The full moon banquet of the dragon and phoenix did not invite too many people, not even a few factory directors, but the two families got together and invited a few gentlemen.

Relatives came one after another early in the morning. Ling Xiulan and Wang Sufen took the baby out first, and Zhen Zhen lay down in the bathtub and took a comfortable bath. After drying her hair and standing in front of the mirror, Zhen Zhen was pleasantly surprised to find that her belly that had swelled due to pregnancy had returned to a flat shape, and her figure didn't look much different from before pregnancy. Perhaps because of feeding two children, although Zhen Zhen eats a lot at each meal, her consumption is also much larger than that of normal mothers.

After blow-drying her hair, Zhen Zhen swept her own large yard with her consciousness, the guests were basically sitting in the garden, it was September, the weather was neither cold nor hot, the sun was just right, and the garden was full of The scene of a good harvest, the old and the young like to sit here. Those with children at home are even more excited. Climbing trees to pick apples and fishing by the pond is simply a paradise for games. Li Mingzhong is also old now. It is lying on the softest grass, watching the children play with gentle eyes. If a child comes to stroke its head, it will rub their palms kindly. .

Zhen Zhen opened the cabinet and tried on several sets of clothes. Because of breastfeeding, the clothes before pregnancy were a little tight. Fortunately, Ling Xiulan had already thought of this situation and sent a lot of new clothes in advance. Zhen Zhen chose short clothes. Sleeves and pants, such clothes are relatively convenient for breastfeeding.

When they arrived in the garden, Ling Xiulan and Wang Sufen's twins in their arms seemed to be in touch, and they howled immediately. Ling Xiulan smiled and patted the little butt of the watermelon in her arms: "Do you know that your mother is here and wants to eat?"

There was a small western-style building in the garden, which used to be Ling Xiulan's resting place. Several people carried the baby in, changed diapers and fed milk, and the two little babies fell asleep again.

Wang Sufen put the dragon and the phoenix on the bed and said softly, "Go to the garden to greet your relatives. I'll watch them here, and lie down and rest."

There is nothing to give to each other in this matter. Relatively speaking, Ling Xiulan is more suitable for socializing scenes, while Wang Sufen prefers to watch children. Zhen Zhen took another pillow from the next room and asked Wang Sufen to lie down under the feet of the dragon and phoenix, so she could take a nap when she was sleepy.

After going out of the mansion, Zhen Zhen looked at Mingbei's house and took an apple to feed Li Mingzhong. When he was young and strong, Li Mingzhong liked to eat apples, but now his teeth are bad, and even the meat has to be stewed rotten Just eat and move. For dogs, Li Mingzhong has already lived a long life, which is also related to the fact that he has been living next to Zhen Zhen since he was a child. With Zhen Zhen's ability to nourish his physique, his physique has always been much stronger than other dogs.

"Auntie, Hongzhong doesn't eat apples." Xinxin said in a soft and waxy voice, because Li Mingzhong couldn't eat apples and was a little sad.

"Because Hongzhong is old, it can't bite anymore." Zhen Zhen squatted down and "changed" a small cake when no one noticed: "You give this to Hongzhong to eat."

Xinxin took the small cake, hesitated for a moment, opened her mouth and took a bite: "Yeah, it's delicious!" Xinxin licked her lips, looked at her aunt who was smiling at her, and blushed to make an excuse for herself: "I just I want to taste whether it is soft or not."

Zhen Zhen couldn't help laughing, even Li Mingzhong's eyes were full of smiles, Zhen Zhen took out another piece of cake and handed it to Xin Xin: "I'll give this to my sister Dimian, the delicious food should be shared with the family."

Xinxin nodded. This time, she took the cake and didn't steal it. Instead, she stumbled and ran towards Diandian holding the cake: "Sister, sister, eat the cake, aunt gave it."

Zhen Zhen retracted her gaze, sat on the grass beside Li Mingzhong, touched Li Mingzhong's head, Zhen Zhen was a little dazed: "Mingzhong, do you want to eat or play?"

"I haven't eaten or played anything in my life. Tigers are my friends, so I don't have any regrets." Li Mingzhong put on a proud look, looked at Zhen Zhen and laughed out loud , it showed a nostalgic expression again: "But I don't know what happened to rhubarb? Go back and take me to see it?"

Zhen Zhen looked at Li Mingzhong suspiciously: "You're scared to pee every time you see it, this is getting older and more and more self-abusing."

"I don't want to eat and see life and death?" Li Mingzhong wagged his tail: "Besides, I guess it's too old to die. What's there to be afraid of with a toothless tiger."

"Okay, I'll take you to see it tomorrow." Zhen Zhen put her hand on Li Mingzhong's body and used the "anger" in her supernatural ability to clear Li Mingzhong's meridians. This is what Zhen Zhen has to do every day after Li Mingzhong came to the imperial capital. It is with the support of this "anger" that Li Mingzhong can live such a long life.

"The life of an animal is really too short, I want to be a human in my next life." Li Mingzhong looked at Zhen Zhen with a sad expression: "This way, maybe I can accompany you for the rest of my life."

Zhen Zhen's nose was sore, she almost cried, she touched Li Mingzhong's head, and said as if making a wish: "In the next life you designate to be reincarnated as a human, and the dog that Li Mingzhen raises must have this good fortune."

It seemed that Zhen Zhen's words gave Li Mingzhong confidence, and he instantly became more energetic. At this time, Ling Xiulan ordered a banquet from outside, and the bone porridge that Sister Yang had cooked for Li Mingzhong was also cooled, and brought a large pot.

Li Mingzhong looked at the meat in the basin, and instantly it was full of blood and resurrected. He jumped over happily and ate the meat that was soft and rotten. Li Mingzhong wagged his tail and said to Zhen Zhen, "Actually, I think it should be The dog is also very good, and the average person can't compare this food."

Zhen Zhen smiled, went to wash her hands to greet the guests, and then hurriedly went to the small building to invite Wang Sufen out for dinner. Ling Xiulan bought a stroller, and the two put the child in the car and pushed it into the garden.

The twins have been very worry-free since they were born. They sleep when they eat, and play obediently when they wake up, except for the wet diapers. Everyone was eating, and they slept very soundly. Li Mingzhong finished eating the meat porridge, went to drink half a basin of water, and swayed to the stroller. attitude.

The fetus grew up day by day, Li Mingzhong was getting older and the weather was getting colder and colder. Except for lying on the side of the heater, he did not move easily. Until one morning in the twelfth lunar month, Zhen Zhen woke up and went to see Li Mingzhong as usual, only to find that he had already fallen asleep. past.

The dog who had been with me for more than 20 years was gone, it was impossible to say that it wasn't uncomfortable, even the twins couldn't make Zhen Zhen's mood better. According to Li Mingzhong's last wish, Zhen Zhen took it back to the mountain in Beicha, Da Huang came over and smelled Li Mingzhong's body, and let out a sad howl.

After returning home, the family members were very considerate and did not ask any further questions. Two days passed unhappily, and it was the seventh night of the twelfth lunar month. After midnight, it was Zhen Zhen's birthday. There are new changes.

Lying on the bed early, Zhen Zhen quickly fell asleep, this time the golden blood essence took an extraordinarily long time to absorb the moonlight essence, and Zhen Zhen didn't wake up until after two in the middle of the night.

When she opened her eyes, Zhen Zhen was startled by the shadow at the foot of the bed: "I'm going, Li Mingzhong!" Is the new ability this time a ghost? This is too damned!

Li Mingzhong's soul jumped up when he heard the voice, his vigorous figure and smooth fur were exactly the same as when he was young.

"Oh, I'm going, you can finally see me." Li Mingzhong floated up and stuck out his tongue at Zhen Zhen: "I've been following you these past few days, but I can stay here for seven days, if you can't see anymore I, I have to reincarnate."

Zhen Zhen forgot it, this is the last day, seeing Li Mingzhong's soul, and hearing that he could be reincarnated, Zhen Zhen's depressed mood instantly improved: "Can this reincarnation be a human?"

"It's necessary, because of your reasons, Da Huang and I are both reincarnated as human beings this time." Li Mingzhong looked like "one man has achieved the truth", and when he saw that Zhen Zhen didn't quite understand it, he looked at her with some doubts. : "Don't you know who you are? I heard the judge say below that you are the mother of the earth. You are in charge of yin and yang, nurturing all things, and in charge of the earth, mountains, rivers, and seas. It sounds like an old man."

Zhen Zhen touched her chin, it sounded very powerful, but apart from her ability to control the land, ocean, animals and plants, she didn't have much experience with the other two, she felt very far away from herself, maybe in this life about her past life consciousness will not be fully awakened. However, because of his own wishes, it would be good for Li Mingzhong to cast a good tire in his next life. Zhen Zhen smiled and reached out to touch Li Mingzhong's figure for the last time: "Go, reincarnate early."

Li Mingzhong licked Zhen Zhen's palm, turned around and disappeared into the air. That night, Zhen Zhen slept very sweetly.

After a worry, Zhen Zhen regained her smile, Old Lady Li and Wang Sufen breathed a sigh of relief, although they also felt sorry for Li Mingzhong, but birth, old age, sickness and death are the norm. It is the most enviable state. In comparison, they felt more distressed that Zhen Zhen was depressed and couldn't eat and sleep well.

Seeing that Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen were careful not to mention Li Mingzhong's appearance, Zhen Zhen instead said, "I dreamed of Li Mingzhong on my birthday, and he told me that he was going to be reincarnated as a human being."

"Oh, this is a good thing." After seeing her granddaughter's amazing ability, Mrs. Li believed in these god-given things: "You didn't ask where it was cast? We can go and find relatives. "

Zhen Zhen laughed dumbly and said: "Li Mingzhong's reincarnation will definitely have no memory of his previous life. Besides, what should we say when we come to the door? Congratulations, congratulations on the birth of a son in your family, your son was our dog in a previous life, we can communicate more, and we will become relatives in the future. It's over. People can't take the broom out for us after hearing this?"

Madam Li couldn't help laughing when she thought of that scene: "Zhen Zhen is right, anyway, Li Mingzhong will have a good life in his next life."

Wang Sufen also nodded and said, "It's not a problem, we should prepare for the New Year."

The Xi family's Chinese New Year was as usual, Xi Junjie and Zhen Zhen brought their children to the old house early, but this time they met someone they didn't want to see, namely Xi Sumei and her daughter Shang Qingran.

Over the years, because of the festival and birthday, the old lady Xi didn't ask the Xi Sumei family to come over, and even Zhen Zhen didn't invite them to give birth to the full moon, so Zhen Zhen perfectly avoided all the occasions when Xi Sumei and her daughter were there, even Shang Qingran After many times to come to the door, Zhen Zhen didn't let her catch. It's just that this time the family came together, even if Zhen Zhen saw the mother and daughter sitting inside with her consciousness, she couldn't turn around and leave.

Seeing Xi Changbo's family coming in, Xi Sumei's eyes rolled around on Xi Changbo's face, and then landed on Junmei's nephew, her tone was a bit sad: "Junjie, you are really becoming more and more capable, giving birth to children. You didn't invite me for the two major events of hosting the full moon wine, do you not have my aunt in your heart?"

"Yeah!" Xi Junjie responded lightly, directly angering Xi Sumei, turned his head and complained to Mrs. Xi: "Mom, look at your grandson, how did you talk to me?"

"I told him not to tell you to go." The old lady Xi waved her hand: "You all go back to the house." Everyone immediately stood up and rushed back, even Xi Sumei's sister Xi Suyu.

Ling Xiulan went out of the room and put the quilt on the watermelon's face, she couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief: "This Xi Sumei has no problem with her brain, I can't find a psychiatrist to show her, I think she is getting more and more paranoid. ."

When Xi Suyu remembered her little sister's actions over the years, she was also annoyed: "It's stupid to be small, and if you don't graduate, you have to live and marry the person you choose. Because of this, she broke up with her family, and then she lived unhappily and again. Putting the responsibility on the family is like the family owes her." Thinking of that niece's gloomy and calculating expression, Xi Suyu's face collapsed: "Especially that Shang Qingran, whose face full of calculation is exactly the same as her father's. , act like someone else's fool all day long."

When it came to the mother and daughter, the whole family looked unhappy, and went back to the house, not very happy.

The Xi Changbo family lived in the fourth yard of the house, Ling Xiulan lived in the main hospital, Zhen Zhen and Xi Junjie lived in the east wing, because the family would come back every weekend for half a year. Everything is very convenient.

The watermelon and grapes slept fragrantly, put the dragon and phoenix in the crib, Zhen Zhen couldn't wait to get on the bed and closed her eyes to watch the excitement of the main courtyard with her consciousness.

Every time Xi Sumei came to the old house, she didn't ask for money or wanted her brother and sister to give her some benefits, but she was rejected without exception, and she didn't know what Xi Sumei thought.

"Mom, Qing Ran didn't go to high school, and she has been working as a female worker in a factory after graduating from junior high school. It's too hard, how can you let a child do this?" Xi Sumei had a somewhat angry look on her face: "Look at that Ling Xiulan. , how can she be the manager of a beauty salon, she didn't use that face to hook up with our family back then, what's she capable of? I think she should just go home, it's better to let Qing Ran be the manager."

"Xiulan is a college student anyway, your daughter is a junior high school graduate, no matter what, she's definitely not as good as her aunt." Old Mrs. Xi took a sip of tea and snorted back: "Besides, they paid for it by themselves. If you want to be the store manager, be the store manager, and if you don't agree, you can also open one."

Xi Sumei didn't even have the money to do beauty treatments, let alone open a beauty shop. These words were directly inserted into Xi Sumei's heart. She stood up angrily, walked in front of Mrs. Xi and asked, "Who are you? Not my mother? How can I help outsiders?"

"It's not a kiss, you picked it up." Old Mrs. Xi said immediately following Xi Sumei's words: "I regret picking you up, so you can go to your own mother."

Xi Sumei was speechless when she was blocked. In fact, she knew that it was her biological daughter just by her appearance, but she didn't expect that the old lady could be so generous, and she could actually make a gesture of not recognizing herself. Shang Qingran was a little anxious when she saw that her own mother lost again in two rounds, and quickly changed into a pitiful look and squatted next to Mrs. Xi: "Grandmother, actually my mother is also for me..."

"I know." Mrs. Xi interrupted her: "I also know that your mother's mind usually can't think of too complicated ideas, and you usually push it."

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Shang Qingran's face, and she stood up angrily: "It's not that the family can't help us, we can have a good life if we raise our hands, why don't we talk about family affection."

Old Mrs. Xi has said this many times: "Your parents are dual-earners, and now you are also working, and you have made more money than the average person. As long as you don't envy others all day long, you can live well."

Shang Qingran looked at the old lady Xi wearing the jade bracelet and pearl necklace with a look of unwillingness, and the old lady Xi saw her greedy expression clearly, and sneered: "Today I will tell you what I said, I and I The old man has negotiated, and in the future my property, jewelry, and family things will be divided equally among Changshan, Changhe, Changbo, and Suyu, and you have no share."

"Why?" Xi Sumei stood up abruptly and roared hoarsely, "Why does my sister have it and I don't? Why?"

"When you left home to marry that boy from the Shang family, you took the initiative to cut off your relationship with us. Even if that incident is over, just because your mother and daughter are now reporting Zhen Zhen's actions, your father and I must also Cancel your right of inheritance." The old lady Xi said calmly: "Since Zhen Zhen came back from abroad, you have reported four times in total, and sent them to the newspaper, the city and the top, and now the above has asked us to verify the matter, and Confirmed your handwriting."

Xi Sumei took a few steps back, her throat seemed to be blocked by something, Shang Qingran quickly supported her, a trace of discomfort flashed on her face: "Well, we didn't report my sister-in-law, how could it be our own family? I think it was a misunderstanding, maybe someone imitated our handwriting to provoke the relationship between our family!"

"Yes, yes, misunderstanding!" Xi Sumei nodded repeatedly. It was indeed their mother and daughter who did this, but they were all letters sent anonymously. She never thought that this matter would be traced to herself, nor that her parents would. know this.

"Zhen Zhen's business has been reported since graduation, and she has made a lot of contributions to the return of Chinese cultural relics over the years, and she is a hero. This time, from the newspaper to the top, they have paid great attention to this report. The content of the first letter is still true, but the next three letters have fabricated a lot of facts and are already slanderous." Mrs. Xi said calmly: "I told you about this because of our mothers. For the sake of the field, turn yourself in."

"Even if my report is wrong, what does this have to do with surrendering?" Xi Sumei was really panicked this time: "Does the Public Security Bureau still care about people's reports?"

"It's natural to report the real thing, but what did you write in your report letter? Are you still a spy for the US imperialists? You can figure it out." Mrs. Xi leaned on crutches forcefully: "After you two go in, reflect on yourselves. I will live your life well when you come out, and don't come here again in the future." Old Mrs. Xi stood up and handed the newspaper that she had been keeping at hand to Xi Sumei: "Your father has already published in the newspaper and you have separated from your father-daughter relationship. , you will no longer be part of our Xi family."

When Xi Sumei saw the announcement written in the newspaper, she was really flustered this time: "Mom, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, you and my dad said don't do this, I don't want to go in."

"Why didn't you think of today when you did this disgusting thing?" Old Mrs. Xi sneered and cast her sarcastic eyes on Shang Qingran's face: "Your mother was just stupid before, but now she is not only stupid but also vicious, I think this You have contributed a lot to it. You also called me grandmother for a few years, so I will send you a word, don't always treat others as fools, we can see clearly with your little thought, before it was just for your mother and daughter Just save face. If you want to live a better life, you have to work hard on your own, don’t always think about scheming others, those who scheming won’t end well.”

Shang Qingran even had the last layer of fig leaf torn off by the old lady, so she had nothing to worry about. She picked up Xi Sumei, who was paralyzed on the ground, and walked out without hesitation. Xi Sumei was frightened by the old lady, she lost all her strength, hugged Shang Qingran and cried and asked: "You said you wrote a report letter to retaliate against Li Mingzhen, but now she is fine, what should we do if we have something to do? Will the police arrest us?"

Shang Qingran has no idea about this. After all, two years ago, he was shot for forcibly touching someone's big girl's butt, so he didn't know if it was serious or not? She really didn't expect the above to trust Li Mingzhen so much.

Shang Qingran bit her lip and looked at Xi Sumei pleadingly: "Mom, why don't you just take this matter, I'm still young, if I go in, it'll be over for the rest of my life. You can't stay in it for two years. Come out, and I'll take care of you when the time comes."

Xi Sumei felt a chill in her heart, she had tossed for so many years to make her daughter's life better, it is best to marry a capable person and lead her to live a good life. I want to get my own bag.

Looking at her mother's eyes, Shang Qingran dodged with a guilty conscience, wondering if she should send Xi Sumei home first, take the opportunity to steal the money from her family, and smuggle to Shenzhen or Hong Kong Island. Now there are people who make money there. Opportunities are much more than the imperial capital.

With strange thoughts, the mother and daughter stumbled to the door of the house, and as soon as they entered the door, they were arrested by the police who had been hiding in the house: "Xi Sumei, Shang Qingran, right? You were arrested for malicious slander, Come with us."

Shang Qingran's face was ashen when she heard the words. She didn't expect that she would be arrested without even having a chance to escape. She was not married yet. If she entered, her life would be ruined. Her eyes turned quickly, and she ran to the door when the police didn't do anything, but she was pressed to the ground before she took two steps.

The news that Xi Sumei's mother and daughter were arrested reached the Xi's house on the same day. Mr. Xi was quite calm, but Mrs. Xi was still uncomfortable and shed a few tears: "It's really a bad son." But everyone in the family is there, and the son The grandson didn't want the old lady to feel sorry for Xi Sumei who was celebrating the new year, and the family made her happy when they changed the law. Seeing the family full of children and grandchildren, and the happy appearance of the family, Mrs. Xi also forgot Xi Sumei.

It was only this time that Zhen Zhen realized that Xi Sumei and her daughter actually reported their frequent incidents in private. According to the regulations of the state of China, it is indeed not possible to work in a state unit because of participation in business. When Zhen Zhen graduated that year, because the country lacked professional journalism talents, she was admitted exceptionally. In addition, Zhen Zhen made outstanding contributions to China, so this matter has never been mentioned publicly. Zhen Zhen really didn't expect that this matter would actually become a point of reference for others to report her.

Zhen Zhen didn't plan to stay in the newspaper for the rest of her life. Originally, she had the idea of ​​accumulating work experience and contacts at the Hua Guo Press. Now she has accumulated a large number of contacts and a high enough social status because of the donation of cultural relics. There is no need to stay at the newspaper office. Zhen Zhen thought, maybe, it's time to do what she likes.

After the Spring Festival holiday, on the first day of work, Zhen Zhen submitted her resignation.