Looking at their father's wretched figure, the mother and son looked at the old man with a somewhat uncertain expression.
The old master was not surprised to see the expressions on several people's faces and said: ''Tao'er, go call your uncle back and say that his great nephew has returned. Daughter-in-law, go make some dishes, your son hasn't eaten yet! We'll talk while we eat later."
Elrond looked at the old man in the living room, walking back and forth with his walking stick, his face full of smiles, fearing that the old man might accidentally fall, he went forward and said softly, "Grandpa, be careful, don't fall, let's sit down and talk slowly, okay?"
"Haha ..... Wave child ah! What you just said can be considered to my heart, I still remember when your great-grandfather passed away, called me, and the old brothers who came with him to the bedside, and repeatedly explained that we should not forget where our roots are, and where our ancestors are, and that before they passed away, their older generation of old people would gather us young people together, and emphasize to us repeatedly that we should not forget our roots, and we should not forget our roots. However, I found that now to your generation, there have been so many people do not remember their ancestors, and even some people can not speak our words, can not write our words. A few of us old things often get together, anxious and angry, and do not know what to do. However, today your words have given me renewed hope, later you properly talk to us old guys about your ideas and thoughts, don't worry I will fully support you." The old man's face was full of excitement and relief, his eyes were full of tears, his face was flushed, and he felt like he was ten years younger.
"Okay, Grandpa, calm down first, I'll pack my bags first, and then I'll talk to you guys properly about my idea later, and you guys will help me to refer to it, one person at a time!" Elrond said while helping the old man to sit on his recliner.
The old man waved a hand at Elrond, signaling him to go ahead and pack up, mouthing, "Pack up and get down here quickly, your dad and the others should be quick."
Elrond looked at his grandfather again and saw him sitting in the recliner, his fingers still rhythmically tapping on the armrests, obviously in a good mood. So he smiled and said no more, picking up his own luggage and heading for his room.
When Elrond cleaned up his room, washed his face, and came down, he realized that the living room of his house was crowded with people, at least more than thirty people, and there were only about ten or so old people of the same generation as his grandfather, and the rest were mostly their sons and grandsons. Because they were all from one village, most of them were elders who had watched Elrond grow up, so Elrond hurriedly went forward and greeted them one by one.
Elrond's own uncle, Elrond Xinshui, is also among them. Elrond Xinshui is Grandpa's youngest son, who was spoiled by Grandma when he was a child, so he was very naughty. He didn't do very well in school, but he was forced to learn kung fu by his grandfather, so he was good at fighting and was also known as a "devil of the world".
Later, as he grew older, he began to hang out in society, and when Elrond was still a kid, he formed a small Chinese gang in downtown São Paulo with his childhood friends. Because Brazil is not prohibited guns, so every day is dressed dangling in the waistband of the pants with a pistol to waltz through the city. Grandpa taught him a lesson many times to no avail, and once he and Grandpa had a big fight and then simply moved out, but usually came over to visit Grandpa and Father.
Ever since she was a little girl, Elrond was very much loved by her uncle, who married a white wife of Portuguese descent and had two daughters. People in this era are generally very patriarchal, plus the uncle's family values are also very strong, so, to Elrond than their own daughters. I remember when Elrond ran away from home, she originally wanted to join her uncle. However, he was rejected by his uncle, and when he tried to wriggle him home, he escaped and went to the army after he had no place to go.
A bunch of people gathered in the living room, listening to the grandfather in reminiscing about the wishes of the great-grandfather and the older generation, and a few grandparents blamed themselves for not educating their children and grandchildren, and many of the later generations can't even speak Chinese, and the Chinese characters can't be written. Said the middle-aged and young people in the room are blushing and lowering their heads.
Finally, the old man went on to say what he had heard here today from his oldest grandson, Elrond, and said that the room was filled with frequent sidelong glances Elrond's way, and that his uncle had put his hand on Elrond's shoulder and squeezed it hard.
"What my eldest grandson said to me today makes me happy from the bottom of my heart, the task explained by the older generation is considered to still have hope, originally I wanted to ask a few of us old guys to come together to talk about it, but since there are so many pawns here, let's all talk about it together. Look at this big grandson's idea in the end how, whether it is able to fulfill the wishes of the fathers and mothers. It will also allow us to have the face to meet our old ancestors when we grow old." After saying that, he waved to Elrond and said, "Come, Elrond, these are all your grandfathers, uncles and uncles, and there are no outsiders, so let's talk about whatever we have today, and talk about your ideas with all of us. We'll give you our counsel as well."
Elrond was not polite either, this time when he came back, he had also wanted to be able to recruit some helpers in the village, after all, he certainly couldn't take on the whole world on his own, and now this was even better, if he was able to persuade these people on the scene, then he could basically get the support of the whole village.
"Grandpas, uncles, uncles, I haven't seen you for more than two years, without me going to your house to misbehave, everyone should be considered to have enjoyed two years of happiness. I didn't expect that just after I came back here, the old man gathered everyone together again, it's really troublesome for everyone."
Everyone laughed, and some people even laughed at the bottom and cursed the mongrel, the little brat. After everyone's voice was lowered, Elrond added: "These two years I was outside, I saw a lot of the world, and learned a lot of knowledge, but also ate a lot of suffering, and suffered a lot of aggravation. But these two years also let me grow up, I have contacted a lot of Chinese in other countries, the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, I found that we Chinese all over the world are very aggrieved, bullied everywhere, people look down on, think that the Chinese are weak and can be deceived, and even many places, robbing are only robbing the Chinese, the Chinese in their eyes is the fat sheep. There are even many Chinese who have completely regarded themselves as foreigners and looked down on the Chinese, even on themselves. After being bullied on other foreigners, they take it out on the Chinese who are just like him."
Elrond's words caused everyone in the room to bow their heads, even some with reddened eyes in empathy.
"I don't understand why this is? Are we Chinese inferior? We are one of the peoples with the longest cultural history in the world! When we have begun to wear silk clothes and have cities with hundreds of thousands of people, these foreigners are still eating blood and living like primitive people. Think of the splendor of our Han and Tang dynasties, when we were celebrated by the four quarters of the world. Now, a tiny little Japan dares to send troops to attack their sovereign country. Even these Brazilian Japanese immigrants are riding on our heads and shitting and pissing on us. What's the reason? Because of the corruption and incompetence of the Manchurian Qing Dynasty, our motherland has fallen behind, and when we fall behind, we will be beaten! This is the unchanging truth. Because our motherland is backward, we overseas travelers can not straighten up, do not dare to speak loudly, because you do not have a strong motherland behind you can support you. Maybe someone will think I am now Brazilian, I go out are Brazilian nationality. Is that so? You walk down the street, people see your skin color, look at your black hair, black eyes, people will think you are Brazilian? Anyway, I've never encountered that."
Elrond stopped, looked at everyone's expression, waited for everyone to digest for a while and then said: "I don't want to be bullied anymore, I don't want to be looked down upon anymore, and I don't want to be able to stand up straight, so I am determined to do something about it, maybe my own strength is very small, and I can't change too many things, but I believe that there will be a lot of Chinese brothers like me, who don't want to live this kind of life anymore, and don't want our future generations to continue to live this kind of life either. But I believe that there will be many Chinese brothers like me who do not want to live this kind of life anymore, nor do they want our children and grandchildren to continue to live this kind of life. I don't want my children and grandchildren to feel ashamed of being Chinese. So, this time I came back wanting to find some like-minded brothers to do something with me."
"Good, Wave, what you said simply speaks to my heart, old me has had enough for a long time. No matter what you want to do, count me in, I'm your own uncle, I fully support you." Elrond Xinshui's face was agitated, his face was red, obviously he hadn't suffered much either.