Chapter 1 Extra: "Ordinary World" (3)
He stammered, "Will this bother you?"
"No!" Bei Lvqing always spoke very simply. Lu Xiaofan saw that he had walked straight to the room after replying two words, so he quickly got up and followed him, saying, "I like to grind my teeth when I sleep..."
Bei Lvqing took out the key and said lightly, "It's okay!"
Lu Xiaofan hesitated for a moment and said, "Sometimes I might even talk in my sleep!"
Bei Lvqing opened the door and said, "Come in!"
Lu Xiaofan hurriedly walked in and stood by the door. Bei Lvqing closed the door, took off his coat, and said, "It's getting late, take a shower and go to bed!" He pointed to the head of the bed and said, "The slippers are downstairs, change your shoes and then go wash them!"
"Hey!" Lu Xiaofan said this, but he picked up the slippers and went into the bathroom next to him, closed the door, and then took off his shoes.
There is no habit of wearing socks in the countryside, but Lu Xiaoping likes fashion when he goes to college, so he got a few pairs of socks and gave them to Lu Xiaofan if they were worn out. Lu's mother washed Lu Xiaofan from head to toe, but she forgot to buy him a pair of socks, so Lu Xiaofan wore a pair of torn socks with holes inside his brand new and shiny leather shoes. Lu Xiaofan spread his feet apart and washed them carefully, then took off his newly bought suit pants carefully, put on his boxer pants and slippers and walked out.
"Are you done?" Bei Luqing seemed a little surprised to see him come out so soon, and he looked Lu Xiaofan up and down. He
didn't know if it was because it was dark and the light made Lu Xiaofan's glasses reflect a little, anyway, he felt that Bei Luqing's eyes were a little creepy and cold, but before he could rub his eyes to see clearly, Bei Luqing put his eyes on the book again.
"I'm done!" Lu Xiaofan replied quickly.
In the countryside, those who remember to wash their feet at night are considered clean people. Lu Xiaofan really has no idea about taking a bath, not to mention that he just took a bath last night to marry his wife. Lu Xiaoping kept nagging him for a long time to get him bath water, as if he wanted Lu Xiaofan to remember that he asked him to get bath water until he died.
Bei Luqing got up and went in to take a bath. Lu Xiaofan took a look at the book on the bed, which turned out to be a book in English. He couldn't help but feel awe for Bei Luqing. English was Lu Xiaofan's favorite subject in high school. Lu Xiaofan kicked his leather shoes under the bed with admiration for the top student to prevent the smell in the shoes from fumigating Bei Luqing.
When Bei Luqing came out, Lu Xiaofan saw his wet hair and realized what Bei Luqing meant by taking a bath. It turned out that when people in the city take a bath, they wash from head to toe, not just a pair of feet.
Bei Lvqing came out half naked and wiped his hair with a white towel. Lu Xiaofan was watching enviously beside him. He looked at his chest muscles, which were well-proportioned and toned, and his waist, which had smooth lines. His entire back was like an open bow, with an arc going straight to his waist. Lu Xiaofan looked at Bei Lvqing with admiration. Such a man should have a good family background, good looks, talent, and virtue...
"What are you looking at?" Bei Lvqing paused while rubbing his hair and asked with half his face turned.
"No, no!" Lu Xiaofan hurriedly looked down at his toes.
Bei Lvqing threw away the towel and leaned on the bed to continue reading his book. Seeing that Lu Xiaofan was still sitting by the bed, he closed the book and said, "Go to bed early, we have to go to Xianyang tomorrow!"
Lu Xiaofan got on the bed and crawled into the quilt as if he had received instructions. He was indeed tired, and with the effect of alcohol, he soon fell asleep. After a while, the tired Lu Xiaofan began to snore. Bei Luqing opened his eyes slightly and looked at him. Lu Xiaofan's legs were on the quilt in his boxer pants. His face looked much more handsome without glasses. He didn't grind his teeth or talk in his sleep, but his snoring made Bei Luqing turn over several times. Finally, he had to sit up and read.
The next morning, Bei Mosha, who was eager to return to Beijing, took her son, daughter and new son-in-law back to Xianyang to take a plane.
Lu Xiaofan listened to some words of concern from his parents, which were nothing more than trying hard to work and be a good person, especially to respect the elders, cherish his wife and children, etc. When he was about to set off, Lu Xiaofan finally got a chance to ask Lu Xiao's CD player.
Lu Xiao mumbled and said in a hurry: "I just let them listen for a while, how could they say it was broken!"
Lu Xiaofan stammered: "You, how could you break Brother Bei's things!"
Lu Ma's ears were sharp, and she heard the word "broken" at once, and asked loudly: "What do you mean by broken?"
Lu Xiao winked at Lu Xiaofan repeatedly, and Lu Xiaofan whispered: "Then give me the machine back, I'll go to the city to find someone to fix it!"
Lu Xiao still mumbled, and Lu Xiaofan said anxiously: "Go and get it!"
"Lost!" Lu Xiao pouted, "It was broken, and I didn't take it seriously. I don't know who took it!"
Lu Xiaofan's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but raise his voice and said, "What, you lost the machine!"
Seeing that his voice was raised, Lu Xiao was afraid that Lu's mother would ask, so he hurriedly said, "Why are you yelling, it's just a worthless broken thing!"
Bei Luxin next to him snorted coldly and said, "You borrowed something from others, and then said it was broken and lost. I think you don't want to return it on purpose. Nothing of my brother's is worthless. If you don't return it, you must pay for it!"
Lu's mother strode over, went up and slapped her daughter on the back and said, "Stupid girl! Take the things out!"
Lu Xiao had been frustrated these days. Today, she was not only scolded but also beaten. She never suffered any loss and said with her neck stiff, "Isn't it just a CD player? Didn't my brother marry their daughter? Even if you give me a CD player, how much can it be worth?"
Bei Luxin sneered, "Oh, your son of the Lu family No matter how valuable it is, you can only sell it once. I just received a betrothal gift of 2,000 yuan. My brother's machine costs more than 3,000 yuan. It is a birthday gift from my mother. Even if you take out 3,000 yuan as compensation, my brother may not be willing to accept it. Even if he is willing to accept it, you have to give your brother to our Bei family as compensation, and we will have to pay another 1,000 yuan!"
Bei Mosha and Bei Luqing heard the noise in the house and walked in from outside. Bei Mosha was about to raise her hand and say forget it when she heard the quarrel, but Bei Luqing said a lot of sarcastic words. Seeing Mother-in-law Lu Ma's face turned green, and she couldn't help but repeatedly said: "Be careful, don't talk nonsense! Is this the way you talk to your elders!"
Lu Ma didn't say a word, and the temperature in the yard seemed to have suddenly cooled down a lot. After a while, she heard Lu Ma said calmly: "Lu Xiaofan, go and give me the shoulder pole for fetching water in the yard!"
Lu Xiaofan didn't understand whether Lu Ma remembered to fetch water or what, and ran over to get the shoulder pole. Lu Ma picked up the shoulder pole and beat Lu Xiaofan hard, making Lu Xiao run around the house.
Such a thick shoulder pole hit the flesh and made everyone in the yard tremble with fear, and Lu Xiaofan was so scared that he hurried to pull Lu Ma.
Bei Mosha also hurried forward to stop him, saying, "Forget it, forget it, it's just a child's stuff!"
Lu's mother then pretended to stop and said, "Father-in-law, I'm sorry to make you laugh, but if you don't teach your daughter, she will be a disaster. You are shameless, and it's not glorious for us as parents, right?"
Bei Mosha could naturally hear the hidden meaning in Lu's mother's words. His eyelids jumped, and he didn't dare to point it out, so he had to smile and said, "Mother-in-law is right!" He turned around and whispered to Bei Luxin, "Hurry up and get in the car!"
Bei Luxin stomped his feet in annoyance, stood up, slammed the gate and went out. Bei Mosha and Bei Luqing, who hadn't said a word from beginning to end, also went out.
Lu's mother then said to Lu Xiaofan, "Fanfan, talk to Luqing, do you really want our family to pay 3,000 yuan?"
Lu Xiaofan lowered his head. Seeing that he didn't move, his mother couldn't help but frown and said, "Fanfan, our family is always your family, and your sister is always your biological sister. Even if you marry a princess, you and we are still a family with skin and flesh. This CD player is so expensive, and she didn't know about it. She accidentally lost it. Do you really have the heart to ask her to pay for it? Three thousand yuan, you sold your sister."
Lu Xiaofan saw that his mother was angry, and his tone was a little trembling. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go and talk to him!"
Lu's mother said, "Go ahead, he's your brother-in-law, how can you not give him this little face?"
Lu Xiaofan opened the door, Seeing Bei Lvxin sitting in the car with a sneer on his face, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. He mustered up the courage to say to Bei Lvqing, "Brother Bei, can you come in for a moment?"
Bei Lvqing hesitated for a moment, got out of the car and followed him into the house. Lu Xiaofan lowered his head and whispered, "I... accidentally lost your CD player, can you not ask her to compensate you?"
Lu's mother quickly turned around and glared at Lu Xiao who was sobbing in a corner and said, "You damn woman, why don't you say sorry to your brother Bei!"
Lu Xiao walked over sobbing, glanced at Bei Lvqing, and wiped her tears without saying a word.
Bei Luqing said calmly: "Forget it, it's not a valuable thing, just let it go!"
Lu Xiao immediately looked at Lu Ma pitifully as if she had been supported. Lu Ma glared at her again and said: "Why don't you thank you, Brother Bei!"
Lu Xiao turned to Bei Luqing and said sweetly: "Thank you, Brother Bei!"
Bei Luqing just said calmly to Lu Xiaofan: "It's okay, Xiaofan is my brother-in-law now, we are a family. He borrowed this CD player, so naturally it's his loss."
When he said this, not only Lu Ma breathed a sigh of relief, but Lu Xiao also laughed. Only Lu Xiaofan felt that Bei Luqing's tone was particularly cold. Lu Xiaofan especially felt that when Bei Luqing mentioned the family, it was more like sarcasm. He couldn't help but blush and followed Bei Luqing out of the door.
When Bei Luqing walked to the car door, Lu Xiaofan rushed to the front and opened the door for him. Bei Luqing said thank you lightly and got in. Lu Xiaofan waited for him to get in before he got in carefully. Then he looked at his old wooden door through the glass window.
Although Lu Ma made the wedding very grand this time, Lu Xiaofan knew that she definitely did not spend the one thousand yuan given by the Bei family. The big meat in the restaurant was sent by Lu Ma who had a few pigs killed, and the noodles for the guests were provided by the village chief for free. Moreover, Bei Luxin was wearing a shirtless dress and did not want to be exposed at the door. It was Lu Ma who greeted the guests, and naturally it was Lu Ma who received the red envelopes. No matter how Lu Xiaofan calculated, Lu Ma would earn more than three thousand yuan for this wedding, including the betrothal gift, but she did not give a penny because I lost someone's CD player. When Lu Xiaofan thought of this, he could not straighten his waist and became completely timid.
What worried Lu Xiaofan the most was Bei Luqing's attitude. When he thought that Bei Luqing would look down on their family in his heart, Lu Xiaofan's waist bent even more.
While he was daydreaming, the car stopped. As soon as the car stopped, Bei Luxin said impatiently: "Get out of here quickly, why did you stop the car!"
Bei Mosha said: "Is the car broken down?"
Bei Luqing said: "Lu Xiaofan, your mother is chasing the car from behind!"
Lu Xiaofan turned his head quickly and saw that Lu's mother was out of breath chasing the car, and the slightly gray hair was blown to pieces by the wind and sand on the loess slope.
He got out of the car and went to meet her, saying, "Mom, why are you here!"
Mother Lu was out of breath, and after a while she hid the handkerchief in her son's hand and whispered, "I almost forgot about this important matter because of that damn woman's disturbance. Fanfan, hide it well. If anything happens, call your mother at the township head's house. If the Bei family dares to treat you badly, don't worry, I can deal with them!"
When Lu Xiaofan touched the handkerchief, it was as hard as a stack of banknotes, and he was panicked. Mother Lu always kept money tightly, and the family could not even find a dime. She stammered, "Mom, Mom..."
Mother Lu glared and said, "Keep it well!"
While the mother and son were talking, Bei Mosha also got out of the car. Mother Lu took the handkerchief bag and stuffed it into her son's trouser pocket.
"Mother-in-law, don't worry, we will treat Fanfan well." Bei Mosha greeted.
Mother Lu nodded, sniffed, took Lu Xiaofan's arm and walked him to the car door, saying: "Don't forget your mother when you get to your new home..."
Lu Xiaofan sighed and almost shed tears. After the car started, he turned around frequently and saw his mother standing in the wind in a tattered old smock, staring at the shadow of the car. He couldn't help but shed tears.
Mother Lu didn't not love her second son, but as a mother, she would not violate the formula when doing arithmetic problems. One plus one is always equal to two, and two is definitely greater than one. Naturally, two sons are more important than one.
Lu Xiaofan didn't dare to shed tears for long, because Bei Luxin said angrily: "If you can't bear to leave your mother, then don't go with us!"
Lu Xiaofan held back his tears and subconsciously looked at Bei Luqing. Seeing that he was only paying attention to the scenery outside, his slender fingers were on the car window and clapping the rhythm, Lu Xiaofan remembered Bei Luqing's CD player that Lu Xiao had lost, and couldn't help feeling ashamed.
The flight from Xianyang to Beijing was in the afternoon, and it was still early. Bei Mosha suggested that they go to Xi'an for a stroll. The Bei siblings naturally agreed, and Lu Xiaofan would never object. When they arrived in Xi'an, Bei Mosha dropped the three of them off and went to meet his comrades in arms by car. The Bei siblings took a look around, and Bei Lu, who was pregnant and wanted to eat something, suggested that they go to Xi'an to eat the more famous Ma San Pao Man (Note: a kind of northwest delicacy, usually with mutton as the soup base, and then a piece of baked cake is given, and the guests crumble it little by little and soak it in mutton soup).
This kind of delicacy is the top delicacy in the minds of many northwest people, especially for poor rural people. Being able to eat such a bowl of Pao Man in the middle of winter is enough for him to brag about for a week. So when Lu Xiaofan heard about eating mutton Pao Man, his eyes lit up.
Bei Lvqing glanced at Lu Xiaofan and said, "Then let's go!"
Several people took a taxi and went straight to Ma San Pao Man Restaurant. Lu Xiaofan originally wanted to suggest walking there, but seeing that Bei Lvxin's face was not very good, he gave up. As soon as he entered the store, the aroma of the rich mutton soup hit his nose. The mutton soup and pancakes came up. Bei Lvxin sniffed a few times and felt nauseous with a handkerchief. Bei Lvqing took out a tissue and slowly wiped the chopsticks. Seeing that Lu Xiaofan was staring at his soup and dared not move, he said, "Eat it, add more if it's not enough!"
Lu Xiaofan sighed and lowered his head to eat fiercely. Bei Lvqing's pancakes were not finished yet, but he ate a bowl of it. Bei Lvqing raised his hand and asked for another bowl. Lu Xiaofan looked at Bei Lvqing embarrassedly, lowered his head and started eating again. Bei Lvxin saw that the more he ate, the more nauseous he felt. After eating a few mouthfuls, he saw that Lu Xiaofan's second bowl was about to end, so he was so angry that he threw his chopsticks and went out to get some fresh air. After Lu Xiaofan finished his second bowl, Bei Luqing saw him looking at his bowl as if he was still not satisfied, so he said, "Then have another bowl!"
Lu Xiaofan shook his head quickly, and Bei Luqing said calmly, "You have to be full!"
"I'll just eat Lu Xin's!" Lu Xiaofan took Bei Luxin's and ate it all up.
Bei Luqing ate half of the bowl and put down his chopsticks. Seeing that Lu Xiaofan, who had already finished Bei Luxin's bowl, was looking at his own bowl, he pushed the bowl to him and said, "Do you want to eat more!"
Lu Xiaofan sighed happily, took the half bowl and started eating again, which made Bei Luxin, who had just sat in, go out for some fresh air. Bei Luqing sat on the side and wiped his lips with a handkerchief. After Lu Xiaofan finished eating, he asked if he wanted more. This time, Lu Xiaofan ate three and a half bowls of mutton soup with steamed buns and shook his head quickly. Bei Luqing raised his hand to pay the bill. A bowl cost three yuan, and Bei Luqing paid twelve yuan. Twelve yuan in Lu's mother's hands could feed the whole family for a month. Lu Xiaofan felt ashamed of being too extravagant, but when he touched his full stomach and smelled the fragrance of mutton between his lips and teeth, he felt much better, as if his future life suddenly became not so bad.
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