Picking mulberries

"Brother!!" Zhuang Huaying, who ran out from the kitchen when she saw her husband in a mess, shouted loudly, "What are you doing, Jingping, you want to do something cruel."

"Is this called a ruthless hand? I think the kick is too light." Wang Qiuxia, who followed, helped Cui Dongxu up from the ground and said.

"Uncle misunderstood, I was the one who knelt down." Cui Dongxu explained with a blushing face.

"That's not okay. You are a big professor. Why should you kneel down to a country scholar? It's an insult to the gentleman and broke the rules of Confucius." Qiu Jingdong resolved the embarrassment with a joke.

"You kick a scholar with your feet even if you are half-literate, isn't that even more degrading?" Qiu Jingping didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"I'm your brother, I can play even if you are the number one pick, let alone a poor scholar." Qiu Jingdong insisted.

"I'm still his uncle, why can't I bear his kneeling?" Qiu Jingping snorted.

"Uncle?" Qiu Jingdong was startled, and said happily, "It means you accept them?"

"Before I had time to speak, he knelt down in front of me with a puff. Before I could react, you kicked me up. I'm completely ignorant. What do you want me to accept?"

"We don't have your literati's crooked intestines. You just give them a good word, and you agree to them straight away, and you just turn a blind eye when you feel aggrieved." Wang Qiuxia said with a straight face.

"Sister-in-law is really good at talking, so just leave a door and let me do multiple-choice questions," Qiu Jingping said with a wry smile, "If I don't close my eyes, I can let that brat slip back?"

"Little Cui, Xiucai means acquiescing to the relationship between the two of you. Kneel down again, and thank Xiucai for your great kindness." Wang Qiuxia tugged at Cui Dongxu's sleeve and smiled.

"No, please don't, my ass still hurts." Qiu Jingping grabbed Cui Dongxu who was knelt down.

"It's a great joy for them to be able to pass your test, and they should be kneeling by him." Qiu Jingdong was also sensible at this time.

"If the name is not right, I can't stand him kneeling alone." Qiu Jingping felt bitter and couldn't tell. The whole family had collectively betrayed him, and he was powerless alone.

"That's right, if you want to say obeisance to Gaotang, you have to ask Ayang to go with you." Wang Qiuxia said without fear of trouble.

"Kneeling the elders is a matter of course. Thank you uncle for your kindness. Ah Yang and I will have a good time." Cui Dongxu didn't know where the courage came from, and he knelt down in front of Qiu Jingping again without hesitation, tears unconsciously It just fell off.

"Get up, get up quickly, it's not good to be seen by others." Seeing Cui Dongxu's handsome face with tears streaming down his face, Qiu Jingping immediately felt pity.Zhuang Huaying felt even more distressed in his eyes, and stepped forward to help Cui Dongxu up.

"Okay, okay, today is really a good day, let's celebrate at home tonight, and Xiao Cui just happened to bring me a lot of good wine." Qiu Jingdong said happily.

"I'm not in the mood to celebrate you guys. Editor-in-Chief Kong has an appointment for a manuscript, and I'm rushing to finish it." Qiu Jingping wondered, why did I bring you good wine? Why did I just bring some fruit here.Then he scolded himself secretly, is this the time to worry about whether to drink or not?

"You have to eat dinner, why don't we go to the street to cook a few dishes, which is convenient and quick, and saves the trouble of grandma and auntie." Cui Dongxu said thickly.

"You should go back early. I'm very dizzy. I'm not in the mood to eat, and I don't want to go out. There's nothing to entertain you in the chaimen humble house." Qiu Jingping waved his hand vigorously.

"Let's go, let's sit at my place for a while and then go back," Qiu Jingdong hugged Cui Dongxu who was hesitant to speak affectionately, and whispered in his ear, "Let's accept it as soon as we are good. He is thin-skinned, so he has to be alone. Come back."

Hearing what Qiu Jingdong said, Cui Dongxu immediately realized that he bid farewell to Zhou Guimei and Qiu Jingping and his wife, followed by Qiu Jingdong and his wife and turned around to go back.

"Wait a minute," Qiu Jingping took out Qiu Yang's cell phone from his pocket, and handed it to Cui Dongxu, "This is that kid's cell phone, you take it back to him. You won't be able to open any broken advanced stuff."

"He set up a fingerprint password." Cui Dongxu took the phone happily and said.

"Husband," Zhuang Huaying said as soon as the three of them left, "Dr. Cui called me aunt just now."

"You're deaf, didn't you keep calling me uncle?" Qiu Jingping said angrily.

"It seems like we won't be older than him for a few years." Zhuang Huaying tilted her head and thought for a while.

"I am 7 years older than him, and you are 6 years older than him." Qiu Jingping sighed softly, rubbing his forehead.

"That's right, it's all from the same era, so it's not good to be called uncle and aunt." Zhuang Huaying muttered.

"Hmph, uncle and aunt? More excitement is yet to come. I'm afraid I'll call our parents next time." Qiu Jingping felt a chill in his heart when he thought about it.

"The family background is good, the person is quite handsome, the job is good, and the temperament is also gentle. It is quite suitable for our A Yang. Although he looks young, he is indeed older than our A Yang." Zhuang Huaying After thinking about it, he sighed.

"You pig brain, is this a matter of age?" Qiu Jingping couldn't bear it anymore, and yelled at Zhuang Huaying.

"A well-known scholar from all over the world, what kind of rude words do you say?" Qiu Zaiyun walked in from outside the courtyard, just in time to hear Qiu Jingping scolding Zhuang Huaying.

"Grandpa didn't make a sound when he came over, so I can pick him up." Zhou Guimei, who had been silent by the side, hurried up to meet him.

"Pull it down, you walk staggeringly, you can't walk as steadily as I do, don't drag me down," Qiu Zaiyun sat down on the wicker chair that Zhuang Huaying brought over, and gave the bag in his hand to Zhuang Huaying, "At night I will I ate at your house, brought a bottle of good wine, and it was given by Xiao Cui, it’s so high-end, there’s no place to buy it.”

"Old ancestor, don't show off your wine to me, I'm so worried." Qiu Jingping sat on the stone bench behind him.

"It's just right, let me drink away my worries, and I'll let you drink a few more glasses later."

"I'm not as generous as your old man." Qiu Jingping sighed weakly.

"That's right, if I hadn't been lenient, I would have been buried in the soil and rotted into dregs. How could I be lucky enough to listen to my precious great-grandson recite poems and make amends?" Qiu Zaiyun smiled heartlessly.

"The grandpa is trying to run on me."

"Ask your mother, haven't I always treasured you since I was a child? I have never hugged Jingdong. When I was a child, the armpit of your sweater was fluffed up by me."

"That's right, you've been the treasure of our ancestors since you were a child." Zhou Guimei laughed.

"So I'm sorry for you, and I didn't show any face to our old Qiu's parents." Qiu Jingping's heart warmed up, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Good enough, good enough. Although I am a big bastard, I have always respected intellectuals very much. Look around, let alone our township, how many people in our county are more talented than you? The article written, The poems you wrote are so good, every time A Yang reads something you wrote to me, I feel it is a kind of enjoyment, listening to it makes my heart feel comfortable, my whole body is transparent, once I am happy, I have lived for so long without knowing it."

"It's just that you, the old man, appreciate those things. Don't look at that boy Ayang who reads so hard in front of you. In fact, he is very disdainful. He always thinks that I write about pediatrics, and I am moaning without illness. My heart is like a mirror." Qiu Jingping said hehe Smiled, feeling much more relaxed.

"There are all kinds of things in the world, and everyone has their own preferences. Even the delicacies of mountains and seas have people who dislike them. It's a pity that you didn't continue your studies. Otherwise, you would definitely be the head of a department or mayor."

"The old ancestor meant to blame me." Zhuang Huaying has a spirit of self-criticism.

"I can't blame you," Qiu Zaiyun said with a laugh, "Without you, my precious great-grandson might live in which city. Without you, he would not be able to devote himself to literary creation without you, There would be no famous Qiu Xiucai. If he wasn’t by my side, I wouldn’t be able to listen to his poems. If I didn’t hear his poems, I wouldn’t be able to live for so long. Besides, without you, I wouldn’t be able to grow up at a young age. The great-great-grandson of the chairman of the company, our parents' appearance is all earned by you, and you deserve a lot of credit."

"Grandpa, you are laughing at us." Qiu Jingping laughed.

"That's right." Zhuang Huaying agreed happily.

"What I mean is, human beings don't know the length of their lives, and being able to enjoy the blessings in front of them is a blessing from God. Don't think about those who have or don't, don't add chaos to the society, whether it is ordinary or vigorous, let him Let him go with his temper."

"Oh, I understand what you're saying, but there's just a knot in my heart, and it's not going well." Qiu Jingping said.

"Your education is too orthodox, so it's inevitable that you will squeak. Don't worry, take your time. As time goes by, their life will get smoother and smoother, and your pimple will naturally disappear. You performed well today, which means that you are already in trouble. It has changed for the better. Although I am the same as you, and unlike your mother and A Yang, we do not believe in Buddhism or God, but some things do seem to have been preordained long ago. Since the professor surnamed Cui and A Yang Our family, A Yang, met by such a coincidence when we were young, let's just believe it's their fate."

"The two of them are destined to be cultivated in previous lives, that's what the Bodhisattvas say." Zhou Guimei emphasized emphatically.

"Bodhisattva doesn't have a mobile phone or anything, otherwise I really want to call him and ask him." Qiu Jingping said with a wry smile.

"I'm the living Bodhisattva in front of you. It's almost dinner time, so you cook me some delicious dishes to accompany the wine." Qiu Zaiyun said to his grandson-in-law.

"No hurry, Huaying and I are ready just now, just turn on the gas stove and cook." Zhou Guimei handed Qiu Zaiyun a peeled orange.

"Grandpa, it's easy to talk about everything else, but no matter how open-minded I am, I can't let it go." Qiu Jingping sighed again.

"What's the matter..." Qiu Zaiyun ate a piece of orange, and couldn't help but said to Zhou Guimei, "Where did this orange come from? Why is it so delicious? It's not sour at all, and it's so sweet that it's not greasy. It's not our family's product. Yes."

"It's not from our family, and I don't know what species it is. It was brought by Professor Cui. I ate one just now and thought it was delicious." When Zhou Guimei heard this, she took a few out of the bag and threw them to each other. Qiu Jingping and Zhuang Huaying peeled off each other with their hands.

"Then let me take some back later, I like this taste, it's much more delicious than our family's." Qiu Zaiyun instructed.

"You think it's delicious, and I'll let Huaying carry it all back for you later." Qiu Jingping peeled the orange in his hand depressedly, imagining that the orange in his hand was his precious son, and peeling the orange meant peeling his skin and pumping him. ribs.

"Here, I'll give you this." Seeing that her husband had bruised an orange so badly, Zhuang Huaying handed over the peeled orange.

"Oh, what did you just say that you couldn't figure it out?" Qiu Zaiyun asked with his mouth open.

"Grandfather," Qiu Jingping was not as entangled as before when interrupted by the ancestor, "Xiao Tao, you also know that he is not in good health and dare not have children, and the elder brother's veins are dead. Now A Yang Again, this is an unprecedented rhythm for our family."

"Well, if Ah Yang marries Professor Cui, then we are doomed to have no grandchildren... Oh, this is a big problem, husband, what should we do?" Zhuang Huaying stopped peeling the oranges immediately.

"Your mind is really a mess, you just realized it now?" Qiu Jingping rolled his eyes at his wife.

"My precious great-grandson, let me ask you, who is the ancestor of our Jiuqiu Twelve Village?" Qiu Zaiyun asked.

"Uncle Yun." Qiu Jingping replied.

"There are tens of thousands of descendants from Uncle Yun's lineage. Do you need to worry about whether Luqiu's bloodline can continue? Wuqiu's lineage, Baqiu's lineage have long since disappeared, and Qiqiu's lineage has long since disappeared. Branches spread out and are divided into three villages, and Erqiu, Sanqiu and Liuqiu are also prosperous and become two villages. The ebb and flow of the tide, one after another, didn’t you say that natural selection is the same reason.”

"Although in the long river of family history, we are all just passers-by, but we still feel unwilling." Qiu Jingping sipped a piece of orange, and his mouth was filled with fragrance immediately, and he couldn't help feeling that it was indeed better than his own variety, thinking With Cui Dongxu's family background, maybe two or three catties of oranges may be more expensive than more than ten catties of pork.

"What are you unwilling to do? Some people's graves are full of green smoke, and some people's graves are full of weeds. You can take care of the things behind you if you want." Qiu Zaiyun glanced at Qiu Jingping, "You guys, if you want Blame it all on me, who made me live a fine life and took up the lifespan of my children and grandchildren."

"Oh, old ancestors, please don't say that." Qiu Jingping, Zhuang Huaying and Zhou Guimei hurriedly said.

When Cui Dongxu returned home, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

"Xu Xu, did the scholar really make things difficult for you?" Qiu Yang asked with concern without elaborating on the phone.

"Didn't I tell you? It's really not difficult. It's because your dad let you sneak back." Cui Dongxu smiled, with a relaxed face.

"Then tell me about today's situation in detail." Cui Shicheng said curiously.

"There's nothing to say," Cui Dongxu said to Cui Shicheng with an admiring expression, "Dad is really amazing. I'll go to uncle first as you said, and it will really get twice the result with half the effort."

"Yes, that's right," Cui Shicheng urged even more excitedly, "What kind of attitude does Ah Yang's father have, please tell me carefully."

Cui Dongxu saw that everyone gathered here in a gossip, so he described today's experience in detail.

"Wow, did you kneel twice?" Qiu Yang said distressedly.

"Did you really do that?" Cui Shicheng's jaw dropped in shock, he didn't expect his son who has always been lonely and elegant to do this, the power of love is really great.

"Compared to your hunger strike, my kneeling twice is nothing." Cui Dongxu said embarrassingly.

"Good thing, good thing," Cui Shicheng said happily, "Then it's my turn to play now, and I have to help you guys."

"What do you mean, help me? Dad, you are overreacting." Cui Dongxu wondered why his father was so excited, like a general about to go to battle.

"You can do that with shamelessness, I have to strike while the iron is hot, and make your affairs a sure thing." Cui Shicheng said excitedly.