Rebirth of Xia Ze

"Who is Han Ling?"

Xia Sihui, who had been tensing her heartstrings when she first heard this strange name, suddenly relaxed.She looked at Xia Ze helplessly, as if she were looking at a naughty child, and said with a smile: "I know, did someone say something in front of you? And she said it in a serious way, right? The name Han Ling I promise I haven't heard of it, so don't worry now. Your father's first love is your mother, and there will be no one else."

What Xia Sihui said was very sure, Xia Ze nodded hesitantly.Xia Sihui smiled and rubbed his head on her tiptoes, and said pitifully, "Don't think about it, there are so many things on your mind, my sister wants you to grow up happily, okay?"

Xia Ze nodded with a smile on his face.

Xia Sihui thought for a while and said, "How about this, my sister-in-law will pick you up after the college entrance examination to go abroad. Don't you want to drive? How about my sister-in-law giving you a sports car?"

Although Xia Sihui pretended to be relaxed, her intention to change the subject was very obvious.Xia Ze couldn't tell what it was like seeing it in his eyes.Xia Yuan is like this, so is Little Auntie, it's too uncomfortable to feel that others know about it but keep it from him.They all seem to be very kind to him, maybe in their eyes, all their concealment is also for his own good, but he doesn't want this kind of kindness at all.

Until they finished visiting the garden, neither of them mentioned Xia Zhicheng's matter again.Xia Sihui sent Xia Ze away with a smile, the smile that had been piled on her face disappeared, she looked at Xia Ze's back with a heavy heart, and turned to find Grandma Xia.

The place where Grandma Xia lives is the Wufutang located on the central axis of the old house.In the hall, Grandma Xia looked at Xia Sihui who was hurriedly striding over, and snorted dissatisfied.

"What about your upbringing? After staying abroad for several years, can't you even walk?"

Xia Sihui was used to her mother's rigidity, these reprimands were not painful to her, she closed the door with a wry smile and walked over. "Mother, I have something to see you."

"What's the matter? It's for Xia Ze again? You go to see Xia Ze first when you come back. In your heart, a junior is more important than your mother, isn't it?" Grandma Xia's tone was bad, showing obvious dissatisfaction.

Knowing her mother's temper, Xia Sihui moved to Grandma Xia's side as coquettishly as she did when she was a child. "Mother, you know? Sister Chi passed away early, and I feel sorry for Ozawa too."

"What's distressing? You're obviously worried about me being mean to him again?" Grandma Xia said coldly.

It's hard for Xia Sihui to say that she was worried about this, so she hugged Grandma Xia's arm and pressed her face against her.Grandma Xia felt her closeness, and the expression on her face gradually softened.After all, Xia Sihui is her old daughter, and she has been in pain since she was a child, and she still can't bear to scold her.

"Tell me, what's the matter this time?"

Xia Sihui smiled, got up and said seriously: "It's about that incident back then, and Ozawa heard the news from somewhere. Mother, apart from the few of us, no one else should know about that incident, right? Didn't you say The girl has already been settled, so she probably won’t come back, right? I remember that girl’s name is Tian Xiaojing, and I don’t know who talked nonsense in front of Ozawa, what Han Ling was mentioned? Do you know what’s going on?”

After Xia Sihui asked a series of questions, Grandma Xia's expression remained calm.Can't see any emotion at all.It wasn't until Xia Sihui mentioned Han Ling that Grandma Xia frowned slightly, and then calmed down again.

After Xia Sihui finished speaking, Grandma Xia glanced at her, and said indifferently: "But some gossip, what can Xia Ze know? Even if he knows, what can Xia Ze do? It's Chi Xinyun who cares. What right does Xia Ze have to meddle in his father's affairs?"

"Mother!" Xia Sihui disagreed: "It was you who said that what happened back then was just an accident and should not affect the lives of Sister Chi and the third brother, so I promised you to keep Sister Chi from it. Since I have been hiding it for so many years, I have been keeping it Keep it a secret. Ozawa is not qualified to control it, but he will definitely not be happy if he finds out. I hope Ozawa grows up happily, which is also Sister Chi's wish. "

"Sister Chi" and "Xiao Ze" Grandma Xia got impatient after hearing these two names, but it was rare for her to see Xia Sihui once, so she really didn't want to argue over these trivial matters.He snorted immediately, and followed Xia Sihui's words: "Understood, I'll listen to you. Is there anything else?"

Grandma Xia intended to change the subject, but Xia Sihui hesitated for a while, and said tentatively, "Ozawa has reached his age, mother, do you think the paintings and calligraphy that father left for Ozawa can be handed over to Ozawa?"

Grandma Xia said with a straight face, "You worry a lot about Xia Ze."

Xia Sihui sneered, slowed down her tone, and said softly, "Mother, you also know that half of the things left by father belong to the Chi family, and should have been passed on to Xia Ze, you..."

"Xia Sihui!"

For the first time, Grandma Xia called her name and surname, looked at her dissatisfied and said, "Xia Ze is still young, what does he know? Just now Jia Shi told me that a copy of the Republic of China version of "Nanshan Collection" was taken by Xia Ze Take it out of the study and throw it in the garden. He doesn't care about the things at hand. How dare I give him the things left by your father. They are all handed down by the ancestors, even in such a difficult environment. Your father risked his life to keep these things, those things were not ruined by Xia Ze. When he is sensible, will I be ignorant of what should be given to him?"

Grandma Xia spoke louder and angrier, Xia Sihui hurried to pat Grandma Xia's chest, and kept saying, "Mother, I know, I know."

Grandma Xia breathed a sigh of relief, and glared at Xia Sihui bitterly. "Don't tell Xia Ze about this beforehand. When it's time to give it to him, I can't do without him."

Although Xia Sihui felt something was wrong in her heart, she still nodded when she saw Grandma Xia's appearance. She didn't dare to provoke Grandma Xia anymore.

Outside the door, Shen Jiashi turned around and left quietly when he heard this.Back in the room, Shen Jiashi thought for a while, took out his mobile phone and quickly pressed a group of familiar numbers.

The phone rang twice before being hung up, and a text message would come in soon. "What's the matter? Didn't I say that it's inconvenient to contact me these days?"

Holding the phone, Shen Jiashi curled his lips and replied a text message. "Where's the painting you asked me to take out last time? Just now my sister-in-law mentioned to grandma that she should hand those calligraphy and paintings into Xia Ze's hands."

This time the other party's response was faster, and the text message was quickly replied. "I see, I will return the painting in a few days."

Shen Jiashi looked at this text message with an indistinct expression on his face.He sat there quietly, thinking of the "Nanshan Collection" that Xia Ze was holding in the afternoon.The Republic of China version of "Nanshan Collection" is worthless, but the real "Nanshan Collection" is worth a house of hundreds of square meters in the center of Haicheng City. Seventy years ago, the original "Nanshan Collection" was still in the collection of their Shen family. In a blink of an eye, "Nanshan Collection" became something left by the Chi family to Xia Ze.Shen Jiashi thought coldly, a mockery flashed across his face.

That night, except for Zhang Yiwen, who was far away abroad and had no news, the whole Xia family finally came back together.In the hall of the old house, Grandma Xia sat in the middle, Shen Jiashi accompanied her, and a dozen members of the Xia family gathered around Grandma Xia, celebrating Grandma Xia's 78th birthday lively.Today is just the Xia family's family banquet, and the Xia family's external birthday banquet is tomorrow.Although the Xia family has deliberately kept a low profile, the Xia family has been in Haicheng for so many years, and there are many old in-laws.As early as a month ago, the Xia family had already sent invitations to some close families, among which the Chi family was the first.

The relationship between the Chi family and the Xia family can be said to be full of four words, old and new by marriage.Before liberation, the two families who were both aristocratic families in Haicheng kept in touch.At that time, the Xia family was a well-known scholarly family in Haicheng, while the Chi family was a big warlord entrenched in Haicheng.The two seem to be at odds with each other, but in fact the personal relationship between the two parties is not bad.After liberation, the Xia family and the Chi family had to be estranged due to some political reasons. It wasn't until Xia Ze's grandfather Chi Maohui saved the life of Xia Ze's grandfather Xia Weiguo during the great turmoil that swept across the country that the relationship between the two families began to change. Returned to the past.

Later Chi Xinyun married Xia Zhicheng, and the relationship between the two went further.Although with Chi Xinyun's unexpected death, as Grandpa Xia and Grandpa Chi passed away one after another, the relationship between the two families is no longer as close as before.But in terms of distance, there is still no family that can compare with the relationship between the Chi family and the Xia family.

At the dinner table, Xia Zhijie was also talking about the Chi family with Xia Zhicheng.Xia Zhijie is Xia Ze's second uncle, 53 years old this year.Because it is well maintained, it looks like it is in its early forties.Xia Zhicheng has two older brothers. The eldest brother Xia Zhifei is 58 years old this year. He is a middle-aged man who looks a bit fat. He wears a pair of glasses and has an honest and mediocre personality.Currently working in the environmental protection department of Haicheng, he will retire soon.The second brother Xia Zhijie is just the opposite of Xia Zhifei, shrewd and cunning, very courageous.He did not go into official career like other brothers, but started a business.With the name of the Xia family, Xia Zhijie's business is doing very well.At this time, what he mentioned to Xia Zhicheng was the land that was about to be developed in the west of Haicheng City.

"Third brother, tell your brother the truth, doesn't that piece of land already belong to the Chi family?"

Xia Zhicheng shook his head, "That piece of land has to go through a formal bidding process. It's hard to say whether it's the Chi family. But from the current point of view, the Chi family has the strongest strength, and the conditions they offer are the best, and they are very sincere .”

Xia Zhijie said in his heart, "Fuck! It's hard to say what it is. What's the difference between this and the Chi family's already." Just thinking about it, Xia Zhijie still feels itchy for that piece of land.He also knew that he couldn't compete with the Chi family in terms of strength, so he wanted to find a way through Xia Zhicheng.

"Third brother, is it possible..."

Xia Zhicheng has been an official for so many years, how could he fail to see what his second brother was thinking.It's just that Xia Zhicheng has always been cautious. He can turn a blind eye to small matters, but he will never fall into the trap of others in such matters.Besides, there is no difference between the land acquired by the Chi family and the land acquired by the Xia family, and there is no need to take risks.Xia Zhicheng said: "Second brother, although I am in charge of this project, there is a set of procedures for how to do it. It is not up to me. Even the Zhou family came to me for this matter a few days ago, and I pushed go back."

Xia Zhicheng politely refused, and took the Zhou family to make a demonstration.Xia Zhijie's heart skipped a beat when he heard the Zhou family, and a thought flashed through him.