76 Runic Water
"Is this the cat you have?" Chen Xuanqing took Chen Sui's hand and looked at Ying Short in her arms.
Chen Sui nodded and hugged the cat: "That's it, it's very well-behaved, it's just that it's a little sensitive recently, and I don't dare to leave it in the imperial capital anymore, so I brought it down together." ”
"It's good." Chen Xuanqing took the cat and hugged it on her lap, probably because she hadn't recovered yet, and the yogurt was wilting on her knee, not wanting to move.
"It's just getting off the plane and not getting used to it." Chen Xuanqing said with his fur on it.
"Yes, I fed it some water when I got off the plane, so that he could cat's meet again, and it should be almost time to recover."
"Okay, well, this cat doesn't shed its hair either."
"I fed it a nutritional paste, and now it rarely falls off, and it only fell off when I was a child, the kind that can stick to my body when I sit."
"That's really bigger."
"When I was a child, except for the love of shedding, everything else was fine, right, yogurt." Chen Sui scratched the chin of the yogurt to try to cheer it up.
"By the way, when are you going to come back?"
"The current plan is to go back on the 8th, depending on the situation in the past two days, it is not a holiday, and the tickets are easy to buy."
"Yes," Chen Xuanqing nodded: "Then do you want to live in your uncle's house or go home with me." ”
"Let's live in my uncle's house, my aunt's room has been cleaned up for me, and I won't disturb you over there, auntie."
"Tsk," Chen Xuanqing snorted disapprovingly: "What is called disturbing, both sides are your home, you can live wherever you want, you can go back whenever you want, and you can go back whenever you want, and you are a family who does not disturb anything." ”
"My sister-in-law is right," Chen's mother interjected while breaking the sugar orange: "Both sides are your home, nothing to disturb or disturb, if you just want to go to my sister-in-law's side to live, I won't stop you, and the cleaned room can be kept for next rest, and you won't run away." ”
She stuffed the sugar orange into her mouth and said vaguely: "But let's sleep here this time, didn't the second elder live on my sister-in-law's side for the past two days, let's live on my side." ”
"Grandpa and grandma are here?" Chen Sui was a little surprised.
"Yes, I came here the day before yesterday, and now I live at your aunt's house, so let's stay at my aunt's side, and I'll go to your aunt's side next time."
Chen Sui nodded approvingly.
"Yes," Chen Xuanqing seemed to have just remembered this: "However, it should be fine now, didn't my mother take the old eight characters to prepare for her to calculate some time ago, after so many years, it should be put down." ”
"My eight characters?" Chen Sui was puzzled.
"Yes, not only you, but also your brother's eight characters and your milk have also taken away, saying that it is for your brother to calculate the marriage, and by the way, it is also for you to calculate the eight characters, it is said that it is very spiritual, and I also asked for a charm."
For this, Chen's mother nodded in agreement, which shows that the emotional problem with Chen Rang is really heartbreaking.
"Why is this still my business?" Chen Rang, who was silently eating melons on the side, was not happy.
"Why is it okay with you?" Mother Chen glanced at him: "After so many years, look at your younger brothers and sisters, Ye Zi is ready to get married, your sisters have brought their boyfriends back, even Xiao Xuan, I heard that Xiao Xuan also has a partner, but you don't even have a girlfriend." ”
At the mention of Ye Chengxuan, Chen Rang was dumbfounded, and Chen Sui didn't consciously look away, but the two sisters-in-law didn't pay attention to the abnormality of the brother and sister, Chen's mother seemed to have grabbed some port, and continued to chatter: "See for yourself, right?" You are the eldest and not too young, you look at your younger brothers and sisters who are going to start a family, and you are ready to talk about marriage, as the boss, you have nothing, but let your younger brothers and sisters come over to set an example for you, you talk about you, blush or not..."
There was still a number of horns over there, and Chen Xuanqing also pulled Chen Sui and asked his son: "Xiao Xuan's object, have you seen it?" ”
"I've seen it," Chen Sui nodded, a little weak-hearted: "It's a good girl, she is also lively and loves to talk." ”
"Really~" Chen Xuanqing was happy: "Do you have a photo?" Let me see. ”
"Not really."
"That's it," Chen Xuanqing was a little disappointed: "Then wait for Xiao Xuan to bring it back, don't worry." ”
Chen Sui looked at his aunt who he hadn't seen for half a year, with white sideburns and double hair, and felt uncomfortable for a while, how to explain to her that this girl couldn't bring it back.
"It's okay if you don't go back to live, but you have to go back to see your grandparents, grandma is always talking about when your brothers and sisters will come back during this time, this time I guess it's also for tomorrow's sacrifice of your parents, so many years, the second elder should be put down, go back to say hello, call the second elder more during the New Year's holidays, and often come back to see if it's okay, to say something bad, grandparents are so old, and they can't see each other much, although they used to treat you badly, but now that they have been put down, let's do what we should do, Don't get out of the way. Chen Xuanqing gently patted the back of Chen Sui's hand and bitterly said Buddha's heart.
Chen Sui nodded again and again, and responded one by one, Chen Xuanqing said a few more words, and then turned his head and began to join the inquiry list for his work and ordinary life.
Chen Rang took over the task of making tea, listened to their questions and answers, and pouted and shrugged his shoulders at Chen Sui's gaze.
Chatting until almost noon, Chen Sui settled the yogurt at home, and a few people were ready to leave for dinner at the booked restaurant.
Sitting in the car with only Chen Sui and Chen Rang, Shan Jingzhen's waist pole that had been standing was relaxed, and at the same time, his hand also went around the back of his waist and thumped up, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
Chen Sui looked at him funny, and also reached out to help him pinch his shoulder, Shan was so startled that he leaned over, holding her waist with his hand, his head resting on her shoulder, burying his head in her neck and sniffing deeply, and whispering: "Let me charge it." ”
Chen Rang sat in the driver's seat, looked at them through the rearview mirror, pouted, rolled his eyes silently, and withdrew his gaze.
"Am I doing well?" Shan was stunned and tilted his head to look at Chen Sui with his shoulders tilted.
"Very good." Chen Sui praised him.
"Hehe, it's not in vain that I did so much homework with Anchen."
"What did you do?"
"How to please the woman's parents, now it seems that the results are remarkable, and the uncle is very satisfied with me."
"Well, you're awesome, keep it up, and there's grandparents later."
Shan Zhen frowned and buried it again: "I must be able to!" ”
After cheering himself up, he continued to ask, "What are we going to do in the afternoon after we finish eating?" ”
"Let's see what time it is after eating, I have to go to buy sacrifices in the afternoon, because this year is a tomb move, and the first year will be more important, so there will be more things to buy, and then if the time is early, I have to go to my aunt's side to sit for a while."
While speaking, the car has been parked in the underground parking lot, it should be because of the call in advance, the second elder is already waiting in the parking garage, and the three juniors quickly got out of the car and came to the front to call someone.
"Grandpa, grandma."
"This is the boy, called Shan Jingjing." Chen Dongkai introduced them.
Shan Jingjing didn't understand, but it would not be wrong to call someone again: "Grandpa is good, grandma is good." ”
The second elder nodded coldly, turned his head and didn't know what to say to Chen Dongkai, but he saw the uncle frowning, and he didn't know what to reply.
Shan was stunned and observed the expressions of the people present, all of them were very subtle, especially Chen Sui, he obviously felt that as soon as her grandmother spoke, her body stiffened, he quietly reached out to wrap her palm hanging aside, and held it hard, Chen Sui came back to his senses, met his inquiring gaze, smiled subconsciously, and shook his head to indicate that it was okay.
Shan Jingjing was depressed in his heart, he felt that he was now illiterate, a fool who couldn't even understand words.
"Since I was a child, you haven't cared about her, and she hasn't let us worry about it, since she likes it, let her talk about it herself, I think this young man is honest and well-behaved, Mom, don't be so feudal, what people born on the same day are not good or something, it's superstition, and didn't you also count the marriage for the year? If there is a problem, you will already be in trouble. ”
The grandmother of the Chen family was speechless for a while, she didn't know what she thought, so she just shut up, just frowned and looked at Shan Jing.
"Okay, okay, you two are hungry, let's go eat first, let's talk about anything at the dinner table." Chen Dongkai helped his mother into the car first, and then beckoned his father and wife to get into the car.
Chen Xuanqing naturally sat in Chen Rang's car, fastened her seat belt, turned her head to Chen Sui, and still said the same sentence that she had been saying for twenty years: "Don't go to your heart." ”
Chen Sui also replied in the same sentence for twenty years: "I know, I won't." ”
Shan Jingzhen lowered his head, looked at the text that Su Luo translated for him under the voice he sent, couldn't help it, clenched his fists, and replied to Su Luo's concerned inquiry: It's okay, I'll tell you when I go back, maybe I have to trouble you to translate it for me in the past two days.
- Su Luo: It's a trivial matter, it's good to call me if there's something, I'll reply to you when I have time, I'll find a few Cantonese films for you later, you can watch more, according to your learning ability, after reading these films, will you say that it can't be guaranteed, but you will definitely be able to understand sixty percent.
- Shan Jingjing: Thank you, Sister Luo, hug your fists. I'll treat you to dinner when I go back.
—Su Luo: Then I'll make a note of it.
Shan stunned and locked his mobile phone, turned his head to look at Chen Sui who had been looking out of the car window in a daze, and felt very uncomfortable, judging from the atmosphere just now and the two sentences translated by Su Luo, her grandmother couldn't say anything good, and her mind unconsciously thought of what she had said when she met Ye Zhi for the first time, and the impact she heard from others was really different from what she saw with her own eyes, so for so many years, has she come over like this?
Because of the presence of the elders, he was not too close, and when he got off the car at the place, he asked Chen Rang to be a cover, avoiding people and pulling Chen Sui to the corner.
Chen Sui wondered for some reason: "What's wrong?" ”
"Has it always been like this?" He spoke in a hoarse voice.
Chen Sui was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "No." ”
Shan was shocked to hear that it was a lie, and from her sentence "I know, I won't", it can be heard that all the words she answered about her attitude towards this matter are false.
"Does your grandmother dislike me?" He changed his mind and began to ask her.
"No, why do you think that?" Chen Sui was surprised.
"Because I think she's looking at me very unfriendly," he said.
"It's possible that she doesn't speak Mandarin and doesn't know how to communicate with you, don't worry, there's nothing she doesn't like you."
"Really?"
"Really," Chen Sui shook his arm: "I heard from my aunt today that my grandmother took my brother's eight characters to ask for marriage some time ago, and also asked me by the way, if I really don't like you, she will say it just now, so don't think too much." ”
"Eight characters?" Shan raised his eyebrows: "You and your brother have taken it?" ”
"I heard my aunt say that this is the case, and my aunt said that my grandparents should have let it go, otherwise they wouldn't help me calculate the marriage, and besides, compared to usual, their attitude towards me is really much better, maybe it is your bonus." Chen Sui seemed to be really happy, which made Shan Jingzhen's heart even more uncomfortable.
Is this attitude good? It had to be so bad before that.
"Silly girl." It was inconvenient for him to say much about the other party's elders, so he could only endure the sourness in his heart and pinch her face dotingly: "You are such a stupid girl." ”
"Okay," Chen Sui pulled his hand down: "Let's hurry over, don't the elders are all seated, we haven't seen yet, how rude." ”
"Hmm."
It was true that the two of them appeared in the box, but no one tacitly asked where they had gone, only the grandmother of the Chen family glared at them with a displeased face, and said to Chen Sui: "You sit down." ”
Chen Sui's action of preparing to sit down stopped, and he quickly responded, walked over in three or two steps, sat down in the empty seat next to her grandmother, said hello with a smile, moved the tableware in front of him, dutifully began to rinse the tea, looked up at Shangdan's stunned gaze, smiled apologetically, but didn't dare to say a word.
Shan shook his head at her, indicating that it was okay, and sat directly in the position where Chen Sui just wanted to sit and talked to Chen Rang.
Chen Sui put the cleaned tableware in front of her grandmother, spread out the hot towel prepared by the restaurant, wiped her hands, and sat with her head shrinking, but she didn't expect her grandmother to speak first.
"Your brother doesn't have a girlfriend over there?"
"Ah," Chen Sui was taken aback and quickly replied to her: "I haven't heard of it." ”
"Tsk," Chen's grandmother took a sip of tea: "This kid is really not worry-free, you have found a partner like this, he doesn't even have a fart." ”
Chen Sui hung his head and did not answer.
"Speak!" She glared at her.
"What you're taught." Chen Sui's hands under the dining table were crumpled together.
The grandmother of the Chen family looked at her with disgust, reached out and took out a storage bag from her pocket, tore open the bundle, took out a pendant from it and stuffed it into her hand, and ordered: "Hang it around your neck." ”
Chen Sui didn't see what it was, and when she heard what she said, she obediently adjusted the knot and put it around her neck, and seeing that she was hanging, the Chen grandmother reached out and forcefully stuffed the pendant from her neckline: "Wear it, don't take it off." ”
Suddenly frozen, Chen Sui was startled, and nodded again and again when she heard her grandmother's words: "Okay." ”
Seeing that she was obedient, the grandmother of the Chen family took out another storage bag, and this time handed it to Chen Rang with a smile: "Xiao Jean, this is yours, you can also take it." ”
Chen Rang noticed the movement here, he suppressed the impulse of Shan Jing, quietly observed the situation, saw the red storage bag handed to him, and reached out to take it: "What is this, grandma?" ”
"The marriage charm and peace charm that you asked for, as well as the pendant that asked for light, keep it well, and a good marriage will come to your door soon." Grandma Chen said with a smile.
"Is it the same as my sister's? Do I need to wear it around my neck? ”
"No, the things that men and women ask for are different, and the ways to use them are not the same, but the effect is almost the same, you just have to keep it." The ambiguity of the sentence made Chen Rang breathe a sigh of relief.
"Then thank you grandma, please worry about us." Chen Rang put away his things before whispering them to the nervous Shan Jingjing on the side.
Shan was stunned to hear the explanation, and slowly put his heart down, not to let it go completely, watching the Chen family's grandmother and uncle take a lighter, from the storage bag belonging to Chen Sui, took out a charm, lit it with a lighter, and then put it into the teacup in front of Chen Sui, he didn't know why, he saw her pick up the tea full of talisman ash and handed it to Chen Sui, looking at the posture as if she wanted her to drink it.
Shan Zhen frowned, seeing that the teacup was brought to his mouth, he was so shocked that he wanted to stand up, Chen Rang hurriedly held him down: "Don't go, it's okay." ”
He lowered his voice and showed panic: "Why is it okay?" Drink it all! Is this drinkable? He watched as Chen Sui frowned and drank the cup of talisman water.
"It's fine," Chen Rang explained to him, "We drank it when we were kids. ”
Shan was surprised: "What... What? ”
"We drank it when we were kids, and we drank it often, but it's not all good now."
"It's not! Can that thing drink? What are you drinking for? ”
Chen Rang thought about it well: "Hey, I really forgot what I was drinking for, it should be to strengthen the body or to suppress the soul and drive away evil spirits, anyway, when I was a child, I was always pressed by my mother to drink talisman water once a year." ”
Shan was stunned: "...... It's hard to judge. ”
"Normal, I can't even think of how to judge it now."