The bright dawn shines through the thin morning mist in the town under the mountains.
This small town in the southwestern mountainous area of Yuntan Province soon woke up from its slumber. Smoke was rising from the chimneys of many houses, and then the rumble of motorcycles and the sound of bicycles running over stone slabs filled the streets of the town.
When the door rang, the owners of several shops along the street began to take off the door panels that had turned dark brown due to age, and prepared to start their day's work.
On the other hand, lanterns depicting colorful characters, flowers and animals have been hung under the eaves of many houses early. When the lanterns are lit at night, they will definitely attract countless attention.
Two local dogs barked "woof, woof, woof" and ran quickly across the street, followed by three or five little kids. They chased the puppies happily, laughing and joking, all the way to the end of the street.
It happened that a silver-gray commercial vehicle was driving on the road that circled the town. When he saw a puppy and a child running across the fork in front of the town, he immediately lowered his speed and moved forward slowly.
Although the town was remote, the children were not completely ignorant. They did not feel much novelty or curiosity about this seemingly brand-new car, so they walked around the front of the car and prepared to run towards the river.
"Little Huzi!"
At this time, the car stopped, and a head poked out from the slowly descending window, greeting one of the children: "Aren't you afraid that your mother will spank you if you touch the screws again?"
The child couldn't help but trembled and turned around quickly.
But when he saw the other party's appearance clearly, he was overjoyed: "Uncle Daniu, why are you back?"
The person who greeted him in the car was none other than Zhao Xi, who was returning home to visit relatives during the Mid-Autumn Festival!
Yesterday at noon, he and Lin Mei drove from Shanghai to Haihai. They returned to their hometown in the mountain city via the inter-provincial expressway. As a result, they were delayed a lot of time due to heavy traffic jams on the expressway, so they rested for one night along the way and came back early in the morning. Until now
We finally arrived at the mountain town.
Zhao Xi smiled and said: "Don't leave yet, I'll stop the car."
The streets in the town are narrow. The commercial vehicle could barely get in and out, so it could only park in the wild field beside the road. It wouldn't be far to walk in by itself.
After he parked the car, he and Lin Mei got out of the car together.
The group of children headed by Xiao Huzi immediately surrounded them with cheers, and even the two little local dogs that had been chased around followed curiously, wagging their tails and circling around the crowd.
"Uncle Daniel. Who is this sister?"
Xiaohu looked at Lin Mei and asked in surprise: "Why do you look so good like the stars on TV?"
Although Lin Mei did not come from a wealthy family, she received a good education since she was a child. She has a pretty appearance and a slim figure. In addition, she has a kind and friendly personality. She is very gentle and charming like Xiaojiabiyu.
This time I followed Zhao Xi to meet her grandparents. She was specially dressed up. Wearing a set of exquisitely cut plain cheongsam, she really looked like a beauty walking out of a painting. No wonder the little kid was dumbfounded.
Hearing Xiao Huzi's words, Lin Mei couldn't help but smile, squatted down, took his hand and said, "Hello, Xiao Huzi, my name is Lin Mei, and I am your Uncle Danniu's girlfriend."
Xiaohu suddenly opened his eyes wide: "So you are my little aunt!"
Zhao Xi reached out and patted his head and said: "Stop talking nonsense. Go and call your father and your uncle over. I have brought a lot of things and I need their help to move them here."
Xiaohu swallowed his saliva and asked eagerly: "Uncle Da Niu, do you have a gift from me?"
Zhao Xi nodded: "Yes, I bought you a remote control plane that can really fly!"
"Remote control plane!"
Xiaohu jumped up with joy: "Where is it? Where is it? I want a remote control plane that can fly!"
Zhao Xi slapped him again and scolded him with a smile: "Why are you so anxious? Go and call someone quickly. You are indispensable!"
"good!"
The little guy quickly ran away. He ran all the way back to the town along the long slope, shouting loudly as he ran: "Grandpa, grandma, Uncle Big Niu is back!"
The other children looked jealous, but Zhao Xi did not forget them. He said with a smile: "You can go too, come to my courtyard later to get gifts, everyone has a share!"
"Thank you, Uncle Daniel!"
These little guys immediately beamed with joy and ran after the little tiger, fearing that if they fell behind, they would not get any gifts.
Lin Mei held Zhao Xi's hand and said, "No wonder you want to buy so many things."
The two rows at the back of this seven-seater business car were all flattened by Zhao Xi, and were piled full of various items purchased in Shanghai - moon cakes, cigarettes, drinks, food, toys, clothes, etc.
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Zhao Xi felt Lin Mei's little hands trembling slightly, and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong, is it cold?"
It's still a bit cold in the morning here in the mountainous area, and Lin Mei is wearing relatively thin clothes.
Lin Mei shook her head and whispered: "I'm afraid my grandparents won't like me..."
Zhao Xi shook her hand hard and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my grandpa and grandma will definitely like you!"
Lin Mei said "hmm" and gently leaned her head on Zhao Xi's shoulder.
But this warmth did not last long, because Xiao Huzi quickly rushed back with five or six of his father and uncles.
Zhao Xi's family is quite prosperous in the small town, and there are many members of the side clan. These are all his relatives. Although it is only a few months apart, there is still some intimacy when they meet again.
Chit chat.
Zhao Xi introduced Lin Mei to them first, then opened the trunk and asked everyone to help move the things down and take them back to the town together.
The compound where Zhao Xi's grandparents live is in the westernmost part of the town near the foot of the mountain. You can see it by walking to the end of the stone street. It is also the place where he grew up.
Since he hadn't been away for a long time, Zhao Xi didn't feel much shy about being close to home.
His grandma was already waiting at the door. Her eyes were red when she saw him: "Daniu is back!"
"Grandma, I'm back!"
Zhao Xi nodded vigorously, and at the same time pulled the blushing Lin Mei to his side: "Grandma, this is my girlfriend Lin Mei, you can just call her Meimei."
"Hello grandma!" Lin Mei greeted timidly.
"Hello, hello!"
Grandma Zhao suddenly beamed, took Lin Mei's hand, and said with a smile: "How handsome this girl is. It's our boss who has the vision. Let's go, grandma will take you in!"
So a group of people poured into the courtyard.
At this time, Zhao Xi's grandfather was sitting on the Grand Master's chair in front of the hall, drinking tea. As soon as he saw Zhao Xi, he put down his tea cup, frowned and scolded: "You stinky boy, why are you so late..."
"Bah, bah, bah!"
Before he could finish his words, Grandma Zhao scolded her: "You old guy, are you deliberately looking for trouble? Didn't you see Daniel bringing his wife back? Who are you showing this stinky face to?
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Lin Mei suddenly took a step forward. Yingying fell to the ground and kowtowed to Grandpa Zhao respectfully: "Hello, grandpa, my name is Lin Mei."
Zhao Xi's grandfather is over 70 years old. He is a traditional and old-fashioned person who attaches great importance to the etiquette between elders and younger generations. The traditional gift Lin Mei gave made him like him from the bottom of his heart, and his favorability suddenly exploded.
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"Okay, okay!"
He couldn't help but smile so hard that his eyes narrowed to a slit, and all the resentment in his heart disappeared. He immediately stood up and praised: "What a sensible boy, get up!"
Grandma Zhao quickly helped Lin Mei up. She took off a jade bracelet she wore on her hand and gave it to Lin Mei: "This is a little thought from my grandparents, you can't let it go!"
"Thank you, grandparents!"
Lin Mei was very embarrassed. Although she didn't know much about jewelry and jade, she could see that this crystal clear jade bracelet was a very valuable thing.
But she couldn't refuse forcibly, so under Zhao Xi's suggestion, she blushed and accepted the meeting gift.
Seeing Lin Mei accept the jade bracelet, Grandma Zhao became even more happy. She pulled her and said, "Come on, let's go to the back room and talk about how you met Daniel!"
