September 10th, Saturday, Mid-Autumn Festival.

For Lin Lu at this moment, it doesn't matter if he is in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the important thing is that today is the first time he and Li Xingruo went to meet his parents, for a college student who has just passed his nineteenth birthday, it should be a great thing to meet his parents now...... What a ghost! Lin Lu only felt that he was nervous to death now!

People are always aware of it, just like when they get to the examination room, they will regret why they usually don't study hard, until today, Lin Lu regrets a little, why did he so readily agree to Sister Xingruo to go home with her in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and even wish to go to Liangxi with her on weekdays, naïve! How naïve! You should put it off, at least when you graduate, have a decent job and income, and then go!

God knows how many questions Lin Lu has asked about door-to-door meetings with parents on major online platforms these days, and I thought that I had brushed the questions a hundred times, and I was already confident, but when this day came, I was still nervous.

Now that the arrow has to be sent, Lin Lu has to bite the bullet, the attitude of Sister Xingruo's family is very important, this trip can only succeed, not fail.

Last night was held by Sister Xingruo to sleep, she slept soundly, Lin Lu suffered from two kinds of torture and didn't sleep all night, the alarm clock was set at eight o'clock, and when it was just dawn at six o'clock, he gently took her hand away, took the school uniform bear over and hugged her, and quietly got out of bed and left the room.

In order to relieve the excitement, anticipation, nervousness, uneasiness and other messy emotions, he went downstairs and ran outside for three kilometers, carrying the buns and soy milk he bought, sweating profusely, and then took a hot shower seriously, stood in front of the mirror to brush his teeth and wash.

It's over, a little dark under my eyes......

After applying a hot towel for a while, he barely couldn't see it, returned to his room, Lin Lu changed his clothes slipperily, chose slacks with a white shirt to look mature and stable, and then put on the flat glasses that were used to pretend to be used, and the hairstyle was also blown well, and the bangs were blown open to expose the forehead, and the tasteless setting spray was applied.

After all, no one is perfect, and he doesn't know if his appearance and dress suit Uncle Li's mind or not, he has never cared if others like him or not, but this time is an exception, he has to let Uncle Li and them like him, probably this is where the pressure lies.

The luggage had been packed last night, Lin Lu packed himself, and looked at the time at only seven o'clock, sure enough, the flow rate of time is related to people's moods, sometimes time passes quickly, but sometimes it passes very long.

He gently opened Li Xingruo's door and looked, she hadn't woken up yet, holding his school uniform bear in her arms, sleeping soundly.

It was still early, Lin Lu didn't wake her up, he also wanted to sleep, but unfortunately he couldn't sleep, this feeling was like staying up all night and drinking three cups of coffee and three bottles of Red Bull, obviously the body was very sleepy, but the spirit was full.

The little fat cat stayed with her mother last night, and today she went to Uncle Wen's hometown with Mo Mo Yanyan and them for the holidays, and Lin Lu felt like he was on the battlefield alone.

The house was quiet, he didn't sit idle, he went to the study to get the sketchpad to the balcony, he took out the brush and began to paint, at this point in early September, at seven o'clock, the sun just rose in the east, he painted the sunrise of the city here on the balcony.

Not to mention, as the picture on the paper gradually formed, his restless heart gradually became calmer.

Probably this is the charm of painting for him, after his parents divorced, those irritable and anxious days and nights, he spent by immersing himself in the world of painting, every time he picked up a pen to paint, thinking of her who was basking in the sun with him in the park in winter, Lin Lu's heart would be very calm.

Thinking about it now, I should feel happier, after all, she appeared by her side in my memory, and he will go back to Liangxi with her later...... Don't think about coming to your door anymore!!

At 7:50, Lin Lu put away the painting, washed his hands, and came to Li Xingruo's room again.

Compared to forty minutes ago, the sister next door has changed her sleeping position at this time, maybe because the room is gradually brightening, she looks like she hasn't slept enough, the quilt is pulled up and covered on the head to avoid the light, as she pulls up the quilt, the slender and smooth calves are exposed, a pair of little feet are cute and lovely, the soles of the feet are soft and pink, looking at the strange people want to stretch out their fingers to scratch the soles of her feet.

Lin Lu went to scratch it.

He lay on the edge of the bed, and secretly stretched out his fingers and gently hooked her soft soles twice, and she shrank her feet, and her tender little toes curled up with them, as if a snail's eyes had been touched.

Lin Lu scratched her twice, she seemed to be a little angry, whined a few times in a daze, as if there was a nasty mosquito, jumped her legs twice, and then snorted, and retracted a pair of small feet into the quilt.

The quilt was over her, and she curled up in a small ball under the quilt, her pretty face buried in the quilt, and only her waist-length hair bloomed and scattered like flowers on the pillow.

"Star, Ruo, Sister ......"

Lin Lu called out to her in a low voice.

"Get up, get up, get ......"

She continued to sleep soundly.

Lin Lu sat on the edge of the bed, knelt down, and gently hooked the edge of the quilt covering her head with his fingers, as if he was peeling an egg, and as he hooked the edge of the quilt with his fingers, her soft pink face was revealed.

She pillowed on her arm, her face looked a little baby fat because of the squeezing, a pair of big eyes were closed, and the two rows of eyelashes were long and dense, like small brushes, and her eyelashes fluttered slightly as Lin Lu shouted to her, but she didn't open her eyes.

"Still, sleep, ah, eight, o'clock, ......!"

"Hmm......"

There was no way, Lin Lu had to wake her up with a gentle poo, Sister Xingruo's little face was really soft, and she could pick up a small piece of it with a mouthful, and then make a popping sound.

"Oops, oops, ......"

She was a little unhappy and rolling like a little green worm, and when she just woke up, her voice was cute and soft, and her ears were a little itchy to hear it.

"What are you doing, you ......?"

"Sister Xingruo hasn't gotten up yet, it's eight o'clock!"

“……”

Li Xingruo, who had just woken up, was still a little dazed, sitting on the bed in a duck posture with a pillow in his arms, pouting slightly, and gently rubbing his eyes with his slender fingers.

When he looked up at Lin Lu, he saw that he had already washed and dressed, Lin Lu opened the curtains, and the sunlight sprinkled into the room unscrupulously, finally driving away her little trapped worm.

"What time is it?"

"It's eight o'clock."

"When did you wake up ......?"

"I've woken up a long time ago, how can I be as lazy as Sister Xingruo, I also ran three kilometers and painted a picture!"

"Hmph, bragging, don't make drafts."

It wasn't until he walked out of the room and saw the breakfast that Lin Lu bought and the sunrise painting that he had just painted, that Li Xingruo believed that he really got up early in the morning, the old sister was angry, funny and warm-hearted, and thought he was so stupid and cute, didn't she just go home with him, as if her parents were going to eat him.

Her mood was a little different from Lin Lu's, less nervous than him, less uneasy than him, and much more excited than him.

Thinking about it half a year ago, she told a few good girlfriends that everyone would be single together for a lifetime, but today she was going to take Lin Lu back to Liangxi to meet her parents, and it was a bit like a dream in a trance, and sure enough, she responded to the lyrics of Dong Chou, love came too fast like a tornado.

While she was eating breakfast, Lin Lu started doing push-ups again, because he was not used to wearing glasses, he did a few push-ups, and after a few push-ups, the glasses fell off, and he put them back on in embarrassment.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I don't know the bottom of my heart!"

"There's a sister, what are you afraid of, do you remember what I taught you last night?"

"Remember, Sister Xingruo's grandfather's dog is called Ah Huang, Ah Huang is very smart, he can recognize his family at a glance, he can eat two pots of rice at a meal, he can't tease him, he will bark, he wants to call Ah Huang Ah Huang."

“…… Who asked you Ah Huang! ”

"I mean, I remember all the dogs of Sister Xingruo's grandfather's house, let alone anything else."

"Well, you have to go to your heart."

"Sister Xingruo."

"What?"

"If Uncle Li and Aunt Chen don't like me, do you want to elope with me?"

"No, bye-bye!"

"Don't! Sister Xingruo coaxed me so much, you said, 'Even if my parents don't like you, I will elope with you' so that I won't be nervous! ”

"Oh yes, okay, I really can't ...... you"

Not only did Lin Lu dress up, but Li Xingruo also dressed up after breakfast, and put on a beautiful little skirt, which is completely different from going home in a sweatshirt and pants before, which is also a manifestation of mental outlook, and it is necessary for the old father and mother to see that their daughter has become better after falling in love.

After a brief cleaning, closing the doors and windows, Lin Lu carried a bag and a suitcase, she took some gifts and garbage to be thrown away later, and at 8:50, the two went out on time.

At nine o'clock, the A6 carrying the sister and brother slowly drove out of the community and drove to the road to Liangxi.

Because Lin Lu got his driver's license for less than a year and couldn't get on the highway, the route was an ordinary road, and the navigation prompt took one hour and 26 minutes, which was also the farthest distance Lin Lu had ever driven after getting his driver's license.

Driving in the city on weekdays, Lin Lu is very familiar with the city, basically no navigation, now hanging the navigation to drive, the mood at this moment is like going to Liangxi to meet the parents, it is also extraordinarily fresh.

Not to mention, he was nervous before he went, but after the car was on the road, he calmed down a lot, probably because he was already on the road.

When waiting for the traffic light, Li Xingruo peeled a piece of candy and stuffed it into his mouth, she ate one herself, and her legs under the skirt stretched out comfortably, this is also the first time she went home not by high-speed rail, but by a special car, which feels really good.

Taking out her mobile phone, she turned the camera sideways at Lin Lu, took a photo, and then sent it to the family group of the 'Auspicious Three Treasures'.

Star: "[Photos]"

Star: "Let's go now!" If you don't get stuck in traffic, you'll be home at half past ten! ”

Dad: "Is it going to take so long, it's about 50 minutes to walk on the highway." ”

Star: "We didn't go on the highway!" ”

Dad: "[Photos]"

Dad: "Your mother is killing chickens, and your uncle and uncle also came back for the Mid-Autumn Festival in the evening, and I heard you say that you brought your boyfriend back, and they all want to meet them." ”

Star: "So many people this year? ”

Dad: "I didn't come back for the Mid-Autumn Festival epidemic prevention last year, but I came back this year to be lively, you told Xiaolin, drive slowly on the road, pay attention to safety." ”

Li Xingruo told Lin Lu, who had just calmed down for a while, and became nervous again.

"What? Sister Xingruo's uncle, they are also back tonight? We didn't prepare gifts for our uncles, what should we do, go to Liangxi to buy some more? ”

“…… Don't be nervous, they're back for the Mid-Autumn Festival, just meet and meet. ”

"Sister Xingruo, your information is not accurate!"

"Calm and calm, let's have dinner as a family at noon."

……

As one of the central cities in the Yangtze River Delta region, Liangxi is also the first time to come to this city.

Compared with the new first-tier city of Sunan, Liangxi is still slightly inferior in terms of prosperity, perhaps because this city is her hometown, and Lin Lu also has some different emotions for this city.

The car did not take the high speed, all the way from the ordinary road, Lin Lu also had a preliminary understanding of the appearance of the city of Liangxi.

"The city center feels pretty much the same."

"Hey, have you already arrived at Liangxi?"

“……”

Probably this is a road idiot, Li Xingruo didn't sleep, she didn't play with her mobile phone, she looked out of the car window like a curious kitten, but even so, she didn't notice it when she arrived in Liangxi.

"But my house is not here in the city center, well, it should be about the same for another half an hour!"

"Sister Xingruo actually knows the way?"

"No, I know the time, and if I take my dad's car to the city center on weekdays, it's about half an hour."

Lin Lu looked at the navigation information on the left-hand side, it was indeed less than half an hour away from the destination, unconsciously, he had walked two-thirds of the way, and the navigation was located in a small supermarket next to Li Xingruo's house, as the car moved, the cursor was also moving slowly, just like his mood at the moment.

"It's over, Sister Xingruo, I suddenly want to go to the toilet......"

"Where to go to the toilet here, hold it, there is only half an hour left, go home and go again!"

Half an hour is actually quite fast, after passing the urban area, there are fewer vehicles on the road, the road has changed from eight lanes to four lanes, unconsciously has entered the scope of the small county, the high-rise buildings that enter the eye disappear suddenly, all the eyes are low buildings and shops, the horizon of the horizon has broadened, after one small town after another, the color of the road has changed from asphalt to gray and white, occasionally there are potholes, and the sun has become warm.

While Lin Lu's urge to urinate became more and more urgent, Li Xingruo's eyes became brighter and brighter when he looked out the window.

"I know the way!"

“……”

It's really not easy to get Sister Xingruo, who is a road idiot, to say this, which also shows that it is really not a few kilometers away from her home.

"Don't follow the navigation, wait for that small intersection over there to turn in, there are fewer cars, and then faster!"

“……”

Look, the navigation is gone, and she can even command Lin Lu!

Lin Lu turned a corner under her command, drove the car into the narrow two-lane road, and then turned another corner, and a straight two-lane lane appeared in front of her tender fingers, in front of the fork in the lane, the penultimate in a row of self-built houses of different heights, next door to a supermarket called Jinrong, the three-story self-built house, her voice became louder:

"Do you see it, that's my house!"

“……”

Lin Lu's heart rose to his throat.

Is this where Sister Xingruo grew up......

It was half past ten in the morning, and the front of the car was facing east, and the warm sun made him squint a little, as if he had just woken up from his sleep, and was about to reach her house in the blink of an eye.

There are a few pedestrians scattered on the street, the steamed bun steamer and the noodle soup pot of the breakfast shop next to it are steaming, and from time to time there are electric cars passing by, and the license plates of various vehicles you see have also changed to Su B.

Two or three hundred meters of the road in the blink of an eye, Lin Lu saw the whole picture of this three-story small building, her house is on his left-hand side, like most of the surrounding people, ordinary small building, a trace of moss grows in the tile gap of the outer wall of the small building, the door is a spacious parking apron, a white car is parked in it.

Although it is autumn, the flowers and plants in front of the building are still growing luxuriantly, the branches and leaves have obviously just been pruned, the cement floor in front of the door is very clean, and a middle-aged man wearing a polo shirt and hem wrapped in slacks is putting away the cleaning tools; There was also a woman sitting on a small bench with her hair tied up, and under the tap by the doorway, she was leaning down with small tweezers to pluck the fine feathers of the fat duck that had been killed in the basin.

"My dad and my mom! Eh, eh, ......? It's been opened! It's been opened! ”

"Don't worry, don't worry, Sister Xingruo will wait for me to adjust my mood first......"

Originally, Lin Lu wanted to turn around and go in, but when he saw that Uncle Li and Aunt Chen were at the door, he was so nervous for a while that he simply went around in circles to adjust his mood.

Seeing Lin Lu's nervous appearance, Li Xingruo was angry and funny, so she let him go, she leaned down on the chair again, but wanted to see how many times he could go around.

When it came to the fourth lap, Li Xingruo couldn't help it, and said angrily: "Stupid, have you adjusted well, you have passed the door three times without entering!" ”

Fortunately, there is a road in front of the house, and the parents at home do not pay attention to the habit of passing cars.

"That's it! I'm ready! ”

"Really?"

"Really!"

If you go around in a circle, Lin Lu feels like his bladder is going to explode!

"That's going to go in."

“……”

Passing by her door again, this time Lin Lu turned on the turn signal in advance, the car stopped, turned a right angle to the left leisurely, and then slowly drove in directly in front of her door.

Chen Yingping, who was plucking duck feathers, raised her head, and Li Min, who was washing the tea set, also raised her head.

They had already seen the baby girl sitting in the passenger seat in the car, and Lin Lu who was smiling and nodding and raising her hand in the car to say hello.

The two elders immediately stopped what they were doing, with a smile on their faces, and walked over in unison.

Lin Lu lowered the windows on both sides and parked the car under Li Min's command.

"Uncle Li is good, Auntie is good."

Lin Lu car hasn't turned off yet, so she hurriedly said hello first, Li Xingruo on the co-pilot unbuckled the seat belt and got out of the car first, she was also nervous in her heart, and a pair of big eyes always paid attention to the expressions of her parents.

"Dad! Mother! We're back, he, he's Lin Lu. ”

"Oooh! Okay, hello Xiaolin, don't get stuck in traffic on the road, right? ”

"It's okay, it's going well......"

Lin Lu hurriedly turned off the engine and got out of the car, although he was down-to-earth, but he felt like he was taking a very fast elevator, he panicked, and he didn't know if it was too hot, he felt that his face was slightly hot, maybe it was because of the eyes of Uncle Li and Aunt Chen, who were a head shorter than him in front of him, after the two elders got out of the car, their eyes shifted from their daughters to him.

When he came, Lin Lu rehearsed the script of the meeting countless times in his mind, but when he really stood in front of the two elders, he only felt that his brain was a little blank, and he felt like the pig with the cabbage was sent to the door by himself.

"Kobayashi looks a lot taller than in the photo!"

"He's almost 1.85 meters when he wears shoes."

Without waiting for Lin Lu to answer, Li Xingruo walked quickly from the front of the car to his side and stood, stretching out his little hand in a posture comparing her and his height.

Don't really say it, but I don't think it's anything when I look at Lin Lu's words, but when my daughter stands beside him, the old father and mother feel quite compatible.

The old father and mother can feel the nervousness of the young man in front of him, the young man's appearance is very good, it belongs to the kind of face that the women will boast about when they see it, although they don't talk a lot at first sight, they look a little shy, but the smile is very good, and the young man who loves to laugh always looks sunny.

The daughter brought a boy to the door for the first time, and as a boyfriend, the old father and mother were also a little nervous, but as an elder, they were naturally much calmer, no, even Li Xingruo could see that the clothes of the father and mother were also specially sorted out, killing chickens and ducks, and the hygiene of the house was clean.

Sure enough, it's not as simple as 'having a meal and meeting each other', and they both value Lin Lu's visit this time.

"Xiao Lin has worked hard all the way, come into the house and drink tea and sit down."

"Okay."

Lin Lu opened the trunk and took out the luggage and gifts in the trunk with Li Xingruo.

In front of his uncles and aunts, he naturally had to behave well, except for a backpack that Li Xingruo was carrying, he was responsible for carrying suitcases and a lot of things.

Originally, I felt that it was only because of nervousness that I felt that I couldn't hold back my urine, but when my hands were full of things, the pressure on my body increased, and Lin Lu felt even more sweaty on his forehead.

But it was at her house, and she was embarrassed to say that she was going to the toilet as soon as she entered the house, so she had to grit her teeth and hold back.

"Why do you still buy so many things......"

"I didn't buy it!"

"Of course I know you didn't buy it, and you don't stop Xiaolin, didn't my mother ask you to let Xiaolin come over for dinner and stay for two days to have fun, it's too polite......"

"Yes, Uncle and Aunt Li, it's rare to come once, a little careful, I hope Uncle and Aunt Li can like it and use it."

"Xiao Lin has a heart, come into the house, come into the house quickly."

Following Li Xingruo's family, Lin Lu walked into the house, the living room on the first floor was spacious and bright, and fruit plates, melon seeds, snacks and other things had been placed on the coffee table.

Lin Lu was carrying a lot of things in his hand, and he didn't know where to put them for a while, so he looked at Li Xingruo as if asking for help.

Li Xingruo was also very sensible to help him take the things in his hand, after all, his parents must be embarrassed to take it, so she took the things to a room and packed them up.

"Xiaolin sit, you're welcome, just be your own home."

"Okay."

Li Min sat in the main seat to make tea, Lin Lu sat opposite him, the sofa was made of solid wood, he sat straight, and his back was stunned and didn't touch the sofa at all.

"Then Xiaolin, you sit down first, I'll go and clean up the two ducks, and I'll make you braised duck to eat later."

"Auntie, I'll help you."

Lin Lu stood up, and Chen Yingping hurriedly said: "No, no, you come all the way, drink tea and rest first, there is not much to do, just come and come." ”

"Come, Kobayashi for tea."

Li Min poured him tea, and Lin Lu hurriedly held the cup and kowtowed: "Thank you, Uncle Li." ”

The tea was a little hot and the urine was a little urgent, but Lin Lu still picked up the teacup, blew it, and took two sips gently.

Honestly, she doesn't look around, but from time to time she will take a look at the room where Li Xingruo just put her things, and she is a little anxious why she hasn't come out yet.

After drinking a cup of tea, Lin Lu put down the cup, and his bladder was about to burst.

Li Min immediately refilled another cup for him.

“……”

“……”

There were only two people left in the living room, one pouring tea and the other drinking tea.

If Li Xing was not there, neither the future father-in-law nor the future son-in-law spoke, and the living room fell into a tacit and strange silence of drinking tea......