Three melons and two dates

Chapter 49: Chaos in Qingming

The most important day in April, Qingming.

Every year at this time, the academy will be on vacation, and students close to home choose to return to their hometowns to visit graves and pay homage to their ancestors.Xie Huanxiu is no exception.

The Xie family did not have an ancestral hall. After starting a family, they set aside a piece of land in the southwest corner of Dongxiang, near the tombs of the ancestors of the previous two generations of the Xie family, as the ancestral grave.

Every time I come to worship Xie Jiu, I must ask my ancestors to bless the weather and the family. The most important thing is to bless Xie Huanxiu with a bright mind and an early high school.

The son is silent and strange.Xie Huanxiu didn't believe it, but he never objected. He quietly listened to Xie Jiu's words and kowtow respectfully with him.

But Xie Jiu is a little different today.After worshiping, on the way home, he asked Xie Huanxiu, "Do you think your grandfather can hear me?"

"Sincerity leads to spirit." Xie Huanxiu didn't know how to answer Xie Jiu's words, and after a little thought, he replied.

"We're not praying to gods and worshiping Buddha!" ​​Xie Jiu was a little dissatisfied with this answer, but he thought about it, no matter how much his son knows, he can't understand the art of ghosts and gods.So, he changed the subject and said, "Recently, I've always been restless, and I always feel that something is going to happen."

Xie Huanxiu glanced at his father, and said solemnly: "Father, you may have been with your mother for too long, and you were influenced by her."

From time to time, Li Cuicui would say that she was restless and worried that something would happen, but most of them were false alarms.Of course Xie Jiu knew that his son was making fun of him, so he went up and slapped Xie Huanxiu, "How dare you make fun of me."

Xie Huanxiu smiled, "You, don't worry, our family must be as you think, everything goes well. Right, Shuyan."

Shu Yan, who was walking behind with an empty basket, heard them calling him, and hurriedly responded, "Yeah. Now Tianguan can learn to study, uncle, don't worry!"

Sure enough, when he heard his son studying hard, Xie Jiu's smile deepened.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I will definitely feel at ease with you here."

……

The three of them just chatted and walked back. When they got home, Li Cuicui had already prepared lunch and urged them to wash their hands and eat.

There is no rule of "you don't talk when you eat" at the Xie family's dinner table, but they are all hungry, and they don't chat until halfway through the meal.

"The days go by so fast. I think back when Shu Yan came here, it was not as high as the table. Now it's time to start a family."

Li Cuicui suddenly felt emotional, Xie Huanxiu, who was holding a job bowl, looked up at her and asked, "Why did you mention this all of a sudden?"

"Two days ago, Aunt Niu from the village next door came to ask me about Shuyan. It seemed that what she said meant that she wanted to give us a clue, but I didn't ask the specifics."

Pull a thread?

What kind of thread can be drawn, Xie Huanxiu put down the bowl and chopsticks, the voice was not loud, but Shuyan's heart skipped a beat, begging Xie Huanxiu with his eyes, don't be impulsive.

Xie Huanxiu pretended not to see it, took a deep breath, calmed down, and said, "Mother, I can't do without the inkstone here."

"Mother knows. The marriage of the two of you has to wait until after you are in high school. I don't know about Aunt Niu's little thoughts. She is always a no-profit master. Where is Zhongshuyan? I think she is Thinking that Tianguan will go to high school in the future, it will be cheap. I will not agree, and our Shuyan marriage should not be careless."

About Xie Huanxiu's marriage, Ji Yuan had already told the Xie family and his wife that he would be the one to choose the family in the future, and he must not marry privately.Although Li Cuicui has regrets in her heart, but fortunately she still has the book inkstone, which she grew up with. Although she can't compare with Xie Huanxiu, she is still half a child. Naturally, she has to choose carefully, and she can also satisfy her wish of choosing a "daughter-in-law", right? .

Shuyan didn't dare to respond to Li Cuicui's words, and smiled awkwardly, hoping to change the subject quickly.He could feel that Xie Huanxiu was angry.

however--

"Hey, it would be great if Ah Hua didn't get married. She has a good temper and looks, and she knows everything. I can't be more relieved. Unfortunately..."

Wang Ahua is like Xie Huanxiu's reverse scale, untouchable.Li Cuicui not only mentioned it, but also pinched the book and inkstone together with her.

"It's impossible even if she's not married!"

Xie Huanxiu said it ruthlessly, it was the first time Li Cuicui saw him like this, even Xie Jiu, who had been silent all this time, raised his head and said sharply, "Why are you talking to your mother, why are you losing your temper?"

Shuyan also secretly kicked Xie Huanxiu twice to signal him not to mess around.

Xie Huanxiu kicked back directly, with a serious face, and said to his parents: "Father and mother, I will not get married in the future, and neither will Shu Yan, we..."

Shu Yan stood up abruptly, attracting the attention of the three of them to him, "Hehe..." Shu Yan was the stupidest one, everyone looked at him and made him even more nervous. He said, "Well, I'll serve another bowl of rice, can you add more?"

……

Xie Jiu frowned, looked at Xie Huanxiu and Shuyan, thought for a while, and said to Shuyan in a cold voice: "Don't eat, sit down and talk about what's going on with you two."

Xie Huanxiu was doted on by their husband and wife, of course Xie Jiu knew his son's temper.It's normal to act like a baby and get sulking, although Xie Jiu didn't care about it even though he got a little bit more tempered today.But the book inkstone is also abnormal, so it's weird.

Shu Yan was startled, and sat down with his head bowed.Xie Huanxiu also realized at this moment that he was impulsive just now, and couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.But it was only for a moment, and soon calmed down.

Xie Huanxiu never thought about keeping their affairs a secret, especially from his family.

It would be better to make it clear earlier, Xie Huanxiu thought.

Therefore, Xie Huanxiu seemed to be talking about what he had eaten this morning, but his tone was firm, and he said to the Xie couple: "I didn't say that Shuyan and I would never get married in the future, it's because we are together gone."

together?

What?

Regarding Xie Huanxiu's statement of being together, it is obvious that the Xie family couple did not realize what it meant.

And he realized that he was overreacting.Xie Jiu probably thought that the two of them were having a fight again.Thinking of this, Xie Huanxiu was suddenly a little embarrassed, cleared his throat and continued to explain: "It's me and Shuyan, like Uncle Li and him."

The Second Uncle Li that Xie Huanxiu spoke of was also a "celebrity" in the ten miles and eight villages.

When Li Er was young, he was also a handsome young man, hardworking and capable. Many people fell in love with him and wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law.

But who would have thought that he somehow got involved with the son of a rich family.After this incident was caught by someone and caused a commotion, Brother Gongzi was brought back to the city by his family, and Li Er was also locked up by Li's family.

Li Er went on a hunger strike and made trouble again. In the end, the Li family had nothing to do with him and broke off the relationship and let him go.

What is even more embarrassing is that when Li Er found Brother Gongzi, he was welcoming his relatives.Li Er called him, but the man turned a blind eye and continued to worship and get married happily.

Li Er, devastated, returned to Dongxiang.He, Li Er, neither cries nor makes troubles. He just goes to the small slope of the back mountain early in the morning and returns home only on the middle of the month. Everyone finds it weird. Someone who has something to do comes up to talk to him. Seeing that Li Er has no response, he tries several times. Finally, everyone realized that Li Er, he was crazy.

Nowadays, the world is ruled by filial piety. It is a blessing that people like Li Er who don’t even want a family for a man are not despised. several years.

Villagers often use Li Er to scare the children in the family, saying that if they are not obedient, they will become like him, and they will not be able to return home.

Xie Huanxiu had never been frightened by his parents in this way when he was young, he was very curious after hearing it from others, and it was so hard that Li Cuicui told him the cause and effect of this incident.

Li Cuicui and Li's two families were more or less attached to each other, so she didn't want to control it, and she couldn't control it.However, when learning this matter with his son, he also sympathized with Li Er's experience.Since then, she herself, or let Shuyan occasionally send Li Er some food, clothes, quilts and so on.I don't want to thank Li Er, but to cultivate a good relationship.

Unexpectedly, Li Er and his matter were mentioned from his son's mouth now.

The husband and wife looked at each other, a little confused, as if they didn't understand what their son was saying.

Xie Huanxiu looked around at them, and added in a slightly relaxed tone, "But I won't let Shuyan end up like Uncle Li, parents, don't worry."