My grandfather also had a unique skill of roasting corn, which was also my childhood favorite.

That day, my grandfather roasted corn for me in the stove, and the corn baked by my grandfather was golden on the outside without a little black paste, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and fragrant. My grandfather put chopsticks on them, blew them a few times, and then handed them to me and said, "Be careful, don't burn your mouth." ”

Smelling the tempting aroma of roasted corn, I opened my mouth and began to nibble on the fragrant corn.

None of them noticed that three young people had already entered the courtyard. One of them spoke in the courtyard: "Is Xiao Si at home?"

Grandpa heard the sound and I came out of the stove room, and saw that the person who was talking was Katsuko, and two young people I didn't know were standing in the courtyard. One of them, a short young man, was sturdy and stocky, and his face was darker than his grandfather's.

Seeing these appearances, grandpa understood a little, and the 'enemy' came to the door.

Grandpa asked unhurriedly, "Katsuko, what are you doing here?"

Katsuko saw her grandfather appear and said, "Why are you here? I brought you a letter seven years ago." ”

He raised his left hand and stretched out his thumb to point at the short black young man and said, "This is my eldest brother, it was the fourth child who wrote and sent him to prison, and my eldest brother is now out, let me lead him to your house and say." ”

Grandpa said coldly: "Whoever you should talk to, go to whomever you say, this matter has nothing to do with us." ”

The short young man said to Katsuko: "Katsuko, it's none of your business here, you go home first and wait for me, and I'll solve my own affairs." ”

Katsuko said flatteringly: "Don't big brother, brothers are not afraid of stalls." ”

The short young man patted Katsuko on the shoulder: "There's nothing to do with you here, just go back and wait for me." ”

Katsuko hesitated for a moment and muttered, "Otherwise, we will be at the gate, so we can take care of it." ”

The short young man's face was serious, and he raised his voice a little: "Go home!"

Katsuko turned around with an "oh" and "oh" in his mouth with a reluctant mouth, twisting his head as he walked.

When they were gone, the short young man took two steps forward, and was just about to open his mouth to speak to his grandfather, when the uncle came out of the back room on crutches, and the two of them watched the uncle walk steadily to the chair in the courtyard step by step, first touched the handle of the chair with his hand, and then sat down gently and remained motionless.

The short young man walked towards the uncle without saying a word, and the grandfather hurriedly followed behind, and I could clearly see that the grandfather clenched his fists.

Unexpectedly, when the short young man walked three or four steps away from the uncle, his feet were folded, his knees were bent and he knelt in front of the uncle, and his right hand was arched with his left hand holding into a fist, and said, "Thank you fourth brother for saving his life back then!" After speaking, he kowtowed three times in a row, and when he looked up, I saw that there was some dust on his forehead.

Grandpa reacted quickly, immediately loosened his fist and stepped forward to support the young man, with a puzzled expression, and said in his mouth: "Look what you are doing, I can't afford it." ”

The short young man didn't wait for his grandfather's hands to touch his body, and he stood up neatly, turned to his grandfather and said, "Uncle, I'm going to knock one for the fourth brother, it's nothing." I'm leaving. ”

Grandpa hurriedly said: "That's not good, you made a big gift, how can you say that you can leave, how can you explain things clearly, we can't accept a big gift for no reason." ”

The young man showed an embarrassed look and said: "What is there to say, they are all young and vigorous to do mixed things, thanks to the fourth brother to help me become a new person, I will not make such a mistake in the future, I will go home and honestly honor my mother." ”

Grandpa took the young man's arm and said that he would not let him go, and that he would have to go into the house to drink some water. The young man had no choice but to go in.

Two people entered the house with their front feet, and grandma entered the door with their back feet.

The young man told his grandparents what had happened in the house: Uncle and aunt must have known who I was, yes, I was the 'Short Black' of the year, alas, they were all nicknames given by the brothers on the road in the past. It's also to blame that I used to be young and vigorous, hot-tempered, impulsive and hands-on, and I didn't take it lightly. That year, I got into a fight with someone because of some trivial things, and I didn't open the door when I made a move, and I beat the three people on the other side to serious injuries, so I began to hide everywhere. I don't believe that I met the fourth brother by chance, but I believe it when I say that it is destined to be. I wanted to change places after hiding in Shengzi's house for a few days, and that day I met the fourth brother at the entrance of the village when I came out of his house, and I was curious, and I went to see the fourth brother writing with a rare mentality, and I didn't think about anything at the time, but I saw the fourth brother write three 'filial piety' words in a row. After reading it, my heart was excited, my heart beat a lot faster, and I immediately called Katsuko and left. I didn't tell Katsuko what I saw, anyway, I was restless along the way, and I was thinking about my mother. My dad died when I was eleven years old because of work, and it was my mom who worked hard to pull me and my younger brother to grow up, because I fought with others for three days and two ends, and it didn't make my mom angry. I wasn't in the mood to drink when I drank with them at night, so I decided to go home and see my mother. I still have a fluke mentality, thinking that my affairs have been in the past for so long, I will go home and say a few words and leave, I will not be so unlucky to run into the police. But within a few minutes of my arrival the next night, I was arrested.

When the young man said this, he took a sip of tea with a wry smile, and continued: When I first went in, I was full of hatred for my fourth brother, because it was his writing that made me want to go home. The determination to grit his teeth came out and took revenge on him. When Katsuko came out to see me, I asked him if he saw what Xiaosi had written, and he said nothing, so I told him what I saw, and quietly told him to let him bring a letter to your family, I just thought that the fourth brother wrote to me and asked me to go home to see my mother was a trap for me, and let the police arrest me. No, I'm still out there and happy. Don't hide it from my uncle and aunt, when I was in prison, I thought that if I came out, I would break my fourth brother's leg and make him cripple again, and he wouldn't even be able to walk. Alas, think of how bastard and terrible I was back then. But when I stayed in it for a long time, and I listened to more and more things, my heart gradually changed, especially when my brother came to see me for the first time and asked me why I did not come to see you for almost two years? I shook my head, and my brother cried and said that my mother was seriously ill by your anger and had been lying in bed for more than three months! Our mother said that she would never want you as an unfilial son again! This time he came secretly, and he wanted to persuade me one last time, hoping that I would change my ways. Then tell me that my two most iron-clad brothers were shot in accidents one after another, and they are my lessons from the past! I was shocked by this series of news, although I did not shed a single tear in front of my brother, but I cried all night under the quilt!

Tears welled up from the corners of the young man's eyes, and he calmed down and spoke again: I thought about a lot of questions seriously in those days, this is the real serious thinking in my life, and the most is the word 'filial piety' written to me by the fourth brother. I can talk to my brothers and friends about the righteousness and friendship of the rivers and lakes outside, why didn't I think of giving my mother a little filial piety? When I figured it all out, I was calm, and since I knew I was wrong, I had the courage to face it. Once people's minds change, their actions will be different. I began to actively cooperate with the transformation, trying to let myself go out earlier and go home early to do something for my mother. It's okay, my efforts were not in vain, my sentence was reduced twice, I went home last month, and now I'm ready to find a job, and I'll go home with my mother every day in the future, alas, I owe my mother too much.

After listening to the young man's words with a focused expression, the grandmother was a little scared, thinking that this person deserved to be called 'Short Black'.

Grandpa said happily: "It's the right way for you to think like this, it's a good thing to know that you have changed it when you did something wrong when you were young." ”

The young man took another sip of tea and said embarrassedly: "Uncle, you are right, so I took advantage of today's irrelevance to come to thank the fourth brother, I originally wanted to bring a gift, you see that I am shy now, so I came cheekily and empty-handed, but I came but I have one of my biggest wishes, and I will make up for it when I make money next time I come to see the fourth brother." ”

Grandma said: "There is everything at home, people will come, don't be so polite, and you are not allowed to bring anything next time." ”

Grandpa found that this young man was straightforward and fast-talking, but spontaneously had a strong good feeling, so he rushed to know that his mistakes could be corrected, and grandpa would welcome him to come again.

When he was leaving, his grandmother forced him to give him several bottles of canned walnuts and canned fruits, saying that they were not for you but for your mother, and the young man took them and left.

The crisis that shrouded her grandmother's heart and worried about the revenge of the short black was so easily resolved.

Grandpa once said to grandma proudly afterwards: "Do you remember what I said back then?