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Chapter 166: The old past

The hotel where I had dinner was chosen in an Ouhai hotel. The family was talking and laughing and eating around the round table. This warm feeling made Shi Yi enjoy it very much, but behind the smile on his grandmother's face, there seemed to be a hint of unspeakable bitterness.

After thinking about it for a moment, Shi Yi understood the reason. It must have been because he was moved by the scene and remembered the two uncles who were out.

"Ayi, can you tell us which university you are going to now?" After the vegetarian food, my father put down his chopsticks and looked at Shi Yi with a smile and asked.

"Zhejiang University." Shi Yi said with a smile: "It's right in Hangzhou, closer."

"Zhejiang University." My father thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, if it's too far, it's not convenient to go back and forth. But why not go to school at Wenzhou University?"

"Personal preferences." Shi Yi said with a smile. In fact, he did not say the main reason. After all, Wenzhou only has one university in Wenzhou, but there are many universities in Hangzhou, especially in his previous life. His dream was to be able to go to Zhejiang University one day. However, the accident in his senior year of high school became a turning point in his life, and his dream was also shattered.

In Shi Yi's impression, Zhejiang University will merge with several universities including Hangzhou University in 1998 to become a new Zhejiang University. Whether it is measured in terms of faculty or campus environment, it is not comparable to Wen University.

As far as Shi Yi knows, Zhejiang University was the top ten universities in the country before the merger. After a few years of development, it has firmly ranked among the top three in the country. Although going to college only makes up for the regrets of previous lives and at the same time reassures the family, Shi Yi has also carefully considered the choice of the school. After all, it is the capital of Zhejiang!

"Zhejiang University is good." My mother also opened her mouth and inserted it: "But, are your 575 points worthy of Zhejiang University?"

"Mom, Zhejiang University's admission score this year is 525 points. I'm 50 points higher, so I will definitely get there!" Shi Yi's confident answer made his grandparents, father and mother relieved, grabbed the chopsticks again. His father picked up a piece of braised pork that he must order and went to Shi Yi's bowl, and said with emotion: "Our Shi family has finally produced a college student!"

"Cough!" The father's sigh made grandfather feel a little dissatisfied, and he coughed gently to show his existence.

"Hehe, Dad, come and drink." Hearing grandpa's cough, his father's old face turned slightly red. He reached out and grabbed the bottle and poured a glass of wine for grandpa to hide his embarrassment.

The atmosphere of dinner was very warm, but grandma stood up in the midfield and left the box, saying that she was going out for some breath. My father and grandpa did not find anything wrong, so they continued to drink with their father and son.

My mother sat between my father and grandpa, adding wine and vegetables to the two of them from time to time. With less than a minute after my grandma left, Shi Yi stood up and said with a smile: "The air in this box is a bit stuffy. I'll go out to have a walk with my grandma and come back later."

"Yeah, go." Hearing Shi Yi's words, his father looked back at him and nodded in agreement.

This hotel is not big. As soon as he walked out of the private room, Shi Yi saw grandma standing in front of the window and looking at the sky. He moved slightly and leaned over: "Grandma."

"Ayi, why did you come out too?" Hearing Shi Yi's voice, grandma turned around.

"The private room is too stuffy, come out for some breath." Shi Yi showed a little white teeth: "Like you."

"Come on, stand with grandma for a while." Grandma smiled, reached out to touch Shi Yi's head, and Shi Yi also consciously bowed his body so that grandma could touch it. When he heard grandma's words, Shi Yi nodded gently, stood beside grandma, and accompanied her to look up at the sky.

"Grandma." After standing in front of the window for a while, Shi Yi hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "What happened to the eldest uncle and second uncle...?"

"..." The grandmother, who was smiling before, suddenly froze, and waves appeared in her eyes. She sighed deeply and looked at Shi Yi: "It's old news, it's okay to tell you."

"Yeah." Shi Yi nodded and made a look of calming ears. Grandma laughed and her sadness was also diluted.

He slowly turned around and looked up at the stars in the sky. Grandma's tone seemed a little distant: "This matter has to start when you were born..."

After nearly ten minutes of narration, Shi Yi finally solved the mystery in his heart. The year he was born was just in time for the harvest. As a capable man in the village, his grandfather held his grandson this year. When he was in a good mood, his head became hot and he said he wanted to leave all his property to Shi Yi, who had just been born at that time, and he also wanted to make a will directly.

The uncle and the second uncle were still working in the city at that time. After learning the news, they rushed back from the city. With the interference of the aunt and the second aunt, the small conflict rose directly to a big conflict. The uncle was also a man with a very strong temper. He overturned the table on the spot, scolded Shi Yi's father, and then proposed to split up.

Grandpa’s original intention was to share the acres of land with Shi Yi first, but he didn’t express it clearly, and the aunt listened to it. Under such circumstances, the development of things became worse.

Grandpa was also very angry when he was young. When his son confronted him like this, he was so angry that he asked his grandmother to get all the deposits from the family on the spot, totaling more than 700 yuan. The uncle and second uncle separated the 700 yuan together, and the rest belonged to Shi Yi's father, including land and real estate.

After getting the money, my uncle and second uncle took their family to Wenzhou and do business inland. In the next few years, they went to several places one after another, and finally settled down in Shanghai.

What happened back then still makes my father still remember it fresh. This incident is like a scar that is difficult to heal, which stimulates his father's nerves from time to time. Because of property problems, the brothers turned their faces and the father and son broke off their relationship.

After slowly waking up from grandma's narrative, Shi Yi couldn't help but sigh. It turned out that the culprit of all this was actually himself...

No wonder when my uncle and second uncle returned to Wenzhou in their previous life, they were also lukewarm and warm to his nephew. They didn’t even look at him on weekdays!

Grandpa was probably very angry at the beginning. Until now, even if grandma mentioned his two uncles, he could turn against him.

"Grandma, do you know where uncle and second uncle are in Shanghai?" Standing in front of the window, Shi Yi was hesitant for a while, and hesitated in his heart. He turned to ask grandma.

"I don't know." Grandma smiled bitterly and shook her head: "I didn't have a phone call in my family a few years ago. When your uncle and second uncle called me directly to the village committee. There were only two or three calls a year, and I didn't say much. I only know that both of them are in Shanghai now, so I don't know where they are."

"Well, that's it..." Hearing grandma's answer, Shi Yi touched his chin and laughed: "Okay, grandma, it's been so many years since the matter has passed, and grandpa's anger will probably be almost gone. Sooner or later, our family will sit together for a reunion dinner! Don't worry about it all the time, let's go, it's a bit hot to stand outside."

"Yeah." Grandma smiled and said nothing. With Shi Yi's support, she left the windowsill and walked towards the private room not far away.

Have you been waiting for a reunion dinner? I have been waiting for it for almost twenty years. When will it be the end?

"Haha, Dad, you lost again!" As soon as he pushed open the door of the box, Shi Yi heard his father's smug laughter, and then his mother's voice came: "You can't let this dad be like this?"

"I want this bastard to let you go?" Grandpa's dissatisfied voice came out: "I owe you first, wait for it and drink together! Wang Dazui from the village asked me to drink it, but I don't believe it. I can't take you, the bastard tonight!"

"Dad, a hero won't mention his courage!" The father seemed a little drunk and said provocatively: "Don't show off your old things about the old sesame and grain. Son, I will fight you for 300 rounds tonight!"

"Pour wine!"

"Pour wine!"

The father and grandpa spoke at the same time.

"Ha..." Shi Yi smiled silently after hearing the conversation between his father and grandfather...
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