Chapter Ninety-Eight: Talking about the Ancients
Following the back of Old Man Chen, it was not until he left the stove house that Xiaoxi was stunned for a long time before he retracted his gaze and looked at Granny Chen suspiciously, "Mother, do we have a mold in the house?"
Granny Chen was also very unconvinced, and spread her hands, "I don't know, the family has never used it." ”
"My grandfather said yes, then there must be, and he never told lies. Chen Yubin on the side said solemnly. Although he was very afraid of Old Man Chen's majesty, he knew that he was an honest person, and if someone said that he was bad, he would also help refute it.
"Won't you know when Grandpa comes back? ”……
"Give ......"
Looking at a wooden guy on the board, this ...... There really is a mold in the house, why don't they know it all along. The three of them picked up the mold on the board in amazement, passed it, stroked it, and looked at it.
"Master, how long has this mold been, why haven't I seen you use it all this time?" Xiaoxi asked as she came back to her senses and was puzzled.
This mold hasn't been used much at first glance, and although it's well protected, it looks like it's a little old. And the workmanship is a little rough, but the surface is smooth, and it doesn't look like it's been waxed.
Nian Sheng is the meaning of the year.
Old Man Chen took the mold from Xiaoxi's hand and caressed it lovingly, his eyes seemed to be reminiscing, as if he was trapped in a memory.
Looking at Old Man Chen's skillful movements, Xiaoxi understood that the smooth surface of this mold was played with by someone. This is the result of many years.
"You should know that. Old Man Chen said softly to Granny Chen, and his tone was a little melancholy.
Granny Chen's eyes widened in disbelief and looked at him suspiciously, "How do I know your things?" ”
Old Man Chen sighed, with a look of "I know", paused, and then said leisurely, "This mold is still the ...... I gave you when the two of us went on a blind date."
"Huh......? How many years have I ...... I remember where I am. Speaking of what happened when she was young, Granny Chen's old face was red, and her words were knotted.
Only then did Mr. Chen take the mold and "talk about the past" to his two grandchildren.
"This mold is still what I brought back from Xinjiang...... "I brought it back from Xinjiang, so it's a little old."
"At that time, in the letter sent from home, it was said that I had a daughter-in-law......" Speaking of this, Old Man Chen glanced at Granny Chen from the corner of his eye, and the joy exuded from the inside out could be felt even by the stream.
was glanced at by Old Man Chen like this, and the two grandchildren are still in front of him, although it has been decades, but Granny Chen still feels embarrassed. Glancing at Old Man Chen, he snatched the mold from his hand angrily, and played absentmindedly.
"Grandpa, are you going to talk about it, and then?" Chen Yubin saw that Old Man Chen didn't say anything, and stared at Granny Chen, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so he said loudly.
Xiaoxi helplessly supported his forehead, alas~ Such a good atmosphere, this ...... How to describe it, atmosphere killer, atmosphere terminator.
Old Man Chen came back to his senses, glared at the Atmosphere Terminator with a straight face, and then unhappily opened his mouth to continue to "talk about the ancients".
The atmosphere terminator touched his head with a confused face, what's wrong with him, he didn't provoke grandpa, why was he unhappy again, and glared at him.
"At that time, where was the daughter-in-law so troublesome now, the speed was fast, if you saw it, you would get married directly. It's just that there is also a process in which everyone comes into contact with each other and gets to know each other......"
"I'm different, though. At that time, I was still in the army, so where did I have so much time for two people to come into contact? And the annual holiday is fixed, so going back on a blind date is actually rushing to get married and go home......"
"I asked for leave from the above, and I thought, the first time I meet your mother-in-law, I should give her a greeting gift. I don't have much money......
"One of our comrades-in-arms in the dormitory is from Jiangsu, and they are good at making pastries there. One time we were chatting in the dormitory, and he said that he missed the smell of home, so we asked him to tell us about the taste of his home......"
"He said he wanted the snacks he (mom) made, oops, I forgot how to describe it, anyway, what a delicious, what a fragrant, provoked a room of us, hiding in the quilt in the middle of the night and drooling, haha......"
Hearing the words and thinking about the picture, several people burst into laughter.
"I still remember the loud sound of saliva, haha......"
The whispers in the room went up a few more decibels.
Saliva is the meaning of saliva.
"Haha...... Grandpa, how delicious is that?" and swallowed. Chen Yubin asked curiously.
"Actually, I don't know how delicious it is, because I haven't eaten it either. It's just that it was the middle of the night, and I don't know if I was hungry or listened to what the comrade-in-arms said, anyway, I thought it was delicious when I listened to it, so I couldn't help swallowing my saliva...... "Old man Chen thinks about it now, and he still thinks that the pastry should be delicious, otherwise why would the comrade-in-arms be so worried."
In fact, at that time, most of the children of poor families went to serve in the army. is like Old Man Chen, who went to be a soldier because his family had been poor since he was a child and couldn't get by.
Therefore, Xiaoxi estimated that the situation at that comrade-in-arms' house was similar, and the reason why the pastries he said were not in the sky was probably because he didn't eat them many times at home, and he left a thought in his heart, so he beautified them.
Just like Xiaoxi, when she was a child in her previous life, she would eat fried crispy flesh and fruit once or twice a year, and she thought it was too delicious, but now, she felt that the meat was too fat, and the fruit was too dry, and she felt that it was not as delicious as she remembered.
So, I thought, I'm going to have to eat all the pastries he was talking about. Moreover, I thought it was delicious, so ...... I want your mother-in-law to taste it too. I went to my comrade-in-arms and asked him how to do it, and he couldn't tell him for a long time, but he remembered to use molds......"
"Then I found a local fellow to change a piece of wood, and asked my comrade-in-arms to teach me how to do it, and I made this ......," Old Man Chen pointed to the mold in Granny Chen's hand.
"Grandpa, what did you exchange it for?" Xiaoxi was more curious about this.
"Oh, speaking of this......" Old Man Chen slapped his face, half annoyed and half excited (I don't know if it was mixed with other emotions) and said: "It's just such a small piece of wood, it cost me several months' salary, and I don't see anything famous when I say it's good wood." But when the moment of the mold did take some effort, and another point is that after so many years, it hasn't broken at all, and the more you put it, the brighter it gets, it feels like it's good, hehe......"
Xiaoxi took the mold from Granny Chen's hand, turned it over and looked at it several times, and she ...... I didn't see what it was (please forgive her lack of knowledge), but I could still feel that it was good material.
This mold secretly exudes a soft luster, fine lines, and some pressure.
Old Man Chen had never told her these things, and it was the first time she had heard them. It seems that something was given to her at the time, but ......
"Grandpa, what about then?" Chen Yubin tugged at Old Man Chen's sleeve, looking forward to what would happen next.
"When I finished carving this mold in a hurry, and it was almost the day to go home, I didn't find anyone to wax, mainly because I didn't have much money at that time, and when I came back to meet people's parents, I always had to buy something, I was embarrassed to ...... empty-handed."
"I found a piece of sandpaper by myself, and when I had nothing to do, I took it out and grinded it twice, and I was still grinding it when I got on the train. In the past few days on the train, except for eating and going to the toilet, my hands have never left the mold, and it is not until I return home that the mold is roughly polished......"
"It's the day of the blind date...... In fact, we all live in a bunch of children, and we all know each other, but your mother-in-law is young, so I don't know each other well, and I didn't know that it was her until I went back. After that, they asked me to go out with your mother-in-law for a while......"
"The old house where your parents live is your ancestor's. At that time, after the discussion, my mother-in-law and I came out, and I took out the mold from the sleeve side of this back door and gave it to her, saying that it was a meeting gift for her......"
Grandparents are grandparents.
"As a result...... Old Man Chen raised his eyebrows, his eyes slanted at Granny Chen, and he nodded with his index finger, "Your mother-in-law, don't appreciate the favor, 'snap', knock off the things in my hand, turn around and run back to the house, leaving me standing there alone, I don't know what to provoke her." He also "hummed" and looked at Granny Chen, as if asking her to give an answer.
Granny Chen is also very confused, how many years have it been, if it weren't for Old Man Chen mentioning it today, she wouldn't have known that there was such a thing. It's just that Old Man Chen shook his head, she really can't remember.
At that time, it was winter when I went on a blind date, and Mr. Chen put the mold in his sleeve, which brought some of his body temperature. And in winter, if you don't bake the fire, don't work, and put your hands outside, the temperature is a little low.
In fact, at that time, Granny Chen blushed shyly, because she lowered her head, and Old Man Chen's attention was on the mold that was about to be sent out, so she didn't notice it.
The first time she received something from a strange man (in fact, it is not a stranger, although I know it, but it is almost the same), Granny Chen is very shy and flustered.
However, thinking that it was about to be the other side of the future, he forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, and stretched out his slender white and tender right hand vividly, ready to take over the mold.
Who knows, as soon as he touched it, his fingers were "burned" by the strange temperature, and he unconsciously waved his hand (in the opinion of Old Man Chen, it was deliberately patted), and ran back to the house shyly.
I don't know if it's because of shyness, so the strength of his hands is a little big, or if Old Man Chen didn't hold it steady, this carefully crafted and polished mold fell to the ground gorgeously.
Granny Chen didn't look back, she just ran back in a panic, so she didn't pay attention to herself, and the mold was knocked off.