lying down

During the ugliness of the first day of the Lunar New Year, at this moment most people in Jinyang City and even the entire Tang Dynasty are on vigil, regardless of high or low, male or female, old or young.

In the backyard of Guiyun Restaurant, Yunniang and Chu Xiang were sitting in the empty lobby of the first courtyard, accompanying the old lady.

Although there are four pots of charcoal fires lit in the hall, no matter how vigorously they burn, they can't warm up the cold atmosphere.

In fact, the old lady was a little unhappy because none of her three sons and six adopted sons were by her side.I won't talk about the second child, I met him twice recently, and in his words, he was obsessed with the position of the chief steward of the Di Mansion, and his tone gradually became domineering.Although the old lady didn't say anything, she knew in her heart that this was greed for power.During the sworn ceremony the day before yesterday, the old lady kept a question deep in her heart, and she didn't even mention it, that is, why didn't Ouyang call his second brother to worship together, this is a good thing!If Ouyang doesn't say anything, it's not easy for the old lady to ask more questions.

But this afternoon, the servant from Di Mansion came and brought a lot of food and playthings, but he didn’t even bring his wife Sumei and two grandchildren. Come back early in the morning to say New Year greetings to yourself.

When the old lady heard this sentence, her heart skipped a beat. He was not afraid that his son would not kiss him, but he was afraid that his son would get lost and go astray.

Looking at it now, Ouyang, the adoptive son, did not mention Erlang's sworn brotherhood at the beginning, and he probably discovered something a while ago.It's just that I didn't say anything because of my face and feelings.

"Mother, don't worry about Goro and Qilang, the little uncle is here, so you will be safe!" Yunniang has served the old lady the longest, and she also understands the old lady's thoughts best.She knew that the old lady was still worried about her second uncle, so she had no choice but to change the subject to get the old lady to stop thinking about that troublesome thing.

On the other hand, Chu Xiang seldom speaks, after all, she is a new daughter-in-law less than a year old, and there is still some trouble with her mother-in-law.I can only echo Yunniang's words to comfort the old lady to show my filial piety.

Li Wangshi woke up from the memory and forced a smile, but the loneliness in his eyes couldn't be removed.She took Yunniang and Chu Xiang's hands, and said softly: "Mother, don't worry, those boys look like dragons and tigers. If they don't bother people, they will be Amitabha. Are you afraid that something will happen to them? Especially the youngest, the ghost Be smart, I'm not worried!" After that, he smiled again, but this time he thought of Ouyang's usual appearance, and his heart felt a little warmer.

A few excited screams from the neighbor's children came, the old lady was taken aback, the smile froze on her face instantly, and she thought of her two little grandchildren...

Yunniang frowned slightly, not knowing how to untie the old lady's knot.Grabbing the fried rice cakes on the plate beside the table, he handed them to the old lady and said, "Mother, come and try my handicraft, see if I have improved?"

Together with the rice cake, the smell of oil hit the old lady and Yunniang, but Chu Xiang said "uh" and hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand, but there were waves of retching in his throat.

"Xiang'er, what's the matter? If you feel uncomfortable, tell your mother!" The old lady became anxious when she saw it. It's a good Chinese New Year, why is the daughter-in-law sick?

Chu Xiang didn't care to answer, but waved his hands hastily, retching constantly in his mouth, but couldn't spit out anything.A flower-like jade face flushed red.

Yunniang and Qilang have been married many years late, but they have never had children.One of my biggest hobbies on weekdays is to get together and listen to other daughters-in-law talking about children. Of course, various reactions during pregnancy are unavoidable. There were even times when she was so angry and disgusted that she thought she was pregnant. After giving birth to a child, he happily ran to see the doctor, but when he learned that he was ill, he was depressed for a long time.

At this time, Chu Xiang's reaction was reflected in her eyes one by one. Based on her many experiences and the knowledge she heard, she was [-]% sure that Chu Xiang might be pregnant with a child!

"Mother, mother?" She tugged on the sleeve of the old lady, wanting to tell the old lady what she was thinking.

The old lady was so anxious that she forgot about it, and when Yun Niang talked about it, she hurriedly said: "Yun'er, hurry up, go and invite the doctor."

"Mother, I'm afraid sister-in-law is pregnant!" Yun Niang simply expressed her doubts, for fear that something might happen to the old lady.

The old lady froze there and did not move. The hand that was holding Chu Xiang started to tremble. She turned her head and asked in disbelief, "Yun'er, what did you just say?"

Yunniang smiled and said loudly: "I'm afraid that sister-in-law has a child, and you are going to have a grandson again!"

The old lady came to her senses. She was so excited that she didn't know what to say or do. Her face was filled with joy, but she said in a hurry, "What should I do? What should I do?"

Yunniang was about to help the old lady ask questions, but she heard footsteps, the door of the hall was opened, and eight people including Goro Qiro, Ge Ye Ouyang and others walked in.

"Mom, why are you asking 'what to do'? I heard you nagging non-stop when I was outside the house." Goro patted the snow on his body and was about to walk.

The old lady was short-sighted, but her long-sightedness was clear. Seeing that five of the eight people were covered in dark red blood, she hurriedly shouted, "Go and change your clothes, ancestors! Go! Children can't smell blood!" "

"Child?!" This time even Ouyang was confused, and when he looked up, he didn't even see a child.

Goro stood still and continued patting the snow, and said with a smile, "Where did the child come from? Mother, are you joking... Hey, where is the second brother (Li Zhengyu)'s child? Why didn't my nephew come to celebrate the New Year?"

"You bastard! You don't even know your wife is pregnant, how can you be a husband!" The old lady got up abruptly, picked up the fried rice cake at hand and threw it at Wu Lang.

"What!...What? Chu Xiang, Chu Xiang..." Goro froze in shock, unable to complete his sentence.

When Ouyang and the other six people heard this, they were overjoyed and shouted loudly: "Brother! You are going to be a father! You are going to be a father!"

"Dad...Dad?" Goro pointed to himself, and suddenly realized, he screamed excitedly, and wanted to rush to Chu Xiang after he finished.

Ouyang was a father in his previous life, and he was prepared in his heart. He grabbed Wulang and said to everyone: "Brothers, change your clothes and wash your hands. Today is a double blessing! It's the first day of the new year, so hurry up—— "

A crowd of people rushed out, Yun Niang laughed, but Chu Xiang stopped retching, and buried her head in the old lady's arms shyly.While stroking Chu Xiang's head, the old lady laughed and cursed: "Little bastards..."

***Qing, even the old lady forgot the unhappiness that Erlang had brought, and drank a few more glasses.Everyone was very happy today, guarding the restaurant again, drinking heartily.Only Ouyang didn't drink too much because he had something to worry about. He carried all the brothers into the room one by one and resettled the old lady with Yunniang.Yunniang went to take care of the old lady and Chu Xiang, leaving Ouyang Yu alone in the hall to keep watch.

A wry smile appeared on the corner of Ouyang's mouth, not wanting the whole family to be alcoholics.Sitting alone in the living room, staring at the flickering charcoal fire in a daze.

At this time in the previous life, I was staying with my parents and loving wife, brewing a few cups of tea for bowel cleansing, making a few plates of fruit, and then grabbing the prepared dried fruit. Everyone watched TV and played poker all night long. It's warm, but now..., this is the first New Year's Day he really spent in Datang, and he has excitement and happiness in his heart, but he still can't reach the warmth of being integrated into his stock in his previous life.

"Are there always barriers in my heart?" He muttered to himself, asking himself softly.Then he thought about what this barrier was and how to solve it. Before finally falling asleep, he vaguely saw her and the child, who smiled and waved to him...

In the dream, he seemed to have returned to his home in his previous life, except that there was a little one more. Youyou opened his fleshy little hand, pointed at the bright fireworks in the night sky outside the window and said, "Dad, Dad, I also set off cannons, boom! — Ga—”.Son Yoyo focused on expressing his thoughts, shook his little head, and drew a big circle with his other hand, indicating the brilliance of the fireworks.

"Bang--!"

"Bang!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Bang bang bang—!"

Ouyang rubbed his dry eyes, still unwilling to wake up from the beautiful dream, his son was imitating fireworks excitedly in his arms, father and mother were judging various Spring Festival evening shows, and his wife was snuggling beside him not to tease Youyou few times......

"What kind of cannon is this? Why is there a bang bang bang bang sound, so like knocking on the door?" There was a rapid knock on the door, which woke him up from his sleep, and it was really someone knocking on the door!

Ouyang frowned, twisted his sore neck twice, and yawned while looking at the sky, "It's early in the morning, it's just dawn, who is it? It's like a neuropathy."

He muttered and walked towards the back door in the courtyard, the knock on the door became more urgent and clearer.At this time, he was fully awake, and a series of inexplicable bad premonitions spread throughout his body, and he shouted: "Who is outside, it's so early in the morning, and..."

"Rang" before he could speak, a whimpering voice came: "Brother Ouyang, is that you? Brother Ouyang! Open the door!"

When Ouyang heard it, it turned out to be Xia He!And weeping mournfully!

He hastily opened the door, only to see the little girl Xia He with disheveled hair and slanted hair, her eyes were as red and swollen as peaches from crying, and her face was haggard.

Xia He let out a "wow", as if she had found her support, she threw herself into Ouyang's arms and burst into tears, sobbing while crying: "Miss, she, she..."

Ouyang was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with her? What happened, don't worry, just speak slowly."

Xia He sobbed and said, "Miss is going to shave her hair and become a nun at the altar of the Sansheng Bhikkhuni in Jinyang City, and no one can persuade her to come back... What, what should I do?"

When Ouyang heard this, he felt a faint feeling that he had something to do with you.He helped Xia He up and said, "Girl, hurry up and lead me the way."

On the altar of the Three Holy Bhikkhunis, a woman knelt on the ground, closing her eyes and saying nothing.It's just that the two lines of tears flowed down from the eyes, making the beautiful face extremely bleak.

An old nun in front of him frowned, looked at the woman who had been kneeling on the ground for nearly an hour, shook his head and said nothing.And everyone behind the woman hastily persuaded her.

"Benefactor, have you thought about it?" The old nun asked again, if she really wanted to be ordained as a nun, she had no choice but to carry it out.

The woman kneeling on the ground opened her eyes, she seemed lifeless, her pair of beautiful eyes were like two black holes.

She stretched out her hand and gently pulled out the silver hairpin on the bun, and her green-like black hair splashed down like water...

Note 1: The youngest, the youngest child in the family, refers to Ouyang Yu in the text.