all the way

In the hazy morning, two cars walked through the wide streets and stopped in a quiet alley when the first ray of sunlight shone on Kyoto.

Pushing open the vermilion gate, what greets people is a sparse and spacious yard. The house with blue tiles is exquisite and elegant. There are a few barley trees swaying gently on the roof, and the brick carvings with five spines and six animals have shown the vicissitudes of time. Old, but still beautiful and vivid.

The Chaoshou verandah connects the main house and the east and west wing rooms. The vermilion pillars and railings, like the gate, should have been repainted recently, adding a lot of vitality and joy to the somewhat old house out of thin air.

The two Xifu Begonias seem to be quite old, but their branches and leaves are still lush, and the emerald green branches and leaves reflect a large area of ​​shade. In addition, there is a small bamboo forest between the West Wing and the inverted seat, and impatiens scattered around the bamboo forest. , making the quaint yard full of vitality.

Like Zeng Guangtong and Zeng Huaichen, Liu Hai and Chen Zhenbei let the Liu family inside as if they had come to their own home.

Instead of the hassle and politeness that is necessary after arriving in a strange place for the first time under normal circumstances, Sun Chang'e and Liu Rui were sent to the bed in the west suite of the main room as soon as they entered the room. .

Several of them got motion sickness, including Liu Xia and Mao'er, but Sun Chang'e and Liu Rui were the most dizzy.

Sun Chang'e started to feel uncomfortable when she got into the car driven by Liu Chuan in Fujiazhuang, and she had nothing to vomit before arriving in Yuancheng;

Because there were too many people coming this time, Liu Chuan couldn’t fit in a car. The captain of the criminal police team, Lu Jianhua and Ma Xiaojun, drove a car to help him see him off. He said that he would ask for leave for Yanagawa after he went back, and let Yanagawa go with his family in a down-to-earth manner, and come back together after playing.

Yanagawa, who was just giving someone off, just got on the train and bought a ticket to come with them. He has a lot of experience in taking the train. After getting on the train, he settled his family and left after saying that he needed to go to the bathroom. Half an hour later Come back and tell everyone that the person who has a sleeper car in Handan gets off, and he has already booked a sleeper car in advance.

The sleeper car did not save Sun Chang'e and Liu Rui from motion sickness. Liu Chuan may be wearing a police uniform. The flight attendant in the sleeper car didn't let him leave. He didn't get a single sleep all the way, and he was always taking care of Sun who felt so uncomfortable that he was dying. Chang'e and Liu Rui.

Sun Chang'e is now suffering so badly that it is uncomfortable to hear people talking, so after letting her and Liu Rui drink a few sips of water, everyone backed out and closed the door to let them sleep. There is no cure for motion sickness, only slow down. Take your time.

Liu Yu consciously laid down on the sofa in the living room as soon as he entered the room, and said to Liu Ling and the others, "Call me to lie down for a while, I won't eat, so don't call me for a while."

Liu Yu has often traveled with Ma Deying in the past two years. He really likes to travel by car, so he is very comfortable on the train. Because Liu Xia and the others are afraid of going to the toilet on the train, they start fasting and saving water in advance. Only him, everything is as usual, Along the way, I also bought several packages of melons and fruits sold by the locals on the platform through the window.

But I don't know which kind of melon and fruit made him eat bad stomach. After driving through Shijiazhuang, he started to have a stomachache, and he survived the rest of the journey by guarding the toilet.

Zeng Huaichen gave him a tablet of diarrhea, and he went to sleep clutching his stomach after eating it.

Before Zeng Guangtong went to pick them up, he had cooked a large pot of millet porridge. When he came back to the street, Zeng Huaichen got off the car and bought a large bag of fried dough sticks. There are many kinds of pickles at home on weekdays. Zeng Huaichen, Liu Hai, Liu Ling, Chen Zhen Bei served food for everyone, and everyone ate under the crabapple tree in the yard.

Mao'er got motion sickness, although he didn't vomit, but he was always uncomfortable. He sat next to Liu Xia, rubbed his neck and said he didn't want to eat.

Liu Xia was actually dizzy and nauseous too, but he didn't show it. He felt that the uncomfortable emotions would be contagious and would form a vicious circle, so he insisted on acting normal.

He didn't force the cat, just took two sips of porridge by himself, put the bowl in the cat's mouth, and asked him to take a sip from the rim of the bowl.

No matter how uncomfortable the cat is, Liu Xia will definitely eat a little of what he feeds.

Zeng Huaichen, Liu Hai, and Chen Zhenbei were the ones who waited on the table during the banquet. As long as one person's job was empty, one of the three would rush to fill it.

After buying the ticket, Liu Chuan sent telegrams to Liu Ling and Zeng Guangtong respectively, because the letter from Liu Ling received half a month ago said that their army's summer exercise was about to start, and Liu Chuan thought that Liu Ling might not receive the telegram, but he didn't expect that. Coincidentally, Liu Ling just finished the exercise that day, and he went to ask for leave immediately after seeing the telegram. After Chen Zhenbei knew the reason for his leave, he wanted to come with him no matter what.

Chen Zhenbei hasn't had a Sunday off for more than a month because of the exercise, and it's normal to take a few days off, and the reason he said sounds reasonable: "When I went to Liujialing, your family was so warm to me, Now that they have come to the capital, if I don't even meet each other, then who am I? A white-eyed wolf?"

In addition to the military vehicle he drove, Chen Zhenbei also found another vehicle, which was driven by Liu Ling. Taking the bus is really embarrassing for Zeng Guangtong and Liu Jiayi.

When they were eating, they saw the couple who occupied the west wing room and the old couple who lived in the back seat that Liu Haixin often mentioned.

The man in the West Wing was Zhou Jinheng, of medium build, a little bald, wearing a white hurdler vest with holes in it, and a pair of gray trousers underneath. The expression on his face, in the words Liu Hai used to describe him at the time, was: "Seven dissatisfied and eight Not angry, as if the whole world owed him money."

The woman's name is Han Cuiying. She used to work in a small factory in the street and just retired last year.

Zhou Jinheng works in a bearing factory, but he often doesn’t go there. It’s said that he is sick. He is sick all over his body. He can’t be tired or angry and can only live with Jingui’s disease. It’s because of his disease. Although Zeng Guangtong and his son saw him, they were angry. , but never dared to drive him away with a tough attitude.

When Zhou Jinheng saw the Liu family eating under the tree, he staggered out with a cold snort of contempt, and Han Cuiying followed behind him step by step.

Seeing Zhou Jinheng's face, the Liu family brothers had the same feeling: they deserve a beating.

The old couple who lived in the reverse seat were both surnamed Luo, and they were both in their seventies. When they saw the Liu family, they smiled and said to Zeng Guangtong, "Professor Zeng, there are guests here, are you here for Huai Chen's wedding?"

Zeng Guangtong responded with a smile, and the old couple laughed and went out carrying the bird cage.

Although Mao'er was sitting next to Liu Xia, he kept turning his body to look around, his expression obviously disturbed. Liu Xia gently asked him what's the matter twice, but he just shook his head.

Zeng Guangtong discovered the problem from the direction the cat was looking at. The cat paid most attention to the area between the east and west wing rooms and the main room. He asked the cat, "Cat, there is only a toilet and a small persimmon tree over there. An osmanthus tree has nothing, do you want to go and have a look?"

Mao'er looked at Liu Xia, and suddenly asked Zeng Guangtong, "That means your house doesn't have a building?"

Zeng Guangtong laughed: "So you are looking for a building. Grandpa's house really doesn't have one. My house has only one yard, and they are all tile-roofed houses. If you really want to live in a building, grandpa will open a hotel for you and your uncle." to the room."

Mao'er breathed a sigh of relief, and happily said to Liu Xia, "Uncle No Mansion, don't be afraid!"

His words made Liu Xia and everyone present stunned. Liu Ling asked him, "Cat, your uncle is afraid of buildings? Why don't I know?"

Mao'er hugged Liu Xia's arm and said: "My uncle lives in a high-rise building in Fangjiang City. When my third uncle and I went to send my uncle to school, my uncle was so hot that he was about to cry. The building is not beautiful. , I know my uncle definitely doesn’t want to live in a building.”

Liu Xia was really afraid of the heat. Thinking about the time when he first arrived in Jiangcheng, he still had lingering fears, but he still felt a little embarrassed when Maoer told him that he was so hot that he almost cried.

Others think differently from him. Zeng Huaichen said: "Why is this child so sensible? If Dongyan and I have children in the future, I will be satisfied if they are half as sensible as cats."

After the meal, Zeng Guangtong meant to let everyone sleep for a while. He must have slept well on the train last night. Plus there were so many children, he guessed that the adults didn't sleep.

But the young people and Liu Wei were so excited that they couldn't sleep at all, and Liu Changqing also said that he didn't want to sleep.

So, Zeng Guangtong and Chen Zhenbei went to the living room of the main house to talk with Liu Changqing and Liu Chuan. Zeng Huaichen and Liu Hai led Liu Ling, Liu Xia, Liu Wei, Mao Er and Liu Xin to visit each other and told them how to live at night. .

The most advanced one is the East Wing Room. As soon as he entered the room, Liu Hai realized that something was wrong. Zeng Huaichen's furniture had been bought for several years when he left, and they were all placed in the room at the south end where he lived. But now, the day after tomorrow is the wedding day. In the middle and north rooms, there are only sofas, and the beds and large cabinets are gone.

Zeng Huaichen smiled strangely and said to Liu Hai: "I'll tell you what happened later, now, help me put down the sofa first, and let Maoer and Xiaoxin see where they sleep at night."

The two three-person sofas in the north suite are dual-purpose. When they are upright during the day, they become a sofa, and when they are folded down at night, they become a spacious double bed. There is another sofa in the middle room. The double bed she slept on and the bed Chang'e was sleeping on now were more than enough for the Liu family.

The cat looked at the guy who can be used as a bed and a sofa, his eyes were shining, he pointed to the sofa in the northwest corner and said: "Let's sleep here, uncle, you can see the trees outside when you sleep here, Just like ours, it’s beautiful.”

The decoration of the room also made Liu Xia and the others very fond of it, because it was originally a new house for Zeng Huaichen's wedding, so Zeng Guangtong put a lot of thought into it.

The roof was first covered with a layer of wooden boards, and the wooden boards were pasted with floral paper printed with various mung bean-sized dots on a light yellow background; the walls were painted with white paint several times, and an [-]-centimeter-high wooden dado was made underneath. The paint has become a slightly darker vermilion, and the whole room looks clean, elegant and warm.

Liu Xia finally saw the place where Liu Hai lived in the capital, which was better than the best life he could imagine before, and he felt very comfortable.

After watching the East Wing, Zeng Huaichen led them to the door of the West Wing, Liu Hai asked suspiciously: "Brother Huaichen, what are you doing in Zhou's house?"

Zeng Huaichen said: "This is our house, isn't it a matter of course for me to come here?" He opened the door of the west wing as he spoke.

Liu Xia and the others didn't know what it was like here, so they didn't say much, but Liu Hai shouted: "Damn, this, this... Brother Huai Chen, what happened after I left for more than a month?" ? How did you let the rascal Zhou make room for you?"

Liu Xia and Liu Ling finally noticed that the furniture and other things in the room in the west room were separated from the middle of the room, presenting a completely different style: to the north of the room was a brand new set of sofa and coffee table, as well as a washing machine, TV series and tape recorder, all of which were is brand new;

In the southern part, all kinds of old furniture are crowded and stacked very high. In a set of very old wooden sofas, only one single person can sit on it, and the rest are full of things.

Zeng Huaichen said: "Finally half of the Westinghouse has been taken back. Your sister-in-law Dongyan's idea, she came over the day Xiaohai left, and the surname Zhou poured water on her legs, casually said 'I'm sorry, I didn't see it' Just wanting to finish the job, Dongyan didn't say a word at the time, and told me and my dad after returning to the house that she had thought about it for a long time, and if she didn't ask for the house while we were getting married, there would definitely be no chance in the future.

The next day, Dongyan and I came over to talk to Zhou Jinheng, saying that we had received a letter from our eldest brother, saying that he would come back to live with my sister-in-law and children for a while. My eldest brother is the eldest son and should live in the east room. When I came back often, I broke the rules and asked Zhou Jinhengteng's house to marry us.

Zhou Jinheng is very tyrannical, it's another set of rogue tricks, he pretends to be sick all day, my dad and I dare not touch him, but Dongyan is not afraid of her, she is a woman, Zhou Jinheng dare not do anything to her.

Zhou Jinheng didn’t vacate the house even if he didn’t say anything, so Dongyan just picked up his things and threw them out. Zhou Jinheng came over and wanted to play tricks on her, but before she got to her, she started yelling at Zhou Jinheng for being a hooligan, and directly slapped him... Hehehe , let’s not talk about it, anyway, there was a commotion, Zhou Jinheng called his son, I called a group of my colleagues and buddies, even the police station came, and finally, well, you saw it too, The neighborhood committee is in charge, we each take half, and Zhou Jinheng will move out within five years. "

Liu Ling stretched out her thumb: "Sister Dongyan, a hero among girls!"

Liu Xia stretched out his thumb: "Heroine!"

Liu Hai said: "The female general of the Yang family!" Dongyan's surname is Yang.

Liu Xia: "A rose with thorns."

Liu Ling: "If a woman is so courageous, it makes me ashamed to be a man!"

Suddenly a woman's clear voice came from outside: "Who is praising me here? This sounds so comforting."

Immediately, a beautiful woman in a blue dress with fashionable curly hair appeared in front of Liu Xia and the others.