Tan Xingguo arranged his work, took two more days off, and then rushed back to Sijiucheng overnight. Because he was too tired, he slept from the time he got on the bus to the time he got off.
When he arrived at Sijiucheng, he asked the driver to pick up Tan Xinghua and go to see Mr. Tan together. Because Tan Xinghua could drive, he asked the driver to rest.
Qu Yan was stunned for a moment when she learned that the two brothers were back, but she still greeted them warmly. No matter how dissatisfied she was with Tan Xinghua in her heart, she would not show it in front of Tan Xingguo. The old man was old, and her two sons were of average ability.
From now on, I have to point my finger at Tan Xingguo.
Tan Xinghua asked politely: "Where is my dad?"
Tan Xingguo glanced at him disapprovingly. He was almost forty years old and still had such a hot temper. Even if he didn't like it, he had to at least maintain a polite face, otherwise it would only be him, a junior, who would be criticized if word spread.
Qu Yan said: "The old man is fertilizing the vegetable garden."
Mr. Tan is an out-and-out farmer. He joined the army when his family had no food to eat and he was about to starve to death. He had no choice but to join the army. He was very lucky. He joined the Eighth Route Army and survived until the liberation of the country. After retiring, he occupied the yard behind him.
I opened a vegetable patch. If I couldn’t finish it, I gave it to my neighbors.
When I went to the backyard, I saw Mr. Tan busy there. The two brothers rolled up their sleeves and helped work together without saying anything.
Qu Yan's expression darkened. Her two sons were spoiled by her and would never help the old man with the farm work. And because they were so far apart, the old man thought about the two older ones more and more.
After applying fertilizer, Mr. Tan went into the house, washed his hands and drank half a cup of ginseng tea before asking: "What's the matter with you guys coming back together?"
Looking at Qu Yan standing next to the old man, neither brother said anything.
Mr. Tan got up and took the two of them to the study room on the second floor. Qu Yan could not enter that place without his consent.
Tan Xingguo said: "Dad, Xinghua and I came back this time and want to know what happened to Pei Yue?"
Mr. Tan's expression changed slightly, but he quickly returned to his original state: "How do you know about Pei Yue?"
Tan Xinghua did not tell Liu Jingfu. Anyway, thanks to him telling him about it, otherwise he would still be in the dark. He said: "A comrade of mine came to Sijiu City on a business trip and met Pei Yue by chance.
I called and told me when I found out that we looked very similar. I thought it was impossible for someone to look that similar in this world, so I asked someone to check. Dad, is Pei Yue safe? "
Ping'an is Pei Yue's nickname. Tan's mother gave it to him, hoping that he would be safe and healthy throughout his life. Unfortunately, fate played a trick on Pei Yue. From birth to now, he has experienced many twists and dangers, which goes against the name Ping'an.
Mr. Tan didn't even hesitate and said, "Yes, he is Ping An, your brother."
Tan Xingguo asked: "Dad, when did you find out?"
Mr. Tan said calmly: "Nine years ago, he was transferred to your uncle Ji. Second brother, Ping An looks so much like you that your uncle Ji thought it was you when he saw him. He felt that there was no one else in the world.
It was such a coincidence that he called me and told me. I sent people to the southwest to investigate the matter and found out that he was rescued from a bandit den by Zhao Yi, who was his adoptive mother."
Tan Xinghua was so angry that he thought that the old man that Ye Guanghui had found out about it had known about it seven years ago, but it turned out that he had to know it in advance.
Tan Xingguo was very calm and asked: "What is their purpose of doing this?"
Mr. Tan said with a gloomy look: "He was trained to instill hatred in him since he was a child, and he will deal with us when he grows up."
Tan Xinghua hated him so much that it was these crazy people who caused his family to fall into pieces, and his mother even died of illness early.
Tan Xingguo thought about it and asked: "Dad, why did you find out his identity nine years ago but didn't recognize him? Dad, is there something unspeakable in this?"
Mr. Tan said calmly: "The Pei family raised him and made him so outstanding. I have no position to recognize my son? This is unfair to the Pei family."
The anger in Tan Xinghua's heart could no longer be suppressed, and he roared: "What Pei family trained him? Dad, Pei Xuehai never cared about safety. After his adoptive mother died of illness when he was six years old, he was like an orphan, messing around with the East family and the West family.
Suddenly, the woman Pei Xuehai married could not tolerate Ping An, and even slandered Ping An and molested her, so Pei Xuehai threw him into the army like garbage. Dad, Ping An is so good because he inherited the intelligence of you and mom, and he is as good as Pei Xuehai.
It doesn’t matter at all.”
He had previously thought that the two brothers were so smart because of their mother. Otherwise, how could the Tan Xingli brothers be so stupid? Now Pei Yue appears more and more to prove this point. It's just that Tan Xinghua is no longer an eighteen-year-old boy, and there is room for speech.
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Mr. Tan's calm expression cracked instantly, and he asked sharply: "What are you talking about, Pei Xuehai and his later wife abused Ping An?"
The information he obtained through asking others showed that it was Pei Xuehai and Zhao Yi who loved Ping An and taught him carefully. Likewise, he felt that it was unkind to recognize Pei Yue.
Tan Xinghua said: "Yes, and the woman shamelessly wanted Ping An to arrange a job for her natal nephew. Ping An refused, so she made up nonsense to ruin Ping An's reputation, saying that he was unfaithful and unfilial."
Mr. Tan's face was very ugly. He dared to lie to him. He was really brave.
Tan Xingguo was very calm and asked: "Dad, Ping An was slandered and it took a year to clear his name. Dad, it doesn't take a year to investigate a case, right?"
After reading the information that Ye Guanghui had researched, he felt that there was something wrong with this matter.
Mr. Tan was very satisfied when he heard this. The eldest son was calm and calm when dealing with troubles, unlike the second son who was almost forty years old and kept fussing. He nodded and said: "The matter was found out in less than a month. But.
Ping An had a bad temper and was impulsive, so he had to be suppressed, so he was transferred to a place with difficult conditions for a year. After a year, he became much calmer."
After a pause, he said: "It happened that Liao Buda was short of people. You two brothers were outside, and I was getting old and lacked energy, so I transferred him to Sijiu City."
Tan Xingguo knew there was a misunderstanding, and he especially hated the person who gave the false news. But now was not the time to pursue the matter. He said, "Dad, Ping An knew about his life experience five years ago."
Tan Xinghua followed these words and said: "Dad, Ping An thinks you don't want him and don't want to recognize us. Dad, what should we do now?"
Mr. Tan's heart tightened, but he pretended not to care and said: "If you don't admit it, don't admit it. As long as he lives a good life, that's fine."
Tan Xinghua was almost furious when he heard this, but he didn't dare to contradict the old man, so he could only look at his elder brother.
Tan Xingguo said with a firm expression: "Dad, Ping An was born to me through my mother's hard work. If he is left to live outside, my mother will not be able to rest at ease. Dad, Ping An must recognize his ancestors and return to his clan."
Mr. Tan did not object, but said: "He is more stubborn than the second child, and now he has a knot in his heart. It is basically impossible to persuade him."
No matter how difficult it is, Tan Xingguo will not give up.
Mr. Tan said: "I will find out what went wrong in the investigation of the Pei family, so don't interfere."
Tan Xinghua's face suddenly darkened, and Tan Xingguo's face turned ugly. However, the old man was in poor health, so the two brothers did not dare to make him angry and did not refute.