door to happiness

I was chopping vegetables, and Li Xiangyu was frying vegetables, when someone knocked on the door suddenly.

"Ding Dong, go open the door! First look through the cat's eyes to see who it is, only acquaintances can open it, you know?" Li Xiangyu yelled towards the bedroom.

"Understood—!" After a while, Ding Dang's excited voice came again, "Big dad, it's little dad, mom, and brother!"

"I'll go greet you!" I hurried out of the kitchen.

"Huanyu and my younger siblings are here! My younger siblings are just out of confinement, and I'm so sorry for making you so busy!"

"Uncle's birthday, how could I not come! Huanyu—a gift!" She pouted at Li Huanyu.

Li Huanyu put the gift on the table and opened it to see that there were two bags of vegetables, one was dried bamboo shoots and the other was smoked bacon: "Back then, you didn't eat the fried bacon with dried bamboo shoots made by my mother. Lost, so I specially asked Tong Tong’s mother to send some over this time. I’ll let my wife show you later, the fried bamboo shoots and bacon she made are delicious—even better than my mother’s. Brother, can you Good luck!"

"Mom's cooking is not very good, I have tasted it!" I grinned.

"Oh, brother, I don't like to speak ill of her behind her back! What do you mean by 'Mom's cooking is not very good' is——" he dragged the tone to the old elders, slyly Glancing at me, "It's 'really hard to eat'."

When everyone heard this, they all laughed together.

"Do you know why my brother's cooking is so delicious?" Li Huanyu glanced at the kitchen and asked in a low voice.

"why?"

Li Huanyu lowered his voice: "Because my mother's dishes are really unpalatable, our brothers often eat sullenly. Only my father has a good temper and can bear anything. When my brother was 13 years old, he ate and ate. Then I lost my temper and said that I would do it myself in the future. As you know, my brother is a stubborn and serious person. I bought the recipe and followed it. After a short time, my skills became more refined. Since then From now on, I look forward to eating the dishes my brother cooks every day. Thanks to my brother, I was able to get out of the sea of ​​suffering!"

"You're such a spoiled brat, Mom will probably jump out of the coffin in anger!" the sister-in-law joked.

"After three years of collecting bones, my mother has been buried for ten years. If there are any leftovers, there are only bones left. Don't worry, she won't be able to dance!" After the funeral, the child who was ill for four days now I can already joke about this matter, it seems that his life and death have another meaning.He is no longer immature.

"Yes, it's been ten years, ten years already! How time flies!" I was deeply moved!

"Hungry Ghost Festival will be in a few days. Do you want to go back with us and pay respects to my mother?"

"Let's see how your brother arranges it. I'm going to help you. Sit down and watch TV!"

On my birthday, there were so many guests at home that the whole room was almost overcrowded.Dad, Xiaoma, Xiaobo, Xiangyu's dad, Oneworld family of four, Luo Qi, Zhang Lan, Liang Yan, and Liao Wei.

Mom and Xiangyu cooked a table of good dishes, and dad brought a case of red wine. Everyone ate, drank, chatted and got along well.On that day, I felt so happy, the sky was blue, the wind was warm, and everyone's eyes were full of love.

Liao Wei said, "Why don't the four of us get married together?"

"Don't!" Liang Yan and Li Xiangyu actually said in unison—the two protagonists who escaped marriage back then, still have such a tacit understanding to this day.

"Liang Yan, you are in your thirties. If you meet a good man, marry him. A good man like Liao Wei is really rare! We have been dating for four years, and it is time to make a real difference." Li Xiangyu hurriedly persuaded Liang Yan, using this to cover up his panic.

"Then why don't you get married? You have been together for more than ten years, and your relationship is strong. It's time to blossom and bear fruit."

"We are figs! We don't bloom, we only bear fruit!" Li Xiangyu laughed "hehe".

"Figs also bloom," Liao Wei said leisurely, "it's just that its flowers bloom in the ovary, which is not so obvious, so people don't notice and pay attention to it. We can hold a simple wedding without being too grand , Really. It's just...just...", he glanced at Liang Yan's aggressive eyes, "I think we need such a ceremony."

The topic of "marriage" seemed to be ignited by Liao Wei in an instant, so everyone broke the topic with one sentence and one sentence, as if this was a "marriage forum" and not my birthday party at all.

Everyone thinks that Liang Yan should get married, and Li Xiangyu and I can also get married.At least, according to my father, mother and Li Huanyu, we should have such a ceremony.Li Xiangyu's father didn't say he agreed, but he didn't object either, as if he didn't exist in the first place.

"Every society has its own order of life, and everyone needs to abide by it. So far, same-sex marriage has not been accepted by Chinese people. So, we just live in peace, there is no need to challenge tradition. Now Chinese people are impetuous, It might spoil some kids."

"You can't say that," Luo Qi was the first to jump out to object. "Every right is obtained through continuous persistence and struggle. If everyone accepts everything like this, there will be no progress in this society."

"It depends on my personality. Not everyone will try crabs, and not everyone is a fighter. I don't want to be the first person to eat crabs." Li Xiangyu smiled lightly, not impatiently.

He, I know, doesn't want to make the city full of storms, he just wants to live a peaceful life.

"How could you be the first? The situation is different now. Domestic understanding of homosexuality has changed a lot, and many comrades dare to fight for their own rights. In 2015, Feizan President Ling Jueding and her boyfriend held a A grand wedding; just this month, Hong Kong actor Wang Xianzhi got married with the blessing of his parents..."

"That's a celebrity, stand alone, don't follow the trend!" Li Xiangyu interrupted Luo Qi, "Well, let me talk about ordinary people. Just this month, in the provincial capital of Hunan, two civilians got married. If you If you have followed the reports, you will know who they are. In 2015, they went to the Changsha Civil Affairs Bureau to register, but were rejected. Angrily, they took the Civil Affairs Bureau to court, and the court later accepted the case. Although the lawsuit was lost, But this means that a new era has opened. Things like this will continue to happen in the future." Luo Qi is worthy of being a hardcore rotten girl, and she knows anecdotes in the circle that even I don't know.

"Luo Qi, stop clicking!" I was afraid of Li Xiangyu's embarrassment, so I quickly stopped Luo Qi, "Now that the lovers are living in the eyes of the world, they should be very distressed, right? The sacrifice he made for social progress, we should also accept it." Thank you very much. But we are just ordinary people - selfish ordinary people, we don't want to sacrifice our freedom and future to the progress of that society. It's good that we are so ordinary."

"Actually, there's no need to make a big fuss. It's just a simple ceremony for the two families to get together like this. I think a ceremony is still needed." This is my little mother's opinion.

"Okay, today is Ah Hong's birthday, it's time to light candles and make a wish!" Li Xiangyu was afraid that the discussion would be stalemate, so he hurriedly changed the topic.

That day, when I sent Li Xiangyu's father downstairs, he who had been silent during the dinner suddenly asked me something that surprised me: "Son, do you want to get married?"

I didn't know how to answer him, I just looked at him stupidly.

"Don't be afraid, just say something from the bottom of your heart, Dad just wants to know!" He nodded encouragingly towards me.

I didn't speak, just nodded.

The Ghost Festival is here, and I went back to Hunan with the Li family.It has been many years since then, and we have been away for six years.

Mom's grave has been covered by bamboo leaves, and there are still traces of green grass between the withered bamboo leaves.Our family swept down the withered bamboo leaves, pulled out the new grass, and repaired the tomb again.Dad finished killing the chicken at the grave, asked his sister-in-law to take the dead chicken, and led Ding Dong back first.

In front of my mother's grave, my father sighed: "Honey, I'm getting old too, and I can't seem to walk anymore. I can't visit you often! I wanted to help you renovate the place, but thinking that I'm dead, I have to go I came here to accompany the grave, I was afraid of trouble, so I didn’t put cement on it. Are you cold below? No one listens to your nagging, I must be very lonely! These years, no one nagging in my ears, I really feel lonely ... Wife, I really want to come to accompany you, but what about Xiangyu? He is over 30 this year, but he still doesn't have a girlfriend. I think he won't have one in this life. Ten years Not short, if he can figure it out, he should have figured it out a long time ago; if he can change it, he should have changed it long ago. My wife, if he can’t figure it out, then we can only figure it out... Ah Hong The child is pretty good, I like it, and you like it too? I know you like it. I used to be a son. Now, let’s change our view. Xiangyu is a stubborn child. If he doesn’t get your blessing, he won’t They will get married. You, don’t be stubborn. There are no parents who can win their children. Let’s give in. I want to give them a simple wedding. Think about it. If you agree , Entrust me with a dream at night, Ah——, please remember it!"

That night, I had a dream: on the green bamboo leaves, my mother was dressed in white, tied with a white hair band, dancing lightly...

The next day, my father said to Xiangyu and me: "Last night, your mother came to see me, and she agreed to your marriage. Xiangyu, it's time to untangle the knots in my heart for so many years, live a good life, after this There is still a long way to go! Dad is old, and I don’t want to go to Yangcheng after finishing your wedding. Whether it’s good or bad, Dad wants to guard this village and be with your mother. At this age, this There is nothing to be reluctant about the bones, so I'll just leave it here."

The wedding date is scheduled for October 2016, 10.On that day, the whole country celebrated together, so let us hide this small celebration in this big celebration.There is no need to tell the world, as long as our close relatives and Gu Jiu know about it.The wind is calm, and the days have been going on like this.

We will be happy.

This year, I, Zhang Hong, 34 years old, once loved a man named Li Xiangyu deeply, and will always love deeply.

This year, he, Li Xiangyu, 32 years old, once loved a man named Zhang Hong deeply, and will always love deeply.

Love, in fact, is no different, except that apart from being pure, there is also a little bravery; love, in fact, is no different, except that, in addition to being gentle, there is also a bit of persistence.

"Xiangyu, why is the name of the novel called "The Gate of Happiness"? Is there a door to happiness?"

"Yes, once I gave you the key, but you couldn't find the door. Now, we have finally found the door of happiness, and one foot has stepped in."

"You once gave me the key to the door of happiness, why didn't I know?"

"If you don't know, then read the "Gate of Happiness" written by yourself again! The key is right there!"

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