majestic tiger

Chapter 40
At this time, Xiao Zhai is immersed in the joy of celebrating the birthday of his eldest son Weihang.After arriving in the capital, on Weihang's birthday, his mother would take him to a Taoist temple to pray for blessings.Therefore, the family gathered together to celebrate his birthday at night.

In fact, before mother and elder brother left this morning, Chenhang made a fuss about going to the Taoist temple with them.His father firmly disagreed, and stopped him and said, "Chener, you are not allowed to go. You haven't finished the homework assigned for father today, so stay at home and study."

"Father, it's rare that today is my brother's birthday, so why don't you give Chen'er a day and finish it tomorrow?" Chen Hang begged his father.

But the father refused straight away: "No, you should do your homework quickly, because father will ask questions later, if you can't answer, use a ruler."

Chen Hang had no choice but to send his mother and elder brother to the gate, and after watching them board the carriage, he followed his father's instructions with a bitter face, and went to the study to complete the tasks assigned to him.

Mother and elder brother rushed back after lunch at the Taoist temple.Chenhang hastily asked his father to check his homework, and wanted to accompany his brother after his father finished the inquiry.

His father agreed, and started to ask questions. After the questioning, he twitched his beard and smiled: "Well, I did my homework correctly, and the article was well written. The minister has made a lot of progress. Alright, let's go and play with your brother."

Chen Hang Shili stepped back, and ran happily to his brother's room.

The elder brother sat quietly at the table, drawing circles on the table with his right index finger.Today he put on the new long gown that his mother sewed for him, it was moon-white, and his black hair was draped behind his head like ink, forming a stark contrast with the plain white clothes.

Chen Hang walked across to him and sat down. The elder brother looked up and saw Chen Hang with a naive smile.

This silly brother of mine is actually very handsome. If someone who doesn't know it sees him when he is quiet, he will admire his outstanding appearance: temples cut like a knife, eyebrows like ink paintings, and starry eyes glowing. Light, tall nose, and moderately thick lips, no matter how you look at it, you are a handsome young man.

It's a pity that such a good-looking brother is a fool, Chen Hang's nose was sour, and his chest was full of discomfort.After a long while, he calmed down and asked, "Brother, is the Taoist temple fun?"

The elder brother nodded and laughed again.Chen Hang took out the small birthday gift he had prepared for his elder brother from his sleeve, and handed it to him. Although he knew that his elder brother didn't understand, Chen Hang said to him sincerely and sincerely: "Brother, I wish my elder brother Fu Xi is healthy and healthy. It's safe and sound."

The elder brother grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and happily responded to Chen Hang.

The present was a colorful clay puppet, which Chen Hang had been looking for for a long time before he bought it. It was a clay puppet in the image of a boxer, wearing a hood, a khaki short shirt and black pants, with leggings tied up, holding two fists, and gesticulating. move.The dolls are exquisitely made, lifelike and truly lovely.

Wei Hang stretched out his hand to hold the doll, his eyes were bright, and said happily to Chen Hang: "Happy, happy, thank you, Chen...brother." Then he put the doll on the table, stood up, went to Chen Hang and hugged it with his arms. he.

The brothers hugged each other.It's just that Chen Hang didn't see it. At this time, Wei Hang's eyes were full of hot tears, and he quickly wiped them away with his hand.

Next, the two brothers play together in their own way.Most of the time, it was Chen Hang who was talking, and Wei Hang was listening obediently, playing with the doll in his hands all the time, as if he couldn't put it down.

Mother helped Liu's mother to be busy in the kitchen for a while, and Liu's mother kept urging her to go out for a rest: "Madam took Master Weihang to the Taoist temple to work and work hard, and when he came back, he went into the kitchen again. I feel sore. I'm almost ready now. You can do it now." Listen to me, go out and rest."

At Liu's mother's insistence, the mother had no choice but to leave the kitchen early and come to Weihang's room.I was seeing the two brothers in the room, getting along very happily, and the two sons had smiles on their faces.

Chen Hang's eyes were sharp, and when he saw his mother leaning against the door frame looking at them, he ran over and helped his mother: "Mother, come in and sit down."

Wei Hang quickly stood up, patted the stool for his mother to sit on.The mother touched Chen Hang's face with a smile, stroked Wei Hang's hair, and then sat down.

The two sons stood beside her, one on the left and the other on the right, and the mother sighed in satisfaction, "Hang'er and Chen'er should sit down too."

Chen Hang moved a stool for his elder brother, pulled another stool for himself, and sat down beside his mother.The mother looked at Wei Hang and said, "Hang'er is one year older today."

"Mother, Hang... Er, be obedient." Wei Hang tried his best to express himself.

Chen Hang, who was watching from the side, heard his brother struggling to say the word Hang'er, and couldn't help but think of how ignorant he was when he was a child. Because his mother called his elder brother Hang'er and himself Chen'er, the little fat man next door made fun of him. It is said that since he is Cheng'er, Cheng'er, as soon as he is called by others, he becomes someone else's son.When Chen Hang came home, he suggested to his mother, don’t call yourself Chen’er. Anyway, both of my brothers have the character Hang, so why not call my elder brother Wei’er, which sounds nice and won’t be laughed at, and I’m called Hang’er, so it’s the best of both worlds. , isn't it beautiful?

But the mother suddenly cried: "Chen'er, your brother is like that, do you still want to grab his name?"

Frightened by his mother's tears, Chen Hang hurriedly ran to tell his father, who sighed, took him into his arms and said, "Chen'er, don't mention this in front of your mother in the future, it's your mother's heartbreak." Things. Your mother has been shouting like this for so many years, and she is used to it, so let's just let her do it, understand?"

Chen Hang looked at his father's serious face, nodded obediently, and never mentioned this matter again.Now hearing that his mother is called Hang'er and his elder brother calls himself Hang'er, Chen Hang feels that it was right not to steal his elder brother's name. Poor elder brother, from now on, younger brother will think of you everywhere, let you, and protect you.

When it was time to eat, the family ate happily around a table of sumptuous meals.Everyone smiled from the bottom of their hearts, only the mother smiled a little forcedly.The careful father asked her in a low voice if she was not feeling well?The mother waved her hand and said, "No!" Sitting next to her, Weihang immediately put down his chopsticks, stretched out his hand to hold his mother's hand, and looked at her speechlessly.

Crystal tears fell from her mother's eyes, and Wei Hang reached out to help her wipe away the tears.Liu's father and Liu's mother both lowered their heads, only Chen Hang was a little puzzled, and asked his mother not to cry, today is brother's birthday, mother, you should laugh.

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After eating, his father helped his mother back to the room to rest, Chen Hang sent his brother back to his room to say goodbye, thinking of the tears on his mother's face and her sad expression just now, he went to his parents' room.

As soon as he walked to the door, he heard his father's voice: "Okay, don't cry, you can't help crying even if you are a husband."

Chen Hang pushed the door and it was locked from the inside.He was about to raise his hand to knock on the door when his mother said, "My Hang'er, why are you so miserable!"

Chen Hang withdrew his hand, walked around to the window and looked in. Under the oil lamp, he saw his mother leaning on his father's shoulder, weeping.Father patted her back lightly with his right hand, and wiped her mother with a handkerchief in his left hand.At this time, his father's usually resolute face was completely desolate after the rain and the wind.

On the small table in front of the window, there are a few baby clothes spread out, probably worn by my brother when he was a child.

It seems that my brother is the eternal pain and concern of my parents!
But at this time, it started to rain, and the light breeze of the spring night still brought chills, so my father got up and walked towards the window.

Chen Hang hid himself in a dark corner, and with a creak, his father closed the window, also isolating everything in the room.Chen Hang couldn't see, he could only hear his mother's low sobs and his father's whispers, but he couldn't hear what he was saying, probably he was trying to comfort his mother.

After a while, the rain started to fall heavily, Chen Hang sighed, rushed into the rain, and ran to his room.

(End of this chapter)