"You are my brother's grandson?! What's your name? And, how is my brother now?" Meng Jishui excitedly held Meng Hu's hand, and suddenly received news about a relative who had lost contact for more than fifty years. What should he do?
Can you not be excited?
"My name is Meng Hu. My grandfather passed away due to illness when he was five years old. Otherwise, he would have returned to China to visit you when you are old. Wen Ge was in a special situation in those years. He couldn't come back even if he wanted to. He finally looked forward to the reform and opening up.
But he..." Meng Hu had a sad look on his face.
"Brother, I finally got the news about you, but the yin and yang are already separated..." Meng Jishui sat on the ground and cried sadly.
Seeing this scene, Li Tong didn't know that Meng Hu was really Meng Jishui's grandnephew and that he had come back from the United States. He was shocked and quickly came over to comfort Meng Jishui: "Old village chief, you have to express your condolences. Things have gone so far.
It won't help you to be sad for a long time."
"Uncle, let's talk about it when we get home." Meng Hu helped Meng Jishui straighten, his eyes were wet.
Watching the two off-road vehicles slowly leaving, Huang Weiming and Li Tong looked at each other with complicated expressions, but their thoughts were different. Huang Weiming felt a little relieved. He was an overseas Chinese who had returned to China to find his relatives, and he did not have any
The reason can prevent them from entering the village; but Li Tong is worried about Ma Wencai settling the score in the future, because in his opinion, the identity of this fat man must be not simple if he has such a good relationship with the returned overseas Chinese.
When the children in Mengjia Village saw two rarely seen off-road vehicles slowly driving into the village, they all gathered around and followed behind the vehicles. Even some adults paid attention, wanting to see who the big shot was or where they were.
Relatives from home are here.
Seeing two off-road vehicles stopped in front of the old village chief Meng Jishui's house, and the old village chief Meng Jishui got out of the car, the villagers who had been paying attention widened their eyes, and they were guessing that these people were the old village chief's.
Relatives and friends, or the boss he hired to buy the sacred trees? In the opinion of the villagers, most of them would be the latter, and they would rather believe it was the latter, because they had never heard of the old village chief having such impressive relatives.
Meng Jishui's home is a small courtyard with rural characteristics. The house is a newly built two-and-a-half-story Western-style building that has not yet been renovated. There is a rice drying field in front of the house. When you get off the car, Long Ziyou will see the rice drying field.
There was a huge piece of black wood, more than thirty meters long, with a diameter at breast height of about 1.5 meters. He guessed that this piece of ebony should be the 'sacred wood' mentioned by the motorcycle driver. At the same time, he also realized that he and
Ma Wencai is very likely to be involved in the dispute over the 'sacred tree'.
When he heard about Wu Mu just now, Long Ziyou just took it as news. Thinking that he and Ma Wencai were very likely to be involved, he smiled bitterly in his heart. It's really not as good as God.
!
"Uncle, this... the sacred tree that is rumored outside was dug by your family?" Ma Wencai pointed at the ebony on the drying ground and asked in surprise. In the car, Meng Hu had already introduced his two friends to
His uncle knew each other, and the two of them also called Meng Hu uncle.
"Yes, I discovered this ebony first, and then spent all my family's manpower and material resources to dig it out, but... the leaders of the town government came and said that this ebony belongs to the country." At first, Meng Jishui's face was full of pride and excitement.
His expression soon turned into depression.
"This is something that belongs to our family. No one can take it away! If you want to take it away, you have to step on my body!" At this time, a tall and strong young man sitting on a wooden stool under the shade of the trees in the yard said.
road.
Long Ziyou shifted his gaze from Wu Mu to the young man who was speaking, and found that his face was somewhat similar to Meng Hu's, and his body was also very similar. He was tall and strong, with strong muscles, giving people a simple and honest feeling.
You know he is a person with a deep gut.
"Abao, don't talk nonsense!" Meng Jishui scolded his grandson Meng Jiabao. As an old village chief, he has a relatively high level of ideological consciousness. He does not want to get too tense with the town government, let alone conflict with it.
"Here, let me introduce you," Meng Jishui pointed at Meng Hu and the other three, and introduced them to his grandson.
"Are you my cousin?" Meng Jiabao looked Meng Hu up and down with a look of surprise on his face.
"What, don't you believe it? Abao," Meng Hu said with a friendly smile on his face.
"Because of your figure and face that are somewhat similar to mine, I believe it, Brother Tiger!" Meng Jiabao gave Meng Hu a warm bear hug.
"Abao, good brother!" Meng Hu responded enthusiastically with a hug.
Then Meng Jishui and Meng Jiabao brought Meng Hu, Ma Wencai, and Long Ziyou into the house. Long Ziyou found that the house was also undecorated and the furniture was quite simple. This shows that the Meng Jishui family is not very wealthy.
So it's understandable that they care so much about that piece of ebony.
"Uncle, why don't you see your uncle and Brother Jia Qiang?" Meng Hu asked when he saw that his aunt, Meng Jiabao's mother Zhang Yuee, was the only one in the house.
"They, at the village chief's house, are negotiating with the leaders of the town government about the ownership of Wumu. I was also there, but I was called away by Director Li." After Meng Jishui answered, he couldn't wait to change the topic: "
Xiaohu, you'd better tell me about your grandfather, it's best to start when he came to the United States."
"My grandfather passed away when I was relatively young. I basically listened to what my father said about his experience. He said that my grandfather had a very difficult few years when he first came to the United States. He couldn't understand the language. In addition,
We have to avoid police inspection again..." Meng Hu told the story of his grandfather's stay in the United States.
I briefly recounted my life’s struggle experience. It was a common experience shared by that generation of Chinese who smuggled themselves over. They had low education, no skills, language barriers, and were discriminated against. They could only do some manual labor. In addition, they did not have a green card.
I can live a life of hiding here and there and being on tenterhooks.
Hearing that his brother had suffered so much in the United States and died without enjoying much good life, Meng Jishui couldn't help but burst into tears. Seeing this scene, Long Ziyou was also moved and sighed in his heart.
The joys and sorrows may vary from person to person, but one thing is the same: the blood relationship is something that even the thieves of time can never cut off!
Meng Jishui had one son, three daughters, two grandsons, six grandsons and four great-grandsons. It could be said that he was full of children and grandchildren. His son was named Meng Xiunong, and his other grandson was Meng Jiabao's brother named Meng Jiaqiang.
In the evening, Meng Xiunong and Meng Jiaqiang came back cursing and were very surprised to see two off-road vehicles in front of their house. At this time, a gossipy neighbor who had been paying attention to Meng Xiunong's family came over and looked at Meng Xiunong enviously.
Xiunong and his son said: "Ah Nong, congratulations. Your family has been really lucky recently. They discovered the 'sacred tree' a few days ago. Today, your relatives from the United States came back to recognize their relatives!"
"Uncle Zhong, you are bragging again. I don't have any American relatives in my family." Meng Jiaqiang said with a disapproving smile.
"If you want to brag, it's your mother's bragging. I heard what she said. She said that your grandpa's grandson came back from the United States and is now at your house. Hey, they drove these two cars." Neighbor Meng Zhong
Then he pointed at the off-road vehicle that Marvin Cai and the others drove.
Hearing what his neighbor said, Meng Xiunong somewhat believed it, because he heard his father say that he had an uncle who went to the United States before liberation. Although there was no news from him, it was not a strange thing for him to have American relatives in his family.
, so he quickly pulled his son into the house.
When Meng Xiunong and his son entered the house, Meng Jishui was looking at the photo album Meng Hu had brought back. The photos in it were of his brother Meng Jisheng's family living in the United States, which made him burst into tears again and he couldn't help but sigh.
Seeing that his son and eldest grandson were back, Meng Jishui introduced them to Meng Hu, Long Ziyou, and Ma Wencai.
The neighbor did not brag. Both Meng Xiunong and Meng Jiaqiang were very happy and talked cordially and warmly. Seeing the family reunited, Long Ziyou felt a bit like an outsider and a bit uncomfortable, so he whispered to Ma Wencai
, the two of them evacuated first and went to the town to find a hotel to stay first, and Ma Wencai naturally agreed.
Long Ziyou and Ma Wencai said they wanted to leave first, but Meng Hu naturally disagreed, and Meng Jishui's family also disagreed. There was a stalemate. In the end, both sides took a step back, and they agreed to have dinner before leaving.
"Ahu, the gifts in your car haven't been taken off yet. If you don't take them now, when will you wait?" Ma Wencai suddenly remembered that Meng Hu had brought a lot of gifts to Meng Jishui's family, and he and Long Zi also swam a little.
I was so focused on getting together and acknowledging my relatives that I forgot about this important thing.
"Look at my head. I'm so happy that I forgot about it." Meng Hu patted the back of his head. "Uncle, I brought some things back from the United States for you. I'll go get them right away."
After saying that, Meng Hu ran out quickly without waiting for Meng Jishui to say anything. When he came out, he found the car key on Ma Wencai. But when he was about to turn around, the car door was opened by the remote control by Ma Wencai, who was following behind him.
"Abao, Brother Qiang, help move it." Meng Hu brought some things back from the United States, and also made a large purchase in the provincial capital, stuffing the trunk of the car to the brim.
"Brother Ahu, are all these things for our family?" Seeing the stuffed bags of expensive tobacco and alcohol, some of which he could name, and even more who couldn't, the Meng family's eyes widened and they drooled.
It's almost flowing out.
"Of course, move quickly!" The first thing Meng Hu moved was a box of high-end foreign wine he brought back from the United States.
Long Ziyou and Ma Wencai also brought some gifts to the Meng family, so they also moved on Long Ziyou's car. As for Long Ziyou's gifts, it was natural that the Healthy Wine Premium Health Gift Box was indispensable.
Seeing the three brothers of the Meng family and several other young men carrying small bags to Meng's house, the eyes of the surrounding villagers were red and green, filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.
Ma Wencai seemed to be very experienced in dealing with this kind of scene. He took out a few packages of high-end biscuits and candies and gave them to Meng Hu's nephew, asking them to distribute the biscuits and candies to the children in the village. The two older and younger ghosts went happily.
Done this.
The children in the village were happy, and the adults did not go back empty-handed. Ma Wencai took out two Chinese cigarettes and unpacked them. Every villager present had a pack, both men and women. Everyone was really happy!