Chapter 223：

Uncle Li and Brother Feng just sober up in the evening, Qin Lingling is already cooking, and by the way, even the meals for Brother Feng and his son are prepared.

"Just eat and go back, anyway, it's done." Uncle Li said to Brother Feng.

Brother Feng didn't intend to interrupt, but thinking that there is one more thing to be busy, he nodded and agreed.

The two of them didn't drink any more wine this time. They drank tea after the meal, while watching the snow that was sparsely pulled down for a long time.

The mist of the tea cup was lingering. Brother Feng sat and drank tea for a while. Uncle Li suddenly asked, "Brother Feng, just say anything. Look at you, I know you have something to say."

Brother Feng smiled, "You can see it all."

"We have been friends for so many years. Although we haven't seen each other very much in these years, I still know your temperament. You stay here to eat and drink tea. Even if the Chinese New Year is coming, you are very busy. You have been busy with me for so long. , It’s time to take care of my own business, let’s just say, what can't we say about our brothers for so many years?"

Brother Feng nodded, "There is indeed something to say."

While Brother Feng spoke, he still had to look at Uncle Li, as if he was sure what Uncle Li had in mind?

After a while, Feng Ge said, "You should know that in the past two years, many schools are recruiting teachers to go back. You are also a teacher and a scholar. There are many students from your hands. The students you have taught are very good. Excellent, so the school has been looking for you for the past two years, and I always hope that you can return to school to teach and educate people."

Don't look at Uncle Li in despair when he met Qin Lingling, but he is indeed a very good teacher, a very hardworking and very good person.

His family conditions are not too good, but it is not bad. He has been studying hard when his peers are still playing, so he can learn something at a very young age. Later, after graduating from university, he teaches at the school. , Became a teacher.

In those years as a teacher, although he was young, the students who came out of his hands were very good. In those years, Uncle Li had a bright and promising future. At that time, many people said that Uncle Li's wife found such a good husband after stepping on shit.

It was precisely because of Uncle Li's excellence that the subsequent events had a great impact.

Now that the matter is over, the above is really hoping to hire Uncle Li back.

Uncle Li heard the sound, but waved his hand, "No, no, I said before. I have not been a teacher for many years. I have forgotten all that knowledge. Where can I be able to teach and educate people? Isn’t that a mistake? ?"

Brother Feng hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't say that, don't say that. Others may believe it after hearing what you said, but how many years our brothers have been, I still don't know what you are like? Others forget? You can’t forget the knowledge. I know how much you worked hard back then. The students who came out of your hands are all outstanding. Every time you go to class, the class is full of people. Well, don’t follow I am humble. Besides, it hasn’t been a few years since the college entrance examination has been restored. In the past few years, these teachers, just like you, were hired back later. The students are not yet graduated. You and them are on the same starting line. , Others can go back, so can you, and this is the meaning given by the above, I hope you can continue to be a teacher."

Although he was praised by Brother Feng, Uncle Li still smiled and waved his hand not politely, "Don’t say that. I know how many jins are a few taels, I know better. Others may have learned new things from the past over the years, but I’m not the same. I’ve been decadent for so many years. Where can I remember the knowledge, don’t mislead others, besides, even if my knowledge is still there, I don’t want to teach anymore. I just want to guard our home now."

"But……"

Without waiting for Brother Feng to speak, Uncle Li quickly interrupted, "Brother Feng, you have also seen that my son Zhengzi is now married, and their young couple is planning to have a baby now, as you know, Zhengzi's mother is gone. After having a child, the young couple must also have their own affairs to be busy with. I also have to help with the care of the children. I will be able to teach and educate people when I can take good care of my grandchildren and grandchildren. ."

Brother Feng frowned as he listened to him.

Looking at what Uncle Li said, he could see that Uncle Li was serious and didn't mean to be joking.

In fact, he had told Uncle Li in the letter before, but Uncle Li didn't listen, and later called some to mention it. Uncle Li still refused.

At that time, however, Brother Feng always thought that Uncle Li disagreed because he did not come back, and there might be complaints in his heart, but now it seems that he is not complaining. He just looked away and wanted to open it, only intending to protect his own little family. .

Seeing Brother Feng not talking, Uncle Li just smiled, patted Brother Feng’s hand, and said: “Brother Feng, I know you did this for my own good, and I will accept your favor. The meaning of the above, I also I know, I am very grateful to them for looking at me so much, and they are willing to hire me back to school. However, if I choose from family and career, I will choose family. The problem I just mentioned does exist, Zhengzi and his wife’s age Not very old, and never had children, especially Lingling. She is still young and she is still in college now. There is only one elder like me at home. I have to take care of my little family first. I don’t want those things to happen again. ."

Although I knew that what happened back then was purely an accident, but Uncle Li still wanted to protect his little home.

He said: "I was busy with my career for the first half of my life, and I was still busy for a while. Now I just want to live this simple life. Their young couple still have to go back to Guangdong Province after the New Year. I will do that too. Will follow, so I really can't agree to what you said."

Uncle Li said it clearly enough, and Brother Feng understood it too.

He nodded and sighed: "I understand what you said. I can understand your feelings. This matter is not absolute. Anyway, I also think that if you still want to continue teaching and educating people, you will go back to school. Go and teach more good students. However, since you don't want to go back, I won't force you. Seeing that you have found your son now and have a new home again, I am happy for you."

"Um."

Brother Feng said this topic until the end. He knows that Uncle Li understands what he said. He will not agree to be hired back to the school. Even if it is a great honor, it is nothing compared to taking care of their small family. What kind of?

However, when Brother Feng was about to leave, Uncle Li promised: "Although I can't promise you to be hired back to school as a teacher, but if I need my help, I will be obliged to do so, don't worry!"

"it is good."

There are only two days left before the Chinese New Year, and the streets and alleys are starting to lively. Those who buy New Year goods buy New Year goods, clean up the house, and no one is idle.

Although the house was cleaned by Brother Feng, they also cleaned up after returning home, but it was Chinese New Year after all, so during those two days, a family of three cleaned up the house, washed the bed, the table and the bench, and no one was idle.

God opened his eyes, and the weather was fine and warmer in those two days.

"It seems that this year can be a warm year." After drying the quilt, Gu Zheng said suddenly.

Qin Lingling was at the other end of the bamboo pole. Hearing the sound, she drilled her head from the other end of the quilt and looked at him.

Gu Zheng smiled slightly and asked, "What are you looking at me? Did I just say something wrong?"

Qin Lingling shook her head and said with a smile: "No! You are quite right. The weather is good this year, and it will definitely be a warm year."

"Um."

Just toss the house, the family of three tossed for a few days, and by the New Year's Eve, it was almost exhausted.

However, people are in good spirits on happy occasions, this is about to celebrate the New Year, and the three of them still get up early in the morning to prepare to post Spring Festival couplets.

There is no collateralization in the family this year. Qin Lingling originally planned to collateralize, but she was stopped by Uncle Li.

He said that this year's Spring Festival couplets would be written by him, so there is no need to go out and buy them.

Qin Lingling was surprised when she heard it, and asked, "Dad, do you still write Spring Festival couplets?"

Uncle Li smiled and said, "There are so many things I can do."

So when I woke up early in the morning of the 31st of the new year, Qin Lingling was still a little dazed to see Uncle Li set the table of the Eight Immortals in the yard and wielded the first heavy brush.

When I got closer, Uncle Li had already written the couplet.

The powerful characters of Qiongjin, stroke by stroke, are all beautiful.

Qin Lingling couldn't describe it. After seeing it, she only boasted: "Dad, your writing is so beautiful!"

Uncle Li smiled and said, "It's okay. I used to write the couplets at home. They were just mediocre at the beginning, but your mother said they were good-looking. Let me write them by myself and don’t have to go out and buy them. Apart from saving money, she said she wrote them herself. It’s more sincere. I haven’t written it well for so many years. This writing is a bit rusty. The writing is not very beautiful, so let’s just leave it!"

Qin Lingling exclaimed, "Dad, what you have written is good enough. What kind of thing is this? The Spring Festival couplets written by someone who writes and distributes outsiders are not as good-looking as yours!"

Uncle Li was praised by his daughter-in-law, but he smiled from ear to ear, "Well, if you say it looks good, then it will look good!"

"That's so beautiful, I didn't say it."

"Haha, OK..."

When Gu Zheng came out, he saw his daughter-in-law and his father praising each other, and the other smiling happily.

Watching Gu Zheng came out, Qin Lingling waved quickly, "Azheng, you are here just in time. Dad has written all the Spring Festival couplets. Let's take it and post it."

"it is good."

As soon as Uncle Li heard it, he quickly put down the brush in his hand, "No, no, I'll just post the Spring Festival couplets. If you really want to be busy, then get some window grilles. Couplets are not enough. You have to have some window grilles. ?"

"That's right." Qin Lingling responded.

Uncle Li asked again: "Does Lingling cut window grilles?"

Qin Lingling shook her head, "It's not good, I will cut a small flower simply, but I won't be complicated."

There are still differences between the North and the South for the New Year. Like the New Year in the North, every household has window grilles. The grilles are paper-cut. The patterns have always been complicated. But the South is not. The southern couplets and the simple patterns on the window stalks are just the same.

Thinking of those complicated paper-cut patterns, Qin Lingling could only envy her, but she couldn't cut it.

When Uncle Li heard it, he smiled and said, "Oh, I almost forgot. There are very few window grilles in the south."

"Yeah." Qin Lingling nodded and was a little unwilling. "Then let's go out and buy some. They are also sold outside the window grilles."

Although I can't cut it, I should be able to buy it.

Before, because Uncle Li had said that they don't need to use the joint, Qin Lingling didn't buy all the things hanging on the door frame on the wall.

She asked Uncle Li, "Dad, shouldn't it be too late to buy now? Shall I let Ah Zheng go out and buy some?"

Uncle Li hurriedly waved his hand, "No need, no, I will, I will."

"Dad, would you also cut paper?" Qin Lingling was surprised.

Obviously, Qin Lingling couldn't help being speechless because her father-in-law was so versatile.

Uncle Li smiled and said, "Why, don't you believe in my ability?"

"No, I just think it's a little weird. After all, this paper-cutting can be considered delicate work."

"The wood carving is also fine work!" Uncle Li said, carefully blowing the written spring couplets to make the ink dry faster.

When I was finished, I said, "I didn't know how to cut window grilles before, but I learned it with your mother. After learning it for a long time, I will learn it."

Your mother in Uncle Li's mouth refers to Gu Zheng's mother, Qin Lingling's mother-in-law.

Speaking of mother-in-law, Uncle Li has a lot to say.

"I used to write the Spring Festival couplets at home. She cut this window grille. She didn't have much skill, but she did a good job of fine work. Every year, the neighbors in the neighborhood also fell in love with the window grilles she cut, saying that she cut them. The most beautiful."

Qin Lingling listened and responded, "It turns out that it is."

Uncle Li picked up the spring festival couplets and said to the two of them: "Come on, hang up the couplets together. I'll cut the window grilles for you later. You can also learn to do it, and you can cut it yourself in the future."

"okay."

Spring couplets Uncle Li wrote a total of three couplets, one at the gate, the other at the two small doors, and the rest are decorated with window grilles.

There are not many Spring Festival couplets, so they are posted very quickly.

After the pasting, Uncle Li took all the remaining red paper into the room.

He asked Qin Lingling and Gu Zheng to find scissors and sat down beside him before they started teaching.

Although Gu Zheng's hand is flexible, he used to be quick to start no matter what he did in the army, but he still had a big challenge in using scissors to cut paper.

Qin Lingling followed Uncle Li to learn in a decent way, and she seemed to have some foundation.

Looking at the two of them following their own studies, one is clumsy though he is serious, while the other is a bit look.

Seeing his son's clumsy hands, even Uncle Li couldn't help but laughed, "Zhengzi, you can't cut all the paper like this!"

Gu Zheng was also helpless, "These scissors can't be used on your hands. It seems that you can cut them quite easily, but I didn't have much strength when I tried them."

Knowing that Gu Zheng is not the life of paper-cutting, Uncle Li smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, don't cut it, you can give us a hand, if you want you to cut it so clumsy, it's a waste of paper that you can't cut it well, and wait for a lot of time in the future. No matter how hard you study, after all, men are not as careful as women when doing these things. I have studied them for a long time in my early years."

In the dislike of his father, Gu Zheng could only respond.

Uncle Li hasn't cut much paper for many years. At the beginning, he was still a little uncomfortable. He waited until two of them were cut, and he felt a little bit.

He knows a lot of tricks. After all, he did these things in his early years, but because Qin Lingling was also a beginner, the teaching at the beginning was very slow.

Qin Lingling studied very seriously, and she had been exposed to paper-cutting knowledge before, and she was quicker to get started. Uncle Li gave her some simple patterns to cut.

Qin Lingling has her own busyness, and Uncle Li has entered a crazy paper-cutting state. The speed and craftsmanship simply took Qin Lingling's eyes away.

In the end, Qin Lingling just watched Uncle Li cut, her own would not move.

There were only three of them in the house, and Uncle Li didn't plan to be too complicated. He simply cut some paper-cuts, and the three of them worked together to paste the windows everywhere.

After all this is done, it's time to prepare New Year's Eve dinner.

For the New Year’s Eve dinner, Qin Lingling was busy.

The chickens, ducks and geese were killed by Uncle Li and Gu Zheng. They chose the vegetables and so on. Qin Lingling only needs to arrange the New Year's Eve dinner.

There are only three of them, so they don't need to prepare too many meals.

In the kitchen, Gu Zheng laid hands on Qin Lingling, while Uncle Li outside was busy cleaning up some messy places in the house.

Before the food was cooked, Brother Feng next door came and said he was coming to see them.

After all, the Li family brought his son back for the New Year for the first time in many years. Brother Feng took good care of him and asked if he needed help.

Seeing Uncle Li alone outside, Brother Feng quickly asked: "Old Li, why are you alone, Zhengzi and Lingling?"

Uncle Li smiled and pointed to the direction of the kitchen, "All are busy cooking."

Winter is New Year's Eve again, so every household prepares dinner very early, and basically does not need to wait until the meal can be used. This has been an unconventional rule for so many years, and everyone is accustomed to eating early.

"Why don't you help?" Brother Feng smiled.

"What can I do for you? Lingling is a capable child, and there is a clank to attack him. The young couple is doing a good job. Why am I going to join in the fun?"

Brother Feng nodded, "This is also the case." After that, he glanced at the kitchen and asked Uncle Li: "The young couple have a very good relationship, right?"

Uncle Li nodded, "Well, the feelings are pretty good, they are all filial children."

"Well, that's good. The children are filial and safe. We parents are satisfied, and we don't ask them to be rich and prosperous, right?"

"Yes."

The two chatted for a while, and the two people in the kitchen knew that Brother Feng had come.

Uncle Li wanted to stay with someone for the New Year's Eve dinner, but the Feng family was waiting for Brother Feng to go back. This dinner could only be arranged next time.

Compared to previous New Year’s Eve dinners with Gu’s family, this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner was eaten with Uncle Li, and it was eaten in a courtyard that Qin Lingling unexpectedly had.

Because the father and son have both recovered their relatives, both father and son are a little too drunk for the New Year’s Eve dinner.

When the food and wine were finished, Qin Lingling faced two drunks.

Fortunately, when the father and son are drunk, they will not be ugly, and they are not easy to serve. Instead, they can lie down on the bed and sleep until the next day.

The only thing that kept Qin Lingling busy was to wipe her hands and face for Gu Zheng and take off his coat.

After finishing her work, Qin Lingling was also tired. She rubbed her shoulders, looked at the drunk man, and muttered, "Fortunately, you can serve you when you are drunk. If you are not easy to serve, I will just kick you to the Pacific Ocean."

The man sleeping drunk in bed only muttered, "I'm so happy."

Although there are only four simple words, Qin Lingling understands what he wants to express?

Although Gu Zheng didn't say it before, he still cared a little about his own life experience. Now that he found his father, the reason for abandoning him is not what he thought, and his relatives are still there. How could he be unhappy?

Usually he is a restrained person, even if he is excited and happy, he will not be too obvious, and only now is drunk, will he speak out without hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Zheng babbled words that would be happy again. Qin Lingling sat by the bed, listening to his unrestrained expression of joy, she was also happy for him in her heart.

Under the dim light, Gu Zheng's skin was not as smooth, delicate and white as the protagonist said. On the contrary, his skin was much rougher and not white, but in Qin Lingling's eyes, he was the most handsome man in the world.

She put her hand gently on Gu Zheng's face, but just put it so gently, Qin Lingling did not expect that the other party suddenly opened her eyes.

This shocked Qin Lingling.

Gu Zheng, who suddenly opened his eyes, glanced at the person in front of him, as if he recognized who it was? He shouted in a low voice, "Daughter-in-law..."

"Um."

Qin Lingling just finished responding, the next second the other party swept her into her arms with both hands, and fell directly onto the bed.

Looking at her waist with her hands wrapped around her, Gu Zheng was calling in her ear intimately, "Lingling, I love you."

"Well, I love you too."

When he woke up the next day, after the hangover, Gu Zheng was still a little dazed, and his head ached.

Rubbing his head, the wife who has always been sleeping next to him is no longer with him.

He quickly took the watch that was on the bedside cupboard, and it seemed that it was past seven o'clock.

Quickly got up, Qin Lingling came in outside the house.

Seeing him up, Qin Lingling shouted: "Awake?"

"Yeah." Gu Zheng nodded and asked again: "I was drunk last night, didn't I toss you?"

Gu Zheng originally meant that he was only worried that his drunkenness would cause trouble to Qin Lingling. There was no other meaning, but the husband and wife would not speak as serious as they would treat others. When they heard the word "toss", Qin Lingling thought directly. No, he blushed and replied, "No, what can I toss about?"

The daughter-in-law blushed, and Gu Zheng knew what was going on, and smiled: "Why are you blushing? I just asked you that I was drunk. Didn't I go crazy last night?"

Of course Qin Lingling knew that she had misunderstood, but her face was already red, and she couldn't take her words back.

When Gu Zheng laughed like this, she was even more shy, and said hurriedly: "I didn't say anything, this face is red because of the heat. You brush your teeth and wash your face quickly, and you will cook breakfast later, you can't be lazy on the first day of the new year. This will affect one year's blessing!"

Gu Zheng smiled, holding her face, and pecked, "Well, right now."