Chapter 560: Zhao Zhi's Return to Hometown (3)
Because not long after the beginning of the eighties, most of the areas, whether in rural or urban areas, have solved the problem of having enough to eat!
And when they grow up, although all of them are short of money and want to make money, at least who is not the priority to ensure that the children want to eat whatever they want!
But the meal was solved, but the joy of stealing apples was gone! for the commune was gone, all the fields were personal, and there was no more orchard for the village collective!
"Big brother, time is a little rushed, I also need to go to the vicinity of Jincheng to deliver coal, I will come back in a few days to sit and eat and drink together!"
Ergou happily put forward his suggestion. But you still have to go and drive away first, and earning money is a must in life!
"Alright, you guys are busy! I'm done eating and I'm ready to go back. Our brothers will have a chance to get together in the future!"
No matter what time it is, the reunion is always short-lived, and the parting is frequent!
It's just that being able to look forward to getting together soon when parting is actually a very good feeling of happiness.
"See you on the twenty-nine!"
"Okay!
It will soon be the 29th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and this day is also the annual grape festival in Zhao Zhi's hometown! It is also a day for all kinds of relatives and friends to reunite during the year.
Drinking is not only about feelings, but also about family affection, but also about various experiences in different places.
At this time, it is also a day for families to go out and return to their hometowns, how are they doing outside, except for their own parents knowing, there are not many people who usually care, and this day is also a day for families to show their family members Ding Xing and successful careers!
This time is also the most beautiful time in Zhao Zhi's hometown.
The autumn wind blows through the grape trellis and undulates like green waves. The temperature is also the best, the day is crisp and crisp in autumn, the sun is shining, there are only a few white clouds under the blue sky, and the path under the grape trellis is full of bustling people, there are relatives who have not seen each other for many years, and there are also many childhood friends, or laughing, or picking a bunch of grapes, regardless of whose family it is, because on this day according to customs, the grapes here are eaten as long as they are not taken......
After eating and resting for a while, Zhao Zhi and his party went on the road again, getting closer and closer to their hometown, Zhao Zhi sat in the back seat and thought about the happiness of the past hometown festivals.
Some eagerly awaited, and some melancholy.
Zhao Zhi is different from his younger siblings.
The younger siblings grew up in the city, and their hometown was just a place for their occasional entertainment during the holidays.
And he grew up in his hometown, which is not only a different place from the city, but also a place where he filled with all his childhood memories.
The love of grandparents, the love of uncles and aunts, relatives from far or near, which one is good, and which one is in it, only you know your own home!
After going to school, he returned to the city from his grandparents' house in the countryside, but until he graduated from high school, he still felt that his hometown was his home, and he felt more that he was a passerby in the city, and he did not have a place to live before he grew up.
When he was in school, he would go back to his hometown every holiday every year, talk with his grandparents, chat until late every night, and the next morning his grandmother made breakfast before he woke him up from bed.
At that time, everyone had no money, and the rich people smoked cigarettes for a third and a half points, and they were all produced in the neighborhood, and occasionally you could see the "big front door," which was the big leader! Ordinary peasants smoked their own cigarettes, and the best material for cigarettes was the homework books used by the students. And every time he took the initiative to roll a cigarette for his grandfather, it was when his grandfather laughed the happiest, and occasionally grandma would taunt grandpa.
"Demingzi, you've made a merit! I'll let Da Mao roll you cigarettes, aren't you proud?"
Grandpa always smiled and never retorted, and happily enjoyed the happiness of having a grandson! If his wife complains, it is purely jealousy and envy! Why bother with her!
When it was his turn to help his grandmother carry his things, she would always take him to the most crowded places as much as possible, and from time to time he would have to say hello to people.
"His third aunt, how busy is he?"
"He's Grandpa Deyang, did he come back from working in the field?"
……
Of course, most people responded, but most of the responses were a bit perfunctory, after all, everyone is a group of farmers, how can there be so much time to talk nonsense because of politeness!
Only a few clever ones can respond to the old grandmother's greetings.
"This is Da Mao, isn't it? Good boy, he's grown up and can help your grandmother with her work. ”
"Your grandson is a child, and you know how to help your grandmother work at such a young age!
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Grandma would always be so happy that she would smile and respond, "Isn't that the case for children from poor families?
"Yes......"
In the past, he felt that it felt good to be praised by others at first, but it was unbearable after a long time!
Grandpa saw it in his eyes, and quietly comforted him privately, saying, "Da Mao, bear with it! Your grandmother has only this little pride left, let her be happy!"
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Now more than 20 years have passed since these things, with the death of his grandfather in the mid-80s, he was in great pain, and his grandmother, who was more than a decade younger than his grandfather, was also taken away by his aunt to live for a long time, and he did not have much time to return to his hometown every year except for holidays.
Especially after going to college, he has a greater sense of belonging to his parents' home, not just a passerby.
How the days go by!
Grandma, who is more than ten years younger than grandpa, is also in her early nineties, and this old lady who is a little tsundere and has a bad temper is really old!
When she was sixty years old, she had to take her young self to the mountains to see her mother's family! The mountain road of more than ten miles required them to walk for at least three or four hours, just to take herself to the mountains to see her brother and sister-in-law, and eat a bowl of polenta mixed with an egg, which was the most beautiful delicacy of that era!
In his seventies, he still likes to take him around with his relatives, and he is admitted to high school and later to college, which even makes him feel very embarrassed!
She is in her eighties, and every time she comes back, she has to play mahjong to find her. Her hearing is not very good anymore, and talking to people is like arguing, but every time she is called home, she still likes to take his hand and introduce everyone to everyone.
"It's my big hair who came back to see me. ”
She can't fully hear other people's answers, she just enjoys her own happiness, as for what others think, it really doesn't matter!
But now that my grandmother is in her nineties, I don't know how many times I can come back to see her!
The wind outside the car window is already a little cool, and it is always like this on the way back to my hometown, which makes people look forward to arriving soon!