Chapter 14: Returning to my hometown on New Year's Day
New Year's Day happened to be two days in a row, and the couple took their father-in-law and mother-in-law to drive the Corolla all the way south, crossing the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and came to Lu Fanhong's hometown.
Stopping in the hometown of the great man, they washed their hands, took photos with bronze statues, and listened to the magical story of the sun and the moon.
They tasted authentic steamed fish head with chopped pepper and Mao's braised pork, then galloped west.
Their destination is Phoenix Ancient Town in Xiangxi. It was the home of Sister Lu Fanhong.
Because of the inconvenient transportation, he has not returned to his hometown for several years, and he will transfer some money back on WeChat every month, and he can only transfer it to his eldest sister.
Before leaving, the couple discussed that they would go back to their parents 10,000 yuan this time.
Lu Fanhong clenched the steering wheel, was in a very good mood, and had a sense of returning home.
Fluttershy and her parents are drowsy as they drive on the highway after lunch, and their thoughts are already flying away.
Last night, he arranged a private room in Da Ronghe, and the guests were Li Xin and his wife and daughter Shanshan.
There were not many people, he only ordered a few hard dishes, mainly seafood, and brought a bottle of Feitian Moutai by himself.
Before the dishes were served, his wife and Shanshan were playing, and he chatted with Li Xin and his wife.
Lu Fanhong heard Li Xin say that her husband's name is Huang Youjin, who is in the same school as her, has a doctorate in economics, and is now a researcher in the city's social and economic research office.
Li Xin also relied on her husband's relationship to enter the securities company.
Dr. Wong is tall and thin, wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and speaks logically, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose as he speaks.
After the dishes were ready, Lu Fanhong picked up his wine glass and thanked Li Xin: "Old classmate, a thousand words can't express my gratitude!" It's all in the wine, come, Brother Huang, it's dry. ”
After saying that, he drank it all first.
"It's all your own, don't say that." Li Xin said politely.
"Happy New Year's Day!" Dr. Huang finished talking and did it.
They chatted while eating and reminisced about many interesting things from their school days.
Dr. Huang drank a lot of wine and his face did not change, but he didn't eat much, and Lu Fanhong sandwiched a piece of fish for him, and he didn't eat it.
Finally, he asked the waiter to take an extra pair of chopsticks and put some food into his bowl, and then put it into his mouth.
Seeing this, Lu Fanhong was a little embarrassed, feeling that the gap between him and people like Dr. Huang was too big, and he thought to himself, redouble his efforts, one day, he will climb to the top of the pyramid.
Corolla turned into a beautiful town, and Lu Fanhong's thoughts were pulled back by the beautiful scenery in front of him.
He woke up his wife, and his wife woke up his parents again.
"It's so beautiful! It's like an ink painting. The wife screamed excitedly.
The mother-in-law also opened the car window and took pictures with her mobile phone.
Corolla stopped in a small farm yard on the side of the mountain, chickens were running, pigs were crowing, and out of the yard came a peasant daughter-in-law with a blue emerald cloth around her head.
Lu Fanhong parked the car, opened the door and called "eldest sister".
Fluttershy and her parents get out of the car and greet her older sister with a smile.
The eldest sister shouted excitedly: "Fan Hong, it's you!" I didn't expect it to arrive so soon, is this car yours? It's beautiful! ”
"It's mine, brother-in-law?" He asked, looking around.
"Your brother-in-law sells souvenirs on the street." After the eldest sister finished speaking, she beckoned them into the house.
"Is this your daughter-in-law? It's beautiful! The older sister takes Fluttershy's hand and praises.
The mother-in-law said to the eldest sister, "You have beautiful mountains and rivers here, and it is a good place. ”
"Big stars have come to make movies, and it's famous here." The eldest sister said happily.
The father-in-law looked east and west and didn't say a word.
In the evening, my brother-in-law came back with a bottle of local earthen jar wine, and he smiled when he entered the door.
The eldest sister kills a home-raised chicken, which is cooked and fried with red peppers, which is fragrant and spicy, and Fluttershy and her parents are northerners, and although they can't stand it, they eat a lot.
Lu Fanhong and his brother-in-law drank together, but they couldn't stand the massive amount of his brother-in-law, and soon collapsed.
They played in the town for two days, and the mother-in-law took hundreds of photos of the Chinese aunt and posted them to the circle of friends.
Leaving the town, they drove deeper into the mountains, circled around the winding mountain road, and climbed several mountains before they came to a small mountain village.
This is where Lu Fanhong grew up, there is no road into the village, and the car can only be parked at the entrance of the village.
The four of them, carrying large bags of gifts, walked to a row of earthen houses.
Walking into the earth house, only Lu Fanhong's little sister was at home, her little sister's name was Lu Xiaoqian, and she was cooking pig food in the kitchen.
Hearing her brother calling her, she threw down the stirring stick in her hand and ran out.
Lu Xiaoqian is 20 years old, has never been out of the mountains, round face, black and red, two big braids jumping around, although the clothes on her body are a little dirty, but her body is well-proportioned and youthful.
Fluttershy touches her braid and says, "Little sister, your braids are thick and long, what a baby!" ”
Xiaoqian had never seen the world, and when she praised him, she immediately blushed and was very embarrassed.
Her mother-in-law also praised her: "Xiaoqian is Xiaofang in the village, simple and cute!" ”
They chatted for a while, and Lu Fanhong's parents came back, and they went to pick mushrooms, and the wild cold mushrooms here are local specialties.
The local chicken that I ate for lunch was roasted with cold mushrooms, filled with a basin, fried a few fresh vegetables grown by home, and drank rice wine brewed by Lu's mother.
The first time the in-laws met, after three rounds of drinking, it was very lively, Lu Fanhong did not ask his wife for consent, so he proposed to let his little sister go to City C to work.
Fluttershy smiles and doesn't smile anymore.