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Chapter 9 The Three Brothers

When my father woke up, it was already noon. The headache made him feel that his head was no longer his own, but when he heard the lively sound downstairs, he hurriedly put on his clothes and took a look.

In the gate, the three magistrate chairs were placed in the hall, and almost all the relatives were here. My father knew who was made on these three magistrate chairs.

These three people are the oldest elders of the entire huge Xu family. They are in charge of the whereabouts of the entire Xu family. There are various relatives sitting in other positions, and they all have the orthodox Xu bloodline.

They are my eldest grandfather, grandfather, and young grandfather. Xu Bingkun, Xu Bingqing, and Xu Bingyin.

It’s not why my father suddenly held a meeting at the New Year level today and found a seat and sat down. It may be because it was more conservative, so women don’t have seats in such meetings unless they were a woman surnamed Xu.

Grandma and the other women went to the kitchen to prepare meals for these men.

But at this time, the embarrassment on my father's face was even more awkward than the instructor's incident yesterday.

Because everyone here looked at my father with their eyes curled up, and even the three on the Grand Master's chair looked at their father, the originally noisy hall instantly became silent.

"Can from Dixing's family, come here." The great grandfather Bingkun seemed to have the majesty of a king when he spoke, and no one dared to look him in the eyes. Although his voice was old and vicissitudes, it was not an exaggeration to describe it as full of energy.

My father was just wondering what happened after he got drunk, but his grandfather's words scared him.

Since his birth, the Great Taigong has said no more than 20 words to him over the years. Today, he actually called himself over at such a serious meeting. Is the sun coming out today?

"Although today's meeting is not about you, part of it is because of you."

"Because of me?"

"Yes. You are the only male in Bingqing's family. My grandsons are already married, and the children of Bingyin's family have a partner. Tell me that your family is a big business, don't know how to drink and smoke all day long. Your grandfather and your father's property is pointed at you and you are old and you are not young. Hurry up and find a partner to get married. This is not a joke. You didn't go to the army yesterday, and your job is not interesting. You went to the market to fire and found a wife to help your father manage the family business."

The father looked at the eldest grandfather with a smile. He thought his grandfather was making a joke on him to liven up the atmosphere, but he turned around and saw that everyone was looking at him seriously, and there was no smile on the faces of the three seniors.

The smiles on his face were so embarrassed that they exploded.

He didn't know how he should answer. He knew very well that he was his only choice and that his three grandfathers meant the right thing, but would Zhang Hua, the only person he liked, really agree to date him?

Seeing his hesitant father standing still, he wanted him to sit back to his original position.

"Okay, let's stop here for today's meeting. If you have something to do, hurry up and do it. If you have nothing to do, stay at Bingqing's house for a few sips."

It seemed that the grandfather was talking alone in the whole meeting, and the other two grandfathers were sitting in chairs listening to their elder brother’s instructions.

When they heard the sound of the meeting, they felt relieved. If there was such a majestic person sitting next to them, anyone would feel uncomfortable.

The relatives who stayed there sat at five tables. The women prepared the meals one by one on the table one by one. The father had no appetite and returned to the room.

Because he was a soldier and had already been dismissed from work, he has been trying to find an excuse to ask that girl to make it clear.

Only when I was drinking would the Grand Grand Duke put down his seriousness and had a good drink with his brothers. Generally, there was no one else on the table of these three people. Who would have eaten with the old man who was in charge of his own every day? I guess even if I sat there, I couldn't eat. In fact, my only impression of Grand Duke was his funeral.

"Brothers, I still remember when we were young, we didn't live as well as we were now. We had food and drink, lived in a big house, and drank Lao Baigan. The key is that this meat is available every meal."

These three brothers have to mention this matter every time they meet. After all, this is the only thing that the awesome old man can talk about. The fun in their eyes is not as simple as eating, drinking and gambling. The young experience is something that these young people will never feel.

At that time, it was the War period, and there was no difference between the Great Famine. Anyway, I couldn’t eat. I had hungry for a meal. I might have to eat when I could eat, and I didn’t know if I could live tomorrow. These three brothers were born on the coffin lid when they came out of a mother’s womb. At that time, people were tortured by the war and could not even live through life. All steamed bun soups were delicious foods, and willow leaves were fragrant soil. They were all specialties for famine in the north. In fact, what could people here not eat when they were hungry?

These three brothers have had a good relationship since childhood. They have depended on each other for life and have never quarreled. In such an era, no one could rely on except their own brothers. They were born in a war-torn era, and they experienced it whether it was World War II or civil war. The eldest grandfather was a soldier, and he was the backbone of these brothers since childhood. The second grandfather, my grandfather, has been naughty since childhood, while the third grandfather has been smarter since childhood, and is quiet and good at studying. After all, he became a teacher later.

When the eldest brother went to the army, the second brother learned to weave brooms at home, while the third brother learned the old culture at that time.

Later, life gradually improved. The war ended shortly after the boss joined the army, and he did not get a job at all. The second brother learned the skills of making brooms at home and sold brooms outside, while the third brother went to college and became a teacher.

But the one who got the best in the end was the second child.

The three brothers married almost at the same time. The eldest gave birth to a son and the third child also had a son, but the second child gave birth to two boys and two girls.

I thought that the second child, who had a low income, would have given birth to four in one go, and life would be very hard, but I didn’t expect that the two men and two women would have a promising life when they grew up and lived a happy life. I thought that the third child, who was a teacher, was the richest, but it seemed that his son was not very good at giving birth.

So after so many years, our family is the richest, but even so, there is no jealousy or comparison between these brothers. This is the true family affection between brothers and sisters.

The meal didn't take long because at that time, it was not served by one dish at a time. There were only a few dishes at a table, and each person had a bowl of rice. After all, they all had a job, and they had to go to work after eating and drinking. The only three brothers said they wanted to find someone to play mahjong together. My grandfather was very good at betting, so he called my grandfather and came a few times.

There is an advantage of playing mahjong with the elderly, that is, they will not worry about the gap between their ancestors when they have fun, and will say anything bad to them, but isn’t this the way of communication between men?

Women are only responsible for cleaning up after they finish their meals, and they can go to the door to eat melon seeds and talk about family matters.

But the father's heart was very complicated. He knew that he needed a wife to take care of his business and could not always be a good baby to his mother.

But if you cannot be with your beloved girl like your father, then what's the point of living a lifetime? For him, you can't have a relationship over time, and at most you have a child.

On the other side is the strange dream he had yesterday. He knew very well the scene in his dream, especially the shocking name. Although he knew that his grandfather would go there one day, what does this dream mean? Who are the other two tombstones?

Three people, could it be their brothers?

When three funerals appeared in front of him, he seemed to feel the depressing breath of this room, and for the first time he felt the fear from the inside out.

He gradually fell asleep.

It was already evening when the game was finished. The women also made the door full of melon seeds, and the card table was surrounded by cigarette butts. At that time, there were not so many choices for cigarettes. These people smoked Hadmen. When I told this story, I finally understood why my father only smoked Hadmen cigarettes at the end, not just because they were cheap, but because they wanted to remember their ancestors.

The eldest grandfather waited for his son to pick him up, but the third grandfather walked back slowly. He didn't talk much to his son at the same time. After all, he had a lot of children. If he wanted to get even rain and dew, how much would he say on that day? It would be more appropriate for an elderly person to be quieter.

Grandpa seemed to see his son’s thoughts. After all, he was young. I remember that girl by the West Lake in Hangzhou back then...

Thinking of this, he stopped his thoughts. He knew that his children already had a partner he liked, so he hoped to encourage his son to pursue his happiness. He was very dissatisfied with his marriage and could not make his son unhappy.

"Stupid, go and tell me your son to let him pursue his inner thoughts."

Grandma didn't understand why this nervous man inexplicably wanted to tell his son about this.

But since he said it, if he didn't do it, he would be another blow.

When his father heard his mother's revelation, he knew what his father meant. With this sentence, he felt like he had a good medicine to calm down.
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