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Hearing the sound, the boy raised his head to look at the grandma who was slumped in the wheelchair, then at his father, remained silent, then lowered his head again, and slowly moved his feet towards the round table beside Lian Ge.
Watching the boy walk away, the middle-aged man turned back again,
The old lady also rolled some cloudy eyeballs, turned her eyes away from the boy, leaned on the wheelchair, looked at the middle-aged man, followed closely, just like before, staring blankly at the man in front of her. .
"...Mom, see if you want to eat something else. There are so many dishes on the table. Do you want to try some?"
The middle-aged man said with a smile on his face, bent down again, picked up the bowl that was broken earlier, put it aside, and then looked at the old lady,
"...Today is the birthday banquet for your [-]th birthday. You are happy to see it... When you are [-], I will make it more lively for you."
The middle-aged man smiled and said.
And the old lady's cloudy eyes, as before, just stared blankly, looking in front of her, as if she didn't hear the middle-aged man's words,
"...Mom, let's drink some hoof flower soup...Your teeth are not good now, I told the chef specifically, and asked him to add hoof flower soup."
The middle-aged man smiles, holds a bowl and fills the soup in the soup bowl on the table,
"...Mom, open your mouth, ah..."
The old lady was still the same as before, staring in front of her in a daze, and slowly opened her mouth.
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"...Xiaoshan, you're back, and you're still angry."
The boy walked back to his previous seat at the round table, lowered his head again, and sat down,
Aunt Xu next to him smiled and said something to the boy,
"...But you still have to eat when you are angry, you know... Even if you and your father are angry, you have to eat something, otherwise your stomach will be starved... Come, Aunt Xu will bring you a pair of clean chopsticks Get a piece of chicken, you eat a piece."
Aunt Xu was talking, put down her chopsticks, picked up a pair of unused chopsticks on the table, picked up a piece of chicken for the boy, and put it in the bowl in front of the boy.
"...Why, are you angry with Aunt Xu?"
Looking at the boy with his head buried, Aunt Xu said again,
Hearing the sound, the boy raised his head slowly, picked up the chopsticks, ate the piece of chicken in the bowl, stopped the chopsticks again, and looked at Aunt Xu,
Looking at Aunt Xu, the boy seemed to want to say something,
"...Why, what do you want to say to Aunt Xu? Tell Aunt Xu."
That Aunt Xu noticed the boy's appearance, she laughed aloud and said.
The boy still looked at Aunt Xu, and remained silent for a while, but in the end he still couldn't say anything, he just lowered his head again, and didn't go to pick up the chopsticks to eat from the bowl.
"...What's the matter, Xiaoshan..."
"... Aunt Xu, Aunt Liu, Uncle Wu... the dishes today are still suitable."
Then Aunt Xu looked down at the boy in concern and asked aloud,
And at this time, the middle-aged man came over, greeted the people at the table, and said with a smile,
"...Shukou, Shukou...Xiaode, you don't need to greet us, you can go to eat by yourself."
"... Xiaoshan doesn't know what's wrong today, and he hasn't talked much, Xiaode, why don't you ask him."
A few old people at the table raised their heads one after another when they heard the sound, and answered with a smile. Aunt Xu raised her head, answered with a smile, then lowered her head, looked at the boy, and said aloud,
"...Xiaoshan, what's the matter, I'm really uncomfortable. If you are really uncomfortable, go back to the house and rest for a while. Dad will save some food for you, and you will eat later when you are hungry."
The middle-aged man listened, squatting down in front of the boy, with a concerned face, reached out and touched the boy's forehead again, and said.
The boy slowly raised his head again, looked at the middle-aged man, remained silent, said nothing, lowered his head again, and ran into the room by the courtyard.
"...This child is probably not feeling well today. I'm sorry, Aunt Xu."
The middle-aged man stood up, and said something apologetically to Aunt Xu,
"...It's okay, it's okay..."
"... Xiaode, you can go to eat too, don't be busy greeting us."
"That's fine, then Aunt Xu, take your time and take it easy."
The middle-aged man said, with a smile on his face, and then gradually walked away, greeting each other from table to table.
Glancing at the middle-aged man, Lian Ge turned his gaze, and then at the old lady slumped in a wheelchair,
The old lady was still trembling slightly, staring in front of her in a daze.
Looking back, Lian Ge didn't say much, didn't pick up the chopsticks, just sat at the table, listening to the voices mixed in his ears.
In the yard, tables and tables of guests were eating, drinking, talking, and chatting.
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"...No need to send them off, they are all in the village, not far away, we just go back by ourselves."
"...Old Chang, let's go first... No need to send it off, you can do your own work and take care of the old lady..."
"...That's fine, then go slowly..."
In the courtyard, under the incandescent lamp,
After eating, the guests at the table began to leave the table one after another. After talking to the middle-aged man, they scattered around.
Gradually, there were only some late guests left in the yard, who had stopped their chopsticks and gathered around the banquet to chat.His face was reddened by the smell of alcohol, he was a little drunk, he was still holding a wine glass, clutching a wine bottle, he was smoking with the people next to him, the people who were fighting for wine, and the cooks and helpers who had just sat down to eat after a busy day.
"...Drink... It's rare to meet this opportunity, and it's late at night. Do you want to drink... Ah, come on, I'll go first..."
"...Old Xu, aren't you robbing me for a drink..."
"...Hey, for today's banquet, I guess everyone from the village came here if they are free..."
"...No, I took the time to look at it just now, and it's close to thirty tables..."
The mixed sound of pushing cups and changing glasses, the noisy voice gradually subsided,
There were only a few, and from time to time there were voices of people around the table. In the yard, under the darkening night overhead, it gradually seemed a little quiet.
……
"... Xiaode, I'm about to go back too, you are busy with your work."
At Lian Ge's table, several elderly people got up one after another. Aunt Xu looked at the yard before, walked towards the middle-aged man who was smiling and sending away the guests, and said,
"... Aunt Xu, sit down a little longer. It's rare that Aunt Xu and Uncle Wu are all here today. Let's sit down and talk, and I'll pour you a cup of tea."
The middle-aged man turned around, smiled and said something to Aunt Xu again,
"... No, it's getting late now, and I'm getting older. If I don't go back and squint my eyes, I won't be able to bear them anymore. I'll go and say goodbye to Mrs. Cheng, and then I'll go back."
Aunt Xu shook her head and said something out loud,
"...Then I won't keep you, Aunt Xu. Aunt Xu, you can come and sit some other day. My mother must be happy to see you. My mother is over there."
The middle-aged man smiled and spoke to Aunt Xu, then turned around again and looked at the side of the old lady who was slumped in the wheelchair.
Aunt Xu nodded, moved her feet towards that side and walked over.
The middle-aged man looked at it, turned around again, with a smile on his face, and sent another guest away.
"...Aunt Liu, why don't you sit down for a while..."
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Turning his gaze, Lian Ge glanced at the middle-aged man by the yard,
Looking away again, he looked at the old lady slumped in a wheelchair at the table not far away,
The hand of the old lady resting on the wheelchair was still trembling, her head was leaning weakly on the back of the wheelchair, her eyes were a little cloudy, just like before, staring blankly in front of her.
"... Mrs. Cheng, thank you for the birthday wine. I'll go back now and come over to tell you."
Aunt Xu walked up to the old lady's wheelchair and spoke to the old lady who was slumped in the wheelchair.
"... Another day, I'll come to see you again, and you, take care of your body... In other words, don't be angry... Now that you look like this, it's better not to torment your son... ...Look at how filial your son is, taking care of you to eat, take care of you to drink... You are seventy years old, and you are celebrating your birthday with so much excitement. Look, so many people are celebrating your birthday today, How wonderful..."
Aunt Xu bent over and spoke aloud to the old lady sitting slumped in the wheelchair.
The old lady seemed to have heard Aunt Xu's words, her eyes turned slightly cloudy, she first looked at Aunt Xu, and then turned her gaze again, looking at the newly vacated stools beside the dining tables , looked at the gradually quiet yard, turned her cloudy eyes again, and looked at Aunt Xu who was still talking, her mouth was slightly open, and her hands on the wheelchair trembled more and more , seems to want to lift up.
"... How much has Xiaode suffered in these years... Tell me, if you were someone else, who would take care of you so well... Mrs. Cheng, do you have anything you want to tell me? "
The old lady slumped in the wheelchair opened her mouth a little more, her lips trembling uncontrollably. Aunt Xu noticed the change in the old lady's face and asked aloud.
"...It's okay, Mom, I'm not tired...you are still here, it's enough to be with me."
At this time, the middle-aged man's voice sounded, he smiled, walked behind Aunt Xu, and said aloud to the old lady in the wheelchair.
"...This old woman...is really..."
Hearing the sound, Aunt Xu straightened up again, turned around, looked at the old lady, then at the middle-aged man, shook her head and said aloud,
"... I guess I'm sober now, I know I love you... Xiaode, don't blame your mother, your mother is also crazy because of this disease, otherwise I won't treat you You are like this..."
"...It's okay, it's my mother after all."
The middle-aged man said with a smile on his face, then turned his head to look at the old lady slumped in the wheelchair,
The old lady's hands were not trembling that much, and she closed her slightly opened mouth again, just looking at the middle-aged man with her eyes straight at him.
"...that is to say, Xiaode, you have a kind heart, otherwise..."
Aunt Xu spoke again, then turned her head and looked at the old lady,
"...Mrs. Cheng, just take care of yourself, and I'll go first... Xiaode, I'll go back first."
"...That's fine, then Aunt Xu, I'll see you off."
"...No need to send, no need to send... Take care of your mother."
Then Aunt Xu turned around and said something to the middle-aged man, then turned and walked into the yard,
The middle-aged man took two steps after him, stood where he was, watched Aunt Xu walk away, then turned his head to look at the old lady who was slumped in a wheelchair,
"...Mom. It's getting cold outside, why don't I go get you some clothes again."
The middle-aged man walked up to the old lady and said aloud to the old lady,
The old lady just stared straight at the middle-aged man,
"...Then Mom, you sit in the yard again, wait a while, when the guests leave, I will push you back to the house to rest."
The middle-aged man spoke again, and walked away to the side, seeing off another guest who got up and left.
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"...Old Chang, do you want these leftovers? If you want, I'll get you a few pots and pack them separately. If you don't, I'll dump them all into the bucket for you."
After leaving some of the guests, the tables became more and more empty, only a few sporadic villagers who came were still talking at the tables, and a few drunk guests were a little drunk, clasping each other's shoulders, smelt of alcohol,
The cooks and helpers who had eaten got up one after another and began to clean up the leftovers on the tables.
At the table where Lian Ge was sitting, Lian Ge was the only one left.
Turning his gaze, he looked at the middle-aged man who was smiling and seeing off the guests, and the old lady who was slumped in a wheelchair and looked straight ahead, as if she was looking at the middle-aged man.
Pausing his gaze, Lian Ge looked away.
Just in time, a helper who was packing leftovers dragged a bucket to Lian Ge's table,
"...Young man, do you still want to eat?"
Looking at Lian Ge, the helper asked aloud,
Shaking his head, Lian Ge stood up and walked towards the yard.
After stepping out of the yard and stopping at the side of the village road outside the yard, Lian Ge used his mana, raised his hand and waved it lightly, casting the spell of 'invisibility' on himself,
Turn around, stand by the yard, and continue to look into the yard.
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