MTL - The Sweet Stepmother and Her Cute Cubs-Chapter 166
The person who came out was about sixty years old, with a slender figure and neat clothes. He wore gold-rimmed glasses and his temples were already gray. Two of them had neatly trimmed mustaches. Elegant, if you change into a long green shirt, you will be the image of a literary master.
The other party was even more frightened than Su Xiaoxiao and Han Cheng. After a long time of recognition, his lips trembled, and he slowly asked, "Han, Han Cheng? You are, are you Han Cheng?"
Han Cheng took a deep breath, closed his eyes forcefully, and called out a title he hadn't called in more than 20 years: "Uncle."
Su Xiaoxiao looked at Han Cheng in astonishment, uncle? Back then, a shovel killed my aunt and uncle who went overseas by mistake?
The "uncle" in Su Xiaoxiao's imagination was a bandit who did not recognize his six relatives for the sake of Jinzi. He should be a bandit, not such an elegant and thin scholar. It was really hard for Su Xiaoxiao to imagine that he would be so crazy for Jinzi.
Han Songbai was close to the nostalgia and was timid and tearful. He wanted to go up and shake his nephew's hand, but he didn't dare. In the end, he clenched his fist and asked, "Han Cheng, are you and your parents okay?"
Han Cheng shook his head: "They are all gone, they fell on the battlefield more than ten years ago."
Han Cheng's parents were buried in the martyrs' cemetery in Zhoucheng. They left a suicide note on their deathbed. The father said that when people die, the lights go out, and all dust returns to dust. Don't deliberately go to worship, let alone worry about them, don't disturb their lives, just live your own life.
Han Cheng understands the good intentions of his parents and never deliberately "interrupts" them. For Han Cheng, they will always live in his heart and never leave.
In the face of the only elder, Han Cheng's mood is complicated. It is not his junior's turn to decide whether the elders are right or wrong. Although it is his father's personal choice, if it wasn't for something like that, the father would not It will be haunted for the rest of my life, and will not be thinking about dying in battle.
The old man with a little vicissitudes in front of him is already the only elder in Han Cheng who has blood relationship in this world. Han Cheng can't and won't be willing to treat him badly.
Han Songbai's pupils dilated, and he took two steps back to hold on to the door frame to stand firm.
Han Cheng wanted to reach out to help, but after reaching out, he slowly retracted it.
Han Songbai closed his eyes and let the old tears flow: "Retribution, retribution, it's all retribution, why isn't it on me? Why? Woo woo woo..."
Snowflakes fell one by one, and passersby couldn't help but stop to see what happened.
Su Xiaoxiao squeezed the back of Han Cheng's hand: "Han Cheng, why don't you go in and talk about it."
Han Cheng finally stepped forward to help Han Songbai and walked into the old house where he returned for the first time in more than 20 years.
Stepping into the door is the familiar shadow wall. The traces of his naughty strokes when he was a child are still there. The bamboo planted by the dry landscape on the right side of the aisle has long since withered, leaving only the withered and yellow bamboo stems. The rockery pool in the front yard has long since dried up. When Han Cheng was a child, he liked to feed the koi carp swimming in the rockery pond. Twenty years in the long river of time are but a drop in the ocean, but it is already a quarter of the life of a long-lived person. Home is no longer home.
Su Xiaoxiao thought Zhuzi's courtyard was big enough, but he didn't expect Han's old house to be bigger. The grandeur of this house is at least twice as large as Zhang's courtyard from the yard alone, and the Chaoshou Corridor is also more than twice as wide. Passing through the shadow wall and past the second entrance is a super-large rockery pool. You also need to cross a wind and rain bridge to get to the main courtyard. There are water pavilions at both ends. If the rockery pond is filled with water and a pond of koi is raised, it can be used as a paid attraction.
Su Xiaoxiao can already imagine how brilliant the Han family would have been in its heyday. If there wasn't that accident, both grandparents, grandparents, father and mother were still alive, and Han Cheng grew up in this house on a regular basis. The most honorable young master in Sijiucheng.
Han Songbai should be back soon. It can be seen that the main room has been cleaned up a little, but the dusty old objects seem to have not been moved. Even the ancient wall clock on the wall is still covered with a thick layer of dust.
Han Cheng helped Han Songbai to sit down and looked around. Seeing that he was the only one, he asked, "Where are Auntie and Brother Xu?"
Speaking of this, Han Songbai is even more sad: "Five years ago, all the car accidents left, and I was left alone. During this period, I kept applying to return to China. In the past few years, the international relations were tense, and it was not until a few days ago that I was approved to come back. , but I didn't expect even your parents..."
Han Cheng never thought it would be like this. In fact, he rarely thinks of his uncle's family in recent years, especially after marrying Su Xiaoxiao, the family life is happy and happy, and the pain caused by the original family is unknowingly. It has been healed a little bit, and now although I am sighed, it will not be so sad anymore.
Han Cheng asked again: "What are your plans for coming back this time, will you not be leaving for a long stay?"
Han Songbai shook his head: "I don't know, I just wanted to see your parents, but now... Han Cheng, have you ever hated your uncle?"
Han Cheng shook his head: "I don't dare to discuss the matter between the elders, and it has been twenty years, so it doesn't matter anymore."
Han Songbai wiped his face and nodded: "Yeah, it's been 20 years, you were still a half-sized boy when I left, and it was already... Who is this?" Han Songbai only noticed Su Xiaoxiao now.
Han Cheng put his arms around Su Xiaoxiao: "My love, Su Xiaoxiao."
Su Xiaoxiao smiled at the old man: "Hello, uncle, I'm Su Xiaoxiao."
Han Songbai looked at her carefully, and nodded again and again: "Okay."
Han Songbai remembered something, took out a handkerchief in his arms and opened it in the palm of his hand, revealing a crystal clear emerald bracelet: "This is a bracelet handed down from our ancestors, originally passed down to Hancheng's great aunt, now I give it to you."
Su Xiaoxiao blinked her eyes twice, but didn't dare to pick it up. The so-called gold is valuable and jadeite is priceless. There are no fakes these days. Plus, it was handed down from ancestors. Even if Su Xiaoxiao doesn't know how to do it, she can see that this is a glass type of imperial green. If the bracelet is auctioned in later generations, it will be worth at least 100 million units.
Su Xiaoxiao was confused, what kind of family did she marry into? She obviously just found a second-married military doctor who looks like her aesthetics just to not worry about food and drink. Now, there will be a courtyard house, gold buried under it, and the uncle's shot will be the emperor's green bracelet. How deep is the heritage of the Hancheng family? ? Shouldn't there be a bunch of priceless calligraphy and painting antiques?
Seeing her unwilling to take it, Han Songbai continued to fool her and said, "This thing looks good, and it's not worth much. It's just that the ancestors said to keep a family token from generation to generation. You are Han Cheng's wife, and this thing is natural. It has to be handed over to you for safekeeping and passed on to your next generation in the future."
Su Xiaoxiao blinked her eyes, if she was not from the 21st century, or Su Xiaoxiao, who had never seen much of the world in Sujia Village, would have believed it. He said that the priceless treasure was "it's worth nothing to look good at". A family token of money".
Han Cheng took it for Su Xiaoxiao and put it on her hand: "Uncle, take it for you, and leave it to Xiao Tangyuan in the future."
Ying's lubricating and fine jadeite was cold, and Su Xiaoxiao hurriedly squeezed it tightly. This thing will also be worth a set of courtyard houses in the future. If she accidentally fell, she would not cry.
"Small dumplings?" Han Songbai asked, "Is it your child? By the way, how many children do you have?"
Su Xiaoxiao said: "We have four children, three boys and one girl, and the youngest two are twins."
Han Songbai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news: "That's good, that's good."
Seeing that Han Cheng and Su Xiaoxiao didn't bring their children, he thought that they didn't have children or planned to have children. Some couples in foreign countries didn't want children at the age of 30 or 40, and said they wanted to live a two-person world.
There is nothing to be afraid of when a person is old, but he is afraid that the family will become a sinner through the ages, and he has no face to go down to meet his ancestors, although he is already a sinner of the family, and he has no face to see anyone.
"I don't think it looks like someone has lived here. Where have you lived all these years? Are you living in the capital or where?" Han Songbai asked again.
Han Cheng said: "I will live in the capital in the future."
When Han Songbai heard this, he became more energetic: "Then, when will you move back?"
Han Cheng shook his head and said euphemistically, "No one has lived here for more than 20 years. We are now living in Uncle Zhang's house. We have been admitted to Capital University with a smile. We have asked Uncle Zhang to help us find a house near Capital University, and try to start school as soon as possible. I moved there before so that I can go to school later.”
Han Cheng is very happy to see his elders. He will try his best to take care of him in the future, but he has no plans to get too close to him or live with him.
When Han Cheng was a child, his grandfather split up. Han Cheng’s parents were in the military area most of the time. He lived with his grandparents in the second hospital, his uncle’s family lived in the third hospital, and his aunt lived in the fourth hospital. Grandpa’s will was written early It is clear that the property is owned by the three brothers and sisters. If something happens in the future, it must be sold, and the three brothers and sisters have to sign and agree.
Han Cheng was also brought by his aunt a lot when he was a child, so he was so impressed when he first saw Su Xiaoxiao with Xiaobao in Sujia Village. The relationship between Bao and Su Xiaoxiao often reminded him of his aunt. Apart from getting together for a meal during the New Years and holidays, the uncle's family usually have their own lives. Not to mention the 20 years of estrangement, with human life in between, asking Han Cheng to take him by his side and serve him like a parent. He asked himself if he couldn't do it, and he wouldn't do it.
Han Songbai's face was visibly disappointed. He thought that Han Cheng would move back in, but when he heard that Su Xiaoxiao was admitted to Capital University, he still looked at Su Xiaoxiao in surprise.
Not long after he came back, he has been in a daze all these years. He is not well-informed in foreign countries, and he does not contact relatives and friends in China. He does not know what is happening in China, let alone the suspension and resumption of the college entrance examination.
Su smiled and said, "Uncle may not know the situation in China when he just came back."
Su Xiaoxiao briefly explained the major events that have occurred in the past ten years, and finally said: "That's why I postponed the college entrance examination this year before I took it again. There should be many students of my age on college campuses this year. "
Han Songbai couldn't help sighing: "It turns out that so many things have happened in these years, thanks to our family being clean from generation to generation, Hancheng's grandparents and parents have made outstanding contributions to the country, this courtyard is also given by the ancestors who have made meritorious deeds. Water, grass, and trees are all clean, otherwise they might not be able to keep it."
It turns out that this ancestral house has such a history, no wonder it contains such a strong sense of history.
Su Xiaoxiao thought that it would be good for the uncle to live there. Each of the courtyard houses with clear property rights at the cultural relic level is an orphan, and there is only one less when it is sold. It is a pity that the gold buried underneath may not be dug out.
Han Cheng said, "Uncle, you can live here with peace of mind. We will come back to see you when we have time." Han Cheng also felt that since someone lived there, the house didn't need to be dealt with. He didn't feel as bad as he thought when he came back this time. In fact, which mansion left over from history does not hide some unknown secrets?
After all, the ancestral house is the ancestral house. It is a last resort. No one will sell the business. After all, it will be passed on to the children in the future. As his father said, all the past should return to dust. It should be gone, he really doesn't need to be too concerned.
Han Songbai's lips twitched. He really had no face to ask Han Cheng to stay with him to live here for his retirement. Han Cheng brought his wife and children back to the capital without knowing his return. It is already clear.
Han Songbai didn't have the face to mention the past, "Can I meet the children?" This was one of his few wishes, and he wanted to meet the grandchildren of their Han family.
Su Xiao smiled and said, "Of course it is possible. You are their uncle. You can meet whenever you want, but they went out with Uncle Zhang's family today. Let's take them tomorrow to see the uncle."
Han Songbai finally showed his first smile of the day. Although it was very light, he nodded and said a few good words in a row.
When the topic came to the child, Su Xiaoxiao went down to accompany the old man to tell a lot of interesting things about their childhood, and also said which serial in the daily was written by several cubs, so that he could buy a newspaper to read and so on.
There are too many interesting facts about the child, and the conversation is endless. After chatting for a whole morning without knowing it, Su Xiaoxiao stopped the topic after seeing that it was almost time.
"Uncle, Han Cheng and I still have something to do. Let's do this today, and tomorrow we will come back to bother you with the child."
Han Songbai really likes this niece-in-law very much, she is gentle and polite, her tutor is very good, she respects and takes into account the feelings of the elderly, and listening to her speak is like a spring breeze.
Han Songbai nodded: "The family doesn't need to talk and do not talk so politely, this is your home originally, and you are welcome to come back at any time."
Su Xiaoxiao didn't answer these words, and they had no plans to come back to live. Han Cheng pulled Su Xiaoxiao up and nodded to Han Songbai. Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said goodbye to the old man before turning around and leaving.
Han Songbai looked at their backs reluctantly, his thin body looked very lonely.
On the way back, the snow had stopped, and everywhere was covered in silver, and the expanse of white was truly beautiful.
"Are you okay?" Su Xiaoxiao asked Han Cheng.
Han Cheng nodded: "Time can really dilute everything, it is far less uncomfortable than I thought, and even living in is not a problem."
Some wounds you will never know if you don't touch them, but when you touch them, you may find that they have scabbed over and recovered.
Su Xiaoxiao asked in surprise: "Do you want to go back to live?"
Han Cheng shook his head: "That's not what I meant, at least when the uncle was still living there, we couldn't go back to live there."
Su Xiaoxiao nodded and said, "I also think that even though the uncle is not an outsider, he is indeed unfamiliar. We are used to living as a family, and it will be very inconvenient for multiple people. Can the gold be dug out?"
If Su Xiaoxiao remembers correctly, the peak of the international gold price should be from now to the early 1980s. As for which year it started to fall, she really can't remember. Anyway, it continued to slump for many, many years after the peak, and then started to fall. Luoluo, it seems that it will take more than ten or twenty years to return to this peak. Commercial housing began to appear in the mid-to-late 1980s. If you can dig out some of the real estate and buy some real estate at that time, then you really don’t have to worry about it for a few lifetimes.
Don't say that the uncle is thinking about gold, even she has started to think about gold, that is gold, who wouldn't like it? Since I can't remember which year it fell back, wouldn't it be better to start cashing in 1980?
Han Cheng thought about it and said, "If you don't buy a courtyard house, it seems useless to dig it out now. The piece we have is enough to buy a few small houses, but the recent gold price is a bit outrageous. In the future, it may not be worth the money now, and it is good to be able to realize part of it.”
Su Xiaoxiao saw that there was no one around, grabbed Han Cheng's neck, pulled his head down, and kissed him on the lips: "Han Cheng, you are really too smart, you are the smartest person you have ever met! "
Su Xiaoxiao had come over from time to time, and he knew a little bit, but Han Cheng was a real native, and it was really rare to have such an advanced consciousness.
It was the first time that Su Xiaoxiao kissed him on the streets, and Han Cheng was stunned by her kiss.
Su Xiaoxiao continued: "I think it's best to dig out the gold now and slowly realize it. It's okay to share it with the uncle, and it can be considered as fulfilling one of his wishes."
Han Cheng doesn't think so: "He probably doesn't want to see gold now." People die for the sake of money and birds. Although it was unintentional, so many relatives died indirectly. Now he doesn't know how he feels when he sees gold. .
Su Xiaoxiao shook his head and said, "The bell has to be tied to the bell. This may be because of his heart disease. Let's find a chance to discuss it with him. Anyway, we are not in a hurry at this time."
If she remembered correctly, there are still several years before the peak of the gold price, and it is not too late to dig slowly.
