Chapter 041: Osmanthus Cake
No matter how Wu Mei pouted, Zheng Jianxin refused to go to Xiong Xiaofen to inquire about Zheng Jianqing's marriage, which made Wu Mei half angry, and didn't let Zheng Jianxin sleep in the bed when he slept at night, and directly let him lay on the floor.
Zheng Jianxin is used to it, he doesn't mess with his daughter-in-law, and he really honestly starts the floor.
Wu Mei was even more angry in her heart.
On the other end, Mrs. Qin, who was also angry, was coaxed by Qin Mutong to smile.
"Tong Tong, are you serious?, you want to write about milk?" asked Mrs. Qin in surprise.
Qin Mutong smiled and nodded: "That's right, so, grandma, in the next few days, you have to tell me about what happened when you were young!"
When she went to school today, she found that her classmate, who was the first in the grade, had a copy of "Story Club" in her schoolbag!
"Story Club" was the most popular magazine of the 80s!
Even if "Story Club" slowly declined later, the glorious history it once had still makes future generations talk about it.
Although Qin Mutong is still a student now, how can she really go to school with peace of mind, and rely on the old lady to support her all the time?
The old lady is so old, in case she is a little sick or something one day, I don't know if the family can bear it.
Therefore, Qin Mutong has been thinking about making money in his heart all along.
With her current status, she couldn't do a lot of things. If she left her studies to do business and make money, not to mention others, the old lady would be able to beat her half to death, and then make herself half angry.
But writing is different.
In the eyes of many people, this is all the work of cultural people.
After Qin Mutong borrowed "Story Meeting" from the same table to watch, he quickly had an idea in his heart.
The old lady didn't expect that her past few decades would have the opportunity to be recorded by her granddaughter with pen and paper. She was a little excited and a little hesitant for a while: "Tong Tong, is it any use for you to write this? Will it delay your study?"
"No, it won't. Qin Mutong didn't tell the old lady about his plan to submit articles to the magazine, and said with a smile, "I'm just practicing my writing, and I will write homework when I take exams in the future, maybe I can write better." This in itself is a kind of learning, and it won't delay anything. ”
"That's good, that's good. The old lady breathed a sigh of relief, and her eyes suddenly became a little melancholy, "Your grandmother has actually lived a lot of good lives over the years......"
The old lady was married from afar, and her maiden family also had four brothers and two sisters. As the eldest, although she is a girl, her treatment at home is not bad, and her brothers and sisters usually take care of her.
After marrying Qin Mancang, the old lady didn't serve her mother-in-law for two days, and her father-in-law and mother-in-law passed away one after another. And Qin Mancang is a good hand at farm work, and the old lady herself has some skills, and the small life of the two of them is not bad.
Later, the two had a son, Qin Dazhi, Qin Dazhi himself was also promising, he was very obedient from childhood to adulthood, and later went to be a soldier, sending money to his family every year.
If it weren't for Qin Mancang and Qin Dazhi leaving early, the old lady's current life is estimated to be similar to that of the old Fengjun in ancient times.
But even if she has no husband and son, she still has a granddaughter underneath, and an old lady with a lot of private houses in her hands, her life is not sad.
Of course, the old lady would not tell Qin Mutong about these things.
She remembered when she first married into the Qin family.
"Your grandfather is a good-tempered person, and I was short-tempered at that time, so I lost my temper with your grandfather. But your grandfather was never angry, and he turned his head to coax me and buy me osmanthus cake to eat...... "The old lady muttered to herself, and a sweet smile unconsciously appeared on her face, "At that time, osmanthus cake was not easy to buy, and your grandmother was a thrifty person, so we were not allowed to buy these expensive and hungry things to eat." Your grandfather quietly opened the field for people, made money and quietly bought osmanthus cake back. The osmanthus cake was hidden in his arms, and after walking so far, he was stunned and not crushed at all. He didn't want to eat a bite, so he ate it all for me......"
I can hear that the old lady and the old man, when they were young, the relationship was really good.
When the old lady was middle-aged, she sent away her husband and only son one after another, which must have hit her hard.
Qin Mutong sat down next to the old lady and gently held the old lady's hand.
The skinny palm is not comfortable to hold in the palm of the hand at all, but it is a little panicked.
Qin Mutong's heart flowed with a sourness, and she smiled: "Milk, are you hungry for osmanthus cake again?"
The old lady, who was originally quite melancholy, was amused by her: "Okay! Don't say it, your grandmother can really make this thing! But we don't have osmanthus sauce at home, wait for me to go out tomorrow to find your grandmother Tang to borrow some osmanthus sauce and come back, and then make it for you!"
The old lady's grandmother Tang is called Tang Guilan. Her son Zhao Jianhua is Zhao Laosan, who drives a tractor. The Zhao family is having a good life, and Grandma Tang is in the mood to get some osmanthus sauce and other things to put away.
"Thank you, grandma!" Qin Mutong said with a pretended surprise.
The old lady was happy for a while, and completely threw the depression in her heart out of the clouds.
The next day, Qin Mutong came home from school and ate the osmanthus cake specially made for her by the old lady.
This osmanthus cake is still hot, and the old lady still sprinkled finely chopped red date residue on it, it tastes sweet and delicious and not greasy, Qin Mutong ate several times in a row before stopping.
The old lady must have made the osmanthus cake when Qin Mutong went home, otherwise, the taste of the osmanthus cake would not have been maintained so well.
Qin Mutong's heart was sweet, she took the old lady's arm and said, "By the way, milk, has our family's land been rented out?"
"Rented out. The old lady smiled and said, "I rented it to your Uncle De!"
Uncle De?
Qin Mutong was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and said in astonishment: "Milk, you mean Qiu Li's father?!"
Zheng Qiuli and her father Zheng Youde, that is Zheng Hongxing's cousin, the two families are close! Otherwise, when Zheng Qiuli got married, Xiong Xiaofen would not dare to make trouble at the door of people's homes.
But it was precisely because of this that Qin Mutong was surprised.
"That's right!" the old lady glared at Qin Mutong, "Otherwise, which Uncle De do you have?"
"Uncle Nade doesn't know that our family's land was forced by Uncle Zheng so that no one planted it?" Qin Mutong said strangely.
"Our family's land was suddenly returned, and I also found several families who had no one to plant, this matter is so big, many people in the village know about it, how can your Uncle De not know?" The old lady said indifferently, "But if you know, you will know, Zheng Hongxing didn't tell your Uncle De about this, why can't your Uncle De plant?" If you plant our family's land, how much more grain can you harvest in a year!"