usatvline Chapter 658 The past is like smoke
Chapter 658 The past is like smoke
Su Yang looked back at the drunk Su Zhiqiang and Ren Yufen who was hanging out with Si Yao. He was surprised that Si Xuezhong was so uncharacteristically willing to take him to visit the Si family ancestral hall today.
The most mysterious place in the Si family’s old house is probably the ancestral hall.
He took a look from a distance and saw about a dozen tablets placed inside, but that was all. However, based on the area of the ancestral hall, there should be more than a dozen tablets.
"Okay, since Director Si has invited me, I certainly won't refuse!"
Si Xuezhong turned around with a smile on his face and said, "Why, you just called me Uncle Si, and now you call me Director Si?"
Su Yang put his hands behind his back and gave a bitter smile. The feud between him and Si Xuezhong had lasted for such a long time, but in the final analysis, he still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.
The fifteen years of imprisonment in his previous life were all caused by Si Xue Zhong. Now that he could sit at the same table with Si Xue Zhong and eat peacefully, he was already giving Si Xue Zhong face.
"Uncle Si, I've changed my mind. Why don't you prepare a gift for us?"
Si Xuezhong laughed loudly: "When you change your words and call me dad, I will definitely prepare a big gift for you!"
After saying this, Si Xuezhong turned around and entered the ancestral hall.
Su Yang was a little speechless, but on the day he and Si Yao got married, he would really have to call Si Xuezhong "Dad".
But fortunately, at least it’s not today.
Following Si Xuezhong, Su Yang walked into the Si family ancestral hall. This was his first time here. There were a few dim lights on inside. Although it was bright outside, there was not even a window here.
As Su Yang walked in, Si Xuezhong closed the door outside, and even the last bit of sunlight coming in disappeared.
In front of Su Yang was a row of tablets. At the top was a name called Si, and next to it was a woman's surname.
Further down, there are basically two names on the tablets. These dozen or so tablets represent more than 20 ancestors of the Si family.
However, there are two paths on both sides of the tablet, which seems a bit strange.
Si Xuezhong took three incense sticks, lit them, and placed them on the table. He turned around and said to Su Yang, "This is our Si family's ancestral hall outside. In fact, our Si family's ancestral hall was not here before, but in Sili Village."
"After I bought this yard, I moved all the tablets here later!"
"I didn't bring you in to show you this, but to take you to the back."
Si Xuezhong said as he walked towards the back. Su Yang followed behind him, step by step. The ancestral hall was really dark. Even with the lights on, it still seemed a bit gloomy. The place didn't have any gorgeous decorations. The floor was paved with gray bricks, and there was even a faint smell of mold.
Su Yang followed behind Si Xue Zhong and just turned around. A wave of hot air hit his face. He raised his head and looked at the walls on both sides. There was a tablet in each small grid. He walked in and saw rows of candles swaying in the wind as he walked.
In the middle, there are more than thirty tablets arranged in order from top to bottom.
Su Yang took just one look and was stunned, because the names on these tablets were not Si, but Cheng, and above that was Cheng Jia, whom Si Xuezhong had mentioned.
Si Xuezhong stood beside Su Yang: "Everything I said outside is true."
"You must be curious why there are so many Cheng family tablets in our Si family's old house."
"You must be very curious about how I, an ordinary person from Sili Village, could sit firmly on the position of the richest man in Jiangcheng City for thirty years."
Si Xuezhong looked straight at Su Yang.
Su Yang frowned, he was indeed curious about these things. There were many speculations about Si Xuezhong's rise to fame in later generations. Although subjective analysis showed that he relied mostly on his personal ability, the source of his first pot of gold was still unclear.
What Si Xuezhong lacked most to enter the real estate industry was capital. But where would an ordinary person from Sili Village get the capital from?
Even if Si Xuezhong could borrow money from the entire Sili Village, he still couldn't buy land, get a loan, or build a house.
Si Xuezhong stood in front of the tablet and sighed slightly: "That was decades ago. At that time, people were going to the countryside everywhere. A large number of educated youth came to the countryside and worked in the fields, feeding cattle, plowing the land, and harvesting crops just like us kids."
"The two brothers, I and Ruyun, the three of us, lived in Sili Village. At that time, there were about 20 to 30 educated youths who came to our village. They lived in the courtyard of the brigade. As you know, life was quite hard."
"But our Sili Village is relatively wealthy, and the food we harvest is basically enough for us to eat, so it's not a problem for us to survive..."
"Among the second batch of educated youth, there were several who were about the same age as Dongheng, Ruyun and I. Among them, there was a boy and a girl who had the best relationship with our family."
"This woman is called Huang Yun."
Su Yang was startled. He looked at Si Xuezhong in disbelief: "Si Yao's mother?"
Si Xuezhong nodded: "Yes, Yaoyao's mother, Huang Yun, was one of the educated youth who came to our Sili Village and went to the countryside. It was also at that time that I met Yaoyao's mother."
"But in fact, Huang Yun already had a boyfriend at that time, but she never made it public..."
"That person is called Cheng Yingjie."
Si Xuezhong was in a heavy mood, and he was drunk, so much so that even his eyes were a little cloudy.
His thoughts seemed to go back to decades ago, when he was working hard on the ridges of the fields in Sili Village.
The faces of Huang Yun and Cheng Yingjie appeared before his eyes, but now, everything has changed...
He choked up for a moment before continuing, "At that time, Cheng Yingjie and Huang Yun lived and ate at our house, and my parents loved the couple very much. In his spare time, Cheng Yingjie would teach the second child to study and told him to study hard, saying that only by studying can one succeed."
"At that time, Cheng Yingjie was educated, capable, cheerful, optimistic and positive."
I thought the days would just pass by one by one, but I didn’t expect that in the early 1970s, Cheng Yingjie’s father was beaten down…
Su Yang was slightly stunned. He looked at Si Xuezhong again and frowned.
Si Xuezhong took a breath and continued, "His father was imprisoned, and Cheng Yingjie, who was originally full of vigor and vitality, seemed to have been drained of his energy and spirit all of a sudden."
"Just like that, a few years passed in a daze. He was silent for a long, long time. Suddenly one day, Cheng Yingjie found me..."
"He said that he would entrust Huang Yun to me and that he would go to the capital to redress his father's injustice and rescue him."
Su Yang found it hard to believe. He never thought that Si Yao's mother was actually with Si Xue Zhong in this way.
Si Xuezhong lowered his head.
"Before he left, he told me that he might not come back. If he really had no other choice, he would let Huang Yun marry me."