Chapter 371
Fake Tong'er's Father
Chapter 371 Fake Tong'er's Father
Originally, I wanted to say that I would leave the capital after the delegation's visit was over in a few days, but I considered that Kaiyang would be sad if I said that.
Hearing this, Qi looked at her husband and said, "Don't think too much, Xiaoduo. It's not because of this."
Hearing this, Wei Junpei opened his mouth and hesitated for a moment before saying to Hong Xiaoduo, "Let's not talk about the unpleasant matter of impersonating Kaiyang. As soon as I came back, I heard that Tan Jijiu from Qishan Academy was made sick by our Kaiyang. What happened?"
"Grandfather, he was the one who spoke rudely to mother first, and Kaiyang couldn't help it." Kaiyang responded in a low voice.
Seeing his grandson's expression, Wei Junpei quickly said, "You did the right thing. You are my good grandson, Wei Junpei. It's a pity that I wasn't there at the time and didn't see him get humiliated."
"Hey, grandpa, don't you blame me for not respecting elders?" Kaiyang was a little surprised.
Wei Junpei laughed and said, "You are defending your mother. Grandfather is not an old fool. Why would he blame you?"
Hearing this, Kaiyang immediately smiled and narrowed his eyes. Hua looked at her son's adorable appearance, and lovingly dipped the freshly peeled shrimps in seasoning and fed them to her son.
"Thank you, mother." After thanking him, Kaiyang opened his mouth and bit the shrimp into his mouth. It was at this moment that he really let down the barrier in his heart in front of his family.
"The kid from Prime Minister Dong's family was quite sensible today and didn't..." Lord Wei had just said half of his words when the doorman came to report that the sixth son of Prime Minister Dong's mansion had arrived.
Wei Junpei pulled his beard speechlessly, saying that this man couldn't help muttering.
"Where are the others?" Wei Zizheng asked quickly when he saw that his father did not respond.
Upon hearing this, the doorman pointed outside the door.
I really can't blame him. I know that my young master calls that uncle very close, so he doesn't dare to wait outside the house when he comes. I want to invite him to the living room first, but he insisted on following me!
"Uncle Yuefan is here." Kaiyang couldn't sit still when he heard that, so he got up and went out.
Hong Xiaoduo had been paying attention to the reactions of the people in the Wei Mansion. Seeing that they did not frown or show any displeasure at Kaiyang's actions, she felt more relieved.
Everyone got up from their seats and went outside. When they saw the situation outside, they were all stunned.
"Lord Wei, Madam." Dong Yuefan clasped his fists and greeted the few people, then winked at Hong Xiaoduo.
If they didn't know that this boy really treated Hong Xiaoduo as his sister, the people in Wei Mansion would have ordered their servants to kick this scoundrel out just because of the wink he just gave him.
What's wrong with Prime Minister Dong's son? He molested the benefactor of the Wei family in public at their Wei Mansion. That's not acceptable!
"Last night at the villa, didn't you and Kaiyang both say that you liked watching fireworks? I wanted to let you two enjoy it, but unfortunately, it's still several months before the New Year, and they haven't done it yet.
I brought people to search for all the firecracker shops within a hundred miles of the capital, and only got this little. I wanted to give more money to the artillery craftsmen to make more, but when I asked, I found out that making fireworks and firecrackers requires gunpowder, which needs to be registered and approved by the government before it can be purchased, and the procedures are quite complicated.
So, let's just make do with these for now?
If I have the chance in the future, I will make more?" Dong Yuefan pointed at the fireworks tube beside him and said regretfully.
After listening to Dong Yuefan's words, the eyes of the people in Wei Mansion looked at him with a lot softer expressions. Just because of Kaiyang and Xiaoduo's words, he mobilized a large number of people to look for fireworks everywhere!
No wonder I didn’t hear any news about him today. It turns out he was busy with this. He is such a frivolous guy, but he is actually spoiling his own child!
So, we were only halfway through dinner when we were watching the fireworks in the yard. It wasn’t New Year or any festival, but there were so many fireworks!
Watching Kaiyang take the coarse incense prepared by Dong Yuefan and light the wick of the first firework under his guidance, Hua and her mother-in-law Qi exchanged glances and resisted the urge to step forward to stop him.
The fireworks rushed to the sky and exploded, blooming brilliantly, one after another. The entire night sky was brightened, and the colorful lights were reflected on the faces of everyone in the yard. Lord Wei and Qi, Wei Zizheng and Hua, two generations of four people, seemed to discover for the first time that fireworks were so beautiful.
After the first firework ended, Hong Xiaoduo lit the second one. The fireworks of this one looked like a meteor shower and fireflies dancing in the dark.
Immediately afterwards, Kaiyang lit the third one, and Hong Xiaoduo lit the next one... After a full half hour, the yard was filled with the smell of gunpowder, the air was foggy, and scraps of paper slowly fell to the ground.
Even so, Hong Xiaoduo and Kaiyang, one big and one small, were still holding the thick incense sticks, looking around for any leftovers. Dong Yuefan almost said, "I'll let you two light as many incense sticks as you want during the Chinese New Year." But he thought that Hong Xiaoduo would not stay in Beijing for the Chinese New Year, and he would also leave Beijing for the border military camp in a few days, and would definitely not be back for the Chinese New Year, so he couldn't make this promise.
It was precisely because of this that he went through so much trouble.
After seeing Dong Yuefan off, they didn't continue with dinner. Lord Wei asked Hong Xiaoduo if she was tired. If not, she could come to his study and sit for a while.
Kaiyang habitually raised his foot to catch up, but Hua grabbed his sleeve and shook his head slightly at him. Kaiyang then realized that his grandfather wanted to talk to his mother alone about something, probably about the family member who pretended to be him.
As soon as Hong Xiaoduo arrived at the study, two bowls of shredded chicken noodles were brought in from the kitchen.
The old man and the young man showed off their noodles to each other, and then Lord Wei started to talk about business.
It turned out that he left the capital because he found the fake Tong'er's father, Shao Huaiqing, who was Qi's cousin and the son of Wei Junpei's sister-in-law.
Wei Junpei immediately instructed the people he sent out to find Jiang Yumin and tell her directly that the impersonation had been exposed, and if she still wanted to see the child again, she should come in person.
However, the people who came back reported that Jiang Yumin had died of illness a few years ago, and her husband had a stroke in the early spring of this year and was bedridden and unconscious.
So they found Jiang Yumin's eldest son, Shao Huaiqing. After a secret investigation, they learned that Shao Huaiqing had five children. The youngest one, who was about the same age as Kaiyang, had not been seen much a year ago. It was said that he was sent back to his hometown to be raised because of his weak health.
After confirming these, the person sent by Lord Wei formally met Shao Huaiqing and told him about his impersonation as the grandson of Minister Wei.
Shao Huaiqing refused to admit it, saying he didn't understand what was being said. There was no other way, so they took him back. He was placed in a farm outside the capital, but Wei Junpei didn't see the boy when he went there. Instead, he ordered people to interrogate him and find out what he heard next door.
It turned out that when Shao Huaiqing was a teenager, he learned that he was not the biological son of the sixth-rank county magistrate when he heard his father drunk and beating and scolding his mother.
So Shao Huaiqing went to question his mother, but his mother Jiang Yumin refused to say anything, so Shao Huaiqing went to his grandmother to find out.
After learning that his life experience was so miserable, but his biological father was a high-ranking official in Beijing, Shao Huaiqing was very unwilling to accept it. He wanted to pass the imperial examination and go to Beijing to appear before his biological father, telling him his life experience, hoping that he would recognize him.
However, he failed to get into the university for several consecutive years.
A year ago, when Minister Gu returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors, he passed by the place where Shao Huaiqing's adoptive father worked. As a local official, it was a rare opportunity to have the chance to receive the Minister.
During the banquet, the officials who were accompanying him cursed Wei Junpei in order to please Minister Gu. County Magistrate Shao might have been a little drunk at the time, and it is not known what he said specifically, but anyway, the old fox Minister Gu smelled something strange. After talking with County Magistrate Shao alone, he found Shao Huaiqing and said that as long as Shao was willing, he would help him get everything that originally belonged to him.
Shao Huaiqing had long known from his mother that his biological father was stubborn and old-fashioned, and would rather damage his reputation than accept his mother.
Therefore, Shao Huaiqing followed the suggestion and arrangement of Minister Gu and handed his youngest son over to the person sent by Minister Gu.
All other matters were arranged by Minister Gu's people.
Hong Xiaoduo also knew what happened afterwards.
After hearing what Lord Wei said, Hong Xiaoduo couldn't help but laugh and said, "Uncle, should I congratulate you? You now have many children and grandchildren."
When Wei Junpei heard this, he glared at her and said, "I only have one son, Wei Zizheng, and one grandson, Wei Kaiyang."
"Then may I ask, uncle, how was it dealt with in the end..."