The lights in big cities are too bright, and there is revelry every night. It is easy to become numb after seeing too much of it.
Thirteenth Aunt was used to the lights of the mountain city, which was famous for its night view. She didn't find it strange or unusual.
After dinner, she took Guoguo to the bathroom. When she came out of the side room, she looked at the soft, not dazzling, courtyard lights at the gate, but they were shining hard in the night. Suddenly, Aunt Thirteen was very moved.
An inexplicable feeling, like love that comes from nowhere and is deep and lasting.
The courtyard lights were trying hard to dispel the darkness, like an old man holding a lamp, standing there, unchanged forever.
"Mom, do you want to eat some rice crust?" Guoguo, who had just gone to the bathroom and returned to the main room, ran out again with a large piece of rice crust in her hand.
This is the ancestor of rice crust - a layer of rice grains that stick to the pot and become charred when cooking rice, which is crispy and fragrant.
The last time she came to Yang Fan’s house, the little girl couldn’t forget it after eating it once.
When cooking that time, when measuring the amount of rice and water for four people, Yang Ma miscalculated and added too much water, so it took longer to cook and a layer of rice crust formed at the bottom of the pot.
"You... are such a big eater!" Aunt Thirteen wanted to complain about her daughter out of habit, but she quickly realized that she was not at home now, so she held back.
"It's delicious, Mom." Guoguo broke off a small piece of rice crust, held it up and presented it to his mother.
"It's not enough for you." Although she said that, Thirteenth Aunt still took it, sat on the stone slab in the corridor with her daughter, and ate it with relish.
When she was a child, Aunt Thirteen also ate the ancestor of rice crust.
But when you eat it now, it no longer tastes the same as it did back then.
She asked Twelve, and Twelve said that she had never tasted these childhood flavors when she was a child.
Twelve has no childhood.
The mother and daughter sat on the stone slab, one quietly, the other swinging her short legs, enjoying the warmth of their childhood.
Inner room.
Liu Qianqian had no words to express her pain. She just sat obediently at the dining table, not even watching TV, and chatted with Yang Ma.
At the table, Yang Fan poured a second glass of wine for Yang's father.
The old man had no experience of meeting his future daughter-in-law, especially a once-in-a-century situation like his son's. He didn't even dare to say a word unless he was drunk.
"What's Xiaofan's temper like? Has he been mean to you?" Yang Ma asked Liu Qianqian with concern, and assured her: "Don't worry about him hearing it. Just pretend you're not here and tell me the truth."
Liu Qianqian glanced at Yang Fan awkwardly and said, "Yang Fan has a good temper. It's me who has a bad temper and often makes him angry."
Mother Yang nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, I have a bad temper too, and I've been making Old Yang angry for most of my life, but I still got through it."
Yang's mother spoiled Liu Qianqian, but Yang Fan would not do that. He said, "Mom, if you make my dad angry, you will go back and coax him, but Qianqian won't coax me."
"Does your father need me to coax him? He's such a grown-up, and you still want others to coax you. Isn't it shameful?" Mother Yang glared at her son. Your girlfriend has gone home with you to meet your parents, and you still let her suffer
Liu Qianqian said quickly: "Auntie, you misunderstood Yang Fan. Before we confirmed our relationship, he didn't spoil me. After we confirmed our relationship, he always gave in to me and was very easy to talk to."
This is indeed the case. Before they confirmed their relationship, Yang Fan and Liu Qianqian would always bicker every time they met.
After the relationship was confirmed, Yang Fan, who was always grateful for the favor, felt embarrassed to provoke Liu Qianqian again.
"Have you ever seen me arguing with your sister?" Yang Fan asked Liu Qianqian.
Mother Yang was stunned and blamed her son: "You are with Qianqian, why do you bring up her sister? If you quarrel with Qianqian's sister for no reason, that would be terrible."
Liu Qianqian curled her lips: "My sister's personality is not much better, she is very stingy and always jealous."
The words their son said last time he came back suddenly flashed through Yang's mind. He said that he had originally been going on a blind date with Liu's younger sister, but later on he ended up getting together with Liu's older sister.
At that time, the two elders thought their son was joking.
Later, he mentioned that he brought a girlfriend home, and the two elders thought it was Liu's sister.
Now that I heard it, it turned out to be the younger sister of the Liu family!
"Xiao Fan?" Mother Yang's eyes were full of confusion. Although she didn't say it clearly, her expression showed the anger and doubt in her heart.
What’s going on? Wen Chu’s situation is already causing the two old men a headache.
Now the Liu family is still entangled with those sisters
Yang Fan is a decisive person who dares to take responsibility for his actions. He said directly: "Qianqian's sister is Yueyue. She is my first girlfriend, and Qianqian came later."
Father Yang was stunned.
Mother Yang was also dumbfounded.
"You broke up with Yueyue?" After looking at Liu Qianqian, who didn't seem to mind at all, Yang's mother asked Yang Fan in a low voice, "And are you still dating Qianqian?"
"I haven't broken up with Yueyue, so everything is fine." Yang Fan said frankly.
Dad Yang's alcohol tolerance is not very good, so after one glass, he felt a little dizzy.
When I heard my son’s words, I fell from the sky in an instant!
Mother Yang looked at Liu Qianqian. The girl looked normal. She was not angry, did not argue, and did not make a fuss.
What my son said seemed to be true.
“This…” Liu Ma didn’t know what to say, and asked Liu Qianqian for confirmation: “Qianqian…”
"Yang Fan did start dating my sister first. I was just using Yang Fan as a shield to fool my mother at first." Liu Qianqian said a little embarrassedly.
"Then now..." Mother Yang was too embarrassed to ask.
Liu Qianqian said shyly: "Now Yang Fan and I are boyfriend and girlfriend, not just in name."
Mother Yang asked with difficulty: "Where is your sister?"
"I'm in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with Yang Fan." Liu Qianqian said shyly.
After deciding to follow this path with their sister, Liu Qianqian and Liu Yueyue were really not afraid of being found out by Yang Fan's parents, compared to being found out by their mother.
For the Yang family, there are no psychological obstacles that cannot be overcome.
Only the Liu family might find it difficult to accept.
Dad Yang felt a little dizzy and drank the remaining half glass of wine in one gulp.
The inner room was quiet, with only the faint sound from the TV.
"Qianqian, do your parents know about you and Yang Fan?" After a long silence, Yang's mother asked solemnly.
Liu Qianqian put her hands on her knees and shook her head in distress: "I don't know yet."
Father Yang sighed. He had seen a news report online before about a scumbag who was dating more than a dozen women at the same time.
These dozen women are either located across the country or in different administrative districts in the same city.
But I have never heard of any scumbag who dares to bring two girlfriends home at the same time, and the other one is not available and does not come back with them.
His son did it.
"I'll be against it if I know." Yang Ma just wanted a daughter-in-law, but she didn't dare to think of two, let alone two sisters.
"It doesn't matter, my mother will agree in the end." Liu Qianqian said firmly.
Mother Yang wanted to say something, but Yang Fan said, "Mom, you don't have to worry about us young people. Our children and grandchildren will have their own blessings."