Our rivers and lakes [Jian San]

Inviting the eldest brother to have a drink is just a polite word from Xia Bin, but two days later in the evening, the eldest brother actually dragged his family to the restaurant.

Xia Bin packed the processed chicken legs from the kitchen and was just about to go home, but when he turned around, he saw a mature version of Chen Ci pushing the door with two children.

"!!!"

"Fuck, boss, have you been bitten by a dog?" The cashier girl looked at Xia Bin in astonishment as he jumped back to the kitchen as if his agility had suddenly increased a hundred times, and he was dumbfounded.

Xia Bin spun around twice with his hands behind his back, took out his mobile phone and called Chen Ci, "Da da da da da..."

"Crazy!" Chen Ci hung up the phone directly.

"..." Xia Bin didn't come up in one breath, almost suffocated, and hurriedly typed a second time, "Hurry up, hurry up..."

Chen Ci said coldly, "Did you take the wrong medicine?"

"Hurry up...Come here!" Xia Bin stammered, "Big...Brother came to the store with his child."

Chen Ci paused, said plainly, and said, "Let the master stir-fry two dishes casually and get rid of it. It's lighter. He eats and drinks Min Zhi Min Gao all day long, and helps him rinse the oil."

"..." Xia Bin was speechless, "He's your own brother, hurry down, I know you're off work and playing games in the office."

"How did you know?"

"My mobile phone is hooked up, and the maniac said that you are still teaching Nanke at the gate of Chengdu. Stop playing, come quickly."

"Don't go."

Xia Bin said seriously, "What's the matter? Don't make trouble, be obedient, be good, come down, let's have a meal with the eldest brother, I will cook by myself, you said last time that you want to eat sweet and spicy pineapple shrimp, and there is a trendy one in the kitchen Car shrimp."

Chen Ci's mouth began to secrete body fluid involuntarily, sweet and sour pineapple, fresh and tender shrimp, delicious Thai sweet and spicy sauce...

"Hey," Xia Bin said with a smile, "I was processing the chicken legs in the store, and I was going to make honey-roasted chicken legs at night. It happened that my brother came. I will cook a few more dishes. How about Gastrodia rock pigeon?"

"..." Chen Ci struggled for a moment, and then he let it go, "Well, please entertain me first, I'll be there in three minutes."

Xia Bin straightened his clothes and hairstyle, and walked out of the kitchen, as if meeting him suddenly, with a surprised smile on his face, "Brother, you are here, hey, these are our two nephews? Oh, you are so handsome!"

The eldest brother of the Chen family probably just got off work, he was wearing a suit, and was holding his youngest son to let him look up the menu. Hearing this, he turned to look at him, "Where is Ah Ci?"

"He's at the club," Xia Bin pointed upstairs, "Come and have dinner when he gets off work."

The eldest brother looked down at the eldest son standing beside him, his gaze softened behind the gold-rimmed glasses, "This is your second uncle's... Well, my friend, let's call him Uncle Xia."

"Hello, Uncle Xia," the ten-year-old boy raised his face and greeted.

Xia Bin felt a little sore in his heart, he smiled and patted his head, "Well, hello big nephew."

The boy looked at his father, "Dad, why does Uncle Xia call me a nephew?"

"Because he belongs to your second uncle..." The elder brother suddenly came back to his senses, and stared at Xia Bin like a torch, "Your scheme is not right!"

Xia Bin was shocked, "What?"

Chen Ci just opened the door and came in. Seeing the two people who were at war with each other, he frowned, "Is there any problem that can't be solved in private? Didn't you choose the best time for the restaurant to quarrel and show it to the guests?"

"You came just in time," the elder brother pointed to his son and asked him, "Is it because you taught this kid to call your nephew a nephew?"

Chen Ci suddenly raised his head and stared at Xia Bin.

Xia Bin clasped his palms together to beg for forgiveness.

Chen Ci gave him a hard look, then turned to look at his eldest brother, and said with a heroic face, "Yes, I taught it, that's right!"

"..." The eldest brother looked at him for a moment, then smiled coldly, "Hey, you deserve to be down there for the rest of your life." After speaking, he led a child up to the second floor.

Xia Bin hurriedly urged the little girl, "Hurry up, get someone to deliver the menu, my uncle hasn't ordered yet!!!"

"What food to order?" Chen Ci was annoyed, "Starve him to death!"

Xia Bin put his arms around his shoulders to comfort him softly, "Oh, you have lived with your elder brother for more than ten years, and you still don't understand his way of speaking."

Chen Ci frowned and stared at him, "I haven't settled with you yet. Call my nephew a nephew? You are sick. If you let your parents know, you don't want to enter that door in your life. If you don't shoot, you will be fine." OK!"

"I was wrong," Xia Bin patted his forehead angrily, "I was stupid, thinking that you are my wife, and your brother's children will naturally... Hey, I'm damned, damned!"

"What's not dead?" Chen Ci became even more angry, "Try to say another damn word?"

Xia Bin hurriedly raised his hands in surrender, "Stop talking, stop talking, and if you hit me, really, hit me wherever it hurts the most."

"Hey, what's the matter with the young couple?" A regular customer came in and saw the two of them, and laughed and joked, "The boss's wife is a disciple, and Boss Xia is afraid of her own."

"It's not a day or two for me to be afraid of guilt," Xia Bin said with a smile, "Everyone knows it, and it's not news. Hey, Brother Ci, don't be angry. Let's take a look at the new menu in the store. What do you want to eat? , I'll do it right away."

Chen Ci gritted his teeth, "Baby soup."

"Oh, my wife, this one doesn't exist."

Chen Ci poked his heart fiercely with his fingers, "The heart, liver, spleen and lungs are stewing in disorder."

"Stew at home, stew at home, stew whatever you want," Xia Bin said with a playful smile, and directed the little girl to pour a cup of honey grapefruit tea, took it and fed it to Chen Ci, opened the recipe, and asked, "Steam mandarin fish How about the roll? The one you said was delicious last time."

"Okay," Chen Ci took two sips and didn't want to drink anymore. He pushed it away and pointed to the picture on the recipe, "This one is good, seafood risotto, and Polish dumplings."

Xia Bin directed the little girl to order, "What else?"

"Others, you can just get two of them yourself."

"Okay then," Xia Bin casually slapped him on the buttocks, "Go upstairs and sit and wait, just in time to chat with elder brother, I'll go to the kitchen."

The little girl was lying on the dining window, lowering her voice mysteriously, "Boss, was that my brother just now? It seems a bit difficult to get along with."

"He's a pretty good person," Xia Bin took out the mandarin fish from the refrigerator, and smiled at her, "I feel that Brother Ci and the two brothers still have a good relationship, and the elder brother should be on our side."

Seeing his tired smile, the little girl clenched her hands into fists and said energetically, "Boss, come on, do it!"

"Go to work!" Xia Bin smiled and waved his hands, "How dare you touch fish in front of the boss!"

The little girl stuck out her tongue and turned to go to work.

Xia Bin lowered his head and carefully sliced ​​mandarin fish.

Sweet and spicy pineapple shrimp, steamed mandarin fish rolls, roast beef in Mexican sauce, Polish dumplings, roasted chicken legs in honey sauce, gastrodia rock pigeon, Spanish seafood risotto... A table was set up with a variety of beautiful things, and a naive panda was specially made for the little nephew shaped rice balls.

Xia Bin took off his chef's uniform and handed it to the waiter. He sat beside Chen Ci with a smile and poured him a glass of lemonade, "The weather is dry recently, drink some water first."

"Well," Chen Ci smiled at him, then turned to look at his brother, "Xia Bin made these with his own hands, you won't die if you eat them!"

The eldest brother eats people with a soft mouth, and his attitude has softened a lot. He tasted a shrimp and nodded, "The cooking skills are not bad."

"It's just not bad?" Chen Ci provocatively said, "Isn't it the best food you've eaten in your life?"

"Eat well, how can there be such a big attack power?" Xia Bin patted him on the back and said with a smile, "Brother thinks it's delicious, so I will come here more often."

The eldest brother of the Chen family has very good table manners, he chews slowly, and behaves elegantly, which is in stark contrast to the statement on the opposite side who is eating pig food with his legs crossed. ?

After eating the risotto on the plate, the eldest brother wiped the corner of his mouth gracefully, "I told my parents about your situation."

Chen Ci's hand holding the spoon paused, "What did they say?"

"They can't take it."

Xia Bin's heart suddenly picked up, and he hugged Chen Ci subconsciously, "Just because... I am a man? Even if I can guarantee that I will live forever with Brother Ci, the two elders can't accept it?"

"If you don't accept it, you will be dismissed," Chen Ci sneered, "I have been here for more than ten years, what are you afraid of, they don't accept it, Xia Bin's parents can accept it, and I am not without parents."

"You little heartless white-eyed wolf," the eldest brother sneered, "The second elder raised you until you were 17 years old, in exchange for you being so filial?"

"Brother Ci doesn't mean that," Xia Bin hurriedly said with a smile, "Actually, Brother Ci has missed his parents very much these years, and he has been looking forward to being forgiven and the family reunited. It's just this sexual orientation...it's really..."

The statement interrupted him, "Shut up, what are you talking about, there is no need to waste your words with unreasonable people."

The eldest brother smiled lightly, "It's one thing not to accept it, but another thing to object."

Xia Bin raised his head suddenly, stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but smile, "You mean, the second elder is willing to let Brother Ci go home, so this Saturday is our mother's [-]th birthday..."

"What is our mother? That's my mother," Chen Ci couldn't help laughing, and gave Xia Bin a sideways look, "Don't be too close."

"Hey," Xia Bin was happy for him from the bottom of his heart, and couldn't help but kiss him on the face, "Isn't your mother just like my mother, she's the same."

"However..." The eldest brother took a sip of the white wine, and a look of unbearableness flickered in his eyes, "They mean that on Saturday, Ah Ci can go alone."

Xia Bin's smile froze instantly, and after a while, he smiled again, "It's not bad, it's Thursday, so I have to think about what gifts to prepare, how about jade?"

The corners of Chen Ci's mouth curled up, and he sneered, "Heh, if I take Xia Bin there, will they beat me out?"

"Oh, Brother Ci, don't get angry so easily," Xia Bin said with a smile, "It's fine if I don't go, so as not to be a little nervous when I see the old man..."

"Shut up," Chen Ci interrupted him, and said coldly to his elder brother, "Go back and tell them, no matter whether they accept it or not, I have been with Xia Bin for the rest of my life, and the husband and wife are of the same mind, and I will never abandon him reason."

After returning home from the restaurant, Chen Ci said that he was dizzy after drinking, and went to bed after taking a shower. Xia Bin moved the computer to the living room to play games for a while, feeling worried, and went to bed early.

Chen Ci curled up under the quilt, his small body huddled into a ball, even in his sleep, there was a lingering sadness between his brows, Xia Bin couldn't help sighing, and gently hugged him into his arms.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, Xia Bin opened his eyes, quietly withdrew his arm from the back of his head, and tiptoed out of bed.

Chen Ci woke up as soon as he moved, and asked in a daze, "What time is it?"

"It's only 5 o'clock, you go to sleep," Xia Bin kissed his forehead, and stuffed the pillow over, "I'm going to the morning market, may I ask your majesty, how would you like to have thick egg yakiniku for breakfast?"

"Enzhun." Chen Ci tilted his head and fell asleep hugging the pillow.

Xia Bin packed himself up, took the car keys and went downstairs, and called, "Mom, are you up yet? Oh, it's already 5 o'clock, don't stay in bed, I'll pick you up."

As soon as the car stopped at the gate of the old house, Xia's mother held the Tai Chi sword between her arms, a mirror in one hand and lipstick in the other.

Xia Bin laughed, "Today's success or failure depends entirely on your old man. The responsibility is heavy."

"Your mother-in-law... I really have nothing to say," Xia's mother put on her lipstick and pursed her lips in front of the mirror, "Son, today auntie helped me comb this bun, how does it look?"

"It's so beautiful!!!"

"Good son, he is indeed his own!"

The two drove across half of N City to a park with a quiet environment. In the coldness of late autumn, the old people were exercising together in twos and threes.

Xia Bin hid behind the paulownia tree, "See, the one in the black workout clothes is my mother-in-law, exactly the same as in the photo."

"Where is it?" Xia's mother put up an awning and looked around for a while, "Hey, I saw that my mother-in-law was a beauty when she was young, tsk, these eyebrows... are 60 years old and have this figure..."

"Of course, the mother-in-law is of course a flower in the art troupe, otherwise how could she give birth to such an all-powerful beauty as your daughter-in-law?"

Mother Xia gagged, "Tell you something, I can lose 10 catties."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, get on it," Xia Bin pushed the old lady out, "It's all up to you!"

Mama Xia was wearing a Chinese red gym suit with a waist and wide sleeves, and she was holding a Tai Chi sword. , your routine is really good, ethereal and soft, continuous, you must have decades of dancing skills?"

Chen Ma glanced at this strange old sister suspiciously, "You know me?"

"God has been dating for a long time."

"..."

Xia’s mother’s eyes fell on her Taiji sword, and she smiled, “I think you just danced Yang’s 32 moves, and I also learned this, but I’m not good at dancing. Alas, I’m getting old, and my arms and legs are too weak. , are no longer flexible.”

Mother Chen couldn't help being infected by her smile, and there was a trace of softness on her cold face, "It's good to be proficient, like this style, it must be like this, practice it a few more times..."

Xia Bin hid behind the tree and watched the two little old ladies exchanging fitness experience from a distance. Seeing that they were talking happily, he couldn't help giving his old lady a thumbs up.

Both of them were tired from dancing, and Xia's mother naturally invited, "It's so late to meet each other. I didn't expect my sister-in-law to have so much experience in Tai Chi sword. Let's go to the teahouse over there and have something to eat. I really want to chat with my sister-in-law for three years." Days and three nights."

Chen's mother hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "I'll tell the child's father," she called home and said she was going to drink tea with her old sister and not go home for breakfast.

The two went to a nearby tea house, ordered a pot of Tieguanyin, and ordered some dim sum. Mother Xia took a bite of Huangqiao biscuit, "Well, this biscuit is not as authentic as my son's."

"Oh?" Mother Chen asked, "Your son can also cook?"

"My son won the first prize in the Tasty China·National Culinary Arts Exchange Competition at the age of 24," Xia's mother said proudly, "He is proficient in both Chinese and Western food, but the only shortcoming is that he is afraid of his wife."

Mother Chen was amused, "What kind of shortcoming is being afraid of your wife? Low-class men beat their wives, middle-class men love their wives, and high-class men are afraid of their wives. Your son is promising."

"What's the future? I'm short-sighted. I open a western restaurant by myself. The scale is not large. I can earn hundreds of thousands a year and I'm satisfied," Xia's mother said disgustedly. Come back and help us manage the company, but they still don’t do it, saying that it’s easy to open a store by yourself.”

"How old is your son? Is he married?"

"29 years old, he didn't learn well at an early age," Xia's mother said, "When I was a teenager, I clamored to drop out of school to become a professional e-sports player, and when I was in my twenties, he told us that he liked men. His heart is broken."

The smile on Chen's mother's face froze, "Didn't you just say that he is afraid of his wife, why does he like men..."

Xia's mother smiled and said, "No conflict, the one in his family is also a man. My son has liked him for 15 years. I can see how infatuated he is. It's no problem to like him for another 50 years."

"You don't object?" Chen's mother frowned tightly, speaking quickly, "You don't think it's wrong for him to find a man to live his whole life? How can a man and a man be together? Allow!"

Xia's mother smiled, picked up the teapot and poured tea for her, and said softly, "If there is another way to choose, our parents will naturally not support him to find a man, but his father and I checked the information, and there are many in this society. Homosexuals, they live in confusion about the future, guilt towards their parents, and anger towards the society all their lives. Many of them are not supported by their parents and are forced to marry wives and live a so-called normal life. We will never This is because it not only harmed my own son, but also other girls, and many sons, who committed suicide in despair because they could not get the understanding of their families. As parents, who doesn’t want their sons to be happy all their lives? ?”

Mother Chen stared down at the teacup under her hand, pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.

Xia's mother continued, "At the time, my son was only 20 years old and came out to us, which frightened me and his father. We cried, beat and scolded, but we thought about it afterward. He is not happy. We have struggled for so many years. What are we trying to do? Later, we stopped beating and scolding him, and we became worried that he would learn from others, make friends indiscriminately, take drugs, Got AIDS..."

Mother Chen's fingers trembled, "...it won't be so serious."

"We have checked, and there are many people who cannot get the understanding of their families, have distorted hearts, take revenge on the society, and maliciously spread AIDS..." Mama Xia sighed, "I have always been very fortunate that my father and I are wise. The son was forced to go astray."

"How did you do it?" Mother Chen couldn't believe it, "How can you accept such a ridiculous thing?"

Mother Xia smiled slightly, "Because he is our son, we love him, mother-in-law."