"Is it Liang Hong's friend? Liang Hong has been working for more than two years, and there has been no news, and we have already disappeared from him. Where are you from?, are you looking for the wrong door?" asked the old woman.

"Grandma, I'm Liang Hong's friend Lu Yao. I'm coming to see you and give you New Year's greetings!Can I go in and talk?" Lu Yao asked in a loud voice.

He wanted to go back and get on his horse and leave, but he couldn't bear it when he saw the frightened eyes and pitiful look of the little girl, and the weak voice of the old woman. So he decided to go inside and see what was going on.

"In the first month of the New Year, everyone who comes to the door is a distinguished guest. Over the years, it has been rare for guests to come to the door to pay New Year's greetings, so come in! Xiaohong, move a stool for the guest to sit by the fire, and pour a cup of hot water for him to warm up!" the old woman instructed.

"Hey, thank you, grandma, little sister, don't pour me hot water. Do you have any dogs in the house? My brother is very afraid of dogs!" Lu Yao whispered with a frightened look.

Come on, we don't have a dog at home, we haven't had a dog for years. The little girl said with a happy smile. Immediately, she pulled the door open.

Lu Yao stepped into the threshold, thinking that the room was very warm, but he didn't expect it to be much better than the outside, and his face was still cold, just like the feeling that the doors and windows were not closed tightly and the cold wind came in and blew directly on his face, he quickly reached out and closed the door.

After standing behind the door and adjusting to the darkness, he whispered, "Grandma, little sister, why don't you turn on the lights in the house?"

He saw an old woman sitting on the kang wrapped in a patched quilt, and she also wore a woolen hat on her head. Her face was too dark to be seen.

"We can't even afford to light kerosene lamps, so how can we afford to install electric lights? You're from the city, aren't you? Do you know our Liang Hong? What is he doing? Why don't you write us a letter? Is he okay?" the old woman asked several questions in a row with a trembling voice.

"Grandma! Liang Hong is very good, but he is too busy with work to come back, so he specially entrusted me to come and see you. Lu Yao took a few steps forward, walked to the kang and said. He didn't feel the warmth of the hot kang either.

Just now he had seen the situation in the thatched hut clearly, except for the kang where the grandmother was sitting, and an earthen stove in the corner of the wall on the right, that is, a stone stove was placed in the middle of the house, which could be said to be the four walls of the house.

There was a deformed kettle on top of the stone stove, and there was not even a handle, but a simple handle was made of wire. There were a few pieces of wood sparkling under the stone stove, and the little girl was squatting at the mouth of the stove to add small pieces of wood to it, and there were not many small pieces of wood piled up next to it.

Looking up at the chimney made of stones, several bamboos that were not too thick supported the roof, which seemed to be a little overwhelmed by the snow, and all of them were bent, and it felt like the roof was about to collapse at any time. Three bamboo poles stood in the middle of the house, and snow water flowed down the ground. In order to allow the snow to flow outside, two drainage ditches were dug in a T-shape on the ground, which may be the reason why the house is not warm.

Lu Yao's heart tightened, and tears rolled in his eyes. He didn't expect that Liang Hong's home was much poorer than his hometown. His family was short of food, and they often did not have enough to eat, but the grass hut they lived in was relatively sturdy and solid. Every year after the rainy season, his grandfather and his father would build a grass house, which was warm in winter and cool in summer.

He looked at the old woman again, and found that her eyes had never been opened. He immediately realized that his grandmother was blind.

"I hear you speak in a very clear voice, you must be a young man, are you twenty years old this year?" asked the old woman.

"I'm twenty-two years old. Lu Yao replied with a smile.

"Oh, Liang Hong is two years older than you. Even if he doesn't have the money to send it to his family, he should write us a letter to tell us that he is safe! Why don't you have time to come back to see us during the New Year?" asked the old woman.

"His job is special, and he is busier than usual during the Chinese New Year. When I go back this time, I will definitely ask him to write to you and send you money on time. Lu Yao said.

"What kind of job is so special? He didn't read much, and he didn't know much technology. He can't do any other work than construction and coolies on the construction site!" said the old woman.

"Grandma, isn't he a white case master, how can he not be skilled?" Lu Yao asked with a smile. He still decided to test it, and he hoped that the grandmother's grandson was the Liang Hong he and Liu Jing were looking for.

"What? Liang Hong is the master of the white case? Young man, you must be mistaken. He went home to farm before finishing the third grade of primary school, and until his parents died the year before last, he had never traveled far or learned any trade, so how could he make pasta?" asked the old woman.

"Grandma, didn't you say that Liang Hong has been working outside for more than two years? Lu Yao said.

"Who will teach him? His height is less than 1.5 meters, a little taller than the desk, even if he has learned to make white cases, and there is no noodle shop to invite him! You must be mistaken. Young man, tell me honestly, is Liang Hong causing trouble outside?" asked the old woman in a trembling voice.

At this moment, Lu Yao is completely desperate, this Liang Hong is not Liang Hong. He saw the anxious look on the old grandmother's wrinkled face, and he hurriedly said: "Grandma, don't worry, Liang Hong definitely didn't cause trouble, he was working as a white case master in a noodle restaurant opened by a friend of mine, it's true, don't worry!"

"Is he really working in your friend's noodle shop?" the old woman still didn't believe.

"Really!" Lu Yao replied affirmatively.

"If he really learns a skill, I and his dead parents will be relieved. As long as he can live in peace, I won't blame him if he doesn't write to our family and send money. The old woman said happily.

Lu Yao's heart was sour, and he asked, "Grandma, are you expensive this year?"

"Sixty-two, it's almost time, I'm going to see Liang Hong's parents too. The old lady said lightly. His complexion was as calm as water, and he couldn't hear the slightest sadness or regret.

"Grandma, you are in good health and will definitely live a long life. How old is your little granddaughter, and you're going to study, right?" Lu Yao asked.

"What kind of books to read, it's good to be able to eat well and not get cold. You see that she is small, her age is not small, after the third lunar month this year, she will be nine years old, and she has long passed the age of entering school. In my life, I'm most sorry for Xiaohong. I don't have the ability to send her to read and write, and I don't have the ability to raise her to adulthood. ”