After talking about the matter, Fang Monan walked out, took a deep breath of cold air The sky tonight is exceptionally beautiful, there is no moon, the stars are extraordinarily shining, and the mood is as dazzling and bright as this starlight, and he has to prepare a meal. Cheng Shigui and Liang Zi chatted about the world, so it was not lively, and they dispersed the topic of parting just now.

"You're really not funny, leaving us at home." Renard led Fang Mobei to push the door in, took off his cover, and threw it on the chair. He was also curious that Fang Mo Nan came here on a cold day, he rode a bicycle with Mo Bei, came uninvited, and when he saw them, it was so.

Fang Monan sometimes saw that Mobei practiced the piano too hard, so he led them to the farm to change their mood, plant the land, and raise flowers. You can't just patronize the piano practice and become an idiot in other ways.

"We were about to call you!" Cheng Shigui said.

"I see that you look good, and your life is quite comfortable." Cheng Shigui looked him up and down, wearing a black cotton jacket made of placket and cotton shoes made of black flannel. "You are dressed like this, I really can't think that you are a musician, but where did you come from." He teased.

"Hey! Don't say it, this cotton jacket is warm to wear, and the cotton shoes are not smelly and comfortable. Sister Dayan did it. Renard said, lifting his feet.

"Tell me how these days are going." Cheng Shigui asked.

"It's a good day." Renard was reluctant to say more.

Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Cheng Shigui asked, "How is Mobei?" ”

Talking about the little apprentice, Renard's eyes lit up, and his eyebrows danced. "She's such a genius, but it's a pity that my ability is limited, and I'll have the opportunity to go abroad for music education."

"Oh! It seems that you have a good opinion of her! Han Zhiqian said.

"After the meal, you'll know." Renard was confident.

"Alright, the meal is ready, let's clean it up." Fang Mobei came in and said.

In winter, hot pot is the best.

When he saw that it was a charcoal hot pot, Renard smacked his tongue and had an aftertaste on his face.

"Look, you look like a gentleman I've ever seen!" Cheng Shigui quipped.

"I'm calling it to follow the local customs, and I'm being spoiled by Nannan." Renard made excuses for himself. "It's good to be alive and comfortable, why do you care so much!"

"Did I take you with me? How do I think you're just freeing yourself from what you really are. As soon as Fang Menan came in, he heard his words, "I can't afford this reputation, don't forget that I'm still a child." ”

"Yes, I'll eat, I can't tell you." Renard said.

"This is homemade mutton hot pot mutton, cooking wine, rock sugar, homemade spicy chili sauce, ginger, green onion white, dried chili, tangerine peel, dried lotus root, dried figs, red dates, garlic, Sichuan pepper, bay leaves, cinnamon, star anise, grass fruit, cumin, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, light soy sauce, salt. The ingredients are raised on this farm, and they are all natural. ”

"Vegetables, black fungus, enoki mushrooms, taro (it is best to slice and fry, it is more fragrant), winter melon, fish balls, potatoes, konjac, chrysanthemum, Chinese cabbage, coriander, spinach...... And so on and so forth. It is also produced here, fished in the reservoir, let's eat mandarin duck hot pot today, and we are free to do it ourselves. Fang Menan said, of course, they came, and they were entertained with food in the space, and these were just relying on the pretext of the farm.

"How do I think you opened this farm to solve the problem of food for yourself." Cheng Shigui said.

"Yes! That's what I thought at the time. Fang Monan tilted her chin, she was so 'delicious'.

"Hey! Wait, I'm going to get the red wine from the car. Han Zhiqian remembered and said, he turned around and went out, and soon came back, carrying two bottles of red wine in his hands.

"Authentic '66 Lafite." Han Zhiqian opened it and poured a cup for everyone.

Renard's favorite, but unfortunately he didn't drink it today. Cheng Shigui said strangely: "Lei, why don't you drink it." ”

"I don't think it's as good as Nannan's home-brewed fruit wine." Renard said honestly.

Seeing this, Fang Monan went out and got two jars of fruit wine. Renard happily hugged one and opened the jar, and the rich fruity aroma wafted into the air, which was intoxicating.

"Matthew, I should thank you, not only did I take in a good apprentice, but this life is simply wonderful." Renard raised his glass and said sincerely.

Cheng Shigui also picked up his wine glass, "It's good that you feel good, I didn't help much, and I have to thank you for teaching Xiaobei." ”

"Alright, cheers." Renard said.

Cheng Shigui tasted it and said: "It's better than Lafite." ”

"Brother Cheng, you can collect some Lafite, it will definitely appreciate in 66 and 82, and there will be no market price when the time comes." Fang Monan said, and Cheng Shigui nodded in understanding.

The fat man took a sip of Lafite, a little sour, and muttered in his heart that it was not as good as white wine,

They sit around the fireplace, first enjoy the fresh aroma of spicy mutton, and when they eat the fragrant sweat and incomparably happy, they put in their favorite hot pot shabu-shabu and cook it, ensuring that it is another kind of wonderful happiness!

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After the meal, after cleaning up, the Mobei violin plays.

"Ray, it looks like you've put in a lot of effort." Cheng Shigui said. After a few months, Mo Bei has made rapid progress compared to the last riverside performance.

"That girl has a tenacity, and I feel distressed when I look at it hard." Renard whispered.

After Mobei's performance, Cheng Shigui took the lead in coaxing, "If you don't give us a paragraph, I won't listen to the sad spring and autumn." ”

"Good! I'll give you a paragraph, please give it a taste. "Renard was in high spirits and pulled the erhu." I learned this here, you know! ”

A cheerful erhu song "Empty Mountain Bird Language" comes out melodiously, which is a highly technical erhu solo piece with bowing, fingering, melody, and beat, striving for perfection.

Everyone seems to have been taken to the call of the mountains and forests, the echo of the empty valley, the artistic conception is far-reaching, quiet, and fascinating. The birds in the deep mountains and valleys are singing happily, and the scene full of vitality imitates the chirping of hundreds of birds in an onomatopoeic way.

"It's great." Cheng Shigui said, "I didn't believe what you said before, but now I listen to your tune, and my heart is in the sound of the piano, it seems that you are really doing well, and it is very nurturing here." ”

"Yes! I also think so, there are no good material conditions here, but the people here are very kind, and the most important thing is good food. "Haha......" Renard smiled very happily.

Next, he played two cheerful music in a good mood, looking at Renard with a happy smile on his face, Cheng Shigui was also happy for him.

In the early morning of the next day, when Fang Monan was running, Cheng Shigui and Mobei, he visited the farm by the way, everything withered in winter, and the air was fresh and the snow was piled up under the fruit trees, indicating a good harvest next year.

Fang Menan also took him to the greenhouse and watched the strawberries hang fruit, some of which were ripe and could be marketed in the New Year. Cheng Shigui was in a good mood and picked it up and tasted it, sweet and sour, and he was interested in becoming a farmer. ’

Cheng Shigui unloaded the washing machine on the car, the refrigerator was still in the process of mailing, handed over the bill of lading to Fang Monan, and they rushed back non-stop, this time still with a lot of delicious food, especially fruit wine to take away the five jars.

After sending them away, Liang Zi and the others found a tractor and sent the washing machine home. The year flies by so fast, and it's coming to an end again.

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With the Spring Festival approaching, my father and mother saw that they were not very busy at the moment, and decided to go to their grandfather's house in advance to give a New Year's gift, which made a lot of anger.

Dad's face was blue and cloudy, but although his mother's face tried his best to maintain an ugly appearance, the smile between his eyebrows and eyes couldn't be hidden, and he was so beautiful in his heart!

Grandma took her mother's hand and went back to the room to ask, "What's the matter!" It was fine when I went. Why did you come back with this face, and I was angry again. ”

The mother said: "The reason is that the uncle is going to get married, and the sister-in-law is going to high school." Grandpa's family needs Zhengping's support, and he is obviously crying poor! Seeing that our life is moist and comfortable, the meaning of the words is still unclear, let's take more money. When we got married, the old man took 200 yuan, but 100 of them were borrowed by us, and they had to be repaid. The old mother pouted and said: "Now it's the turn of the little uncle to get married, they are really a lion with a big mouth of 2,000 yuan, and it is estimated that Zhengping got a bonus of 2,000 yuan, but it is also the road repair of Zhengping's wind and camp, and the company rewarded it." It's a good thing that the money has not been covered yet, and it has been given to them to contribute. This is not satisfied, and there is a sister-in-law who is admitted to high school, which costs 500 yuan. A third of our annual income is gone. ”

"The most annoying thing is that they actually want the two watches that Cheng Shigui gave me and Zhengping, saying that they were used as a bride price for the woman." Mom hugged Fang Monan and said angrily, but everyone could hear it, and Mom was very happy. The more greedy they are, the happier their mother is, and the more 'painful' they are forcing their father, and the pain for a while is much better than the pain for a lifetime.

"In the end, of course, the money can be taken, but the cousin didn't agree anyway, so naturally the conversation broke down and there was a quarrel." My mother said: "The 'old woman' is actually more than ten years older than me, and she is starting to count the number of equals. The mother learned her voice: "If Zhengping hadn't come back, my son would not have been admitted to university, and now he can only sweep the streets in the Qingshui Yamen of the Environmental Protection Bureau; At that time, Zhengping came back, and it cost 3,000 yuan to turn from agriculture to non-farming; Not to mention this, we also spent a lot of money on your daughter-in-law. And if it weren't for the old party's face, not long after you joined the work, the leader assigned a house to the two of you. It's not all the old party behind it. Yes! Now the wings are stiff, and I don't honor your father. She said happily: "Fortunately, I was transferred to work in the county, otherwise I don't know what to say unpleasantly!" ”

"This shameless old pious woman! Her son couldn't go to college, he didn't go to high school, and he still wanted to go to college. Not to mention anything else, the houses allocated by the unit, your batch of recruited workers have them, why don't she talk about it, everyone is one and a half or two rooms! You've only been assigned a room, and that's the result of the effort. There is also Zhengping Nong's conversion to non-profit, which cost 300 yuan plus a bottle of Moutai at that time, or when the national policy allows. No matter how much money you spend now, it doesn't matter if you can't get a citizen account. The dead old woman is not afraid to speak through her teeth! Grandma said angrily: "Hmph! ”

"They spoke too badly, and as soon as Zhengping came from the countryside, the old man asked him to find a job on his own, a porter, a mason, and a coal mine. To earn a little coolie wages, the old woman still has to take some of it, and in the end, it is the construction company that recruits him to enter by himself, and that little bit takes advantage of them. As soon as we got married, we moved out to live, and we didn't have anything, pots, bowls, scoops, and basins were purchased by ourselves, and the beds were built with wooden boards, and everything in the house was purchased after moving out. It's just the right day, and parents don't do this! The more my mother thought about it, the more she felt wronged, and tears fell from her eyes.

"And then!" Grandma asked.

"Later, it was even more ruthless, even the money and living expenses for food and water were calculated, and the accounts had to be calculated clearly. I almost didn't say that I would sever the father-son relationship. The old woman said with a sneer, and the old woman would settle accounts for everything in order to ask for money.

"So what are you going to do?" Grandma pondered for a while and said, "It's all about this, we will cut off as much as she wants, who is afraid of whom." They don't want you, I want it. "What the hell, is there such an adult? Zhengping is also back, and my mother will raise you all. The more she talked, the more energetic she became, and finally she was arrogant.

Mom was moved and didn't say anything, Dad pushed the door in first, "Mom, I can support my wife and children by myself." Listening to his mother-in-law's words, he was really disappointed in his father, yesterday's quarrel, his father never said a word, he watched coldly, and even he didn't choke with the old woman to express his dissatisfaction. The father actually said anything cruel, and even said that it was their duty to support the elderly, and a hat of great filial piety was buttoned down, and if there was one, they would bring it, but the money was obviously to supplement the little uncle.

"Zhengping came just in time, have you figured it out? What should I do? Grandma asked, the two of them.

"Things have come to this point, you don't want me to go to his door." Mom first said,

"Dayan, don't be angry, Mom, it's not worth it. I also thought clearly, I only came here when I grew up, how can I be considered an outsider, no matter how much effort I make, I can't stand the rejection of people, no matter how much I can't compare with the feelings of a family for more than 20 years, I will give as much as he wants, even if he repays the kindness I received from the countryside, as for the old woman's calculations, I will also give them, and I can't let people say that I eat other people's mouths! "Dad has no joy or sorrow now, and said calmly." It's just that the money is not enough, and it is still a little short. ”

"How much worse, I gave it, I don't have to pay it back." Grandma said very cheerfully.

"That's more than a thousand bucks." Dad said.

"I'll give you two thousand." Grandma took off her shoes and took out a stack of great unity from the box on the kang.

"Mom, I've made you see the joke, I'll definitely pay it back in the future." Dad took the money and walked out.

"Quick, Dayan, follow, don't do anything, how to say that it is also a blood father and son. We're talking about some angry words, but it's just trying to be happy in our mouths, breaking bones and connecting tendons, he must not be happy in his heart, and he is a little relieved. "Grandma pushes Mom.

The old mother hurriedly put on her shoes, put on her clothes and chased out.

Fang Monan looked at it, he couldn't say anything in his heart, people's hearts were biased. You can't accuse the old man of doing this, human nature is like this, it's normal, but she's still very happy to get out of grandpa's side as soon as possible.

Dad and Mom left, only came back the next day, Dad also returned to normal, but steamed steamed buns more hard, in the past, Dad kneaded the steamed buns, this son seems to have endless energy, all vented on the steamed buns, making the board 'Ping Pong' sound directly.

Grandma quietly asked Mom, "The matter is settled." ”

"It's settled!" Mom said suspiciously.

"What's the point of solving?" Grandma didn't understand, "What is this called, what was the situation at that time." ”

"Oh! At that time! After we entered the house, Zhengping took out 5,000 yuan. Among them, 2,000 yuan is the marriage fee of the brother-in-law, 500 yuan of the sister-in-law's tuition fee, and 2,000 yuan is Zhengping's living expenses over the years. Because the watch was given by someone else, they couldn't give it, so there were five hundred left, which was the watch money they wanted. "Mom told me about the situation." Zhengping is very calm, speaking unhurriedly, and my heart is sour when I listen. He also patted my hand soothingly. ”

"Then their family took the money and didn't say anything." Grandma asked again.

"Yes, the old woman said, 'It seems that she has really made a fortune because she is so rich. If we don't talk about you, we don't know how to honor the elderly. I was angry and wanted to slap the table, but he took my hand and pressed it. "Mom thought it was like that," and then we came out. ”

"It's almost the New Year, if you have any plans, let's talk about it after the New Year, don't expose his scars again. Be careful what you say. Grandma shook her head, her in-laws would regret doing this, and she had reached the point where she didn't even bother to get angry, which was really a manifestation of extreme disappointment.

With the return of my aunt, the family returned to its original liveliness, and the approach of the New Year, the busyness of the whole day dispelled the unpleasantness of my father.

Liang Zi's wedding is scheduled for the nineteenth day of the lunar month, neither early nor late, nor does it delay others to buy New Year's goods. Countrymen like to have money and no money to marry a daughter-in-law to spend the New Year. In the winter leisure time, there are many daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law, and the sound of firecrackers is endless on good days.

The rare Liangzi chose a good day, the weather was fine, the outside of Liangzi's house did not change much, the inside was indeed renovated, the cement floor, the whitewashed walls, the newly bought furniture, color TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, all with Liangzi purchased from Yangcheng and bought back. The house is renovated, and everyone looks hot!

It's really a prodigal son who doesn't change his money, and everyone calls the bride a blessing.

Fang Monan gave a wedding gift, which was an agate in the space, and Mobei used to play with marbles. She hadn't looked at it carefully, but this time in order to prepare a gift, she found that these agates had been carved with exquisite Buddhist allusions. Two agate bracelets, one black and one red.

Agate has the effect of treating insomnia, sweet dreams, avoiding evil, strengthening the body, prolonging life, and it can also strengthen love, promote emotional communication between couples, help couples enjoy family fun, and can play the most dazzling brilliance. In addition, it also has medical effects, improves the human endocrine system, strengthens the body's metabolism, enhances blood circulation, and strengthens the body's immune function. It is most suitable for Liang Zi and his husband and wife.

As long as Liang Zi is sent by Fang Monan, even if it is a piece of paper, it is good, and he actively wears it. When he broadened his horizons and increased his experience, he met more and more people, and he knew the true value of his natural agate, which was really a thousand dollars.