brotherly innocence

The auspicious snow falls one after another, and the broken Qiong and jade are dancing in the sky.

Boss Qin pushed open the glass window, and the wind blew snow flakes onto his warm cheeks, which instantly turned into cold water droplets.

The sound of firecrackers in the distance is far and near, and the crackling resounds throughout the area.The red lanterns are covered with a layer of white snow, and it is hard to hide the chill in the joy of the new year.

"Father, the New Year's Eve dinner is all set, and we're just waiting for you to sit in." Qin Rong came in and said.

Boss Qin turned his head and saw his son was wearing a long gown, his newly trimmed hair on the temples revealed a light blue scalp, and he looked agile and capable.Compared with the stupid kid when he entered the Qin Mansion at the beginning of five years, the son in front of him seems to be much more mature. Now the burden of the blue gang and the Qin family's business is all on Qin Rong. He is only 23 years old, and the blue gang praises him all over the place. Young and promising.Seeing the steady look of Qin Rong in a blue silk gown standing in front of him, Boss Qin couldn't help but take a few more glances, and then said the same phrase that was often on his lips: "There is news about your Brother Nan ?"

Qin Rong shook his head with a smile and said, "Father, looking at you, I'm thinking about Brother Yaonan again. No news is the best news. I believe Brother Yaonan will come back sooner or later. Maybe, it's just like my second uncle speculated. Going to the northeast to hunt down devils."

"This beast, when I capture him and come back, let's see how I deal with him. No matter who begs for mercy, I will hang him on the big camphor tree at the door and beat him as a 'hanging duck' to make him look good! This little beast! I raised him He ran away for 20 years, 20 years, and ran away without any news for five years."

"Grandpa, grandpa, grandma is waiting for you to take a seat." Xiaochun Bao'er ran over, in a tight milky white suit and vest, with shiny hair, sweating profusely.Boss Qin patted Chun Bao'er's head and said, "Come on, let's go to the New Year's Eve dinner. Grandpa still wants to see Chun Bao'er blowing thunder."

"Master, master, Master Nan, he, Master Nan is back!" The skeleton butler and Ali ran over one after the other, panting.

"What did you say?" Boss Qin couldn't believe it, and leaned forward to ask.

Qin Rong interrupted and asked, "Where is Young Master Nan?"

"Outside the foyer, just at the door of the building, kneeling, said he dared not enter the door, and asked the master for forgiveness before he dared to get up." Ali said happily.

Before Boss Qin could speak, Chun Baoer cheered in surprise: "Little uncle!"

He ran away.

Qin Rong was also pleasantly surprised: "Father, it's Brother Nan who came back. You see, after nagging him every day, I finally got Brother Nan back."

Boss Qin twitched the corners of his lips, expressionless, and hurried out the door. After only a few steps to the door, he stopped suddenly and snorted, "Ali, tell me to serve the food. New Year's Eve dinner."

"Then, Young Master Nan... But tell Young Master Nan to go to the restaurant to kowtow to the master and the old lady?" Ali asked tentatively.

The skull-faced butler had already coughed a few times, and seemed to understand what the master meant, so he just stepped back to arrange the New Year's Eve dinner.

Qin Rong smiled, and said without hesitation: "Father, look at you, you are angry like a child, why is Brother Yaonan your son? If you don't see him, you will talk about it, and when you see him, you will be angry, and you can hide if you are happy or not." It's not a big deal. If you're on New Year's Eve, even if you beat and scold you, there's something for you to say, so it makes people feel uncomfortable."

Boss Qin snorted, and walked slowly towards the dining room, but saw a group of aunts and concubines surrounding the old lady and heading towards the door of the mansion. He hurriedly chased after them to call them back, but saw the figure of his mother had already arrived at the door of the building, and said, "Baby!" My son, I miss my mother-in-law to death!"

Chu Yaonan's cry came from over there: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, Yaonan finally saw her mother-in-law again."

"Bao'er, you are heartless, you left mother and you ran away cruelly, and mother will cry and go blind. If your father beats you, I don't want mother to intercede for you. Wuwu, wuwuwu." Three The auntie's screaming and screaming sounded so sad now, Boss Qin's eyes became hot, he took a deep breath, pulled everyone away and walked forward.

"Father, daddy!" The voice just finished, there were several muffled bang bang bangs, and the sound of kowtow, Boss Qin looked for the sound, the gray woolen coat, the neatly repaired hair, when he looked up, his face was full of tears. Thin cheeks, bright eyes, Nan'er, the son he misses every day.Boss Qin stared at him without speaking, but Chu Yaonan walked a few steps to his father on his knees.

Boss Qin reached out with trembling hands to wipe away the tears on Chu Yaonan's cheeks, and asked tremblingly, "You, are you willing to come back?"

"Father, my son Yaonan has come back to apologize to my father." Chu Yaonan raised his head and looked at his father eagerly.

"Slap!" Boss Qin waved his hand violently and slapped Chu Yaonan's cheeks fiercely. Chu Yaonan fell to the ground in response. When he knelt up again, seeing the angry expression on Boss Qin's face, he pointed to the skeleton butler behind him and said : "Go, ask the family law to come! No, take the rope and the whip, and hang this evil for me, and see that I have spared him."

"Lang'er, what's the trouble with you? You are not allowed to beat children on New Year's Eve. If you teach Yaonan a lesson, you should delay him for a few days until the [-]th day of the first lunar month before hitting him. Just write it down, and I will remember it for you." The old lady spoke.

Boss Qin twitched his lips, still angry, and glared at Chu Yaonan fiercely.

The Yaonan in front of him is more stable, his skin is slightly tanned, with a light maroon light, and there are a few obvious red boils on his forehead, revealing the secret of age that cannot be concealed.That obedient appearance is still the same as in the past, making him unbearable to blame.

"Father, my son didn't dare to ask for mercy from his father, but he really had some unavoidable difficulties. After going through all kinds of hardships, he escaped back to see his father, and begged his father to spare Nan'er for the time being."

Hearing that Chu Yaonan had unavoidable difficulties, Boss Qin's anger surged in all directions, thinking that he was busy and didn't even have a chance to write a letter or send a telegram?Perfunctory, it seems that the child will die if he doesn't beat him.

"Ali!" Boss Qin yelled, and Ali ran quickly, holding a rope and a whip in his hand, making Chu Yaonan shiver.

"Father, please don't hit Nan'er's 'hanging duck' again. It was wrong for Nan'er to run away from home to fight devils, but Nan'er paid five years for it and regretted it." Chu Yaonan hurriedly said, " My son was kidnapped and sold as a piglet to Nanyang, and he cut rubber in isolation for more than a year in the manor, and there was no way he could escape."

With one sentence, everyone was stunned and silent, and the snow flakes fell one after another, gradually enveloping Qin Rong and everyone into ice men carved out of ice.

Only then did Qin Rong persuade him, "Father, even if you are convicted, you have to go to trial first. Even if you are interrogated, you should go back to the building first."

Only then did Boss Qin reluctantly agree, and before Chu Yaonan entered the building, he threateningly said: "If you dare to lie, I can't beat you to death. Pigs will believe you if you are sold as a piglet, Young Master Chu!"

Chu Yaonan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he shook off the snow all over his body, followed his father and the crowd to the living room, and fell to his knees.

Xiaochun Bao'er was interesting, and posted Chu Yaonan kneeling and refusing to get up, begging and begging: "If grandpa hits little uncle, let Chun Bao'er beat him too. Chun Bao'er is willing to share the blame for little uncle."

Chu Yaonan took off his coat several times, tore off his shirt, turned around, everyone screamed, and then he branded the word 'Zai' on his back with a circle, like the mark on raw pork slices sold in the market .

"Bao'er, Bao'er, what's going on?" The third aunt hugged Chu Yaonan and burst into tears.

"Father, please tell me carefully. In the twelfth lunar month five years ago, my son originally wanted to find his second uncle to go to the front to kill the enemy. My son should not be willful and regret it. Hearing the sound of artillery those nights, many people They all spontaneously organized people to go to the front line to give supplies to them, and to participate in the upsurge of fighting Japan. At that time, some supplies could not be transported to the front line, and my car was stopped by a group of people. I asked me to help deliver the clothes and food they were preparing to deliver to the supplies. Soldiers of the Nineteenth Route Army, I was about to go to the front line, so I agreed, but unfortunately, unfortunately, good luck tricked people, stray bullets flew, I didn’t know anything, and when I woke up, I was in a dark warehouse. Underground The floor was shaking, and my son knew it was in the boat. After further inquiry, it was a British boat transporting pigs, but Yaonan had no idea how he was tied onto the boat, and he tied me, Chu Yao, under the eyes of the Dingjiang Blue Gang. South."

The whip in Boss Qin's hand fell to the ground, and he asked suspiciously: "Are you sure? No, how could anyone dare to sell piglets in Dingjiang without passing my hand?"

Chu Yaonan said helplessly: "I don't know how long it took. We arrived in Nanyang and were whipped like slaves to work and cut rubber. Yaonan misses his parents and relatives at home every day, but he can't help himself and suffers unspeakably. Several times Trying to write a trustee to take him out, he was caught and beaten severely, but it was much more vicious than his father's usual whipping, and he couldn't get up for several days.

When everyone heard this, they sometimes exclaimed in fear, sometimes burst into tears, and sometimes boldly asked: "Then what happened next?"

Chu Yaonan pursed his lips and said: "The owner of the family found that Yaonan was also highly educated in foreign languages, so he made an exception and asked his son to do some copying work. After coming and going, he also let Yaonan participate in some business, and gradually had some opportunities. But that place There is no messenger, it is very desolate, and there is no way to send letters back. The son tried to escape several times but failed. Later, the boss had a foolish daughter, so he fell in love with Yaonan and forced him to accept Yaonan as his son-in-law."

"Ah?" Everyone exclaimed, not expecting Chu Yaonan's experience to be so twists and turns.