Xia Mingxi laughed at that time and said: "Dad, look, this uncle is not looking for a wife like you, he must be laughed at."
The waitress snickered, "This child is so funny. Look at these adults, they are not as sensible as children."
Lu Qing: "..."
Lu Xuan: "..." The urge to kick the child grew even stronger.
Lu Qing and Lu Xuan glanced at each other and nodded in greeting. Maybe they were the ones being teased together, and they still felt a little bit of sympathy for each other.
... Yes, sympathy.
Later, when Lu Xuan asked him if he would like to be Xiao Ming's stepfather, the entire state-run hotel seemed to have collapsed ceiling.
God! ! ! !
"What... what?"
"Who is with whom?"
…
Anyway, everyone in the state-run hotel felt that it was outrageous.
Qin Rou and her party entered the restaurant, Xia Mingxi was already very familiar with the menu, and ordered three or four special dishes on her own initiative, Qin Rou and Ye Mingxiu ordered a few more, and waited for the dishes to be served.
After Lu Qing heard in the back kitchen that Xiao Ming’s classmate had come to the restaurant again, he was extremely disturbed, and went to wipe his face with a towel. Lu Qing thought it was Xiao Ming’s mother who brought him to the restaurant for dinner again, and only after going out to meet him did he realize that was not the case. one thing.
Xia Mingxi greeted him warmly: "Hello, Uncle Lu."
"This is my little uncle and aunt, and Uncle Zhao and Aunt Ye..."
Lu Qing was stunned for a moment. It turned out that they were Lu Xuan's younger siblings. His voice trembled a little: "Hello, comrades..."
The group exchanged a few simple greetings.
Qin Rou found out that the chef surnamed Lu was about the same height as the third sister, but he was bigger and stronger. He was a demobilized veteran. He had made meritorious service in the army before and his leg was injured. Later, he was arranged to come to the state-run restaurant.
He has a simple and honest appearance, with scars on his face, and looks a bit fierce. When talking to a table of people, he seems a little nervous, and he seems to be not good at words. He is a silent and steady man.
The third sister has a good vision, she seems to be a reliable man, but the two of them are not destined to be together.
Qin Rou looked at Lu Yan and thought that as expected, only magic can defeat magic. Captain Lu's "silence is golden" rule is useless when meeting a really silent and down-to-earth man.
"The food is served, try it, this sausage is delicious!!"
A table of dishes, I ordered chicken and duck, but I didn’t order fish, and I didn’t want to eat fish. There were white-cut chicken, braised duck with ginger, and braised large intestine in a casserole. Xiao Ming said that this is the intestine, and there is also a honey sauce. Stir-fried eggplant with beans, two vegetarian dishes, and a bowl of Ji Di soup.
Lu Qing gave them some chicken biscuits, and after the meal, the two children, Zhou Zhou and Jiaozi, took a chicken biscuit and ate it slowly.
Back at the guest house, Zhao Jianghong deliberately teased Xia Mingxi: "Everyone is worried about having a stepmother, so don't you worry about having a stepdad?"
When he saw Xia Mingxi cheerfully greeting people just now, he couldn't help being curious.
Xia Mingxi was also eating chicken pancakes, although they were a bit oily, they tasted extra delicious: "What are you worried about? There are pancakes to eat."
"Tsk tsk, what if your mother has a younger brother with your stepdad, and the whole family bullies you?"
Zhouzhou and Jiaozi said at this moment: "Protect Brother Xixi from being bullied."
Xia Mingxi was suddenly moved: "Uncle Zhao, look, I have so many good brothers."
Zhao Jianghong: "..."
The picture of brothers and sisters is slightly dazzling.
"Brother will protect you too."
"Brother Xixi, you are such a good brother."
Zhao Jianghong was bored and asked casually, "Why do you say brother Xixi is a good brother?"
Little Dumpling said, "My brother eats bitter gourd, while my younger brother eats meat."
Xia Mingxi: "..."
Xiao Ming thought to himself, I don't want to be a good brother who eats bitter gourd.
Zhao Jianghong: "...is it still like this?"
He turned around and said to Ye Mingxiu: "From now on, our children will also be taught in the same way. Look, how respectful you are."
"Let the elder brother love the younger brother, and the younger brother also protect the elder brother."
Ye Mingxiu: "..."
"I didn't like bitter gourd when I was young, but my sister insisted on me eating it."
Xia Mingxi thought to herself, I don't like bitter melon either.
Xia Mingxi and his group came to the restaurant, it was like blowing a pool of spring water in Lu Qing's heart. He was surprised to find that he was looking forward to Lu Xuan's arrival very much.
After learning that she didn't come, the disappointment lingered on him for a whole day and didn't dissipate.
Lu Qing plucked up the courage to call Lu Xuan, and told her about the fact that classmate Xiao Ming and his uncle's family came to the restaurant for dinner today, and also introduced in detail what dishes they ate.
— This is a habit he developed while writing letters.
Lu Xuan heard sour mouth on the other end of the phone, thinking that these men, big and small, were here to torture her, including the old Comrade Lu at home, who ate fresh mackerel dumplings in May and June , Even after eating several meals, I still called her to tell her how delicious the fresh Spanish mackerel dumplings were, and said that this was the fish my son-in-law bought for my old father-in-law, and asked her when she would find a son-in-law to bring fish to her door.
Lu Xuan's mind is full of confusion now, and when he heard him talking on the other end of the phone about chicken and duck honey sauce, especially honey sauce, Lu Qing said in his flat and thick voice: "Honey sauce is made by me." , I remember you said you liked it last time, today is just the pork belly that Xiao He just delivered early in the morning, we kept the best piece here and marinated it for two hours... "
How to bake on the oven, how to brush with honey sauce…
Hearing that Lu Xuan just wanted to hang up the phone on the other side, she thought that it would be fine for the man to talk in the letter, but now she wants to call and say that she just wants to eat them alive.
Hungry Lu Xuan changed the subject and said, "How are my brother and Xiao Ming doing?"
Lu Qing hesitated for a moment, he couldn't think of anything other than recipes in his mind, but he also heard from the group of waitresses in the restaurant that if he wanted to talk to a good partner, he must praise her relatives in front of her .
Kua Xiaoming is really a bit too attentive and ambiguous. Lu Qing is a big man, and he can't talk about his younger siblings. Obviously, he has only one candidate who can't go wrong.
Lu Qing immediately said: "Your brother is a good man, I, I... I have never seen a man as good as him..."
Lu Xuan: "...??!!"
Is my brother Lu Yan a good man? ! ! !
…
The two talked for a long time on the phone about what kind of a good man Lu Yan is.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Xuan touched her forehead, feeling that something was wrong today.
She thought in a daze that even the younger brother has become a good man who is affectionate and considerate, and even advises people on whom to talk to... Could it be true that you should treat each other with admiration for three days
But why did she talk to Lu Qing about recipes and her younger brother on the phone
Lu Xuan: "..."
My brother must have said a lot of good things about her in front of Lu Qing, right
Otherwise, why did Lu Qing praise her brother inexplicably? Could it be that Lu Yan is still trying to match them up
I still don't know what Lu Yan said in front of Lu Qing, which made Lu Qing change his mind so much, and even made Lu Qing take the initiative to call her. Receiving his phone call is completely different from the feeling when I received his letter before.
Lu Xuan raised her hand to wipe her face, her cheeks were slightly red, she looked up at the white clouds in the sky, she secretly said with emotion:
— This unlucky brother is quite useful sometimes.
I don't know what he praised his sister
Lu Xuan turned around and called Comrade Lu. Lu Zongyi was surprised when he received the call: "What's the matter?"
"I think our younger brother is really different after he gets married."
Old Comrade Lu yawned: "What's the difference? They're both men who have been married for several years, so they should be mature and steady."
"Don't worry, you will know when you see you. The younger brother and younger siblings will arrive with their children in two days."
"I know, I know, I really want to die to see my three little grandchildren." Lu Zongyi rubbed his hands, thinking that he was about to see his grandsons and grandchildren, he was both excited and worried: "You said your brother and sister-in-law How's the relationship? I'm really afraid that the two of them will quarrel. The son and daughter-in-law of the old Xu's family have left, and the two children are pitiful... "
"When they first got married, the relationship between the two was very good. The Xu family's son loved his wife, and the two were inseparable. I didn't expect that it would be like this after two or three years. After the child was born, their husband and wife The two had a small quarrel in two days, and a big quarrel in three days, and they were almost on the verge of fighting."
"Your mother and I tried to persuade the fight several times, but we didn't listen to them all. We can't persuade you. A good couple is now divorced."
"Your mother said that I'm an old idea. If we can't get along, we should divorce... Hey, Yan Zai has been worried about him since he got married. With his temper, if he quarrels with Xiao Qin, what will happen to the two of you?" Sample… "
Lu Xuan said calmly: "Old Comrade Lu, you just have nothing to do when you're full. I advise you that if you really have nothing to do every day, why not ask Uncle Wang to go fishing and fly a kite."
Old Lu: "..."
"What else do I have to worry about now? You are all married and established. If you don't want to look for Xixi with you, don't look for it. I won't force you, old man. My old Lu is now looking forward to a family and a prosperous life."
"I'm going to ask Lao Xie to help me write a picture, and write a family and everything to post in the house."
Lu Xuan tentatively asked, "What if I bring you a son-in-law who delivers fish?"
Old Comrade Lu sneered, he didn't even raise his eyebrows, he thought to himself, you little dog girl, why are you walking your dog? I don't believe you anymore.
Every time I say I'll see you, I fool you, and walk around every time, who will believe you.
"You better say goodbye, your father and I have already thought about it, let's just let our family be like this, everything will be happy, don't make noise, live a peaceful life, and your mother and I will be satisfied. This person, you have to learn to be content." Changle, cherish the good life and life now, you'd better not give me any trouble." Now Lao Lu has given up on having a son-in-law, and he doesn't plan to have a granddaughter, so he is content with Changle and cherishes the present.
It's also good to go fishing when you have nothing to do.
I only hope that the family and everything will be prosperous.
Lu Xuan: "..."
All right, Third Sister Lu didn't say anything, and the father and daughter hung up the phone.
Not long after Lu Qing hung up the phone, he was still fantasizing about the call just now, desperately recalling what he said just now, there shouldn't be any problem, right? It won't annoy the people there.
He touched his face and felt that he was like a boy in his twenties, full of vigor all over his body.
He got off work early tomorrow, and he decided to go to the cinema to watch a movie, so that he could have something to talk about in the letter.
Lu Qing used to be a boring and boring man. When he was in the army, he had repeated training every day, and he could not contact outsiders. He was surrounded by comrades who were exhausted from training. It seems to be rusted, does not need to think, and does not have much curiosity about the outside world.
After retiring from the army and coming to Guangcheng, a big city different from the deep mountains and old forests, a man of his age seemed out of place everywhere and couldn't integrate into the lives of ordinary people.
However, there is an accident in his life now. He began to pay attention to all kinds of things in this city, to the food and scenery around him, and to the parents who are full of fireworks. In the text, share it with another person.
The thought that another person would read the letter and understand what it said made all the words make sense.
In the past, Lu Qing only went to literacy classes in the army, but now he reads dictionaries every day, borrows books from reading libraries in the city, cooks, reads and studies every day, and tries things that have never been tried in the city. Life becomes easier A lot of fun, full of positive and sunny meaning.
Lu Qing's life is very energetic, and he has begun to make some plans for himself.
After watching the movie, his colleague told him that his hometown called him and asked him to call back sometime.
Lu Qing called home.
As soon as it was transferred to the person, I heard his old lady's voice: "Second brother, why haven't you returned the money yet?"
"Yes, I will send fifteen every month from now on."
His old wife, Ge Dafang, was obviously stunned: "It's only fifteen? How will our family live when it's fifteen?"
"How much will the other brothers give?"
"They still have a family to support. You are different. During the years when you were a soldier outside, a few brothers took care of the house. Are you worthy of your parents?"
Lu Qingdao: "The family built a new house, and the brothers married their wives. Whose money did you use for the younger sister's dowry?"
Ge Dafang said anxiously: "The family saved the money for you, and you don't have a family now, so first help your other brothers and sisters, your nephew, your nephew, your cousin, whatever doesn't cost money, your little cousin I'm about to get married and have a date, and now people have high requirements for a date, and the village also pays attention to the four major items, so I have to save one with him anyway."
"Your father asked you when you could help your cousin and let him have a job in the state-run hotel. Your third uncle is gone. It's not easy for his family..."
Lu Qing: "I won't send money from this month on."
"Should the family return my pension and other money to me?"
Ge Dafang said: "Why are you so anxious, you are trying to force your mother to death, I will definitely scold you bloody when you come back."
"Our family has been separated for a long time. Some brothers embezzled my money. They wrote an IOU before. When I go back to collect the debt, if I don't pay the money, don't blame me for being rude."
Ge Dafang said: "How dare you!!"
"You called me a wolf cub since you were a child. You know what kind of temper I have. I remember exactly how much money I took from me. I don't care about anything else. You must call me the three thousand yuan."
"If I don't transfer the money over next month, I'll go back to my hometown with a kitchen knife. You know I've seen blood. If I don't have money, I'll pay it back with other money. Whoever used my money will not return it. Both men and women will have their heads shaved. Eat dung, whoever comes up to persuade me to chop him up... I will sue them for embezzling pensions for disabled veterans, you can figure it out."
…
Qin Rou and her group boarded the train to Lu Province, and bought six sleeper tickets, which happened to be in one carriage, facing the six berths. As soon as Zhou Zhou and Jiaozi got on the train, their emotions were particularly high. Crawling around like a caterpillar.
They also don't want to stay in the lower bunk honestly, "Be tall! Sleep tall!!"
"high!"
Zhouzhou and Jiaozi were arguing to sleep on the upper bunk, and Lu Yan carried the two little guys to the top, "Be careful not to fall."
"Hey..." The two brats grabbed the fence and poked their heads out to look at the mother below.
After Lu Yan accompanied the two brothers to spend their energy that had no place to rest, the two cubs fell asleep hugging each other. Lu Yan carried them to the lower berth. sweet.
Mother Qin Rou had already slept like a dead pig in the middle bunk.
Zhao Jianghong and his wife next door, one slept in the middle berth and the other slept in the lower berth. Xia Mingxi occupied the upper berth by himself and slept very deeply.
Most of the people in the carriage were very tired. Except for the sound of the train clanging forward, the carriage was extremely quiet. The windows were half opened, and the summer wind blew in, taking away the heat.
Lu Yan stood up. His two sons were sleeping soundly on the lower bunk. He half bent over to look at Qin Rou who was sleeping on the middle bunk.
She fell asleep on her side, facing him, her usual charming and delicate face was like a closed flower bud, with layers of complicated and beautiful petals put away, her eyelids were thin, long and straight His eyelashes fluttered slightly from time to time as he breathed up and down.
The cheeks pressed against the pillow were soft and pouty, revealing a bit of tenderness and softness.
— This is his daughter-in-law.
He is going to take his wife and son back to his hometown.
Lu Yan's eyes were full of doting tenderness, and he kissed her on the cheek, covering her stomach with a blanket.
Lu Yan was about to sit on the lower berth and watch his two sons take a nap, when he turned around, he saw Zhao Jianghong looking at him with his chin in his hands.
Zhao Jianghong's expression was particularly strange.
Lu Yan: "..."
A national curse flashed in his mind, he should not have gone back with this guy if he had known earlier.
Zhao Jianghong sighed and sighed at the same time. He sat up and whispered to Lu Yan: "I have only seen you and your son get along with your son a few times in your house before."
"After staying together for two or three days, I suddenly realized that you are really a father."
Lu Yan said indifferently: "If you have something wrong with your eyes, you can go to the hospital for treatment."
"To be honest, I am getting more and more emotional now. Time is not forgiving. In a blink of an eye, we are all at this age, and we are all thirty. There is an ancient saying, thirty years old..."
Lu Yan said: "Attention, you are thirty, I am twenty-nine."
"Aren't they all the same? Can you stop interrupting me? I still remember that when our school held a kite flying competition, I was the only one who went to school with only a kite and no schoolbag. I was scolded to death by the teacher, and you were still laughing... "
"This time flies so fast. When I have sons and daughters in the future, and the children grow up, we will become old men."
"It's time to go fishing together."
"The old man in our family, besides fishing, is still fishing every day. He has to throw a few kites all year round..."
"What about you, old man Lu will probably be worried about your two sons not getting married every day at home, and jumping in anger at home, saying that these two bastards don't listen to your job arrangements, and don't listen to your marriage arrangements. You have to go east. They want to go west, you want to go west, they want to go east..."
Lu Yan raised her eyebrows: "Are you my son?"
Zhao Jianghong: "..."
Lu Yan patted him on the shoulder: "It's not easy for your dad to be at home. You take your partner back and spend more time with Uncle Zhao, so that he won't jump around every day, and the old man will get more angry and lose his temper."
Zhao Jianghong: "..."
You are really going to piss me off, Lu Yan.
"The good sad atmosphere has been disturbed by you."
Lu Yan smiled brightly: "I am a young man in my twenties, and I won't be with you to mourn the spring and the autumn."
"Show face, Lu Yan."
The train was heading north. Zhao Jianghong and Ye Mingxiu got off at the station first, and Lu Yan and Qin Rou got off at Jiaodao Railway Station with their children.
In August, it is midsummer, but the temperature here is very comfortable, without the sweltering heat of a stove in the middle. Several places that the train passes by halfway are full of gushing heat waves. Now I get off the train in Jiaodao , I just feel that the temperature is very pleasant, the wind is very strong, and it is very comfortable to blow on the face.
Knowing that the younger son's family was coming, Lu Zongyi and Jiang Ping came to the train station to pick them up.
"Grandma, Grandpa!!" The voice of the eldest cousin was the loudest.
"Grandpa and grandma!!" The brothers Zhou Zhou and Jiaozi called out with a childish voice.
"Xixi, she's grown taller, thinner, and stronger again."
Lu Zongyi and Jiang Ping hugged a child each, "You are so good, grandpa and grandma's good grandson, come, tell grandpa, who is Zhouzhou and who is Dumpling?"
Little Dumpling said in a milky voice, "I'm Zhou Zhou!!"
No matter what, take the position of brother first.
"Oh, it's brother, you have such a loud voice."
Brother Zhouzhou rubbed against grandma's arms, and said softly, "Grandma, I'm little dumpling..."
"Hey, good dumplings, grandma will make dumplings for you later."
"Give us small dumplings to eat the biggest dumplings."
Lu Yan and Qin Rou: "..."
Old Comrade Lu stared at the child in his arms and looked at Jiaozi. He suddenly said, "My dear grandson, why does Grandpa think you are Dumpling?"
Dumpling: "... grandpa?"
The little dumpling froze for a moment, unexpectedly it was discovered that something was wrong so quickly.
Qin Rou and Lu Yan glanced at each other, both of them were surprised. They didn't expect Lu Zongyi to be able to distinguish Zhouzhou from dumplings after not seeing each other for such a long time.
"You're kidding, silly Zhouzhou." Old Comrade Lu grinned.
Guilty little dumpling: "..."
He turned his head to look at his brother in grandma's arms, and couldn't help but say, "Hey..."
The werewolf blew himself up.
He was afraid that his grandfather would catch him and eat his grandmother's Yikusi beets.
It's better to be a younger brother.
Lu Zongyi's eyebrows trembled: "Tell grandpa, who is Zhouzhou and who is Dumpling?"
Little Jiaozi subconsciously said: "I am Zhou Zhou!"
Old Comrade Lu: "..."
Jiang Ping: "..."
Qin Rou: "..."
Lu Yan: "..."
"Look at these two children, they are really fun. Take them back and let the old Wang next door identify who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother."