34. Family Feast (I)
The road to the cemetery is not far, and it is necessary to make a bus back and forth, Xue Lanlan sat on the bus a little drowsy, and the scenery outside the window drove slowly.
Because X City is a city outside the third tier, many places are a combination of towns and villages, and you can see green lawns and flowers, probably because of the summer, the sun is more sunny than usual, but the street scenery is more beautiful.
Xue Lanlan yawned, she lazily leaned on Du Peng's side, at this time Du Peng seemed to see her discomfort, and asked directly: "Are you uncomfortable, do you want to rest on me for a while?" ”
Xue Lanlan raised her head slightly when she heard the sound, and immediately saw Du Peng's side face, with a straight nose and thin cherry blossom lips, which looked very good.
Xue Lanlan turned her head slightly to avoid his face, and she said, "No, I'm not very uncomfortable." ”
Although Xue Lanlan said this, the uncomfortable sitting posture had betrayed her, and as soon as her words fell, Du Peng next to her gently pulled her.
Suddenly, Xue Lanlan felt that the sky was dark, and her whole head was buckled on Du Peng's shoulder, and she looked at Du Peng who forcibly pressed her head to kill the ground, with a question mark on her face.
Du Peng said lightly: "Beep...... Scanning Xue Lanlan is too tired and needs to rest urgently, and the meat pad robot mode is turned on. ”
Although Du Peng said it at a glance, Xue Lanlan couldn't help but laugh a little, she was calm from the initial panic to the present, she leaned on Du Peng's shoulder and gently closed her eyes.
"Du Peng." Xue Lanlan called his name softly.
"Huh?"
"It's nothing, I just want to call you." Xue Lanlan closed her eyes and said with a chuckle.
"Don't worry, I'm always there." Du Peng's voice slowly remembered from Xue Lanlan's ears, which made her have an inexplicable feeling, as if Du Peng in front of her was being a little humanized.
Silently echoed between the two people, and I don't know how long the bus had gone, when Xue Lanlan woke up, the car stopped, and Du Peng's posture said motionlessly: "Xue Lanlan, it seems to have arrived." ”
"Well, I can see that." As soon as Xue Lanlan looked up, she saw the word "cemetery" written on the building sign outside, she straightened her messy hair slightly, and then pulled her mother and Du Peng out of the car.
Xue Lanlan stretched out as soon as she got out of the car, and the air in the countryside was very fresh, with a faint natural fragrance. She turned her head and said to Du Peng behind her, "Let's have a game!" ”
"Than what?"
"Let's see who runs up first!" Xue Lanlan immediately ran up after finishing speaking, but she didn't run a few steps before she heard Du Peng's lazy voice behind her: "I don't want it, I still have to take care of my aunt." ”
"......" Xue Lanlan listened to Du Peng's words, and obviously felt the eyes cast by her mother, Xue Lanlan silently changed running to walking.
Her father's grave was not far from the entrance of the cemetery, and the three of them soon arrived in front of the cemetery, and the gray stone slab was carved on the slab: Xue Tiantian's Tomb.
"Your father's name is Xue Yitian?" Du Peng leaned against Xue Lanlan's side, and his voice came from his ear canal.
Xue Lanlan listened to Du Peng's words, shrunk her neck a little sensitively, and then she paused and said, "Yes." This time Du Peng didn't speak again.
At this time, Xue's mother had already placed the sacrificial things in front of her one by one, and every time she came to worship her father, she didn't take much: a copper basin, a bottle of liquor, a dish made by my mother, a small bag of peanuts, a stack of paper money and a pair of chopsticks.
Xue Lanlan watched her mother put the food and peanuts into the copper basin and sprinkled the liquor on it.
Xue Lanlan lowered her head slightly and said to Du Peng: "My dad loved to drink the most when he was alive, he said that he was forbidden to drink at work, so he would drink a lot of alcohol when he got home, even if my mother didn't like my dad to drink, she would still make him a snack for him, and then serve it with peanuts and rice, and eat it deliciously." ”
Xue Lanlan said to Du Peng as if she was reminiscing: "I don't remember much of my father, but this one is very impressive, and my mother will bring these things to her liking every time she comes over." ”
After she finished speaking, she picked up the lighter and paper money, at this time Xue's mother had already put the chopsticks into the copper basin, Xue Lanlan took the burning paper money and threw it into the copper basin together, the alcohol in the copper basin encountered the fire, and the chemical reaction burned more vigorously.
Xue Lanlan looked at the burning fire, and then said to Du Peng: "Du Peng, didn't you say that you are a moon-old robot and want to find the most suitable person for me for me?" ”
Xue Lanlan stretched out her hand gently, and a piece of tissue fell into the copper basin, making a "zla" angry sound, she paused: "I want a love like my parents, my father has a proper job, although he occasionally drinks, but he is not addicted, loyal, humorous and generous, at that time he often can't go home because of work, but every time he is free, he will write to my mother to show his thoughts." ”
"I want this kind of love, the kind that that person's heart has always been with me no matter where I am." Xue Lanlan turned her head to look at Du Peng and asked seriously, "Do you think I can find it?" ”
"Beep...... I don't know ......" Du Peng slowly popped out a few words as if he was stuck, and then added: "However, I will work hard, human beings have said that some things may only have a 50% success rate if you work hard, but if you don't work hard, you won't even have a 50% success rate." ”
Xue Lanlan chuckled softly when she heard Du Peng's words, she patted Du Peng and said half-jokingly: "You're right, but how can you guarantee that the man you give me will not cheat for the rest of your life and love me for the rest of your life?" ”
"Beep...... The system is busy......"
"You don't come." Xue Lanlan just rolled her eyes and was about to continue to tease Du Peng, when she felt a pain in her neck, and the back of her fateful neck was directly grabbed in her hands.
"You kid, it's just a smoke, and you're bullying Xiao Du again?" Mother Xue pulled the back of Xue Lanlan's neck with one hand, and then earnestly educated: "Let me tell you, you don't always bully Xiao Du, men can't bully like this, they also have to have self-esteem, for the sake of feelings, you have to learn to restrain your temper." ”
Xue Lanlan listened to Mother Xue's teachings, she dared to be angry in her heart, she took a breath silently, and then tried to squeeze out a smile and said to her mother: "Mom, you believe me, I really didn't bully him." ”
"Believe you big-headed ghost, okay, your father's sacrifice is over, we should go back, your aunt and they just came to the message, saying that the Sunshine Hotel will be ordered to wash your dust at noon." Mother Xue paused and looked at Xue Lanlan.
Xue Lanlan's heart tightened when she heard her mother say this, she knew that the main event was coming, she took a breath and nodded and said, "Okay, I know." ”
Xue Lanlan knew that those seven aunts and eight aunts held banquets, and the eight achievements were inseparable from the topic of finding a partner, and every time she encountered this situation, Xue Lanlan had a headache.
The three of them returned along the same road, Xue's mother walked in the front, Xue Lanlan and Du Peng followed side by side, Du Peng looked at Xue Lanlan and asked, "You don't seem to like your seven aunts and eight aunts very much." ”
"It's a little, it's scary." Xue Lanlan didn't know how to tell a robot what she wanted, she paused and said: "I experienced a love injury before, after I got engaged to him, the other party was caught by me, but the saddest thing for me is not the betrayal of the other party." ”
"What's that sad thing?"
"It's a mockery from the family." Xue Lanlan looked at her mother's somewhat rickety back in front of her, and said softly: "While they comfort me on the surface, they privately treat my affairs as a joke, when my father left, they were like this, on the surface they said that they pity our family, but in private they step on our family everywhere, and now it is just the same." ”
Xue Lanlan's voice was very soft, very light, but the word "sadness" popped out of Du Peng's brain program, and he knew that according to the analysis of micro-expressions, Xue Lanlan now showed a sad expression.
"After today, I hope that no matter what they say, you either don't speak, or you agree with me." Xue Lanlan looked at Du Peng and asked softly.
Du Peng thought for a moment and responded: "Received instructions." ”
"Okay, then let's go down quickly, my mother is in a hurry." After saying that, Xue Lanlan quickly ran down, and after Xue Lanlan went down the steps, she got into the taxi that Xue's mother had taken directly.
When Xue Lanlan took Du Peng to the designated hotel, she saw her seven aunts and eight aunts at a glance, the most eye-catching of which were the eldest aunt and the little aunt.
Xue Lanlan puffed out her mouth, then adjusted her expression, held Du Peng with one hand, and pulled Xue's mother over with the other, Xue Lanlan took the lead and said, "Auntie is good, aunt is good." ”
"Ouch, it's rare for Lan Lan to come back, so I can only see you on New Year's Day and your father's death day." The eldest aunt who accosted her, her eyes seemed to be looking at Xue Lanlan, but in fact, she was looking at Du Peng, she said: "This group of juniors, you are the best to mix, develop in a big city, come and come, go into the private room and say." ”
Xue Lanlan responded with "hehe", and then followed the others into the private room of the restaurant, as soon as Xue Lanlan sat down, she heard the little aunt next to her ask, and the little aunt paused: "Lanlan, you haven't introduced the ...... next to you."
"Xiao Du is Lan Lan's boyfriend." It was Xue's mother who responded.
Xue Lanlan looked at her mother's happy face, and felt a little guilty in her heart, she quickly turned her head to everyone and said, "This is my boyfriend, named Du Peng, who does electronic program work." ”
"Electronic programs? That will repair the computer, won't it? The eldest aunt asked non-stop.
Du Peng glanced at Xue Lanlan and paused: "Yes, it is not difficult to repair the general computer." ”
"That's a good dare, you can help me fix my computer if it breaks down in the future, you don't know, now this outside computer repair is very dark, and the price is high!" The eldest aunt said very naturally that her father requested, as if it was a matter of course to help her repair the computer!