On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the small mountain village where the Yan family is located.
It was New Year's Day, and the people working outside had already returned to the village one after another.
Face is very important for this person to live. If he does well outside, if he does not return home, no matter how good he is outside, it seems to be meaningless.
At least, the vast majority of people in this village think so.
Therefore, even if some people eat chaff and veggies outside, they have to save up a fortune and go back to the village to show off during the Chinese New Year.
Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer people in the village. Usually, the people who live in the village are either old people or children, but this time around the New Year, it is lively again. The canteen opened by old man Jiang at the head of the village is not only full of people, but also people coming. Buy things from time to time.
Children in the village use pocket money to buy snacks, firecrackers, and fireworks; men from the village come to buy cigarettes, alcohol, and playing cards; women from the village come to buy all kinds of condiments and daily necessities.
Occasionally, there are people who have bought expired snacks and come to the door cursing.
In the dirty canteen, it was as lively as in previous years.
In recent years, when everyone gathers in the canteen to chat, they will definitely talk about Yan Jingze, the eldest son of the lame old Yan family.
"The luck of the lame old man is really good. He has no future in his life. He gave birth to a promising son and turned over!"
"I said many years ago that the eldest son of the Yan family must be promising, am I right?"
"I heard that Yanjing opened a big company outside?"
"He started a big company! He was still in college, so he bought a house in the county town for his father to live in. Once he graduated, he started a company and became the boss."
"The other children in the Yan family were also brought out by him. The second sister Yan used to be quiet and her grades were not good. Now she is also admitted to university."
"And the youngest son of the Yan family. He used to know how to be naughty, and now he's very promising."
"Sister Yan is the real talent. When she came back this year, she came back by car."
…
The villagers are now indescribably envious of the lame father Yan.
He has been farming all his life without making any money, but he gave birth to a good son and the whole family became prosperous.
In their village, there are also people who don't study much, go out to work and open a shop, and finally make a lot of money. It is said that the son of Lao Jiang, who opened a small shop, took his wife to the coast to open a breakfast restaurant. Earn a dozen or two million.
But compared with Yan Jingze, who can go to newspapers and TV, he really is nothing.
"By the way, this New Year's Eve, Lame Laoyan came back with his mute mother-in-law."
"Years ago, they renovated the dilapidated house at home."
"Didn't he come back every year? What's there to say... Did Yan Jing come back for the New Year? Did he not come back again? "
"I'm sure I haven't come back... People are busy people, so I don't have time to come back to this place where birds don't poop for a few days. It would be good to come back in a few days and have a look!"
"Oh, he probably doesn't look down on this place... He has looked down on people since he was a child."
…
After talking about this topic, it went in a not-so-good direction.
The village chief who was smoking in the canteen said, "What are you talking about! Don't people still come back every year? It's just that the time spent is shorter. If you buy a house in the city and live comfortably, you are still willing to come here. Staying for more than half a month? Who is complaining in front of me every day that the signal here is not good and I can't access the Internet? "
As soon as the village chief said this, those people stopped talking.
At this moment, the promising son of Lao Jiang, who opened the canteen, came.
So everyone started talking to him again.
Lao Jiang's son, Xiao Jiang, is the same age as Yan Jingze. He has been compared to Yan Jingze in terms of grades since he started studying. Later, when Yan Jing was in high school, he went out to work.
At first, he worked in a steamed bun shop. After learning the craft of making steamed buns, he first set up a small stall to sell steamed buns, and later rented a shop and opened a breakfast shop.
He worked like this for three or four years. Because of his hard work and dedication, he could earn more than 100,000 yuan a year. He even found a wife for himself. Suddenly, he felt that he was already very powerful, not even worse than Yanjing - Renjia University Graduation, also earn so much!
When he came home that year, he wanted to show off, but Yan Jingze also came back that year. He even brought money back when he just went to college. Not only did he pay off the debts of the Yan family, but he also brought his younger siblings to town. Went to read!
In this way, he seems to be nothing
Xiao Jiang made persistent efforts and continued to struggle. In the next few years, he finally saved a sum of money, returned to the county to buy a house, and even gave birth to a child with his wife.
He felt that he must be more powerful than Yan Jing, who just graduated, but he may not be able to find a good job!
As a result, in that year, Yan Jing bought a house in the county town for Yan's father to live in. The house he bought was even bigger than the house he bought!
Xiao Jiang: "…"
Gradually, Xiao Jiang stopped comparing with Yan Jingze. In fact, as long as Yan Jingze was ignored, he was a successful person in the village.
Just like today, as soon as Xiao Jiang entered the canteen, the people sitting and chatting in it all praised him and asked him various questions.
Xiao Jiang touched his growing belly, and said triumphantly that he planned to sell the house in the county town and go to the place where he opened his shop to buy a small house.
His shop is in a small city, where he can afford the house price.
The crowd suddenly envy.
Having envied Xiao Jiang, everyone thought of another person: "By the way, do you still remember Jiang Pingxiu?"
They are all from the same village, of course they remember Jiang Pingxiu.
"Jiang Pingxiu... He hasn't come back for more than ten years, right?"
"At the beginning, he seemed to be called Yanjing and took his grandma away? I asked Lao Yan where he went, but Lao Yan said he didn't know."
"His house is uninhabitable."
"I don't know what he's doing outside..."
"What else can I do? I guess it's just a part-time job and barely living, so I don't have the face to come back."
…
Lao Jiang, who opened the canteen, was actually the younger brother of Mrs. Jiang's husband.
At that time, he was afraid that Mrs. Jiang would ask them to help after her husband lost her husband, so he cut off contact with Mrs. Jiang early, but now everyone has a lot of money, and when he thinks about it, he is a little embarrassed, and he still thinks about himself. Sister-in-law came: "Pingwa'er's grandmother is not too young, and I don't know if she can get used to it outside."
"How can I get used to it, I can't turn around in the small rented house, and there is no one to talk to. I can't get sick even if I'm sick." Xiao Jiang said: "Why doesn't Jiang Pingxiu come back? If he comes back, I can let him go. He went to my shop to help with errands."
When Xiao Jiang was young, he always bullied Jiang Pingxiu, who should actually be his nephew, but now that he thinks back... He is also a little embarrassed.
However, some people didn't feel embarrassed at all. A Xiao Jiang's peer said: "Brother Jiang, if you want to find someone to work, you can't find Jiang Pingxiu's broom star. You are not afraid of him?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xiao Jiang said.
As a result, the man said: "Say Jiang Pingxiu broom star!"
Xiao Jiang and Lao Jiang, who opened the canteen, were suddenly a little unhappy.
But before they said anything, there was some movement outside, which attracted everyone's attention.
It was the sound of the car, and some other miscellaneous sounds, which sounded particularly lively.
When everyone walked outside, they saw three cars lined up driving into the village. The first car was a very broken Santana, the middle car was an ordinary Honda, and the last one was a A tall off-road vehicle with a very high chassis and an extraordinarily arrogant appearance, it is very expensive at a glance.
Is this a promising person coming back to the village, or is there some big person coming to them
The car stopped quickly, and the people on the Santana in the front came down first. There was a person inside, and the villagers were very familiar with it - isn't that the cadre who is in charge of the poverty alleviation work on their side? The cadres in the town came down with him!
Seeing this, the village chief hurried up.
Everyone in the village felt that there was definitely a big man coming!
"Who is this here?"
"Is it here to guide poverty alleviation work?"
"Or are we doing development here?"
…
The people in the village were very curious, and at this time, the two cars behind also stopped steadily on the drying field.
Someone got out of the second car... Judging from their appearance, they should all be cadres.
Why are there so many cadres in their village
People were amazed, that is, at this time, the door of the last off-road vehicle, which looked very high-end at first glance, opened.
Jiang Pingxiu, who was sitting in the car, hesitated for a while, and finally got out of the car.
He hasn't come back for ten years, and now he's finally back.
The life he used to live in this village was really not so good that he didn't want to recall it.
Strange to say, he knew Yan Jingze here, and he thought he would have some sweet memories, but since Yan Jingze took the roast duck, he suddenly didn't want to think about the past.
Now that I come to this land again, I feel that the previous things are extraordinarily far away.
Now his heart is full of all the good things of the past ten years.
Thinking of those things, Jiang Pingxiu no longer hesitated, got out of the car firmly, turned around again, and went to help his grandmother.
Grandma Jiang walked down and said, "This car is really tall, but it's really nice to sit up!"
After getting out of the car, Jiang Pingxiu looked around.
A lot has changed over the past ten years, but there are still some things that are familiar...
When Jiang Pingxiu looked around, those around him were also looking at him.
When he first got out of the car, the people around him were very curious: "Who is that?"
"Where is that young master from?"
"It looks rich!"
"Maybe it is the son of a high official."
…
Then, Jiang Pingxiu helped his grandma down...
Jiang Pingxiu has changed too much.
When he left the village, he was a thin and small sixteen-year-old boy, but now he has grown into a handsome twenty-six-year-old boy, so that no one can recognize him, but Grandma Jiang is different.
Even though Grandma Jiang changed her clothes and her face lost the previous sorrow, the old people in the village could still recognize her: "Isn't that Jiang Pingxiu's grandma?"
"Why is she in the car?"
"Who is holding her up?"
…
Suddenly, someone said: "Could it be... Jiang Pingxiu?"
As soon as the words came out, everyone was silent.
Jiang Pingxiu was the most unpopular one in the village back then. Everyone felt that this child without a father and mother would not have any future prospects, but now... What did they see
Jiang Pingxiu subconsciously ignored the existence of the people in the village and went up to speak with the leaders of the county town who came with him.
This time, he came here on behalf of Yan Jingze's company and planned to donate money to build a boarding primary school and a boarding junior high school in the county seat.
These two schools recruited students from his hometown. Whether they were students in their towns or those in the mountain villages, they could study for free.
As for why the school was built in the county seat... First, it is better to find teachers, and second, because of population loss, if the school is built in the town, I am afraid that it will not recruit many students.
Jiang Pingxiu is very willing to do this. He talked to the people in the county town a few years ago, and he came here this time because he wanted to sign a contract with the people in the county town after repairing his parents' graves.
As a result, after learning that he was going to go back to his hometown to repair the grave, a leader from the county town insisted on accompanying him, and then a few people came from the town...
Not many people came from them, but he was still a little unaccustomed to it, but luckily he could deal with it.
After all, he also has several years of work experience.
In the first three years of Jiang Pingxiu's university, he took all the certificates that he was going to take.
In his senior year, he went to Yan Jingze's company as an intern.
Yanjing takes good care of him, and the people in Yanjing's company also know that he is Yan Jingze's object, so he lives very well in the company and has made great progress in interpersonal communication.
At this moment, he can chat and laugh with the leaders of the county town.
Even Grandma Jiang is not stage fright at all, she speaks in dialect, and when others praise her grandson, she even smiles and crooks: "He doesn't have any ability, he just helps his boss."
This is what Grandma Jiang said, but she actually thinks that her grandson is very good, ahem, it's great to find a partner.
The leader of the county town came over and said that he was here to lead a way, and sent Jiang Pingxiu to him. He also told the village chief to take good care of Jiang Pingxiu and left.
When they were there, the people in the village looked at Jiang Pingxiu from a distance and were a little afraid to come, but when they left, these people all came.
When Xiao Jiang was in the village recently, he walked with his stomach up, but when he met Jiang Pingxiu, he unconsciously shrank his stomach: "You, are you Jiang Pingxiu?"
Jiang Pingxiu smiled: "Yes."
"You... how are you all these years?" Xiao Jiang asked again.
"Very good." Jiang Ping said.
Jiang Pingxiu looked pretty good, and Grandma Jiang looked pretty good too.
Before in the village, Grandma Jiang looked much older compared to those of her age, but now it's different. Now Grandma Jiang is not old at all, but younger than her peers.
Her dress is even more fashionable, and there is no more fashionable old lady than her in their village.
Those who used to despise these two people and always bullied them, now began to shrink their necks and hide behind them. Those who thought they had no grievances with them came to talk to them.
Jiang Pingxiu only politely answers when others ask her questions. Grandma Jiang is different. She has a feeling of raising her eyebrows at the moment. She is obviously small, but her head is raised very high: "My family is studying at Pingxiu. I went to college and got a good job."
"But it's all thanks to Yanjing's help."
"Xiao Yan is a good person."
"Now Pingxiu is a college student, working in Xiaoyan's company, earning 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month!"
…
Grandma Jiang talked about these years, and the villagers also secretly talked about them: "I thought that Jiang Pingxiu must have lived a hard life outside these years, but I didn't expect him to be doing well."
"How could Yanjing even help him? Help us without seeing Yanjing!"
"Jiang Pingxiu seems to be having a really good time."
…
Everyone, talking about Jiang Pingxiu, Yan Jia, Yan Damei and Yan Ermei were persuading Yan's father who wanted to trouble Jiang Pingxiu.
Sister Yan has graduated from college and is in graduate school. Her temperament is now more and more like Yan Jingze, and when she looks at her father, she is very dignified: "Dad, eldest brother is already reluctant to go home, If you have a conflict with Jiang Pingxiu, he will definitely be more reluctant to come back!"
Over the years, her eldest brother has rarely come back. Even if he does, he will only stay for a while and leave. Not only that, but they don't know her eldest brother's address in the city, so they can't find him... According to her eldest brother, it's because Afraid that they would frighten Jiang Pingxiu.
Of course, the connection between the two sides has always been there. They are all raised by her brother.
"He's my son, why can't I control him?" Father Yan was very unhappy.
Sister Yan said, "Brother is much better than you, why do you care about him?"
Father Yan: "..."
"Dad, if you want big brother to treat you well and value you, treat Jiang Ping a little better." Sister Yan said.
"You... Your brother has a daughter-in-law and forgot his mother!" Yan's father was a little sad.
"Yes, eldest brother is such a person! There's nothing we can do, right? He's already like this. If you don't treat Jiang Pingxiu badly again... He may not just forget his mother!" Sister Yan said: "If he doesn't I'll give you the money..."
Father Yan was immediately frightened.
Prices have risen over the years, and Yanjing has given him more money than before, giving him 4,000 yuan a month.
He is not contaminated with pornography, gambling, drugs, at most, he likes to eat delicious food, and it is not expensive to eat in the county... This money makes him very comfortable.
If his son doesn't give the money...
Father Yan completely stopped going to trouble Jiang Pingxiu.
Sister Yan said again: "Dad, let's go, let's go and say hello to Jiang Pingxiu."
"Why do you want me to greet him?" said Father Yan.
Sister Yan said, "I'm going anyway, it's up to you whether you go or not."
After Damei Yan finished speaking, she went out, and Ermei Yan and younger brother Yan quickly followed behind her.
Seeing this, Yan's father and Yan's mother looked at each other and followed.
They soon saw Jiang Pingxiu.
Yan's father and mother have not seen Jiang Pingxiu in all these years, but now they suddenly see him... They found that Jiang Pingxiu is really handsome, no wonder their son likes it.
Sister Yan had met Jiang Pingxiu six years ago, but she hadn't seen it in all these years, and now she felt astonished when she saw it, and she secretly sighed that her brother had good eyesight.
Her brother is really a winner in life. Not only is he smart and capable, he has done a good job in his career, but he is also very good at finding people.
She has more contact with her brother. Although her brother went home not many times, he would care about their younger brothers and sisters from time to time, especially seeing her a lot. She knew a lot about her brother and Jiang Pingxiu.
Jiang Pingxiu is wholehearted with her brother and listens to her brother in everything, how good
She wanted a husband like that too, even if her husband was anything else.
When the Yan family saw Jiang Pingxiu, Jiang Pingxiu also saw the Yan family, and suddenly felt a little guilty.
His grandmother already knew about his relationship with Yan Jingze, but Yan's family should not know.
Yanjing was the pride of the Yan family, but he made Yanjing take a "detour". If the Yan family knew the truth, they would definitely hate him.
In fact, he didn't dare to come back, there was this reason.
Jiang Pingxiu was very guilty, and so was Grandma Jiang.
Yanjing is the child of Yan's family, but she has been living with them all these years, giving her the elderly, she is a little embarrassed, and... Yanjing is with her grandson and has no son...
Jiang Pingxiu was a little uneasy, and Grandma Jiang, who was talking eloquently just now, didn't speak anymore, and smiled embarrassedly at Yan's family.
Father Yan hummed.
Jiang Pingxiu felt even more guilty.
Father Yan doesn't like him now. If he knew about him and Jiang Pingxiu, he would definitely dislike him even more.
"Brother Jiang, my brother told me that you were coming back, and asked us to entertain you... Come to our house for dinner." Sister Yan said with a smile.
"Your brother told you about me?" Jiang Pingxiu was stunned, but Yan Jing... Would he tell the Yan family about him? He always thought that Yan Jing would not say anything, after all, their relationship is not easy to explain.
"Of course I did." Big sister Yan said with a smile, Ermei Yan said less, but also smiled. As for younger brother Yan, he looked up and down at Jiang Pingxiu curiously.
Father Yan hummed again.
Sister Yan gave her father a look, and then looked at Jiang Pingxiu: "Come, come with me."
Jiang Pingxiu followed them and walked forward. Along the way, he was thinking about how to behave so that the Yan family would like him.
As if... it doesn't matter how good he behaves
Even if he was a woman, Yan's family probably wouldn't like him, let alone a man.
Jiang Pingxiu was very entangled in his heart, but as soon as he entered the door of Yan's house, he heard Damei Yan say: "Sister-in-law, don't be nervous, we won't eat you again!"
Jiang Pingxiu almost fell flat on the ground, and after finally standing up, he asked with a trembling voice, "What do you call me?"
Grandma Jiang also couldn't react: "What?"
"You don't like me calling you sister-in-law? Then I still call you Brother Jiang?" Sister Yan said, "My brother asked me to call my sister-in-law and I called it. It doesn't seem very good."
"No... You know about me and your brother?" Jiang Pingxiu was shocked.
"You don't know that we know about you and my brother?" Sister Yan was also shocked.
When her brother was so anxious, he went home and came out. She thought it was Jiang Pingxiu's request... But Jiang Pingxiu didn't know about it
"When did you know?" Jiang Pingxiu couldn't help asking.
"Six years ago, I saw my brother with you during your college entrance examination, and then my brother told us." Sister Yan said.
"I don't know..." Jiang Pingxiu's mood was indescribably complicated and sweet, but Yanjing came out so early with his family!
The Yan family and Jiang Pingxiu looked at each other.
In the end, it was Grandma Jiang who broke the embarrassing scene: "I didn't expect Xiaoyan to tell you, didn't I scare you? When he told me, he surprised me!"
Father Yan is a talkative and chatty person, so he couldn't hold back his words, but now he said, "Of course I'm scared! He scared me. You say he's good, so why does he like men? ?"
Grandma Jiang said: "I can't figure it out either! But it's all like this, and I can't do anything about it."
"I can't do anything either, this kid won't listen to me!" Father Yan and Grandma Jiang complained about Yan Jingze.
He actually wanted to talk about Jiang Pingxiu, but when he thought about what his daughter said to him, he didn't dare to say it, for fear that Jiang Pingxiu would go back and complain, and then his son would get angry.
But it's different when it comes to Yanjing... This is what Jiang Pingxiu's grandmother said first!
The two elders said so, Jiang Pingxiu looked at Sister Yan: "Why did he tell you about me?"
Sister Yan said, "My brother just keeps praising you."
Sister Yan talked about the past.
Jiang Pingxiu listened, his eyes were a little sore, and his heart was warm and bulging.
He thought that he was destined to be troubled by Yan's family, but Yan Jing had already helped him clear the obstacle.
Yan Jing was really kind to him.
How lucky he was to meet Yan Jingze.
Before he came back, Jiang Pingxiu felt uneasy in his heart, and even had the irreparable wounds left by being bullied in his childhood, but now...
Seeing the way those who used to bully him treat him now, the old wounds in his heart have healed.
At this moment, even the unease in his heart disappeared completely.
In this world, there is one person who will always love him and smooth the way for him, and he is naturally fearless.
He will definitely get better in the future.
At the same time, Yan Jing, who originally planned to go back with Jiang Pingxiu, but suddenly encountered something and was unable to go back together suddenly frowned.
He seems to have forgotten to tell Jiang Pingxiu that he has come out of the closet
Because Father Yan had always had opinions on Jiang Pingxiu, he was afraid that Father Yan would disturb Jiang Pingxiu, so he isolated the two of them and went home without taking Jiang Pingxiu with him.
The two could not meet, and Jiang Pingxiu never asked about his family affairs. Over time, he forgot to tell Jiang Pingxiu that he had come out of the closet.
But it shouldn't matter
His father has now accepted the reality, and since it is Chinese New Year, and Sister Yan and the others are all at home, Jiang Pingxiu will definitely not be wronged.
Thinking of this, Yan Jing stopped working and took a look at the phone.
There was a message from Jiang Pingxiu on the phone with three words: "I love you."
In addition, there were messages from his younger siblings, who told him everything that happened in the village.
Yan Jing smiled and paid his father a sum of money, and then sent a red envelope to his younger brother and sister, and finally it was Jiang Pingxiu's turn...
He also replied with three words: "I love you."
Volume II Scumbag and Scholar