The Great Era of Rebirth: 1993

  Chapter 1029, want a promise

  Connecting the phone with a sacred mood, before Zhang Xuan could make a sound, the other party had already spoken.

   "Zhang Xuan."

   "Well, how are you recently?" Zhang Xuanming asked knowingly.

  Wen Hui said it was okay, and then asked: "Are you busy these days?"

  Knowing that she had something to look for him, Zhang Xuan lied directly and said, "I'm not busy, do you want me to come to the Shanghai stock market?"

  Hearing this, Wen Hui, who was a little bit embarrassed before making the call, relaxed slightly, and said a few key words in one breath: "Grandpa wants to see you."

   "Okay, I'll come over today." Zhang Xuan didn't ask why he met, and agreed very simply.

  Wen Hui said again: "I called Shuangling and Qingzhu just now."

  Zhang Xuan was a little confused.

  Wen Hui seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and explained: "The last time Shuang Ling wanted to come with me to visit grandpa, I said at the time that I would call her later."

  Understood, this is an agreement between the two women, and it can be regarded as a disguised compromise between each other. The connotation of this compromise can only be felt, not expressed in words. After all, they are both smart and face-saving girls.

   At this point, Zhang Xuan was truly relieved.

   "I see, they are still in the teaching building, I will wait for them to come back." Zhang Xuan said.

"Um."

  Wen Hui hummed, and said gently: "I still have something to do here, so hang up first."

   "Success, go get busy."

   "Remember to send me a text message to let me know when you are leaving."

   "I know."

  Ending the call, Zhang Xuan called Qiu Ya and asked her to buy three air tickets through his relationship.

   Then find out and change clothes into the shower, and then wait.

   Half an hour later, Du Shuangling and Zou Qingzhu came back from class.

  As soon as she entered, Du Shuangling said softly: "Huihui called us, we have to go to the Shanghai stock market."

  Zhang Xuan responded: "Me too."

  Then the two looked at each other, and stopped asking and talking, everything was kept silent.

  Yangcheng to Shanghai seems to be very far away on the map, but in fact it takes two hours by plane.

   Along the way, Zhang Xuan hardly talked to the two women. He either stared at the clouds outside in a daze, or listened to Shuangling and Qingzhu whispering.

  Getting off the plane and leaving the airport, the three of Zhang Xuan met Wen Hui and Yuan Mei who were picking them up.

  After Shuangling, Qingzhu and Wenhui met each other, Zhang Xuan looked at Wenhui and said, "You have lost a lot of weight."

   This is a very common sentence, and it is also a very caring sentence. After hearing this, Zou Qingzhu wanted to run away, subconsciously not wanting to fall into a dilemma.

  Yuan Mei secretly observed Du Shuangling, who was smiling, but found no valuable clues.

  Wen Hui tried her best to smile: "I've been busy recently."

   After the words fell, Wen Hui stopped talking to him, and walked side by side in the direction of the car with Shuang Ling.

   Haven't seen each other for two months, the relationship between the three classmates is still the same, they are talking cordially, but Yuan Mei is left behind.

   Zhang Xuan looked at Wen Hui's thin back, and asked distressedly: "Why are you so thin?"

  Yuan Mei looked at him, and replied: "Grandpa doesn't have much time, Huihui has spent the past two months on Grandpa and slept little."

  Yuan Mei didn't say a word: Because she was too sad, she also ate less for each meal.

  Two cars, three women in one.

  Zhang Xuan and Yuan Mei did not bother, and fell behind.

   Chatting with each other, when he was about to arrive at the villa where old man Wen was recuperating, Zhang Xuan asked, "Wenhui's parents"

   In the middle of speaking, he dragged the long end of his voice.

  Yuan Mei understood what he meant, "Fortunately, I didn't make things difficult for Huihui."

  Zhang Xuan sighed: "That's good."

  Yuan Mei glanced at him again: "But you have to be prepared, maybe uncle and aunt will talk to you."

   Zhang Xuan was not surprised by this.

   asked: "Are there many guests?"

  Yuan Mei said: "Recently, there have been distinguished guests coming here every day, but when I learned that you were coming, Grandpa closed the door at night and refused to receive guests."

  Hearing this, Zhang Xuan, who had just relaxed a lot, felt a little heavier unconsciously.

   While talking, the car entered the villa, and the two familiar sisters Wenyu and Wenyu came to pick up at the door, and Lin Yuansheng was with them.

   They are all acquaintances who have met many times, and the two sides did not have too much politeness. After a few greetings, Zhang Xuan handed Lin Yuansheng a box full of "Human World" manuscripts.

  Lin Yuansheng suppressed his joy and said, "I'll remit the money to you later."

  Zhang Xuandao: "No rush."

After drinking a cup of hot tea, Wen Yu, who is good at receiving people, said to the three of them: "The old man rarely takes a nap all day, and he probably won't wake up until a while. You should be hungry. Go eat first, and you should be able to see him after dinner." him."

  Guests do as they please, and Zhang Xuan and the others naturally have no objections.

  Turning around and coming to the restaurant, Zhou Rong, whom the old man had subconsciously never wanted to see, appeared in his field of vision.

   "Auntie." Zhang Xuan called out politely.

"You came."

  Compared to last time, Zhou Rong has also lost some weight, but I don't know if it's because of the father-in-law's illness? Or for your daughter's personal affairs?

  She responded, and greeted again: "Sit down first, the dishes are ready, they are in the warm pot, and I will serve them out right away."

   A few minutes later, Wen Tuyuan and Yuan Mei's father also came in from the outside.

  There are a lot of people for dinner, so they are divided into two tables.

  The atmosphere was quite good, not as dull as imagined, nor so sad, and the talk went very smoothly.

   Said it went well, because the old man who had prepared himself didn't wait for Zhou Rong and Wen Tuyuan's temptation.

  After dinner, Wen Tuyuan, Zhou Rong and Wen Yu went to Mr. Wen's side again.

   It wasn’t long before Wen Yu came back and sent a message saying, “Huihui, your grandpa is awake, take your classmate over now to have a look.”

  Hearing this, Wen Hui, who was pouring tea, put down the teapot and stood up.

  Zhang Xuan, Du Shuangling and Zou Qingzhu had a tacit understanding and stood up.

   Not far away, there are two wintersweet trees beside the path, with wintersweet blooming on them. The group of people all have serious expressions, silent and silent, and file into Mr. Wen's bedroom.

  Although it is a patient's bedroom, it is very clean inside. There is a little wormwood in the corner, and the faint aroma of wormwood lingers in the room, giving people an indescribable smell.

  The last time I saw old man Wen was at the end of July, and the old man was quite energetic back then.

  Four months have passed, but now he is lying on the bed dying, as thin as a bone. It is estimated that the whole person weighs less than 70 catties, and he can pick it up with one hand.

"grandfather."

  Wen Hui called Grandpa, Du Shuangling and Zou Qingzhu followed suit.

  Zhang Xuan was no exception and called out to the old man.

"Shuangling, Qingzhu, you two girls are here, and you still look so good-looking." Mr. Wen greeted in a unique way, with a smile on his skinny face, and after complimenting the two girls, his eyes slowly shifted to Zhang Xuan: "You too coming."

   "Hey, I came to see you old." Zhang Xuan originally wanted to say a few more polite words, but he couldn't get out of his mouth. He had lived for so long before, and he saw and sent too many relatives and friends who looked like they were about to die.

  With just one glance, he felt that the old man was either tonight, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, and he would not be able to leave for three days.

   Maybe he was about to leave, but Mr. Wen regained his energy and chatted with several people for more than ten minutes.

  In the middle, he tilted his head and coughed under the bed for a long time, and even spat out pus and blood, which made the Wen family's children very anxious.

After a long while, old man Wen's cough finally eased. When he raised his head again, his face changed, his face was pale, but in a certain part, he was crimson, morbidly red. His eyes swept across the room one by one, and finally left his son behind. Daughter-in-law, youngest daughter, Zhang Xuan, and Wen Hui, "I, old man, let me tell you something"

  As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts trembled, and they all came up with a thought: Is this going to leave a last word?

  Wen Yu glanced at the eldest brother and sister-in-law, then at the younger sister, and walked out a little lonely. After a while, his husband followed.

  Lin Yuansheng didn't stay for long, he also came out, chased after him to light a cigarette for his brother-in-law, but didn't say anything to comfort him. In fact, they are all such big people, and they each know a lot of things in their minds, so there is nothing to talk about at this point.

  After a while, Du Shuangling, Yuan Mei, Lin Sisi and Zou Qingzhu also came out, also silent.

At this moment, people outside, whether they are elders or juniors, are all paying attention to Du Shuangling's facial expressions. Fortunately, the others in the room are all the people who were dearest and most loving to Mr. Wen during his lifetime, but Zhang Xuan is an outsider. .

   It's unavoidable that they have a lot of associations.

  Zou Qingzhu is very worried about Shuangling now, holding her arm and following her all the time, afraid that she will not be able to hold on.

   Perceiving the subtle changes in the surroundings, Du Shuangling didn't show a smile on a solemn occasion, but just patted Zou Qingzhu's arm lightly: "Qingzhu, I'm fine."

   This is what she publicly admitted, and she is really fine, because Wen Hui had already anticipated all of this from the moment she said she would call her two months ago.

  In the past two months, Du Shuangling has simulated all the development directions of the situation in her mind many times, so the current situation is within her expected range and has not lost control.

  During her stay in Berlin last time, she was deeply impressed by her man's retreat and aggressiveness, and successfully and skillfully resolved the fierce conflict between herself, Mi Jian and Wen Hui.

  Now, she is applying what she has learned, and she is also using the way of retreating to advance in exchange for Wenhui's never-overstepping and permanent support.

  The outside of the house is dull, with different thoughts, and the inside of the house is equally dull.

  Everyone looked at the dying old man Wen and listened to him.

Old Man Wen's cloudy eyeballs were blurred, his eyes moved slowly, and he said the first sentence to his son Wen Tuyuan: "Before you came in, I saw your grandma and your mother, they were standing at the door facing each other. I laugh."

   "Dad." Wen Tuyuan bowed his head sincerely and called out, his voice tinged with tears.

  Old Man Wen said to himself: "I'm sorry for them."

  Wen Tuyuan stretched out his hand to grab his father's hand, his eyes welling up.

  Old man Wen ignored his son, but spoke to Zhang Xuan, an outsider, "Come here, I, I have trouble talking."

   Zhang Xuan, who was standing in the last row, walked to the head of the bed and squatted down.

  Old man Wen asked in front of everyone: "Do you like Huihui?"

  Feeling that everyone in the room was looking at him, Zhang Xuan bit the bullet without hesitation: "I like it."

  Old man Wen nodded, and it took him a long time to say: "You are very good, Huihui has taken a fancy to you, and you have not insulted her vision, I hope you will not insult Huihui either."

  Hearing this, everyone in the room was stunned.

   I was stunned by the words "humiliating" and "hope" that old man Wen said.

  What kind of person is old man Wen? What is the identity of the writer? How dazzling is Wenhui? Old Man Wen actually used these two words when talking to Zhang Xuan.

  In an instant, Zhou Rong, who understood the meaning of his father-in-law, almost lost his temper.

  Wen Tuyuan was quiet, and the expression on his face remained unchanged.

  Wen Yu looked at Zhang Xuan, and then at Wen Hui. At the moment, she was in mixed feelings, both happy and sad for Huihui. She clearly supported her niece in the past, but now she feels inexplicably melancholy.

  Wen Hui was neither happy nor sad, and continued to look at her grandfather sadly.

  Wen's family had different ideas, but Zhang Xuan pondered the word "humiliating" deeply.

  How can it be considered not humiliating?

   Doesn't disgrace writers? Doesn't disgrace Wenhui?

   This is a heavy and inescapable question.

  Zhang Xuan understands that if he can't answer this question well, then he and Wen Hui will be completely useless.

  Because Mr. Wen is not an ordinary person, when it comes to such important matters, every sentence has been carefully thought out.

   Now that his old man said this, it means that he has compromised and made concessions for his granddaughter.

   But a compromise, a concession, does not mean that the Wen family is shameless!

If Zhang Xuan can't make a promise today, in front of Wen Hui, in front of Wen Tuyuan and Zhou Rong, in front of Wen Yu who has always given him good looks, then there is no need for Wen The family objected, even if Wen Hui loved him again, she would have no choice but to leave him.

Because her favorite grandfather has lowered his own personal bottom line and the bottom line of the Wen family to the lowest level, because her most respected grandfather has put down the iron bones of the past few decades for her, she can't ignore these, if Zhang Xuanlian's most basic If the Wen family doesn't protect her face, she will be stabbed in the back by the world.

  Grandpa Wen loved this granddaughter very much, so he made a difficult concession in the end.

   But this "concession" is also a conspiracy.

   Zhang Xuan agreed, and the old man will fulfill the two of them.

  If Zhang Xuan refused to agree, the moment he said the refusal was the beginning of a breakup between him and his granddaughter.

  The old man's mind was as fast as lightning, and he quickly figured out the cause and effect. At the same time, he knew very well that if he could figure it out, Wen Hui would definitely be able to figure it out as well.

  Thinking about this, facing the eyes of the crowd, Zhang Xuan said solemnly: "Don't worry, old man."

   As soon as these words came out, Mr. Wen smiled kindly.

  As soon as these words came out, Zhou Rong almost turned his back in anger for the second time, and Wen Tuyuan half turned his head to look at him.

   Obtaining Zhang Xuan's promise, Mr. Wen said forcefully to his son Wen Tuyuan, "I haven't asked you to do anything for many, many years. Let you do one last thing."

  Wen Tuyuan choked up: "Dad, tell me."

  Old Man Wen pointed at Wen Hui and Zhang Xuan: "As your elder sister said, it's not easy for them, so don't make things difficult for them."

  The word "too much" fully expresses old man Wen's understanding of his son and daughter-in-law's parenthood, and also expresses his determination to protect his granddaughter for the last time.

  Hearing this, Wen Tuyuan turned his head to look at Zhang Xuan for the second time.

  Wen Hui, who had been immersed in grief, pulled Zhang Xuan's sleeve at this moment, and said softly: "You go outside first, I will come to you later."

   Sure enough, she is still her own woman. Well, at this critical moment when the artillery fire is most concentrated, she decisively came out to cover herself.

  But Zhang Xuan didn't move, but looked at old man Wen.

  Old Man Wen took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Go, I'll have a few words with them."

   After two seconds, Zhang Xuan moved and walked out of the bedroom.

  (end of this chapter)