The call was from my predecessor fucking.

"Hey, Mom, what's the matter?"

"It's not a big deal. Isn't this a ripe chestnut at home? I sent you some, you remember to receive it, and there are some things you like to eat, fermented bean curd, kohlrabi, dried sweet potatoes, and sausage..." There was a lot of chatter on the phone, and then he said hesitantly: "Fourth!"

"Well, Mom, I'm listening, just say what you have to say." Meng Zezhi said in a good voice.

Mother Meng paused, sighed secretly, and said, "Isn't this the age of your eldest sister's children who are getting married, and the family can't live there anymore, so your eldest sister and brother-in-law are thinking of buying another set. House, do you see?"

This is the rhythm for Meng Zezhi to pay!

Over the years, including the filial piety to Mother Meng during the festivals, the total amount of money that the predecessor took to his hometown was no less than 2 million. Due to the matter of her predecessor's third brother's family, Xu Jiaqing and her predecessor almost got into a divorce. After this, her predecessor became less concerned about the family of the three brothers and sisters.

In this way, Meng Zezhi has a lot more room to play freely.

He said, "I remember that the eldest sister's house was just built a few years ago?"

In order to build the house, Meng's mother subsidized 10,000 yuan, and the predecessor took 80,000 yuan. Although it was not much, it was all the savings of the predecessor at that time. On the contrary, his eldest sister's family basically didn't take any money outside except for the amount of money they spent when the house was topped off.

At that time, the 90,000 yuan was enough to build a small western-style building with two floors, seven bedrooms and one living room in the countryside.

If this was before, listening to her say this, the fourth child must have patted his chest and agreed without saying a word.

At this moment, Mother Meng clearly heard the rejection from her son.

She changed her words in an instant: "Yes, when your eldest sister's house was repairing the house, the foundation was actually quite deep, and now it's not enough to live in, you can put a layer on it..."

In fact, it's not that they can't understand Mother Meng's mood. The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, but in order to send the youngest son out of the mountains, the eldest son and the two daughters have made huge sacrifices.

Now that the younger son is promising, it is naturally time for him to repay his brother and sister.

From her point of view, although the eldest son was in the family, fortunately, the wife's family was good, and he had never been shorter than him in food and clothing. Now he has a child with his own surname, his waist is straight, and his personality is much more cheerful.

As for the youngest daughter, even though she married a lame man, she was better than the fact that she was an honest man who had no father or mother, and could be the master of the house as soon as she entered the house. Although she lived a hard life at first, her second son-in-law had a car accident, and the younger son paid for his lame leg. Now he drives a motorcycle to solicit customers in the county. He usually works a little harder and is more than enough to support his family.

Only the eldest daughter, married to a widower, raised a bunch of stepchildren, married for twenty-four years, and had no children of her own. The eldest son-in-law has nothing to do, so he can only live by farming in the village. In addition, she is old now, and her work is also a little powerless. She is about to fall ill every once in a while, so the burden of the family does not fall on her eldest daughter.

Her eldest daughter is only forty-three years old this year, but she looks like a husband and wife with her eldest son-in-law, who is fifty-six-seven. She feels distressed when she sees it.

Mother Meng loves her eldest daughter, but she can say that she loves the younger son the most.

Therefore, as soon as Meng Zezhi showed signs of refusal, Meng's mother instantly rested her mind.

But some people don't think so.

"Can that be the same? The key is which girl is still willing to marry into the countryside..."

There was a vaguely urgent voice over the phone.

"What did you say!" Mother Meng scolded, and then the phone was snatched away.

"Fourth, I'm your eldest brother-in-law. Both of your nephews are twenty-seven or eighty this year, but the daughter-in-law has yet to find a place. At this moment, the family has finally talked about a girl, and the woman's family doesn't want a dowry, so just If you want a suite, where can you find such a good thing?"

The tone on the other end of the phone softened instantly: "But you also know the situation of my family, the fourth child. Now the family is all supported by your sister alone, and we can't get so much money even if we empty our savings. Otherwise, I will not speak to you."

His eldest brother-in-law was named He Zhenli.

Meng Zezhi heard it and said, "How much do you want?"

He Zhenli's tone immediately became excited: "It's not a lot, 600,000 is enough."

The small county to which the former home belonged was backed by the mountains, the transportation was inconvenient, the economy was not developed, and the housing prices were naturally not much higher.

600,000, it is definitely enough to buy two houses with three bedrooms and one living room. If you add a few more money, you can do a simple decoration.

He Zhenli also included his youngest son's marriage room.

Sure enough, I heard him sneer and say: "When your eldest nephew gets married, won't it be your second nephew's turn? I just want to prepare the house in advance, so as not to be like now, like a headless fly. It's not shuffling."

He Zhenli didn't think he was a lion with a big mouth, he was fine.

The fourth son spent 600,000 yuan for his third brother, and nearly 400,000 yuan for his second brother-in-law's leg. It made no sense to get to his house, and 80,000 yuan was paid.

The eldest sister is the oldest, and he wants 600,000 now.

Meng Zezhi laughed angrily.

The predecessor did not try his best to help the family. Can this be measured simply by the amount of money?

Meng Zezhi only knows one thing, I can be grateful, but you can't be a blood-sucking worm for granted.

Meng Zezhi calmly said, "Is my eldest sister there? I'll have a few words with her."

Although He Zhenli didn't know what Meng Zezhi was selling, he was the boss if he had money. For the sake of the 600,000 yuan, he could only hand the phone to Sister Meng who was beside him.

"Hey, fourth child..."

There was a hoarse middle-aged female voice over the phone.

Meng Zezhi paused: "Eldest sister, are you not feeling well?"

"Cough cough..." Sister Meng cleared her throat and said, "It's alright, just two days ago when I went to pick up Xiaoning from school, it suddenly rained heavily in the middle of the road, got a little rain and caught a cold."

He Zhenli's ex-wife left him two sons and one daughter. Compared to his two sons who haven't married yet, his youngest daughter married early, and Xiaoning is her son.

Because his daughter and his ex-wife look alike, He Zhenli usually loves this daughter the most. After Xiaoning was born, his grandparents did not want to take him, and his daughter and son-in-law were busy working, so He Zhenli had to take him home and let Sister Meng take care of him.

This care has lasted for eight years, and now the children are all in primary school.

Meng Zezhi sighed: "Eldest sister, what do you think?"

Hearing this, He Zhenli quickly gave her a wink.

"I..." Sister Meng opened her mouth, as if thinking of something, her expression was a little sad, and she said, "What else can I think."

Meng Ze understood, he said, "I see, give your phone to mom."

"Hey, fourth child?"

"Mom, are the third brothers here?" Meng Zezhi asked.

"No, what's wrong?"

"You call them back first, I have something to tell them."

"...Okay." Mother Meng nodded hesitantly, always feeling that her youngest son's tone seemed a little out of place. But she also knew that something was wrong was not aimed at her.

She glanced at He Zhenli, and then according to Meng Zezhi's instructions, she found the third child's name from the mobile phone address book and typed it.

"Mom, what's the matter?" He Zhenli didn't know why, and a sense of unease suddenly rose in his heart.

Mother Meng ignored him, just urged the third and the others to come over quickly.

Hanging up the phone, Meng Zezhi turned around and walked towards the laboratory.

Hearing the sound, Zhu Zhengqing put down the instruction manual of the instrument he had taken down, looked up at Meng Zezhi, and said calmly, "Have you finished the call?"

"Ok."

At this moment, Meng Zezhi's mind was full of family affairs, how could he still remember what happened just now.

He said, "By the way, Professor Zhu, something happened to my family, so I went back first."

Schools are crowded and not a good place to deal with problems.

"..." Seeing Meng Zezhi's indifferent face, as if nothing had happened just now, Zhu Zhengqing nodded with difficulty: "Okay."

"Then I'll come back to you in two days."

After speaking, Meng Zezhi turned around and left the laboratory.

Hearing the sound of footsteps receding in his ears, Zhu Zhengqing slowed down.

Either Meng Zezhi was not interested in him or the other party was not enlightened at all.

Zhu Zhengqing's lips pursed and pursed, decisively choosing the latter.

Such a big lump of old elm, can it be put on or not?

Zhu Zhengqing frowned slightly, worried!

Meng Zezhi had just returned home when Meng's mother called.

Meng Zezhi closed the door with his backhand, and while taking off his jacket, he asked, "Mom, are the third brothers and the others here?"

"It's all here." Mother Meng said worriedly.

"Alright then, turn on the speakerphone." Meng Zezhi threw the clothes he took off on the sofa and poured himself a glass of water.

"Fourth, what's the matter with you calling us here?" It was Brother Meng who spoke.

Meng Zezhi took two sips of water and said, "That's right. Just now, my eldest brother-in-law called me and said that his two sons got married and asked me to pay 600,000 yuan to buy them a house."

Fourth, there is something in his words!

Second sister Meng and third brother Meng looked at each other with solemn expressions.

He Zhenli looked embarrassed, and his heart became more and more uneasy. He began to retreat: "This... Fourth, if you are tight on money, then forget it..."

"Isn't it just 600,000, money, I have it." Meng Zezhi slapped the coffee table with a slap: "But I just want to say, what does it have to do with me when your two sons get married?"

"This... this," He Zhenli was startled, and stammered: "How can you say that they are your nephews? Well, even if they are not relatives, they still called your uncle for more than 20 years... "

"I'd rather not have these two nephews—" Meng Zezhi said angrily, completely substituting himself into the identity of his predecessor.

"My eldest sister is the one I'm most sorry for in my life. Just to support me in school, she was forced to marry a widower who was a year older than her, and she became a stepmother to three children as soon as she entered the house. At that time, She's only eighteen."

Hearing this, Sister Meng looked dazed.

Mother Meng's eyes blushed, blaming her for her lack of ability, so she could only sell her son and daughter to send her younger son to school.

"It's fine if she's doing well, but in fact, she's been married for 24 years. As a woman, she's not even qualified to get pregnant and have children. Why?"

"Because her widower husband already has three children who can be passed on to the family, and the family conditions are not good, there is no need to have another child to increase the burden. Anyway, he remarried to find a cheap nanny to serve his family. "

"Fourth, what nonsense are you talking about?" He Zhenli was furious, but no one paid any attention to him.

Hearing this, second sister Meng and third brother Meng also knew that Meng Zezhi's anger was not because they were staring at his money, but annoyed He Zhenli.

They breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

"Just for the 1,500 yuan betrothal gift, for twenty-four years, it's not enough for her to serve four of your father and son, and she has to serve your grandchildren. How can there be such a good thing in the world. The most ridiculous thing is, He Zhenli, you have the face to ask me to buy a house for those two little beasts!"

Before the predecessor was admitted to the university, the three children of He Zhenli's family never called the predecessor uncle. When the predecessor went to his house to pay New Year's greetings, he saw them embarrass Sister Meng in front of relatives more than once.

When the predecessor family was there, they were already so unscrupulous, and one can imagine what kind of life Sister Meng lived when the predecessor family was away.

When the predecessors came out, they were as sweet as an uncle called them.

"You...you..." He Zhenli became angry, reaching out and grabbing the phone in Mother Meng's hand.

"What do you want to do?" Brother Meng and second brother-in-law Meng stood up from the sofa in a hurry, protecting Mother Meng behind them, and glaring at He Zhenli.

Mother Meng breathed a sigh of relief.

Now she finally knew why the fourth child had to call the third child back first.

On the other side of the phone, Meng Zezhi took a sip of water and eased his breath: "I used to think wrong, I always feel that the eldest sister is already old, and she has no biological children of her own, so I will definitely have to rely on that in the future. The two little beasts are getting old, and life will go on like this."

This is not only the idea of ​​the predecessor, but also the idea of ​​Meng's mother.

"I guess you think so too." This was obviously said to He Zhenli.

"That's why you dare to ask me for money so unscrupulously, and it's 600,000 when you ask me."

Meng Zezhi was probably stabbed in his mind, and He Zhenli's face was very lively.

Sister Meng burst into tears and cried bitterly while hugging Second Sister Meng.

Hearing this, He Zhenli's eldest son, He Jiaming, was furious and said angrily, "Why don't you dare, if it wasn't for the 1,500 yuan from my family back then, do you think you Meng Zezhi would be able to have today? That's my mother's life money."

He Zhenli's first wife died in a car accident, and the car owner lost 2,000 yuan.

"So my eldest sister has worked hard for your family for more than 20 years, so I paid 80,000 yuan to build a house for your family. Is that not enough?"

Meng Zezhi said coldly, "My family has long since owed you."

He added: "Just such a thing, eldest sister, do you still expect him to retire for you in the future?"

"What do you want?" He Zhenli gritted his teeth. He didn't believe it. Could it be that Meng Zezhi could still push Sister Meng to divorce him.

Meng Zezhi did as he wished: "600,000, I have it. Big sister, I will give you two choices."

Sister Meng sobbed, sat up from Second Sister Meng's arms, raised her sleeves and wiped the corners of her eyes.

Never had she felt that her little brother was so reliable.

"First, if you stay in the He family, I will buy you two houses for 600,000 yuan. In the future, if the He family dares to show you a look, you will drive them out."

Hearing this, He Zhenli blushed and looked at the mobile phone in Mother Meng's hand.

"Second, if you divorce He Zhenli, I will still give you 600,000 yuan. You can move home to live with your mother, or buy a house to live alone. You are only forty-three years old this year, and you still have children at this age. There are a lot of people. It’s really not good, you can still adopt a child, and when the child grows up, you are only in your sixties, just let that child care for you.”

"You...how dare you?" He Zhenli was struck by lightning, never expecting Meng Zezhi to actually have such an idea.

No, no, if eldest sister Meng really divorced him, who would bring Xiaoning, he can't do heavy work now, who will take care of the seven or eight acres of land in the family, and the marriage room of his two sons... …

He Zhenli looked terrified, he calmed down instantly, and looked at Brother Meng as if asking for help.

Brother Meng has an indifferent look on his face. It's one thing to feel sorry for the eldest sister, and it's another to hang up high.

Isn't it obvious that the fourth child hates He Zhenli's family. If he rushes to speak for He Zhenli, he must offend the fourth child.

He is not very promising, and he can count on the fourth to help his two sons in the future. You said that at this time, does he dare to contradict Meng Zezhi?

This is the truth.

There was no way to ask for help, He Zhenli gritted his teeth, turned to look at Sister Meng, and said in a low voice: "Jingshu, Jingshu, I admit, I used to be sorry for you, I will change, I will change, it seems that we have done two things. For the sake of being a husband and wife for more than ten years, Jingshu, give me a chance..."

Seeing this scene, Sister Meng looked confused. On the one hand, she was free, and on the other was the person she had been married to for more than 20 years...

"No hurry," Meng Zezhi said, "Eldest sister, you can think about it and tell me after you think about it."

He loosened his tie: "it's too noisy, third brother, drive those two guys out."

After a while, He Zhenli's voice on the other end of the phone became more and more urgent: "No, Jingshu, Mom, I know I'm wrong... Fourth, fourth..."

The ears are finally clean.

Meng Zezhi said again: "Okay, eldest sister, you should live with your mother first, third brother, please take care of your mother and eldest sister during this time, lest He Zhenli jump over the wall and make something bad happen... …”

After arranging things at home, Meng Zezhi felt relaxed, followed by a sense of tiredness. He rubbed his temples, wondering if he had forgotten something important.

But the more he tried to recall, the more chaotic his mind became.

He simply didn't think about it anymore, covered his mouth and yawned, got up and went to the bathroom, got out of the shower, got into the bed, and fell asleep directly.

Early the next morning, he drove to the bank and came out with seven million more in his card. Then he called several large-scale experimental instrument manufacturers, and based on their quotations, he settled on a batch of experimental instruments to be used. That is to say, in less than half an hour, two-thirds of the seven million he had just received had gone.

After dealing with the experimental equipment, Meng Zezhi took out from the bookshelf a collection of papers about Goldbach's conjecture at home and abroad in the past three years, which was more than ten centimeters thick.

It took him two full days to read all these papers, and the gains were there, at least he had a general idea for proving Goldbach's conjecture.

His eyes fell on the title of one of the papers: "Variational Methods."

Then start here.

Just when Meng Zezhi took out the scratch paper and was about to start writing, his cell phone rang.

It was Xu Jiaqing who called.

"Meng Zezhi, have you forgotten what day it is today?"

Meng Zezhi thought for a while, it seemed that today was Saturday, and when he looked at the time on the computer, it was almost ten o'clock, he immediately stood up from his seat: "Sorry, I'll be there soon."

After that, the phone has been hung up.

Pack up your desk and lock the door. Meng Zezhi first went home, took all the documents and everything, and then went to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

For the first time, Chen Yinglong did not follow Xu Jiaqing this time.

"Let's go." Seeing Meng Zezhi coming, Xu Jiaqing spit out two words coldly, got up and walked towards the counter.

Verify the divorce wishes, sign the review processing form, cancel the marriage certificate, and issue a divorce certificate.

It took less than ten minutes to complete the process.

The two of them didn't say a word from beginning to end, until they walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau building, Meng Zezhi stopped Xu Jiaqing: "By the way, I still have a lot of your stuff, do you think? Come and clean up sometime."

According to the divorce agreement, the property in their respective names belongs to them.

"No, just throw those things away." Xu Jiaqing didn't look back.

It can be seen that he really lost his heart to his predecessor.

Since Xu Jiaqing had said so, Meng Zezhi had nothing to worry about. It's just that Xu Jiaqing has a lot of things. Clothes and shoes alone take up three wardrobes. There are also some cosmetics and jewelry. Most of them are famous brands. It's a pity to throw them away.

Meng Zezhi thought for a while, and simply packaged and sold these items to a second-hand goods dealer, in exchange for a small 200,000 yuan, and then donated the money to the Red Cross in the name of Xu Jiaqing.

Meng Zezhi cleaned up the room on the front foot, and the batch of experimental equipment he bought on the back foot arrived, along with the five-step snake venom he ordered from the Caoxian Snake Farm.

After installing the experimental equipment, Meng Zezhi went to the laboratory with the vial of snake venom.

Also busy is Zhu Zhengqing. On the one hand, he needs to integrate and select a group of professional researchers to form a research team as soon as possible. , almost busy feet do not touch the ground.

There were more and more people in the laboratory.

Meng Zezhi's experiment went very smoothly, but when he got to Goldbach's conjecture, he hit a wall.

It really is a world-class math problem!

Meng Zezhi put down his pen, his thoughts were in chaos, he rubbed the corners of his eyes, and reached out to touch the water glass on the table.

Meng Zezhi shook his head helplessly, stood up and planned to go to the water dispenser next door to get some hot water, then his stomach growled.

He raised his watch and saw that it was twelve o'clock.

Eat first!

Thinking of this, he turned to look at Zhu Zhengqing, who was standing motionless in front of the amino acid automatic analyzer, and it seemed that he would not be able to move away in a short time.

In this case, he had to go alone.

Putting all the manuscripts on the table into a drawer and locking it, Meng Zezhi walked out of the laboratory.

Seeing this scene, Xu Yehua, who had been paying attention to Meng Zezhi's movements, hesitated for a while, but finally put down the information in his hand and walked towards Zhu Zhengqing. He asked, "Professor Zhu, how much do you know about Meng Zezhi?"

"Ok?"

Hearing these three words from Meng Zezhi, Zhu Zhengqing abruptly looked away from the analyzer and turned to Xu Yehua.

Although he didn't understand why Xu Yehua would ask such a question, he still said restrainedly: "You said Professor Meng, he seems to be a very stable person, with a kind and good personality..."

Every time a word popped out of Zhu Zhengqing's mouth, the horror on Xu Yehua's face increased by one point, and even the others in the laboratory put down what they were doing and gathered around.

Xu Yehua said with difficulty: "Professor Zhu, you are new here, and you may not know the actual situation very well."

Zhu Zhengqing was also confused: "What do you mean?"

There is no need for Xu Yehua to speak at this moment, the people surrounding him have already said it.

In the end, Xu Yehua concluded: "I also saw that Professor Zhu and Meng Zezhi seemed to be very close, so I would say a few more words. How should I put it, it would be better for Professor Zhu to have less contact with Meng Zezhi in the future. Lest you get tired of your reputation."

When the crowd dispersed, Zhu Zhengqing's eyes were full of confusion.

Domestic violence caused his wife to have a miscarriage, he was sullen, and he stole the research results of students...

How could the person they described be Meng Zezhi?

Or did he see the wrong person?

Just when he frowned, Meng Zezhi came back.

"Why are you the only one left, what about them?"

Zhu Zhengqing raised his head abruptly, his eyes were like scanners, and he looked Meng Zezhi up and down.

Meticulous hair, slanted eyebrows, thin lips, angular outline, long legs of one meter two, matched with a black suit, when not speaking, there is a sense of abstinence all over his body breath……

Thinking of the strong hairs on this person's forearm again, Zhu Zhengqing's ears turned red!

The author has something to say: Zhu Zhengqing: want to praise the old man!