Who can fall in love if he can cultivate immortality?

Chapter 389 Where you are is home

The next day is New Year's Eve.

Yesterday when we had the wedding banquet, the sun was shining brightly, but today it has become gloomy again, and the wind is blowing loudly.

As in previous years, after breakfast, the family rushed to their hometown. It seemed to be the same every year. But there is something different. This year there is Ye Wenjun in the car. The old man knew that Ye Wenjun was coming, so he stood guard by the roadside early.

The old lady even started a fire at home, using the coals she had accumulated from cooking pots.

The weather in Jianghuai is cold and cold, especially in rural areas. The temperature is several degrees lower than in the city. The cold wind blows outside, but the house is warm. As soon as Gu Yuan entered the house, he opened the doors and windows, and couldn't help but complain that the old lady kept the doors and windows tightly closed:

"If you don't open the door, the whole house will be poisoned by gas."

"I told you a long time ago that burning charcoal is not good. Look at me." The old man took out a piece of tree root from the firewood shed and threw it directly into the brazier. "This is a good guy. It's just waiting to be burned during the New Year. For the New Year, let's burn it." The more prosperous it is, the more prosperous it will be in the coming year.”

It had only been a month since the roots of the tree had been dug out, and they were still wet inside. Not long after, the whole room was filled with smoke. White smoke flew out from the door. There was no room for people in the room, and all the people warming up by the fire were smoked away. The old man's eyes were filled with tears, but he still spoke very hard:

"It smokes well and smokes rich people. Why don't you think the smoke smokes me?"

"Come, kowtow!"

Ye Wenjun was still sitting in front of the pot hole, filling the pot with firewood and stretching out his hands alternately to warm the fire. When he saw Gu Yuan coming back, he immediately took out a roasted sweet potato with a pair of tongs and smiled, and brought it over in a straw bag.

Naturally, the door lights are changed every year, and two red lanterns are hung on the main door. When lit, the inside and outside look festive.

The old man's face tightened and he scolded, "You don't have to be busy with anything. You have to go to the grave first. The birth of a child is a big happy event. I have to burn the paper quickly to tell them, call Gu Yuan, and ask him to kowtow to the two old ladies. "

The old man opened the bottle of liquor, but the two sons ignored it and shouted directly to Gu Yuan: "Grandson, no matter what happens today, you have to have a drink with me!"

Ye Wenjun nodded and listened quietly to everyone.

Gu Yuan handed over the cup, "Drink!"

Gu Yuan didn't have many memories of the old lady. Most of them he heard from his elders. Back then, he carried a gun and fought against Japanese soldiers. Later, he settled here. He didn't even know where his ancestors were. He was the only one of the old man's generation who had no brothers or sisters, so he was always bullied in the village.

Ye Wenjun asked in a low voice: "Why does it have such a strange name?"

"Father, mother, your great-grandson has been admitted to college. Not only has he gained a lot of potential, he has also brought his great-grandson's wife back for the Chinese New Year this year. Although he is not married yet, I have to tell you first to make you happy. This is the first A great joy."

In Hui Province, my great-grandfather is called the old lady.

Anyway, as long as Gu Yuan can remember, the other party's head has been crooked. It is also said that he had leprosy and it became crooked after he was cured.

I have nothing to think about in my life, just pointing out that my children will succeed.

The old lady held the warm orange juice and said slowly:
"His grandson didn't go to high school and stopped studying. Not only did he stay at home, he also brought a little girl back. All day long, the two of them just lay in the house watching TV and playing on the computer without going out. His family is poor. Yes, I can’t even afford a box of Wahaha during the Chinese New Year.”

In the evening, when the food and wine were served, the old lady placed a handful of incense on the pot table, at every door, in the abandoned pig pens and cowsheds. When the old man finished setting off the firecrackers, a large table was filled with vegetables, stewed hens, Old duck pot, beef vermicelli, mutton pot, all kinds of salty cured meats, thirty or so dishes, it's more than a sumptuous meal.

The firecrackers started to go off one after another, and the fireworks from the sky illuminated the earth clearly, continuously, one after another.

Although his five children have not achieved much success, several of them have bought houses in the city and have not stayed in this poor mountain den. This is something that many people in the village would envy, and it can be regarded as a win for him. .

In a few years, all kinds of non-seasonal vegetables and fruits will be available in supermarkets. As long as you have money, you can buy everything. As the saying goes, the New Year is celebrated at night on this side of the mountain and at noon on the other side of the mountain. It wasn't until midday, when firecrackers were crackling outside, that my uncle and aunt's family came back.

Checked the wiring in the old house.

Lao Gu couldn't stay any longer, so he started working everywhere.

I don’t know why it’s crooked.

Arriving at a lonely grave in the field.

After drinking for three rounds, the dinner table started talking about the family's quarrels. The old lady mentioned Hou Laowai at the entrance of the village, "Grandson, study hard in school and don't do anything illegal. Hou Laowai's grandson was raped before the Chinese New Year. Caught."

"I'm not done yet."

Gu Yuan took a bite and said, "If I get two corn cobs to roast, it will be more fragrant."

The old lady was squeezing sweet potato balls. She looked up and said, "The corn cobs are now inedible. Even the old ones can't bite them."

There was a lot of excitement inside and outside the house.

Lao Gu said.

Gu Yuan was speechless, "Grandpa, wipe your eyes first before you say this."

Gu Yuan didn't explain either.

Three generations of ancestors and grandsons cleaned the graves and uprooted all the wormwood and unknown weeds.

"There is another great news. Hou Laowai from the head of the village is dead. Haha, I have lived longer than him. Their family used to have more men and bullied our family. Now they are almost dead, and their children It’s not as good as ours.”

The old man talked mostly about things around him, as if reporting to his parents, and his eyes turned red without realizing it.

Lao Gu took the yellow paper, folded it into a lotus shape, and threw it on the fire. It suppressed the fire and was scolded by the old man. The father and son stood aside without saying a word, watching the old man burning paper and chanting:

The village only had electricity in the 1990s, and the lines are seriously aging. Every winter, when the electricity consumption is too high, the power will be cut off. Many times, on New Year's Eve, the power suddenly goes out, and the whole family lights up their flashlights to change the fuse.

"Their grandson was caught committing fraud last year. He made money in the past few years and walked like a crab. He didn't know which side was facing forward. He came to my door and said that going to college is useless. Hum. Huh, I'll just wait and see when he takes the shot."

After visiting the grave, I returned home and started cleaning and dusting.

The old man kowtowed three times, then it was Lao Gu's turn, and then Gu Yuan's turn, "Father, mother, your eldest grandson and great-grandson have all come to kowtow to you."

Gu Yuan tilted his head, his ears almost touching his shoulders, "His head is crooked, so everyone calls him Lao Wai."

The old man lit a firecracker and burned yellow paper in front of the grave. Gu Yuan thought it was too slow to burn, so he picked up a branch and picked it up, but the old man snatched it away, "You ruined all the money, and they won't be able to spend it down there."

The old man took out a few stacks of yellow paper from the room, looked at the busy Lao Gu, then looked at Gu Yuan who was holding the bench, and shouted:
"Let's go to the grave."

Yuan Xin didn't know what happened, and asked curiously: "Then how did you get arrested so easily?"

"A few years ago, he went to work in the city and found a job. He earned more than 8,000 yuan in the first month. After working for half a year, he earned more than 100,000 yuan. The boss even bought him a gold necklace and gave him a gift. I bought him a Santana."

"You don't know how crazy that kid is, his nostrils are in the sky! When he plays cards with others in the village, others only win or lose tens or hundreds of dollars. As soon as he comes to the table, he directly puts 30,000 to 50,000 yuan on the table."

The old man took a sip of wine and said with a smile:
"Later, many people in the village went crazy and wanted to work in his company, and the child didn't tell him where the company was. Many people even brought cigarettes and alcohol during the holidays and gave gifts to his family, hoping to Recruit a relationship to join that company.”

"As a result, the village party secretary and the police came directly to the door years ago. Their cars surrounded the village, just because they were afraid that he would run away. Later, I heard that this kid had committed fraud and became the backbone of the company. The police caught him At that time, he also said that he secretly opened another company and was preparing to start a new business! "

then.

He also talked about some things in the village. There was an old lady in the village who planted a field of poppies. As soon as they bloomed, the police came to shovel them. Later I found out that it was illegal to grow this stuff, and the other person was paralyzed with fear.

What other daughter-in-law was unfilial and scolded her mother-in-law behind her back for being too old to die? As a result, her mother-in-law died first, and her own mother also died the next day. The villagers ate for two days and watched her kneel for two.

Someone from another family plucked someone's garlic and stood on the head of the field cursing it for three days.

When someone's chicken flew into someone's vegetable garden, it was immediately stewed and eaten by that family. Then, three or four miles apart, the two families stood at the door and cursed each other angrily for a month.

When the food was almost done, the old man and the old lady took out a red envelope and handed it to Ye Wenjun:

"My dearest daughter, I will have more than my share every year and be blessed every year."

"I'll give you the New Year's money, and you just keep it." Ye Wenjun was still hesitating, but Gu Yuan took it directly and stuffed it into Ye Wenjun, smiling and saying, "I'll give you the New Year's money, and you have to kowtow. If you don't kowtow, you won't give me the money. I I would rather not give up money than kowtow, but give it in the end.”

Ye Wenjun accepted it and quickly stood up and said:

"Thank you, grandparents."

The old lady started with Gu Yuan again and gave one hundred to each child in the family.

The aunt also reluctantly paid 100 yuan to Ye Wenjun, and whispered in a low voice: "I'll give you a red envelope before I even enter the door..."

While they were chatting, the second aunt and his family rushed over to pay New Year greetings. From a distance, they heard Chaozi shouting outside:

"Bidding New Year to grandma and grandpa!"

then.

The dining table was quickly cleared, the men gathered around the card table, and the women gathered around the brazier, watching the Spring Festival Gala. Because he brought Ye Wenjun back, Gu Yuan also got the opportunity to play cards at the table this year.

It was so lively and exciting until midnight.

When it was approaching twelve o'clock, the old lady fired up the stove again, and as soon as the glutinous rice balls were served, the old man set off fireworks in a hurry. After eating this bowl of glutinous rice balls, those who want to stay up late can continue playing cards, and those who want to sleep can go to bed.

Ye Wenjun was sitting at the door of the pot hole, eating, when suddenly there was a "click", as if he had bitten a stone, and he quickly spit it out, and saw that it was a steel pong:
"This is?"

"Did you get the coin?" The old lady came over, saw it, and said happily: "My daughter has got it, that's great. Your dreams will come true this year and you will be rich."

After saying that, he clapped his hands and shouted:

"Everyone, hurry up and eat. Miss Ye has eaten the first silver coin. There is another one in the pot. Whoever can eat it will have all their wishes come true this year!"

The aunt had already finished the bowl and was burping. When she heard this, she took her chopsticks and inserted the glutinous rice balls in the pot one by one, obviously trying to find the second glutinous rice balls wrapped with coins.

After hearing this, Ye Wenjun quickly put down the bowl and said to Gu Yuan, "Shall I serve you a bowl?"

"Don't eat it, it's too boring!"

He never liked eating the glutinous rice balls at home, which were sticky and scratched his throat.

and.

The old lady always put only one coin in the rice dumplings. Sometimes everyone would eat half a bowl more just to get out the coins. But if someone gets the coin first, then there is no need for the rest to hold on. So the old lady lied and said there was a second coin hidden in the pot.

Although this is just a custom, everyone hopes it will be a good sign.

By the time we finished eating the glutinous rice balls, it was almost the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Ye Wenjun was sitting on a stool and yawning. She rarely stayed up so late, and her eyelids seemed to be unable to open. Gu Yuan ran around anxiously, because there was one more person this year, and the old lady had not arranged how to sleep, so she could only squat on the threshold and smoke.

"Grandson, why don't you go to bed?" The old lady came over.

Gu Yuan asked, "Where is Ye Wenjun sleeping?"

"I'll sleep with you in the west wing on the second floor."

"Sleep with me?"

Gu Yuan was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't react.

"Didn't you sleep alone in the west wing on the second floor in previous years?"

The old lady patted Gu Yuan on the shoulder and became happy on the spot, "Your second aunt and uncle will go back later. Your brother-in-law and aunt will sleep on the first floor. Your parents will sleep in the east wing of the second floor. Why are you like this?" Big, do you want your parents to take you to bed?"

After getting hot water from the well pot, the two of them began to wash up.

After learning the news, Yuan Xin saw Gu Yuan and Ye Wenjun washing their feet in a footbath in the kitchen, rubbing their soles and insteps. One of them had a smile on his face, while the other lowered his head and said nothing. As someone who had been there, she could see clearly and stopped being pretentious. , greeted from a distance:
"Wash up and go to bed early, it's getting late."

Amidst the crackling of firecrackers in the middle of the night, the two arrived at the second floor.

The west wing is very simple. In addition to a bed, there are also some cured goods such as salted chicken, salted goose, and small intestine skin hanging in the corner. Since the door was closed for a long time, there was an indescribable smell in the room. However, it is rare to sleep in my hometown for a few nights throughout the year, and it will be over after a long stay.

I took off my clothes, turned off the lights, and got into bed.

Gu Yuan lay on the bed with his hands on his head, and couldn't help but sigh, we are sharing the same bed under orders!

Just as he was thinking about it, his body suddenly stiffened, and he found that Ye Wenjun, who had been yawning just now, was not sleepy at all at this time, and was looking at him with round eyes.

"Why don't you sleep?" Gu Yuan asked.

"I was very sleepy just now, but I can't sleep now." Ye Wenjun tilted his head and said softly, "Is this the first time we celebrate the New Year together?"

Gu Yuan hugged Ye Wenjun into his arms, "Are you homesick?"

Right.

No matter how it is usually, it is New Year's Eve after all. Even my own dilapidated hut will be different.

"no!"

Ye Wenjun shook his head with a smile and put his face against Gu Yuan's chest.

boom! boom! boom!
At this time.

It seemed that it was twelve o'clock, and the night sky, which had been silent for a moment, began to boil at this moment. Colorful fireworks rushed into the night sky, dappled the light in the house. Gu Yuan looked up at the fireworks outside the window and heard Ye Wenjun saying in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

"Home is where you are."

……

(End of this chapter)