After chatting for a while, the Jiang family and the two left.

Walking out of the gate of the Xin family, pulling her son who suddenly became well-behaved, Jiang Dahe's mother Wang Xiangmei said to her husband with emotion, "Cannon, don't say it, although the old Xin family is a nest of angry bags, but the character is really nothing to say, just take Wen Fang, if anyone pushes my son down the river, I will also lift the roof of the house, Wen Fang is different, I can feel that she is dissatisfied, but she is not right about people, I later gave her money and people refused to ask for it, or I took it by force, it is really a sincere person." ”

"Since I know that other people are good, the villagers will protect me more in the future," Jiang Dacang also felt the same way, but he was more impressed by Xin Andong, "I am more optimistic about Dongzi, that kid has clear eyes, has righteousness, standing in front of me is not afraid at all, what to say is what he wants, he is a material for doing big things." ”

"Dongzi is really good," Wang Xiangmei nodded, suddenly lowered her head and kissed her son again, and said proudly, "My son is not bad, he can change his mistakes, and he is very good!"

Wang Xiangmei has studied like her husband, although she only studied in junior high school, she has a man who graduated from high school, and both of them like to read, and they can often drag some words on the book, which seems very cultured.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Xiangmei is very popular among the women in the village, and it can be said that Xin's mother will be valued by her in the future, just like an extra talisman.

The Xin family didn't know what the Jiang family, a popular couple in the village, had to say about their family, and the family was sitting at the wooden table, looking at the small handful of money tickets on it, and they didn't know what to do.

The Jiang family was generous and gave a full fifty yuan, as well as those fruits and pastries malt cream, in this era when the average monthly salary of workers in the city was thirty yuan, fifty yuan could do a lot for the family.

It's like Xin Andong's tuition fee for the next semester, he is about to go to junior high school, and the family was still worried about his tuition problem, but now it has been solved, like Xin Andong's eldest sister came to the news two days ago that she was pregnant, Xin's mother is now slack, and she can spend a few dollars to buy some brown sugar pastries to visit her unborn grandson, and give her daughter who has been angry at her in-law's house a long face.

"Take out ten yuan, five yuan, you can directly package it to An Chun, and five yuan to buy something from the supply and marketing cooperative, and keep the rest for An Dong as tuition and body supplement. The hare caught by Da Zhuang today will be cleaned up later, and don't send it to the county to sell, peel off the skin and marinate it, and burn it for the children to eat during the New Year. The most authoritative grandfather in the family said conclusively.

Grandma Xin also nodded, "That's right, since the family has cash, the hare will be kept for Dongzi to satisfy his hunger." ”

Xin Andong, who was sitting on the side, was held in his arms by his grandmother, from being uncomfortable at the beginning to now adapting to the favor of the old man, he thought for a while, and said to Xin Wenfang, "Mom, can you give me a dollar?"

Xin Wenfang was stunned, "What do you want money for?"

A dollar is a lot, you can buy a pound of meat, An Dong never reached out to ask for money before, and suddenly opened his mouth, Xin Wenfang was even startled.

"I'm useful, Mom, give me a dollar, and I'll pay you back in two days." Xin Andong blinked and looked at Xin Wenfang with clear eyes, thinking that he could have a dollar on him as a start-up capital in the future.

Not to mention that it looks good and fragrant, Xin Andong inherited from his father's beautiful face, and has a pair of mother's affectionate peach blossom eyes, white and pure, he has been a porcelain doll in the village since he was a child, and he was stared at intently by such a good-looking child, and he is a son who hurts to the heart, how can Xin Wenfang not give money.

However, Grandma Xin was faster than her, and directly took out two one-dollar tickets from the table and stuffed them into his hand, and said affectionately, "Dongzi takes it, and if you want to eat, you can go to the store and buy it." ”

It was rare for the grandson to reach out and ask for money, Wen Fang picked out what the search was, and Xin's mother was complained by Grandma Xin after hesitating for half a minute.

Xin Wenfang pursed her lips and said dissatisfiedly, "Mom, what are you doing, as if I don't want to give it." Although two yuan is a bit much, since her mother gave it, Xin Wenfang had to tell Xin Andong, who was smiling, "But put the money tight, touch it twice when you pay for something, do you have a pocket on your clothes, or do you want your mother to sew an inner pocket for you?"

The child has a fortune of two yuan in hand, and Xin's mother can't rest assured.

Xin Andong, who has a black line, feels that the original body is 13 years old and as simple and childish as a child, and he must be spoiled by this family.

He had no choice but to say: "Mom, don't worry, I'm already a big child, and I can't lose my money." ”

Xin's mother wanted to say something, but grandma said dissatisfiedly, "The money given to the child is the child, you still want to get it back, you don't know that our Dongzi is the most meticulous person, put away your needle-pointed big heart, when my grandson is as stupid as you." ”

was sneered unceremoniously by her grandmother, and Xin's mother moved her mouth and stopped talking helplessly.

......

The next day, Xin Wenfang took out the half-new long-sleeved red gown at the bottom of the pressure box and wore it happily, she was going to visit her pregnant daughter in the next village today, and after being tired of her stupid husband with a shy face, Xin Wenfang instructed Xin Andong, "Stay at home and wait for your mother to come back, they will play with you and say don't go out with a headache, don't forget to go out when you go to the ridge to send lunch to your dad at noon, go back to the room to rest when you are tired, your body is just right, you can't blow more wind, you know?"

They refer to the bear children in the village who take pleasure in bullying Xin Andong.

Xin's mother's earnest instructions made people's hearts warm, as if they were pretending to be a hot sun, Xin Andong nodded obediently, "I know Mom, I will take care of the family, you be careful on the road, it just rained last night, the mountain road is a little slippery, you walk slowly." ”

"Like a little old man, I still use your orders," touching her son's soft yellow hair, Xin Wenfang picked up the things she wanted to bring to Xin Anchun on the ground, some dried sweet potatoes, pickled vegetables or something, and said to Xin Andong who was standing at the door, "Go in, Mom will come back in the evening." ”

After Xin's mother left, Xin Andong was ready to start acting.

He pulled out a wooden bucket from the hut where he was cooking, which contained the snails that his father had fished for him two days ago, he added salt to make the snails spit out mud for two days, and then found a wooden basin from home, and then poured all the swarthy snails into the basin, and washed them several times before draining them.

"Dongzi, what are you doing here, you want to eat snails and grandma will brush you with them!" Grandma Xin hurriedly asked when she saw her grandson's little hands soaked in the water.

Xin Andong wiped the sweat off his forehead, blushed and smiled, "Grandma, you rest, I will finish brushing these snails in a while, today I will show you my hand, eat the dishes you make every day, and taste my craftsmanship today." ”

Grandma Xin was shocked, and the grandfather who also came over also laughed, "Hey, my grandson is preparing to be a chef? This wooden barrel is heavy, how can you children lift it, grandpa will help you." ”

As he spoke, Grandpa lifted the barrel and poured out the muddy water inside.

Grandma listened to grandpa's words, and was very worried on the side, seeing her grandson sitting on a small bench bending over and brushing snails in a decent manner, she said to Xin Andong seriously, "Don't listen to your grandfather's nonsense, how can the chef who cooks rice have the grandeur of grandeur, Dongzi, you are better at reading than the children in the village, and you will become an official in the future!"

Grandma Xin couldn't raise her head in the village because she gave birth to three money-losing girls in her life, and it wasn't until Xin Andong was born that the old man finally felt down-to-earth, and her waist seemed to be straighter, so she was almost doting on her only grandson, and at the same time she had a strong and ambitious wish, that is, she wanted Xin Andong to be an official.

The biggest official the old man had ever seen was the regiment commander who came back from the victory that year, wearing a military cap, shoulder bands, a green military uniform on his body, a pair of cowhide boots, and a big gun on his back. Especially when the village chief saw the head of the regiment, he usually shouted three or four times, and he didn't dare to breathe that day.

I heard my grandfather say that my grandmother was dazzled at that time, and she couldn't sleep after rolling a few times at night, and she thought it was magnificent.

So as soon as Xin Andong was born, his grandmother thought about hoping that his grandson would become a soldier in the future, until he had been in poor health since he was born, and he was constantly sick and sick.

For the Xin family, who are often bullied in the village, they have more or less had such hopes on Xin Andong, as if Xin Andong can support them when he becomes an official.

In the past, Xin Andong was also a gas bag, he didn't dare to gasp in a crowded place, except for learning to be able to get his hands right, he was not as good as a person in everything, he could not lift his shoulders, and he had to take medicine every once in a while, and whether he could feed him was one thing, so that the Xin family's expectations for him were getting smaller and smaller day by day.

Only Grandma Xin still persists, firmly believing that her grandson will definitely be able to become a big official in the future, and even asks her grandson to say her wish to be a big official every once in a while to make her feel at ease.

"Dongzi, what are you going to be in the future?" asked Grandma Xin expectantly, a pair of cloudy eyes with a hint of longing.

Xin Andong brushed the snails in the basin, raised his head helplessly, and curled the corners of his mouth, "Milk, I will be an official in the future." ”

When Grandma Xin heard this, she hugged him happily, and slapped her palm on Xin Andong's back, "Hey! That's right! My good grandson, hurry up and study, and become a big official in the future!"

Being held by the old man, Xin Andong is funny and helpless, Xin Andong has no plan to be an official in the future, so at this stage he is just coaxing the old man to be happy, after all, he is looking at it, Grandma Xin wants her grandson to be an official, and she is already a little enchanted.

But in one sentence, since he can coax the old man, he doesn't care about opening his mouth.

"Hey, the eldest aunt is putting a tight spell on An Dong again, our old Xin family is eight generations of poor peasants, and the top of the big characters doesn't know a basket, your Dongzi book is a good read, but if you want to be an official, this tone is not small, I'm afraid that I don't know that my family didn't give birth to a kid, but the reincarnation of Wenqu Xing in the sky!"

The door to the house was pushed open from the outside, and the people who came laughed unceremoniously.

The woman in the navy blue half-worn cool coat, named Ge Jinhua, the eldest daughter-in-law of Grandpa Xin's deceased second brother, gave birth to a broken mouth, which is often used to chew the root of the tongue, and can go from the head of the village to the end of the village, and is a rat feces that everyone in the village hates.

She held a handful of melon seeds in her left hand, and said with a snort in her mouth that she did not forget the yin and yang weirdness, "An Dong, my aunt will rely on you in the future, and I will also show my aunt the official hat when I become an official, and make more money to give you milk, don't think about taking money from other people's pockets all day long. ”

I heard it, it was the one who came to ask for money.