Chapter Eighty-Five: Lotus Reservoir
"Mom, is my grandfather still celebrating the Spring Festival at my uncle's place this year?" asked Dong Shanhe while driving the car. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The next morning, Dong Shanhe drove to his hometown, and his eldest brother still had something to do, so he could only let himself do it for him, anyway, Dong Shanhe also wanted to go to his grandfather's house to have a look.
Dong Shanhe still remembers the scene of playing in his grandfather's house when he was a child, when there was a big pond at the door of his grandfather's house, and there were mulberry trees behind the house.
Now the pond in front of my grandfather's house has been buried, the mulberry trees have been cut down, and even my grandmother has died, leaving my grandfather alone in his hometown.
My grandfather's family is also in Qi Town, and his family is in the same town, and in the eighties, the husband and wife would not be too far away from each other when they got married.
It is a distance of more than ten miles from Dong Shanhe's hometown to his grandfather's house, and it is almost far from the town to his grandfather's house.
"Your grandfather's health is not very good this year, and your aunt wants to take him to her. "Dong Shanhe's mother's name is Yuan Yulan, and she used to be a primary school teacher, but now she is retired.
Dong Shanhe's aunt is the first college student in 77, studied medicine, and is now the director of the obstetrics and gynecology department of a people's hospital in Luzhou.
"Then let my grandfather go, it's good to check his health every year!"
"Your grandfather will follow your aunt's car today, so we have to go see your grandfather today. "The rule here in Qicheng is that during the New Year's holidays, the younger generations need to bring gifts to visit their elders, Dong Shanhe himself is no exception, and his parents are no exception.
When Dong Shanhe came to his grandfather's house, it was just nine o'clock, and the village where his grandfather's house was located was called Yuanqiao, which was a huge village, and as far as Dong Shanhe knew, it should also be the largest village in the entire Qi Town.
A village is all together and not separated, about two kilometers long from east to west, nearly one kilometer long from north to south, and the whole village has about four or five thousand people.
When Dong Shanhe came, he saw his grandfather sitting on a chair basking in the sun outside the door.
"Grandpa!" Dong Shanhe greeted from afar, but unfortunately his grandfather couldn't hear clearly.
My grandfather is eighty-four years old this year, his eyes are still very good, but his ears are a little behind, and his aunt has always said that he will be given a hearing aid, but his grandfather is not willing to say anything.
Mom chatted with her grandfather for a few words and approached the room, leaving Dong Shanhe and her grandfather outside the door, Dong Shanhe squatted on the ground and talked to his grandfather from time to time.
Dong Shanhe still remembers that when he was a child, his grandfather told him various historical stories, and he still remembers that scene.
My mother started to clean up the house for my grandfather in the house, preparing the meal, and the aunt and uncle would come back later.
It didn't take long for the uncle and aunt to come, the uncle and aunt were both in Luzhou, and the aunt was also there, only the uncle worked in Huizhou.
When the uncle saw Dong Shanhe's car, he was surprised and asked whose car it was.
There are five mothers, brothers and sisters, and she is the worst, when the uncle heard that his grandfather said that it was Dong Shanhe, he was also impressed by Dong Shanhe who was squatting next to his grandfather.
"Xiaohe, I've grown up recently!" Uncle is fifty-five years old, but he looks very well maintained, and a high-level breath comes out spontaneously.
In fact, Dong Shanhe knew that his uncle was an ordinary civil servant, but he had developed a habit over the years.
Don't look at my mother, brother and sister, all five of them were admitted to college, but everyone's experience is different, except for my mother in my hometown, everyone else is not in my hometown, so I have fewer contacts, and they are not as kind as uncles and aunts.
Uncle laughed, but he picked up a good luck. Dong Shanhe said very politely, saying that Dong Shanhe stood up and walked into the house to bring two stools and give one to his uncle.
The aunt and the aunt walked into the room and began to clean up the house for the grandfather like the mother, although the grandfather will go to Luzhou today, but will come back after the Lantern Festival.
My grandfather is very unaccustomed to living in Luzhou, and he still thinks that his hometown is good, some are old friends and old friends, can practice calligraphy, can play chess and fight dogs, compared to Luzhou, this is called life.
At eleven o'clock in the morning, the little uncle was late.
My brother-in-law works in Huizhou, and he came by train in the early morning, and finally arrived at his hometown before noon.
Except for my mother, the two uncles and aunts did not bring anyone over. The aunt and uncle came in a car, the aunt and the brother-in-law drove a car, and the uncle could only come by taxi.
Lunch is made by my mother alone, and my aunt and aunt can only fight, my aunt has been holding a scalpel for 30 years, and she has forgotten how to get a kitchen knife, even at home, my aunt cooks, and my aunt is the same.
This meal, my grandfather ate very happily, he has not been able to see all his children come to him for a long time, especially when my grandfather is eighty-four years old.
My grandfather's only regret was that these grandchildren did not come, and only Dong Shanhe, the grandson, came.
After eating, Dong Shanhe hurriedly stopped his uncle, he still had some things to communicate with his uncle.
"Uncle, I have something I want to ask you? Are you convenient now?" Don't look at my uncle as a secretary of the town party committee, but he is usually very busy with work, especially when he hears that he will be promoted after the New Year.
"Xiaohe, what's the matter? and I am still hiding it with my uncle!" "My uncle pulled Dong Shanhe to sit on a chair and chat.
"Uncle, I heard that there are many places in Huizhou with particularly beautiful scenery, and I have a friend who wants to open a resort, and he wants me to help him find a good place. Dong Shanhe had no choice but to tell lies.
He was afraid that if he said that it was himself, his uncle would make a mistake at that time, and he would talk about it when the uncle had an answer.
"Well, there are a lot of places in Huizhou, but basically they have been contracted out, and the rest are not too good places. The uncle thought for a while and found that he really had nothing to forget.
"Uncle, think about it again, is there no place?" Dong Shanhe hurriedly asked, if Uncle didn't have any of them, he really wouldn't have a good place to go.
"Let me think about it, there is!" the uncle patted his thigh, and finally remembered a good place.
"I remember that there was a good place in Shimen Township, where I used to work, there was a reservoir surrounded by mountains, which was originally used as a leisure resort, and recently I heard that the owner was short of funds and wanted to contract out this place. The uncle thought about it, and finally remembered that there was such a place where he had worked before.
"Uncle, tell me, what kind of good place is it?" Hearing what Uncle said, Dong Shanhe was very curious.
"That reservoir is called Lianhua Reservoir, it is a product of the fifties and sixties, it was originally a reservoir for the city of Huizhou, who knows that later it will take water directly from the Xin'an River, and it will become a backup reservoir, but this reservoir is very large in area and the environment is also very good. "Yuan Feng has been to the Lotus Reservoir twice, and he still remembers the scenery there.