Picking mulberries

What Qiu Jingping, Zhuang Huaying and his wife didn't expect was that this year's winter vacation came very early for their son, and he packed up and came back as soon as school was over. In the past, the holidays were either counting the day or not coming back at all.

Coming early is not in line with his son's habit. Since it is against the norm, Qiu Jingping and Zhuang Huaying murmured in his heart, is it because his son has suffered some setbacks? What to do.

"My darling, this year is a bit unusual. You came so early in a hurry and wanted to give us a surprise." Zhuang Huaying said to her son with a playful smile.

"Mother, you should restrain yourself, your son is very familiar, please don't cry my sweetheart, okay?" Qiu Yang said dissatisfiedly, "It's too early, then I'll go back. It's really hard to be your son , If you don’t come back, it’s not because you came back early.”

"Oh, I'm still a little emotional," Zhuang Huaying said, "Tell your mother, are you having a fight with your girlfriend?"

"Hey, that's weird. Since when did you become so enlightened? You were still trying to prevent me from finding a girlfriend."

"You kid, when did your mother stop you from finding a girlfriend? She usually gives you policies or sponsorships. Isn't the purpose of letting you bring a girlfriend home as soon as possible?" Qiu Jingping laughed.

"Yo, yo, that's really high-sounding, what kind of sponsorship and policy? It's clear that they are constantly following and spying on me, trying to keep me firmly under their control." Qiu Yang said unfairly.

"Oh, my husband, look at it, look at it," Zhuang Huaying said to Qiu Jingping, "It seems that the two of us have raised a white-eyed wolf who doesn't know who is good or bad for 20 years."

"Who says it's not." Qiu Jingping said with a light smile.

"Stinky boy, since you are dissatisfied with your mother, we will return to the road from now on. Your father and I will slowly get back what we have done to you," Zhuang Huaying said Feeling relieved, he casually threw a bamboo basket to his son, "Go, go to the mushroom house and break the mushrooms to earn money for today's dinner."

"I'll pay for the dinner later," Qiu Yang took the basket and put it on the ground. "Now I'm going to visit my ancestors and give them gifts."

Seeing the handsome and heroic appearance of his son running away all the way, Zhuang Huaying said to Qiu Jingping with emotion: "My son is too big to stay. He has really grown up now, and he wants to hide it from us."

"I've only heard that women's colleges are not allowed to stay, but what kind of big ones are not allowed to stay."

"You said you broke up with your girlfriend, why do you feel that he is a little melancholy, there is a faint melancholy locked between his brows." Zhuang Huaying murmured.

"Don't think so much. My son has his own thoughts and life when he grows up. Too much worrying is counterproductive. Let him deal with it by himself," Qiu Jingping said to his wife inwardly. When he was studying, he didn't see your Chinese score above [-] points. At this moment, what kind of literary style is being turned upside down, "Besides, it doesn't have to be a matter between men and women. We don't know whether he has a girlfriend or not. It may be because of the heavy academic burden."

"That's right when you think about it," Zhuang Huaying nodded, "There is no need to worry about his emotional affairs. Our son is so good, he needs to be tall and handsome, he needs to have good looks, good academic performance, gentle personality and good character. One, if the breakup is due to him dumping others, it is impossible for him to be dumped by his girlfriend."

"Tsk, what nonsense are you talking about? You can think about it this way," Qiu Jingping was speechless, "It's true that a hedgehog thinks his offspring are the most docile in the world, and a tortoise thinks that his offspring are the most handsome in the world."

"Don't bully me that my literary level is not high, your analogy seems inappropriate, husband." Zhuang Huaying said softly.

Although Qiu Yang came back early this time, he didn't stay at home all day long. He either went to dinner with his high school classmates or visited his junior high school classmates. It was rare for him to have a meal at home. It was a lot of fun.

Zhuang Huaying, who used to be very strict with his son, seemed to have changed his mind all of a sudden. He was very conniving when his son left early and returned late. In order to entertain his son's friends and mother-in-law, they were so busy in front of the stove that they didn't feel tired. Not to mention but enjoy it.

In the early morning of New Year's Eve, the ancestor Qiu Zaiyun called everyone to have a family meeting and gave the "highest instruction", so as to avoid eating and eating at the two great-grandchildren's homes, and tossing and tossing in the middle of the night, they simply joined the two families for the New Year's Eve dinner. Have a reunion dinner.

Zhuang Huaying thought that Qiu Rong would not be able to go back to her natal home for the New Year after she got married, and that Qiu Hong's family hadn't come back in Shenzhen. Let's have a good time together, I think how about doing it at the sister-in-law's house this year? You are the head of the house."

"Okay, Qiu Hong has a wife and forgot his mother, and I'm worried about the desertedness of the house." Wang Qiuxia laughed.

"You dislike me for eating with a mouth full of teeth and looking ugly, I'm afraid it will make your table dirty and difficult to clean." Qiu Zaiyun was very happy to see his little great-granddaughter-in-law first echoing his proposal.

"The grandfather's words hurt people's heart. How dare I have the idea of ​​being struck by lightning that day. You are not only the birthday of our family, but also the birthday of our entire Longgong Township. Who doesn't want to be happy with the birthday, There's no reason to dislike you. Aren't the pigs raised by my sister-in-law stronger than mine? I just want to take advantage of it." Zhuang Huaying laughed.

"Huaying is afraid that it will be inconvenient for you to walk in the dark at night. What if you break your old leg when running in front of and behind the village? Don't underestimate their filial piety." Qiu Jingdong also defended his sister-in-law.

"Yo ho, you cursed me to be lame during Chinese New Year, you kid has no good intentions, you think I live too long, don't you?" Qiu Zaiyun was dissatisfied with the great-great-grandson.

"Grandpa, really, the older you get, the more you look like a child." Zhou Guimei persuaded.

"Yang, next time you buy a gift for your ancestors, don't buy any clothes, shoes and supplements, just buy some candied haws to coax you." Wang Qiuxia smiled at Qiu Yang.

"Okay, how about some more ice cream?" Qiu Yang followed with a smile.

"I don't remember if you don't tell me. I like ice cream. I want to eat it. I like the taste." Qiu Zaiyun raised his eyebrows and his mouth was almost drooling.

"I can't stand your old age. Where can I get you ice cream in winter?" Qiu Jingping interjected.

"Is Qiu Hong's wife happy?" Qiu Zaiyun suddenly asked Wang Qiuxia where he was thinking.

"I don't know." Wang Qiuxia shook her head.

"When are you going to conceive?"

"I don't know about their young people." Wang Qiuxia shook her head again.

"Why do you ask three questions? My son has been married for almost a year. You, a mother, don't even know when you will have a child?"

"She's an only child, she's very delicate, she can't be persuaded, I'm too lazy to urge them." Wang Qiuxia said aggrievedly.

"Even if the only child is also your daughter-in-law, why can't you say that." Qiu Zaiyun said angrily.

"It's precious," Wang Qiuxia complained. "The family is very good. I've been used to the life of a daughter since I was a child. Seeing our family, Qiu Hong, I feel that I have lost my status. I opposed this marriage at the beginning, thinking that anyway He is also young, wait two more years and slowly find someone who is right for him or who is about the same level as him, but that disobedient brat is like being possessed by a demon, he has to be stubborn, and he will get angry when he thinks about it .As for the eldest lady's temper, in the end there will be times when he gets angry."

"Little Tao also lacks communication with us. We need to let Qiu Hong and his wife go home for a walk from time to time. If we have more contacts with us, we will naturally become more intimate." Zhuang Huaying comforted.Xiaotao refers to Tao Zhenen, the wife of Wang Qiuxia's daughter-in-law Qiu Hong, a native of Shenzhen. After she and Qiu Hong were together, she went back to her hometown to hold a wedding banquet once in the year she got married.

"Don't be in a hurry, young people are under a lot of pressure at work now, let them take their time as a couple, they are still very young." Zhou Guimei interjected.

"You are not in a hurry to become a concubine, I am in a hurry to have the sixth generation live together." Qiu Zaiyun said unhappily.

"Where are the six generations living under the same roof? Grandparents have been dead for many years." Qiu Jingdong muttered.

"Isn't there still Ayang, he is much better than his brother, maybe he can get married and have children in school." Wang Qiuxia saw the old ancestor's expression was unkind, so she quickly picked up the conversation.

"I think so too." Zhou Guimei pursed her lips and smiled.

"Yeah, don't put such a heavy burden on my weak shoulders, you guys are too inhumane, you still pay attention to the order of the old and the young, why are you rushing me if you are not in a hurry? " Qiu Yang yelled.

"Who told you that you are more handsome than your brother, and you will attract girls more than your brother." Qiu Jingdong knocked on his nephew's head and scolded with a smile.

"Where is this going? Uncle, you are engaging in personal attacks and slandering my reputation, as if I have dated many girls." Qiu Yang groaned.

"What's the name of the ghost? From junior high school to high school, you can count how many girls found a home for you. No one in the village knows." Qiu Jingdong said.

"Ancestor, you have to make the decision for me. This is clearly a plan for Uncle's golden cicada to escape from the shell." Qiu Yang hurriedly behaved to the ancestor.

"I won't rush you." Qiu Zaiyun said plainly.

"The ancestors were wise."

"Grandpa, why do you only urge the older ones and not the younger ones?" Zhou Guimei was puzzled.

"You have the nerve to ask me." Qiu Zaiyun said angrily.

"Oh, what a big crime I have committed again." Zhou Guimei laughed.

"You believe in gods and ghosts, and no one will stop you, but you have brought down a good grandson who followed you to worship Bodhisattvas and Buddhas at a young age. Look at what he has done to him now." Qiu Although Zaiyun himself believes in Fengshui and immortals, for some reason, he always blames Zhou Guimei for leading his little great-great-great-grandson into trouble.

"The old ancestor's words are so hurtful, have I become the fifth category of black people?" Qiu Yang murmured.

"That's right," Zhou Guimei was not convinced, "Isn't Ayang very good, why does grandpa always criticize me?"

"You are also in your 60s and almost [-]s. You have lived for nothing for so many years. Didn't Jingdong just say that there were many girls who came and went to the house from junior high school to high school because of A Yang, but what happened to you in the end? Forget it," Qiu Zaiyun sighed, "Ah Yang, everything is fine, but the marriage line is bumpy, a fly in the ointment."

"Grandpa is old enough to be a fairy, so you can tell your fortune by reading it." Zhou Guimei joked nonchalantly.

"It's true, grandpa, he used this to scare me during the New Year's Eve." Zhuang Huaying said.

"Scare you?" Qiu Zaiyun acted like a prophet, "Hmph, the time to scare you hasn't come yet."

"The grandpa really knows how to count his fingers? Why is he not optimistic about A Yang's marriage?" Qiu Jingping also found it difficult to accept.

"Maybe you can't blame your mother," Qiu Zaiyun continued, "It's all predestined. People can't be perfect, and life is called life with shortcomings."

"Grandfather is better than Jingping. I'm afraid he will be able to write poetry and paint tomorrow." Qiu Jingdong laughed.

"Don't play charades when you are old, just tell me what you have, and act like a mage." Zhou Guimei urged.

"I see, Ah Yang has lived a stable life, but it's hard to find a wife. Maybe he will become a monk after I close my eyes." Qiu Zaiyun muttered.

"Amitabha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, bless my grandpa with a long life of a thousand years," Zhou Guimei laughed out loud, "Only if you live to be a thousand years old can my little grandson stay away from home." Everyone couldn't help but smile, and they all took the old ancestor's words as a joke Listen, old people are not only getting older and more stingy now, but also getting older and more confused.

"It doesn't matter if he becomes a monk or not, even if he shaved his head, he is still my son. Grandpa, let's end the family meeting here. I have to go to work with my sister-in-law," Zhuang Huaying got up and said, "Tomorrow the patriarchs of all villages will come to pay New Year's greetings If you don’t prepare it earlier, the New Year’s Eve dinner at night will have to be delayed until late.” Qiu Zaiyun is the oldest member of the entire Qiu family. The patriarch of the family and some of the dignified children who are officials outside will come to pay him New Year's greetings.

"Well, go get busy." Qiu Zaiyun waved his hand.

"Is there anything unhappy about the old ancestor?" After everyone left, Qiu Yang, who wanted to talk to the old ancestor, saw the old ancestor knocking on the ground with a cane, so he asked.

"Tell me the truth, do you really want to become a monk?" Qiu Zaiyun asked suddenly.

"Where are you going? When did I say I was going to become a monk?" Qiu Yang was puzzled, not knowing which song the old ancestor was singing.

"That's weird," Qiu Zaiyunshou frowned, "Obviously I saw you shaved your head and walked behind a mage, and you were still wearing cassock."

"When did it happen? You must always be dreaming." Qiu Yang said with a smile.

"It's been so long. I saw it on the morning of your grandfather's death day. It can't be said to be a dream. I am clearly awake, but I am awake in my heart. It is as clear as the TV screen. Before you left, you smiled at me Woolen cloth."

"My ancestors, uh, that was still a dream." Qiu Yang couldn't laugh or cry.

As soon as the first month comes, the countryside is extremely lively, and there is a joyous atmosphere everywhere for weddings and New Year greetings.On the first day of the first lunar month, in order to welcome and send off the guests who came to pay New Year's greetings to the ancestors, Qiu Yang was exhausted from all the busy work.Immediately afterwards, I paid New Year greetings to relatives such as uncles, aunts, aunts, grandmas, and cousins. After a few days, my stomach was full and I sighed in my heart.

After eating, drinking and drinking, it was finally the Lantern Festival, and the day to return to school was approaching. Qiu Yang felt like he had finally waited for the happy day, and he couldn't help asking himself, when did he start to be so attached to school.

Early in the morning, Qiu Jingdong woke up his nephew and asked him to go to the home of director Qiu Shangzhi in Daerqiu Village, and bring back the village's "Mulberry Farmers Serving Silkworm Subsidy Receipt Form" and send it to everyone to fill out.Qiu Yang's uncle, Qiu Jingdong, is the head of Jiuqiu Village, and manages all the affairs of the village.

Qiu Yang rushed to Qiu Shangzhi's house, but he didn't expect him to wake up. Qiu Shangzhi's wife said that she drank too much wine with him last night and went to bed late, so she asked Qiu Yang to sit in the living room first, and then went upstairs to shout.

Seeing several large rows of photo frames of different sizes hanging on the east wall of the living room, Qiu Yang leaned closer to take a closer look. They were all photos of provincial, city and county leaders visiting the Longgong Mulberry Garden. There is Qiu Shangzhi.Qiu Yang couldn't help laughing and said, Director Qiu is too showy, he hangs such pictures at home.

Suddenly, Qiu Yang was taken aback by a person in a photo, and when he looked carefully, he was right, it wasn't his own eyesight, and he thought to himself, eh, that's weird, how could Director Qiu's house have this photo.

"Hey, handsome guy, wait a long time." Qiu Shangzhi came down from upstairs with a stack of forms after washing.

"Nope," because we had dinner together a few days ago, and we often met each other before, and Qiu Yang and Qiu Shangzhi were not that well-known, "Director Qiu, when was this photo taken?"

"Which photo?" Qiu Shangzhi approached and asked.

"Here." Qiu Yang pointed to the photo.

"This one..., hahaha... No way, you still miss him." Qiu Shangzhi suddenly laughed inexplicably.