tall rose

Chapter 32 XXXII

The roses haven't faded yet, Yang Sheng has to go home and get some thick clothes.

As soon as the weekly test was over on Saturday afternoon, he set off for home; Xia Zang sent him to the main entrance of the campus, where it was convenient to take a car.

"I'll be back at about eight o'clock." When I said this again, there was a slight bit of reluctance in my heart.

Obviously only left for dinner time, but it was like parting from life and death.

Yang Sheng laughed secretly at his exaggeration, but looked at Xia Zang very calmly, and told him as usual: "Be careful on the road."

In the end, Yang Sheng still couldn't hold back, tilted his head slightly, and hugged Xia Zang into his arms: "Then I'm leaving."

Xia Zang's body froze, "Well, good."

For the past two days, Xia Zang has always been like this, he is like a puppet that has not been wound up when hugged, so stiff that he is at a loss.

Originally, Yang Sheng thought that his gift of the rose was too blatant, scaring Xia Zang; so he restrained himself and wanted to give himself and Xia Zang a period of adaptation.

But unexpectedly, his brother was stiff, and he would not refuse anyone who came to hug him.

Uh……

Although I don't quite understand what's going on, the boy's heart is on the needle, but not refusing is already the best gift, what more bicycle do I want.

Yang Sheng hummed a ditty all the way into the car, and called his mother to tell him to come back to pick up the clothes.

"Then bother you for a while, at least have dinner." It's rare to have a little teasing tone to amuse your mother.

But Nai He's mother was not a good person to make fun of, so she just responded indifferently: "It happens that your father is also at home at night, so you two have a good chat."

It's been so many years, but the mother still hasn't given up on the matter of asking him to call him Dad instead.

Even the uncle himself didn't care much.

And the mother had been persevering in explaining her theory to Yang Sheng, saying that his uncle didn't care because he didn't treat Yang Sheng as his own son, and if Yang Sheng didn't take the initiative, he would have no way to get close to his uncle.

"You are a junior, you should wink."

But my uncle already had a son called Xia Zang, and later also had his own daughter, so there is no shortage of him called Dad.

He didn't need to catch up and be humble, he was already low-browed enough to be pleasing to the eye under the eaves of others.

Yang Sheng knew what his mother meant, especially in the two years after Xia Zang moved out, his mother was even more enthusiastic about changing his mind.

Do you want him to take advantage of the conflict between father and son to occupy the place originally reserved for Xia Zang in uncle's heart?

Are you kidding me?

Even though Yang Sheng didn't care much about blood relationship, he wasn't so foolish as to agree to change his mouth so that he could treat you as his own son.

What's more, this matter is likely to hurt Xia Zang, even if he had no other thoughts about Xia Zang before, he would not use this trick to hurt his brother who was not bad to him.

"You, you are disobedient just by beating to death! You will know in the future that what mother said is for your own good."

For my own good...

It is for my own good to endure the domestic violence of my own father; it is for my own good to endure the wild flowers blooming outside after marrying this husband; it is also for my own good to take the risk of giving birth to a younger sister good.

Everything is for my own good.

"Mom, I feel like I owe you a lot." So Yang Sheng held the phone watch firmly, and said to the other end of the phone in a serious tone without making jokes.

But the person on the other end of the phone took it seriously, "If you really have this awareness, then I can die in peace."

"What are you talking about, Mom." Yang Sheng lowered his eyes, the pattern on the floor of the bus car was protruding, very eye-catching, "Hang up first, I'll be there soon."

In fact, most of the time, Yang Sheng was unwilling to go back "home".

It is a relief that there are 226 days before the college entrance examination, and he can finally have a reasonable reason not to be condemned, and stay away from that place.

Together with Xia Zang.

Knock on the door, enter the door, change shoes at the entrance, and call the family members by their names one by one.

"Uncle." When the words were finished, the man who was lying on the sofa and flipping through the newspaper raised his head slightly, and said symbolically, "I'm back."

Yang Sheng avoided his mother's sad eyes and said, "Then I'll go and pack my clothes first, so I can take them away after dinner."

"Living with your brother, are you still used to it?" The man rarely asked, and the mother quietly retreated to the kitchen.

Yang Sheng stood there looking over, and answered the man with a smile: "I'm still used to it, my brother treats me very well, thank you uncle for your concern."

Feeling that the tone was like a little daughter-in-law who spoke respectfully to her father-in-law, Yang Sheng's mind flashed countless family ethics dramas at eight o'clock when he was young.

But what the hell is the little daughter-in-law!

"Then how is your study going? Are you sure you can get into Tsinghua and Peking University?" The man put down the newspaper and asked again.

Yang Sheng wondered if his uncle only knew about these two universities in China. When he first entered high school, his uncle encouraged him to study hard and try to get into Tsinghua University or Peking University.

"It's okay, the teacher said that it's okay to get into a university." Yang Sheng casually walked over, "Uncle, where's my little sister? I haven't seen her yet when I walked in."

"I'm sleeping. I've been sleeping since I came back from kindergarten." When he mentioned his daughter, the wrinkles in the corners of the man's eyes were stretched out, and his expression was soft. "I guess I'm tired from playing. I'll wake her up after dinner."

Yang Sheng smiled dryly: "That's nothing, I'm going to pack my clothes first."

In fact, Xia Zang and his uncle look very similar, the contours of the face and those eyes are carved out of the same mold.

But Xia Zang and his uncle are not alike, Xia Zang is warm from inside to outside, even if he often doesn't smile, the warmth and softness can come out from his eyes.

Uncle always laughs and looks good-natured, but he is cold and arrogant in his heart.

Yang Sheng remembered the quarrel where he drove Xia Zang out of the house, and he also remembered that it had been more than two years, and he had done nothing to care about Xia Zang's life and death.

"You...really haven't contacted uncle again?" Before returning home, Yang Sheng said something unpleasant.

Xia Zang replied quite calmly: "He even blocked my mobile phone number, where can I contact him?"

After locking the door of the room, Yang Sheng put down his schoolbag and went to the closet to search for winter clothes.

He didn't have the habit of locking it up before, but since he started his entrance exam in the third year of junior high school, his mother was worried that he would stay in the room and not do business, so he often barged in to monitor his study progress under the pretext of delivering fruit plates and milk.

Later, Yang Sheng couldn't bear the disturbance, so he directly locked the door.

When asked by his mother reproachfully, he only played haha ​​and fooled it, but did not change at all.

No, it has become a habit.

Just bring a coat and down jacket, and take two other long-sleeved clothes.

The volume of his book bag is limited, and there is no space at all when stuffed with a down feather.

I had to find another canvas bag to hold other clothes.

It didn't take much time to finish packing, Yang Sheng dumped himself on the bed covered with a dust cover, didn't bother to check if there was any dust, just looked around at the clean walls without other pendant decorations and the shelves full of shelves next to the wall. books.

His room is monotonous and boring, except for the piles of books that show that he can keep up with the reading trend of his peers, everything else is as boring as an old man in his twilight years.

The mother's educational philosophy is very strange, she asked Yang Sheng to read and study, as long as she reads, she has no objection.

But she never knew exactly what books Yang Sheng read, which also gave Yang Sheng a great sense of freedom, at least in reading.

So the mother still doesn't understand why her son, who has read a shelf full of books, has been refusing to listen to such a trivial matter as changing his mouth.

Shouldn't it be that the more you read, the more polite you become?

Yang Sheng didn't bother to refute her, as refuting would only make her more confused and force Yang Sheng to listen to her.

Anyway, there must be a stubborn and unreasonable little girl living in my mother's heart, and sometimes her psychological maturity is not as good as that of her little sister.

In the two years after he and his father divorced, his mother supported the small shop at home while shedding tears. Yang Sheng also wanted to comfort her, and got full marks in school exams every time.

At that time, Yang Sheng still admired her and felt sorry for her mother, thinking that it was worthwhile for him to protect her from the water and the stick.

At least, mother can still live a good life with Yang Sheng after leaving that man.

Later, when his mother and uncle remarried, Yang Sheng was also very happy.Because the uncle is indeed rich by the naked eye, and with his mother's support, the small shop will definitely become more and more prosperous.

But the mother seemed to have let go of a heavy burden and closed the shop.

The uncle is very masculine, thinking that he is rich and does not need his wife to show his face to do some small business that is not worth a few dollars.

The mother actually agreed, and told Yang Sheng repeatedly at that time that she must have married the right person this time.

Then she dedicated herself to caring for her husband and raising her children, and became that virtuous housewife, who was called "my mother-in-law" by her uncle outside.

So gradually until now, Yang Sheng found that his last respect and affection for his mother had been wiped away by repeated disappointments.

Only indifference remained.

He thought that in the future, he must be an unfilial son.

Standing up, he still went to the kitchen to help his mother with the dishes. Uncle didn't care about anything in the kitchen.

"Your dad wants your brother back."

Amidst the roar of the range hood, the mother said to Yang Sheng worriedly before the plate was served.

"Ah, that's great." Yang Sheng was stunned and replied.

After more than two years, it is indeed time to melt the ice.

"Your father agreed with you to share the rent with him, so I should have been vigilant." The mother put the fried meat on a plate, turned off the fire and said, "He probably wanted your brother back a long time ago, but he didn't let go because of face. .”

"I guess he will ask you to be the intermediary later and bring your brother back."

"If uncle wants me to act as an intermediary, I'm very happy. I just don't know what my brother thinks, and I respect my brother's wishes." Yang Sheng shaved his face and said half-truth.

It's really the second half of the sentence.

"You are stupid, how can you agree to this! After all, your father has paid more attention to you. Once your brother comes back, won't he be gone?" The mother's tone was rare, and then she looked at him suspiciously, "You won't Do you really get on well with him?"

"Of course I really get along well with him, why am I lying to you?" Yang Sheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Because my brother and I are so nice, I have to think about him."

"You think of him, but he won't think of you." Mother said.

Yang Sheng smiled unconsciously, "He's always thinking of me."

Still jealous for me, unhappy for me.

But her mother didn't hear, she was worried about the future she imagined.

To be honest, Xia Zang is indeed a strong contender for his uncle's property with his younger sister in the future.

As for Yang Sheng, he was very grateful to his uncle for providing him with schooling, and he would probably have to return the money to him after he worked.

Yang Sheng has been keeping accounts.

At the dinner table, the uncle hugged the younger sister who had woken up to eat.

To be happy for her daughter, lazy people also began to learn to take care of her with food and vegetables.

Yang Sheng immersed himself in eating hard, since he was sensible, he took care of himself at the dinner table.

The only time he was taken care of was when he and Xia Zang went to eat a simple Western-style meal. Xia Zang cut the steak for the whole process, and he was only responsible for eating it.

Alas, I don't know if Xia Zang is eating properly at the moment.

The advantage of burying your head in hard work is that you can see the bottom of it quickly, and you don’t have to go to the dinner table to ask questions.

Just as Yang Sheng was planning to grab the bowl and run away, he went into the room and took his schoolbag and canvas bag, said "goodbye" and rushed back to find Xia Zang.

The uncle maintained the posture of feeding his sister rice, and suddenly said: "Hush, talk to your brother again and see what he is thinking."

Yang Sheng caught a glimpse of his mother putting down the bowl, and the bottom of the bowl jingled.

"He thinks about studying hard every day and making progress every day." Yang Sheng said truthfully, there was no such thing as saying good things for his brother.

"Oh, is it great to have good academic performance? Can you disrespect your elders and cut off contact with your family?" The uncle dropped his chopsticks in displeasure, making the younger sister tremble in fright, and babbling "Dad, Daddy".

The uncle also calmed down and softly coaxed his daughter, and the mother took the opportunity to stir up the muddy water: "That child, Xiaozang, is like this, he's so proud."

"I don't know if he's arrogant or not. I only know that he's the eldest, so it's better to be quiet and sensible." The uncle snorted angrily, and pulled Yang Sheng out to block the gun again.

Yang Shengxin said that it was a good thing Xia Zang wasn't there at the moment, and he was worried that Xia Zang would hate him if he heard such words.

Hmm... I seem to have heard a lot before I went to high school.

Well, his brother is so generous that he didn't prejudice him because of it.

The more Yang Sheng thought about it, the more he missed Xia Zang, and he wished he could put the bowl away immediately.

"Just tell him that if you want to recognize me as a father, you will come back this year to celebrate the new year. What do you think you are always outside?" After a long while, the uncle said something viciously.

Yang Sheng muttered, if he said such a thing, Xia Zang might never plan to come back for the rest of his life.

On the surface, he responded perfunctorily, and at least got away.

After closing the door again, he dared to breathe a long sigh of relief.

Yang Sheng took out his phone watch and looked for Xia Zang's number.

With the anger in his heart, he sent Xia Zang a sentence: "I miss you, brother."

After clicking send, Yang Sheng realized what he was doing... Ah, can you withdraw it!

Achieved social death in front of Xia Zang again.

Yang Sheng couldn't laugh at all, he just hoped that Xia Zang would not see this news.

Then the watch vibrated twice, Xia Zang's message came: "Then come back quickly."

The eggplant that was beaten by Shuang straightened up in an instant, my brother replied to me, and my brother wanted me to go back quickly...

My brother misses me too!

Although he didn't know how to come to such a conclusion, Yang Sheng still made several circles for this conclusion.

I don't want those who have or don't, the most important thing is to go back to the rental house and stay with Xia Zang.

The author has something to say:

I reckon I'll have to keep this damn aunt laughing for a long time...

But the problem is, neither of them confessed yet...

What is this called, a tacit two-way secret love?Ahhh, kill me, I don't want to know, I just want to write up to 20!

(The author is too smart and logically dead, abaaaba)