Picking mulberries

"A Yang is still in his junior year, so he started working?" Seeing what Qiu Yang sent, Wang Qiuxia asked Qiu Jingdong.

"Hasn't that kid been struggling since he was a child? He didn't delay his studies in high school. It's not strange to start working before graduation. Don't be convinced. His brain is better than Ah Hong's." Qiu Jingdong didn't care.

"Smart is of course smart, but if you look at these things, what are the 100 and [-] things? I've never heard of them. It's not like what a student can afford. I'm a little worried." Wang Qiuxia sighed.

"Didn't I say that those dry goods were all given by his boss. The big boss has never eaten anything, so it's not unusual. However, the emerald necklace I bought for you looks like a high-end product, so he must have spent a lot of money. You It's his aunt, but she's also a lifesaver. A Yang remembers that it's not surprising that he spends money for you. Besides, he has always been filial. Just accept what is given to you naturally. Don't babble in front of Jingping and the others. It's almost Chinese New Year Don't upset the elderly at home." Qiu Jingdong looked at the things on the table in the middle hall and felt a little bit guilty.

"Your son and daughter-in-law are not going home this year, and are spending the New Year at his mother-in-law's house." Wang Qiuxia sighed.

"I know, do you need to remind me again and again?" Qiu Jingdong buzzed, "Didn't you tell us to go to Shenzhen several times, but you didn't go."

"The two of them didn't have a child, so why should I run away? I'm not being disgusted by Tao Zhen'en. I still have this wink."

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Let's live our lives well, be safe and sound, and everything will be fine."

"Huh, you are so open-minded," Wang Qiuxia thought about it, son and daughter-in-law are the same every year, and they have to get used to it." Huaying said that the young year was too casual, and the good things that Ayang brought had no time to prepare. New Year's Eve I have been to her place, I think my grandfather likes to be lively, so I agreed, and it would be more interesting to watch the Spring Festival Gala together. Our pork should be marinated less, let A Yang bring more for his boss."

"That's true." Qiu Jingdong put the few ledgers he was tinkering with into the drawer of the central desk.

"Where did the grandpa go?" Wang Qiuxia asked casually when she was about to put away the two bottles of high-end red wine on the table.

"I was called to Chonghua by those little guys. They said that he bought a few hip-hop machines this year. Those guys are very smart. Why don't they bring their grandpa to play together, let him pay for the game, and treat the old man as the God of Wealth What about it?" Qiu Chonghua is a cousin of Qiu Jingdong's clan, who owns a small supermarket in the village.

"Damn it, you are a real person. He is more than 100 years old. Can he play hip-hop? Don't stop him." Wang Qiuxia put down her things and went out to find someone.

Fortunately, when Wang Qiuxia arrived at the supermarket, Zhuang Huaying and Qiu Chonghua were trying to persuade Qiu Zaiyun, and the old man looked unhappy.

"It's just right that my sister-in-law is here. Call my elder brother and ask him to come to my place for lunch. Let's open a bottle of the good wine brought by A Yang." Zhuang Huaying winked at Wang Qiuxia.

"Yes, yes, you steamed the mandarin fish brought by Aunt Song's family, right? Didn't Ayang bring beef jerky, just in time for drinking, and I'm not going home, let's go to your place together." The two finally persuaded the old ancestor to go back.

"Grandpa, you have to be obedient. You are the key protection target of our government. If something goes wrong, our whole family will suffer accordingly. The government will come and arrest us and go to jail." When we got home, Zhou Guimei joked road.

"What is a key protected object? Am I a wild animal that is about to become extinct? Is it still endangered at the first level?" Qiu Zaiyun said unhappily, "I just jumped around, and I didn't jump around like their little ones, which can hurt people." Where are you going? This doesn’t matter, you’re abusing the elderly.”

"Grandpa is so powerful, and you know that he is classified into one level and is endangered," Qiu Jingping said, "Your old man is so happy to dance, you are not afraid of jumping out of our juniors to have a heart attack. I will call A Yang to come back and let him Let's go up and play computer games with you."

"At the end of the year, there will be more young people in the village, and there will be seven or eight pairs of eyes staring at you at home, and you will not be able to watch TV at home when you are old." Zhou Guimei complained.

"Stay at home and don't move around, then let me die." Qiu Zaiyun snorted.

"Oh, Grandpa, it's almost Chinese New Year, so don't say anything unlucky," Wang Qiuxia asked Zhuang Huaying, "Where's the foreigner?"

"He's very busy. His classmates invite him to go out to play every day. It doesn't make any difference whether he goes home or not." Zhuang Huaying curled her lips.

"Just be content, it's better than Qiu Hong who hasn't seen ghosts for several years." Qiu Zaiyun snorted.

"That's right." Wang Qiuxia sighed.

On New Year's Eve, the Qiu family, young and old, got busy.One is to be busy with the New Year's Eve dinner at night, and the other is to prepare the refreshments for the ancestors who will come to visit us tomorrow.

In the kitchen, Qiu Jingdong was in charge of the spoon, while Qiu Yang followed the steaming and cooking of the meat ingredients.Zhou Guimei, Wang Qiuxia, and Zhuang Huaying were on the sidelines. The cooks made the kitchen look like steam and clouds, and the side dishes filled the kitchen, wishing they could turn into Avalokitesvara. It's like conducting a symphony.Qiu Jingping had never touched anything in the kitchen, and was busy writing couplets between the two families in the study alone.Qiu Zaiyun explored in the kitchen and stayed in the living room, he couldn't sit still.

Because the ancestors would not be able to stay up late, the New Year's Eve dinner was held earlier, and when other people's homes were still preparing, the firecrackers for the dinner at Qiu Jingping's family had already sounded.As soon as I started eating, Qiu Hong called to greet me. It took a long time for the whole family to eat well.The family talked about one year's harvest, and the parents in the village, but the most important thing was to keep asking Qiu Yang how he was doing with his studies, what he was doing for the boss of the company, and what kind of girlfriend was his girlfriend? People, if you are used to living in the city, you will miss the country, etc., before you know it, except for Qiu Yang and Zhou Guimei, who have not drunk alcohol, the five of them have finished two bottles of red wine.

"Aren't you talking on the phone with your mobile phone every day? Why haven't you called on such an important day today?" Zhuang Huaying asked, her cheeks flushed slightly, staring at her son.

"It's not time yet." Qiu Yang chuckled.

"With a girlfriend?" Wang Qiuxia was also a little smoked from drinking.

"That's right," Zhuang Huaying said with a smile, "I haven't seen my sister-in-law. Hey, hey, the intimacy every night makes my face dry, and I can't stop talking for two hours."

"Understood, young man." Wang Qiuxia laughed.

"Ma'am, don't listen to my mother's chewing, how can I play for so long, the phone must not explode."

"Hey, I'm chewing nonsense? You ask your dad, one night he fell asleep without holding his mobile phone. Didn't your girlfriend fall asleep without you chatting with her?"

"Mom, you actually hid in front of my room and eavesdropped? Oh, I can't stand it. I despise you, from the bottom of my heart." Qiu Yang blushed and had a thick neck.

"Don't get me involved, I don't listen to the corner, I can't testify." Qiu Jingping laughed.

"Huaying did a little too much. Why are you still hiding and eavesdropping? You should install a bug and record it so that we can also listen to the voice of my nephew and daughter-in-law." Qiu Jingdong interjected.

"Uncle, you are going too far. Don't expect me to help you sort out your books."

"Okay, uncle, I made a mistake, I punish myself with a glass." Qiu Jingdong picked up the bottle of wine he just opened, and poured a glass, "Who told you not to bring your girlfriend home to have a look? Qiu Lu's boyfriend has brought it too I don't understand the thoughts of the family members."

"Just the five of you, how much wine can you drink, why open another bottle." Zhou Guimei persuaded.

"Mom, red wine is fine, it can also improve your beauty." Zhuang Huaying said.

"That's right, it's Chinese New Year's Eve, you still don't let people drink it to your heart's content." Qiu Zaiyun said dissatisfiedly.

"All right, all right, have a good drink. Anyway, your great-great-grandson brought the wine, and I didn't spend any money." Zhou Guimei also took the wine bottle and poured it for the ancestor.

"Mom, may I pour you a glass too?" Wang Qiuxia got up and said.

"Hey, please don't, Yang Bao and I don't drink alcohol, so don't mess around." Zhou Guimei hurriedly said seriously.

"Don't you and your boss often go on business trips? In the business field, can you survive without drinking?" Qiu Jingping asked his son.

"The boss always drinks. When it's really time to fight for wine, the company will have other capable people. I really have no interest in wine."

"It's fine not to drink, but if you drink too much, it may cause trouble." Qiu Jingdong nodded approvingly.

"Ah Yang, I've been listening to them insinuating about your girlfriend all night, do you have any?" Qiu Zaiyun asked, taking a sip of his wine.

"Ha..., there is no doubt that what the grandfather said must be true. Although he didn't eavesdrop like a fucking spy, I can guarantee that this kid is in love." Qiu Jingping said decisively.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter," Qiu Zaiyun nodded, "If I can not become a monk, I feel that God's arrangement is the best, and I am very satisfied."

"Grandpa, what kind of attitude is this? Do you have enmity with the monk or my grandson? Why are you bringing up the incident in the dream again?" Zhou Guimei became dissatisfied this time.

"A drama is like life, and life is like a drama. This person, he was born with his own script. The plot is all arranged, and no one else can control it at all. Finding a wife is also destined. Finding a family that you are satisfied with If you are satisfied, then everything will be fine and everyone will be happy. It is his fate to find someone who is satisfied with his family and dissatisfied with his family, and none of you can break it. So I say, it doesn’t matter. Satisfied is the best, and unsatisfied, let’s accommodate. The family still regards harmony as the most important thing, live well in the present, and be content and happy." Qiu Zaiyun said with a straight face.

"The grandpa's words are so philosophical." Qiu Jingping raised his wine glass to respect the old ancestor.

"No one calls me a scholar. I don't have any philosophy. It's just that if I live for a long time, I will become a monster."

"Speaking of fate, do you believe in past lives and after lives?" Qiu Yang, a smart person, quickly took advantage of his ancestor's words to make use of the topic.

"Of course I believe it." Zhou Guimei was the first to express her opinion.

"Although I don't believe in Buddhism as much as the two of you, I also believe that people have past lives and future lives, otherwise it would be boring to rot into mud after death." Wang Qiuxia then expressed her opinion.After finishing speaking, I realized that today is New Year's Eve, and the New Year's Eve said something dead, so he raised his hand and slapped himself on the mouth.

"Previous and future lives are all false words. People live with a spirit. Human civilization is vast for thousands of years. The advanced ideas of the predecessors are inherited and carried forward by the descendants. The civilization is developing and the times are progressing. Continue to explore the spiritual trajectory of the predecessors, and what will not be annihilated will always be the wealth of ideas. If there is reincarnation in the world, it is also the reincarnation of human spiritual civilization." Qiu Jingping took a sip of wine, and then took a bite of food.

"Well, it makes sense, it makes sense, I think the same as Jing Ping." Zhuang Huaying quickly echoed her husband.

"Old Ancestor, what about you?" Qiu Yang asked.

"I don't know," Qiu Zaiyun said with a smile, "When Lord Yan finally remembers to draw my name, and wants me to be reincarnated, I'll call you there and tell you." His words made everyone laugh.

"Where's uncle?"

"Me? I think what your dad said makes sense," Qiu Jingdong put down his chopsticks, "What about you?"

"You don't have to ask, he has been practicing Buddhism for 20 years." Zhuang Huaying laughed.

"Of course I believe it. Although what Dad said is reasonable, there must be a carrier for spiritual inheritance," Qiu Yang said to his father, "but I think that the thoughts you mentioned are actually everyone's soul and body. After the expiration date, the soul will find another carrier. Of course, if the soul stays in a carrier for a long time, new changes will occur, just like a program software installed on a computer with different hardware will produce different applications. Effect."

"I said I was speechless." Qiu Jingping really didn't know what kind of education his son received at school, such a crooked talent was unprecedented.

"It seems to make sense. You majored in Buddhism in college, so you are so sure that you have a past life and an afterlife?" Qiu Jingdong couldn't help but smile.

"Let's not talk about Buddhist scriptures, I believe this alone," Qiu Yang took out the pendant from his neck, "You all know the origin of this."

"Nonsense, if you say you don't know, it's only you, after all, you were young at that time." Zhuang Huaying looked at the jade pendant that was as warm as water under the light, and was filled with emotion for a moment.

"Based on this, why do you think there is a past life and an afterlife?" Qiu Jingdong was puzzled.

"I got this pendant because I found a girlfriend out of nowhere, right?"

"That's right." Everyone agreed.

"This pendant saved my life."

"It can also be said that although it was your aunt who saved your life, it is also thanks to her," Qiu Jingping nodded.

"Ever since I brought this pendant, I have become attached to Buddhism, right?"

"I also believe what you say, but I still think that your grandma has more influence," Zhuang Huaying said with a smile, "but what does this have to do with your belief in past and future lives?"

"Of course I did. The one who gave me the pendant and I were married in a previous life. We must have been husband and wife in the previous life." Qiu Yang said with certainty.

"Nonsense, the one who gave you the pendant was Dr. Cui, a man, a handsome guy." Zhuang Huaying sneered.

"So, it's because his soul in his previous life made a mistake when looking for a carrier, and cast himself into the wrong body."

"In that case, your wife in the previous life might be a short-lived ghost, otherwise, why would she be reincarnated more than ten years earlier than you?" Zhuang Huaying had just finished speaking when she was slapped on the back by Wang Qiuxia, who blamed her for talking nonsense.

"I think what Yang Bao said is right, there is always a definite number in the dark." Zhou Guimei nodded.

"It makes sense," Wang Qiuxia also agreed, "However, Ah Yang, when will I contact Dr. Cui, I have to be very grateful to him, and I haven't been in touch with him all this time."

"Tell me," Qiu Yang intentionally paused, "Is it true that the fate between me and the person who gave me the pendant has ended in this life and we will continue our fate?"