Grandma said while digging: "Taoyang, you have a few days to leave?"

When Taoyang heard this, he thought for a moment before he said, "There's still a week." ”

My grandfather said while digging, "Let's dig up three days of ginger to sell, so you can help dig it for three days." Taoyang nodded and said yes.

Tao Yang asked as he dug up, how long will it take for these gingers to be sold? Grandpa told him that it would take about six months to eight months, and Tao Yang was very happy to see the ginger dug up like a hand.

Grandma told him to be careful not to dig it badly, he nodded and said okay, digging until ten o'clock in the morning, grandma told everyone to hurry back.

Put the dug ginger into the basket and pick it up with the leaves. After loading, Taoyang picked up the flat pole and walked away, his grandfather carried the hoe, and his grandmother carried the basket on her back and followed behind.

After three stops on the road, Taoyang finally picked it home. After returning home, my grandmother hurriedly called for washing water, her face was flushed with hot waves, and she put the ginger she picked up in the hall.

After washing, Tao Yang immediately asked loudly: "Grandma, are these gingers sold like this? ”

My grandfather immediately said loudly, "Of course not, when it was past five o'clock in the afternoon, we picked it up and washed it by the river." Tomorrow morning, I will pick it up and sell it on the street. ”

Taoyang nodded and said okay, and grandma went to the kitchen immediately after washing her hands. Grandpa immediately called Taoyang and him into the yard, caught a rooster and came out, and killed and ate it at noon today.

Taoyang nodded and said okay, and went into the yard with his grandfather that smelled of, and the chickens and ducks were switched on and off separately. My grandfather made two bamboo yards.

After entering, the chickens inside were flying everywhere, and my grandfather quickly scattered a handful of corn on the ground, and the chickens began to eat, and he and Taoyang hurriedly caught a big rooster alive.

Grandpa's movements were very fast, and he caught the rooster with the largest colored feathers at once, and told Taoyang to close the door immediately, and the two of them came out together.

came to the kitchen together, and told my grandmother, my grandmother asked Taoyang to light the fire, she and her grandfather killed the rooster, Taoyang nodded and said okay.

After a while, after the grandparents had finished killing, they quickly scooped the boiling water into the bucket and lifted it out, and after they began to scald the rooster, they began to pluck their feathers.

Taoyang cooks lunch by himself, has been here for more than ten days, and knows how his grandmother cooks lunch.

After cooking, my grandfather and they also finished plucking, and my grandmother came in and washed the rooster, put it on the cutting board, and began to clean the internal organs.

After cutting with a knife, it was time to stir-fry, and after an hour, two dishes were stir-fried, three bowls of chicken and one cabbage.

The family brought the food to the table, sat down and began to eat lunch, the fragrant chicken, the grandparents sandwiched a few large pieces to Taoyang, telling him to eat more, Taoyang also sandwiched a few pieces in their bowls.

Grandma said while eating: "Taoyang, we are old, our teeth are bad, your grandfather and I also have dentures, otherwise it is not easy to bite when eating, you can eat more." ”

Taoyang nodded and said okay, after eating, Taoyang cleaned up and went to wash. My grandparents went back to their rooms to rest.

After Taoyang washed up, he closed the door and went back to his room to take a nap. After sleeping until half past four in the afternoon, my grandparents got up, and they immediately called Taoyang.

When Tao Yang heard this, he immediately got up, and his grandparents sat in the hall and cut off all the leaves on those ginger with knives, and Tao Yang immediately walked over to help.

The cut leaves were all put together, and grandma taught Taoyang to cut off all the top of the leaves, telling him to be careful not to cut them, Taoyang nodded and said okay.

After half an hour, when all the cuts were finished, my grandfather put all the ginger into the two baskets and asked Taoyang to go to the river to wash them together.

Taoyang nodded and said okay, closed the door, and the family went out, Taoyang carried the basket with a flat pole, his grandmother took a bundle of grain, and his grandfather took three small benches, and walked towards the nearby river together.

It didn't take long to arrive, there was no one by the river, after arriving at the river, my grandfather asked Taoyang to pick up the river, and told him to go down the steps carefully, there were more than ten steps, Taoyang picked it carefully, and slowly went to the river, and put it on the big stone.

Grandpa put the three small benches on the stone steps, told Taoyang to take off his shoes, the family stood in the water, sat on the bench, and grandma began to wash ginger with grain grass, and she taught Taoyang while washing.

Taoyang looked carefully and saw that his grandmother was holding ginger in her left hand and grain grass in her right hand and scrubbing it in the water, and after washing it for a while, it was clean.

Grandma told him to wash carefully, it is better not to wash it off, Taoyang nodded and said okay, the family kept washing in the water, and the water in the river became dirty.

After more than an hour, I finally washed all the ginger. My grandparents packed up and the family went home together.

After arriving home, my grandmother hurried to the kitchen to cook, and Taoyang also went in to help. After cooking, the family sat under the fluorescent lamp and began to eat dinner.

After eating, my grandmother cleaned up the dishes and went to wash them, Taoyang went to hot bath water, the whole family washed, closed the door, and went back to the room to rest.

At half past six the next morning, my grandmother cooked breakfast, and after the family had eaten, she immediately went to the street with ginger.

It didn't take long to arrive, and my grandfather asked Taoyang to put the ginger he was picking in the vegetable market, and he told Taoyang and his grandmother to go around, and he was here alone to sell ginger.

Taoyang nodded and said okay, and went with his grandmother, this is the second time to come to the street, grandma told him about the place to pay the public grain, and the post office on the street, last time I just looked at it, this time Taoyang looked at it again, and felt that the streets in the countryside were still relatively complete.

Grandma took him to the village school on the street, and when she looked at the big iron gate, she immediately smiled and said to him, "Taoyang, this is the school where your mother used to study here, do you want to go in and have a look?"

Taoyang stood at the door and took a closer look, it was already summer vacation, there were two big yellow fruit trees in it, and the roots of the trees were about two people hugging each other.

Grandma pointed to the two yellow fruit trees and said, "These two yellow fruit trees have been around for a long time, we have had them when we were children, about a hundred years ago." Let's go in and have a look. ”

Taoyang nodded and said okay, and went in with his grandmother, there is a playground in the school, there is a table tennis table, but it is not as big as his own school, there is a four-story building, and the sound of reading is heard from time to time.

Tao Yang asked as he walked: "Grandma, is this school also making up classes now?"

Grandma said as she walked, "Yes, there were no four-story buildings before, but they were built later, and I remember when your mother was studying." ”

Grandma took him around, and after reading it, grandma said as she walked: "Taoyang, it's better for your school." ”

Taoyang nodded and said yes, grandma immediately asked Taoyang to go, Taoyang nodded and said okay, and walked out of the school gate with grandma, grandma said while walking: "Taoyang, rural schools are still more difficult." ”

Taoyang nodded yes, and his grandmother took him to the pork stall, bought a pound of pork and went back, and walked towards the place where his grandfather sold ginger.

When she arrived in front of her grandfather, her grandmother saw that there was still some ginger left, and she immediately smiled and asked, "It's almost sold out, old man."

Grandpa smiled and said yes, grandma asked him to go back together, grandpa nodded and said okay, after cleaning up, the family went home.

Not long after returning home, my grandmother started to make lunch, and my grandfather took out the money from the sale and counted it there, and Taoyang sat by and watched.

After counting twice, my grandfather immediately smiled and said, "It's still sold for more than 120 yuan, five yuan a catty, and there may be about ten catties left." ”

Taoyang immediately smiled and said, "Grandpa, you can dig it twice, then it will be sold for 300 yuan, right?" ”

Grandpa nodded yes, and after putting the money away, he immediately went to help in the kitchen. Taoyang also followed.

In this way, I dug twice later, and slowly it was almost 20 days, and my mother came, she bought meat and vegetables, and arrived at my grandfather's house at ten o'clock in the morning.

It happened that grandma and they were all at home, knowing that my mother was coming, my grandparents caught a big rooster to kill, and after my mother arrived, she called her parents loudly, and then asked Taoyang with a smile: "Taoyang, are you used to living here for twenty days?"

Taoyang immediately smiled and said: "Of course, I am used to it, grandparents don't work every day, they work one day and rest one day, so they won't be so tired." ”

Grandma immediately told her mother that Taoyang was very diligent and helped them do a lot of things, and her mother and grandmother immediately went to the kitchen to cook lunch.

Grandpa and Taoyang sat in the hall chatting, looking at the three earthen houses of grandpa, the mud wall is still pasted with Chairman Mao's oil paintings, on which there are spider webs, Taoyang smiled and asked: "Grandpa, I will work in the future to make money, these three houses ask my mother to come back and help you repair them." ”

Grandpa smiled and said, "You still have to study for four years, and you will have to wait at least six years before your mother can breathe a sigh of relief." Wait until you make more money, let's talk about this matter, grandparents have lived for a lifetime. ”

Taoyang nodded and said okay, and two hours later, the mother and daughter cooked the meal and asked their grandfather to eat.

Grandpa nodded and said yes, after washing his hands, the family sat down for lunch, there were five dishes on the table, two large bowls of chicken, two bowls of pork fried green peppers, and one fried cabbage.

My grandparents asked the mother and son to eat more, and my mother helped my grandparents to put some pork in the bowl, knowing that their teeth were not good, my grandmother asked while eating: "Xiaomei, are you going back this afternoon?"

Mom said yes while eating, I was busy going to work tomorrow, and I only went to his grandmother's house on Sunday, and I haven't been there for a long time. Taoyang is also going to the school to write an application.

Grandpa said while eating: "Xiaomei, Taoyang has gone to school, and you have to work hard again." You still have to work hard for a few years, and everyone is relieved that Taoyang has worked. ”

Mom nodded yes, and after eating, Grandma cleaned up and went to wash.

Mom and Grandpa sat together and chatted, and Grandpa asked Dad what his current salary was? Mom told him that Dad's salary was a little more than before, and Grandpa nodded and said yes.

After my grandmother finished washing, my mother told them that she was leaving. Taoyang immediately said goodbye to his grandparents.