Lin Jingzhe asked Xiao Chi at night, "What did you do after get off work today?"
Xiao Chi took out a scroll of handwritten sutras in his bag and enshrined them on the chopping board of the Buddhist hall at home. By the way, he brought Lin Jingzhe's grandfather to clean up the dust on the spiritual image and lit three incense sticks.
"I went home and talked with my dad for a while." His tone was calm. "Then I went to copy the scriptures with my grandma. I haven't been able to write calmly for a long time."
Lin Jingzhe opened the scroll of scriptures, the ink was golden, and even after it dried up, the surface was still filled with brilliant waves. He doesn't understand this, he just thinks that those teeny small letters are really neat and beautiful, and Xiao Chi's handwriting has always been well written.
He also doubted that he was there, and after incense on his grandfather went back to his room to wash. When Xiao Chi changed his pajamas, his back was facing him. He glanced at the other side unconsciously, saw the reflection on the window glass, and frowned.
"What's going on here?" Lin Jingzhe stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Chi's arm, forcefully turning his body around. On Xiao Chi's broad and strong chest, on the left half of the pectoral muscle, a terrifying bruise, the size of a palm, spread.
It was like a brand of a blunt weapon hitting the flesh, and the surrounding skin turned red. Lin Jingzhe frowned and reached out, trying to touch it tentatively with his fingertips, but he didn't wait. When he touched it, his wrist was squeezed tightly by a fiery big hand.
Xiao Chi opened the buttons of his pajamas and his freshly washed hair was fluffy. He looked down at Lin Jingzhe's serious expression with a smile in his eyes, and wrapped his other arm around Lin Jingzhe's back. The waist was pulled towards him.
Lin Jingzhe slammed into his arms and raised his arms to wrap his neck.
"When I was copying the scriptures, I didn't stand firm and hit the corner of the table." Xiao Chi touched his face with his thumb, the strength of his fingertips was cherished and gentle, "It hurts."
"Why are you so careless?" Lin Jingzhe reprimanded him angrily while applying the medicated oil for him. The strength in his hands was surprisingly gentle, as if he was afraid that he would hurt him if he tried too hard. Xiao Chi squinted and enjoyed it, but didn't complain about himself, but calmly reminded: "Don't forget that No. 5 is coming to my house for dinner. I have already discussed it with my family today."
"What?" Lin Jingzhe started to get nervous again when he mentioned this, "Am I really going?"
Xiao Chi didn't understand his question: "Or else?"
Lin Jingzhe thought about it and felt that his previous concerns were ridiculous, and he was also afraid that Xiao Chi would be difficult to do. After thinking about it, he still didn't say it, and only agreed in a low voice: "Oh."
He wondered what present he should bring when he came to the door. He already knew the family structure of Xiao Chi's family, but Lin Jingzhe really had no experience in visiting friends' houses. Xiao Chi's family is bound to be different from Gao Sheng's Zhou Haitang's family, not to mention that he has a ghost in his heart, and he can't take it calmly, so even if he just visits as an ordinary friend, he still wants to be polite.
Xiao Chi hugged him and lay down, his fiery body and breath hugged him tightly: "Don't worry, they won't make it difficult for you."
Lin Jingzhe thought nonsense, it's not normal for his parents to make trouble for his son's friends who brought him home as a guest.
It's just that Xiao Chi obviously can't understand this kind of apprehension, and he doesn't seem to take this matter as a serious matter. After chatting a few words, he changed the subject: "How about the thing you answered the phone to deal with in the afternoon? Yes? No trouble?"
Lin Jingzhe sighed, moved a position in Xiao Chi's arms, and let the other side hug him tighter.
His eyes were vacant for a few seconds, only to feel that this uneasy self was unfamiliar.
Why be nervous? He didn't quite understand either. Maybe I understand, but I don't want to think deeply in that direction. It seems that after the love language spoken by Xiao Chi in Hawaii, the relationship between the two began to be different. This is a little different from the boundaries he set for himself in the rules at the beginning. Another breath that invaded his life more and more made him involuntarily immersed, but also frightened from the bottom of his heart.
What is the relationship between him and Xiao Chi
They lived together, woke from the same bed, slept together each night, and ate breakfast and dinner together. When there is no entertainment every day, they stick together. Occasionally there are unexpected entertainments, and they will report their whereabouts to each other. Xiao Chi would mop the floor to wash clothes and cook when he got up early, and when Lin Jingzhe came home, he would put away the two people's clothes in the dryer and iron them. They stared at changing sheets, communicating different flavors of lube and condom use...
This kind of life is no different from that of an ordinary married couple.
But Lin Jingzhe knew in his heart that the acceptance of this society was far from that high.
He can not care about the outside world's eyes, in fact, no one's opinions in this world can control his views. His parents, Jiang Chacha's side, wished he would never see each other again in this life. As for Lin Runsheng... He has guilt in his heart, but it is indeed difficult for him to regard him as a father who needs to be worried and feared.
He was alone, with no worries, and a bachelor was invincible. But Xiao Chi is different.
Xiao Chi has a family, and the family is happy. According to Hu Shaofeng's previous description, the Xiao family is a big family with family style and strictness. This is no secret, Lin Jingzhe can sometimes hear some clues from other people.
In his previous life, Lin Jingzhe's friendship circle was mixed, and there were many people with special sexual orientations. The overall atmosphere of this group of people is bad, but those who occasionally appear are rare, and they can't resist the pressure of the family.
This is the case in later generations when the atmosphere is open to information circulation, let alone this era
Since being discovered by Qi Kai, Lin Jingzhe often thinks that maybe one day, when he opens the door and returns home, the house is empty, and there is no trace of another person's life.
With their current social status, the Xiao family would definitely be too ugly. The most likely outcome is that both parties end the relationship so tacitly and silently.
Lin Jingzhe leaned on Xiao Chi's chest and listened to the familiar heartbeat captured by his ear.
Various possible outcomes flashed through his mind, and then he was tightly bound by a slender rope, and it entered his heart.
"It's alright, it's not as troublesome as I imagined." He laughed, his tone was so calm that he couldn't hear any clues, and his voice calmly said the trouble he encountered in the factory area today.
Xiao Chi frowned: "This is very troublesome. Our country has a strong preconceived perception. Your product has not been officially launched on the market, and it will definitely be greatly affected in the early stage. Has the formula been leaked?"
Lin Jingzhe recalled the soy sauce he had eaten, and shook his head: "There shouldn't be any."
As soon as he thought of this, his low mood just now warmed up a lot, and he even propped himself up on the bed and looked at Xiao Chi with a smile: "Let me tell you, I found a very unexpected thing today. "
Xiao Chi looked at him with a smile, his sharp eyes turned into a pool of thick jam under the dim light: "Huh?"
"I'm as young as me, Gao Sheng." Lin Jingzhe avoided the bruised wound and lay on Xiao Chi's shoulder, his eyes narrowed comfortably, and the crowded cheeks made him look like a beggar The little otter, "I found that I have been underestimating him. Do you know what advice he gave about the factory today?"
Xiao Chi was no longer listening to him, and was immersed in the waves in his eyes. He hummed as a question, but his bowed head was getting closer.
Lin Jingzhe kissed him for a while, and when he let go of his lips, his vision was a little blurry, but he still remembered this, and stubbornly finished the description: "... He said that we should urgently prepare funds for advertising... "
Xiao Chi bit his pointed nose, and fumbled with his hand on the bedside table: "Is the strawberry flavor good?"
Lin Jingzhe squinted his eyes and laughed because of his rough movements.
******
Lin Jingzhe's suggestion is that the lawsuit must be fought. For a long time to come, the domestic market rules are quite chaotic. Copycats are emerging in an endless stream, copyrights are rarely protected, and businessmen are profiting. If Haitang Food Factory was bullied for the first time and endured silently, there will only be more and more people who slap their noses on their faces in the future.
The lawsuit is not only to fight, but also to stab people in sore spots. But at the same time, we must not delay the official launch of Haitang bean paste in the market.
But at this time, the brand named "Time-honored Brand" has already seized the opportunity one step ahead. The other party gave such a pleasant name, and quickly entered the major vegetable markets in Yan City, spreading his popularity almost covering it. How to win the recognition of consumers under the premise that Haitang bean paste has lost its first-kill advantage has become a very important issue.
Lin Jingzhe didn't expect that Gao Sheng's eyes could be so sharp. After the other party discussed with the friends in the interest group, the suggestion he put forward was to advertise.
And it's not an ordinary advertisement. Gao Sheng's opinion is that if you want to do it, you can do it with a lot of votes, invest a sum of money, and directly invite a few familiar actors to shoot TV commercials.
You must know that this is the early 1990s, and television has not yet been fully popularized in the country. Most businessmen don't even have the concept of advertising, let alone on TV.
Therefore, not to mention Zhou's mother, even the well-informed Wang Quan was a little hesitant after hearing it.
But Gao Sheng didn't know where the news came from. He not only made this suggestion, but also knew that the TV station was preparing a new TV series recently, and it was scheduled to be broadcast in a month. At this time, he was preparing to attract investment.
If you want to advertise, you must contact the TV station as soon as possible. During the meeting that day, Wang Quan was a little hesitant.
There are not many TV stations that can be received at the moment, and there are only a few. He also knows what he is talking about because of work reasons. thousand dollars. This is a considerable expense at the moment, at least tens of thousands a month!
Doubanjiang is such a trivial thing, as for...
Zhou's mother was even more hesitant, TV!
When she was in Liyun earlier, she didn't even dare to think about buying one. Now, although she has a good life at home and has purchased a TV, it's alright to watch news and TV shows, and it's still impossible to get on TV. matter!
Gao Sheng is obviously not so sure whether his thinking is correct, and facing the hesitation of the elders, he can't help but feel uneasy.
In order to increase the feasibility of his proposal, he even inquired about the situation of the upcoming TV series and bound it with various materials into a booklet. After Wang Quan read it, he became more and more suspicious - this is a bunch of new actors, most of them are students, and they have almost no popularity. Thirty thousand a month!
Although the TV station promises that the commercial advertisements will be broadcast next to the TV series, who knows whether this series will be popular? Although the conditions for attracting investment in some of the most popular TV dramas in prime time are far harsher than this, it is still difficult for Wang Quan to be satisfied with the risks.
The advertising fee of tens of thousands of yuan a month is really too heavy a burden for a small factory that has not yet established itself. Although everyone is short of this money, I am afraid it will be more than this amount once I go out, but business investment is different. Yes, every cent must be spent on the edge. The meeting froze here for a while.
Lin Jingzhe opened the information booklet that made Wang Quan question in every possible way, and the black line on his forehead immediately hung down, because he saw a lot of very familiar names.
In fact, he doesn't watch TV dramas very often, but there are always a few productions that are regarded as classics and will be mentioned by the audience countless times in the decades after the broadcast. This "Legend of Jianghu" in the data is like this, and future generations will log on to each David TV for repeated replays almost every summer. Even Lin Jingzhe had the honor to glimpse a few times. Those young faces in the dimly lit screen had already become the most active superstars in the domestic entertainment circle at that time. I heard that this work that made them collectively famous has caused quite a sensational history in the era when it was first broadcast. When the media describes it, they usually describe the situation at that time as "empty alleys".
More than two-thirds of Lin Jingzhe in the row of leading actors whose nationality is so high under the title of the play have an impression.
He was amazed and at the same time amused. It turned out that before this group of people grew into the absolute authority of later generations, they had also experienced such a period when the investment promotion fee of famous works was questioned.
Wang Quan is still there to settle accounts, how high is the profit of a bottle of bean paste, how much advertising is put in, how many audiences will it be targeted at, and whether these audiences will contribute to the factory's sales of bean paste.
In the early 1990s, the advertising industry was more immature than a toddler, almost still living in a swaddling crib, trying to babble.
Gao Sheng was questioned as a matter of course, and he also felt that his ideas were very aggressive, so he lay flat and ridiculed without much refutation.
Lin Jingzhe, who usually doesn't talk much at this kind of meeting, closed the thick stack of documents with a snap, and then threw the stack of documents on the table with a flick of his hand.
The sound of the impact caught everyone's attention, and even Wang Quan, who was still calculating, raised his head.
When Gao Sheng thought that the other party might reject his proposal, Lin Jingzhe asked, "Mr. Wang, when did you start producing TVs and DVD players?"
Wang Quan was stunned for a moment: "At the end of 1985."
"Then you should have professional market data." Lin Jingzhe asked, "What was the average growth rate of your shipments from 1985 to 1990?"
"This..." Wang Quan didn't know what to think, and frowned slightly.
"What about the period from '90 to '91?"
Wang Quan put down the computer in his hand and started to think.
"In the months from the beginning of 1991 to the end of the year, are there any obvious changes?"
Wang Quanhan smiled: "It's more than an obvious change. In the past five months, our TV shipments are more than the previous years combined."
When he said this, he also realized it, and sighed towards Lin Jingzhe: "Indeed, I dare not say that in a small city now, the TV coverage rate in Yan City should be much larger than in previous years."
He looked at Zhou's mother again: "Mr. Ding, why don't we just... take a photo?"
Zhou's mother hadn't spoken yet, but Gao Sheng's eyes lit up: "Really?"
Zhou's mother didn't know much about this. Seeing that the two shareholders agreed, she swayed her position for a while: "This... I don't understand this, and it's not impossible to shoot commercials. Who are we going to shoot?"
A classmate next to Gao Sheng excitedly said, "Why don't we look for Li Xueli? Now she is the most popular among Hong Kong Island stars!"
However, Gao Sheng obviously disagreed: "Li Xueli is very popular. How high is the fee? I heard that her salary for one movie is in the millions."
Everyone immediately began to suggest candidates, wishing they could choose a Uranus superstar who would be unforgettable at first sight, but they were reluctant to approve such a high budget.
"Or else." Lin Jingzhe put forward a new idea in the debate, "Anyway, we are buying advertising space for a TV series, why don't we use this group of newcomers from the crew? Most of them are still students, and the asking price is definitely not high. It will be high, when the TV series is broadcast, the audience will see familiar faces and increase the intimacy with our brand, won't it kill two birds with one stone?"
Lin Jingzhe can almost imagine the appearance of those familiar faces who are all high-end in the next generation, and who are on the line of international luxury goods at every turn, holding their own Doubanjiang down-to-earth.
******
No matter how hesitant, the day of the 5th is coming. It happened to be Saturday. Shen Juanying called in the morning and asked Lin Jingzhe what dishes he would like to eat in the evening, so that he could be prepared in advance.
Lin Jingzhe rarely rejected her, only saying that he had other important things today.
Shen Juanying was very surprised. The family's dinner appointment on Saturdays lasted for so long, and Lin Jingzhe was very rare, so she was very curious and couldn't help thinking: "Is there something wrong with Auntie?"
Lin Jingzhe was very satisfied with the right distance between him and their family, and hurriedly replied: "No, no, I really made an appointment with a friend early."
"Have an appointment?" Shen Juanying heard the words, her voice couldn't help but tease: "Are you in love?"
Lin Jingzhe didn't refute, he just smiled and apologized to her, and hurriedly hung up the phone amid Shen Juanying's curious questioning.
When Xiao Chi called and said to pick him up, Lin Jingzhe had been shopping in the mall all afternoon.
He was worried about what gifts to bring. During this period of time, he asked someone to get some from the Hong Kong Island Special Administrative Region, but he always felt that something was not well prepared. But after buying a lot of them, I couldn't help but feel that I made the scene of my friend's visit too grand, and at the moment I was worried that I would be in a dilemma.
The trunk of Xiao Chi's car was full, and there was a lot of stuff piled up in the back seat. Along the way, Lin Jingzhe frequently looked out the window. The car drove into the shade he was familiar with, but after passing the fork in the Shen's house. It took him a while to turn around. He rarely set foot in this place. In his previous life, for various reasons, Lin Runsheng and the others did not take him with him when they went out to pay New Year's greetings.
After get off work, the sky was a little dark, and the afterglow of the setting sun hit the courtyard at the end of the road.
So when he got out of the car, he was so nervous that he forgot to understand the seat belt, but Xiao Chi grabbed his wrist and unfastened the seat belt for him.
Lin Jingzhe looked out the window and saw three figures standing at the gate of Xiao's house, looking in the direction of their car. Among them, two faces were familiar to him. The young girl was very beautiful, but her temperament was cold and cold. The two middle-aged people at the back were like husband and wife, standing hand in hand, and their faces were surprisingly serious.
This is exactly the same as Xiao Chi's family he originally imagined. but-
To... As for meeting at the door? !
The standard is too high, isn't it? !
Lin Jingzhe was a little confused, but he still advised himself not to act too much, just deal with it as usual.
Xiao Chi took his wrist and looked at him for a while, and rarely showed an obvious smile: "Don't be nervous."
"What am I nervous about?" Lin Jingzhe gets angry every time he sees him looking like a normal person. After a stubborn reply, he breaks his hand with a guilty conscience, "Be careful, be careful not to be seen."
As he said, he got out of the car, and his body immediately exuded a cautious and humble aura. He smiled and greeted the Xiao family who came to the car's position: "Hello uncle, hello aunt, I'm sorry."
His smile was impeccable, but the attitude of the Xiao family's parents was very strange. The couple first glanced at each other, and then looked at Lin Jingzhe with strange, incomprehensible eyes. Xiao's mother opened the corner of her mouth after a few seconds: "Hello."
The corner of Dad Xiao's mouth twitched, and he didn't speak, just nodded gently to Lin Jingzhe.
Lin Jingzhe exclaimed in his heart how serious it was, and turned his focus to Xiao Chi's sister, with a very generous gesture: "Hello, Xiao Miao, happy birthday. We met before. I'm your brother's friend. My name is Lin Jingzhe."
Lin Jingzhe's impression of Xiao Miao was that of a cold, cold and indifferent person, but today, for some unknown reason, after the two looked at each other for a while, her face turned red a little bit.
Lin Jingzhe: "...???"
Xiao Miao whispered to him, "Brother."
Straight, did you just call me brother
really... so cute...
Lin Jingzhe hurriedly asked Xiao Chi to open the trunk and go get gifts for everyone.
The three members of the same family looked at Xiao Chi's mumbling and being called around, and looked at each other, not knowing what to say. They thought that Lin Jingzhe would be somewhat uneasy and shy when he first came to the door, but they never thought that the other party would be so generous, so that they didn't know how to deal with it.
Lin Jingzhe held the large and small bags in his hands, with a very natural smile and gesture: "Uncle, aunt, and sister, it's the first time we meet, this is a little thought, I hope you can like it."
He originally thought that the Xiao family would give in for a while according to the normal logic of elders, but he didn't expect the voice to fall, and Xiao's mother just sighed and reached out to take it.
As she took it, for some reason, her tone was a little helpless: "I made you worry, just come directly next time."
Speaking of which, the serious aunt handed all the bags in her hands to her husband beside her. After she was free, she reached into her pockets, took out a thick red envelope, and handed it to Lin Jingzhe.
Lin Jingzhe looked at the red envelope and was dazed for a moment. He counted the time and thought that it should be too early for the New Year. What kind of red envelope should Mama Xiao give
He didn't know what kind of tradition this was for a while, let alone whether he would accept it or not, but after hesitating for a few seconds, Dad Xiao, who was holding something, snorted with a serious attitude: "What are you still doing? "
Lin Jingzhe took it subconsciously and said thank you auntie.
Mother Xiao glanced at him again with complicated eyes, turned and walked towards the door: "It's cold outside, come in quickly."
Lin Jingzhe was confused by their strange attitude, and when he entered the room, he asked Xiao Chi in a low voice, "Do you rarely have friends who come to play at home?"
Xiao Chi put his hand on his shoulder and replied in a low voice, "Just Hu Shaofeng and the others? What's wrong?"
Lin Jingzhe thought that it was no wonder, seeing that your house didn't always entertain guests, and worried about being seen, he hurriedly pulled Xiao Chi's arm off his shoulders.
Xiao Chi was a little dissatisfied: "What are you doing?"
Lin Jingzhe pinched his back. He was about to be mad at this unconscious guy, and he was afraid that the elder who was walking in front would suddenly turn around, so he could only whisper to him, "Stay away from me!"
Accidentally, she saw the two bodies at the back that were sticking together and bumping together. The corner of Xiao's mother's mouth twitched, and the corner of her husband's eye also started to twitch in the corner of the light. She hurriedly stabbed the one who seemed to want to attack. Look at each other.
"..." Xiao Shenxing glared at his wife, clutching his waist.
Yu Shuyuan solemnly told him: "You hold me back!"
Even though Xiao Shenxing was reluctant in every possible way, he was completely taken care of by his wife and mother these few days, so he could only grit his teeth secretly.
After entering the house, Lin Jingzhe finally met the legendary Grandma Xiao, a kind old lady who was not as scary as Hu Shaofeng said. From the first time she saw Lin Jingzhe, she had been leaning on crutches and smiling. Lin Jingzhe was pulled by her and sat down on the sofa, and was scrutinized by the old hands holding his face. He had never been so close to any old man except for his grandfather, and his smile couldn't help but be a little shy. The old lady seemed very satisfied, her sight was good, and her temperament was soft, but the words she said were things that Lin Jingzhe couldn't understand—
"Okay, this face is really plump, and there is flesh on the chin... Where is it born?"
Although Lin Jingzhe didn't know why she asked this, he still told the truth. As soon as he said it, he was praised by the other party: "Okay, good! The time is good, it's full of vitality..."
While she was talking, she also discussed with Xiao Chi from time to time. Lin Jingzhe was a little stiff from the sight of it, and hurriedly took the gift he brought out of his pocket.
The old lady smiled and took the jade carving Ruyi, and with her backhand she untied a string of tourmaline beads that she had placed around her neck, and put it on Lin Jingzhe's head.
Where did Lin Jingzhe dare to ask for it? This string of tourmaline beads is transparent and round, and at a glance, he knows that it is very valuable. He immediately pushed back and said, "How can this be done? It's too precious..."
"Oops..." The old lady put it on his neck firmly, "If you want to keep it, you can keep it. How can I not give you a greeting when you first arrive home?"
After speaking, he took out his pocket and took out a red seal.
Lin Jingzhe received two thick red envelopes as soon as he entered the house. He was confused about the situation. He looked at Xiao Chi for help. Xiao Chi only had one sentence: "Just keep it."
No, is there such a custom
Didn't Lin Jingzhe start to imagine the scene when Hu Shaofeng and the others came to Xiao's house to play, Xiao Chi's parents and old lady also stuffed red envelopes with gifts like this? This is so psychologically stressful, no wonder Hu Shaofeng regards this place as a beast of a flood.
Lin Jingzhe thought about it like this, and when he got to the dinner table, he became more and more confused.
There was a whole table of sumptuous dishes, but they didn't see how everyone moved their chopsticks. Although it was Xiao Miao's birthday, the topic did not focus on the protagonist. Xiao's mother took a bite, thought about it and asked again: "What do your parents do?"
Lin Jingzhe has been the center of attention from time to time since he came to the table. Although he didn't know what to do, he answered truthfully: "My father teaches at Hanhai University, and my mother is in business. They divorced early on."
"Oh~" Xiao's mother didn't know why she was very curious about his family structure, "How close are you to your parents?"
Lin Jingzhe shook his head: "Not often."
"Are there any siblings at home?"
"My father's family also has a stepsister."
If it weren't for his good psychological quality, he would definitely not be able to maintain the current expression on his face, so he understood more and more where Hu Shaofeng and the others' fear of the Xiao family came from. The Xiao family members all stared at him at the dinner table. Anyone who came to a friend's house for dinner and was treated like this again would not dare to come again next time. What's more, he still carried two thick red envelopes in his pocket, and a long string of tourmalines hung around his neck. If Hu Shaofeng and the others were treated like this since childhood, they would be really tough, and they would be able to be like Xiao Chi for decades. Maintain friendship.
He was very concerned, broke the strange atmosphere on the table, raised his glass and handed it to Xiao Miao: "Happy birthday to you."
Xiao Miao whispered thank you and touched the glass with him.
Silence resumed.
Lin Jingzhe's humorous and generous appearance could hardly be disguised. He turned his eyes for help to Xiao Chi, who was sitting next to him. Xiao Chi didn't realize it. :"eat more."
Xiao's mother finished her inquiries, as if she had nothing to ask. She glanced at her husband and coughed.
She was initially satisfied. Lin Jingzhe's conditions were much better than she thought. Judging from his personality, he should not be a serious personality. He was generous and polite. If the son has to be with a man, it would be good to find such a man.
She sighed, looking at the old lady who was holding a sugar lotus root on the first seat and eating with relish, and then at Xiao Chi who was busy serving Lin Jingzhe, her eyes couldn't help but fall on the string of fancy beads on the other side's neck. This string of tourmaline beads has been passed down from the Xiao family for several generations, and the old lady must be satisfied if she can send this thing out.
Therefore, she was too lazy to resist, and the hand under the table stabbed her husband's side waist.
Xiao Shenxing coughed, his face serious.
He was silent for a meal, and then finally opened his mouth: "Lin... Xiaolin."
Lin Jingzhe was stunned for a moment while chewing the vegetables in his mouth, and looked at Father Xiao.
Xiao Shenxing stared at him, his brows furrowed tightly, his lips almost pursed into a thin line, but after a long while, he finally opened his mouth in Lin Jingzhe's suspicious gaze.
He said: "You... you and Xiao Chi... "
Lin Jingzhe: "?"
Xiao Shenxing sighed: "The marriage of the two of you cannot be rushed."
Xiao's mother stared at Lin Jingzhe's astonished eyes, a little embarrassed: "His father and I have been busy all year, at least after October next year."
Grandma Xiao's mouth full of sugar lotus root, she quickly chewed and swallowed it, pinching her fingers: "Next year, the seventh day of the tenth lunar month is a good day, and it matches your eight characters, but I have to find the Bodhisattva to figure out the details."
"No hurry." Xiao Chi said calmly, "I'll go to the Buddhist hall with you in a while."
After finishing the agreement with the old lady, he bumped Lin Jingzhe with his shoulder again: "Are you going?"
Lin Jingzhe felt as if he had fallen into a mess, and he stared blankly at a table of faces looking at him seriously—
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