Su Qing smiled gently, lifted Yan Luo's face with her hand, and pressed her forehead against his.
The two closed their eyes, feeling each other's warmth.
In the sweltering summer, sticky patches can easily make you sweat, but when you're with someone you really like, you want to keep wearing them even if they feel sticky.
They cuddled for a while.
Yanluo led Su Qing out of Changqing School and slowly walked towards home.
The gatekeeper watched the two figures walk away, then took a drag of his cigarette.
He picked up the phone and called his wife.
"Honey, I want braised pork for dinner."
"Eat, eat, eat! All you do is eat all day. Come back earlier."
After hanging up the phone, he took another puff of smoke.
"It's so good to be young."
Su Qing and Yan Luo returned home, where the house was bustling with activity.
The parents of Zhang Chuchu and the other two came over.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, a plump and beautiful woman was standing at the entrance on the first floor.
Zhang Chuchu's mother, Yan Luo's aunt, Xuan Yuan Qiongxia, burst into tears the moment she saw Yan Luo.
Yanluo, her eyes red, hugged her aunt.
The emotions I had been trying to suppress welled up inside me.
"Good child, your aunt is here."
Uncle Zhang Shuimu also came out and was wiping away tears.
Dinner was cooked by Chu Hang, with his father assisting.
The father and son were working enthusiastically in the kitchen.
Aunt and Uncle, Mother Chu, Father Xu, and Yanluo were chatting in the living room on the first floor.
Xu Yang comes from a single-parent family. His mother ran away with another man when he was young, and his father never remarried because of his son. The father and son depended on each other for many years.
Yan Luo sat next to her aunt, Xuan Yuan Qiongxia, who held her hand.
"Xiao Luo, you must live on strongly. Your aunt and uncle will take care of everything for you."
Zhang Shuimu nodded in agreement, though he was not good with words; he simply looked at the child with heartache.
Yan Luo smiled gently and said, "It's alright, Auntie, I'm fine."
Xuanyuan Qiongxia patted Yanluo's hand.
"You don't have to force yourself, okay?"
Yan Luo nodded.
Mrs. Chu sighed and looked at Yanluo with concern. Nearly fifty years old, she was well-fed and plump by three generations of men in the Chu family, and looked very prosperous.
“Ah Xia is right, Xiao Luo. We’ve watched you grow up. Sometimes it’s okay to rely on us.”
Yanluo looked at Chu's mother gratefully and said, "Thank you, Auntie, it's really no problem."
Mr. Xu took a sip of tea, his face as expressionless as Xu Yang's, but he still spoke gently.
"If you're not doing well outside, come back. This will always be home. There's nowhere more reassuring than home."
Yanluo also looked at Xu's father with gratitude.
"Understood, Uncle."
There's nowhere more reassuring than home.
The three little ones had already met everyone before, and were sitting obediently on the sandalwood chairs without saying a word.
Mother Chu looked at the three little girls with a smile.
"Xiao Luo, why don't you stay here and not go out? Auntie likes these three children more and more."
Yanluo smiled and refused.
"No, Auntie, all three children are still studying there. Transferring schools would be too much trouble."
Xuanyuan Qiongxia also let go of Yanluo's hand and walked towards the three little ones.
He picked up Tu Yier and let her sit on his lap. Xuan Yuan Qiongxia sat between the two women and held the hands of Tu Luoxue and Tu Keke.
"Besides, the education outside is better than that in our small village. It has advantages, and so many people are eager to go out."
Mrs. Chu nodded. "That makes sense."
Tu Luoxue, with a smile on her face, was being held by her great-aunt, making Xuan Yuanqiongxia like her more and more.
For dinner, Yanluo and Xuyang personally went to invite Chu Ying over.
The whole family sat happily around the dining table for dinner.
Dinner was plentiful, and everyone enjoyed it very much.
Father Chu, along with his three brothers, uncle, and Father Xu, drank heavily.
After a few rounds of drinks, Yanluo managed to control herself this time, only getting slightly tipsy.
If he gets too drunk, who knows what embarrassing things he might do?
Chu Hang and Xu Yang's faces were flushed; in front of their fathers, their drinking capacity was still that of the younger brother.
Noticing that Yan Luo was slacking off, Chu Hang got up and put his arms around Yan Luo's arms.
"Old Xu!!"
Xu Yang took off his glasses and picked up the wine bottle.
"Here they come!!"
With lightning speed, they pried open Yanluo's mouth and poured a mouthful of water down her throat.
Yanluo gulped it down.
"Fine! You dare target me!"
Yanluo blushed, opened two new bottles of wine, leaped up, and restrained the two men on the left and right, while simultaneously pouring the wine into their mouths.
"He who spits it out isn't a real man!"
Upon hearing this, the two stopped struggling and grabbed the bottles to drink heavily.
Not to be outdone, Yan Luo grabbed a bottle of wine, opened it, and sipped it down!
The three brothers, without prior arrangement, finished their drinks and collapsed on the ground, unconscious.
Xuanyuan Qiongxia laughed and scolded, "That's good, everyone's drunk."
Everyone burst into laughter, looking at the three brothers who had fallen to the ground.
After dinner, the three fathers carried the three brothers home, and threw one of them into his room.
Then, adopting a victorious air, he followed Master Chu home.
After tidying up, the women sat in the second-floor living room, drinking tea, eating fruit, and chatting.
Xuan Yuanqiongxia brewed tea and began asking Su Qing and Chi Miaomiao, who were sitting together, a motherly inquiry.
"Which of you two girls is Yanluo's girlfriend?"
Tu Yier raised her hand and answered first!
"This is my eldest aunt, and this is my youngest aunt!!"
Upon hearing this, the two women blushed deeply, their faces flushing red.
Mother Chu burst into laughter.
Xuanyuan Qiongxia also chuckled softly.
Tu Luoxue and Tu Keke quickly covered their little sister's mouth, afraid that her little sister would say something strange again.
Xuanyuan Qiongxia smiled and said, "Auntie is not a feudal person. As long as you are sincere to Xiao Luo, Xiao Luo will like you."
ah?
No!
Auntie, is this some kind of feudal question?
"Xiao Luo is a good kid, bold yet careful, gentle and kind, his character is good!"
"Her height is also in line with the aesthetic standards of young people nowadays, and her figure is fine!"
"But what about the two of you?"
"Even the youngest person can easily find it too much,"
"Tomorrow, your aunt will ask the most famous traditional Chinese medicine doctor in the village and get you a prescription."
No!
Auntie, you're going a bit too far with your views!
These few words silenced the two women, who blushed and lowered their heads, not daring to look at Xuan Yuan Qiongxia.
Tu Keke nudged her older sister a few times and whispered in Tu Luoxue's ear.
"Sister, Auntie has brought some special formula."
"Uncle must be really amazing."
Tu Luoxue pinched her younger sister's thigh hard.
Tu Keke grimaced in pain, but couldn't make a sound.
"I told you not to talk nonsense."
Tu Keke rubbed her thigh muscles, her little mouth puffed out, looking very aggrieved.
It was getting late, so Xuanyuan Qiongxia and Chu's mother went home together.
After seeing the two off, Su Qing and Chi Miaomiao closed the iron gate of the courtyard.
Tu Keke took her younger sister to take a bath.
Tu Luoxue was tidying up the tea set.
After glancing at Yan Luo, Su Qing sat down next to Chi Miaomiao.
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