Difficult to return

Lu Mingchen is not a local, because he is busy with work, he seldom goes back to his hometown, and he mostly spends at his father-in-law's house during New Year's Eve.The same is true for New Year's Day this year.

Song Guoqiang's style is old-fashioned, he doesn't like to live in high-rise foreign-style houses in the city center, and retires early and returns to the village where he was born and raised.With the expansion of the city, it is now considered a suburb.He got a homestead here and built himself a spacious courtyard house.

The siheyuan has white walls and gray tiles, mahogany doors and windows, and two stone lions on both sides of the gate, which is very grand.The outside looks like an ancient government office, and the decoration inside is also retro and luxurious.This probably just corresponds to the saying - Wealth and honor do not return home, like a night walk in brocade.Now that the wealth has been returned to the hometown, it is natural to show off to the fullest.

When Song Shuhua and the others arrived, the room was already full of people.

"Mingchen, Shuhua, you're back," the sharp-eyed Second Aunt Song greeted them first when she saw them, "Come inside quickly, it's cold outside."

The two went into the south room where they received guests, and the third aunt hurriedly made hot tea for them and asked the cousin and daughter-in-law to move chairs for them.Everyone was warm and considerate, as if they were distinguished guests from outside.

Father Song was sitting on the grand teacher's chair, and exchanged greetings with Uncle Song next to him.The two greeted Song's father, and Second Uncle Song immediately stood up and gave up his seat to Lu Mingchen.

"Come on, Mingchen, come and sit here."

Lu Mingchen sat down, and Song's father greeted his son: "Your mother is still in the kitchen, go and have a look."

The sister-in-law immediately came over and defended: "Brother, it's true, Shuhua just came back, so you kicked him into the kitchen."

Father Song stared at Song Shuhua again, unable to look left and right: "Can you cut this hair for me? A big man, why should he have long hair?"

"Look, look, you old-timers don't understand the trends of young people, isn't that pretty?"

"Good looking fart..."

"It's a big festival, why are you still swearing at people?" The aunt took Song Shuhua's hand, "Don't be as knowledgeable as the old man, let's go, let's go to the kitchen to see what's delicious."

The sister-in-law took his hand, went out and sighed softly: "Shuhua, don't take it to heart, your father's old way of thinking accepts his son with a man, and he is also shy in his heart. You understand him too."

Song Shuhua didn't show any expression, but just gave a cold "hmm".

Although homosexuals already have the same rights and interests as heterosexuals, they are still a minority, and they will still be discriminated against in many places. It is just that the discrimination on the surface has turned into a covert one.

He inadvertently exposed his orientation during adolescence.Father Song's reaction back then was very strong, and he took countless measures to correct him.Even though doctors told his father that homosexuality is not a disease and there is no cure.But from middle school to university, he still received a lot of corrective treatment, but in the end they all failed.

Father Song almost forced him to embark on the road of marrying a wife and having children. It has to be said that Lu Mingchen's appearance saved him to some extent, and also saved a certain woman who would be forced to become his wife.

Song Shuhua didn't know the specific details back then, but only knew that Lu Mingchen was in charge of his father's company at the beginning, probably because he was highly regarded by his father, and also happened to be gay, so his father called him over to meet him.He and Lu Mingchen got along pretty well, and after half a year, they got married.So far, Father Song reluctantly agreed to let him be with a man.

Looking back, many things are not so simple.

Song Guoqiang was one of the first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination, and also the only college student in their village.It was the efforts of the Song family to confess him, and the younger siblings also lost the opportunity to go to school.He not only bears the burden of his small family, but also bears the responsibility of the entire extended family.He is alone in his early years, but his siblings all need help, which puts him under a lot of financial pressure.In order to make more money, he came out of the public sector to start his own factory, and he was tired and sick in middle age.

He thought that when his son grew up, he would be able to let go, but he didn't expect that his carefully cultivated son would look like this.Song Shuhua was not interested in the affairs of the factory at all, and he couldn't share the burden for him, let alone continue the factory after he retired.

At this time, Lu Mingchen appeared—a young, hard-working, brilliant student with a lively mind.Through a series of innovations, he greatly improved the efficiency of the factory in just two years.

There is no boss who would dislike such a young man, and Song Guoqiang's appreciation for him is not only the boss's appreciation for the employees, but also a layer of compassion for his useless son.

Probably before knowing that Lu Mingchen was gay, he had the idea of ​​handing over the factory to him in the future.However, I don't feel at ease if the business that I have spent a little bit of hard work on is handed over to a stranger only by contract.At this time, Lu Mingchen came to him and asked if he agreed to pursue Song Shuhua.

In the kitchen, Song's mother was in charge of cooking and was busy.

It's not that there is no nanny in the family, but every time this kind of festivals with relatives and friends, the wife always has to cook a table of meals.It has nothing to do with anything else, it only concerns the dignity of the husband and the face of the head of the family.

Song Shuhua took off his coat, put on an apron, and skillfully took the shovel from Song's mother.

"Mom, let me come."

"Our Shuhua is so virtuous, our culinary skills are no worse than sister-in-law's."

Song Shuhua smiled: "My mother taught me how to cook."

Mother Song put a basket of radish cubes into the mutton soup, and stood by the cooking counter without leaving.Seeing that there were no outsiders here, he lowered his voice and worriedly mentioned the clichéd question again.

"Ah Hua, you and Mingchen have been married for six or seven years. It's time to think about children. In a family, even if two men are together, they should have a child. Only when a man has a child can he live in this place. Rooted at home, the colorful world outside will not be able to seduce him. You have been married for so many years, and the relationship has become a family relationship, and it has faded away. You have to pay more attention to yourself."

"Mom, it's not that simple for us to have children in this situation."

"It's not so simple, spend money abroad to have two surrogates, one for you, one for your famous officials, one surnamed Song, one surnamed Lu, this doesn't solve all the problems. I think rich people do that, and you It's not that I don't have that money." The aunt immediately came up with an idea from the side.

Song's mother neither agreed nor objected to this proposal, she was a lot more conservative: "Even if you adopt one from an orphanage, or adopt one from a distant relative in the Song family, you should still have a child.

"That's what your father meant. If you agree, I'll ask someone to help me and keep an eye on it."

Song Shuhua's face was cold, and he just said: "You should discuss this issue with Lu Mingchen, he is the one who decides the family."

Song's mother showed embarrassment: "How can we talk to him about this kind of thing, you see the right time to mention it to him."

Song Shuhua silently nodded.

Sister-in-law sighed at the side: "It would be great if our Shuhua was a girl..."

Song's mother glanced at her: "Youngest, you can't mention this kind of thing in front of your elder brother, he will definitely be angry."

The sister-in-law called his mother away, and he was left alone in the kitchen.

He understood very well that even though his father used him to tie up such a fast-paced son-in-law, he still didn't trust him. He was worried that his tie would not be stable, and that there would be problems in their marriage. That's why he urgently needed a child for double insurance. .

Now that the company is fully managed by Lu Mingchen, once their marriage breaks down, the Song family will definitely suffer huge losses.Not only his family, but his second uncle, third uncle, and sister-in-law all have more or less shares in each family, so he really has a heavy responsibility.

Song Shuhua brought the prepared meals to the side hall of the south room to set up a table, and saw the third aunt pushing her youngest son in front of Lu Mingchen in the main hall. "Mingchen, Xiaojun has just graduated. If the child says he's not too big or too young, his family won't listen to him. Auntie tell you, you can take him to the factory to teach him. You should be beaten or scolded, it's all right, okay?"

Lu Mingchen raised his eyebrows, looked at this young man with pimples and a reluctant face, and asked after a while, "Do you know what you do in the factory?"

The boy named Xiaojun curled his lips until his mother shrugged him behind him before saying, "It's for machining."

The answer was correct, and Lu Mingchen asked again: "Then what kind of job do you know?"

The boy got stuck, and his mother replied on his behalf: "All the jobs in the workshop are risky, Mingchen, can you arrange an office job for him, even if it's serving tea and water and doing odd jobs."

Lu Mingchen looked at the boy again and asked, "What education do you have?"

The third aunt rushed to answer: "The child just graduated from a technical secondary school. Oh, the education is superficial, and the ability to work is what matters. Like Shuhua, who went to graduate school, he didn't help in the factory. This child is honest and willing to work. Yes, as long as you assign him, he can do anything."

……

Song Shuhua looked at Lu Mingchen's gradually furrowed eyebrows, his picky and disgusted gaze at Song Xiaojun, and Song's father beside him who wanted to say something but was afraid of losing face through a hollow carved screen, and couldn't help feeling funny.

After a while, Song's mother rushed over, grabbed Song Xiaojun's hand, and pulled the child aside: "Your mother really has the heart, and she is not short of that little money, so send the child to suffer."

Then he blamed the third aunt: "You forgot about sending Leilei last year. Mingchen arranged a job for him, but he knew that the clients he met were unreasonable. The child was wronged and cried. Back home. How much money do those poor foreigners earn a month? Are you willing to scold your children? I am not happy even when I am an aunt.”

Aunt Song's face turned pale and red at the words, and the sister-in-law cheerfully added: "Sister-in-law San's bonus of more than 200 million yuan last year has been spent, so we are going to send our little army to work?"

As soon as these words came out, it was convenient for others to persuade them.After all the persuasion was over, Song's father made a final decision and asked Song Xiaojun to go to an adult university for another two years, and he was not in a hurry to find a class.

Lu Mingchen raised his head, just in time to see her husband behind the carved screen, who was watching with cold eyes the scenes of bloody family drama on the other side of the screen, and understood why the mother-in-law arrived so timely.

It's just that when the husband's eyes touched his gaze, he immediately looked away, turned around the screen, said that the dishes were all ready, and asked everyone to prepare for dinner.