born to you

"Hey Brother Jing, you are considered a southerner, and you are quite tall." Li Qi asked a puzzle in his heart.

"Wang Yao is also quite tall. Ms. Lan has good genes. And our hometown used to be from the north, but we came to Shuizhou after being politically persecuted."

"Is that so..." Li Qi carefully probed, "What about your father?"

He Jing paused, and pinched his left thumb with his right hand: "He..."

Maybe it's gone?

Li Qi felt He Jing's embarrassment, and was about to confuse this topic, but He Jing gritted his teeth and said: "He is a monk in Huashan Weichan Temple..."

"..." Li Qi didn't know what to say for a while.

He Jing also felt that such behavior was a bit weird, and explained in a low voice: "They divorced when I was one year old. My mother mentioned it because she didn't feel any love from my father."

Li Qi listened quietly, he knew that He Jing only needed someone to confide in at this time.

He Jing continued: "My dad lived with us before I was about five years old. To be honest, I can understand why my mom divorced him."

"I'm not saying my dad is bad, but really, he has empty eyes and doesn't take everything into his heart."

"He may become an excellent Zen master, but he is really not suitable for entering the world, nor can he play the role of a husband well."

Having said that, He Jing sighed.

"Even the old man said he wasn't angry at all. That's why the old man especially liked lively children, such as Luo Mingshan, like you."

Hearing this, Li Qi asked: "Then why was Aunt Lan..."

He Jing understood: "Do you want to ask how my parents met in the first place?"

"Correct."

"At an academic exchange meeting. This is what I heard from my grandfather later. My mother was a young and promising university professor at the time, and she explored a new concept with her scientific research team."

Li Qi interjected: "Your father was there at that time?"

"That's not true," He Jing laughed, "It was raining at the end of the day, and the ground was very wet. My mother was wearing a formal suit and high heels. You also know that she has an advantage in height, so she is not used to wearing those shoes. If you slip your foot, you're going to miss it."

"Then my dad caught her. She thought my dad was good-looking so..."

Li Qi probably knew: "So we started dating?"

"You can't think about my mother in a normal way. At that time, she was just a yellow-haired girl who didn't know the heights of the sky and the earth. She was a young version of Wang Yao."

Li Qi couldn't figure it out: "What is that?"

He Jing was a little embarrassed to say, "They had me after that. Then my dad married her. At that time, my dad was almost broken by my grandpa."

Li Qi was silent.

I didn't expect my aunt to have such an affair when she was young.

"You can almost guess what happened after that. In a few years, my dad completely understood life, left behind his five-year-old son and his elderly father, slapped his ass and shaved his head, and never had any contact with the world of mortals. In a few years, my mother persuaded the Wang family to take me back, and there was only an old widower and his friends left in the He family in Shuizhou."

Li Qi hummed, he knew that He Jing hadn't finished speaking.

"But I don't want to go at all."

He Jing turned her head to look at him, her eyes were still bright even with the backlight.

So much so that Li Qi clearly saw the twinkling tears of grievance.

He went up and wrapped people in his arms.

"Good job..."

"You can't stay in Shuizhou forever."

"Then I won't be able to meet you."

"Then what should I do?"

"What nonsense are you talking..."

After hugging for a while, He Jing heard someone passing by behind him, and quickly pushed him away.

Such a push directly destroyed Li Qi's brewed mood and atmosphere. He forgot to move and stared at He Jing.

The tears in He Jing's eyes hadn't completely dissipated, and the red cloud covered his face again.

Li Qi stared intently for a moment.

He Jing turned around and led the way in front, while urging him: "Don't stand there stupidly, you will reach Chenghe River after this intersection, don't you want to play with lanterns?"

Li Qi hurriedly followed: "It's about to be released. By the way, Brother Jing, what's the name of your river?"

"The long river."

"Is there any moral?"

"It's nothing, it's because she's long."

Well, well, what an unpretentious name!

Walking out of the long and narrow alley, the two suddenly realized.

Different from vendors along the river selling vegetables and melons during the day, there are many lanterns and balls selling along the long river at night. Under the embellishment of warm yellow street lamps, the sparkling water surface of the long river is full of colorful lights.

Coupled with the local soft dialect unique to Manjie, it is quite charming.

Li Qi followed He Jing along the river for dozens of meters, and found that all the street lanterns were selling lanterns, and most of them were fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls who made this simple handicraft at home to exchange for some small money.

He Jing didn't quite understand his behavior of walking around and comparing all the way: "They are all lanterns, so what's the difference?"

"Of course," Li Qi expressed his opinion, "Look, there are more other things placed next to the lanterns like this. Usually, the workmanship of the lanterns is mediocre, and you don't rely on lanterns to make money."

"You look carefully." He Jing saw that he hardly squatted down to examine the lanterns carefully, but only relied on his better eyesight to see the differences. He was a little impressed. "Then you are looking for a small shop that only sells lanterns now." Stall?"

"No..." Li Qi obviously had other considerations, "I also want to buy something else, preferably in the same store, so there will be a discount."

"Come on," He Jing blushed remembering the adventure in the vegetable market this afternoon, "Your glib tongue is the best deal."

Li Qi shook his head: "Sometimes it is necessary to say something nice."

He Jinggang has been venomous for more than ten years, and he has never known the concept of saying good things. He has a conscience if he can bear not to stab someone with a knife, so he can't understand it.

"But Brother Jing, it's good that you are like this." Li Qi looked at him firmly, "It's true!"

Oh.

Is he being praised?

right?

Why can't you be happy at all?

Li Qi compared it for a long time, and finally chose to squat in front of a girl who looked like a junior high school student, and asked her with a smile: "Little sister, how do you sell your lantern?"

The little girl opened her mouth softly: "The big one is five yuan, the small one is three yuan, and the pink one is ten yuan regardless of size."

Li Qi felt interesting: "Why are pink ones more expensive than other colors?"

The little girl said confidently: "This kind of lamp is a marriage lamp, and the marriage can be guaranteed by writing the names of both parties on it."

"But I see that other families also have such marriage lamps?"

"Other family's marriage lanterns are all deceitful, only my family's is the most authentic. My family's grandma took the paper and went to the temple to burn Yuelao incense."

"It's quite interesting." He Jing squatted down to take a look, and asked Li Qi, "Do you want to buy it?"

"Hmm." Li Qi looked at the things next to him again, and asked the little girl, "Is there anything you can say about this ever-burning lamp in your house?"

The little girl said: "Yes! After you write your wish on it, it will make your dream come true when it reaches the sky."

Although Li Qi didn't really believe it, but after taking a look at He Jing, he felt that He Jing was indeed his dream, and it would be even better if it could come true.

"The lanterns need to be big, let's have five of each color, and so do the ever-bright lanterns." Li Ershao offered his hands generously.

It was the first time for the little girl to see such a large sum of money, so she carefully calculated the amount with a calculator, found the money and handed the things and items to Li Qi, and took out two bracelets made of red string from her bag , each of which has a small sandalwood chip cut into it.

"You bought so many things, I'll give you something. This bracelet is also made by Grandma. It's very spiritual."

Li Qi smiled and said, "Then thank you."

After speaking, he took He Jing to find a low-lying place to squat down, and prepared to put the lanterns.

He Jing watched him busy himself and didn't remind him.

It wasn't until Li Qi rummaged in the bag for a long time that he slapped his head and remembered: "Brother Jing, there is no lighter!"

Seeing his stupid look, He Jing held back his smile for a long time before releasing it: "You look so generous, I thought you had made all the preparations, only to realize that there is no lighter?"

"This lantern is beautiful, and it's very rare for northerners." Li Qi sighed, "It's just a mistake. You wait here for me, and I'll go buy a lighter and a pen, and I have to write on the lantern later. "

He Jing stood up, took out a lighter from his trouser pocket and gave it to him.

Li Qi looked at him suspiciously, and patted his trouser pockets: "Didn't you say quit smoking? Why are you wearing this?"

He Jing had no choice but to open his hands and let him search: "I don't have a cigarette addiction at all... I can get it after just touching it twice. I really don't have a cigarette case."

Only then did Li Qi let him go, smiled and ran to a nearby convenience store to buy an oil-based pen.

He Jing fell into deep thought when he saw this kind of pen that could not write with sharp edges and corners.

Li Qi looked at him with a serious face, smiled and hooked him to the ground, and began to pull the flower boat.

He Jing raised his eyebrows and looked at it. The lighter has better performance and is windproof. He really has nothing else to do.

Li Qi picked left and right: "What is this green blessing?"

"Family harmony, family health and so on." He Jing replied.

"Oh..." Li Qi nodded and handed it to He Jing, "You let them go."

He Jing raised her eyebrows, didn't ask too many questions, and put flower boats one by one into the water.

I don't know what treatment has been done to the bottom of these flower boats. When encountering water, they will not shoal on the water, but can float far along the river.

It was the first time for He Jing and Li Qi to play this kind of thing. Although they were newbies, they really didn't need any skills. After a while, a few red candle boats with green flowers disappeared and became a bright spot.

He Jing stuffed the last boat into Li Qi's hand, put the boat into the water with his hand, and then gently pushed it along the waterway.

Li Qi looked at him and said calmly: "I will show you how to drift far."

He Jing felt that her excuse was nonsense.

What technical content does this require?

However, someone listened to it, and their eyes rolled around, as if they were startled by a flower boat.

Afterwards, they successively released various boats into the water, which were said to be safe for their studies, and He Jing was all contemptuous of them all.

"Can this kind of traditional handicraft industry survive only by making up stories? Just this small boat can help students study? It's better to save the money to buy a boat and buy a book of Wusan."

Li Qi said: "Brother Jing, I have discovered a characteristic of you since last time."

He Jing turned around.

"It's very... not romantic. Are you really a liberal arts student?"

The strong and rich perceptual thinking of liberal arts students!How could this man be as straight as a straight man of steel? How could he be close to Luo Mingshan!

He Jing is proud: "Not only that, I am still number one in liberal arts."

Take good care of this liberal arts star, please have a little higher EQ!No one wants to praise you, hey!

Forget it, Li Qi still likes his low EQ and blindness.

He Jing stood up and rubbed his legs. After lighting lanterns by the river for a long time, his legs felt a little numb when he squatted.

"Didn't I tell you that the glutinous rice balls here are delicious?"

Li Qi shook his head.

"That's fine, you wait for me here, Brother Jing will give you a taste of the specialties here."

He Jing rubbed his soft hair, stood up beside him and walked leisurely towards the stall next to him.

Just now, when he was waiting for Li Qi to buy a pen, he happened to see a young couple playing and feeding glutinous rice balls on the road.

The boy also said, "I'll eat it for you if you call out to my husband."

Although it makes people want to cover their eyes, but it is true...

A little envious.

He has no romantic cells, so he can only learn and sell now.

wrong

He and Li Qi are not young couples either.

He also didn't want to hear Li Qi call her husband.

……Maybe.

The glutinous rice balls business is very good, so there was a long queue, bored in the queue, so He Jing turned on his phone and took a look.

Unexpectedly, Wang Yao sent him a message.

I am He Jing's cutest and cutest sister: Brother, are you with Li Qi?

The time shows that it was sent two hours ago, and He Jing was probably still doing odd jobs in the kitchen at that time, so he didn't bother to look at his phone.

He Jing: He came to look for me.

It is estimated that Wang Yao is also looking at the phone at the moment, and he will reply almost instantly.

I'm He Jing's cutest and cutest sister: You two are really action-oriented, you can leave as soon as you say.

He Jing: How did you know he was coming?

He Jing: Also, when did you use my number to give you a note to change?

I am He Jing's cutest and cutest sister: ...

I am He Jing's cutest and cutest sister: Of course I know!He didn't come to see me today!

I'm He Jing's cutest and cutest sister: You don't know, after you left, he knocked on our door almost every morning at nine o'clock!Simply inhumane!

He Jing: Why is he looking for you?

I am He Jing's cutest and loveliest sister: Listen to Yaoyao telling stories about her brother's past...

I'm He Jing's cutest and cutest sister: If our adults hadn't been busy with work and left early in the morning, and were bored at home alone, I wouldn't be bothered to tell him stories.

He Jing: Oh.

He Jing: So what about the remarks?

Wang Yao simply didn't answer.

He Jing saw her shrinking her head like a tortoise, and there was really nothing she could do about him. He saw that the line in front of him was about to fill up with him, so he simply put away his phone and focused on queuing.

He bought the glutinous rice balls with great difficulty and squeezed out from the crowd. He was thinking that Li Qi might be waiting too long and he had to coax him. The next second he saw Li Qi and a girl. Chatting happily by the river.

...Even if he is called Dad, he will not even want to eat this glutinous rice dumpling.