Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

The third son of the original owner is named Mengze, who is 15 years old and works as an apprentice in a medical clinic in Beijing. He seldom goes home when the clinic is busy.

Today's Dragon Boat Festival, everyone went to the street to be lively, and the Huichun Hall, which has always been crowded with patients, was much deserted than usual.

It was noon at this moment, Mengze, who had been busy all morning, changed out of his medical clothes and was about to go for lunch when he heard a voice at the door: "Third brother."

Mengze looked up and saw that it was his second brother, followed by his father and fourth brother.He straightened his clothes and walked slowly with a limp on his right leg.

Seeing Mengzhen, he couldn't help frowning. If his memory is correct, Mengze's leg was broken by the original owner.

Just as he was frowning, Mengze had already walked up to them, calling out "Second Brother", his eyes wandered around Meng Zhen and Meng Che, but he didn't say anything.

Meng Che threw himself on the person and shouted: "Third Brother, Che'er hasn't seen you for a long time."

Mengze remained expressionless, gently pushed him away calmly, raised his eyes and asked Meng Hong, "Second brother, why are you here?"

Meng Hong smiled and said: "Dragon Boat Festival is free at home, so I came to see you."

Monze moved his lips, mocking himself softly: "I look like this, what's there to see."

Suddenly a hand fell on his shoulder, Meng Hong smiled at him: "It's hard for the family to get together once, let's go, Second Brother will take you to eat delicious food."

Mengze wanted to refuse, but Zhou Tingru, who had been sitting behind the counter tinkering with medicinal materials, said, "Mengze, since your family is here, you should go with them. The hall is free today, and Master is busy coming here alone."

Zhou Tingru is a doctor in the medical clinic here, and also Mengze's master. All that Mengze has learned is taught by Mr. Zhou himself.

"Master!" Mengze just called out, and Zhou Tingru waved his hand, "Go, Master will give you a half-day vacation, so you can spend time with your family."

"Let's go, third brother!" Meng Hong who was in front of him didn't give him a chance to speak, and pulled him straight out of the door of Huichun Hall.

The four of them came out of the medical hall, and when they got into the carriage, Meng Hong said to Ah Qing, the driver of the carriage, "Ah Qing, go to Wangxing Restaurant." Then they got into the carriage.

In the carriage, Mengze and Meng Hong sat on one side, Meng Zhen and Meng Che sat on the other side.

Originally Meng Che was sitting next to his third brother, but his third brother was indifferent to him, he leaned on him, his third brother looked very disgusted, and would always quietly push him away.

Then his second brother asked him to sit on his father's side.Now he was leaning against his father, no longer the vivacity he had when he came here.He didn't know where he had offended the third brother. From what he could remember to now, the third brother had always treated him like this, disliking and caring.

Feeling lost, Meng Che opened the curtain of the car to look at the passers-by on the street. He didn't know what he was looking at, and suddenly clapped his hands together with a smile on his face.

Meng Zhen completely saw the petty emotions between his brothers.It's just that he didn't know what to say, so he simply closed his eyes, following the memory of the original owner, and recalled some fragments from many years ago.

Ten years ago, the original owner married his fourth wife, and the fourth wife became pregnant in the second year after marriage.

That day was sunny and sunny, the fourth wife was walking in the garden, she fell down for some reason, and directly dropped a three-month-old fetus.

The fourth lady cried and said that it was Mengze who tripped her, which caused her to lose the baby.

It turned out that apart from the fourth wife and a few servants in the garden that day, Mengze was also present.

At that time, the fourth wife was quite favored by the original owner, and because she had lost a child, the original owner was very angry and indiscriminately, directly grabbed Mengze and beat her up.

The fourth lady said that Mengze tripped her with her right leg, and the original owner hit Mengze's right leg.At that time, Mengze was only six years old, how could he withstand such a severe beating from the original owner, and he passed out before being beaten a few times.

When he woke up again, his right leg was disabled.Even after looking for many doctors, they still couldn't heal him.

Since then, Monze, who has always been quiet, has become even more silent, shutting himself in the house all day long, unwilling to see people.

The eldest brother Meng Qing was afraid that he would be bored, so when he was ten years old, he sent him to a medical center in the capital as an apprentice.Until today, for five whole years, except for the Chinese New Year, Mengze has never been home.

Meng Zhen knew that because of the broken leg, Mengze still hated the original owner in his heart.Otherwise, why did Monze ignore him from the moment he entered the hospital to the time when he was in the carriage, and he refused to even call him father.

It's just that all these evils were done by the original owner, and now they are all blamed on him, Mengzhen.Meng Zhen felt a headache when he thought that he had taken so many scapegoats for the original owner.

Absent-minded, he suddenly opened his eyes and met Mengze's clear eyes.For a while, neither of them moved their eyes away, or they looked at each other too suddenly, and the two forgot to look away.

Just then, the carriage stopped.Ah Qing shouted outside: "Master, young masters, Wangxing Restaurant has arrived."

Hearing this, Meng Hong got up, helped his father and two younger brothers out of the carriage, then entered Wangxing Restaurant, and arrived at a private room on the second floor with ease.

As soon as he sat down, the waiter came over with the menu and said respectfully to Meng Hong, "Boss."

Because of this claim, Meng Zhen and Meng Che looked at Meng Hong in unison, but Meng Ze seemed to be used to it and remained unmoved.Meng Hong took the menu and asked his father and two younger brothers to choose dishes, while he explained the reasons briefly.

A few years ago, he borrowed some money from his elder brother. Based on his business experience in his previous life, he first opened a restaurant in the county town. Later, the restaurant became profitable, and he opened another restaurant in the capital.

He didn't tell his father about this matter. His father once thought that he was not doing his job properly and was fooling around outside all day. For this reason, he talked and reprimanded him a lot, and his relationship with him gradually became indifferent.

His business has only flourished in the past six months.Now that his father has changed the secondary core, he doesn't dislike it, so today he told about his business.

As expected, his father didn't say a word, but Meng Che shouted at the side: "Wow, the second brother is amazing, there is such a big restaurant."

Meng Hong then patted his head: "Then you study hard, then you will be even better than Second Brother."

Then he turned to Mengze, "San'er, it's not easy for father and fourth brother to come here, you..." winked, meaning he wanted him to have a few words with their father.

Monze drooped his eyelids, somewhat reluctantly.He didn't like to talk since he was a child, and he didn't know how to please adults, so his father didn't like him very much.

When he was six years old, his own father beat him to a broken leg, and he has been bedridden for the next few years, but his father treated him as indifferently as before, without any guilt, just like a normal person.

Five years ago, his legs improved, but he was limited to getting out of bed and walking on the ground, unable to run or jump at all.

At the beginning, Siniang fell by herself, but blamed him. His father broke his leg indiscriminately. For this, he felt a lot of resentment in his heart.

Now the second elder brother brought his father and fourth younger brother to him, the meaning is self-evident, he wants them to ease their relationship and love each other.

However, he really couldn't yell out the sound of father.If the father is unkind, the son will be unfilial. The man in front of him is not like a father, why should he be humbled and obedient.

Monze glanced at the person opposite, and quickly moved his eyes away to look elsewhere.

Meng Zhen saw his action and knew that he was resenting the original owner.But the original owner is dead, and all the crimes have fallen on him. He can't be as indifferent to people as before, and don't care about them.

But let’s ask, he didn’t know what to say, he cleared his throat and said, “Go home and have a look when you are free.”

Monze didn't react for a while, and looked at him with some disbelief. His father had never spoken to him in such a soft and gentle manner, and it seemed unreal at first glance.

"Third brother!" Seeing him in a daze, Meng Hong lightly touched him with his elbow, Meng Ze came back to his senses, and gave a low "hmm".

After a while, the dishes they ordered came to the table.Apart from Meng Che chattering and Meng Hong occasionally saying a few words, there was no other sound on the table.

Meng Zhen and Meng Ze buried their heads in silence.After a quarter of an hour, Mengze got up suddenly, and said to Meng Hong: "Second brother, I'm done eating, I'm leaving first."

Meng Hong hurriedly pulled him back, and said: "San'er, you are in such a hurry, where are you going? Our family finally got together, wait a moment, let's go shopping together."

Mengze politely refused: "No brother, my grandfather is at home alone, I'll go back to accompany him." After finishing speaking, he limped and left with one leg.

Mengze's grandfather is a native of the capital, and his family was poor. He got a daughter when he was old. After the girl grew up, he married Mengze's father under the help of a matchmaker.

Mengze's grandmother passed away two years ago, leaving only his grandfather in the family.Due to his inconvenient legs and feet, Mengze lives in the medical center on weekdays, and he can only visit his grandfather's house when he is resting.

He came out of Wangxing Restaurant, and Meng Hong chased after him not far away.

"San'er!" Meng Hong yelled, and the next moment he ran up to him, "I'll walk with you."

Mengze smiled shyly: "Second brother, you don't have to come with me, you go and accompany them."

Meng Hong smiled: "Second Brother stays with them every day, and doesn't care about the moment. Let's go, Second Brother will take you to your grandfather's house." With a casual gesture, Ah Qing drove over in a carriage.

The two sat in the carriage, and Mengze remained silent as always.Meng Hong said slowly: "San'er, you also know that I brought dad here today to alleviate the unhappiness between you two. Dad's temperament has changed a lot in the past year, he is no longer the selfish person before. Brother hopes that you will let go of your past personal grievances, accept him slowly, and be at ease with yourself."

At this moment, Mengze was looking out of the car window with his head tilted. Hearing this, he slowly turned his head, glanced at his second brother, and quickly moved away.

It's not that he refuses to accept it, but that he is incompetent.

If his leg was beaten and disabled due to fault, he would admit it, but he was wronged.

On that sunny day when he was six years old, he was playing in the back garden of their house, and Si Niang, who was sitting in the gazebo, suddenly beckoned him to come over.

He walked up to him nonchalantly, and when Si Niang saw that his body was dirty, she insinuated that this motherless child was so pitiful that no one even changed his clothes.

Since he was a child, he didn't like to talk, and he would listen to what Siniang said, and he responded to Siniang, but never took the initiative to talk.

Siniang thought he was dull, raised her hand and waved him away.As soon as he walked out of the pavilion, he heard a scream, and he ran back quickly, only to see Si Niang lying on the steps of the gazebo, clutching her stomach, and the servants panicked and flustered.

He was young at the time and didn't know what happened to Siniang. Later he learned that Siniang accidentally fell down the steps and unfortunately lost the fetus in her womb.

But Si Niang said that he tripped her and caused her to fall down the stairs.He tried hard to defend, but his father didn't believe his words, he only listened to Siniang.

When his father's stick fell, he cried loudly, but it was as if he couldn't hear him.

For this reason, he hated his father, and even more hated Siniang.Later, Siniang conceived another child, and a year later she gave birth to a son, Meng Che.

Because he hated Siniang, he disliked Meng Che very much.Knowing that the fourth brother is innocent, but when he thinks of what Siniang has done, resentment grows in his heart. Every time Meng Che entangles him, he will always push him away quietly, unwilling to say a word to him .

The second elder brother brought his father and fourth younger brother here today, and he also knew his intentions, but he couldn't let go of his crippled right leg after all.

Over the years, the second brother has taken care of him a lot, he is really grateful in his heart, he doesn't want people to put in so much effort and work in vain, so he nodded and said: "Second brother, I know, I will slowly open my heart and forget the unhappiness in the past. "

Meng Hong smiled and patted him lightly on the shoulder.Mengze smiled back, with a lot of bitterness and helplessness in that smile, and then turned his head out of the car window. There was a continuous stream of pedestrians on the street. Many people of his age were agile and lively, and their faces were full of expressions that he had never seen before. smile.

For a while, I was infatuated, but I felt lonely for no reason.He hastily pulled up the curtain of the car to cut off the hustle and bustle outside.

For some reason, his heart felt sour, and his eyes felt wet.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Meng Hong quickly held his hand and asked, "San'er, are you okay?"

Monze shook his head, reluctantly pulled out a smile: "It's okay, second brother."

Just at this time, suddenly a fragrance of glutinous rice floated in from the corner of the car curtain lifted by the breeze.

Outside the carriage, an old man bent over and played with the rice dumplings in front of the stall, yelling constantly.

"Ah Qing, stop!" Meng Hong yelled, and the carriage stopped.

"San'er, wait a minute." Meng Hong stood up a little, patted the back of Mengze's hand lightly, then got off the carriage, and when he got up again, he had a bag of zongzi in his hand.

He opened one and handed it to Mengze, "Come on, third brother, try it." Mengze didn't move his chopsticks on the table just now, and he was still hungry right now.

Mengze looked at the fragrant rice dumplings wrapped in zong leaves in his hand, his heart warmed, and he said thank you in a low voice.

Meng Hong smiled: "You and I are brothers, thank you for what you say, see you later." Then he also peeled a rice dumpling and stuffed it in his mouth, it was soft, sweet and delicious.

The noise of people on the street boiled back to the sky.

Wheels of the carriage, rolling forward.