As soon as the few people got out of the car, the grandparents walked out of the house with steady steps when they heard the voice, with smiles all over their faces and an amiable look.

The old man's hair is already pale, but his body and bones still look very strong, which should be related to the reason why he has been doing farm work all year round.

"Come on, everyone is here, it's windy outside, come in and sit." Grandpa He greeted everyone to enter the house.

Yiqing put Nuonuo down and said, "Nonuo, hurry up and say hello to the grandpa and grandma."

Nuonuo was not afraid of life, so she hurried forward and bowed to the two old people saying hello: "Hello grandpa, hello grandma."

Elderly people like children. Hearing Nuonuo's voice, the two elderly people said goodbye again and again, smiling from ear to ear. Grandpa He even hugged Nuonuo.

"Nuo Nuo in our family is so heavy that the grandpa won't be able to hold it in two years."

When Grandma He saw her, she was afraid that her wife would fall to the ground due to a slippery hand or something, so she reminded: "I said, just hug her and don't fall Nuonuo."

"Nonuo is not as heavy as the two buckets filled with water in the yard. How could it be so easy to fall, and I can see Nuonuo several times a year, what's the matter with hugging?" Grandpa He turned back unconvinced.

"If Nuonuo falls down in a while, you will see me." Grandma He snorted twice, then shifted her gaze to Huo's father and mother, greeted her with a smile, and said, "I think these two are my parents-in-law. Parents, right?"

"Yes, we are Xiao Xun's parents. The old man is in good health." Huo's mother replied respectfully. She didn't put on airs because Grandma He was from the countryside. Instead, she thought the old man was very cute.

"Okay, okay." After saying yes twice, Grandma He shifted her gaze to He Yiyang and Huo Chixun again, and said, "This is Xiao Xun, he looks really handsome." Grandma He looked at Huo Chixun in disbelief. Nodding in embarrassment, I think he is very satisfied with this grandson-in-law.

Looking at He Yiyang again, Grandma He said again: "Why is Yang Yang so fat, Grandma can hardly recognize him."

He Yiyang chuckled twice, and said, "Isn't this a good life!"

"No, no, no, this can't be done. You want to lose weight. This person becomes lazy when he gets fat. He has high blood pressure, high blood fat, and high blood sugar. Look at Xiao Xun. He has a well-proportioned body. You can tell that he is healthy at a glance. Yes, you have to follow the example of Xiao Xun. You, you should exercise more. Don’t lie on the bed with your mobile phone whenever you have time. Gym? You should get a gym card, don't think grandma is nagging, it's for your own good." Grandma He said earnestly.

He Yiyang was sweating all over his body, he was so nervous that he didn't dare to say a word, he could only nod his head repeatedly, and then gently hooked Huo Chixun's sleeve with his little finger.

Huo Chixun felt He Yiyang's nervousness, held He Yiyang's hand instead, and then smiled and said to Grandma He: "Grandma, I will supervise Yangyang well."

"Yangyang has been spoiled by his parents and elder brother since he was a child. If he does not do well in the future, you should take care of him. Our Yangyang family will be handed over to you."

Huo Chixun smiled and said, "Grandma, don't worry, now Yangyang is our family's mascot, no matter what he does, he is right."

The mascot He Yiyang looked at Huo Chixun: "???"

So when did he become a mascot, how did he not know about it.

After listening to Huo Chixun's words, Grandma He praised a few more words, and then invited everyone to come in and sit down.

Grandpa He and Grandma He had already burned a charcoal fire in the main room and waited for everyone to come in. As soon as they entered the room, a warm current rushed over their faces.

Grandma He put a few potatoes, sweet potatoes and taro beside the charcoal fire, which had just been roasted, and then took them out with tongs and put them on the ground for everyone to eat.

Mother He laughed and said, "These are all grown in the vegetable gardens of my grandparents. They are drenched with organic fertilizers without any chemical pesticides in them. They look ugly, but they taste much more delicious than those greenhouse vegetables. Everyone try it."

"Really? Then we have to taste it." After Huo's father finished speaking, he picked up a potato, but forgot how hot the potato was just taken out of the charcoal fire. No, it burned his fingers.

Huo's mother on the side saw her, covered her mouth and smiled, and said, "Seeing you are so anxious, you must be burning now."

Several people gathered around the charcoal fire happily, chatting while eating delicious agricultural products.

The most topics still revolved around Huo Chixun and He Yiyang. After all, it was the first time the old man saw his grandson-in-law, so he naturally wanted to know more about this young man.

Seeing that it was almost time, Mother He, Yiqing and He Yikun went to the kitchen to prepare today's dinner.

Father He was responsible for pasting the window grilles and hanging lanterns on the Spring Festival couplets. Grandpa He wanted He Yiyang to help Father He up the ladder. When Huo Chixun heard this, he was worried that something might happen to He Yiyang, so he offered to help.

Huo's father and Huo's mother said that they would take a walk around and have a look.

No, He Yiyang was scolded again by Grandpa He.

"You, relying on Xiao Xun's kindness to you, let others do everything. Just like when you were a child, relying on your own smallness, you push all the housework to your brother." Although it was scolding, but in Grandpa He's eyes full of smiles.

At the beginning, when he heard that his little grandson married a man, he was worried that his little grandson would suffer, but now it seems that his worries are completely unnecessary.

He Yiyang listened to his grandpa's scolding while eating roasted taro. After finishing a grilled fish head, he peeled a sweet potato and handed it to Grandpa He. The roasted sweet potatoes, see whether it is delicious peeled by grandpa himself or by your favorite little grandson."

Grandpa He glanced at the sweet potato, then lowered his head and took a bite, saying, "Of course my good grandson peeled it and it's delicious."

After Grandpa He said this, both grandpa and grandson laughed.

When Huo Chixun was free, He Yiyang took Huo Chixun around.

What you see most in the village are trees and weeds. Grandpa He’s house is located on a hillside, behind the house is a thorny fir forest, and in front of the house there is a cement road leading down to it. There are paddy fields by the roadside, and the fields are full of weeds. It looked like a wasteland.

In addition to a concrete road, there are several small paths that people come out of. There is a bamboo slope more than ten meters away from the house. Unfortunately, it is winter now, and there are no bamboo shoots. There will be bamboo shoots in summer when the rice is harvested. grow out.

He Yiyang pointed to a half-broken ancient pine next to the bamboo slope and said: "We worship this tree every year and festival. I remember it is called Bogong tree. We worship it from the [-]th day of the new year to the second day of the new year. Because We are Hakka people, so when the Lantern Festival is approaching, I don’t remember the specific day, and then there is a Lantern Festival, when a family in the village has a son, they will make headlights, and organize the village to light up lights together in front of the Hetang of the ancestral hall. .”

Huo Chixun glanced under the pine tree, but there were burned incense candles and traces of firecrackers.

After that, He Yiyang pointed to an ancient building on the opposite side of the mountain and said: "That is the ancestral hall of our village."

Looking in the direction He Yiyang pointed, Huo Chixun saw the ancestral hall and heard the sound of crackling firecrackers.

"There is a beautiful lantern inside, and it will be replaced with a new one in about ten days. Unfortunately, it is not convenient for us to come at that time, otherwise I would like to show you."

Huo Chixun smiled, then held He Yiyang's hand and kissed it lightly, and said, "Then we will come back next year."

He Yiyang nodded, then touched his stomach, and said, "I plan to let our daughter take your surname after she is born."

"Why don't you let her have your surname?" Huo Chixun asked rhetorically.

"Because your family has the throne to inherit." He Yiyang said this so righteously.

Of course, from He Yiyang and Huo Chixun's point of view, it doesn't matter who the child's surname is, or whose household registration they have, it will be the same, as long as the child is healthy and healthy.

Afterwards, He Yiyang followed his memory and took Huo Chixun to a wen well in Jiaojiao Village. There was a layer of mist floating on the well water.

"The water in this Wenjing well is very sweet, and it's warm in winter and cool in summer. You can grab some of it with your hand and try it." He Yiyang said this sentence as if offering a treasure.

Huo Chixun never drank unboiled water, but after hearing what He Yiyang said, he followed suit, put the palms of both hands together, and put them into the well water.

The temperature of the well water is just as what Yiyang said, warm.

Then he picked up some water, tasted it, nodded, and said, "It's really sweet."

He Yiyang also wanted to drink, but Huo Chixun noticed and stopped him without a trace, saying: "Let's go to another place to see."

He Yiyang nodded, and just walked a few steps when he was called back by his mother.

"Yangyang, take Xiao Xun, and go with your elder brother and sister-in-law to pay homage to the She King, Bo Gongshu and the ancestral hall." After speaking, Mother He handed over a bamboo basket containing sacrifices to He Yiyang.

Nuonuo also clamored to go together, but the road to Shewang was not easy, so she refused to let her go.

The Shewang Temple, which a few people went to first, was about 200 meters away from the left side of Grandpa He’s house. It was said to be a temple, but it was actually a stone monument erected under a tall camphor tree. The stone was a stone on the side of the road. , A few pieces of red paper were suppressed on the stele.

The tribute was laid out, the incense sticks were burnt, the wine was refilled three times, and finally a [-]-gun volley was fired before the tribute was put away, and the three empty wines were poured in front of the stele.

Then go to worship the Bogong tree, just like worshiping the king of society, and then walk around the field ridge, and the group of people came to the ancestral hall again.

Huo Chixun finally saw the lantern that Grandpa He just mentioned. After a year, the lantern had long lost its original color, but it could be seen how gorgeous it was when it was hung up.

The lantern is hung in the middle of the ancestral hall, with four ropes extending out, and the ropes are tied to the wall.

In the middle of the opposite wall, there is a framed couplet in traditional block letters, which reads: "Thousands of years agree with Lujiang County, and the prime minister's house will be opened first in Liuhui and Anhui." .

The couplets and the hall number form a zigzag shape. In the middle is the ancestral tablet of the He family. Red silk is hung on the top of the tablet, and three tripod tripods are placed in front of it. The red candles and incense in the tripod are not extinguished.

It may be that He Yiyang and the others came late, so they are the only ones here.

After the sacrifice, the group of people returned home with the tribute.

After walking like this for a while, when he returned home, He Yiyang felt a little bummed, and took off his coat without thinking about it.

It's good that he didn't take off his coat. As soon as he took off his coat, his round belly was seen by Grandpa He who walked in from the outside. He Yiyang was startled and wanted to put on his clothes, but it was too late.

"Yangyang, what's the matter with your stomach? I seemed to see your stomach move just now, as if there was something in it." Although the old man is old, his eyes are sharp.

He Yiyang held his stomach subconsciously, and said hesitantly: "No, it's nothing, I just gained weight, so if you move it, the fat on your stomach will also move along with it."

After listening to He Yiyang's explanation, Grandpa He nodded without doubt, and said, "Remember to lose weight."

In this way, He Yiyang breathed a sigh of relief and said yes repeatedly.

Fat must be lost, but not now, after the baby is born, you can lose weight.

In fact, He Yiyang really wanted to tell his grandparents about his pregnancy, but he was worried that they would be too old to bear it, so he didn't dare to tell.

Huo Chixun then walked in, seeing He Yiyang's worried look, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"Grandpa saw my belly just now, and I told him it was fat. In fact, I really wanted to tell him about the baby. At that time, I heard from my mother that when grandpa knew that I was married to you, he kept talking about the future. How do you want a child?"

"Then what do you think?" Huo Chixun asked again.

"Forget it, let's talk about it when the time comes." It's almost Chinese New Year, and he dare not take this risk. If his grandparents really can't bear it, then wouldn't he be a sinner.

The sky is not completely dark, and the meals are ready. Ten adults and one child are gathered around a large round table. There are big fish and meat on the table. The raw materials are local products. Even the rice is cooked with firewood. The rice cooked in the rice cooker should be fragrant, and there is a layer of crispy rice underneath.

He Yiyang likes to eat this the most, but Nuonuo also likes to eat it, but his teeth are weak, so he can only bite slowly bit by bit.

Grandpa He and Grandma He looked really happy. After all, the old man likes to be lively, and his two grandsons have married and started a business. Then, as the head of the family, Grandpa He said a lot. When it came to touching places, he secretly wiped tears up.

Huo's father and Huo's mother finally drank the daughter's red that they had been thinking about for a day and a night. After more than 20 years of cellaring, the mellow aroma of this wine is naturally nothing to worry about.

"The wine made by the old man is really good. It tastes mellow and smooth in the throat. When you swallow it, it feels warm in your stomach."

"If you like it, I'll bring you two jars when you go back, Xiao Xun and Xiao Kun, and you each take two jars back, and the child's parents too." The old man is also generous, after all, his little grandson still needs it. What about their care.

"Why is this so embarrassing? This is such a fine wine." Father Huo didn't expect that Grandpa He would be so straightforward, and he divided up so many jars of fine wine at once.

"We are all one family, why bother to talk about two families, and ten altars were brewed that year, and there are two more altars buried under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, which is enough for me and my wife to drink." After finishing speaking, Grandpa He laughed haha ​​for two Voice.

No matter what, Huo's father no longer refuses.

During the dinner, Grandpa He kept picking up vegetables for Huo Chixun, "Come here, this is our specialty here, dewy glutinous rice balls, and stuffed tofu. These are the bacon and smoked fish made by grandpa. They are very fragrant." After a while, the vegetables in Huo Chixun's bowl had piled up into mountains.

Grandpa He watched the interaction between He Yiyang and Huo Chixun, took a sip of his wine, and then smiled sincerely.

When two men get married, it doesn't matter if they don't have children, as long as the two children live in harmony, wouldn't it be enough?

Huo Chixun also drank the daughter red brewed by Grandpa He. After all, it was brewed by Grandpa He He Yiyang, so he couldn't help but drink two more glasses.

"Is this wine good?" He Yiyang couldn't help asking, seeing Huo Chixun drinking with gusto.

"I'll give you a try later when I have a chance."

He Yiyang nodded, he couldn't wait any longer.

After dinner, the elders sat and chatted in the main room, and the four young people took Nuonuo to set off fireworks in the yard.

Although there is only one house on the mountainside, there are so many people here, it doesn't look deserted at all, but it feels very lively.

He Yiyang arranged the pearls all over the floor in the shape of a heart, that's right, he also wanted to be romantic like the ones on TV.

"Old Huo, is the camera function turned on?" He Yiyang asked Huo Chixun who was standing on the roof.

"Okay, it's time to light the fire."

After receiving the instructions, He Yiyang and his brother and sister-in-law lit the pearls all over the floor one by one, and He Yiyang happened to be standing in the middle, holding a fairy stick in the shape of a heart in his hand.

Huo Chixun, who was standing on the top of the building, looked at the screen of his mobile phone.

I saw He Yiyang standing in the middle of the hearts and looking up at the camera, the light from the fireworks illuminated He Yiyang's handsome cheeks, and then he waved the unfinished fairy wand in his hand.

"Huo Chixun, I love you!" He Yiyang yelled this loving word to Huo Chixun upstairs.

Huo Chixun paused holding the mobile phone, and then showed a loving smile to He Yiyang. Although it was already dark, he believed that He Yiyang would be able to sense his heart and his response.

Not long after, the pearl fireworks on the ground and the fairy wand in He Yiyang's hand were all set off.

He Yikun walked up to He Yiyang, stretched out his hand and patted his younger brother's shoulder, and said, "Yangyang, you really deserve it, and you actually confessed your love in front of so many people."

When his brother said that, He Yiyang blushed immediately.

In fact, he didn't think about anything just now, he just felt that the time was right, the scene was right, and the artistic conception was right. Looking at Huo Chixun standing on the top of the building, he couldn't help shouting those three words.

However, he really loves this man very much, and the love for him in his heart deepens day by day.

"If you can do what I just did, I think my sister-in-law will be moved to tears."

This time Yiqing heard it, and said jokingly: "Your brother, you are just stupid in reading, how could you do such a romantic thing, you don't know how he proposed to me in the first place, just what Didn't say anything, just asked me to reach out, and then helped me put on the engagement ring, without even a line to marry me."

After hearing his sister-in-law say that, He Yiyang remembered that he and Huo Chixun didn't seem to have a marriage proposal ceremony either.

But think about it carefully, since they are married, have children, and are still in love so much, what if there is no such ceremony?All he wanted was to be with Huo Chixun every day.

Huo Chixun ran down from the top of the building and hugged He Yiyang gently, but unfortunately the fireworks were all over the floor and pearls had already been set off, otherwise this hug with the background of fireworks must have been very romantic.

"Yangyang, I love you too." After saying this, Huo Chixun gently kissed He Yiyang's forehead, even in front of so many people, he was not at all stage frightened.

After playing outside enough, everyone went back to the house to watch the new year.

Listening to Grandpa He and Grandma He talking about what they experienced a long time ago, and then Grandma He told some folk stories.

"Hey, I'm old, I don't remember how to say many stories."

Grandpa He whispered in Huo Chixun's ear: "When I was young, my brother and I came to the countryside together, and then our grandma slept in the same room, and I liked to pester grandma to tell stories, and I told them every day without repetition."

However, as grandma said, it may be too long since I told the story, and I have almost forgotten it.

After listening to the story, everyone formed a WeChat group to grab red envelopes, and whoever had the worst luck would get a red envelope.

It may be that pregnant women have always had good luck. Five times out of ten, He Yiyang snatched the biggest red envelope, but Huo Chixun didn't know how to do it. It was almost always his worst mobile phone.

No, the couple came back evenly.

"Xiao Xun, did you not wash your hands when you went to the toilet? Otherwise, why is your luck so bad?" Huo's mother couldn't help complaining, and then looked at He Yiyang, and then said: "It's still our family's Yang. Yang is powerful, you are a drag."

Huo Chixun, who was complained about not washing his hands when going to the toilet and dragging his legs: "..." Is this what my mother said?

A group of young and old played until twelve o'clock, and then they started to set off firecrackers.

When the two volumes of thousand-sounding Mandihong were set off, it was deafening, and there were dogs barking on the opposite mountain, and then one after another, the sound of firecrackers came from all directions.

Grandpa He and Grandma He entered his bedroom first, and when he came out again, he had ten extra red envelopes in his hand.

"Children, give out red envelopes."

"I wish my grandparents a happy New Year, good health and good luck in everything." Everyone said this almost in unison, and then everyone received the New Year's money from the two old people.

The New Year's money is given by the elders to the younger ones, but Huo Chixun, Huo's father and Huo's mother also wrapped a big red envelope for their grandparents and Nuonuo.

He Yiyang also received a lot of red envelopes. Apart from the ones from his grandparents, both parents gave him red envelopes on WeChat. Even Huo Chixun, when he returned to the bedroom, stuffed He Yiyang with a thick red envelope. .

"Yangyang, Happy New Year." After a pause, he added, "Also, I love you."

He Yiyang put down the red envelope in his hand, then hugged Huo Chixun and kissed him.

The author has something to say: Maomao is a Hakka family, so it contains some Hakka customs, lighting, and Shewang and Bogong trees. These cats and cats have their hometowns. The ancient pine in the article is the one in Maomao’s hometown. An ancient pine, so is the ancestral hall, but not the hall couplet.

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