I am the king of hard rice

With the development of the times, almost everyone is sure of one problem: the taste of the year is getting weaker and weaker.

Now the 7 days of holidays during the Chinese New Year are almost the same as the usual weekends for people, and even the experience is not as good as the weekends.

After all, few things are more unlucky than working seven days a week before Chinese New Year.

In the final analysis, the reason for the weakening of the taste of the year is due to some side effects of the gradual disintegration of agricultural social groups and farming culture, and it may also be the alienation of capital to human society as a whole. Most working people in families They are all integrated into the capitalist production mode in an individual way, the rhythm is accelerated, and the emotional connection between people is weakened, which leads to all festivals becoming more commercialized... Capitalism turns people into ghosts!
Most importantly, it may be that the group that was once a child has grown up.

Because they have grown up, they can no longer blow cakes in groups with firecrackers like they did when they were young; because they have grown up, they can’t pay New Year’s greetings to their elders like before, asking for New Year’s money and New Year’s gifts everywhere, but need to spend money for the family. Buy new year's goods and give red envelopes to the younger generation; because when they grow up, they can't play around with a runny nose and carefree like they did when they were young. They need to stand up and cook and become the main force of housework.

When people grow up, they have responsibilities.

Happiness disappears, anxiety increases, and the taste of the year naturally fades.They even feel that they are one year older, and they are faintly worried about whether their income will increase next year, whether they will be able to repay their mortgages and car loans, and anxiety drives them to enjoy the festival of the New Year flawlessly.

"It's just one word, so miserable, why do you want to celebrate the New Year?"

Li Peifeng was also very helpless about this, especially since his birthday was on the day of the Spring Festival, which caused him to seldom enjoy birthday candle blowing since he was a child. He couldn't even eat cakes, he could only eat dumplings.

And ever since Li Peifeng went to college, he has never received the New Year's money from his parents, the reason being that he can already make money.

Every Spring Festival is his birthday, and the taste of the year is getting weaker and weaker every year. Without the lucky money, the birthday is not going well, which is purely worse.

There are still three or four days before New Year's Eve. Li Peifeng came back from his grandma and grandpa's house. He couldn't help but post a Moments to complain. Some friends of [Chasing the Scum Girls Group] saw it and left a message to express their concern.Another girl specially sent red envelopes to Li Peifeng, which actually included Gu Li Nazha.

"Go and buy some candy."

The maximum red envelope is only 200 yuan. Li Peifeng has broadened his horizons after being baptized with a watch worth 150 million.

"Ding~ding~"

Xu Maning and Huang Tianxuan, who are closer to him, not only did not give him a red envelope, but even sent messages to criticize him.

Xu Maning: "Withdraw immediately, don't think I don't know you're fishing!!"

Huang Tianxuan: "The fishhook is already thrown in my mouth. You are a scumbag. You used to ask for red envelopes from the book friend group, but now you ask for it directly from the circle of friends? Are you making a nest for your own fish pond?"

"You can really imagine."

In order to avoid misunderstanding, Li Peifeng deleted this circle of friends, and the two girls gave up. They took the initiative to bring up his birthday and asked Li Peifeng how he planned to spend his birthday.

"Eat some dumplings and celebrate the Spring Festival together. Don't worry about me. I am happy when you are happy."

Li Peifeng replied in this way. After all, February [-]st is a special day. The girls have to spend the New Year at home with their families. It is unnecessary and troublesome to come all the way here just to celebrate his birthday with him.

Huang Tianxuan: "Well, anyway, I gave you a gift in advance when I was in Hangzhou, so it's considered an early birthday for you."

Li Peifeng: "Yeah, thank you for your wife's watch."

After replying and looking at the other one, Xu Maning fell silent, as if she really didn't want to celebrate Li Peifeng's birthday, and Li made a connection with her heart, feeling that Miss Xu was still angry at "acquiring certificates in turn", and didn't Ask again.

[Smelly bastard is quite self-aware, if you have the nerve to ask me for a birthday gift, I will let Yueyue buy a 250 yuan firecracker to blow you up...]

Li Peifeng: "The two hundred and five firecrackers are almost meaningless, and the five hundred and two may scare me."

Xu Maning: "Don't eavesdrop on my heart!!"

Li Peifeng: "But as long as I think about my wife, you can have a good understanding with you. It seems that I can only restrain myself from missing you. I will try my best to restrain myself..."

Xu Maning: "(angry) Don't miss me!!!"

Li Peifeng: "(Speechless) Then what do you want me to do?"

Xu Maning: "...Husband, you and Yueyue should drive to the capital. I will accompany you to celebrate the New Year, and let uncles and aunts come too."

Li Peifeng: "It's unlikely. Who doesn't spend the Chinese New Year at your home? I know what you're anxious about. Let's wait until the next year. I'll return to Beijing early to meet your parents."

Xu Maning: "What's the use of you coming by yourself? Ask your uncle and aunt to come too. I will announce your plan in front of the two families. If they agree to you marrying four wives, I will agree."

Li Peifeng: "... If you want me to die, you can directly blow me up with a firecracker, there is no need to go through a lot of trouble."

Xu Maning: "I am your first girlfriend!!"

Li Peifeng suddenly realized why Xu Manning was angry. It turned out that he was angry because of the order of obtaining the certificates?That's easy.

"But Qing Ge is old, and the order of marriage doesn't mean anything, and the marriage certificate doesn't show how many times you got married. Although you are the third one, as long as we don't disclose it, no one will know. The other party Don't worry, this won't make my love for you less, Manning, I love you~"

"roll!"

Facing Xu Maning's rolling words, Li Peifeng also said some sophistry. He had to admit that he couldn't be absolutely fair.

Among the four girls, Li Peifeng is indeed more inclined towards Zhao Qingge, because of Lao Zhao's age, character, identity, appearance, family... Anyway, all kinds of reasons add up to this imbalance, making him want to be the first One and Zhao Qingge get the certificate.

In the end, Li Peifeng thought that if he didn't put Zhao Qingge first, Lao Zhao probably wouldn't have agreed to marry him, who was second, third, or even fourth, to get a marriage certificate.No matter how Li Peifeng explained, Zhao Duoduo would not agree, and turned around and left without even thinking about it.

This woman is very principled, referred to as stubborn.

And the attitude of the other three towards this order of obtaining certificates is definitely not as tough as Zhao Qingge.

What does this mean?The value of united front representing Zhao Duoduo is extremely high! !

The value of the united front is high, so they are destined to receive preferential treatment. As for the other three, since they are reluctant to die, they can only be wronged.

"Because of you and I are blown by the cold wind~ shed tears when I'm lonely~"

"Someone asked me right and wrong ~ said right and wrong..."

"Jingle bell bell~"

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Peifeng had just released a playing and singing video on Douyin, when the phone rang, the caller was Zhao Qingge.

He was somewhat surprised. The two of them had a phone sex two days ago. After Li Peifeng took advantage of the opportunity to "obtain certificates in turn", Zhao Qingge was very angry and did not contact him again. Why are you calling now?

"Hey?"

When he was puzzled, Li Peifeng connected the phone, and Zhao Qingge took the initiative to say, "Isn't your birthday on the Spring Festival?"

"…right."

"What are you going to do?"

Li Peifeng was flattered: "No, no, I'm very happy if you remember my birthday."

Zhao Qingge said calmly, "Do you want a birthday present?"

The anger dissipated so quickly?
Li Peifeng had a thought, and said with a smile: "I think about it, of course I do, what are you going to give me?"

Zhao Qingge said concisely: "Check your mailbox."

Mailbox, gift in the mailbox?What could it be?A love poem written by Lao Zhao?Or a song you sang yourself?
"Hold on."

Li Peifeng was puzzled and looking forward to it. He sat in front of the computer and clicked on TT to check the latest email. It was sent by Zhao Qingge. There is a document in the attachment...

"Translate that English article and give it to me before the first day of junior high school."

Zhao Qingge's words stunned Li Peifeng: "...Aren't you going to give me a birthday present?"

"Look at the text of the email."

Email body?

There are two paragraphs of text in the middle of the entire email, but the font is very small, and because it is in the middle of the page, Li Peifeng just dragged it to the bottom after finding the attachment, and did not notice that there are such two paragraphs in the email;

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"Sunlight gives you maturity, and moonlight adds to your wisdom. When your birthday is approaching, may your friends' blessings gather into your source of happiness. I wish you a happy birthday and success in your studies."

"—Translate the following [-]-word English document, and you will get a birthday reward for improving your English."

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I thought at least there would be an e-card! ! !The result... is it bad or not?
Li Peifeng resisted the urge to complain, with a calm expression: "Can I not have this reward?"

Zhao Qingge's tone was very light: "Of course you can choose to refuse my gift, but you still have to translate the article, because you are my student now."

Of course, I'm your closed-door disciple, the kind of teacher who has something to do and nothing to do! !

Li Peifeng gritted his teeth and acknowledged the punishment: "Then I'll accept it."

Zhao Qingge hummed, and reminded: "Remember to send it to me before the first day of junior high school."

"Okay, is there anything else?"

Zhao Qingge was silent for a moment, and said, "You haven't said thank you yet."

why should i thank youBecause of the insincere birthday wishes you sent me, or because of the new winter homework you sent me? ! !
Li Peifeng protested with silence.

But Zhao Qingge didn't take it seriously: "I have been choosing this gift for a long time, and it took a lot of thought to choose such a difficult document with a large vocabulary for you to improve your English. If you feel dissatisfied, I It can be changed to a more difficult..."

Li Peifeng rolled his eyes and interrupted: "Thank you for your birthday present, hang up!"

Endure the calm for a while, and take a step back, the more you think about it, the more angry you become.

Of the four girls, three couldn't accompany him and got an extra winter homework as a birthday present.

After hanging up the phone, Li Peifeng felt more uncomfortable. This feeling was suppressed in his heart, prompting him to post a new circle of friends to confide.

But this time Li Peifeng was smarter. He made the four girls invisible, and added a fleshy photo that he sent to Yun Xinyue earlier, but the scale was not so big, with a simple sentence;

"In the end, I have to bear everything alone!"

Soon, a lot of messages were added below, most of them were former female friends, or members of the scum girl chasing group. Li Peifeng focused on typing, just glanced at it occasionally, and didn't choose to reply.

Li Peifeng, who is about to turn 24, still has no birthday to celebrate as in previous years. He is somewhat regretful, but he is also trying to find ways to comfort himself.

Celebrating birthdays is the same as Chinese New Year. The older you get, the more boring it becomes. It’s really nothing to do. It’s already the Spring Festival, so why bother to buy a cake and light candles to celebrate your birthday, just to make a wish that is destined to never come true, double remind yourself that you’re old again One year old?
…………

"Another year old."

On January 31, at [-] o'clock on the night of New Year's Eve, a family of three watched the opening song and dance of the Spring Festival Gala on TV, while making dumplings, Li Qiyuan suddenly expressed such emotion.

"so~peng~so~peng~"

Thousands of lights outside the window, firecrackers and fireworks are constantly ringing, and the reflected glass is flickering, and the sound can be heard clearly even in the room. Li Peifeng also amplified his voice: "Not old, I see that you and my mother have been together for the past two days. Much younger."

Yu Huizhi wrapped the dough with one hand and stuffed it with the other, slowly wrapping it with a smile on her face: "It seems to be a little bit, the health medicine you gave us is really useful."

Li Qiyuan nodded slightly: "Indeed, at first I thought it was a psychological effect, but after taking it for two weeks in a row, I not only feel that my mental state has improved, but also found that the crow's feet on your mother's face has also faded."

"The skin has also become tender!" Yu Huizhi added: "Many of your father's hair roots were white before, but recently it has grown black again! Your aunt even praised me for being at least four or five years younger."

Li Peifeng smiled and said: "Okay, if it works, then continue to take it, finish the medicine, then maybe you parents will have a second child, so I have to remind you, don't accidentally kill someone, do it Get ready to move on..."

"To shut up."

Li Qiyuan scolded: "Watch your TV!" Then he glanced at Yu Huizhi, who was blushing, and also dodged his eyes.

Because of the latest [Acuity of Hearing] transformation, in the past week, Li has heard something that shouldn't be heard every night, it's very ear-piercing! !
Come every night, seven days in a row, what frequency is this?The old husband and wife actually started to fall in love like young people!

The parents' body is rejuvenated again, which is naturally attributed to the [Purple Ginseng He Shou Dan] that Li Peifeng gave to his parents. After experiencing the extraordinary efficacy of this medicine, the two elders asked Li Peifeng if they could still buy it, and wanted him to buy some more However, Li was fooled by someone by saying that the old Chinese medicine doctor who violated his ancestors' decision to sell other medicines passed away, and the prescriptions and medicinal materials had been lost, which broke Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi's minds.

However, if the lottery draws in the future and similar medicines are drawn, Li Peifeng still intends to take them out for them to eat. After all, the second elder is in good health, so he can relax outside. .

"This is the live broadcast of the 2122 Spring Festival Gala. We and the people of all ethnic groups in the country welcome the arrival of the Renyin Year of the Tiger..."

The firecrackers outside have not stopped since the afternoon. The opening song and dance of the Spring Festival Gala ended. After several hosts came out, there was another wave of more violent firecrackers outside. Right now, this small Ningyuan City is full of flickering fire lights and In the smoke of gunpowder, the family was chatting about family affairs in the house.

"Your mother and I are planning to go to Maodong in Sanya in the third grade of junior high school. Will you stay with us or stay at home?"

Li Peifeng was slightly taken aback: "Ah, I won't go, you go on your honeymoon, I might go back to school early... Hey, is the new building finished?"

Li Qiyuan nodded and said: "It's all over, and you don't need to buy furniture. The ones given by Qingge are enough, but they still need to be put to taste."

"The decoration is made of environmentally friendly materials, but your dad and I still plan to move in in half a year."

"If you really want to live there, wait until next autumn. When the temperature rises in summer, those harmful gases such as formaldehyde can volatilize."

"Yes, if you move there in the fall, you will probably be able to graduate early then."

"Fengfeng, your dad and I are still a little worried, you will graduate in one semester..."

Yu Huizhi's hand making dumplings froze slightly, and looked at Li Peifeng with sincere eyes: "This is the end, what do you think?"

"About the four of them, you don't plan to tell us any more?" Li Qiyuan, who was rolling the noodles, also stopped his rolling pin, and said in a deep thought: "Anyway, you have to come up with a charter and tell us, your mother and I will also I can give you some advice."

The topic went around and around, and he talked about his emotional issues.

Li Peifeng was silent for a moment, then sighed: "To be honest, Mom and Dad, I want to do this..."

In the end, he still told his parents about his plan to obtain certificates one by one and get married one by one.

No way, even if Li Peifeng wanted to hide it, he couldn't hide it.Because before he married the four girls, Li Yu and his wife had to at least meet the parents of the girls one by one, right?

He is not an orphan, he has both parents, how can there be a child who is married, and the parents of both parties do not meet?Even if we don't meet before the marriage, the man's parents will always be present when the ceremony is held, right?
Therefore, the plan to obtain certificates one by one requires the cooperation of the two elders. This cooperation is difficult to say, but also easy to say...

"It's very simple. When the time comes, parents, you will forget the relationship between me and the other three people, and just chat and get along with their parents normally. Hey, do you understand amnesia? You can have selective amnesia like me before!"

"When meeting Zhao Qingge's parents, forget all the memories of Xu Maning, Wu Wenyue, and Huang Tianxuan. The same is true when meeting Xu Maning..."

Under the increasingly strange eyes of Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi, Li Peifeng's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally kept silent.

"husband."

Yu Huizhi looked up at Li Qiyuan who was standing there, and said with difficulty: "I remember that there was a saying in the newspaper that the parent-child relationship was severed?"

Li Qiyuan pursed his lips: "There is no legal basis for that."

"…This is how to do?"

Yu Huizhi's hands were trembling, she didn't seem to notice it, and she kept chanting as if lost her soul: "What can I do? What can I do? What can I do?!"

Li Peifeng whispered: "If you want me to tell you that you should have a second child, I will tell the parents that my mother is pregnant and my father is taking care of my mother. It's okay if you don't need to come forward."

"Crack~"

Li Qiyuan directly smashed the panel with the rolling pin angrily, and said angrily, "You little bastard, are you finished?"

"Jingle bell~"

When the sword was on the verge of breaking out, Li Peifeng's mobile phone on the dining table rang for a video call...

What is the dream of the caller!
"Slip away."

Li Peifeng immediately got up, picked up his mobile phone and walked into the bedroom. If he didn't run at this time, he would be beaten easily.

The new body with strengthened muscles and bones is definitely resistant to beatings, but he doesn't intend to experiment, there is no need for that!
"..."

The husband and wife in the living room were silent for a moment, Yu Huizhi seemed to have just recovered, hesitated to speak, and looked puzzled: "Who called him just now? I don't think the names on the screen are the four of them."

Li Qiyuan's five fingers holding the rolling pin became tighter and tighter, and finally his face turned livid: "It should be the fifth... right?!"