Oh, just this one sentence has offended the little girl badly.
The little girl has always been a very confident child. She firmly believes that the reason why her brother became beautiful is because the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was her. She first said, "What do you know? My brother is good-looking because he looks like me."
"He doesn't look like you at all, not at all. He looks like your dad. You look like your grandma, with small, thin eyes. Look at your brother, he has big double eyelids, a high nose bridge, and his hair is a little naturally curly, just like your dad." When Mrs. Wen saw that the little guy was born well, she loved the child very much and praised him several times.
The little girl was so angry at the old lady who had no taste that she turned around to look in the mirror. She found that although her eyes were a little thin, they were bright. Her brother’s eyes were big, but what was the use of having big eyes? He couldn’t even call her sister. He just kept howling. He ate and slept all day long, like a chubby little pig. The little girl still thought she was the best. After she regained her confidence, she first put the award certificate given by her uncle in the room. Then she surrounded her uncles and asked them about everything, asking them if the food on the boat was good. The little girl said, "Luckily, my elder sister made pancakes for us on the boat, otherwise I would have fainted from the greed."
Wen Shao laughed, "Is the eldest sister still called Pancake on the boat?"
"Well, my father made an agreement with them. Later, there was no rice on the boat. We had meat and fish steaks every day. We are from the north, so we can eat rice or flour, but we must eat bread. We had flour, but the cook didn't know how to make northern bread, so we asked my eldest sister to make it. Everyone said it was delicious." The little girl chirped like a happy little bird and asked, "Uncle, second uncle, and little uncle, what do you want to eat? I'll ask my eldest sister to make it for you."
The three of them didn't want to eat anything but rice.
The steamed rice was cooked at night, and Wen Shao, a 15-year-old boy, ate three bowls of rice with the dishes before he was full. Chen Xuan smiled and said, "We were like this when we just got off the boat. Whether it was pancakes or rice, we just wanted to have a taste of the food we usually eat."
Wen Yin said, "That's right, I was thinking all day on the boat, when can I eat some rice? Even if there is no vegetable, I can eat two bowls." He really ate two bowls. Even Mrs. Wen ate a bowl of rice. She had never eaten so much before in Nanjing.
After dinner, Madam Wen went upstairs to rest. After all, she was old and tired after all the journey. Wen Shao was the eldest grandson. His father had warned him before he came. He went upstairs to see his grandmother rest and came downstairs. Wen Xin had already handed over the things that his parents asked her to give to her to her sister. Chen Xuan asked them if they were tired. The three of them were teenagers and were in good spirits and not tired at all. Chen Xuan said, "Last time I heard Uncle Wen say that Miss Wen would also come to the United States. Didn't she come with you?"
Wen Shao said, "They came together. My eldest sister booked a ticket to New York as soon as she got off the boat, and took another boat to Niu Yue." Speaking of this, Wen Shao got angry. My grandmother was so old, and she was already very tired from taking the boat. Originally, my mother said that my grandmother and eldest sister should go directly to my aunt's house in New York. My grandmother was worried about them and had to come to Boston to see them enroll. My eldest sister said that Boston was not as good as New York, and suggested that the whole family go directly to New York instead of coming to Boston, and study in New York. This proposal was rejected by Wen Shao on the boat. Wen Shao was not stupid. My eldest sister had always been cold to them. Moreover, my eldest sister's life was a mess, and they only met rarely at my aunt's place. Although my sister's family also spent a few days together in Nanjing last year, my sister and brother-in-law came to Boston to study in college, and it was such a good university. My parents told them to study in Boston, but Wen Shao insisted on coming to Boston, and was scolded by Wen Yaying several times. Wen Shao was so angry that his face turned pale, and he didn't go to New York anymore. In the end, Wen Yaying bought her own ticket to New York. Mrs. Wen had no choice but to go with her grandchildren as they insisted on coming to Boston.
Although Wen Shao's words were simple, seeing that the three brothers looked unhappy, Wei Nian guessed that something must be wrong. However, since the three brothers had just arrived, he did not ask much. Chen Xuan asked about the situation in China. Young boys like Wen Shao all looked worried, "It's not good. The Japanese are pressing us aggressively, saying that North China should be autonomous. Last winter and this spring, many public schools did not have proper classes, but only held parades. If it weren't for grandma saying that we should stay at home for the New Year before coming, mom would have wanted us to come last winter."
Wei Nian asked, "You didn't go to the fashion show, did you?"
Wen Shao said, "No, no one in our school organized it. Someone did approach me, but my father works in the government. If I were to go out with them to march, they would catch me and make a fuss about it."
Chen Xuan said, "Now that we are in the United States, let's talk about studying first. Politics is the business of officials and the government, and the student's job is to study. No matter what you want to do in the future, you must have the ability. Now is the time to learn skills, and don't think too much about these country's affairs. You are all young and can't help. The important thing now is to study, set ideals, complete your doctorate, and strive for your ideals all your life." Chen Xuan also set very ambitious goals for her younger brothers.
All three agreed.
Wen Yin asked curiously, "Sister, is your dream to be a first-class professor?"
"Of course, I'm a sophomore this year." Chen Xuan smiled, "I'm inviting Dr. Qin to my house for dinner tomorrow. You should meet her and learn from her."
"Which Dr. Qin, sister, do we know each other?"
"Keep it a secret for now, you'll know when you see it."
After a while, the little girl came back from the greenhouse with a big bowl of strawberries for her uncles. Although she was young, she was quite thoughtful. When Madam Wen said she was not good-looking, she remembered it in her heart. After Madam Wen went back to her room to sleep, she went to pick strawberries and ate them with her uncles. After eating the strawberries, she took her uncles to her and grandma's room to see the three uncles' awards on the wall. The little girl had a plan. She said, "I will ask Brother William to come and see it later. They have never seen our country's awards."
After the brothers went upstairs to rest, Chen Xuan also wanted to take a nap at noon. Wei Nian looked at the things that Wen Xin had given him from his mother-in-law. The top one was a letter, which Wei Nian tore open and read first. It basically said that the three brothers-in-law should come over and let the couple be guardians to take good care of the three brothers-in-law's studies. Clara would send all the other expenses. Mrs. Wen was always clear about money, and Wei Nian admired this very much.
There is also a guardian's power of attorney.
Wei Nian showed it to Chen Xuan.
Besides that, if Chen Xuan wants to study hard, let her study abroad for a few more years and not return to China in the next few years. Wei Nian said, "It seems that the foreign company's business has to slow down." This is a small foreign company in the United States. It was established after Qin Shu came here. It will take some orders from abroad and put them in domestic production. Or help some domestic companies to import some goods, after all, foreign goods are very popular now. However, if the situation is unstable, the business will inevitably plummet.
Chen Xuan patted the little one who had just fallen asleep, "There's nothing we can do about it. Send a telegram back so that big brother and sister-in-law will know what's going on."
Wei Nian also thought so.
Madam Wen slept until the evening. She came downstairs in high spirits and gave Chen Xuan a jade pendant with a very good water head, saying it was for Brother Yu. Although Chen Xuan didn't know much about jade, she thought it must be very valuable when she saw the bright green color, so she quickly declined, "It's too expensive."
"Keep it. This has always been the rule in our Jiangnan Wen family." Old Madam Wen said reservedly.
The mysterious little girl appeared out of nowhere and asked, "What is the Jiangnan Wen family?"
Madam Wen raised her chin slightly and cleared her throat, "It's my family, a famous family in Jiangnan, the Wen family."
"What is a famous family?"
“It means it has history.”
The little girl said, not really understanding, "Isn't history the past? Your home is still here, why is it called history?"
"What a blunt-spoken little girl! I mean, my family is a prestigious one, and we have produced many great people."
"What powerful person is there?"
"Your uncle's father is a powerful man."
The little girl laughed and said cunningly, "That's my grandpa. Why are you so proud? It's not you. Hahahaha." Because old lady Wen had offended her, the little girl was also very good at finding fault with people.
Madam Wen chased them away, "Go away, ugly girl, go play somewhere else."
"I'm not prettier than you, my face is full of wrinkles like a chrysanthemum, and you still laugh at others." The little girl finally vented her anger at noon. She didn't wait for Madam Wen to say anything else, and ran away first, choking Madam Wen.
Chen Xuan said nothing, feeling very sorry for Old Lady Wen. Oh, wait and see, you dare to say that the little girl is not pretty again and again. Chen Xuan put away the jade pendant given by Old Lady Wen, went back to the room to look after the little girl, and then went to help her eldest sister cook.
Madam Wen was probably going to shudder at first. After all, in her opinion, although the house belonged to her daughter-in-law, it also belonged to her grandson. The Wei family had always been arrogant, but they didn't think that the house would become theirs just because they lived in it.
As a result, just when he was about to publicize the great glory of his family, his prestige was destroyed by a little shitty girl.
So, at dinner time in the evening, when Mrs. Wei saw that Mrs. Wen liked the vegetable and tofu soup, she said, "Aunt, please drink two more bowls. The soup has a light taste. You southerners like to drink light drinks, don't you?" The green vegetables were grown in the greenhouse.
Madam Wen said, "One bowl of soup for every meal, this is the custom of our famous Wen family in Jiangnan." She showed off her wealth everywhere.
Because Madam Wen just said she was ugly again, the little girl was trying to compete with Madam Wen. Madam Wen wanted to show off her nobility, so she tried to undermine her. She picked up her small bowl of soup and drank it all in one gulp. She handed the bowl over and said, "Grandma, can you help me get another bowl of soup? The rule of our famous Wei family in old Beijing is that you can drink as many bowls as you want at each meal until you are full."
Old Mrs. Wei smiled and said, "Okay!" She added more soup to the girl and said, "Drink more soup, and you will become more beautiful."
The little girl tilted her head proudly, glanced at Old Madam Wen with her crescent-shaped squinting eyes, and drank her soup happily.
Everyone else acted as if they were blind and deaf. Some ate the vegetables, some drank the soup, pretending they couldn't see, and they laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt.
The old lady was furious when she heard this.
After dinner, everyone was chatting in the living room. Old Madam Wen started talking about how great the Wen family, a famous family in Jiangnan, was. Wen Shao blushed as he listened, thinking that his grandmother had never been such a show-off before, but why did she become like this after arriving in America
After hearing the old lady talk about a bunch of famous people in her ancestors, she asked the little girl, "Are there any famous people in your ancestors?"
The little girl was peeling pine nuts, preparing to put them in a small bowl in the yard to feed the birds tomorrow. The little girl said, "What are you talking about? Governor, governor-general, what is this? Is this a high-ranking official? I can't understand a word you say."
"Of course he is a high-ranking official. Now he must be at the level of a provincial governor."
"He's just a provincial governor. How high is that? Seeing the tone you just gave me, I thought your ancestors were emperors." The little girl had no idea what a governor was, but that didn't stop her from bragging. She put a few peeled pine nuts in her mouth and ate them, saying, "Our Wei family's ancestors were emperors. A long time ago, do you know who the seven heroes of the Warring States Period were?"
Madam Wen glanced at the little girl and asked, "What does the Seven Kingdoms of the Warring States Period have to do with your family?" Although she is young, she is good at talking nonsense.
"How stupid! The seven major powers in the Warring States Period were Qi, Chu, Yan, Zhao, Han, Wei, and Qi. Our Wei family ranked sixth and was known as the King of Wei." The little girl stared at him with a pair of crescent eyes, "Not as high as your governor! To tell you the truth, compared to the whole school, none of them can compare to me. My ancestor was a king! Do you know that?"
"Your family is at best a famous family. The governor is an official position, not a title. Our Wei family used to be a king. My classmates in school said that our family is called aristocracy! Do you know!" After saying this, the little girl stood up from the sofa, walked away with her head held high and full of fighting spirit. She felt that she was superior to this annoying old lady in terms of bloodline. Otherwise, looking at her dumbfounded look, hum hum hum hum, what kind of world has she seen? She still looks down on people all day long. There was no king in her ancestors!
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