Chapter 5 Going to my grandfather's house
Before six o'clock, the village, which had been silent all night, woke up and became lively.
The chicken coop is opened, the rooster and the hen are scrambling to squeeze out, the hen "clucks", and the rooster holds his head high and flutters his wings. The pig couldn't wait, snorting with its long beak in the arch. In the paulownia tree behind the house, birds are chirping. On the path outside the house, there were "rustling" footsteps, and occasionally a few coughs, those with light feet should be empty-handed, and those who were heavy and steady must have come back from the well to carry water. A little farther away, a mother-in-law with a loud voice was shouting, "Go and help my brother get dressed!" ......
It was also very hot in the morning, and Feng Yiping, who wanted to lie in bed for a few more minutes, got up quickly. In fact, I am still a little unaccustomed to these days, I haven't gotten up so early for many years, and I get up so early every day.
In the countryside here, breakfast is never improvised, such as cooking porridge and steamed buns in a pot, but no, those who are not hungry, most of the work in the countryside takes effort.
Therefore, you have to cook seriously in the morning, and of course, you may order any dishes.
After eating, and helping to feed the pigs, Feng Yiping hid the thick stack of manuscript paper in the straw hat, nested the straw hat in the middle, and pinched it in his hand, so as not to let his parents see it, and it would take a lot of speech.
Mei Qiuping took out a dozen eggs from the jar, packed them in a net pocket, picked on the mountain in spring, dried bamboo shoots with a big thumb, wrapped a bag, put them on top of the eggs, and repeatedly told Feng Yiping to be careful on the road and not to jump. Feng Yiping joked, "Mom, are you worried about me, or are you worried about eggs?"
Mei Qiuping scolded a few words with a smile, and shouted after her, "The sun is big, put on your hat!"
Grandpa's house, when he was a child, was a place that Feng Yiping liked to go to. There are a lot of uncles, they take him to play, and he doesn't have to work, he can always eat a few good meals, and you can see cars on the road, and I feel that my grandfather's house is more comfortable and modern than at home. I heard my mother say that when I was a child, there were a few times when I stayed at my grandfather's house and didn't want to go back. Regarding this, Feng Yiping was not impressed at all.
However, as he grew up, his uncles got married one after another, and his wife and children had a lot of things to do, so he didn't have time to play with him. He is also slowly sensible, and he has to help him do some things within his power at home, and he is not good at playing at relatives' houses every day, so he goes less.
Farm work in the countryside is like this, one person has something to do, two people have to do it, and if you add two more people, you still have something to do. Children, can find things for you to do, the elderly, can also find things for you to do, in short, not afraid of many people, can always find things to do.
To go to my grandfather's house, I had to climb three mountains and pass through four villages, and finally arrived at Meijiayuan, which is located next to the provincial road.
The scenery along the way is actually good, the sky is very blue, and as far as the eye can see, it is full of green, mixed with colorful wildflowers. The mountains are dominated by pine trees, and this is the time when the greenery is at its deepest, and it is verdant.
The last mountain has the best view. At the foot of the mountain is a river, the water is not big, but it is very clear, and in the sunlight, it sparkles and winds among the mountains. The mountain is not high, nor too steep, but there are five vigorous pine trees on the top, which raises its level at once, and it has such a vigorous, secluded, and elegant temperament. The most beautiful, the most eye-catching, is the splendid blooming mountain red in the mountains, those mountain red clusters, some places simply connected into a piece, very gorgeous, spread on the green bottom, very beautiful.
At this time, it would be great if there was a DSLR.
He walked fast all the way, and it was still early at this time, so he simply carried his net and climbed towards the top of the mountain. The further you go to the top of the mountain, the clearer the sound of the car's motor becomes on the road in the distance. The top of the mountain is not big, there is a small piece of flat land, he carefully put the egg on the ground, climbed a large rock, and the situation within a radius of several miles can be seen.
He looked back, only saw the winding path when he came, and couldn't see Feng Jiachong behind the heavy mountain. Looking ahead, the white highway is at the foot of the hill on that side, next to another river, and you may be able to see a car at this time. Here, you can also see the village of my grandfather's family, and then look into the distance, at the end of the road, where the river bends, you can vaguely see the outline of some buildings, that is, the town.
The mountain breeze swept gently across his face, Feng Yi calmly looked at the familiar and unfamiliar scenery, looking forward from time to time, and turning his head to look back from time to time, more often, as if he was just sitting there in a daze.
It took him about an hour before he stood up, patted his buttocks, jumped off the rock, and ran down the hill with his net, singing "Yingshan Hong" as he ran.
At the foot of the mountain, an old man led the cow to the mountain, and saw him carrying a net of eggs, as if he was walking with relatives, but he came down from the mountain, which was a little unclear. Of course, he couldn't imagine that Feng Yiping was watching the scenery on the mountain, joking, having lived here all his life, what was there to see?
Feng Yiping smiled and nodded at him, "Herding cattle!" trotted towards his grandfather's house.
It is not large, and there are only about 20 households in total. Go 15 miles south along the provincial highway to the town, and more than 10 miles north is the township middle school where Feng Yiping will study.
Mei Jiayuan also makes a living from farming, just because the highway has long been opened, and there are more ways to make money. What's more important is that because it is next to the provincial road, although it is separated from Feng Yiping's house by more than 20 miles of mountain roads, he is much more open-minded.
My grandmother passed away two years ago, and my grandfather, Mei Jianzhong, just turned 70 this year. has four sons, plus Feng Yiping's mother, a total of 5 children, who have been the captain of the production team before, and are somewhat knowledgeable and quite open-minded.
As the old saying goes, more children are blessed, but this sentence is completely inapplicable in the current countryside.
Mei Qiuping is the eldest and there are four brothers below, the other three are all married and started a family, and the family has long been separated, leaving only the uncle to follow his grandfather to become a family.
The old man wins and works as a farmer at home.
The second Guoping, now the best, play a small and learn the craft with the stonemason, this year with his wife and children in the county to rent a house, the past two years of self-built houses, he can find things to do all year round, hard work is hard, do hard work, but the income is good.
The old Three Kingdoms are prosperous, and the wife and mother's family are famous, and everyone knows it. Before getting married, this asked for that request, and in the end, Mei Jianzhong helped him buy the oil mill in the village, and then helped the third child marry his daughter-in-law into the door. The oil mill is in another part of the village, about seven miles away from my grandfather's house, and I usually don't come here if I have nothing to do.
People do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequality, and even more among brothers! In addition, the eldest and second daughters-in-law are not fuel-efficient lamps. The father-in-law and mother-in-law bought an oil mill for the third child, of course they didn't do it, and kept saying that they only blamed their mother's family for being honest, and they got married without asking for anything, and they made a fuss about this for a long time.
Now there are two children in the third child, and every time they see the third daughter-in-law, they don't say a few strange words, so although they are in a village, there is really not much contact between the third family and this side.
Of course, more than 2,000 years ago, Lao Tzu taught us that there are two sides to everything, and this matter is the same. Originally, the eldest aunt and the second aunt were also innocent, but when the third aunt entered the door, the two invariably abandoned the past grievances and entanglements, and did not hesitate to work together to deal with the third aunt.
So, who says men are the most aggressive?
In the future, if the younger uncle marries his daughter-in-law into the door, maybe the eldest aunt and the second aunt will laugh and enmity with the third aunt again, and the three of them will join forces to target the younger aunt - this possibility is quite high.
My brother-in-law has not yet married and started a family, and now lives with my grandfather. He is the most restless of the four brothers, he bought "Wulin" on a regular basis, practiced martial arts according to it, and was very fanatical about qigong for a while. Now, wandering in the provincial capital, there is no home as an adult, so my grandfather, who is in his seventies, is actually still on his own.
When Feng Yiping arrived, there was no one at the uncle's house next door, and it was estimated that he was still busy in the field.
Grandpa sits under a cherry tree in the backyard, and her two-year-old cousin, Rarity, is chasing after a puppy.
"Grandpa!"
Mei Jianzhong turned around, it turned out that the eldest grandson came.
"Isn't school going to start?
As he spoke, he entered the house and prepared to pour water for him.
Feng Yiping handed him the things in his hand, and Mei Jianzhong complained, "I don't lack food, what are you bringing these things for?"
Feng Yiping said, "Grandpa, what you have belongs to you, this is a little bit of the heart of parents as children, it is different." ”
Grandpa was a little relieved, he had just graduated from elementary school, and this grandson looked a little like he spoke.
It was still early, and when it was not time for lunch, Feng Yiping moved a bench and sat next to his grandfather to chat.
Grandpa asked about the health of his parents, especially his mother's, Feng Yiping said that it was all good, and when he asked about his sister, Feng Yiping said that it was also good to be in the city's quilt factory, and he could go home for the New Year at the end of the year.
In fact, a girl from the same village came back with a letter, saying that her sister was not working in the city's clothing factory now, and she worshipped a godsister with a girl in the city, and then resigned and quit.
Speaking of his sister, Feng Yiping still has some complaints. After graduating from primary school, Feng Yuxuan, who had just graduated from primary school, had no intention of studying, so she went to the city with the girls in the village who worked in a textile factory, but she also found a job.
But the girls in the same village who are in the same factory with her have more or less money to send back every month, month after month, and she has never been, not a letter.
I went out the year before last, and I never went home, and I remember that I will only go home for the New Year at the end of next year, and I am dressed very fashionably, but it is less than 100 yuan to be handed over to the family. Thinking of her daughter going out to work at such a young age, her parents couldn't bear to be harsh, even if she said anything, she would say "I am willing, can you manage it?" to push back, and there is a mantra that is often on the lips, "Go your own way, let others say go!".
Feng Yuxuan was as unreliable as ever after that, until Feng Yiping worked herself in 98, and she subsidized her family for less than 500 yuan, and in 8 years, 500 yuan!
When Feng Yiping was studying at a secondary school, it was the most difficult time for his family, and he was worried about his living expenses of more than 100 yuan every month. Later, when something happened, everyone didn't mention her, and the family seemed to have forgotten about it, but in fact, there was another person who could have shared and contributed.
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