Accidentally born in the ’60s

    There is a middle-aged handsome man next to him, and he has a little appreciation for the girl who just passed: "It's a coincidence, my son is also at Imperial University, and also in our Imperial Capital. The top student in the college entrance examination."

    Li Muwu was not convinced: "Does your son know how to fish?"

    Xi Changbo was stunned for a moment, and he looked back subconsciously, just in time to see his son coming from the street corner with a schoolbag on his back, he quickly waved to him: "Junjie, come and catch a fish for Dad."

    Xi Junjie came back with Zhen Zhen today, just because Ming Bei and Wang Xinwen were also on the bus, they didn't dare to sit together blatantly, after getting off the bus, Xi Junjie was going to report I stopped the magazine I subscribed to, so I came back a little later than Zhen Zhen.

    Xi Junjie came over and called out, "Dad!" Then he said hello to the person fishing next to him, "Hello, uncle."

    "Oh, this is your son, he is so handsome." Among the words that Li Muwu lacks, this is the only language to praise a good-looking person, but he looked at Xi Junjie's face again , Li Muwu felt that the word he just said was not enough, and after thinking about it, he added: "I'm about to catch up with my daughter."

    Xi Changbo smiled and patted Xi Junjie on the shoulder: "This is my son, majoring in French in the Department of Spanish at Imperial College." He pointed to Li Muwu and Xi Junjie and said, "This is Your Uncle Li lives next door to our house, and his daughter is also at your Imperial University."

      Junjie."

    "Ah! Hmm!" Li Muwu looked at the delicate young man in front of him and didn't know how to answer. When he was in Beicha, he was called Second Uncle and Second Uncle when he went out. The title is the first time I heard it.

    Xi Changbo watched his son smile more enthusiastically at his father than at himself, and was a little puzzled.

    Xi Junjie was about to make a good impression in front of Li Muwu, who knew that his father would destroy him just after saying a word, his face instantly turned black like the bottom of a pot, looking at the familiar expression, Xi Changbo breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, this is my son, and he has been virtuous since he was a child."

    Li Muwu was approached by such a good-looking young man and felt uncomfortable. Seeing the father and son of the Xi family looking at each other, he quickly breathed a sigh of relief: "What, Lao Xi, you are not Say your son can fish too? Let him show us his hands."

    Remembering how Zhen Zhen shook a group of people just now, Li Muwu couldn't stop the pride in his heart rising, his daughter was good-looking, good at learning, and excellent in every aspect, the more she thought about it, the more beautiful she became panic. Back in Beicha, Li Muwu used to think all day long about carrying more sacks to earn money to support his family. Now that he has a retirement salary and lives freely and leisurely, Li Muwu's character is not as dull as before. After fishing with a few neighbors, he will tell a few jokes. If he mentions his own daughter, it is even more so. No one else can get in on what they say at length.

    Xi Junjie glanced at Li Muwu, took the fishing rod from Xi Changbo's hand, and hung up the fish food and put it on the rod, Xi Junjie didn't know what to do, he could only Staring at the water in a daze.

    Xi Junjie has been a very self-disciplined person since he was a child. Whether he was abroad as a child or returned to the imperial capital in his teens, Xi Junjie strictly followed the plan no matter what he did. It was just like fishing. A pastime that was never on his schedule. Xi Junjie seriously thought about it, and it seems that only Li Mingzhen has made himself an exception over the years.

    Thinking of the girl he likes, a smile appeared on the corner of Xi Junjie's mouth, Li Muwu blinked his eyes at his smile, and looked into the water doubtfully: "Is this a fish?"

    "DiDi..." Suddenly, a car with military pictures drove over from the side of the river. Seeing the familiar numbers on the license plate, Li Muwu didn't bother to go to see Xi Junjie fishing again. Immediately, he neatly packed the fishing rod: "My brother is here."

    Li Muwen also saw Li Muwu and several familiar faces from the car, so he gave a low voice.

      It's good, don't look at the usual happy fishing and playing together, but there is a bit of ability behind it.

    Li Muwen's rank in the army is also very high now. Although these fishing people have retired, they are not from the army, but after all, their personal connections are still there, and they know Li Muwen. Some of them said hello and exchanged a few words.

    The car was parked at the gate of Lao Li's house, Xue Wenhua got out of the car with a handbag and waited for Li Muwen with a smile. Li Muwen didn't know them very well either, so after saying hello, he asked Li Muwu to go home together. Seeing Li Muwu happily carrying the fishing rod, Li Muwen asked him with a smile, "Isn't there a pond in the backyard, and there are still many fish in it, why don't you fish at home?"

    Li Muwu rubbed his head and smiled: "It's boring to sit alone at home and go fishing. You can go out and play with them and chat with them, but it's lively."

    Li Muwen didn't expect his younger brother to be able to get along with the group of people, so he couldn't help but ask with a smile, "You have also caught a month's worth of fish, have you caught a total of two?"

    Li Muwu even told Li Muwen: "I didn't catch it very much, but our family Zhen Zhen is capable, just a few minutes ago Zhen Zhen caught two big fish and directly killed them all. I’ve been envious of me since I lived here. I told you that there is such a big carp and such a long catfish, and it is said to be stewed with eggplant at night.”

    There are not many fish in the lakes of Beiyang, so these people usually can't catch two a day. To such a big fish are admired.

    Li Muwen remembered that he had eaten such a dish when he was in Beicha. It was exactly this month that he took Li Muwu, seven or eight years old, to a small ditch on the side of the mountain and caught a two-pound At that time, the vegetable garden at home happened to have a lot of eggplants, and Mrs. Li stewed the catfish and eggplant together in a pot. So many years have passed, although I can't remember the taste of the pot of fish, but I still remember the feeling of eating the pot of vegetables at that time. Although my life is better now, I can’t see many dishes I used to eat in my hometown. All kinds of stews in small towns can’t be on the table in a place like the imperial capital. Especially Xue Aihua is a person who loves face very much. The top of the food is very particular.

    Suppressing the messy mood, Li Muwen's face became more aftertaste: "I haven't eaten it for many years, and I will try this dish again."

    When she walked to the gate, Li Muwu called her sister-in-law, and Xue Aihua nodded with a polite smile: "The children are all back from school?"

    "We've just arrived home, I'll be with you." Li Muwu entered the door while talking.

    Now that my wife has arrived at the imperial capital, Li Muwen has to come to the courtyard every week as long as he is not very busy with work, sometimes by himself, sometimes with Xue Aihua, if the army is on holiday, his son and grandson are also brought together.

    One of the two guards was carrying two roast ducks from Quanjudeding, and the other followed behind with a box of hairy crabs. Mrs. Li was listening to the radio in the yard. She saw Li Muwen and a group of people from Chuihuamen came in, and immediately waved with a smile: "Come here? I thought you would be there tomorrow. Wenwen, hurry up to the kitchen and tell Zhen Zhen to cook two more dishes."

    Li Muwen said with a smile: "Don't be busy, I brought roast duck and crab, let's fry two more vegetables."

    There is a table and four chairs in the yard. The one that Mrs. Li sits on is specially customized by Li Muwen. .

    Wang Xinwen led the guards to take the things to the kitchen, Zhen Zhen just stewed the catfish in the pot, when she heard that the uncle brought roast duck and crab, she washed her hands quickly to pick it up. The roast duck has been sliced, neatly packed in the box, with a little heat, a box of sauce, a box of lotus leaf cake, even the shredded green onion and cucumber are neatly placed in the box.

    Opening the foam box, there are a dozen or so hairy crabs tied with tongs, Zhen Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up, she picked one up, and started with a heavy one, the weight alone knew that this crab must be very fat .

      There is a big steamer in Lao Li's house, with two floors up and down, and eight on the first floor, just in time for a box of crabs to be placed. In the pot over there, the catfish is simmered until it is seven or eight minutes cooked. Zhen Zhen put the eggplant in it, and here, the onion and **** are shredded to make the dipping sauce.

    Wang Xinwen and Xie Yanan were both pregnant, as long as Zhen Zhen was at home, she would take over the kitchen work and only let them help. Nowadays, the vegetables grown in the garden are all fresh and fresh. Pick a pot of cucumbers and persimmons, and you can eat them directly with water. However, thinking that the aunt is here today, and the big pot looks out of place, Xie Yanan cut the foreign persimmon into pieces, put two spoons of sugar on it; shredded the cucumber and cabbage leaves, and put some fried minced meat, hot The vermicelli is placed on the head, then drizzled with chili oil, and it is ready to be mixed when eating.

    Zhen Zhen has quick hands and feet, and practiced cooking with Mr. Zhang every day during the summer vacation, and packed a large table of dishes within an hour. Now that the temperature at night was a bit cold, Mrs. Li instructed Mingxi and Mingbei to carry the big table to the front hall, and moved a lot of chairs over there.

    A large pot of steamed crab is accompanied by a dish of **** vinegar, and Zhen Zhen also scalded a pot of rice wine and warmed it in hot water. Mingxi, Mingbei, Xie Yanan, and Wang Xinwen helped bring the dishes to the table. Mrs. Li led her two sons and daughters-in-law to sit down first.

    Li Muwen washed his hands and helped Mrs. Li peel a crab and handed it to her: "Mother, try it, is it fresh?"

    The crab in Li Muwen's hand was full of crab roe, and she raised a granddaughter who could eat it. Mrs. Li's mouth also opened up. She didn't dip in vinegar, but took a big bite of crab roe first. . Every September and October, when crabs are at their most plump, Mrs. Li, with her mouth full of crab roe, nodded vigorously: "It's delicious, fragrant! The crab flavor is very strong!"

    Li Muwen looked at the sweetness of my mother's food, and quickly said: "I still have it at home, or my mother will go back to live with me for two days, and I will call you to move in. Mother has not lived in my house yet."

    Xue Aihua's expression did not change at all when she heard the words, and she nodded in agreement, "There is a nanny at home to cook and clean up the house, you just go and enjoy yourself."

    Mr. Li took a sip of warm yellow wine and waved her hand with a smile: "Mother knows that you are filial, but Mu Wu and I are used to living, so it shouldn't be comfortable to change places. already."

    Xue Aihua looked at Li Muwen's unconcealed look of loss, only smiled lightly and did not speak.

    In fact, Xue Aihua is not a stingy person. Usually Li Muwen goes to the courtyard for food, and even buys a TV station. It's just that she's used to being clean all her life, and when there are too many family members, she thinks it's too noisy. When Mrs. Li first came to the imperial capital, the courtyard had not been cleaned up, and she lived in Li Muwen's house for a few days. In those few days, Mrs. Li felt very tormented, and she knew that Xue Aihua was not unfilial, but it was the first time that her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law lived together for the first time in so many years. They were very polite and distant from each other. It's not too awkward for Mrs. Li to live there.

    Fortunately, after living for a few days, Mrs. Li led the second family to move into the courtyard, and she was completely relieved. Mrs. Li has lived with Li Muwu and Wang Sufen for a lifetime, and they are very opposite to each other in terms of temperament, personality and living habits. It is no exaggeration to say that in Mrs. Li's heart, Wang Sufen is basically equivalent to the existence of a daughter-in-law, and other daughters-in-law can't compare.

    Li Muwen said these words more than once. Seeing Mrs. Li's unwavering attitude, she could only smile helplessly.

    Xue Aihua used to be a military doctor in the army. Although she is now retired, her years of practice have made her pay great attention to health care. She doesn't eat cold things like crabs. She doesn't move when she sees the messy pot of stewed eggplant with catfish. The roast duck is greasy, and the cold dishes are too cold. Fortunately, Zhen Zhen cooked a pot of red dates, lotus seeds and red bean porridge. , Xue Aihua drank a bowl of porridge and ate some stir-fried vegetables, but finally she was not hungry.

    Xie Yanan and Wang Xinwen were pregnant, Zhen Zhen wouldn't let them eat crabs, but other dishes were fine. It was the first time that Wang Xinwen had eaten roast duck in the imperial capital for so long. Xie Yanan held a lotus leaf cake in her hand and gently taught Wang Xinwen how to wrap the roast duck with the lotus leaf cake.

    He took over the roast duck wrapped by Xie Yanan, Wang Xinwen took a bite, the crispy duck skin and the sweet noodle sauce with moderate sweetness tasted just right, and the shredded cucumber and green onion inside just solved the roast duck After eating one, Wang Xinwen couldn't wait to pack the second one.

    The two of them were eating roast duck and laughing in a low voice, looking at Xue Aihua with warm eyes. With hot tea in hand, Xue Aihua smiled reservedly with Wang Sufen: "Yanan and Xinwen seem to have a good relationship."

    Wang Sufen raised her head, glanced at her two daughters-in-law, and immediately said with a smile: "Not only the two of them, Osmanthus and Xiaoxi have always been very good. When the children come back from the New Year, they will rush to do whatever work, and no one will push things back, they are all honest people."

    "Sincere people..." Xue Aihua murmured, feeling a little dazed. She had never paid attention to the merit of honesty before, even when choosing a daughter-in-law, she always looked at the family education, rules, and behavior. Although the two daughters-in-law met Xue Aihua's requirements, whether it was a concubine or a mother-in-law, getting along with each other was the same. Insufficient intimacy that is too heavy on the rules and polite to each other. Looking at Li Muwu's family, Xue Aihua always felt that his family lacked a bit of fireworks.

    Glancing at the smiling Li Muwen, Xue Aihua sighed softly, no wonder her husband always loves to run to the courtyard. In fact, it is not just because Mrs. Li lives here, it is estimated that Li Muwu's family is harmonious and affectionate. Let Li Muwen like it. Xue Aihua was a little worried when she remembered that her husband always said that the family was cold. If she and her daughter-in-law were to sit together with her daughter-in-law and have a short talk, she really couldn't do it.

    Li Muwen held the wine cup and touched the wine cup with Mrs. Li and Li Muwu, then drank it in one gulp, then took a bite of the catfish with chopsticks, took a bite of the fish with relish, and immediately said with great praise: "That's it. Taste!" I don't know if Li Muwen drank too much or he really remembered his childhood: "It's the smell of stewed eggplant with catfish made by my mother when I was a child. When I used to fight outside, I often thought of this dish that my mother made."

    Mr. Li was holding crabs in her hands and looked at Li Muwen with a cheerful face: "Eat more if you like, this is what Zhen Zhen caught from the river in front of her after school."

    Li Muwen was delighted when he heard this, and looked at Zhen Zhen with a very loving expression: "I heard Mu Wu just now, I didn't expect Zhen Zhen to have this skill. and fishing."

    Zhen Zhen smiled at Li Muwen while wrapping the roast duck: "Master, you know that in our house, I didn't have much to play with when I was a child, so I went up the mountain and down the river to chase roe deer, chase hares and fish."

    "It's true." Li Muwen laughed: "If I hadn't heard from your mother, I wouldn't have guessed that you were so wild just by looking at you. By the way, you also attended one at Imperial College. After the semester, how are the grades? Can you adapt?"

    Although Li Muwen came to eat every week, he asked about his nephew and niece's studies at the beginning of the school year, but he never mentioned it again. Xue Aihua also raised his head when he heard the question about the school. Looking at Zhen Zhen with concern.

    As for her husband's younger brothers, the only thing Xue Aihua could look at was the Li Muwu family, because the five sons and daughters of the Li Muwu family were all successful and uniform college students. Like Li Musen's family, they are honest and responsible, but they are not motivated; as for Li Mulin's daughter-in-law, Xue Aihua doesn't like to pay attention to her when she sees her appearance as a petty citizen.

    I picked up the wet towel on the table and wiped my hands and mouth, Zhen Zhen smiled very happily: "It's good, after the school started, I applied for multiple majors with the school to study at the same time, majoring in journalism. Major, minor in French and Economics.”

    When Zhen Zhen took two more majors, she went home and mentioned it, but Mrs. Li and the others didn’t understand, so they didn’t take it seriously when they told them not to be tired, and Zhen Zhen didn’t pay attention to it. I told Li Muwen that I was afraid that my three majors would not be able to balance it out. Now that she has won the special scholarship, Zhen Zhen is no longer hiding, and she has to share her happiness with the whole family.

    As soon as they heard that Zhen Zhen had taken three majors, Li Muwen and Xue Aihua both frowned: "Although all three majors are very good, how can you balance them? Don't be greedy. It’s not bad, we still need to learn well in one class.”

    "The three majors have common courses in common. I don't miss the journalism major except for the unimportant courses. I will study part of the economics and French courses by myself. I went to ask the professor twice, fortunately I didn't miss too much." Zhen Zhen said with a smile, but the little pride on her face, Mrs. Li, saw it at a glance: "How was the final exam last semester? Did you come back for the first time?"

    Zhen Zhen replied immediately: "Journalism is the first, French is the second, and economics is the fourth, because the results of the three majors are all good, so the school gave me a special scholarship ."

    "Special class?" Madam Li opened her eyes wide and asked excitedly, "Is it better than the first place?"

    "Yes!" Zhen Zhen stretched out three fingers: "There are only three people in the school who have won the special scholarship."

    "Oh my god, she is indeed my granddaughter!" Mrs. Li's eyes narrowed, and she immediately raised her glass and said boldly: "Let's do it for our family's sake. Female champion."

    Li Muwu was the first to cooperate with Mrs. Li to raise the glass: "Tomorrow I have something to say when I go out fishing, today I said that Zhen Zhen was the first place in the college entrance examination in our black province, the old man next door Xi is still not convinced, saying that his son is the first in the imperial college entrance examination, this time my daughter has won a special scholarship, she should be able to crush his son."

    "Next door...Old Xi..." Zhen Zhen looked at the direction of Xi Junjie's house subconsciously.

    Li Muwu slapped his thigh: "It's his family, I saw his boy today, he looks good, and he is warm, and he kept calling me Uncle Li, I was completely stunned." Seeing Zhen Zhen's strange expression, Li Muwu took a cucumber and took a bite: "Hey, no, you both learn French, so do you know his kid? He took a bite. Got a scholarship?"

    "I know!" Zhen Zhen replied with a smirk: "He is a first-class scholarship, but he won the first place in the French major."

    "Oh, he got the first place in the test?" Li Muwu was a little worried: "Then what am I going to say tomorrow?"