Xia Zhi stood beside Beicheng, smiling at a couple of newcomers with happiness on their faces, raising their hands, and swearing in front of the leader's photo.

Although the wedding is simple, you can feel the seriousness of their vows and their love for each other from their sparkling eyes, loud voices, and sincere eyes.

After taking the oath, relatives and friends began to sit down, for today's wedding banquet, Xia Jianye specially invited two chefs from the army, and the dishes cooked tasted very good.

It was lively all day, and the next day, Jiang Wenhui's parents returned to Shanghai.

Today is the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, Gu Weidong, Gu sister-in-law, and Gu Xiangyang's family also returned to the old house for the New Year.

Early in the morning, the old man went out with his two sons and a grandson, saying that he was going to buy meat.

It's almost the New Year, Mrs. Gu took out all the meat tickets she had saved, and asked Mr. Gu to buy more meat and eat it for the New Year.

Xia Zhi and Mrs. Gu were busy in the kitchen, and yesterday, Old Man Gu bought a few big carp and came back, and Mrs. Gu and Xia Zhi were cleaning up.

Xiao Ran has already given birth, it is a son, and it is now two months old, this is the first boy of the fourth generation of the Gu family, and his nickname is Tongtong.

Xiao Ran sat in the living room with Tongtong in her arms, her daughter Nannan was playing on the side, and the little monkeys and children were holding books and doing the homework assigned to them by the summer solstice.

Several children have completed the homework assigned by the school, and Xia Zhi will give them the questions himself.

The atmosphere of the New Year is very strong, and although the streets are not as colorful as in later generations, and the red lanterns are hung, everyone's faces are full of smiles.

Especially children, who run around outside all day long, if any child can buy a string of small cannons, it will attract the envy of many friends, chasing behind to listen to the sound.

Old Man Gu and the others quickly came back from outside, carrying dozens of catties of pork in Beicheng's hands.

The men and women of the Gu family have saved more than 30 catties of meat tickets, and they can have a good year now.

A few children who were doing the exercises couldn't help but be attracted to the pork when they saw such a large piece of pork.

When Xia Zhi saw it, he said to a few children: "Okay, I'll write the exercises after the New Year, let's go play now." ”

When the children heard this, they immediately cheered, threw away the pen in their hands, and followed behind Beicheng to see the large piece of pork.

Unexpectedly, Gu Xiangyang took out a string of small cannons from his pocket and smiled at several children: "Who wants to play?" ”

There is no boy who doesn't like to play with small firecrackers when he is a child, and when he saw the thing in Gu Xiangyang's hand, the little monkey immediately shouted loudly: "I want to play, I want to play..."

Gu Xiangyang gave a string to each of the children, and then said to the children: "Go play, don't hurt yourself." ”

"Ah," the children replied, and ran out with small firecrackers.

Gu Xiangyang walked to Xiao Ran's side, looked at his son who was in swaddling clothes, holding his little fist, and chuckled: "When you grow up, you will be able to play with your little uncles." ”

Seeing Gu Xiangyang, he dropped the rag doll in his hand, walked to Gu Xiangyang's side, hugged Gu Xiangyang's calf, and looked at Gu Xiangyang with his little face up, "Dad, I also want to go out to play, Sister Duoduo is not worthy of me to play." ”

Looking at her daughter with big eyes and a small mouth, Gu Xiangyang picked up Nan Nan lovingly, and said to Xiao Nannan: "Nan Nan, Sister Duoduo is painting, don't disturb Sister Duoduo, Dad will take you out to play." ”

"Yes, yes."

Gu Xiangyang was about to go out with the little girl in his arms, and Xiao Ran hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, put this little padded jacket on for the girl." ”

Xiao Ran pointed to a small red jacket placed on the sofa.

"Okay," Gu Xiangyang picked up the little jacket and wanted to put it on for the girl, "Good girl, it's cold outside, let's put on the little padded jacket." ”

Xiao Nannan was very obedient, and obediently let Gu Xiangyang put on a red jacket for her.

After dressing up, Gu Xiangyang picked up the little girl and turned it upside down, making her giggle.

Xiao Ran looked at the smirking father and daughter, and couldn't help but bend his eyebrows and smile.

Gu Beicheng put the pork in the kitchen, then took a bone chopping knife to divide the meat into a large square piece of meat, and then cleaned it after cutting.

The summer solstice was about to wash, and Gu Beicheng hurriedly said: "I'll come, the water is a little cold." ”

When the old lady Gu on the side heard this, she smiled and said, "Yes, yes, let Beicheng clean up, don't touch your hands." ”

After the meat was cleaned up, Xia Solstice began to stew meat, and when the rest of the people couldn't see it, Xia Solstice also put some of the ingredients stored in the space into the pot.

The little monkey held a small firecracker in his hand and discussed with An An, Xiao Baozi, and Xiao Yu'er, "Let's go and play with Huzi." ”

Xiao Baozi and Xiao Yu'er have always listened to the little monkey's words, and they have no opinion, An An thought about it and said, "Then let's come back for lunch." ”

The little monkey smiled and nodded, and then the four little ones went to play with the tiger brothers.

The large pieces of meat were quickly stewed, and the aroma of the meat came out of the cauldron.

Mr. Gu likes to eat meat very much, but because he is old, he is more restrained on weekdays, and now during the Chinese New Year, Mr. Gu is a little greedy, smelling the smell of meat, so he laughed and said, "It's still delicious to cook on the summer solstice, this meat is really delicious, it's so fragrant!" ”

Mrs. Gu, who was sitting on the side, nodded approvingly: "Xia Zhi, the food cooked by this kid is indeed better than what I cooked." ”

When Old Man Gu heard this, he hurriedly comforted his wife, "The food you cook is also delicious." ”

Old Lady Gu looked at Old Man Gu with disgust, pursed her lips and smiled, "How can I still eat children's vinegar?"

"Haha, I'm telling the truth!"

When it was time for lunch, An An led her three younger brothers back, followed by four little guys, who were Hu Meimei's children.

Unlike An An, who were all wearing new clothes, the Huzi brothers were wearing shabby clothes, not to mention the patches on their clothes, the clothes looked very thin, and the children were curled up by the cold and had a runny nose.

Huzi was okay, his three brothers, when the snot flowed down, they wiped their sleeves with their hands, and the sleeves of several children were wiped black and shiny.

Mrs. Gu is clean, and she couldn't help but sigh when she saw it, feeling that Hu Meili didn't look like a mother at all.

Even if the child doesn't have good clothes to wear, the clothes are dirty like that, and they don't know how to wash the child.

Huzi saw that the Gu family was full of people, and he was not timid, and greeted everyone with a smile.

His brothers weren't as bold or clever as he was.

Mrs. Gu was busy and greeted warmly, "Come in, it's cold outside, it's warm in the house," and after speaking, she said to An An: "An An, close the door quickly, the cold wind is blowing in." ”

"Hey," An An answered, pulled the Huzi brothers into the house, and closed the door.

After the Huzi brothers entered the door, they were a little restrained, and Mrs. Gu asked with a smile, "Have you eaten?" ”

Huzi shook his head embarrassedly, and his brothers bowed their heads shyly.

The little monkey on the side said: "Grandma, Huzi's mother and her grandmother today, they didn't cook, so I brought them to our house to eat." ”

When Old Man Gu heard this, he said, "Okay, Huzi," Old Man Gu looked at Huzi, "Don't be restrained, treat this as your own home, and eat at Grandpa's house for a while." ”

Huzi scratched his head and said gratefully: "Thank you, grandpa, grandma." ”

Seeing that the brothers didn't react, Huzi kicked and screamed one by one, and a few little guys also hurriedly shouted: "Thank you, grandpa, grandma." ”

After the pork was stewed, Xia Zhi and Sister-in-law Gu steamed two pots of white steamed buns and boiled a large pot of thick millet porridge.

Because of the large number of people, there were two tables, one for children and one for adults, otherwise they couldn't sit down at all.

Huzi and a few brothers, their little hands are black, their little faces are dirty, and they don't know how long they haven't washed their hands and faces.

Xia Zhi asked An An to lead a few children to wash their hands and faces, and then sat down at the dining table and began to eat.

The large pieces of meat are cut into thin slices and stewed with cabbage and vermicelli, the cabbage and vermicelli absorb the fat, and they are eaten together with the large slices of meat, which is fragrant and not greasy.

Everyone was sweating profusely, Huzi and a few brothers were even more wolfing, they usually ate enough, they didn't necessarily be able to eat meat once in a few months, this time they could eat fragrant meat in Gu's house during the New Year, they were not too happy.

Cooked a big pot of stew, and finally was eaten by everyone, don't look at the small Huzi people, but eat two bowls of vegetables, four steamed buns, no less than adults eat.

Several of his brothers, because of their young age, only ate two steamed buns, after eating, Huzi and his brothers were very embarrassed, eating too much, if they dared to eat like this at home, her grandmother would have scolded a long time ago, and after eating, her body was much warmer.

The child couldn't sit still, so Mrs. Gu said, "An An, when you're full, take your younger brothers and go out to play, and remember to come back when you have dinner." ”

An An answered, took a few children, and went out cheering.

After eating, Mrs. Gu took Xia Zhi and Sister-in-law Gu to start steaming steamed buns and prepared them for the New Year.

There are many Gu families, but fortunately, the Gu family's mansion is big enough that everyone is crowded, and they can sleep.

In the blink of an eye, it was the first day of the first month;

Early in the morning, someone came to pay New Year's greetings, and Gu Beicheng also took Xia Zhi and a few little guys to Xia's house to pay New Year's greetings.

This year, because Xia Aiguo came back and married a new daughter-in-law, the Xia family rarely became lively, and Xia Jianye opened the door with a smile on his face and let Gu Beicheng's family in.

Jiang Wenhui saw that Xia Zhi's family was coming, so she hurriedly took the melon seeds and sugar balls on the table to a few children and let them eat.

Seeing Jiang Wenhui's ruddy face and joy in her eyes, she knew that she was living a good life.

Xia Jianye gave a piece of money to one child, which was regarded as New Year's money, and Xia Aiguo and Xia Aiguo also gave one piece, and several children smiled brightly.

Duoduo looked at the three yuan in his hand, blinked his eyes, and then gave the money to Xia Zhi without hesitation, An An too, after getting the money, he gave it to Xia Zhi, "Mom, you can help me keep it." ”

The three little monkey brothers still want to use the money to buy small firecrackers to play, but when they see that their brother and sister have given their mother's New Year's money, they also want to give it, but they are a little reluctant.

When Xia Zhi saw it, he smiled and said, "A lot of New Year's money, I'll help her save it,"

Then he stuffed An An's money back into An An's hand, and said with a smile, "When the department store opens, An An can use the money to buy things she likes, small firecrackers or candy." ”

An An said sensibly: "Mom, it just so happens that my notebook is running out, I'll use this money to buy a notebook, these money can buy a lot of books, and when the time comes, my younger brother can also use it." ”

Xia Zhi rubbed An An's little head and said, "An An is really sensible." ”

Seeing that the summer solstice did not collect their New Year's money, the three little monkey brothers happily stuffed the money into their pockets, and in the morning, grandpa, grandmother, and uncle and aunt gave them a lot of New Year's money.

Even Brother Xiangyang and his sister-in-law gave it, a few little guys, after a New Year, they gained a lot.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Gu Hongxing's family also came, and the Gu family had a reunion dinner.

After the New Year, Xia Aiguo took Jiang Wenhui back to the army.

Gu Xiangyang's family and Brother Gu's family both left the old mansion.

Gu Beicheng also returned to the army early because of something.

Only the old man of the Gu family, the old lady, Xia Zhi and a few children were left in the family.

Several of the children have not yet started school, so Xia Zhi tutors them at home.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, several children also started school, and even Duoduo went to Professor Zhao to learn to paint.

The summer solstice was idle all of a sudden.

This year is 1976, and the movement is coming to an end.

And this year, several great men also passed away one after another.

The great Prime Minister, Mr. Minister, is gone, and the day of the death of the great leader is not far off.

What worries Xia Solstice even more is the massive earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands of people.

She knew what day the earthquake occurred, and she also knew how many people died in that earthquake, so many living lives, so many happy families, all of whom were plunged into great grief because of that earthquake.

If Xia Zhi didn't know, forget it, but thinking of hundreds of thousands of lives, she was a little worried.

Three months passed before I knew it.

It has entered the sixth month of the solar calendar.

At night, Gu Beicheng hugged Xia Zhi, and wrapped Xia Zhi in his arms with strong arms, "What's wrong with you, daughter-in-law?" I see you seem to have something on your mind lately. ”

Xia Zhi didn't speak, but nodded.

Gu Beicheng glanced at Xia Zhi, who seemed to be distracted, and asked, "Can't you tell me?" ”

Xia Zhi raised his eyes and looked at Gu Beicheng.

Handsome appearance, a pair of eyes deep and wise, but full of spoiling in the face of her.

This man who spoiled her in the palm of his hand, should she tell him about herself?

Will he believe it?

Xia Zhi smiled lightly, leaned at the corner of Gu Beicheng's mouth, and kissed it.

Gu Beicheng's eyes deepened, his big hand was around, the two of them touched their bodies, and Gu Beicheng's body pressed down, deepening the kiss.

After a long while, the two parted breathlessly, Gu Beicheng wiped the silver thread from the corner of Xia Zhi's mouth, and said in a gentle tone, "It's okay if you don't want to say it, when you want to tell me, talk about it." ”

Gu Beicheng's empathy once again shook Xia Zhi's heart.

She knew exactly when the earthquake struck, and she might have been able to avoid the deaths of hundreds of thousands of her compatriots.

Even if she says it, others don't believe her, at least she has a clear conscience,

But if you don't say it?

Let that earthquake happen, and watch that earthquake swallow so many lives? Ruined so many families?

The summer solstice can't do it either!

"Brother Beicheng," Xia Zhi wrapped his hands around Gu Beicheng's waist, and said in a sullen tone: "I don't know what to do?" ”

Gu Beicheng had never seen Xia Zhi so hesitant and worried, and couldn't help but hold Xia Zhi's face with distressed hands, and looked at Xia Zhi's worried eyes, "Daughter-in-law, you have me!" ”

There are no sweet words, no mountain alliances and sea oaths, but this simple sentence "You have me" actually moved Xia Zhi to tears.

She should have believed him!