Chapter 1253: Relatives come and go
Visiting relatives now is not as common as phone calls a few years later, and they are notified by phone in advance before going to someone's house. Instead, just pack up your things and go straight to it.
Sometimes I can't find anyone in the place, and I have to ask my neighbors, and sometimes it happens that my relatives' house also goes to eat closed-door soup.
It is different from going to other relatives' homes to visit, basically carrying a carton of milk, or other urban and rural supplements. In addition to some tonic gifts, most of the daughters will buy some vegetables to bring with them. And these dishes are basically meat-based.
So simply buy some fruits, and then cut a few catties of meat, which is the standard preparation of rural daughters going to their mother's house. If the family is richer and wants to make the gifts richer, then get two more versions of eggs and a big fish, which will be all generous.
Therefore, the Yang family's relatives are not exempt from this clichΓ©. Of course, high-end supplements are definitely not available, compared to gifts for some younger relatives, they are all cosmetics, jewelry and other things that young people like.
There is no point in sending these things to the elderly, it is better to buy more supplements so that they can take care of their bodies. So every time Yang Dongxu comes back from a trip, he will send a lot of supplements to his grandfather and grandma here.
Yang's mother is a sister, and the four have no brother and younger brother, so Yang Dongxu has no uncle. But fortunately, the little grandfather got married and had a family, although the grandfather and grandmother had no children under their knees, but the aunt's family was so close to Houzhuang that it was easy to take care of.
Yang Dongxu's grandfather's house is not a popular two-story building, originally Yang's mother wanted to build it for her parents, and her own family paid for other sisters to express their feelings.
But my grandfather didn't let it be built, but just pushed the old house to three sturdy tiled houses built with cement. It is inconvenient to climb up and down in a building when you are old, it is better to build a few tiled houses and make a yard to live comfortably, and you can feed some sheep and chickens in the side room.
The supplements were sent directly into the back room, these things were more expensive, and they were pulled by the naughty child outside, even if they didn't care, they would affect the mood of the family.
In addition to supplements, chicken, fish, meat and eggs are obviously indispensable, and Mama Yang also bought a refrigerator for her parents. There is no need to worry about the electricity bill or anything, and sometimes the daughters pay it when they come to see the elderly.
Sometimes the little grandfather will do it for him, after all, this money is not a matter for everyone. Besides, as long as grandpa and grandma can be healthy, it doesn't matter if they spend more money.
The human flesh brought must be inexhaustible, this time Yang Ma not only brought a bag of big stick bones, ready to make soup for the old man to make up for his body, but also got more than 20 catties of meat, and the carnivorous pigs are all good meat.
Although grandma and grandpa are older, their teeth are okay. There are a few front front teeth filled, but the big teeth in the back are basically there, so it's no problem to eat some of the meat that is messy.
"What are these things, why do you stuff everything into them?" cut some meat that needed to be eaten for stir-fry at noon, and Yang Ma skillfully cut a few pieces of the remaining meat and prepared to put it under the refrigerator to freeze, so that the parents could eat it slowly, but when they opened the refrigerator, they saw that it was full of various things.
If it's some chicken, duck and fish that's frozen, forget it, these things are too hot to put in. But there are still a lot of ice lollies in the freezer below, and even some watermelon and corn or something, which makes people frown.
Although grandpa is in good health, he is an old man after all, and it is okay to cook and eat after freezing and thawing chicken, fish, meat and eggs. But these frozen watermelon popsicles are obviously not theirs. It can't be the little grandfather's house, the little grandfather's house has its own refrigerator.
When I opened the upper layer of the refrigerator, I saw that Mama Yang's nose was almost crooked, and there were bags of eggs in it, and some other bits and pieces were also stuffed, and these eggs were not under grandpa's chickens.
Because grandpa and grandma's family fed chickens themselves, when several of their sisters came to see the elderly. Although I am afraid that the old man will not be willing to eat eggs or something, I occasionally buy some eggs and bring them over, but it is impossible to stuff the refrigerator so full.
"Ah, the third family is visiting relatives again. β
"This is your little grandson, a good porcelain for white and chubby. β
"It's still good, I don't recognize life. β
Before the things were packed up and put in the house, a lot of people from the neighborhood came.
Some of them came to the front of the refrigerator while talking and laughing, but they smiled a little awkwardly and left the house without saying a few words.
Next, many people leaned towards the refrigerator, and after a while, the refrigerator that was originally stuffed was empty in an instant.
That's right!
It's all empty, which means that so many things in the refrigerator are frozen in the neighborhood by the neighbors, and none of them belong to grandparents.
"Where did you put all the fish and meat I sent before, have you finished eating?" asked Mama Yang with a frown.
"It's all frozen at your uncle's side, and your uncle's side has a freezer in addition to the refrigerator, which is quite large. The grandmother next to her said with a smile.
Compared with his grandfather, who is not called Xiao Wenchen, grandma loves Zhou Ya very much. Every time Zhou Ya came, her grandmother pulled her to talk for a long time.
Seeing that his wife didn't care, he seemed to be very happy. Mama Yang didn't know what to say for a while, those neighbors who originally said this in their mouths and the atmosphere seemed to be very lively, no one dared to look at Mama Yang at this time.
"Grandpa, I'll go to my little grandfather's house to have a look. Yang Dongxu shouted to his grandfather with a few boxes of gifts next to him.
"Go, come back early for dinner, call your little grandfather's family over too, and tell them not to cook at noon." "Grandpa is holding a small bamboo basket in his hand, accompanying Wenchen to pick up eggs on the side of the chicken coop, and he has a great-grandson who doesn't think about his grandson at all.
"Got it. Yang Dongxu responded, Zhou Ya had to talk to her grandmother and had to go alone.
For so many messy things stuffed in the refrigerator, grandma's refrigerator turned out to be something shared by other people. To be honest, Yang Dongxu was also quite angry at the beginning, this matter was obviously bullying grandpa and grandma for kindness.
But I saw that grandpa and grandma didn't care, and because they could help others be happy. He could only sigh and say nothing, as long as the old man was happy, nothing else mattered.
"Xuzi is here, I heard from the neighbor that you are here, I was about to go over, your uncle didn't recognize it and went to repair the car, I asked him to bring some food when he came back, and don't go back to eat here at noon." When I came to the little grandpa, the little grandma was about to go out, "Come on, why do you still bring so many things?"
Compared with the three big tiled houses on Grandma's side, it looks very good, and the small building of Grandpa's house is undoubtedly much more magnificent.
Because most of the two-story buildings in the countryside are buildings with a bit of a tube building on the outside. But the small building of the uncle's house is completely a small villa.
Although there is no lawn garden in the eyes of rural people, although some flowers are planted in the yard and some greenery, most of the other places are planted with peppers and green onions except for the cement floor, which is very down-to-earth.
But such a building is definitely the most beautiful in the countryside, and many older generations call such a house a western-style house. After all, people in the past were poor, but foreign countries are indeed developed.
Therefore, when you encounter good things, you will add a 'foreign' in front of them to describe them. For example, kerosene is not called kerosene, it is called foreign oil, bicycles are not called bicycles, it is called foreign cars, and there are foreign fires and so on.
"I didn't buy all of these things, but many of them were bought by my aunt. Yang Dongxu smiled and carried the things into the house.
The little grandfather was called to repair the car, not that the little grandfather opened a repair shop. But a long-term illness has become a good doctor, as the first generation of sports cars, many small problems in trucks have to run to the strength to repair at every turn, and there are no repair shops in the county below.
So gradually, the little grandfather learned to repair the car by himself, and he still needs to go to the city for big parts or something, after all, although he knows where the fault of the car is, and he does not rely on the repair shop to have no parts. Small problems can basically be solved.
I don't charge money, and the little grandfather who is particular about giving two packs of cigarettes will not refuse, and if there is a particular, he will invite a meal or something. Compared with the honest farmer like grandpa, the little grandfather is very open in these ten miles and eight towns, even if no one is looking for help, there is a wine bureau to greet him every day.
"That dead girl, how long has it been, and I don't know if I'll come back to see it. When he said that his daughter, the little grandmother was angry.
However, compared with previous years, when I said this, I couldn't help wiping my tears, and my resistance has increased significantly in recent years, and I don't know how many grades. It's certain that I have anger in my heart, but I finally held back the tears.
"Auntie is over there in Europe, and something happened to Yang Jiayan, so she didn't come back this time. But by eleven it should be fine, and I can come back.
At that time, it just so happens that Ran Hao doesn't have to go to school and take a vacation, and when the time comes, let my aunt take your two old family to wander outside and turn around the great rivers and mountains of our motherland. Putting the gift into the house, Yang Dongxu said with a smile.
"I've never seen anything when I'm old, why spend so much money?"
This is a common colloquial phrase spoken by the older generation. In addition to this sentence, there is also a sentence that says, 'What haven't you eaten when you're old?' β
But the older generation actually lives in an era that is the poorest generation in China, and even older people, not to mention going outside, it is estimated that the farthest place is not to mention the province, and many have never even been out of the county.
"My aunt has money, what's wrong with spending a little more money on her?" Yang Dongxu quipped.
After chatting a few more words, Yang Dongxu asked the little grandmother to close the door and go to grandma's house. The little grandmother asked him to go back first, and she called the little grandfather first to see if he could come back at noon.
Yang Dongxu had just left the door of his grandfather's house, but a car stopped at the door.
"Hey, brother, you are also here to visit relatives today, such a coincidence!" A man with a big back got out of the car, and when he saw his obvious eyes, he hurriedly got out of the car and handed over cigarettes.
Then the other side of the car door opened, and out came a very fashionable little young woman with wavy hair, who also smiled at him with a little surprise.
The man is none other than the grandson of the second aunt's family, the youngest son of the eldest cousin's family, Qian Hai. The little young woman in the same car was his wife Zhao Ru, who had just been married for more than half a year.