Midnight, the east wing of Yue's house. This was where I lived before. It was where my father lived before I was born.
"Dad, what did you say?" Dad was sitting on the bed, with his feet placed in a steaming wooden basin. In this basin was hot Chinese medicinal soup. This is also an ancestral recipe of my family. It can relieve a day's work. After soaking, Get some sleep and wake up refreshed the next day.
"Our dad said we can talk." Mom sat on the bed, hugged dad from behind, and put her head on dad's shoulder.
"That means it's okay. Don't worry. For no other reason than for Qingshan and me, our dad will find a way to solve it." After Dad finished speaking, he kissed Mom on the face.
"I hate it, why do you ask the men to go to the kitchen?" Mom rolled her eyes at Dad, and then thought about how Dad went to the kitchen today and cooked a table full of food. She was a little surprised. Although she knew Dad could cook, he had never seen me before. My father cooks such a large table of dishes. Usually when the two of us are outside, my father will show off his skills every now and then and cook one or two dishes. Most of the time, my mother is cooking.
"When my family celebrates the holidays, when my family comes back, the men of the family cook for the distinguished guests. First, it looks solemn. Second, it is a pleasure to have friends from far away. It also expresses our family's happiness and welcomes you. Come home or welcome you as a guest. So all the boys in our family have good cooking skills. When Qingshan grows up, I will also teach him cooking skills." My dad looked at my mother with a smile and used his hands I scratched my mother's nose.
"Don't make trouble, what do you think? There are no men in the kitchen. You have to teach my son. My son doesn't have to. I will find a wife to cook in the future." My mother reached out and hit my father before saying with a look of disgust. .
"At first, it was for the safety of walking outside, and after all, it is safe to cook by myself. Later, my cooking skills became better and better. People are always a bit greedy, and they never tire of fine food and fine food. Later, it became That's it." Dad picked up the foot wiper on the side and carefully wiped the steaming feet.
"Your family is so interesting! Hey, can you smell it? There is a strange smell." Mom was talking when she suddenly smelled a strange smell. There was a hint of bitterness in the sour smell. What is this smell? It's really strange. .
"No, what's the weird smell?" Dad was confused, weird smell? Where is the strange smell? This house has always been occupied by people. How could it have a strange smell? Only houses that are not occupied all year round have strange smells.
"It smells sour and a little bitter." Mom frowned and kept wiggling her nose, as if she was trying to distinguish the ingredients in the smell.
"Sour smell? Bitterness?... Hahahahaha... Oops. No way." Dad frowned and thought at first. When he saw the step wiper in his hand, he sniffed it gently, and suddenly Thinking of something, I couldn't help but burst into laughter. I laughed so hard that I burst into tears.
"What are you laughing at? Don't just laugh. Tell me, what are you laughing at?" My father's smile made my mother laugh. Looking at my father who was laughing, he didn't know what was so funny.
"It's okay, the smell will disappear after a while. Didn't I wash my feet? It's okay, it will be gone after a while." After speaking, my father quickly walked out of the house with the foot-washing water.
"What do you mean they dispersed after a while?" Mom was confused. What are you talking about? Disappeared after a while? I have washed my feet before. Although my feet smell, they have never smelled so bad.
"Honey, come here. Wipe your face. You go to bed early. I'll go to the study to talk to Dad about something. If you're sleepy, go to bed first. I just took a look and Qingshan has fallen asleep." Dad came back from outside, holding a Holding a wet towel, she wiped her mother's face while talking. Judging from the familiar movements and the control of the strength, it must not be the first time she has done this.
"Okay, go ahead and wear more clothes. It's cold in this old house at night." After my mother said that, she took out a cotton-padded jacket from the cabinet on the bed, stretched out her hand and put it on my father.
"Hey, if you feel sleepy, you can go to sleep. I'll go to the study first." Dad put on his cotton-padded jacket, reached out to hug his mother, kissed her forehead, turned around and ran to the study in the backyard.
In the backyard of the Yue family, there are three large rooms connected to the northeast of the backyard. This is the study room of the Yue family. Usually, only two kinds of people can enter this study. One is the head of the Yue family, and the other two are the eldest son and grandson of the Yue family (that is, the future head of the family).
There are two people sitting on the low couch in the middle of the study. One is the head of the Yue family (my grandfather), and the other is the future head of the house (my father). In front of them are a pot of tea, two teacups, and a small incense burner. This small incense burner It's not sandalwood, fresh incense, or agarwood. It's the peach wood fragrance that's unique to my in-laws' family.
"Dad, what do you think we should do about this?" Dad lowered his head and took a sip of tea before saying.
"Just do whatever you have to do. There is no insurmountable Flame Mountain. Let the Huang family set a time for us to go meet these flat-haired beasts. Your father and I are incompetent. If your grandfather is here, he can tolerate these flat-haired beasts. Rampant." Grandpa picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and exhaled. He felt a lot more decadent. Every time he mentioned his great-great-grandfather, he felt powerless. He felt sorry for the family and future generations. , I’m even more sorry for Grandpa.
"Dad, don't think about it. Grandpa doesn't blame you. What happened with aunt is that they retaliated against our family and went to grandpa. You were just implicated." Dad looked at the somewhat decadent grandpa, with a slight soreness in the corners of his eyes, and his heart also A little panicked.
"As long as you don't blame me." After Grandpa said that, he looked at Dad, who had his head lowered. His eyes contained too many meanings, including three parts of inspection, three parts of exploration, three parts of expectations, and one part of prayer.
"Dad, you are my father. Although in our family, the grandfather teaches the grandson, and the grandpa takes care of the grandson, which results in father and son not being close, but no matter how close they are, they are still father and son." After Dad finished speaking, he put down the tea cup and looked at grandpa sincerely.
"Yes, so remember to spend more time with your children. Qingshan misses you very much." Grandpa nodded and accepted his father's statement.
"Well, that's what I thought too. I missed home and my children when I was away, so I just happened to be back. After I've settled everything, I'll spend time with Qingshan." Dad nodded, agreeing with his grandfather's words.
"Go back and tell your wife to set a time with the Huang family as soon as possible." After speaking, grandpa finished the tea in the cup. After drinking, he got up and went back to his resting place.
"I know, Dad." After Dad finished speaking, he drank the tea in the cup, cleaned the cup and teapot again, and placed them neatly on the tea tray aside, then got up and returned to the east wing.
He tiptoed into the house and looked at his wife who was already sleeping. Dad lifted up the corner of the thin quilt and lay down in it.
