Drama Guardian

In February, a small coastal town in the north.

Chen Cai was carrying a large travel bag and a woven bag in his hand, while Lu Jianxing was holding two suitcases in one hand, followed behind him blankly and nervously, and they left the train station together.

Chen Cai's parents were already waiting at the exit of the station. Although his son emphasized several times on the phone that he was coming by train, he really saw Lu Jianxing proudly mixing with the Spring Festival travel army, carrying a suitcase and climbing the stairs. When they came up, the old couple was still in a trance.

"There are too many people!" Chen Cai loaded the luggage into the car and said while holding her arms, "I bought the ticket late, and the first-class seats are all gone, so I managed to grab a second-class seat and let him He doesn't want to sit still."

When Lu Jianxing was flying at the beginning of the month, he encountered an emergency descent at high speed, and the oxygen mask fell off.Although the airline said at the time that there was no safety failure, Chen Cai was still quite frightened.

When his parents asked the two of them to come here to celebrate the New Year with grandma, Chen Cai also insisted on buying train tickets.In order to be able to choose a good seat, I deliberately avoided the peak period of Spring Festival travel and chose it on the 29th day of the Lunar New Year.

Who knows that it won't work at the end of the year... The Spring Festival travel army is so powerful, and the trains from Beijing will control the standing tickets. Lu Jianxing and him set off from the crew, and when they got on the train, they became canned sardines.The two of them only had one seat ticket, and they originally discussed taking turns to sit for a while, but who knew that the carriage was too full, and Chen Cai was squeezed and drifted away into the distance.

Lu Jianxing turned his head and didn't see anyone, so he became impatient and looked for him nervously.

Chen Cai told him to go back and sit in peace, but he refused.Later that seat was occupied by a child, and Chen Cai didn't bother to deal with people, so she just held hands with him and occupied the car door for more than six hours.

Lu Jianxing was complained all the way by him, and he was also very wronged: "Aren't I afraid that I won't be able to find you?"

"I'll be in the same car with you, won't you see it when you turn around?"

"That's hard to say." Lu Jianxing frowned and said with a serious face, "Don't you know that many people disappear like this, what if I don't look back when you need me? Besides, face-to-face is not safe. , There are still many missing in the fitting room of the mall."

"Xiao Lu is right," Chen's father expressed his support. "There are too many child abductors now, and you are a fool. What if you don't catch them and let them take you away?"

Chen Cai: "..."

Chen Cai's parents have always been towards Lu Jianxing. At first, Chen Cai thought that the two elders were trying to adjust the relationship between the two, but later found out that they were thinking too much. They just really thought that Lu Jianxing was good everywhere.

Chen Cai knew that she would not be able to say anything about the tripartite alliance, so she quickly surrendered and asked, "Why did I suddenly think of going back here for the Chinese New Year this year? My grandma hasn't been back for many years, right?"

"The old house is going to be demolished, and the government has notified us to make preparations. Your grandma said that everyone will come back together and celebrate the reunion year here." Mother Chen said, "This house has been around for hundreds of years, so it's a pity to demolish it."

Father Chen drove onto the main road in the city. The road was quite spacious, and there were tall buildings on both sides, banks, shopping malls, large supermarkets and office buildings lined up one by one, but the overall density was lower, and it didn't look as oppressive as other places.

Lu Jianxing had never paid attention to this small city before, and looked out of the car window curiously, and found that people here walked slowly.In other cities, everyone crossing the road rushes to the opposite side as if they were frightened, while people crossing the road here seem to be running out of battery and move to the opposite side a little bit.

He found it quite novel, and looked at everyone's clothes, and found that people here also pay attention to keeping warm.Not to mention showing legs, there are even few girls showing ankles.In winter, the trees on both sides of the road have fallen bare, and the first snow that has not yet melted is piled in the tree pits. Pedestrians are wrapped tightly and strolling slowly under the trees, but there is a feeling that the four seasons are particularly distinct.

Seeing him like this, Father Chen couldn't help smiling and asked, "Does it feel different in a small city?"

Lu Jianxing nodded truthfully and smiled: "The pace of life is quite slow."

"Not only is the pace of life slow, but other developments are also slow," Chen's father said. "This place has not changed for decades. Other high-rise buildings have been built rapidly. Here, old buildings have been renovated. Even housing prices have not risen much. Your uncle bought a house here more than ten years ago and rented it out, and when he came back this time, he bought it for about [-], but now it's only [-]."

Although the city is not big, the scenery here is beautiful and the location is good. The housing price is so surprising.Lu Jianxing was surprised, "Is there no developer for such a cheap price?"

"Some people who came here were scared away," said Mother Chen. "In this small city, the leaders who come here are all gold-plated, and they will move after staying for two years. So many things are controlled by the locals. The land plots in the inner three districts and along the coast are only given to local developers, such as Vanke Poly and China Overseas. The land they take is outside the high-tech zone, and the price is still high. No one goes to the places that don’t shit If you buy it, the developer will lose money. They were scared away a few years ago.”

Chen Cai hadn't been here for more than ten years. While looking out and listening to their chats, she couldn't help laughing and interjected: "That's quite interesting. It's good to buy a small house here while it's cheap."

"Are you a gopher? You want to dig a hole for a home wherever you go." Father Chen said cheerfully, "But apart from the strong wind in spring and heavy snow in winter, there are no other problems here."

While talking, the car had already arrived at the beach, Lu Jianxing looked at the water and the sky in the distance, there were rows of small western-style buildings on the coast, with the mountains behind and the sea facing the sea, he suddenly felt a little moved.He guessed that his hometown should be far away, so he took a photo with his mobile phone and planned to look back.As soon as I finished filming, I turned around and saw the car turning into a one-way street, and about a hundred meters ahead, the car stopped suddenly.

Father Chen said: "It's not convenient to drive into the alley, I'll park the car outside, let's go in."

Lu Jianxing was stunned for a moment, "This is it?"

Father Chen laughed and said, "Here we are, just walk two steps inside."

Several people divided their luggage and walked towards the alley, carrying and mopping the floor.

It was the first time for Lu Jianxing to enter this kind of urban village. He took Chen Cai with one hand to carefully avoid the messy wires overhead, and couldn't help but look at the small shops on both sides.

These shops are all dilapidated doors with peeling walls and signs of rental housing, massage parlors, or key distribution hanging messily at the door.Now it is facing demolition, and the words demolition are written on the walls and door panels.

Walking in for tens of meters, the scene in front of me changed again - the pavement paved with ancient stone slabs, although there were potholes, was very clean, and on both sides were old buildings with bluestone and black tiles. The government's cultural relic signboard says "Minist folk houses" or "Qing Dynasty folk houses" on it.Grandma Chen Cai's house is among them. The signboard at the door is impressively written with Ming Dynasty architecture, and there are several horse-holding posts on the outer wall.

Lu Jianxing was really taken aback, went in and looked again, the house was indeed quite big, it was a courtyard with three entrances.

"This is the last time we celebrate the New Year here," Mother Chen turned to them, "This house will have nothing to do with us next month. What did you like to do during the New Year, Xiao Lu? Do you want fireworks?"

Lu Jianxing was very surprised: "Can we still set off fireworks?"

When he was a child, he only read other people's books, because his adoptive father had a lot of ancient books, so he was not allowed to play at home.

Mother Chen smiled and said, "Yes, there is a fire extinguisher at the door. Your uncle asked someone to buy some for you. After dinner, you two just went to pick it up."

The two of them arrived too late, and my aunt left a meal for them alone. Hearing a few people talking, they hurriedly rubbed their faces and came out, saying: "What's the hurry? Come and eat! Both children are starving. gone."

Chen Cai then ran to the small restaurant next to the kitchen with Lu Jianxing.

My aunt likes cooking with a lot of oil and salt, and Chen Cai was afraid that Lu Jianxing would not be used to it, but who would have thought that this person didn't know whether it was because he was hungry or because he liked the taste, so he sat on the stool and swept two large bowls of noodles with a snort.

Chen Cai was startled and stared at him dumbfounded.

Lu Jianxing was a little embarrassed, and wiped his mouth: "Is it because I ate too fast..."

"... a bit," Chen Cai said in disbelief, "is it so delicious?"

"Yeah!" Lu Jianxing nodded, and then looked at his bowl after speaking, meaning you eat quickly, if you can't eat, give it to me.

"Just say you won't be allowed to stand, how tired you are." Chen Cai glanced at him, and quickly lowered her head to settle her share.

Lu Jianxing put his hands on his lap, and said with a smile, "I'm flustered when I don't see you."

Chen Cai was sweet in her heart, but said deliberately: "I'm not a real child, it would be too magical to lose it."

"I think it's quite magical now." Lu Jianxing looked up at the roof and sighed a little, "It's too enviable for your grandma to live in such an ancient building."

Chen Cai shook her head: "It's not that rare. You don't know that there used to be an old house on Qinlou Street, which was a rare hanging hilltop. Later, the family left the country, and the house was rented out to others, and the developer expropriated the land. When I was there, I pushed it all over there."

Most of the houses in the north have hard hilltops. In order to prevent wind and fire, it is common to hang hilltops in the south, mainly to prevent rain.Chen Cai didn't understand it when she was a child, so she felt that other people's ones seemed to look better.A few years ago, he heard his mother say that he was pushed over there, and he sighed for a while.

Lu Jianxing also felt distressed, and asked, "This is too wasteful."

Chen Cai nodded: "I can't help it. The ground here is good, and everyone who is backed by the mountains and the sea wants it. The old house is unoccupied and unrepaired. It is difficult to protect the original site. Fortunately, I just saw that there are many houses here. It is estimated that the cultural protection sign can be preserved and repaired."

Although the house is no longer his own, it is not a bad thing that someone will continue to maintain and protect it.

Lu Jianxing thought of his own home.

Chen Cai saw what he was thinking, shook his hand, and said with a smile, "Let's go back after the new year. See dad."

Lu Jianxing felt warm in his heart, and said deliberately: "The donation has already been made over there. Where do you live?"

"You can stay in a hotel, or you can go camping on the small hill behind." Chen Caidao, "Anyway, I'm not afraid this time, I can watch the stars and the moon with you."

Only then did Lu Jianxing remember that the two of them wanted to fight in the field last time, but Chen Cai's butt hurt from eating crayfish...

He was about to speak when he heard a voice behind him.

Chen Cai's uncle and aunt squeezed in together with his cousin, and after a while his parents also came.

Lu Jianxing got up immediately, wanted to take away the bowls and chopsticks, and sat down instead, but was stopped by Chen's mother.

"Just let it go, let the family talk," Chen's mother said, "Xiao Lu is too polite, and look at how lazy Chen Cai is, you don't even move your butt when the elders come in."

Chen Cai laughed straight at the side, and then asked everyone: "Why are you all here? Are you still busy in the afternoon?"

"Yeah, I'm here to give you work!" My aunt said with a smile, "In the afternoon, your mother and I have to cook another pot of jujube cakes, your father and your uncle are in charge of writing couplets and hanging lanterns, and you and Xiao Lu go out to get firecrackers." .”

Chen Cai and Lu Jianxing nodded together.

Mother Chen added: "It's not safe for you two to walk. It's not safe to drive. Come back quickly after taking the other one. When the steamed buns are steamed, the door must be closed to prevent people from entering. If you come back late, you have to wait outside."

"Okay," Chen Cai was taken aback after finishing speaking, "This time I'm so particular!"

In the past, everyone had a New Year's Eve dinner, and no one watched the Spring Festival Gala, let alone these old customs.

Mother Chen said with a smile: "It's rare that everyone can go back to the old house this time, and now we are three generations living under the same roof. Let's just have a serious reunion year. Everything follows the custom."

"After two years, you should also push back your work," the uncle suggested from the side. "Tomorrow, on the first day of the new year, I will take you two to have an incense stick. On the second day of the second day, our family will go to the blessing temple fair, and on the third day, there will be a colorful lantern." I have to go to the God of Wealth Temple..."

Uncle is usually busy, but this time he arranged to celebrate the Lantern Festival until the [-]th day. There are quite a lot of activities every day.

Chen Cai was taken aback when he heard this, and felt a little excited when he thought that he hadn't experienced it for many years.

In the afternoon, he went out with Lu Jianxing and pulled the cart to get firecrackers and fireworks according to the phone number given by his uncle.When she came back, Mother Chen was just about to close the door, which was a coincidence.Mother Chen drove them back to the backyard to rest, but Lu Jianxing couldn't sit still at all.

It was the first time for him to celebrate the New Year with so many people. He went to see all kinds of pastries stuffed by his aunt and waited to be served in the pot, and helped Chen's father hang lanterns and peach branches at the gate.After finishing all this work, I went to mix it up and cut the dumpling stuffing for my cousin.

The cousin refused, and said while working seriously: "This stuffed meat can't be chopped, it's only delicious if it's cut out, I'm the only one in the family who makes the most authentic."

Lu Jianxing watched curiously: "Who did you learn from?"

"My dad," said the cousin very proudly, "I'm called green out of blue and better than blue. Normally I don't make a move."

Seeing that he was still a little childish, Lu Jianxing couldn't help laughing and said, "It seems that your brother and I are lucky, and we can have a good time."

"It was originally made for you two," the cousin said with a chuckle, "My parents have negotiated terms with me, if you behave well, they will buy me a new computer."

Lu Jianxing looked suddenly enlightened.

The cousin urged him again: "Brother Lu, go to sleep for a while, you have to keep watch tonight. Let's play cards together after dinner."

Lu Jianxing had no choice but to walk away and went back to the wing where he and Chen Cai lived.

Chen Cai was sleeping soundly on the kang, the kang here had already been out of use, and it was covered with thick mattresses, no different from ordinary beds.It’s just that the old house is poorly sealed, and the house is a bit cold with the electric heater on.

Lu Jianxing looked down at Chen Cai, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

Before this, he had never celebrated New Year with so many family members. Although there are many people in the Lu family, they just had a meal together on New Year's Eve. In the end, they played their own things. The wives played mahjong, and the young people surfed the Internet with their mobile phones. .

Lu Jianxing always felt like an outsider. He tried his best to blend in, but he didn't know where the boundaries of everyone were.Until the past two years, because of the company's affairs, the people over there completely turned their backs and never had any contact with him again.

In fact, he always thought that he was also unpopular with relatives. Fortunately, God favored him and allowed him to meet Xiao Fucai.

Xiao Fucai looks like an ordinary handsome guy, but in fact he was raised in a honey pot, a little angel with a sweet smell from inside to outside.Thanks to being tall, handsome and rich enough, I can be worthy of him and enjoy this sweet life with him.

At five o'clock in the evening, the red lanterns in the streets and alleys were all lit up, and the sound of firecrackers began to sound from far and near, and the surrounding fireworks were blooming all over the sky.

Chen Xiaotian slept all afternoon, sat up in a daze, and saw Lu Jianxing sitting cross-legged on the kang, holding a book in his hand and reading seriously.

The lights in the room were not turned on, and the light from the courtyard came in, hitting the page just right.

However, Chen Cai only saw Lu Jianxing's eyebrows, nose bridge and lips outlined by the silhouette.

He felt that his evaluation of Lu Jianxing was still low, this person not only had Adam's legs, this person must be Adam, otherwise why would he always seduce people into committing crimes.

Chen Cai looked at it for a while, then unconsciously moved forward, pouting to ask for a kiss.Lu Jianxing noticed it, turned his face slightly, and kissed him.

However, Chen Cai still felt that it was not enough, so she aggressively attacked the pool and looted the land, and in the end she was not satisfied, so she bit Lu Jianxing's mouth, and then separated.

Lu Jianxing hissed and looked at him with a smile: "So crazy?"

Chen Cai put her arms around his neck and nodded vigorously: "I think I'm going to love you to death."

Lu Jianxing asked, "Where do you love me?"

"Love everywhere."

"Where is your favorite?"

"Big muscle bully!"

Lu Jianxing: "..."

Chen Cai deliberately explained: "It means to be muscular and domineering."

Lu Jianxing: "..."

"Then where do you love me?" Chen Cai leaned over again, raised her face and asked, "Where do you love the most?"

Lu Jianxing thought for a while: "I love your voice the most."

Chen Cai didn't expect this answer, and was taken aback for a moment.

Lu Jianxing leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Especially the sound of you calling the bed..."

"I love you too," Chen Cai whispered, "Your voice is very magnetic, listening to your breathing can almost sound like you're pregnant..."

"Huh?" Lu Jianxing raised his eyebrows and asked solemnly, "Then are you pregnant?"

Chen Cai: "..."

Outside, Mother Chen called the two of them to eat.

"Should I be pregnant?" Chen Cai joined the scene seamlessly, and immediately entered the scene, saying, "No wonder I feel a little backache, husband, help me, we have to go eat."

He supported his lower back, held his stomach in one hand, and walked out slowly.

Lu Jianxing was so teased that he held back his laughter, and the hand holding him kept shaking.

Chen Cai was still anxious: "Don't shake, you have Parkinson's before the baby is born."

Lu Jianxing: "Pfft—hahahaha!"

Chen Cai was still very serious, she tilted her head and asked, "The baby hasn't been named yet, think of a name quickly."

Lu Jianxing wiped away the tears from his laughter, and said, "You take it, you have the final say on what you gave birth to."

"Chen Xiaolu?" Chen Cai pondered for a while: "Lu Xiaochen? Which one is better?"

"all good."

"But two names."

"Have a second child." Lu Jianxing said with a serious face, "Respond to the country's call and build a harmonious society."

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, his uncle took the two of them to burn incense. Lu Jianxing came out of the temple and found a small orange cat at the foot of the mountain.

He picked it up with Chen Cai, made an appointment with the pet hospital for examination and treatment, and finally decided to adopt this little thing.

The little thing has a name and surname, called Chen Xiaolu.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the God of Wealth Festival, the family went to Chenghuang Temple to offer incense together.When Chen Cai came out of the hall, he met a big black cat.The black cat's fur is smooth and sleek, like the big brother in mink next to him.

Chen Cai exchanged glances with him, without thinking much, she took two steps towards the next stairs.The black cat was faster than him, Chen Cai felt a flash in front of his eyes, and just as his feet were about to hit the ground, the black cat was lying in front of him.

Chen Cai: "..."

He almost stepped on it, broke out in a cold sweat, and walked to the side.

The black cat got up, then lay down... again.

That day, with a sad face, Chen Cai bought a bamboo basket for 15 yuan, and the black cat was sitting in the basket.

The whole family was amazed, thinking that this was an adventure, and the black cat must be a lucky cat, so it should be treated well.

Only Chen Cai was not convinced, and complained to Lu Jianxing: "Why is Lu's fur so good, and our little Chen is so skinny?"

"Because Xiao Lu has to use her beauty to impress you." Lu Jianxing said, "There is no need for Xiao Chen. People with the surname Chen are born to be favored."

Chen Cai: "..."

He was choked, and after thinking for a long time, he couldn't refute. He paused and said, "...um...you're right."

Extra episode

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The scumbag author has a lot of things to do in the third dimension recently, procrastinating, making everyone wait for a long time.

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Jiang x Zhao’s is an irresponsible fanfare (no relation to the main text), and it’s bloody. I’m not sure when it will be finished, and it will be published in "Fanwai Collection" at that time.

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