As for Chen Xiao's mother, the story is not too weird, just like the plot in many eight o'clock TV series.
A girl born in a somewhat conservative and stubborn family, but possessing some curious and adventurous curiosity. When he was young, he left his family and went to study in the outside world. I studied medicine. During my studies, I experienced the colorful world outside. From the outside world, I felt that it was different from the conservative and old-fashioned atmosphere in my family. From then on it was out of control.
The only thing that is special is that Chen Xiao's mother's surname is Xiao, and her maiden name is Xiao Sashuang. This name was also given by Mr. Xiao. It means that he hopes that this girl who was born in a martial arts family like the Xiao family can also be a girl who is not inferior to men and has a heroic appearance.
Unfortunately, although Chen Xiao's mother has been extremely smart since she was a child, she just doesn't focus on practicing martial arts.
This point, if it were placed in ordinary people's eyes, it would be nothing. Anyway, in this modern world, it is rare for girls to practice martial arts. But in the Xiao family, young children, regardless of gender, are cultivated with a martial spirit from an early age.
But Chen Xiao's mother is a different kind of person. I have been smart since I was a child, and I have never been willing to focus on martial arts training. I just happen to be interested in other "miscellaneous" things. In this case, it doesn't matter. There are so many children in the Xiao family, and it is not uncommon to see one or two who occasionally have no talent for martial arts. Anyway, as a girl, I don't expect you to revitalize your family. Since you don't want to learn martial arts, it would be good to learn some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and train yourself to be a lady.
But Chen Xiao's mother, who had learned a few things like music, chess, calligraphy and painting, was no longer interested. In the end, I don’t know why, but I became obsessed with some special hobbies... Other girls also like to keep some flowers and grass, or some small pets, such as cats, dogs, fish, birds, etc. Besides, Xiao Our old house is at the foot of the mountain, and there are many of these little animals.
But Chen Xiao's mother got these little pets, which were not meant to be kept... In fact, she was not even interested in raising pets at all. However, every time she learned that a brother or sister in the clan had cats, dogs, fish, birds, etc., if they got sick and died, she would immediately come to the door happily, and then try every means to deceive the corpses of those small animals. Walk. Or simply wait for someone to bury the pet, then run back and quietly dig it out and take it back, and then...
Anatomy! !
How terrifying! A young girl behaves like an executioner!
No wonder she chose Medical University in the end.
What makes the elders of the Xiao family even more confused is that this girl is not without talent for martial arts - on the contrary, she is young and smart, and her talent is better than that of her peers in other clans. When it comes to learning formulas, she can learn them faster than anyone else. , but just refuse to put in the effort to practice! But every time the elders taught Kung Fu, there were some profound things that other brothers and sisters could only understand half-heartedly, but she could understand them in just a moment with a roll of her eyes.
It would be a huge waste and a pity to not put such intelligence and talents into the journey!
More importantly, Chen Xiao's mother also did something that was intolerable in the family.
After she finished her studies, she refused to go back to the Xiao family!
On the one hand, she met Chen Xiao's father, and they were passionately in love - ah, no, it should be said that she was in love. He refused to go back to Xiao's house. According to tradition, most of the young children of the Xiao family have made arrangements for their babies early on.
This is actually not a big deal. After all, it is one thing to arrange a marriage, but now that society has gradually become more enlightened and progressive, if the young children do not want to do so, the elders will not forcefully arrange marriages.
But Chen Xiao’s mother just refused to go back to Xiao’s house! It's true that she studied medicine, but even so, the Xiao family is rich and powerful in Lingnan, and even has a private clinic and small hospital, which can definitely allow her to return to her family's industry to develop.
Forget it. The problem is, Chen Xiao’s mother is the direct first wife of the Xiao family! In this traditional family, every young descendant of the direct family is born with an important responsibility: inheritance!
Unfortunately, Chen Xiao's mother, as a direct descendant of the first wife, cannot be free. She must return to the Xiao family, whether she likes it or not, even if she refuses to inherit the family's industry or work in the family's industry, she still has a natural mission: to carry on the family line!
According to the tradition of the Xiao family, the girl who is directly related to the main wife is just like a princess! If you get married and have children in the future, if you give birth to a boy, you will automatically be included in the Xiao family system! If she is an only daughter, she is also responsible for giving birth to a child with the surname Xiao!
Chen Xiao's mother, as a new woman who has received higher education in the civilized world outside, quits her job!
I have managed to escape from the Xiao family all my life. Will I have to be captured and bound back to that ancient and suffocating old family when I give birth to a son? This is simply unreasonable!
After several communications with the family and unable to reach an agreement, Chen Xiao's mother made a move in anger and decided to sever ties with the Xiao family! He didn't even go back to open the ancestral hall and hold a sect meeting. He even made it clear that he would rather give up his identity as a member of the Xiao family than to be free! And in the future, when she gets married and has children, the children she gives birth to will never be sent back to the Xiao family to be raised! We must let our children live under a blue and free sky...
The result... can be imagined.
…
"Living...under the blue and free sky..."
After hearing what Mr. Xiao said, Chen Xiao's expression suddenly became extremely strange. He muttered this sentence softly, and seemed to be a little crazy for a moment.
…
"It seems... this is it."
At this moment, on the hill behind the Xiao family's old house, this hilly hill with typical Lingnan terrain is only a few kilometers long, and the slope is not very high. In a valley in the back hill, a lawn has been opened. Apparently, this place used to be It was a dense forest, but a small patch in the middle had been leveled, leaving a very dilapidated small house.
At this moment, Lao Tian stood in front of the house, looking at the house in trance for a while.
The green bricks of this house are covered with moss, and it has obviously not been taken care of for a long time. This place was originally used by the Xiao family's martial arts practitioners. When they reached a certain level, they would come here to "retreat and practice". It's just that in modern society, this kind of self-abuse asceticism has become less and less common. Young people are always impetuous, and few are willing to spend such hard energy on practicing martial arts.
Lao Tian reached out and touched the wall, touched the green and sticky moss, and sighed quietly.
"Mingyue... Mingyue... We found this place together back then. I cut down all the trees in this area with my own hands. Well, I remember it very clearly. There were thirty-six trees in total. While I was cutting down the trees, you sat He looked at me with a smile, and then wiped the sweat on my forehead with a handkerchief...
Well, from the tree that was cut down, I used the wood to build a house here... Well, this is the house now. At that time the house was still a log cabin. The current brick house was probably renovated and rebuilt by the Xiao family... Hehe!
I still remember that you said something to me back then, you said, 'Tian, I believe now that in this world, you are the only one who treats me best, and you are the only one who will not hurt me... If I tell you now, I I am willing to stay here with you, in this mountain, in this small wooden house, for the rest of my life. Will you stay with me? '
Mingyue, I am willing, of course I am! I am absolutely convinced in my heart!
If you had made such a request to me when we first met in the past, I would have taken you to live in seclusion in a place where no one can find you!
If I had just gone to Europe to find you and saw that you were so deeply hurt by that bastard, as long as you had asked me to take you away, I would have taken you to an uninhabited place at all costs, with you You spend the rest of your life together... Even if I live longer than you, if you die in the future, I will definitely commit suicide and go with you!
If you had just made such a request when you came back to China with me, I would have taken you into hiding immediately and never seen anyone again... even if... "
Lao Tian clenched his hands, his bones made a cracking sound, and his face was full of pain.
"It's ridiculous... It's really ridiculous! It's ridiculous! I loved you so much back then that I could have you in my dreams! But I watched you fall in love with someone else and fall into the arms of someone else. When you were hurt so much, you finally When you fell in love with me, I suddenly rejected you...
I know you must have been desperate! You think I despise you, that you used to be someone else's woman and gave birth to a child for him... No, how could I despise you! Even if you are old, no longer beautiful, even if the world ends, I will still love you!
But... at that time, I had to refuse! The bright moon... the bright moon... "
Lao Tian suddenly knelt on the ground, with tears in his eyes, and dug his hands into the soil.
"Why... why that day, you suddenly asked me to take you back to the Xiao family to visit relatives you haven't seen for a long time! After returning to the Xiao family, you asked me to help the Xiao family in trouble! Then I helped the Xiao family move to the south…
But I should never, never should have let me see that Xiao family genealogy! ! !
Let me, let me suddenly know the desperate fact!
You, Xiao Mingyue... are actually the descendants of someone in my field! ! Hahahahaha! Hahahahaha!
If you want to blame, blame me! It’s my fault that I lived so long! So damn long! ! ! "
In the woods, a man's desperate wails and cries were heard...
…
Lao Tian lived for more than 400 years. He once had a wife many years ago. Unfortunately, because of his special life span, he could still continue to live after his wife died of old age. This is the tragedy of people like him.
What is even more sad is that hundreds of years ago, he had a daughter, and that daughter later married a nobleman named Xiao from the Qing Dynasty...
And that noble family named Xiao... is... the Xiao family!
A fact that cannot be changed no matter what...
Many, many years ago, when Xiao Mingyue was hurt by love, she finally followed Lao Tian back to China from Europe, and the two depended on each other for life. After all, people's hearts are made of flesh. In fact, after a period of living together, Xiao Mingyue was moved by the deep love of "Brother Tian" next to her. When a woman is seriously hurt by love, she suddenly finds a man beside her. , but have always been willing to regard themselves as treasures. And at this time... As I was moved, a new true love finally emerged.
Originally, originally... According to a beautiful fairy tale, it seemed that lovers would eventually get married.
However, life is not a fairy tale, but life has played a huge joke on Lao Tian and Xiao Mingyue!
Lao Tian accompanied Xiao Mingyue back to the country to wander around and relax. Xiao Mingyue suddenly missed her family one day and returned to the Xiao family accompanied by Lao Tian.
And it was at that time that Lao Tian accidentally saw a genealogy of his ancestors that had been preserved by the Xiao family...
This genealogy is just a joke! !
She, Xiao Mingyue, is a descendant of him, someone named Tian! And it's still... direct!
Because of this bad news...
When Xiao Mingyue was finally moved by the "Brother Tian" who loved her deeply, she finally let go of the trauma in her heart and decided to develop a new true love.
She originally thought that even if the whole world left her, the affectionate man beside her would be the "only one" who would never hurt her or leave her.
But she was wrong!
Right here, next to this cabin.
Many years ago, a beautiful woman finally had new hope. Full of hope, she looked at the man she trusted the most with a pair of affectionate eyes and said: "Tian, I believe now, there is only one person in this world. You are the best to me, and only you will not hurt me... If I tell you now, I am willing to stay here with you, stay in this mountain, in this small wooden house, and spend the rest of my life, will you? Will you accompany me?"
At this moment, she seemed to have seen new happiness waving to herself...
But this man was silent for a long time, and then his answer was:
"sorry… "
This sentence directly ruined what was supposed to be the ending of a fairy tale.
It even ruined the last glimmer of vitality and hope for life in Xiao Mingyue's life.
Not long after that, Xiao Mingyue withered like a sapling that had lost all its nutrients...
This is Lao Tian’s secret...