long life

The author has something to say: there is another chapter in the future

"Brother, the old man sitting under the tree seems to be Grandma Tao."

Yu Xiu tugged on Zhou Jing's sleeve and pulled him back from his momentary trance.

There is a rattan chair under the shade of a tree not far away, and an old man in his seventies and eighties is lying on it shaking a cattail fan. Even though it has just experienced a new rain not long ago, the midday sun in early summer does not reduce the heat at all.

"Grandma Tao, do you still remember me?" Yu Xiu pulled Zhou Jing along and walked straight to Tao Yezhen.

Tao Yezhen stopped shaking the fan in her hand when she heard the sound, her eyes fell on the two men in front of her.

"Xiaoxiu?" She was the first to recognize one of them, and then slowly sat up while leaning on the rattan chair, "I remember that your child came back once two years ago."

"Yes, grandma, I have graduated from college now." Yu Xiu grinned, and reached out to give her a hand, "Why don't you come back with my brother to see your old age, and then look around the place where you used to live."

"Your brother? Why don't I remember that you have..." Tao Yezhen cast her eyes on Zhou Jing, and clapped her hands after a while, "Oh, isn't this Xiao Jing from Yuelan's family?"

Zhou Jing laughed softly, "I didn't expect you, Grandma Tao, to recognize me."

Tao Yezhen held each of the two hands, as excited as if seeing her own grandson, "That's right, I haven't seen you for a few years, this handsome appearance is still the same as that time."

"Ah..." Zhou Jing didn't seem to be very used to being called the word "handsome", so he could only reach out and touch the side of his face unnaturally.

He cast his eyes on Yu Xiu for help, hoping that Yu Xiu could say something to help him out.

"My wife is really pretty." Yu Xiu ignored his distress signal, tilted his head on purpose and whispered in his ear, in a barely audible voice.

Zhou Jing glared at him, and was thinking about how to settle accounts with him after Qiuhou, when she suddenly heard Tao Yezhen ask herself, "Xiao Jing, you are not too old, are you married now?"

Zhou Jing was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously raised her head to look at Yu Xiu, "Not yet, grandma, and now I'm...in a relationship with him."

"That's not bad." Tao Yezhen looked at him cheerfully, "You have grown up since you were a child, so your partner must be very good-looking."

Zhou Jing smiled and gave a soft "hmm", and calmly poked Yu Xiu, whose eyes were in a line of smiles, with his elbow, "Why are you still standing there, what did you bring for Grandma Tao?"

"Well, I was just talking about it." Yu Xiujing reminded him, and hurriedly passed the gift he bought earlier to Tao Yezhen, "Grandma, your waist and legs are not good, so my brother bought a massage pillow with hot compresses at the pharmacy, and went to the pharmacy. Later, when your back hurts and your legs hurt, you can take it out and press it to relieve the pain."

"Hey." Tao Yezhen blocked it with her hands, "Curiously said: "You two come here, what else do you bring. "

"It should be grandma, this is our heart, you should accept it." Zhou Jing squeezed her hand, "When we were young, you treated us as much as your own grandchildren, and always brought us some delicious food from time to time. Although Yu Xiu and I have moved out of here, with you here, we will visit you often."

Tao Yezhen is getting old, old people don't listen to provocative words, Zhou Jing's eyes are already a little red, "Come on, I will come here often in the future, grandma is old anyway, she can't walk anymore, from now on I will sit here wait under an old tree."

Zhou Jing's heart ached, she hadn't seen her for a few years, Tao Yezhen's actions seemed to be getting more and more inconvenient, since the old man passed away in her junior year, she stayed alone in the compound.

"Grandma, you are so old, why don't you move to a bigger city with your children?"

Yu Xiu leaned down to ask her, clearly remembered that Tao Yezhen had two children, one son and one daughter, and they had moved out of the compound two years ago.

"I can't say, no matter how big the city is, it's not attractive to an old woman like me." Tao Yezhen looked at the two of them for a moment, her tone gradually calmed down, "I just want to stay here and be with this The old tree is satisfied when he sees you young people growing up and becoming promising."

After that, it was time to talk about family matters. After bidding farewell to Tao Yezhen, Zhou Jing couldn’t regain his senses for a long time. Since he was young, his grandparents passed away due to illness one after another. He has never received the care of the older generation. children, especially to herself and Yu Xiu.

She is the first batch of residents in the compound, and she is also the grandmother of all the children in the compound. She has watched the children grow up one by one, get married and start a business, just like the old tree, which has experienced countless winds and rains, and has seen A bittersweet reunion in the compound.

"Brother, is there anything else you want to see?"

The two walked side by side on the tree-lined path, walking in unison. Zhou Jing listened to Yu Xiu's question and just shook his head after thinking about it for a while, "Many places have been converted into greenery and fitness equipment, but the plum blossom Lin is still there."

He paused for a few seconds and smiled helplessly, "It's a pity that plum blossoms are not in full bloom now, and people will come before the blooming period."

"Flowers will bloom every year. When I come back, there are not many opportunities." Yu Xiu took his hand while there was no one around, and boldly placed a kiss on his lips, "Since there is nothing to go place, then come with me to see your birthday present."

Zhou Jing nodded and agreed with a smile. I don't know what Yu Xiu said to see, but what to look for, so I can't help but wonder what the gift is.

Go straight down the stone steps from the tree-lined path, and after passing the corner of the iron fence in the courtyard, there are several red brick one-story courtyards not far away. A coat of red paint of the same color was applied.

Yu Xiu took Zhou Jing and stopped in front of the gate of one of the courtyards. He asked Zhou Jing to wait for a while, then took out his mobile phone and sent a few messages.

Not a moment later, there was a sound of trotting footsteps in the enclosure, and then a girl with super short hair poked out the head from the door, she looked only eighteen or nineteen years old.

"Brother Xiu, you are here."

"Long time no see, Siran." Yu Xiu said hello to Zhou Jing, and said to the girl with a smile: "Let me introduce, this is the brother I often mentioned to you before, Zhou Jing."

"Oh——" Cheng Siran looked at Zhou Jing thoughtfully, opened the door and walked out slowly, "So this is the brother you like, he has really good eyesight."

Zhou Jing couldn't help being taken aback when she heard her words, and her outstretched hand stopped in mid-air.

"Yes." Yu Xiu admitted generously, cast a reassuring look at Zhou Jing, and then raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Well, the real person looks much better than the photo."

Cheng Siran stuck out his tongue mischievously, grabbed Zhou Jing's hand and shook it quickly a few times, "Hello Brother Jing, my name is Cheng Siran, and this big, tall, iron buddy who can't be stronger."

Zhou Jing couldn't help smiling, and nodded to her, "Nice to meet you, Si Ran."

"It's good to know each other, and you don't want to take advantage of my brother." Yu Xiu pulled the hands of the two, and put his arms on Cheng Siran's shoulders naturally, "How did you discuss with your aunt about that?" ?”

Cheng Siran rolled his eyes at him, "I gave birth to four kittens, but unfortunately one of them died, and the remaining three were given to my classmates one by one, and you can choose the other two. I was able to stop it.”

Yu Xiu gave her a thumbs up, "As expected of my best buddy, it's not too late, let's go and have a look now?"

"Wait for a while, I'll go to the house and take out the key first." Cheng Siran slapped his hand away, curled his lips, turned and ran back to the yard.

Cheng Siran left the gap, Zhou Jing sighed softly and moved closer to Yu Xiu, "Yu Xiu, what's going on? Why didn't you tell me in advance when you adopted a cat?"

"I told you in advance, so I can't surprise you." Yu Xiu smiled, tilting his head close to his ear, "This is just the offspring of baboons, although I don't know how many litters they gave birth to, but they can touch each other." It’s good luck to have a fresh baby.”

Zhou Jing was stunned for a moment, and it took a few seconds to realize, "The offspring of baboons..."

Yu Xiu squeezed his hand, and for some reason, his voice suddenly calmed down, "I was afraid that the house would suddenly become deserted after I left, and I was afraid that I really missed you, so I contacted Cheng Siran on my own initiative and asked her to help keep a cat."

Zhou Jing's heart became hot, but she still expressed her thoughts, "Actually, I am quite afraid of raising small animals such as kittens and puppies... Maybe it's because they accompany us only for a period of life, not the whole life. , so I am even more afraid of facing the situation when they leave."

Yu Xiu nodded to express his understanding. When he found out that the female cat was pregnant, he made an agreement with Cheng Siran to keep one. He really blamed himself for not thinking carefully. The matter of adopting a cat is not a small matter when you think about it carefully. After all, it is a new addition to the family. a member.

He only wanted to bring a surprise to Zhou Jing, but in the end he ignored his feelings.

"If brother really doesn't want to adopt, then we'll just follow Si Ran to have a look." Yu Xiu didn't show any disappointment, but smiled and said, "Besides, the baboon is there, maybe it will recognize you .”

Hearing that the baboon was still there, Zhou Jing was surprised at first, then shook his head slightly, "But I didn't say I didn't want to adopt it."

"Ah?" Yu Xiu was stunned suddenly.

Seeing his puzzled expression, Zhou Jing explained with a smile: "I was afraid it was because I was lonely and good at escaping before, but it's different now. Now that you are by my side, I feel more at ease. Things have to be faced, and I don’t want to choose to back down.”