There are many relatives who came today, and when they went to bed at night, Lu An, Li Dong and Ye Run all lived in the branch secretary's house.

The next day was a good day, the weather was sunny and refreshing, and the banquet was held in his own yard without worrying about rain.

As Meng Wenjie said, after 10 o'clock in the morning, Meng Qingchi came, along with Li Meng.

Lu An poured 5 cups of herbal tea and gave it to Li Meng first: "Aunt Meng, I rushed over on a hot day, and I worked hard all the way." ”

Li Meng looked at him, and then at the little daughter beside him, and smiled, the meaning can be understood by fools, everything is silent.

Meng Qingshui was a little shy by his brother and sister-in-law, but he didn't hide from it. Because a voice in her heart told her that she couldn't hide on this occasion.

The last cup of herbal tea was handed to Meng Qingchi, Lu An's eyes lit up faintly, and he couldn't help asking, "Sister Qingchi, why did you come so far?" ”

Looking at each other, Meng Qingchi suddenly felt the vigorous flame hidden in the depths of his pupils, and said quietly: "Xiao An, you have been admitted to the university, and you have to build a new house, this is a double happiness, it is rare, sister must come over." ”

Taking a sip of tea, she suddenly praised: "The photo of you and Qing Shui is very good, the lotus flowers are beautiful, and the people are even better-looking." ”

My sister-in-law followed at this time and said, "My mother and I said last night that we had a husband and wife. ”

Dizzy, completely dizzy.

My sister-in-law doesn't understand, can you not mix blindly, can you drink tea well.

Lu An's heart was a little broken, but he was still talking and laughing on his face, and asked: "The group photo was taken yesterday, and the photo was washed out?" ”

Meng Qingshui said sweetly: "My sister-in-law is going to open a photo studio, and she has been learning to take photos for the past half a year. ”

Lu An patted his forehead, he actually forgot about it, wasn't the main business of this sister-in-law in his previous life photography?

After Li Meng finished drinking tea, put the cup on the table, got up and said to Lu An: "Let's go, the scenery was good yesterday, let's take a family photo." ”

The future mother-in-law had a greeting, how dare Lu An disobey, and immediately led the way in front of her.

Meng Qingchi and Meng Wenjie deliberately went to call Lu Yan and Song Jia.

Lu Yan put down what she was doing and came over, but Song Jia couldn't find anyone alive or dead.

I didn't find it for a while, everyone gave up tacitly, no one is a fool, no, my heart is very open, this Song Jia must have escaped out. There is a high probability that he will be with Yan Jingjing.

As an elder, Li Meng naturally stood in the C position.

Lu An wanted to stand with Meng Qingchi, but the latter looked at him with a smile and didn't avoid it explicitly. But Li Meng didn't let him, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he pulled him and Meng Qingshui together.

After Meng Qingshui returned to the team, under the encouragement of his sister-in-law, he reached out and grabbed Lu An's arm with a little shame, and the two completed the group photo closely.

Meng Qingchi, who was in the back row, looked at the intimacy of the two, and a heartfelt smile emanated from his face.

As for Lu Yan, seeing that her younger brother and Meng Qingshui were so close, and the Meng family didn't seem to object, but looked happy to see it, which made her feel excited and at the same time, she was also thinking about how to deal with the Meng family in the future?

At least in her opinion, it is impossible to make do with it as before, and she has to move around frequently during the New Year's Festival.

At this moment, Lu Yan's mind was lively, and she began to plan for her younger brother's family affairs early.

According to the rules, the banquet is usually held with two meals, one on the first night and one on the second morning.

However, in order to take care of distant relatives and not let the food become rancid, the custom of dinner and breakfast the next day was changed to be eaten in one day, i.e., lunch and dinner.

After taking a group photo and meeting with home, Lu Yan rushed home non-stop to help.

Lu An took the Meng family to take a walk around the tea mountain opposite.

He always wanted to say a few thoughtful words to Meng Qingchi, but the latter took care of his sister's feelings very much, and didn't give him a chance to be alone.

This made Lu An suffocated, and even his eyes were full of resentment.

Seeing him kick the small stones on the ground out of the way, Meng Qingchi smiled, then turned his head to admire the tea mountain, and continued to ignore it, as if he didn't see it.

Under his arrangement, the little uncle is a well-known good hand in the neighborhood, carrying water, chopping wood, washing vegetables, cooking, cleaning the table, washing dishes and chopsticks, helping the kitchen, setting off firecrackers, serving square plates, boiling tea, ushering in and sending to, there is a lot of work inside and out, but it is well organized, meticulous, and there is no mistake in the excitement.

At 12:28 p.m., the feast began.

Lu An followed behind his uncle and toasted people. There were 18 tables, and although three of them were half-grown children, he was not ambiguous at all. Starting from the first table under the shrine, one table after another, the back face was white, and his legs and stomach couldn't stop trembling, if Meng Qingchi hadn't seen the opportunity to mix sweet wine with boiled water, it was estimated that he would have to be drunk by these old and disrespectful old guys on the spot.

He thought about shirking it, but as the only son of the Lu family, he built a new house and was admitted to university, how could he shirk this glass of wine?

If you are not happy enough to be the master's family, how can others be happy? The current neighborhood relationship is not like that of later generations, it is still very pure, and the big guys love this tone, of course, they can't spoil the fun.

I had no choice but to drink it.

When his face turned red and his body drank crookedly, the eldest uncle finally took over the scene and began to compete with those people.

"Xiao An, how are you? Does it hurt to have a headache? Do you want to go to bed? ”

Helping him to the backyard recliner, Meng Qingchi asked with concern.

Lu An slumped in the chair and said, "My head is fine, I'll go back to the table when I rest, people are eating lively, what kind of business is it for me to leave." ”

He was really drunk, but a small half of it was pretended.

When you go out, the rivers and lakes are sinister, if you can't pretend, you're not a fool.

Meng Qingchi thought for a while and said, "Then you will rest here, and I will make you a bowl of green onion and ginger soup to sober up." ”

"Okay, thank you, Sister Qingchi."

Meng Qingchi said: "You call me sister, what do you want to thank." ”

Hearing this, Lu An took the opportunity to rush up: "I don't want to call you sister." ”

Feeling his eager eyes and listening to his words, Meng Qingchi calmed down, and then reached out to close his eyelids and left with a smile.

Hey, it's still like this oil and salt don't go in...

Lu An sighed, didn't think about anything, closed his eyes and began to recuperate.

A few minutes later, he smelled the fragrance of green onion and ginger, and when he opened his eyes, he found that it was Meng Qingshui who came in with a bowl of soup.

didn't wait for him to speak, only to see her explain softly: "My sister was dragged by your sister-in-law to drink, and she couldn't leave, let me send it over, are you okay?" ”

"Don't worry, it's okay." Lu An took the soup and drank it.

To be honest, he had expected this result, and he was not surprised at all that the person in front of him would change to Qing Shui.

After drinking some sobering soup and resting for a while, Lu An came back to life and returned to the banquet alive.

Wei Fangyuan looked him up and down: "How did you practice this amount of wine, why haven't I seen you drink so well before?" ”

"Tsk, I've got a lot of skills."

Lu An passed over perfunctorily, and then asked her, "Do you want me to have a drink with you?" ”

Wei Fangyuan was so frightened that he shook his head again and again: "Don't drink it, I've already drunk half a glass of rice wine with Ye Run, and my head is buzzing now, and it's uncomfortable." ”

Lu An said: "Don't you want to be a host in the future, how can there be anyone in the system who doesn't drink, you have to practice, you have to practice hard." ”

Wei Fangyuan flattened his mouth: "I'll talk about it later, I can't drink it now, if you don't enjoy it, I'll call my dad and my uncle to accompany you." ”

After bringing Meng Qingshui back to his seat, he walked over and asked Ye Run and Li Dong: "The dishes are to your taste, right?" ”

Li Dong's face was red at the moment, his mouth was full of oil, and he replied while stuffing meat: "It's delicious, don't talk to me, I'm having a good time." ”

Lu An was speechless, this product is completely related to Dongpo jerky, and he picks fat to eat, and the fat meat is fragrant.

Ye Run asked him: "Will you make this Dongpo meat?" ”

Lu An nodded: "Yes, it's similar to the principle of making braised pork, that is, the process is much more complicated, and the taste is better." ”

Ye Run said: "I will have time to teach me in the future." ”

Waiting for this, Lu An hesitantly: "Cheng, when you wait for Jinling, I will take the time to teach you well." ”

In the second half of the journey, he didn't drink alcohol, Meng Qingshui faked, and drank boiled water mixed with sweet wine throughout the whole process, which smelled like wine, and he only drank sweet in his mouth, not intoxicating at all, and fooled everyone else.

The little uncle is shrewd, the eldest uncle is bold, since he took over the scene, a large amount, at least two catties of rice wine, the end is to fall unconscious on the bed, snoring so loudly, passing have to carefully clamp their tails, for fear of pregnancy.

Lu Yan was also drunk, and Song Jia had been taking care of her.

When the relatives left, and after sending the Meng family away, Lu An slapped his head over: "Where are you hiding?" Can't find anyone for a day? ”

Song Jia pretended to be aggrieved: "My brother has a woman, and he still cares about his sister?" ”

Lu An listened to it again: "What kind of woman is not a woman, she doesn't learn well at a young age, it's all nonsense." ”

Song Jia covered her head and asked after discussion: "Brother, why don't we change to a sister-in-law, Meng Qingshui is too beautiful, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it in the future." ”

Lu An raised his hand and looked at the melon seeds again: "It's ridiculous again, who do you want to change?" ”

Song Jia learned to be obedient this time, took two steps back and muttered: "I think Sister Fang Yuan and Ye Run are very good, they will tell me whoever is my sister-in-law." ”

Lu An's eyes were white: "You are going to marry in the future, and it is your husband who lives with you, so you don't have to worry about my affairs." ”

Walking out of the eldest sister's bedroom, Lu An was called away by his little uncle.

The little uncle took out the account book, and while pulling the abacus beads, he said, "You come to read, I will plan the plate, let's check the accounts." ”

Lu An was too lazy to move: "No, it's as much as you want, little uncle, you won't harm me." ”

At this time, my sister-in-law accosted beside me: "Trust is trust, but one yard is one yard, I don't know how to count, Xiao An, read it quickly, and go back to rest early before it gets dark." ”

That's all it said, Lu An didn't want to be hypocritical anymore and began to read.

In fact, anyone can read this number, and the little uncle pointed out that he should read it, just to show that the other party was frank and open, and he did not do anything about the money.

There are many accounts and incomes, and the details are recorded on about 20 pages, and it took several people more than half an hour to calculate them.

At a certain moment, the little uncle pulled the abacus beads and said, "It's a loss." ”

Lu An knew in his heart that it was strange that there was no loss in holding a banquet in the countryside.

People give a gift of four pieces and two, and you have to return a gift for this kind of red celebration.

Then there are 18 big bowls per table, each bowl is full of hard dishes, and then count the tobacco, wine, towels, peanuts and candy, and the custom is that each family comes to two people, but they are all villagers, many families are men, women, and children are a big family, how can the gift money be enough, it is not enough to see well.

The aunt asked, "How much did you lose?" ”

The little uncle pointed to the abacus and said, "Here, I lost a total of 371 yuan and 8 cents." ”

371 yuan 8 cents is not eye-catching at first glance, but this year, a rural person may not be able to earn so much in March.

The aunt and sister-in-law felt pain for a while, but they didn't say it.

Lu An could see it, and comforted with a smile: "If you lose, you will lose, this money is very much, it's just lively, you look at today's banquet, that is a style, who doesn't praise our old Lu family for being bright, who doesn't praise our aunt and uncle for being able to do things?" ”

Saying this, the aunt and sister-in-law were very happy.

The little uncle also rolled up a white paper cigarette angrily and smoked it.

Money aside, their mother's family is so generous, and they also have a light on their faces.

As the saying goes, broken bones are still connected to tendons, although they are married, they have never treated themselves as outsiders, today's banquet is also available in ten miles and eight towns, praised by others, famous, and comfortable.

After the account was settled, Lu An took Song Jia, Ye Run and Li Dong together, followed by his aunt and uncle to deliver food door to door, this is the rule, and if you can't finish eating, you have to send some leftovers to every family. Especially the people who came to help the kitchen in the past two days sent more portions.

Li Dong looked greedy: "There are a lot of things that haven't been eaten yet, so they're all gone?" ”

Lu An smiled and asked, "You haven't eaten yet?" ”

Li Dong nodded violently, and shouted with a look of why you are so stupid: "Who is too much meat?" Who can eat enough? I still want to eat this meal. ”

Lu An said: "Then you pick it yourself, pick some of the ones you like to eat and keep them, and give away the more ones, and if you don't send them, it will become rancid, the temperature is so high." ”

Li Dong picked a large pot of beef and a few bowls of Dongpo meat and put them on the well to get cold, and then patted his bulging stomach and shouted:

"Brother, rest your stomach first, let's have supper at night, come and you don't get drunk."

"Done." Regarding the amount of alcohol he drinks, Lu Ana doesn't care at all, a glass of rice wine.

Then he asked Ye Run and Song Jia: "What about the two of you, why don't you pick some too, what do you like to eat and what to keep?" ”

Ye Run loves to eat Sanhe soup and specially reserves a bowl.

Song Jia's heart was so big that she left four or five bowls of everything, saying that she had suffered and been afraid before, and she would make up for it this time.

Hearing this, Lu An was amused and sad, the old Lu family was indeed too cold in the past, and his mother hadn't eaten decent meat a few times.

Some of the leftovers were delivered, and the two aunts also took some away, and the crowded kitchen suddenly became dire, looking at the 20 or so vegetable buckets that had bottomed out, Song Jia was still distressed, but because of her brother's classmates and friends, she didn't say anything more.

Lu Yan woke up at night and learned that she had lost so much, so she couldn't help muttering: "It's a real loss of money to run wine, and it's a loss." ”

Then she comforted herself in her heart: It's okay, build a new house, my younger brother will be admitted to college, just this time, and if you want to do it, you will fight for face.

However, Lu Yan was very open to the leftovers, and in turn pulled Song Jia to comfort her.

After eating supper, Li Dong went to the canteen to watch and play cards, where there are people playing cards every night, and there are several tables when they are opened.

But young people are different, they often fight very hard, some people have lost pigs, some people have lost grain, and some people have lost children's school fees. Someone borrowed money from the credit union and lost, fled and never dared to come back.

In the first two years, there were even more outrageous, someone lost his wife.

Ye Run walked with him and asked secretly, "Your family should have had a hard time before." ”

Knowing why she asked like this, Lu An looked up at the starry sky, "Bitter, very bitter." ”

When passing by the branch scrivener's house, Wei Fangyuan joined the walk and retired from the army, and she asked Ye Run: "When will you and Li Dong return to Shao City?" ”

Ye Run looked at Lu An.

Lu An calculated the time and said: "It's August 24th, your family will hold a school promotion wine tomorrow, and you will leave after eating your wedding wine, and leave the morning after tomorrow." ”

Wei Fangyuan asked him, "Are you going to Baoqing with you?" ”

Lu An nodded: "Yes, I still have to go to the Meng family, what about you?" When will you go to Beijing to report? ”

Wei Fangyuan thought for a while and said, "Then I'll forget it with you the day after tomorrow, stay with Sister Baoqing for a few days, and then take a plane to the capital on the 1st." ”

"Okay, so we have company."

Walking around the reservoir, Wei Fangyuan suddenly said: "Lu An, it's been a long time since I've heard you play the flute and play the erhu, the weather is so cool tonight, don't show your hand." ”

Ye Run's eyes lit up, she hadn't seen Lu An perform his talent yet, so she immediately looked at him fixedly.

Seeing the expectant looks on the two of them, Lu An didn't disappoint the fun, turned around and walked back: "Cheng, the flute has been broken, it was bitten by a mouse, and it can't be used, let's play the erhu tonight." ”

In fact, the erhu is almost finished, and it has reached the point where it is dying, but it is barely usable to adjust it.

That night, Lu An was in good spirits and played a dozen tunes on the grass by the reservoir.

Ye Run and Wei Fangyuan like to listen to "Looking Back Again" the most, thinking of graduating from high school, in the quiet night, in the unique tone of the erhu, tears are almost heard.

However, when they heard the cheerful disco tune "Chain Reaction", the two begged him to repeat it, and the second daughter felt very novel.

This night, the three of them didn't go back to sleep until late, and when they were about to part, Ye Run asked him: "Is the flute good, or is the erhu good?" ”

Lu An said: "Some people like the tactfulness of the erhu, and some people prefer the melodiousness of the flute. ”

The next day, Lu An took Li Dong and Ye Run to eat Wei Fangyuan's school wine.

This is the case in the countryside these days, and it is especially difficult to become a college student. Sometimes there hasn't been one for several years, so it's really amazing to hear that someone's children are admitted to college, and it often takes only three or five days to become famous all over the world.

The branch secretary is very happy, although there is no son in his name, but the two daughters have been sent out.

The eldest daughter is now working as a nurse at Baoqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital after graduating from health school. The youngest daughter is even more promising, and she was admitted to the capital, and the wine was a fierce drink, and those who came did not refuse, and she got herself drunk.

August 26th.

Before dawn, Luan got up and prepared to pack his things. In fact, he didn't want to bring anything, except for the necessary documents, he picked up a few clothes, which were very simple.

Anyway, if you have money in your pocket, you can buy it if you need it, although the place in Jinling is not as prosperous as Shanghai and Beijing, but it has a foundation, right? There was no shortage of what he needed.

Lu Yan cooked the meal early in the morning, and then enthusiastically called Wei Fangyuan to let a few people eat together and leave together.

After eating, the group took a walk-behind tractor to the town. Song Jia was reluctant, so she insisted on following.

When Lu An was about to get on the bus, the girl cried all of a sudden, with tears in her eyes.

Lu An stretched out his hand and touched her head, and said with a smile: "Study hard, the second brother will write to you every month and send you living expenses, you don't need to save living expenses, it is the time to grow your body, you should eat." ”

"Got it, second brother."

Song Jia wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeves and said goodbye to several people one by one.

Lu An finally said to Lu Yan: "Eldest sister, then I'll go, and the family will depend on you to watch, don't be too tired." ”

Lu Yan didn't make a sound, but walked out of the back of the shuttle for a long time, and stood on the side of the road until she couldn't catch up, her body like a benchmark, straight and straight.

The mountain road is crooked, unhurried all the way, and when I arrived at the county seat, the sky was just bright.

Several people got out of the car and changed cars, and it took another hour to get to Guifei Lane.

It was only when he arrived at the mouth of the alley that Lu An heard someone shouting: "Go to Chengnan Park to watch the public judgment meeting!" ”

Hearing the sound, the men, women and children of Guifei Lane cheered, the sky stopped talking, and the eggs were no longer ragged, and they all ran to Chengnan Park.

Lu An was a little confused, stopped an uncle and asked, "Uncle, what kind of public judgment conference?" Who's going to judge? ”

Although the uncle is old, he doesn't die when he sees the excitement, and he dances and says: "Who else can there be, of course, the biggest hooligan leader in Baoqing, the boss of Anhong Mining Company." ”

Anhong Mining Company?

Several people looked at each other, isn't this the company that caused Li Rou's family to be ruined?

Thinking of his best friend Li Rou, Wei Fangyuan took the lead in speaking: "I'm going to take a look." ”

Lu An knew that she wanted to confirm some news, and said to her, "Put the bag at home first, and I'll go with you." ”

Li Dong loves to play the most, and immediately said excitedly: "I'll go too." ”

As a result, all four of them went.

Chengnan Park is some distance from Guifei Lane, and it took the four of them more than 20 minutes to arrive.

The scene was already crowded at this time, and at a glance, it was all black and pressed, and all kinds of noisy and noisy were very noisy.

Several people squeezed for a long time to find a place to stay, and when they looked up, there were two rows of people standing on the platform built in the center of Chengnan Park. A rough count, no less than 30, all of them are criminals.

"Female, and female."

Lu An and the four of them were settled, and the aunt next to her was chatting with others, stretching out her fingers and pointing while eating melon seeds, and her saliva was flying.

The four of them looked at the aunt's line of sight, and they really saw several women on the far right.

One of them turned out to be an acquaintance, Yang Lianhua. Her hands were tied behind her back, but she did not shave her head.

It's a pity that the people in front of him are too gambled, and they can't squeeze through at all, and they can't see Yang Lianhua's facial expression clearly at this moment.

Fortunately, the horn at the scene was loud enough to cover the noise of the crowd.

After listening for a while, several people finally heard the public trial of Yang Lianhua: Yang Lianhua, theft, intentional injury, harboring murderers, and selling D.

Hearing these four, Lu An and Wei Fangyuan were stunned, this is their junior high school alumni, they are full of crimes at a young age, and they probably don't even have to sit in prison now.

Later, I heard the charges of the CEO of An Hong Mining Company: Wu Zhiyou, murder, robbery, trafficking, organizing gangsters to disrupt society.

There were too many charges, and before he could finish hearing it, Li Dong was speechless: "This person is finished, he is finished, and he will definitely be shot." ”

After listening to the public trial of more than 20 leaders of An Hong's company in a row, the crowd was numb, how the hell is the trial, this group of hooligans is innocent.

After the public trial, the final sentence was heard over the loudspeaker.

Yang Lianhua, death penalty, immediate execution.

Wu Zhiyou, death penalty, immediately executed.

After listening to a series of final verdicts, the group did not follow the crowd to the suburbs to watch the execution, they were really afraid of a shadow in their hearts.

Breaking away from the large army, the four of them appeared a little silent on the way back.

Wei Fangyuan obviously hadn't recovered from the shock yet, and said after a long time: "It's okay now, Li Rou doesn't have to hide, the big hooligans of An Hong's company have all been shot, she shouldn't have nightmares anymore." ”

Li Dong asked a question that several people wanted to know, but didn't know anything:

"Then Wu Zhiyou's power is so big and so rampant, how dare Li Rou's family offend him?"

The other three stared at Li Dong for a moment and shook their heads together.

When Lu An went to Meng's house, he was not surprised, and Meng Qingchi really hid in Changshi.

But Meng Wenjie was unexpectedly at home.

Lu An sat down and asked, "Why didn't you go to work?" ”

"I'm here for a business trip to Baoqing today, and I'll go home by the way."

Meng Wenjie said, then looked at him and asked, "What's wrong with you, with such an expression?" ”

"I just came back from Seongnam Park," Luan said. ”

Meng Wenjie asked: "The public judgment conference? ”

"Yes."

Lu An nodded, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Do you have any acquaintances in the police station?" ”

Meng Wenjie said yes, and then looked at him suspiciously.

Lu An said the names of Li Rou's father, her brother, and the first time I met, "You help me check, do these people have a criminal record?" ”

Meng Wenjie didn't ask him why he did this, and happily agreed.

Half an hour later, Meng Wenjie and others called, and the other party told him that Li Rou's father had a criminal record, and Li Rou's brother was clean.

Putting down the phone, Meng Wenjie said: "This is called Chujian, and it has not been filed at the police station. ”

Didn't have a record?

Lu An was a little stunned, and then relieved.

In recent years, street bastards generally don't call the police when they fight, and if they lose, they all think they're unlucky, which may be the reason why they have no criminal record when they first see each other, right?

Meng Qingshui walked over with a pot of herbal tea, and later cut a plate of watermelon and put it on the coffee table, and said to him softly: "I started school on the 3rd." ”

Lu An almost understood her words: "Then we will leave on the 1st, and I will send you to school." ”

"Hmm."

Hearing that he understood what he meant, Meng Qingshui smiled and picked a piece of watermelon with the best red soil and handed it to him.

Meng Wenjie saw the little sister's actions in his eyes and sighed: "Before I got married, my arms began to turn out." ”

Meng Qingshui's face was hot, and he turned his head and picked a piece of watermelon for his eldest brother.

ps: In order to pull the order, it's still two in one, I hope the big guys will understand.

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