The bright moon is high and the clouds are like brocade.
BJ in 1988 was like a 16-year-old boy, young and immature, but full of vitality and longing for the future.
Qin Jingru held Lin Yue's arm and looked at his face, which was leaning on the backrest and dimly lit by the embers of cigarette smoke, with mixed emotions.
She is 40 years old and he is 42.
If we include the seven or eight years when he went to the Northwest, this state lasted for 22 years.
"Don't you think I'm old?"
Lin Yue took a puff of cigarette: "I am two years older than you."
"But others say you look like you are in your early 30s."
"Then you're younger than me."
"Lie, you are the best at lying. Just like in 1966, I was miserably deceived by you."
"Then you regret it?"
"I regret why I didn't act stupid once and dump Xu Damao and let you marry me."
"I heard that you are now the head of the family."
"That's right, my job now is much better than that of Xu Damao, and Jing Xing listens to me very much. He... just plasters the bamboo fence and the wall with smooth surface."
"It seems that Xu Damao is dying."
"Has he ever done it? How can he compare with you? I'm just wondering. You are already in your forties, how can you still torment people now than you did twenty years ago?"
"Thirty is like a wolf and forty is a tiger. If I don't have some diamonds, how can I keep you in mind?"
"Isn't it just me that you can't forget? Ran Qiuye, He Yuyu, Yu Haitang... tell me, who else?"
"Hey, did she tell you?"
"She can get me drunk, but I can't get her drunk?"
"You really want to know?"
"Want to know."
"What would you think if I told you that the pretty one in the courtyard didn't run away?"
Qin Jingru was silent for a while: "You can do it."
Lin Yue took out a puff of smoke and put the butt of the cigarette into the ashtray on the bedside table. A wisp of green smoke floated up through the moonlight that leaked through the gap in the curtains.
"By the way, Jing Xing... seems to be in love. The woman is an exchange student from Hong Kong. Our son is so awesome that he quietly made a girlfriend from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan."
Speaking of this matter, Qin Jingru is very proud. Twenty years ago, she earned eight work points for a whole day of farm work. She was a rural woman who had not graduated from elementary school. Now, her son is studying at Tsinghua University with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. He is among the talents. A talented person, a pillar among pillars, and now he has found a girlfriend in a developed area. She is in her hometown, in a courtyard, and this tone was immediately mentioned.
"I know, his girlfriend's name is Chen Xiaoxiao."
"You know this as well?"
Lin Yue patted her on the shoulder: "Lou Xiao'e's daughter."
"..."
Qin Jingru's expression became extremely exciting when she remembered what he had just said.
…
1992.
In the land of China, everything is renewed.
High-rise buildings are rising one after another, such as Wangfujing, Chang'an Street, Shichahai, the Forbidden City... tourists are everywhere, boxes of Coca-Cola are stacked in front of the canteen at the alley, and old popsicles wrapped in oil paper are in the freezer under the ice cream sign. In a few places there are cobblers repairing shoes, people riding bicycles shouting "sharp scissors, sharpening kitchen knives", and there are also libertines wearing sunglasses and dresses, whistling at the little wives passing by on the roadside.
Xu Damao, who has gray hair on his temples, is holding a box of beer in his left hand, and in his right hand are some braised pig's trotters, braised beef, garlic sausage, and roast duck bought in Daoxiang Village. Although they are tightly wrapped in oil paper, the fragrance can be heard even three feet away. smell.
The third aunt was washing clothes outside and saw Xu Damao coming back.
"Hey, Damao, you're back so early."
"Third aunt, where are you doing the laundry?" Xu Damao stopped and picked up the things in his hands: "Today is Jing Xing's big day. Didn't I just want to come back early and give everyone some delicious food?"
"By the way, what's the name of the university where Jing Xing went to study for his Ph.D.? The old man in the alley asked me before. I thought about it for a long time and didn't remember it. I just remembered that it's not from our country."
"Nanyang Technological University, in Singapore."
"Yes, yes, that's it." The third aunt clapped her hands: "Look at my brain, I always forget the things I talk about, but you said Jing Xing didn't study in domestic schools, why did he go abroad? Studying for a PhD?”
"Xiaoxiao went to work there after graduation. It's closer to Singapore for him to study for a Ph.D., and I heard that Nanyang Technological University is better than domestic universities. Anyway, I don't understand. When the child grows up, he will have his own ideas."
"Xiaoxiao?" The third aunt thought for two seconds and then remembered: "The girlfriend that Jing Xing brought back two years ago?"
"Yes, that's her."
The third aunt still remembers how Chen Xiaoxiao looked when she first met her. She was youthful, fashionable, energetic, and kind... She was not the only one who had such thoughts, but who was she like? I can't remember it, so I can only attribute it to the vastness of the world.
When Xu Damao saw that the third aunt had nothing to say, he said goodbye: "The third uncle and I will come early tonight."
"Definitely, definitely." The third aunt agreed.
…
That night, Xu Damao set up a banquet in the backyard, and everyone who knew him well in the yard came.
The old Jue household consists of the first uncle, the second uncle and his wife, and the third uncle and his wife, Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu.
Xu Damao had hosted banquets like this three times. The first time was when Jing Xing was admitted to Tsinghua University, and the second time when he was a graduate student at the same school. This time, he went to a higher level------he really gave Qin Jingru credit. Well, the Xu family has a doctoral student, and he went to a prestigious foreign university to study. After completing his studies, he will become an elite returnee from overseas.
Hey~ feel proud, this guy is so beautiful to Xu Damao.
"I can't believe it, sir. How is my son?"
Yi Zhonghai said: "Okay, I really didn't expect that Xu Damao could teach such a son."
Xu Damao said: "Hey, what you said doesn't sound right to me."
"Go, go, go." The second uncle said, "Don't listen to Lao Yi's nonsense. He is jealous because you have such a son."
Yi Zhonghai was speechless, because he lived in the adjacent building of Liu Haizhong's house. If they really got into a fight at the banquet, they would take over the house and he wouldn't even have a place to live. Also because he lived in the backyard, Xu Damao shouted He was too embarrassed to refuse Jing Xing's college entrance banquet. He would have never participated in the past.
"The second uncle is fair." Xu Damao raised his glass: "Come on, second uncle, one of us will go."
"Come on, let's go."
The two of them drank up the Erguotou in their cups with a "chirp" sound.
"Second aunt, third aunt, Qin Huairu... you don't drink liquor, you drink beer. Jingru, come on... have a drink with us."
Xu Damao smiled and said: "It's a pity, it's a pity that Silly Zhu is not here. If he were here, I would have to ask him who won after so many years of competition."
He had been at odds with Silly Zhu for half his life, and how he wished that the stupid thing who once pointed at his nose and said that he had three children, a boy, two girls, could sit across from him and see what he had to say now.
One man and two women, which one is more promising? Who cares about him?
Raising children for widows, what do you think? In the end, it is useless, so give it a kick. Either he is called Silly Zhu, he is indeed stupid, he is hopelessly stupid.
Qin Jingru glanced at Qin Huairu and poked his shoulder: "It's almost done."
The third uncle was quite discerning and quickly changed the subject to prevent him from mentioning the name "Silly Pillar", so as not to disturb the dinner.
"As the saying goes, the night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber and the time of inscription on the gold medal list are two of the greatest pleasures in life. Now that Jing Xing has been named on the gold medal list three times, the night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber should also be arranged, right?"
Xu Damao raised his head and waved his hand: "Arrangement, arrangement, we must arrange it. The woman has said that she will get married after he finishes his Ph.D."
While he was talking nonsense, a figure appeared from the other side of the moon cave door. The second uncle thought it was Liu Guangfu who had come back, but when he took a closer look, he found that it was not the case.
"Lin Yue?"
This name suddenly woke up everyone present, and they all looked over with surprise and suspicion.
That's right, it's Lin Yue.
Xu Damao was very puzzled: "What are you doing here?"
Lin Yue held a gift in his hand and said as he walked: "I'm here to attend Jing Xing's college entrance banquet."
"Who invited you here?"
Xu Damao looked unhappy.
