The phone call was from the predecessor.

"Hey, Mom, what's the matter?"

"It's not a big deal. Isn't the chestnuts at home cooked? I sent some to you. Remember to collect them. There are also some things you like to eat, such as fermented bean curd, kohlrabi, dried sweet potatoes, and sausages..." After chatting a lot on the phone, he hesitated and said, "Fourth brother!"

"Well, Mom, I'm listening. If you have anything to say, just tell me." Meng Zezhi said in a good voice.

Mother Meng paused, sighed secretly, and said, "Isn't it true that the children of your elder sister's family have also reached the age of marriage, and the family can no longer live, and your elder sister and elder brother-in-law are thinking about buying another set?" House, do you see?"

This is the rhythm of asking Meng Zezhi to pay!

For so many years, including the filial piety to Meng's mother during the festivals, the money taken by the predecessor from his hometown is always no less than 200 million.Xu Jiaqing and her predecessor almost got divorced because of the matter of her predecessor's third brother's family. After that, her predecessor didn't care so much about the affairs of her three brothers and sisters' families.

In this way, Meng Zezhi has a lot more room to play freely.

He said: "I remember that the eldest sister's house was just built a few years ago?"

In order to build the house, Mother Meng subsidized [-] yuan, and the predecessor took [-] yuan. Although it was not much, it was all the savings of the predecessor at that time.On the contrary, his elder sister's family basically didn't take much money out except for spending a sum of money when the house was capped and served wine.

At that time, the 9 yuan was enough to build a small western-style building with two floors, seven bedrooms and one living room in the countryside.

If this was in the past, hearing her say this, the fourth child would definitely agree without saying a word.

At this moment, Mother Meng clearly heard the refusal from her son.

She changed her words in an instant: "That's right, when your eldest sister's house was being repaired, the foundation was actually quite deep. Now it's not enough, and you can add a layer on top..."

In fact, it's not that she can't understand Meng's mother's mood. The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, but in order to send the youngest son out of the mountains, the eldest son and two daughters have made huge sacrifices.

Now that the youngest son is promising, it is naturally time for him to repay his brother and sister.

In her opinion, although the eldest son is married, but fortunately, the woman's family is good, and he has never been short of food and clothing. Now that he has a child with his own surname, his waist has stood up, and his personality has become much more cheerful.

As for the youngest daughter, although she is married to a cripple, the advantage is that the other party is an honest person and has no father or mother, so she can be the master of the house as soon as she enters the house.Although life was poor at the beginning, her second son-in-law got into a car accident, and the youngest son paid for his lame leg to be healed.Now he drives a motorcycle to solicit customers in the county. He usually works a little harder and is more than enough to support his family.

There is only the eldest daughter, married to a widower, raising a group of stepson and stepdaughter, married for 24 years, and has no children of her own.As for the eldest son-in-law, he can't do anything, so he can only live in the village by farming.In addition, now that she is getting older, she can't do what she wants to do at work, and she will get sick every now and then. The burden of the family does not all fall on her eldest daughter.

Her eldest daughter is only 43 years old this year, but she looks like a husband and wife with her eldest son-in-law at 56, and she feels distressed when she looks at it.

Meng's mother loves the eldest daughter very much, she can say a thousand words and ten thousand, but she still likes the younger son the most in her heart, not only because of the younger son's promise, but the most important thing is that the whole family now receives the favor of the younger son.

So when Meng Zezhi showed signs of rejection at this moment, Meng's mother stopped thinking instantly.

But some people don't think so.

"Can it be the same? The key is which girl is willing to marry into the countryside now..."

An urgent voice came faintly from the phone.

"What are you talking about!" Mother Meng scolded, and then the phone was snatched away.

"Fourth brother, I'm your elder brother-in-law. Both your nephews are 27 or [-] this year, but your daughter-in-law hasn't found a place yet. Now Jia Ming finally talked about dating a girl, and the woman's family doesn't want a bride price, but just a wedding." Suite, where do you find such a good thing?"

The tone on the other side of the phone instantly softened: "But you, the fourth child, also know the situation of my family. Now the family is supported by your sister alone. Even if we empty our savings, we can't afford that much money. Otherwise, I wouldn't have spoken to you."

His elder brother-in-law was named He Zhenli in his previous life.

Meng Zezhi heard this, and only said, "How much do you want?"

He Zhenli's tone immediately became excited: "It's not a lot, 60 is enough."

The small county where the former hometown belongs to is backed by mountains, with inconvenient transportation and a not-so-developed economy, so housing prices are naturally not much higher. Generally, the price of a rough house is in the early [-]s, and the price in a more remote place is even lower.

60, it must be enough to buy two houses with three bedrooms and one living room. With a few more money, you can do a simple decoration.

He Zhenli also included his youngest son's wedding room.

Sure enough, he said with a sneer: "When your eldest nephew gets married, won't it be your second nephew's turn? I want to prepare the house in advance, so as not to be like this now, like a headless chicken." Spinning around is not."

He Zhenli didn't feel like he was opening his mouth like a lion, he was smart.

The fourth child spent 60 yuan to buy a son for his third brother, and nearly 40 yuan to treat his second brother-in-law's legs. It didn't make sense to go to his house, and 8 yuan was sent away.

The eldest sister is the eldest, so it is not too much for him to ask for 60 now.

Meng Zezhi smiled angrily.

The predecessor did not try his best to help the family. Can this be measured simply by the amount of money?

Meng Zezhi only knows one thing, I can be grateful, but you can't take it for granted to be a bloodsucker.

Meng Zezhi calmed down and said, "Is my elder sister there? I'll have a few words with her."

Although He Zhenli didn't know what Meng Zezhi was selling, he was the boss if he had money. For the sake of the 60 yuan, he could only pass the phone to Sister Meng.

"Hey, fourth brother..."

A hoarse middle-aged female voice came from the phone.

Meng Zezhi paused: "Sister, are you feeling unwell?"

"Ahem..." Sister Meng cleared her throat and said, "It's okay, but when I went to pick Xiaoning up from school two days ago, it suddenly rained heavily on the way, caught a little rain, and caught a cold."

He Zhenli's ex-wife left him two sons and a daughter. Compared to his two sons who are still unmarried, his youngest daughter married early, and Xiaoning is her son.

Because his daughter looks like his ex-wife, He Zhenli usually loves his daughter the most.After Xiaoning was born, his grandparents didn't want to take him with him, and his daughter and son-in-law were busy with part-time jobs, so He Zhenli had to take him home and let Sister Meng take care of him.

This care lasted for eight years, and now the children are in elementary school.

Meng Zezhi sighed: "Sister, what do you think?"

Hearing this, He Zhenli quickly winked at her.

"I..." Sister Meng opened her mouth, as if thinking of something, her expression was a little sad, and she said, "What else can I think."

Meng Ze knew it, and he said, "I see, you can give your phone to Mom."

"Hello, fourth child?"

"Mom, third brother, are they there?" Meng Zezhi asked.

"No, what's the matter?"

"You call them back first, I have something to tell them."

"...Okay." Mother Meng nodded hesitantly, always feeling that something was wrong with her youngest son's tone.But she also knew that the strangeness was not aimed at her.

She glanced at He Zhenli, then followed Meng Zezhi's instructions, found the third child's name from the phone's address book, and called.

"Mom, what's the matter?" He Zhenli didn't understand why, and suddenly felt uneasy.

Mother Meng ignored him, but urged the third child to come over quickly.

After hanging up the phone, Meng Zezhi turned and walked towards the laboratory.

Hearing the sound, Zhu Zhengqing put down the instruction manual of the instrument that he had taken upside down in his hand, looked up at Meng Zezhi, and said calmly, "Did you finish the call?"

"Ah."

At this moment, Meng Zezhi's mind is full of family affairs, so he doesn't remember what happened just now.

He said: "By the way, Professor Zhu, something happened to my family, so I went back first."

The school is full of people and not a good place to deal with problems.

"..." Looking at Meng Zezhi's indifferent face, as if nothing happened just now, Zhu Zhengqing nodded with difficulty: "Okay."

"Then I'll come back to you in two days."

After speaking, Meng Zezhi turned and left the laboratory.

Hearing the sound of footsteps gradually going away, Zhu Zhengqing regained his composure.

Is it because Meng Zezhi is not interested in him or the other party is not enlightened at all.

The corners of Zhu Zhengqing's lips twitched again and again, and he chose the latter decisively.

Such a big piece of old elm pimple, or not?

Zhu Zhengqing frowned slightly, worried!

Meng Zezhi had just returned home when Meng's mother called over there.

Meng Zezhi closed the door behind his back, and while taking off his coat, he asked, "Mom, third brother, are they all here?"

"It's all here." Mother Meng said worriedly.

"Okay then, turn on the speakerphone." Meng Zezhi threw the clothes he had taken off on the sofa and poured himself a glass of water.

"Fourth brother, why did you call us here?" It was Brother Meng who spoke.

Meng Zezhi drank two sips of water and said, "That's right, my eldest brother-in-law called me just now, saying that his two sons got married and asked me to pay 60 yuan to buy them a house."

The fourth child has something to say!

Second Sister Meng and Third Brother Meng looked at each other with serious expressions.

He Zhenli looked embarrassed, and his heart became more and more uneasy. He flinched: "This...fourth, if you are tight, then forget it..."

"Isn't it just 60 yuan? I have plenty of money." Meng Zezhi slapped the coffee table, "But I just want to say, what does your two sons' marriage have to do with me?"

"This... this," He Zhenli was taken aback, and stammered, "No matter how they are, they are also your nephews, no, even if they are not relatives, but they still called you your uncle for more than 20 years..."

"I would rather not have these two nephews—" Meng Zezhi said angrily, completely substituting himself into the identity of his predecessor.

"In my whole life, I feel most sorry for my elder sister. She was forced to marry a widower who was a round older than her just to pay for my schooling. She became the stepmother of three children as soon as she entered the house. At that time, She is."

Hearing this, Sister Meng was in a daze.

Mother Meng's eyes were red, blaming her for being incompetent, so she could only send her youngest son to school by selling children and selling daughters.

"It's fine if she lives well, but in fact, she has been married for 24 years, and as a woman, she is not even qualified to conceive and have children. Why?"

"Because her widower husband already has three children who can carry on the family line, and the family conditions are not good, naturally there is no need to have another child to increase the burden. Anyway, he remarried to find a cheap nanny to take care of his family. "

"Fourth, what nonsense are you talking about?" He Zhenli was furious, but no one paid him any attention.

Hearing this, Second Sister Meng and Third Brother Meng also knew that Meng Zezhi got angry not because they were staring at his money, but because He Zhenli was annoyed.

They both breathed a sigh of relief.

"For the 500 yuan dowry gift, it has been 24 years. It's not enough for her to serve the four of you, father and son. She also has to serve your grandchildren. How can there be such a good thing in the world. The most ridiculous thing is, He Zhenli, you How dare you let me buy a house for those two little bastards with money!"

Before the predecessor was admitted to university, the three children of He Zhenli's family had never called the predecessor uncle.When the predecessor went to his house to pay New Year's greetings, he saw them embarrassing Big Sister Meng in front of relatives more than once.

When the predecessor's family was around, they were already so unscrupulous. One can imagine what kind of life Sister Meng lived when the predecessor's family was not around.

When the predecessors were successful, they would call each other how sweet and sweet they wanted.

"You...you..." He Zhenli became annoyed and reached out to grab the phone in Mother Meng's hand.

"What do you want to do?" Third brother Meng and second brother-in-law Meng stood up abruptly from the sofa, protected Meng's mother behind them, and glared at He Zhenli angrily.

Mother Meng breathed a sigh of relief.

Now she finally knows why the fourth brother insists on calling the third and the others back first.

On the other side of the phone, Meng Zezhi drank his saliva and took a breath: "In the past, I was thinking about it. I always felt that the eldest sister was already very old, and she didn't have a biological child of her own. In the future, she would definitely have to rely on that Let the two little beasts take care of themselves for the elderly, so let's live with them."

This is not only the idea of ​​the predecessor, but also the idea of ​​Meng Mu.

"I guess you think so too." These words were obviously addressed to He Zhenli.

"That's why you dare to ask me for money so unscrupulously, and it's 60 yuan."

Probably because of Meng Zezhi's poke in his mind, He Zhenli's face turned blue and white, and he was very lively.

Eldest sister Meng burst into tears, hugged second sister Meng and cried bitterly.

He Zhenli's eldest son, He Jiaming, was furious when he heard this, and said angrily, "Why didn't you dare? If it wasn't for the 500 yuan from my family back then, do you think you, Meng Zezhi, would be where you are today? That was my mother's money."

He Zhenli's first wife died in a car accident, and the owner of the car who caused the accident paid 2000 yuan.

"So my eldest sister has worked hard for your family for more than 20 years, so I paid 8 yuan to repair your house. Isn't that enough?"

Meng Zezhi said in a cold voice, "My family has long since ceased to owe you."

He said again: "It's just such a thing, eldest sister, do you still expect him to take care of you in the future?"

"What exactly do you want?" He Zhenli gritted his teeth. He didn't believe it. Could it be that Meng Zezhi could still persuade Sister Meng to divorce him.

Meng Zezhi did as he wished: "60, I have it. Sister, I will give you two choices."

Sister Meng sobbed, sat up from Second Sister Meng's arms, raised her sleeves and wiped the corners of her eyes.

There was never a moment when she felt that her little brother was so reliable.

"First, if you stay in the He family, I will buy you two houses with 60 yuan. In the future, if the He family dares to show you a little face, you will drive them out."

Hearing this, He Zhenli blushed and looked at the mobile phone in Mother Meng's hand bitterly.

"Second, if you divorce He Zhenli, I will still give you 60 yuan. You can move home to live with your mother, or buy a house to live alone. You are only 43 years old this year. There are many people who have children at this age. If it doesn't work, you can still adopt a child, and when the child grows up, you will only be in your 60s, so that child will take care of you in the old age."

"You...how dare you?" He Zhenli was struck by lightning, never expecting that Meng Zezhi really had such an idea.

No, no, if Sister Meng really divorced him, who would take Xiaoning to take care of him? He can't do heavy work at all now, and who will take care of the seven or eight acres of land at home, and the wedding room of his two sons... …

He Zhenli looked terrified, he calmed down instantly, and looked at Sange Meng as if asking for help.

Brother Meng's face was indifferent. It was one thing to feel sorry for the eldest sister, and another thing to be proud of nothing.

Isn't it obvious that the fourth brother has eviled He Zhenli's family, if he rushes to speak for He Zhenli, he will surely offend the fourth brother.

He is not promising, but in the future, he will count on the fourth son to help his two sons.You said at this time, does he dare to play against Meng Zezhi?

This is the truth.

There was no way to ask for help, He Zhenli gritted his teeth, turned his head to look at Sister Meng, and said in a low voice: "Jing Shu, Jing Shu, I admit that I was the one who felt sorry for you before. For the sake of husband and wife for many years, Jing Shu, give me a chance..."

Seeing this scene, Sister Meng looked confused. On the one hand, she is free, and on the other hand, she is the man who has been married to her for more than 20 years...

"No hurry," Meng Zezhi said, "Sister, you can think about it carefully, and then tell me when you think about it."

He loosened his tie: "It's too noisy, third brother, drive those two guys out."

After a while, He Zhenli's voice on the other end of the phone became more and more urgent: "No, Jingshu, Mom, I know I was wrong... Fourth child, fourth child..."

The ears are finally clean.

Meng Zezhi said again: "Okay, eldest sister, you can live with mother first, third brother, I will trouble you to take care of mother and eldest sister during this time, so that He Zhenli will not jump over the wall in a hurry and cause any bad things... ..."

After arranging the family affairs, Meng Zezhi felt relaxed, followed by a sense of tiredness. While rubbing his temples, he wondered if he had forgotten something very important.

But the more I try to remember, the more chaotic my mind becomes.

He simply didn't want to think about it anymore, covered his mouth and yawned, got up and went into the bathroom, got out of the shower, got into bed, and fell asleep directly.

Early the next morning, he drove to the bank, and when he came out, his card had 700 million more.Then he called several large experimental instrument manufacturers, combined their quotations, and ordered a batch of experimental instruments to be used.That is to say, in less than half an hour, two-thirds of the 700 million he just acquired went away.

After dealing with the experimental equipment, Meng Zezhi took out from the bookshelf a collection of domestic and foreign papers on Goldbach's conjecture in the past three years that was compiled by his predecessor and was more than ten centimeters thick.

It took him two full days to read all these papers, and there were some gains. At least he had a general idea for proving Goldbach's conjecture.

His eye fell on the title of one of the papers: "The Method of Variations."

Then start here.

Just as Meng Zezhi took out the draft paper and was about to start writing, his cell phone rang.

It was Xu Jiaqing who called.

"Meng Zezhi, have you forgotten what day it is?"

Meng Zezhi thought for a while, it seemed that today is Saturday, and when he looked at the time on the computer, it was almost ten o'clock, so he immediately stood up from his seat: "Sorry, I'll be there soon."

After speaking, the phone has been hung up.

Pack your desk and lock the door.Meng Zezhi went home first, took all his documents, and then went to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

For the first time, Chen Yinglong did not follow Xu Jiaqing this time.

"Let's go." Seeing Meng Zezhi approaching, Xu Jiaqing said two words coldly, got up and walked towards the counter.

Verify the divorce intention, sign the review and processing form, cancel the marriage certificate, and issue the divorce certificate.

It took less than 10 minutes to complete these procedures.

The two of them didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. It wasn't until they walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau building that Meng Zezhi stopped Xu Jiaqing: "By the way, I still have a lot of your things in there. Do you think it's okay?" Find some time to come and clean up."

According to the divorce agreement, the property under their respective names belongs to each of them.

"No need, just throw those things away." Xu Jiaqing didn't turn her head.

It can be seen that he has really given up on his predecessor.

Now that Xu Jiaqing has said so, Meng Zezhi has nothing to worry about.It's just that Xu Jiaqing has quite a lot of things. Clothes and shoes alone take up three wardrobes. There are also some cosmetics and jewelry. Most of them are famous brands, so it's a pity to throw them away.

Meng Zezhi thought for a while, and simply packaged and sold these items to a second-hand goods dealer, in exchange for a small 20 yuan, and then donated the money to the Red Cross in the name of Xu Jiaqing.

After Meng Zezhi cleaned up the room, the batch of experimental instruments he bought arrived, along with the five-step snake venom he had ordered from the Cao County Snake Farm.

After installing the experimental equipment, Meng Zezhi took the small bottle of snake venom to the laboratory.

Zhu Zhengqing is also busy. On the one hand, he needs to integrate and screen out a group of professional researchers to form a research team as soon as possible. On the other hand, he also needs to prepare research projects. In addition, he has to give professional courses to students every now and then. , almost with busy feet not touching the ground.

After coming and going, the number of people in the laboratory increased.

Meng Zezhi's experiment went smoothly, but when it came to Goldbach's conjecture, he hit a wall.

It really is a world-class math problem!

Meng Zezhi put down his pen, his thoughts were in confusion. He rubbed the corners of his astringent eyes, reached out to touch the water glass on the table, picked it up, and saw that the water glass was empty, only a layer of tea leaves remained.

Meng Zezhi shook his head helplessly, stood up and planned to go to the water dispenser next door to get some hot water, and then his stomach growled.

He raised his watch and saw that it was already twelve o'clock.

Let's eat first!

Thinking of this, he turned to look at Zhu Zhengqing, who was standing motionless in front of the automatic amino acid analyzer, and it seemed that he would not be able to get away in a short time.

In this case, he had to go alone.

Putting all the manuscripts on the table into drawers and locking them, Meng Zezhi walked out of the laboratory.

Seeing this scene, Xu Yehua, who had been paying attention to Meng Zezhi's movement, hesitated for a while, and finally put down the documents in his hand, walked towards Zhu Zhengqing, and asked, "Professor Zhu, I wonder how much you know about Meng Zezhi?"

"Ok?"

Hearing the three words Meng Zezhi, Zhu Zhengqing abruptly moved his eyes away from the analyzer and turned to look at Xu Yehua.

Although he didn't understand why Xu Yehua would ask such a question, he still restrained himself and said, "Professor Meng seems to be a very stable person, he is kind and has a good personality..."

Every time Zhu Zhengqing uttered a word, the horror on Xu Yehua's face increased, and everyone else in the laboratory put down what they were doing and surrounded him.

Xu Yehua said with difficulty: "Professor Zhu, you are new here, so you may not know the actual situation very well."

Zhu Zhengqing was also confused: "What do you mean?"

At this moment, Xu Yehua didn't need to speak, the people who surrounded him had already spoken in random.

At the end, Xu Yehua concluded: "I also see that Professor Zhu seems to be very close to Meng Zezhi, so I will say a few words. How should I put it, it is better for Professor Zhu to have less contact with Meng Zezhi in the future. lest it hurt your reputation."

When the crowd dispersed, Zhu Zhengqing's eyes were full of bewilderment.

Domestic violence caused his wife to have a miscarriage, he was stern, and stole the students' research results...

How could the person they described be Meng Zezhi?

Or did he see the wrong person?

Just when he was frowning, Meng Zezhi came back.

"Why are you left alone, what about them?"

Zhu Zhengqing raised his head suddenly, his eyes were like a scanning machine, and he looked Meng Zezhi up and down.

Meticulous hair, slanted and straight eyebrows, thin lips, sharp silhouette, 1.2 meters long legs, paired with a black suit, when not talking, there is an air of abstinence all over the body ...

Thinking of the profuse hair on this man's forearm, Zhu Zhengqing's ears turned red!

The author has something to say: Zhu Zhengqing: I want to praise the old man to heaven!

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