"Well, I won more than 8 yuan."

Seeing the person he liked coming over, Meng Qingshui's face was like a peach blossom, and after happily grabbing the zero ticket in his hand, he hurriedly got up and pulled him to sit down.

said with a smile: "Come, I've been fighting for a day, and my head is confused, you do it for me." ”

There are many relatives in the living room on the second floor, the aunt, the second aunt and sister-in-law of the Meng family, and an uncle, all of whom are dragging the family, and there are at least 15 people. Fortunately, the living room is big enough that even three tables of cards don't seem crowded.

But at this time, everyone looked at Lu An in unison.

In other words, from the moment Meng Wenjie took Lu An to the second floor, everyone here tacitly stopped their movements and looked at Lu An.

They all heard about Lu An's painting to make money, and because they were blood relatives of the Meng family, they knew the inside story better than ordinary people.

For example, they knew that Lu An sold 4 paintings and earned 60,000 yuan.

For example, they knew that Lu An had signed a contract with a large gallery and an auction house in Shanghai.

For example, auction houses and galleries give Lu An a basic salary of 2,000 yuan per month.

For example, they know that with Lu An's signing with the gallery, it is now a thing of the past to buy 15,000 paintings from him.

When they first heard about it, they were shocked, can you make money selling paintings? This has broken their imagination, and they have earned 60,000 all at once.

There is one person here, and there are very few who have a deposit of more than 60,000 yuan. And even if there is, it is an unsightly gray income, and I dare not say it openly.

And when they learned that Lu An had signed a contract with the gallery and had a fixed salary of 2,000, they were red-eyed and jealous.

And after the red eyes and jealousy, they are deeply convinced, and the 18-year-old teenagers have made such a terrifying achievement in a field that they are completely unfamiliar with, and they only feel very bullish.

As for Meng Qingshui's liking of Lu An, the elders in the living room almost all knew about it, after all, they often walked around on weekdays, and it was inevitable that they would find a trace.

In the past, the three aunts all secretly objected, thinking that the conditions of Qingshui were so good, and those with flowers and moons should wait for the study to find a better one.

For example, find a family in politics.

Because they are all insiders of the system, the three aunts are also the families who like the system the most, and they are more or less disdainful of people outside the system.

Their idea is that as long as they enter the system, they can have everything.

The three sisters-in-law strongly objected, and Li Meng was informed, but she kept talking to the mud, saying that the child was too young and should not interfere too much, as long as it did not affect his studies.

is still the same sentence, Li Meng likes Lu An very much, not only is he the only son of his good friend, but he also likes his looks very much.

But now, when I heard that Lu An was a promising young man, and that Lu An had a super talent in painting, the three aunts, three uncles, or uncles, as well as a group of cousins and sisters, all looked at the enthusiastic Meng Qingshui, with different thoughts.

In the local customs of the former town, men love to play cards, and women love to play poker.

In the face of so many people, in the face of Meng Qingshui's affection, Lu An couldn't refuse, or it was not easy to refuse.

"It's only 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and dinner is still 2 hours, are you hungry?" Meng Qingshui sat next to him and asked him after looking at the cards.

Foodie Lu has never been mean to himself in eating, and nodded at the moment: "Well, I did get a little hungry after rushing all the way." ”

Meng Qingshui got up: "I'll go and give you a bowl of noodles, there is your favorite beef at home, I'll fry a beef whistle for you." ”

Lu An looked up at her, his heart was warm, he said yes, and said, "Help me fry an egg." ”

After 5 years, seeing that he finally stopped resisting himself so much, the love and sweetness in Meng Qingshui's eyes were about to drip out, and he immediately entered the kitchen in high spirits.

Li Meng, who saw all this, also quietly followed into the kitchen.

Closing the kitchen door, Li Meng said to the little daughter who washed the beef: "You go wash some ginger and garlic, and my mother will help you make it." ”

Meng Qingshui glanced at his mother embarrassedly, and asked worriedly, "Will he eat it?" ”

Li Meng immediately guessed the contradictory thoughts of his little daughter, and teased: "I usually don't like to cook, but now in order to please him, I know that my cooking skills are not good, you, you still have to learn more from your sister, your sister's skills are now better than your mother's." ”

The first half of the sentence made her blush.

But when the second half of the sentence was heard in his ears, it was not a taste, and Meng Qingshui's little heart jerked up.

My sister's appearance is not inferior to herself, because she is several years older, and now she is in the heyday of the most beautiful style, and she has never figured out when Lu An transferred her feelings from herself to her sister?

But she knows one thing very well, her sister is now her biggest emotional "enemy".

Shuting, she can hold it down with a letter.

Li Rou, she is not afraid.

But my sister here, she has tried several times, but Lu An did not repent, and simply turned from dark to light, which made her very frustrated and aggrieved.

It's obviously in love with me, and I haven't explicitly broken up over the years, why do you like my sister?

With complicated emotions, Meng Qingshui cut the ginger, washed the garlic seedlings, and then stood aside to watch his mother's operation carefully.

Seeing that her daughter was studying, Li Meng said: "This kind of yellow beef should not be cut too thick, it is too thick and not easy to fry, it is easy to firewood, which affects the taste."

For better flavor, it's best to marinate for 10 minutes, during which time you can prepare side dishes. ”

A series of processes are done, the noodles are cooked, the yellow beef is fried in the fire for about 30 seconds and is fully cooked, and then the noodles are covered, and a bowl of fragrant beef noodles is out of the pot, which is delicious.

Seeing her daughter standing still, Li Meng asked while washing the pot, "Why don't you leave?" If Mom had brought it over, it wouldn't have been much of a shame for you. ”

Meng Qingshui glanced at this mother who was making fun of herself, "I want to fry an egg." ”

Li Meng put the washed pot on the stove, "You come by yourself with eggs, if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first learn to grab his stomach." ”

I don't know why, every time Li Meng makes fun of her little daughter's feelings, her mood is extraordinarily beautiful, and this pleasant feeling is about to make her addicted.

For children who grew up in a remote area like Shao City, Meng Qingshui's cooking skills are not as bad as Li Meng said, at least the eggs are fried golden on both sides, and they look decent.

When the noodles came, I looked down at the half bowl of beef whistle and the oily red soup, and my mouth watered in an instant, and my taste buds moved.

Eating a piece, the taste is unexpectedly good, and eating another piece, the taste is a bit beyond his imagination.

Some things have been eaten for two lifetimes, and he can taste wrong at once, but after glancing at the water with a tender face, he doesn't plan to reveal it.

Instead, he handed her the playing cards in his hand, "You can play a few handfuls, and I'll take over after eating the noodles." ”

"Okay." Meng Qingshui responded softly and reached out to take the card with residual warmth.

The eldest aunt, second aunt and younger uncle at the same table watched the two interact together, like watching love TV, without saying a word.

In the middle, Lu An suddenly asked her, "Where did Sister Qingchi go?" Why didn't I see her? ”

Hearing this, Meng Qingshui, who was playing cards, tightened his palms, and the cards in his hand almost fell off the table.

Fortunately, it was not the first time she had faced this situation, she had experience, and after stabilizing her emotions, she replied softly:

"My sister went to my uncle's house in Changshi to pay New Year's greetings, and by the way, I stayed there until the exam was over."

Lu An had been observing her carefully, and when he saw that she hadn't turned her face, he was immediately relieved, but then he was a little depressed.

Sister Qingchi just left?

Don't say hello to yourself, is this hiding from yourself?

Is this to leave room for clear water?

Lu An thought secretly, it seems that the phone confession before the Chinese New Year completely frightened this sister. For a while, my heart was sour.

Lu An took a bite of the egg and asked, "Which university did Sister Qingchi get for a doctorate?" ”

Meng Qingshui played a pair of aces and replied to him: "Hunan Medical College, internal medicine." ”

Hearing this, he was relieved.

Although Sister Qingchi took the doctoral exam a year ahead of schedule, the school has not changed, and the major has not changed.

Speaking of which, the medical school was still one of the first batch of doctoral pilot universities in the country in 81 years, and at that time there were only four universities in Hunan with this qualification, including the National Defense University.

After dinner, Lu An bid farewell to the Meng family.

Because there were too many guests at home, there was no place to rest, and Meng Zhenhai and Li Meng didn't keep it, but just brought him some novelties.

Seeing Meng Qingshui reluctantly sending himself outside the gate, Lu An sent out an invitation: "I'm going to my sister-in-law's New Year's greetings, will you come with me?" ”

Meng Wenjie, who was smoking next to him, almost choked when he heard this deathly strange words, the inviter was invited like this? Can you be a little sincere?

Sure enough, Meng Qingshui looked at him with resentful eyes and shook his head: "You go, I won't go, pay attention to safety on the road." ”

Meng Wenjie interjected: "It's the eldest brother who drove him, and the younger sister should tell me to pay attention to safety." ”

Being interrupted like this, Meng Qingshui's mood immediately improved, and he said with a smile: "Brother, Lu An, have a safe journey." ”

This, this is hopeless.

Meng Wenjie looked up at the sky, very apprehensive, this little sister is completely out of touch with herself.

Straddled onto the motorcycle, Lu An said to her: "I'm leaving, let's go back to Baoqing together." ”

"Okay."

Although the last sentence was short, it temporarily brought Meng Qingshui out of the haze.

"Uncle, aunt, sister-in-law, let's go."

As the motorcycle started, Lu An waved his hand to the three people who were watching him at the gate of the courtyard.

"Eh, walk slowly, I have time to come to the house to play." This is Li Meng's response.

Halfway through, Meng Wenjie, who felt sorry for his little sister, asked him, "What do you think?" ”

Lu An didn't hear: "It's too windy, what do you say?" You speak louder. ”

Meng Wenjie suddenly slowed down by a third, and repeated loudly in the wind: "What the hell do you think?" ”

Lu An asked knowingly, "What do you think?" ”

Meng Wenjie asked: "Do you still want to be my brother-in-law?" ”

Lu An smiled: "Yes, I want to be your brother-in-law in my dreams." ”

Meng Wenjie thought he had heard it wrong, so he stopped the car and said angrily: "Then you still push the clear water out?" If I hadn't watched you grow up, I wouldn't have wanted to do anything to you. ”

Lu An said very sincerely: "Uncle, I'll call you that first, the time hasn't come yet, I'll talk about it after I finish reading." ”

Meng Wenjie warned him: "You kid, don't rely on Qing Shui to like you, you can do whatever you want."

I tell you, if Qing Shui is wronged by you, I will get it back double. ”

Lu An was not threatened at all: "Hey, it's okay to talk well, don't be so, you are also a national cadre, you must pay attention to your image."

Besides, you can't beat me. ”

"And you broke me, and your sister has to take care of me with a handful of shit and urine in front of the hospital bed, and you will be the one who will be uncomfortable then."

Meng Wenjie laughed angrily, "You are really a two-cheeked person, Qing Shui likes you, you are blind." ”

Lu An rarely refutes this, and he doesn't know how to refute it.

12 miles of road, motorbike arrived quickly.

Moving things out of the car, Lu An sighed: "I took some cigarettes and alcohol to your house, but my aunt gave me more than 5 times as much."

I see you've been in a bad mood on the road, do you want to go in and eat some drinks and eat Ben back? ”

Meng Wenjie was originally very self-disciplined, but in the face of this little bastard, he broke the defense several times, and immediately laughed and scolded "Get out", and turned around and left.

Seeing the baby nephew, the sister-in-law was first happy, and then complained: "I heard that you came back at noon, why don't you come to my house directly, I plan to surprise you." ”

Lu An was curious: "Sister-in-law, don't fool me, you can see the end at a glance at your house, what surprises can you have?" ”

The sister-in-law was so angry that she pinched his ear: "Surprise is gone in the afternoon, later." ”

Even knowing what the surprise was, Lu An didn't care at all, and after greeting the relatives inside one by one, he asked his little uncle:

"Uncle, have you invited the plasterer and carpenter?"

The little uncle is a very pragmatic person: "Xiao An, don't worry, it's all shouted, the construction will start on the sixth day of the new year." ”

"Okay." With the foundation of his previous life, Lu An is quite relieved about his uncle's behavior, and even in some cases, he is more at ease than himself.

That night, the three families got together to discuss the details, first gave the aunt 4,000 yuan as an advance payment, and the red bricks were sent first.

The old Lu family is about to build a new house, and the two-story red brick house is built, which has caused a great sensation in the village.

Now there is a family in the upper village, which is a fashionable red brick house where the secretary and two gold diggers live.

Other families are still wooden houses.

And a considerable number of old houses with a history of dozens or hundreds of years, the days are tight, to say that everyone is not sour, it is false.

People often come to the house to ask questions, and the envious expression is so envious that he really wants to marry the daughter of the family to Lu An as a daughter-in-law.

According to Lu An's idea, the old house will not be demolished first, there is vacant land next to his house, and the vegetable field is also his own, first flatten the vegetable field behind, and after the red brick house is built, then the wooden house will be demolished to make a yard, and the fence can also be planted and eaten.

Lu Yan, aunt and sister-in-law all agreed to this plan, but they opposed pulling the wall, saying that they were all neighbors, and it was inconvenient to pull a wall to visit the door, and it was not easy to exchange feelings with the surrounding people.

Seeing that everyone's attitude is like this, Lu An took a step and didn't care too much, anyway, he basically won't stay at home after he goes out of school, and the eldest sister can come as happy as she wants.

Originally, it was planned to build tiles, but under Lu An's strong insistence, it was changed to cement for capping, but the budget was more than 1,000 yuan.

Early in the morning of the fourth day of the new year, my uncle released a bombshell news at the crossroads: find someone to pick red bricks, 3 cents a red brick, from my aunt's house to Lao Lu's house.

As soon as the news came out, the owner of the commissary immediately helped everyone pull the abacus beads:

10 bricks and 3 cents, such a flat road, it is easy for a person to pick 20 to 30 bricks, and it is almost 1 yuan for a large burden.

It's only 6 miles back and forth, if you pick 20 loads a day, then you can't get 20 wages a day?

Wow, the wages are high, and the people at the crossroads are excited.

Suddenly, the wife and children didn't care, and some things were pulled out halfway, men, women and children went out together, adults earned wages, children earned chili candy money, and it was hot and energetic for a while.

The younger uncle divided the labor for everyone: Lu Yan and her sister-in-law counted the bricks, Song Jia counted them, and the eldest uncle invited Mr. Feng Shui to come and see the land, and the aunt cooked.

As for Lu An, his uncle didn't arrange a job for him, saying that he would be free to play.

What is free play?

If it's good, it's called everything, and if it's not good, it's to be a village bully.

Song Jia, who originally thought that the work was the easiest way, couldn't stand it in the end, but these neighbors were so fucking enthusiastic, in order to make more money, in order not to let others earn all the money, they actually stayed up all night.

This is something that the old Lu family and others did not expect.

couldn't do it, Lu An was taken out by his uncle to put out the fire at night and replaced Song Jia's class.

For two days, the red bricks were all transported and the timber was neat, just waiting for the bow to be opened.

In this era, everyone has no skills, they all rely on a few handfuls of strength to make a living, the Lu family is going to build a house, and they are going to call workers, and many people go to their uncle overnight to find a relationship, just to do a job and earn some income.

The little uncle secretly asked Lu Yan's three brothers and sisters: "Have any neighbors bullied you?" ”

Lu Yan thought about it and said a family.

The little uncle knew in his heart, and silently crossed out the labor force of the family, and then he came out to be the villain and began to recruit workers.

In these years, there are many idlers, many idlers, under the hospitality of the Lu family, no one wants to grind foreign workers, and no one dares to grind foreign workers, and finally get this errand.

So one by one, in the frequent meat jokes, they are all very hard.

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