[Lou Cheng] 24 solar terms

Holding the jars and pouring wine one by one-it really is a wine jar.

Minglou frowned slightly, took a closer look, then reached out to grab the wine seal that had been thrown aside, stroked it twice with his fingertips, and realized: "Eldest sister... this is not..."

"Two young people dug this up by accident. I thought, it's not a bad thing for the children of the Ming family to know how to drink. Although they are still young, the wine is not strong. Take a sip or two and try something new. , It is also good for the body." Ming Jing interrupted him, and told Ah Cheng and Ming Tai, "You two, wash your hands quickly, and you are not ready to serve until you are clean."

Minglou didn't say anything else, he took his two younger brothers to wash their hands, led them to the table, taught them how to taste wine, and finally sent them back to their room, let them rest early, and then walked downstairs gently.

Sure enough, Ming Jing was still waiting for him in the dining room, and there were two bowls on the table, the aroma of wine wafting in the bowls.

The siblings each carried one, went to the backyard under the big tree, and slowly poured the wine into the ground under their feet.

Standing there, Minglou remembered his father lifting him up high to get the kite on the branch, his mother scolding and smoothing his collar that was turned up for him, and his sister's shyness and joy when she quietly told him about her sweetheart; Under the two pale faces, I thought of the uneasy but straight back in the mourning hall, the blood splattered under the wheels, the frightened eyes on the other side of the street, the scarred and thin body at the corner, and the night that accompanied me. All the unspeakable feelings that I swallowed together with the wine.

He stood for a long time, thinking a lot, until Ming Jing gently put his hand on his shoulder.

"Let's go back."

The study was pitch black, Minglou turned and closed the door without turning on the light, but he knew there was another person here.

He sat down on the edge of the bed tiredly, Ah Cheng followed quietly, squatted down, put his chin lightly on his knee, stretched out his hand to hold it, and rubbed his palm comfortingly with his fingertips.

There was a long silence.

"I thought you'd ask."

"If the eldest brother wants to tell me, I am willing to listen. If the eldest brother does not want to tell me, I will accompany the eldest brother."

Minglou thought, how could there be someone in this world who understands me so well, and was picked up by me by such a coincidence?

"I remember it was raining today."

"Yes, when the otter sacrifices the fish, the swan geese come and the vegetation sprouts. My elder brother taught me that."

Minglou said: "When I was young, whenever it rained, I would follow my mother to go to the door of my grandfather's house. My mother said that rain is the day when a woman returns to Ning, and a married daughter must bring a gift and go back to visit her parents."

Ash looked up at him.

Minglou recalled that his mother joked with his grandmother back then, saying that Mingjing went to Western schools and accepted new trends of thought, and when he married someone in the future, he might not remember visiting her poor old mother on a rainy day. Mingjing was ashamed and angry at that time, Stamped her feet and said: "You always like to tease me, I won't marry, and I will be with you all my life, okay?" The mother and grandmother kept coaxing her, and the eldest lady was happy.

Who knows a word becomes a prophecy.

On the first seven days of her parents, Ming Jing pointed to the big tree at the door and swore that she would never get married and have children in her life, and that she would guard the Ming family for the rest of her life, scaring off the prying tigers and wolves, and only then did the Ming family become what it is today.

"Ah Cheng, do you know that there has always been a custom in the Jiangnan area."

"If a daughter is born in a family, a jar of wine will be brewed. The wine jar will be buried under the tree in front of the door, and it will be dug out when the daughter is married, and the guests will drink it together."

"This jar of wine is called Nurhong."

Ah Cheng was silent for a while: "Tonight..."

"Father buried it with his own hands, and the eldest sister's birthday is engraved on the wine seal." Minglou said sadly, "Eldest sister has decided not to marry and have children in this life. She has paid too much for me and the Ming family. .Sometimes, I really hate myself..."

"Brother! Big sister is not for you, she is for us." Ah Cheng interrupted him, his eyes were warm and firm, "Brother, don't always blame yourself, what's the matter, I will bear it with big brother, okay?"

This sentence has a strange sense of familiarity. Minglou looked at him for a long time. There was no light in the room, but Minglou felt that the young man in front of him was shining, neither dazzling nor dazzling, gentle and slow, like a stream flowing through a dry river. bed.

——There is a kind of person whose tenderness no longer needs any actions, words, or expressions to express.

—Because he is tenderness itself.

Minglou finally smiled.

"Okay." He said softly, "Ah Cheng, you are the pride of big brother."

[[-]] Waking of Insects

Mingcheng No. 18 raised his hand and glanced at the watch on his wrist.

Twenty or ten minutes have passed since Mingtai got out of school, and it is only a 10-minute walk from Mingtai's classroom to the school gate. I saw a figure.

Mingcheng was a little worried. Although Mingtai was a bit mischievous at times, he was always a good boy in front of his elder sister and him, except that he always liked to fight against his elder brother.The two of them leave school around the same time, and they have always been picked up by the driver together. Today, they waited and waited, but Mingtai never came, which is really strange.

He walked back and forth by the side of the car for two steps, keeping his eyes on the school gate, and finally he was still worried. He turned to the driver and said, "Uncle Zhang, please wait here, I will go in and have a look. If Mingtai comes out later Now, you must keep an eye on him." He looked at his watch again, "Fifteen... No, I will definitely come out in 10 minutes, if Mingtai is in a hurry, I put small biscuits in the car and let him Eat and fill your stomach first."

"Okay, Master Cheng, don't worry." Lao Zhang snuffed out the cigarette in his hand, and quickly responded, "Maybe the young master was dragged down by the teacher, don't worry, what's going on in the school .”

"I hope so." Mingcheng nodded, and walked towards the school gate.

The school was very empty and quiet. It didn't look like there was a classroom at all. Mingcheng found Mingtai's classroom familiarly. There was no one there, the door was locked, and the windows were closed.He circled around again, but found nothing, and then focused on walking around a few corners in the school that were suitable for playing, but he still didn't find any trace of Mingtai.Mingcheng was a little anxious, afraid that Mingtai would encounter some danger, he looked around, and saw a figure turning around the corner of the corridor on the second floor, holding a few books in his hands, he seemed to be a student, and immediately moved forward in three steps. Zuo rushed up the steps in two steps, and asked him as calmly as possible if he had seen Mingtai.

"Mingtai? Is that the young master of the Ming family?" The man hesitated for a moment, looked him up and down, "Excuse me, are you..."

"I'm Mingcheng, and Mingtai is the brother-in-law."

The man's expression was obviously relaxed: "So that's the case, you don't have to worry, brother Ling is young, but he has other ambitions. In the afternoon, the student union is planning to organize an event, and he came here to do publicity. Brother Ling I also went to help, and I should be at Nantao now."

Mingcheng was taken aback, his first reaction was that Mingtai was simply acting recklessly, the elder sister told them to not allow them to participate in student activities every day at home, and the elder brother seldom even went to the reading exchange meeting for this reason, but Mingtai blatantly skipped class to join in the fun. The eldest brother knows that there will definitely be scolding, and maybe a beating will be incurred.

He thanked the man, turned around and walked towards the school gate. After a short distance, he quickly thought about what to do next.

Seeing him coming out, Lao Zhang looked behind him again: "Master Ah Cheng, haven't you found the young master?"

"Oh, that's right." Mingcheng smiled, "Mingtai probably got naughty again in class, and the teacher is keeping him copying books in the classroom. The volume is quite large, and it doesn't look like he finished it so quickly. He moved a little closer, and said in a low voice: "If elder brother knows that Mingtai has caused trouble again, I'm afraid he will be unhappy. If elder brother asks about it after we go back, I'll trouble you to keep it a secret."

"I understand, I understand, the young master is still young after all, and it's normal for boys to be a little naughty." Lao Zhang nodded again and again, "If the young master asks, I'll tell the young master that the teacher is procrastinating, and it doesn't matter. About the young master."

Mingcheng nodded in agreement, and said: "You just sit in the car and wait. I'll go back and look at Mingtai, and help him to intercede with the teacher. If the teacher refuses to answer, I have to help the little ancestor copy some, otherwise Who knows when he'll have to copy it."

"Go ahead, don't worry, I'll wait."

"Hey, it's been hard work."

Mingcheng smiled and waved his hand and entered the school gate again. As soon as he left Lao Zhang's sight, he immediately stopped laughing, unbuttoned the collar at his neck, rolled up the sleeves on both sides, looked around to see if there was no one, and rubbed his hands for a while. He climbed over the wall next to him, landed on the ground and rolled, and after identifying the direction, he ran wildly all the way.

Fortunately, Nantao is not far from the school. It didn't take long for Mingcheng to find the place. The group of students from the Student Union were too conspicuous. He took a few breaths and hurried over to grab a student who looked like the person in charge. Ask him if he has seen Ming Tai.

"Student Ming? Oh, he is helping to distribute leaflets in the back. Zhao Qi, yes, you can go to Mingtai, his brother is here to find him."

Seeing that he had found someone, Mingcheng breathed a sigh of relief, but instead of walking away, the person in charge stretched out a hand: "Hello, I'm Meng Jing."

"Hi, I'm Mingcheng."

"I know you. The girls in our department like you very much, and so does Sister She." Meng Jing pushed up her glasses and said with a smile, "Although you entered school late, your grades are very good. You are kind and good at drawing. Hua, I didn't believe Sister She's description at first, but when I saw her today, I realized that Lie Song Rucui was indeed a real person."

Mingcheng was a little embarrassed: "You're too much."

Meng Jing said: "I'm not praising you, I'm just telling the truth." He looked at Mingcheng for a while, and suddenly said: "It's really a good thing.