God said I would meet you

Although it is not the first time to live in this house, it is different now, there are still a few people from the old days, but everyone's mood is different.

At the dinner table, Lin's father and Lin's mother kept picking up vegetables for Zhang Xinli. In just half an hour, the words "eat more" were repeated a hundred times, and Zhang Xinli ate whatever he was given. That's right, you can eat sour ones, sweet ones, and potatoes.Lin Jinyu said don't pinch it, he doesn't like this food, so he still wants to stop it, saying "No, it's delicious", Lin Jinyu couldn't laugh or cry.

After a meal, the table full of dishes that could not be eaten was eaten up.Lin Jinyu's parents were very happy. They were afraid that the dishes they had prepared blindly would not be what Zhang Xinli liked, but now they felt comfortable looking at the shiny plates, but Zhang Xinli was a little bit overwhelmed.

"Leave it alone, I'll wash it."

"Oh, no, no, I'll entertain you with his father, how can I ask you to wash the dishes, you go out quickly."

Just like the day Zhang's father came to their small rental house, after dinner, Zhang Xinli took the initiative to wash the dishes, but was pushed out of the kitchen by Lin's mother, asking him to watch TV with Xiaoyu.

"My mother treats you like a daughter-in-law and won't let you wash it." Lin Jinyu rolled up her sleeves, smiled and told him to go to the living room.

"But..." Zhang Xinli hesitated: "Your mother is just being polite, I really can't do well without washing."

He has zero experience in dealing with his mother-in-law, and today he came to the door with a real big girl on a sedan chair—for the first time, Zhang Xinli could only rack his brains to recall the aunts, aunts, uncles, and uncles he had seen in the village before. Which mother-in-law or mother-in-law is not polite and picky, in their place, if they come to the house for the first time, they will definitely be disgusted if they don't help clean up the dishes and wash the dishes after dinner, and just go straight to enjoy the blessing.

Although they generally only have stricter requirements on the woman, if it is a man, it is good to be willing to be courteous. If you don’t go into the kitchen after eating and just accompany your father-in-law to smoke, drink and talk, sometimes the woman’s family will not say anything. This is how it should be.

Lin Jinyu rolled up her sleeves and said, "Okay, our family doesn't have so many rules, you go chat with my dad, and I'll help my mom wash the dishes." After speaking, he took the fucking baton and pushed him forward out of the living room.

Today's meal was cooked by Lin Huainan, so he didn't compete with his wife for washing the dishes. In the living room, the TV was on and the news was broadcast, and the host was well-spoken, leading the people all over the country to care about major domestic and foreign affairs.

"Xiao Zhang is here, sit down." Seeing him coming in, Lin Huainan turned down the volume of the TV, and beckoned him to sit on the side sofa: "Are you still used to the food at home?"

"It's pretty good." This was a daily greeting, and Zhang Xinli said truthfully, "The taste is still the same as before."

"When you and Xiaoyu went to school together, every meal was well-behaved. You could eat as much as you were given, and you didn't ask for more than leftovers... In fact, the taste of our food is quite different from yours. Yes, his mother and I know, we just want to take care of Xiaoyu's taste...the same goes for many other things." Lin Huainan took the soft Zhonghua from the table, smoked one himself, and handed him another: "You smoke Right."

It was a declarative sentence like a question, and "many other things" Zhang Xinli understood what it was, he accepted it as a thank you, and said: "I understand, I owed you to come to Shanghai to study in the past. Others are trivial things. It's nothing."

Even going back to the source, he was able to meet Lin Jinyu thanks to Lin Huainan.Whether it is destined or not, just like the dewdrops cannot return to the tip of the leaves, once the eyes meet, they cannot move away.

"Okay, I won't mention the past," Lin Huainan said, "Please believe that, as a father, I love Xiaoyu as much as you do, and I hope he will always be happy."

Zhang Xinli thought about how weird this sounded, shouldn't he say it?It sounded like Lin Huainan was expressing his determination to him.

"I understand." Zhang Xinli wanted to call him uncle, but he couldn't open his mouth. He had accidentally called him dad before. Now, if he changed it back now, it would make him look like something, but if he continued to call him dad...it seemed a little embarrassing. , In the end, he didn't address him, just said: "You have said it all, and I won't mention the past. You have your position, I have mine, Xiaoyu has Xiaoyu's, it's all in the past."

He said: "It's just that although I don't mention it, there is something I have to do."

As Zhang Xinli said, he took out a bulging envelope, straightened his back, and solemnly pushed it along the table to Lin Huainan, saying, "This is the school selection fee at that time." It was money that he had kept with him for a long time. Zhang Xinli has been there since the first day he entered university and started to try to live independently.In fact, in the original plan, this envelope should have been given to Lin Jinyu's parents along with the fruit when they first entered the door, but Zhang Xinli was too nervous and forgot it for a while.

"School selection fee?" Lin Huainan was slightly surprised: "Xiao Zhang, I already said that at that time, you don't need to pay any fees to pick you up here to study, let alone pay it back."

"I know," Zhang Xinli said, but he didn't mean to take it back: "It was agreed between my father and you, and it has nothing to do with me."

From the moment he got on that train and received a text message from Lin Jinyu, at the age of 17 that year, he had already decided that one day he would return the money to Lin Huainan.

Lin Huainan pressed the other side of the envelope and pushed back: "I won't accept it."

"It's harmless for you to accept it, it's just to make me feel better," Zhang Xinli said, "I have eaten here for two years, and every day you take me to and from school is the same as taking Xiaoyu to and from school. What do you buy for Xiaoyu on holidays? Just buy me something...these are things that can be paid off with this little money."

Lin Huainan agreed, the fact is: "You don't need to care about those."

"I don't care about it," Zhang Xinli said, "It's my duty."

It's not that he feels that he owes Lin Huainan something to pay back, it's just that he should be like this.

Lin Huainan showed helplessness on his face, and was about to say something more, but was interrupted by his son's voice: "Dad, what are you whispering?"

Mother Lin was cutting fruit in the kitchen. After he finished washing the dishes, when he came over, he saw his partner and his father talking about something.Zhang Xinli and Lin Huainan didn't speak, but Lin Jinyu glanced at the envelope on the coffee table and understood a thing or two.Zhang Xinli didn't tell him about this matter that had been on his schedule for many years before he came, probably because he was afraid that he would object.

But... what is there to object to.

"Dad, take it." Unexpectedly, Lin Jinyu was not polite to Zhang Xinli: "A family, giving and giving is actually a matter of left hand to right hand, you have the right to accept the kindness and make him feel better. "

Zhang Xinli also said yes.Lin Huainan couldn't help it, took the envelope, and said, "Okay, Xiao Zhang, don't force yourself, you can give this money anytime, you have to live your own life first."

"Sure, I promised you, and I also promised Grandpa Lin, that I will take good care of him," Zhang Xinli said, "It will be in this life."

"Hey, his mother and I only have one son, Xiaoyu. We only hope that he will be healthy and happy, and that he will be happy in the future. Nothing else matters," Lin Huainan said, "Xiao Zhang, although you are a man, I don't think I have seen It's your fault."

He didn't expect Zhang Xinli to take the initiative to repay the money. Zhang Xinli's family's local conditions are considered good, but the per capita income in Shanghai is too far behind. The money is nothing to Lin Huainan, but Zhang Xinli's parents are afraid of hard work There are only so many bitter seeds a year.

If you are poor, you must plan carefully. Even if you want to pay back, most people will be too late if they can. Zhang Xinli returned it so quickly and took such initiative, not to mention Lin Huainan's previous suspicion of letting him transfer to another school.

Although this is an era where good people are still the majority, these qualities are not easily possessed by everyone. Is gender really that important in front of these qualities?

"Of course I'm not mistaken, Dad." Lin Jinyu stood beside Zhang Xinli, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Your son is so smart, and his vision is very poisonous. I despise ordinary people."

"You're gasping for breath before you've even praised you," Lin Huainan said, "Smart? Playing with snot in mud, I sent you to learn it, and your mother wiped your snot after you."

"Dad, what's the matter with you! Don't slander me!" These embarrassing things that did not exist in Lin Jinyu's memory made him surprised and embarrassed: "I didn't have a runny nose when I was young!"

"It's an exaggeration," Lin Huainan said, "You can only play with mobile phones. In order to get rid of your addiction, you were sent to Liangshan with great difficulty. Who knew that you abducted someone else's son back for me without any hassle? You are quite capable. "

"That's it." Lin Jinyu was not ashamed but proud: "Isn't that good? You and mom have two sons."

"Amitabha, please forgive me." Lin's mother came from the kitchen with a plate of fruit, talking and laughing: "I have a headache for one of them, and I have two. In fact, when I was pregnant, I prayed that it would be good if I had a daughter." , it must be a thoughtful little padded jacket, who knew it was a son, a seven or eight-year-old dog would despise it, and it caused a terrible headache."

Zhang Xinli said, "Indeed, it's not bad."

"What are you talking about?" Lin Jinyu was surprised. What's going on? Is it his parents or Zhang Xinli's parents? Why are they making fun of him all of a sudden? God, he is their real son: "Why don't you Said that if only you were a girl, I could still marry you."

Zhang Xinli still said, "Not bad."

Lin Jinyu lost his temper.

"Xiaoyu, Xiaozhang, dad still says the same thing," Lin Huainan said to them: "If you choose your own path, you have to walk on your own. Life is very long. I know you have thought it through clearly, but as a dad, I still want to remind you how many times you have to go. sentence."

Zhang Xinli and Lin Jinyu stopped laughing and looked at Lin Huainan seriously.

"You have plans for your future life, and you have adjusted your living habits for several years. There is nothing wrong with these, but there is another big thing. I heard from your mother that you all think it doesn't matter if you don't have children, right?"

"Yes," Lin Jinyu replied, "You don't know me yet, I can always fill my life with new things, even without my own children, I won't feel empty."

The world is too big, and Lin Jinyu still has many things she doesn’t know and many places she hasn’t been to. They once talked about going to Jiuzhaigou and Xiamen together, but they didn’t have the nerve to tie a bridge on it that belonged to them. They once said that they would buy a house together, raise cats and dogs as children...they have many visions that have not been realized, and many regrets to seek perfection.

"I am the same," Zhang Xinli said, "Uncle...Dad, I brought up my cousin, and now there are two newborn children in the family. The age difference is too big. In fact, it is similar to my own children. Dear There is nothing to be attached to if you are not your own.”

"Well, it seems that you have already thought it through," Lin Huainan said, "It's just Xiaoyu, I don't ask this question because I want you to inherit the blood of your family or something, but I can't accompany a life to grow up. It’s a pity.”

"Hahahahahahahahahaha," Lin Jinyu hadn't spoken yet, and Lin's mother suddenly laughed: "Isn't this what your father said to you before we got married? How could you plagiarize your father's speech."

Lin Huainan said: "Well...Actually, what my father said is quite reasonable."

"That's not what you said before you got married," Lin's mother rarely dismantled his platform: "My father-in-law asked you to take over his class and said that you have a good future. You would rather die than go to 'teach Po Shu'. You are not filial to your children and grandchildren." You are so rebellious, you still said that your father is stubborn and doesn't understand that everyone is equal and born free, now you are talking good things?"

Lin Huainan protested: "I didn't say that to my dad, at most I wouldn't listen."

Lin Jinyu and Zhang Xinli were on the side, watching them chatting, Lin's mother said to them: "Haha, you don't know, your father used to be an unmarriageist, saying that he didn't want to have children if he didn't get married. , His father... Even your grandfather, looking at him is like looking at a freak."

"Really?" It was the first time for Lin Jinyu to hear her parents tell the story of their distant youth: "What else?"

"What's more, there is more," Lin Huainan couldn't hold back his face, and scolded, "No more, it's all made up by your mother."

Anyone with a discerning eye knows whether it’s a fabrication or not.

"Speaking of which, when did the two of you establish an improper relationship?" Lin Huainan began to change the subject: "Xiao Yu, I remember when you were in high school, you once came out of the bathroom naked... and then Xiao Zhang also came out. Not at that time already..."

"No! No! We were innocent at that time!" After years of embarrassing things were suddenly dug up, this time it was Lin Jinyu's turn to lose face, and he yelled: "Dad! What are you thinking? How do you remember? ?”

The wind picked up, and the white plaid curtains in the living room and the blue curtains with white sailboat patterns in the room swayed gently together. Lin Jinyu and his son talked about each other, and started a big discussion about the "adultery" incident in the past. During the debate, Zhang Xinli looked at this noisy and warm family with a lot of emotion - from now on, he is also a part of the "family".

Mother Lin was too lazy to talk to her husband and son, and said to him: "Don't talk to them, it will be quiet later, Xiao Zhang, I have tidied up your room, see what you brought for a change of clothes, and call Xiaoyu to help you later." You put it together, and you don’t have to be polite if you order him.”

She instructed Zhang Xinli patiently and gently, just like when he first came to this house that year.

"Well, thank you...Mom." Zhang Xinli smiled at her, looked over Mama Lin's shoulder, and landed on the familiar white solid wood door.

It was the door he had pushed and opened countless times. The blue sailboat curtains were the same as the year he left. Lin Jinyu’s high school books and test papers were piled on the balcony floor of the room. Page after page was vividly written, full of his and Zhang Xinli's immature handwriting.

Those notes are like imprints one by one, freezing the invisible years and retaining the youthful silhouette.

They came back, unrecognizable, and still the same.