Pick up a cultural relic as a daughter-in-law

Chapter 56

Chen Wenzhao's family is from a small town in the south of the Yangtze River. Because the place is small and his family is a scholarly family, he has a little reputation in the local area.

Xiaorui got off the plane with Chen Wenzhao's big and small bags, then took a taxi to Chen Wenzhao's hometown. When he got out of the car, he saw a typical small courtyard in the south of the Yangtze River. Come out and help them with their luggage.

"The young master is back, hurry in and drink some water!"

Chen Wenzhao has been away from home for so long, and being called by the young master again made him feel uncomfortable all over. He called out politely: "Mother Qin," and quickly asked him to change his words: "It's not a feudal society, so why call it a young master? It’s fine to just call for fun, now I’m in my thirties…”

"What's wrong with being thirty? You inherited the good genes of our Chen family, and you have thin skin and tender flesh at thirty, so you don't feel wronged at all!" Chen Wenzhao raised his head when he heard the sound, and his eldest sister was coming out of the main room. When he came out, he was still holding the big tabby cat raised by his grandma in his arms: "Hey, is this person here enough?" Chen Wenzhao had already informed the family about the fact that Lu Yan and Xiao Yi also came together. About Rui, but I told the elder sister alone, but the elder sister of the Chen family was still stunned for a moment when she saw Xiao Rui.

"He's still coming back to look for you?" The eldest sister turned cold, and walked up to Chen Wenzhao: "In front of the old lady, please tell me to get rid of the panic, don't let grandma worry about living too long!"

"Sister Wenjie, how did I find out that I haven't seen you for so long, and you're young again? Hey, tell me, this family grows up to the old director, why do you keep growing up? If you want to continue to develop like this, I will You will be the next target..." Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Lu Yan hurriedly smeared honey on his lips, and started to talk poorly with the eldest sister of the Chen family. When Chen Wenzhao was free, he told Xiao Rui a few words, and the others followed the elder sister After entering the main room, greet grandma first.

"Grandma, I'm back." As soon as Chen Wenzhao entered the room, he was happy to see that the ninety-year-old grandma was still in good health. No matter what he said, Lu Yan yelled "Grandma", and Xiao Yi rushed over and shouted "Grandma, Grandma", the old lady was so happy that she saw Xiao Rui standing aside stupidly, No one responded, and the old lady was a little puzzled: "Wen Zhao, is this the friend you mentioned, who shared the rent with you?"

Chen Wenzhao nodded, not knowing what to say, Lu Yan hurriedly said for him: "That's right, Grandma, this is Xiao Rui, and he is our best buddy in Tianjin."

"Xiao Rui...then Wen Zhao, please take care of me." The old lady nodded and said to Xiao Rui.

"He took care of me." Xiao Rui said.

"This kid, you're quite polite!" The old lady laughed, still a little curious about Xiao Rui: "Xiao Rui, are you colleagues with Wen Zhao?"

"No."

"Then...you are like Yan, and you are classmates with Wen Zhao?"

"No."

"That……"

"He is my master."

When Xiaorui said this, everyone in the room was stunned. The old lady frowned and turned to Chen Wenzhao: "What did he say you are? I really don't want to listen too lightly?"

"Grandma, he..." Chen Wenzhao was speechless for a while, and Lu Yan hurriedly smoothed things over: "He said, the owner, that Wen Zhao is the owner! Hehe, grandma, you don't know yet, Xiao Rui just came to Tianjin and it's a bit difficult, so are we Came here from a difficult time, Wen Zhao lost his temper with him again, so he gave him the house to live in. He is a very serious person, and he has to pay rent, so he always said that Wen Zhao is his owner and landlord .”

"Oh, so that's what happened..." The old lady nodded knowingly, but Chen Wenzhao and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Grandma, they rushed here overnight, everyone is tired, let them rest first, there is plenty of time to talk." The eldest sister of the Chen family saw that Chen Wenzhao was a little bit on pins and needles, sighed, and suggested to the old lady, who nodded after listening , called Mother Qin, and took a few people to rest. Chen Wenzhao gave his elder sister a thankful look, and left the house relieved.

Chen Wenzhao was busy with work, and sometimes he couldn't come back once a year. This time, when he came back for a birthday celebration, the old lady was reluctant to let him go, so she decided to stay for a week after discussing it.The courtyard and the house are still the same as when they were young. Chen Wenzhao walks on the stone road, always feeling that there are memories everywhere, and it happens that Xiao Yi is also there. Come on, once you talk about it, you can't close the gate. Sometimes grandma, the eldest sister, the second sister, the third sister, and even Qin's mother will join in. It's very pleasant to laugh and laugh.

And although Lu Yan only met Chen Wenzhao when he was in school, he often went home with him during the holidays. In addition, Lu Yan is a person with a strong sense of presence. There are also many memories belonging to him here. he.

Only Xiao Rui, like a child who was bullied later, was always unconsciously excluded by everyone.Even though Xiaorui is a divine beast, Xiaorui doesn't know the ways of the world, and sometimes he still feels faintly uncomfortable, but, as simple as he is, he can't describe this uncomfortable feeling—that's what human beings often say, Lonely.

It was only after dinner that day that Qin's mother said that there was a temple fair outside, which was a common event here in summer. When I was a child, the young master always clamored to go to it after dinner.Feeling so emotional, Lu Yan suddenly became interested, grabbed Chen Wenzhao's sleeve, and said excitedly: "How about it, Wenzhao, the few times I came to your house, I didn't catch up with the temple fair, so let's go to the lively tonight? "

"That's right, that's right, I'm a little tempted too!" Xiao Yi also became excited.

"Then you children go to play, don't play too late and come back early." The old lady encouraged them, seeing their childish appearance, but she was too old to go.

Chen Wenzhao turned his head and glanced at Xiaorui. He also knew that Xiaorui couldn't get along with everyone these days, and he probably wasn't in a good mood. He might as well go to the temple fair, so he just took the opportunity to make Xiaorui happy.Therefore, Chen Wenzhao nodded: "Okay, let's go!"

The town is lively in summer.

In addition to the people in the town, there are also many tourists who come from the city and walk slowly along the Xitang River.At night, the merchants on the street put up lanterns, the music of zither or pipa is heard from the tea house by the river, and there are people singing Yiyi on the stage on the other side of the river, and the drum tower in the center of the town is full of dragon dances. Lion dancers, jugglers parade, and brightly lit temple fairs.

A few people walked along the way, and were stopped by vendors selling small gadgets to sell some lanterns, river lanterns, masks and other things. Xiaoyi has a childlike heart and likes shopping the most. Heap; Lu Yan is a self-proclaimed romantic, always likes to vassalize something, and prefers to criticize his surroundings; Chen Wenzhao has no eccentricities, but just likes this kind of leisurely atmosphere, especially in this crowded crowd, and there is no taboo. You can safely hold Xiao Rui's hand...

"Hey! Brother Zhao, look at the fireworks over there! Let's go and watch the fun!" Xiao Yi suddenly jumped up and down, grabbed Chen Wenzhao's arm and pulled him forward, and Chen Wenzhao pulled off the mask on his forehead , Xiao Yi was taken aback, then turned his head: "Brother Zhao, what are you doing?"

"Lend me this to play, you and Yan go to watch the fireworks." Saying this, he took another mask from Lu Yan, put it on for himself and Xiao Rui respectively, waved his hands at them, and pulled Xiao Rui gone.

"Brother Zhao..." Xiao Yi was a little embarrassed, and suddenly became wilted.Lu Yan gave him a funny look, reached out and patted his shoulder: "Can you borrow a shoulder from Brother Yan to make you cry?"

After years of baptism, the town has gradually merged the two elements of fashion and simplicity. Here is a small bridge and flowing water. After crossing the bridge, turn to an alley and enter. It is a bar street that has emerged in recent years, mostly for tourism. During the peak season, it is for tourists to entertain.

"When I was a child, this street was full of gadgets, especially wind chimes and windmills. Passing by here at night in summer, the sound of wind chimes tinkling and windmills clacking and clacking is very pleasant." Chen Wenzhao He was taken aback by the scene in front of him, and then smiled relievedly: "But it's not bad that it's become a bar street now."

"Wind chimes and windmills?" Xiao Rui was a little confused, frowning as if trying to figure it out, but he couldn't figure it out.

Seeing his appearance, Chen Wenzhao found it ridiculous, so he stretched out his hand to rub his head: "It's normal that you haven't seen it before, I'll buy you one as a gift later."

Xiaorui didn't seem to give up yet, and looked at the bars along the street one by one, trying to find things that had long since disappeared. Chen Wenzhao couldn't stop him, so he had to follow. Suddenly, Xiaorui stopped at the entrance of a bar at the end of the alley. He stopped, pointed to the brass bell hanging on the door, and asked, "Is this it?"

When Chen Wenzhao looked up, he found that the name of this bar was "Let's Listen to the Wind", which was written in ink on a wooden plaque. The ancient wooden plaque seemed to have passed a century, decayed and tattered, with iron hooks underneath Several small bells are hung, jingling with the wind.The largest brass wind chime is hung in the middle of the door, as long as you open the wooden door, you can hear the transparent buzzing of the wind chime.

Chen Wenzhao became interested for a while, and pulled Xiao Rui inside. As a result, the decorations in the bar proved that he really did not make a wrong decision.

The decoration style is nostalgic, with red brick walls, wooden tables and chairs, and a blackboard for messages on the wall. When you look up, you can see all kinds of wind chimes everywhere on the ceiling. They are all the simple styles of childhood. On the first seat, a small windmill was inserted by the table, rattling and spinning, full of childishness.The old-fashioned gramophone played tunes from many years ago. On the small stage, bar singers casually played the guitar to the melody and hummed softly.

Chen Wenzhao walked to the bar, the table here was made of glass, with a layer of mezzanine underneath, full of old black and white photos, there were always a few people inside, men and women, probably some memory treasured by the boss.

The waiter asked Chen Wenzhao what to order, Chen Wenzhao casually glanced at the wine list, and Xiao Rui pointed to a wine called Homecoming: "I want this."

"Then two glasses." After Chen Wenzhao finished speaking, he turned his head and asked a little strangely: "Do you like to drink?"

Xiao Rui shook her head: "I like the name."

"Do you know what that means? Just like it?" Chen Wenzhao laughed.

At this time, it came up, it was a glass of cocktail, the upper layer was golden, the middle was bright red, and the bottom was tender green.Chen Wenzhao watched carefully, sliding his fingers from bottom to top, and murmured: "Sentimental memories, bloody youth, golden years...Xiao Rui, you know how to order."

Xiao Rui's eyes followed Chen Wenzhao's fingers in a daze, and then he raised his head suddenly: "I... want to hear about your childhood, before I met you, about you."

Chen Wenzhao was stunned for a moment, wondering why Xiaorui suddenly became interested in this, so he laughed: "I'm just an ordinary person, living an ordinary life can't be more ordinary, if I tell you, you will feel bored Bar?"

Xiao Rui shook her head: "But you guys had a good chat."

Only then did Chen Wenzhao suddenly understand something, took a sip of wine, reached out and grabbed Xiao Rui's hand: "I found out that you are quite jealous, kid?" He still couldn't help laughing.

"It's not jealousy." Xiaorui was serious, which made Chen Wenzhao also serious. At this moment, Xiaorui lowered his head and seemed a little distressed: "To me, you are very important, but I have nothing to you You know, things about your childhood, things you like, those memories of yours... I see you talking about these in the yard, and you feel uncomfortable. I have stayed by your side for a long time, but it seems that I don't really understand you... I Maybe I want to be closer to you, but the current level is probably far from enough, so that's why I feel so uncomfortable?" When Xiao Rui raised his head, his dark eyes were full of confusion, but also full of expectation, without any impurities, However, he only looked at Chen Wenzhao so sincerely. When he saw Xiao Rui like this for a moment, Chen Wenzhao felt his brain buzzing and his heart sour in an incredible way.

Chen Wenzhao scanned all kinds of people in the bar, and suddenly felt that he was funny. In such a strange place, do you need to look at other people's eyes for what you do?

"Xiao Rui, do you know what I was talking about just now?" Chen Wenzhao's eyes flashed with joy, but he was suppressed by his low voice.

"Of course I..."

"In my opinion, that seems to be a confession..." Chen Wenzhao interrupted Xiaorui, holding his hand tightly: "You boy, I'm getting old, and I can't help my mood ups and downs, so I don't care about it." I don't know if I should be happy now, that's why I'm afraid of being happy too early, so don't look at me with that kind of affectionate eyes, you boy, I will misunderstand!"

"Misunderstanding... what?" Xiao Rui asked stupidly.

"You like me." Chen Wenzhao couldn't help grasping Xiaorui's hand tightly. For some reason, when he said these four words, he was like a silly boy who just fell in love, his heart was pounding non-stop, and his face was burning.

"Does this count as liking?" Xiao Rui was stunned for a moment: "You like me and you, right?" When Chen Wenzhao was also in a daze, Xiao Rui suddenly said: "Then I like you, are you happy?" Wen Zhao became more and more dazed, Xiao Rui turned his head away a little embarrassed, Chen Wenzhao widened his eyes as if he had discovered a new world, and then heard Xiao Rui say: "I like to see you happy, especially... pretty."

Chen Wenzhao suddenly felt that it was difficult to breathe, and he didn't know if he was dazzled when he saw Xiaorui blushing under the dim light, but the atmosphere really flattered him, so he drank a big mouthful of wine, Chen Wenzhao forced I calmed down a bit, lowered my voice, and regained my composure: "Xiao Rui, where do you think I should start?"

This sentence seemed to ignite something, Xiao Rui raised his head excitedly, his eyes were full of joy, Chen Wenzhao touched his head with a smile, comforting him, his fingertips were faintly hot: "I found it in the study Grandpa's ancient books, since then you have fallen in love with cultural relics?"

That night, Chen Wenzhao told Xiao Rui a lot. He grew up in the town when he was young, went to school in the city, and was admitted to a university in Tianjin. He met Lu Yan at school, and he and Lu Yan got to know each other after graduation. Support and struggle until now.The long period of more than 20 years is briefly mentioned, but the joy and bitterness in it are repeated in his heart, which makes Chen Wenzhao can't help but feel emotional.

The story is over, the wine is done, and it's getting late.Chen Wenzhao told Xiaorui that it was time to go, and took him for a walk slowly, walking back.It's a little bit colder outside, and it's a little bit cleaner, but the fireworks are still going on as usual.Xiao Rui turned his head and asked Chen Wenzhao, "Is it cold?"

Chen Wenzhao turned his head to look at him, and suddenly felt that he was a little drunk: "Xiaorui, the wine you order is easy to get drunk." Or if the wine is not intoxicating, everyone gets drunk. A little confused, he stretched out his hand and hooked Xiaorui's neck, pulled him down, and kissed him.

Xiao Rui was stunned, and then Chen Wenzhao smiled at him lightly, Xiao Rui continued to be dazed, but still tactfully tightened his arms, and took the initiative to add a deep kiss.

If they were not outside, if they were not in their hometown in Jiangsu, probably the two of them would not be able to stop here.