"'Three days later, the blind mother-in-law's son named Gouwa hurried back from Shanxi in a hurry, and as soon as he came out of the town, he saw the blind mother-in-law crouching on the corner of the street, with a broken bowl begging along the street in front of her. The mother and son cried and cried, and they couldn't wait to curse half of the sky. Later, the dog baby broke her liver and intestines, hated her heart, and rushed home with her blind mother-in-law on her back like a burning ass. Poor people were in a circle behind the front door, chickens were crowing in the open space in front of the door, pigs were howling in the back fence, and the hall was locked by General Tie. The dog baby suddenly got angry, the fire didn't hit one place, picked up the stone and smashed the lock, and the house was even more messy, the mouse on the table, the cat stole food in the cupboard, and the dog was so hungry that only skin and bones remained. There was no one in the courtyard and outside the hospital, no one was in sight, no one was in sight, no one was in sight, and a few pieces of the little daughter-in-law's clothes in the wardrobe were also missing. The dog baby instantly felt like a thorn in her face, and the sand was rubbed into her eyes, and she unconsciously jumped into anger. He roared and broke into the neighbor's house, and it turned out that the little daughter-in-law entrusted the baby to the neighbor's house to take care of; He even howled and rushed to the old man's house in the mountains, it turned out that the little daughter-in-law eloped with this kid, and there was no message address left. At this time, the dog baby was like the sky falling, and his mind couldn't support it for a moment, and the ground sank, and he couldn't stand for a moment, and he was stupid, and he suddenly became stupid and impulsive. He gathered the men and women of his relatives' houses indiscriminately, and gathered the old and young of the neighbors, and ran to this house one by one with knives and sticks, and they ran menacingly to this house to ask for people.

"'There is no wall in the world, this family got the news, so frightened and panicked, for a while called the day should not be, called the earth and the earth is not spiritual, this kid is not a thief to learn well, the two of them will not dare to look up to see people, this time the beast is not as good as abducting people's daughters-in-law to escape, and they are even more shameless and do not even dare to step through the door. The dog baby shouted and rushed to the door. One by one, the robbers burned and smashed everything they saw, and in an instant the courtyard was blazing and in tatters, and the gang threatened the old couple with punches and kicks, and they were helpless to force the old couple to find someone. Some people in the village who watched the excitement couldn't see it, and they reprimanded this kind of devil entering the village. When the family's relatives who lived nearby heard the news, they all rushed over, some scolding and scolding to protect the old one, and some of them were guarding the door of the house. The dog baby is a straight road to the black two hundred and five, and there is no string in his mind to advance and retreat in the face of difficulties. Seeing that the people he brought were outnumbered and besieged in the courtyard, the other party was about to overwhelm him. The dog baby held her head high in complete disregard, picked up the bench in a fit of rage, and waved her hand towards a person who stopped in front of her like a mountain. The man shrewdly and swiftly avoided his body, shouted angrily, and greeted the dog baby with a flat shoulder. The two of them stared at each other with full vigilance, and the corners of their mouths were filled with cruel and ferocious sneers, and the people outside the house who were eyeing each other saw that the open fire inside the house was fighting, and they were all eager to play the sticks. The dog baby is more like a ghost possession at this time. He shouted as if he had died, and a bench swept over the man's head, and the man leaped to the side. A backhand swept to the waist of the dog baby, and the two of them came and went, fighting in one place, shouting and cheering on the side, catching and fighting one after another.

"'The old woman saw the crowd in the room. In a panic, she struggled to break free from her relatives and friends, and ran to the door desperately: Don't fight. Stop, stop fighting, everyone is a relative, there is something to say! At this time, everyone's heads were burned with anger, and hatred blinded their hearts, and for a moment and a half they stopped, and the whole courtyard resounded with the sound of ping-pong sticks and the clash of knives. Don't fight, please, don't fight, my son is not a human being, and he can't afford to hurt himself and die for him! The old woman knelt on the ground while crying, her head was oozing blood marks, and she begged the Bodhisattva to bless the east and bless the future generations in the house with peace and good luck; He begged the king of Hades for mercy to the west, and mercy took the life of the unworthy son as soon as possible, so as not to live in the world and harm others. At that moment, a broken club flew towards her, slamming it on the back of her head, and the old woman fell to the ground and fainted unconscious. The scene of chaos in the courtyard became a pot of porridge fell silent for a while, and several nephews of later generations ran over in a panic, pinching the people in the middle of the people, pressing the chest, and then the face was weak, the old woman opened her mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood, and said angrily: Don't be embarrassed for him, let them go! He fell in a pool of blood with hatred. The dog baby suddenly fell into a state of panic and panic, his face was frightened like a white paper soaked in water, and he knelt down in front of the old woman with a rolling belt, and his head kept knocking like a chicken pecking rice. The old man snorted with a grim face, kicked him to the ground with a ruthless kick, and everyone immediately tied him up. The dog baby recklessly sent himself to the cell, and the old man was about to send the wife up the mountain, and then went out to avoid trouble. The most pitiful is the blind mother-in-law, who begs along the village with a cane and a nurse who has been less than half a year all day long, and people are picking up a handful of tears of sympathy and giving a mouthful of pitiful food, gossip is also spread out in the four towns and eight villages, and everyone hates this kid for his shameless behavior of being inferior to the little daughter-in-law, pigs and dogs, and beasts.

"'But the heavens are evil, and it is still permissible; and thou shalt not live. This kid was a gluttonous and lazy second-rate child, and after abducting the little daughter-in-law to abandon his family and children and wandering around the world, the two banknotes were spent, and the three days of heat passed, and the greasy smell of vines and trees and vines everywhere also subsided. The little daughter-in-law asked him to go down to the coal mine to dig coal, and he was so panicked that it was dark; The little daughter-in-law asked him to go to the construction site to move bricks, but he was tired and tired. I couldn't stay outside, the men and women couldn't eat, and the two walked all the way and quarreled all the way, hungry and hungry to return to the mountains. At this time, the little daughter-in-law had already lost her usual brilliance at home, with an unkempt head and a cheeky face, and she was as thin as a hemp stalk. This kid is also dirty, sloppy, and the stench on his body can smoke for miles. The two came to the little daughter-in-law's house located in the mountains and the peaks arched by the mountains, who knew that the little daughter-in-law's father blew his beard and stared at the door and did not let him in, and the little daughter-in-law's mother gritted her teeth and closed her mouth: You are a lewd hoof, you prodigal hoof! You have lost the face of our family, and you have destroyed the wind of our house, and you still have the face to enter my door! Aren't your hearts so high that you want to climb the osmanthus tree on the moon, why don't you hang yourself on that tree! Aren't you so bold as to pick up the dragon balls under the Dragon Pool, why don't you drown under that pool! You're light, and you don't have four or two weights. I want to eat a fat man in one bite! You don't get two dollars of oil, you want to dig out a gold ingot with a hoe! You go to the waves, the good horse still doesn't eat the grass, you go, the good woman doesn't marry the second-married man! Do you know that your man is in prison, your son is dying of hunger, and your mother-in-law is begging for food all over the town! Why don't you follow this second-rate son and continue to wander, isn't his family retributioned to death! The days when you poke people in the back are still ahead, and the day when you drown in spittle is just ahead! How far you roll, how far you roll. Don't be embarrassed in front of my door, you are shameless, our family still has to set up a household in this village!

"'The little daughter-in-law's face turned pale, tears flashed in her eyes that had lost her lustre, her heart seemed to be grabbed all at once, she was dizzy from the whirlwind, and her body collapsed to the ground in extreme weakness. However, not for a while. She got up again, cried madly, and ran down the hill in despair. This kid was like a ghost, and he also had three lines of snot and two lines of tears, and followed reluctantly all the way. It turned out that the blind mother-in-law and grandchildren came in the wind all day long. In the rain, hungry and full, the baby can't bear it for a long time. And one day unfortunately it rained, and I cried incessantly at night, and the high fever did not go away. When the blind mother-in-law woke up from her sleep, one foot had already stepped on the ghost door and closed, and her mouth was full of only breath but no breath. The little daughter-in-law ran over a few hills like crazy, the small hill behind the house was just in time for the baby to be buried, a broken grass mat was lying on the stiff baby, the hungry and deformed face was covered with gray-brown spots, and the lips were covered with fishy stains, and the little daughter-in-law stood bitterly like a random arrow, mechanically turning the two wooden and distracted eyes, no, no, my child, can't bury my child! The little daughter-in-law suddenly screamed, and threw herself down beside the straw mat without forgetting her life, tearing open her shirt to reveal two shriveled **, and her lame legs stumbled on the mud and stones, splashing blood all the way. The boy fell to his knees by the straw mat with a ghostly heart, and the guilt of shamelessness made him unable to raise his head for a moment. Child, wake up, mother feeds grandma, wake up, ah? The little daughter-in-law was full of tears of pity, slowly straightened her waist, stroked the baby's cold face, and stuffed ** into the baby's closed mouth again, and chattered indifferently: My son is thin, hungry, a hard-working person carved into Coptis wood, the ruler is long, and I haven't eaten milk once! The milk baby lay straight in the arms of the little daughter-in-law, the thick milk flowed out of the mouth without a limit, and the chin and the mother's ** were white, and the steep mountain wind blew, and the little daughter-in-law trembled unconsciously: My son is good, eat grandma, I met my grandmother in my dream, what a white and fat nephew, why don't you come with my baby daughter! The little daughter-in-law cried, wiped a handful of tears, and the dim and gloomy daytime cry echoed in the mountains, which was particularly sad and miserable. The people around them suddenly felt a miserable mist mixed with devouring pain smashing their heads towards them, and they couldn't help but stand there trembling with fear, and tears on their faces, which could not be said to be sympathy or disgust, rolled down their eyes in large quantities, dripping on the violently shaking palms of the pair of dog men and women and the fists that hated to smash the green tendons of the dog man and woman. ’

"'Get out of the way, get out of the way, this bastard is back, this bastard has turned himself in!' As there was a loud shouting outside the courtyard, people got out of the way, and under the strong light of the flashlight, the second-rate man stepped into the gate in the night dew.

The police stood up, quickly took out the handcuffs, and handcuffed the second-rate son with a snap. The little evil skin grabbed him by the hair and dragged him to me like a dead dog, 'Tell me quickly, where is the fool, there is a lie, be careful that Lao Tzu has chopped you alive!' I slapped him in the face in anger and spat with great contempt, 'Bastard, you have turned the sky upside down, and you dare to beat my fool's idea!' ’。 Seeing this, the old village chief hurriedly started to block in front of him, and yelled with pity and disgust, "Why don't you hurry up and take us to find it, you are sending your neck to Wang Fagui's knife, and the knife is about to fall halfway, in case there is another good one, how can you deal with your dead mother!" ’

The police dignified and fearfully handcuffed him, pushed him into the police car, and the headlights of the car were like two sharp swords splitting the deep night sky, and they galloped into the mountains first. Fen'er and I hurriedly squeezed into the car of the little evil skin, took the old village chief and a few people, and rushed all the way to the mountain. The car zigzagged deep in the mountains for more than half an hour, when the sky was bright. Come to the bottom of a cliff with mountains and hills. The police drove the second-rate man out of the car like a dog, and everyone followed him, walked a path that stretched out into the mountains, and walked out of a melon field with vines and weeds, and a low and dilapidated melon shed appeared in front of people's eyes. The little evil skin rushed into the shed like an arrow, and the people rushed forward. After a while, the little evil skin walked out with the tear-stained fool in his arms, and I hugged the fool, and my resentment covered my forehead like a thick fog, and covered my bloodless face. Mixed with the fear of another world, it was eating away at my heart little by little. The crowd cheered, and all gathered around with thunderous joy. The second-rate son rushed into the shed like an evil demon possessed, and retreated with a wolf howl, and the cry of the sky and the earth was scattered in the mountains in an instant, "Hong'er, why can't you think about it, what if you let go of your hands and leave me alone!" You complain that I can't hold up the façade, and you will be embarrassed. Didn't I change my ways and find a way? You hate me for not being able to save my family business, and you are suffering from poverty, don't I make up my mind to find a way! I've found a way, and I've found a way. Why can't you wait a moment! Take the money, we will fly away, and never show up in the mountains again, who will remember our rights and wrongs? With money. We also live comfortably, wearing gold and silver to show our faces in the world, who will not treat us as human beings! Now the house is broken. People are also dead, revenge cannot be avenged, injustice cannot be redressed, what reason do I have to live secretly, and what courage do I have to take revenge! People looked around in amazement, and couldn't help but look along the direction where he had broken his skin, and it turned out that the little daughter-in-law was hanging from the old tree with a broken branch, reflecting a few sparse stars in the sky, and a few ghostly trees in the mountains, which was eerie and terrifying for a while. ”

"Dad, that aunt is so beautiful, she just cries all the time, laughs after crying, and says that she will become an immortal soon, and go to heaven to meet her son!" Ruoyu listened to her mother very obediently, and saw that her father listened seriously, frowning for a while, frowning for a while, and frowning for a while, and the wine was almost half a bottle, and he couldn't help but parrot his mouth.

"The fool is so brave, he is not afraid to stay alone in the barren mountains and mountains, this is about to become a little hero, more powerful than a little monk!" Du Ruo smiled sincerely, stretched out his hand and pinched Ruoyu's head affectionately, and saw that the hand of the table clock on the wallboard was almost eight o'clock, and hurriedly put down the wine glass, went to the kitchen to serve a bowl of rice and put it in front of Honglian, "The dishes are cold, add some hot soup to eat, or don't go back tonight, you take Yu'er to walk at night alone, I don't worry, I'll sleep on the sofa with Yu'er, and tell stories to Yu'er!" ”

"Okay, Dad, talk about the little tadpole looking for my mother, or talk about Ding Ding's battle with the Monkey King, and the monkey eater, ah......, I'm a thief, I deserve to die!" Ruoyu happily rubbed off the table, imitating the situation when the monkey-eating eagle was caught, while taking out four or five comic books from his school bag, pestering Du Ruo to sit down on the chair, and raised his butt to sit in his arms solemnly.

"Fool still has to go to kindergarten tomorrow, it's been delayed for a few days, and it's all wild!" Honglian hurriedly picked up the bowl of rice, quickly picked up the dishes and chopsticks, and when the kitchen on the table was cleaned and the inside and outside of the house were picked up smoothly, she picked up the satchel, took the toys that Ruo Yu had looked like, and bowed down to Ruo Yu who listened with relish, "Yu'er, goodbye to Dad, come back on Sunday to listen to Dad, my aunt and grandmother are still waiting at home!" ”

"Goodbye Dad!" Ruo foolishly broke down from the ground, stuffed all the books in his schoolbag, turned his head and said to Du Ruo reluctantly, "Dad, when it comes to the little tadpole to the river, it's dangerous, next time, you can continue to talk about it!" ”

"Okay, Daddy has a lot of books, and there are so many good stories, come, fool, Daddy will take you to the station!" Du Ruo leaned over and picked up Ruoyu, and took a few strings of dried game from the back eaves and put them in the basket. Honglian turned around and locked the door of the house, covered the open courtyard door, carried a basket in one hand and a toy in the other, and the family of three took advantage of the moonlight to walk to the waiting room.

"Speaking of books, I also want to ask you, what about those books on your bookcase, why don't you have a single one, you nerd, you are separated from books, your heart is not like a cat scratching, can you live a dark day when you are full?" Honglian walked a few steps closely, looking up at Du Ruo with a strange look on her face, puzzled.

"Return the book, pick it up and put it in the box!" Du Ruo smiled self-deprecatingly, and a feeling of loss arose, "It's useless to be a scholar." This is not bad at all, I am not just reading high, stepping into the clouds for a long time, I really think it is a character, climbing dragon scales with phoenix wings, and the day of becoming his ambition is just around the corner, but he fell half to death, and almost even smashed the job bowl to support his family, and he did not change his past wrongs, and repented and reformed! I just read too many books. Thinking about swan meat to eat, I always say that Mo Chou has no confidant in the future, and no one in the world knows you, but the golden house is difficult, the blue bridge is hopeless, and the boiled duck also flies. ”

"I don't paint it anymore. The drawings and the like were also thrown out of the clouds! Red Lotus looked up with a smile on her face, and her treacherous eyes shone with a mocking light.

"What are you painting that Raushzi? After working hard to paint for half of his life, he can't earn some value and status in society, and he can't earn some votes for his family. He also drew people in a roundabout way, painted stupidly, didn't have such big feet, but preferred to wear such big shoes; I didn't eat three taels of fried tofu. But he wants to call himself an old man. I am a road maintenance worker in the mountains, as long as I have food, clothing and money, becoming famous and starting a family is not a dream I can have. This time the face is not big, I can't wait to be blindfolded when I go out in the middle of the night, and I still have the heart to paint! Do you know how much I get a month now, more than 2,000 yuan, which is more than the 800 serious painters in the city, and no worse than those famous painters who have won awards and painted masterpieces! Besides, human life, God is destined, and it is really worth the loss to exchange a lifetime of peace for a momentary prosperity! Du Ruo suddenly stretched his brows, his face was full of lost and returned, and even the mood that had been immersed in grief seemed to be relieved.

"Stop, fool come down and go, go back and drink your wine!" Who knew that Honglian stopped in front of him in one step, and her face was covered with a layer of love-hate frost, "After so many years, it is still this kind of virtue of being easy and disgusting!" A little setback will blow you to the point that you don't even have your ambition, and a little bump will wear you down to the point that you don't even have the sharpness! If you live in chaos all day long, you will be respected, and if you live a mediocre life all day long, you will be respected? I have been wronged for being a widow for you for so many years, who doesn't know that my lotus sister is not dead at all, I hope you have a little perseverance, you can afford to be envied, and a Ganoderma lucidum grass can grow on the dung heap; Who doesn't know that my lotus sister is stupid and unquenchable, it is to guard you with a little perseverance, withstand the grind of the sky, and a golden-winged bird can fly out of the dead trees! I was cold-eyed by others, and I wanted you to be obsessed with achieving the future; I like you when I am wronged, I like your stupidity to change your fate! In vain, you are the spiritual pillar of our life, and when you are the source of our strength to face life calmly! We don't live like people and ghosts like ghosts, because we still have a little hope; Our home is not like a home, and the house is not like a house, because we still have a trace of delusion! Now it's good, the chickens have flown and the eggs have been beaten, and we have suffered and suffered, taking the blame for ourselves, and crawling into the dirty puddles; This is feasible, according to the temple and the temple, according to the gods and gods, we are suffering, we are willing to fall, we are jumping on the pile of shit! This is really a rat-bellied person, and he can't become a pillar; Chickens and dogs can't do righteous and bright things! Who wouldn't live the days of being full in the morning and sleeping at night, any man in this mountain knows the world better than you, who to marry is not to marry, and he has to guard you, the unlucky bastard; Eat a good meal, have a good time who won't enjoy, any man in this mountain knows more than you, with whom is not, I have to look at you! It's a shame that you can say it, half of the painting is gone, and half of the road is gone! Not to mention that my whole life has been ruined, all my previous efforts have not become nonsense, and all my previous intentions have not become poor toss! Tell others the truth about what they used to scandalize, discriminate against, and slander you before; Rely on the words that others used to slander, attack, and slander you! The more at this time, the more we must strengthen our confidence and trample on all criticism, criticism, and rumors; The more you are at this juncture, the more you must be tenacious and fight hard, and hide all the pessimism, despair, and sadness in your heart! The old saying goes: If you can squat, you can jump high, bend and bend, and stretch straight! It is good that you are so short-sighted that you see the trees and not the forest; The gas is so small that the water can't be splashed in, the needle can't be pricked, and I just want to be a mountain road maintenance worker who patrols the road, plays cards, and drinks alcohol! If you really don't want to paint, then the fool can't be by your side, I don't want Lao Tzu to be a turtle in the mountains for a lifetime, and my son has to be a turtle and turtle in the mountains, and he can't get out for a lifetime! ”

Du Ruo was stunned for a moment, his face was as colored as a pig's liver in humiliation and embarrassment, his lips trembled and he couldn't speak, "I...... Can't I continue drawing? Violate...... Can you be so torn and humiliated! But I'm afraid I won't be able to draw a famous hall. No matter how much energy you invest, it is in vain, taking this road is like walking to the end of the road, both humiliating and losing your life, having no future or money, and the social atmosphere is not good, it is rare to become a famous person! ”

"What does it matter if you become a famous person or not, making a difference is the highest state of life, since ancient times, those who have traveled a hundred miles are half ninety, and what is lacking is tenacity and perseverance!" Red Lotus's face turned back slightly, and the feelings of anger and resentment that had accumulated in the depths of her soul also quietly faded. Walking towards the station with a light gait, "Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if you don't succeed, it's not a big deal to be a lifelong Mr. Winter Bake." As long as you work hard and struggle, you have established an atmosphere of hard work at home. Setting an example of hard work can play a subtle role in foolishness, pointing out a higher goal for his life, so it is also an upward step. It doesn't matter if you can get it or if you can't! ”

"So, I'll just keep painting, anyway, I can't resist you, I really have to give up painting for so many years. I'm reluctant either! Du Ruo's heart was wide, and the slight resentment on his eyebrows that was scolded by the red lotus quietly receded, and he couldn't help but follow the steps easily. Why don't I paint arts and crafts for a while, let go of the baggage, and replace the brain. Recently, I went to Suzhou, visited several Suzhou embroidery factories, I found that Suzhou embroidery in addition to the traditional stitch method is diverse, the thread is complicated, the way of expression is also out of the original nest mortar, both from the content to the form has a qualitative leap, the subject matter has also changed from a single peacock, goldfish and other specific objects, into a depiction of auspicious wealth, blessing and the continuation of the natural image. For example, the "Nine Like Nine Fish Picture" drawn by the freehand painting method of gongbi is a prayer and wish painting that uses the meaning of nine for a long time and the homonym of the fish; For example, the "National Color and Heavenly Fragrance Map" painted by the green landscape painting method, its graceful and luxurious posture symbolizes the eternal residence of Fulu, and the shape of the blooming petals alludes to the Buddha's hand to attract wealth; It integrates elements such as heaven, earth, mountains, water, pine, cranes, etc., implying wealth and blessings, and symbolizing wealth and longevity

It is also regarded as a national treasure by national leaders and given to international friends by the international community. Think about it, now when the age is prosperous, people are in the Chinese year, the country is prosperous and strong, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the city is built everywhere is high-rise buildings, the countryside is built everywhere is a building villa, every household needs to taste the elegant home culture, and a piece of Fu Lu Shouxi embroidery as the middle hall hanging in the living room, is not more auspicious, full of wealth. What a big market this should be, work hard, use dim sum, and we can also get a piece of the pie. ”

"Of course this is good, I also think that after talking for a long time, it is the spring breeze shooting the ears of the donkey, I have to tell you about the business of the store in a long time, look at your gray appearance of losing your soul, I am too lazy to tell you!" Honglian looked back and smiled, four concerned and affectionate eyes reflected each other, and both of them shook slightly, "When I was in Shenzhen, I said that I wanted to transform, and then the yin and yang were wrong, and everything was not going well, who still has the heart to do embroidery." After the store opened this time, we still took the traditional Shu embroidery road, but the sales were not large. After Fen'er embroidered your "Good Landscape Map" and "Bashan Night Moon Map", the business was very good, and the little evil skin wanted to find you a pattern several times, but I stopped him, so he didn't come to you. The store is still opened in your name, I am only the nominal boss, and Xiao Yepi and Fen'er share dividends according to equity, so you still have to share dim sum to take care of the business in the store. If you brew well, you will draw a few pictures of the middle hall of praying for blessings and wealth according to what you said, and when you have finished drawing, I will ask the little evil skin to pick it up. So, as long as you work hard, our store will still have money, and one day in the future, your paintings will also win international awards and be exhibited all over the world, and Yu'er and I are still waiting to wear you with big red flowers, isn't it, Yu'er? But you have to go to Dongguan first to find Chenchen back, if you don't want to go to the countryside to teach, forget it, the world is very big, where can you not find a bowl of rice to eat! ”

The commuter bus stopped at the platform for a while, carrying people who were commuting from the small station to the four sides, and then it went deep into the mountains. Du Ruo stood on the platform with high spirits, his heart felt as if he was moistened by a sweet spring, and he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief. It's time to go to Dongguan, since Chenchen left, he is like his soul being taken away, day and day are involved, night and night, it turns out that the marriage in this life has already been predetermined, and Donglao Xiyan is not up to anyone; It is should raise the sail of faith, fight to the other side of the ideal again, I am born to be useful, how can my generation be a Penghao person, why care about the tide that erodes perseverance, the wind and waves of decadent fighting spirit, the life and death of the country, how can it be avoided because of misfortune and fortune, who can say that infinite scenery is not in front of difficulties and obstacles, who can say that infinite happiness is not in the hard work? (To be continued......) u