Text Volume Chapter 41 Family Banquet Peng Hao stood at the gate of Daronghe Restaurant. He lowered his head and looked at the map on his mobile phone to confirm that it was this restaurant.
So he walked in, and immediately a receptionist came up to him and asked, "Sir, how many are there?"
Peng Hao said: "Jinjiang private room."
"Please follow me." The welcoming lady in cheongsam turned around and led the way.
After bringing Peng Hao to the door of the private room, she knocked on the door first, then opened the door and let Peng Hao in.
As soon as the private room door opened, everyone in the room saw Peng Hao standing at the door. Someone waved to him: "Haohao is here? Come in, come in!"
After Peng Hao entered, he greeted the elders in the room one by one. He first walked to a white-haired old man sitting at the table and said respectfully: "Hello, grandpa."
Then he turned to another white-haired old man sitting next to grandpa and said, "Hello, grandma."
After a serious illness, my grandfather was a little tired. He sat on the chair without moving. He just nodded and said yes, which was considered to be a response to him. The grandmother next to him smiled and waved to Peng Hao: "Haohao, you come from home alone."
Are you afraid of coming to Jincheng?"
A middle-aged woman with curly hair next to her complained to her grandmother: "Hey, Mom, don't treat Haohao like a child. He will be a college student soon..."
Peng Hao turned around and greeted the middle-aged woman and the middle-aged man standing next to her: "Hello, aunt, hello, aunt."
"Okay." The eldest aunt nodded and said, "Our mother is right. No matter how big Haohao is, he is still a child in her eyes, isn't he?"
Then he turned to Peng Hao and asked: "When did you come to Jincheng?"
"I've been here for several days, and I've already gone to school to register." Peng Hao replied politely.
"Why didn't you tell me in advance? I'll pick you up at the airport..." My aunt laughed and "blamed" Peng Hao.
"I specifically asked my mother not to tell you that I am a college student and should learn to solve problems independently."
"Good, promising. Much better than your brother!" the aunt praised, then turned to a child behind him and shouted: "When your cousin is here, he doesn't even know how to come up and say hello. He just hugs him all day long.
Play games on your phone!”
A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy sitting on the sofa in the private room heard his father's roar and reluctantly stood up. He pursed his lips and said hello to Peng Hao from a distance: "Hello, cousin..."
After saying that, he buried his head in the phone screen again, not even waiting for his cousin to return the gift.
Seeing their son being so perfunctory, Peng Hao's aunt and uncle were also helpless: "This child..."
Peng Hao laughed and didn't care about his cousin.
Not only this cousin, he also has two older brothers. He has not been able to play with them since he was a child, and his relationship has been very indifferent. If they suddenly become enthusiastic, he might not know how to get along with them...
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Peng Hao arrived a little early, and the large round table in the private room that could accommodate twenty people was empty.
He sat next to his grandmother and chatted with her and his aunt.
But mainly when his grandmother and aunt asked him questions, he answered them without taking the initiative to talk about anything.
After a while, another family came, namely my brother-in-law, his aunt, and his cousin.
When my uncle and aunt saw Peng Hao, they sighed that Peng Hao had grown up. The last time they saw him was three years ago when he returned to his hometown after graduating from the third grade of junior high school. At that time, my sister brought her son Peng Hao back to play around, but they haven't seen each other since.
Here we are. Unexpectedly, Peng Hao was admitted to Andong University in Jincheng, and now we can see him more often.
After seeing Peng Hao, my cousin greeted him and chatted for a few words.
Peng Haodu responded one by one with a slightly shy smile, far from being enthusiastic.
He sat there, and if no one came to talk to him, he would sit quietly and never take the initiative to talk to anyone.
In the eyes of the elders, Peng Hao is still as quiet, well-behaved and obedient as when he stayed at his grandparents' house.
In the eyes of his peers, Peng Hao was still as boring as when he was a child. So after chatting with Peng Hao for a while, his cousin ran to find his younger cousin and chatted with him about games.
The last ones to arrive were the uncle and his cousin's family. Peng Hao greeted them in turn.
The uncle asked what university Peng Hao was admitted to. After hearing that it was Anton University, one of the top universities in the area, the expression on his face changed, and then he glanced at his son, who had just graduated from university this year.
Peng Hao knew that his uncle was feeling unbalanced because his son, Peng Hao's eldest cousin, went to a junior college...
The uncle who felt uncomfortable didn't say anything. It was the aunt who came out to smooth things over: "Oh, when I was young, among the brothers, Haohao was the best at reading, and now he is really successful..."
The eldest cousin who came in with his parents heard what his mother said and couldn't help but rolled his eyes and muttered in a low voice: "What's so great about a poor man..."
He said it very quietly, but he happened to say it when he was walking past Peng Hao, so Peng Hao heard it.
I don't know if it's a coincidence or intentional.
But Peng Hao didn't react at all and just pretended not to hear.
Everyone is here, so naturally we sit down to eat.
Today is a family dinner, and the convener is the head of the family, Peng Hao's grandfather, who is also the father of his uncles and aunts.
The name is to welcome Peng Hao, who comes to Jincheng to study at university.
As the son of a younger sister who married far away, Peng Hao can be considered a member of this big family, although he rarely comes back and his relationship with these relatives is not deep.
However, when he was a child, because his parents were working, he went to elementary school in Jincheng for two years and stayed with his grandparents. They took care of his food and daily life. Therefore, he still has a deep affection for his grandparents.
But in fact, those two years in Jincheng were not pleasant at all for Peng Hao.
A child in the second grade of elementary school left his hometown and parents to come to his hometown to attend elementary school and depend on others. This is pitiful enough in itself. After coming here, he was bullied by his cousins from time to time, as well as the occasional dislike expressed by his uncle and aunt. Perhaps
They all forgot, but Peng Hao still remembered.
The elders' evaluation of him as "honest and obedient" actually means another meaning of "timid and cowardly".
The parents are not around, and no one stands up to help them when they are bullied by their cousins. The cousins’ parents naturally favor their own children. As is human nature, don’t they have to be honest and obedient?
What else?
Do you want to have sex with the other party like cousin Hu Lai did?
But after his cousin finished the fight, his mother stood up and lifted the table and took him home.
After he fights alone, and without his mother or father to stand up for him, he will only be bullied even worse...
Peng Hao still remembers the time when he had a conflict with his cousin and was yelled at by his drunken uncle. He felt so wronged that his pillow towel was soaked while lying alone in bed crying at night. Chapter 1
The next day, I sneaked outside to find a public phone and called my mother.
At that time, smart phones had become popular, and there were very few public phones on the streets. He searched for a long time and walked several streets before he found a working public phone at the entrance of an old alley.
After the call was connected, he did not tell his mother about his grievances, but only said that he missed her.
Because in the process of looking for a public phone, he also thought about it, what is the use of telling his grievances to his mother? His mother, who is busy with work, cannot come to Jincheng to take him away now, otherwise he will never
My son would not have been sent here to live under someone else’s roof.
Since it's impossible to come and take him away, and telling her will only make her mother worried and anxious, then just don't tell her.
So he forced a smile and dealt with his mother's surprised inquiries on the phone, trying not to let her know that he was actually not happy at all living here...
Later, everyone knew that he ran out and looked for a public phone to contact his mother. His relatives teased him about it, or praised him for being smart and sensible. He actually remembered his mother's phone number and knew to call her if he missed her.
Mom calls.
But no one knows the story behind his intelligence and sense.
In that kind of environment, he must be smart and sensible, even if in the eyes of his cousins he is actually timid and cowardly. When Hu Lai and his cousins fought, he watched the whole process. He knew that Hu Lai was not robbing their toys at all.
It was because Hu Lai wanted to play with them, but they were unwilling. Instead, they insulted Hu Lai's father with words.
But when the fight between the two parties alerted the adults, in front of my grandfather and a room full of adults, my cousins complained first, saying that Hu Lai had robbed their toys and broken them.
At this time, Peng Hao, who was hiding in the crowd, knew the cause and effect of the matter. If he had stood up, maybe Hu Lai would not be accused by thousands of people. But he chose to remain silent and huddled quietly in the corner without coming out.
To say something fair for Hu Lai. In the end, the deceived grandfather gave Hu Lai a severe beating, and it also led to Hu Lai's mother, his aunt, giving everyone the money on the first day of the new year.
An unpleasant one...
That was the first Spring Festival that Peng Hao celebrated after arriving in Jincheng, and it was also the last time he saw his aunt and his family.
When he graduated from the third grade of junior high school, he went back to Jincheng Laojiang with his mother. The relatives also gathered together, eating, drinking, and chatting. But he did not see his cousin Hu Lai and his aunt and their family on that occasion.
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Although his mother didn't explain it to him, he still knew from the words of adults and cousins that his aunt and his family seemed to have had a lot of trouble with his grandfather and uncle, and had not been back for a long time, becoming strangers to each other.
It was at that time that he started to envy his cousin's family. At least they didn't have to act pretentiously with people he didn't like just because they were all relatives.
For example, until now, he can only try to maintain his "quiet and well-behaved" persona in front of relatives he doesn't like, so as to avoid having to deal with them too much.
Cousin is different, he doesn't have to look at their faces here at all.
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The waiters came in and out, bringing the dishes ordered in advance to the table one after another. After introducing the dishes to the guests, they exited the private room so that the guests could chat and dine without being disturbed by outsiders.
Everyone's topic naturally turned to Peng Hao, because he is the nominal protagonist of today's dinner party.
Everyone talked about Andong University, the university Peng Hao was admitted to.
This topic was brought up by my uncle: "Haohao, Anton University is pretty good, but it's still a little behind nationwide. Why didn't you get admitted to Huaqing Yan University?"
He seemed to be speaking carelessly, as if he was asking casually.
But Peng Hao still smelled the sourness in his uncle's tone.
Obviously the university that your son went to was not as good as Andong University back then, why do you look down on Andong University now? Maybe if your son could have been admitted to Andong University, you would have loved to have studied in this Da Ronghe Restaurant.
Banquet guests?
Why didn't you get admitted to Huaqing and Yan'an University? Do you think Huaqing and Yan'an University are pheasant universities that your son can go to by paying money? He can get into it casually?
With this thought in mind, Peng Hao still answered his uncle with his usual politeness: "I'm thinking of coming to Jincheng to go to college so that I can see my grandparents more often..."
Grandma was very happy to hear Peng Hao's answer: "Good boy!"
Grandpa also smiled and nodded.
Seeing his parents' attitude, my uncle didn't know what to say, so he just nodded without saying a word.
Seeing him like this, Peng Hao had no intention of continuing.
In fact, his parents have also asked this question before, because his score is indeed more than enough to go to Andong University. He doesn't necessarily have to go to Andong University, and there is no problem in going to a slightly better university.
So why choose Andong University?
This university was not in his application plan at first.
After all, Jincheng, as his hometown, actually did not leave many good impressions in his memories. If he came to Jincheng to go to college, he would face a situation like today, and he might often deal with these annoying relatives.
Although he is rich, he is stingy and mean; his brother-in-law follows his uncle's lead and tries to please his uncle every day, hoping that he will arrange a job for his son in the future; only the aunt's side is slightly better, perhaps because her aunt and her mother are the same.
Sisters, the relationship between sisters when they were young is better than the relationship between them and their brothers.
But when he saw that his cousin Hu Lai had joined Jincheng Flash Star, he immediately changed his mind and wanted to come to Jincheng to attend college to be closer to his cousin.
So he chose Andong University, and when faced with his parents' questions, he gave the exact same answer as today.
In order to see my grandparents often.
He could see his grandparents often, but there was another reason that he didn't say out loud.
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Starting from the topic of Peng Hao's college entrance examination, the conversation at the dinner table gradually turned to another person.
The uncle was still the uncle. After drinking a glass of wine, he put down the glass and said: "Haohao is indeed promising, much better than the one from Sanmei's family. I remember Hu Lai also took the college entrance examination this summer, right? I don't know if he passed the exam."
How about it, did you waste the money I lent to their family..."
"Third sister didn't notify us, so she must have failed in the exam. If she really did, why don't she tell everyone about it?" my uncle helped.
"I knew it. When I borrowed the money, I knew it was a meat bun beating a dog..."
Peng Hao frowned when he heard the word "dog" nearby. In any case, it was a bit excessive for his uncle to say that about his sister's family.
Just then he heard his aunt complain: "Brother, what are you talking about? The majority of the money was from our father, and he didn't even say a word..."
Peng Hao was a little surprised. He knew that his uncle had lent a huge sum of money to Hu Lai's family, because his uncle had mentioned it more than once in the family WeChat group. But what he didn't know was that the bulk of the money was actually
Did grandpa give it to me? Didn't it mean that grandpa and my aunt had a falling out? My aunt is now unwilling to join the group and go home to celebrate the New Year. Obviously, it is not so easy to untie the knot... How could she ask grandpa to borrow it?
money?
The uncle didn't expect that his elder sister would prick his hide. He coughed, glanced at Peng Hao and said, "Then I also paid for it!"
The aunt smiled and said, "If dad hadn't forced you, could you have taken it out?"
Seeing that the atmosphere at the dinner table was starting to move in the wrong direction, grandpa, who had been sitting upright without moving, finally spoke: "Okay, don't say this."
His voice was hoarse and he was short of breath.
In Peng Hao's memory, his grandfather was a person who spoke very loudly. He stood at the door and chatted with his neighbors, which could be heard clearly in the rooms upstairs and downstairs...
That serious illness had a profound impact on my grandfather.
When the head of the family opened his mouth, both the uncle and the aunt were silent.
But it was obvious that the uncle was unhappy. Maybe he felt unhappy since he came in and heard that the second sister’s son did better than his own son in the exam...
So the topic turned around and turned to the Hu Lai family.
But this time we won’t talk about the college entrance examination or university.
We talked about the children's work. After all, my uncle's son graduated from college this year.
"I was planning to let him come to my company." The uncle patted his son sitting next to him, "But he refused and insisted on starting a business. I thought to myself, isn't starting a business popular now? Doesn't he have this idea?
It is also good to chew on old age, so I supported it..."
By the way, you also supported a lot of money to build a startup fund, right?
Peng Hao complained in his heart.
After being frustrated on the topic of college, the uncle really tried his best to win back a victory for his son...
I just opened a small company and earned the same hard-earned money every year, but when I say this, it makes people feel like it is a business of hundreds of millions and hundreds of millions.
"...After all, these days, young people just need to try more and try other paths. Don't be afraid if you fail, I'm here. I told my son, the sea and the sky are bright, just go out and have something to eat. No matter what, you will still have something to eat when you go home.
If you have a house to live in, what are you afraid of? You won’t end up standing guard for others, right? Ha!”
"Brother, what you said...how could Miaomiao be a security guard..." My uncle agreed. "He is going to be a security guard. Didn't you work all these years in vain?"
The uncle laughed happily.
Peng Hao lowered his head. Although neither his uncle nor his uncle named him directly, he knew that he was making fun of his cousin and his family.
Because my cousin's father, who is my uncle, is a security guard.
"So what's the future of playing football? At the end of the game, I just have to be a security guard. I have to borrow money to pay for my children's schooling... I'll leave it here anyway. It's natural to pay back debts. Dad doesn't have to mention it. I have to
Remember it for him. That’s our dad’s pension money..."
My uncle really drank too much. Grandpa had just told him not to mention this topic again, so he brought it up again.
Peng Hao thought so in his heart, then raised his head and looked surprised: "Hey, isn't it? Uncle, haven't you heard of it?"
The uncle who was in the middle of a conversation was a little unhappy when Peng Hao interrupted him. He glanced at his nephew and asked, "What did you hear?"
"Cousin Hu Lai is a star now."
When everyone at the table heard what Peng Hao said, they all turned their attention to him.
"What star? Acting?" my aunt asked in surprise.
"Football star, you succeeded." Seeing everyone's surprised looks, Peng Hao widened his eyes and pretended to be shocked, "What? Don't you all know? As long as you are a Jincheng fan, who doesn't know about An Dongshan now?"
The star’s top scorer Hu Lai is famous...Hey, don’t you usually watch football?”
Seeing a room full of stunned people, especially his dumbfounded uncle, Peng Hao deliberately asked another question.
The uncle reflexively replied: "I'm not a fan, what kind of football do I watch..."
"Oh, that's no wonder. Hu Lai is very popular now." Peng Hao nodded.
At this time, my uncle's son also suddenly remembered something. His eyes widened and he exclaimed: "I have heard of this! But at that time, I didn't connect this name with that Hu Lai at all..."
But the cousin snorted: "There are so many people with the same name in this world, how do you know that it must be the 'Hu Lai' we all know?"
Peng Hao did not answer his question, but stood up and called the waiter outside the private room in and asked her to turn on the TV hanging on the wall of the private room.
"Why are you turning on the TV?" my cousin asked impatiently.
Peng Hao was not annoyed, and patiently explained: "I originally wanted to show everyone the photos on my phone, but I was afraid that everyone could not see clearly. After all, I took the photos from the stadium stands. It was too far away and the light was dim...
…I just happened to think that a TV program about Cousin Hu Lai will be broadcast recently, and today’s time happens to be when the trailer is aired…”
He shook his phone, and in a QQ group of Hu Lai fans he joined, someone was talking about this matter, reminding everyone to watch TV.
The TV was quickly turned on, and when the screen turned on, it defaulted to the Anton TV channel.
The screen first showed a stadium filled with thunderous cheers, and a figure leaped high in the stadium and made a celebration gesture.
At the same time, subtitles were printed on the screen: "The new hero of Flashing Star"
Then the noisy stadium scene faded to black, and a close-up of Hu Lai's face gradually appeared on the black screen.
In the close-up shot, the voice-over sounded, and it was Hu Lai's own original voice: "It's never too late to pursue your dreams."
Peng Hao pointed to the close-up of Hu Lai's face on the TV screen and asked his cousin: "Cousin, please help me see if this person is the one we all know...your cousin, my cousin?"
His cousin was speechless and could not utter a word.
The uncle who had been so proud before was looking at the TV screen as if he had seen a ghost.
Everyone else, one by one, was staring at the TV screen, with colorful expressions on their faces.
Just at this moment, grandma exclaimed: "This is Hu Lai's!"
Stopped the mouths of all those who were unwilling to be convinced.
After Hu Lai's face disappeared, the program trailer was played on the screen. A rich baritone that was very familiar to the people of Andong Jincheng said: "Hu Lai: It's never too late to pursue your dreams! Stay tuned for the new episode
Issue of "Characters", Wednesday night at 8:30, locked on Anton TV..."
""Characters"? How is this possible..." the uncle's question blurted out.
How could the older generation of Jincheng people not know the significance of the program "People"? It was precisely because of this knowledge that he found it difficult to accept the reality that Hu Lai, whom he had laughed at just now, actually appeared in "People"
"Zhi" program!
Is there something wrong with this world?
Hearing what his uncle said, Peng Hao also frowned and said doubtfully: "That's why I'm surprised. My cousin can be on a program like "People's Chronicles", but you guys don't even know about it? Although I'm a human being,
I'm not in Jincheng, but I've heard of my cousin's deeds before. Last year's National High School Football Championship champion was my cousin's Dongchuan Middle School. He also won the top scorer and best player in that competition, and then
From then on, he entered the professional echelon and went to the youth team of the Chinese Super League team!
"In July this year, he transferred to Flash Star and became a real professional player. Now he has played six games in the Chinese League One and scored seven goals. Before he came, the whole team of Flash Star only lasted half a season.
He has scored sixteen goals, and now his goals alone are almost half of the total goals scored by the Flash Star team in half a season! Otherwise, why would the TV say that he is the 'New Hero of Flash Star'?
You can't say this nonsense...
"Just in the last game, he completed a hat trick! Oh, uncle, you are not a fan, let me explain to you. The so-called 'hat trick' refers to a player scoring three goals in a game. It is very
Not everyone can achieve such a great performance. My cousin was able to perform like this because he is a genius! I was at the game at that time, sitting among the fans of the visiting team, and my cousin’s performance was even criticized.
The visiting team fans he defeated were all convinced. When his cousin was substituted, these visiting team fans collectively stood up and applauded him! Let me tell you, the scene at that time was shocking! It’s hard for me to use words.
Let me describe it to you... Hey! Anyway, Wednesday is "Characters", and I thought that this game will definitely be mentioned in the program. The celebration video in the trailer just now is the celebration after my cousin scored in the last game.
Action. When you see it, you will know how powerful my cousin is!"
While everyone was in a daze, Peng Hao poured out all the words he wanted to say in one breath. After speaking, he let out a long breath, and his thoughts became clear.
As a cousin who has always watched his cousin's games secretly and admired him silently, he had never had the opportunity to express all the words in his heart like today.
He wanted to tell the relatives who looked down on his cousin to let them know what an amazing person his cousin was!
Then he gasped and looked around at everyone in the room, his eyes passing over each of their stunned faces. It was not until he saw his grandfather that he froze. When everyone was stunned, his grandfather was sitting on the chair.
