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Because Liu Wei was angry, she spoke loudly. Liu Xia and Mao'er also heard his words. They exchanged a slightly surprised look. Liu Xia looked at Liu Changqing, who was eating, and stopped swinging hard. Let it swing freely and come to a slow stop.

Everyone in the yard except Liu Yun and Liu Lei also looked at Liu Changqing.

Liu Changxing was a little embarrassed, he looked at Liu Kui, Liu Chuan, then Liu Changchun, Liu Changqing, and said very uneasy: "I, I, I didn't mean that, I just remembered this and thought..., I'm not right Liu Maoli's marriage..., Brother Seven..."

He didn't know what to say.

Liu Changxing really hates Liu Dongju very much, but he also understands Liu Changqing's requirements for children very well. He is usually an extremely self-disciplined person. As he said, as a gentleman, he will sit here today and say that Liu Dongju is a woman The right and wrong of the family is really because Liu Dongju's playfulness this time has brought great difficulties to Liu Mao's current situation, and he really can't stand it anymore.

In these years, Liu Changxing and Guan Erping are the people who have had the most contact with Liu Mao besides the Liu family. A very outstanding person, he retained almost all the characteristics of the men of the Liu family: smart and upright, practical and hardworking, and generous; the original Liu Mao was in the Luogezhuang Coal Mine, and he was a person who could bring pride and pride to Liu Changxing, so However, Liu Changxing did have sincere sympathy for Liu Mao's nephew and nephew from the bottom of his heart.

But no matter how legitimate and sincere the reasons are, Liu Changxing never thought of breaking up other people's homes, or marriages, let alone putting Liu Changqing in an embarrassing situation.

Liu Mao’s two marriages were completed by Liu Changqing’s painstaking efforts. As a bystander, Liu Changxing, who is in his early forties and has experienced many things himself, knows very well that Liu Changqing has paid for Liu Mao’s two marriages. Because of how much hard work and financial resources he had spent, he respected Liu Changqing even more.

Even if the current facts prove that Liu Mao's second marriage was abysmal, it will not detract from his respect for Liu Changqing in the slightest: Liu Dongju's arrogance and selfishness can only show that even if Liu Changqing is as shrewd and wise as Liu Changqing, there are times when people are not clear, but they can't To obliterate everything he has paid for Liu Mao's happiness as an elder.

Liu Changxing respected his grandfather and father very much, but he had thought about it more than once a long time ago, what his life might be like if he could have a direct elder like Liu Changqing.

So Liu Changxing will never do anything disrespectful to Liu Changqing.

But Liu Wei's words were tantamount to completely negating Liu Mao's second marriage. Liu Changxing was worried that other people would feel that it was also indirectly negating Liu Changqing and everything Liu Changqing had done for Liu Mao over the years. Liu Wei's words came from what he said just now, so Liu Changxing felt uneasy.

Liu Changqing slowly ate the remaining two mouthfuls of rice in the bowl, then put down the bowl and stood up, and said to Liu Changxing, "Changxing, aren't you in a hurry to go home? Let's go, I'll take you a few steps, and then I will follow you alone." Say a few words."

Liu Changxing got up quickly, and without even thinking about saying hello to Liu Kui and the others, he picked up his things and followed Liu Changqing to Pokou.

Seeing the figures of Liu Changqing and Liu Changxing go downhill and disappear, Liu Wei suddenly felt that what he did just now seemed a little inappropriate, and he asked Liu Kui a little nervously: "Uncle, what I said just now, won't make my grandpa angry?" ?”

Liu Kui looked down at Po and said, "Whether your grandpa is angry or not, it's inappropriate for you to talk about your elders in front of so many people, Xiao Wei, I know you are upset for your second uncle, but you have to remember in the future, Liu Dongju is no longer a thing, she is now your second aunt, with your second uncle standing there, you can’t say those things to her, it’s a slap in the face of your second uncle, you know?”

Liu Wei puffed her cheeks, unwilling to accept what Liu Kui said, but she didn't hold her tongue.

Liu Kui didn't force him to agree, he knew that Liu Wei was not a child without restraint, besides, he didn't know how many times he had the same thought as Liu Wei, so when he said it, Liu Wei also heard it, That's all.

Liu Xia looked at Liu Kui and Liu Chuan, who were as curious as him but couldn't chase after them, and guessed in his heart what Liu Changqing might say to Liu Changxing.

In the end, he couldn't hold back his curiosity, and took the cat down from the swing, and stood on the edge of the slope to look down.

Liu Kui glared at him pretending to be serious, meaning that it was wrong to spy on the elders' speech like this.

Liu Xia gave his elder brother a grimace in return, and continued to crane his neck to look.

But he didn't see anything except Liu Changxing's surprised expression before he left.

When Liu Changqing sent Liu Changxing away and came back, as soon as he sat down, Liu Wei ran over and squatted in front of him and said, "Grandpa, I'm going to say that, are you not angry?"

Liu Changqing looked at Liu Wei for a few seconds, and then said gently with a smile: "You said nothing wrong, why is grandpa angry?"

Liu Wei happily lay on Liu Changqing's lap and laughed: "Grandpa, I knew you wouldn't be angry, and I knew you felt sorry for Second Uncle, but Grandpa, I'll know later, if I think of anything else, I'll go Tell yourself that you won't talk nonsense in front of many people."

Liu Changqing stretched out his hand and rubbed Liu Wei's head and said: "Boy, what you said is not nonsense, if you put it here today, you are all from our family, it's okay."

Liu Kui stood up suddenly, went over to pick up Liu Changqing's bowl, and said, "Uncle, I'll fill you with another half bowl of noodles." Then he walked quickly to the main room.

Liu Xia felt something was wrong with his elder brother, and was about to ask what was going on, Liu Chuan also stood up, ran a few steps to catch up with Liu Kui, took the bowl from him, and sent it to the main room by himself, Liu Kui Then turn around and walk towards the toilet on the west side.

The toilet of their house was dug in the farthest southwest corner of the yard away from the cave dwelling, and was connected to the spacious yard by a gravel road. Near the toilet, there were two half-sized persimmon trees and an oak tree with the yard. Symbolically separated.

Liu Xia chased up Liu Kui in front of the oak tree, and dragged him to see, Liu Kui's eyes were a little red and moist, Liu Xia had never seen his elder brother like this, and he was so scared that he couldn't speak for a while.

Liu Kui took a few more steps forward, and Liu Xia followed him step by step. Finally, Liu Kui stood there, looking at the mountains and rivers in the distance, let out a long breath, and said after a long time: "I just think, I think our uncle is not easy to have children when he is old."

Liu Xia was silent.

Liu Kui went on to say: "My uncle has never thought of anything for himself in his life, he is only for our family, for the good of everyone and the children.

But boy, no matter how strong our uncle is, he is not a god, and he doesn't have long eyes, so how would he know that Xiaohong would have a difficult delivery?How did he know that Changli is good and educated, and Liu Dongju is a troublemaker and shrew?

My uncle has never been like this in his whole life. He kowtowed to beg someone to match his nephew, and even borrowed money to arrange a bride price for your second brother when the family owed money, but in the end he ended up with nothing. I did something wrong, lost my heart, ruined my brother's family, and made my nephew's life miserable..."

Liu Xia took Liu Kui's arm and said, "Brother, we know what our uncle is like. If the second brother thinks that our uncle owes him, then let him be a fool. One day, he will know who is the best person in this world to him, and when the time comes, he will die without regret."

Liu Kui shook his head: "I didn't mean that, just now when I saw my uncle talking to Xiaowei, I immediately felt that my uncle was old, as if he had aged for many years at once, I don't know what's wrong, I felt uncomfortable all of a sudden.

Yao'er, you go over, take the cat to play casually today and later, don't leave it at home, the child will be awkward when he sees your second brother, every time our uncle sees your second brother is worse than a cat passing by It looks like it will make you feel uncomfortable.

He has told me several times that if he could have gritted his teeth and lent some money to your second sister-in-law to arrange a "May [-]th", and your second brother would not have had that lump in his heart, maybe he would not have treated the cat like this , if that's the case, your second brother may not be married now, and he can live happily with the cat. He always feels that he didn't give your second sister-in-law a good 'May [-]', so he called you step by step The second brother lived a life like this now. "

Liu Xia looked over to the yard, Mao'er is very sensible now, knowing that he doesn't want other people to pay special attention to him and Liu Kui, so he didn't follow him, and now he is playing tricks on the swing, making Liu Yun and Liu Lei Jumping and calling from below.

He said to Liu Kui: "I just want to play with the cat. After a while, I will take the baby to the other side of the river. I will come back after playing until it's time for dinner."

Liu Kui said: "Remember to bring some food for the child, there is everything at home, don't let the child starve for a long time."

Liu Mao brought back two catties of moon cakes, five catties of meat, and three thick autumn coats: one for Liu Changqing and Liu Changchun.

Sun Chang'e took the clothes and sighed, but didn't know what to say to Liu Mao.

In the past few years, Liu Mao has nothing to say with her, Liu Changqing, or everyone in the Liu family, but as long as he comes back from shopping, she and Liu Changqing will not be missing. Sun Chang'e has told him how many times , Said that she and Liu Changqing had no shortage of clothes, and asked Liu Mao to buy only for Liu Changchun. Liu Mao just smiled lightly every time and did not refute, but next time, he would still buy three of them.

Sun Chang'e folded the clothes and put them aside, and asked Liu Mao, "Why didn't you bring Nana back, baby? August [-]th is the reunion festival."

Liu Mao said: "Long Yuan, she can't run, and I will leave early in the morning, and I don't want to ask her to follow."

Xiumei brought up two steamed buns and put them in front of Liu Mao: "Mao, the noodles will be ready in a while, you can eat a steamed stuffed bun first, then steam the steamed stuffed stuffed stuffed stuffed bun with pagoda flower, fry ten eggs and mix it in. I'm eating."

Liu Mao smiled lightly, picked up a bun and ate it: "I'll just sit here for a while, and I'll go down after eating."

Liu Mao went down without eating, and Liu Kui and Liu Chuan asked him to help tear the corn together.

And before he came out, Liu Xia had already led Mao'er, Liu Rui, Liu Xin, and carried Liu Yun and Liu Lei to the opposite side of Fengxi River to find ripe goji berries to eat.

The cat climbed up the mountain, up the tree and down the river, hit the pears with a slingshot, and also brought down a few particularly large and red wild jujubes that they found on the mountainside for Liu Yun and Liu Lei, which made the two little guys very happy. Even Liu Xin was with the two of them, following Mao'er's buttocks and shouting "Brother, Brother, Brother Liu An", his admiration was beyond words.

Maoer was regarded as an idol for the first time, and he was in a good mood, which directly caused him to perform super-level, and shot down a turtledove with a slingshot.

Liu Yun and Liu Lei briskly ran to pick up the turtledove and shouted: "Rourou, Xiangxiang Rourou, mother, grandma, cook Rourou."

Mao'er's sense of achievement skyrocketed, and he looked around with a heroic air, and said in an arrogant voice: "My virtuous brothers, wait for a while, and then show off your power as a brother, kill a few more, and send them back to the mansion together. Let's have a table together." Turtledove banquet, wow ha ha ha..." He had completely forgotten about Liu Mao's return.

Liu Xia finally felt relieved when he saw the cat had returned to his original appearance as a naughty boy.

Although the locals call the turtledove "stupid turtledove", even a stupid bird with a low IQ has a strong instinct to predict danger. Maoer searched ambitiously for a long time, but did not see another one worth killing. With a slingshot of a bird, Liu Xin had no choice but to send the only turtledove home.

After a while, Liu Xia led a group of children to play happily under the inverted cliff. Liu Chuan came to them with a bowl, and then Liu Xia remembered that the two little guys had to add egg custard every afternoon.

Mao'er and Liu Rui continued to play, while Liu Chuan sat on a rock and fed Liu Yun and Liu Lei egg custard.

Liu Xia hesitated for a while before asking: "Third brother, I don't think my uncle seems to object to what Xiaowei said today, so will my uncle take advantage of today's blackmail that our whole family is here, in front of you?" ...Second brother explained this clearly and agreed to his divorce."

Liu Chuan said without hesitation: "No. My uncle is planning to ask my second brother to divorce, and even said that if Liu Dongju wants to die and fight for a divorce, my second brother can't handle it, and my uncle will come forward to help him deal with it. Said, our mother told us to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in advance today.

If you think about it carefully, since childhood, no matter how difficult it is, our family is always happy during the holidays. Our uncle and mother never make the family unhappy during the holidays.

If my uncle wants to divorce my second brother, I will definitely feel that he did something wrong. I found the wrong person for my second brother at the beginning. It’s a big holiday. Our uncle just doesn’t yell at anyone, but he knows that he is an old man. If he admits his mistakes in front of us, we won't feel much better, at least I think, if my uncle admits his mistakes in front of the whole family because of the second brother, I will feel more uncomfortable than my uncle beating me up, so we Bo Jin'erhei definitely wouldn't say it. "

Liu Chuan and the two boys went home to continue tearing corn. Liu Xia and a few children played across the river until almost five o'clock. After all, Liu Yun and Liu Lei were only two years old. No matter how happy they were, their small bodies couldn't hold on After a long afternoon, Liu Xin was also tired from running, Liu Xia carried the little ones to the north riverside, Liu Rui led them home, Liu Xia and Maoer jumped into the Fengxi River to continue playing, the two competed dog planing.

After Liu Wei finished her homework, she also jumped into the Fengxi River to play. Liu Xia and Mao'er accompanied him in the river for almost an hour, thinking that it was almost time for dinner before returning home.

To prepare a large banquet, Sun Chang'e and Xiumei are really struggling. They have lived in poverty for decades, and they have never seen a few decent dishes, so they are a little slow to cook today. When Liu Xia and the others came back, two dishes were still not ready.

Mao'er led Liu Lei on the swing and waited for dinner, Liu Yun was screaming at the bottom and wanted to go up, Liu Xia picked him up and spun around.

Liu Wei came out with the prepared milk powder in the main room and walked towards the swing. When passing behind Liu Mao, Liu Mao just stood up and was about to go to the bathroom. When he turned around suddenly, his arm hit the bowl that Liu Wei was holding.

Almost half of the bowl was spilled with milk, and Liu Weiduan's prison bowl was not thrown out, but the milk spilled all over his hands and arms.

Liu Mao hurriedly took the bowl, took Liu Wei's hand and shook it, trying to shake off the milk on it: "Baby, shake it quickly, are you burning?"

Liu Wei said: "It's okay, second uncle, I'll serve it when my mother is cold, the milk isn't too hot anymore."

Liu Mao felt relieved and took a closer look at Liu Wei's hand. It was indeed fine, after wiping off the milk on the skin, there was no red mark at all.

He looked at the half bowl of milk and said, "That's all there is, not enough for Xiaoyun and Xiaolei to drink. I'll make some for them."

Liu Yu tore a piece of corn, and said without any ups and downs in her voice, without any expression: "That's for the cat to drink! Xiao Hai brought back a good milk powder from Kyoto, and this is the only bag left."

Liu Mao froze there holding the bowl.

Liu Kui said to Liu Wei: "What are you doing standing there, Xiaowei? Let the half of the bowl be given to the child to drink, it's time to eat in a while, there is no need to make any more, remember to ask your mother to make another bowl for the child before going to bed." I hit it."

Liu Chuan stood up: "Second brother, let's go, I have to take a pee too, because I drank too much pear water, I take a pee every three minutes."

Liu Mao and Liu Chuan walked west together, Liu Yu violently picked up a corn and threw it far behind them: "Damn it!"

Liu Kui lowered his face and said to him: "Xiao Yu, don't mess around. It's not easy for your second brother. When you meet a woman like Liu Dongju, there's nothing anyone can do about it. Mao'er lives with Yaoer now. I'm so happy. You're so happy." It’s not that I don’t know, it’s a hit, don’t make things difficult for your second brother.”

Liu Yu was not convinced, but she didn't dare to talk back to Liu Kui, and stood up angrily: "Today is the holiday, I will push the corn on this side to the west, and clean up the east side. The place can be bigger."

Liu Kui sighed softly, stood up, took a wooden shovel and pushed the corn pile with him.

Mao'er drank half a bowl of milk in one go, and said to Liu Wei: "Brother, I won't drink any more today, don't ask your mother to make it for me, I'm already ten years old, so I don't need to drink anymore.

Besides, I only drank Rongze twice a day, but now my mother tells me to drink it four times a day. "

Liu Wei said: "My mother said that Niu Dun'er and his wife came to our house a few days ago. He heard from Liu Miao that you have never been weaned from cow's and goat's milk since you were a child. , she came here specifically to tell our grandma that she gave you goat milk before she fed the sheep. If you come back, just tell her that she will bring you goat milk every day;

My mother thought, there is always fresh goat milk, so I asked you to drink more milk powder, anyway, I am not afraid that you will stop after drinking. Our grandma and my mother both said that you have lost weight, and grandma also said that if you lose weight next time No matter how thin you come back, he will beat our uncle. "

The cat immediately jumped up a few times to show that he was very healthy: "Look, I'm so good, where did I lose weight? I don't care, I don't want to drink milk, I'm so old, if my classmates know that I still lose weight every day. If you drink milk, you will definitely laugh at me, it's always embarrassing."

Liu Wei said: "Why are they making jokes? It didn't cost them any money. It's none of their business. They always want to drink."

Mao'er turned to look at Liu Xia: "I just don't want to...Uncle? Hehe, I'm just kidding you, but the milk is delicious and delicious. I'd love to drink it. I'll buy it from the refrigerator later. Yes, let's drink it every day!"

Liu Xia scratched the cat's nose, and instantly changed the expression of deliberately squinting and pretending to be angry to liking: "This is a good boy, if you dare to say no to milk, immediately spank his ass."

Dinner was finally ready, and the sumptuousness was beyond Liu Xia's expectations. Except for those planned by Sun Chang'e and Xiumei, under the guidance of Su Xiaohui's theory, Xiumei and Sun Yufang's practice of braised pork, mushu pork, and dry-stir-fried twice-cooked pork all achieved a satisfactory result. success.

The two stone tables in the yard were temporarily merged together, and the coffee table was also put into use. Next to the west end of the stone table, the three things together form a large rectangular dining table.

Mao'er secretly said to Liu Xia: "Uncle, let's go and sit at the end. Let's see where he sits first. Let's sit far away from him. Can we hit him?"

Liu Xia said: "Zhongbai, don't feel awkward, he must sit next to your grandpa, you follow me and sit next to grandpa, we must stay away from him."

Liu Xin, Liu Yun, and Liu Lei moved small stools and sat in front of the tea table ahead of time. Liu Yun pointed to the tail of the fish and said, "The fish and camel are big and meaty, good for children to eat."

Sun Yufang put a large plate full of sauced beef and braised pork on the fish tail, and the two little guys drool eagerly.

Liu Xin said to the two of them: "We can't eat it first today, it's the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, and it's a holiday, so my grandparents say it's eaten, and the whole family eats it together."

Liu Yun swallowed his saliva, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, he stood up and looked again, to make sure he read it right, and immediately said to Xiumei who came out with a plate of cut moon cakes: "Mother, meat, no Flesh, spotted flesh."

Xiumei put down the plate, and called Liu Yun and Liu Lei: "Come here, come in with your mother to see you, you are meaty, spotted meaty."

The two ran over, each took Xiumei's hand, and followed her into the main room.

Xiumei showed them a small basin: "Seeing that there is no baby, the mother turtledove has been pickled with salt, otherwise it will go bad. We have a lot of meat today, and we will eat the turtledove tomorrow. I've finished eating today, so my child won't have meat to eat tomorrow, right?"

The two little people answered together: "Yes——"

Xiumei said: "Then, let's put the turtledove away to eat tomorrow, and now let's go eat the meat in the yard?"

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The little man jumped up and said, "Zhong—"

Su Xiaohui was wiping the wine cup, turned her head and sniffed at the two sons: "You eat your mouth!"

Xiumei led the two little guys out, "It's good to have a good mouth, if you don't even know how to eat, you're a fool."

Liu Lei turned around and said, "Mom scolds still (people) and spanks."

The jade plate-like moon slowly rises from the eastern mountain, and the courtyard of the Liu family is shrouded in a gentle moonlight.

The whole family was seated together. Liu Chuan took a bottle of wine and poured a cup for each of the grown men, while Su Xiaohui put a can of Jianlibao in front of each of the women and children.

Liu Chuan put away the wine bottle and said to Liu Changqing: "Uncle, okay, shall we have a drink first?"

Liu Changqing said: "Come on, let's have a drink together, no need to toast, drink as much as you want."

Liu Chuan and Liu Xia picked up the wine glasses in front of them and knocked them on the table: "Come on, raise your glasses."

Everyone lifted up the cup or drink in front of them. Liu Yun lifted it too high and spilled his face. Su Xiaohui hurriedly wiped it for him, but the little guy smacked his lips and said, "Sweet, delicious, mom , don’t wipe it, don’t wipe it.”

Liu Xia and Mao'er are sitting next to Liu Yun and Liu Lei, and Liu Mao, who is sitting next to Liu Changchun, is almost at the opposite end of the diagonal, the farthest, so there is nothing wrong with Mao'er sitting there Emotion, he happily raised his Jianlibao with everyone.

Liu Xia picked up his wine glass and asked Liu Kui: "Brother, should we have some kind of toast?"

Liu Kui thought for a while: "Then wish our whole family will always be as healthy and happy as we are now, and I also wish your fifth and sixth brothers are as good outside as we are outside."

Liu Chuan said: "How should I express this wish in simpler words?"

Liu Wei, Liu Rui, and Mao'er said almost at the same time: "I hope you will live a long life, and we will be together for a long time."

Liu Changqing said: "Well, that's what it means. It's strange for children to use verses, so let's hope that Xiao Ling and Xiao Hai will last as long as our whole family, and enjoy the moon in Kyoto as happily as we do.

Come on, let's clink glasses and start eating. "

Everyone touched the cups or jars in their hands with the people around them, and it was very lively. Liu Yun and Liu Lei even touched each other vigorously and said, "Cheers."

Mao'er stuffed his Jianlibao into Liu Xia's left hand, took the small wine cup in his right hand and said, "Uncle, don't you think baijiu is not good and spicy? I'll drink it. Last time my uncle asked me to drink it." I tasted baijiu once, and I was fine after drinking it, and I didn't find it spicy at all. You can drink my Jianlibao.

Come on, uncle, let's touch each other. "

After drinking beer last time, Liu Xia found that the cat didn't seem to respond to alcohol, so he was not worried about him drinking a little, but he still said, "Then you can only drink this cup."

The cat said, "Come on, let's toast."

Liu Xia held up Jianlibao and Mao'er's small wine cups, touched them and said, "I hope you will live a long life, and we will share the joys and joys of thousands of miles away."