I have never been to the long worm ditch 5 miles north of Xiaoxitan, and I have grown up since I was a child.

The long worm ditch was always brought up when Grandpa was sitting in front of a kerosene lamp smoking a hookah.

Whenever the long worm ditch is mentioned, the grandmother who does needlework on the kang will always use her beautiful big eyes, roll her grandfather's eyes, and sometimes mutter: How many years of bad things.

The long worm ditch that was always mentioned by my grandfather was related to my grandfather's mother, my grandmother.

Grandpa is the eldest in the family and an only son, and there are two younger sisters, the second aunt and the third aunt.

The third aunt and grandmother were just two years old, and my grandfather's father, my great-grandfather, was digging loess under the soil cliff in Donghegou to build a new house, when he was smashed under the cliff head of the collapse and died at the age of 40.

At that time, my grandfather was in his early 20s, and he had just been married to my grandmother for 2 years, and my grandparents' eldest son, my father's eldest brother, and my grandfather's third sister and my third aunt were the same age.

The accidental death of grandpa made the burden of a large family fall on the shoulders of grandpa in an instant.

The upper part should raise the grandmother, and the lower part should provide for the son and the younger sister. After being busy with his family's farm chores, Pi Shi's grandfather often rolled up a roll of broken and sewn, sewn and torn cover rolls, and went to work for large families from far and near.

That is, when grandpa often goes out to work part-time, the contradictions between grandma and grandma, second aunt and third aunt are getting deeper and deeper.

It is said that the conflict intensified because one morning, several chickens that were supposed to lay eggs on the same day after being touched by their grandmother did not pick up all the eggs as scheduled. Grandma suspected that the grandmother secretly picked it up and cooked it for the third aunt's grandmother, and almost made a story about "Zhong Xiaosan eating goose" in Foshan

Grandpa's temperament follows the grandmother, that is to say, the grandmother is very honest and timid, and she dare not say anything in her life. On the evening after the egg was thrown, the grandmother took the second aunt and the third aunt to stand under the earthen wall outside the door, crying silently all night and not daring to go home.

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Later, at the suggestion of her mother's family, Grandma Tai remarried to Changwormgou.

Later, when the grandmother was old and bedridden, no one cared about the family in Changwormgou.

When Grandpa heard about it, he wanted to pick up his grandmother home, but Grandma disagreed.

Grandpa picked up a padded jacket and went out to the north mountain. Crying while walking, crying and shouting: "Mother, I'm here to pick you up, pick you up, let's find a place to die together." ”

The grandmother who followed the grandfather out of the door, seeing the grandfather who looked like this, turned around and went home and carried a big basket for collecting grain, and took a flat pole in his hand, and caught up with the grandfather with his little feet and scolded: You are a gray bubble, if you don't take something, do you want to carry the child and his grandmother back?

It is said that there was no love in marriage in that era, but I firmly believe that my grandmother and my grandfather had a deep love and family affection in those years when they had firewood, rice, oil and salt, had children, and shared hardships.

At the beginning of man, nature is good.

In people's lives, the kindness that is carried away by wealth, sex, fame, and fortune in the process of growing up will eventually return to the same color as children when they are old.

Of course, there are exceptions!