I slept until dawn, woke up to the sound of chickens and birds, and started my day's work in the breeze and drizzle.

Granny Xie brought a pot of charcoal fire early, roasted sweet potatoes on the side, simmered a cup of winter melon soup, and some sunflower seeds and peanuts on the table.

"Granny Xie, don't bring these again in the future, keep them for yourself." Anxi chatted about work on QQ while talking to Granny Xie.

"I can't eat it alone, I grow it myself." Granny Xie sat by the fire and tied up her insole.

"After all, this is an office area, don't bring these things over in the future." Anthy said after taking a sip of water.

Granny Xie's eyes were dim, and she stammered after half a sound: "Then, I'll take it to the kitchen." ”

Anxi waved his hand and said, "Forget it today, mother-in-law, I don't mean anything else, I just think that there shouldn't be too many snacks in the office area, otherwise it will be bad to be seen."

Anthy was afraid that Granny Xie would think too much, so she added: "Mother-in-law, your things are very good, I'll buy some back another day and give them to my friends, they like to eat things here." ”

When Granny Xie heard Anxi's words, she smiled slightly and said, "Okay, good." ”

When Lu Lin came back, it was already evening, still carrying a bag of snacks and fruits, and as soon as he entered the house, he said, "Anxi, do you know who I met in the township?" ”

"Who" Anthy's tone was very indifferent, and he didn't even raise his head.

"Secretary Qin, you said that his old man stays in the district on weekdays, and he actually came to the township today, there must be something."

"Granny Xie, your fire is burning very well, it's too cold outside." The winter in the mountains is very cold, and you can still clearly feel the cold wind and fiery emotions in a thick down jacket.

Lu Lin sat by the fire and stretched out his hands close to the charcoal fire.

"That's normal, Secretary Qin is holding the post of deputy district head, and it's already very good to have time." Anthy still didn't look up, she still had a bunch of reports to do.

At the end of the year, the report summaries of each unit came, and Anxi had no time to take care of anything else, so he buried his head in a pile of reports.

"Anthy, it's getting dark, you can get off work." Lu Lin said with a smile.

"No, these things have to be done today."

"It's Christmas, aren't you?"

"What do foreigners spend on festivals? Besides, how do we live in the township? "Christmas? She didn't spend much New Year's Day, let alone a novel holiday like Christmas.

"I bought you a Santa Claus and a cake, hurry up and put down your work and eat the cake together."

Anthy raised his head and saw Lu Lin, who was smiling, waving Santa Claus in his hand: "You also bought a cake?" ”

"It's a holiday today!" Lu Lin smiled and opened the cake, which read: Happy Holidays.

Anxi was inexplicably moved, it was the first time he had such a Christmas, Lu Lin handed Anxi a piece of cake and said, "You just think this is a gift from Santa Claus." ”

Granny Xie was very quiet, took a bite gently, and held it in the palm of her hand.

"Mother-in-law, why don't you eat." Anthy asked.

"I'll keep it, and Matsuko will be back tomorrow." Granny Xie stared at the cake in her hand, thinking about her grandson's immature face, and she had to give him a taste of such a delicious cake.

"Mother-in-law, you can eat with peace of mind, and there are so many more? I'll take it all away in a moment. Lu Lin pointed to most of the cake and said.

"This can't be helped, this can't be done." Granny Xie shook her head.

"Why can't I do it, Secretary Lu and I can't eat much, we just want to have a good time, if you don't take it away, we won't eat it, won't it be a waste?"

Under the repeated persuasion of Anxi and Lu Lin, Granny Xie finally agreed to take the rest of the cake back.

After eating the cake, the three of them chatted around the fire, and the content revolved around Granny Xie's new house.

Anxi: "Mother-in-law, let's wait for the weather to warm up in April and May, the new house is too damp and not good for your health." ”

Lu Lin saw Granny Xie's concerns and said, "I'm not in a hurry to meet at this time, why don't you move before the year?" ”

Granny Xie looked at the two young faces, and no longer insisted, nodding was a tacit acquiescence to Lu Lin's proposal.

"Secretary An, Secretary Lu, my wife has caused you too much trouble, this is for you." Granny Xie took out two pairs of insoles, and the mats were embroidered with the pattern of mandarin ducks.

Anthy looked at the insoles with dense stitches, thinking that during this time, the old man always sat quietly in one place doing needlework, and it turned out that this was for them.

A warm current rose in Anzai's heart, and it felt so good to be remembered. Anthy is an extremely insecure person, and as long as there is a hint of warmth, she will be extremely happy.

"Thank you, mother-in-law." Anxi felt the temperature on the insole, which was sewn out by stitch and thread, and for Anxi, this handmade product was more precious than that of the factory assembly line.

"Mother-in-law, what kind of embroidery method are you?" Lu Lin looked at the lifelike mandarin duck road. Ordinary people embroider mandarin ducks and play in the water only mandarin ducks and water, but Granny Xie embroidered suddenly can see the reflection, and it is still double-sided, this technique Lu Lin has never heard of.

"This is a kind of embroidery that is more popular in our area, and I don't know exactly what the embroidery method is."

"Anxi, you see that this embroidery is peculiar, in addition to the more obvious double-sided embroidery, there are others in it." Lu Lin pointed to the insole.

"Okay, Brother Lin, you know all about embroidery." Anthy quipped.

"I've seen exhibitions before, and my girlfriend learned this when I was in college, so I know a little bit about it." Lu Lin said truthfully.

"You see that the river looks like it is alive under the light, it feels like it is moving, and you look at the feathers of the mandarin ducks, the roots are clear, and the points are exactly the same" Lu Lin held the insoles as if he was fascinated.

"Such a good embroidery method, should not be unknown, now the whole country is vigorously developing traditional culture, embroidery is an ancient handicraft in our country, now all places are reviving traditional culture, we can also." Anxi thought that some time ago, a hand-embroidered costume was sold for tens of thousands of yuan, and they should be able to do this.

"Anxi, you and I want to go together, we must carry forward such a good thing." Lu Lin's eyes lit up, and he said vigorously: "Granny Xie, you are really our nobleman" He needs to be more brilliant and get more recognition.

He came out of the countryside, and by virtue of passing five levels and killing six generals, he fought out of thousands of troops and horses, in order to return to his hometown one day in fine clothes and fulfill his parents' dream of officialdom.

Although Lu Lin was born in the countryside, but the family conditions are not bad, his father is a well-known small contractor nearby, and he also contracted a few small projects, and made some money, his mother relied on the ancient town next to him to open a farmhouse, and contracted dozens of acres of land to plant some Chinese herbal medicine, which can be regarded as embarking on the fast track to get rich, Lu Lin's father's requirements for Lu Lin are: no matter what, he must also enter the national team, at least stable, and do not ask for help.

Lu Lin knows what his father means, he has followed his father since he was a child, and when he saw his father enter the leader's office with a smile, he came out crying and sad, and again and again, his father always catered to him everywhere with a smiling face.

He also couldn't get used to his father's behavior, and after drinking again, he tilted his head and said to his father: "Dad, are you so tired every day?" If you stack bricks, you will stack bricks, what are you doing around those people in the village and township every day? You don't even know what other people say about you."

Lu Lin's father drank a glass of wine, glared at him and said, "What are you talking about me?" ”

"Sycophant." Lu Lin drank a little too much, and said with a smile, looking closely, there was still a glimmer of sparkle in his eyes.

Father Lu took a big sip of wine and shouted at the top of his throat, "Fart." ”

"Don't listen to their nonsense, your dad and I are upright people, relying on real skills."

"Lu Lin, you have to remember that it's not terrible to be scolded, what is terrible is that you don't dare to face yourself, face yourself, there are so many people in the world, you just have to be yourself and have a clear conscience."

That night, they drank a lot of wine, laughed and cursed at each other, and finally fell asleep on the ground with their arms in their arms.

Since then, he has learned how to do business, how to say nice things, how to seize opportunities, how to find that glimmer of light in the dark, he has this ability and this courage.