"What's the hurry? It won't be too late for you to drink while I prepare a few more main dishes and side dishes."
Ji Lanying said and went to work in the kitchen again.
It wasn't until nightfall that Ji Lanying took off her apron and went to get wine from the cupboard. At this time, the table was already filled with various dishes.
Ling Yi took advantage of the fact that the two elders were not paying attention and threw two body-building elixirs into the soup. In this way, the stubborn physical ailments of the two elders can be cured without anyone noticing.
Moreover, this saves the trouble of explanation and kills two birds with one stone.
When Ji Lanying came back, she already had a bottle of Maotai Feitian wine in her hand. When Ling Yi saw the words "Send to Father" written on it, his whole body froze.
He clearly remembered that he bought this bottle for his father when he came back for the New Year the year he got married. They drank half of the bottle at that time. Now three or four years have passed, but he didn't expect that his father still kept it!
"I originally saved it for you to drink when you come back for the New Year, but I didn't expect that I would stare at it for three or four years." Ling Guozhong said calmly while opening the packaging box.
Hearing his father's seemingly understatement, Ling Yi felt like his heart was twisting in a knife.
He could imagine how disappointed and lonely the two elders must have felt when they were sitting at the door looking forward to his return during the Spring Festival in recent years when all the villagers reunited with their families.
When he thought of this, Ling Yi wanted to slap himself twice.
And when he saw that there was still half a bottle left in the wine bottle his father took out, he couldn't hold back at all.
Although his father didn't say anything, he could imagine that every year during the Chinese New Year, he would take out this bottle of wine with great hope, and then put the bottle back with great disappointment, stuff it into the cabinet, and wait for the arrival of the next year. …
Imagining that scene, Ling Yi burst into tears: "Dad, I'm sorry! My son has let you down in the past few years!"
When Ling Guozhong heard this, his hand that was pouring wine for Ling Yi suddenly shook, and the wine spilled onto the table without warning.
But he didn't say anything. Instead, he gently touched Ling Yi's head, and then wiped his face, as if to wipe away the tears that he couldn't control.
After wiping his face, he poured himself another glass tremblingly, then raised the glass, touched it with Ling Yi, and a smile appeared on his face: "It's all over, just come back."
After saying that, Ling Guozhong raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, and then said "ha~", which seemed to be indescribably refreshing and refreshing.
"Mom, dad, don't you blame me?" Ling Yi also drank the wine in one gulp, and then asked.
"It's weird, how could I not be blamed?" Ling Guozhong took a sip of wine and continued: "But it's more his fault that he is incompetent. Otherwise, if his granddaughter suffered such a big crime, he wouldn't be unable to help at all."
Ji Lanying also said: "You are also under a lot of pressure, that's why you are like that. But you should not do it, you should not start making poetry. Where in the world are you going to find such a good wife?"
"I know that I used to be a bastard, even worse than a beast. But I have changed now, and I will spend the rest of my life making up for the mistakes I have made in the past few years." Ling Yi said resolutely.
"Don't just tell us this, but also let Shi Yun know it. And, more importantly, don't just talk, you have to take action, you know?" Ji Lanying taught earnestly.
"Mom, I know."
Ling Guozhong raised his glass again, clinked it with Ling Yi, and then asked slightly hesitantly: "Xiao Xiao...how is the situation now?"
"Don't worry, she's in good condition now. I'm trying to find a way to cure her. If nothing else happens, there should be good news after the year."
After the New Year, I will go to Tianyun Sect. As long as I get enough spirit crystals, I can complete the spirit capture formation. By then, it will not be a problem to break through to the innate stage.
"That's good, that's good! Let me just say, now that technology is so advanced, how can there be any disease that cannot be cured?" Ling Guozhong patted his thigh as he spoke, grinning from ear to ear with joy.
Ji Lanying also said happily: "When Xiaoxiao is cured, if you don't mind me being dirty, I will take care of Xiaoxiao for you, take her to and from school, etc., so that you can be busy with your own careers."
"Ahem..." As soon as these words came out, Ling Guozhong immediately pretended to cough a few times and forcibly interrupted Ji Lanying's words.
When Ji Lanying saw this, she immediately reacted and realized that her son might have divorced Qi Shiyun. If she said this, wouldn't she embarrass her son?
So she immediately changed her words: "But I guess I can't handle it well, and I'm not used to living in a big city. You'd better find a nanny by then."
"There's nothing you can't get used to living in. You can go there anytime if you want. And the place I live in now is very big. If you go there, you can even plant vegetables in the yard." Ling Yi said with a smile.
Ji Lanying nodded in agreement, but didn't take it seriously.
After all, Ling Yi owes a lot of debt. It's not like she has never been to the place where they lived before. Not to mention there is no yard or balcony. How about growing vegetables?
Just to take care of Ling Yi's face, Ji Lanying didn't expose it.
After drinking for three rounds, Ling Guozhong was about to pour wine for his son, but was stopped by Ling Yi: "Dad, I stopped drinking. I only drank a little with you today."
When Ling Guozhong heard this, he looked stunned for a moment, and then said with a face full of relief: "Okay, quit it! This wine is not a good thing, quit it!"
In his mouth, he only said that drinking was bad, and never mentioned the bad things Ling Yi did because of his drinking.
Ling Yi nodded gratefully, then took the bottle and poured wine for his father.
"Lanying, tell me again what happened at the bridge in the afternoon." Ling Guozhong held the wine glass with expectation on his face.
"Didn't you hear it once from the folks? I've just told it to you twice. Are you really confused?" Although Ji Lanying complained, after complaining, she took the trouble to start from the beginning. Come……
The meal lasted from dusk to midnight, and the three members of the family left the meal still unsatisfied.
After a brief wash, Ling Yi returned to the small bedroom. For the first time, he did not meditate. Instead, he lay on the bed and fell asleep.
That night, Ling Yi even dreamed with a faint smile on his lips...
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Early the next morning, Ling Yi was woken up by a burst of noise.
After careful questioning, I found out that wild boars had appeared in the back mountains. The villagers were excitedly going up the mountain to catch the wild boars and prepare a dish for the Chinese New Year.
His father, Ling Guozhong, also went up the mountain with the large army. It is said that there was also a squad of soldiers at the camp at the end of the village.
Ling Yi originally wanted to follow, but when he learned that there were soldiers following him, he gave up the idea of following.
After all, if he followed, the fun of chasing the wild boar would be gone.
Throughout the day, Ling Yi followed his mother to the town market to buy new year's goods - the second elder thought that Ling Yi would not come back like before, so he didn't prepare anything.
When he came back from the market, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and the basket on Ling Yi's back was filled with a basket full of New Year's goods.
As soon as the mother and son entered the bridge, they saw a group of people running out of the village entrance in a hurry. Among them was a woman who was crying so hard.
Ji Lanying went up to ask and found out that her man accidentally lost his hand while chasing wild boars and his leg was broken. She has been sent to the hospital, and she is now accompanied by relatives and friends to the hospital.
"With so many people going up the mountain, how can they still lose their hand?" After they walked away, Ling Yi asked Ji Lanying with some doubts.
"Perhaps there are so many people that we lose our guard." Ji Lanying analyzed.
"Well, most of the time, my mother is wise." Ling Yi said flatteringly.
"Only you can say it!"
Ling Yi chuckled and asked, "By the way, will sister come back to celebrate the New Year this year?"
"Originally I wasn't going to come back. I heard that you were back and asked for leave from the company, but I couldn't get home until the afternoon of New Year's Eve." When Ji Lanying said this, there was a smile in the corners of her eyes.
A family reunited with both children and children, this is the scene that most parents in the world want to see.
"Okay, I'll pick her up in town then."
A few more days passed like this, and the New Year atmosphere in the village became stronger and stronger. From time to time, a few firecrackers could be heard, mixed with the laughter of children, coming from a distance.
Ling Yi was lying in the yard, looking at the sky that was gradually filled with dark clouds and it would soon snow, and couldn't help but sigh:
"Xiaoxiao likes to set off firecrackers the most. She will definitely like it here. It would be great if mother and daughter were here too..."
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The world's largest population migration, the Spring Festival Transport, has begun without warning for some time.
The train station is crowded with people every day.
On this day, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Xiaonian, in the afternoon, it snowed heavily.
At the exit of Yonggu County Railway Station, a mother and daughter seemed to have stepped out of a painting, which took everyone's breath away.
The moment they appeared, the whole world seemed to have lost its color. Only mother and daughter were the only bright colors in this gray world.
But what the mother and daughter were wearing were clearly pure white long down jackets, with no other colors at all.
Even so, along the way, there was a constant stream of people who came up to chat with them and said that no matter where they went, they could drive each other for free.
But no matter how the other party tried to tease them, the mother and daughter never responded. They each pushed the suitcases, one large and one small, that matched their body shapes in front of them, and walked towards the bus station.
After they got on the bus, the originally noisy carriage suddenly became quiet, as if they were afraid of disturbing their mother and daughter, who were like fairies descending to earth.
After two and a half hours of turbulence, the sky was gradually getting dark, and the mother and daughter finally reached the finish line.
After they picked up their luggage and left, everyone in the car breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
"How can this daughter-in-law be so beautiful? She must be a big star, right?" An aunt couldn't help but sigh as she watched the mother and daughter leave.
The reason why I say she is the daughter-in-law is because the conversation between mother and daughter is in Mandarin, which is not something people here can speak.
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As night fell, the heavy snow that had started falling in the afternoon suddenly became heavier, and strong winds also blew. It was an out-and-out snowy night.
Ling Guozhong just went to bolt the courtyard gate. When he came back, there was already a thick layer of snow on his body.
There was a charcoal fire burning in the house, and it was as warm as spring.
Because it was New Year's Eve, the food on the table was even richer than the day Ling Yi came back.
Ling Guozhong shook the bottle of Maotai, looked at the few drinks left, and asked in confusion: "That's it, drink it today, or tomorrow on New Year's Eve?"
Ling Yi was about to say, "I'll get drunk today if I have wine," but then I heard a "dong dong dong" knock on the door.
Before he opened his mouth, Ji Lanying, who had a bad ear before, took the lead and said, "Guozhong, it seems someone is knocking on the door."
"Who would knock on the door this late at night? It's probably because of the wind." Ling Guozhong said casually, his eyes still staring at the bit of wine in the bottle, his face full of confusion.
But in the next second, his body suddenly stiffened, then he dropped the bottle and rushed out of the house in a panic, running towards the door of the courtyard, almost falling in the process.
Ji Lanying didn't fare much better. She didn't even bother to put on her coat, so she rushed out of the door and ran quickly to the entrance of the courtyard.
The reason why they were so excited was because they heard a childish voice coming from outside the door:
"Grandpa and grandma, open the door quickly. It's so cold outside. Xiao Xiao is about to freeze to death!"
