night.
The night sky is overwhelming.
In the courtyard bedroom, Dong Xuebin opened his eyes and realized that it was already dark. He yawned and touched his phone to check the time. Good guy, it's already past nine o'clock. Did he sleep from three o'clock in the afternoon to now? More than six hours? It's no wonder that Dong Xuebin couldn't sleep all day and night yesterday. He stretched out and quickly climbed out of bed. When he was putting on his shoes, he looked at the edge of the bed. Xie Huilan and the child didn't know where they were. None of them were there.
Pushing the door open and leaving the room, I found that the second bedroom opposite was dimly lit.
When Dong Xuebin pushed the door open, he found that Xie Huilan and his wife were coaxing the child to sleep. The baby was lying happily with his eyes narrowed. He was not asleep yet, but he seemed to be about to fall asleep.
"Shh." Xie Huilan raised her finger to her mouth.
Dong Xuebin said: "It's already this time, why didn't you call me?"
Xie Huilan said: "Mom told you to sleep a little longer and leave the food for you."
Dong Xuebin blinked and said: "Then you are going to sleep? Why did you come to sleep in this room?"
"Mom was afraid of waking you up. She said you were too tired and needed to rest, so she wouldn't let us in. We, the two of us, had no choice but to come to this room, haha." , how can you take care of your son, and he is so old and sturdy, so you don’t have to worry about it. All your attention must be on your grandson. It’s better for our mother. After you have a grandson, you will be the first to think about everything. Everything else has to take a back seat.”
Dong Xuebin smiled and said: "That's right, that's my biological mother. By the way, while the child is still asleep, you two go to that room quickly. The lighting in this room is not good, the mat is a bit hard, and there is nothing underneath. Uncomfortable to sleep on.”
"I think so too." Xie Huilan said yes. I got up with the baby in my arms.
Dong Xuebin said: "Then I'll heat up the food first. Where's my mother? She's asleep too?"
Xie Huilan looked outside, "I heard the door just now. It seems like I went out. I don't know."
"Going out? Why are you going out so late at night?" Dong Xuebin frowned, "Don't worry about it, I'll go out and have a look."
After saying that, Dong Xuebin went out shirtless, not even wearing a vest, and his slippers were stepping on his feet. He grew up in Jingcheng Hutong. In the summer, it is a traditional activity here for gay men, young and old, to go shirtless in the alleys. It's not working time now, we're not in our own county, and we're all members of our own family. Dong Xuebin has also put down a lot of unnecessary pretense. This is the real him. Even if Dong Xuebin has reached this point, even if he has reached today's level, in his bones, he is still the same person who was naked in the alley more than ten years ago. The little guy walking down the street with slippers on his arms, even if his arms are bare, even if he is wiping the pull board. His eyes are always filled with pride.
Not in the courtyard.
I didn’t see it in the alley outside.
Dong Xuebin had no choice but to come back and go to the kitchen to heat up the meal. Then he put the vegetables on the stone table under the tree and started eating, regardless of whether there were mosquitoes in the yard.
Squeak. The courtyard door opened.
Luan Xiaoping opened the door and walked in with a bag of things. "Huh? Are you up?"
Dong Xuebin swallowed what was in his mouth and said hurriedly: "Why are you going? Are you going out at night? If you have anything to do, ask Huilan to run errands for you."
Luan Xiaoping said lightly: "How does she know what to buy?"
Dong Xuebin must have noticed that there was actually a small pocket of paper money in the plastic bag. He was stunned for a moment, and after counting the days of today, he slapped his forehead in sudden realization. "I almost forgot! It's my dad's death anniversary tomorrow!"
Luan Xiaoping looked at the north room and complained: "Keep your voice down, don't let your wife hear it."
"What are you afraid of?" Dong Xuebin was speechless.
Luan Xiaoping said: "Today is the 100-day banquet for your two sons. It's a happy event. Although your father's death anniversary is not the same as that of your father, they are close to each other. Your wife's family is a wealthy family, and they may be very particular. I'm afraid they will be taboo, so I'm going to do it all at once." Just after two o'clock, you and mom can burn paper."
Dong Xuebin said: "Look at you, Huilan and his family are not particular about anything, and there are no taboos or taboos."
Luan Xiaoping said: "You said lower your voice, listen to me, you eat first."
After dinner, Dong Xuebin went back to the house and took a look. Huilan and the child seemed to be asleep. Dong Xuebin didn't dare to make a sound, so he carefully closed the door and went out.
zero point.
Luan Xiaoping came out of the house and said, "Let's go."
Dong Xuebin had been waiting in the yard. He nodded when he heard this, and walked out of the alley with his mother. They found a place to squat at the intersection. His mother was playing with something, and Dong Xuebin was also helping. At this time, there are no people even in Houhai. The lively part is the bar street, not the residential area here.
"Old Dong, my son and I came to see you again. I was too busy the last few times and didn't talk to you properly. Your son is now promising. Guess what official he has become? Haha, I I guarantee you won't be able to guess it." Luan Xiaoping laughed while burning the paper: "He is already the secretary of the county party committee, at the division level. You always said that you would be angry with your grandson at class reunions, and he is not the same. Is he a full-time scholar? He is still over fifty years old, but look at our son. He was secretary of the county party committee when he was just twenty-seven years old. How promising he is. I heard that the old grandson also died of illness last year? Even if you meet him down there, you'll be angry with him about this. He's been angry with you all his life, so we can't be polite anymore. Haha, there's something even happier. Didn't I tell you last time that our son married a special man? Beautiful daughter-in-law, my daughter-in-law has also been promoted. Now guess what level she is? Is she the secretary of the municipal party committee or the secretary of the municipal party committee of a prefecture-level city? One person is in charge of millions of people. , is particularly capable, and now he has given our Dong family a grandson named Dong Chong, who was named by Xiao Bin. The child is very beautiful and looks like his mother. He will definitely be more promising than Xiao Bin when he grows up. "
Dong Xuebin also burned a few handfuls of paper at this time. "Dad, I have been too busy in the past few years, and I have not paid attention to you a few times. I have not always been with my mother. As a son, I am not really filial." , Fortunately, my mother is now taken care of by Uncle Yang..." After saying that, he tilted his head and said, "Can I say Uncle Yang?"
Luan Xiaoping nodded, "I told your dad a long time ago. Your dad will be relieved to know that I have someone to take care of him. He has always been like this. As long as we two live well, everything will be fine with him." At this point , Mom’s eye circles were also red, tears came out as she spoke, and she sobbed: “That’s why... why did you leave so early? If your father was still here, he could see his eldest grandson.”
Suddenly, Xie Huilan's voice came from behind, "Dad can see it now. I brought the child."