Born to Run

The sound of firecrackers.

The yard under the tall melilotus trees had been cleared before the New Year's Day. Round tables were placed from outside the yard to the guest hall, and there were crowds of people coming and going to help.

Today is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and it is also a good day for my uncle Ye Mingwang to get married.

Customs in Xiushui County generally last for several days for weddings. The first night is the feast, the second day is the wine, and the third day is the door back. Among them, at noon on the day of wine, it is usually the woman's home for the main table, and at night it is the man's side. On the third day of the return, both parties have a treat.

Moreover, this kind of banquet is a flowing water table with rich dishes. Although it is not a big bowl or the like, there are usually two main pots of beef and mutton on the table, followed by snacks of peanuts and melon seeds, sweet soup, chicken, duck and fish. There is no shortage of them, and there are some stir-fried side dishes, as well as Xiushui's specialties such as egg skin yan, meat yan soup, egg mushrooms, etc. There are always 10 or 20 dishes under a table.

This is custom and ostentation.

The people who came to drink the wedding wine were relatives, neighbors and friends, and they came with a budget gift. The whole family of seven or eight people, old and young, went to the battle, and even had food, food, and food.

Fortunately, whether it is relatives or neighbours, there are always many people who help. There are people coming for a happy event in each family, from taking care of the accounts and collecting gifts, to grocery shopping, kitchen helpers, borrowing tables and stools, and serving dishes. Doing the dishes and tidying up, dozens of people can circle around a wedding.

Except for the hard work of the master chef, other neighbors who helped, that is, three days after the wedding, invited others to eat a meal as a thank you.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, after standing at the door of his house, just after sending out a small string of firecrackers, Ye Qin spread a large bundle of firecrackers on the side of the road, holding the incense for ignition in his hand, and leaning his neck left and right, waiting for the distance. Vehicles appearing on the road.

"Brother Ye Chin, Brother Ye Chin, let me set off firecrackers!"

A young man behind Ye Qin looked at the incense in Ye Qin's hand with some greedy eyes, and yelled again and again, pulling the corner of his clothes.

"Okay, give it to you." Ye Qin looked at the black and thin young man who was entangled with him behind him, and reluctantly gave him the incense for ignition, and then asked again, "Su Ju, don't you It's messy, remember to light firecrackers when your brother-in-law arrives."

"I see, don't worry!" The thin black boy grinned and grinned.

Ye Qin looked at the young boy's joy, but his heart was actually slowly joyful. It's been a long time since the house was so lively. The boy is his sister-in-law’s son, that is, his cousin. He is three years younger than him. He was in the third year of Yangxin Middle School. I heard my aunt said that his grades were pretty good, and he should be able to enter the first middle school. Just like him, he is also a running and jumping of.

On the side of Xiushui, the bride’s house at noon is the main banquet, and the bridegroom should also be there to meet his father-in-law and relatives and friends.

After noon, the bridegroom and the people who received the family will return to the bridegroom's house with the bride and some guests. The evening is the bridegroom's formal banquet. Among them, when the bride and groom are approaching the door of the house, they have to set off the largest string of firecrackers, which can be regarded as welcoming the relatives, and wealthier families still put fireworks in the evening.

Ye Qin's job was to set off firecrackers when welcoming the relatives, but after the job was taken by his cousin Su Ju, he didn't want to be idle. My uncle got married, and he wanted to be able to help a little bit more. Squeezing a large group of children who were following behind their buttocks, they ran directly to the kitchen and asked themselves if they could help.

As soon as people entered the kitchen, they heard cheers and laughter inside.

Grandpa and grandma did not cook today. They are the elders with the highest generation. They sat down to greet relatives and friends of the previous generation in the hall. In the kitchen, except for the uncles and aunts who came to help, several aunts were all there. , Is busy arranging dishes for the evening banquet.

From time to time, several aunts, chefs, and aunts who helped choose dishes laughed and talked gossip.

"Sister, what can I do to help?" As soon as he entered the kitchen, Ye Qin asked the sister who was taking the dishes from the big pot to plate.

"Go go, don't get in the way here." Young aunt Ye Mingmei saw Ye Qin probe his head in the kitchen, and hurriedly waved Ye Qin out, "There is nothing you can do in this kitchen."

"Sister, I have nothing to do now, let Su Ju go and set off the firecrackers!" Ye Qin said with a smile. My uncle's marriage is actually arranged by the elders, and there are very few places where he can contribute, and the family doesn't want him. Whatever trivial matters, young people generally don't let him interfere too much with such happy events before they get married.

"Nothing to do?" My sister-in-law Ye Mingmei smiled when she heard Ye Qin's words, and suddenly turned her eyes, and said: "Ye Qin, if you feel bored, you will go to the intersection outside and wait. I guess your uncle might not Then the bride will be brought home smoothly. By the way, take the cigarettes in the drawer, and when someone makes trouble, give them cigarettes."

There is no door-blocking game in Xiushui where the bridegroom picks up the bride. Of course, giving red packets is indispensable. More often, after the bridegroom receives the bride, some people will block the road before entering the door to ask for red packets of cigarettes and the like.

The customs are not bad, and later generations' vices and Xiushui that expose the entire network are not contaminated.

The tricky object is the bridegroom, which means that the bridegroom has to go through some hardships to marry a daughter-in-law. The car will be stopped about a few hundred meters before the door of the house. The bride can't touch the ground before entering the house. The groom pulls the tricycle from the tricycle, or hugs or carries it. In short, it takes a lot of hard work. At this time, it is necessary for Yeqin and the younger generation to help, or smoke to make the blocker raise his hand, or block the groom to take less effort.

"Ye Qin is a sensible boy. I heard people say that he still goes to sports competitions?"

"Yes, that kid in my family said Ye Qin was still on TV."

"Ye Qin's parents are here too, right?"

"His mother is here, sitting in the main room alone, Ye Mingwang, who has a dark heart, doesn't have the face to run, I'm really not afraid that the official uncle will beat him."

"What the third aunt said is that Brother Mingwang doesn't know what to think. He is a good son and threw it to his parents and brothers. If Yeqin didn't go to school, Ming Cheng would have been married a few years earlier. This might be full of kids. Ran away."

"Don't talk about this on a good day, Ye Qin is just fine, bright, I heard that Ye Qin made money in the competition? My girl said that there are red banners with Ye Qin's name at the gate of the second middle school. It's really promising. ."

"I heard that Ye Qin's teacher also wrapped a red envelope."

"Third aunt, I don't know whether Ye Qin has made any money." Ye Mingmei listened to several neighbors talking about family affairs, smiled and shook her head. The neighbors are familiar with her, and she used to be a girl. The uncles, aunts and sisters whom I know, not only the family members who have opinions about his elder brother Ye Mingwang, but also others can't see it.

As for Ye Qin, she also heard her men mention that Ye Qin went to participate in sports competitions and won prizes. It seemed that she had been abroad, but there was no big publicity. Her son Su Ju was going to practice sports too. She was a man. There is no such strong opposition as before.

But she didn't know whether she made any money or not. These days when she went home to help her brother Ye Mingcheng prepare for the wedding, her parents didn't miss anything, but Ye Qin paid back the tuition that Ye Qin borrowed from school last year.

Moreover, she also asked Ye Qin about his teacher's red envelopes. Ye Mingcheng went to the school to find Ye Qin, invited a few people to dinner, and invited them at the time.

But after all, it was separated by a floor, and it was the Spring Festival. Every family had business, and they didn't come over far away. But for that, everyone gave him a red envelope, which was a special face for his nephew.

Going to school allows the teacher to marry the student's family members, which Ye Mingmei has never seen before.

It can also be seen that his nephew is really promising.

After so many years of hard work, I finally look at life better, so that's it!

There was a lot of excitement. From three or four o'clock in the afternoon to eight or nine o'clock in the evening, the guests gradually dispersed, leaving only their relatives to help clean up the trivial matters.

When the bride was toasting to the elders, Ye Qin also saw his aunt, a very generous peasant woman, and her uncle who met while working outside. Actually, it has been a few years, but the conditions at home were poor before, the bride price, and the banquet. All sorts of things are troublesome, and my uncle also conceals his family and refuses to say that after this year's family is wealthy, my uncle doesn't have to worry about him anymore, it's just a matter of taking care of it.

"Ye Qin, don't worry about it for now."

Outside the small courtyard, there are round tables and guests will not gather tomorrow, but the wine is set in the evening, and all kinds of residues on the ground are quite messy. Ye Qin is cleaning up with his younger uncle and cousin Su Ju, and he hears the younger sister Ye Mingmei. Walked out from the inside.

"What's the matter, sister?" Ye Qin put down the broom in his hand and raised his head to ask.

Ye Mingmei snarled in the direction of the hall, "Your mother wants to talk to you."

"No, I have something to say to her." When Ye Qin heard this, he shook his head neatly. Uncle's wedding, the family is still coming, but "that person" didn't dare to come, it was his stepmother. Wu Fengqin is here.

"Go." Ye Mingmei seemed to have expected Ye Qin's reaction, and then said, "Your grandparents are all here."

"That's good." Ye Qin put aside the broomstick in his hand. Although he didn't want to pay attention to Wu Fengqin, his grandparents were there, and he didn't want the old man to be embarrassed.

"Mom, I'll go too." Su Ju, who was caught working with Ye Qin and his dad, jumped up when he heard it. He had long been staring at the boxes of fireworks that Ye Qin put in his house, and he didn't have the patience to tidy up the tables and chairs.

"What are you going to do? Clean up the yard with your dad." Ye Mingmei glared at her son, turned and walked towards the kitchen. Although there are neighbors to help, but her brother gets married, it is always difficult for her sister to stand by and watch, she always has to follow along with the cooking.

Entering the hall, Ye Qin saw his grandparents sitting in the middle of the hall and Wu Fengqin under them.

Today, the two elders are rare to wear two new clothes. If Ye Mingcheng is happiest in getting married, it is the old man. This young son’s marriage has always been a difficult problem, and the grandson can’t ignore it.

But after the two leaders of Yeqin School visited their home this year, Ye Qin was able to make money. The two elders actually didn’t understand Ye Qin’s competition, but the grandfather Ye Guandi understood the reason. The first time it was Ye Qin. I won the prize in the national contest and then gave the prize money. For the second time, Yeqin participated in the competition on behalf of the province, and he also won the prize and gave it a bonus.

In addition to paying back some of the tuition borrowed by Ye Qin, the youngest son did not get married, but with this money in hand, no matter what, people are always more at ease. They can also see that Yeqin is taking the right path, and there will be a way out in the future.

Moreover, the two elders don’t understand other things, but they still know that the money is not clear. Ye Qin’s bonuses have never been talked about with outsiders. Even the youngest son only knows the approximate number, without specifying the number, but it can cause a small incident. In the quiet village, there are some things that can't be hidden.

After all, in the county, the banners at the gate of Xiushui No. 2 Middle School have been hanging, and the City Games at the end of October will be on TV. More or less there are children from each family who have gone to middle school or high school. It is impossible that there will be no news about it.

Ye Guandi looked at Wu Fengqin, the eldest daughter-in-law who came to the door for his younger son's marriage this time, and he had been wondering what she wanted to do.

"Ye Qin, come and sit down." Wu Fengqin's eyes lit up when she saw Ye Qin enter the hall, and she greeted Ye Qin to sit next to her.

She came here in the morning, and she didn't want to come because of her bad reputation at home, but she was not afraid. And compared to other people, she knows more about reading and literacy than her relatives with mud legs.

Not to mention anything else, what is the concept of a national champion in the City Games, others don't know, she still knows a little bit. There are also some changes that have come out of Xiushui No. 2 Middle School. The education system in Xiushui County has already caused a sensation.

When Ye Qin was in junior high school, she heard how Ye Qin loved to run and jump, and she felt that way when she went to a second middle school, but who would want this kid to have such a good talent in sports?

"sit down."

After sitting at the top, Ye Guandi looked at Ye Qinjin Gate, and ignored Wu Fengqin's words. The old man opened his mouth and pointed to the side.

"Ye Qin, did you work hard at school? Did you eat well?" As soon as Ye Qin sat down, Wu Fengqin reached out to grab Ye Qin's hand and asked with concern.

"Let's talk if you have anything." Ye Qin looked at each other's movements and hurriedly withdrew his hand, and said coldly.

Watching Ye Qin's movements, Wu Fengqin looked a little embarrassed, but she still concealed her past with a smile, "In a few days, we will entertain guests at home on the first month of the year. Your uncle and aunt are newly married this year, and you have to sit at home. , I will have dinner together at that time. Your dad hasn't seen you for more than a year, so he always talks about it."

"No time!"

Ye Qin stood up suddenly, refused altogether, and then said to Ye Guandi and Liu Lanzhi, "Grandpa and grandma, I will go back to school soon. The coach told me to go back to training early. I will go to Linzhou in a few days. game."

"Fengqin, Ye Qin is busy with business, I think I will talk about it later." Ye Guandi picked up the dry chimney on the table at hand and knocked it, and said to Ye Qin, "Ye Qin, you go The fireworks in the room were moved out, and Su Ju had been screaming for a long time."

Wu Fengqin wanted to say something next to her, but looking at this posture, she didn't know how to say it for a while. The grandmother Liu Lanzhi next to her said she was going to see her new wife and let Wu Fengqin follow.

Ye Qin nodded towards the second elder, UU reading www. Uukanshu.com directly turned around and greeted his cousin outside, and took out two boxes of fireworks from the room to the open space outside the courtyard.

The sound of igniting, setting off, and swishing gunpowder fuel sounded, and flames sprayed out from the cardboard box, flew high into the sky, and exploded suddenly.

The fireworks were brilliant, lighting up the dark night.

Ye Qin watched the fireworks in full bloom, bright and dazzling, and then the matter of Wu Fengqin was forgotten.

The uncle got married, the two elders were happy, the family no longer worried, the fireworks in front of him were flourishing, and his way forward had never been clearer.

He already wanted to go back to school, back to the track, back to the field.

He knew that he had changed something, and what was the reason for these changes.

All the hardships and twists and turns brought about by life, after all, gradually disappeared while he was running.

When I stand on the runway, I know where my life is!