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Here, Xia Nianxi is still trying to learn to collect the juice, and the essence of making fish is in the final juice, she wiped the sweat on her forehead with her sleeve.

When Xiao Jinse walked into the kitchen, he saw Xia Nianxi looking down to study the ingredients in the pot, flipping through the book and muttering quietly, this small appearance, for a moment, made Xiao Jinse seem to have returned to decades ago.

At that time, there was often such a small figure in the kitchen, running around, holding books on various dishes, and the kitchen was not clean for a moment.

At that time, it could be described as a mess, and the smell of the food was indescribable.

But I don't know how long it took, the pungent smell was gone, and the kitchen was full of all kinds of smells, and that time was the happiest time for the two of them.

Their daughter Wanwan has the gentleness of a southern woman and the resilience of an oriental woman.

What she wants to do must be done well, and she will spend a month in the kitchen just to study a dish.

If others can do a good job, so can I!

She always smiled and told everyone who persuaded her.

She understood more and more why Xiao Xiu chose Nianxi instead of the daughter of the Situ family.

As soon as Xia Nianxi turned around, she saw her grandmother standing at the door looking at her in a daze, thinking that there was something on her face, so she subconsciously reached out and touched it, but forgot that there was still oil on her hands and wiped it on her face.

reacted, blushing, "Grandma, what's wrong?" ”

Xiao Jinse approached and took the spatula in her hand, "Come, let me taste what you made." ”

Waiting for Xia Nianxi to walk out of the kitchen with the fish, Rong Xiu, who was already sitting at the dinner table, raised his eyebrows slightly, "You did it?" ”

Xia Nianxi raised her chin proudly, "What do you say!" ”

Shen Congzhi looked up and smiled like an old fox, "This fish is your favorite, look how good the little girl is to you!" ”

"It's better to be grandpa!"

Rong Xiu looked at her, there was still a trace of uncertainty in his eyes, and when the fish was served, Rong Xiu took a bite and tasted it, his expression changed very subtly, and finally looked at his grandmother in shock, "Isn't this what you did?" ”

Seeing his expression, his grandfather also took a piece to taste, and after tasting it, he put down his chopsticks and said with great certainty, "This is not your grandmother's doing." ”

How many years have been a husband and wife, and his wife's craftsmanship can be distinguished with his eyes closed.

Xia Nianxi pursed her mouth, was she really that bad before?

Obviously, every time he eats the food cleanly, she always thinks that her skills are not bad......

Xiao Jinse saw that this was the grandson of wood who wanted to make his granddaughter-in-law unhappy, so he hurriedly played a round, "This is done by your wife, I just help her check it." Nian Xi is very talented in cooking! ”

Rong Xiu was still a little incredulous, and tasted it again before he spoke leisurely, "Grandma, you really should go back with us and take her with you." You haven't tasted what she cooks at home. ”

"We're all familiar here, and we're not used to moving. If you want Nianxi to learn some of your grandmother's cooking, then you can go back first and let her stay for a while. ”

Seeing that his grandfather refused directly without even thinking about it, Rong Xiu's brows furrowed.

Rong Xiu's voice carried a hint of tiredness, "What's the point of you two staying here!" None of them are here, not even the ashes. ”

His mother was buried in the Rong family cemetery, and Shen Zheng was still lying in the sanatorium.

There are no traces of this villa other than the traces of their childhood.

The smile on my grandmother's face slowly faded, replaced by a faint sadness.

Xia Nianxi looked at the atmosphere on the table and suppressed it, not daring to talk nonsense, just reached out and held her grandmother's arm, which was very thin, almost skinny.

She sent the white-haired man to the black-haired man twice, daughter, grandson, who can understand the bitterness in their hearts?

But even so, she agreed with Rong Xiu's decision, only by staying by her side could she prevent regret from happening, "Grandma, Rong Xiu and I don't want you to live here alone. Something happened, and we couldn't get there in the first place. ”

Xiao Jinse covered her hand, "Silly boy." ”

Xia Nianxi thought of her grandfather, and her eyes turned red.

She pulled out a chair and stood up, looked at the two old men, and said with a serious face: "Grandma, Nianxi knows that it is very unfilial to say this, but please think about it for Rong Xiu, don't let his life have regrets, he really loves you and wants to live together as a family."

Before my grandfather died, I kept telling myself that when I became rich and powerful one day, I must honor him. But before I could grow up, my grandfather left, and now that I have money, I can't even see him again.

Human life is really fragile, I have lost, I have regrets, and I know that regret will follow me for the rest of my life. We don't know what's going to happen tomorrow, so why can't we cherish every day we spend together? Mother-in-law will always live in your hearts, so what does it matter where you live in reality? ”

Rong Xiu looked at her and saw her trembling and biting her lip, tears rolling in her eyes. He pulled out a chair and walked over to Xia Nianxi and hugged her.

Smelling the breath on Rong Xiu's body, Xia Nianxi knew that she was a little emotional, and buried her head in his arms, she just wanted to help Rong Xiu, she was really afraid that something bad would happen to her.

His fingers gently tugged at Rong Xiu's clothes.

Rong Xiu took her hand and squeezed it in her palm, signaling that she was okay.

The old couple sat at the table, and suddenly lost their appetite for a large table of food, Shen Congzhi slowly put down his chopsticks, "I will discuss this matter with your grandmother." ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Rong Xiu's eyes, when he talked about this in the past, his grandfather was always old, and he didn't like to run around, and the fallen leaves returned to his roots.

This was the first time he said that he wanted to think about it, and Rong Xiu immediately agreed, "Okay, you can discuss it with grandma." ”

After dinner, the two returned to the room, and Rong Xiu hugged Xia Nianxi, "Thank you, wife, you are really my little lucky star!" ”

"Grandpa just said to think about it, but he didn't say that he really wanted to go back with us."

Rong Xiu immediately made a gesture of humbly asking for advice, "Then the husband is going to ask his wife, what should I do next?" ”

It's useless for him to come so many times, maybe Nian Xi can really take them away!

"This matter, Rong Bengong plans carefully!" Xia Nianxi put one hand on her chin and made a gesture of brushing her beard, but she stroked a beard that did not exist.

Rong Xiu asked Xia Nianxi to take a bath, but Xia Nianxi, who was in deep thought, completely ignored him, shook his head and had to go to the bath first.

Waiting for Rong Xiu to come out of the shower, wrapped around the bath towel, wiped his head with a towel in his hand, and walked to the rocking chair, "Did you think of it?" ”

"You're going to take your grandparents over, are you ready for the house?"

"I bought it a long time ago, and the layout is the same as here, the environment is very good, very quiet, and it is a resort area."

The house was bought as early as five years ago when Shen Zheng had an accident, but he came to persuade the two every year, but they were all rejected.

Xia Nianxi rolled her eyes, and vetoed it without thinking about it, "No, grandparents are already biased here, although it is very quiet, but when they move over, they are still two people together, and they don't even have a friend for a day, how lonely!" In other words, is there one that is more suitable for the elderly, has a good environment, has a park around, and has a higher cultural level in the neighbors, and can speak? ”

When people are old, no matter how high they were before, they will be lonely and want to find some friends.

It was already very quiet, and my grandparents couldn't touch a few people a day, except for the maids.

After going back with them, if it is still such an environment, how can the two of them be willing to think about it!

Xia Nianxi told Rong Xiu her thoughts, she had acted in a play, and she knew that when people are old, they need companionship, not only family, but also from neighbors and friends.

Rong Xiu hesitated a little at first, then took out the computer and checked it on the Internet for a while, then suddenly closed the computer and turned his head to look at Xia Nianxi, "Wife, I was really wrong. ”

"Hmph, don't look at who I am?!"

"Where did the female Zhuge Liang come from, why don't you come with me quickly and help me complete the great cause!" Rong Xiu went up and pounced on her, crushing the person under him.

"A bold fanatic, how dare you be rude...... Ah......h

The night is slightly cool, and the house is full of enthusiasm......

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Early the next morning, Xia Nianxi checked with Rong Xiu on the Internet and made phone calls, and finally booked a two-story villa before breakfast.

The location is just a few stops away from their apartment.

Although the environment is not as quiet as here, the community is inhabited by professors, retired cadres and celebrities from all walks of life. ?

One mile away is the largest urban park in City A, and there are many ordinary people.

The most important thing is that this building is a real estate owned by Rong's Group, and I can choose the best location for my grandparents.

Rong Xiu went to his grandfather's study, printed out the materials, and handed them to Xia Nianxi.

When eating breakfast, Xia Nianxi deliberately put the information on the table and didn't mention it deliberately, but her grandmother still saw it.

"You're going to buy a house?"

Xia Nianxi said casually, "Well, although the current apartment is not small, it is still a little inconvenient if there are children in the future." ”

As soon as they heard the child, the eyes of the two old people lit up, and they took the information and studied it together, "This house doesn't look good, but it's not good when it's big, it's just right to live when you were a child, when do you want a child?" ”

Xia Nianxi was about to say, but Rong Xiu had already replied first, "Everything depends on fate." ”

"Nianxi is still young, so I'm not in a hurry, but if I'm pregnant, I must tell my grandmother. You children, you don't know how to take care of children, you look at the news every day......"

Shen Congzhi wore glasses, carefully looked at the information of the house, and joked to his wife, "The two of them don't have children yet, where do you think of it?" ”

"It's going to have to be prepared!"

Xia Nianxi exchanged a look with Rong Xiu, and she leaned in front of the two, "The environment of this community is not bad, and there are a lot of people, all of them are retired old people, taking care of their children for juniors at home." I've heard people say that it's a group of old people who go out with their children in the morning. Playing tai chi, military physical boxing, and some people organize physical activities, which is very lively. ”

"So lively?" Grandpa raised his eyebrows and turned out the introduction of community activities in the community.

And the patriotic cultural brigade?

He cupped his eyes and looked at them carefully, "These are all deceptive games, who will give them a lecture?" It's! ”

"It's just that I've never been a soldier, it's all on TV, nonsense. If Grandpa is going to tell it, he will definitely let them know a completely different veteran story. ”

Grandpa's eyes flashed with nostalgia, and his hand touched the military flag on the brochure.

"Grandma, the former president of the National Calligraphy Association lives in this community, Ms. Zhu Rong, who has run a calligraphy hobby club, and is now very famous in City A."

Xiao Jinse was a little surprised, "Zhu Rong went to City A?" ”

"That's right, Ms. Zhu Rong is now retired and has nothing to do every day, so she holds a calligraphy exchange meeting, and we borrowed their venue last time we filmed."

After breakfast, the old couple went back to the room, which is very rare.

Xia Nianxi lay on the sofa and stared at their door, "Is it okay, no, I can't help it......"

Rong Xiu put his hands in his pockets, and his face was unusually comfortable, "I think we can pack our things and get ready to go back." ”

Xia Nianxi made a bitter face, "If we try again, don't be discouraged." ”

"Fool, I mean the four of us."

"What?" Xia Nianxi jumped up excitedly, "My grandparents didn't agree." ”

"Trust me, they'll say yes. It's all your fault, wife. Rong Xiu reached out and touched her face.

Xia Nianxi was still confused, she tried, but she obviously felt that the effect was not good, why did Rong Xiu say that she succeeded?

But he wouldn't joke about it......

Before lunch, Shen Congzhi called Rong Xiu into the study.

Xia Nianxi looked at her grandmother looking at her with doting eyes, and blushed suddenly.

Did the two of them discover their little tricks?

Xiao Jinse pulled Xia Nianxi upstairs and spoke, "Nianxi, you really want us to go to City A?" ”

"Of course, especially Rong Xiu, he really wants you to go." After speaking, he nodded seriously.

Xiao Jinse took her into Rong Xiu's mother's room, pushed open the door, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers and the smell of sunshine in the room.

Such a room does not feel like it has been empty for decades.

The room is exactly the same as the room in the villa in City A, even the open wardrobe is the same, except that there are more clothes and richer colors in the wardrobe here.

Xiao Jinse let go of Xia Nianxi, his palm against the wall, slid over the cabinet, vase, silk, "This is Wanwan's room, that is, your mother-in-law." ”

"Hmm."

"We have people clean it every day, and when people get old, they always want to think about it. Every time I came in, I thought that Rong Xiu's mother was still alive, maybe she would go home in a few days. ”

The sunlight filtered in through the window, filtered through the curtains, and the sunlight on the walls, floors and beds was unusually soft.

Xiao Jinse flattened the corner of the bed and patted it with her hand, "She doesn't like her things to be uneven the most." ”

The sun shone on her grandmother's silver hair, shining on the wrinkles of her sideburns, Xia Nianxi's heart was moved, this is a mother's endless love for her children.

Transcend life and death and age.

Xiao Jinse walked to the wardrobe and touched a row of cheongsams, "If we leave, what will we do with these things...... Alas"

It's not that I don't want to go with my grandson, it's just that worrying will stumble and make it difficult for people to move an inch.

"Grandma. We will cherish everything here, just like you and your grandfather, and these are also our most precious memories in the future. ”

"Good...... Good boy. ”

After lunch, Xiao Jinse took a receipt, "Some time ago, I checked your mother's cheongsam, and there were a few holes in them, I took them to repair them, you go and get them back." ”

Rong Xiu took the receipt, "Okay." ”

Rong Xiu drove Xia Nianxi out of the villa, Xia Nianxi looked at the villa farther and farther away, gradually covered by the forest, this place is too remote, there are only cold cars coming and going, or for several years, everyone doesn't know whether the neighbor who is a few hundred meters away is a man or a woman.

Xia Nianxi took the receipt and looked at the address below, seeing that the name of the store should be an old shop: Rebirth Yuan!

The shop is in a small alley in the downtown area, the shop is not big, it is still an ancient wooden door, and there are two door gods of Qin Qiong Jingde on the door, but because half a year has passed, the painting has slowly faded.

The curtain was lifted, and the two entered the house.

In the room, where the walls are covered with cheongsams of various styles, there are no customers in the store, only a girl in her twenties bowing her head and drawing lines on the silk.

The girl looked up at them, "Are you two here to make cheongsam?" ”

Rong Xiu handed her the receipt, "We're here to get the cheongsam." ”

After reading the receipt, the girl glanced at the two of them before speaking, "Wait a minute, I'll go find grandpa." These cheongsams were made by my grandfather a long time ago. ”

The girl went out through the back door, and they vaguely heard the girl shouting that grandpa had come out to see that the Shen family had come to get the cheongsam.

After a while the girl returned, followed by a lean old man with gray hair and reading glasses.

"Is it from the Shen family?"

Rong Xiu nodded, "Yes." ”

The old man looked at him carefully for a while, and asked uncertainly, "Are you Shen Zheng, the son of Miss Shen of the Shen family?" No, it's not ......"

Rong Xiu didn't mind at all, and opened his mouth to explain: "I am Rong Xiu, Shen Zheng's brother. ”

He has been in City A since he was a child, and it is normal for people here to only know Shen Zheng and not him.

"Twins...... Like, really like...... You have eyes like your mother's. ”

"Thank you for remembering our mother."

The old man took out three sets of cheongsams from the cabinet, "Your mother is very suitable for wearing cheongsam, she did a lot of advertising for me back then, I naturally remember her." ”

sent the cheongsam to Rong Xiu, "It's been a long time, and if you don't keep it well, the thread will be corrupted, and I will take it all." Look! ”

Rong Xiu looked at the cheongsam carefully, but he still didn't understand these women's things, and nodded, it was delivered.

The old man suddenly looked at Xia Nianxi, who had been staring at the cheongsam on the wall from behind, "Little girl?" ”

"My wife."

"Do you want to make a cheongsam? My old man is almost gone. ”

The girl hurriedly grabbed her grandfather on the side, "Grandpa, didn't you say you wouldn't make your own cheongsam?" ”

"This little girl is suitable for wearing cheongsam."

Rong Xiu looked at Xia Nianxi, and his heart moved, "Then let's do one." ”

"Do you really want to make a cheongsam?" Of course Xia Nianxi wants to, especially this kind of master, he must do a good job.

"Girl, measure this girl. Today, grandpa will teach you to make a cheongsam one last time, don't transfer what you learned in school, remember, this craft, practice makes perfect. ”

"Yes, Grandpa."

Next, Xia Nianxi stood obediently, and the girl took a tape measure to measure her body, and then wrote it down in a notebook.

"Let's pick a piece of cloth!"

The two chose an orange-red bright silver brocade and a light green silk face.

The old man took the charcoal pen and took the wooden ruler to draw on the cloth, and the strokes were smooth without hesitation......

"You bring that purple cheongsam, this is the cheongsam I made twenty-five years ago, look at the stitching ......"

The girl took out one of the three cheongsams that had not yet been wrapped and walked over to her grandfather.

The grandfather and grandson were extremely engaged in making cheongsam, and the old man looked back at the two, "You can go out for an hour and come back, so as not to be bored." ”

Xia Nianxi and Rong Xiu thought about it, so they left the store first and went outside.

Turning out of the small alley, he immediately arrived at the bustling downtown area, with a dazzling array of small objects on both sides, Xia Nianxi took a desperate rooster casually, "Why is this called a desperate rooster?" ”

Xia Nianxi didn't have the opportunity to go out when she was a child, and she didn't have time to go out to play when she became a star later, so she naturally didn't know these little things.

But Rong Xiu is not like this, he has been burdened with a heavy mission since he was a child, let alone having fun.

The two stared at the yellow rooster for a few seconds, and Xia Nianxi touched the cockscomb, "What is this?" Rooster? ”

A little boy about ten years old suddenly reached out and pinched the rooster, and the cry of killing a pig suddenly sounded, so frightened that Xia Nianxi threw the rooster and hid behind Rong Xiu.

The little boy pointed at Xia Nianxi and laughed, "Haha, what a stupid woman!" ”

Being ridiculed by children is not a fun thing, Xia Nianxi has a black line on his face, "Hey, little brat, what are you talking about?" ”

"Slightly~" The little boy stuck out his tongue and ran away.

Rong Xiu squatted down to pick up the and held back a smile, "Do you still want this?" ”

"Don't!" Xia Nianxi turned her back and pouted angrily.

Rong Xiu took out the money and bought the rooster, Xia Nianxi saw it, reached out to his chest and hit it, "I hate it, why do you want to buy it?" ”

"It's kind of fun." After saying that, I pinched it.

The two returned to the shop for almost an hour, and when the girl saw them, she hurriedly stepped forward, "I'm going to measure the size again, set the size, and then I'll wait for it to be done, and send it to the Shen family for you?" ”

"No, I'll write you an address and send it to City A."

"Okay. The cheongsam will be made in seven days, and it will be in your hands in about ten days. ”

Xia Nianxi nodded, "Okay." ”

After measuring the size, Rong Xiu paid the money, and left the shop with Xia Nianxi with his mother's cheongsam.

Xia Nianxi sat in the passenger seat, holding a rooster in his hand, Rong Xiu put the cheongsam flat in the back seat, and just got up, he felt that something was wrong, and flipped it, "One less." ”

Xia Nianxi turned around and exclaimed, "Ah, won't it?" ”

"I'll go in and ask, you sit first."

"Okay."

Rong Xiu turned around and walked into the store again, and the girl was packing her things.

"We have one less set of cheongsams, and the receipt is three."

"Ah, there was a set just now, I forgot to put it on, wait a minute." The girl hurriedly packed the cheongsam that had just been used as a sample from the tailor's table.

looked at Rong Xiu with an apologetic face, "I'm sorry, it was my mistake just now, Mr. Rong, please forgive me." ”

"It's fine."

Rong Xiu took the cheongsam, turned around and left the shop, walked to the front of the car, opened the back seat, put down the cheongsam, and looked at the passenger seat, but Xia Nianxi was not there.

In the seat, there was only one desperate rooster left.

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