During the Spring Festival of 2012, Wen Jing did not come back with Qiao Nan, but just asked him to bring gifts to his family. Qiao Nan said that she went abroad to play with a few small children, and she didn't come back until the fourth day of the first lunar month.

Lao Qiao was puzzled by this, Qiao Nan said: "The two of her are going to get married after the New Year, and before entering the siege of marriage, they want to relax completely, and a few of their best friends will go to Bali together." ”

Old Joe still doesn't understand, shouldn't he spend the Chinese New Year with his family? What's the matter with going out to travel? He thinks it's not appropriate, but young people have the way of young people, and he can only try to understand.

Old Joe can't remember the last time his son spent the New Year at home, at least five years ago! In order to wait for him to return, Old Joe returned to his hometown on Chinese New Year's Eve to worship his ancestors.

Jolene touched the lantern and asked, "Then hang it when you come back?"

"Well, let your brother come back and hang up. ”

"You don't need me to take anything when you go home this time, do you?"

"There is your brother, you don't need to take it. ”

This time there was finally a porter, and Jolene no longer had to go a few kilometers of armed cross-country traffic, and immediately put down the lantern and cheered to go home together.

On the way back to her hometown, Qiao Lu told Lao Qiao: "I think, Wen Jing came to our house for the New Year, but it was still a bit unjustifiable, she found an excuse to go abroad to play because she didn't want to be embarrassed!"

Old Qiao is total, too. The two are not married, nor are they engaged, and there are many people who come to the house during the Spring Festival, and everyone must have to ask again-are you two married?No~ When will the happy event be held?

If you answer like this, people will definitely think - why do you still come to Qiao's house for the New Year? This girl's family agrees? Or does she have no family?

The Qiao family didn't decide on this family matter, and they didn't give a clear answer to the girls, it was indeed that they didn't think it through!

Lao Qiao slapped his thigh, turned around and reprimanded his son: "You have brought other girls home again and again, and you haven't even set a wedding date, what is this doing?!"

Qiao Nan was teasing her sister and was reprimanded without a head, staring at her and not knowing how to reply, while Qiao Lin gloated and fell into her seat.

In fact, Lao Qiao and his wife had a total of them, and let them have a wedding in August of that year. At that time, Wen Jing's father had passed the first anniversary of his death, so there was no need to shy away from anything, and he was just in time for Qiao Nan's summer vacation and hurry up to hold the wedding.

But Qiao Nan said that he was not sure if he had time at that time. Around him, many people are engaged, but due to the particularity of their professions, they have to be pushed back again and again. He didn't want to do that, he just wanted to find a definite time not to let the family work in vain, and he didn't want Miss Wen to be disappointed again and again.

Although he hasn't come back to the grave for several years, the foundation laid when he was a child is still there, and Qiao Nan is still very skilled in placing tributes, sprinkling wine, burning paper, and kowtowing to his ancestors behind his father. Looking at his steady and experienced son, Old Joe couldn't express his gratification.

After all, the more my son grows up, the more he looks like himself!

Old Joe has a habit of shedding tears in front of his parents' graves. Even in front of the children, it seems useless to cry like this. However, he was talking to his parents, how could he not cry?

"Father, mother, look at your eldest grandson, now he has a chance. It's his eyes that have always been my heart problem...... If you have a spirit in heaven and bless him to heal his eyes, I will ask for nothing!"

Qiao Nan was very moved, but also felt numb. He handed his father a tissue and said, "Dad, my grandparents have blessed me many times, just let them rest!"

Old Joe didn't reply, and silently filled the grave with soil. In the same cemetery, Qiao Lu's biological parents and Qiao Nan's biological mother are also buried.

When Qiao Nan was a child, especially before learning about his background, he had never paid attention to the small grave bag in the corner. There are no tombstones there, but they are very clean. When he asked occasionally, Old Joe was vague and said that it was the grave of a young daughter-in-law in the family.

Qiao Nan was young at that time, so he didn't think deeply at all. At that time, he didn't have any concept of going to the grave, and always felt that it was just an assignment to go back to his hometown. After kowtowing, he ran happily up the mountain. Glancing here occasionally, I could see my father sitting in front of the little grave, sad.

The day he learned the truth, he only felt that the world was spinning, and the original perfect world collapsed in an instant. Although he didn't end up jumping into the sea, the anger lasted for a long time.

Facing his son who was so rebellious that he couldn't eat oil and salt, Lao Qiao thought of a lot of tricks and spent a lot of effort to control the urge to beat people. Li Lanzhi was also exhausted, and said to her son through the door panel: "Whether you believe it or not, since the day I married your father, I have raised you as my own son." If you don't eat or drink like this, I'm even more uncomfortable than you. Qiao Nan, you still have a long way to go in life, and nothing is more important than your health. If you hate me, after 100 years of me, bury me in the cemetery, and let your biological parents be buried together, and if you can't stand me, I can divorce your father, and I'll take Jolene with me...... We can do whatever we want, but don't hurt yourself. ”

Qiao Nan, who was crying silently, woke up instantly, and he also heard the sound of his mother packing his luggage. Fifteen years, he has become accustomed to her meticulous care, she is gone, what will happen to this family? and Jolene, although the two often fight, but she is really a lovely pistachio!

At that time, Qiao Nan, who was still a teenager, opened the door and shouted, "Where are you going?

As a result, the stormy Qiao family has stabilized again and is stronger than before.

More than ten years have passed, Qiao Nan still remembers what his mother said through the door panel, and remembers the tears he shed at that time. He has grown up and held up the door of Qiao's house. What to do in the future, he already had the answer in his heart. But there is still a long way to go before his parents are 100 years old, and he has not said anything.

In the Chinese New Year's Eve of 2012, after paying tribute to his grandparents, he went to tidy up the small grave bag by himself, kowtowed three times, and said: "I'm doing well, and my mother treats me very well now, I should be getting married soon, you have a good ...... over there." Mommy ......"

The last kneeling, tears still fell on the dirt without a fight. Fortunately, Jolene went to pick up the remaining chestnuts and ran away long ago. The sister was repairing her parents' graves and didn't see him. Old Joe smoked his cigarette for the first time in a long time, and turned his back to the grave in a daze.

It was almost twelve o'clock at noon, Qiao Nan took the initiative to pack up his things, and Qiao Lu also wiped away her tears and helped her younger brother clean up. Old Joe turned around and said, "Don't worry, it's still early, you can stay a little longer." ”

"No need. Qiao Nan lowered his head and said in a sullen voice: "Go back quickly, you have to eat at our house at night." ”

Qiao Lu looked back, but she still didn't see her sister, and she didn't answer when she called. Qiao Nan put the basket on the ground and said, "You guys are waiting for me here, I'll go find her." ”

Old Qiao asked uneasily, "Do you remember where the chestnut forest is?"

"Remember, when I was a child, I crawled every day, where can I forget?"

Qiao Nan left, and the father and daughter were left in the cemetery. Originally, both of them were a little sad and didn't know what to say, but they looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time shed tears.

A dead leaf fell on Qiao Lu's head, and Old Qiao took it down for her, crying and laughing: "You say, such a big girl, why is she still ...... like a little girl?"

Qiao Lu also had the same expression, she tried to smile as much as possible, and said: "In front of my parents, I will always be a child!"

Old Joe pointed to the grave behind him and said, "Where are your biological parents?" ”

Qiao Lu didn't look back, but grabbed his arm affectionately and said, "I told them in my dream that the parents in this life are you and your mother. ”

Lao Qiao had just wiped away his tears, and in the blink of an eye, another layer of moisture was covered. He sat down side by side with his eldest daughter and asked, "Do you remember what your biological parents looked like?"

"I don't remember, they left as soon as I was born, and I don't remember anymore. ”

"Your father is the first person in our village to be admitted to a junior college, and he is a technician in the factory at a young age. Your mother is a kindergarten teacher, she can sing and dance, and she is very beautiful. ”

Qiao Lu already knew this, but she still listened quietly: "Your parents are very good, for me, they are the best brother and sister-in-law in the world...... If it weren't for their efforts, I really don't know if your aunt and I would have starved to death or been bullied to death...... If you had grown up around them, you would have been better off than you are now. It's because I don't have the ability to delay your ......"

Qiao Lu blocked her father's mouth with the back of her hand and said, "Dad, there is no if, all this is the best arrangement." ”

It is rare that the three children are content, and Lao Qiao can only be gratified.

The father and daughter were talking in a rambling manner, and the sound of the brother and sister fighting could already be heard on the ridge of the mountain overhead. Qiao Nan took big steps, stepped down in three or two steps, and said loudly like a complaint first: "Qiao Lin climbed up the tree!"

Jolene jumped down the hill like a little frog. She said unconvinced: "It's just a chestnut tree, can it be regarded as climbing?"

"The chestnuts have long since fallen off, what are you doing climbing up the tree?"

Qiao Lin crossed her waist and said loudly to her brother: "Climb high and look far away, feel comfortable!"

Qiao Nan sneered: "Come on, if I hadn't gone in time, the branches would have been crushed by you." ”

......

Fortunately, Lao Qiao and Qiao Lu were present, and the conflict between the two of them did not continue to escalate. Qiao Lin said indignantly: "I picked up a handful of chestnuts and wanted to take them back to stew beef, but they were all thrown back by Qiao Nan." ”

Old Qiao smiled: "Your brother did the right thing." Maybe someone deliberately left it for the animals!"

Qiao Lin was stunned, and Qiao Nan proudly popularized science: "Have you forgotten? Grandma said that the highest fruits are reserved for birds to eat." In winter, there is little food, and occasionally animals come out to forage for food, so they will not starve to death if they leave a little. ”

Jolene understood another law of nature, and bowed her head and went down the mountain. Qiao Lu grabbed her, frowned and asked, "Why do you have such a big opening in your clothes?"

Qiao Lin was startled and said, "Oh, when I was going up the tree, I heard a bang, and it turned out that my clothes were torn. ”

Qiao Lin blinked her eyes wide, distressed and helpless: "What should I do, I still have to dress for the New Year." ”

Qiao Lu also had no choice but to hold her forehead: "I bought you a down jacket of more than 1,000 yuan, and you ...... it like this"

Qiao Nan was like a prank, and arranged it properly: "This year, let Qiao Lin work and pay it back! sweep the floor for two pieces, brush the dishes for five pieces, and carry these things back, ten yuan ......"

The children were still playing around, and the corners of Old Joe's mouth were unconsciously raised. He glanced back, wanting the Qiao family to see this beautiful scene. A gust of mountain wind blew, and out of nowhere, there was a crisp wind chime.