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The inner courtyard of the villa. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info.

Everyone chatted and laughed around the two ovens standing on the low lawn by the pool. The red charcoal fire crackled, six slices of marinated beef and a dozen slices of sweet potatoes struggled to lie on the grill, and the slightly distorted air was punctuated by the sizzling sound of roasting meat and the rich aroma.

"It's cooked, let's eat it."

"Let us Xiao Jing move the chopsticks first, Jing, eat."

"Hey, it's not the same who sandwiches first, eat all, eat all."

A relaxed and cheerful atmosphere spread over the sky.

Everyone has different habits and different ways of eating. Fei Xiaohong and Jiang Yan sprinkled cumin salt and chili peppers on the meat, and then stuffed them directly into their mouths without touching anything, just like eating lamb skewers outside. Xi Mansha and Yan Wanru like to eat with sesame sauce and sauce, Yuan Yazhen and Zou Yue'e are used to eating the sauce with the taste of hot pot seasoning, as for me, I can eat anything, try the taste of this, and then taste the taste of that, anyway, there are many types of seasonings, and they are all packed back from the barbecue restaurant by Aunt Zou.

After taking a few bites, Jiang Yan wiped her mouth, "Whew." It's so fragrant, who eats potatoes, I'll bake them? ”

Fei Xiaohong pouted the beef and said vaguely in her mouth: "I'll eat it, roast it for me." ”

"Okay." Jiang Yan rolled up her sleeves and got busy.

Over there, Zou Yue'e smiled, bent down and picked up a few boxes of Wuliangye under her feet, opened the boxes one by one and opened the bottle caps, "Come, everyone has a cup for me, I'm happy today, no one is allowed to drink fruit juice drinks, that no atmosphere, it's liquor, at least one cup per person, drink more if you can't, drink less if you can't, oh yes, Mansha is an exception, she's not in good health, let's drink drinks." ”

Who knew that Xi Mansha shook her head, "Yue'e, I'm fine, I, well, I'll drink half a cup too." ”

Yan Wanru frowned: "Your heart ......"

"It's good morning, it's okay to drink half a cup." Xi Mansha handed over the cups one by one.

Zou Yue'e hesitated for a moment and poured Xi Mansha a small half glass of wine. "Then you take it easy, don't force it if you can't drink it, we don't have outsiders here."

I said, "Yes, you drink less, I drink less, Yue'e, give me half a cup." ”

Jiang Yan shouted: "I poured a cup, you half a cup?" You're an old birthday star, at least start with three cups, right? ”

"Khan, then you can give me a knife directly." I rolled my eyes and said, "Do you think I'm like Yue'e, one pound or two pounds?" I'm just two taels, and any more will definitely lie down. "This family is now a typical yin and yang decline, not to mention Zou Yue'e and Yan Wanru, even Jiang Yan and Sister Yuan's alcohol consumption is better than mine, I'm guess it's the same level of alcohol as Xi Mansha, a person who has never drunk, alas, it's a shame.

"Come, let's do one first, I wish us Xiaojing a happy birthday." Zou Yue'e raised her glass.

Yan Wanru also smiled and held it up. "Career success."

Yuan Yazhen said: "Peace and security. ”

Jiang Yan raised her glass playfully and said, "Qingchun is forever." ”

Fei Xiaohong smiled: "Long life is boundless." ”

The more I listened, the more sweaty I became, coughed, and touched them one by one with my wine glass, "Thank you, thank you, what, everyone can order this glass of wine, you don't have to dry it all." "Xu hasn't drunk white for a long time, a large mouthful of Wuliangye went down to his stomach, and a spicy feeling suddenly blocked between his throat and chest, not up or down, so it's awkward.

Yuan Yazhen gave me a chopstick mutton slice, "Eat something and press." ”

"Uh-huh." After eating a bite of meat, I really suppressed the discomfort.

Next, everyone toasted one by one, eating and drinking, and they were very happy.

Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong...... The doorbell rang suddenly.

"You drink first, I'll go out and have a look." I stood up on the table, rubbed my temples as I walked to the door and pressed the switch to open the electric door.

The man was a young man of about thirty years old, dressed in pajamas and slippers, with hair piled on top of his head, apparently just getting out of bed. I still know this person, surnamed Lei, I can't remember what his name is, but sometimes I can meet him at night when I walk with Ruoruo and Zou Yue'e in the community garden. I heard that this man works as a copy editor at a newspaper, and his parents are in business. A little money, he also lives in this villa area, and the small second floor next to my house is.

"Brother Lei." I wondered, "What's the matter?" ”

Brother Lei's face was a little anxious, "Did you see my dishes in the morning?" "Nana is his puppy, Hiromi.

I blinked: "I didn't pay attention to this, I sent my child to nǎinǎi's house in the morning, and I just returned for a while, and I didn't go to the garden, what's wrong?" Lost your cabbage? ”

Brother Lei hammered his head: "Yes, I just woke up, and when I opened my eyes, I couldn't find it, and I ran out of nowhere, alas." ”

At this time, Zou Yue'e burst out with a silver bell-like laugh, "Hahaha, it's not." ”

A few people chatted very hy.

Lei Ge was stunned for a moment, blinking his eyes and looking at Yan Wanru's direction: "That's ...... Hey, why is it familiar? ”

Although it is only a side face, today's Yan Wanru does not wear sunglasses. I was afraid that he would recognize Sister Yan, so I hurriedly turned forward and said, "Oh, my lover called a few friends to come to the house to play, um." By the way, why don't you go up to the property and ask, maybe someone picked it up and put it on the property? "Even though he is not a reporter, Brother Lei also works in a newspaper, and I don't want to provide them with any news material about Sister Yan.

Brother Lei looked at it a few more times before retracting his gaze, "Okay, then I'll look for it again, I'm sorry to disturb your dinner." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." I sent him out, "Come and sit at home when I'm free." ”

Seeing him off, I turned around and sat down next to Aunt Zou.

Zou Yue'e squinted and took a long sip of wine. “…… Who? ”

My chin was tilted across from the villa that could be seen faintly, "Brother Lei, the dog at home is lost, ask if we can see it." ”

Zou Yue'e, oh, remembered something, looked at Yan Wanru with a smile and said: "By the way, that person seems to be working at the newspaper, Wanru, or you can bring a pair of sunglasses, be careful that the surname Lei took a secret picture of you on the second floor of his house, hehe, your current clothes are so beautiful that they don't look like words, if you want to see the newspaper, everyone's eyes have to fall out." ”

Yan Wanru smiled bitterly: "It's not that exaggerated, I'm not from the entertainment industry." ”

"That's right, that's right." Jiang Yan grinned, took a piece of pickled radish strips and chewed them crunching in her mouth, "When will today's highlight start?" I've been waiting for my cake to be eaten. She drank a lot of Wuliangye, and her neck and face were slightly red.

Zou Yue'e looked at me, clapped her hands and said, "That's okay, set the cake and light the candles." ”

"I'll go back to the house." Xi Mansha and Yan Wanru all stood up and turned around and entered the villa.

I wondered, "What are you going to do?" ”

Yuan Yazhen said: "Get a gift for you, it's all ready." ”

I sighed: "I said I don't need to send anything, look at you, what are you doing so troublesomely." Seeing that several people were gone, I had to clear an empty table by myself, put the cake away, put twenty-five candles on it, and light them one by one with the lighters that I had prepared.

After doing this, Zou Yue'e and others also walked out, some holding boxes, some holding boxes.

"What's the matter? Hehe, who will send it first? Aunt Zou looked at each other.

Pushing back and forth, in the end, Fei Xiaohong volunteered: "If you don't come, I'll come." She handed me the tightly wrapped box in her hand, and the colored paper on the box was the kind of colorful flowers, very Fei Xiaohong's style. I saw her open her mouth, and finally coughed: "That." The old lady can have today's assets, all of which are due to you, I, I won't say anything, and I haven't said a word of thanks to you, so let's say it all together today, well, cough cough. Fei Xiaohong may rarely be so serious, and her face is slightly red, "What, thank you." ”

I touched the box amusedly, "You're welcome." ”

After a moment of seriousness, Sister Hong returned to her former appearance, and said with a smile: "Open it and take a look, this is the old lady's wasted strength, and she has worked hard...... Wrong...... It's a lot of hard work to find it, make sure you kid likes it! "She's still like that, and she can't even say an idiom.

Curiously, I opened the wrapping paper, picked up the box, and when I boarded, a red and bright square chapter was in front of me.

Bloodstone seals? No, this color, this stone, is Shoushan stone, is a red Shoushan stone seal!

I was surprised, "It's beautiful, thank you." ”

Fei Xiaohong said: "Hehe, the old lady said that you like it for a while, right?" ”

Actually, what I like is not this seal, my family is a stamp shop, what haven't I ever seen? Besides, I don't lack this money, what I like is Fei Xiaohong's heart, such a good Hongshou Mountain Stone seal is very valuable, and it can make Sister Hong, a miser who regards money as her life, take out such a large sum of money to give me a gift, which can already explain some problems from another side. Mmmm, yes, let's be kind to Sister Hong in the future.

"Who's next?" Zou Yue'e seems to be determined to send me the last one.

Yuan Yazhen didn't give in: "I'll come." "Hand me a flat, flattened bag with a line of English signs.

When I opened it, it turned out to be a suit, the fabric was very delicate, and the feel was stronger than my suits, I don't know how many times.

Yuan Yazhen said lightly: "I asked someone to order it with the original Italian factory, not the kind that was customized in China, you go back and try it, the size should be appropriate." ”

I smiled and said, "Thank you, sister, I was still thinking about the lack of a suit that can be on the table that day, it's really good." "With such a set of clothes, I estimate that I can't get it without more than 100,000 yuan, and it is likely to be 200,000 yuan or even higher. Khan, I feel dizzy when I think about it, even after I made a fortune, I haven't worn such expensive clothes.

Yuan Yazhen said, "It's good if you like it." ”

"I like it, I like it so much." I carefully put away my suit.

Zou Yue'e smiled: "Who should be next?" ”

Yan Wanru blinked her eyes, took a step forward, and gave me a high-end watch with a limited number of Blancpain Blanin-Anniversaire with a smile, "I bought it from an auction, whether it is a strap or a dial, I think it is very beautiful, it suits you, I took it without thinking about it at the time, hehe, do you like it?" "Such a watch, it is estimated that it will cost more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan.

I nodded vigorously: "Of course I like it, it's time for me to change this watch, thank you, sister." ”

"I'll put it on for you." Yan Wanru lifted my sleeve and put the watch on my wrist.

I shook my arm and looked in the sun, hey, don't say it, you get what you pay for, these hundreds of thousands of things are better than a domestic watch of hundreds of yuan, okay, I'll wear it in the future.

Zou Yue'e smiled: "Who will send it next?" Hehe, I can't handle this gift, so I'll give it to the last one. ”

Xi Mansha plucked up the courage to bite her lip, "Then, then I'll come." She slowly pulled out of her bag a bound jumble of books, with jagged pages, as if they were the kind of paper typed by a printer and sewn with thread. However, such an unsightly gift shocked the whole room of us. I only heard Xi Mansha stammer: "This is ...... Be...... It's a book I wrote. ”

I sighed, "Books? Do you write books? ”

Jiang Yan was also shocked as if she was something: "I, auntie, have you hidden deep enough?" Why don't I know? ”

Yan Wanru was stunned and said, "Are you a writer?" ”

Xi Mansha's face turned red, and she hurriedly waved her hand and said: "No, no, I wrote it myself, I haven't contacted the publishing house yet, and I don't know if I can publish it, well, anyway, anyway, I want to be the first to show Xiaojing first, this is ...... Can this be considered a gift? Can you? ”

I quickly took the book in my hand and flipped through it, "Of course it's a gift, the best gift, thank you." ”

Jiang Yan shouted and came over, "I'll watch it too!" I watch too! ”

"Don't!" Xi Mansha was so anxious that her face turned red, and she hurriedly grabbed Yanyan, "Don't look, don't look, it's not well written." ”

"Haha, my aunt is shy."

Zou Yue'e smiled and said curiously: "What is the story about?" Writing about love? In the workplace? Or something else? ”

"Yes...... It's love. Xi Mansha said with a sad face: "Xiaojing, don't look at it here, I'll read it at night, the teacher's writing is really bad." ”

I knew that she was thin-skinned, so I put the book away beautifully, "Okay, I won't do anything else for the past two days, concentrate on reading your book." ”

Xi Mansha nodded, and hurriedly pulled her niece, "Yanyan, it's time for you to send it." ”

Jiang Yan snorted, coughed writhingly, turned around and took a large fluttering cardboard box and put it in my hand, "What's that, I'll say okay first, this gift can't be opened for the time being, and it's not allowed to be seen here." ”

Zou Yue'e quipped: "That's not good, we all dried gifts, why are you the only one?" ”

Fei Xiaohong smiled: "That's right, open it!" ”

"Me!" Jiang Yan scratched her head: "Don't fight!" ”

After a while, Jiang Yan was still no match for everyone after all, and under the strong request of Zou Yue'e and Fei Xiaohong, I gently lifted the lid of the box. In the eye, there is a piece of paper folded with small peach hearts, one, two, three, four...... It's a big box, I'm afraid there are thousands of them.

"Wow." Zou Yue'e smiled and said, "How many are these?" ”

Xi Mansha looked at Yanyan, "I'm afraid there will be a thousand." ”

Jiang Yan's face turned red all of a sudden, "I, I'm ......"

My heart skipped a beating twice, thinking that Jiang Yan, who was very smug and grinning, secretly folded peach hearts in the house every night and night, and I couldn't help but have a warm smile on my face, "This must have been folded for months, right?" Thank you. "Although the things she gave her had no economic value and could not be compared to the gifts of Fei Xiaohong, I liked them very much, because there are some things that money can't buy.

Jiang Yan glanced at Zou Yue'e angrily, "Sister Zou, I, I really don't mean anything else." ”

I also watched Aunt Zou's expression with a daze.

Who knew that Zou Yue'e sneered, and touched the back of Jiang Yan's neck without care, "I understand, when the time comes, let Xiao Jing put on all the peach hearts and hang them up, by the way, or just make a wind chime." ”

Jiang Yan hurriedly waved her hand: "No, no." ”

I breathed a sigh of relief and put away the cardboard box, "Yue'e, isn't it your turn?" ”

"Oh, it's all gone? That's my turn, hehe. Zou Yue'e smiled and gave me the flat box in her hand, "Don't laugh at me, so are you, no one is allowed to laugh, otherwise I can pour you wine next to each other, oh, oh, open it and take a look." ”

Seeing her say this, a sense of anticipation suddenly rose in my heart, and I gently opened the lid of the box.

When I saw what was inside, I was stunned for a moment, "...... Sweater? Countless suspicious thoughts came to mind, now it's just autumn, it's not cold yet, why did she give me a sweater? And, does this sweater have any meaning? Looking at this style and appearance, uh, it doesn't seem to be worth much?

Wait a minute! Wait a minute!

I suddenly thought of a possible xing, and suddenly my eyes widened: "Don't tell me that you knitted it?" ”

Zou Yue'e pursed her lips and laughed: "I'm sorry to tell you, this is what I knitted, hehe." ”

Not only me, but Yan Wanru and Jiang Yan were all stunned, "You knitted?" Can you knit a sweater? ”

"Don't underestimate me." Zou Yue'e smiled charmingly: "If a woman is serious...... It's terrible, hehe, I started to learn knitting with Xiaojing's mother in the middle of last year, I wanted to send my husband to my husband last winter after weaving, who knew that the stumbling failed to complete successfully, and at the beginning of the year, I weaved the wrong way, dismantling and repairing, just got it a while ago. ”

I was stunned and said, "You've been weaving for a year?" ”

Zou Yue'e snorted and smiled: "To be precise, it should be one year and one month." ”

Holding the soft green background white thread sweater in my hand, I felt that the weight of the sweater was a little heavy. If it was the ingenious Yuan Yazhen knitting a sweater, I wouldn't be surprised at all, but Aunt Zou didn't even know what clothes to wash with soap and what clothes to wash with laundry detergent, how much energy did she need to spend to weave this sweater?

I was so moved that without saying a word, I just dragged off my coat and put the sweater on my body.

Yan Wanru clapped her hands appreciatively: "It's so beautiful." ”

"Yes, Sister Zou is so skillful."

Zou Yue'e smiled and straightened my collar, "Don't praise me, I should blush if I praise me again." ”

I looked down at the sweater, immediately grabbed Aunt Zou's hand, and whispered in her ear, "Thank you, this is the best gift I have received in my life." ”

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