After dinner, everyone cleaned up the table, Sister Zhu washed the dishes, and the others invariably walked to the side hall, which was connected to the corridor leading to the back garden, and the air was not only cool but always with a faint smell of herbs at night. Tang's mother proposed to make some hawthorn fruit tea to eliminate food, and Shi Jiaojiao was the first to wave her hand, "I've already eaten to my neck, I really can't drink anything!" Tang Jianyu pressed his mother's shoulder from behind and said, "Don't be busy, sit and talk." ”

Father Tang stared at an insect trapping lamp outside the wooden lattice, shook his hand at Shi Jiaojiao beside him, and whispered: "Come and see, is there a gecko crawling in!" Shi Jiaojiao stretched her neck and walked over quietly, in the round lampshade glowing blue and white, there was indeed a black shadow with a long tail in her movements, and she couldn't help but laugh quietly: "The environment here is natural, I haven't seen a gecko in the village for a long time." Tang Jianyu and his mother also came over, and the four of them watched a predatory gecko, perhaps because the breath of the person suddenly increased, scaring the small animals scurrying around in the lampshade.

Everyone found a place to sit down, and according to the arrangement of the chairs, it naturally made a pattern of men and women facing each other. At first, he said something like "everything is going well at home", no matter how poor the homely things are, and besides, these have already been said at the dinner table, and people gradually realize that the scene is cramped, and everyone seems to be tacitly limited by the inconvenience of explanation. Shi Jiaojiao's eyes turned on the faces of the father and son, and she straightened her posture and said, "Uncle, aunt, there is something at work, I'll make a call." ”

As soon as Shi Jiaojiao left, the expressions of the Tang family and his wife became solemn, and Tang's father patted his thigh and looked at his son, saying, "I often talk to your teacher Du on the phone, and we are all very anxious. You've been avoiding home for so many days, so you should give an explanation, right? When Dad personally goes to your unit to ask, you will say that I am bureaucratic and dictatorial and meddle in your business. Tang Jianyu licked his lips and replied: "It's not that I don't want to say it, it's that things haven't progressed, and I said that you and your mother are in a hurry." ”

Hearing this, Tang's father turned his head and stared at his son, "What do they want?" Tang Jianyu waved his hand, "Don't ask, I won't say." "Ah Yu" Tang Mu was a little anxious, "If you have a way, why don't you delay it until this time, aren't others just eating this point and being so blatant?" Tang Jianyu sighed, crossed his hands on his hips, twisted his head evasively, and said, "Don't say it again, I'm already very tired." He narrowed his eyes at the darkly shadowed little garden, "Give me some time, I've already had private contact with them." ”

"What does Jiaojiao think about this?" Tang's mother asked, Tang Jianyu sighed at the flesh of his cheeks, "Naturally, I have the same opinion as you." "I'm not talking about this," Tang's mother passed in front of her husband, looked directly at her son's face, and said, "Your career parents don't understand, you said that you have your own rhythm, and we will accompany you horizontally and vertically." No matter what the outcome, we can afford to wait and stand it just like you! What about Jiaojiao? You can't rely on her feelings for you, just keep silent, and let the family consume you! Just because she doesn't say it doesn't mean she doesn't have any ideas in her heart, you'd better not treat her with the same attitude as us, she doesn't have to accompany you to suffer this! ”

Tang Jianyu felt extremely tired, so tired that he couldn't open his eyelids to look at his worried mother, he pinched his temples and called out to his mother very weakly, "You're just afraid that your son won't be able to start a family, and I love her, do you think you will care more about her feelings than I do?" Tang's mother was choked up, her momentum weakened, and her expression was bitter, "Yes, I only care about my son." If you are down, you are nothing all of a sudden, will there be anyone willing to accompany you in this life? ”

A moon bends in the sky, thin eyes like a beautiful woman smiling, and the flying wall decorations of the Chinese courtyard are her charming eyes. Shi Jiaojiao didn't have any phone calls, but just wanted to find an opportunity for their family of three to communicate urgently. "Miss Shi." Sister Zhu came over from the kitchen, changed her shoes indiscriminately and ran to the porch, stood timidly in the moonlight, and asked Shi Jiaojiao: "You called, why didn't you enter the house?" Shi Jiaojiao retracted her gaze from the night sky and whispered, "It's okay, the moon is so beautiful." ”

Sister Zhu walked down the porch, stood beside Shi Jiaojiao, looked up and said, "This crescent moon is not good-looking, and the big and full moon is called Liangtang!" Shi Jiaojiao raised the corners of her mouth, "Well, it's all good-looking." Sister Zhu looked at the little daughter-in-law of the Tang family, who had not entered the door for a long time, much younger than Professor Tang, her delicate eyebrows and eyes were in the moon-white night, just like the crescent moon in the sky, although it looked so weak, it was so high that it was difficult to approach, giving people a sharp sense of oppression.

"Miss Shi, do you have anything to say to me at dinner?" Sister Zhu gritted her teeth and asked. Shi Jiaojiao pulled down the ponytail that was already a little loose, put the black hair band on her wrist, inserted her fingers into the hair and gently shook the silk, so that the soft and natural shawl fell softly on her shoulders, and asked, "Auntie, you have been working here for a while, how are my parents-in-law treating you?" Sister Zhu was stunned for a moment, subconsciously touched the well-textured shirt on her body, and said, "Very good." ”

Shi Jiaojiao nodded, and asked again: "You only see that they are polite, do you know what they did before they retired?" Sister Zhu was a little confused, "I haven't learned about this, I only know that it's an adult's family." Mr. Xiao Tang is a professor, and his parents are probably also university teachers, right? Shi Jiaojiao said: "My mother-in-law used to be a propaganda organization in the agency, and no one in the family has brighter eyes than her, and no one can see everything better than her. Everyone sees her talking kindly, that is because of her generosity," said and turned to look at Sister Zhu, "If it weren't for her willingness to be confused, no one would be able to play clever in front of her." ”

Sister Zhu stammered when she heard this, "They are all intellectuals, no one can be smarter than them, I just have to do things." Shi Jiaojiao tilted her head and said with a smile: "That's it!" They are willing to give you a higher salary than the average aunt, because they value you to work well. They like you, so if you do outside work and make some impact on your family, they won't say much as long as it's not too much. But," Shi Jiaojiao blinked, "I don't like it." Because I have to come often, so Auntie, you have to change it. ”

Shi Jiaojiao followed the voice to the three people who had already moved their positions to the living room, Tang Jianyu seemed to have been waiting for her for a long time, and came up to ask why she had been out for so long, Shi Jiaojiao smiled and said that she answered Xia Lei's call again, "Little Fuxing babbles and doesn't know what to say." How did you guys get in? Mother Tang waved her hand, "There are so many mosquitoes over there!" There are also a lot of mosquitoes in the small garden, did they bite you? Shi Jiaojiao glanced at Sister Zhu, who came with the fruit, and said, "No, thanks to Auntie for sprinkling some flower water on my feet." ”

The old-fashioned table clock in the living room made a bulky but not harsh sound, and Tang Mu and Shi Jiaojiao both subconsciously glanced at it. Tang's mother came over and said, "It's not early, don't delay if Jiaojiao wants to leave, I don't worry if it's too late." "Oh, that's it!" Tang Jianyu was busy touching the car keys, but he couldn't find them, and he wanted to go to the study to have a look. Shi Jiaojiao stood without speaking and seemed to be smiling, Father Tang sighed coldly, got up and said, "What a mother and son!" ”

"What do you say?" Tang's mother was confused, and grabbed her wife, who didn't know where to go, "Where are you going, send Jiaojiao together!" Tang Jianyu was still stupid, bent over not far away, and said, "Hey, where are my car keys?" Father Tang waved his hand hatefully, and said to his wife: "Your son was persuaded by your daughter-in-law to have a few glasses of wine at the dinner table, how can he drive?" "Huh? Wow! Mother Tang turned her head to look at Shi Jiaojiao, and saw that there was still a small amount of blush on her cheeks, so she patted her head and smiled: "I'm really confused, I'm driving you away!" ”

Shi Jiaojiao only smiled and didn't speak, turned her head to look at Tang Jianyu, Tang Jianyu grinned, turned his head with a smile, and still had words in his mouth, "The car key still has to be found...... Aunt Zhu couldn't stand it, put down the fruit plate, stood behind Shi Jiaojiao and said to Tang Jianyu: "Is it Miss Shi here?" When I entered the door, I seemed to hear you ask her, and she said it was in her bag. Shi Jiaojiao turned her head and smiled at Sister Zhu when she heard this, and said, "Auntie, look at it, the professor is also stupider than us!" ”