A good birthday banquet, broke up unhappy.
After Master Li took Uncle Tang upstairs, the living room fell silent for a while, and the atmosphere shrouded in sadness did not dissipate for a long time.
Li Dai asked the Tang parents to sit down on the sofa. Considering that they hadn't eaten yet and were in a bad mood, he asked the butler to order the kitchen to cook some porridge.
The elders really didn't want to eat at this time, the housekeeper brought porridge, but they all ate some porridge bowls.
Li Dai is a careful person. Although he is not clear about the elders' affairs, he will still do his best to take care of all the elders. The elders in the living room had finished their porridge, Li Dai and Li Chao said something, and carrying a bowl of porridge, they went upstairs to see their mother.
Li Chao nodded, and sat on the armrest of the sofa with Liu An in his arms, his face still gloomy.
My younger brother didn't know about the elders, but he did.
For a period of time a few years ago, my father would go out on business every week. Li Chao noticed that his father went to the same place every time, which was the Tang family's nursing home.
During that time, my mother would be unhappy because my father often went out, so Li Chao secretly followed him to see it. He saw that in a small independent courtyard of the nursing home, his father took care of a man with a gentle expression and loving eyes, and played with that man without getting tired all day long.
Li Chao had a bad temper and thought that his father was raising a man outside behind his mother's back. When his father came back that day, he went to ask him about it.
On that day, he learned about the tragedy 25 years ago that the Tang and Li families kept silent.
After that day, he understood why the Tang and Li families had been on good terms for generations. His father and Uncle Tang were like brothers, and he grew up with the brothers and sisters of the Tang family, but the Tang family never gave his mother a good look. But father and mother have respected each other as guests for many years, but the relationship is just that, not as loving as Tang's uncle and aunt, and they don't look like a couple at all.
The elders of the Tang family sat silently on the sofa drinking porridge, probably waiting for Master Li to come down.
Su Fu also lost his appetite due to the atmosphere. He only took a spoon to gently stir the porridge in the bowl, but didn't eat a few mouthfuls.
At this time, the butler of the Li family came in again, walked up to Tang Si Bai, and said, "Master Bai, Mr. Zhuo is here, and he is in the banquet hall."
Hearing this, Tang Si Bai put down the porridge bowl in his hand, and led Su Fu to stand up.
Su Fu didn't know why, so he heard him talk to Tang's father and Tang's mother, took down the porridge bowl in his hand, and left with himself.
"What's wrong? Who's here?" Su Fu asked as he walked.
Tang Sibo looked at him, and said: "An internationally famous fashion designer, the New Year is coming soon, please ask him to design clothes for the New Year."
Su Fu was surprised, the Tang family was so particular? Just celebrate the new year, just buy a new dress and wear it, why do you need to customize it? Or an internationally renowned fashion designer
Tang Sibo didn't explain much, he didn't wait for Zhuo Jian, thinking he wouldn't come, but he didn't expect this time to come.
There was no one in the banquet hall at the moment. Tang Sining was taking the two little guys to look around, looking for something delicious for them. Juanjuan was holding a big lobster in one hand and a big crab in the other. , no one opened it for him, so he could only lick it, followed Tang Sining's buttocks, and tiptoed to look at the delicious food on the table.
Tang Luoke put his small hands behind his back, didn't take anything cleanly, and followed Tang Sining, but his face was not very good-looking and impatient.
"Auntie, what are you looking for?!"
"It's getting cold, you guys want to eat something warmer. I just saw several pots of soup boiling somewhere, why are they missing?"
"Xiao Juan is hungry, can you get him something to eat first! When will you find it!"
Tang Sining turned his head, looked at the two children, and said, "Isn't Juanjuan eating?"
"What to eat? Such a big shrimp and crab, if you don't help him peel, will he eat the shell?" Tang Luoke looked unhappy.
Juan stretched out his small tongue to lick the crab shells, looked at them, and said nothing.
Tang Sining blinked her eyes, realizing that such a big shrimp and crab, it is indeed very difficult for a child to peel them, and it seems that the rolls can't be peeled...
When Su Fu and Tang Si Bai came in, they happened to see this scene.
Tang Sibo had no choice but to help his forehead, and made a mistake, how could he let Tang Sining take the child...
Su Fu didn't care, smiled, walked over, and said, "I'll do it."
Seeing Dad, Juanjuan rushed over, showed him the shrimp and crab in his hand, and said, "Daddy, this is delicious. Juanjuan has been licking it for a long time."
Su Fu smiled and pinched his face, "Daddy will peel it off for you."
Listening to Juanjuan's words, Tang Sining blamed herself with embarrassment. She let a child just over three years old lick the crab shell for a long time...
Su Fu moved two chairs to the long table, hugged Juanjuan and Tang Luoke to sit on them, picked some hot food for them, put them on the table for them to eat, and stood aside for them Peel shrimp and crab.
Seeing the two children happily eating, at this moment, Tang Sining felt ashamed, and silently moved two chairs, one for Su Fu and one for herself, and sat down to eat with them.
Tang Sibo looked at them, shook his head with a helpless smile, and walked to the false balcony outside.
There are two people on the false balcony at this time, one is Zhuo Jian who just arrived, and the other is Duan Qiqian who has not left yet, they seem to know each other and are talking.
Tang Sibo walked over and nodded to the two of them.
"Mr. Zhuo is late, I thought you wouldn't come."
Zhuo Jian smiled, shook the wine glass she was holding just now, and said, "Sorry, my Xiao'er is not feeling well, and if I go out late, I will be late."
Tang Sibo knew that Zhuo Jian had a lover, although he called him so sweetly, in fact that was a cold-faced director.
"It should be, it's my honor that Mr. Zhuo can come."
Duan Qiqian was impatient with their greetings, and asked, "Where's your brother?"
Tang Sibo glanced at him, and said with a smile: "There are some matters at home, Mr. Duan may have to wait until tomorrow to discuss cooperation."
Duan Qiqian nodded and left first.
"I remember that Young Master Tang is also facial paralyzed. Are they talking about cooperation?" Zhuo Jian asked jokingly.
Tang Si Bai raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile, "It's a very interesting picture."
Zhuo Jian knew it, and also laughed, turned to look into the banquet hall, and asked, "Who is that?"
"Well, do you need to meet?" Tang Si Bai also looked there, Su Fu was peeling the lobster while talking to the children, so gentle that he couldn't help the softness in his heart.
"Since you don't want him to know, you don't need it. I mainly came here to have a look at the temperament, which is convenient for my design."
"What about the size? Can you tell at a glance like my housekeeper?"
"Probably, it's just the fit that can be seen at a glance. We pay attention to precision, so you have to measure it yourself." Zhuo Jian took a sip of wine, glanced at Tang Sibo, with teasing eyes, and deliberately emphasized the "do it yourself." Measure a measure " a few words.
Tang Sibo naturally understood what he meant, smiled, and said: "Okay, I'll send you the size later."
Zhuo Jian nodded, and put the wine glass on the round table on the false balcony.
"Then my mission is done, I'm going back to take care of my wife."
Tang Sibo knew that he cared about the patients at home, so he didn't stay any longer, and sent him out with a smile.
When passing the banquet hall, Zhuo Jian turned her head to look at Su Fu again, and said to Tang Sibo: "It looks very gentle, looks like a wife, right? How did you do it?"
Tang Sibo chuckled, "It's just because of my personality."
"Very good, good luck, if my family's Xiao'er has that half of tenderness, I can wake up from my dreams with a smile." Zhuo Jian said with a smile, and waved to Tang Si Bai, indicating that there is no need to send it away.
Although Su Fu was taking care of the children's meals, he paid a little attention here. Seeing the guests leave, Tang Si Bai came over and asked in surprise, "We're done talking so soon?"
"The lover is not feeling well, so to cut a long story short."
Su Fu nodded clearly, the lover is more important, it can be seen that it is already a good face for Tang Sibo to make a trip.
"You didn't eat anything, let me do it." Tang Si Bai took a wet towel, wiped Su Fu's hands, and picked out some delicacies for him to eat, and took over his job of peeling the shells for the children himself.
Su Fu moved another chair for him to sit on. Tang Si Bai peeled shrimps and crabs for a while, passing food in turn on one large and two small plates. Knowing that he didn't eat anything, Su Fu fed him some from time to time, and the family of four was happy.
The corners of Tang Sining's mouth twitched while sitting. She still remembered that not long ago, she was the second brother's beloved sister, and the second brother could think of her in everything, but now, she was with a third person... No, the second brother The five of them are the same, inserted in the family of four in an unsightly manner, awkward and lonely.
Tang Sining didn't want to get his hands dirty, it was troublesome, and he didn't have his second brother to feed him, so he had to eat some shellless food silently.
"Is Aunt Li alright? Someone broke in? Has it been resolved?" Tang Sining interjected unwillingly.
Tang Sining, like many juniors from Tang and Li's family, didn't know about Uncle Tang, and really thought that someone broke into the Li family.
Tang Si Bai peeled a lobster, frowned, and didn't tell her, he just said indifferently: "It's all right now, but the birthday party ended too soon, Mom hasn't had time to show you those young masters."
When Tang Sining heard this, her heart skipped a beat, she shut up and didn't speak, and was going to find a chance to sneak away alone.
"Si Ning is still so young, is aunt going to give her a blind date?" Su Fu forked a piece of fish without bones and fed it to Tang Si Bai's mouth.
With a piece of meat in her mouth, Tang Si Ning said excitedly, "Yes, yes, yes! Second sister-in-law really understands! I'm still so young! Why rush!"
Tang Si Bai sneered, glanced at his sister, and said to Su Fu: "Look at her, if Mom doesn't pay attention, how can she get married."
Su Fu was covered in goosebumps when Tang Siming called him "Second Sister-in-law". Seeing Tang Sining's dissatisfied face, he said with a smile, "Girls with a carefree face are very popular nowadays. They are straightforward and unaffected, which is pretty good."
"That's right, second sister-in-law, you really understand it too well. You always talk to our mother, let me be a lady all day long, isn't it just to do a little bit, what is there to do, a woman is a bit bolder to sit on the world!"
Su Fu laughed at what she said, Tang Si Bai thought his sister was ashamed, so he glanced at her and ignored her.
After filling their stomachs, they went to the living room of the main house to see when the elders were going to leave.
At this time, the elders in the living room were gone, only Li Chao was resting on the sofa with Liu An in his arms, and Brother Tang got up and was about to leave.
"Parents, mom and aunt are going to stay tonight, let's go back first." Brother Tang said, and went out first.
Tang Si Bai glanced at Li Chao, Li Chao waved his hand, Tang Si Bai nodded, and took Su Fu and the others home.
Tang Sining got into Big Brother Tang's car, and Tang Sibo drove his family's two children and drove behind Big Brother Tang's car.
Seeing that the two children in the back seat were asleep, Su Fu asked Tang Si Bo to stop the car, took the blanket from the trunk, covered the two children, and continued driving.
"Li Chao seems to be in a bad mood today, are you okay?" Su Fu asked in a low voice.
Tang Si Bai shook his head, and said: "It's okay, Liu An and Li Dai are both here, any one of them can suppress his anger."
Su Fu thought about it, and asked again: "The relationship between Li Chao and Mrs. Li doesn't seem to be good? Is it because of Liu An's relationship?"
"There is a certain relationship, but there are other reasons." Tang Si Bai looked at Su Fu, and said slowly: "He knew what happened 25 years ago, it was about my uncle and Uncle Li, their tragedy In fact, it was Aunt Li who made it happen, and Aunt Li didn't learn her lesson and obstructed him and Liu An, so the relationship between mother and son has taken a turn for the worse in recent years."
Su Fu was a little surprised, but he also felt that it was reasonable. Uncle Tang broke down emotionally when he saw Mrs. Li, which shows that there is something hidden in it.
"Uncle Li Chao's death is related to Mrs. Li?"
Tang Sibo thought for a while, then frowned and said, "I don't know if it's indirect or direct. I told you before that Aunt Li is the daughter of Mrs. Li's old lover. She was brought up by the Li family when she was 15 years old. Mrs. Li always wanted Let her marry her son."
Su Fu nodded, Tang Sibo said that in the morning.
"Aunt Li lived with the two uncles of the Li family since she was 15 years old. It can be said that they have been in love for a long time, but Aunt Li wants to marry Uncle Li, not Uncle Li. She fell in love with Uncle Li very early on. At the age of 20 That year, she told Old Man Li that she wanted to marry Uncle Li, and Old Man Li also agreed, but Uncle Li firmly opposed it."
Su Fu asked, "Is it because of Uncle Tang?"
Tang Si Bai nodded, and continued: "My uncle is an old man. He was still young at that time, only 14 years old, ten years younger than Uncle Li. He is a very intelligent person. He was very famous, and he was the little pride of the Tang family at that time, and all the elders of the Tang family loved him very much. However, at that time, he and Uncle Li had already liked each other, and it can be said that they had made a private decision for life."
"It was more difficult to be gay in those days than it is now?" Su Fu frowned slightly, the pride of the Tang family, but now it has become like this, how sad.
"That's right, so they didn't tell anyone, they just got together secretly." Tang Sibo sighed, and said again: "They probably wanted to wait for my uncle to grow up before asking for permission from his parents. It came so quickly. They didn't expect that Aunt Li wanted to marry Uncle Li. Uncle Li always regarded her as his younger sister. Uncle Li firmly opposed marrying Aunt Li. She was very strong, and felt that she had been hurt, and after a stalemate for a while, she turned to say that she was going to marry Uncle Li."
Su Fu was startled, and asked, "So there is no relationship between Uncle Li and Aunt Li?"
"It's just a brother-sister relationship, but at that time Uncle Li didn't want his sister to be hurt twice, so he agreed. The two got married soon and had a child. Uncle and Uncle Li thought it was over like this. Unexpectedly, Aunt Li was actually unwilling to be reconciled and kept monitoring Uncle Li, and then she found out about their affairs and directly told the elders of the Tang Li family."
Su Fu remembered that Mrs. Li had said several times today that homosexuals would not die well. It turned out that the seeds of resentment had been planted so many years ago.
"The elders stopped it?"
"Uncle and Uncle Li are both the pride of the two families. Although the elders were angry, they didn't punish them. They just separated them and banned them from seeing each other. This ban lasted for four years, but at that time my father still With Uncle Li and the others, they gradually accepted the relationship between Uncle Li and Uncle Li, and they often secretly helped them meet, and life was not too difficult. Later, seeing that the two elders still disagreed, the two had the idea of elopement .”
"Did the accident happen at that time?"
Tang Si Bai nodded, and said: "The elders disagree, but the brothers, because they love Uncle Li and respect Uncle Li, have been advising them all the time. When Uncle was 18 years old, everything was finally arranged for them to elope out of the country together. But this secret was discovered by Aunt Li. In those years, Aunt Li relied on the favor of Mrs. Li and often instilled in the elders the idea that homosexuality should be damned. She was the core figure who opposed Uncle and Uncle Li. She always loved Uncle Li is very concerned about everything about him, and she also found out about the news of his elopement that day."
Speaking of this, Tang Sibo shook his head, feeling regretful and pathetic.
"She loves Uncle Li very much, and she won't really harm him. She just asked someone to do some tricks on that car, so that the two parents would send people to chase and intercept him. But she didn't expect that because of that little trick, they would run into each other. The car accident, too late to dodge, caused a lifelong regret. When the accident happened, Uncle Li only had time to protect my uncle, and died on the spot, and my uncle also became a vegetable. I just woke up a few years ago, but I have lost my mind It's clear, I've been crazy for so many years."
Su Fu was quite surprised. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Li was responsible for Uncle Tang's tragedy.
"Madam Li did this, and the two elders lost their favorite child, so don't you hate her?"
"Our family naturally hates her very much. Over the years, although we have been friends with the Li family, we have not had much contact with Mrs. Li. As for the Li family, Mrs. Li has lost his mind. Son, I don't want to lose the daughter of my old lover. Besides, Mrs. Li had already given birth to two grandchildren for the Li family at that time. The old lady Li couldn't bear to touch her, and begged our family to spare her life. As for Aunt Li, no one is allowed to hurt her, so Aunt Li has been fine so far, but she is not liked."
Su Fu sighed unceasingly, Mr. Li was really bewitched by a ghost.
"Now that Uncle Tang has misidentified Master Li, Aunt Li will go crazy, right?"
"Uncle has been crazy since he woke up, until Uncle Li went to visit him, he suddenly calmed down, saying that Uncle Li is his elder brother Li. This is the first time that Uncle has calmed down for a long time. Uncle Li used to I love my uncle very much, and because Aunt Li made my uncle become like this, I feel very guilty, so in order to make my uncle happy, Uncle Li has always played the role of Uncle Li, and will visit my uncle every week to let him live in In my dream, at least I'm happier like this."
Su Fu was very upset when he heard that, he turned his head and looked out the window, thinking of Mrs. Li hitting Liu An with a vase today, he was a little worried for Liu An.
"Because of my own fault, I killed the person I love the most. Why didn't Mrs. Li reflect on herself and make the same mistake again?"
Tang Si Bai sneered, and said: "She doesn't think she was wrong, she still thinks that Uncle Li's death was caused by my uncle, and that it was my uncle who made him a homosexual, so she has always hated him. Looking at my uncle. Maybe I used this hatred to cover up the guilt in my heart. She is obsessed with obsession, and now she is dealing with Liu An again, so the relationship between Li Chao and her is getting more and more rigid."
Hearing this story, Su Fu felt a little depressed, felt sorry for Uncle Tang, and felt sorry for Mrs. Li's obsession, so he didn't speak anymore, watching the fleeting scenery outside the window, quietly.
He thought, Mrs. Li caused Uncle Li to lose his life because of her own resentment, and the relationship that so many people opposed was finally over forever, but what did everyone get in the end? And who can compensate Uncle Tang for the happiness he should have had
"Aunt Li is guilty. In fact, the elders of the two families also indirectly contributed to the tragedy. They know it very well."
Su Fu thought for a while, yes, if it wasn't for the firm opposition of the elders, he wouldn't have come to that point.
Thinking of this, Su Fu turned his head to look at Tang Si Bai, and reached out to hold his hand holding the steering wheel.
Tang Si Bai took his hand with his backhand, put it on his lap, interlocked his fingers, and said softly: "It's all over, we'll be fine."
Su Fu also tightened his hand and smiled slightly.
They will be fine, because the times are different, the society is more tolerant, and the elders of the Tang family are also different.