On the first day of the Lunar New Year, before dawn, in the sound of firecrackers outside that almost did not stop all night, we ate dumplings early, according to our rules here, we have to pay New Year's greetings to our grandparents, grandparents sit by the kang, and the first row stands with parents and uncles, Yan Gu, and behind are our five children.

First of all, the four adults kowtowed to their grandparents, and the uncle kowtowed in a proper manner under the command of Yangu's fingers, and the three of them also said auspicious words in their mouths, wishing their parents good health and a good New Year. The grandparents couldn't stop laughing.

When it was our turn, Aunt Yan helped Feifei to kowtow, Kang Kang stupidly followed his sister to learn, and the blessings we said were not so neat, and my sister, Meimei and Feifei said their own things: "Grandparents have a good New Year." "It's not uniform anyway.

Kang Kang knelt there and shouted, "Grandpa! ”

Grandpa smiled and came over to pick up Kangkang, saying, "My good grandson." Grandma took out a brand-new five-dollar bill from her pocket and gave it to each of us, and when Grandma gave it to Feifei, she stuffed it into the pocket of his new clothes. Five yuan was a big bill for us at that time.

Kang Kang was happy with the money, and after taking it for a while, he shouted: "Sister.!" As he spoke, he handed the money to Dandan, which made everyone laugh. Dandan put the money in his pocket and said, "Keep it and buy delicious food later." ”

As soon as he finished kowtowing, the bastard was the first to rush into our house, shouting: "Happy New Year, Uncle and Auntie!"

Grandpa smiled and said, "My youngest son is here, hurry up, the old woman will give the child New Year's money." ”

The bastard didn't wait to get the money, and gave New Year's greetings to his parents, uncle, and aunt Yan. At this time, Sister Xiaoru's family of three also came.

That day, Yan Gu and the others did not go up the mountain.

The next day was also the day of our family's party, except for the third aunt's absence, the second aunt's family came, and Sister Xiaoru also came back as her mother's home.

At lunchtime, my grandmother suddenly became sad and said, "Sanya called yesterday and said that she was fine, but I still think that Sanya is suffering outside alone, and she can come back for reunion when she can come back." ”

As soon as Grandma's words were finished, the phone rang. Meimei was the closest, and when she heard the phone ringing, she immediately ran over and picked it up, and said hello with a 'feed' in her mouth.

Without listening to the other party's words, he shouted: "Auntie, aunt." Grandma misses you. "Although I haven't met this aunt, we have talked on the phone more than once, and we are no strangers to each other.

When my grandmother heard that it was the third aunt, she wanted to come and pick it up, but the second aunt said, "Mother, I'll pick it up." We haven't talked in a long time. ”

The two sisters chatted for a while, and it seemed that the third aunt was specifically calling the second aunt.

After the second aunt answered the phone, she said to her grandmother: "Sanya, it's really good, don't worry too much, the more festivals they have, the busier they will be." She said that she would definitely come back this year. ”

Grandma said: "I went to see Wenwen a few years ago, the child is very good at her grandfather's house, Wenwen is also very busy now, in addition to going to school, she also takes dance lessons and piano lessons, and the pressure on children is not small." looks more and more like Sanya, originally wanted to let the child come to live at home for a few days, but her grandparents arranged the child's winter vacation to the full. ”

The second aunt said happily: "Now every family pays attention to their children's education, and they all want their children to be promising, and they don't hesitate to spend money on education." ”

Grandpa said: "It is the wish of adults to hope that their son will become a dragon, and it doesn't hurt to learn more, but it is just that the child is tired." ”

Grandpa Zhang came back fifteen years ago, and screenwriter Zhang and his son sent the old man back.

The old man was in good spirits, dressed like a retired cadre by his son, and when he got home, he said that Beijing was really good, but he was not used to it, he didn't know anywhere, he didn't dare to go out, and he was afraid that he wouldn't come back when he went out, so it was better to be free in the village.

The old man not only loves to talk and laugh, but when he comes home, he talks endlessly, and his red face suddenly looks a lot younger, where is he still like an old man in his eighties. 's own son must also do his best to take care of him, screenwriter Zhang said: "My father is coming back a year ago, and I have been persuading him to come back to live after the New Year. ”

Screenwriter Zhang said and took out a square jade seal from his pocket, and said to his grandfather: "I see that Kang Kang is painting well, I don't bring anything good, I want to do something for the child, and let the child cover this after painting, and use it sooner or later, I asked someone to engrave two words: Kang Kang." I think that's good. ”

As he spoke, he took out the ink and a piece of paper, and a two-centimeter-square red seal was printed on the paper, and the two imitation Song fonts of 'Kangkang' were carved exquisitely, including the delicate white and greasy jade, it seems that Screenwriter Zhang has worked hard. Although he didn't say the value, his grandfather didn't know anything about this, so he knew that there would be no answer to ask screenwriter Zhang, so he simply didn't ask him.

Kang Kang was very happy, when Screenwriter Zhang gave it to him, he simply taught him how to use it, he picked it up and stamped it on his previous paintings, the seal was indiscriminately covered, and some even directly covered the face of the painting.

Screenwriter Zhang smiled and helped him correct it, and after a few times, Kang Kang knew the correct position, and after that, every time he drew a good one, Kang Kang seriously stamped his big red seal. Then he squinted his eyes to look at his masterpiece, and his mouth was still 'hehey' from time to time.

The spring flowers are blooming, the mountains are covered with green again, and the slaughtering winter has passed, and the small grasses and trees full of life in the mountains are all blown by the spring breeze, and they are scrambling to sprout and grow.

People have taken off their heavy cotton clothes, and they have become energetic, and their bodies have burst with youthful vitality.

Shengzi has been more diligent since he bought this second-hand car, in addition to picking up a few people up the mountain every day, he also put up a sign on the front windshield of the car when he parked: rental. The address of the restaurant is written on the back. Occasionally, I can also receive a few odd jobs for running to the county seat or long-distance station. In Katsuko's words: "Hehe, someone gave the gas money." ”

Sister Xiaoru looked at her husband's happy appearance every day, and her heart was also happy.

Since he had this van, Uncle Xiao has taken Kang Kang up the mountain to the store every day. Kang Kang's daily task is to paint and accompany his uncle, and he never dares to run around. Feifei and Meimei are at home and are taken care of by their grandparents.

Kang Kang is now starting to draw tourists, as long as he passes in front of the store, Kang Kang sees it, just looks at him or her for a few seconds, and will quickly draw him or her on his or her drawing paper.

When you are in a good mood a day, you can draw dozens of pictures, and if you don't want to paint a day, you can paint so many pictures, as strangers continue to be painted on paper, many portraits are piled up in the store, Yan Gu simply pulls up a rope in front of the store, and hangs each unknown portrait at the door with a clip.

At first, people thought that Yan Gu was going to sell these portraits, but some tourists from the north and south saw their portraits and asked Yan Gu how much money they could buy back their portraits, and Yan Gu said, "If you see that the painting is your own, take it away, and don't pay a penny." ”

Later, I wrote a few words directly and hung there: the portrait is self-picked, not for sale.

In this way, some tourists generally say thank you and gratitude when they get their portraits, and some tourists will walk into the store to choose their favorite products, and the worst is to buy a bottle of drinks or cigarettes, in this way to return Kangkang's free portraits, but the store's business is rising.

Yan Gu hugged Kang Kang's little head and said, "Who said that my son is stupid, my son knows how to help his mother do business at such a small point." A sweet smile spread across his face.

Kang Kang seemed to understand, and he worked harder to paint, until the third rope was hung up, and he could paint thirty or forty pictures a day, and Yangu's shop became a beautiful landscape: Kang Kang sat in front of the easel and was engrossed in painting a certain passing tourist, and behind him sat the uncle, next to dozens of Kang Kang's works.

When the tourists return, they have to stay here for a few minutes to see if there is a portrait of themselves, and some of them run to Kang Kang when they see no of their own, begging Kang Kang: "Children, is it okay to draw a picture for Auntie?"

Kangkang basically responds to requests, looks at a few tourists and no longer looks, regardless of the age of men and women, are uncles and aunts, children say that they want to paint, their mouths shout brother or sister, the brush in their hands moves quickly, the face of the character begins to take shape quickly on the paper, draw a portrait for a few minutes at most, and it is still vivid.

Tourists watched their voices and smiles on the side, and their mouths were full of praise. Before leaving, don't forget to spend a little in the store, or just wait for the portrait to go around the store, basically there is no empty hand.

The turnover of Yangu's small shop has skyrocketed, at least four or five percent higher than that of the same business next to it.

This wonderful scene made the people in the shop next to them envious and could only smack their tongues, and shook their heads helplessly, we can't compare with this business, and they all say that Yan Gu picked up a 'cornucopia' son. Yan Gu heard people's voiceovers, there were praise, jealousy, and envy in it, Yan Gu was slightly happy after listening to it, and did not pay attention to gossip.

Aunt Yan no longer makes lunch by herself, every day it is sent by Sister Xiaoru or Shengzi, if she is not busy, she will go to their restaurant to eat, Shengzi sometimes cooks by herself, and his cooking level has indeed improved greatly.

At noon on this day, Aunt Yan took her uncle and the third sister to lead Kang Kang to eat again, and Shengzi shouted from afar: "Fourth uncle, Yan'er, come on, let's eat noodles today, let you taste my own original marinade, all ready, give some advice after eating." ”

Yan Gu said: "It's not delicious, you eat it yourself, take us as your experiment." ”

Katsuko said, "I'm not blowing with you, as long as one of you says it's not delicious after eating, I'll cook a big meal for you every day in the future." After speaking, he smiled extremely confidently.

After Yan Gu and the others sat down, Shengzi went into the back kitchen, and after a while, he came out with a big bowl of noodles, and said, "This bowl is from the fourth uncle, I have been cold for a while, and your noodles will be boiled in the pot immediately." Katsuko has long been accustomed to the uncle's way of eating.

Yan Gu took out the uncle's special spoon from the uncle's pocket, and the third sister took it over and washed it.

Uncle took the washed spoon, Yan Gu gently pushed his elbow with his hand, Uncle groped with his left hand and touched the big bowl, picked it up himself, and used the spoon to dig a spoonful of noodles that had been cut by Katsuko into his mouth and put it in his mouth.

Shengzi and Yangu watched the uncle eat next to them, and Shengzi's eyes were eager and expectant.

I saw that the uncle put the first bite into his mouth and chewed it a few times, and suddenly stopped, and his mouth was half open, everyone was stunned, and Katsuko was stunned all of a sudden. I thought to myself: it's broken, the noodles are messed up.