He Wei

After resting at the post station, the three of them embarked on the journey again. However, it seemed that the road had encountered the rainy season in the north, and there was a light rain every two or three days, which seriously hindered the speed of the three of them.

The three of them stopped and went, and the road that could have been covered in ten days was dragged on for half a month.Fortunately, the weather has cleared up in the last few days, and the speed of travel can be increased. Those who catch up quickly can be regarded as catching up.

Along the way, Xu Lang ate the cakes he bought, ate and slept, and ate after sleeping, just like a little pig.

Xue Chengyu didn't dislike Xu Lang's laziness, so whenever he felt sleepy, he would let him sleep on his lap.

Even though he is always sleeping, Xu Lang's spirit is not very good, the road is very bumpy, and he can't sleep well.All the way down the body is very tired, dark circles are quite heavy.

The journey was tiring, and Xu Hong opened his sleepy eyes when he got off the car, and looked at the surrounding environment with a confused face and became dizzy.

In front of him was the mansion of a rich family, and the two big characters "Li's Mansion" on the plaque first came into view. The two stone lions in front of the gate guarded the gate majestically, and it seemed that he had arrived at his destination.

Xue Chengyu pinched Xu Lang's little face, and asked jokingly, "Is the little slacker still awake?"

Xu Lang stretched himself casually, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and brought himself back to his senses: "Have we arrived yet? It's pretty fast."

The old coachman led the horse and looked at the appearance of the two, and said with a smile: "Brother Xu slept a lot on the way, with the young master accompanying him, he must have slept well."

Xu Lang smiled shyly, and said politely: "I made you laugh..."

Xue Chengyu tilted his head and smiled, not caring about Xu Lang being so stupid. He tidied his clothes and was about to enter the door when he saw a very handsome and bookish boy of sixteen or seventeen running out of the door.

The boy didn't care whether the servants behind him could keep up with him, he ran to Xue Chengyu in three steps at a time, and shouted "Brother Chengyu".

Seeing the boy, Xue Chengyu had no impression in his mind, but he could vaguely recognize who he was from his voice, and called out tentatively: "Brother Song Ling?"

The boy named Song Ling nodded, and stared at Xue Chengyu with puzzled eyes, "Yes, it's me, brother Chengyu doesn't know me? We met before!"

Xue Chengyu tried his best to think back, and searched the memory of "Song Ling" far away. He remembered that the last time he saw Song Ling was when he lost his leg five years ago. At that time, Song Ling was only 11 years old. The short and chubby dope boy is far from the tall, thin and shrewd boy he is now.

In the past five years, this child has grown more and more handsome and handsome like his father. Although his face is still childish, judging from the half-open eyebrows, he will definitely be a handsome young man when he grows up.

"Five years apart, the once little dolls have grown up, and I almost don't know each other anymore." Afterwards, he introduced to Xu Lang: "This is the second son of the Song family, Song Ling."

Song Ling raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's not that I've changed a lot, but that brother Chengyu forgets things too much, and the tear mole at the corner of my eye is unique and easy to identify."

If Song Ling hadn't said that there was a tear mole at the corner of his eye and Xu Hong hadn't seen it, it was a tear mole that was similar to the shape of a water drop and darker than his skin.

Xu said that the size of the tear mole would change as Song Ling grew up. Xue Chengyu remembered that the tear mole five years ago was obviously not that big, it was just a small strip.

It was beyond his expectation that it had grown to the size of a fingernail, and it puzzled him.

However, the most urgent task now is not to find out why the teardrop mole has expanded, but to meet Song Ling's uncle, Li Wenting, the head of the Li family.

"I don't know if your uncle is at home, I have something to discuss with him."

Song Ling scratched his head and struggled: "Brother Cheng Yu came here by accident. Uncle and elder brother went to the sea pier to order goods. Maybe they won't come back today. After receiving your letter, uncle is afraid that you will hurt him." Not at home, specifically asked me to stay at home and wait for you, I have arranged the room, you can rest first."

Left and right have already arrived at Li's house, so there is no need to worry, it's good to stay first and then take a good rest.

"Then I'll have to work." After speaking, he led Xu Hong and followed Song Ling into the mansion.

On the way, Xu Hong followed Xue Chengyu closely and watched as he walked. The house of the Li family was not much smaller than that of the Xue family, and the decorations were carefully arranged, making it pleasing to the eye.When they got to the house, the servants brought tea and cakes, and waited outside the door for orders.

Xue Chengyu hadn't used so many servants for a long time, and Xu Hong was the only person who had been serving him for many years. Now that many people were waiting outside the door, he felt a little uncomfortable.

"My brother doesn't bring many people from afar. I'm afraid that my uncle will not be able to take care of my brother with only one person, so I will call more people to help you. If you have something to ask them to do, you don't have to worry about it."

Xue Chengyu picked up the teacup and tasted it, then said with a smile: "I only bring one person here because I think it's too much trouble, but because this person is the one in my heart, who knows me and understands me, and it's a hundred times better than ordinary servants."

Song Ling obviously didn't understand what Xue Chengyu meant. He looked Xu Lang up and down, and there was nothing special about him except that his face was a little better.However, at this moment, Song Ling suddenly remembered the matter discussed by the drug dealer who came back from the south.

"He can't be the man Xue Chengyu raised at home according to the rumors..." Thinking of this, Song Ling couldn't help being stunned, his mouth was open but he couldn't speak.

Seeing Song Ling's surprised appearance, Xue Chengyu smiled even wider. Obviously, the child didn't know about their affairs, so he comforted him: "The relationship between us is not the one you imagined. Presumably the businessmen who went north at that time would bring some news. Come on. The rumors in the market are not credible, let alone the false news that Qiao Jian spread when I was fighting with Qiao Jian, and it has no credible value."

Song Ling tried hard to understand Xue Chengyu's words, and whispered in his ear, "Then...are you also...that..."

Hearing this, Xue Chengyu sneered, patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "The idiot is still so stupid, if you get married and have a beautiful woman by your side at night, wouldn't you be able to do something?"

However, before Song Ling could speak, Xu Lang on the side was a little unhappy, and pretended to cough, telling Xue Chengyu not to make his words too clear.

When discussing the matter of getting married, Song Ling blushed a little, and replied intermittently with a puffy face: "I...I haven't married yet...Uncle is talking about marriage for me..."

Immediately after the conversation changed, he continued to ask: "I heard that you don't want to marry any more women because of him, so what will you do in the future? Doesn't the Xue family want to have no successors?"

Xue Chengyu received the message from Xu Hong, and stopped telling Song Ling the details of the matter, but only focused on saying: "Cheng Yi is still at home, and Cheng Yi has already engaged to Luo Shaoqing, the third daughter of the Luo family. Go back and marry her."

Song Ling didn't know who Luo Shaoqing was, and he didn't pay attention to the relationship issues of those relatives. Sixteen or seventeen years old was just a teenager's heart, and there was an uncle and elder brother in the family to take care of the business, so he didn't need to worry about making a living. It's fun.Fortunately, Li Wenting and his brother Song Song did not slacken their discipline on him, and did not make him a copy of Qiao Jian.

"Sigh... I really don't understand your lord's affairs. It's been a hard journey to the north, so I won't disturb your rest. I'll let my servants inform you when uncle comes back." After finishing speaking, he stood up and took The servant left the room.

After everyone left, Xu Lang put down the burden on his back, sat beside Xue Chengyu, picked up the pastry on the table, took a few bites and then put it down.

"Is it not to your taste?" Xue Chengyu asked puzzled.

Xu Lang shook his head, resting his hands on his face, as if he was thinking about some profound question, and he said after a while: "Mr. Song and his elder brother's family are also doing business, but why don't they run business with their parents, and have to do business with them?" Uncle lives?"

Mentioning this, Xue Chengyu's expression darkened in an instant, and his hand holding the teacup paused, "Their brothers' life experiences are also quite rough. It turned out that everyone's great career was burned down in a fire, and their parents died in the sea of ​​fire, leaving only their two brothers. still alive.

Uncle Li saw that the two brothers were pitiful, so he took them home to take care of them. It happened that he had no children, so he asked Song Song to help him manage the family business.The two children lost their parents at a young age. If Song Song hadn't been older, they wouldn't have been able to take care of Song Ling. "

It turns out that no matter whether they are poor or rich, whether they live in comfort or in hardship, everyone has pain that is hard to look back on.

Compared with these children who lost their parents, Xue Chengyu's pain of losing his mother in his early years is not a big pain, but Xu Hong is the most difficult one among these children.

Both the Qiao family and the Song family have two children. The elder brother is much older than the younger brother, and he is already able to take care of the younger brother. However, he is the only one in Xu Lang's family. He was separated from his relatives when he fled. Came to the south of the Yangtze River, thanks to him taking in, this barely survived.

Sometimes Xue Chengyu thinks, if God does not want the rich to live happily and let their loved ones die, and the poor are already living such a difficult life, why do they have to suffer the pain of parting from their relatives and let them live on the line of life and death? It's not fair at all.

"On the way, I heard people say that the seafood in Weihaiwei tastes really good. I can't eat seafood, and I buy less seafood at home. You don't know what the seafood in the sea tastes like when you are by my side. I will take you to the pier someday. How about taking a look?"

"It doesn't matter whether I can eat seafood, as long as Chengyu can take me to see the sea, I will be satisfied."

With a smile on the corner of Xue Chengyu's mouth, he pinched Xu Hong's cheek fondly, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. I'm tired from walking all the way, you can pack up and go to rest, I still have some things to go out for a while , don't worry, I'll be back soon." After speaking, he left the room, leaving Xu Hong alone in the room in a daze.