Celestial Master Cultivation Diary

Chapter 270. 269. Hope... be safe and sound (end)
New Year's Eve, night.

The two huddled together in Li Zhe's small bedroom to play games, quietly waiting for the approach of the New Year.

As in previous years, they still plan to drive back home. After all, during the Chinese New Year, they have to travel frequently among relatives. It would be much more convenient to have a car.

Li Zhe originally wanted to take Lin Youyou back by high-speed rail, the journey would be easier, but she refused, saying that she wanted to fully experience his previous New Year's feelings, to feel the timidity of being close to the hometown.

Although it wasn't her hometown, it didn't affect the tension in her heart at all.

It was also meeting her parents. Li Lei and Han Mei had watched her grow up anyway, but their identities had changed.

However, the grandparents who are hundreds of thousands of miles away have never met before, which makes the little girl who is not very good at communication very uneasy.

"Save me, save me, save me!...Damn it, the airdrop I just licked..."

Seeing Lin Youyou also fell down together and turned into a box like him, Li Zhe looked regretful - he had worked so hard to lick so fat, but in the end it was gone, and he made wedding dresses for the gang .

Although this girl is very good at shooting on the computer, she seems to be on par with him on the mobile phone. Neither of the two couriers can live.

"Are you still playing?"

"Stop playing, let's rest for a while."

Lin Youyou put down her phone, lay down on the bed, and quietly looked at the moonlight outside the window.

Since she was going to set off with them, she brought her luggage here early, and then slept directly in Li Zhe's room, waiting for midnight to fall.

Seeing her in a daze, Li Zhe also lay down beside her, gently hugging her: "What's wrong?"

"do not know."

Xiao Nizi turned over, buried her head in his arms, and rubbed against him.

Although they have lived together for so long and have visited this bedroom countless times, this is the first time she sleeps here, and there is an indescribable feeling in her heart.

She couldn't help but want to sigh that love is an extremely magical thing, which can firmly bind the past, present and future of two people.

At one o'clock in the morning, Li Lei and his wife got up from the bed. After washing up, they ate some bread and oranges. The young couple followed after hearing the movement, rubbing hands with each other in the cold night, and crowded in the back of the car.

Besides the two of them, there was a little golden retriever sitting in the back row, which was about the same age as Yueyue when she first arrived at their house, but a bit more naughty, moving around in Lin Youyou's arms, restless along the way.

"Hey, take a good ride."

Gently stroking its head, Lin Youyou leaned on Li Zhe's shoulder, closed her eyes and yawned a little.

She didn't drive in the middle of the night very often, especially for long-distance runs. It wasn't long before she got on the highway, and she started to feel sleepy.

On the side, Li Zhe held her in his arms and patted her rhythmically, stroking her to sleep like a baby.

Han Mei, who was sitting in the co-pilot, turned her head from time to time, looking at her daughter-in-law for a while, and then at the little milk dog in her arms, with a complicated look on her face.

Doudou has been lost for many years. They often say they want to bring another pup back to grandma, but no one has ever carried it out.

Except for Li Zhe who went to ask the old man about his wishes in the year just lost, no one else even mentioned it much.

Maybe it was because she didn't take it too seriously, or maybe it was because she was afraid that mentioning it would upset the old lady... But in short, this matter has been shelved year after year, and until now, she can hardly remember that Doudou is the elder brother. What's it like.

Thinking about it, she couldn't help sighing. She was relieved and felt an indescribable feeling.

……

The car drove in the middle of the night, and drove into the service station at dawn to rest for a while. Several people took turns to relieve themselves, bought some hot food pads, and then continued on their way.

This year was surprisingly lucky, there was no traffic jam along the way, and the road was unimpeded after getting off the expressway.

When the bare fields came into view, Li Lei supported the steering wheel and said in surprise: "Hey, this bridge was repaired this year."

In previous years, when I went back to my natal home, the car always stopped outside the village, and then a group of people walked across a narrow stone bridge carrying large and small bags.

The bridge is notified every year to be repaired, but it has not been repaired every year. I thought it would be the same this year, but I didn't expect it to be opened to traffic this time.

Not only has a beautiful bridge been built, but the road has also been opened so that it can be driven all the way to the door of the house.

Han Mei sat on the co-pilot and nodded secretly. The hometown is gradually getting better, which is always pleasant to hear.

The grandma who received the call had been standing at the door of the house waiting for a long time. When she saw a familiar car, she waved at them from a distance. She still had the same face, the same smile, wrinkled and kind, but she became old again. some.

But when she watched one, two, three... four people get off the car, her eyes paused.

She hasn't been notified of the grandson's happy event yet, but looking at the behavior of the young couple, she has already guessed a thing or two: "This is..."

"Happy New Year, grandma."

Lin Youyou hugged the puppy, shouted sweetly, smiled even sweeter, bowed forward, even covered the big hat of the down jacket and put it on his head.

"Hey, okay, okay...I'll get you a red envelope..."

"Oh, no, no, no, she doesn't need red envelopes..."

"Yes, yes, no need for grandma."

"..."

Everyone was talking and evading and pulling, but in the end the old lady couldn't hold back her tough attitude, and forced a big red envelope into each of the young couple.

The red envelope was sent out, and the old lady smiled happily.

This girl is lovable and polite. The red envelope with the lucky character written by her handwriting last year is still pressed under the pillow by her: "Are you...are you passing the door?"

"Well, the wedding is over." Li Zhe nodded, took out his mobile phone and showed her the photos and videos of the wedding scene.

Han Mei ran to the back kitchen, and filled a bowl of porridge from the pot. The red bean porridge cooked in a large earthen stove, she couldn't cook it with a rice cooker: "Mom, dad? Why didn't you meet people."

"I went to the street, bought two fish, you all stay here for a while, eat lunch before leaving."

The old lady stared intently at the screen, feeling the wedding that she was not able to attend, she kept nodding her head, her cloudy old eyes were shining brightly.

"Is this dog raised by you?"

After watching the video, she shifted her gaze to the puppy in Lin Youyou's arms. In fact, she had already noticed it at the first glance, but she never asked.

The young couple looked at each other, and finally Lin Youyou took a step forward: "This dog is for you."

"what?"

Li Zhe helped to explain: "Didn't we raise a dog? This is what it gave birth to. At that time, a litter was born, and she picked the best-looking one for you to keep."

Grandma hesitated, not knowing what to do for a while.

Although several years have passed, she still remembers the day when Doudou was lost. Although she kept saying "wait a minute", she kept wondering if someone would help her hold a little puppy. The dog comes back.

She really wanted to take this step, but she didn't dare to take this step.

Now someone has straddled her, not the eldest son, not the daughter, not the eldest grandson, but the grandson-in-law.

Hugging the dog tremblingly, the old lady choked up, "What's the name?"

"I haven't picked it up yet, I'll save it for you to pick it up yourself."

Grandma nodded and walked home with the puppy in her arms.

……

After lunch, the group boarded the car again, and only Han Mei stayed at her mother's house for the night as usual, waiting for them to pick her up tomorrow.

Xiao Nizi's finally relieved mood became uneasy again, and there were gifts for grandparents beside her, and she couldn't stop grabbing the hem of her clothes.

Li Zhequan saw it, took her little hand and squeezed it: "What's wrong, nervous?"

Glancing at him, Lin Youyou didn't speak, but just held onto his hand tightly.

Fortunately, the meeting with the second elder was not as stressful as imagined, it was just an easy-going chat, and then received a big red envelope.

Li Zhe, who didn't receive the red envelope, saw his grandparents surrounding her with joy, and suddenly felt like he was out of favor.

……

In the evening, after dinner, the two of them walked along the village, watching the setting sun go west bit by bit, and then watching the street lights turn on one after another.

In the past, there were no street lights here. Hei Bulongdong had to rely on flashlights at night, otherwise he would easily fall into the pond if he was not careful.

Lin Youyou has never seen this kind of rural customs, even the countryside in Sioux City is very different from here, it is very novel to look left and right along the way, shaking hands.

"Did you grow up here as a child?"

"Stayed for two years."

Li Zhe was beside him, this winter was not very cold, and he just drank a big bowl of old hen soup, which made him feel warm and comfortable.

Compared with the pace of life here, even Sioux City can be regarded as very fast: "One year when my dad came back, he said that I followed his motorcycle all the way, crying while chasing, and almost fell off my nose while wiping my nose. into the cow dung...then they took me to Sucheng together."

Lin Youyou raised her eyebrows, tried to make up the picture, and couldn't laugh or cry: "Is it true?"

"I don't know, I don't remember at all anyway."

Li Zhe curled his lips, always feeling that this was made up by Old Li himself.

"They said you were naughty and climbed trees when you were young." When the evening wind blew, Lin Youyou shivered slightly, and wrapped herself in a thick scarf.

In the afternoon, she chatted happily with the two old people, and heard a lot of Li Zhe's childhood embarrassments from them, such as being chased by a big goose to climb a tree, and then crying and daring not to come down.

Another example is watching the adults fishing and clamoring to go fishing together. Han Mei was afraid that he would fall into the water, so she put a bucket of water in her yard and asked him to fish in the empty water basin all afternoon. Taigong returned Jiang Taigong.

Punching chickens, kicking vicious dogs... and even accidentally burning most of the haystack in front of the door.

In short, he was beaten a lot.

Listening to what her grandparents said, she always felt that this guy's childhood here was much more interesting than his childhood in Sioux City - after all, they didn't do anything in Sioux City, just a bunch of kids running around all day .

In the distance, a little Douding stretched out his hands, lowered his head, and rushed forward like a small plane. After running for a while, he started to step on his own shadow under the street lamp.

Lin Youyou smiled, feeling very cute: "Were you so stupid when you were young?"

"I'm not that naive."

Li Zhe snorted, and dragged her to avoid the little kid when passing by.

"Why go around?"

"What if he steps on us?"

As he said that, Li Zhe stomped his foot and stepped on her shadow. Unfortunately, the girl didn't fight back, but just quietly walked forward by cuddling him, and said with a light smile, "Childish ghost."

……

The next day, it was New Year's Eve in Yueqiongsui.

Li Lei, who played mahjong all night, slept late at home, Xiao Li was responsible for picking up Han Mei, and Lin Youyou followed.

She has been very quiet these two days, and has been silently following Li Zhe, feeling the strong flavor of the New Year.

Li Zhe originally thought that she was unaccustomed to the environment and wasn't used to rural life, so she was a little depressed. However, this girl's mood was visible to the naked eye, and she adapted to everything. Apart from ancestors, he participated in almost everything.

In addition, I also went to the street to buy a lot of small fireworks, and distributed them to the group of children to set off together.

In an instant, Sister Lin's voice became very loud in the village. From time to time, little kids would come over, one by one, they called each other very sweetly, and they never stopped saying Happy New Year.

Xiao Nizi enjoyed this feeling very much, and sent out all the fireworks she bought with a smile.

This made Li Zhe once think that she came to help the poor and spread the money during the Chinese New Year.

……

In the evening, just as night fell, there were already scattered firecrackers sounding around, here and there, and then there was another explosion, and within a moment, they began to gather together, crackling and crackling.

In the lobby, a family of six neatly gathered around the round table for three generations to share the family reunion.

Li Zhe held up his mobile phone and made a video call to his father-in-law. On the other side of the screen, Lin Qiuliang blushed, as if he had made an exception and drank some wine, and Lin Youyou's grandparents were sitting beside him, greeting them.

The two families huddled together in front of the camera, wishing each other a happy new year. Lin Youyou took the phone and went out to show them the fireworks at her place.

Seeing this, Li Lei moved out his own fireworks and firecrackers, found an open space to put them away, and asked for two cigarettes from the old man, one for each of Li Zhe, and smoked vigorously in the cold wind .

"Do you want to let it go for you?"

Li Zhe squeezed the cigarette in his hand, turned his head to look at Lin Youyou who was beside him, and wanted her to have a good time too.

Xiao Nizi nodded immediately, but she thought about it the moment she picked up the cigarette, and then retracted her hand: "Forget it, put it away."

"Why, are you afraid? This letter burns very slowly."

Lin Youyou looked at him with a smile, shook her head and put her hands in her pockets: "You let it go, I'll watch you let it go."

"You really don't want to let go?"

"Go, go, my dad is urging you."

Li Zhe was stunned for a moment, then laughed silly, turned his head and ran to the fireworks to count down, and lit the string of firecrackers at the same time as Li Lei's.

Then he ran and jumped back and stood next to Xiao Nizi, hugging her to watch the fireworks together.

In the darkness, sparks sizzled, and after a while of silence, "咻——啦!~"

bloom.

When their house was set off, the other houses followed suit, and the night sky was filled with fireworks all of a sudden, and the colorful colors were really beautiful.

Lin Youyou didn't take any pictures, she just leaned quietly in Li Zhe's arms and whispered: "New Year's Eve..."

"Yes."

"When you see fireworks, you have to make a wish!"

"You promise."

Kissing her on the head, Li Zhe didn't have too many wishes, he felt that everything was fine now.

Lin Youyou crossed her hands, looked up at the fireworks in the sky, and gently closed her eyes: "I hope... you're safe and sound."

Li Zhe couldn't help laughing: "Are all wishes so simple and unpretentious now?"

Xiao Nizi let go of her hand, leaned in her arms and looked up at him, the fireworks reflected on her face, making that faint smile extraordinarily beautiful.

Her eyes were shining brightly, and she just stared at him for a long while: "Didn't you notice... I didn't come?"

"what?"

The sound of firecrackers was too loud, and Li Zhe didn't react for a while. After hearing it clearly, his expression froze, and then he burst into a stronger light: "Really, really, really...Really?"

Seeing the change in his expression, Lin Youyou tilted her head and laughed, extraordinarily carefree.

Then he slowly took out a small stick from his pocket. Under the fireworks, it flickered on and off, and two red lines could be seen faintly.

Li Zhe choked for breath, and the hand holding the stick trembled a little.

Then I watched her take out another one slowly - although the style was different, the result was the same.

Then came the third...

Xiao Nizi pursed her lips and smiled. She had been holding it back for a long time these two days, and now she finally took it out, feeling an inexplicable joy.

But this guy... his mouth is almost grinning to the ear.

Is being a dad really so happy?Obviously, they were clamoring for a two-person world before.

After Li Zhe smirked for an unknown amount of time, he finally let out a ghostly scream, dancing and howling non-stop.

Han Mei, who was standing not far away, couldn't help frowning: "Why is this kid so mad?"

It wasn't until she heard what her son was yelling that her expression gradually froze——

"Woohoo~ I want to be a father!!"

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