Bamboo Horse Cultivation Manual [Rebirth]

After buying a new house, neither Ye Li nor Qiu Mu likes to be lively, so they don't want to hold a banquet to celebrate.I don't think it's a big deal, so I just told a few close people around me, and I don't plan to do anything more.

But they themselves don't care, but the parents who care about them don't care.

Anyway, it is also the place where my children will live for a long time in the future. How to put it, I have to come and have a look, take a look, and know if the two children are doing well, so that I can feel at ease.

Even Qiu Mu's father, who travels all over the world all year round, specially took the time to come here, wanting to make sure that they are taking good care of themselves here.The opportunity was rare, so the old man came along with him.

So on the morning of the second day after Gu Yu and Chen Siqi arrived, Ye Li, Qiu Mu, and Gu Yu went to the airport to pick them up.

Qiu Mu and her mother exchanged a hug at the airport.

"Grow taller again."

Qiu Mu smiled and said, "For sure."

"But still shorter than Xiaoli."

Qiu Mu shrugged her shoulders in frustration: "You can't hide this sentence in your heart, don't say it."

The mother covered her mouth and smiled happily, then pointed to Ye Li who was busy going up and down, carrying luggage for them: "Look at Xiao Li, and then look at yourself, do more things, you can grow taller."

Qiu Mu muttered: "What kind of nonsense is this..."

"Hello Uncle, Auntie, Grandpa Qiu." Gu Yu came over, greeted the three adults, and then introduced: "This is my girlfriend, Chen Siqi, just call her Siqi."

Chen Siqi had heard Gu Yu talk about the identities of Qiu Mu's parents early in the morning. At this time, she looked at the three of them, with a bit of curiosity about watching celebrities who only appeared on TV and newspapers in legend, and also a little bit of fear. Unavoidable unnatural restraint.

"Hello, uncle, aunt, grandpa." Chen Siqi whispered a little excitedly.

"Hello." With a friendly smile, Gu Yu and Chen Siqi relaxed their slightly tense nerves.

Ye Li put the not too much luggage into the trunk, and then said: "Godfather, godmother, grandpa, let me take you home to rest first."

Qiu Mu's mother smiled and said, "You guys still have to go to work in the company later? It's okay, I just came to see you, so go straight to the company."

Ye Li and Qiu Mu glanced at each other, and then asked the old man's opinion.

The old man nodded and said it was okay.

Chen Siqi said that she also wanted to see what Qiu Mu and Ye Li looked like at work, so while talking, it became a situation where a group of people got off the plane and rushed directly from the airport to the company.

Qiu Mu's mother saw that her family was sitting in Ye Li's car, and Gu Yu and his little girlfriend were going to take a taxi, so she asked, "Why did you only drive one car here?"

Qiu Mu said, "We only bought one car."

Qiu Mu's mother said, "How inconvenient."

Ye Li was silent for a while, thinking that it would be bad if he didn't answer, and he couldn't find a suitable one for a while if he told a lie. He was sure that it shouldn't be a big problem to say this sentence, he said: "We usually go to and from get off work together, so I didn't think about it. buy again."

"What should I do when I go out to do errands?" Qiu Mu's mother asked directly without thinking too much.

"..." If you are driving a car to run errands and the two of you are separated, no matter who is driving outside, as long as it is not too far away, they will basically drive to pick you up.So basically every time we go out and go home, we are together, never thinking that we will be separated for a long time and act separately.I have never been short of a car, so I never thought about buying another one.

But in the eyes of Qiu Mu's parents, this must be incredible.It is very common to go out to do errands. If a person drives the car out, there is no need to go back again and again to pick up the other person and go home together, so there must be another person who has to find a way to come back by himself. Isn't it just "how inconvenient" what.

Qiu Mu's expression was very natural, and he couldn't see what he was thinking at all, and said: "Yes, I will buy another car next time as a spare."

"..." Ye Li's eyes dimmed unconsciously for a moment.

For this situation, he has nothing to do with it. In order to reassure Qiu Mu and prevent Qiu Mu from getting hurt, it doesn't hurt to hide it.

But what is going on in Qiu Mu's mind who keeps telling lies every time she hides her sexuality in fear in front of her family?

Every time when this kind of topic is brought up in private, Qiu Mu will always be pale and anxious, holding his body and shoulders trembling slightly, and keep saying "impossible, no way, I don't know what to do, okay Scared", Ye Li felt uncomfortable when he saw it.

University is about to graduate.Just like what Gu Yu said yesterday, maybe it won't be long before the topic of blind dates and urging marriages will gradually be brought up, and then Qiu Mu will only be under greater pressure than now.Really want to watch Qiu Mu continue to suffer, but can't do anything.

I want to protect Qiu Mu, I want to make him feel at ease, I want to do something for him.

Ye Li's eyes slowly became firm.

When he arrived at the company, Ye Li asked his secretary to bring tea to some guests and take him to the office to sit down and rest. Not long after his feet landed, he was approached by several department chiefs, saying that there was a follow-up to the incident yesterday.After saying hello to the parents, they walked away quickly under the understanding eyes of the other party.

Qiu Mu's father said: "No matter what, Xiao Li is busy."

Qiu Mu explained: "In the past two days, I stayed at home to organize things, and Xiaoli spent more time in the company."

"Don't let people think you're being lazy." Qiu Mu's mother said: "In some things, no matter how good the relationship is between brothers, you have to be careful. Xiaoli is a very good child, and usually he doesn't care about you, but you Don't go too far, you know?"

Qiu Mu smiled and said, "Don't worry."

"But it's really interesting for you two children to do things." After being taken to the office by Qiu Mu to sit down, Qiu Mu's mother looked at the two desks placed side by side in the spacious office, and felt that there were two desks placed side by side in the chairman's office. It was the first time I saw the table, and then said with a smile: "It is said that you are reliable and experienced adults, but some things look like children would do it."

Qiu Mu said, "Because of the table?"

"It's nothing." If they like to work together, Qiu Mu's mother doesn't need to point fingers and say something in this kind of place.She said: "This company was started with Xiaoli's money, right? You didn't invest a penny, why did you get 50.00% of the shares?"

If it's a small company for fun, it's fine, give some shares to show friendship, in the eyes of Qiu Mu's mother, who has countless big companies, this kind of behavior is nothing.This little money is not a big gift for Qiu Mu who will inherit her property in the future, so if Ye Li is willing to give it and Qiu Mu is willing to accept it, then let them go.

But after watching from the sidelines for so many years, Qiu Mu's mother found that Ye Li seemed to have a faint intention to regard this company as the focus of her career and make it bigger and stronger.Taking a macro view of the development route and overall control in recent years, the context is clear, the planning is complete, and the momentum of continuous acquisition of channels without money does not seem to be a joke.Rather, it is about doing it well.

So after thinking about it like this, I felt that the idea of ​​"sending something between children to show friendship" before was not quite right.If he really put in so much effort, why did Ye Li directly give half of the shares to Qiu Mu in the first place?Don't you feel very disadvantaged?

After thinking about it, I can only say that the brotherhood between the two is too deep, so sincere that every time I think about it, Qiu Mu's mother has to feel emotional.

So she would sometimes think that at least Ye Li should not suffer too much, so when Ye Li's company was first opened, she specially sent some funds and manpower to him.But I don't know if it's because Ye Li is too polite, or because the two companies have different business lines, one is the real business and the other is the Internet, so within two years, the things that Qiu Mu's parents sent over were given to Ye Li. I returned it.

The way of returning was very polite and full of gratitude. Seeing that Ye Li had made such a decision, the two adults didn't say much.He just keeps an eye on the side occasionally to see if anyone needs help, but because Ye Li is too capable and manages the company well, he doesn't have the chance to intervene.

It can be said that this company was established completely away from the two adults, relying on Qiu Mu and Ye Li's own strength.

It is also the first company under Ye Li and Qiu Mu that has nothing to do with the "Qiu Group".

"Managing the company is hard work. My mother has experienced it before. It was very difficult at the beginning, and it was easy to make detours."

Qiu Mu smiled and said, "It's okay to have Xiaoli beside us to discuss and do it together."

"Be careful not to have conflicts." Qiu Mu's mother is from the past, so she knows what needs to be extra careful: "Even if it was me and your father, we disagreed several times at the beginning. If you were not there, we almost got together again. I can't go on."

Qiu Mu nodded and said "I know".

When Qiu Mu was still in elementary school in Shanghai, there were various matters in the company that required two adults to handle and make decisions. That was the time when the conflicts between them were the most intense.There was almost a small quarrel every three days, and a big quarrel every five days. The family atmosphere was so tense that it was not surprising when they broke up.

Fortunately, there is a company behind him that is developing rapidly, and the two of them must work together to deal with it, and there is such a young baby son as Qiu Mu, so they patiently and reluctantly stayed together, and passed through the most difficult years.

Later, when Qiu Mu went to junior high school, the company grew bigger and bigger, and finally squeezed into the world's top [-]. The two adults were already familiar with the company's management, gradually stopped arguing, and cooperated more and more tacitly.

In recent years, although due to busy work, the number of times the two met has not been as many as before, but their relationship is even better than before.

"Your grandpa always taught you this way. I think you know better than your mother." Qiu Mu's mother rarely said something that was not about money first. She said: "It's not worth losing your most important person for work."

Qiu Mu said: "No, Xiaoli is not the kind of person who cares about money and career. Compared with those things, he must choose me first."

Qiu Mu's mother said: "This kind of thing can't be said for sure."

Brothers are still clear.

"It's true." Qiu Mu's eyes were very calm and sure, without a trace of doubt: "I have been with Xiao Li for so long, so I know. He regards me as more important than himself, regardless of Whatever is good, I will leave it to me, and he will do all the bad things by himself. He sprained his ankle before, and his hand was burnt with oil, and now he still has scars, isn’t it all because of me.”

After listening to Qiu Mu's mother, she nodded lightly and said with emotion: "It's really rare..."

"Since I helped Xiao Li send his mother to a nursing home for treatment, Xiao Li has always said, 'I will repay you and grandpa in the future'." Qiu Mu glanced at the bookshelf standing in the corner of the office, looking at the books inside. , photos and decorative paintings, said: "That's why grandpa likes Xiaoli so much, and loves him as his own grandson."

Qiu Mu's father and Qiu Mu had the same opinion, and said: "Your grandfather can rarely see a few people, he has always had a good eye."

Affirmed Qiu Mu's statement.

"Mom, when you quarreled with Dad, didn't you always like to come to my room, hug me, and tell me the story of my birth?" Qiu Mu said.

Qiu Mu's mother couldn't help but glanced at her husband, and said, "What are you talking about?"

Qiu Mu's father said "Oh?" and asked, "What story."

Qiu Mu's mother's expression became a little embarrassed.

"It was when the company was just established and my mother was still pregnant with me." Qiu Mu said with a smile: "Mom said, at that time, Mom and Dad were very busy, and a lot of work was waiting for you to deal with. But at the critical moment, I was born Yes. During the first half of the month of childbirth and confinement, Mom was lying at home, and Dad, you didn’t mention half a word of work after you got home. Obviously, it should be when the corners of your mouth are bubbling and you don’t have time to sleep, but When I see my mother, I always smile."

Qiu Mu's father obviously forgot about it and said, "Really?"

Qiu Mu said: "Then my mother told me that when I saw Dad, you had two big dark circles under your eyes, you didn't know how long you hadn't tidied up your stubble, your hair was disheveled, and you looked embarrassed and terrible. Any sweet words spoken since we met must move her."

Qiu Mu's mother said with some embarrassment, "You child, how could I say that your father is handsome."

Qiu Mu's father laughed loudly, and glanced at his wife with unconcealable love in his eyes.

"It was really hard work for you at that time."

The first few years were really difficult. While bearing the pressure of the company, my wife had to take care of family life and Qiu Mu's study. Imagine that my wife had just had a dispute with him in the company, and when she came home, she hugged Qiu Mu with tears in her eyes. Mu kept recalling the details that her husband had touched her, and then comforted herself to stay in this home, and the man felt soft in his heart.

They smiled at each other and exchanged a hug.

Looking at the loving picture of her parents, Qiu Mu looked envious.

He lowered his head, summoned up his courage, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Li is like this when he comes home. No matter how angry he gets outside, he never tells me a word of distress when he gets home."

Qiu Mu's mother turned her attention back from her husband again, and said, "Really?"

If he could really do this, then Ye Li would be very sensible.He was only 20 years old, yet he was able to manage his emotions, stay out of the air, and live a good life with his family when he got home.

Even her and Qiu Mu’s father, they began to restrain their tempers in their 30s, and they would not quarrel with their family members at will because of work. Now that they are in their 40s, they still occasionally say heavy things at the dinner table. Unpleasant topics make people unable to swallow.

"It's true." Qiu Mu said: "Recently, we just finished sorting out the school affairs and moved here from the school. There is a lot of work left in the company to deal with. I can't help at home. Xiaoli is all alone. I did. Yesterday I saw that he was very angry with his mobile phone at the door of the house. After making the phone call, he stood outside for a long time before taking the key to open the door. When I saw him asking if he was busy or tired, he just said 'no' Tired', 'okay', and smile at me."

After listening to Qiu Mu's words carefully, Qiu Mu's parents stared blankly for a second, and then said, "What a good boy."

"It's so rare."

"So I think, in the next time, I have to do more things to manage the company's affairs well, so that Xiaoli can be more relaxed." Qiu Mu said what was in his heart without paying attention.

"..." Qiu Mu's mother said with a bit of embarrassment: "It's good to have a career of your own, but after graduation, you should come to work in the company of your parents. Sooner or later, you will take over."

After hearing this, Qiu Mu's expression became unnaturally tense, his eyes moved away from his parents' faces, and he said in a slightly low tone, "Yes, yes."

After speaking, he smiled so that the two adults would not feel abnormal because of his answer.

Of all the people present, only Gu Yu knew what Qiu Mu was thinking after hearing this sentence, and couldn't help but sighed inwardly.

On the other side, the old man has already observed the desks of Ye and Qiu from the bookshelf beside them.Picking up a few photo frames placed on the table in his hand, there are family photos of Ye Li and Qiu Mu's family, a group photo of Ye Li and Qiu Mu, and a group photo of the three children.

His fingertips touched Qiu Mu's individual photo frame slightly, and he looked down at the half-open folder with Ye Li's name signed on it. The old man put down the photo frame calmly and said, "I'll go and see Look at Xiaoli".

Qiu Mu said, "I'll take you there."

"You stay here and talk to your parents, I'll go to the door and ask those employees."

Gu Yu and Chen Siqi couldn't intervene in the conversation between Qiu Mu's family of three by staying here, and they also said they wanted to go outside for a walk, and then left the office behind the old man.

After a while, the three found Ye Li in the development department downstairs who was discussing issues with a group of people in the conference room.

The door was open, so it shouldn't be discussing something outsiders can't listen to, so the three walked in directly.

Ye Li noticed their existence, and in the middle of speaking, he was distracted and greeted several people.

They let Ye Li continue to work and leave them alone.Ye Li was indeed busy, so he nodded and continued to do his own thing.

After 10 minutes, Chen Siqi became bored and couldn't wait any longer. She pulled Gu Yu's clothes and said she wanted to go shopping with Gu Yu. Ye Li said, "Please feel free to visit", and then Chen Siqi held Gu Yu's hand left.

The old man moved a chair aside and quietly watched Ye Li work.

He could sit still and was very patient. After four or ten minutes, Ye Li heaved a sigh of relief, and the meeting was finally over.Seeing those people leave, before he could completely withdraw his thoughts from what happened just now, he immediately remembered that the old man was still waiting, and immediately got up and came over to apologize to the old man.

"I'm the one who wants to wait here, what are you apologizing for?" The old man signaled Ye Li to help him up, and then the grandpa and grandson left the meeting room together.

"Is there any work to be done next?" said the old man.

Ye Li couldn't help apologizing again: "I should have sorted things out and set aside time to accompany you."

The old man patted the back of Ye Li's hand on his arm, and said, "Okay, you've just started your career, and grandpa can understand if you're busy. Don't apologize."

Ye Li lowered his head and said, "Yes."

The old man said: "If you have something to do, do it. Grandpa is idle anyway. It's good to see you."

Ye Li said, "It's all right now."

The old man said, "Really, that's good."

He pulled out the hand held by Ye Li, and asked Ye Li to find him a quieter place. Seeing that there was no one around, he asked, "Has Muer found a girlfriend recently?"

Ye Li didn't change his expression, and said, "No, why do you say that."

The old man tapped the back of his neck with his hand, and said, "Then this hickey was left by him looking for random women outside?"

Ye Li's eyes finally changed, he became a little flustered, but quickly restrained himself: "Maybe it's a misunderstanding, Xiao Mu is very clean."

The old man snorted and said, "When Mu'er was in high school, did you kneel in front of me and say that you liked him and wanted him to stay?"

Ye Li's face turned pale immediately, and he couldn't hide his panicked look. Looking at the old man, his lips twitched, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

"me......"

The old man growled in a low voice with anger: "How long do you want to hide from me!!"

As soon as Ye Li's knees softened, he wanted to kneel down for the old man.He never thought that he would suddenly be pierced by the old man in front of him at this moment. He pressed his palm on the old man's knee, looked into the old man's eyes beggingly, and kept shaking his head, begging: "Please, don't..."

"Get up!" The old man glared at Ye Li, and grabbed Ye Li from the ground with his hand.

Ye Li stood up restlessly from the ground, bent his shoulders, hunched his waist, lowered his head heavily, and his face was ashen.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." Ye Li said: "But I can't help it, I really like Xiao Mu, I can't lose him... Please, please... You can tell me to do anything, but this is the only thing I don't want..."

The old man slapped Ye Li on the face, knocked Ye Li's head to one side, staggered his body, half of his face turned red.The voice seemed to come from the chest, low and scary: "You still know what you did wrong!!"

Ye Li's eyes were flushed, and his body trembled slightly. He said: "I know I was wrong, I always knew it, and I thought about making it up, but no matter what, there is no good way to save this kind of thing. I can only I have been hiding it from you and my godfather and godmother, and then I will slowly figure out a way."

The old man stomped the ground with his cane angrily: "Do you know the consequences of doing this!! Have you considered it!!"

"I've thought about it." Ye Li sobbed in a low voice, and said, "I've also thought about what to do in the future. No matter what, I will definitely try my best to let Xiao Mu live happily ever after."

"How do you guarantee it? Can you fight against so many people in the outside world? Do you know that in the past, you and Mu'er were going to commit rape, hooliganism, and be sentenced to death!" the old man said. He came from that era, so what he saw and heard with his own eyes was far more cruel than what Ye Li and the others imagined, and after knowing it, he felt even more uncomfortable.

A splash of water gushed out of Ye Li's eyes unconsciously, which was quickly wiped away by him.

"It's no longer possible. I checked the information. The World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the scope of mental illness in 01. The United Nations has also started a convention against discrimination based on sexual orientation, and voting will begin next year. In the future It will definitely get better and better." Ye Li said: "I will protect Xiao Mu and not let him suffer any harm."

The old man's face was still serious and ugly, he said, "Who started it first, was it you?"

Ye Li told the truth: "It was Xiao Mu who I fell in love with first. But it was Xiao Mu who first showed signs of this."

"What do you mean?" The old man frowned.

Ye Li said: "Xiao Mu, since he was a child, he has always liked men. I have never liked anyone. If I really want to say, maybe a woman would be better, but the one I like the most is really Xiao Mu. If I don't stay with Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu will still encounter this kind of thing in the future, if this is the case, why not let me accompany him."

The old man sighed heavily, his face looked much older all of a sudden.

"This kind of thing can't be changed." Ye Li said: "Even if you and your uncles and aunts use force, Xiao Mu can't change her sexual orientation. Didn't you always teach me and Xiao Mu that money and status are not important?" It's important, the important thing is whether you are living well or not, are you happy? Do you really have the heart to see Xiao Mu suffering and suffering all his life? Are you willing? Even if you arrange a gentle and virtuous wife for Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu will only feel uncomfortable .Even with a family and career that outsiders envy, Xiao Mu can't feel happy. You know his character best, don't you?"

The old man sat on the chair behind him uncomfortably, and kept sighing.

Seeing the sad look of the old man, Ye Li was so overwhelmed by guilt and self-blame that he couldn't hold his head up.

In this world, what he cares most about and least wants to hurt are the old people.But unfortunately, he let the old man down, and made a wrong thing that cannot be turned back.

Even if you are not forgiven, you can only admit it.

"I felt it a long time ago."

Ye Li looked surprised, and slowly raised his eyes to look at the old man who spoke suddenly.

"When you and Xiao Mu came to Shanghai together—at that time, a girl named Xiao Ping took care of me beside me."

Ye Li thought about it carefully, and knew that it should be before the start of the second year of high school, when he deliberately alienated Qiu Mu, so that Qiu Mu could sense his intentions, and asked, "At that time, you...?"

"You and Mu'er had a conflict. Mu'er lost sleep all night, so she sat on the sofa and talked with me." The old man said, "At that time, I felt that Mu'er's possessiveness towards you was a bit too much."

Ye Li was slightly taken aback.

"In the next few years, I have been watching the two of you, and found that you are indeed too close, but there is no direct evidence to prove it." The old man said: "If possible, I hope I misunderstood. But seeing you Now that it’s like this, I can’t say it’s a misunderstanding.”

"..." Ye Li lowered his head, "I'm sorry, Grandpa."

The old man sighed, and said, "The health organization you are talking about, the United Nations voting, I have actually paid attention to it all these years. Although there are not many people like you, there are quite a few people I know. Some of them were arranged by their families to get married, and they barely managed to survive their entire lives. Some couldn’t get over the hurdle in their hearts, and they were still single in their seventies and eighties. Sometimes when I saw them, I would think in my heart, since I know Will end up like this, why live so tired at the beginning, wronged myself to live an unhappy life, and tortured myself, is this kind of life useful? Who can I force myself to live? Instead of living a life alone, In the end, I ended up as an old man with nowhere to depend on. It would be better to find a partner and support each other for a lifetime."

Ye Li stared blankly at the old man, feeling very surprised.

The old man looked at Ye Li and said, "It's been so long, even if you say you're angry, you've already passed away. Slap you, scold you, say what you want to say, no matter how much you say it, it's useless. You and Mu'er are already such grown-ups, and I can't control you."

Ye Li said, "I'm sorry."

The old man shook his head and said, "I started my own company and found a place to live in Hangzhou, which they can't control. I must have made plans in my heart. If you can really fight against those two people, you will probably grow up to There is no need to be afraid of the many people outside.”

If possible, why doesn't he hope that the two children can hold their chests high and both of them live a happy life.Children are born to be pampered, not to be dealt with. Of course, he wants to see the happy smiling faces of the two children, instead of being miserable and lonely, frowning all their lives.

Knowing that you can't correct it, you can only try your best to accept it.

After all, the old man still loves Qiu Mu and the others very much.