“...... Uncle Xu, Uncle Xu......"

shouted twice, buckled the still hidden half door twice, and a middle-aged man in his thirties, with his sleeves rolled up and some sweat on his forehead, appeared outside the door of the hall.

"Come in. ”

The old man answered the voice, and walked to the door of the hall with his hands and feet.

“...... Uncle Xu, it's almost ready over there, look ......"

The middle-aged man held on to the half-door that was still hidden, gasped for breath, and did not enter the house, but asked directly,

"Then you can move this pile of things over here and arrange them. ”

The old man turned around and pointed with his chin at the pile that had been piled up on the table before, the pile he had just received aside, couplets, lanterns, paper money, and incense wax.

“...... Cheng, Uncle Xu, I'll just hug you...... Uncle Xu, how to arrange this thing, why don't you come with me here and help you take a look. ”

"How to arrange how to decorate, how to decorate how to decorate, these things, if someone in the village is willing to be happy, you can also give him some and let him decorate them. I'll come back later. ”

“...... That...... Done!"

After hesitating, the middle-aged man nodded, walked into the hall, and picked up the pile of messy things.

“...... Then Uncle Xu, I'll go over first. ”

"Be careful, don't fall to the ground, you can't ask for these things if they fall on the ground. Or I'll find you a bag to stuff into. Looking at the appearance of the middle-aged man, the old man couldn't help but say something out loud.

“...... This, Uncle Xu, is there anything to say about this?"

When the middle-aged man heard the voice, he stiffened, holding the messy things, not daring to move, and not daring to let go, his hands were stiff and trembling a little.

"Where do you say that, what do you say, your lantern fell to the ground and was stained with muddy water, can it still be used, you have mixed mud into your meal, do you still eat it?"

The old man was not angry, and said to the middle-aged man,

“...... Then Uncle Xu, you better find me a bag. ”

The middle-aged man was holding the pile of things, but he still didn't dare to move, stiffened, cried and mourned, and said to the old man,

"Put your things down, and I'll get you a bag. ”

"I'd better hold it, I'll just hold it...... Uncle Xu, hurry up, my hands are numb. ”

The middle-aged man hugged it, didn't dare to move, cried with a sad face, and said again,

"Wait. ”

The old man threw down his words, turned around and walked to the edge of the hall, rummaging through the bag,

The middle-aged man held something and stood in place, his hands stiff and didn't dare to move, but he couldn't help but turn his head and look at the hall.

“...... Eh, Uncle Xu, there's a guest at home. ”

It seemed that when he saw Lian Ge, the middle-aged man couldn't help but say,

"That's a distinguished guest, a distinguished guest from the village. ”

The old man carried a large transparent plastic bag, which seemed to be a bag filled with cotton, walked back, and said in a loud voice,

"Hello, hello ......"

When the middle-aged man heard this, he hurriedly greeted Lian Ge.

Hearing this, Lian Ge looked at this person, got up and nodded.

"Here, put things in. ”

Stretching the large transparent plastic bag open, larger than a fertilizer bag, the old man said loudly to the middle-aged man,

When the middle-aged man heard this, he was a little cautious and stuffed the pile of things he was holding in his arms into a plastic bag.

“...... Then Uncle Xu, I'll go over first, and you should come over earlier. ”

“...... I'll be there later. ”

The old man nodded, and then answered,

The middle-aged man walked out of the hall with the pile of things in the large plastic bag.

The old man stood at the door of the hall again, and turned back.

“...... Young man, if you come at the right time today, if you come a day early or a day late, I have nothing to entertain in this house......"

The old man walked back to the hall, and in front of Lian Ge, he smiled and said out loud,

Immediately after, the old man paused again,

“...... Wait a minute, young man, sit down for a while, and I'll be right back......"

In a hurry, the old man spoke, and walked towards the kitchen next to him.

When Lian Ge heard this, he just nodded and responded,

"The old man is self-sufficient. ”

The old man hurried into the kitchen, followed by him, and walked out of the kitchen again, with an empty water cup in his hand, and walked to the water dispenser on the edge of the hall.

After receiving less than half a cup of hot water, and then some cold water, the old man stretched out his other hand and touched the wall of the cup, and then took the water and walked to the bedroom next to him.

“...... Wife, are you tired of sitting, is there any numbness on your body?"

The old man's voice came from the bedroom,

“...... I'll put this pillow behind you, and you'll hold it like this to see if it's comfortable. ”

“...... Take this cup and drink some water. I'll give you a leg to press. ”

Immediately afterwards, it was the old lady's voice,

“...... You......"

The old lady's tone seemed to be a little helpless, seemed to be a little complaining, and a little happy,

“...... What are you doing with it? You're not tired. ”

"What you want to press, what you want to press...... What am I tired of, didn't I talk about it, I'm so strong. ”

......

In the hall, Lian Ge stood, listening to the movement coming from the bedroom next to him, and then turned his gaze and looked at the painting hanging on the wall of the hall, and didn't say anything.

Just quietly listening, watching, waiting.

......

“...... Sorry to keep you waiting, young man. ”

After a while, the old man walked out of the bedroom with a water cup with only some water left, hugged Lian Ge and apologized, and put the water cup on the table next to him.

"Didn't you ask me, young man, if I was doing a red and white wedding? ”

The old man turned around, smiled again, and said,

“...... We live here in a remote area, and it's not convenient to go outside to invite someone for something in the village, so let me help manage a happy event.

How else to say that the young man came at the right time, tonight, I happened to meet the village family to run errands and make a banquet. If you're not bad boy, come with me. ”

The old man smiled, looked at Lian Ge, and continued,

"As the saying goes, this banquet is not rubbed in vain, young man, you rarely meet, if you come a day late, you won't be able to meet ......"

Lian Ge listened to the old man's words, first just looked at the old man, didn't speak, turned his eyes and glanced at the paintings hanging on the wall, then looked at the old man, followed closely, and his face also smiled,

"The old man is right, if you don't rub it in vain, then I'll bother it. ”

"Don't bother, don't bother. ”

The old man smiled and waved his hand, "It's rare to have someone in the village, this is a bad place, your relatives don't want to come, young man, you are willing to go, it's too late to be happy, what bother." ”

As he spoke, the old man turned around again and walked towards the kitchen,

“...... You can come with me in a moment. ”

As he walked into the kitchen, the old man said,

"Young man, sit down for a while, I'll cook for my wife, and when she eats and sleeps, we'll go over." ”

"Elderly, please take care of yourself. ”

Lian Ge smiled, answered, and sat down on the stool casually,

The old man nodded, walked to the kitchen door with his hands and feet, turned around again, and shouted into the bedroom,

"Old woman, didn't you wrap some dumplings in the morning, and I'll cook dumplings for you in the evening." ”

“...... Okay, you can eat anything......"

“...... Okay, then I'll cook it for you...... By the way, at noon, Chen Erwa didn't send a handful of green onions, where did I put them......"

“...... Look at if you are on the edge of the stove, you always like to put things there with your hand, and forget ......."

"Well, it's really here...... Wait, old woman, the water is boiling in the pot, the water is boiling, I'll make you dumplings......"