Postscript: Lucford Linmen
If the previous story has not yet put you to sleep, I will write another afterword. Or some friends think the story is still a bit interesting, and they are also concerned about the fate of the characters in the book.
As left blank at the end of the article, my son Xu Zhen has always been particularly attentive and loving to Xiaoxue's sister, not only because she was born cute.
Childhood
Xu Zhen knew that she was not a sister, Xiaoxue was 11 years old when she came, Xiaoxue was 9 years old; Xiaoxue's surname was Xin, and his name was Xin Xiaoxue. There is no blood relationship or psychological barrier between them. So, as they grew older, the two of them cultivated the watered lilies together and blossomed. Flowers are also people.
Now Xu Zhen and Xiao Xue have established a romantic relationship. Just wait for the right age, Xiaoxue will become my daughter-in-law. The two are still busy with further education and constantly pursuing progress.
Some friends should be upset for me: Old Xu, your life is the most bitter, and you have been playing bare sticks for half your life.
No. Although I have been playing singles for a long time, I am now out of order, and I am often obsessed with sprinkling dog food in various parks.
This has happened a long time ago. It was a little more than three years after Xiaoxue came to Beijing, in early winter. At that time, Xiaoxue was on the first year of junior high school, and Xu Zhen was in the third year of junior high school, which was the intense revision stage before the middle school examination.
My mother, because she fell in the snow, had a mild fracture in her arm and was cast in a cast. At this time, due to the needs of work, I was doing projects in the field, and I could only go home once every two weeks. Then it is difficult for this family to cook and serve two children. Hire a babysitter, it wasn't too fashionable and not so coincidentally. Xiaoxue came to my room and said to me, "Dad, I think of my second mother—that is, cuckoo."
Prepare for the exam
"Can you let the second mother stay for a while, so as not to find an outsider to interfere with my brother's study?" Xiaoxue looked expectantly.
As soon as I listened, my eyes lit up and I said: This matter is a good feeling, I am afraid that your second mother will not want to come.
"I'll leave it to me." XiaoXue happily went to write a letter, or registered urgently.
After a few days, Cuckoo, I still used to call her Cuckoo, and I really packed up and came to Beijing.
That day, I was in charge of picking up the station. Before going out, my mother reminded me: Bring my new down jacket, southerners do not necessarily have thick clothes.
Air Express
At the exit of Beijing Station, in the bustling crowd, the rhododendron finally appeared. At the age of 36, her figure is still outstanding. She did not wear too thick clothes, it is estimated that the south is not easy to buy, Qingxiu's face is frozen a little white, crossed hands to hold for warmth.
I hurried over, said hello, put on my mother's down jacket and told her: My mother's, she asked me to bring it.
The crane said softly: Thank you, very obediently dressed on the body. When he got on the bus, the crane slowly regained his warmth and his face became rosy.
Beijing Railway Station
Back at home, Xiaoxue ran over screaming, and the two women embraced happily. Then the crane went to greet the mother. After arranging the luggage, she went to check on her mother's injury, and removed the bandage for the old lady to change the medicine, and tied it with a splint. That action is very skilled.
In the evening, The Crane cooks in the kitchen, packs up the dishes, and sorts out the snow and Xu Zhen's school supplies. It doesn't seem like a woman who has been single for many years, but rather like a skilled housewife.
Two weeks later, I came home. Seeing the home changed, organized, neat and tidy. Mother, brother, Xu Zhen, and Xiao Xue all smiled contentedly.
Good wife and good mother
The next day, I took the crane to visit the Forbidden City. Along the way, the crane is very excited, always with a shallow smile on his face, and looks very seriously, occasionally asking about some allusions to attractions.
A month later, when I came back again, my younger brother Lan Sheng followed me into my room and quietly asked: Brother, do you have the heart to leave Sister Juanzi behind? I mean, you get it! He stressed.
In the evening, my mother also came to my house and asked: How do you think about your personal problems? Xiang Yun has been dead for more than three years.
Without waiting for me to answer, she directly made it clear: I see that this girl is very good, and she also has feelings with Xiaoxue, or do you ask and leave her at home?
I said, "People are happy about this."
courtship
Mother said: If you have a good meal, quickly serve the bowl, don't wait for the cold regret. Won't you fight to make her happy? Your books are all in vain? Well, tomorrow I'll spend everybody else and you'll negotiate it.
The next day, they all made excuses to go out, leaving only me and Cuckoo.
She was at the window of The Little Snow Room, combing the leaves of the lily, her eyes full of affection. Occasionally look up at the window and look south into the distance.
I approached her, my heart like a little rabbit, and stuttered and asked: "Crane, would you like to make this place your home?" I mean, you know — I've learned this buzzword too.
The quackery looked up into my eyes and understood the meaning. Her cheeks flushed, she wrapped her arms around her arms and turned shyly. After a moment, she turned her face and said to me: I will not forget my good sister Xiangyun; I am willing to help her to do what she should have done, but what she failed to do.
My heart finally landed.
fate
"However, if one day I don't do a good job and you annoy me, I can go back to my youth and Yunzi's youth water town at any time."
I hurriedly said, "If you want to go to the water town, I will accompany you, and there is also my youth there." ”
The crane smiled, and the burning light in his eyes slowly turned into water, which was the gentle water wave in the Wapu River that resembled the eyes of Xiangyun.
Soon, we were getting our licenses.
According to the relevant regulations of the Civil Affairs Bureau, I also transferred the hukou of the quackery to Beijing, and the work was also implemented in the district cultural center. She is responsible for book lending and occasionally brings music lessons and judging lessons for children.
Juanzi is Xiangyun's chief disciple, and her evaluation level is already very high. Although it is not as good as Xiangyun, it can be handled on general occasions. Now, in my home, I can also hear this "China's unique, the world's unique" Jiangnan special object - Suzhou comments from time to time.
People thrive
What is even more surprising is that after a year, the 38-year-old crane is actually pregnant. Later, a girl was born, and we named her Xiangling. Now Xiangling is more than two years old.
His younger brother Lan Sheng was married and was not in a hurry to have children; Xu Zhen Xiaoxue was already engaged. Our family became a lively big family. Before the Spring Festival this year, the nine members of our family gathered together and took a family portrait and hung it in my living room.
When taking a family portrait, Azalea and Xiaoxue specially placed the lily she had raised in the middle of the front row. Then, sit on both sides according to the old and young. Mother, mother-in-law (that is, Aunt Mei), me and Cuckoo, Lan Sheng and sister-in-law Xiao Jiang, son Xu Zhen and Xiao Xue; daughter XiangLing, who is more than two years old, sat between her mother and mother-in-law. The family put on new clothes and were full of joy and a New Year's atmosphere.
By the way, the younger brother, sister-in-law, Xu Zhen and Xiaoxue standing in the back row also held up a large character on a red background in their hands: Liu Fu Linmen.
Leofoam Linmen
What does that mean? Of these nine people, there are six surnames.
I, my younger brother Lan Sheng, my son Xu Zhen, and my daughter Xiangling, our four surnames are Xu; my mother's surname is Lin; my mother-in-law's surname is Mei; my mother-in-law's surname is Du; my sister-in-law's surname is Jiang; and Xiao Xue's surname is Xin. Six people with different surnames came together to form this extended family of nine. Explain that "there is no difference between the wise and the wise, the home and everything is happy"!
Oh, and that lily tweed. Azalea and Koyuki say she represents Xiangyun. In fact, this is also the meaning of our whole family, then put together ten mouths. Xiang Yun's surname is Xin, or Liu Fu Linmen!
The book is over
October 27, 2021