The yard is not big, there are a few trees growing in the yard, and the courtyard walls are full of moss, as if no one has taken care of it for a long time.

The house is a small two-storey building with stairs on the outside and a living room on the ground floor next to the kitchen.

Entering the room, in the middle is a table of eight immortals, with the head of a great man hanging on the wall, and a few single spring sofas and coffee tables against the wall.

Zhong Yuemin saw a wooden bed in the corner of the living room, maybe the old lady usually lived on the first floor and couldn't go up to the second floor.

The old lady asked Zhong Yuemin to sit on the sofa and poured him a glass of water.

Grandma Qinling has a six- or seven-point resemblance to her, and she can still see her beauty when she was young, but now that she is older, she is still cleaned up.

"Come and drink saliva, I usually live alone at home, and there is no tea to entertain you. The old lady felt that she had lost her manners.

"It's okay, grandma, I'll just drink water. Zhong Yuemin hurriedly took the cup and put it down, and remembered the thing in his hand again, "Oh, this is what Qin Ling asked me to bring to you, and put it on the table for you." ”

The old lady hurriedly excused herself and said, "Yo, why do you still bring things? Take them back later." ”

"This is Qin Ling's filial piety to you, you asked me to take it back, I can't explain it to her. ”

The old lady said: "I'm old, but I'm not old and confused, Qin Ling is in the countryside, where can I get the money to buy these pastries, they are all fresh and fragrant?"

"Haha, it's still grandma, you have a good nose, I just bought it in the morning, but it was also Qinling who instructed me, you can take it." Zhong Yuemin said with a smile.

The old lady really couldn't push it off, so she borrowed the things, "I definitely can't accept what others give, I'll accept what you give." ”

"That's right, I gave you what you wanted, you should take it. ”

The old lady looked at Zhong Yuemin with a smile and asked, "How old is this year?"

"It's almost eighteen. ”

"It's good, I'm not old, but I'm old. Then he asked, "Where is home?"

"My family is in Beijing, and my ancestral home is Hunan. ”

"How are your parents at home?"

"My father was in Beijing, and my mother was gone a few years ago. ”

"Hey, a poor boy, too. The old lady sighed.

continued: "Lingling, this child also has a hard life, his parents left at a young age, first followed his father, and then followed his mother, just like a child without a father." ”

"Why did her parents divorce?" Qin Ling never mentioned his family matter to Zhong Yuemin.

"Both of them are in a song and dance troupe, and they pursue the so-called individuality every day, and they can't see their own path clearly, so they disperse. The old lady's tone was flat, and she probably didn't feel angry for a long time.

"I pity Lingling, this child, I have been running around since I was a child, and I am not close to my parents, I am old again, she hides everything in her heart, and she is very bitter. ”

Then he patted Zhong Yuemin's hand with a smile and said, "I'm relieved to see you coming." ”

Looking at Zhong Yuemin's puzzled expression, his grandmother explained:

"Lingling has had no friends since he was a child, let alone a boyfriend. If she can let you come to visit me at home, it means that you are really a good friend of hers. ”

Zhong Yuemin smiled.

The old lady suddenly asked, "Are you talking to someone?"

"Huh?" Zhong Yuemin betrayed himself with a surprised expression, originally he didn't plan to mention it, he was afraid that the old lady would worry about Qin Ling, but now he had to invite it truthfully.

The old lady was very happy: "You are not young anymore, and there is nothing to talk to, and if Lingling is taken care of by you, I am also relieved." ”

"Grandma, don't worry, I'll take care of Lingling. ”

"I don't worry, the girl is like her mother, she has a bit of a lonely personality, thinking that she understands everything and sees everything clearly, but she often has a bad life. Yuemin, you have to bear more, but don't follow her. The old lady instructed.

"Lingling is very good now, and now I have adapted to the life in the countryside, and I am happy every day, and I often sing to us. Zhong Yuemin said.

The old lady said: "That's her luck, I met you, if it's someone else, it's not easy to stop her." ”

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Zhong Yuemin accompanied the old lady to chat about Qin Ling's childhood for a while, and the clock in the hall rang eleven times.

"Grandma, it's time for lunch, what are you going to eat at noon?" Zhong Yuemin was worried that the old lady was hungry.

"I cooked some porridge in the morning, and it was hot for a while. I was supposed to leave you to eat, but my grandmother was too old. ”

Zhong Yuemin went to the kitchen to take a look, except for the white porridge in the pot, there was nothing else, so he said: "Then you wait for me for a while, I'll go buy some food and cook you a meal." ”

"How can you do that? You can't let the guests cook. The old lady hurriedly shook her hand.

Zhong Yuemin said: "Grandma, I'm not an outsider, I'm your granddaughter's object, it's your grandson-in-law, your grandson-in-law helps you cook a meal, what does it matter!"

"If you can really be my grandson-in-law, then I can rest assured when I close my eyes. The old lady smiled.

"You can live a long life, watch me and Lingling start a family, and give you a great-grandson." Zhong Yuemin was very thick-skinned, coaxing the old lady to close her mouth.

"That dare is good, that dare is good. ”

Zhong Yuemin took the vegetable basket from the kitchen, "Grandma, where are you going to buy vegetables?"

"I'll lead you there, right next to the vegetable market. The old lady got up and said.

"You don't have to go, I'll come back when I go. ”

"It's okay, I haven't been out for a long time, thanks to you, I'm going out for a walk today. ”

Zhong Yuemin responded: "Then you should go out and go around, I will help you, and I will bring you the crutch." ”

Not far from the alley, there is a vegetable market, which is run by the street, and the people who sell and buy vegetables are all neighbors, and even colleagues from the same unit.

Everyone knows Qinling's grandmother, and from time to time someone comes to say hello and asks her if she is healthy and healthy, and the old lady is very happy, and she chats with everyone.

The master who sold meat was also an old acquaintance, and greeted: "Mrs. Wang, who is this handsome poster?"

Only then did Zhong Yuemin know that Qinling's grandmother's surname was Wang.

The old lady heard the master praise Zhong Yuemin, and said happily: "This is the object of our family's Lingling, and we have come to see me." ”

"Oh, Lingling object, the young man is really good-looking, you are blessed when you are old. ”

"It's good, I hope they're all good!" the old lady looked at Zhong Yuemin and said with a smile, as if making a wish.

The meat seller asked, "My grandson-in-law is here, weigh some meat today?"

"Then come to a catty, you can't lose your grandson-in-law. The old lady snapped her fingers and said aloud.

"Okay, this piece of pork hind leg meat is good, cut it for you. A total of one and a half catties and taels, counting one catty. "The master is quick with his hands and feet, cutting meat, weighing the meat, and wearing straw rope in one go.

"Okay, how much?" the old lady took out the handkerchief holding the money from her bosom.

Zhong Yuemin grabbed his grandmother and paid the money first.

"You kid, why are you still rushing to pay. The old lady blamed Zhong Yuemin, and then said to the master, "You give him money, and I will give you money." ”

"Grandma, I've already paid for it, so don't fight. Zhong Yuemin said with a smile.

The meat seller helped persuade: "That's it, Mrs. Wang, your son-in-law respects you so much, don't push it, just take it." ”

"Haha, then I'll enjoy the filial piety of my grandson-in-law!" the old lady was amused by the meat seller's words and nodded.