23. Chapter XXIII
Zeng Tong's grandfather is the third in the family, and his grandfather has 2 older brothers above him, and the youngest sister below. After Zeng Tong's great-grandfather died, his aunt and grandmother had already married out, and the three grandfathers separated their families.
Dafang's grandfather passed away a few years ago, and the following 2 sons have also become their own families, and Dafang's grandchildren have 3 boys.
The second grandfather also has 2 sons and 2 grandchildren. The little cousin who got married this time is the youngest grandson of the second grandfather, who is 4 years older than Zeng Tong.
When I arrived at Zeng Tong's grandfather, there was only one son under my knees. Grandpa met his grandmother in G City when he was young, and after settling down, he had a great-father, but unfortunately his grandmother lost her body when she gave birth to her great-father, and she couldn't have other children.
My aunt and grandmother only gave birth to one son after getting married, and her husband died unexpectedly. My aunt and grandmother raised their son alone, and then saw him marry his daughter-in-law and give birth to a grandson, so she came back to live here for a long time, saying that she grew up here since she was a child and wanted to be old here. My aunt's son, Zeng Tong's cousin, after many times of persuasion to no avail, I built a house for my aunt and grandmother in his hometown, and specially prepared a few more rooms. And it's close to the second grandfather's house, so I can take care of it more.
Speaking of which, Zeng Tong is the only girl in the great-grandchildren.
In the afternoon, Zeng's father drove the car to the second grandfather's house for a short rest, and then was told that everyone had dinner at the second grandfather's house, which was a big place.
The place where I lived, after several discussions in advance, the three members of Zeng Tong's family lived in the aunt's house next to it in the past 2 days.
The group sat down to chat and drink tea in the hall of the second grandfather's house, and Zeng's mother remembered the watermelon in the trunk, and hurriedly asked a few cousins to help move it out so that everyone could share it.
"This is what we bought there, it was good to eat a few days ago, and I specially asked Xiaotong to buy a few more and bring it over before I came, and everyone will taste it later." Zeng's mother said to everyone.
Hearing this, several aunts laughed.
"Why are you so polite?"
"Go back to your house and get something. ”
"This melon is really good, we eat it ourselves, we haven't seen such a good melon outside for several years. Great-father took the watermelon that his cousin brought in, and said while handing it to the people in the house.
"Yo! It looks good, soak it now, and eat it after dinner. The second aunt took a big watermelon and said with a smile, this is the eldest daughter-in-law of the second grandfather, and now the second grandfather lives with their family.
My hometown is used to soak in well water for 2 or 3 hours before eating watermelon, and the wells here are all groundwater, which is pumped up in summer, which is the most refreshing. When I was eating, it opened and even the core in the middle of the watermelon was cold.
"We'll buy a lot, and we'll bring one back to taste later." Great-father said to a few uncles.
"Yes, yes, there are 5 watermelons, leave one for my sister-in-law, and share the other ones among your families. When her mother heard her husband speak, she also divided all the watermelons she brought.
"Mom, there are still three cantaloupes in the car, do you want to move them out too?" Zeng Tong took the car keys outside to open the trunk, asking his cousins to take the watermelons outside, and when he saw the three cantaloupes in the car, he shouted to Zeng's mother.
"I also moved 2 cantaloupes out, and left one for your aunt and grandmother, she loves to eat these melons. Zeng's mother responded.
"I'll come, I'll come, don't be tired of Xiaotong. The little cousin was behind, and when he heard his aunt's words, he rushed forward to help.
"This cantaloupe is also delicious, little cousin, you will eat it soon, if it is slow, it may not be there." Zeng Tong looked at the little cousin with a smile, the two of them have the youngest age difference, and when they were children, they often played together when they went back to their hometowns, and their relationship was relatively good.
"Isn't it? It's so delicious?" asked the little cousin, obviously unconvinced.
"The watermelon will have to be soaked for a while, why don't you open a cantaloupe first?" Zeng Tongjian said.
"Okay, let's open a cantaloupe and eat it first, it's not as good as you say, and I'll punish you for two more drinks tomorrow." ”
"No problem!"
"So refreshing?" The little cousin raised his eyebrows and looked at Zeng Tong, he also knew what kind of character his cousin had, and he would not agree casually if he was not completely sure.
After speaking, the little cousin took the cantaloupe into the kitchen, washed the skin of the cantaloupe first, and then took out a fruit knife and cut it.
I saw that the seeds were white and the flesh was yellow, and the color of the outer skin slowly faded, and the outermost layer was a thin layer of pale green melon skin. A melon fragrance immediately spread, and the little cousin sniffed, and then began to swallow saliva, and the movement of scraping seeds on his hands became more and more neat.
Zeng Tong walked in from outside the door, saw such a picture, and then said to the little cousin with a smile: "Not bad, right?"
"I haven't eaten it yet, I'll try it first. After saying that, he couldn't wait to pick up a slice of cut melon and stuff it into his mouth.
The entrance is the ripe melon core, the soft taste, the fruity aroma fills the mouth, the little cousin does not stop taking one bite after another, and it doesn't take a minute, a piece of melon enters his stomach.
Seeing that the little cousin stretched out his hand to the second slice of cantaloupe, Zeng Tong hurriedly said, "Little cousin, cut it and bring it out for everyone to taste, don't eat it all alone." ”
"Uh-huh...... I...... ...... for a while Only...... Well...... Duan ......" put the melon in his mouth as he spoke, and the little cousin didn't say anything, concentrating on the second cantaloupe in his hand.
"Oh, I'll do it, you let Jean. Zeng Tong walked over and squeezed away the melon eaters, picked up the fruit knife on the cooking table, and then neatly cut the remaining cantaloupe, put it on the fruit plate and prepared to serve it out.
After the little cousin finished solving the piece in his hand, when he saw this scene, he hurriedly took over, and wanted his mother to see him enslaving Xiaotong, so he couldn't help but say it.
"I'll come, I'll come, but I can't let you hold it. ”
After taking over the fruit plate, he picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth as he walked, which made Zeng Tong laugh for a while.
"The cantaloupe is here, Xiaotong packed the ticket and said it was delicious, let's try it. The little cousin appeared in the posture of Xiao Er and put down the fruit plate.
"This cantaloupe is also good, let's eat it first. "Zeng's mother is very confident in eating good melons and fruits.
"It's really good, I'm the second one. The little cousin reached for it again.
"The little cousin is wrong, count it, this is the 4th piece. Zeng Tong debunked him with a smile.
"No, no, after I brought it out, I ate the second piece. "Opening your eyes and talking nonsense just expresses the current situation of the little cousin.
Everyone talked and laughed, and one person took a piece of cantaloupe in his hand, chatting and eating.
Gradually, the voice slowed down, but the cantaloupe on the fruit bowl disappeared faster and faster.
Zeng Tong's family had eaten a lot of space cantaloupe before, so they only took a piece and stopped eating it.
After a while, everyone planned to taste the taste of the cantaloupe again, but found that there was no longer it on the fruit plate, and they couldn't help but feel a sense of loss. It's still a little cousin who is clever, and he remembers that there is a cantaloupe in the kitchen.
"There's still a kitchen, I'll cut it, you wait. With that, he took the empty fruit bowl and went into the kitchen.
When the second aunt heard this, she stood up, came to the kitchen and said to the little cousin, "If you can't cut it, if not, I'll come." ”
"Oops, you go sit outside, I'll cut it in no time. "The little cousin rushed the second uncle, and it was estimated that he wanted to take the opportunity to eat a few more pieces, but unfortunately what kind of person the second uncle was, he grew up watching the little cousin, as long as he cocked his buttocks, the second aunt knew what he was going to do.
"Then I'll watch from the side, don't deliberately cut your hands, if you add ingredients to it, no one else will be able to eat it." ”
"Am I that kind of person?" said the little cousin while talking to the second aunt while cutting melons in the kitchen.
Zeng Tong's family glanced at each other, and then they all laughed.
In the afternoon of the same day, a group of people from the second grandfather's family and Zeng Tong's family solved 2 cantaloupe and a watermelon together. After everyone ate 2 cantaloupe, they were not addicted, looking at the watermelon soaked in the well water, they couldn't wait for it to cool and cut it and eat it directly, of course, everyone didn't eat much at night, and the stomach was all occupied by these melons.
After eating melons and resting for a while, Zeng Tong's family of three came to his aunt's house with luggage, only to see that behind the wide open iron gate, there was a boxy yard, the yard ground was poured with cement, and it was not a problem to visually park 2 or 3 cars, and now there are only some daily utensils such as basins and buckets. Zeng's father parked the car in the courtyard, and the third cousin, the eldest grandson of the second grandfather's family, took Zeng Tong's family into the door and walked into the house.
"Auntie, my uncle's family has arrived. The third cousin shouted as he entered the house.
"Is it here?" "My aunt and grandmother are old, and their hands and feet are still nimble, so she came out of the house and asked Zeng Tong in the first sentence.
Zeng Tong's great-grandfather passed down these people, the only women with the surname Zeng are aunt and Zeng Tong, the grandchildren here are all boys, and Zeng Tong's family lives far away and does not meet often, so my aunt naturally misses Zeng Tong very much.
"Aunt, Xiaotong is here. Great-father said.
"Oh, it's good to be here, I haven't seen Tong girl for a long time. Grandma replied with a smile, and then turned her head to look at Zeng Tong.
"Xiaotong, call your aunt and grandmother. Seeing this, Zeng's father hurriedly greeted his daughter.
"Hello aunt. Zeng Tong looked at the old man with a smile.
"Okay, don't stand, sit down. My aunt beckoned everyone to sit down, and then poured water on the coffee table to make tea.
Zeng's mother hurriedly took over, but she didn't dare to let the old lady serve them, and she wanted to gossip.
When my aunt and grandmother saw that someone took over, they simply let go and let the juniors do it themselves. turned his head to look at Zeng Tong, who was sitting quietly on the side, and held her hand with a smile.
"Tong girl, I haven't seen you grow so big in a few years. Have you graduated from college?" began to chat with Zeng Tong.
"I graduated, I just got my diploma in June this year. Zeng Tong responded obediently.
"Oh, I remember it like I graduated this year. What kind of job do you want to find after graduation?"
"I'm going to find a clerical job first, but I haven't been hired by the company yet. ”
"Good clerical work, girl, sit in the office, you don't have to go out in the wind and sun. ”
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In this way, everyone drank tea and chatted, and soon it was time for dinner.