Epiphanies of Rebirth

Grandma Xiao bumped her head when she climbed out of the altar, and it hurt a lot. Lin Jingzhe found two baskets of candy again, and she pursed her lips very unhappy.

But even so, the little grandson who had always been the gentlest and most obedient to her in the family still confiscated the candy mercilessly and criticized her very seriously.

The old lady made such a bad mistake this time!For example, she pretended that she couldn't walk in order to paralyze the enemy so that she could hide candies.After all, the old lady is nearly a hundred years old, and the elderly at this age are already unable to take care of themselves. Therefore, although the old lady has always been in good health and her health indicators are normal, none of the younger generations of the family have noticed that she is pretending.Lin Jingzhe watched the old lady walk more and more tremblingly, and even almost shed tears with sadness. Recently, behind the back of Xiao's parents and Xiao Chi, the frequency of sneaking chocolates to the old lady has increased a lot.

Now, everything, unexpectedly, is fake!

Lin Jingzhe was so worried, she just felt that she seemed to have had an extra child before she knew it, and asked sternly: "Can I do this next time?!"

The mildest grandson lost his temper, but it was the most unbearable. Grandma Xiao immediately admitted her cowardice, and whispered aggrievedly: "It can't be done."

A white-haired old lady bowed her head and stood in front of her to admit her mistake, Lin Jingzhe also felt very distressed.Seeing that the other party was being trained to cry or not, although he was still grimacing, his tone softened a lot, he stepped forward and took grandma's hand and hid in a corner to make sense: "It's not that I won't let you eat candy, but you You have to check your blood sugar, right? There are so many children in the key compound, shouldn't you set an example for them?"

Grandma Xiao thought about it and nodded.

"Okay, then tell me." Lin Jingzhe took out a whole box of unopened chocolates from the basket.This scale is definitely not given by him, and it is definitely not a mistake that Xiao's parents or Xiao Chi will make. Grandma Xiao's snacks and candy intake has been very strictly controlled by her family at two per week. Lin Jingzhe is very happy with this box The giver of chocolates of unknown origin takes it seriously: "Who gave you this box of chocolates?"

Grandma Xiao lowered her head to peek at his expression, and after a while she whispered, "I bought it myself..."

Although the old lady has long since retired, her children have never left her short of money, and she can move freely. Although it is rare for her to go out, it is not impossible to go out of the compound once in a while.Lin Jingzhe nodded, accepting the explanation, but his attitude was still firm: "If it is confiscated, it can't be like this in the future."

Grandma's eyes were obviously very reluctant, but she could only nod unwillingly after a long while knowing that her son and daughter-in-law knew the outcome of this matter.

He stayed in the Buddhist hall for so long, and when he came out, Yu Shuyuan, who was greeting people for dinner, couldn't help being curious: "What's going on inside?"

Xiao Chi, who got up, pulled him to sit beside him, and immediately there was a fish belly shaved clean with chopsticks on the plate. Lin Jingzhe glanced at the old lady who sat in the main seat as if nothing had happened, and saw that the other party returned to her usual smile outside. I really couldn't bear to expose it, so I just said: "It's nothing, just put a stick of incense on the Bodhisattva by the way."

After finishing speaking, he took out a box of chocolates and stuffed it to Zhuang Zhuang, who jumped out of the chair and ran over as soon as he saw him.

Fang Wenhao watched his daughter laughing and turned into a little sparrow, and the boss was not happy: "Don't spoil her, the family is now helping her to control her weight, candy, snacks and chocolates can be good for her to eat casually every day?"

Hu Shaofeng immediately said cheaply: "Don't you say that your daughter is not fat? How can you control your weight if you are not fat?"

Fang Wenhao put down his chopsticks: "Let me tell you, are you looking for a fight today?"

Hu Shaofeng dismissed such threats because his father was not in Yan City recently.Fang Wenhao's combat power was nothing when he was not complaining to his father. In a fight, the two sides were at most evenly matched, so he would not suffer.

After suffering so many grievances when he was a child, it was easy for Xianyu to turn around. He couldn't let Fang Wenhao have such a good time.

Yu Shuyuan was still a little strange at first, where did Lin Jingzhe take out such a big box of chocolates, seeing this, she had to put aside her doubts temporarily, and made a relief: "Okay, okay, how old are you? I hit you, Shaofeng, please don't say a few words, Wen Hao, you are too, the daughter is so big, today it is so easy to have a meal with Qi Kai and beat him, is it shameful?"

Qi Kai was stuffed with a plate of food. Hearing this, he said with a smile: "It's okay, let the two of them quarrel. Didn't they also quarrel like this more than ten years ago? I think it's kind."

As soon as he said this, the voices of everyone on the table paused for two seconds. The weight contained in the words of more than ten years is by no means as light as the content of his words.

Xiao Chi didn't pay attention to others all the time, and just stared at the old lady for a while when the old lady and Lin Jingzhe came out of the Buddhist hall, at this moment, frowning in the silence, he said to Hu Shaofeng and the others: "Where are so many people coming from?" In other words, it's time to eat. You, Fang Wenhao, hurry up and take your daughter home after eating."

The appearance of Zhuang Zhuang hugging chocolate and sticking to Lin Jingzhe's side acting like a baby is really annoying.

Ever since Lin Jingzhe saw his daughter hugging and kissing her for the first time, Xiao Chi hadn't given him a good look. Fang Wenhao had gotten used to it for so many years, so he just rolled his eyes and didn't speak.Hu Shaofeng picked up the chopsticks awkwardly and began to eat, occasionally taking a sneak peek at Qi Kai's sitting posture with his back straight from the corner of his eye.This long-term living habit is obviously brought out from the prison. Even if Hu Shaofeng can't empathize with the controlled life in the prison for more than ten years, he knows that it is not easy.He has been afraid since the year Qi Kai entered, and this emotion reached its peak at today's welcome ceremony.Seeing Qi Kai who got out of the car, who couldn't see the high-spirited figure in the past, he was very glad that he was pulled by Xiao Chi when he was young.

If not, one more person would probably be added to the typical family ruin.

The atmosphere is very joyful, but just look at the surface, and don't think deeply about the content.Everyone, including Qi Kai, deliberately avoided talking about Mr. Qi and the small building that was originally close to Xiao's house.Xiao Shenxing just arranged seriously: "You just came out today, you must be very tired, and everyone didn't hold any ceremony, just to clean up the dust for you. Go upstairs to sleep after dinner, and Aunt Yu will tidy up for you. a room."

This obviously meant to take in the homeless self. Qi Kai stared at the serious elder with a bowl in his hand. When he was a child, he often saw the face that would run away eight feet away. He was stunned for a long time before he smiled: "Okay .”

In "Laughing and Laughing", Lin Jingzhe raised his hand and glanced at his watch, guessing the time: "Tian Tian and Miao Miao are probably coming back."

As soon as the words fell, the door of Xiao's house was pushed open, the sky outside was already dark, Shen Tiantian stepped into the bright lights from the night, and shouted from a long distance: "I'm coming!"

Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted, Qi Kai looked up Xunsheng, only to see a girl with long black straight hair and fresh temperament standing at the entrance changing shoes.The girl is very beautiful and tall, at least 1.7 meters by visual inspection. She is wearing a white dress and looks about 25 or [-] years old. She exudes the indescribable purity of a freshly graduated female college student.

He didn't even recognize who this person was for a moment, but he heard Yu Shuyuan get up and call to him happily: "Tiantian is back?"

sweet?Shen Tiantian?The shy and non-existent Shen Tiantian in the famous male and female tiger family in the compound?

Qi Kai couldn't even be sure for a moment, Shen Tiantian should be over 30 now, how could the girl's [-]th transformation become so thorough? ?

When he turned his head hesitantly, he was surprised to find that unlike the elders who were smiling and looking at the direction of Xiao's gate, Hu Shaofeng and Fang Wenhao, who were the same age, showed indescribable expressions on their faces.

Shen Tiantian narrowed her big eyes obediently with a smile, changed her shoes and entered the room, full of energy, first politely greeted all the elders, and then turned her eyes around several Faxiaos.

Qi Kai came into contact with the other party's eyes full of innocence and joy, and his back felt inexplicably cold, and then the little girl's sweet greeting came into his ears: "Brother Qi Kai is here? And Brother Shaofeng, Brother Wenhao , Long time no see~ I'm sorry, there was a traffic jam on the way home from work, so I came back late."

"It's all right!" Before Qi Kai had time to be polite, Hu Shaofeng and Fang Wenhao shook their heads very firmly, expressing that they didn't care, "It's never too late, we've just started eating!"

Shen Tiantian's smiling eyes retracted in satisfaction, turned to her brother, and then stared at Zhuang Zhuang, who was hugging her brother's thigh.

"Zhuang Zhuang is so big!" She stepped forward and hugged the stiff chubby and kissed him firmly, then tried twice and finally picked him up and threw him into her father's arms: Don't eat well, you are much thinner than when Auntie saw you last time, let your father feed you some more!"

Looking at the boss's cheeks that are so strong and fat that the flesh is puffed out, even if he loves her like Lin Jingzhe, he can't say such unconscionable words.Lin Jingzhe looked at the kind sister's back and was immediately filled with love. He sighed and poked Xiao Chi: "Look, Tiantian likes children so much."

Xiao Chi looked at Fang Wenhao, who was almost overwhelmed by the strength of the child thrown by Shen Tiantian and the weight of the little piglet himself. He glanced at Lin Jingzhe, who smiled like an old father, are you serious?

Shen Tiantian threw away Zhuang Zhuang, took advantage of the situation and took away the opponent's seat, and sat down next to Lin Jingzhe, one left and one right with Xiao Chi.

The Xiao family's aunt put on a new plate for her, and Lin Jingzhe picked up a shrimp for her, and asked warmly, "Are you tired? Why didn't Miaomiao come back with you?"

Shen Tiantian quickly met Xiao Chi's eyes. It was Xiao Chi's intention not to let Xiao Miao come back to see Qi Kai. Although she didn't know why, according to the long-standing cooperation agreement between the two parties, she temporarily hid Xiao Miao and Qi Kai was released from prison. news.This matter seems to involve Xiao Miao's privacy, so I can't tell others, lest my brother will ask questions, Shen Tiantian immediately rubbed her shoulders and ignored the latter question: "Stop talking, I'm so tired recently, I haven't seen you for a long time. Eight hours of sleep."

Brother Jing Zhe's attention was immediately diverted by the content of his sister's words, with a distressed expression on his face: "Poor, pitiful, why are you working so hard, eat something and go to sleep, don't go to the company tomorrow, what cooperation do I have?" I'll let Brother Gao Sheng go and talk for you."

In a certain office building in the urban area of ​​Yan City, boss Gao of Gaosheng Media, who was still leading his employees to fight at night and had no time for vacation for more than a month, sneezed earth-shatteringly towards the dazzling computer screen. .

Shen Tiantian was easily soothed by her brother's concern because she saw the uneasiness in Qi Kai's heart. Although she was still thinking about how to cheat the company that is about to reach a cooperation with her company tomorrow when she was driving on the way back, she still didn't mind at this time. He nodded hesitantly: "Yeah!"

It has been almost ten years since her and Xiao Miao's website was established. With the brains of the two investors and the overt and covert support of the two Internet giants, Feifan Internet Immortal Technology, the scale has long since broken away from the small size when it was first established. Workshop mode.

The creative environment gradually transformed into a profitable one has greatly regulated the blank and chaotic market in the past.With the expansion of the website, Shen Tiantian and Xiao Miao's cultural company added another video website ten years ago. The film market delivers high-quality scripts.Of the four films that Gao Sheng invested in recently, two were adapted from novels, and the copyrights bought by other film companies in the same industry are too numerous to mention.But the big boss Shen Tiantian, who has already made a lot of money by virtue of her own ability, still said the first thing after seeing her brother: "Where's my gift?"

"In the car." Lin Jingzhe was obsessed with her younger sister's childlike temperament for more than ten years, her smiling eyes narrowed into two crooked lines, feeling that she was done eating, she simply put down the bowl and went out, "I'll go Here you go."

The two brothers and sisters went out one after the other. Yu Shuyuan at the dining table looked at the warm backs, and thought of her children who would be huddled together as long as there were no outsiders, she couldn't help sighing enviously: "How wonderful!" The two children are innocent and carefree."

Hu Shaofeng and Fang Wenhao looked at this elder who didn't seem to be telling lies: "..."

Innocent...carefree...

If you guessed right, you are describing Shen Tiantian who is called "a piranha that can only be seen from a distance" by all the collaborators in the business world?

Many years ago, he was punished because he made a mockery of saying that the other party could not get married. However, no matter whether he complained to any of the elders around him, no one would believe it. Flow silently toward the heart.

Lin Jingzhe took out a long gift box from the trunk of the car, opened the lid: "Dangdang!"

"Wow!" Shen Tiantian immediately made an expression of infinite surprise with her eyes shining, even though the price of this box of dozens of lipsticks is already too small to be worth mentioning to her, and the dressing room at home is already full of piles There are hundreds of unused stockpiles, but she is still jumping happily in place, "Brother, how do you know that I am just short of lipstick!"

"I know you like it." Lin Jingzhe looked at her sister who was in her 30s and was still as innocent and cute as a child with tender eyes, and gently rubbed the other side's head because of her own suggestion. Hair, while warming his heart, he couldn't help worrying about the future of the other party.Shen Tiantian is already in her 30s, and she has been in a few relationships during the period, but it may be because she is too well-behaved, she always ends up breaking up, and she must have been hurt by many scumbags.She did not act in a hurry, but Lin Jingzhe was always worried about her, not because of the nonsensical rules that a woman should marry or have children at any age, but Lin Jingzhe, who was once lonely, knew too well that she longed for someone to accompany her taste.

His sister is so ignorant of the world, she should have someone by her side to protect her and love her.When Lin Jingzhe woke up from Xiao Chi's arms every morning, he couldn't help feeling anxious when he thought of this.Shen Tiantian picked a lipstick at random and applied it on her lips no matter what color she opened. Lin Jingzhe took the box she was not holding, sighed softly, and talked about the old question again: "I was a little while ago When I went to Silicon Valley for a meeting, I met a young man, not yet married, with a good personality, tall and handsome..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Shen Tiantian guessed what was going on. The action of wiping his lipstick paused for two seconds, and then continued as if nothing had happened.

Shen Tiantian knows that her brother is worried about her marriage. In fact, Shen Tiantian also wants to fall in love. There is nothing wrong with finding a soul mate like her brother and Xiao Chi. for what?Does she think those stupid men can stop being stupid?

She doesn't want to be as perfect as her brother, at least someone like Xiao Chi is fine, but thinking of her previous boyfriends, Shen Tiantian only has the urge to swear.

All of them looked like dogs at the beginning, but after they got together, all kinds of monsters and ghosts appeared, like bragging, not yet weaned, thinking that I am the best in the world, and even trying to control her Shen Tiantian Life.go fuck it!Shen Tiantian beat them up one by one and kicked them out.

But she must not let her brother know about this, otherwise she will have to teach her not to be rough.

Shen Tiantian only showed a noncommittal attitude amidst the other party's gentle introduction: "Okay, brother, if you say something good, see you as soon as you see me, I will listen to you."

Really good, Lin Jingzhe patted Shen Tiantian's head again.

A beam of light suddenly lit up outside the quiet courtyard, followed by the sound of a car engine, the brother and sister cast their gazes at the source of the sound unexpectedly, and then saw a low-key and unfamiliar commercial vehicle slowly driving in yard.

Who is this?Lin Jingzhe glanced at the license plate, but couldn't remember seeing it before, but after the car stopped, an unexpected person got out.

"Miao Miao?!" Lin Jingzhe showed a surprised expression, just about to ask when the other party got a new car, but the next second, the surprise expression suddenly became serious.

A very handsome young man got off the driver's seat, he paused slightly after seeing Lin Jingzhe and Shen Tiantian, and then heard Xiao Miao calling Lin Jingzhe's brother, his whole body was shocked, and immediately bowed solemnly: " elder brother!"

Who is your brother who is screaming here.The other party was very courteous, but Lin Jingzhe immediately felt extremely upset. He stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Miao's arm to block behind him, frowning and asking, "Are you...?"

Xiao Miao replied softly behind her: "Brother, he...he is my boyfriend."

Xiao Miao's boyfriend straightened up, obviously very nervous, quickly rushed to the back of the car, opened the trunk and began to take out presents, then found the one for Lin Jingzhe, and respectfully handed it over with both hands: "Brother, you Good! I heard that you like to drink tea. This is a set of purple sand tea set that I specially entrusted someone to make. I hope you like it!"

But his voice fell to the ground, and after a long time, he didn't hear the echo of Lin Jingzhe.

The new son-in-law waited anxiously for a while with his head down, and finally raised his head cautiously.

Standing in front of him, Lin Jingzhe's eyes were glazed over, and his expression was stiff. It was obvious that he had been overwhelmed by the scene in front of him.

male...boyfriend...

Xiao Miao... unexpectedly, brought her boyfriend to the door...

His younger sister, his cute and innocent younger sister, was finally raped by a pig...

Lin Jingzhe had obviously been looking forward to this day for several years, but at this moment, he only felt that he had suffered an unprecedentedly strong blow, like five thunders hitting the top of his head, and he was completely wiped out.

He was sitting next to Xiao Chi with his head down, listless and without any appetite.

Xiao Chi's face was as if ink had been splashed, and his sharp knife-like eyes were firmly fixed on the uninvited guest.

He was originally worried that Qi Kai's appearance would remind Xiao Miao of the shadow of being kissed forcibly many years ago, so he not only concealed the news of the other party's release from prison from his sister, but also told Shen Tiantian not to reveal the slightest clue.

Unexpectedly, before this, Xiao Miao was the first to surprise him.

Looking at that stinky man who is not a fun thing at first glance and has plans for his sister, if he hadn't worried about the presence of his family and elders, Xiao Chi would have punched him out of the house long ago!

Xiao Shenxing put on a tiger face - he also felt angry.

The three men in the family clearly expressed their resistance. The appearance of the new guest made Xiao's dining table silent for two seconds. After Xiao Miao's boyfriend nervously presented the gift he brought, Yu Shuyuan was the first reacted.

She was full of reluctance, but it was a good thing that her daughter found someone to bring home, so she just greeted the other party with complicated emotions: "Sit...sit."

Xiao Miao's boyfriend pressed his butt on the stool tremblingly, and felt the eyes from all directions flocking towards him in an instant... gas... the atmosphere was terrifying!

Recognizing Qi Kai who hadn't seen him for more than ten years at a glance, Xiao Miao suddenly understood something, she looked helplessly at Shen Tiantian who lied to herself that she had an appointment and left early when she got off work, and then she greeted: "Long time no see. "

Qi Kai was a little embarrassed, because of some stupid things he did when he was young, but Xiao Miao's tone was as cold as he remembered, and it seemed that he was much more relaxed than him.

"Indeed... Long time no see."

Xiao Miao sat down, helpless with the hostility emanating from her father and brothers, she simply chatted with him awkwardly: "How have you been these few years?"

"It's pretty good." Qi Kai smiled apologetically under Xiao Miao's eyes, looking at the other's youthful, plump and beautiful face without a single wrinkle, "It looks like you should be pretty good too."

In her 30s, Xiao Miao is still the same, with an unearthly demeanor, which always makes people think that she is not easy to get close to.But since he can bring his boyfriend back to meet his parents, it is obvious that he is still living a mortal life.

This is also good, easy and peaceful.

I hope that my appearance is just an unpleasant episode in the other person's life, which can be thrown into the garbage dump and no longer remembered.

There was such a change in the welcome banquet, the guests at home couldn't sit down any more, and got up to leave one after another.

The old lady got up diligently and said, "I'll see you off."

At the moment, no one was in the mood to compete with her for errands. The old lady went out of the gate, smiled and told everyone to come to the house to play when they had time, and then pampered Zhuang Zhuang's head, squatting down and staring at her with a pleasant face.

Strong: "..."

Driven by a strong biological instinct, Zhuang Zhuang consciously opened the box of chocolates and grabbed a handful for the grandma.

"Good boy." Grandma Xiao took out money from her pocket and stuffed it into the child's hand, "Next time you come to grandma's house to play, remember to bring two more boxes for grandma. It's still the same as before, and you will share half of it."

Xiao's mother watched the guests go out, and warmly arranged for Qi Kai to go upstairs to rest, and then sat down to formally meet with Xiao Miao's boyfriend.

She asked softly: "You child, come as soon as you come, and bring so many things. How long have you been with Miaomiao?"

The other party replied cautiously: "Three...Three years, I have liked Xiao Miao since the first time I saw her three years ago."

Before Xiao's mother could speak, Xiao Chi, who had a sullen face, was the first to speak out: "Who asked you this? The question is how long have you been together, how can you make up the number from the day you met?"

The other party was also an existence with a prominent family background outside, but at the moment he was so frightened by his words that he didn't dare to breathe, so he hurriedly replied honestly: "It's only been one year and three months since we officially got together."

Xiao Chi snorted from his nose, and came to see his parents in one year and three months. The young people nowadays are really child's play.

Seeing his disdainful expression, the other party quickly explained: "Please believe me! I am serious about Xiao Miao! My family is also very satisfied with Xiao Miao. If possible, I hope to formally form a family with Miao Miao by the end of this year! "

Big talk!

Xiao Chi couldn't sit still anymore, he slapped the table with a cold face and led Lin Jingzhe to leave with a flick of his sleeve, and went straight upstairs.

The younger son-in-law was a little embarrassed by his brother's apparent resistance, Xiao Miao patted him: "Let me go and talk."

In the study room on the second floor, the two elder brothers who were struck by lightning were unwilling to accept the reality.

"It's outrageous!" Xiao Chi commented on the guy who was eager for quick success and quick profit after only being together for more than a year, but lied about being in love for three years and still boasted that he wanted to marry Xiao Miao, "Just dream about it!"

"That's it!" Lin Jingzhe was listless, with the same hatred, instantly dispelled all the thoughts of introducing someone to his sister, and angrily cursed, "I want to eat swan meat!"

*******

After a night of war and chaos, Xiao Miao's marriage did not get the approval of her brothers in the end. Both Lin Jingzhe and Xiao Chi felt that it was too shameful, how could they get married after only being together for more than a year!

no!Absolutely not!It must be observed for a few more years!Otherwise they will never agree!

Qi Kai was dumbfounded when he heard it through the wall in the room, but it was the Xiao family's housework after all, and it was obviously inappropriate for him to listen in or intervene, so he could only sleep on the Xiao family's futon filled with Buddha fragrance, while he was full of mixed emotions. fell into a deep sleep.

Xiao Chi had a nightmare all night, dreaming that Xiao Miao suddenly went berserk and had to elope with that bum from last night, he was so angry that he woke up from the dream, wishing he could drag Xiao Miao out and beat him up.

No way, this tone must not be swallowed, and Xiao Miao must be troubled earlier this afternoon.

Xiao Chi patted the back of Lin Jingzhe, who was worried that Shen Tiantian might do something like this one day, was so angry by the annoying brother-in-law in his imagination that he couldn't sleep, and was still clearly sleeping restlessly until now. Back, until the brows of the other party gradually relaxed, and then put a kiss on the forehead of the other party, and stood up lightly.

He opened the door, facing Qi Kai who was about to go downstairs.

Qi Kai turned around following the sound, and the two looked at each other for two seconds, seeing each other's neat attire and the subtle smile on his face, Xiao Chi frowned: "It's not yet dawn, where are you going? "

Qi Kai tightened the backpack on his shoulders, and said in a relaxed tone, "I'm going to the Crane Garden to see my grandpa."

Xiao Chi stared at his expression for a while, his eyes were sharp and deep, Qi Kai's face was stared stiff for a moment, and he turned his head under such a gaze that could almost penetrate people's hearts.

The two sides looked bored, Xiao Chi wanted to say something but in the end he didn't say anything, he just breathed out of his nose impatiently: "Get out."

Qi Kai paused for a moment before moving forward. When he went downstairs, he happened to meet Grandma Xiao who had finished her morning class.The door of the Buddhist hall was opened from the inside, and the thick mist from the incense candles gushed out along with the steps of the old lady. Seeing them, the old lady first said something about Amitabha.

She looked at Qi Kai who was putting on shoes, and her eyes paused for a moment in the other's eyebrows: "Shall we go to the south of the city?"

"Yes." Qi Kai said, "Go and see my grandpa."

Grandma Xiao watched his movements, sighed for no reason after a while, and took out a paper bag from her jacket pocket: "It just so happens that I have bad legs and feet, and it's not convenient to visit, so you can burn the paper for me by the way." .”

"Hey!" Qi Kai took the package of paper, quickly put it in his pocket and agreed, "I remember it!"

Watching his figure disappear behind the door, Grandma Xiao shook her head, her deep expression was fleeting, she turned around and opened her hands to her grandson: "Give me some money."

"..." Xiao Chi looked back at the door unhappily, and the old lady threatened, "If you don't give me, you can copy the scriptures with me."

Xiao Chi had no choice but to reluctantly take out his wallet and hand over the cash to her, and couldn't help complaining while giving it to her: "I gave you the money, and you take it to ask that tree stump of the Fang family to help you buy chocolates, and share half of the money with her, and the other half." We confiscated half of it again, and you won’t be able to eat any of it, and the tree stump grows fatter and fatter, is that interesting?”

Why boring?

Grandma Xiao smiled and snatched the money from her grandson.

Is the joy of hiding a small treasury obtained at the moment of spending it?Obviously not.

Even if she has lost all her teeth and cannot touch all sweets, on the day she dies, she must be an old lady whose coffin is filled with imported bonbons.

The sun gradually rose, and Lin Jingzhe finally woke up, because her sister had found a boyfriend, and she still had no energy for breakfast.After drinking a whole bowl of porridge with crabapple pickles, he suddenly thought of something: "Where's Qi Kai? Are you up yet?"

Grandma Xiao drank the porridge silently, Xiao Chi peeled a boiled egg for him, and the grandparent and grandson didn't speak.

Yu Shuyuan glanced at her watch, it was past ten o'clock, she got up and said, "I'll call him."

Not a moment after she went upstairs, there was a scream, Lin Jingzhe almost choked, put down the bowl and looked up, Yu Shuyuan hurried down with a piece of paper in her hand.

She stood in front of her family, still unable to recover: "Qi Kai is gone!"

Lin Jingzhe was unprepared, took the letter paper she was clutching in her hand in astonishment and spread it out for a look, his eyes were full of bad words, it really was a short farewell letter.

In the letter, Qi Kai thanked the reception banquet yesterday and thanked the Xiao family for taking him in regardless of past suspicions. He only said that Yanshi was his sad place, and he planned to bid farewell to a place where no one knew him, and start his life again.

"Why does he start over? He doesn't have any money!" Lin Jingzhe immediately became anxious, and when he got up, he didn't know where to find him.

Xiao Shenxing chewed the egg in his mouth, his eyes were very complicated, and after a long while he sighed softly: "Forget it, everyone has his own destiny, and he also has his own thoughts. It's not easy for this brat to cheer up and live a good life. Let's not interfere."

Lin Jingzhe took the letter paper and walked towards the gate. He looked at the blue sky above his head. The weather in Yan City today is very good, with a clear sky.

Where will Qi Kai go?Is it a small city like Li Yun?

He was at a loss as the other party left without warning, until there was a burst of warmth, and Xiao Chi pressed him from the back.

The face felt the kiss that was about to leave, and the familiar breath enveloped the whole body.

Xiao Chi didn't say anything, just hugged him quietly.

****

In the south of the city, in Crane Garden, in front of the tombstone, Qi Kai silently kowtowed three times to his grandfather.

He didn't cry, but just looked at the familiar photo of the old man on the tombstone, which was no different from his memory.

Grandpa's cloudy eyes in the black and white image seemed to be staring at himself.

Qi Kai glanced at Dongsheng's sun, laughed out loud, touched the photo on the stone tablet in front of him, and said in a relaxed tone: "Old man, take care of yourself."

There was no response, and he was not sad. He reached out to wipe the dusty ground in front of the tombstone, put a box of Go chess he brought there, and patted the box lightly: "I'm leaving."

He glanced at another funeral building in the distance where the ashes were stored, took a deep breath, opened the bag and looked at the iron hammer inside, when he got up he suddenly thought of something, took out the old lady Xiao from his pocket and asked him to take it Comes in big paper packets.

Since he promised the other party, he had to do it. He took out the lighter, opened the paper bag, and prepared to burn the paper money before leaving.

The flame gradually eroded the paper, leaving a basin of ashes. Qi Kai found a branch and pulled the ball of paper in the basin, trying to make it burn more vigorously.

Unexpectedly, there was a bang in the next second, and some hard object fell out of the paper.

He hooked it out with a branch, only to find that it was a yellow-orange key.

key?

Qi Kai looked at this small key and was a little confused. So, did the old lady accidentally put the house key in it?

But after burning the paper money, he still left for the funeral building, where the ashes of another person were stored. He wanted to take the other person away and bury her back to her hometown.

Small grilles containing urns stood all over the wall like lockers. Qi Kai found the number and looked back. The administrator was not in the room to guard it.

His hand reached for the iron hammer in the backpack, and when he was about to take it out, for some unknown reason, he subconsciously looked at the copper key that he had been holding in his other hand.

Fascinated, he inserted the copper key into the keyhole and turned it slightly.

With a click, the storage cabinet opened.

It was a fine day, cloudless.

The breeze blew from a distance, Qi Kai stepped down the steps, and there was already an old off-road vehicle waiting there.

The off-road vehicle lowered the window, revealing a few familiar faces with bright smiles. They were released from prison a few years earlier than him. The few inmates he knew in Dongping Prison were of no quality. Open your voice and chat with each other loudly with a cigarette in your mouth.

"It's over?" Seeing him coming out, the inmate in the driver's seat lowered the roof of the off-road vehicle and looked at the small wooden box he was holding in his arms against the hot sun, "Fuck, this urn is too ridiculous Come on, the color is so fucking ugly!"

Qi Kai seemed to be in a trance, and was instantly drawn back to his thoughts by this sentence, he lowered his head and stared at the jerky poppy flower on the box, raised his face after a while, and showed a real smile: "Get lost! "

He propped one hand on the car window, the muscles in his arm suddenly bulged slightly, jumped directly into the car seat from the open gap, and kicked the seat in front of him: "Let's go!"

When he took out the unused hammer in his backpack and wanted to throw it away, his hand accidentally touched a thick envelope. He took it out and opened it, and it turned out to be a stack of US dollars.

A piece of paper was pulled out along with the US dollars, with Xiao Chiqiu's strong handwriting on it - "Go away, have a good journey."

He looked at the note and laughed until clear liquid oozed from the corners of his eyes.The buddy with tattoos on his arm in the driver's seat turned around and laughed at him: "Going to Thailand is worth being so happy?"

Qi Kai punched him, looked at the sentence again, then raised his arm and let it go, even though the note was swept away by the howling wind.

The not-so-good stereo of the old off-road vehicle played a piece of rock music, sputtering, intermittent, in English, with a strong rhythm, and the singer played the bass hysterically to say goodbye to his past.

Qi Kai in prison with friends