The Shen family does not have the rule that the whole family must gather together to eat together. After all, everyone is busy, and it is rare to get together. Moreover, it is not as old as the old days. Except for the eldest young grandmother, several young ladies have jobs outside, so they usually eat their own meals. of.
But now it's Chinese New Year, everyone is idle at home, so they get together to eat.
All the Shen family members were present, and there were nearly 20 children. It was obvious that there was no room for one table. When the eldest wife spoke, the men sat at one table and the women sat at the same table. This man and woman even had children.
Shen Qi was holding the youngest nephew Dou Jin. He knew that this nickname belonged to the third Shen family. The nickname he gave to his eldest son was more vulgar, called Fugui, which was often criticized by others.
Zhao Huaiyu sat beside him, looking like a shy, well-behaved, sensible child that adults like most.
Shen Qi was too lazy to expose him. Anyway, when he took him to meet with President Shen in the afternoon, he was like this. In fact, this is not an exaggeration. After all, the elders like to make their children a sensible three-good student as a friend.
At least the eldest wife likes Zhao Huaiyu's appearance very much, holding his hand and talking for a while, there is no way, who makes several children in the family more shrewd and stronger, the last time a Hu Xiaobao has been rare for these women, Zhao Huaiyu has been for several years The acting skills are engraved into the bone marrow and superb, pretending to be a weak and well-behaved little white flower, which does not violate the harmony at all.
When everyone was seated, Shen Qi put Dou Jin on the children's chair between him and Zhao Huaiyu. Dou Jin was two years old, and he inherited the wisdom and early wisdom from the Shen family, and he was able to eat with a small spoon by himself.
Shen Qi took care of Dou Jin while eating by himself. He helped him put some edible dishes into the bowl. He moved skillfully and properly. He put down the bowl and glanced at Zhao Huaiyu, as if he was looking at something rare. , very strange appearance.
He raised his eyebrows, put a chopstick of braised pork in Zhao Huaiyu's bowl, and nodded his chin: eat.
Zhao Huaiyu quickly retracted his gaze, and lowered his head with a hint of panic.
Shen Qi found it interesting, and gave him dishes one after another. Zhao Huaiyu kept his head down, as if he was going to bury himself in a bowl.
This appearance is called Shen Qi's great sense of novelty. This is the first time, the wolf cub didn't dare to look directly at him, and suddenly became interested. The child's tone, "Tell me what you like, and I'll help you clip it."
Zhao Huaiyu did not dare to look up, for fear of exposing his thoughts.
The appearance of the Seventh Young Master just now reminded him of the words "good wife and good mother". He must not let him know this thought. He always felt that once it was discovered, the consequences would be very serious!
It was rare for Shen Qi to see Zhao Huaiyu showing such a quail appearance in front of him. It wasn't the kind of pretense that he pretended to be nervous. In addition to the novelty, he was teasing, and kept giving him vegetables: "Do you like this? What about this? Try this, and this… "
The eldest wife glanced over and frowned: "Lao Qi, don't bully Huaiyu, Huaiyu, ignore him, and eat yours with peace of mind."
Shen Qi was speechless: "Where did I bully him, I just helped him with vegetables."
The eldest wife squinted at him: "I don't know you yet, just go out and bully others, and you are still fooling around at home, Huaiyu is timid, you should take care of him more as a brother, don't scare him."
"I..." Shen Qi met the gloating eyes of Father Shen and several brothers, unable to speak.
Zhao Huaiyu turned to look at the eldest wife, and Ai said: "Auntie misunderstood, Seventh Young Master didn't bully me..." He glanced at Shen Qi carefully and quickly, "Really."
The eldest lady gave Shen Qi a look that I understand, and glared at Shen Qi: "Look at how sensible Huaiyu is, he still speaks for you, you are still a big brother, don't be ashamed, take care of Huaiyu more in the future, Huaiyu too, if you want Lao Qi to bully you in the future, you can come to me, and I will help you clean him up!"
Shen Qi: …
Who is the mother!
Before I finished complaining, I heard a prompt sound in my ear: "Happiness value +1."
Shen Qi: …
Shen Qishao was very angry, and the consequences were very serious. He left the restaurant after eating, without even looking at Zhao Huaiyu, he put on his coat and headed towards his yard.
Zhao Huaiyu didn't care either, he seemed to be in a good mood, and followed with brisk footsteps.
On the way, the street lights were bright, reflecting the shadows of the two people. In the quiet space, they overlapped and separated for a while. Zhao Huaiyu looked down and a strange emotion suddenly rose in his heart, as if he had just been maintained by the eldest wife. different.
He turned around and stretched out his hand, and the shadow under his feet also stretched out his hand, easily grabbing the shadow into his hand.
want to.
There was a vague idea in his heart, even though he didn't quite understand what he wanted, he just wanted.
Maybe he wanted to stay here and have a lively meal with Lele, or he wanted to stay by Shen Qishao's side and be appreciated and promoted, so he didn't have to go back to Zhao's house to live as a servant, and he didn't have to worry about his wife and those aunts treating him. The bad intentions, in short, want.
But how to keep it
Zhao Huaiyu, who has been losing since childhood, was lost for a moment at this moment. Fortunately, he was very smart, and he soon had an idea in his heart.
Shen Qi didn't think that the short journey would make the wolf cub think so much. He was really angry and depressed. The absolute prestige he finally built up in front of the wolf cub was pierced by his own mother. How could he? not angry.
And let the wolf cubs see a joke.
Thinking of the happiness value +1, he sneered, walked in the door and said to Shen An directly: "Take Zhao Si to the guest room, the one downstairs."
Then, without looking at Zhao Huaiyu, he went up to the second floor.
After entering the bedroom and taking a shower, I regretted it again, not because I regretted sending the wolf cub away, but because I regretted my impulsiveness just now.
He picked up the brush and wrote a scripture silently, and soon his mood calmed down.
Well, he is a man who wants to do big things in this world. He must be calm, restrained, and not change his face even when Mount Tai collapses.
Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form.
After self-hypnosis to consolidate the personality, Shen Qi turned off the lights and fell asleep.
On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, according to the custom, the ancestral hall should be sacrificed. The Shen family followed the old custom, and the sacrifice was in the afternoon, and the whole process took place in the evening.
So since I woke up in the morning, the whole house was busy and in full swing, and the Shen family's ancestral hall was naturally not here. In my hometown in the south, with President Shen's current status, it is naturally impossible to go back to my hometown to worship our ancestors. What if there is an assassination on the way? It is not uncommon for this kind of thing to happen. In the early days of the establishment of the Republic of China, President Hua was often assassinated by people sent by various parties and even various countries.
Therefore, it was temporarily rebuilt in the Xinhua Palace for ancestor worship. Interestingly, this ancestral hall not only houses the ancestors of the Shen family, but also the tablets of the ancestors of the Hua family. According to President Hua, his parents died early. The orphan, thanks to the help of President Shen in the early years, was able to go to school with peace of mind, and he became brothers with President Shen.
President Jia, who was in power at the time, was from the capital, and the ancestral hall was in the capital. Naturally, there was no need to move the tablet in. Therefore, in the ancestral hall of the Xinhua Palace, there were only the ancestors of the Shen Hua family.
Shen Qi felt that if he hadn't seen with his own eyes that President Hua had a good relationship with his wife and concubine, he would have doubted whether he had a crush on his father. To be honest, there were actually quite a few people who guessed like this in private, just secretly poking at him. No one dared to say it out loud.
I have to say that this is an excellent era, where the new meets the old. Here, you can see the stubbornness that still clings to the old and rotten to the core, as well as the trendy ideas that make modern people feel ashamed.
Coupled with the impact brought by President Hua, there are many surprising and strange things happening all the time.
Perhaps for those who embrace new ideas, there is nothing unacceptable as long as they don't smoke heavy cigarettes.
For more than 20 years since the establishment of the Republic of China, President Hua insisted on prohibiting smoking for more than 20 years. The laws and regulations became more and more strict, and the sentences for those who violated the smoking laws became more and more severe. With tireless propaganda, the government took the lead and resolutely The suppression has finally achieved the current effect.
Based on this alone, Shen Qi could not mind his selfishness, not to mention that the deceased is a big one. After all, what President Hua brings to the world is more beneficial than harmful.
Although the Japanese state and other countries are still eyeing them, as long as they can condense and avoid infighting in the past few decades, there is no need to be afraid.
The Shen family worshipped their ancestors, and naturally all the Shen family members participated. Zhao Huaiyu was left in the home and garden. Shen Qi was very kind and sent someone to take Zhao Huaichao over.
Shen Qi put on his coat, patted Zhao Huaiyu on the shoulder, and smiled kindly: "Since mother asked me to take care of you, of course I can't leave you alone, it just so happens that you haven't seen your family for more than a month, you three Brother, let's talk about old times."
Zhao Huaiyu had already faintly felt his temper and chose to remain silent.
Seeing that his face did not change, Shen Qi sighed, the wolf cub became more and more able to control his emotions, and became less and less cute.
After a set of ancestor worship procedures, the Shen family was extremely tired. Shen Qi didn't even bother to say hello to Zhao Huaiyu and Zhao Huaichao, so he packed up and went to sleep. The next day was New Year's Eve, and he was still busy.
The Shen family had different identities. In the past, they were the royal family, but now they were leaders. Naturally, New Year's Eve was different.
Early in the morning, President Shen began to send out blessing characters and couplets. All the subordinates who were close to him had them. As for those warlords, they were mailed early, and it was estimated that they were received at the same time.
The home and garden had been dressed up yesterday, and the door god couplet was listed with peach amulet, and it was completely new.
The consulates of various countries began to come to send congratulatory gifts one after another. Although the concession was reclaimed, it was not prohibited for citizens of various countries to come and go. Businessmen and scholars still communicated with each other. You can often see foreigners coming and going on the streets.
Taking advantage of this time, everyone in the Shen family, including Dou Jin, who can only speak, must use the radio and recorder to give New Year's greetings to the people of the country and say blessings.
This radio blessing was thought of by Shen Qi. According to his idea, at such an important moment, it is natural to build a wave of presence and prestige among the people, and also let the people know who is leading them and deepen their impression. .
In layman's terms, it's called grounding.
In the age of no internet, radio is now the fastest and most effective means of communication.
Starting from President Shen, the congratulatory words cannot be a few simple words. Always look back on the past, and tell everyone implicitly and euphemistically what good things he has done for everyone this year, and then look forward to the future. Next year, we will continue to provide What good things do you do.
The people listened to the radio with tears in their eyes: good people, good leaders.
The warlords who are ready to sharpen their knives at any time: How can there be such a brazen person in the world!
After the speech, it is a celebration of the Spring Festival Gala. It starts at 7 o'clock in the evening and ends at 11 o'clock in the evening. After that, there is the New Year's Banquet, which will last until 12 o'clock. As soon as I heard it, I knew that it was President Hua who came up with it. All the performances on stage were The master of the world, ahem, of course there are many beautiful women, that's how President Hua's former concubine in the two rooms knew each other.
President Shen sat upright, and Shen Qi and his three elder brothers were in charge of entertaining the guests. He took Zhao Huaiyu by his side, and Zhao Huaichao handed it over to the second brother Shen. They had a common topic.
At the banquet, Shen Qi was holding the wine, the tea was staggered, and Zhao Huaiyu followed behind him. Every time he was introduced, he looked shy and simple.
It was almost twelve o'clock when Shen Qi got out and went to the resting attic. He took off his coat, took the towel handed over by Shen An, wiped his face, the steaming heat made him feel comfortable, put down the towel, and glanced at Zhao Huaiyu next to him. , lazily lay down on the sofa: "Tell me what you are thinking now, how do you feel?"
He took him for one night, not for him to eat and drink.
Zhao Huaiyu has recovered from the initial surprise and anxiety. After all, this is the first time he has seen such a scene, and it is not bad to be able to maintain a decent appearance from beginning to end.
In less than two months, from meeting Shen Qishao, being spotted by him, and being sent to the military camp, to what he saw and heard in the past few days, he was forced to open his eyes so strongly and quickly, seeing what he had never seen before. In the world I have passed, I also see myself who was short-sighted and narrow-minded.
He wasn't stupid, on the contrary, he was very smart. Almost instantly, he guessed what Shen Qishao meant by doing this, and understood what he was thinking.
He looked at Shen Qishao, who was tainted with alcohol and had a thin red face. He knelt down on one knee in his half-smiley eyes, offering his loyalty, without words, but expressing all his meaning with his body.
Shen Qi is very satisfied, satisfied with his intelligence, satisfied with his choice, and even more satisfied with his attitude of complete surrender, especially his surrender was taught by him, no matter whether he has other thoughts in his heart, or even whether he hides it or not. He had the opposite idea, but the surrender he showed still gave him great satisfaction.
"Very good." He hooked his fingers, and the wolf cub, who had surrendered to him, moved to him on one knee, raised his chin, and looked at him condescendingly, "I don't like listening to the process, only the results. , Four years, I will give you four years, no matter what method you use, get Zhao Zhenghe's Lu Jun, otherwise you don't need to see me again."
Zhao Huaiyu only felt that something in his bones exploded, it was intense, it was excitement, a layer of blood flashed in his eyes instantly, and the secret thoughts hidden in his heart were lifted, but when he spread it out to the person in front of him, he didn't. Feeling embarrassed, not panic, but an indescribable stimulation that made his blood boil.
"Go." Shen Qi retracted his hand, slightly drunk, and smiled lazily against his chin, "I hope to see you again in four years."
Zhao Huaiyu felt that his whole body was on fire. He raised his head, his red eyes fixed on the person on the sofa. He didn't know where the courage came from. Yanruo Taoli kissed her face, or bit her.
Score at the touch of a button.
Then hurriedly, quickly, but with a straight posture, he left.
There is no turning back.