Huang Lin said very little from beginning to end, his tone was also very blunt, and the whole person was expressionless all the time. Walking forward with Zhong Xiu on his back, he was wearing uncommon straw sandals on his feet, step by step, very down-to-earth. Geng Hao was not at ease, there were too many people who had an accident on that ramp today, so he went to the house with an umbrella to follow. I was relieved to watch him go downhill steadily, and his eyes stayed on the two of them for a long time.

In the rain, Huang Lin's lean body carried Zhong Xiu's weight, bowed down, raised his head, looked ahead, walked steadily, and did not panth. His trousers were pulled up to his knees, revealing his white calves, which were covered in mud. Zhong Xiu held a blue umbrella to shelter from the wind and rain, lying on Huang Lin's back with peace of mind, and from time to time he and Huang Lin made two sounds, just like a daughter's whisper to her father.

Geng Hao stood in place, watching the blue umbrella drift away, and his gaze was gradually lengthened. Thought of carrying his father. Zhong Xiu really has a good family, two good sisters, and a good brother-in-law. In fact, he is not bad, and his uncle and aunt also pampered him to grow up like his parents, providing him with food and shelter, and providing him with college. Like, it's time to call home again.

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The heavy rain fell for a day, and the day stopped for a small one. It didn't cause any serious damage, Geng Hao also used tap water again, and the weather was hot again. On the day the rain stopped, Zhong Xiu mentioned to the branch secretary that he wanted to repair the ramp in front of the village committee and build it into a cement road or a hard stone road, otherwise no one would dare to walk on the road when it rained. The village party secretary and the village director summed it up and said that it was repaired, and they had time to contact it. I don't know if I've been contacted later, in short, Zhong Xiu has been staring at the implementation of this matter.

Within two days, it was an important day for the whole country to celebrate. 8 August 2008. On this day, the 29th Summer Olympic Games were held in Beijing, which was a great joy for China, allowing people to temporarily recover from the deep sorrow of May 12.

After the successful bid for the Olympic Games in 2001, the Chinese have been looking forward to this day, and Mocun is no exception. In the week before the 8th, the people of Mo Village would walk after dinner and talk about the Olympics, no matter how much they knew, they had to say a word or two.

In fact, what everyone knows most about the Olympics is that this is a sports competition, which country applies to which country is very powerful, China has built a particularly large "Bird's Nest" and Water Cube for this Olympic Games, as well as five rings and cute Fuwa. I don't know much, but it is enough to know that it is very powerful, and it is enough to know that it is a manifestation of the improvement of China's status in the world. Therefore, they will review the changes in modern China, praise the country's leaders, and praise their correct leadership.

There are not many families with TV sets in Mo Village, and there are only a few households, so everyone can only make an appointment to go to someone's house to see. Coincidentally, there is a TV in the mahjong parlor of Mobei Monan's house, which was originally a public entertainment place, and there is no need to worry about disturbing the host's house, so most of them plan to squeeze into the mahjong parlor to watch. Director Mo and Zhong Xiu's family are relatively wealthy in the village, and they also have TVs at home, Zhong Xiu invited Geng Hao to his home to watch the opening of the Olympic Games on the 7th, but Geng Hao refused, saying that he promised his friends to go to the county seat.

On the evening of the 6th, Zhang Nan called Geng Hao and asked him to go to the county seat and go to the Internet café for the night, saying that he would watch the live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Geng Hao happened to want to go to the county seat and go to the Internet café for a long time, so he agreed to this appointment. For this reason, he also asked Director Mo for leave on the 8th in advance.

After Zhong Xiu knew the situation, he said that when the time came, she asked her brother-in-law to send Geng Hao to the county seat on the morning of the eighth, Geng Hao was going to refuse, but Zhong Xiu said that the only cars that could go to the county seat were Huang Lin and Jiang Weiguo, and they had to contact each other anyway, so she went back and told her brother-in-law directly that it was convenient. Geng Hao heard that there was no reason to refute, so he agreed. After all, compared to Jiang Weiguo, Geng Hao is still closer to Zhong Xiu's family, and it is more embarrassing to be troublesome.

At nine o'clock in the morning of the 8th, Huang Lin picked up a wave of guests from the city and returned to the village near Mo Village, and sent a few people to the county seat, and when he arrived at the village committee, he called Geng Hao. Geng Hao locked the door, took the keys and mobile phone, ran downhill, and got into Huanglin's van.

When Geng Hao called people in the village, he was called uncle and aunt, and the young one was called sister and brother, but Zhong Ling and Huang Lin were more special, which made Geng Hao very entangled. According to their age, Geng Hao is generally called aunt, after all, he is more than twenty years older than him, but they are Zhong Xiu's eldest brother-in-law, and he and Zhong Xiu are the same age. Geng Hao followed Zhong Xiu and called Sister Zhong Ling and brother-in-law Huang Lin. Usually when I go to a friend's house and face my friend's sister or brother, don't I always call my friend? But when he calls out, it seems that there is no ambiguity. This is often the case with the following.

"Hey, Lao Huang, why did you have another uncle when you came out?" The person who spoke was a passenger in the car, and deliberately used broken Mandarin so that Geng Hao could hear it.

Huang Lin said: "He is our sister-in-law's friend. ”

"Oh, it's Xiuxiu's friend? This is called a strange and affectionate brother-in-law, and it seems to be a good friend. As he spoke, the man glanced at Geng Hao with ambiguous eyes, "Xiuxiu has graduated now, right?

Geng Hao pretended to look at the scenery outside the window, pretending not to know anything. Huang Lin is the same age as his father, he really can't call him.

"No, there's no hurry. Huang Lin went back very neatly and simply. Geng Hao glanced back at Huang Lin, wanting to see the truth of this sentence from Huang Lin's face. Didn't Zhong Xiu say that she had a partner last time?

The car is boring, the passengers on the car are all women who are somewhat familiar with the Zhong family, and the topic of marriage is the favorite of middle-aged women. Therefore, even if Huang Lin didn't say anything, how could those women let go of such a good conversation? The three women bombarded Huang Lin with repeated words in the car.

"Lao Huang, we don't know if you're in a hurry? Lingling has found a few for Xiuxiu? So anxious to match, aren't you still thinking that Xiuxiu will marry out as soon as possible?" The red-clothed aunt in the back row pulled her throat, for fear that Huang Lin wouldn't hear it. Geng Hao pricked up his ears and listened for a while, listening to this meaning, Zhong Xiu really seemed to have no object, so she was talking nonsense last time.

Huang Lin still pretended not to hear and did not speak. The black-clothed aunt next to the red-clothed aunt immediately picked up: "Xiuxiu has graduated, it's time to get married, if you don't look for it, you will be older in a few years, and it will be even more difficult to find." ”

Geng Hao leaned on the car door and looked outside again, feeling that the young lady who worked in the government was right, the road inside was not good, when the weather was clear, the yellow sand and dust were so big that you couldn't open the window, and there was a feeling of choking on dust through the window. After graduation, the object is urged, the object is urged, the engagement is urged, and the engagement is married, and then the child. It's a constant. When he went back for the Chinese New Year this year, when he met that group of relatives, he would inevitably become the object of urging and be urged to marry.

"Xiuxiu's conditions are very good, now looking for it, there must be a lot of excellent young men. My cousin's daughter-in-law has a cousin who works in the county and in the government, and his son has just returned from abroad. Do you want me to help you ask?" The aunt next to Geng Hao was very enthusiastic and leaned forward to say.

Huang Lin was silent and did not speak. The eldest aunt poked him twice: "Hey, Lao Huang, you say something." If it's okay, I'll mention it to others, such a good young man, that is, Xiuxiu, I'm not willing to say it to ordinary girls. ”

"I'll go back and ask. Huang Lin said, his eyes fell on the rearview mirror above the car, and he could barely see Geng Hao looking out the window.

Although Huang Lin is often not at home, every night when he goes back, he will listen to Zhong Ling talk about the new things that happened during the day, and in the past two months, he has heard the most about Geng Hao. Zhong Ling chattered every day at first, saying that the new volunteer teacher looked good, and he could talk to Xiuxiu, and it was very good for the two of them to stand together. Suddenly, one day, Zhong Ling told him very disappointed, only to know that Geng Hao, this young man, already had a partner. In the days that followed, it was Zhong Ling who was analyzing whether Geng Hao had an object or not, and Huang Lin's ears were calloused. He thinks this young man is not bad, but there is no way for people to have a partner.

As soon as the eldest aunt beside Geng Hao heard this, she immediately patted her thigh happily: "Then you can ask when you go back today, and call me if it's okay." Huang Lin responded. Geng Hao once suspected that Huang Lin just didn't want to be pestered by the aunts, so he reluctantly agreed.

Matchmaking is really a profession that Chinese women are born with, and as long as you reach your age, you will definitely do it. His eldest aunt also likes to do these things the most, and her ears are like ears to the wind, and she can always hear that a girl and a boy are looking for a partner for the first time, as long as they know each other, they will immediately go to someone's house to talk about the matchmaker. When Geng Hao was at home, he could always listen to the eldest aunt say what the pair she was pulling was like and where the process was, but in the end, Geng Hao didn't know whether it was successful or not.

Zhong Xiu's family affairs have eyebrows, and the aunts are idle, and there is nothing to talk about. But the road to the county seat is still long, how can they be so idle? As soon as their eyes wandered, they set the target as Geng Hao. Geng Hao's eyes met them slightly, but his back was cold, and he knew that he couldn't escape.

"Young man, are you Xiuxiu's friend?" asked Geng Hao, the eldest aunt next to Geng Hao.

Geng Hao smiled politely: "Yes." ”

The red-clothed aunt in the back followed and asked, "What's your name, how old is this year?"

"Geng Hao, twenty-two. ”

"Oh, it's the same age as Xiuxiu. Look you're not a local. The curly-haired aunt next to Geng Hao continued to ask.

"Well, I'm out of town, and I'm here to work. ”

The aunt in red asked, "What kind of work?"

"I worked as a teacher at Mocun Primary School. ”