At three o'clock in the middle of the night, my mother had to take my sister to the airport to catch an early flight.

She was also sent to the gate. Four cars were parked there, all sleepy and confused children. They followed the adults to the airport. They were the first Shen family members to leave. Shen Gong's two grandsons stayed up tonight and took turns seeing off guests. It happened that Shen Jiaheng came out this time.

Watching the guests leave, Shen Jiaheng took her by the shoulders and walked back "whether to eat supper?"

Her stomach grunted a few times in cooperation, as a response.

Still the yard.

In the first half of the night, there were many people and many children, and they all played in the open air. In the second half of the night, there were only a few left, so they all moved to the waterside pavilion.

When he went in, he saw that he was the only girl. The rest are brothers.

Shen Jiaming and Shen Jiaheng had a mission to see off guests, so they changed their shirts and trousers. The rest of them were all dressed in the first half of the night, and they obviously didn't leave.

Young men gathered in one place, without the rules in front of the elders, and without the pressure to hold in front of the children, they sat loosely around. Everyone didn't expect a younger sister to come over. When they saw Shen Zhaozhao walking in the door, one of them immediately put out the cigarette in his hand. "The twins are here, which Zhaozhao is this?"

"Shen's family," Shen Jiaheng said, explaining to the girl waiting outside, "Get some hot food for the little girl."

The people around the table of the Four Immortals of Red Sandalwood are playing Pai Gow.

Shen Zhaozhao saw Shen Ce in one room, his seat in the banker.

Because of his high seniority, although he called the twins "brother", he was different from the other older brothers. The people who were qualified to play with him at the table were all the grandsons of Duke Shen.

When Shen Zhaozhao entered, he was slowly dividing the dominoes, stacks of blue-colored cards, stacks of two, slowly lined up on the table. The dice cups and dice are also emerald green.

"Continue." Shen Jiaheng sat down in the empty seat, and everyone at the poker table was waiting for him.

"Can you play?" Shen Jiaming smiled and pulled Shen Zhaozhao to him and asked the little sister.

She nodded first, thought about it and then shook her head, "Only a little."

Few of the Shen family's children can't, because the elders like it, and the juniors follow along, so the juniors like to play with it when they get together. She knew that these brothers were all good at this, so it was better to be humble.

"I'll teach you." Shen Jiaheng immediately became interested.

"Is it your turn?" Shen Jiaming raised his eyes and looked at his brother.

"That's right, who asked you to teach?" Someone also laughed, "It's not your turn in terms of seniority."

"In terms of seniority, it is also the biggest bookmaker." Someone moved out of Shen Ce.

This is not controversial.

Today, whether it is offering incense or offering chrysanthemums or a family banquet, he is always with the old men in their 40s and 50s, sitting or standing. When people go to see Mr. Shen, it is a junior greeting, and he answers in the front hall. There was Shen Ce sitting beside him. In terms of seniority, no one can compete with Shen Ce.

Shen Ce happened to arrange the dominoes and waved to her.

Shen Zhaozhao was originally standing beside Shen Jiaming, opposite Shen Ce, bypassing an older brother, and just came to him. Immediately someone moved a chair and placed it beside Shen Ce.

With the boy's hand, he put the dice cup under her eyelids, "Shake it casually."

any way

She held the dice cup in both hands, not very relieved, looked at the three cousins ​​in front of her, and then looked at him. This time, it was her who waved to him. Shen Ce understood her intention to speak quietly, and approached.

"If you don't shake well, will you lose?" she asked in a low voice, "how can you play this better than my cousin?"

Shen Ce seemed to have heard a joke, stared at her serious face for a long time, "I played well, you can shake it. Even if you lose, you can still afford to lose."

The younger sister was tricked by Shen Jiaheng, but she favored Shen Ce.

So, Shen Jiaheng was ridiculed again by his brothers in the house. But it's all a joke. The Shen family pays special attention to the development of the family. These brothers who degrade each other have a very good relationship.

Shen Zhaozhao had a long time to play, and he no longer hesitated after being fed by Shen Ce. She held the dice cup and shook it vigorously, the crisp crashing sound echoed in the water pavilion, as if she could see two dice rolling and colliding.

"Sister Zhaozhao, shake it better," Shen Jiaheng said with a smile, "brothers driving or walking tomorrow, it's all up to you."

After her cousin said this, she shook it even more thoroughly. She put down the dice cup for a long time, opened the cup, and divided the cards.

The banker killed all, and Shen Ce won three by one.

Shen Jiaheng sighed, "Our cousin, turn her elbows out."

Since this game, Shen Ce has never lost, whether it is Zhuang or Xian.

On behalf of Shen Bus, want everyone to accompany Shen Ce who came from Macau to have a good time. It doesn't matter how much you lose. So don't know if Shen Zhaozhao and Shen Ce, the temporary partner, were lucky, or if everyone deliberately let out water, and they all lost everything.

In the end, Shen Jiaheng laughed and teased him, "It's no wonder that it is good luck to see blood. It's really time for your new injury."

Shen Jiaming was more like an older brother, and asked, "Why did you get the injury on the bridge of your nose so I haven't seen it this morning."

Shen Ce even forgot about this new injury on the bridge of his nose. He scratched the bridge of his nose with the back of his index finger and said, "I did it in the afternoon. I went shopping. I didn't see anything hanging on the tree, and I bumped into it."

It was probably in the backyard of the flower cake shop.

Shen Zhaozhao guessed. In the afternoon, saw a bright red mark, but now the color is darker, and it is a precursor to scarring.

"I have the essence, I can remove the scar, do you want to wipe it?" She has the scar removal essence given by her mother. Because she has a scar constitution, she must be careful to wipe it off when she is often bitten by mosquitoes, otherwise it will leave marks all over her body.

Shen Ce originally looked at Shen Jiaming talking, but turned to look at her, as if he was not familiar with the word essence, he was silent for two seconds, and said, "This kind of thing, forget it."

Not only did he laugh, the brothers in Shuixieli all laughed.

But how ugly the scars are.

The young men's chatter turned to Macau's soon-to-open gaming license, and knowing the economic situation after the handover in the past two years, she also had no chance to talk about such a sesame-sized matter.

At four o'clock, the chips were all piled up on Shen Ce's right hand.

He said that he was sleepy, and let people divide all the chips evenly. Everyone in the waterside has a share. How they won, they were all astigmatized. Naturally, Shen Zhaozhao also received one.

At five o'clock in the morning, someone came to send a message to Shen Ce, saying that there was a call from the family, and that some elders were not in good health, so he should go back immediately. It is said that he originally wanted to stay for a few more days to accompany his grandfather to socialize on the high seas cruise ship. When the ship returned, he would disembark through Macau. The accident happened at home and he had to change the itinerary.

Before he left, he took out two dice from the sieve cup, held one up, and showed her "what color is this" on the "four" side

She was asked inexplicably "red."

He nodded and looked at the dice he was holding. "Do you know why the four dots on the dice are red?"

I really don't know.

"I'll tell you next time," he shoved both dice into her hand, "I'll send it to you."

When he left, the brothers told her that the dice was brought by Shen Ce.

This brother is simply a master of the masters, and he brings his own dice. Fortunately, she also asked if he would lose.

She couldn't wait for the next meeting to reveal the mystery, so she accompanies her cousin to breakfast the next day and asked directly.

My grandfather told an untrue rumor, which originated from Tang Xuanzong and Concubine Yang Guifei throwing the dice once for fun. In that game, Tang Xuanzong had to roll a double-four for Tang Xuanzong to win, so when the dice rolled, Tang Xuanzong kept shouting. "Double Four" finally hit it. The emperor believed that this was an auspicious omen, and ordered the "four" to be painted red, and the "one" corresponding to the "four" was also dyed red.

Because of the dice, my grandfather and my mother talked for a while about the gambling business.

The next year, that is, the third year after the return of Macau, the gaming license, which has been monopolized for a long time, was finally opened, which is also a great news after the return. Because of this, my mother had frequent contacts with the Shen family in Macau. It was a business thing at first, and then a personal affair.

Because of her mother's busy career, she studied at a girls' boarding school in high school. She gradually found from her mother's words that an uncle Shen was mentioned more frequently, so much that she had a premonition of the upcoming family changes.

In the summer of graduating high school, my mother poured milk for her in the living room and suddenly announced, "Mom is getting married."

"Is it that Uncle Shen from Macau?" She picked up the cup and took a big sip. Her eyes were like fawns. The black eyes were bigger than ordinary people, so they were brighter than ordinary people's eyes. "Right, I guessed right."

Mom is smiling.

She leaned over to the bar, bit the rim of the glass, and winked at her mother ambiguous.

In the blank time of a second or two, it seemed like a year, two years, or even more, it was good news, but suddenly there was a timidity to escape, hoping that I guessed wrong.

But mother and daughter are connected, how could they guess wrong?

"Yes, it's that Uncle Shen. You really want to be called Brother Shen Ce in the future." Mom finally said.

I haven't seen each other for five years, and my brother who is 108,000 miles away has become a real brother.

In her mind, he was still the big boy who rested on the edge of the sandalwood four immortals table in the waterside pavilion. Imagine what he looks like now. His heart is like a small stone floating on the lake, leaving a series of ripples and flying to the other side. .

In order to accommodate the holiday time of the two daughters, the wedding banquet was held this holiday.

As a bride, my mother naturally had to leave early, and she flew to Hong Kong three days later, joined her sister, and went to Macau together.

After a long flight, as soon as landed, received two change messages in a row.

The airport where my sister boarded the plane was closed urgently, and she had to change her booking. She will fly directly to Macau and arrive tomorrow; two cousins ​​will go to Hong Kong the day after tomorrow. As the host of the wedding banquet, she has to wait for the cousins ​​before taking a boat to Macau.

What a sudden change, she didn't even decide on a hotel here.

She carried her luggage first, and after exiting the customs, she avoided the crowd holding cards and rushed out of the siege. Just as she was about to make a phone reservation for a hotel, she put one hand on her side and grabbed the silver handrail of the luggage cart.

She turned back in shock.

Unfamiliar, no, familiar faces. Under the dark eyebrows and eyelashes, there are still the original eyes. Later, she studied the eyes called double phoenix eyes. People with these eyes are so obsessed that they are almost paranoid, and they often have rich lives. He was much taller than five years ago, when he was sixteen years old, still in the shape of a teenager, and now he is completely a young man of his age.

Shen Ce's hand rested on the armrest of the luggage cart, "unrecognizable"

Shen Zhaozhao opened his lips slightly and wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say, so he smiled first.

"I'm thinking, what should I call you?" She blushed at her performance, lowered her head to carry the suitcase, and was picked up by him, one in each hand, and put it in the luggage cart, "My name is brother, brother Shen Ce, or is there a ranking?"

What the hell happened, was nervous when saw him.

Shen Ce frowned, looked like he was thinking, and then smiled, "My dad only has one biological son, that's me."

In the new family, only the two of them can really call each other brother and sister.

"Oh, yes, my mother said so."

In fact, it's not that forgot, it's face-to-face, didn't expect this.

After sorting out the luggage, the two of them happened to look at each other again.

"Where are we going?" She looked away, looking at the several exits around.

"Go home and put your luggage first," he asked her back, "I still want to cross the sea and go directly to Macau."

Except for the eldest son and eldest grandson, the family members must live in Macau, and the rest of the family live in Hong Kong, so Shen Ce's family has a set of buildings in Hong Kong. But because the wedding banquet was held across the sea, Macau also booked a hotel room.

Live on both sides.

Shen Zhaozhao shook his head and said politely to him, "I won't bother you, let's be in Hong Kong tonight."

She just got off the plane and doesn't want to toss across the sea any more.

Shen Ce didn't care, he pushed the luggage cart and walked to the parking lot.

Shen Zhaozhao followed him, with his hands behind his back, and the silver chain wrapped behind his back beat his legs with the rhythm of walking. The busiest airport exit is full of hurried travelers, the white lights illuminated all the year round, and the luggage carts are scattered. She tried to use the messy scene to distract her attention and focus on him.

"I know why four is red," she said suddenly.

He handed him a look, "I still remember"

"As soon as you left that day, I asked my cousin." She said seriously.

He nodded, as if thinking of something, and smiled.

What's so funny.

"I didn't expect you to remember," he said. "I forgot to leave a phone number for you. You should have come and asked me directly."

"It's a family in the future, and it's much easier to contact each other." She continued.

"Yes," Shen Ce repeated her words, "it will be a family in the future."

After talking and laughing, he sighed lightly, "I'm hungry, let's have a meal together and then go home."