Walking to the main hall of the outer courtyard to entertain guests, I saw Xiang Yan sitting in the main seat, holding a Ru kiln open piece and covered bowl. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the chair in the east, there was a middle-aged man with a bespectacled face, and he sat a woman wearing rose purple and a slightly plump body, presumably this couple was a couple.

Two teenagers stood behind them, the older man was thin and straight, with fair faces, wearing a new serge suit and a pen pinned to his breast pocket.

The younger one was a little fat man, with a tight coat between his arms, a pair of round tortoiseshell glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his eyes were like a slit, which looked a little funny.

Seeing that her daughter was coming, Xiang Yan said: "Aizhen, Huizhen, come and see your fifth cousin, your fifth cousin, and your fifth cousin's seventh cousin and tenth cousin." ”

Ai Zhen and Hui Zhen walked forward, bowed to Guan Wu and his wife, and called out: "Ai Zhen has seen the fifth cousin and the fifth cousin. ”

He bowed his head to the Guan family brothers: "I have seen the seventh cousin and the tenth cousin." ”

"I finally saw my two nieces today, and they looked like a pair of dolls from the store." Mrs. Guan Wu's nose is very thin, and her lips and eyes are also small, but she has a round face.

She didn't hesitate to praise at all, holding Aizhen with her left hand and Huizhen with her right hand, a few obvious laugh lines appeared at the end of her eyes, and asked: "Now that you are in middle school, how many of you are in middle school?" ”

Ai Zhen replied, "I will be studying Form 5 next semester, and Hui Zhen will be studying Form 4." ”

Mrs. Guan Wu nodded again and again, and smiled at Hui Zhen: "Who is better at homework, you or your sister?" "It's like she's a little girl.

"It's my sister." After Huizhen answered, she smiled sweetly: "I don't have my sister's hard work." ”

Guan Wu said: "Look at how generous Ai Zhen and Hui Zhen are, compared to this, my two sons of law will be lower to the mud!" ”

Xiang Yan shook his head, "Fifth brother, don't depreciate yourself, I think the two children are very good, didn't Fang Cai Chengqian say that he scored the top three in the grade in the final exam this time." Cheng Rui is still in elementary school, and he can work hard slowly in his schoolwork. ”

Mrs. Guan Wu said: "Cheng Rui won't mention it, he will be counted if he is naughty." Our Cheng Qian is really smart and obedient, but he didn't know anything about staying in the countryside, and when he went to Shanghai to study in the future, he would have to rely on the eldest brother's family to take care of it. ”

"That's for sure." Xiang Yan said with a smile.

Cheng Qian has never been good at socializing with girls, and this kind of problem is really harmful to social interaction in the future. I saw two cousins of the Xiang family today, and his dress temperament was better than the girls of the same age that he could see in the past, even if he was shy, he also faintly had a slight intention of expression.

Just after hearing this, I secretly felt that my mother couldn't speak. Embarrassed and annoyed, his blood and qi surged, especially because he was born white, so his face was even more red.

Master Guan Wu on the side inexplicably felt that his wife's words had the element of complaining about himself, so he quietly glared at Mrs. Guan Wu.

Seeing this, Ai Zhen hurriedly said: "We are relatives, and my cousin will see the outside world when she says this." What's more, the seventh cousin's grades are so good, and he will definitely surpass the local students when he arrives in Shanghai. At that time, I will be in college, and maybe the tutor will give my cousin a place to go abroad as an exchange student. ”

She did what she liked, and only tried to praise her fifth cousin's son.

Xiang Yan said: "Brother and sister, the fifth brother's original four-year principal in Huaijing Normal College was not done in vain, and your family has a lot to say in education. ”

"Exactly, I have long heard that my fifth cousin is very accomplished in poetry, no wonder my cousin is studying like this." Hui Zhen smiled.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be," Guan Wu smiled, "My fame is also worthy of praise from my fourth niece." ”

The Guan family has not yet been separated, and all the people in the five rooms live together. Mr. Guan Wu resigned from his post two years ago and returned to his hometown, and Cheng Ri was just a gathering of like-minded literati, saying that he wanted to compile a book, but after all, he didn't get any money.

Mrs. Guan Wu can't do it, she has a husband who is not successful, and she never wants to make a real living.

She had no choice but to take the opportunity of Master Xiang's return to her hometown to bring her sons, especially the proud eldest son, to cheer for the family. The closer the relationship, the more natural benefits.

Before leaving, Mrs. Guan Wu reluctantly hugged Sister Aizhen and said, "Good children, when will your grandmother be better, come to our house to play." ”

Master Guan Wu said to Xiang Yan: "Big brother, we are afraid of arguing with the eldest aunt, and you will help us say hello to her old man later." ”

After Guan Wu's family resigned, an old woman ran out of the back hall and said: "Master, the old lady woke up just now, and asked you clearly that you were entertaining Guan Wu, so she won't teach us to disturb you, just let you wait for the guests to leave before calling you to go." After saying that, this old mother has been by Mrs. Xiang's side for a long time, and her courage has become bigger, "The old lady said to tell the ladies not to go to see her first, so as not to be frightened by her current appearance." ”

After listening to the old mother's words, Huizhen and Aizhen had no choice but to look at each other and smile helplessly.

Xiang Yan walked through the back hall and walked towards Mrs. Xiang's courtyard.

Approaching the old lady's main room, he deliberately slowed down, lest he break the silence in the room.

When I was about to walk to Mrs. Xiang's bed, I was about to make a sound, but I heard her suddenly shout: "Brother Yan." ”

Xiang Yan only felt that his breathing was stagnant, and his heart was rushing with five flavors, he hurriedly stepped forward and held the old lady's hand stretched out from the quilt, which could not be described as a hand, just a dead branch, and it was even difficult to feel the slow flow of blood.

"Mother." He called out that he was nearly fifty years old, but this moment was particularly fragile, "How do you feel these days?" ”

"Very good, especially to the ears, even the morning bird calls can be heard very clearly. In the past, I was deaf, I couldn't hear what the girls were saying, I was anxious, and I always reprimanded them to cry. The old lady said.

"If you think it's good, that's fine." Xiang Yan didn't know what words to answer, in the face of death and aging, which was both black and white.

"I have been a slave to your father for a lifetime, and I have suffered all my life in your Xiang family, I complain!" The old lady suddenly began to curse slowly, and because her tone was very low, and there was no hatred in her words, she seemed as if she were just telling an ordinary scene from the past.

"Mother's ......" is a thousand words, and I don't know where to start.

Old Mrs. Xiang sighed: "Forget about your second brother, he has been a concubine from beginning to end." You didn't come out of my belly, but I think you were my own. At the end of the day, you are still not near to me, and your children are not near to me. It's coming, and I end up with no one to end up for me. ”

In the past, no one believed that Mrs. Xiang could become like this.

"Mother! What are you talking about frustration! Xiang Yan said busily, he really couldn't cry or laugh, "The second brother is in Tokyo, I'm afraid he has already boarded the plane, he doesn't have the courage to be unfilial." The third and fourth are there, and the second is just pregnant and can't stand the bumps, so there is no way. Big Brother...... I really couldn't control him, so I sent a few telegrams to Malaysia, this is not a good son, alas...... I sent someone to look for him last month, and maybe there's news soon. ”

The old lady snorted coldly, her voice hoarse, "Big brother has the best temperament, and you can also provoke him to be angry with you." How confused you are, the most confused! Always find fault with others, in fact, it is all your fault! ”

She was like a child, no longer shrewd, even if her breath could not be picked up from time to time, she still had to force the reprimand to finish speaking, which revealed the residual force.

"Yes, it's all my fault." Xiang Yan had to smile bitterly.

He knew how to treat his mother today like a child.

Hearing the answer, the old lady was satisfied, and raised her hand with difficulty and waved, "You go away first, I won't be able to die for a while." There's more of your breath in the room, and I really think it's noisy. ”

"Mother, I'll go out first, you have a good rest." Xiang Yan put her hand back under the quilt.

"By the way," said the old lady abruptly, "don't let the second and third women fight again, isn't it just a Siamese cat, and then ask someone to bring one from outside." ”

"Okay, don't worry." He should.