Chapter 255 Father and Son Meet
So I had already met my daughter-in-law a few days ago?
Xu Zhaoyuan thought of what he had said before, and his face turned red. "I got your identity wrong, why didn't you remind me?"
"I can accurately tell you every detail about Ah He and Grandpa. From this point of view, I think you should be able to guess my identity." Lin Qi said lightly.
Xu Zhaoyuan: “…”
Isn't it because your appearance is too deceptive?
"I need to take the kids out for a while. Do you want to wait at home or go back first?"
"Where are you going? I'll take you there."
Xu Zhaoyuan was driving, Lin Qi was sitting in the passenger seat, and three children were sitting in the back.
"I'll give you and A-He a car each. It will be more convenient for you to go out with a car. When we come back later, we'll go and handle the transfer. Can you drive?"
"I can drive a truck. But I don't want your car."
"Why? Was it A-He who said you can't take my things?"
"He didn't say that."
"Then why don't you want it? It will be more convenient for the children to travel with a car."
"Mom, we can take the bus." The seventh child, who had been listening to the adults talking in the back, suddenly interrupted.
"It's okay not to take the bus. Our brothers and sisters are old enough and can ride their bikes to take us out." said Lao Liu.
The seventh child: "In two years, I will be taller and able to ride a bicycle."
Xu Zhaoyuan: "...Whether Ah He recognizes me or not, it has nothing to do with me giving you a car."
"Grandpa, haven't you heard the saying, 'A man who eats the food of his guests will be grateful to him and will be grateful to him if he receives the favor?'" Old Seven had a serious expression on his face.
Xu Zhaoyuan: “…”
Educated by his own grandson.
"Then consider it as selling it to you. Two hundred-year-old ginsengs for two cars."
"It was Mr. Yuan who told you." No wonder Xu Zhaoyuan came all the way from Hong Kong to the capital. It turned out that it was because he had news of his biological son.
"That's right, he said it. I exchanged a house for his hundred-year-old ginseng, so you don't have to feel that you are getting a good deal by exchanging a hundred-year-old ginseng for a car." Xu Zhaoyuan sighed. Who could have thought that it was his daughter-in-law's hundred-year-old ginseng that saved him from the quagmire.
"Do you think that 100-year-old ginseng is cabbage? If you want it, take it. I don't have it."
Xu Zhaoyuan: “…”
He doesn't believe it!
Xu Zhaoyuan started off badly. He drove three cars over and then drove the three cars back.
After returning this time, he asked people to guard outside the gate of Lin Qi's house every day, specifically to keep a close eye on Xu Hexiao.
"Boss, didn't you say that the capital will definitely develop in the future? Why don't you buy a house in this alley?"
"Do you think I don't want to? I asked, and no one wants to sell the house."
"You have a lot of money, so spend it."
“The money is for the kids.”
"Just earn it back."
"That's true. Go ask around at Ahe tomorrow. As long as they're willing to sell their house, we'll buy it at a price higher than the market price. The upper limit is three times the market price."
"OK."
In Hong Kong, the old man of the Si family recovered after eating a hundred-year-old ginseng. People who couldn't eat anything now find everything delicious.
“It’s really strange that these foods are not as delicious as ginseng.” Old Master Si sighed.
"Dad, I'll go ask Mr. Yuan tomorrow. He should still have some." Si He said.
Old Master Si shook his head. "I asked people to ask many times, using threats and bribes, but still couldn't buy one. It shows that what Mr. Yuan said was true. There really are no more."
"Where did he buy it from? Let's go buy it too."
"mainland."
“…”
There was silence at the entire dinner table. Even the youngest Si Rui noticed that something was wrong.
"Mom, you don't want to go to the mainland, do you?" Sina asked.
"If there is ginseng in the mainland, why can't I go?" Si He asked back.
"Are you going to find ginseng for grandpa, or to look for dad?" Sina felt that her mother's purpose was not that simple.
Everyone looked at Si He, with the same confusion in their eyes as Sina.
"For my sake, you ruined your marriage. Dad is sorry for you. If you want to go to the mainland, go ahead. But Zhaoyuan has sold his company and house, which shows that he has made up his mind. You probably won't be able to bring him back." Old Master Si said with helplessness in his tone.
Si He was indignant, "Why can't he bring them back? Nana, Xiaonan and Rui'er are here, all his relatives are here, how can he let them go!"
Old Master Si sighed, "If he couldn't let go, he wouldn't leave. His roots are in the mainland."
Bang!
Si He was so angry that he smashed a cup. "Even if he doesn't come back, he has to hand over his property. Nana is his child, but he left nothing for her. How could he do this!"
Si Na, who was sitting at the dining table, listened to these words and her eyes turned red. Because her father left, she had been ridiculed by many people in the wealthy business circle in Hong Kong these days. Yes, why did he treat her like this? She was his daughter. How could he be so heartless and leave without saying a word and leaving her with nothing!
"Mom, I want to go to the mainland too! I want to ask Dad in person."
"Okay, let's go together!"
This time, Xu Hexiao went to a far place, and returned seven days later. The truck was packed full, showing that he had made quite a lot of gains.
"Except for the ones from Yao County, all the ones from other places are here." Xu Hexiao had a stubbled face and smiled, "Nothing is missing."
"After so many years, no one has found it, and it hasn't been damaged. Grandpa is really good at hiding things." Lin Qi praised.
"Not only grandpa, but also my father and uncles. They hid it together, but now these things are all ours. Grandpa said that when my father, mother, uncle and aunt left, they took away a lot of gold, which is as valuable as these antique paintings and calligraphy."
It wasn't that he wanted these things so much, but because they were the hard work of several generations of the Xu family. His grandfather had told him since he was a child to remember the locations where these things were buried, and he drew the map over and over again until he could accurately draw those locations with his eyes closed.
"So many people went out at that time, but no one came back?" Lin Qi was surprised.
"There were eight people in total, and none of them came back." Because none of them came back, you can imagine how much pain my grandfather felt. My grandfather's illness was caused by hunger, fatigue, and mental illness.
And his father, who was clearly alive, had the heart to let his old father and young son suffer here...
Xu Hexiao shook his head. "I can't forgive him. But I still want to meet him, ask about my mother, and take him to kowtow in front of my grandfather's grave."
Xu Zhaoyuan came to visit Xu Hexiao in the evening of the day he returned. When he arrived, Xu Hexiao was still catching up on his sleep, Lin Qi was cooking bone soup in the kitchen, and Zhao Shu was picking vegetables in the vegetable field outside the kitchen.
The weather is getting colder, so they plan to have hot pot tonight, one clear soup pot and one spicy hot pot.
It was Zhao Shu who opened the door. He was not surprised to see Xu Zhaoyuan outside. In the past few days, he found that someone had been lingering at the door, but that person had no ill intentions and just stared at their door. He guessed that this person was sent by Xu Zhaoyuan.
This man was probably anxious, so he sent someone to watch outside their house. As soon as his godson came home, he received the news and immediately went to visit.
"He Xiao is back?" Xu Zhaoyuan's voice was dry.
"Don't you know that?" Zhao Shu asked back, his tone not very good, "You didn't come back before, why do you come back now?"
Xu Zhaoyuan smiled bitterly, "Yes, why didn't I come back then? When others said Ah He was dead, I really believed it."
"Who said Ah He is dead?" Zhao Shu frowned.
"A friend who came to Hong Kong from the mainland. He said Ah He and his grandfather were gone. In that situation, countless people died, so I believed it. I didn't doubt it at all, because he had no reason to lie to me. We had no grudges and our relationship was pretty good." At this point, Xu Zhaoyuan smiled, a sad smile, "But many years later, I had a quarrel with my second wife, and she accidentally let it slip, and I realized that she had bribed my friend..."
Xu Hexiao woke up when the doorbell rang. Thinking that the person coming might be Xu Zhaoyuan, his biological father, he did not sleep anymore, but walked towards the door. By chance, he heard this conversation.
"Do you feel better after hearing this explanation?" Lin Qi appeared behind Xu Hexiao at some point.
"It doesn't matter. Grandpa won't be able to hear his explanation anyway." Xu Hexiao said calmly, holding Lin Qi's hand. "On the contrary, you are the most important. You have provided me and grandpa with food and clothing. You have alleviated grandpa's pain and allowed him to spend his last days in peace. If it weren't for you, grandpa would probably die with regrets."
The last four words are both light and heavy.
Xu Zhaoyuan's footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Xu Hexiao had a blank expression on his face.
"You go eat first, I'll talk to him." Xu Hexiao said.
"Don't you need me to accompany you?" Lin Qi was not very reassured.
"No need." Xu Hexiao smiled, "I'm not the seventh child. I'm no longer old enough to need parents."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zhaoyuan came in front of Xu Hexiao.
Under the light, Xu Zhaoyuan's face was as pale as paper.
Lin Qi and Zhao Shu went to the kitchen.
Xu Hexiao and Xu Zhaoyuan went to the living room. Except for the first glance, Xu Hexiao never gave Xu Zhaoyuan a glance. On the other hand, Xu Zhaoyuan never took his eyes off Xu Hexiao since he appeared.
The two sat down in the restaurant. Xu Hexiao poured himself a glass of water but ignored Xu Zhaoyuan sitting opposite him.
Xu Zhaoyuan could only smile bitterly in his heart but dared not show any dissatisfaction on his face.
The person in front of him was his son whom he hadn't seen for more than 20 years. No matter how unreasonable the other party was, he couldn't find the right to blame him, nor could he bear to blame him.
It's all his fault as a father.
Xu Zhaoyuan looked at his son in front of him, and slowly he realized that something was wrong.
Why did his thirty-four-year-old son look like he was twenty-one or twenty-two?
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