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Jiangnan Water Town has enjoyed the reputation of paradise on earth since ancient times. It is located in the Yangtze River Delta and Taihu Lake water network area, where the climate is mild, the seasons are distinct, and the rainfall is abundant, so people live near the water and rely on water; There are rivers and lakes intertwined, water networks vertical and horizontal, small bridges and flowing waters, ancient towns and small towns, so a transportation system based on water transportation has been formed; The idyllic cottages there, picturesque and intoxicating, have shaped the style and characteristics of the residents of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River who have been full of charm for thousands of years......

At the beginning of March every year, it is a good day for the water town to usher in the graceful spring rain, and the rain that is occasionally as thin as a cow's hair and occasionally as big as a bean can form a unique scenery every time it hits the flowers and trees. Hong Hailing returned to his hometown Xizhuang on such a beautiful and romantic evening.

Somehow the rain that night was getting heavier and heavier, and the parents of the Hong family saw that their only daughter, who had been working outside for many years, had returned to their hometown, so they insisted on pulling their daughter to chat and eat melon seeds in the middle of the night.

"Ling'er, for so many years, my parents have come to Pudong to accompany you for the New Year, I don't know ...... this year" Chu Yixiu, the mother of the Hong family, grabbed a peanut and stuffed it into Hong Hailing's hand and asked, Hong Hailing picked up a peanut and peeled it, stuffed it into his parents' mouths and replied: "Don't go back, don't go back, I know that you two feel sorry for me, I have quit my job and plan to come back to gnaw on your two old books!" Haha......"

Hong Bai, the father of the Hong family, listened to his daughter's half-truths and half-truths, and his wife laughed almost choked on peanut crumbs, he said: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back, don't talk about gnawing the old, let Dad give you the whole restaurant building as a dowry, Dad is willing!" ”

The Hong family has an ancient restaurant that has been inherited for nearly 300 years, because the tourism industry has been booming since the millennium, so all walks of life in this ancient water town have developed vigorously.

Hong Hailing immediately disagreed with what Hong Bai said, her apricot eyes widened and said: "Dad, don't talk nonsense like this, although our Hong family's family rules are gone, but I didn't have anything to say about my grandfather's words back then, I can't give it to me, if you want to give it to the second uncle's family, it will be for the second uncle's family!" ”

"Yes, old man, next time you can't talk nonsense without concealing your mouth, let the second brother hear, even if he has no intention of arguing, but the second brother and sister are notoriously pungent and eight women, and if you are not careful, our family will become a joke......" Hong Ma Chu's white and tender jade hand patted Hong Bai's old hand full of vicissitudes and admonished.

The second child of the Hong family is the son that Hong Hailing's grandfather dislikes the most, but the older generation of people are rotten in their thinking, and the ancient town is not happy about the arrival of his daughter, so according to the meaning of the old lady of the Hong family, the man is not passed on to the woman.

Hong Bai looked at his wife and daughter helplessly, and sighed: "Alas! Don't persuade you, I am the one who is in charge of Hong Shiji now, and the person who has been busy working for half his life is our family, what did he Hong Zhu and his wife Hu Yang and the unsuccessful Hong Ken do? They've done it! That's right, it's a monster! Hong Bai was angry as he spoke, and Hong Hailing stroked his back a few times and said, "Dad, why are you angry?" What's there to be angry about? Take it easy, I'll tell you, be careful I don't bring your grandson back! ”

As soon as Hong Hailing's words were finished, Chu Yixiu and Hong Bai began to spit out their thoughts after hiding all night: "Why don't you bring Ran Ran back?" "You too, if your son doesn't bring it back, then you won't bring it back!" "You say, you say what's going on!"

Hong Hailing was asked by her parents as if she was asking questions, and she couldn't straighten up with a smile: "I said Mom and Dad, I'm coming back today to report a letter and clean up my own house, and wait for them to get a new bed or something before they arrive at noon tomorrow." Chang Qing, the two of you, will rush here for lunch at noon! After she finished speaking, she laughed a few more times, and the Hong family's parents came to their senses, and they laughed and reproached: "You girl, dare to hang up your parents' minds and play?" ”

Hong Hailing didn't say a word, she looked at the window on the left near the river bank and said, "Why doesn't it seem to stop raining today?" In previous years, this day was not so strange! Chu Yixiu smiled and said: "This spring in our Jiangnan, there are several changes a day, who knows what changes will be tonight!" Hong Hailing thought about it, his own dreamy Jiangnan water town is indeed unpredictable, and it is not something that the meteorological observatory can predict.

Hong Bai looked at the old Shanghai watch in his hand at this time, it was already 10:20 in the middle of the night, he yawned and said: "Don't go to sleep in your room today, you and your mother sleep in the middle, and I sleep on the leather sofa in the living room!" Hong Hailing was anxious, she said: "This is not good, Dad, you go to sleep with Mom, I, sleep on the sofa!" Hong Bai couldn't resist his daughter, he went into the bathroom on the west side to wash up, said hello to his daughter and entered the bedroom.

Chu Yixiu missed her daughter and didn't have to get up early to open the shop the next day like before, so she still sat by the window and chatted with Hong Hailing. Hong Hailing knew that her mother wanted to accompany her more, her eyes were slightly red, and her heart was inextricably linked, but as soon as she opened her mouth, it became another word: "Mom, you have rested early, don't accompany Ah La!" She had been speaking Mandarin with her family before, but now because of the change in her heart, another representative with the characteristics of the water town has emerged - Wu Nong's soft language.

Chu Yixiu knew that her daughter felt sorry for herself, and she said with her usual modest smile on her face: "Don't worry, don't you want to sleep!" Hong Hailing smiled, took her mother's hand and leaned on her shoulder and said, "Mom must blame me all these years!" Chu Yixiu patted her hand and said, "It's good, it's okay, but did you really resign and come back?" ”

Hong Hailing wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at Chu Yixiu with some grievances and asked, "Don't you believe in Mom?" Chu Yixiu apologized repeatedly, and Hong Hailing laughed "poof": "Okay, if I say come back, I will come back, and if I resign, I will resign, my mother doesn't have to worry, and this time Changqing and Ranran will also accompany me back, and I will no longer leave my mother and Abba!" ”

Chu Yixiu heard her daughter mention her little grandson, and she smiled and asked, "How is Ran Ran now?" Is your mother-in-law willing to let go? Hong Hailing said a little sadly: "She went to take care of her eldest son's daughter, alas, it's all my fault, I don't like her to do this and that, she can't be idle...... By the way, Mom, we'll help you when we come back, don't help us in turn! After Hong Hailing finished speaking, he remembered that his mother loved to work hard, and hurriedly advised.

Chu Yixiu nodded, but she had another thing in her heart: If you don't let me help, I'll help secretly, and see what else you can do to my mother. Chu Yixiu thought confidently, but suddenly heard a woman's scream outside, Hong Hailing and Chu Yixiu glanced at each other, and their eyes flashed with doubt and fear.

Hong Bai, who had just slept for less than an hour in the back room, was awakened by the screams, Hong Hailing saw him get dressed and rushed out, she asked in horror: "Dad, what are you doing here?" ”

Then she and her mother followed her father, who was playing the flashlight, to the source of the sound, and outside the Hong family's old house, they saw the neighbors pointing around the stream in twos and threes...... (To be continued.) )