Danqing

On the morning of the first day of the new year, worship the ancestors.

Both the elders of the Qin family were buried in cemeteries on the outskirts of the city, the elders of the Chen family were still alive, and Father Chen's grandparents were buried in the countryside, and they only went to visit the graves during the Ching Ming Festival.Therefore, only the Tan family participated in the ancestor worship activity.

At night when he was thirty, Tan Songxue slept with Chen Kezhi, because he didn't lie down until one or two in the morning, and Tan Songxue didn't get up until eleven o'clock. When Qin's mother pulled him up from the bed, she still looked reluctant.

Chen's father and Chen's mother prepared a big red envelope for Tan Songxue, and Qin's mother asked Qin Songxue to pay New Year's greetings to Chen's parents. Qin Songxue was reluctant.

"Oh, forget it, forget it, children are shy...Qiuqiu comes to Aunt Zhao, and I'll give you a red envelope." Mother Chen waved to Tan Songxue.

Tan Songxue still held back her words.

Chen's father felt strange and asked him: "What's wrong with Qiuqiu today? Is it because my brother's bed is uncomfortable?"

"This little bastard really gets older and less polite. He doesn't even say Happy New Year!" Mother Tan smiled apologetically at the Chen family's parents.

Qin Songxue was wronged, she curled her small mouth and muttered, "I, I haven't brushed my teeth yet, my mouth smells so bad when I speak..."

The three adults couldn't laugh or cry, Tan Songxue was a little embarrassed, blushed and ran home.

On the first day of the New Year's Eve, the two families didn't get together for dinner. Mother Chen cooked three bowls of dumplings at noon, and ate the leftovers from last night in the afternoon.

After the separation of the Li family, they seldom get together except during the Chinese New Year. Qin Songxue has no impression of his grandparents. He can vaguely feel that the second elder of the Li family doesn't like him very much, because even when they get lucky money during the Chinese New Year, they only have a 50-yuan bill. Uncle Chen and Aunt Zhao both gave him four hundred this year.

Compared with the elders of the Li family, Qin Songxue's uncle treats him very well. He used to work in a state-owned enterprise and his financial conditions were relatively good. He would occasionally buy two sets of cartoons for Qin Songxue, and some mothers of Qin did not often buy them. snacks.Because Tan Songxue and his uncle didn't meet often, he almost responded to Tan Songxue's request, and Tan Songxue liked him more as an uncle.

Li Chao is Qin Songxue's cousin, one and a half years older than him, and already in the first grade of elementary school, his grades are at the bottom of the class, unlike Qin Songxue's mischievous behavior all day long, Li Chao was spoiled by the second elder of the Li family, Owing homework, being late, leaving early, tampering with test paper results, and casually bullying classmates are almost commonplace.If so, when Li Xingguo taught him a lesson, he was always stopped by the elders of the Li family.

No matter what, Li Chao is his own precious grandson, so he can't beat him.

Sometimes Li Xingguo was so angry that he let it go.

"Uncle—!" Seeing Li Xingguo standing at the door, Tan Songxue threw herself at him with outstretched arms.

Li Xingguo picked up Tan Songxue and rubbed his face with his stubble: "The ball is heavy again, uncle can barely hold it..."

Qin Songxue felt a little hurt from being rubbed, and laughed and pushed Li Xingguo's face away.

Qin's mother opened a lot of back doors for Li's family. When the company has benefits, it is always necessary to have a share of Li's family. But because the two families rarely communicate with each other, every year Li Xingguo will buy some toys for Qin Songxue in addition to giving New Year's money. .

The elders of the Li family didn't think much of Tan's father, and they often gossip about Tan's father in private. This kind of emotion affected Li Chao, and made him not friendly to Tan Songxue.

So when Li Xingguo took out a Transformer model to Tan Songxue, Li Chao dropped the lollipop in his hand on the spot and left.

In the past, when Li Xingguo gave gifts to Qin Songxue a few days in advance, Li Chao didn't know about it. Super annoying.

Li Chao has wanted that model for a long time, but Li Xingguo suffered the impact of the reform last year. The state-owned enterprise disappeared and became one of the many laid-off workers. The economic conditions are no longer ample, so every time Li Chao said he wanted to buy The model Li Xingguo said that it was too expensive to buy until his birthday, but now he has not even touched the shadow of the model, and was preempted by that little fat man Qin Songxue!Why?

"Li Chao!" Li Xingguo scolded him to stop, but Li Chao turned a deaf ear and ran into his bedroom and locked the door behind him.

After such a commotion, everyone's faces were not very good-looking. Qin Songxue didn't know what happened, and looked blankly at the adults holding the Transformers model.

Li Chao's mother, Xu Juan, smiled awkwardly: "The kid is not very sensible, I'm really sorry, it's Chinese New Year..." Then she got up and knocked on the door of Li Chao's bedroom.

"Chaochao, please open the door, everyone is waiting until you come out..."

Li Chao yelled angrily from inside the door: "Dad won't buy me the model I've been thinking about for so long, but Qin Songxue can have it without telling me anything! Why can I have Tan Songxue if I don't get it!"

The elders of the Li family knew the reason, and looked at Li Xingguo complainingly, and Grandma Li also stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Chaochao, don't be angry, grandma will buy it for you tomorrow?"

"I don't want it! I want the one in Tan Songxue's hand!"

Now all eyes were on Tan Songxue, who hugged the model uncomfortably.

Grandpa Li also came to add fuel and jealousy: "Qiaoqiu, give the toy to my brother to play with first? He will return it to you when he has played enough..."

"Dad, what are you talking about...you can't spoil Li Chao so much!" Li Xingguo couldn't help robbing Li Chao of his partiality.

"It's a child's toy, so what if you play with it..." Grandma Li was not very happy when she heard Li Xingguo say this.

Qin's mother sneered in her heart, her parents spoiled their grandson so much, no wonder Li Chao became such a virtuous person.

Qin's father and Qin's mother didn't speak. They all felt uncomfortable. Is there such a thing as a bully?But they couldn't come forward to stop them, so they gave Tan Songxue the decision-making power. First, they all knew that Tan Songxue was not a character who would suffer, and second, they wanted to exercise Tan Songxue's ability to handle things.

In fact, Qin Songxue did not disappoint them.

When Grandpa Li asked Tan Songxue to give the Transformers to Li Chao again, Qin Songxue spoke up.

"No!"

Grandpa Li didn't expect his grandson to be so uncommunicative, but it's not easy to scold others. After all, they are the ones who have wronged Tan Songxue, so he persuaded him: "Qiuqiu, didn't the kindergarten teacher tell you not to be stingy? Give your brother a play and he will refund it to you." , A stingy kid will be called an iron rooster by others. And the toy was bought by my uncle, and my brother is his child, let him play with it."

Qin Songxue glanced at his grandfather, took the Transformers and ran to the door of Li Chao's bedroom, and shouted, "You promise me, you will refund me after playing for a while!" Qin Songxue doesn't like Li Chao, and has never called him "Brother."

"Which one should be returned to you! What my father bought is mine! I will not return it to you!" The doorman was also not to be outdone.

"Li Chao!" Li Xingguo roared angrily.

Tan Songxue snorted, and ran back to sit on the sofa, ignoring anyone who looked at him.

Li Chao was provoked by Tan Songxue and started to throw things in the bedroom.Grandma Li was in a hurry and wanted Qin Songxue to give in.

No matter what the two old people said, Tan Songxue always said that word - no.

Qin Songxue is not afraid of them, Xiao Ke and Grasshopper told him that if he is backed up by others, he doesn't care if the sky falls.

The meal made the two families unhappy, but in the end Tan Songxue still gave the Transformers to Li Chao.

"Oh, Li Chao, I don't want this anymore, I'll give it to you." Tan Songxue looked disgusted, and put the Transformers on the sofa as a charity.

Li Chao blushed with anger when he saw his skinless and shameless appearance.If it wasn't for an adult blocking them, the two children would have fought.

When he walked out of Li's house, Tan Songxue told his mother that he never wanted to come again.

"Grandpa and grandma are elders, Li Chao is your elder brother, we are still a family, although you may dislike them in your heart, but don't show it, you know?"

Tan Songxue was a little angry, and ignored his mother. She couldn't show her dislike, whether she was annoying or not.

Halfway there, Tan Songxue was tired and asked Tan's father to carry him home.

In the evening, Tan Songxue didn't go to complain to Chen Kezhi, because today he walked a lot to worship his ancestors, and fell asleep on his father's back on the way home.After arriving home, Father Tan carefully put him on the bed, took off his coat and covered him with a quilt, and gently closed his bedroom door.

At the end of the day, both Qin's father and Qin's mother were a little tired, they didn't turn on the TV, and lay down after washing up early.

"How much did Chen Anguo give today?" Father Tan took off his glasses and put them on the bedside table.

"I gave four hundred... The red envelope I gave Xiao Ke today was only 200 yuan, which is too much." The Chen family always gave more red envelopes, but the difference was not too big.Chen Kezhi learned calligraphy with Qin's father, and Qin's father never took any money, including a lot of rice paper and brushes. Chen's father and Chen mother knew it well, so they were very kind to Qin Songxue.

"It's okay, I usually take care of Xiao Ke."

"I gave Li Chao one hundred, and Li Xingguo gave the same red envelope. The old lady didn't give it again this year, and the 1000 yuan we gave seemed too little to her." Mother Qin sighed. Patriarchal, the good ones are all taken by her younger brother, and now they are almost [-], and the ones who should be partial will still be partial.When there are difficulties, she manages them all by herself. She helped contact Li Xingguo's current job in the machinery factory. After a year, I don't know how much he paid back. The two elders of the Li family never settled the account.

"Forget it...they are all in their 70s and [-]s, and every year will be less than one year, so don't worry about it so much, let's go along with what should be done."

"Bo An..."

"Ok?"

"It's nothing, go to sleep." Mother Tan smiled and turned off the light.

Father Tan didn't suspect him, and soon fell asleep with his arms around her.

In the darkness, Mother Qin couldn't close her eyes for a long time.

Father Tan ordered a lot of calligraphy and painting newspapers, and she would look through them when she was free. She had seen the admissions brochure for the Gome Calligraphy and Seal Carving Advanced Research Class published on the calligraphy and painting newspaper a long time ago, and there were lines drawn by Father Tan with a brush on it. .Father Qin met all the above four registration requirements, and then she found out that Father Qin was contacting to sell calligraphy and paintings, as well as the few Shoushan stones he had collected in the early years, presumably to make up for the high tuition fees of tens of thousands of yuan that year.

But Father Qin stopped after only a while, and that was the day when she told Father Tan that she was going to the provincial party committee.

Father Tan gave up and didn't even mention it to her.

Qin's mother has always known that calligraphy is Qin's father's life. This opportunity is rare, and the newspaper says that this is the first time that the advanced research class recruits students.Father Tan has waited for this opportunity for too long. He urgently needs a good platform to sell himself, to meet the real big names in calligraphy and painting, to worship them as teachers and pave the way for Qin Songxue. shot.

But when everything was ready and he was about to report to her, Father Tan still gave up.

Qin's mother's resignation is closely related to her future career, and if he also leaves for his own future, then Qin Songxue will be left alone at home with no one to take care of him.

Before becoming a calligrapher, he was first a husband, a father, and this was a sacrifice he had to make.

What Qin's mother didn't know was that the enrollment of advanced research classes was different from that of other places. It did not enroll students once a year, and its enrollment was irregular.

So it will be three years before the second enrollment of the advanced research class.