Standing at the mouth of the alley of the Ye family's old house in the summer, he shielded himself from the sun with his hands and looked into the distance.

In the kitchen, there is millet porridge boiling in the pot, and there are vegetable buns that she has been busy with for two hours. There are all kinds of refreshing side dishes on the edge of the pot.

She stood at the mouth of the alley and had been waiting for a long time.

"Daddy! Mother! I am here! ”

Wang Hongjun drove the car and squinted at the silly girl who was waving in front of the car. Today, I can see the legendary little daughter-in-law of Ye Dashao. Well, yes, I didn't dare to take a closer look, stepped on the brake and pulled the handbrake.

Only Xia Dong was the only Xia family member in the car who was jumping and jumping to respond to his sister, dancing with both hands and shouting and screaming.

Xia Aiguo whispered without a specific target in the joyful shouting of Xia and Dong: "Don't tell her if it's useless, lest she worry about her family." ”

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After the car stopped, Xia Dong jumped out of the car and threw himself into Xia Xia's arms. Summer picked up Xia Dong and picked it up, and Xia Dong was very excited.

Summer called everyone one by one, and listened to her second aunt and second aunt keep praising her: "It's promising." Since I was a child, I have discovered that our family is the most productive in the summer. ”

When I looked back in the summer listening to the topic of lack of nutrition, I saw her father helping her grandmother get out of the car. Walked over quickly: "Hello, milk!" You're all right! There was a trilling voice in his voice, and he was a little choked with excitement.

The old lady was old, and she was excited to see her beloved granddaughter, and she was stimulated by the appearance of summer, and her eyes were red: "Sweet, the milk is so sweet, the milk is good." Milk has a sickness, dragging you down, dragging you down! ”

Aunt Xia hurriedly walked over and supported the other side of the old lady, and made eye contact with Xia and the old lady: "What are you talking about!" Tian Tian went and thanked Bo Xuan's friends. They drove for a few hours to pick us up. ”

On Wang Hongjun's side, Xia Aiguo and Zhao Tiezhu were all greetings, asking them to go into the house to drink some water and eat before leaving, Wang Hongjun was about to drive away after politely refusing, and Xia rushed over: "Thank you, I wrapped the buns, let's go into the house and eat." "I'm not very skilled in summer, and I don't know how to be polite to Ye Boxuan's friends.

Wang Hongjun closed the car door: "No, I have to dare to go home." Sister, you greet your family first, and I can't talk about thank you between me and Bo Xuan. There is a chance. Specify the opportunity to try your craft. Let's go! ”

The Xia family all stood there and watched the big truck drive far away. Only then did he enter the Ye family's old house in the summer.

"Oh my god, I'm really standing in Kyoto. Look, look, look at this big brick house. I say beautiful and patriotic. Your days of happiness are yet to come! This guy. What a condition to be? The brick houses have become old houses, do you live in that big high-rise building? In the summer, Zhang Qingshan, the second uncle-in-law, stood in the big courtyard, talking loudly with envy in his eyes.

Su Meili was annoyed by her second sister and second brother-in-law along the way: "Second brother-in-law, go and help Aiguo move things." Wash your hands and eat later. You're not hungry, are you? ”

When everyone sat down at the table and ate the steamed buns made in the summer, and the summer was talking to her mother, she heard the door ring. I went out with a big smile on my face in the summer.

"Brother, I guess it's you. Elder brother...... Why are you losing weight again? ”

"Bitter summer."

"Nonsense! It's autumn. Have you not eaten properly? ”

"Ahem, Tiantian, let's go into the house and talk, I'm hungry."

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The dining room of the Ye family's small building was also officially opened. Ye Fangyuan, the old man of the Ye family, raised his glass to the old man Song and his old in-laws: "You really scared the children." What are the bones of the body doing now? ”

Zhen Yuxian, the old lady of the Ye family, also smiled lightly: "Old in-law, your spirit looks good." The momentum of saying that he will go, I see it, and it is also better than before. In fact, we should learn from you, too. When we have the chance, we will also take the train to your place. ”

Old man Song and his own people once took over the family business helplessly, but later took a firm stand, and Xingwang became an idler in an instant. Now he lives alone in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, does not change the habits of literati, and lives up to the ancient sages. After dinner, looking back on the vicissitudes of life, I look forward to the glory of the year with a unique vision, hoping that one day I can regain the glory of the year.

Old man Song has been chic and adrift in his life, he once had a son and a daughter, and his son is no longer alive for his career. The identity of the martyr's family allowed the old man Song and his wife to go through the most difficult period peacefully. Now only Song Yaping is left as a precious girl. Therefore, he loves Ye Boxuan very much.

He took a sip of wine and replied, "Then I have a warm welcome!" Alas, how can there be any spirit from the past, we can only think to ourselves, but we are really getting more and more unable to move our legs. I regret a little when I remember the past, but I should have seen more when I was able to walk around in life! ”

Between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, the three old men drank a lot, accompanied by Ye Boxuan, and they were filial sons and grandsons. His father, Ye Zhiqing, had already met his grandfather due to work needs, and returned to the station without even eating a hot meal.

Song Yaping saw that they were chatting happily, afraid that they would drink too much, so she sat on the sofa and was making tea.

Why they came here became the main topic of conversation for the three old men.

Old Man Ye instructed Ye Boxuan: "When you get married, you have to work together!" Own family on their own. When you reach the age of your grandfather one day, you will find that a small family from scratch is the ultimate realm that people pursue. ”

After Zhen Yuxian took a sip of wine, she lovingly took Ye Boxuan's hand and said, "Now my eldest grandson is finally getting married." Grandma, I hope that Bo Xuan, you little couple, must go hand in hand and make progress together, so that you will not lack common topics. No matter who flies high, they will pull each other up, and that kind of marriage will fly together. ”

When the grandfather of Old Man Song and Ye Boxuan heard this, he touched his beard, his face and neck were slightly red from drinking, and the literati poured out with emotion: "The Yangtze River is thousands of miles long, and the Yellow River does not stop!" Bo Xuan has grown from a little milk baby to now marrying a wife and having children. The long years, spring, summer, autumn and winter, pass in a flash in front of your eyes. ”

The three old men who had never wasted their time sighed at the same time, remembering each other.

Ye Boxuan sat in the dining room, feeling calmer than ever. Listening, smiling, and acknowledging. It's been a long time since he's looked closely at the three smiling faces that have been soaked in time and frost. Half of their hair is white, and they still don't worry about him, and they educate him with their own life experience, just as when he was a child when he learned to walk, each of them needed to hold him by the hand......

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The other Xia family members arranged their accommodation one by one in the summer, talked with the old man and the old lady Xia for a while, and asked the sister-in-law and sister-in-law about the situation at home, and all they got were good answers. Hearing her second aunt and second aunt boast again, she quickly flashed and made an excuse to get out of the room, and boiled a big pot of hot water for everyone in the summer, sent it to her grandmother, arranged for her father and mother to wash, and went back to the house.

In the room where she lived with her mother Su Meili in the summer, there were only their brothers at this time. Xia Dong was excited during the day, and fell asleep early on his stomach, with a quilt on his belly.

And in front of the summer, there is the summer and autumn with a simple smile on his face.

Xia Qiu handed Summer a red paper box, and Summer looked at her brother questioningly, and when she opened the box, she saw a red scarf.

When I looked up again in the summer, my eyes were hazy with tears: "Brother......"

Xia Qiu was taken aback: "Why are you crying?" ”

Summer held the box and asked in a choked voice: "Just because of this, are you hungry and thin again?" ”

Xia Qiu scratched his head: "How can it!" Nonsense. ”

"You don't lie. Brother, you have nowhere to make money, our family doesn't have it, you don't have it, you don't rely on hunger, where is the money? The salty flow of tears flowed into Summer's mouth, and in the eyes of tears, Summer looked at Xiaqiu's thin cheeks like a knife.

Xia Qiu touched Summer's head and explained as if comforting: "I'm my brother." ”

Summer looked down at her toes, tears crackling down.

"Old girl, old girl." Xia Qiu was a little panicked.

Just like the screams of Xia Qiu when summer first came with a high fever, just like the sound of her brother calling the old girl in a panic on the ox cart on that snowy day......

Xia Qiu seems to have understood. His voice was deep and transparent, looking out the window: "Don't dare to starve anymore." When I was hungry, my father and mother had to fall. This is the last time. Old girl, sometimes my brother is very weak...... Alas! You have to work hard when you get married, study hard with your brother, and live a good life for your parents. ”

"Hmm." Summer understands why her brother never cries.

Since Xia Qiu was born with her younger sister and younger brother, she seems to be natural and knows how to shoulder her brother's mission. His natural brotherly nerves made him and his sister and brother no matter how many miles apart, even if time gradually passed, his heart never changed from a teenager to a white head in summer and autumn.

Even if he didn't develop as well as his sister and younger brother later, he still used his meager ability to try his best to shield them from the wind and rain.

Su Meili outside the door covered her mouth and didn't dare to cry out to disturb the pair of brothers and sisters.

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At night, after Su Meili fell asleep, Xia quietly got out of bed.

She stood in the Ye family's storage room, in the darkness and under the moonlight, looking around at the wedding packages, basins, and bedding.

Squatted down and stroked the two bedside tables her dad had made for her. Tears fell silently to the ground, one by one.

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Su Meili stood by the window, also watching her daughter's figure through the moonlight. Her daughter was standing in the courtyard of the Ye family at this time, looking up at the sky.

Looking at the crescent moon hanging in the sky in the summer, she told herself that it was time to think carefully, and she could no longer live like this! It can't be like this again!

It was not only the Xia family who didn't fall asleep this night, but also the Ye family. It's just a different mood.

Song Yaping was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a pen and paper, muttering quietly what was missing. After Ye Zhiqing came back, he asked, "Are you all asleep?" ”

Song Yaping said with a smile: "Well, Bo Xuan drank too much with him." All lay down. Well? We should buy a few more catties of toffee, I can't let others call me stingy. Our family has added someone to import and marry a daughter-in-law, and before serving, the melon seed candy cube must be fully prepared.

Hehe, I'll go tomorrow. By the way, can you come back early tomorrow? With my parents and them, I had to go to the station to pick up my old comrades-in-arms at night. ”

Ye Zhiqing nodded indifferently.

Ye Boxuan, the prospective groom, was stress-free and slept with his head covered.

The bride-to-be in the summer thought about her family's difficult days, and her eyes were hazy...... (To be continued......)