Chapter 22: Tanabata
Yu Qing tasted the ancient tree banquet without seeing the solemnity, looked around, and saw him sitting at the elder's table talking, probably talking to them about the development of the village, so he continued to enjoy the food journey of Qingshuiwan Village with Lin Xi.
"This ancient tree banquet is lively, but the scene is a little bigger."
"Sister Qing, Grandpa Yu is back today, everyone should get together and be happy. You don't look at the big scene, in fact, it's just that each family moves the table under the ancient tree, and the dishes are all grown and raised by each family and then make different home-cooked dishes. ”
"That's just as well."
"Sister Qing, Grandpa Zhuang has always been against waste, his old man refused to let us do it on his ninetieth birthday, I bought a big cake and was criticized by him, you must give me the cake money."
"Lin Xi, I can feel the warmth of the villagers like a family, but how can I buy the ninetieth birthday cake of the old man by myself?"
"Sister Qing, you may not know Grandpa Zhuang's personality, but he is a person who says everything."
"Well, although the contact time is not long, but I have a deep understanding that he is a wise old man, and he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort when he returns to the village solemnly and returns to the village with his guidance."
"Sister Qing, the key is that you have to care more about Brother Yan."
"Lin Xi, my grandfather regards Qingshui Bay as his home, and Qingshui Bay is also my home, and you and Zhuang Yan are my relatives." Yu Qing stood up and walked to the elder's table as he spoke, and said to Yu Niansu, "Grandpa, it's not early, let's go back to Shuizhou." ”
"Xiaoqing, I want to live with your grandmother in Clear Water Bay."
"Grandpa, you and grandma are going to live in Clear Water Bay?"
"Yes, this is my home, my roots are here."
"Grandpa......"
"Xiaoqing, I have asked Xiao Yan's mother to arrange your grandfather and grandmother's accommodation, you let them live here for a while." Zhuang Su spoke.
"Brother Su, can you only live for a while?"
"How long do you want to stay?"
"I'm going to die here."
"Okay, Qingshuiwan welcomes Xiao Yan back, and you are even more welcome to come back, the villagers are happy, and the comrades-in-arms will definitely be even happier!"
Zhuang Su raised his glass and drank it all.
Zhuang Zheng also invited Yu Qing to stay in Qingshuiwan for a night, and he could tell her in detail about his development ideas. But Yu Qing insisted on returning to Shuizhou, looking very anxious from his expression, and he didn't stay solemn much.
Yu Qing insisted on returning to Shuizhou to meet someone, a man who broke her heart and made her worry about her.
Today is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the Qixi Festival, the Chinese's own Valentine's Day.
Since Yu Qing met him, every year on the Qixi Festival, no matter where he is, he will try his best to come over and watch the stars with her.
In the second year after graduating from university, he went abroad for further study, while she stayed on to teach, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers. Yu Qing always thought that it was impossible for them to watch the stars together during this Qixi Festival, and he didn't contact him, so he worked alone in the office to make lesson plans until late at night.
When Yu Qing dragged his tired body back to the dormitory, he stood at the door with flowers in his hand, his eyes full of love. She burst into tears and threw herself into his warm embrace desperately.
His name is Jiang Ziyu, as his name suggests, it is not an exaggeration to describe him as a crown of jade, he is more introverted than a girl.
Yu Qing's personality is actually introverted, but due to the loss of her parents since she was a child, she had to train herself to be stronger than the average boy.
When he was young, Jiang Ziyu and Yu Qing lived in the same courtyard, and he was born in the same year and month as her, but the days were ten days apart.
Jiang Ziyu's mother said that if Yu Qing's mother gave birth naturally, Yu Qing and Jiang Ziyu might be born on the same day, same month, and same year.
Jiang Ziyu's father is a subordinate of Yu Qing's grandfather and a comrade-in-arms of Yu Qing's father. Jiang Ziyu's mother usually comes over to help Grandma Yu Qing do housework, and she always asks Yu Qing and Yu Shui sisters to come over to eat delicious food, and the relationship between the two families is good.
Later, Yu Niansu retired, Jiang Ziyu's mother no longer came to Yu Qing's house, nor did she call Yu Qing and Yu Shui sisters to their house, and sometimes prevented Jiang Ziyu from communicating with Yu Qing and Yu Shui.
But Jiang Ziyu went to and from school with Yu Qing and Yu Shui as always, and there were delicious snacks at home that were secretly stolen out for the sisters to eat.
Yu Qing's grandfather and grandmother lived very frugally, and never spent money on snacks in addition to the normal three meals a day.
The Yu Qing and Yushui sisters usually have no snacks to eat, and they are naturally grateful to Jiang Ziyu for giving them delicious snacks. Especially Yu Shui, who liked to eat snacks when she was a child, looked forward to Jiang Ziyu's pockets filling with snacks every day, Yu Qing, as her sister, always gave Yu Shui the snacks that Jiang Ziyu brought to her.
Later, Jiang Ziyu's father upgraded and moved out of the small courtyard, and the two adults completely broke off contact.
But Jiang Ziyu and Yu Qing have always been in the same class, and even the university is the same school, the same department, and the same class, and the two naturally went from childhood sweethearts to lovers.
Although Jiang Ziyu rarely speaks and belongs to the taciturn category, he can always bring Yu Qing unexpected surprises.
Clip a movie ticket in Yu Qing's book, put a chocolate in Yu Qing's schoolbag, and quietly stuff her with a can of warm brown sugar water every day during Yu Qing's menstrual period.
On a cold winter morning, Jiang Ziyu would wait at the door of Yu Qing's dormitory on time every day and put on her a hot scarf and gloves.
The most memorable thing for Yu Qing is that every year on the Qixi Festival, Jiang Ziyu will accompany her to see the stars in the sky and look at the Cowherd and Weaver Girl Magpie Bridge on the Milky Way.
"Qing, I can't be by your side all the time, but I will definitely learn from the Cowherd, no matter how far away we are, I will accompany you to see the stars on this day!"
"Ziyu, I will always wait for you, waiting for you to accompany me to see the stars!"
Yu Qing stepped on the accelerator and sped back to where she lived, he should have been waiting at her door, holding her favorite faint lily in his hand.
Yu Qing was afraid that he would be in a hurry, so he ran up to the sixth floor in one go.
The door was empty, looking for all the corners and corners, there was no shadow of Jiang Ziyu, Yu Qing's heart sank to the bottom of the sea.
It's been three years, three whole years, and she hasn't seen him in person. That is, there are three Qixi festivals, and he did not accompany her to look at the stars. But she was still waiting for him stupidly, waiting for him to accompany her to look at the stars.
The year before last, he said that the research project was entering the stage of tackling the problem, and it was difficult to ask for leave, but he would still find a way to come back to accompany her to see the stars, and she took the initiative to persuade him not to come back, because his career was important.
There are Tanabata every year, the stars are always there, and you can continue to look at them in the coming year.
This was the first time he didn't accompany her to see the stars of Qixi Festival, and she sat alone under the stars until dawn.
Last year, he left her a message on WeChat: Y love, don't reply.
This year, I haven't even received a simple four words on WeChat.
Yu Qing sat on the balcony and turned on his phone.
He looked up, smiled, and the eyes behind the lenses stared at her affectionately.
His avatar is the first among Yu Qing's WeChat friends, and he didn't wait for his words after the Chinese Valentine's Day last year.
opened his circle of friends, there was only a silent horizontal bar, and there was no trace of his high-spirited years abroad.
Every day before falling asleep, Yu Qing will have an impulse and desire, impulsively want to send him a message, but he is worried that after a "ding dong", the screen will display "You are not his friend yet, please send a friend verification request ......".
Yu Qing was even more afraid that after the "ding dong", what he was waiting for was "the message has been sent, but it was rejected by the other party." ”
Now, at least, he was still gazing at her affectionately in the address book.
Tonight and Tanabata, I'm waiting for you to look at the stars together.
I'm still alone, what about you? Did someone accompany you to look at the stars?
In the night sky, there is a white vast Tianhe that runs through the north and south between the two particularly shining stars, the Cowherd is in the east of the river, and the Weaver Girl is in the west of the river, and they "look at each other across the river".