Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

As he said that, he stood up, walked over quickly, and looked Zhou Tian up and down.

"Yes, yes. I heard from your grandfather that you were on a business trip. How come you have finished your work?"

"It's done. Grandpa Jiu, have you been okay these days?"

Zhou Tian nodded to Uncle Jiu and greeted him.

"Good! I'm fine. Just now some kids in the village came to tell me that you're back. I was a little bit unconvinced, but I didn't expect it to be true. Come and sit down, sit down!"

After saying that, Uncle Jiu pulled the family to sit on the kang. Seeing Zhou Tianzheng looking at the middle-aged men next to him, he smiled and explained, "These are some cadres from our commune. My brother originally planned to invite you, but when I went to the city, I heard from my third brother that you were on a business trip, so I invited them!"

"Well, it's okay, Grandpa Jiu, it's actually pretty good like this!"

Zhou Tian shook his head to show that he didn't care. In fact, in his heart, he thought this was just right. If he was really invited to accompany the banquet, although he would not say it, he would still be unwilling in his heart.

After Uncle Nine introduced Zhou Tian's identity, the commune cadres instantly became enthusiastic towards Zhou Tian. Although they could not be said to be very fawning, they always put Zhou Tian first in their conversations, which made Uncle Nine and Uncle Eight feel proud.

As for grandparents and younger brothers and sisters, there was no need to mention them. For a moment, the whole house was filled with laughter.

Since the wedding was tomorrow, everyone just had dinner at my eighth uncle's house in the evening and then went home, and finalized the task of borrowing bicycles.

When we returned to my grandfather's house in the village, the house was taken care of by Uncle Jiu, and perhaps because Uncle Jiu's family had cleaned the house, the furniture in the house was very clean and not dirty.

It was getting late, and grandpa had drunk some wine in the evening, so everyone fell asleep quickly.

The next day, Zhou Tianyi went to the research institute early in the morning to deal with some documents of the institute. Then, after instructing Xiao Liu, he drove away from the institute in a hurry. After going home and saying goodbye to his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, he bought a pair of mandarin duck washbasins at the supply and marketing cooperative and hurried to Zhoujia Village.

When he arrived at Zhoujia Village again, it was already eleven o'clock. He had no time to go back to his grandfather's house. According to his estimation, his grandparents should be at his eighth uncle's house now.

Therefore, he parked the car not far from his eighth uncle's house. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw a group of children at his eighth uncle's house running towards the jeep. Especially when they saw Zhou Tian, ​​the younger brothers and sisters among the children waved their hands happily.

"Big brother!"

"Big brother!"

"Brother God!"

"Grandpa God!"

With the children shouting, Zhou Tian could only let them surround his jeep and keep looking at the car.

"Brother Tian, ​​this is the jeep. I've seen you drive it a few times, but the village chief wouldn't let us get close! Now we can finally get closer and take a look!"

A child who was obviously about fourteen or fifteen years old excitedly touched the jeep with his hand and walked towards Zhou Tiandao.

"Yeah, my dad and mom said that jeeps are very expensive. How expensive are they?"

Another young boy who was younger than him also asked with envy in his eyes.

"Tsk, this is not a question of whether it's expensive or not. You can't buy one in the city. You can only get one when you reach a certain level!"

At this time, Zhou Yu explained with some pride that as he grew up, especially when he reached junior high school, he had gained some experience and naturally understood why his elder brother was able to be equipped with a special car, so his explanation was very logical.

"Okay, stop gathering around the car. Xiaoyu, Xiaoquan, here, take these two basins back. Everyone, go away first. After we finish the meal, I'll take you around again. Okay, everyone go away now!"

Zhou Tian felt a little overwhelmed as he listened to the noises coming from a group of children. He handed the basin in his hand to his younger brother and another child, then waved his hand to ask the other children to move aside.

"Really? Grandpa Tian?"

At this time, the children heard Zhou Tian’s words and immediately asked excitedly.

"Of course it's true. Okay, everyone, go back first. We'll have a feast soon!"

"That's great, thank you, Grandpa God!"

Upon hearing this, all the children, although still a little reluctant, obediently dispersed. Only Zhou Tian's two siblings and Zhou Quan, who called him Brother Tian, ​​were left. Zhou Quan was the eighth uncle's grandson and was exactly fifteen years old this year.

"Let's go, let's go back and see if there's anything else we can help with at home!"

Zhou Tian rubbed his younger brother and sister's heads, then brought the three of them to his eighth uncle's yard. He first presented a one-dollar gift at the door, then handed the washbasin to the accountant who was keeping accounts, and then began to help his grandparents with their busy work.

This is the case for almost every household in the village. Basically, as long as there is a wedding, the villagers will come to help spontaneously. If anyone does not come, they will be pointed at and will not be able to survive.

Soon, as the time was almost reaching twelve o'clock, a burst of firecrackers rang out at the door.

The children outside the door suddenly shouted loudly: "The bride is coming, the bride is coming!"

The people in the yard started to get busy, and soon a young man came in pushing a bicycle with a pretty girl.

Afterwards, they got married just like the people in the city. They first paid homage to the great man, sang revolutionary songs, and then began to toast to everyone.

The excitement lasted until two o'clock in the afternoon, when the crowd gradually dispersed. Zhou Tian also took advantage of this time to take the children to ride in the jeep for a while. It was not until five o'clock in the afternoon that he said goodbye and left with his grandparents, younger brothers and sisters.

On the way to Sijiu City, my grandparents always had smiles on their faces in the car.

"Xiaotian, grandpa is very happy today. I know you have always disliked the villagers, especially your uncles, but you have to understand that it is not easy for anyone these days. In fact, it's not that they didn't want to help our family, but they had no choice!"

Perhaps because he had drunk some wine, the old man was a little tipsy and started talking a lot. He talked about everything from his childhood to liberation, and finally explained why Zhou Tian’s father, Zhou Weiguo, did not get any help from the villagers when he passed away.

After listening to the old man's words, Zhou Tian was silent for a while, but his grudges against the villagers were also relieved. However, he laughed at himself and thought to himself: "What's the point of saying this now?"

He had originally planned to eliminate the estrangement with the villagers. Now that the old man told him the truth of the matter, what else could he say? Even if the real reason was a coincidence, the facts were already like that.

But he had to admit that what the old man told him did make him feel a lot more at ease. At least he knew that the villagers could still be trusted.