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My grandpa said, "That's stupid."

The rock is not too high, and there are some weeds under the cover. Except for some flesh and blood, I didn't get hurt.

I frowned and said, "You can't make fun of this, men can't give birth to my dad."

The old man gave me a condescending look and asked, "Can you still stand up?"

Grinning my teeth, I moved a stone that was not too heavy, and climbed up on my own. Before the old man said something amazing, I made sure that there were no dangerous places in front, back, left, and right that I could step on.

He took out the group photo from his pocket, pointed at it with his slender fingers, and said in a deep voice, "This is your grandma."

I was silent for a long time, and said: "...I remember this man," I looked at the handsome man he was pointing at, and said, "He looks more handsome than you."

Grandpa exhaled the smoke ring and said, "You have good eyesight."

……

The old man said that my great-grandfather was a "bandit" who was frightened by the big landlords. Worked as an editor in a newspaper in the Huaishi Concession.

I asked him how my great-grandparents came together.

The old man said, my Grandma Zeng was open-minded and didn’t care about being in the same family. She just fell in love with Grandpa Zeng’s ruthless righteousness. When he was a young boy, he met without telling his parents. Later, he was able to get married and have a birthday. Grandpa Xia suffered a lot of resistance.

Grandpa inherited my great-grandmother's appearance, but when the great-grandfather's temperament was passed on to him, he went astray, and just disappeared, leaving only a wicked ruffian.

Grandpa's name is Xu Zhiyuan, but he himself is not "peaceful".

……

Xu Zhiyuan is a bastard that I can't control.

Mr. Xu’s education of his son is nothing more than a lot of skills with sticks, but Mrs. Xu is most afraid of him doing it, and she puts Xu Zhiyuan under her own hands so that Mr. Xu’s stick can’t reach his ass, and Xu Zhiyuan has also learned to be in front of his mother. Pretend to be obedient and sweet, and then stick up your tail to act like a wolf.

He often danced and listened to music in the paramount shrouded in the night, and occasionally hugged a lady in a short-sleeved cheongsam to flirt around the tent.

Xu Zhiyuan thinks that fooling around with women is a grand art, and every man has his own merits, like he loves Chinese paintings—for example, women wear cheongsams, those plump curves make the silk smooth and round, which lacks the beauty of white space .

He likes the empty folds of the tall lady's body.The single-color fabric wrapped around the thin waist embroidered a few peony petals full of spring, which was the end of the Renaissance, and the gallery of Cupid sent him an invitation letter for Xu Zhiyuan alone.

Fu Shubai is a philosophy student at a local university, and Xu Zhiyuan's best friend.At that time, he also put his arms around his young lady, and drunkenly commented on this long and elegant speech: "Xu Zhiyuan, you are sick."

Xu Zhiyuan felt that the times were advancing, but education was still standing still. The most admirable thing was the level of the students, and they regressed without looking back.

He stepped over the crowded legs and kicked Fu Shubai.

I feel disgusted in my heart, I don't understand "Renaissance", as expected, any cat or dog can go to college.

Mrs. Xu would sometimes go on business trips for the newspaper office, and during this time Xu Zhiyuan would fall into the hands of Mr. Xu, and he would be cautious and vigilant when fooling around.

The nightclub is full of singing and dancing, and there are many people, but he can't help but come to this kind of place, so he can only walk around the corner cautiously.Father's popularity is wide, if he bumps into an older familiar face here, and is dragged back by Mr. Xu, it is guaranteed that he will not be able to get out of bed for three days.

So there is always a light-dark line between him and the twinkling stars, and he is used to living and dreaming in the dark.

One day when he was drunk, he heard a melodious and unfamiliar solo, and when he raised his eyelids, he saw a bright figure, and the fall of the rest of his life began here.

……

I am familiar with this "first meeting" story routine, so I asked, "Did you see my grandma?"

My grandpa feinted and said, "No, I saw the violin player."

Me: "Hiss..."

Although the old man looks vulgar, he is indeed a person who can play this "elegant" instrument.He once stood on a big rock with an unshaven beard, wearing a singlet and mud boots and playing "Moonlight".

……

Xu Zhiyuan squinted at the performer, maybe because he was drunk, or because this kind of timbre was like a trickle independent of the world in the noisy and lively dance floor, stuck to a string in his heart.Xu Zhiyuan went back and told Mrs. Xu that he wanted to learn the violin.

Mr. Xu thinks this is a good thing. As long as he is a rebellious son who is willing to stay at home and study, he will support even if he is a schoolgirl.

Fu Shubai didn't take it seriously, he even felt that there was something wrong with Xu Zhiyuan's mind being bored.It wasn't until he saw lively and beautiful female students from the music department chatting and laughing in groups at a performance at Ming University that he suddenly realized that Master Xu was his mother's genius.

He gathered these handsome men and beauties with outstanding temperament once a week to form a so-called music salon and "guidance" for Xu Zhiyuan.

Thanks to Fu Shubai, an excellent friend, Xu Zhiyuan didn't even study the bowstring of the new musical instrument after a month, and returned to his old profession of "picking flowers and honey".

On a weekend in October, Xu Zhiyuan stepped on the autumn atmosphere in a suit and leather shoes, carrying a violin case, and rushed to the Eros concert as usual.There are many ginkgo trees planted beside the old classroom, and the golden leaves have fallen all over the ground, covering the holly wall.

Xu Zhiyuan, who has nothing to do with romance, fell in love at first sight right here.

Xu Zhiyuan had never seen such a beautiful man.

It was as if God had glimpsed all his aesthetic preferences, made a mold in advance, and carved it into this person's straight bones with his own hands.

He has soft semi-long hair, almost sickly white skin, and lacks waves on his face. He is seriously correcting the fingers on the neck of a female student.

Seeing Xu Zhiyuan in a daze from a distance, Fu Shubai hinted at him with winking eyebrows, and pointed at the handsome man with his chin with an ambiguous smile.

Xu Zhiyuan immediately understood, he stepped forward to greet this group of people, slipped his hand out of his pocket pretending to be casual, pointed at the waistline of the handsome man, and kneaded his buttocks.

Xu Zhiyuan smiled at him with an unclear meaning, and said, "You all came so early."

"..."

This beauty didn't approach him like the young lady or the rabbit did before, and then scolded "Master Xu, don't make trouble".

Instead, he gave him a heavy punch in the lower abdomen in full view.

Xu Zhiyuan clutched his stomach and squatted on the ground in a daze, his surprised expression was like a replica of the student next to him.

"... Zhenping only said that if the young master is a hooligan, just clean it up." The man said flatly, "I didn't expect it to be such a hooligan."

Xu Zhenping is Xu Zhiyuan's father, my great-grandfather.

Xu Zhiyuan paid the price of almost acid water in his stomach, knowing that this man was invited by his father to teach him the violin, according to his seniority, he should be called uncle.

At the first sight of meeting, Xu Zhiyuan played a hooligan to his little uncle.

……

Nearly 60 years later, when looking back on this incident, the "participant" has not repented at all.

On the big rock, my grandfather proudly said to me: "He later became your 'grandma'."

His name is Yu Yao.

Yao of Yao and Shun, Yu of my surname.

It was October when Grandpa saw him, and the old man listened to the singing of birds and said, "It happens to be the time when red-crowned cranes migrate south."