Neighbors are cute today too

Chapter 168
September [-]th, Saturday, Mid-Autumn Festival.

For Lin Lu at this moment, it doesn't matter if the Mid-Autumn Festival is not. The important thing is that today is the first time he and Li Xingruo come to meet their parents at home. For a college student who just passed his 19th birthday, now It should be a great thing to go to see the parents... What a ghost!Lin Lu only felt that he was so nervous now!

People are always slow-witted, just like when they come to the examination room, they will regret why they didn't study hard. Until today, Lin Lu regretted a little. Going home together, even wishing to go to Liangxi with her on weekdays, naive!too naive!You should procrastinate, at least wait until you graduate and have a decent job and income before going!

God knows how many questions Lin Lu has searched and asked on the major online platforms in the past few days about visiting parents and the like. I thought I had written the questions a hundred times, and I was already confident. When this day came, I was still nervous and nervous. .

Now that the arrow is on the string and has to be launched, Lin Lu bites the bullet and has to go. The attitude of Sister Xingruo's family is very important. This trip can only succeed, not fail.

Last night, sister Xingruo hugged her to sleep, and she slept soundly. Lin Lu suffered two kinds of torture and didn't sleep much all night. The alarm clock was set at eight o'clock, and it was only six o'clock when the sky just dawned. He gently took her hand away, brought the school uniform bear to her, and quietly got out of bed and left the room.

In order to relieve the messy emotions such as excitement, anticipation, tension, anxiety, etc., he went downstairs and ran for three kilometers outside, carrying the buns and soy milk he bought, and returned home sweating profusely, and then took a serious wash. Take a hot shower, stand in front of the mirror and brush your teeth.

Finished, a little dark circles...

After applying hot towels for a long time, I couldn't see it anymore. Back in my room, Lin Lu changed clothes in a hurry. He chose a pair of slacks and a white shirt to look mature and stable, and then put on the pair She wore plain glasses for pretense, and her hair was blown out, her bangs were blown away to reveal her forehead, and she was sprayed with an odorless setting spray.

After all, no one is perfect, and he doesn't know whether his appearance and clothes suit Uncle Li and the others. He never cares whether others like him or not, but this time is an exception. He must let Uncle Li and the others like him. You have to like yourself, maybe that's where the pressure lies.

The luggage was already packed last night. After Lin Lu packed himself, it was only seven o'clock. Sure enough, the flow of time is related to people's moods. Sometimes time passes quickly, but sometimes it passes very quickly. long.

He gently opened the door of Li Xingruo's room and took a look. She was not awake yet, holding his school uniform bear in her arms, sleeping soundly.

It was still early, so Lin Lu didn't wake her up. He wanted to sleep too, but unfortunately he couldn't. This feeling was like staying up late and drinking three cups of coffee and three bottles of Red Bull. He was obviously sleepy physically, but full of energy.

Little Fat Cat stayed at his mother's side last night, and went to Uncle Wen's hometown with Momo Yanyan and the others today for the festival, Lin Lu felt like he was on the battlefield alone.

The house was quiet, and he didn't just sit and wait. He went to the study and took the drawing board to the balcony. He took out the brush and started drawing. At this time in early September, at seven o'clock, the sun just rose from the east. He painted the sunrise of the city right here on the balcony.

Needless to say, as the picture on the paper gradually formed, his restless heart gradually became peaceful.

Perhaps this is the charm of painting for him. After his parents divorced, he spent those restless and anxious days and nights by immersing himself in the world of painting. Every time he picked up a brush and painted, he thought of winter Lin Lu's heart would be very peaceful when she was basking in the sun with him in the park.

Now that I think about it, I should feel happier. After all, she appeared beside me in my memory, and he will go back to Liangxi with her later... Don't think about the door-to-door anymore! !
At [-]:[-], Lin Lu put away the painting, washed his hands, and went to Li Xingruo's room again.

Compared with four or 10 minutes ago, the sister next door has changed her sleeping position now, maybe because the room is getting brighter, she looks like she hasn't slept enough, she pulls up the quilt and covers her head to hide Bright, as she pulled up the quilt, those slender and moist calves were exposed, a pair of cute little feet, the soles of the feet were soft and tender, looking at people, I wanted to stretch out my fingers to scratch the soles of her feet scratched.

Lin Lu scratched it.

He lay on the side of the bed, secretly stretched out his fingers and lightly hooked her soft soles twice, she shrank her feet, and the little toes like tender lotus root also curled up, like a snail's eyes being touched like.

Lin Lu scratched her a few more times, and she seemed to be a little angry. She hummed a few times in a daze, as if there were annoying mosquitoes. The little feet also retracted into the bed.

The quilt covered her body, and she curled up into a small ball in the quilt, her pretty face was also buried in the quilt, only her waist-length hair bloomed and scattered on the pillow like flowers.

"Xing, Ruo, sister..."

Lin Lu called her softly.

"Get up, bed, it's time..."

She continued to sleep soundly.

Lin Lu was sitting on the edge of the bed, bent down, and gently hooked the side of the quilt covering her head with his fingers. This process was like peeling an egg. As he hooked the side of the quilt with his fingers, she The pink and soft face was revealed.

She was resting on her arm, her face was a little baby fat because of being squeezed, her big eyes were closed, and the two rows of eyelashes were long and dense, like small brushes, following Lin Lu's voice calling her, her The eyelashes fluttered slightly, but they just didn't open their eyes.

"Stay, sleep, ah, eight, o'clock, o'clock, it's time...!"

"Well……"

There was no other way, so Lin Lu had no choice but to wake her up with a gentle pop. Sister Xingruo's little face was really soft, taking a sip was like sucking jelly, and she could pick up a small piece and then make a pop sound.

"Oh My God……"

She was rolling around like a caterpillar unhappily, and her voice was so cute and soft when she just woke up, it made people's ears itchy.

"What are you doing..."

"Sister Xingruo is still awake, it's eight o'clock!"

"..."

Li Xingruo, who had just woken up, was still a little dazed, sitting on the bed in a duck-sitting position with his pillow in his arms, pouted his mouth slightly, and rubbed his eyes lightly with his slender fingers.

When she looked up at Lin Lu, she saw that he had already washed and dressed, Lin Lu opened the curtains, and the sunlight unscrupulously shone into the room, finally driving her little sleepy bug away.

"what time is it?"

"It's eight o'clock."

"When did you wake up..."

"I woke up a long time ago. I'm not as lazy as Sister Xingruo. I even ran three kilometers and drew a picture!"

"Hmph, bragging doesn't make drafts."

It wasn't until he walked out of the room and saw the breakfast that Lin Lu bought and the sunrise painting he had just painted, that Li Xingruo believed that he really got up early in the morning. I think he is so stupid and cute, why don't I just go home with him, making it look like her parents are going to eat him.

Her mood was a little different from Lin Lu's, she was less nervous than him, less anxious than him, and much more excited than him.

Thinking about how half a year ago she told a few good girlfriends that they would be single for the rest of their lives, but today she was going to bring Lin Lu back to Liangxi to meet her parents. It was like a dream in a daze, and she really answered what Jay Chou said Lyrics, love comes too fast like a tornado.

While she was eating breakfast, Lin Lu started to do push-ups again, because he was not used to wearing glasses, after a few push-ups, the glasses fell off, and he put them back on in embarrassment.

"What's the matter with you?"

"I have no idea!"

"Your sister is here, what are you afraid of? Do you remember what I taught you last night?"

"Remember, Sister Xingruo's grandfather's dog is named Ahuang. Ahuang is very smart. He can recognize his family members at a glance. He can eat two pots of rice for one meal. When you tease him, you can't sip and sip, he will bark. It should be called Ah Huang Ah Huang."

"...Who asked you, Ah Huang!"

"What I mean is, I remember all the dogs in Sister Xingruo's grandfather's house, not to mention anything else."

"Well, you have taken it to heart."

"Sister Xingruo."

"what?"

"If Uncle Li and Aunt Chen look down on me, will you elope with me?"

"No, goodbye!"

"Don't! Sister Xingruo coaxed me anyway, you said 'Even if my parents don't like you, I will elope with you' so I won't be nervous!"

"Oh, well, well, I really can't do anything about you..."

Not only Lin Lu dressed up specially, but Li Xingruo also dressed up specially after breakfast. He put on a beautiful little skirt, which is completely different from the usual sportswear when he comes home. This is also a manifestation of his mental outlook. , it is necessary to let the old parents see that their daughter has become better after falling in love.

After a brief cleaning, the doors and windows were closed, Lin Lu was carrying her bag and suitcase, and she took some souvenirs and garbage to throw away later. At [-]:[-], the two of them left on time.

At exactly nine o'clock, the A6 carrying the two siblings slowly drove out of the community, on the road to Liangxi.

Because Lin Lu got his driver's license for less than a year and couldn't go on the highway, the route he chose was an ordinary road, and the navigation prompt took one hour and 26 minutes. This was the furthest distance Lin Lu had ever driven since he got his driver's license.

I drive in the city on weekdays. Lin Lu is very familiar with the city and basically doesn't need navigation. Now I drive with the navigation on. At this moment, I feel like going to Liangxi to meet my parents, and it is extraordinarily fresh.

Needless to say, he was nervous before going, but after the car got on the road, he calmed down a lot, probably because he was already on the road.

While waiting for the traffic lights, Li Xingruo peeled off a candy and stuffed it into his mouth, and she ate one herself, her legs stretched out comfortably under the hem of the skirt. This was also the first time she went home without taking the high-speed train. Instead, there is a special car to pick up and drop off, which feels really good.

Taking out her mobile phone, she sideways pointed the camera at Lin Lu, took a photo, and sent it to the family group of 'Three Auspicious Treasures'.

star: "[photo]"

star: "We are leaving now! If there is no traffic jam, we will be home at 10:30!"

Dad: "Does it take so long? It's about five or ten minutes on the highway."

star: "We didn't take the high speed!"

Dad: "[photo]"

Dad: "Your mother is killing chickens. Your uncle and the others will also come back to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in the evening. I heard that you brought your boyfriend back. I want to see you."

star: "There are so many people this year?"

Dad: "Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival for epidemic prevention, I didn't come back. This year, I came back to be lively. Tell Xiaolin to drive slowly on the road and pay attention to safety."

Li Xingruo told Lin Lu, and Lin Lu became nervous again after calming down for a while.

"What? Sister Xingruo's uncles are coming back tonight too? We don't have any gifts for the uncles. What should we do? Go to Liangxi and buy some more?"

"...Don't be nervous, they came back for the Mid-Autumn Festival, just meet each other."

"Sister Xingruo, your information is inaccurate!"

"Calm down, let's have dinner as a family at noon."

……

Liangxi is one of the central cities in the Yangtze River Delta region, and it is the first time for Lin Lu to come to this city.

Compared with Sunan, a new first-tier city, Liangxi is still a little less prosperous, perhaps because this city is her hometown, and Lin Lu also has some different emotions for this city.

The car didn't take the high speed, and walked all the way from the ordinary road. Lin Lu also had a preliminary understanding of the appearance of the city of Liangxi.

“The city center feels pretty much the same.”

"Hey, have you arrived at Liangxi?"

"..."

Maybe this is Lu Chi. Li Xingruo didn't sleep or play with her mobile phone. She looked out of the car window like a curious kitten, but even so, she didn't notice it when she reached Liangxi.

"But my home is not in the city center, well, it should be almost half an hour after driving!"

"Sister Xingruo actually knows the way?"

"No, I know the time. If I take my dad's car to the city center on weekdays, it takes about half an hour."

Lin Lu looked at the navigation information on the left, and it was indeed less than half an hour away from the destination. Before he knew it, he had walked two-thirds of the distance, and the location of the navigation was a small supermarket next to Li Xingruo's home. , as the car moved forward, the cursor was also moving slowly, just like his mood at the moment.

"It's over, sister Xingruo, I suddenly feel like going to the toilet..."

"Where do I go to the bathroom? Hold on, there's only half an hour left, go home and go!"

Half an hour is actually quite fast. After passing the urban area, there are fewer vehicles on the road, and the road has changed from eight lanes to four lanes. Before you know it, you have entered the scope of a small county town. The high-rise buildings you entered suddenly disappeared. Looking at the low buildings and shops, the view of the sky widens. Passing through one town after another, the color of the road changes from asphalt to off-white. Occasionally there are potholes, and the sunlight also changes It got hot.

While Lin Lu's urge to urinate became more and more urgent, Li Xingruo's eyes, who were looking out the window, also became brighter and brighter.

"I know the way!"

"..."

It's really not easy for the road-crazed Xingruo sister to say this, which also shows that it's really not a few kilometers away from her home.

"Don't follow the navigation, wait a moment and turn into that small intersection over there, there are fewer cars and faster!"

"..."

Look, the navigation is useless to her, and she can even direct Lin Lu!

Under her command, Lin Lu turned a corner, drove the car into the narrow two-lane, and then turned another corner. A straight two-lane appeared in front of her. In front of the fork in the road, the third-to-last building in a row of self-built houses with different heights, next door to a Jinrong Supermarket, the three-story self-built house, her voice became louder:
"Did you see it? That's my home!"

"..."

Lin Lu's heart rose to his throat.

Is this where Sister Xingruo grew up...

His speed slowed down. It was 10:30 in the morning. The head of the car was facing east. The hot sun made him squint his eyes, as if he had just woken up from a dream. I'm going to her house.

There are scattered pedestrians on the street, steamed bun steamers and noodle soup cauldrons in the breakfast shop next to it, and electric cars pass by from time to time, and the license plates of all the vehicles you see also start with Su B.

The road of two 300 meters passed in the blink of an eye. Lin Lu could see the whole picture of the three-story building. Her house was on his left, just like most of the surrounding houses. There was a trace of moss growing in the gap between the tiles, and there was a spacious parking lot at the door, in which a white car was parked.

Although it has already entered autumn, the flowers and plants in front of the building are still luxuriant, and the branches and leaves have obviously been pruned not long ago. The cement floor in front of the door is cleaned very cleanly. A middle-aged man wearing a POLO shirt with the hem wrapped in casual pants is Put away the cleaning tools; there is also a woman with tied hair sitting on a small bench, under the faucet next to the door, leaning over and pulling out the thin duck feathers of the fat ducks that have been slaughtered in the basin with small tweezers.

"My father and my mother! Hey, hey...? It's been opened! It's been opened!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, sister Xingruo wait for me to adjust my mood..."

Originally, Lin Lu wanted to turn the corner and go in, but when he saw Uncle Li and Aunt Chen were at the door, he became very nervous for a while, so he went around in circles to adjust his mood.

Seeing Lin Lu's nervous appearance, Li Xingruo was angry and funny, so she let him go. She leaned back on the chair again, and wanted to see how many times he could go around.

When it was the fourth lap, Li Xingruo couldn't bear it any longer, and said angrily, "Idiot, have you adjusted well, you've already passed the house three times and won't enter!"

Fortunately, there is a road in front of the house, and the parents at home don't have the habit of paying attention to the passing vehicles. If they see this car that has passed by the house three times, they may be confused.

"Okay! I'm ready!"

"Really?"

"real!"

Going around in circles, Lin Lu felt like his bladder was going to explode!
"Then we're going in."

"..."

Passing by her door again, this time Lin Lu turned on the turn signal in advance, the car stopped, turned a right angle to the left leisurely, and then slowly drove towards the front of her door.

Chen Yingping, who was plucking duck feathers, raised her head, and Li Min, who was washing the tea sets, also raised her head.

They have already seen the baby girl sitting in the passenger seat in the car, and Lin Lu who is smiling and nodding in the car and raising his hand to say hello.

The two elders immediately stopped what they were doing, with smiles on their faces, they walked over together.

Lin Lu lowered the windows on both sides, and parked the car under Li Min's command.

"Hello Uncle Li, hello Auntie."

Lin Lu car hadn't turned off the engine yet, so she hurriedly said hello first, and Li Xingruo, who was in the co-pilot, got out of the car first, unfastened her seat belt, she was also very nervous, her big eyes were always paying attention to the expressions of her parents.

"Dad! Mom! We are back, he, he is Lin Lu."

"Oh! Good, good, good, Xiao Lin, is there no traffic jam on the road?"

"Fortunately, it went well..."

Lin Lu quickly turned off the engine and got out of the car. Although he was down-to-earth, he felt like he was sitting in a fast and fast elevator. He was flustered, and he didn't know if it was too hot. He felt his face was slightly hot, maybe It was probably because of the gazes of Uncle Li and Aunt Chen who were a head shorter than him. After he got out of the car, the eyes of the two elders shifted from their daughter to him.

When Lin Lu came here, he rehearsed the script of the meeting countless times in his mind, but when he really stood in front of the two elders, he felt his mind was a little blank, as if a pig with cabbage had come to the door by himself.

"Xiao Lin is much taller than he looks in the photo!"

"He's almost 1.8 meters five with shoes on."

Before Lin Lu could answer, Li Xingruo quickly walked around from the front of the car and stood beside him, stretching out his little hand as if gesturing for her and his height.

Needless to say, but seeing Lin Lu's words, he didn't feel anything, but when his daughter was standing next to him, the old parents felt that they were quite compatible.

The old parents can feel the nervousness of the young man in front of them. The young man looks pretty good. He belongs to the kind of face that women will praise when they see him. Although he didn't talk much when he first met him, he looked a little shy, but he smiled very well. , Young people who love to laugh always look sunny.

It's the first time for my daughter to bring a boy to the house, and as a boyfriend, the old parents are a little nervous, but as the elders, they are naturally much calmer. No, even Li Xingruo can see that the parents are so nervous. Their clothes were also specially tidied up, chickens and ducks were slaughtered, and the hygiene at home was cleaned up. They usually opened a shop during the Chinese New Year. Today they closed the shop and rested, and they specially waited at home.

It really wasn't as simple as 'have a meal and meet up', and both of them valued Lin Lu's visit this time.

"Xiao Lin has worked hard all the way here, hurry up and drink tea in the house."

"well."

Lin Lu opened the trunk, and together with Li Xingruo, took out the luggage and souvenirs in the trunk.

In front of his uncles and aunts, he naturally had to behave well. Apart from a backpack that was carried by Li Xingruo, he was responsible for carrying a bunch of things like suitcases and other things.

Originally, he thought it was only because he was nervous that he felt the urgency to urinate, but when his hands were full of things, the pressure on his body increased, and Lin Lu felt that his forehead was sweating.

But it happened to be at her house, and I was too embarrassed to say that I was going to the toilet as soon as I entered the house, so I had to grit my teeth and hold back.

"Why do you still buy so many things..."

"I didn't buy it!"

"Of course I know that you didn't buy it, and you didn't stop Xiaolin. Mom told you to let Xiaolin come over for dinner and stay for two days. It's too polite..."

"It should be, Uncle and Aunt Li, it's rare to come here, be a little careful, I hope Uncle and Aunt Li will like it and use it."

"Xiao Lin has a heart, come in the house quickly."

Following Li Xingruo's family, Lin Lu walked into the house. The living room on the first floor was spacious and bright, and fruit plates, melon seeds, snacks and other things were already placed on the tea table.

Lin Lu was carrying a lot of things in his hands, and he didn't know where to put them for a while, so he looked at Li Xingruo as if asking for help.

Li Xingruo also sensibly helped him take the things in his hands, after all, my parents must be embarrassed to take them, so she carried the things and took them to a room to pack them up.

"Xiaolin sit down, you're welcome, just treat it as your own home."

"well."

Li Min was sitting at the main seat making tea, and Lin Lu was sitting opposite him. The sofa was made of solid wood. He sat upright, and his lower back didn't touch the sofa at all.

"Then Xiaolin, you sit down first, I'll go and clean up the two ducks, and I'll make braised ducks for you later."

"Auntie, I will help you."

Lin Lu stood up, and Chen Yingping hurriedly said, "No, no, you come all the way, drink tea and rest first, there's not much work to do, just come and auntie."

"Come on, Xiaolin, drink tea."

Li Min poured him tea, Lin Lu hurriedly held the cup and kowtowed: "Thank you, Uncle Li."

The tea was a little hot, and the urination was a little urgent. Lin Lu still picked up the teacup, blew on it, and took two sips.

Honestly, he didn't look around, but from time to time he would glance at the room where Li Xingruo just put his things, a little anxious why she didn't come out.

After finishing a cup of tea, Lin Lu put down the cup, his bladder was about to burst.

Li Min immediately refilled his drink.

"..."

"..."

He and Uncle Li were left in the living room, one pouring tea and the other drinking tea.

If Li Xing was not there, neither the future father-in-law nor the future son-in-law would speak, and the living room fell into a tacit and weird silence over tea...

(End of this chapter)