Chapter 24: It's Okay, There's a Light
The ordinariness of the days may be able to smooth out all the waves and let life move forward.
The evening sun is still dancing on the top of the mountain, the chimney of the clay pot village comes out of the thin smoke with the fragrance of rice, the children who are playful by nature have not yet the slightest idea of going home, and a few old women waiting for dinner sit at the entrance of the village as usual and talk about the last gossip of the day, mostly about whose daughter's daughter is out again, whose son makes his ancestors smoke and so on, talking about the glorious deeds of other people's families, and by the way, praising their own children and grandchildren.
Fang Jian, who had not drunk all his heart, listened to the gossip of these mothers-in-law, looked at the closed door of his house not far away, and the way home in front of him seemed to have tens of thousands of thorns in a trance, which made him even more uncomfortable. He stopped, looked back and forth on the road for a while, then spat at the foam, turned around and went to the Chen family teahouse again, instead of going back to spend his strength to breathe, it was better to pour three or five glasses of wine into his stomach, and come heartily.
Today, because of the delay of some things, Yu Cai didn't work in the field for an afternoon, and thought about Fang Mumu at home, although Fang Mumu didn't react to today's events, but she always felt unsteady, and finally boiled the sun down the mountain, she hurried home with small steps.
The first thing Yu Cai did when he entered the door was to go to the side room to look at Fang Mumu, who was still curled up and asleep facing the wall. But Yu Cai knew that Fang Mumu was not a greedy child. Yu Cai's heart sank, she put down her hoe, walked quickly to Fang Mumu, and shouted while shaking Fang Mumu.
"Mumu? Mumu? ”
"Huh?" Fang Mumu opened her eyes suddenly, in the dim light, her face turned pale, and her voice trembled slightly, "What's wrong?" Is something wrong? ”
"No... Nothing. Yu Cai, who was behind Fang Mumu, breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the edge of the kang, "I just saw that you slept for too long, and I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to sleep at night." ”
"Oh, I'll get up now." Fang Mumu rolled over, leaned against the wall, and met Yu Cai's eyes, she didn't say anything more.
Yu Cai took a deep breath, looked at Fang Mumu, stroked Fang Mumu's unkempt hair with his hand, and said with a smile, "Wake up, mom is going to cook, you haven't eaten for a day, you have to eat some." ”
Fang Mumu nodded, looking dazed, as if he hadn't fully woken up from his dream.
The courtyard of the Yuan family is more lively than the Fang family, because Yuan Yushuang and Yuan Yucong are going back tomorrow to be busy with work, busy with the family, this is not just after eating fish at noon, and a table of dishes was prepared in the evening, thinking that the two families would eat better when they left, and they could think about coming again when they were free.
"This time my dad must have paid for it." Yuan Yucong said while picking up a small stir-fried beef with chopsticks.
"Hurry up and eat, and remember to bring my grandson back to me next time after eating." As Yuan Youliang spoke, he also put a small stir-fried beef with chopsticks into Yuan Chengle's bowl.
"Then you have to give me some clips, how can you only care about Lele? Lele didn't have a family, and he didn't have a ......."
Before Yuan Yucong's words were finished, he was interrupted by Yuan Yushuang, and his leg under the table was kicked by Yuan Yushuang, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, and his eyes quickly glanced at Yuan Youliang, only to see Yuan Youliang shaking his head at him slightly.
"Mom, I like your fried three freshness the most, it's that dish is so fragrant, I just want to fill myself with another stomach and eat two more bowls of rice." While chewing the vegetables, Yuan Yushuang gave her husband a chopstick-to-head of Di Sanxian, and then said to her husband, "I just said that my mother's craftsmanship is comparable to that of a chef, you still don't believe it?" You taste it. ”
"From childhood to adulthood, this mouth of yours can say best." Lin Man looked at Yuan Yushuang and smiled with relief, picked up chopsticks and gave Yuan Yushuang a dish, "I like to eat, and I will come back more when I have nothing to do on holidays in the future." ”
"Hey." Yuan Yushuang, a man in his thirties, instantly tilted his head like a child, listened to the praise, and responded.
The small talk continued, looking at the warm picture of happiness in front of him, Yuan Chengle felt like an outsider, he was not a fool, how could he not understand why the second brother's words were suddenly interrupted just now, everyone was trying to make him feel more comfortable, and the only thing he could do was to quietly accompany them here to finish the meal.
The moon snuggled up in the treetops, looking at the people on the ground, as if watching a wonderful drama.
Seeing that the time was not early, Lin Man took the lead in standing up and ended the chat, "It's late at night, pack up, go to rest, and I'll have to hurry tomorrow morning." ”
"Mom, you let me come." Yuan Yucong's wife saw that her mother-in-law was going to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, where could she still sit still, so she hurriedly got up and snatched the bowl from her mother-in-law's hand, "You rest, there is me." ”
Lin Man was amused when he saw his eldest daughter-in-law like this, and he was not a bad mother-in-law, so he said with a smile. "It's easy to clean up when there are too many people."
Lin Man wanted to put away the bowl next to him, but his hand was grabbed by Yuan Yushuang and pulled her to sit down, "Mom, you see that you are diligent, I am here today, it is not your turn to be diligent." ”
Lin Man didn't want to say anything, watching her daughter-in-law and daughter clean up the table quickly, Fang Mumu's figure suddenly appeared in front of her eyes: If that child doesn't meet that bad father, if there is no time to suffer, marrying Lele may also be a good thing, but there are some things that are predetermined and can't be ......
Yuan Chengle's quiet sitting ended here, he got up silently, didn't say anything, exited the room, stood on the steps, looked at the moon, and what came out of his heart was the sentence in the textbook more than ten years ago: I wish people a long time, thousands of miles together.
"Did you eat well?"
A voice suddenly appeared behind Yuan Chengle, which interrupted his thoughts and startled him, and when he turned around, he saw Yuan Youliang standing next to him with his hands behind his back, and he grinned and said, "It's good." ”
"Are you planning to go back too?" Yuan Youliang looked at the courtyard, and his voice was very soft, and it seemed that a slightly heavier tone would seem deliberate.
"Uh~~" Yuan Chengle turned his body straightened up, no longer looked at Yuan Youliang, looked at the dark shadow that the moonlight failed to illuminate, and said slowly, "There are some things that still need some time." ”
"Well, then stay a few more days, take your time, and pay attention to your body." Yuan Youliang said, stretched out his hand and patted Yuan Chengle's shoulder.
Yuan Chengle was slightly stunned, his body shook instinctively, he heard Yuan Youliang let out a long breath, mixed with helplessness, but the voice was very light and soft, making Yuan Chengle mistakenly think that he had heard it wrong, "Okay, I will." ”
Yuan Youliang didn't say anything more, and then the two stood in silence for a while, until Lin Man's voice called Yuan Youliang from the room, and the silence was broken.
"Old Yuan, why did you go?"
"Stand at the door, you're here~" Yuan Youliang should finish talking to Lin Man, turned his head and said to Yuan Chengle, "Okay, Qiu Liang, go back to the house early and rest." ”
"Okay." Yuan Chengle nodded at Yuan Youliang, turned around and watched Yuan Youliang enter the house, when Yuan Youliang just stepped into the threshold with one foot, he suddenly opened his mouth and stopped Yuan Youliang, "Dad~"
"Huh? What's wrong? Yuan Youliang turned around and looked at Yuan Chengle.
"I want to ask..."Yuan Chengle scratched his head with his hand, paused, and continued, "I want to ask, where is there a temple in the village?" ”
"Temple?" Yuan Youliang lowered the door curtain, withdrew his feet that stepped into the threshold, and looked at Yuan Chengle with his hands behind his back, slightly puzzled, "You suddenly asked what the temple is going to do?" ”
"Just ask." Yuan Chengle was even more embarrassed by Yuan Youliang's question, and immediately regretted the question he asked.
"Oh~" Yuan Youliang lowered his head and pondered, "You know, the crockpot village is small, and it can't afford the big Buddha, and there is no temple." If you want to find a temple, go to the town, and there is Huaijia Village nearby, that is..."
Yuan Youliang suddenly stopped talking, looked at Yuan Chengle, and saw that Yuan Chengle didn't react, so he was glad that he had broken off in time, "Huaijia Village is just north of Crockpot Village, and it's only a piece of five by car, so it is estimated that you can drive faster." ”
"Okay, thank you, Dad." Yuan Chengle bent down towards Yuan Youliang and expressed his gratitude.
"Look at you kid, I'm your father, just reply to me, what is there to thank you for." Yuan Youliang stretched out his hand and patted Yuan Chengle's shoulder, "Is there anything else?" It's okay, I'm going to go in, and if I don't go in again, your mother will chase me out. ”
"It's okay, it's nothing." Yuan Chengle smiled embarrassedly at Yuan Youliang.
"Alright, hurry back to the house." Yuan Youliang didn't stay any longer and went into the house.
After Yuan Chengle saw Yuan Youliang away, he breathed a long sigh of relief, turned around and entered the house.
In the courtyard of the Fang family
Yu Cai finished cleaning up the kitchen, and as soon as he entered the side room, he heard a knock on the door of his house.
"It's okay, Mom will take a look." Yu Cai said to Fang Mumu who was about to get up, turned around and went out, turned on the street lamp, and asked at the gate, "Who?" ”
"Who? Who else the could there be? I'm your son! Fang Jian shouted inarticulate outside the door.
"It's coming, it's coming!" Yu Cai's heart lifted, according to the general situation, Fang Jian would not be able to come back until tomorrow morning when he went out this time, why did he come back at night? Can't you get enough of it? Or who fanned the wind and lit the fire in his ear?
"Open the door and grind!"
As soon as Yu Cai opened the door, Fang Jian kicked in, if it weren't for Chen Shaodong's second son, Chen Zhongbin, who was supporting him, he would have to make a mistake.
"It's... What's going on? Yu Cai looked at Fang Jian, who was being supported, and did not step forward to help, for fear that Fang Jian would do it again in front of the children of the Chen family.
"Auntie, my uncle drank a little too much, and suddenly there were guests in my house, and the teahouse was going to close tonight, and my dad asked me to send my uncle over." The second boy of the Chen family was obviously a little embarrassed when he said this, and his eyes swept around the courtyard, "Look, where can I help my uncle rest?" ”
"Oh oh ~ send it to the main house." Yu Cai still didn't step forward to help, and let the second son of the Chen family help Fang Jian, stumbling towards the main house. When they arrived at the house, Yu Cai rushed to lay out the futon first, and after the second son of the Chen family helped Fang Jian onto the kang, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"That aunt, my uncle will be placed here, and I will go back first." The second son of the Chen family rubbed his hands, waiting for Yu Cai's pardon, for fear that Yu Cai would unusually pull him and ask questions.
"Thank you very much." Yu Cai hurriedly invited people out and told them to be careful on the road.
When he returned to the house and closed the door, Yu Cai realized that even if he didn't help Fang Jian, his palms were sweaty. She wiped her hands with her clothes, laid out the futon on the kang, pulled Fang Mumu to lie down, turned off the light, and prepared to rest.
"Mom, I'm fine, you don't have to hold my arm every day, I'm not a puppy." Fang Mumu pushed away Yu Cai's hands that were holding her left hand with his right hand.
"I..." Yu Cai wanted to say something more, but he couldn't say it after all, "Okay, go to bed early." ”
I don't know how long it took, Fang Mumu suddenly got up, and as soon as he sat up, he heard Yu Cai ask, "Mumu, what are you doing here?" ”
Fang Mumu heard Yu Cai get up, touched Yu Cai's body in the dark, and comforted, "Mom, don't worry, I'll get up and go to the toilet." ”
"Uh-oh." Yu Cai patted his heart and said, "It's dark outside, mom will accompany you." ”
"It's okay, there's a light." Fang Mumu quickly got off the ground and went out quickly, and after a while, he returned to the kang.
Yu Cai was relieved at this time, took Fang Mumu's hand and lay down, and before he closed his eyes, he thought of what Fang Mumu had said, and quickly let go of Fang Mumu's hand, "Mom forgot about it when she was sleepy, okay, let's sleep." ”。
"Okay." Fang Mumu leaned sideways, looking at the place where Yu Cai was sleeping in front of her in the dark, a few tears slipped down the bridge of her nose and slashed diagonally onto the pillow, she moved her head, and her sideburns were cool.