Waiting for Zhiyuan to help the old horse walk to the restaurant step by step, Gui Ying had already found a good seat, it was a private room, a large round table, ten seats, Bao Xiaoxing and Zhong Li, Zhong Nengshu and Zhong Xuemei, Zhong Xuecheng and two children, plus Bao Xiaotang, and their family of five, almost. After Lao Ma and Zhiyuan arrived, the two discussed ordering a few pre-dinner side dishes first, and then ordering big dishes when the guests came.

At half past six, Bao Xiaotang came first. While Gui Ying and Xiao Tang were chatting, the Hyosung family also came.

"Uncle Ma!" Hyosung entered the door to find the elders first, and the two of them stepped forward to greet everyone.

"Oops, oops, you're here! Old village chief, remember me? ”

"You man! I don't know about you! ”

"Look at what I brought you—Xifeng wine!"

"Eh! Thanks thanks! Lao Ma took the Xifeng wine with both hands and motioned for Zhiyuan to open the wine.

Lao Ma stretched out his right hand to shake hands with Zhong Neng, pointed at Zhong Neng with his left hand and said with a smile: "How can you Zhong Neng not know!" Gui Ying's grandmother died...... Aren't you coming? We also met when your father-in-law died! The two of us are closer than the two of them, and we are both grandsons-in-law of the Lao Tian family! Right? ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Sorted it before! Belch...... In our two generations, it is the third generation of maternal relatives, far away! Don't move around anymore! Hyosung's mother-in-law and Guiying's mother, they are very close, aunts and cousins! When Zhong was able to speak, the old horse looked at him, his body was not very round, his belly was bulging as if he was pregnant in April, his silver hair was sparse, his face was wrinkled, and his voice was still powerful, but it was a pity that his shoulders were hunched! It is completely different from the energetic middle-aged Zhong Neng that the old horse saw back then - time is not forgiving. The old horse who stayed in Majiatun may never know what changes he had, but at this moment, the old horse noticed his aging from Zhong Neng.

"It stands to reason...... It's far away to Gui Ying's generation, it's time to break it, look at it, these two children have fate! Lao Ma pointed at Guiying and Hyosung and said, Zhong Neng nodded frequently.

"When the Huanggan Canal was repaired, the junction of the two villages was repaired together, and the two of us met every day, and you still let me eat your watermelon!" Zhong Neng pointed to the old horse and said with a smile.

"Haha! Well, you remember! Young-young said I don't know about Hyosung, but as soon as she said you, I immediately figured it out! ”

"Old village chief, big brother, have you been in good health all these years?"

"Good! Okay! I broke my foot in February, and I came to Shenzhen just now, it's not a big deal, it's not serious! What about you? ”

"Hey, I have a bad stomach, everything else is okay, I don't dare to eat it casually!"

"Zhong Neng! You sit here! The old horse led the bell to the seat beside him.

"Uncle Ma, do you remember me?" Hyosung asked the old village chief with a smile.

"Hyosung, huh? Yingying told me that I really forgot. ”

"I've seen you! When I was in the first year of junior high school, I was in the same class as Gui Ying, and I went to your house! ”

"I'm really impressed! I'm old, I'm old! The old horse waved his hand.

"Meimei, Xuecheng, come on, come on, see Grandpa Ma!" Zhong Neng called the two children to say hello.

"Grandpa Ma!" Seventeen-year-old Xuemei is one meter six or seven, wearing a long turquoise dress, and greets the old horse very politely.

"Hello Grandpa Ma!" Nine-year-old Xuecheng also came over in short-sleeved shorts.

"Oops! It's so big! ”

"Didn't Chung-ri come?" Zhiyuan poured wine for the two old men and asked Hyosung.

"Uh, he...... He's got an appointment tonight to have dinner with his friends! Hyosung bowed his head and said.

"Leave him alone, let's eat ours, he eats his." Zhong Neng waved his hand sideways at the dinner table, with an attitude that he didn't want to mention.

"Huh! How do you two girls know that you are related? Lao Ma didn't understand, so he asked Hyosung.

"At that time, we were in school in the town, and we had a really good time at the table. Passing by our village after school on the weekend, Gui Ying has been to my house several times! Later, Zhong Li and I went to Shenzhen to work, and Gui Ying also came, at that time I didn't know that Xuemei's grandmother and Gui Ying's mother were cousins, and Zhong Li didn't know. It wasn't until I had Meimei that my mother-in-law came to serve the confinement child, and I often saw Gui Ying come to the house, and I knew that Gui Ying was my Aunt Xiuhui's child! My mother-in-law said that when she was a girl, she and Aunt Xiuhui often played together, you come to my house and I will come to yours, didn't they marry out later, and there was less contact, so Zhong Li and Gui Ying didn't know each other at all. When I knew about this relationship at that time, Aunt Xiuhui was no longer there! Later my mother-in-law ...... Not anymore! Ah, anyway, it's the best friend who married her own relative...... Hahaha! ”

"In fact, the relationship is very close, Yingying's grandmother and Zhong Li's grandmother are sisters." Zhiyuan echoed on the side.

"Yes, yes, I'm afraid I have to go to the door if there is a red and white happy event in the village!" Zhong Neng said.

"Let's order food first, and talk while eating!" Gui Ying handed the menu to Zhong Neng, and Zhong Neng handed the menu to Lao Ma.

Two old people sit in a pile, three women sit in a pile, three big children are in a pile, and Zhiyuan sits in the middle of Yangyang and the old horse, taking care of both sides. After ordering, three groups of people chatted with each other, and the box was not lively.

"You—are you going to stay in Shenzhen in the future?" Zhong Neng asked the old horse.

"Oh no! My feet are good and walking, Shenzhen is a small place, and I feel uncomfortable! ”

"If you want to stay longer, I'll show you a few people."

"Who?"

"Ma Xingxia and Ma Tianmin from your village, Zhong Jiahe from our village, and Fan Weicheng from Dongguo Village...... There is also Gaotun ...... Gaojiazhuang"

"Uncle Xingxia? Oh! I've seen it in Shenzhen! When I was a child, our two families were very close to each other in the front and back alleys! I played with his son when I was a kid! Gui Ying interjected.

"Don't talk about Xingxia, Ma Tianmin is the crooked-mouthed Tianmin! Fan Weicheng I am familiar, I used to sell vegetables with him when I was young, uh, Gaojiazhuang...... I seem to have heard of it, but I haven't seen anyone. The old horse turned over these old faces in his mind.

"I'm not fully acquainted with it. Zhong Jiahe - we are from a village, he lives with his son at the Shenzhen airport, we meet and go almost the same way to our city - very far! I've only seen it twice in years! I know the horses in your village very well, and we meet every few months to drink tea, eat wine, and play chess. He lives in Longgang Bantian, closer to your woman's house, less than thirty minutes! ”

"We'll have to get together another day! Crooked Mouth Tianmin and I, a member of the production team, used to go to the field often to meet, chat, smoke, and get a little cousin. Ma Ranger has played since he was a child, I ...... I'm afraid I haven't seen each other in more than ten years! Fan Weicheng - I haven't seen him for many years! We must get together another day! Ah! Actually, there's a big brother here, and I've been thinking about it. He was my aunt's grandson, two years older than me, and I didn't know him in my early years, but I didn't know until I became the village chief. He is the leader of the town and has helped me a lot, I know that he has also followed his son in Shenzhen now, and I heard that he is not in good health! I'm going to have to see you in the next two days! Sizzle...... Soon! After saying the last two words, Old Manu lowered his head and patted the back of Zhong Neng's hand twice.

"Hey! In our generation, there is a little and a half - no! Buried under the loess! Now there are few connections left, it used to be better in the village, the village does not meet in the field, and the village does not meet in the field, and the red and white ceremonies in the village always have to meet! Now that I'm in the city, you don't know, old village chief, it's very difficult to meet! Each family has its own affairs...... "The two old men here are sad about the destiny of the people, and the three children opposite don't know the years, and they make you and me laugh and make noise for a dish.

"Hey!" The old horse looked lost.

"It's nothing for the two of us to be relatives, the key is that the two children get along, and they get along well for more than 20 years - how many brothers and sisters can't get along well, let alone ordinary people! It's commendable, big brother! Zhong Neng put down his chopsticks and patted the old horse's arm and said.

"Come on, come on, cheers!"

"Cheers!"

The sighs and sighs of the two old men drowned in the noisy and vigorous youth of the teenagers.

Gui Ying's phone rang, and the children were too noisy, so she walked out of the box to answer the phone.

"Hey! Elder brother! How did you call! ”

"Your second brother said that he was going to you, didn't he?"

"Yes, I was going to tell you last night, but it turned out to be ...... From the time he walked in the door with two feet until now, I haven't been idle at all! ”

"How's the big foot injury?"

"It's not a big deal, I'm very energetic! Now I'm drinking with Hyosung's father-in-law, Uncle Chung! The two of us will eat together tonight! ”

"Na! I'll be here tomorrow! ”

"Yes! However...... "Gui Ying is divided."

"What's wrong?"

"I'm afraid of him...... I'm afraid that he will criticize you indiscriminately! I'm thinking of calling you next Friday, coming over next weekend, and he's going to count you and me! ”

"Hey, it's okay, I'll come over tomorrow! Uh, Zhiyuan is at home, right? ”

"Well, why don't you come in the afternoon and stay overnight!"

"I'm going to Huizhou the day after tomorrow, I don't have time! Only tomorrow! ”

"Woo...... All right! I let Zhiyuan wait for you at home tomorrow! ”

"Okay. Then you guys eat, I'm hanging! ”

Gui Ying sighed, hung up the phone, and entered the box.

"My eldest brother will come over tomorrow!" After Gui Ying finished speaking, her eyes fell on the old man's face, and the old horse had no expression.

"Uncle is here, it's great! Mom, let's eat hot pot tomorrow, okay! Tsai asked his mother.

"Good! But tomorrow Monday, don't you go to the evening self-study? Gui Ying gave her son a blank look.

"Yangyang, uncle is here, do you remember?" Zhiyuan asked his daughter with a smile.

"Uncle! Uncle! Yangyang nodded and clapped her hands happily.

"What is your eldest son doing now?" Zhong Neng asked the old horse.

"Humph! What about nonsense? Who knows! Running blindly all day long! Hey...... "The old horse was eating the vegetables, and there were disappointments, denials, and disdains between his words.

Gui Ying was so anxious when she heard this: "Nonsense? What is nonsense? My eldest brother opened a factory in Dongguan and has been open for six years! People have factories, warehouses, offices, and employees...... What is blind running? What is nonsense! Gui Ying shouted at the old man excitedly, and suddenly the three groups of people were stunned, and the box was silent.

The juniors peeked at the old horse, and the old horse still ate with vegetables and soup as if he hadn't heard it. Gui Ying's punch was like hitting the cotton wool - there was no movement. Zhiyuan wanted to break the embarrassment of lifting the gold pendant, but before he could speak, he only heard a burst of laughter.

"Hahaha...... Stars, you look, you see! What am I talking about? Gui Ying is very similar to your Uncle Ma! She speaks in the same posture as your Uncle Ma when he was young! Of course, your Uncle Ma is different now, and he has a leadership style - calm and calm, and he is not chaotic! Hahaha...... "Zhong Neng stretched out his hand at the dinner table, pointing at Gui Ying and then at Lao Ma.

"Gui Ying, look at the ripples! His eyes widened, his mouth wide open, and he didn't move—I'm stupid at you! She thought her mother was a two-faced person - an old mother at one time, a female bandit at the other! ”

After Hyosung finished speaking, the two families were happy to listen to and watch, and they were competing to amuse Yangying. A storm has not yet subsided.

"Zaizai, do you understand what your mother is talking to your grandfather?" Xiaotang asked Tsai Tsai.

"I didn't understand it before, but I only understood it after listening to you talk a lot!"

"The three of us can communicate in Shaanxi dialect, okay! Shaanxi dialect is our second language! Xuemei pointed to Tsai and Xuecheng and said.

"It's proud that your hometown dialect is ranked second by you!" Hyosung scorned his daughter.

"This ...... How old is it? The old horse put down his chopsticks and pointed at Xuemei and asked Zhong Neng.

"Meimei, seventeen years old, just finished the college entrance examination, now wait for the results!"

"Oh yes? Female talent - amazing! "The old horse praised Xuemei.

"I'm not sure yet, but I'll see what happens when the results come out!" Hyosung Road.

Suddenly, Lao Ma's phone rang, and he hung up after chatting a few words.

"Is there something going on at home?"

"Well, the broken woman of my second brother's family gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, and tomorrow will hold a 100-day banquet, and my second brother will call and say that he will go to the door tomorrow!"

"Oops! Congratulations, dragon and phoenix fetuses are rare! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Lao Ma was happy, and drank a few more glasses of wine with Zhong Neng. In the blink of an eye, more than half of the food on the dinner table went down, and Gui Ying looked at her watch and whispered to Hyosung, "Honey, it's half past eight!" ”

"Okay, let's disperse!"

Hyosung turned to his father-in-law and said, "Big, it's half past eight, it's almost over, let's go back!" ”

"Has Uncle Zhong eaten yet?" Zhiyuan asked Zhong Neng with a smile.

"Alright, alright!" Zhong Neng stroked his stomach back and forth, looked up and asked the two grandsons: "Xuecheng and Meimei, have you two eaten enough!" ”

"Full!"

"When we're full, the three of us have already put down our chopsticks!" Xuemei pointed to the dishes and chopsticks in front of the three people.

"That's good!" Zhong Neng nodded, and then said to Lao Ma: "Old village chief, the child will go to school tomorrow, so let's stay here today!" ”

"It's done!"

"Na...... You're free another day, go to my place for a drink, and I've got a wholesale market—your woman knows—everything! When the time comes, I will call the Shangxingxia and the Heavenly People, and our old farmers in the big city will also get together! Zhong Neng patted the old horse's elbow and got up and left his seat.

Lao Ma and Zhiyuan sent Zhong Neng out of the box, Gui Ying accompanied them out of the mall, and watched Xiaotang get into Hyosung's car and leave with the whole family, before she turned around and came back.

He Zhiyuan urged Yangyang to eat a few more bites, and Gui Ying said to Zhiyuan while packing up his things: "Honey, I'll go drive, I'll wait for you at the gate of the mall!" ”

"Okay, there you go!" After Zhiyuan finished speaking, he threw the car keys over.

"Dad, I've eaten too much, I'll go back! I'm waiting for you at home! "Tsai Tsai left first after saying hello.

"Haven't eaten enough for two hours?" The slightly drunk old horse asked Yangyang with a smile.

Chewing rice in her mouth, He Yiyang, who had already flown outside the Three Realms, seemed to hear someone talking to her, stopped her mouth, slowly raised her head, didn't understand what the old man on the other side said, only raised her head and grinned, looked ahead after laughing, and continued to wander.

"Oops! The old cow pulls the broken car, and he is in a hurry! The old horse pointed at Yangyang and teased, then took out the hookah from his pocket, intending to smoke a pot to wake up.

Zhiyuan was afraid that he would miss Yangyang's time to sleep, and he was also worried that the smoke in the box would affect the guests at the next table, so he hurriedly spoke: "Dad, let's go, Yangyang has almost eaten!" Let's go home and smoke! ”

"Okay."

So He Zhiyuan helped the old horse to lead Yangyang, and swayed out of the mall.

After returning home, Lao Ma sat at the dining table and smoked, Zhiyuan made a cup of honey water for his father-in-law and his wife and put it on the table, and then went to take care of Yangyang to sleep.

"Village chief, who did you say gave birth to twins at the dinner table just now?"

"Xinghua!"

"Oh! Is it? Gui Ying pursed her lips and sighed in surprise: "Xinghua's life is so good!" Dragon and phoenix fetuses, there are few pairs in Majiatun! ”

"Our village ......" the old horse spit smoke and pondered for a while: "There really isn't!" ”

"I haven't seen Xinghua for more than ten years! I can't remember what she looked like. ”

"That's it!" Lao Ma took the cigarette holder out of his mouth and said, "At the beginning of the year, we were notified of the full moon, and then said that the two children were sick and not in good health—forget it, there was no news for ...... later."

"Hey, what did my second brother give?"

"What to send? Steamed buns, twist flowers, brown sugar, eggs? ”

"Won't it?" Gui Ying will be skeptical.

"Huh! The countryside has changed early! You thought thirty years ago! Now just give cash and get some gadgets by the way! Your second aunt made two pairs of tiger shoes and gave us a pair! ”

"How much does the village travel gate give now?"

"If I'm here, I'll get five hundred! Your second brother is almost two or three hundred! He just called to talk about it! The old horse poked the cigarette dust in the hookah with a toothpick.

"Is this pouch the one I saw when I was a kid?" Gui Ying asked while drinking honey water.

"Or else?"

"Isn't it just a hookah! I can't put it down all day long! Gui Ying was disdainful.

The old horse did not answer.

After a while, Lao Ma asked, "How old is that Xiaotang?" ”

"Thirty-three?"

"No object?"

"Nope!"

"I think that girl is very handsome, with a good figure, good facial features, long hair, long skirts and high heels, why is she so old and not married?"

"It's hard to put into words!" Gui Ying shook her head, her eyes falling on the fruit on the table.

"I've taken a look at the people at the table today. Xiaotang don't say it, handsome! Hyosung's yellow and white dress, long hair and shawl, has a temperament! Her daughter, Xuemei, also looks dignified! People are naturally good-looking, can wear clothes, and have a face, look at you again! The old horse turned his face sideways and squeezed his eyes, and the air was full of disgust.

"What's wrong with me?" Gui Ying sat up straight and asked in a loud voice.

"Huh! What's wrong? Let's not talk about the noisy way you speak, what is the name of what you are wearing? When you go out to eat, wear a pair of red plastic slippers - poof, are you afraid that no one will see your big black feet like your eldest brother and second brother? What is the difference between the short pants that are gray and black and the shorts I wear when I go to the field to hoe the grass? Clothes to wear - hey, hey! Don't pick either! Strangled a belly of meat! And your hair, a man in his forties, is not dressed as young, it is the same as the old woman in our village! Hey, you're just like your mom - sloppy! Not a little feminine! "Regarding Gui Ying's dress, Lao Ma endured it for two days and couldn't help it.

Gui Ying suppressed her anger, listened to him say something sentence, and then retorted: "I...... I'm thirty-nine! After saying that, Thirty-Nine suddenly didn't know what to pick up, so he had to grind his teeth angrily. A minute later, she went back to her room with her hands folded over her chest. After Gui Ying left, the old horse snorted, loaded with new cigarette powder, and continued to smoke the hookah.

For a woman, her husband dislikes her for being sloppy, and she can justify her husband's sloppiness, and she has nothing to argue with when her father so mercilessly counts that she can't wear clothes and has no femininity. Thinking back to so many years of raising children independently and making money to support the family without the help of parents, it is not easy to have the current situation, as his father, there is no word of approval, but ...... Thinking of this, Gui Ying found that every piece of flesh on her face was stiff.

The most unacceptable fact for women is that their faces are old and youthful. Unexpectedly, her father threw this truth that she deliberately ignored in front of her. Gui Ying sat on the bed, tasting the saltiness of her tears.

At half past nine in the evening, Tsai Tsai was making up his homework in the house, Zhiyuan was coaxing Yangyang to sleep, and Lao Ma was still smoking at the dining table. When he smoked the first pot of cigarettes, he felt nauseous in his abdomen, thinking that he was greasy and still didn't get better after drinking honey water, so he didn't take it seriously. I don't want to turn my belly upside down at this moment - bad! He quickly picked up his crutches, clutched his stomach and rushed to the bathroom. Push open the door and see, heh! A lump of golden poop catches your eye! And the smell made the old horse even more disgusting and wanted to vomit.

"Who pulled the poop! Come over and flush the toilet for me right away! "The old horse roared like this, and even the cockroaches in the corners of the walls and the mosquitoes on the balcony at home were probably trembling!

Zhiyuan strode over, Tsai Zai heeled, Gui Ying closed his eyes, pursed his mouth and took a deep breath.

"Oh! Yang Yang pulled it just now, she is not very good at flushing the toilet? Zhiyuan pressed the switch of the toilet and immediately flushed, and then turned on the exhaust fan.

"I thought it was a big deal! I've run into it no less than twenty times! Accustomed to both. Tsai Tsai looked at his grandfather's angry face and laughed at him for making such a big move, and then twisted around and went back to his house, but before he got to the house, he met his mother with the same angry face - something was wrong. After returning to the room, he closed the door first, then put on headphones and rushed to write his homework.

"It's okay, it's tasteless, Dad, use it!" Zhiyuan came out of the bathroom and saw his father-in-law holding a cane and a dragon head in both hands and his wife holding his chest with both hands.

"Who was born to flush the toilet?" Gui Ying raised her head and asked the old man in a calm tone.

"How old is she! Don't you teach? The old horse raised his face slightly, also suppressing his anger.

"Teach! Teach! Isn't it too late today? She was so confused that she forgot to rush! Zhiyuan felt the hot calm before the storm.

"There is a process of teaching, how can a child learn something at one time! She can't even talk now! Gui Ying increased her voice.

"Why don't you grasp this moment now and tell her, what's the use of you talking back to me? She didn't flush the toilet in kindergarten and was reprimanded by the teacher, and you had a verbal fight with other teachers? "The old horse endured both mental and physical tests.

"Do kindergarten teachers discipline children? Kindergarten teachers are tasked with helping children grow! Hum! The president of the United States treats his grandson and wants to squat down and talk well, you are a village elder yelling! And say I'm noisy! ”

"Yingying, what are you talking about! Hurry up and let Dad use the toilet! Dad is not feeling well! Zhiyuan saw that the old man's expression was wrong, and he pulled Gui Ying away, but Gui Ying still held his hands on his chest and did not move.

"That's a lot! Whoever doesn't flush the toilet comes and flushes the toilet! She has to follow the rules even if she is a child! When the old horse said the word "she", he stretched out his hand and pointed to the ripples not far away.

"Wow...... Father...... Wow wow, wow...... "Yang Yang, who heard the adults arguing, had already secretly slipped out of bed, grabbed the door frame with both hands and stretched out her head to look lively there, listening to it as if it had something to do with herself, she concluded in a daze that she had done something wrong, so she shrank back half a face thinking that the adults couldn't find out. Who wants to be yelled at by the old horse like this, and the ripples are as if the little monster who has been corrected on the spot instantly appears as a prototype - that undisguised cry is not self-admitted.

"Don't want her, she's your granddaughter! She didn't rush you, won't you? Gui Ying held on.

"Don't get out of the way! I'm going to the toilet! The old horse struck the ground with his cane, and then waved his hand and went in first.

"I trained my children one by one, do you want to train my children now?" Gui Ying muttered in the bathroom.

"Don't stand here! You tell Dad to go to the toilet quickly! Zhiyuan hugged Yangyang with one hand, and dragged Gui Ying back to the room with the other. This night, Gui Ying is afraid that her dream is also on the bulging air cushion.

After turning off the lights, Ma Guiying tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, recalling the eyes of Zhiyuan when he dragged her just now, and suddenly confused by a question: Why was he so excited and irrational in front of the old man?