Forcibly set

The sky was still as dark as thick ink, Xu Lu was gently shaken awake, he turned over stubbornly, "What are you doing, I'm so sleepy."

The old man pinched the back of his neck, "Get up, someone will come to pay New Year's greetings later, it's not appropriate for you to be on the bed."

Xu Lu got up with a grunt, his back hurt and he almost fell down on the spot again, the man rubbed his waist funny.

"What kind of house rule is this in your family? New Year's greetings before four o'clock? Don't you go to bed?"

"Shou Sui last night, no one slept."

"Oh, I didn't keep it, it was only past twelve o'clock, and I fell asleep when I was bored." Xu Lu suddenly came back to his senses, and slapped the hand on the old man's waist, "Shou Sui, you are so happy on the bed Reality."

Zeng Jibei smiled softly, and kissed him on the forehead, "All the ancestors have met, isn't this considered entering the bridal chamber?"

Xu Lu was so embarrassing, no matter whether his back hurts or not, he lay straight on the bed, covered tightly by the quilt, and a buzzing voice came out from inside, "Why are you talking so rascally!"

The habit of the Zeng family, the juniors spend the whole night tossing around, the older ones don’t play around all night, they will go back to their room for a while in the second half of the night, the juniors have a lot of experience, and at four o’clock they will knock on the door one by one to ask for red envelopes. When the troubles of the adults were over, they would gather around six o'clock to pay New Year's greetings to the old people who got up, kowtow and give red envelopes.

The first wave of trouble came at 04:30. It was the kind of little hairy boy who wore a tiger-head hat and walked up and down, with freshly shed hair and saliva all over his front. Happy Chinese New Year, Zeng Jibei took out a handful of red envelopes from the bedside table and distributed them one by one like a good fortune boy. There was a child who was probably a little confused. When he came in, a series of little monkeys were already hanging on Zeng Jibei's lap. His small eyes looked around blankly, and saw a person standing in the corner of the bed over there.

At that time Xu Lu asked him if he wanted to find a room to hide for a while, because it would not look good when he came to pay New Year's greetings later, Zeng Jibei naturally refused, but considering that not everyone can accept this without hindrance As the male "sister-in-law", Xu Lu just stood on one side. Zeng Jibei could be seen feeling a little guilty, but Xu Lu didn't feel wronged at all. He liked this kind of lively scene, even though he was a deserted outsider.

There was a kid with long legs who must be a master rock climber in the future. They threw their hands on the bed, wriggling like caterpillars with their small bodies, swinging their fat legs back and forth, and actually climbed up. Scratch Zeng Jibei's face with his little paw, making Xu Lu laugh so hard.

When Xu Lu turned his gaze around, he saw a cute little tiger-headed shoes and tiger-headed hat stumbling towards him, but he didn't look at the road under his feet, and he was about to stumble with his left foot and jump down with his right foot. hold up.

The child was stunned. The process is not like this. Shouldn't you be the first to kowtow to get the red envelope?Why is this process wrong?I haven't knelt down yet?Where is my red envelope?The more he thought about it, the more he was wrong, his little nose twitched, and he was about to cry. Xu Lu had never held a baby before, and when he felt that he was in a hurry and didn't know where to put it, the little cutie was about to cry, "Hey, he Why are you crying?"

Zeng Jibei was scratched in the face by a nine-yin white bone claw, and threw him a stack of red envelopes, "Just give him one."

Xu Lu adjusted his posture with difficulty, picked up the pile of red envelopes in the posture of holding a child, and stuffed them all into the little cutie's hands.

The corners of the little cutie's mouth were covered with saliva, and Xu Lu's face was covered with saliva. He stared blankly at the extra stack of red packets in his hand, and his twitching little nose stopped twitching. Four fingers curled up to grab a stack of red envelopes, fleshy. His hungry face was full of bewilderment.

Xu Luchang took a breath, "At least I won't cry."

There is also a group of half-grown children guarding there outside. They don't understand anything like this group of newly weaned children. Knowing that this grandpa is actually very serious, they only dare to block the door carefully, letting the group of ignorant The little guy went to knock on the door.Xu Lu hugged the cutie hand and foot, and he followed Zeng Jibei out to pay New Year's greetings with his face covered with saliva. Zeng Jibei also carried one. Obviously he was a skilled worker, holding the baby in one hand and taking out the red envelope in the other.After going down to the second floor, there were already many people waiting there in the lobby. There were young people who hadn't slept all night, and some adults who had just been called up gathered together.

Xu Lu was a little frightened, and wanted to put the baby on the ground, but the little cutie didn't like it when he moved, probably because he was tired from walking and didn't want to come down, he held on to the red envelope and didn't let go, while the other hand grabbed Xu Lu's collar.The people in the hall saw that Xu Lu's expression was unwell. Xu Lu was aware of it, so he could only keep silent and minimize his presence.

"Let me hug for a while, I'm tired of hugging like this." A soft female voice spoke to him, she was a very gentle woman, she should be the child's mother.

"Oh." Xu Lu hurriedly handed over the cutie.

The woman took the child, but the little cute hand was still holding on to Xu Lu's collar reluctantly, Xu Lu had to gently break away his clutched hand, a little nervous, wondering if she would dislike him for holding her child.

The little cutie was a little unhappy and wanted to cry. The woman shook her gently a few times in her arms, and the little cutie slowly calmed down, but her face still looked aggrieved.

"Yu Tong likes to pester strangers, I didn't bother you just now." The woman said softly, Xu Lu was a little flattered, and shook his head quickly, "No, it's very cute."

"I know him. He won't let go when he hugs him. It's not easy to take care of him. Thank you just now."

Xu Lu touched his head in embarrassment, "It's okay, I like him quite a lot."

Zeng Jibei walked through the crowd, Xu Lu found a backer, and immediately relaxed a little.

"Happy New Year, brother."

Zeng Jibei smiled, "Well, my brother and sister have a happy new year."

The two chatted a few more words, all of which were broad family talk.Then the woman turned around holding the cutie, "Then you talk, I'll feed him some water."

Xu Lu let out a sigh of relief, "Who is this?"

"The third brother's family."

"So young?"

"Continue to marry."

"Oh."

After 05:30, everyone arrived, and the hall was full of joy. Although Zeng Jibei resigned from the post of "Mr. Accountant" last night, after all, the title of eldest son of the house was on his head, so Ling Lu was still the one who paid New Year's greetings. He led dozens of people to knock on the door. Xu Lu was at the end of the line, and Zeng Zian was next to him. Although Xu Lu was his elder in terms of seniority, the actual problem was his The whole thing is the Pro version of Zeng Jibei, who is older than himself, and Xu Lu can always call him big brother strangely in his heart.

This is against the seniority of the sky.

Zeng Jibei's father, second uncle, third uncle, and cousins ​​from different branches all joined the mighty army, making a hustle and bustle in the gray morning with street lamps on.

Just after six o'clock, a large group of people knocked on the door of the ancestor's house. The old man was no longer as majestic as yesterday, and he was leaning on the bed in the Nuan Pavilion beamingly. The room was full of people. Xu Lu and a group of young people stood outside the door, waiting After a wave of worship inside, go in again.

Xu Lu didn't want to come out at first, but since he was a little cute and asked for the red envelope from him, there was a faint sense of connection, as if he was a member of the family.In addition, Zeng Jibei brought him out upright, gave him a position, and gave him inexplicable confidence. It seems that apart from studying, he has never been so upright in the past 20 years.

The previous elders were the first to finish their visit, and came out after staying for a while to make room for the younger ones to go in. A cousin who didn't know which room gave him a strange look, clearly knowing that there would be such a result, Xu Lu Still couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.

Zeng Zian turned around halfway, he was sharper than Zeng Jibei, "Why don't you leave?" After hesitating for a while, he followed.

Xu Lu has never experienced this kind of New Year’s greeting atmosphere in person. He thought that this kind of scene only appeared in the advertisements of China Central Television. , his man glanced at him in the crowd, and just one glance made him cowardly escape.He stood at the end of the crowd and looked at the gray-haired old man through the gap between people. Every child would hold his skinny hand when talking to him, half kneeling on the ground, piously, Joyfully went to repeat to him, "Grandpa, happy Chinese New Year."

After more than half an hour of quarreling, the circle of people finally had their turn, and he returned Zeng Jibei's hand, the smile on his face still not fading, "Jibei, where is your male wife?"

For a moment the room was silent.

Zeng Jibei turned his head while maintaining a half-kneeling posture, motioning for Xu Lu to come over, "here."

The crowd automatically gave way, Xu Lu's heart was pounding in his chest, and his ribs were almost shattered.Like Zeng Jibei, he half knelt down and raised his head reverently, "Grandpa, I'm here."

Grandpa's eyes are not good, and most of his ears are deaf. The body of the elderly is like a scrapped machine, forced to keep running, but his spirit is still hale and hearty. His cheeks shriveled in the atmosphere of the New Year smiled and showed Red light comes.

He didn't continue to laugh and grab Xu Lu's hand and ask around. If this was a woman's granddaughter-in-law, she would definitely do this, but this granddaughter-in-law is a man, and there are so many entanglements that are constantly being cut and messed up. , so that he can no longer go on asking for warmth like other granddaughters-in-law.

So he put on a straight face, "We old antiques can't understand what happened between you and Ji Bei. When Ji Bei was young, he said he liked men. At that time, people from our clan forced him to marry a wife and have children. He refused and suffered a lot. In the end, he was coerced. At that time, we thought that as long as he married a wife and had children, everything would be over, but this marriage made him suffer even more. Later, when Zion was six years old, they separated, and we realized that we should let them Getting married was a mistake, Ji Bei has been single since then."

"When I was young, at the family banquet, Ji Bei suddenly said that he would bring someone into the house. Ji Bei's father locked him in the ancestral hall in a rage, and Ji Bei knelt in front of his ancestors for two days. They passed out and woke up, but they still didn’t change their words.”

"At that time, I scolded Ji Bei's father for being stupid. Ji Bei has been carrying a burden since he was a child. How could he not know the seriousness at such an old age? A person must have a thought in his life, and he must have a say on the kang. People who are close friends, you can’t let people have to work hard for a lifetime and turn around without even a little hope, so what are you living for?”

The grandfather put his old hand on the top of Xu Lu's head, "Son, I'm here today to rectify your name in front of the whole clan. You can't enter the Zeng's house in a graceful manner, but you followed Ji Bei , then my old man will recognize you, you have to treat him well, I entrust my grandson to you."

Those eyes with white shades shed muddy tears against the wind all the year round, and at this time, the windless room also shone with water, feeling bitterly for this grandson who had a rough life.

Sitting on the side, Xiaoxun immediately wiped away the tears falling from the corners of his grandfather's eyes, and he couldn't help wiping away the tears himself. Everyone has seen the pain of the uncle over the years, so his attitude towards Xu Lu is mostly holding The look of hope, if the people who have worked for this family for half a lifetime can't get a good death, wouldn't it be that there is no humanity at all?

Xu Lu lowered his head, resting his forehead on his grandfather's knee, his face was covered with tears, "I see, I won't leave."

☆, finally

On the third day of the new year, Xu Lu and Zeng Jibei went to Bali. There was no invitation, and this oil bottle was not expected to go, but Xu Lu still wanted to go, so let’s make an end to the past, and, congratulations, she finally found it. destination.

The wedding was held on Zeng Jibei's face, and the officiant happened to be an old friend of Zeng Jibei. At that time, the sky was blue and the sea was green, the green grass was green, and the white gauze was blowing slightly. The beautiful bride and the fat middle-aged man were in the This sacred ceremony was completed in a foreign country under the witness of relatives and friends.

Xu Lu and Zeng Jibei sat on the extra seats, looking at the blurry figure through rows of people.The officiant said to invite a couple to exchange rings, and then talk about getting acquainted and getting to know each other.

"The first time I saw Xiaojie was in the hotel lobby. At that time, she came out of the elevator and met me face to face. With just one glance, I felt that I must marry her in this life..."

The male protagonist spoke with deep affection on stage, and the female protagonist covered her face and wept. Xu Lu rested his hands quietly on his knees, looking at the unclear picture, "When I was in junior high school, once , I came out of the bedroom at two o'clock in the morning to find a drink when I was playing games. She just came back from outside. She looked very tired. What's wrong with her, she didn't say, she just asked me to get the hot water quickly, she wanted to burn her feet. I took a basin of water out of the foot tub, and when she put her feet in, she started to whisper, I It’s not clear, it’s probably because she was standing somewhere like a vase for half the night to create an encounter.”

"Actually, she was very stubborn. One year, she didn't know what kind of nerves she had. She insisted on taking me back to the house. She really took me back. I knew she didn't want me. At that time, I was pushed to the door like a clown. In front, the main room is sitting there, the man is sitting next to him, you know that man, he can always occupy the top of any list every few years, but it is a pity that he is a softie at home, the main room looks at her and says that the little bastard wants to enter The door of the house, let’s go in, there is no shortage of things to feed. At that time, she didn’t say a word, she dragged me away, and it didn’t work even if the man yelled at me later.”

Zeng Jibei didn't say a word, he had no way of getting involved in the past, and no one could put himself in someone else's position.

The scale of the outdoor wedding didn't take long. When the banquet was about to end, Xu Lu pulled Zeng Jibei and left quietly from behind.Not far away, the flower gate made of roses and white gauze exudes a holy light invisibly under the shining sun.

"It's good that she's finally married."

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