Chapter 74: The Old Lady Gets Drunk (1st Update)
Reminiscing about the past can always make people sigh and sigh, and under the bright moonlight, the father and son raise their glasses from time to time, reminiscing about the past.
"At that time, my father said that I got a book on war by chance in the bookstore, and it was the first time I had a book on the art of war."
"Later, I learned that my father exchanged the solitary book from my grandfather's collection with General Liu."
"The son toasts his father."
The old man took another drink, "That's because you made up your mind to follow Rong, it's useless to keep the lonely book, and your grandfather also agreed at that time." ”
Wen Mian smiled, raised his head and drank it all, unlike other children who like to find their mothers, when he was a child, he was uncomfortable, and he liked to talk to his father when he got into trouble, and his father never blamed him, he always said happily 'It's okay', and when he was punished by his mother, his father secretly gave him a drink.
Later, when I got older, I didn't look down on my cowardly father when I had some ability, and the hand holding the wine glass tightened by two points, and my father didn't seem to be so cowardly.
Is it all because of him......
The old man didn't notice his abnormality, and was still talking about interesting things about him when he was a child, and his eyes were full of satisfaction.
Behind the flowers not far away, Wen Lingxiao and Wen Mianmian, two brothers and sisters, squatted on the ground, one of them held a piece of ice and sucked it, this is the mung bean ice made by Wen Mianmian, forgive her for losing the face of the crossing girl, she is a handicap party, she will only let the kitchen boil the mung bean paste out, and then add sugar and put it in a bowl and insert chopsticks and it's over.
It's not good to freeze out hard.
"I think my grandfather is in a good mood."
Wen Lingxiao bit down a piece of bean paste and put it in his mouth, and whispered: "It's the first time I've seen my father and grandfather drink, so I'm afraid that my grandfather will cry after drinking too much." ”
An unexpected voice sounded behind the two, "Grandfather won't cry." ”
The two turned their heads, and Wen Yiqing, who didn't know when he touched it, squatted behind them, also gnawing on the ice mound.
Wen Lingxiao raised his eyebrows, "What are you doing here, don't you go to sleep yet?" ”
Wen Yiqing rolled his eyes, "I don't have to go to school tomorrow." ”
Wen Mianmian asked, "You still eat this, aren't you afraid of stomach pain?" ”
Wen Yiqing glanced at her, "It doesn't hurt for you to eat, and I go out early and return late, and you still eat cold drinks at home during the day." ”
This is sour, it can be said that it is full of resentment.
The two people in the pavilion were still drinking each other, and they didn't know what they said, the old man seemed to bow his head and wipe his tears, Wen Lingxiao sighed faintly, and whispered: "You already knew that your grandfather could paint?" ”
Wen Mianmian nodded, "Grandfather is not best at portraits, you didn't look at the paintings he got up quietly in the middle of the night to paint, it was very good, there was a painting of Mr. Holly in the dowry gift sent by the Ministry of Rites last time, saying that thousands of taels, grandfather's painting is even better than that." ”
As he spoke, he hooked his fingers, Wen Lingxiao stepped up, and when he heard that Wen Mianmian wanted to make his grandfather into a prestigious Danqing Holy Hand, Wen Lingxiao blinked, and his heart was very complicated.
Not to mention the father, as a grandson, he is also unqualified.
Wen Yiqing ate the ice lump and touched his face, "Big brother, sister, don't you think there are mosquitoes?" ”
The two looked at each other, with a smile in their eyes, Wen Mianmian's eyes showed slyness, and he whispered in a matter-of-fact voice: "You are the youngest, your meat is the most fragrant, and the mosquitoes won't bite us when you come." ”
"Really?"
"Of course."
Wen Lingxiao stood up and threw the mosquito repellent sachet on his body to Wen Yiqing, "I'll go first." ”
Wen Yiqing took the sachet, blinked with big eyes, and pouted angrily, "Sister is too bad." ”
This night, for the first time in his life, the old man drank too much, and he was crying and was reluctantly helped by the clerk to go to the Han Courtyard, crying as he walked, "I feel sorry for you, the old man in other people's houses can bear it, only me, I have been in the nest for a lifetime, and I will be ashamed of you." ”
"Mianmian, my Mianmian, only Mianmian is willing to be good with me in this house, where is my Mianmian..."
"You go away, I don't want you..."
“......”
When he arrived at the Han Courtyard, the old man suddenly stopped, and the caution engraved in his bones made him quiet, and he went back to his room crookedly, lying on the bed and crying, still muttering, "You all bully me, bully me..."
The old lady who rushed over was a little stiff when she heard the old man's extremely sad words, and stood at the door for a long time, waiting for the clerk to serve the people properly before turning around and leaving.
At night, the clerk standing in the courtyard exhaled a long breath, turned his head to look at the old lady, and said very seriously: "Mother, we usually ignore our father too much. ”
The old lady's hand holding the string of jade beads stiffened slightly, her expression was complicated, and she didn't say a word.
"It's late at night, mother, let's rest early."
The old lady nodded and turned to her bedroom, walked to the door and turned to look at the old man's door for a long time, until Mama Hua urged her to enter her room.
This night, except for the drunk and sleepy old man and Wen Mianmian's sister and brother, no one slept well, and the old lady almost didn't sleep all night.
The second day was destined to be an embarrassing day, the old man was very annoyed, and thought about the first time he drank with his son, and his heart was a little more happy, in order not to embarrass the old lady, he went to the newspaper early.
The days have entered August, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and there is already a faint fragrance of osmanthus in the air.
Kyoto City is also lively day by day, cold drink Zida Bi after the preliminary round in full swing, as many as 30 people were shortlisted for the semi-finals, the time of the semi-finals is set for the fifth day of August, but Wen Mianmian has no chance to see it.
"The dowry has been all boxed, and there are four girls to dowry, one housekeeper, and two companions."
Wen Mianmian's marriage is imminent, and Mrs. Wen is making the final arrangements, for fear that something will go wrong.
Looking at the list in her hand, Wen Mianmian raised her head and asked, "Mother, where did this housekeeper come from?" ”
Wen Mianmian's earliest nurse redeemed herself for her son, and she didn't take care of her grandmother for a long time, and she suddenly came to one, so she had to be cautious.
"It's an old man in the house, honest and reliable, and in the future, you will always need a grandmother who can stand things up to you in your yard."
Wen Mianmian asked again: "Have you been in the house all the time?" ”
Mrs. Wen nodded, "It was also your mother's companion at the beginning, and it was very stable." ”
Wen Mianmian shook her head, "Leave her behind, I don't need to take care of my grandmother." ”
She has become accustomed to a few girls in Lingguo and Lingcao, and then a strange mother-in-law comes in and out of her house, she is in her heart, besides, it is useless for her to take people outside the house with black eyes.
"I will talk about it when I need it in the future, and I am afraid that it will not be needed in recent years."
Mrs. Wen wanted to speak and stopped, but seeing that she could not be persuaded and could only rely on her temporarily, she turned around and told the old lady about it, and the old lady also pondered for a while, and looked at Mrs. Wen with dissatisfaction in her eyes.