Chapter 20: The World of Innocence
Zhang He didn't take a few steps out of the house, and suddenly stopped, raised the lamp in his hand again and looked at it, not just remembered something, he actually tore up the newspaper that was suddenly wrapped in the lamp, and dipped the remaining kerosene in the oil pan with his hand, and wiped the copper cup all over the body, until his hands and lamps were all stained with oil, he seemed to be very "satisfied" and ran to the west house of the main house in the front yard, holding the copper lamp with a childlike face and saying to everyone: "That's it, who of you wants to see it?"
"Hey, what should I be? It's just an oil lamp!" said the eldest aunt first.
"Oil lamps. Why do you want this? Beijing doesn't need it. Aunt Zhang He seemed to be very disappointed, glanced at the dirty copper cup in Zhang He's hand and said.
"Beijing sometimes has power outages! This is small, fuel-efficient!" Zhang He said with a wink.
"Hey, hey, it's so good at such a young age, it's a tiger!" his cousin Li Yong took a sip of wine and joked to Zhang He.
"Bring it to me. Uncle and grandfather put down his chopsticks and said.
"Here you go. Zhang He smiled and handed the bronze cup to Uncle Li Hui in front of him, and asked him to help pass it to the eldest uncle and grandfather sitting inside, but his heart churned again.
"Didn't you say there was another bottle?" Aunt Zhang He took a bite of food, glanced at Grandma Tai, and asked casually.
"The bottle shattered when I picked it up, and it almost pricked my hand. Zhang He didn't wait for Grandma Tai to speak, so he pretended to stare at his oil-stained hands and grabbed words.
"Say don't let you move, don't let you move, you deviate. It's not tied, is it? Grandma, who didn't take the bottle seriously at all, spoke.
Aunt Shujuan, who was sitting next to her uncle Li Hui, took Zhang He's hand with concern and looked at it, and then said with a smile: "It's not broken! Look at your dirty hands." I'll have to wash my hands before I can eat! ”
"You kid really don't feel dirty, and if you don't wipe it clean, give it to me! Look at my hand!" The uncle and grandfather who didn't see the value of the oil lamp in his hand suddenly put down the oil lamp and showed his palm to everyone.
"Hehe, get a piece of paper for my uncle. "Haha, get my dad a piece of paper. ”
Aunt Zhang He and Aunt Su Cai of her uncle's grandfather laughed one after another.
"Go out and get soap and wash it, it's oil, and the paper is clean. As the eldest daughter in the family, Grandma Zhang He raised her wine glass and frowned at her eldest brother.
"Uncle, don't move. I'll ask Shujuan to bring you a basin of water, and I'll wash it here. Seeing that the eldest uncle and grandfather stood up, Uncle Li Hui hurriedly waved at his uncle and handed his daughter-in-law Shujuan a look.
"How to wash here, go out and wash it. Grandma Zhang He said with a straight face.
"Yes, I listen to my sister. Uncle and grandfather said to everyone with a smile.
"Don't you look at it, brother, they still said they want to see it!" Zhang He stretched out his little hand to signal the uncle and grandfather who were about to walk out, and handed over the bronze cup.
"Here, oops, it's all oil!" the eldest uncle and grandfather handed over the copper cup, looked at his hand and smiled. At this point, Zhang He took the copper cup under the noses of the elders in the family in this grand manner.
"Look, but don't touch it. It's all oil. Uncle and grandfather took it just now, and now I'm going to wash my hands, and I'll have to go in a while, look at my hands. Zhang He, who returned to the East House, said to his younger brothers and sisters on the kang with a copper cup covered in oil.
"Take it away, it's dirty. As soon as Jia Yi saw the copper cup, he hurriedly retreated to the innermost part of the kang as if he had seen a shell.
"Brother, when you go back tomorrow, I'll give you an oil lamp with a glass cover. It's not particularly bright, and we don't usually use this. Li Zhen sat at the kang table and said to Zhang He seriously.
"yes, brother. This one doesn't light up. Li Meng took her sister's words and said.
"Brother, go wash your hands. Wu Xin stared at Zhang He's hand and said.
"I have to let Jia Yi see it clearly! Jia Yi, come on, come on, come and have a look. Zhang He, who finally fell to the ground with a stone in his heart, suddenly put on a posture that was about to go to the kang, and held the copper cup to Jia Yi's side.
"Take it, don't rub it on me. You're so nasty. Jia Yi hid in the corner of the kang, holding a pillow to block his face and shouted.
"Well, what about bullying us again?" Zhang He's third aunt heard her son's cry and immediately stretched her neck and shouted to the east house.
"Let's have fun!" replied Li Zhen with a smile in the room.
"Okay, I won't tease you. I'll wash my hands. After Zhang He finished speaking, he walked out of the door with the copper cup again, trotted all the way back to the backyard, picked up the newspaper that had just been thrown on the ground, rewrapped the copper cup, and put it back in his mother's bag.
Then after lunch, he took down the feast and cleaned up the kitchen and the house. The adults set up three tables of mahjong, some on the field and some on the spectators to play cards. And Zhang He's grandfather and Zhang's mother, who have never been able to get through this way, went back to the house to rest. Only Uncle Li Hui and Aunt Shujuan prepared for the family's dinner.
"Shall we help you do something?" Zhang He saw that Aunt Shujuan, who was covered in sweat, had been going back and forth to and from the courtyard several times with two large wooden barrels hanging on her shoulder, and couldn't help but want to bring her younger siblings to help.
"It's okay, you don't have to do anything. Go take a nap. Aunt Shujuan said to the children with a smile on her face.
"We'll help you with the grass. Zhang He turned his head again and said to Uncle Li Hui, who was squatting on the ground at the door of the East Chamber.
"No, you can't move this thing. If you don't sleep, go outside and play for a while!" Uncle Li Hui made a blocking gesture to the children with a serious face.
"Mother, let my brother go to sleep for a while, I'll help you!" Li Zhen took the wooden barrel in his mother's hand and said.
"Mother wishes I had your help, but your brother and they will go back to Beijing tomorrow, so you should play together more in the afternoon!" Aunt Shujuan looked at the children and said.
"Ahh
"I don't know, I asked my mom to go. Wu Xin said as he ran into the house.
Quiet, suddenly fell into silence. Li Zhen and Li Meng looked at the door of the main room like this, waiting for Wu Xin to come back. But what he didn't expect to wait for was that Wu Xin stood at the door of the house with a disappointed face and said, "My mother said that I will leave tomorrow morning." ”
"Let's stay for a few more days!" Li Meng suddenly took Zhang He's hand and said.
"I'm going to ask my mom if it's okay. Jia Yi, who had become acquainted with the sisters after a meal at noon, also ran back to the house after speaking.
"Look, look. I couldn't bear to work for just one day. Aunt Shujuan's eyes were a little moist, and she turned her head to say to her uncle Li Hui.
"But no, what do you mean by a child? It will be ripe in one day, and when it is ripe, it will be reluctant. Uncle Li Hui said lightly while continuing to hold the grass.
But at this moment, Jia Yi's cry suddenly came from the north house. There is no need to guess, Jia Yi, who usually cares about adults asking for stars and adults dare not give the moon, has been rejected as never before, and is launching his "attack".
"Yes, give me one to cry. Aunt Shujuan sighed as she walked into the house.
At this time, although Zhang He was also a little moved by Jia Yi's sudden change, he also realized that this was the best time to hide people's eyes. So he gently pushed Wu Xin's shoulder and said, "Wu Xin, you go and coax him." Take him to the backyard in a moment, let's find us in the room where we slept last night. After speaking, he beckoned to Li Zhen and Li Meng, and led the sisters to the backyard.
When he arrived in the backyard and entered the door of the east chamber, without waiting for the sisters to speak, Zhang He hurriedly pushed the two bowls on the table into the hands of the sisters and said, "You two listen well, don't interject in the middle." This bowl, I have seen in the imperial palace in Beijing, should have been used by the emperor. Although I am not sure that it is true at this time, if it is, then in another ten or twenty years, it will be able to buy half of your village. But if it's fake, the two bowls should also be worth a bit of money later. So whether it's true or not, you all hide it first, don't show it to anyone, not even your father and your mother, and you must not take it out until you have to. And because of it, you can't go to school and sit on empty feet. Do you remember?"
"Brother, you speak slowly, I didn't understand. Li Meng, the youngest, shook his head while blinking, looked at his sister on the left, and then looked at his brother in front of him.
"Brother, I don't understand too much, are you saying that this bowl is worth a lot of money?" Li Zhen glanced at his sister and asked Zhang He with a cute face.
"Yes, if it's true, it's worth a lot. You must remember that you must keep it secret, and you must not let the adults call the shots and sell it cheaply. If you really catch up with something one day in the future, you will take it to Beijing to find me, and I will take you with me... ”
"Look for us too!" Wu Xin and Jia Yi, who had only heard the end of the door at the moment of entering the door, walked into the room as they spoke.
When Zhang He saw the brothers enter the door, he immediately glanced at Li Zhen and Li Meng, and at the same time walked quickly in front of the brothers with a smile, blocking the brothers' sight, and said, "What's the matter in the end, is it really Ming'er who has already left?"
Seeing this, the young ladies immediately smiled at Wu Xin and Jia Yi and said, "Let's go to the front yard first." He also went out with his hands behind his back to avoid the eyes of the brothers.
"Why are they going?" Wu Xin asked inexplicably.
"I asked them both to help us intercede and try to stay for a few more days. Zhang He said.
"Oh, if only I could play for a few more days, I haven't had enough of it. Jia Yi said.
Poetry: The boy with a hanging bun is always suspicious,
Instant harmony opens the face.
It's not like an adult who changes in a thousand ways,
Grievances and knots are hung in the heart