Good mountains, good water, good people

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I don't know if I saw him come back, but the old lady was very happy at the moment, talking to him endlessly.

While helping the old lady pick beans, Gu Changning lowered his head and listened to their old lady's words, making a few remarks from time to time.After squatting at the door for a while, he felt that the wind here was a bit strong. Seeing that the old lady's clothes didn't seem to be too thick, he was a little afraid that the old man would be cold, so he asked, "Are you cold too? Why don't you sit inside?" The wind in the room may not be so strong, and it will be warmer if you sit in it.

"It's not cold. I have a lot of clothes on me. If you don't believe me, let me count them for you." The old lady began to lift the hem of her clothes and count how many clothes she wore today.

"Okay, okay, I understand, Grandma, don't take off your clothes, be careful that the wind blows in and it's too cold." Gu Changning quickly stopped the old man from taking off his clothes, and even helped the old man to press the hem of the clothes tightly.

"Haha, I'm not just a piece of paper. Regardless of my age, I'm in good health." The old lady continued to work on picking beans, with a smug look on her face.

However, Gu Changning has to admit this point. Compared with other elderly people who can't walk in their 90s and [-]s, their old lady in her [-]s can do needlework without blurred eyesight, and her legs and feet are good. She doesn't need help when she walks. One can go fast.It was just two years ago that their family members found that the old man started to forget about others and was a little bit disrespectful. They took the old lady to the hospital in the city for a visit, and then they realized that at this age, the old lady's brain is not as good as before.But just from the outside, their old lady is still like a normal person, talking and laughing when talking to people.

The two of them didn't move, and continued to pick beans at the door, one sitting and the other squatting.

Suddenly, the old lady remembered another thing, and said to her great-grandson with a mysterious face: "There is still candy in Tai Nai's place, dear grandson, if you can't eat it, Tai Nai will get you some candy to eat."

"Grandma, you still have candy, where did you get the candy? Who bought it for you?" Gu Changning still remembered that when they were young, there were always candies and biscuits hidden in Grandma's house, and the old lady was reluctant to bear it. To eat, they would secretly stuff them into the hands of their brothers and a few cousins, and most of those things went into the stomachs of their children.

Thinking of the bustle of the family in those years, they have grown up one by one now, the youngest cousin is married, and the two cousins ​​and uncles and aunts have also gone out to work. Everyone rarely comes back, so the house is much deserted .

At this moment, they are all over the age of eating candy, but their grandmas are always used to hiding all kinds of snacks in the house, waiting for them to come back to eat for them. While feeling warm in his heart, he also feels It's a little uncomfortable.No matter how many years have passed, the old lady will always remember them in her heart.

"Yes... that last time, who bought it for me?... Oh, why can't I remember." The old lady thought for a long time, but she couldn't remember who bought her candy .

"If we can't think of it, let's not think about it. Save the sugar and eat it yourself." Gu Changning saw that he had forgotten about it, so she stopped thinking about it.

After talking with the old lady for a while, he remembered that the backpack he was carrying had not been put down, and said to the old lady: "Young lady, sit here, I'll put something first." When he came back, he took the backpack with him. He took out a backpack, and he put all the other things in the space, which saved him from having to carry so many luggage back.

However, when he sold the house, he disposed of some unnecessary things together. He sold those that could be sold for money, and gave away those that could not be sold. He only left some valuables and a change of clothes, and nothing else. something.

There was also the bag of meat in his hand, and he had to take it to the kitchen. Before he left, he asked, "Tai Nai, do you want some water? I'll go get you a glass of hot water for you to drink."

"No need to drink, I'm not thirsty." The old lady looked up at her great-grandson, wondering when did her great-grandson grow so tall?But look, this one seems to be her great-grandson.

It's a good thing to grow taller, her grandson has grown up, hehe...

"Then grandma, sit there and don't leave, I'll come out in a while." After telling the old man, Gu Changning went into the house, and now he didn't bother to go to his own room, so he put the backpack away to the chair in the living room.

The courtyard house of their family is a big house left by their ancestors, and there are many yards inside.

I heard from his grandfather that their ancestors were a big landowner, and they were very rich in their village at that time. It can be seen from the area of ​​their current house and the materials used for bricks, tiles and beams.The wood materials in this house are all good materials, and the walls of their house are made of blue bricks. The green bricks are longer and thicker, and the price should be more expensive. They are usually used for the construction of ancestral halls and temples. Yes, there are not many families in the village who can use blue bricks to build houses, and theirs is one of the few families.

Some of the old houses in the village have collapsed over the years, but their big house is still standing, and the beams in the house are still on it.Only the tiles on the roof are cracked every year, and someone has to go up to check once or twice a year, take out the broken tiles and replace them with good ones, so that there will be no water leakage in rainy days.

There is also a pile of tiles on the corner of their yard, probably left over from when the house was built, and they have been piled there all the time. Some are broken, but most of them are still well preserved, just for future use. The tiles on the roof were broken and these were replaced.

Up to now, they can't count how many generations have lived in this house. Now this house is occupied by their grandma, grandparents, and their uncle's family. It can be regarded as four generations living under the same roof. .

In the generation of his great-grandmother and great-grandfather, his grandfather gave birth to a son, and his grandfather and grandmother gave birth to two sons, namely his father and uncle.There are four people in their family, his parents, him, and a younger brother.His uncle and aunt gave birth to three children, two sons and one daughter. His youngest cousin got married two years ago and seems to have given birth to two children. He hasn't seen that much in recent years cousin.

Like him, the two cousins ​​are not yet married. His two cousins ​​went out to work very early. Later, their uncle and aunt also went out to work with their two sons. Usually, they only go out during the Chinese New Year. come back.But the past two years were probably busy with work outside, and their uncle's family didn't even come back for the New Year holidays.

So this house often lives at home, only the three old people in the family, and his father and mother.

These years he went out to study and work, and rarely came back. His younger brother is now studying in a middle school in their town. Apart from spending a little longer at home during the winter and summer vacations, it is only at the end of a month in normal times. I just came back from vacation for two days.

As soon as he got home, Gu Changning went to the kitchen familiarly.

Although he hasn't been home for a long time, he still knows where his kitchen is.

Although their family lives in an old house, there are many modern things in the house. There is an old color TV set in the living room, and there is a rice cooker and refrigerator in the kitchen. Almost all these electrical appliances were bought for the family after he made money.

There was a large refrigerator standing in the corner of the door as soon as he entered the kitchen. He remembered that he bought this refrigerator for his family when he went out to work as a summer job in his first year of college.This refrigerator has been used for so many years, and it is still in good condition.I have to say that the quality of this refrigerator is really good!

There were a lot of vegetables in the baskets on the ground. I don't know if they picked them from their own fields or bought them from outside.

Glancing at the ground, he opened the door of the refrigerator, and saw a refrigerator full of things, which made people dumbfounded.His mother is really good at stuffing things into the refrigerator! "What are these things in there?" Can a refrigerator of this size be so full?

After looking through it casually, he found that there was really everything in the refrigerator.There is also a basin on the second floor, which contains a piece of pork belly in a plastic bag. I think it will be used for cooking tonight, and there are a few small fish. I don’t know whether it needs to be boiled or soup.

After only one glance, Gu Changning shook his head and closed the refrigerator door.

But at this moment, he didn't forget to pour water for his grandma. Their kettle is in the kitchen, and there are cups beside it.It happened that there was hot water in the kettle. He took a cup and poured hot water into it. After testing the temperature, it was not too hot, so he took the cup and prepared to go out.

As soon as he turned around, he found that their little old lady had followed him to the kitchen at some point, "Why are you here too?"

The old lady held a basket of picked beans in her hand, and she was here to store things, "This one is picked, I'll bring it here."

"Oh, give it to me, I'll put it inside." Gu Changning reached out to take the basket, put it on the table casually, held the water in one hand, and protected the old lady out with the other, and moved a stool for the old man to sit by the door. place, and said: "Mother, sit here and drink a glass of water. I'll wash the bones and trotters and cook them in the pot." I don't know when his mother will come back to cook, and it's not too early now. There is still some time, he can cook the soup and pig's trotters, and when his mother comes back, he can cook two dishes and eat.

"Hey, my grandson is so nice." Knowing that she couldn't help, the old lady didn't bother others, took the water glass with a smile on her face, sat down on the chair to drink water, looked at The great-grandson was busy in the kitchen alone, with a smile on his face.

"Okay, grandma, you can just sit there. I'll come out when I'm busy in the kitchen." After the old lady was settled, Gu Changning took out his phone to check the time, found a pot, filled it with water and put it on the gas stove to burn water.