There was gossip in the house, but the courtyard was very quiet.
The men of the third generation of the Kang family squatted by the edge of the vegetable field, watching Kang Kang play with bugs seriously.
It was a cabbage caterpillar, the whole body was light green, with white and short thorns growing under its body, and its body arched and arched from top to bottom on the Chinese cabbage leaves. Kangkang held a small stick in his hand and blocked the cabbage caterpillar in front of the cabbage caterpillar. When the cabbage caterpillar realized that the road was blocked, he immediately turned his head and crawled to the side. Kangkang blocked the stick in front of the cabbage caterpillar again. Changed direction, but continued to climb forward and climbed onto the stick. When most of the cabbage worm's body was wrapped around the stick, Kangkang picked up the stick, and the insect broke away from the cabbage and hung in the air. air.
Kang Kang smiled, took the stick with the worm on it, and pushed it towards Kang Xuyang fiercely. Seeing that the cabbage worm was about to come into close contact with Kang Xuyang's face, Kang Xuyang quickly backed away, with a look of panic on his face. color to. Kangkang laughed and took the worm back, and tried to scare Kang Qiangjun and Kang Congxin in the same way. The two quickly pretended to be scared by the worm.
Kang Xuyang was really taken aback. He was not afraid of bugs, but the fat and disgusting big bug suddenly appeared in front of him, and he was not mentally prepared. Of course, he could see that his grandfather and third uncle were coaxing him. Kangkang played, because their performance was too exaggerated, so he also showed his acting skills, not only sat backwards on the ground, but also exaggeratedly stepped back while waving his hands in horror: "No, don't come here!"
The more frightened he was, the more Kang Kang wanted to scare him with bugs. Kang Xuyang was a little bit stuck, so he asked his grandfather for help, and Kang Qiangjun smiled and said, "Kangkang, don't scare your brother, you can scare him like this If you really scare him, no one will play with you."
Kang Kang was very obedient, afraid that Kang Xuyang would stop playing with him if he was frightened, so he went to scare his father again. Kang Congxin hugged his small body and said with a smile: "Do you really think that grandpa and father are afraid of these little bugs?" ?”
Kangkang just chuckled.
Kang Congxin said: "Grandfather and father are very brave, not afraid of these bugs, just to amuse you, you know?" He had to declare quickly, or if the child really believed it, wouldn't it destroy his image in the child's mind?
Kangkang nodded and said, "I know."
Kang Congxin originally wanted to say that he had eaten worms when he was in the southwest border, to prove his bravery, but he was afraid that the children would follow suit, and became curious, and wanted to taste the taste of worms, so he didn't say much, anyway. The child seemed sincere when he said he knew.
Kang Qiangjun told the two children that he used to fight guerrillas in the mountains and was attacked by wolves in the middle of the night. In order not to reveal his location, he could not shoot and could only fight with the wolves hand-to-hand. Hearing the children's concentration, the two pairs of similar eyes opened wide, and they gave out admiration from time to time.
Kangkang looked at Kang Qiangjun in a different way. He didn't expect this kind old man to be a wolf-fighting hero!
When the small courtyard of the Kang family was enjoying itself, an unexpected person hurried back to the Kang family.
Kang Congxin was facing the gate of the courtyard, and as soon as a figure appeared, he caught it immediately, was slightly startled, and immediately stood up.
"Second brother!"
It was the second child of the Kang family, Kang Yuheng, who came, and Kang Congxin walked quickly to greet him at the door.
"Third!"
The man in military uniform was holding a luggage bag, with thick black stubble, dusty face, red eyes, staring greedily at Kang Congxin, running towards him, throwing away the luggage bag in his hand when he was about to meet him, Hold Kang Congxin's hand tightly with both hands.
"It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive!" Kang Yuheng muttered a few words, looked Kang Congxin up and down, pushed him away, called "Dad" to Kang Qiangjun who stood up, and squatted down to catch the fluttering The excited son came over, stroked his little head, and then looked down at the youngest one.
Kangkang was looking at him curiously with wide eyes and small head raised.
Kang Yuheng didn't care about talking to his son, so he smiled and asked Kang Kang first, "You are Kang Kang, right? I'm your second uncle."
Kangkang was at a loss, he still didn't know what "Second Uncle" was. Kang Congxin explained for him: "He is father's brother, grandpa's son, and the father of sister Xiaoxi and brother Xiaoyang. You should call him the second uncle."
Kangkang thought about it for a while. Anyway, he knew that they were the fathers of his brothers and sisters. His big eyes flickered, and he called out crisply: "Second Uncle."
"Ah!" The second uncle heard Kang Yuheng's tears almost uncontrollable, he quickly raised his head slightly to let the tears flow back.
For some reason, he could control the news that Kang Congxin was alive and returned to China, but after knowing that Kang Congxin had a son, he could no longer control himself. He sent a family visit report to his superiors, and rushed home without telling anyone. Come.
In fact, his transfer order has already been issued, and in a few months, after completing the handover of the work at hand, he can be transferred back to Beijing for a family reunion, but he can't wait, so he wants to come back to see his brother's son!
He and Kang Congxin have a very deep relationship. They are both brothers and comrades in arms. After Kang Congxin died, a piece of his heart was cut off, thinking that it would never heal.
Kang Xuyang in his arms felt his father's abnormality, felt a little uneasy, and called "Dad" softly. Kang Yuheng took two deep breaths, patted his son's back soothingly, "Good boy, he has grown so much taller." Then he Waving to Kangkang, "Come here, let the second uncle hug you."
Maybe it was because he was the father of his elder brother and sister, or maybe it was because he looked a little like his own father. Kangkang had a good impression of this strange tall and haggard man, and walked towards him with small steps.
Kang Yuheng hugged the child with a smile, then let go of him, held Kang Kang's little hand, and said with a smile: "This child looks exactly like the third child when he was young, good, really good!"
Kang Chenxi ran out when she heard the commotion in the yard, saw Kang Yuheng froze for a while, and then shouted into the room, "It's my father, my father is back!"
Bai Fengmei and Xiao Hongying looked at each other, seeing surprise in each other's eyes, then hurriedly stood up and walked out, went to the courtyard and saw the person walking this way in the courtyard with their own eyes, and then they were sure that what Kang Chenxi was talking about was real.
Kang Yuheng glanced over the two women and called out, "Mom, Hongying, I'm back!"
Bai Fengmei was a little excited, and quickly looked her son up and down, and seeing that he was fine except for some haggard dust, she was relieved and asked, "Why did you come back suddenly, and you didn't say to call or send a message to the family?" A telegram to pick you up."
Kang Yuheng said: "I filed a vacation report, but I didn't expect it to be approved so quickly, so I immediately bought a train ticket and rushed home, without bothering to tell my family."
Xiao Hongying's gaze was glued to Kang Yuheng, looking at him greedily. It has been about ten months since they separated during the Spring Festival, and they usually write letters and make phone calls. She usually has to take care of her two children and be with her mother-in-law, so she doesn't have much time to miss her husband, but suddenly when someone stands in front of her, she realizes how much she misses him.
Kang Yuheng's eyes met her's, and they fell apart instantly, but just this one glance let Xiao Hongying know that her husband missed her in the same way.
Yan Ruxu stood at the end and saw that Kang Yuheng was about 33 or 34 years old. He was slightly shorter than Kang Congxin, and his figure was in good shape. He didn't gain weight in middle age, and his back was straight. His appearance was 40 to 50 percent of Kang Congxin's Similar, he is a handsome and beautiful uncle.
Yan Ruxu was tall, especially in the crowd, and Kang Yuheng quickly noticed her. He smiled at Yan Ruxu, knowing that she was his sister-in-law, Yan Ruxu also smiled at him and nodded, calling "Second brother."
Kang Congxin said next to Kang Yuheng: "She is my wife, Yan Ruxu."
Kang Yuheng smiled kindly at Yan Ruxu, and said, "Hello, brother and sister." Then he whispered to Kang Congxin, "That's right, I match you very well!" Then he thought of something and said sadly, "Big brother and I used to discuss , Said that you are so picky, you don't like this one, you will be single in the future, and you will die alone, I didn't expect you to delay nothing." Then the tone became brisk again, "I just saw that my parents are young Quite a few, with smiles on their faces all the time, their son is back, and their grandson is also born, so how happy they must be!"
The two whispered to themselves, which caused Bai Fengmei to be dissatisfied, and said: "You two brothers have something to say, can you talk later? The second brother finally came back, why didn't he even say hello to your wife?"
Xiao Hongying, who was named, was very embarrassed. She blushed a little, and shouted reproachfully, "Mom!"
Kang Yuheng was also a little embarrassed, chuckled a few times, and said, "We are old couples, so we don't need to say hello."
Kang Congxin next to him was afraid that his mother would say that he had no eyesight, so he quickly picked up the bag that his second brother threw on the ground, then took Kangkang's hand, walked to Yan Ruxu's side, and prepared to go into the house together.
Bai Fengmei said: "Hong Ying, hurry up and take the second child back to the room, let him take a bath first, tidy up, and we will have dinner when you come down."
Xiao Hongying agreed, took the bag from Kang Congxin's hand, and followed Kang Yuheng to the room.
Kang Yuheng did not forget to tell Kang Congxin: "Let's have a good chat later."
Kang nodded in agreement.
The twins also hurriedly followed, wanting to go to their room with their parents, but Bai Fengmei stopped him: "You two are not allowed to go up, just play downstairs, your father goes to take a bath, and he will come down in a while."
The two children were a little unhappy, but they still obediently did not follow, but they were a little lost for a while.
Kangkang thought for a while and said, "Think!"
Kang let go of his little hand again: "Then go, play with your brothers and sisters."
Kang Kang went away at the sound, ran up to Kang Chenxi first, and put his little hand into her little hand. After being held by his sister, he pulled his sister and walked towards Kang Xuyang, and then grabbed his brother with the other hand. . The two children were not happy about their loss, but when they were held by Kangkang's soft and warm little hands, they immediately felt comforted.
Although the two twins have a father, they separated from their father when they were about the same age as Kangkang, and they only saw each other a few times a year. Either the father took vacation and applied to return to Beijing, or the mother took him with him during the winter and summer vacations. They went to Dad's army station to reunite with him. Over the years, the family of four rarely get together. No matter how much grandpa likes and loves them, he can't replace the role of father after all.
In fact, think about it, in the final analysis, the cause of the lack of paternal love for dragon and phoenix twins is Kang Congxin's sacrifice. These two children and Kangkang are also in the same condition. Seeing that the three children love each other, the adults present feel very comforted.
After what happened just now, Yan Ruxu's affection for Bai Fengmei increased a bit.
Bai Fengmei can pretend to be in front of her new daughter-in-law, but she can't pretend to be in the details. She is very protective of Xiao Hongying in her words, and with Yan Ruxu, the new daughter-in-law did not neglect Xiao Hongying. When they were children, they did not intervene to defend the children. What's more important is that just now, she helped her daughter-in-law get ahead and created opportunities for the young couple to be alone.
The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been a big problem since ancient times. Xiao Hongying and Bai Fengmei live under the same roof, and their son is not around. It is really rare to get along so well without anyone to mediate. Although there is Xiao Hongying's affection to see the truth in adversity, it also just shows that Bai Fengmei is a person who can exchange hearts, knows how to be grateful, is sensible, and reasonable.
Yan Ruxu couldn't help but have more confidence in the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the future.
She had just had a big meal at noon, and was planning to eat something light and simple in the evening, but when her second son came back suddenly, Bai Fengmei regained her energy and went to the kitchen to see what was still in stock, to see if she needed to send someone to buy it.
Kang Qiangjun originally planned to call Kang Congxin to the study, and the father and father would chat again, but seeing the youngest son leaning close to the youngest daughter-in-law again, listening to what she was saying with a smile on his lips, the old man felt a little sour in his heart. I was very happy again, and went to the study by myself with conflicting feelings.
Yan Ruxu was talking to Kang about her feelings, "...Mom is really kind to the second sister-in-law, she will think about her, and the second sister-in-law seems to tell mom about everything."
Yan Ruxu was just stating the facts, without any envy or jealousy. She has no parental relationship, and she doesn't like the elderly very much. She can't be like a normal mother and daughter, father and daughter with her own parents, let alone be like a mother and daughter with people who are not related by blood. As long as you can respect and recognize each other with Bai Fengmei and Kang Qiangjun.
Kang Congxin nodded: "They get along like a mother and daughter, which is very good. We are very grateful to the second sister-in-law. If she hadn't brought the child back, maybe the mother would have been unable to support her." If the mother is gone, his Regret and guilt will never have a chance to make up.
Seeing that there was no one around, Yan Ru held Kang Congxin's hand, but Kang Congxin held it back and wrapped it in his palm, because he felt the guilt and fear revealed by what Kang Congxin said just now, In order to comfort him, Yan Ruxu put the other hand on the back of Kang Congxin's hand and patted it, "From now on, we will treat our second brother and sister-in-law well, and our two children."
Kang Congxin smiled at her and said, "Okay."
Yan Ruxu was very happy.
These days, because she has to see her in-laws, she is under a lot of psychological pressure. She is not good at getting along with the elderly, and she treats Ma Jinwoo like an enemy. But she can confront Ma Jinwo head-on without considering her feelings at all, but she can't treat Bai Fengmei the same, because he is Kang Congxin's mother, and she has never forgotten Kang Congxin just like herself.
When I came to Kang's house today, through what I saw and felt, the stone in my heart finally fell to the ground. She is confident that she will be able to live in harmony with the old couple.
Another reason why Yan is in such a good mood is Kang Congxin.
Kang Congxin, the person she loves with all her heart, will never let her down, never force her from her own point of view, just like when Yan Ruxu lamented that the second sister-in-law and Bai Fengmei had a good relationship, many men would Subconsciously said, you will also learn from your second sister-in-law in the future, and get along well with your mother-in-law, but Kang Congxin would not say that. Although he also hopes that Yan Ruxu can get along well with Bai Fengmei, he will never put pressure on her.
Yan Ruxu pulled his hand back, "Go and find Grandpa Kangkang, he seems to have gone to the study, I just saw him keep looking at you, maybe he has something to tell you."
Kang Congxin let go of her hand: "I'll go and see, do you want to go back to the house?"
Yan Ruxu said: "I'll go to the kitchen to see, Grandma Kangkang is busy in the kitchen, it's not appropriate for me not to go."
Kang Congxin looked at her white and tender hands and said, "There is a chef and a nanny at home. Mom goes to the kitchen to guide the work. Occasionally cooking by yourself is just itchy hands, so you don't have to go."
Yan Ruxu thought for a while and said, "Then I'll go to the kitchen and show my face."
The two separated, one went to the kitchen and the other to the study.
About an hour later, Kang Yuheng and his wife walked downstairs one after the other.
Kang Yuheng took a shower, shaved his beard, and changed into casual clothes, looking much more refreshed. Xiao Hongying followed behind him, three or four steps away, her face was a little red, showing a little charming, she walked a little slowly, showing a little laziness, adding a lot of femininity.
Yan Ruxu, who has been here before, why can't she understand? She secretly smiled in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it on her face. Xiao Hongying's face was full of guilt. If she found out that she saw it, it would be embarrassing. .
"Ah, it's cleaned up, let's have dinner now!" Bai Fengmei said with a smile, Kang Yuheng's return made her experience double happiness, and her whole body was radiant, "Xiaoyan, children, Dinner is ready, Xiao Yang, go and get your grandfather and third uncle to eat." Bai Fengmei's voice was so loud that the living room echoed.
"Decree!" Kang Xuyang just saw his parents going downstairs and was about to talk to them when he got his grandmother's order, and ran towards the study without saying a word of military salute.
Seeing that no one noticed her, Xiao Hongying quietly breathed a sigh of relief, secretly winked at Kang Yuheng, and prepared to go to the restaurant to help.
Bai Fengmei called her to stop: "I'm happy tonight, our mothers will also have a drink, you go to the storage room cabinet and get a bottle of red wine."
Kang Xuyang yelled through the door: "Grandpa and third uncle have eaten." Kang Xuyang, who ran back, just heard this, and hurried to fight for his rights, "Grandma, we want to drink too, drink sparkling wine!"
Kang Xuyang never forgot to drink sparkling wine once, but was ruthlessly rejected by Bai Fengmei, who smiled and said harshly: "Sparkling wine contains alcohol, you will become a fool if you drink it again, and if you want to drink it again, your father will beat you! Children can only drink soda, no more bargaining soda!"
The last time Kang Xuyang drank sparkling wine secretly, and hey hey when it was over, but he ran around the room with a smirk, fell asleep when he was tired from running, and slept for a long time before waking up. From now on, all the wine in the house will be placed in a high place in the storage room, just for fear that the child will drink it secretly.
Kang Xuyang was afraid that he would not even drink the soda, so he shut his mouth wisely.
After the dinner began, the dining table was naturally divided into two parts. One part was Kang Qiangjun and his two sons, drinking white wine, toasting me and I to you, talking about state affairs, and the other part was Bai Fengmei and his two daughters-in-law, sitting on tall feet. Drinking red wine in a glass, chatting with homely gossip, also toasting to each other.
Today, Bai Fengmei was so happy that she didn't specifically emphasize limiting how much wine Kang Qiangjun could drink, but she only took out half of the bottles left over at noon, which meant that she only allowed three people to drink so much, and the average share was given to the three of them. Everyone comes here in two or two, and they don't drink much no matter how much they drink.
Kang Qiangjun didn't drink to his heart's content at noon, and he learned the lesson of noon. He didn't take another sip, but sipped it carefully, not to mention, he tasted it carefully.
All the men in the military camp have a good drinking capacity, and the three generations of the Kang family all have a drinking capacity, but Kang Qiangjun is old and has some chronic diseases, and Bai Fengmei strictly controls his drinking capacity, and Kang Congxin's experience over the years requires him to stay sober all the time and become a dropper. Non-drinking means that after returning to China, I feel relaxed and start to drink a little, and only Kang Yuheng is left to drink to my heart's content.
But there was only so much wine, and the other two sips made him feel unsatisfactory, but this was at home, not at the wine table of his comrades, and even if he didn't do his best, he couldn't say anything, so he could only imitate the other two. Look, take a sip.
She was also reminded by Bai Fengmei: "You still need to drink less in the future. Drinking alcohol is too harmful to your body. Now that you are young and strong, you can't see it. When your father is this age, all kinds of problems will come to you, especially your second child. Don't make a fool of yourself. Why don't you stop when you're drunk."
Kang Yuheng quickly agreed. The army used tea mugs for drinking. These gentlemen were really unreasonably ruthless when they put together wine, and they didn't have their family members around to restrain them. Kang Yuheng got drunk quite a lot this year. But in a certain environment, the amount of alcohol can represent blood and courage. He also knows that drinking is uncomfortable, but sometimes he can't help himself.
Xiao Hongying endured it again and again, although she wanted to take this opportunity to tell the story of her husband's stomach bleeding from drinking last time, so that her in-laws could talk about him and let him change it later, but she thought about it and said it Swallowing it back, choking a little uncomfortable, he simply picked up the glass and drank a big sip of wine to calm down the breath.
Yan Ruxu seldom drinks alcohol. She actually has a good capacity for alcohol, but alcohol can paralyze the brain. For a person like her who has to take care of children all the time, it's better not to touch it.
Xiao Hongying drank the red wine, and some traces were stained on the sides of her mouth, which made her look even more beautiful. Her eyes glanced at Kang Yuheng from time to time, so that Yan Ruxu unconsciously followed her, and sometimes she would Meeting Kang Congxin's eyes, Kang Congxin toasted her from afar.
Xiao Hongying said coldly in her ear: "I really envy you and the third child, you have such a good relationship. The third child is considerate, romantic and careful, unlike our family, who is like a piece of wood. I don't understand." Her eyes were blurred, as if she had drunk too much.
Except for making circles one by one, no one mentioned alcohol, everyone drank their own drinks, Xiao Hongying was a little drunk, and her brain and tongue were a little out of control when she got alcohol.
Yan Ruxu didn't know what to say, the couple both had things to do, she was a sister-in-law, it was inappropriate to say anything, she just smiled, picked up the wine glass and touched Xiao Hongying's red wine glass, then gently Take a sip.
Dinner didn't end until it was dark and the moon climbed over the willow branches. Kang Qiangjun took his two sons to the study to talk about the things he had talked about on the phone and in letters.
Yan Ruxu took the sleepy Kangkang back to the room, and after helping him wash his face and feet, the kid cheered up again, running around the room, opening drawers and cabinets like digging through treasures.