Shi Yufeng said to the white-haired old man reading under the tree.
Shi Taigong looked away from the book, looked up at Shi Yufeng, and then looked at Shi Zhijian: "Are you Yufeng? Is he Zhijian?"
While talking, Taigong Shi didn't even move his buttocks.
Shi Yufeng took a breath: "Yes!"
Shi Zhijian was indifferent, "Hello, Grandpa!"
Taigong Shi nodded, "You are back? Why are you like this?"
"The road was difficult, so we came here by bullock cart." Shi Zhijian said truthfully.
Shi Yufeng took a step forward and said, "We will come back to wish you a happy birthday."
Mr. Shi was lukewarm: "Thank you for your hard work! I went to the house to change my clothes. I'm so dirty. How can I look like this!"
Shi Yufeng gritted her teeth and wanted to say something, but held back.
Shi Zhijian hugged Bao'er and stepped forward with a smile: "This is Bao'er, my sister's child."
There was a rare hint of tenderness in Shi Taigong's cold eyes.
Bao'er looked at him, but then turned his head.
Shi Zhijian patted Bao'er and said, "Call someone!"
Bao'er then turned around again, looked at Mr. Shi Taigong and said with a sweet voice: "My name is Jiang Meibao, you can just call me Bao'er, old man with a white beard."
Shi Taigong smiled and said, "Okay, Bao'er? Are you hungry? Do you want some dates?"
Baoer looked at the big red dates that the children had beaten and nodded.
Taigong Shi said: "Put the child down and let her play."
Shi Zhijian put down Bao'er, nodded to Mr. Shi, and then went into the house with his elder sister Shi Yufeng to change clothes.
Shi Taigong watched Bao'er get to know each other quickly and start picking up red dates on the ground, his eyes becoming gentler.
Shi Zhijian and his elder sister entered the house, and Shi Yufeng said: "It's really a big deal. I had prepared a lot of things to say, and I was going to get angry! But I really can't say it with my appearance!"
"What do you want to talk about?" Shi Zhijian took off his dirty suit.
"What are you talking about? Of course you reprimanded loudly, old man, why did you drive us out? What's wrong with my father? There are other things!" Shi Yufeng said loudly.
"You don't know how long I've been planning last night to come back gloriously and let Grandpa see how glorious we are! I didn't expect to be delayed by this damn ox cart!"
Shi Zhijian smelled the clothes he had taken off, smelled the smell of cow dung, and frowned: "It's not that I was delayed by the bullock cart. You don't want to sit in the good cart, so you insist on driving into the pothole!"
"The calculation is wrong, you know I'm not good at math!"
"This doesn't seem to have anything to do with mathematics, right?"
"You're going to die if you don't say anything?! Hey, there are no good clothes here. I think this suit is quite new. You put it on first!" Shi Yufeng took out a Tang suit from the open wardrobe.
Shi Zhijian knew at a glance that it was worn by Tai Feng. Both the color and style were very old-fashioned.
"Is there anything else, something more fashionable?"
"What the heck! Do you think Grandpa is a handsome guy, and he wears a suit and tie?"
"I didn't tell you!" Shi Zhijian took his clothes and went to the room inside to change.
When Shi Zhijian changed his clothes and came out, he looked in the mirror and almost didn't recognize himself.
I saw in the mirror that he was wearing a Tang shirt, Tang trousers, and a pair of black leather shoes, nondescript. The cuffs at the crooks of his hands were rolled up, revealing his white lips. If paired with a pocket watch, a folding fan, and an emerald cigarette holder in his mouth
, just like the flowery young ladies in old Shanghai.
"Ajian, come out!"
The grandpa suddenly shouted outside.
When Shi Zhijian walked out, he happened to hear his elder sister Shi Yufeng arguing with his grandfather.
"Ajian is very promising now. He has opened a factory and is the big boss!"
"Grandpa, don't look down on us anymore. My father, Shi Dafu, was driven away by you. Today we are back not only to wish you a happy birthday, but also to ask for an explanation!"
Shi Zhijian felt that what the elder sister said was very inappropriate.
When I went out, I saw that my sister had also changed into a women's Tang shirt. It looked like she was dressed like a country woman.
"Grandpa, are you looking for me?"
Shi Taigong looked at him, "I heard your sister said you are very promising?"
How to answer this sentence?
Shi Zhijian touched his nose and decided not to answer.
"She also said that you opened a factory and are now the big boss?" Shi Taigong continued to ask.
Shi Zhijian glanced at his elder sister.
Shi Yufeng reached out and pinched his ribs: "Just tell the truth!"
"Uh, so be it!" Shi Zhijian chose to be careless. In this situation, telling the truth will only be considered as boasting - damn bullock cart!
"What do you mean? Just tell Taigong that you have several factories and manage thousands of people. Now you can be considered a big boss!" Shi Yufeng was anxious.
Taigong Shi snorted coldly, "You are too young to learn well! You still have to be humble and cautious!"
Shi Yufeng's pretty face turned red from holding back.
Shi Zhijian sighed: "Okay, remember!"
"Your sister just said that you want to give your father an explanation. Why don't you tell me, what explanation do you want?"
Shi Zhijian looked at his elder sister Shi Yufeng, and Shi Yufeng said: "Why did you drive us away back then?"
"Because your father is not living up to expectations!" Shi Taigong said in a contemptuous tone, "As the eldest son of our Shi family, we actually like to do some repairs and repairs. Where do you want me to put this old face?"
"Is that why?"
"That's right, that's it!" Shi Taigong said in a sharp tone, "Look at your second uncle, then your third uncle, and even your sister-in-law, and you will understand how disappointed I am in your father!"
After listening to his grandfather's words, Shi Zhijian felt that there were other reasons for a father to drive away his son, and it was impossible for such a trivial matter.
Shi Yufeng was so angry that she could not speak.
"You'll regret it!"
"I will never regret it!"
Shi Taigong and Shi Yufeng were tit for tat.
Shi Zhijian stepped forward: "Ahem, I'm sorry, Grandpa! I'm hungry. When will dinner be served?!"
…
In the room, Shi Zhijian was holding a bowl of poached eggs and eating them.
Shi Yufeng glared at her unsatisfied younger brother. It was already late and he was still thinking about eating.
But she couldn't eat even a little bit of the bowl of poached eggs in front of her.
Outside, Bao'er was laughing and mingling with the children, playing a game of soldier and thief with a small sword.
"Eat less, you will have a big meal later!" Shi Yufeng said angrily.
Shi Zhijian raised his head: "I'm hungry, I can't help it!"
"You did it on purpose, right? You were afraid that my grandpa and I would quarrel?"
"I'm really hungry!" Shi Zhijian held the bowl and drank all the soup.
Just then, I heard a commotion outside.
"His second uncle is back!"
"Hurry up and set off firecrackers!"
Then there was a crackling sound of firecrackers.
Shi Yufeng said in the room: "We didn't even get a fart here, so why are we setting off firecrackers?"
Shi Zhijian: "Why, are you jealous?"
"Jealous as hell! Let's go out and take a look!"
"No need!" Shi Zhijian said, but his elder sister Shi Yufeng pulled him up and walked out.
