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Although he said so in front of his grandson, but in front of his son and daughter-in-law, Bai Lao changed his face again.

Bai Lao deliberately put on a sullen face and scolded them.

"Have you two quarreled?" Old Man Bai raised his eyes to look at the two people standing in front of him, and then said with a bluffing gaze on his son, "I don't want to say anything to your mother, but in my whole life, I haven't treated you as a child." I scolded once in your face."

Bai Jingrong's forehead was sweating, and he said, "Dad is not what you think..."

"Which one is it? My grandson is scared, what do you think!" Bai Lao's voice raised a little, if it wasn't for his health, he would have slapped the table long before he changed.But just like that, the son and daughter-in-law in front of him were also a little worried, and their attitudes softened a little. Luo Jiangjing's eyes were full of worry, and Bai Jingrong also called out to Dad in a low voice.

Old Man Bai said: "I thought I was useless this time, and I still want you to take care of this family. Our family is thin and there are only a few people in total. You can do this..." The old man became angry again as he spoke. , threatened half-truthfully, "I didn't expect you to give anything, but the child is kind-hearted and wants to tell his parents about everything. If you don't want to give a blessing, then forget it, and I will give it to you." I won’t tell you this anymore, you should go back to the army during the Chinese New Year, don’t be mad at me. I took Luo Chuan back to the old house. The houses and forest land at home have been given to him two years ago, and there is still some left I will give him all the antiques this time. I am just such a grandson. You don’t care about it, but my old man himself cares about it! When I am a hundred years later, there is nothing to be sorry about. I can stand up straight after seeing your mother. "

Bai Jingrong was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Dad, don't say that. You are in good health, so don't rush to arrange these things." A loving heart.

Luo Jiangjing also followed suit: "Yes, Dad, you are still young."

Mr. Bai waved his hands and said to them: "I don't know what you young people think, but I guess you are also looking forward to your children and wishing them well. Then again, what's good? It's nothing more than proving that you are a useful person."

Bai Jingrong stood at Na Nuonuo and nodded, Luo Jiangjing had already heard what the old man meant, and drummed along, "Yes, yes, that's the reason."

Bai Lao pondered for a while, and then said: "When Jingrong was young, he wanted to stay in the army and do some practical things. As for Jiang Jing, you wanted to go back to the Shanghai stock market to develop and achieve some of your own careers. I also understand. Are you young people? My own plan, but have you ever thought about it, you have developed well, who was with Luo Chuan when he was a child?"

Luo Jiangjing's expression darkened for a moment, and he sighed, "Dad, I know we owe Luo Chuan a lot, and I don't have any other ideas now, as long as he is happy, I am willing to support him as a mother."

Bai Lao looked at his son again, saw that he was still frowning and didn't turn around, snorted and said: "I don't know much about business, but after all, it's nothing more than making more money and using money to prove success. Give it to Luo Chuan in advance, and I can't control you. I will make my grandson happy for the rest of his life, and I won't accept any grievances. Anyway, I'm an only child now, so I only have this grandson. I'm happy to give it to him. "

Having said all this, Bai Jingrong bowed his head in silence for a while with Luo Jiangjing on the sidelines, not daring to say anything more.

His face was burning hot, he didn't eat his father's book, but his son took all the coffin book, which made him very ashamed.

Bai Lao didn't show it on his face, but after squinting at his son, he felt a little relieved in his heart.

It's okay to have such a tacit attitude. After a few years, the two children will stabilize, and after a long time, they will naturally become a family.We have been together for more than [-] years, and we will only become more familiar with each other in the remaining decades. The old man is still very optimistic about this - Mi Yang is such an obedient child, and his grandson is naturally excellent, who can not like it? them?

Bai Lao was complacent, and the more he thought about it, the more he realized that it was such a truth.

Probably because the things in my heart for many years were relaxed, and within a few days, Bai Lao's condition also stabilized.

On the afternoon of the New Year's Eve, Bai Lao was discharged from the hospital and returned to the old house to recuperate.

This year, Bai Luochuan hung a lot of lanterns, and the old Bai family house was full of joy from inside to outside, with lanterns and festoons everywhere.

There are also many people coming to the Bai family to pay New Year's greetings this year, which is very lively.Bai Jingrong and Luo Jiangjing put their work aside, took time out, and lived in the Bai family's old house for a period of time. The old man Bai still needs to recuperate. They only met a few close family members, and the rest were received by their husband and wife. In addition to these, another reason for Luo Jiangjing to stay is to wait to have a meal with Mi's family.

But she couldn't decide on this matter like usual, it mainly depends on Bai Luochuan.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, when all the sons-in-law and daughter-in-law went back to their natal home, Bai Luochuan packed himself up and went to Mrs. Cheng's place to pay New Year's greetings.

During this period of time, he was taking care of Bai Lao in the hospital. Although his appearance had weakened a little, he was still handsome. Standing there, he looked talented, young and promising.He was wearing the clothes Cheng Qing sent a few days ago. His coat was a bit thin, but his complexion improved a lot, but there was a rare trace of nervousness on his face. When Cheng Qing opened the door for him, that nervousness turned into a smile in his eyes. With a smile, he greeted her and said, "Aunt Cheng, happy Chinese New Year."

Cheng Qing didn't expect that he would come to pay New Year's greetings so early, so he patted his arm and said with concern: "Why are you wearing so little, is it cold? Come in and sit down, are the family okay?"

She asked a lot, and pulled Bai Luochuan in while talking to him. Bai Luochuan answered all her questions seriously: "It's okay, it's not cold, everyone in the family is fine, and my grandfather is in good health..."

This is the busiest day of the year for the Cheng family. The four daughters of the family have all returned, and the son-in-law and juniors also come to live with the grandma’s house. As soon as they enter the living room, they can hear laughter and laughter. Eating, the heating in the room and the fragrance of orange peel blowing over the face, mixed with the smell of candy, it is very Chinese New Year.

Mi Yang was carrying a plate of nuts and putting them on the tea table. He was wearing the same clothes as Bai Luochuan. When he looked up and saw the other party, he bent his eyes and smiled, "Here you are?"

Seeing that he suddenly became less nervous, Bai Luochuan nodded with a smile.

Cheng Ru smiled and said, "Yo, this dress looks like it was bought by the eldest sister, Yang Yang and Luo Chuan both look good in it!"

The other two younger sisters are also habitually flattering their eldest sister. The second and fourth children nodded when they heard it, and praised: "The clothes that the eldest sister chose are beautiful. These two children are dressed just right, like brothers!"

Cheng Qing was very proud, holding a young man's arm with one hand and said with a smile: "That's because they are good-looking, natural clothes hangers, they look good on anything!"

Cheng Chun: "Where, my eldest sister has a good eye, and even the best clothes have to be picked!"

Cheng Ru: "That's right, people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. It's so cheap for these two children to go out and walk around in clothes. The store that sells clothes is doing a live advertisement for their family!"

Cheng Ge: "Second sister and third sister are right!"

The four sisters are like talking about cross talk, one is funny, and the three are flattering, and they are afraid that the flattery is not good enough, so they sincerely praise their eldest sister.

Cheng Qing was so teased that he took Bai Luochuan and the others to the guest room on the second floor, handed him two pieces of clothes and said, "Take these too, you are busy at home, so you may not be able to take care of these little things, in two days Cool down, remember to add two clothes."

Bai Luochuan was a little surprised, and took it cherishingly, "Thank you, Aunt Cheng."

Cheng Qing said with a smile: "Why are you being polite to me? It's still the old rule. You and Yang Yang each wear new clothes."

Bai Luochuan laughed, nodded and said, "Okay."

When Cheng Qingliu said a few words to him and wanted to send him away, Bai Luochuan still stood there without moving. He looked at Mi Yang who was wearing the same clothes as himself, and his eyes fell on the ring on his finger. , calmed down a little, and said to Cheng Qing: "Aunt Cheng, is Uncle Mi there?"

Cheng Qing only thought that they were going to talk about work, and said with a smile: "Yeah, I just went to the kitchen to knead the dough, and I plan to make dumplings at noon, just wait, I'll call him right away. You still work after Chinese New Year, if you want me to say you should be lazy for two days, give yourself a good vacation..."

Bai Luochuan said: "It's not work, it's because I have something to say to you and Uncle Mi."

Cheng Qing was a little surprised, but he agreed and called Yone Zehai over.

There were only a few of them in the guest room upstairs. Mi Zehai didn't take off his apron when Cheng Qing called him, and there were some flour marks on it. It looked like he was working hard for his mother-in-law's family just now. After he came in, he said strangely. : "What's the matter? Mysteriously, Yangyang's girlfriend is here?"

Cheng Qing said: "Where is it, Luo Chuan is here, he has something to tell us."

Mi Yang let them sit on the small sofa, "Dad, Mom, sit down."

Yone Zehai insisted on standing: "No, I have to knead the dough and roll the dumpling wrappers later, your uncles have prepared the filling... hey, don't push me, I'm dirty, don't mess with the sofa What's the matter with the flour?" Although he said so, he was still pressed by Mi Yang's shoulders and made him sit down, and Yone Zehai was even more puzzled, seeing the two children in front of him and suddenly smiled, "Oh, I know, there must be something to ask me, right?"

Bai Luochuan said: "Yes, I have something to ask Aunt Cheng and Uncle Mi."

Yonezawa: "What's the matter?"

Bai Luochuan said seriously: "I want to beg you to let me be with Mi Yang. I like him and recognize him. I only want him in this life."

What he said was too formal, the two adults sitting on the sofa were stunned for a moment, Cheng Qing didn't react at all, and asked, "Why are you together?"

Mi Zehai was stunned for a moment, followed their hands together and saw the pair of rings on their hands. He reacted much faster than Cheng Qing, immediately raised his eyebrows, and stood up suddenly: "Mi Yang—!!"

When Mi Yang saw that the situation was not good, when his father changed his face, he immediately dragged Bai Luochuan around and ran away.

Mi Zehai took off his apron two or three times and fell on the sofa. He was about to chase after them, but Cheng Qing grabbed his arm subconsciously, and all the anger in his heart went to her husband: "Why are you beating your son! Can't you speak well?!"

Yone Zehai said angrily: "Didn't you see that little bastard changed his sneakers early in the morning? As soon as I got up here, he dragged Bai and jumped out. He had planned it before!"

He broke Cheng Qing's hand and chased him out. Mi Yang had nowhere to hide in Shanhai Town, except for Mrs. Cheng, and only Mi Hong could support him.Yone Zehai could guess it even with his eyes closed, and ran all the way to the cabin on the other side of the camphor forest.

When he looked for it, it turned out that both Mi Yang and Bai Luochuan were there, talking to Mi Hong there.

Seeing him coming, Mi Yang subconsciously hid to the side, and wanted to go behind Mi Hong, "Grandpa, anyway, that's what happened, I told you, my dad is here..."

As soon as Mi Zehai walked in, he heard him say such a sentence, his hands were still held together with Bai Luochuan's, Mi Yang took half a step back, and the boy surnamed Bai took a step forward. It looks like he wants to break up the young lovers.

Mi Zehai felt a pain in his heart, angry and annoyed: "Mi Yang, come here and make it clear to me that I, a father, don't have the right to know yet!"

Mi Yang stepped back a little bit, half hiding behind the old man: "Grandpa, you promised to help me just now."

After his wife left, Mi Hong's personality became more withdrawn and eccentric, but he was very kind to his grandson Mi Yang, and he only nodded slightly when he heard him say it.

Mi Zehai felt very sad in his heart: "Dad, don't listen to this brat. He planned it early in the morning, and he didn't know how much he kept from his family. Do you see the ring on their hands? The brat said he found a partner." , The house has been agreed with others, whether I am marrying a daughter-in-law or a son, and the two of them will spend their whole lives with their mouths open, and they never thought that two men would not be able to have children together..."

When he said this, Mi Hong looked up at him and said, "Kneel down."

Knowing that he had said something wrong, Yonezawa immediately knelt down.

Mi Yang was also a little scared, and bent his knees, but before he knelt down, Mi Hong patted him lightly with the bamboo stick in his hand, nodded at him and said: "No hurry, it's not your turn yet, one by one." Come on, you and the Bai family boy will go up first and wait."

Mi Yang and Bai Luochuan didn't dare to stand in front of them, and immediately stood against the wall, not daring to look more.

The old man touched Yonezawa's shoulder with the pipe in his hand, and asked him, "How old were you when you came to this house, you were as thin as a monkey, black and ugly, and you were hungry enough to cry Nothing at all, your mother and I have never disliked you, do you know why?"

Yone Zehai bowed his head and knelt there, his face flushed red: "Dad, I was wrong, I said something wrong just now."

Mi Hong stood in front of him, and said in a flat tone: "Because we decided to adopt you at the beginning, your mother and I have no children in our lives, and you are my adopted son."

Yone Zehai said sadly, "Dad, I am your son."

Mi Hong ignored him, and said to himself: "We adopted you not only to promise your family a way to survive, but also to make our marriage complete. You are also married, so I won't tell you what marriage is, but for For me, a complete marriage doesn’t necessarily mean having a child.” His tone became a little more serious, and he scolded, “If your mother can’t have children, I won’t marry her, and I won’t spend my whole life with her? You When did I quarrel with your mother and blushed? I don’t know who I learned from you for your attitude and temper. It’s smelly and tough! If we told you that we couldn’t give birth like this, you’d better I just starved to death, so I don’t have the life to talk big here!”

Yone Zehai knelt there, still talking stiffly: "Dad, that's not what I meant, what I meant was that the two of them couldn't take care of themselves when they were together, they couldn't get their marriage certificate, and they didn't have a child to tie them down." , The first ten or twenty years were fine, but when you get old, what should you do if you two get married? This is a lifetime thing..."

Bai Luochuan moved his mouth, and just about to say something, Mi Yang pulled his hand. Mi Yang shook his head at him, and Bai Luochuan didn't say anything more.In fact, he had already figured it out. He could get the certificate abroad. At home, it would be a big deal to write a few more real estate certificates, write the names of the two of them, and write ten or twenty copies at once, which would always prove his sincerity.

Mi Hong said coldly: "I have been married to your mother for decades, and I spend half of my time with her, and the remaining half of my time thinking about her."

He was an old man standing alone in the cold wind. The cabin was cleaned, but it was also deserted, with only a Spring Festival couplet pasted up for the occasion.Through the glass, one can vaguely see a table, a chair, and a bed inside. There are pictures of the old lady on the table, and his shamisen that has been cleaned for many years but has never been played again.

Yone Zehai had a deep relationship with his adoptive parents, his eyes turned red without any hope, and he took a loud breath.

Mi Hong said: "They told me about the two children themselves, they are not what you think, they are quite thoughtful." He paused, then sighed, "To get married, you must first find a The person I like. I arranged for your marriage back then, and I also met girls from other families. I took you to propose marriage. After you went to see the girls from that family, you said a few words to me... "

Mi Zehai originally came over aggressively to chase after his son, but now he had lost some momentum when he knelt down in front of Mi Hong, and when he heard what his father said, he straightened his neck and said, "Dad, you can't talk nonsense. , I like Qinger alone!"

Mi Hong watched the corners of his lips move, a smile appeared in his eyes and quickly subsided, nodded and said: "Yes, you were standing in the yard and told me that you fell in love with the eldest girl of the Cheng family, and you liked her." She is one. Yangyang is the same, he just likes feelings, what can he do? It can't be changed. "

Yone Zehai was still a little dissatisfied, but he couldn't make any sense after holding back for a long time. Wasn't he like this back then?Even if he likes Cheng Qing, it won't work for anyone else, and it won't work well for anyone.

With his precedent, and with Mi Hong in the lead, Mi Zehai was so aggrieved that he didn't dare to say a word.

Mi Hong looked up at the two juniors standing against the wall again, and said to them: "You two, come in with me."

Mi Zehai moved his knees, and Mi Hong glanced over from the corner of his eyes, and he immediately knelt down in the yard obediently again. His father was always on the other side, and if he mentioned his wife badly, he would be taught a lesson.

Mi Hong called the two children in, closed the door of the wooden house, ignored Mi Yang's flattering shout of "Grandpa", turned around and found a slightly thicker bamboo stick at the head of the bed.

As soon as he took out the stick, Bai Luochuan subconsciously blocked Mi Yang behind him, and said to him: "Grandpa, if you want to hit me, hit me, Mi Yang has nothing wrong with it, it's all my idea, I insisted on him with me!"

Mi Yang tugged at his arm, and Bai Luochuan guarded the ground tightly, not letting him out at all.

Mi Hong glanced at him, then turned around and whipped the stick on the sofa, "Mi Yang, call."

Mi Yang was stunned for a moment, but soon came to an epiphany. When Mi Hong hit the sofa with the next few sticks, he immediately shouted the pain at the top of his throat, not to mention, mixed with the dull voice of smoking on the sofa, it was quite realistic.

Bai Luochuan froze there.

Mi Hong just took a few symbolic strokes with the stick, and said to them: "Okay, let's go out."

Mi Yang hurriedly agreed: "Hey!" When he was about to leave the door, he glanced at Mi Zehai secretly from the corner of his eyes, bowed his head but did not dare to say anything, walked with a limp, buried his head on Bai Luochuan's shoulder, and tried to make a look The way he was beaten, he didn't dare to look at his father who was still kneeling in the yard, and he didn't want his father to see his face.Bai Luochuan also cooperated immediately, stretched out his hand to support Mi Yang and took him out carefully, and asked him in a low voice if it hurt.

Although Yone Zehai was very shameless kneeling, he heard the movement in the room just now, and couldn't help turning his head to look at the back of them leaving.

Mi Hong pushed the door and came out, and said flatly to the one who was still kneeling: "Okay, both of you father and son made mistakes today, and you each played [-] big boards. You should get up too, and you will be a bit more careful next time, don't worry about it." They all just opened their mouths. As for Mi Yang, I beat him too, so let’s just leave it at that.”

Mi Zehai stood up on his knees, halfway up and looked up at his father: "Ah? Just, it's over? But dad, Mi Yang and Bai Luochuan..."

Mi Hong's face turned cold again: "Why, didn't you listen to what I told you just now? Do you want to kneel again?"

Cold sweat broke out on Mi Zehai's forehead, and he shook his head again and again: "No, no, Dad, I don't dare, I didn't mean that, I, I... okay, just let it go." He had already given up on himself in the last sentence, afraid that he would After saying a few more words, Mi Hong directly told him to get out of the yard, not even giving him a chance to kneel.

The old man wants to be strong all his life, and he is only good to the old lady, and he is as protective as an eyeball. No one, not even a son, is allowed to say a bad word about the old lady——his "no children" really dare not say a word up.

Mi Zehai failed to teach his son a lesson, but was punished by his own father. He didn't feel ashamed to kneel to his own father. He just kowtowed to his father as a New Year's greeting, but the kneeling time was a bit long, and he stumbled to his feet. , If it weren't for holding a flower bed next to it, I almost couldn't stand up.Yone Zehai was very sad. He was also in his forties, and his knees hurt after kneeling for a long time.

When he was limping on the road, he couldn't help but think of his son who was beaten again, and his heart felt sore and uncomfortable. His precious Mi Yang had never hit him with a single finger, if Mi Yang hadn't changed into sneakers today Running away, he wouldn't be so angry... The brat did it on purpose!Angry and worried about Mi Yang's beating, after walking back like this, he didn't forget to pat the dirt on his knees again when he arrived at the door of Mrs. Cheng's house, for fear that his mother-in-law's family would find out.

Mi Zehai returned to Cheng's house full of grievances, but he didn't see his son at home.

Cheng Ru stood there and said to him, "Brother-in-law, what are you guys doing? It's almost noon, why did you come back alone? Yangyang, our mother said that he must eat the first pot of dumplings first, old lady." They secretly packed a lot of coins and candies!"

Yonezawa: "..."

Yonezawa: "He didn't come back?"

Cheng Ru was even more surprised than him: "No, my sister said you went out for a run and exercise, why did you come back alone?" Help cover one or two.

Cheng Ge also made a confused expression and said: "That's right, brother-in-law, everyone is making dumplings, why did you suddenly drive Mi Yang and the others to run, it's just nonsense, this body can't be exercised in a day, you It’s been a long time since I’ve been out of the army and I’m still so angry, our mother is getting angry, and my sister is coaxing her right now!”

Yone Zehai twitched the corners of his lips, unable to say a word, he held back for a long time and said, "I'll go and see."

In the guest room on the second floor, Mrs. Cheng was sitting with her daughter, Cheng Qing's eyes were red, obviously she had cried a lot, but when she saw her husband, her attitude was not much better, she curled her lips to refuse to speak to him.

Mrs. Cheng patted her arm, sighed, and beckoned Mi Zehai at the door to come over: "Zehai, come here."

Yone Zehai sat on the side, somewhat restrained: "Mom."

The old lady Cheng looked embarrassed, but she still said: "I heard about Yangyang from your wife."

Yone Zehai straightened his back a little, opened his mouth to say something, and heard the old lady continue in a embarrassed tone: "But, you can't blame the children for this, I think you have some problems with your usual education, We, Yangyang, have not put any burden on you two since we were young. You two go to work and lock the child for a day. How many friends can he have? Isn’t it just the kid from the Bai family? ... Anyway, I think you are also wrong as parents."

Yone Zehai was stunned for a while before saying, "Ah? Our fault?"

The old lady said a few words, felt that there was nothing wrong, and her tone was affirmative: "Yes, but it's not a big deal, isn't it just finding a male partner, we also had it in our town before, and you gave it to the east of the town two years ago. That uncle’s family even sent a bag of rice and two boxes of tea, so it’s theirs!”

Yone Zehai swallowed what he originally wanted to refute, and was completely shocked by the gossip: "That uncle's house, too?! Who is it? Why didn't I see it?"

Mrs. Cheng smiled and said, "It's your aunt, you can't tell, especially when you were young, she looks more handsome than the young wives around you!"

Cheng Qing was also stunned. After thinking about it carefully for a while, he said, "That tall uncle? She... No, is he a man?"

Old Mrs. Cheng: "Yes." The old man didn't feel anything at all, and blamed the couple for making a fuss, "Isn't it just living a life, it's the same behind closed doors, as long as the two have a good relationship! The two of them adopted a The children of distant relatives, the family is not happy now, and now the technology is advanced, Yang Yang and the others will have a child in the future, and I can test it... Is it called this? Anyway, there is no rush, the two of them are still children now, and it will not be too late to talk about it two years later."

Cheng Qing looked at Mi Zehai, and Mi Zehai also looked at her. The two of them stopped thinking about their son, and asked in a low voice, "Mom, that aunt is half a head taller than my uncle, and she usually wears women's clothing. You just look at it like this?"

Mrs. Cheng said: "Ah, what's the matter? People are willing to wear red and flowers, and they broke the law?"

Cheng Qing shook his head and said, "No, no, I just didn't think of it."

Yone Zehai sat there and thought about it carefully, imagining how Mi Yang or Bai Luochuan were casually wearing women's clothing, and felt repulsed for a while. After thinking about it, he suddenly felt that it was okay for the two children to stand together in men's clothing. Yes, much easier to accept than before.

Sitting there, Cheng Qing had already asked about his uncle and aunt, and most of the red circles around his eyes had disappeared. Mi Zehai couldn't make it a few times to interject, so he could only touch the tip of his nose and sit down. Waiting on the small sofa aside.