again!

Meng Xiaojing said, "Dad...Nie Hui might be pregnant."

The couple are anxious to get angry, the flames have rushed into the room, and their heads are full of fire.

This matter is simply more serious than that of Meng Xiaobei.After all, Shaotang is already an acquaintance of his own family, and they know each other's details. When they are in a hurry, they can fight, quarrel and scold. What kind of family is that girl in Nie Hui's family?And those two young people are still college students, they haven't graduated from college yet!Meng Jianmin and Ma Baochun didn't dare to explain to the old lady this time, they were so ashamed, they hurriedly bought a ticket and rushed back to Xi'an.

Going back to Xi'an is to accompany the two worried older children to the hospital for examination.

Moreover, Nie Hui didn't hide anything, didn't care, and told her family directly.Her mother, as the leader of a certain department in the province, accompanied her all the way. Under such circumstances, the prospective in-laws formally met at the gate of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Xi'an Hospital.

Meng Jianmin and his wife were about to be cheated to death by their two sons, and they endured the humiliation, not to mention how embarrassing they were.

It turned out to be very dramatic.Nie Hui went through various checks in the hospital in turn, but found something wrong, and she was not pregnant.She hadn't had her period for two months, so she thought she had two bars on a pregnancy test stick, and she was very excited.After checking, the doctor said, you don't have it. You don't have your period because you lost weight too much and you don't eat well, right?Go back and eat quickly. Girls can't give birth after they don't have their period!

Nie Hui was obviously disappointed, and said to Meng Xiaojing: "I thought I won the lottery in Qinhuangdao."

Meng Xiaojing said: "In the future, don't you lose weight, just startle and scare me."

Nie Hui said: "I'm so strong! My weight is almost heavier than yours, and you can't hold me."

Nie Hui is indeed a plump beauty. She has been well nourished since she was a child, white and tender, tall and sexy.Meng Xiaojing said: "I like fat ones, they feel good to the touch, isn't Yang Guifei fat?"

Nie Hui pouted: "Concubine Yang is too fat like that, one buttock can sit the emperor to death!"

Meng Xiaojing teased her: "You are much prettier than Concubine Yang, really."

The doctor prescribed several doses of traditional Chinese medicine, and sent her home to drink Chinese medicine to regulate her menstruation.

After a false alarm, Meng Jianmin still bowed and apologized to the woman's parents, saying that it was his son's misconduct.Unexpectedly, Nie Hui's mother was a very generous and reasonable person, and she didn't care about it at all.Moreover, the in-laws-to-be were especially eager to see Meng Xiaojing, and they didn't say a word about Meng Xiaojing.

At the dinner table, Nie Hui's mother said, "Look, the two children hit it off, and they've been friends for more than three years. They're about to graduate from college, huh?"

Meng Jianmin nodded quickly: "Yes, the two have a good relationship."

Nie Hui's mother said: "I like Meng Xiaojing very much. He has come to our house several times and buys things for me every time! He has a good temper and is motivated. Whether in Beijing or back to Xi'an in the future, he has a good career development prospect. We I am very optimistic about talents from the literature and art circles in Shaanxi Province!"

Meng Jianmin said politely: "We also think that Nie Hui is a very good girl. Our Meng Xiaojing is not good enough, and she is too high."

"Don't say you don't deserve such words!" Nie Hui's mother said bluntly, "If you two think it's okay, sooner rather than later, let's just settle this matter."

"According to my point of view, I hope that the two of them will get married as soon as they graduate from college!"

"You see, the relationship between the two children is very 'deep' now, and they should get married in the future! I think it's better to set up a drink first, and the two families sit together for a formal meal, and then invite some people to be witnesses. The two families are considered in-laws!... Do you have any objections?"

Meng Jianmin: "..."

Nie Hui's mother turned to Ma Baochun again: "Mother-in-law, do you have any objections to our family Huihui?"

Ma Baochun: "...No, no! Huihui is a very nice girl, our family likes her very much."

Meng Jianmin is an ordinary worker in a factory. Can he say that he has any objections to the only daughter of the provincial leader's family being his daughter-in-law?

Nie Hui's mother lit up a women's cigarette on the dinner table, took a few puffs, took out a mobile phone from her briefcase, and started talking on the table.This is the demeanor of a leader. He quickly arranged the next schedule, assigned a secretary to follow up on this matter, and booked venues and banquets.

Meng Jianmin and his wife only need to nod their heads, and they basically can't talk about the rest of the matter.The engagement banquet was handled by the mother-in-law, who paid and worked hard, and rented a large private room in the best hotel in Xi'an, and set up three tables of wine, without Meng Jianmin paying a penny.

This has not yet officially married, and the formation is already quite large.The more local officials are, the more they pay attention to this kind of ostentation.The banquet invited Meng Xiaojing's mentor, some people in the city's literary and art circles, the leaders of the repertory troupe and the TV station, and invisibly helped Meng Xiaojing open up some joint connections, showing his face.During the dinner, the guests congratulated one after another, saying that this is a talented man and a beautiful woman, a match made in heaven, a natural pair.

The marriage between Meng Xiaojing and Nie Hui has been settled, and there is no room for regret in the future.

After the dinner, Meng Xiaojing returned to Beijing to start school.Meng Jianmin and Ma Baochun closed the door and whispered. Meng Jianmin said, I just realized that we let the whole family fall into a trap, and ended up being so confused that we "sold" our son!

Ma Baochun just didn't get distracted: "Forget it, it's pretty good. Getting married quickly after graduating from college is not a bad thing after all, so as to save you from having long nights and dreams."

Meng Jianmin said: "Their family is too anxious! Before I could react, I was forced to agree."

Ma Baochun covered his mouth, and quacked happily: "I've seen it for a long time, Nie Hui really wants to conceive! Hearing that it was a fraud, I was quite disappointed. In the end, our in-law was more efficient, regardless of whether her daughter was pregnant or not. Pregnant, three or two sentences fooled the two of us, and our position was not very firm, so we just obeyed!"

The couple summed it up, Nie Hui, the girl, was still very concerned about Meng Xiaojing, and she was afraid that if Meng Xiaojing graduated from university and broadened his horizons among the flowers, she would suffer a loss if she patted her butt and ran away.So, taking advantage of Meng Xiaojing's graduation and the two of them are well now, they got engaged first and accepted it.Nie Hui's mother is also satisfied with this uncle, and is optimistic about Meng Xiaojing, who is young and handsome, is a top student in Chinese opera, and is an outstanding cultural talent cultivated by the province.You can't let this potential stock fly, you have to help your daughter catch it and lock it up!This time, I intend to announce it to the world in the circle, so that everyone will know that this is the son-in-law chosen by their family, and he didn't run away!

Meng Xiaojing dare not not marry Nie Hui in the future.

If he dares to change his mind, he will never want to go back to Xi'an for the rest of his life, and never want to step into this land again, so he can decide for himself.

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The autumn wind swept away the thick golden clouds beside the road, and the fallen leaves of the ginkgo trees fluttered in the air.

Once, Shaotang helped Qi Liang bring something, consciously or not, or on purpose, he included a small advertisement in it, which was a color-printed advertisement poster for the Chinese class of an international school.

Qi Liang was pinching the advertisement sticker, and he was also struggling for a long time at that time.He had gone to that private international school several times and stood far across the road, peeping at the gate.He hides furtively behind a tree, afraid of revealing his intentional mentality.However, the few times he went there were unlucky, and he didn't meet the person he was looking for.

Qi Liang's mood was contradictory. He broke up with Mr. Xiao and broke up cleanly. He didn't get entangled anymore, and he never dated men again.He even started looking for girlfriends and met some girls.I finally jumped out of the big fire pit of homosexuality, shed the heavy psychological burden and got rid of all possible strange eyes in the society, as if I finally returned to the right track of life, the life state that a normal young man should have.

However, my heart was empty, and the only soft place in my heart that contained affection and family affection was hollowed out.

There seems to be a gentle "hostess" missing in the family, and life is in chaos.When you encounter setbacks and dissatisfaction in business, there is no one to ask for comfort when you go home.Lonely, depressed.The so-called normal life is not even as good as the abnormal life before.Is this the price of being normal?Qi Liang was particularly confused in those years.

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During the winter vacation, Qi Liang and his uncle's business partner went to the south together to contact the printing factory to see the sample list and so on.He knew the boss in the advertising circle, and he was optimistic about a business opportunity, printing brochures for some state-owned and private enterprises in the imperial capital.He plans to graduate from university and work in the cultural advertising industry.And at that time, it was planned to cooperate with Meng Xiaobei, a great artist in the future, so that good brothers can get rich together, and get rich together.

In the early 90s, the advertising industry was emerging, and color printing was very expensive.Design and produce high-end and beautiful brochures for enterprises, solicit business based on relationships, and get tens of thousands of dollars for one set.For those who know how to do business, as long as they have a good grasp of routines and a network of relationships, they can make money by doing anything.

Coming back from the south, it was the eve of the Spring Festival, the station was extremely crowded, and the mighty crowd was flowing in the opposite direction, catching various trains from the capital to other places.Qi Liang dragged a small trolley case and covered his nose with a scarf to resist the bad diesel smell and smog and dust.He didn't get a taxi when he came out of the station, so he could only squeeze the subway.The rod of the trolley case was broken by someone stepping on it, so he could only hold the case, and a button of the woolen coat was torn off, not to mention how embarrassed and panting.

He squeezed into the subway car, dragged the broken box, and walked in dully.The cashmere scarf was squeezed around his neck and nearly strangled him!Qi Liang blushed and his neck was thick in the crowd: "Fuck me, don't crowd around!...my...scarf...ah..."

Someone next to him kindly helped him put the scarf back: "Be careful."

Qi Liang was sweating in embarrassment, pouted, and turned his head.

The man sat on the seat and looked up.The two looked at each other, both of them were stunned...

Teacher Xiao has the same appearance for thousands of years, still wearing a gray coat and a milky white scarf.The hair is cut shorter, and I probably often go to the hair salon to trim and dye my sideburns. It looks very clean and hasn't aged.

Xiao Yi was stunned for a moment, recovered his normal state, and got up: "Sit down."

Qi Liang declined: "No, no, you sit down."

The two looked away from each other, embarrassed.Qi Liang subconsciously pressed the opponent's shoulder to push him back, when his fingers touched the scarf, there was a big static with a "snap"! !

Eye-catching static sparks exploded from the dark part of the carriage, shocking both of them.Qi Liang's finger hurt so badly that he put his finger in his mouth and sucked it for a long time, it was really like getting an electric shock...

Later, the two sat down side by side, chatted, and reported to each other.

Xiao Yi said that he is now teaching in an international school, and the salary is much higher than that in ordinary schools. However, most of the classes are children of rich bosses and foreign children, which is difficult to get in touch with. It is far less easy to communicate and discipline than students in serious schools, and the pressure is quite high. .Qi Liang complained, talking about his recent business, now there are more and more self-employed people making money from the sea, and everyone is going out of their way to rely on connections, money is getting harder and harder to make money!

Xiao Yi said seriously: "Be careful when doing business, be cautious when making friends, spread out your investments, and don't put all your capital in one basket."

Qi Liang nodded: "Well... you live alone now?"

Qi Liang tentatively asked, but Mr. Xiao didn't respond positively. Qi Liang guessed that Xiao Yi might have a new boyfriend.

Xiao Yi: "What about you?"

Qi Liang: "Yang Ying and I broke up a long time ago, so we can find a suitable one in the future. Meng Xiaobei and him went home and made it public, and the quarrel broke out! He really has courage, I admire him." he."

Xiao Yi: "Meng Xiaobei is not an ordinary person, not a thing in the pool."

Qi Liang cautiously suggested: "Shall we go to the newly opened coffee shop on Chang'an Avenue? Or, I'll treat you to dinner."

Teacher Xiao declined politely: "Forget it, no need."

The two remained silent again, allowing the train carriages to sway on the track.Passing through many stations, the passengers around stood up and sat down, changing one after another.Teacher Xiao didn't enthusiastically agree to Qi Liang's "invitation", but no one got up and got out of the car.The two of them spent their time in such embarrassment. They had already sat and stood, and they didn't know where to sit.

Xiao Yi asked: "Are you spending Chinese New Year with your parents?"

Qi Liang shrugged: "My dad called me and asked me to go home to celebrate the New Year with him. I think, maybe, let's go back and give it a try."

Xiao Yi said: "My parents also want me to go home. They are very old, maybe they want to leave, and they want to forgive me... That international school plans to open a branch in Hangzhou. If a branch is established in the near future, I may I will go back to Hangzhou to teach, so that I can take care of my parents."

Xiao Yi's voice was gentle and his eyes were calm.Qi Liang was stunned suddenly, staring at the side of the other party, a sense of loss slowly expanded in his heart, wrapping his whole atrium, entangled, extremely uncomfortable.

Teacher Xiao finally "decided" to leave, leave him completely, and never look back.The two will never meet again.

The circle line subway they take has no terminus, so they can sit like this until the last train.It was dark outside the window, and the walls of the subway tunnel passed by quickly on both sides, and the entanglement of this life seemed to have no end in sight.

The two sat on the loop for about two laps that day.Qi Liang looked up sadly, at this moment, thinking of the other party's kindness and benefits, he felt very reluctant, wanted to keep him, but couldn't think of a reason to keep him.

He clutched the handle of the box so tightly with both hands that it hurt.When he arrived at the station, the door opened, and he didn't know where it was. His mind was crushed by the complete loss of a relationship, and he couldn't bear to live.

Qi Liang didn't say a word, turned his head suddenly, and kissed Teacher Xiao's face close to the corner of his mouth, a farewell kiss.

Superficially, no one around paid attention to this little action.

Qi Liang picked up the suitcase, bowed his head and strode out of the car door, escaped from the car as if fleeing, and ran wildly on the subway platform!

The car door opened, the flow of people shook, and then returned to calm.

Teacher Xiao suddenly got up from his seat, squeezed away the people around him, and rushed towards the car door under the strange eyes of a car of people!There was a sudden click of the electric door, and Xiao Yi hurriedly backed away.The door shook twice and closed quickly, shutting him in the compartment.

Qi Liang didn't look back, his back trembled, probably crying in frustration.In terms of relationship, he and Meng Xiaobei have completely opposite personalities;Meng Xiaobei was weaned from home since he was a child, aiming at a mature and tough guy, while Qi Liang was not weaned since he was a child, desperately lacking in love, so he fell in love with a substitute for "maternal love".

The train starts to leave the station and enters the tunnel.Teacher Xiao didn't shout out, didn't smash the door, just looked across the door, watching Xiao Liang's figure submerged at the end of the stairs, in the vast sea of ​​people, thousands of rivers and mountains.

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