After the end of the term, it will be winter vacation again.

Wearing heavy clothes and carrying big schoolbags, Xiao Long and Wang Min walked hand in hand on the empty campus on the last day.

Every time the winter vacation is about to separate, the feeling is always different from the past. In the summer vacation, we often meet each other because of school activities. We drink carbohydrate drinks together in the hot air, and the sweat evaporates through the pores of the cells; we lie on the hard board of the dormitory together. Taking a nap on the bed, listening to the tireless shouting of Cicada outside the dormitory building, I was in a daze, and the time was dragged on infinitely.

The winter vacation, although short, is lonely.

Gathering and parting overnight, the short-term happiness is like a fleeting firework, in the dark and vast cold, nothing can be caught.

Maybe it's because of the cold.And human beings are creatures that yearn for warmth.

Wang Min: "When will you be back?"

Xiao Long said: "Same as last year, I will come back whenever you come back."

Wang Min didn't speak, he walked with Xiao Long to the bus stop, holding hands through gloves, the two looked at each other as if no one was there (no one was there anyway), there seemed to be a thousand words in their eyes, expressing their reluctance to part.

"Come home with me." Wang Min suddenly said these four words.

Xiao Long's heart skipped a beat, and he joked, "You're almost as good as coming home with me."

Wang Min squinted his eyes like a cat, and said, "Not this year, but next year."

"..." Khan, do you need to answer so formally? I'll just say it casually...

When the bus came, Wang Min squeezed Xiao Long's hand and said, "Call me."

"Yeah." Xiao Long nodded, his exposed nose was red, and Wang Min couldn't help leaning forward to kiss her.

Xiao Long hugged Wang Min vigorously: "Let's go, brother."

Wang Min: "Yes."

After Xiao Long left, Wang Min was alone at the station, staring blankly at the direction the bus was leaving.

...Little, little, I want to be with you...

After a while, a black car slowly drove up in front of Wang Min, the driver's door opened, and a middle-aged man in a black suit got out of the car respectfully, and said, "Young master."

Wang Min: "Yes."

The middle-aged man who opened the door was the driver of the Wang family, surnamed Li. Uncle Li opened the back seat door for Wang Min, and Wang Min bowed and sat in the car.

Wang Min: "Who is there at home?"

Uncle Li: "Master Wang and Mr. Wang are both at home."

Wang Min: "Where is my brother?"

Uncle Li: "Master Qi hasn't come back yet."

Wang Min: "Oh."

Uncle Li: "It turns out that your cousins ​​are all here."

Wang Min: "Uncle and Uncle are also at home?"

Uncle Li: "Yes, huh, lord Wang's [-]th birthday this year, who dare not come back."

It is said that it is the 79th birthday, but in fact Wang Min’s grandfather is only [-] years old this year. According to the custom of C City, the [-]th birthday will be celebrated one year in advance. disaster.

Wang Min let out an "um", closed his eyes and rested his mind, and stopped talking.

Uncle Li kept silent, thinking that the young master was still so taciturn, and wondered why Master Wang liked him alone.

The Wang family is in Jiangnan Fanjin in the eastern district of City C.Jiangnan Fanjin is a rich residential area developed in the early stage of the rise of real estate in City C. In the early 90s, few people paid attention to greening and landscapes. However, this treasure land of Fengshui was developed into a Chinese-style landscape villa area, and the sales targets were positioned in the top five in C City. ten millionaires.

At that time, housing prices in City C had not yet started to rise, and it looked like a few thousand yuan per square meter.Jiangnan Fanjin's price tag of more than [-] yuan per square meter is an astronomical figure for the people of City C.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the advertisement came out, the villa was sold out.

Perhaps this is the commonality of the rich in China, who use material to promote their status.

Wang Min vaguely remembered when he moved from an old city house to Jiangnan Fanjin when he was seven years old. At that time, his parents had not yet divorced, and the move was very grand. Grandpa personally supervised everyone to pack those antique utensils. Mother and nanny were discussing what to do. What goes away, what stays.

The brothers excitedly ran around the old house playing hide-and-seek, while they stayed in the small room where they lived for seven years and refused to come out.

The gray bricks and black tiles of the old house, the wooden walls and beams of the old house, the old house is filled with a musty smell unique to small southern cities... At this moment, it is like an old man in his twilight years, silently bearing the abandonment of the owner .

It is whining, it is about to die.

Little Wang Min felt inexplicably sad holding a heavy almanac that was about to be thrown away.Later, someone rushed in and shouted loudly: "Little brother, what kind of flowers are you embroidering here alone! Come and play with us!"

……

An hour later, the car drove back to the palace.

I have lived in Jiangnan Fanjin for ten years, and now I have feelings for this house.What's more, the entire row here was bought by the Wang family.

Wang Min got out of the car and looked at the majestic appearance of the modern building and the exquisite decoration in the details. The shallow traces of the years quietly carried the history of the younger generation of the Wang family...

Wang Min lowered his head and raised his feet, walking towards the hall step by step.

"Hey, little brother is back!" Hearing his voice before seeing anyone, Wang Min raised his eyes to the tall and slender young man, and called out: "Third brother."

This person's name is Wang Rui, the second son of Wang Min's second uncle, 23 years old this year, and studying for a master's degree in the UK.

Wang Rui came over laughingly and punched Wang Min, and said in a strange voice: "Welcome home!"

Wang Min: "Don't speak English at home, it's so strange."

Wang Rui smiled and said: "You are still so serious! Jingjing came back three days ago, why are you so late?"

Wang Min lowered his head to change his shoes, and Wang Rui teased and asked, "Are you with your girlfriend at school?"

Wang Min: "..."

Wang Rui said "tsk" twice, and said: "It's been a year, and you still blush when we mention her, who the hell, bring it home to see!"

Wang Min simply refused: "No."

Wang Rui: "..."

Wang Min turned around and went up with his schoolbag. Halfway up the spiral staircase, Wang Rui shouted behind him: "Ah, I almost forgot. Grandpa told you to go to his room later!"

Wang Min: "Oh, I see."

Wang Min took off his school uniform, changed into comfortable casual clothes, and walked over to the main room on the second floor.

He took a deep breath, prepared himself mentally, and tapped on the thick mahogany door, and a deep voice came from inside: "Come in."

Wang Min turned to open the door and said to the old man inside, "Grandpa."

Grandpa Wang pushed his reading glasses, put down the chess record, and said, "Come here, play the game with me."

"Ah."

Wang Min obediently stepped forward, sat down on his knees, sorted out the chessboard, held the sunspots in his hand, and lightly placed them on the star position in the upper left corner.

The room was quiet, only the crisp sound of the chess pieces being placed on the solid wooden chessboard.

I don't know how long it has passed, but Wang Min seldom stops to think, but the old man always holds the chess piece and frowns, pondering how to make the next move.

He raised his eyes to look at the youngest grandson in front of him. This child is calm at all times. Even if he is at a disadvantage, even if the opponent is winning, he is so unruffled, making the opponent wonder if he is already under his control. In the middle, is it possible that the next step will be backlashed, and then the whole game will be lost...

Although the results of many experiments have verified that it was an illusion, and most of the children would lose, but he was so calm and calm, and did not show any panic in the face of defeat.

This kind of mentality, this kind of control is really appreciated.

The old man put down the chess pieces and said, "Let's go here."

Wang Min: "Yes."

Grandpa Wang asked slowly, "How about knowing the ending?"

Wang Min said frankly: "Well, I lost seven or eight eyes."

Grandpa Wang took a sip of tea and asked, "What do you think?"

Wang Min: "Grandpa is better than me."

Grandpa Wang: "..."

Grandpa Wang instructed Wang Min to pour tea, Wang Min poured it, and handed it to him with both hands, the other party asked again: "Are you not reconciled to losing?"

Wang Min: "Victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs."

Grandpa Wang: "..."

Grandpa Wang's tea bowl was empty, and Wang Min poured him another cup.

"Tell me about your school."

Wang Min began to describe Hua Hai's life in a straight-forward manner: "I have to get up before 05:30 in the morning, then go to class, take a two-hour break at noon, have dinner at [-]:[-] in the afternoon, and then go back to the dormitory to read and sleep."

"Current account..." Grandpa Wang said disdainfully, "What else?"

Wang Min: "I joined the basketball team and sometimes play basketball at night."

Grandpa Wang: "Waste of time."

Wang Min: "..."

Grandpa Wang: "I heard from your brothers that you are talking about someone."

Wang Min: "...No."

Grandpa Wang: "Is that a girl you like?"

Wang Min lowered his eyes and said nothing.

Grandpa Wang: "How is the other party's family? If you really like it, you can also consider marriage."

Wang Min frowned, and said seriously: "Grandpa, if I have someone I like, I will raise him."

Grandpa Wang smiled and said indifferently: "You are still young, you are just playing around now, don't take it too seriously."

Wang Min: "..."

Grandpa Wang: "But if you really play, you have to control it well, don't cause any trouble, don't hurt other girls' hearts."

Wang Min remained speechless.

Grandpa Wang: "You kid, don't think that I don't know. Whoever likes you will be pissed off by your personality."

Wang Min is puzzled, will it?Is Xiaoxiao always angry because of his own personality?

"..."

Afterwards, he listened to the old man's nagging for two hours, and was released when it was almost dinner time. Wang Min let out a tired breath.However, he was not very lucky. He saw his father just after he came out of his grandfather's room. Father Wang said: "Go to the study and wait for me."

Wang Min had to go to his father's study. Unlike his grandfather's room where there were antique books, Wang Min's father's study was full of company documents.

Father Wang has a personal assistant surnamed Lin, who is a young man who just graduated with a master's degree last year. It was the first time Wang Min saw him since he rarely came home after living in school.

Secretary Lin was helping his father sort out the documents in the study at this time. When he saw Wang Min, he nodded to him lukewarmly.

Wang Min also nodded politely, walked to the bookshelf and took out a product sales brochure on the shelf to read. This is the land developed by the Wang family at the beginning of the year.

In Guanlong Century Square in the west of the city, Wang Min looked at the design made by a well-known design institute for a while, and when Father Wang came in, he signaled Secretary Lin to leave with his eyes, and asked, "What do you think?"

Wang Min: Why do you like to ask if you have any ideas?

"I don't know design, but the renderings are quite beautiful."

Father Wang smiled and said: "The front is all gimmicks, nothing interesting, you turn to the end."

Wang Min turned over the last page according to his words, and on it was an investment estimation form. Father Wang said: "This is what we care about most."

Wang Min: "How much can I earn back?"

Father Wang stretched out a hand with five fingers spread out.

"Five times?" Wang Min asked.

"Design has nothing to do with us. What we need to know is how to maximize profits." Father Wang came over, stood beside his son who was already as tall as himself, and flipped to the first few pages of commercial detailed planning area illustrations: "After a few years, when the surrounding residential areas are built, a large number of businessmen will settle here, and the land price and rent will increase every year. The more dead space is developed, the greater the profit."

Wang Min nodded, rather than saying that he didn't care about these things, it would be better to say that he was already numb.

Grandpa and father would always cultivate his desire for wealth from time to time, but for some reason, he didn't feel it at all.

"This area," Father Wang pointed to the blue part on the legend, and said, "The first floor here has been bought out by the Wang family's business. When you become an adult, you will manage it."

Wang Min: "..."

Father Wang: "You don't need to think about it, this is your grandfather's decision."

Wang Min struggled a bit and said, "Dad, I want to go to other provinces to study in university."

Father Wang's face darkened, he knocked on the table, and raised his voice: "Don't be too self-willed, if you had listened to me and went to the United States, you would be able to come back to help the family next year, what kind of university do you want to study? Can you conjure 100 million for me? Waste of time!"

Wang Min: "..."

The father and son froze for a while, but the prince couldn't help it. He shouted angrily: "Every time I tell you this, you ignore it, don't you! Have you thought about it in your heart? Put your outlook on life Take back the worldview, everything in the book is a lie (?)! Look at the imperial examination system in ancient times. If you read until your hair is gray and still take the exam, so what if you read until you die? What are Chinese people studying for? Select talents! That’s the way for those who don’t study and have no future, because they have nowhere to go! Our Wang family’s children don’t need to join in the fun!”

Wang Min: "..."

"I don't think you study for knowledge, fame and fortune. You haven't read enough of those miscellaneous books..." Father Wang snorted coldly, and said, "You study for fun!"

Wang Min felt that his father was like an irritable tiger cat(?), and he continued to listen silently.

Seeing that his son was expressionless and unresponsive, Father Wang finally exploded in anger. He pointed at Wang Min and yelled, "If you continue playing like this, you will not only waste time, but also the money of the Wang family (?)! Get out, Go and think about it for me!"

Wang Min: "Yes."

This happens every time...

Wang Min went out, frowned and returned to the room, even though he was not convinced by his father's accusation, he would still calm down and think——

What if I walk the path you have arranged for me? At the age of 15, he went to study at X Business School in the United States, returned to China, and accepted the family business. At the age of 18, he lost touch with his peers...

Apart from money, I will lose all the meaning of living in this society!No friendship, no love...

Maybe in the future, people my age will look up to me and envy me, and I will become a heterogeneous person who has no common topics with anyone, living in the cage you have created for me, and I will never escape from it forever!

But father, I would rather be a candidate with hopes and dreams than an emperor who only has responsibility!

……

Wang Min lay uncomfortable on the bed, hugged his arms and missed Xiao Long.

Little, how I wish I could be born in the same family as yours, to be your older brother, to go to school with you, to take exams, to play basketball with you, to find a girlfriend with you... Oh no, I like you, I You are not allowed to find a girlfriend... Then we go to college together, find a [-]-to-[-] job together, have the same colleagues, hang out with them at night and drink, complain about the boss's badness, and I will hug you when I go back Go to sleep... Go home to see your parents during Chinese New Year...

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