Spring goes and spring comes again.
In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival of 1981 came.
Su Mingzhe came to Yanjing to study in February 1978. Before he knew it, three years had passed.
In the past three years, Su Mingzhe and Luo Yuzhu stayed in Yanjing and never returned to their hometown in Pujiang. They only exchanged letters every month.
It was the Spring Festival again, and after the school went on winter vacation, Su Mingzhe sent more than two thousand yuan to the Pujiang tribe, and also sent many specialties from the Youyan land.
In the past two years, Su Mingzhe has been like this every New Year.
Although the money and these specialties are not worth much, they are somewhat appreciated.
When I returned to the courtyard from the post office, I saw Luo Yuzhu frying chicken and fish. She was preparing to make steamed chicken, steamed fish, and steamed pork.
Seeing his daughter-in-law, who was only wearing a black autumn coat and looking slim, Su Mingzhe felt hot in his heart, so he hugged her slim waist from behind and complained:
"Didn't you say that we would do it together when I came back? Why did you do it on your own?"
As he spoke, Su Mingzhe kissed his wife's earlobe and was about to take off his coat and work with Luo Yuzhu.
"Don't move around. This place is full of flour. It will make your clothes dirty and difficult to wash."
Luo Yuzhu ignored the man's sweet words. Seeing that the man insisted on attacking her, she simply said: "You'd better go and write the couplets. The couplets for more than thirty houses will take you half a day to write."
This three-in-one courtyard house has many houses and a spacious yard. It is quite comfortable to live in, but it is also troublesome to clean up, especially to write more than thirty couplets.
"Then I'll bring the pen, ink, paper and inkstone here to write."
Su Mingzhe said, went to the main hall to get the things, laid them out in the kitchen, and slowly poured ink.
Luo Yuzhu watched her man start to write, and then a satisfied smile appeared on her charming face.
Three years ago, when she married Su Mingzhe, Luo Yuzhu was still like a green apple with a very simple mind.
She believed whatever Su Mingzhe said at that time.
But in the past three years, while living in the big city of Yanjing, Luo Yuzhu went to night school to learn literacy. After attending school for three years, she learned a lot of knowledge. She was no longer the ignorant and ignorant girl in the small county town back then.
Now Luo Yuzhu is in charge of everything in the courtyard, big and small, inside and out, and Su Mingzhe basically has no control over it.
This family can be regarded as a place where the male takes charge of the outside and the female takes charge of the inside.
Su Mingzhe and Luo Yuzhu were each busy with their own affairs, when suddenly a dog barking came from outside the door.
"Someone is here, go and have a look."
Luo Yuzhu didn't look back and asked her man to go take a look.
The eight dogs Su Mingzhe bought three years ago are so spiritual that they can learn everything they teach.
If there are guests at home, these dogs will bark loudly to signal the people in the house.
If a stranger wants to break in, these dogs will bark wildly to warn the family.
If there is no one at home and someone wants to break in, these dogs are really good!
"Well, I'll go take a look."
Su Mingzhe put down the wolf-hair brush in his hand, walked to the door in a few steps, opened the door, and saw Aunt Zhang from the subdistrict office wearing a red armband, leading a middle-aged man carrying a fertilizer bag to look at his yard.
"Xiao Su, this person says he is a relative of yours, take a look, do you recognize him?"
Su Mingzhe took one look and recognized it immediately:
"Aunt, this is Yuzhu's father, my father-in-law."
Su Mingzhe thanked Aunt Zhang first, and then shouted to the middle-aged man: "Dad, it's Chinese New Year. If you come to Yanjing, you don't know how to call in advance so that Yuzhu and I can go to the station." Pick you up?"
When Luo Si saw Su Mingzhe calling him 'Dad', he came to his senses. He looked at Su Mingzhe carefully again blankly, and then slowly let go of the reserve and nervousness in his eyes:
"Azhe, I didn't expect Yanjing to be so big. I just thought I could get there if I had the address, so I didn't tell you in advance."
Luo Si said, turned around, revealed a little boy behind him, and asked him to call someone.
"Tianbao, this is your brother-in-law, please call me brother-in-law."
The little boy was a little shy. After looking at Su Mingzhe, he shouted blankly:
"Hello, brother-in-law."
"Hello Tianbao, I haven't seen you in three years, and you've grown so big."
Su Mingzhe said, came to Luo Tianbao, stretched out his hand and pinched his little face that was red from the cold, and easily lifted the luggage in Luo Si's hand:
"Dad, come in quickly, it's cold here in Yanjing, don't freeze."
Su Mingzhe said as he led Luo Si and his son into the courtyard.
Luo Si was actually worried before coming to Yanjing.
It is said that the capital is big and difficult to live in.
My daughter-in-law and son-in-law live in a big city like Yanjing to study. I brought my son here to seek refuge. I don’t know if my daughter-in-law and son-in-law can arrange for me.
As a result, I found the place according to the house number, and was told that the entire large courtyard with three courtyards belonged to my daughter-in-law and son-in-law.
Luo Si was a little confused at the time.
This is Yanjing, the best place in the country.
My son-in-law came to Yanjing to study. How could he have the ability to buy such a big courtyard?
Look at how young your daughter-in-law and son-in-law are living in such a big courtyard.
Look at yourself again. When you reach middle age, you have completely ruined your family fortune.
Comparing people to each other is really infuriating.
Su Mingzhe brought Luo Si and Luo Tianbao to the middle courtyard and asked them to stand before he ran into the kitchen and turned off the hot pot that was burning oil.
Luo Yuzhu, who was crisping the meat, suddenly became unhappy:
"Su Mingzhe, what are you doing? If you don't work, don't make trouble, okay?"
"Yuzhu, a visitor from my hometown is here."
Su Mingzhe didn't tell Luo Yuzhu that it was Luo Si and his son who came over, and just took her hand to the yard.
"who is this?"
Luo Yuzhu looked at the unshaven, thin, dark middle-aged man in front of her. She felt familiar for a moment, but she didn't dare to recognize him.
There was no way, Luo Sihe had changed too much before.
Three years ago, the Luo family had no worries about food and clothing, and was considered a well-off family.
Luo Si tidied himself up every day, with a rosy face and a radiant face.
However, since Luo Yuzhu's stepmother died of illness, Luo Si had no intention of working and wandered around all day, looking for gambling partners.
Even his son Luo Tianbao was entrusted to the care of his eldest brother's family.
In more than two years, Luo Si lost all his family fortune and lived a hungry and hungry life every day. He had long lost weight and lost his appearance.
Luo Yuzhu didn't dare to recognize her at the first time, which was understandable.
Luo Si was also a little afraid to recognize Luo Yuzhu.
Three years ago, when fifteen-year-old Luo Yuzhu married Su Mingzhe, she cut off her thick and long black braids and got a tomboy haircut out of anger.
Now three years later, Luo Yuzhu not only eats well, lives well, and wears well, but also focuses on practicing martial arts with Su Mingzhe to keep fit, and goes to school to learn cultural knowledge, and her temperament has improved.
Female transformation.
Although Luo Yuzhu's hair has not grown too long now, she has also had a fashionable shawl haircut. She has become fair and clean, with a graceful figure.
Such an eighteen-year-old beauty stood gracefully in front of Luo Si.
Luo Si really didn't dare to admit that such a beautiful woman could be his own daughter.
The two stared at each other for a while, and finally Luo Yuzhu took the lead in confirming that the middle-aged man in front of him was his biological father.
After all, a person can be thin and lose face, but it is difficult to change his eyes and frame.
Luo Yuzhu looked at Luo Si who had changed so much, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes:
"Dad, you...why are you so thin?"
"Yuzhu, your child is getting more and more beautiful as he grows up. He will soon be as beautiful as your mother."
When Luo Si heard the beautiful woman in front of him call him 'Dad', the stone in his heart also fell. This was his own daughter.
The reunion of father and daughter is naturally a joy.
However, Luo Si and his son Luo Tianbao were in a hurry now and looked dusty, so it was really not suitable for them to chat more.
Su Mingzhe waited for Luo Yuzhu and Luo Si to control their emotions, and then he said: "Yuzhu, our dad and Tianbao just got out of the car and rushed over. They must not have eaten yet. You make some soft rice and I will take it with you later." They go to the bathhouse to take a bath."
North welcomes the original guests, who all like to go to the bathhouse.
After hearing this, Luo Yuzhu nodded and agreed: "Then I'll cook a few meatballs first, and you can clean up a room."
"Then let me clean up the West Room. The room is big and there are partitions."
Su Mingzhe was about to go out, but Luo Yuzhu stopped him: "Aren't you too tired to clean up such a big house? Just clean up the east room in the front yard and take out one room. When spring comes, the goods will be sold." Go and buy a bigger house for dad."
"It's all up to you."
It doesn't matter to Su Mingzhe, whether it's a big house or a small house, it just means doing more hands-on work.
Seeing Su Mingzhe go to clean up the house for the two of them, Luo Si asked curiously:
"Yuzhu, are you and Azhe still doing business in Yanjing?"
Luo Yuzhu nodded:
"In Yanjing, eating horse chews costs a lot of money a day. I had nothing to do all day, so I asked Su Mingzhe to find a job for me."
Luo Si heard this and asked curiously:
"What kind of work?"
Luo Yuzhu started to give balls to her biological father:
"Brew some medicinal wine."
Luo Si didn't quite believe it and asked doubtfully:
"Can you make medicinal wine?"
"I don't know how, but Su Mingzhe does. If he teaches me, won't I know how to do it?"
When Luo Yuzhu saw Luo Si doubting herself, she didn't want to talk so much to her biological father.
When the pot of meatball soup was cooked, he took out two large bowls and served them out for Luo Si and his brother to eat quickly.
Luo Si and Tianbao both drank a bowl of meatball soup, and Su Mingzhe took them to the bathhouse to take a bath.
Bathhouses in the north have large pools for bathing.
Take a dip in the big pool, and then ask the master to rub your back, leaving you feeling light all over.
An hour passed between the time the three of them entered the bathhouse and when they came out.
By this time, it was already dark.
When the three of them returned home, Luo Yuzhu prepared millet porridge to nourish the stomach and some side dishes to regulate the stomach.
Luo Yuzhu knew that Luo Si took the train with his children for a day and a night, which was very hard, so he let them rest without much chatting.
After Luo Si and his son went to rest, Luo Yuzhu frowned and looked at her man: "Husband, my dad came to Yanjing suddenly. Do you think he... did he commit something in his hometown?"
In Luo Yuzhu's memory, her father was a worker at the Puxi Textile Factory. He suddenly came to Yanjing to look for her in a mess, so he must be in trouble.
"Don't scare yourself. What can happen to our dad? If he really commits a crime, he won't run around with Tianbao."
Su Mingzhe knew what happened to Luo Si. It was just that after his wife died, he spent all his time playing cards with others and lost all his money.
For Su Mingzhe, these are nothing.
"You're right, I was wrong."
Luo Yuzhu was comforted by Su Mingzhe, and her worries eased a lot, but she still felt a little uncomfortable:
"Then tell me, why is my dad so thin like this? The beard on his face has not been shaved for a month or two at least. Has he not been at work for a month or two?"
"Let's wait until tomorrow to ask this question. Let dad have a good rest tonight."
