Tolerate

Lu Qingming paused while eating noodles, nodded and said, "I originally planned to go there after breakfast."

Xiao Zhuzi took another big mouthful of noodles, "My mother said... let the elders go over and have a reunion dinner."

Ling Suzhen glanced at her parents-in-law, and seeing that the elders didn't say anything, she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go over after eating."

Xiaozhuzi completed the task of "spreading the word" and started to eat another bowl of noodles.

New Year's Eve in rural areas is always more atmospheric than in cities. This atmosphere begins to pervade at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month and will continue until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.And family gatherings and meals are the most important part of the source of "New Year's Taste".

Today, I will go to Aunt Chi's house for dinner first, and tomorrow, on the 29th year, I will go to Uncle Chi's house for dinner.

Chi Muyun and Chi Muqiu actually don't like this kind of gathering very much.

Just like now, when she was watching lambs in the yard, a relative from the Lu family who she didn't know well grabbed her and said that she had a distant cousin who started a company in the capital and wanted to introduce her to her. , insisting that she take out her mobile phone and write down her mobile number.

"WeChat is a mobile phone number," said the relative, about 30 years old, wearing glasses. "According to seniority, you should call me sister. My cousin has heard about you for a long time and wants to meet you. Everyone is For peers, it’s okay to communicate, for relatives, we just need to communicate more, what’s the matter, we can help each other..."

Chi Muyun was so entangled by this "sister" who appeared out of nowhere, so he had no choice but to take out his phone and memorize the number of that "cousin".

"Yun," Lu Qingming flashed out suddenly, grabbed her and asked urgently, "Auntie asked me, where did you put the car keys?"

The "sister" was interrupted, and stared at Lu Qingming with great interest, "Is the boss of Wensong's family so old?" Lu Qingming grinned at her, "Hello, aunt."

Chi Muyun thought for a while and said, "I should put the car keys on the cabinet."

Lu Qingming shook his head, "I looked for it, but there isn't one."

Chi Muyun frowned slightly.Her memory is not bad, she clearly remembered to put the car keys on the cabinet...

"It's the green cabinet." She emphasized.

Lu Qingming still shook his head, "Really not. Come here for a while."

Chi Muyun smiled politely at "Sister", "I'll help them find it."

"Sister" waved her hand, "Oh, don't lose it, go quickly."

Chi Muyun was dragged into the back room by Lu Qingming.Chi Muyun saw the car keys on the cabinet at a glance, and looked at Lu Qingming suspiciously.

Lu Qingming chuckled, "So the key is here."

Looking at her, Chi Muyun suddenly understood that Chi Muqiu probably didn't ask Lu Qingming for any car keys.

"Don't learn well." Chi Muyun said in a low voice.Xiaolu is no longer the honest Xiaolu he was when he was a child, and he has also learned to talk nonsense.

She thought so, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up.

It was said that Guiqin was cooking, but in fact it was Chi Muyun and Lu Qingming who were working together.The labor-intensive tasks of holding firewood, lighting a fire, and washing noodles and rice were all taken care of by Lu Qingming, Chi Muyun washed and cut vegetables, and Guiqin cooked and stewed vegetables.

It's kind of harmonious.

Guiqin's attitude towards Lu Qingming is much gentler than before, at least on the surface, she looks like a kind elder.

Many adults feel that children have no memory.They may remember the excessive things that many elders have done to them, but they will not believe that a child who grew up around them will hate them.

"Hearing grudges" might not be the right word.

Because Lu Qingming really didn't care about the things in his childhood anymore.

In fact, she also understood Guiqin to a certain extent.

She was not born to Guiqin. In the era of extreme material scarcity more than ten years ago, Guiqin was able to raise her and give her a bite to eat. She thought that she was grateful for these.

Therefore, for Guiqin, she maintained the courtesy and respect for her elders.

On the contrary, for Lu Wensong, she is much more distant and indifferent.

But these are not important anymore.If a person is disappointed, it means that she still has something to ask for, and Lu Qingming has no hope for the so-called "parents" at all, and it doesn't matter at all.

Life is so long, there are still many things worth looking forward to and cherishing.

Lu Qingming entered the house with a pile of dry firewood in his arms, and his eyes drifted to Chi Muyun unconsciously.

When cooking, the outside room will be warmer. Chi Muyun didn't wear cotton clothes, but only a dark green turtleneck sweater with sleeves rolled up to the elbows, revealing half of his slender white forearm.She also wears an apron, which is more cartoon-style, with Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf printed on it, which can be seen from a long time ago.

Although it's just a back view of cutting vegetables and wearing such an inexplicable apron, it's still pretty.

Lu Qingming lowered his head and secretly raised the corners of his mouth.

She had already found what she was most looking forward to.

A total of eight dishes were made for lunch.According to the local saying, it is unlucky to cook with an odd number, so Guiqin added another cold dish, and thus came up with the auspicious number "eight".

There was a table on the kang, a table on the floor, and another table in the Westinghouse. All the younger children had to eat in the Westinghouse.

Chi Muyun subconsciously wanted to go to the Westinghouse to take the children to eat, but the "sister" just stopped her and asked her to "have a few drinks" here.

"Where's Qingming? Qingming also eats here." Aunt Chi said suddenly, who hadn't spoken for a long time.

Aunt Chi has been in poor health for the past two years, and she spent a lot of money on medical expenses. Not to mention that she spent all her little savings, Lu Wensong also paid a lot of money.Of course, Guiqin has opinions on this.

"Children's family, let's go to Westinghouse to eat." Her old man Lu Guodong said in a muffled voice.

Yesterday, Lu Qingming didn't return home, but lived in Chi's house, which made Lu Guodong very dissatisfied.how?Is this child a mother if he has milk?They don't recognize their own home anymore.

According to the local custom, when the younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, it is necessary to kneel down and kowtow.

Lu Guodong glanced at Aunt Chi.He knew what the old lady was thinking.Lu Wensong has a powerful wife who takes care of him, and he is powerless towards his parents.As for Xiaozhuzi, he seems to be a worthless person, and he is still young. When he grows up and starts a family, the old couple will probably have already buried half of their bodies in the soil.Lu Qingming will graduate from university in a few years, and the school is good, the grades are good, and he looks slim. It is estimated that finding a good job and marrying a good family will not be a big problem in the future, and anyway, this child is still surnamed Lu, Maybe you can count on it in the future.

Lu Qingming was treated harshly by her stepmother when she was a child, so Aunt Chi treated her better.Aunt Chi thought, this child has a conscience, so he will definitely miss the old love, and in the future he will be too old and sick to get up, so he will help him.

But Lu Guodong didn't think so.No matter how promising Lu Qingming is, she is still just a girl, and she will enter other people's houses in the future. Will she remember to honor her grandparents in the future with the water that is poured out?

"They are all college students." Aunt Chi ignored her stubborn old man and waved to Lu Qingming, "Come to Qingming, sit here with grandma."

Aunt Chi was over sixty years old, her hair was gray, probably due to a recent illness, her complexion was also sallow, her skinny face seemed to have only a layer of skin left, her eyes were dull and cloudy.She smiled kindly at Lu Qingming, but Lu Qingming felt that the smile was a bit scary.

"No grandma, I'll go to Westinghouse to eat." Lu Qingming waved his hand and turned to leave.

"What are you going to do?! Your grandma told you to sit down and you sat down. You are not obedient at all." Lu Guodong blew his beard and stared, and put the wine glass heavily on the table.

The noisy relatives in the house suddenly became quiet, the children stopped crying, and almost everyone's eyes turned to Lu Qingming.

Chi Muyun frowned, and his heart tightened because of the embarrassment that Lu Qingming might feel.Just as she was about to speak, Lu Qingming touched her arm lightly, walked over and sat down beside Aunt Chi.

The atmosphere froze for a few seconds, and then the relatives started making noise again.Aunt Chi inevitably had to show off Lu Qingming's grades and school to the relatives at the Lu family. Lu Qingming poured himself a glass of beer and toasted the elders.

Chi Muyun had an urge to go forward and tell Lu Qingming to stop drinking.Lu Qingming glanced at her, smiled and raised his glass to her.

The girl's thin lips formed a beautiful smile, and her expression was very relaxed, which made Chi Muyun feel a little relieved and relaxed.

Sitting across from her, Chi Muyun also raised his glass to her, sipping with his head down.

Her Xiaolu has been able to handle many things by herself.

After lunch, the relatives also went home.

Aunt Chi said to let Lu Qingming live here, but Lu Qingming didn't say anything, and agreed to live here by default.

"Xiao Yun, what are you doing?" Chi Muqiu put down the car window, poked his head out and said, "Let's go?"

Chi Muyun let out an "um", then looked back at the small farmyard of the Lu family, and then slowly got into the car.

Aunt Chi kept pulling Lu Qingming, asked her a lot of questions, and gave her 50 yuan.Lu Qingming refused to accept it, but Aunt Chi insisted on stuffing it into her pocket.

Xiao Zhuzi took advantage of Lu Qingming's conversation with his grandma, took Lu Qingming's mobile phone and started playing games, and didn't see this at all.

Guiqin was unpacking gifts from relatives in the outer room, and when she saw a box of tangerines, she quickly took out some and put them on a plate, planning to put them in the back room.Xiao Zhuzi likes to eat this.

Thinking that Lu Qingming was still in the room, Guiqin hesitated a little.

This kind of tangerine is more expensive, usually she is not willing to buy more for Xiao Zhuzi.

After thinking about it, she put away the tangerines again, put peanuts, candies and melon seeds in the rest of the fruit plate, and took them to the back room.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw Aunt Chi stuffing money into Lu Qingming's pocket.

You can tell from the color that flashes by, it's 50 yuan.Guiqin pretended not to see it, put the fruit plate on the kang, and greeted Lu Qingming to eat peanuts, but in her heart she was laughing at Aunt Chi, Lu Qingming was raised fat and white at Chi's house, how could she care about the old lady's pocket money?