Liang Jian was caught off guard by this sudden question. He glanced at Old Tang in surprise, then turned back to look at the road again. He was silent for several seconds before coming back to his senses and said, "I haven't thought about it yet.
"
Old Tang glanced at him and said, "You can think about it now."
Liang Jian looked at him again and asked, "Why?"
Old Tang said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. An officer who does not want to go to Beijing is not a good official.
Liang Jian wanted to refute him, saying that everyone has different definitions of rights, but when the words came to his mouth, Liang Jian paused. He replied to Old Tang: "Beijing is too complicated, I think I may not be ready yet."
Old Tang added: "If you don't go to Beijing, you will never be ready."
Liang Jian blurted out: "Then never go."
Old Tang was silent. He turned around and looked at Liang Jian's face in the darkness. After a while, he sighed and said, "It seems that you still blame us in your heart."
Liang Jian didn't want to talk about this issue with him because he felt that Old Tang should know it in his heart, so there was no need to talk about it.
The two of them stayed in silence all the way to their home. Liang Jian sent Old Tang downstairs and did not go up again. When Old Tang entered the electronic door downstairs, he turned back to Liang Jian and said, "Let's find some time later.
Have a drink!”
"Okay." Liang Jian agreed directly.
In fact, he knew it very well. Even if he could not completely forgive and accept Old Tang and the others now, they were his biological parents after all. Now that they had appeared, he would still have to face them one day. Liang Jian was not heartless.
They are incompetent people, so he cannot hate them for the rest of his life.
The dinner with Old Tang was arranged for the next Saturday night. Old Tang made an appointment with Liang Jian to go home for dinner. Li Yuanli bought the food and Old Tang cooked it to go with the wine. When Liang Jian went there, Li Yuanli opened the door.
After opening the door, Li Yuanli put on her shoes and went out, saying she would go to Liang Jian's house to talk to Liang Dongfang and the others.
Liang Jian knew that she just wanted to give him and Old Tang a separate space so that they could talk freely. When Liang Jian went in, Old Tang was still busy in the kitchen. Hearing Liang Jian's voice, he asked
He yelled, "Here we come," and went back to the kitchen to get busy.
Liang Jian stood in the living room, watching from a distance the figure that would accidentally hit the range hood. For some reason, he felt a little sour in his heart.
When he was a child, Liang Dongfang would always cook. The meals Liang Dongfang cooked were always a little unsatisfactory. But Liang Jian was never picky when he was a child. As long as he was eating, he would always finish it. He thought that this might be why he is now
Part of the reason for being so tall. Seeing Old Tang busy at the moment reminded him of those memories of his childhood. He hypothesized in his heart, if he had stayed with Old Tang, what would he be like today?
?Would it be better?
Liang Jian doesn’t think so. Some people always like to measure the quality of a person by his achievements at work and how much money he earns. But Liang Jian is not like that. Liang Jian thinks that to measure the quality of a person, we should focus on two points.
Starting point: 1. Is he happy? 2. Are the people around him happy?
Liang Jian felt that apart from some things, he was still happy. The people around him, at least some of the people he loved, should be happy.
He may not be good enough now, but if he has been growing up next to Old Tang, he may not be better than now. Liang Jian gave up the assumptions in his heart and stopped thinking about him. He walked around the room casually, looking at the people in the room.
Furnishings. The furnishings in the house are very simple. It can even be said to be missing. Except for some necessary furniture, there is almost nothing else. Liang Jian suddenly couldn't bear it. Old Tang and Li Yuanli's life in Beijing should be very comfortable.
This can be seen from Li Yuanli. However, for Liang Jian, they were willing to stay in Ningzhou and live in such a rented, poorly decorated house. It would be a lie to say that they did not dare to move at all.
However, Liang Jian instinctively resisted this move.
After looking at it for a while, he found that there was a thick photo album-like book on the only bookshelf in the study. Liang Jian took it down, opened it and saw that it was indeed a photo album.
There are photos in the photo album from the 1980s to the present. Most of them have the shadow of Liang Jian. Liang Jian can even remember where some photos were taken and what happened. Some photos, Liang Dongfang's
Yes. The old couple also have a similar photo album, which is also full of Liang Jian's photos. But the feeling of looking at Liang Dongfang's photo album is different from looking at this one.
Liang Jian felt mixed emotions in his heart. Before he finished reading, Old Tang called him in the living room. Liang Jian put the photo album back, calmed down and walked out of the study.
Lao Tang's dishes to go with the wine were not very rich, with three dishes and one soup. But they smelled very fragrant. There was a strong fragrance floating in the living room, which was not very large, and Liang Jian felt like he was moving his index finger.
Old Tang took out two one-pound bottles of high-strength liquor from the cabinet on the side, placed one bottle in front of each other, and said, "One bottle for each person, okay?"
Liang Jian looked at Old Tang, and in a daze, he seemed to have some air on his face. Although Liang Jian was in his thirties, compared with Old Tang, he was still a vigorous man. At that time, he said: "Of course.
.What’s wrong with that?”
But having said that, Liang Jian felt a little nervous when he looked at this 52-degree high-altitude liquor. Liang Jian’s alcohol capacity was okay before, but at most it was only about a kilogram of liquor, which was still about 48 degrees. What’s more, he
It's been a long time since I drank.
"Okay!" Old Tang was very happy to hear it. He quickly took out two small bowls. When Liang Jian saw it, he was dumbfounded again. In this hotel, cups are used for liquor. This Old Tang doesn't follow common sense.
Come on, although this bowl is a small bowl, one bowl is definitely worth a beer glass.
Old Tang smiled and said, "I'd like to drink from a bowl. In the past, when I was in the army, I drank like this. And there is no special cup for liquor here today, so I'll just make do with it."
Liang Jian had no choice but to swallow the words "How about changing to a smaller cup" when he reached his lips.
After filling up the wine, Old Tang raised the bowl and drank it all in one gulp. Liang Jian had no choice but to follow. After one bowl, there was another bowl. After two bowls, the bottle weighing one kilogram was almost half empty. After drinking this wine
It was so intense that even though Liang Jian thought he could drink enough, he felt a little dizzy.
Old Tang, on the other hand, kept his expression unchanged, sitting there calmly, holding up his chopsticks, and eating side dishes calmly. Occasionally, he even asked Liang Jian to eat. Such a dare, what he drank was not liquor, but boiled water! Liang Jian's heart
Slander.
After two bowls, Old Tang finally stopped and didn't continue. Otherwise, Liang Jian probably wouldn't be able to go out standing upright today.
I have to say that Old Tang's food tastes really good. After eating something, Liang Jian finally recovered a little. At this time, Old Tang said: "Do you know why I want to come to you for a drink?"
Liang Jian thought for a moment and said, "If you have something to say to me."
Old Tang took a sip of wine and said, "Yes. Men, drink some wine and it will be easier to talk. It's easier to say what you shouldn't say and what you should say."
Liang Jian felt that this was not easy to say, so he did not answer. Old Tang took a mouthful of vegetables, chewed it twice, and after swallowing it, he said: "You are my Old Tang's son and a bloodline of my Tang family. Recognize your ancestors."
Returning to the clan is inevitable, what do you think?"
Liang Jian wanted to ask him why he didn't come to recognize his ancestors before and had to wait until now. But then the words came to his mind, and the photo album he just saw in the study appeared in his mind again. The photo in it
There were photos of him, some he knew, some he didn't know, and those he didn't know were mostly from behind, presumably taken secretly. Suddenly, his heart softened.
After hesitating for a few seconds, he replied: "I need time."
Old Tang seemed satisfied with his answer. He smiled and said, "I know, I will give you time. But you have to know that time never waits for anyone. So, don't take too long."
Liang Jian answered, raised the bowl, and took a big sip. The burning sensation in his mouth was like a line of fire, seeming to burn away all the worries in his heart.
Liang Jian has never been a hard-hearted person.
As the saying goes, true feelings are revealed after drinking. Perhaps it was really the effect of alcohol. Liang Jian gradually let go of his restraints in front of Old Tang. But Old Tang remained extremely sober. It seemed that the wine in the glass was really not wine, but
Plain water.
The drinking lasted for more than two hours. Old Tang didn't ask many questions, but Liang Jian talked a lot. In the end, Liang Jian was still drunk. I don't know whether he was really drunk or because he wanted to be drunk.
So I was drunk.
That night, Liang Jian slept at Old Tang's house. When he woke up, Old Tang had already prepared breakfast and no one was there. He and Li Yuanli took Xiang Jin's neon clothes for a walk in the park. Liang Jian looked at the note and said,
After looking at the breakfast, he paused for a while and smiled. Because it was the weekend and there was no need to rush to work, Liang Jian ate very leisurely and thought about some things related to Old Tang and himself.
He seriously considered what Old Tang said about going to Beijing. He put the trip to Yongzhou together and weighed it. Returning to Beijing was undoubtedly a good thing for Xiang Jin. After all, Xiang Jin’s natal family
There. However, the air environment in Beijing is poor, and Xiang Jin's health may not be good. Moreover, it may not be good for Nishang's health.
As for himself, although soldiers who don’t want to be generals are not good soldiers, the situation in Beijing is too complicated. Liang Jian thinks that he is a practical person, but when he has to go to Beijing to compete with a group of big guys in wits and courage, Liang Jian is not very confident.
And I don’t like this kind of intrigue life.
However, since Old Tang appeared, there is a feeling that has been lingering in Liang Jian's heart, that is, his roots are in Beijing, and he will eventually return to Beijing.
This feeling was not strong before, but after last night, it seemed to have become stronger.