tired spring return

A gentleman is as light as water, and love becomes truer with age.

The sudden sound of unfamiliar footsteps caused a violent barking of dogs in the chaimen.

"Who is it?"

Not long after, an old man with gray hair but still in good spirits walked out slowly to check.

"Old man, it's me, Pei Minzhi."

The old man squinted his eyes and carefully looked at this tall and straight figure covered with a layer of light morning light.

"Xiao Pei, is that you? Are you back? When did it happen?"

"Yes, Patriarch, I'm back. I arrived last night."

A look of joy climbed up the old face of Patriarch Zhu along the wrinkles.Pei Minzhi walked in quickly and supported him.The old man grabbed Pei Minzhi's arm with his withered palms, and couldn't help but sigh,

"Okay, it's good to be back, it's good to be back. These days you left, it's not easy for your family to read An'an!"

Pei Minzhi repeatedly said yes,

"He's a good boy. I knew it early on. It's my fault that made him suffer."

"Hey……"

Looking at Chen Nian'an, who was standing obediently by the side and couldn't stop shaking his head, and didn't want to interrupt the conversation of the elder, the old man sighed,

"Look, I'm so stupid! What are you doing standing here in the cold weather? Come on, come in and talk to me."

The old man brought the two of them into the house, and he did not let go of Pei Minzhi with his trembling but vigorous hands.Seeing this, Chen Nian'an hurried away to check the fire, and helped boil water and make tea by the way.

"Xiao Pei, since you're back, you should settle down properly. Don't blame me for being talkative, you're not too young. It's time to make plans for yourself."

The patriarch pulled Pei Minzhi to sit down on the straw mat.

"What you said is that it's time to settle down. In fact, I came this time to ask the patriarch for help. There is something that can only be solved by asking the patriarch to help me, and I can gain a foothold in this Zhujiazhuang."

"Please help me, old man? I asked you to be a teacher in the village at the beginning. You are willing to stay, it is the blessing of the dolls in the village! These dolls understand the truth, their heads are not empty, and their eyes are darkened There is hope for the poor days. Just because of this, the whole village will be grateful to you and miss you forever!

As long as you have made up your mind to settle down in this place, if there is anything you need from my old man, I will naturally be obliged!Come on, what do I need to do? "

"Patriarch, I didn't come back alone this time."

After saying this sentence, the head of the Zhu family suspected that his old eyes were blind.On Pei Minzhi's usually indifferent and cold face, there was a rare touch of warmth.

"Oh? Didn't you bring back the person you like?"

Sensitively noticing the unusualness, the old man stroked his long snow-white beard and looked at Pei Minzhi.A pair of wise eyes hides a deep smile and wisdom.

"I see. You want me to preside over your marriage?"

When the secret hidden in the bottom of my heart was told, Pei Minzhi was momentarily stunned.The tension from the heart made his body tremble almost from extreme stiffness.The more he lost control of his body, the more solemn and sincere his eyes became.

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you."

"Hey, it's a good thing, it's a good thing! No need to ask! It's my old man's honor to see you get married! I don't know which girl is so capable, and finally warmed up a cold guy like you. That's right, that's right..."

"Patriarch, I'm sorry, listen to me..."

Pei Minzhi adjusted his sitting posture from the straw mat, knelt up straight, and the stubborn determination in his eyes made the old man who had seen all kinds of things in the world feel ominous.As expected, Pei Minzhi's next words hit the eardrums like thunder.

"It's not a girl from any family who wants to marry me. He is also a man like me."

"What? A man? You want to marry a man? This, this, this..."

The disbelief of the Zhu family's eyes gradually changed under Pei Minzhi's firm gaze, and anger surged along the criss-cross lines on his face, and the kind-hearted look disappeared in an instant.He stood up abruptly, and slapped the table with his withered palms in anger.

"What kind of decency is this?! It's deviant! You're a god! You bastard! You're a bastard!"

The teacup on the table was knocked over, and the hot tea that Chen Nian'an had just brewed quickly spread messy marks on the table.It was hard to get back the water, and the warm atmosphere in the room had obviously disappeared.

"Grandpa Patriarch!"

Chen Nian'an tried to bear the old man's anger for Pei Minzhi, but was dragged behind him by Pei Minzhi.

So Chen Nian'an knelt down with his husband without saying a word, staring at his back, the tense muscles made it look extraordinarily thin and thin.

"Patriarch, I'm sorry! But I'm not here to ask your permission for this matter! I'm here to ask you. It's both a plea and a plea. I beg you to be a witness for us!"

"I can't do such a ridiculous thing! Get out, get out!"

After finishing speaking, he picked up a wooden stick that was used as a crutch, and drove the two of them out of the house without any explanation.

The loud sound of closing the door shook off the years of dust under the eaves, and Pei Minzhi and Chen Nian'an, who were locked out, were covered in ashes all over their bodies and faces.

Pei Minzhi was embarrassed, but his bearing was neither humble nor overbearing. Standing under the eaves, he bowed deeply to the old man inside the door.

"The patriarch, his surname is Feng Mingchun, and he is a traveling doctor who can help the world. He is the fetter of my life, deeply rooted in my blood, and I can't let go. He will also be my only companion in this life.

In order to cater to the secularism in your mouth, it is not that I have hesitated and struggled, and blindly discarded my sincerity.But what happened?As a result, a person's sincerity was turned into mud, and he was forced to wander for years, almost turning into a lonely soul in a foreign land.It made the other depressed, lingering on his last breath, dragging his empty body, it doesn't matter whether he is alive or dead.

Maybe the sacrifice of two mere people is not worth mentioning in front of your so-called breaking the law and decency. We deserve to be scolded, and we deserve not to die well!

But what is wrong with our sincerity?

After spending a whole ten years, and wasting a whole ten years, we finally understand that the only thing that ignites the fire of hope on a pile of ashes is our sincerity that binds each other.This little flickering spark is our only salvation in this life and all the light of our dark life.

Questioning, puzzlement, pointing and even slandering, we have experienced too much, and it is no longer enough to shake us.

All the hardships and injustices are to prove that the two of us are stronger than gold.

I don't owe the world anything, I just owe him too much...

Even if I can't get approval and blessings, I will give him a title in a dignified way, and stay with him for the rest of my life in a dignified manner!

So, Patriarch, I implore you, to preside over the worship ceremony for us.I, Pei Minzhi, have no one to rely on, and my dearest Xie Bo has passed away many years ago.In my mind, you are the only elder who can count on respect.This is the only hometown where I can return to my roots after a hundred years.

I respect you and love this piece of homeland.

So I beg you, help us, give us a chance! "

Chen Nian'an had never heard such a long speech from his husband, and he felt that every word was heartbreaking and piercing.Hiding behind his tall but swaying back because he couldn't breathe, he secretly wiped away the silent tears that fell down his face.

But the house is always silent...

Pei Minzhi stood stubbornly for a long while, and finally turned back home under Chen Nian'an's persuasion.

The author says:

It was listed on Today’s Must-Read list today. This may be the best list I can get on. I’m still very happy, and I wish everyone happy!