In the blink of an eye, it was almost Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhou Fu stepped on a wooden ladder to hang a lantern on the opposite side of the gate of the house, and the eldest son Zhou Xingwang was holding the ladder on the side, Xingwang was almost ten years old, his eyebrows were clear, white and clean, he had gone to school, after hanging the lantern, Zhou Fu got off the ladder, and the father and son went to the utility room like a wooden ladder together.

Zhou Xingwang smiled and took out the report card to his father, Zhou Fu saw that his son's grades were good, and put his arm around his son's shoulders appreciatively and said, "Not bad, not bad, let's go, go into the house and show your mother." ”

The father and son returned to the room, Cuiliu was doing needlework, and a five or six-year-old girl on the kang was playing with rag dolls, and when she saw Zhou Fu coming in, she shouted "Dad~~", this little girl is Zhou Fu and Cuiliu's daughter, Zhou Jingwen.

Cuiliu looked up at her husband and son, put down the work in her hand, and greeted her: "It's all done?" ”

"Hey, alright." Zhou Fu stretched out his hand and took off a thread stuck to the green willow hair, handed her the prosperous results, and said with a smile: "Our son's grades are good." I didn't expect him to be a piece of reading material. ”

Cuiliu touched her son's head, Xingwang raised her chin with some pride, and smiled.

"You can't be proud, if your grades fall next semester, I won't spare you." Zhou Fu washed his hands in the basin.

"Got it, Dad." Xingwang smiled mischievously, took a piece of pancake on the table, climbed onto the kang and shared it with his sister Jingwen.

Cuiliu smiled and made a pot of tea for Zhou Fu, and said in her mouth: "This is also strange, the Zhou family has been a scholarly family for generations, the eldest young master, the second young master was only able to learn, and he was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, how could the young master of Dingbang not know it at all?" The results are not as good as ours. ”

"What's wrong?"

In the afternoon, the second young grandmother was so angry again, it seemed that the young master of Dingbang did not have good grades, and he didn't like to write and paint. The teacups were all three dropped. ”

"It's strange, the second young master has been naughty since he was a child, but since he was a child, those gentlemen praised him for being smart and clever, and he learned quickly, I remember that he was able to compose poems by himself when he was seven or eight years old, and his words were also written beautifully. This Zhou family and the Cheng family are both scholars, how can the young master of Dingbang ...... "Zhou Fu" sizzles~~", took a breath, shook his head, and his heart was full of doubts.

"That's right, also, do you think Young Master Dingbang looks like the Second Young Master?" Cuiliu asked.

Zhou Fu thought about it and shook his head with a smile: "It's really not like it, the young master of Dingbang is also with good facial features, thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he doesn't have a trace of aura from the second young master." But it is difficult to say, and there are many who do not resemble the Father. ”

Cuiliu pursed her lips slightly and said, "Anyway, I think this thing is very strange." ”

Zhou Fu and Cuiliu shook their heads and looked at their lively and lovely children on the kang, they were very satisfied and happy in their hearts, and they were thinking in their hearts, sure enough, happiness is not divided between high and low, rich and powerful may not be able to enjoy family happiness, but ordinary people can have simple happiness.

Their hut is full of warmth and joy, but outside the hut is a different scene, lonely and lonely, especially this year, the Zhou family's compound is also covered with a thick layer of sorrow.

Zhou Fu looked at the courtyard outside the window, and couldn't help shaking his head sadly and sighing, Cuiliu naturally knew the reason, this was not the first time that the husband and wife sighed, although they were subordinates, but their feelings for the Zhou family were like their own home.

"Brother Fu, I won't tell you, I'm also panicked. You said that if the old man and the second young grandmother leave, there will really be no one in the Zhou family. Watching the Zhou family slowly empty like this, I was really uncomfortable. ”

"Who's to say it isn't? The old man sighs every day. ”

"Hong Kong? Where is Hong Kong? Is it farther than Shanghai? Cuiliu asked.

"Well, it's even more south than Shanghai." Zhou Fu poured himself a cup of tea: "By the way, how is the situation of the Cheng family?" ”

"Cough, I don't think it's very good, two days ago, the second young grandmother received a letter, crying like a tearful person, and on the same day I told the master that I wanted to take the little master Dingbang to Hong Kong. also wrote a letter to the second young master. The old man heard that the second young master might go to Hong Kong, so he said that he would go together. said that he would leave after the New Year, but I was really worried about the master's body. Cuiliu picked up the needle and thread again and shook her head.

"Yes, the master is in his sixties, although his body bones are okay, but after all, it is such a long way, if there is a mistake....... cough...... No wonder he has been wandering around the Zhou family's compound for the past two days, and he hasn't even left the stable, I think he is afraid that he won't be able to come back......" Zhou Fuyu took a sip of tea and frowned.

Cuiliu looked at her smiling children on the kang, and sighed: "I think, there are more things in the master's heart. The second young master is in the UK, and there is nothing he can do if he can't see him, but that kid ...... But it's in the city of Beiping. ”

Zhou Fu glanced up at his wife and asked, "Didn't you say that it wasn't the second young master's?" That day, the second young grandmother also took out a note, which was admitted by the eldest young grandmother herself. ”

Cuiliu glanced at him and said, "I'm not blind, if I can't even recognize a child, then I've been in the Zhou family for more than 20 years." That note, eighty percent of the two young grandmothers forced the young grandmother to write, that day the young grandmother ran out of the Yongmei Garden, lost her soul, her face was pale, and she was greatly stimulated at first glance. Ahem......"

Cuiliu said that she was unhappy in her heart, put down the work in her hand, patted the table lightly and said: "When I think of the relationship between the eldest young grandmother and the second young master, I feel uncomfortable, how much they have suffered, this god is really good at tricking people." ”

"Ahem, there's no way to do it, it's fate. Who told them that they had no fate? Wrong from the start. Zhou Fu sighed.

"The second young grandmother is really ruthless, the eldest young grandmother asked for money to redeem the child, and she even asked the eldest young grandmother to write an IOU! All the money was given by the second young master, and if he couldn't think of saving his child, he had to make an IOU, heh. ”

A disdainful smile rose at the corner of Cuiliu's mouth, and she shook her head: "I went to Mei's house two days ago, thinking that it was almost the New Year, so I would send something over, but I didn't expect that the Mei family had already changed owners." Now I really don't know where the young grandmother is. Ahem......" Cuiliu sighed.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, Xingwang on the kang turned his head and said, "Is it the aunt who gave me the sachet last year?" As he spoke, he threw the ball in his hand into the air and caught it again.

"yes, what?" Cuiliu asked.

"I know where she is, there's a snack bar on the street in front of our school, it's delicious, I've seen her and that cute little brother. The dried silk buns they sell are delicious, and my classmates and I sometimes go there after school to buy one to eat, and the buns have shredded beans and vegetables and shredded radish, which are fragrant...... And what kind of pickle is that......" Xingwang said as he tossed the ball.

Cuiliu hurriedly stepped forward to grab his ball, patted his arm and asked, "Oh, don't keep talking about food, quickly tell where the store is." You'll take me there tomorrow. ”

"Okay, but I want to eat a bowl of 'Reflecting Sun Bilian'!" Xingwang swallowed as he spoke.

"What is the Reflection of the Sun?" Zhou Fu asked.

"Haha, it's chicken noodle soup, but that aunt put greens, carrots, and eggs on the noodles, so it's called 'Yingri Bilian'." Xingwang said with a smile.

"Ouch, these things, only the eldest and youngest grandmothers can come up with them, I will bring some money and things tomorrow to see their mother and son. Seriously, if it weren't for the young grandmother, you and I wouldn't be able to walk together. When the Japanese devil dominated the house, we lived in her house for so many years, and if she was in trouble, we should also help. Cuiliu said.

"yes. I'll take a look when I have time and help out. By the way, go and see the second young master's little son. Zhou Fu said with a smile.

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In this way, at noon the next day, Cuiliu came to the snack bar with prosperity, and saw that the store was crowded, full, business was very good, the aroma of the food in the store was overflowing, Cuiliu was still surprised, and a small hand had already held her: "Hello aunt, please come in!" A milky voice, Cuiliu looked down, Nian'an's beautiful and handsome face, the longer it looked, the better it looked, and it grabbed her heart.

"Little master, I'm Cuiliu, we met last year, do you remember?"

Nian An tilted his head, thought about it for a long time, didn't remember, his eyes bent, and he said with a smile: "Remember, my aunt was changed by a fairy." Immediately amused Cuiliu, giggled: "You, just like your father, have a sharp mouth." ”

Nian An blinked and looked at Cuiliu, stunned, looking confused, because in his heart, he had no father, every time he called someone else to be a father since he was a child, his mother Ruojun would stop him, so he felt that he had no father, no matter how smart and clever he was, he didn't know how to react.

"Where's your mother?"

"In the kitchen?" Nian An pointed upstairs.

Ruojun was very happy to see Cuiliu again, and he was no longer as embarrassed as he was when he carried a big bamboo basket on the street more than a year ago. It's just that she was busy in the kitchen and didn't bother to talk to Cuiliu.

Cuiliu simply rolled up her sleeves to help in the kitchen, she is also a quick hand, and there is one more helper, Ruojun thinks it is a great effort-saving.

After lunchtime, the two wiped the sweat from their faces, and laughed at each other, Ruojun pulled her to sit at the small table in the kitchen.

"Look, you came to see me, but you helped and tired you, I really don't want to go." Ruojun rubbed a towel for her, handed it to her, and asked her to wipe her face.

"What's this, that's what I do at home anyway."

After a while, Shu Zhi came back from pulling a cart of vegetables from outside, and was very happy to see Cuiliu, who told them the news that Master Zhou and Cheng Jiaqi were going to leave for Hong Kong after the New Year.

Ruojun and Shu Zhi glanced at each other, but they didn't speak, the Zhou family has nothing to do with them anymore, but the two of them still feel a little sad in their hearts.

"The second young master may go to Hong Kong to meet the master. In this way, it can be regarded as a family reunion. ”

Second Young Master, Ruikang, Hong Kong...... When it comes to Ruikang, Ruojun's heart still can't help but tighten, pacing to the window and looking at the pedestrians on the street, these people come and go in a hurry, only for a short stay, why is Ruikang in his own life? The time they have actually been together together has not been together for less than half a year, and even Ding Xiaohui has been with him longer than him.

Ruojun sighed "cough ----".

Shu Zhi walked up to her and took her hand, since he kissed her, the lava in his heart was even more uncontrollable to erupt from time to time, Ruojun hurriedly shook off his hand, but Cuiliu has always been a person who is observant and meticulous,

I already saw a little clue, I was taken aback, I looked up, under the light and shadow, it was like a pair of beautiful people, she was the same as Ruojun, she had always regarded Shu Zhi as a child, she never thought that he would grow up, and he was so handsome, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, I don't know how to explain the arrangement of fate. After another conversation, he said goodbye and left.

As soon as Cuiliu left, Ruojun glared at Shu Zhi angrily: "What are you doing pulling and pulling in front of outsiders." Cuiliu is a careful person. She'll be mistaken. ”

"Misunderstanding? I like you as a fact, what is the misunderstanding? What did she see? ”

"You're here again, I said, don't push me." Ruojun turned away, not wanting to talk to him.

"Okay, okay, I won't force you, you can continue to think about him. Maybe you should go to Hong Kong and compete with his wife! He also turned around angrily, calmed down for a few seconds, and left the kitchen in frustration.

Ruojun felt very uncomfortable, yes, did he also go to Hong Kong? And then what? Cheng Jiaqi may also have that Hu Xiaofen, they will be waiting for him in Hong Kong, he has both a wife and a new love, what is he? Moreover, the last time I chased him to Chongqing desperately, what was the result? is still suffering and separation, do you want to put down your self-esteem and chase him to Hong Kong this time?

No, she shook her head, forget it, she thought sourly, don't say that their love is full of holes, even if they still adhere to the original hell alliance, after all, they can't withstand the four words of deep love.

After a while, her son Nian'an ran into the kitchen, pulled her and asked, "That aunt just now said that I am very similar to my father, mother, where is Nian'an's father?" ”

Ruojun's mood was terrible, Ruikang's news, Shu Zhi's anger, and her son's question, she suddenly yelled at Nian An angrily: "No! No! No! You don't have a daddy! ”

His mother had never yelled at him, Xiao Nian'an was stunned, his little face lost his smile, a pair of dark and bright eyes, dimmed, his long eyelashes drooped, his small mouth pouted, and a transparent teardrop flowed out of the corner of his eye, he wiped it dry with his little hands, lowered his head and let out a disappointed "----hmm" sound.

Ruojun looked at his son's pitiful appearance, his heart was about to tremble, he hurriedly covered his lips, and said incoherently? How could he say such cruel things to him?

Squatted down and hugged Nian'an tightly, kept stroking his hair, and explained: "No, no, no, Nian'an, you have a father, but he is far away, and his father loves Nian'an very much, misses Ann very much." ”

Nian An bit her little lip and shook her head: "Mother is lying, Daddy doesn't want Nian An at all, and he doesn't want his mother." Nian An doesn't want Daddy, don't. As he spoke, he furrowed his two thick eyebrows, and his eyes lit up with hatred.

Ruojun's heart sank, she didn't know how to explain to him, did she have to tell him that her father had another family? More than one home? Do you want to tell him that he is an illegitimate child?

Ruojun shook his head, his mouth was pale and weak, repeating "no", Xiao Nian'an hugged his mother's neck, kissed his mother's cheek and said: "Don't be sad, my mother has Nian'an, and when Nian'an grows up, she will be filial to her mother and uncle." ”

Ruojun hugged him tightly in distress.

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On Chinese New Year's Eve, on the Zhou family's dinner table, in addition to chicken, duck and fish, there was an extra plate of pickles, which Cuiliu brought back from Ruojun's shop. She didn't think much about it, just because Master Zhou had just had an illness and couldn't eat greasy, so she cooked porridge and ate pickles, which was very appetizing.

It's just that she forgot that Master Zhou has lived in each house for seven or eight years, and Mei Ruojun's pickles are still fresh in his memory, as soon as the pickles are in his mouth, he knows that it is Mei Ruojun's craftsmanship, and he picked up the small bottle on the table and glanced at the "Chen Meiji Rose Pickles", and suddenly his heart was mixed......