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Yan Che did not expect that when he woke up, it was already past noon.

For that night of dreamless sleep, when Yan Che got up to wash and wash, the corners of his mouth were rarely bent.

Yan Che returned to Yanjiawan at seven o'clock last night when it was getting dark.

Regarding Yan Che's sudden return home, the elder brother Yan Guoqiang was the first to be surprised.

Watching Yan Che appear at the door of the house, the firewood held in Yan Guoqiang's hand and the dry tobacco stick in his mouth fell to the ground with a thud, and it took a long time for him to say three words, "Are you back?"

Thinking about the situation of last night, Yan Che sat on the only available bed at home—the rollaway bed, stared at the blue-and-white-flowered linen curtain for a long time, and then began to look at the furnishings of the room.

Yan Laosi's small fenced yard is just a set of two adobe tiled houses, with a main room in the middle, which is equivalent to a living room in the city.In addition to a large shrine with ancestral tablets, there is only an old wooden table and four old benches in the middle.This main room serves as the living room and dining room of the fourth family of Mr. Yan.

There is a big room on the left and right of the main room.

The room on the right is Yan Laosi's own bedroom.Since the beams were placed high when the house was built, the house was simply divided into two floors by wooden boards.There are scattered agricultural tools and some sundries piled up on it, and three simple beds are placed below, where Yan Laosi, father and son used to live here.

The room on the left is where Yan Che lived with his mother when he was young.Like the room on the right, there are two floors here.The difference is that the room on the right has two floors simply separated by wood, but here a carpenter was hired to separate the middle building with wooden boards, and a carved wooden staircase was built.

It was still the same as when Yan Che left, the downstairs was clean and tidy, and the grain fences woven with bamboo strips were neatly piled up, inside which surrounded the grain of Yan Lao Si's family - rice that had not been husked, and vegetable shortages. In season, serve as a pickle for meals on and off the table at home.

Once up the stairs, the situation is quite different.

The furnishings upstairs, to put it bluntly, may be all the possessions of the four old Yan's families.

The mottled vermilion lacquer wardrobe, although it has been around for a long time, is not too damaged except for some peeling off of the lacquer surface. It is said that it was left to him by Yan's fourth grandparents when they separated.After all, this large wardrobe is at least something from the Qing Dynasty, and it is an antique on the market today.

There is also a two-meter-wide and 1.5-meter-high three-door cabinet. The middle facade is inlaid with patterned glass. Although it is also painted with vermilion lacquer, it looks like the dressing table that is rarely seen in the countryside. Modern furniture.

There is a blue and white porcelain vase and a photo frame on the counter.

In the photo frame, a young and beautiful woman is holding a three-year-old pink child.Taking a closer look, it's not hard to see that Yan Che's facial features are exactly like that of that woman's.

What is more conspicuous than the big wardrobe in the room is the two-meter-high, two-meter-wide, two-meter-five long, two-entry trundle bed.It should be as old as that big wardrobe, because the mottled vermilion lacquer surface is almost exactly the same.It's just that this rolling bed is more exquisite than the big wardrobe. Dragons are carved on the beams of the tent, and even the edge of the step in front of the bed is also carved with flowers and plants.

On the pedals at both ends of the bed, there are small compartments similar to today's bedside tables, and the tops are also carved... In short, this rolling bed is very luxurious.

Next to the pedestal bed is a dressing table with a large mirror that is spotless.In the lower right corner of the mirror glass, there is a bright red "囍" character, and below the word is a lacquered lotus.

There are grates and combs placed in an orderly manner on the stage, as well as a bottle of toilet water and cream... However, it seems that no one has used them for a long time, because these things seem to have never been opened.

The dressing table was similar in style to the three cabinets, and they were all painted with vermilion lacquer...it must have been beaten by Mr. Yan Che after his mother Yan Che arrived.

Looking at all this, Yan Che felt the complexity in his heart beyond words.

The layout of this room is almost exactly the same as when he left... Yan Che knew that Yan Guoqiang had never let anyone live in this room after his mother died and he left Yanjiawan.

Because... Vaguely, Yan Che could still vaguely smell the original fragrance in the room - it was the smell once smoked by a plant called balsam on the mountain behind Yan Che's mother's bay.

Thinking about what he had done in the past few years, Yan Che felt more and more guilty towards Yan Guoqiang.

Even... Last night, Yan Guoqiang cooked for Yan Che a bowl of egg noodles with tomatoes that he used to love most, said "It's good to be back", and watched Yan Che finish eating contentedly... But When Yan Che saw Yan Guoqiang's expression no longer in the past, with gray hair and wrinkled face, he still couldn't help the red eyes, and knelt heavily in front of Yan Guoqiang.

Children are the continuation of parents' lives. Which parent does not love their children? !Yan Che thought about his actions in the past few years, and when he raised his hand to slap himself hard, Yan Guoqiang stopped Yan Che.

What Yan Che looked up to see was Yan Guoqiang's face full of old tears, his throat was itchy: "Hey, I was wrong. Hey, I'm back!"

In the yard, apart from the five or six little chicks who were being led around by the old hen to hunt for food, the only sound left was the rustling of the wind blowing through the leaves.

Yan Che found Xiaomi in a good mood, and for the sake of the big and small chickens, he wandered around Yanjiawan, which he had left for nine years.

Yan Jiawan has changed.

But it hasn't changed.

There are still so many households, and they are still located in familiar places.

It's just that these houses have changed, become better, and become more beautiful.The life of Yanjiawan people is also going well.

Unconsciously, I wandered to the big banyan tree in front of the bay.

Yan Che was a little dazed looking at the growing banyan tree.

In his memory, Yan Che's mother always took him here to escape the heat and enjoy the cool breeze.Or talking to people under the weird eyes of the people in the bay.

Yan Che knew that it wasn't that his mother didn't like to talk to people, but that his mother was shy by nature, and she got nervous when she couldn't say a few words to people.

Yan Che also knew that his mother wanted to take him out to play with other children in the bay.Yan Jiang Yanhe is ten years older than himself, Yan Che has not yet learned to walk, Yan Jiang Yanhe has accompanied Yan Guoqiang to work in the field, how can he have time to play with him? !

It's just that people in the bay have a estrangement from his wife and his wife. Every time his wife and his wife came under the banyan tree, the originally lively banyan tree immediately became quiet.

Yan Che felt that he was being watched, so he looked intently.

It turned out that it was still the same as before, with a group of slack mothers and aunts sitting around under the banyan tree.

But at this moment, those mothers-in-law looked at Yan Che either curiously or in surprise.

Yan Che couldn't help being a little panicked, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch his eyes...there's no swelling.

Soon, Yan Che smiled in relief... How could he have forgotten that he was born with facial features carved out almost in the same mold as his mother... Otherwise, why would those children in Xiaowan run and shout when they saw him? False girl", secretly taking advantage of the opportunity of coming to Yan Jiang Yanhe, and secretly giving herself the fruit picked from the mountain in the back of the bay? !

Yan Che smiled slightly. Although most of the faces among mothers-in-law and aunts were unfamiliar faces, he still saw a few familiar faces: "Grandma Seven, Aunt Guosheng, how about enjoying the cool?"

"Oh, little San'er, when did you come back?" Zhang Chaoying put down the bamboo dustpan and greeted Yan Che with a smile: "You don't want to go to Aunt Guosheng's house when you come back? Your uncle Guosheng mentioned you a while ago !"

"Well, I just came back yesterday. If I have time, I must visit Uncle Guosheng. Auntie Guosheng's fried fish is my favorite." Yan Che replied with a smile.

Yan Guosheng and Yan Guoqiang's fathers are blood brothers, so he and Yan Guoqiang's four brothers are blood cousins, so they are in the same Yan family in Wanli, so the relationship is naturally quite close.

Yan Che still remembered that when he was a child, this Uncle Guosheng loved him more than the quiet Yan Guoqiang.

Whenever there is a lot of rain, Yan Guosheng will always catch some small fish in the field, and when he returns home, let his handy aunt Zhang Chaoying wrap them in flour and fry them in oil.Then he pulled out a large portion and asked Zhang Chaoying to deliver it to Yan Guoqiang's home.

Yan Che likes to eat such small fish very much. Yan Che, who has a very small appetite, can eat two small bowls of cornmeal and steamed rice at this time.

"Hey, well, I'll ask your Uncle Guosheng to bring you Xiaoyu later." Zhang Chaoying immediately smiled when she heard that the child still remembered her kindness.

"Little San'er, you're already so old!" As soon as Zhang Chaoying finished speaking, Deng Cuilan, Yan Zhaosheng's mother-in-law, put down the soles of her shoes, and looked at Yan Che with bent eyes.

"Grandma Seven." Yan Che called out.

"Hehe, he's getting more and more handsome." Deng Cuilan laughed.

In terms of seniority, Yan Zhaosheng is the youngest child of Yan Guoqiang's father's generation. Although the relationship is a little far away, they are all in the same Yanjiawan, no matter how far away they are.

All in all, the Yan family in Yanjiawan are all relatives.In the past, children in the bay fought and quarreled, and accidentally beat their elders or scolded their grandchildren. Although there were many people, their seniority was well-organized.

When worshiping ancestors during Chinese New Year and festivals, queuing up to offer incense according to seniority is also methodical.

In the countryside, it's not uncommon for sisters-in-law to play tricks on uncle in public...as long as they don't act out of line.

Therefore, the young women and aunts are very enthusiastic, especially the young women and aunts like Yan Jiawan, who are even more enthusiastic when they see this handsome Yan Jiawan No. [-] uncle.

The young mothers-in-law and aunts who were born and raised in the countryside were informal, but when they saw their aunts teasing Yan Che, this uncle who was born more handsome than their mother-in-law and aunts was not angry, and even had a little more affection for him. joke.

When Deng Cuilan watched Zhang Chaoying introduce Yan Che's daughter-in-law one by one, these young sister-in-laws made jokes about Yan Che from time to time, Yan Che's handsome face turned red to the neck. , put the sole of the shoe aside unkindly, followed by amused Yan Che, completely disregarding that he was already an elder of the "grandmother" generation.

After a series of "verbal battles" and the introduction of "flying fat and powder", Yan Che has thoroughly learned the strengths of the rural women and aunts-these young women and aunts speak so boldly that Yan Che feels that even those in the city who have met Women in the world will blush when they meet...

He is a big old man, so... he was molested by these sisters-in-law, and it was broad daylight, in the public, Hong Guoguo was molested by a group of sister-in-laws.

A big man, he can't get angry with these bold sister-in-laws, can he? !

So Yan Che could only regret in his heart that he didn't leave earlier, and his face turned red to the end.

When Yan Che was embarrassed by this group of mothers-in-law and wanted to escape, he didn't notice that two people approached from a distance on the small road in front of the bay.

One male and one female.

Deng Cuilan had sharp eyes, and saw the two of them as soon as they turned the intersection.

When people approached a little closer, Deng Cuilan had a weird expression when she saw the person coming, lightly touched Zhang Chaoying with her elbow, and said softly to Yan Che: "Little San'er, isn't that your elder brother and sister-in-law here?"

Zhang Chaoying also looked up, and her expression became weird like Deng Cuilan's: "Little San'er, go home first! Guiyue, you guys went to the vegetable field behind the slope to call your fourth uncle back. Let's say that Yan Jiang and his wife are here. "

Guiyue looked at Yan Jiang and Zhao Cuihua and his wife who were approaching, and then at Yan Che. Just as she was about to speak, the fourth sister-in-law grabbed Guiyue's arm and drove her towards the vegetable field behind the slope.

Several other young women and aunts also stopped talking, bowing their heads and doing the work in their hands.

Yan Che looked up, no, Yan Jiang with a simple and helpless face, and a woman with a fierce face were approaching him... Is this woman Yan Jiang's wife?Yan Che secretly guessed.However, looking at the woman's expression, Yan Che naturally did not feel that this sister-in-law whom he had never met would come to welcome him home.

"Grandma Seven, Aunt Guosheng, sisters-in-law, I'm going home first." Yan Che smiled slightly, and greeted several aunts and aunts politely. After that, he walked to the small fenced courtyard behind Yanjiawan.