Live Beautification System

On the day of National Day, it was the crisp autumn season. The sky was high and the clouds were clear, and we could see the geese flying south.

Ding Mu's family of three drove to his grandfather's small yard on the East Second Ring Road, carrying some special-grade chicken, duck, fish, rice, noodles, oil and salt. Grandpa is exercising in the yard. The old man also had a military background. Although he was engaged in civilian work, it is said that he was also a good man with both civil and military skills. Even in his old age, he is still deaf and blind. When exercising, hold a rather heavy solid iron stick and swing it three times to the left and three times to the right, dancing like a tiger and a tiger.

"Grandpa, I'm here!" Ding Mu greeted him as soon as he entered the courtyard.

"My grandson is here, old woman, my grandson is here." Seeing Ding Mu coming, grandpa was extremely happy. He poked the iron stick into the ground, stood on the ground, and called to grandma who was chopping stuffing in the kitchen.

Grandma came out of the kitchen quickly. When she saw that Ding Mu had grown so tall, her eyes were red with joy. She wiped her hands on her apron, grabbed Ding Mu's hand, and kept asking questions.

Grandpa felt that grandma was nagging and repeating what she said over and over again, so he rushed grandma to the kitchen to continue cooking.

Ding Mu's mother followed in and said to her grandmother: "Mom, just rest, I'll do it."

"No, no, no... you don't have to get involved." Ding Mu's grandma refused, not allowing Ding Mu's mother to help. But this was just being polite, how could Lin Yu wait to eat. As the youngest daughter-in-law of the Ding family, Lin Yu gave birth to the only grandson of the Ding family and had a very good relationship with her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were happily busy in the kitchen.

Ding Guoxuan had nothing to say to Ding Mu's grandfather. He piled the things he brought with him into the kitchen and went inside to watch TV. Grandpa Ding Jianhuai gave Ding Mu the iron stick and asked, "I used to exercise with grandpa when I was a child. Do you still swing the stick now?"

"I haven't swung it in a long time. Please stand back and let me try." Ding Mu picked up the stick, full of thoughts. When I was a child, I lived here with my grandfather for a long time. My grandfather would swing an iron stick every day to exercise. Xiao Dingmu saw it as fun and wanted to learn it. My grandfather found a short stick with a white wax pole. Over time, he became quite proficient in the practice. When I was in elementary school, I used this skill to perform Sun Wukong in the class, and I was really admired.

"What, you can't?" Grandpa asked, seeing Ding Mu in a daze.

"How could it not be possible? This is a boy's skill." Ding Mu smiled and prepared to play. For Ding Mu's current strength, this iron rod was like straw. The skill of swinging a stick is difficult for those who don't know it, but not difficult for those who have mastered it. Ding Mu is very familiar with this skill. He dances with the tiger's mouth as the axis, opening the bow from left to right, and dances faster and faster. After a while, it was like the wind and thunder, and the storm was so dense but not sparse, it was amazing.

Ding Jianhuai was very happy when he saw this and applauded: "Not bad, not bad. After all these years, your ability to swing a stick has not been lost. It is better than when you were a child."

Ding Mu pretended to be modest and said: "The main reason is that now that my strength is greater than before, it feels easier."

"That's right, I see you have indeed grown stronger. You look like a man." The grandfather looked at his grandson, the more he looked at him, the more he liked him, and he couldn't close his mouth.

The weather was nice, so the grandfather and grandson were chatting about home affairs in the yard. After a while, other relatives of the family gradually arrived. Ding Mu's aunt, sister-in-law and two uncles all arrived, as did Ding Mu's two cousins. The second aunt married abroad and only returned to China once every few years.

Ding Mu's two cousins ​​are both a few years older than Ding Mu, but one has just graduated and is working, and the other is still in college. The friendship between the three of them is quite strong.

After saying hello to the grandparents, the three juniors chatted in the courtyard while fighting the landlord. As daughters, the aunts naturally went to the kitchen to help with the cooking. Ding Mu's two uncles went into the house to chat with Ding Guoxuan.

The genes of the Ding Mu family are quite good. The three boys are all about 1.8 meters tall and handsome. However, originally Ding Mu was probably tied for second place with his sister-in-law's family, Liang Zun, and slightly behind his eldest sister-in-law's Wu Jun. Now he is With more than two people, he became the undisputed number one in appearance.

Wu Jun said: "Xiaomu, you said that you have been good at studying since childhood, but we have never liked studying, and we are not as good as you. How come you have become so handsome after going to university."

Liang Zun also said sourly: "My dad spent a long time asking me to go to an ordinary undergraduate degree. You can do it, and I got a doctor's degree in one go. Do you know how long my mother has been talking about it with me?"

Under such conditions, Ding Mu couldn't help but vomit with curse words: "You don't know, you will be liberated when you go to college. My eight years of study is equivalent to another eight years of high school. You know that How difficult is advanced physics? I still have to do homework and do questions every night in school."

The two looked at each other, laughed, and said in unison: "You deserve it!"

"Well, the school is frustrated and the card game is proud. It's my turn to be proud. The plane has wings." Ding Mu played his cards.

"Explode!" Liang Zun played the card of four and seven.

"Big bang!" Ding Mu said four eights.

"Hey, big bang." Wu Jun said four tens.

"Four twos." Ding Mu laughed at the end, and then played the cards, "Three and nine bring a king, I won. 48 times, 72 per person, no credit."

Oops, the two of them took out the money dejectedly.

"The three of you are gathering for gambling again." There was a gust of fragrant breeze, and it was Ding Ning, the cousin of Ding Mu's second uncle's family, who came. The uncle is working in another place, and his cousin Ding Yuan is studying abroad and cannot come back.

"Sister is here, and so are the second uncle and the second aunt." Ding Mu and the others put down their cards and greeted each other warmly.

Ding Ning is nine years older than Ding Mu, but she studies very well, is especially good at mathematics, and has made great achievements in computer algorithms. She graduated from Beijing Normal University with a doctorate at the age of twenty-four and stayed at the school to teach. He was promoted to associate professor at the age of 18. Unfortunately, her appearance inherited the shortcomings of her parents and can only be regarded as average, otherwise she would at least be an internet celebrity.

"Sister Ning, are you still teaching in school? Now an algorithm engineer of your level in an IT company can earn at least 500,000 yuan per year." Wu Jun works in a headhunting company and has been encouraging Ding Ning to change jobs.

Ding Ning ignored him, pinched Ding Mu's face and said, "Xiaomu, why is your face still as tender as when you were three or four years old?"

"Don't keep pinching your brother." Ding Mu's second-in-law, Ding Guoteng, came over, slapped Ding Ning's hand away and said, "Xiaojun, don't keep asking your sister to change jobs. You guys should also quickly look for people and introduce them to your sister. Having a boyfriend is serious business, and you’ll be twenty-nine if we talk after the New Year.”

Ding Guoteng is over 50 years old. He has been the powerful director of the central ministries and commissions for many years. He is considered a powerful and successful person. However, his only concern is his daughter’s marriage. His daughter is highly educated and has a particularly high vision. He has introduced several All of them are unable to achieve high or low levels, and they are extremely worried.

Ding Ning pouted, expressing dissatisfaction. Ding Mu suddenly thought of something and said, "Second uncle, do you know Mei Tianlin? It is said that his father seems to be Mei Zhibai."

Ding Guoteng said: "Of course we know each other. Mei Zhibai's father Mei Mingli is one of the eight elders of Dahua. He is very familiar with your grandfather and is an old buddy. During the great catastrophe, he lived in hiding in your grandfather's yard. . Mei Zhibai also lived here when he was a child. When I just graduated, he was my immediate boss, and now he is also a senior official. Mei Tianlin is promising, the president of Meigao Pictures, the movie two days ago, That so-and-so flower was filmed by their company, with a box office of hundreds of millions. Why are you asking about him? Do you know him, and introduce him to your sister as your boyfriend? No, no, I have seen that boy Mei Tianlin, he looks so charming Yes, she’s just like a woman, and she’s several years younger than your sister.”

"No, no, I'm not introducing someone to my sister, and he's already engaged. I'm just asking. We had dinner together a few days ago and we got to know each other," Ding Mu explained.

Ding Guoteng thought for a while and agreed: "Mei Zhibai's character is good, and his son should be good too. Oh, little Dingmu, I think you are getting more and more handsome as you grow older. You can follow his path to develop in the entertainment industry in the future. Of course Celebrities aren’t bad either.”

Before Ding Mu could say anything, Ding Mu's grandfather Ding Jianhuai appeared out of nowhere and said angrily: "That's nonsense. How can my grandson be an actor? He can study for a Ph.D., engage in research in the future, become a great medical scientist, and conquer cancer." , how nice.”

Ding Guoteng suddenly fell silent. Ding Mu said boldly: "That's right, my grandfather said that if you don't make a good appearance, you must be a good doctor." Using his grandfather's words to block people was Ding Mu's unique skill, and Ding Guoteng had no choice but to laugh it off.

"It's time to eat!" A woman's voice came from the kitchen. It should be Ding Mu's sister-in-law. She was the only one with the loudest voice.

Ding Mu's grandfather's family is very traditional. Women are not allowed to serve meals, but can only eat in the kitchen. There is no way, Ding Mu's grandma eats in the kitchen, so both the daughter and the daughter-in-law have to stay in the kitchen with their mother. The only person who can serve at the table is Ding Mu's sister Ding Ning. This woman never goes into the kitchen, and she has been favored since she was a child, so she always eats on the table.

In the dining room, Ding Mu’s grandfather Ding Jianhuai, second uncle Ding Guoteng, father Ding Guoxuan, eldest uncle Wu Daoheng, brother-in-law Liang Shanyan, Wu Jun, Liang Zun, Ding Mu and Ding Ning were sitting at the table.

The relatives of the Ding Mu family are all members of a distinguished family. Because Ding Mu's grandfather wanted to marry his daughter, the fathers of the Wu family and the Liang family were both senior cadres at the military level. It's just that the old men of both families left early. Although they left some good properties behind, they were still in a very low position.

My eldest uncle Wu Daoheng was once a professional Go player at the Dahua Chess Academy. He could only reach the sixth level of the professional level and retired before reaching the first line. Later, a tutoring class was set up to teach children how to play Go. The business has been going well in the past few years, and we can be considered comfortable with food and clothing. My brother-in-law Liang Shanyan is a professional painter at Dahua Painting and Calligraphy Academy. Although he has a good name, his reputation is not great. If his works are not sold well, they will not sell for much money. The living standard is as high as that of those famous first-line painters, but there is no problem in buying a house and supporting a wife and children.

This is an ordinary family in Beijing. If you include Ding Mu's uncle who is the mayor of a provincial capital, plus a second uncle who immigrated abroad as a lecturer. To put it bluntly, the Ding family can be considered a third-rate family in the capital. It's just that this kind of family has only 800 or even 1,000 people in the capital, which is really nothing.

The only good thing about the Ding family is that they all come from revolutionary families. The older generation are all simple, thrifty, popular and professional old revolutionaries. Therefore, this backbone generation also performs their duties. Therefore, no matter whether the third generation is smart or not, at least it is kind-hearted and does not engage in crooked ways. Family relations are also particularly harmonious.

At the dinner table, in order to celebrate Ding Mu’s admission to a good university, grandpa specially opened a bottle of Maotai liquor that had been collected for many years. It was the old Maotai wine that had been stored in the 1970s until today. The old man was old. He only drank one cup and stopped drinking.

The eldest uncle, who is a good drinker, frequently raised his glass, and the younger uncle, who was also a good drinker, and the eldest uncle honored Ding Mu's father. Ding Mu's father laughed: "I usually don't drink with you, mainly because I don't drink while driving, and I don't drive after drinking. Now that Ding Mu can drive, you think I will be afraid of you." After serving as an official for many years, the second uncle of the alcohol battlefield also He quickly poured a glass and drank with him: "Why don't you drink when you drive? You don't drive when you drink. You think the usual wine is not good. Today dad opened Lao Maotai. You can still drink even if you don't drink! Let's celebrate together with a drink. Ding Mu got into a good university!"

Everyone laughed. Everyone knew that Ding Guoxuan must be of high quality when buying, eating and using things. Like father, like son, Ding Mu learned many things from his father.

Ding Guoxuan was not embarrassed, and laughed happily: "Look, now the third generation is driving. It's so fast. In a few years, we will see the fourth generation. Ding Ning is not young. We are I have already bought the house where Ding Mu will get married."

As soon as these words came out, Grandpa's brows suddenly widened, Ding Mu's face turned red for no reason, his second uncle looked worried, and Ding Ning didn't care. What kind of person is Ding Guoxuan? When his second brother ridicules him, he uses his words to tease him. However, the fact that these two brothers can talk like this and ridicule each other is a very good expression of their relationship.

The second uncle has been upright in his life, and his only worry is his daughter Ding Ning's marriage. It's not that his daughter's conditions are too poor, but her demands are too high. It’s difficult!

"Ning Ning doesn't have to worry about getting married," said her brother-in-law Liang Shanyan, "It's such a decent thing to marry a wife who is a university teacher. Second brother, you don't have to be too impatient."

"The emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is in a hurry." As soon as Ding Ning said this, everyone at the table laughed. She is also an only child, a princess who was pampered by her parents since she was a child. She is the only woman in the Ding family who can serve on the table. The only person in the capital who dared to harm Ding Guoteng in person was his daughter. The whole family had lunch happily and dispersed, not getting together again until the Chinese New Year.

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