Chapter 24: The Final
A month passed quickly, after threshing the grain, drying and loading the cabinet, and eating a new meal.
On this day, it happened to be the weekend, and after breakfast, Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin were sent by Chen's mother to their grandfather's house to play, and Xiaoxi knew that the time was up.
Sure enough, I didn't go home for lunch, I ate at my grandfather's house, and I didn't see Chen's father and Chen's mother all morning. After lunch, it was time to go home for a nap, and Grandpa Chen didn't know how to keep them, so he let them go back.
Xiaoxi's house, to enter the bedroom, you have to go around through the front door, but at this moment the front door was locked from the outside. Chen Yubin patted the door and asked his parents to open the door, but quietly, there was no sound at all, he couldn't help but be anxious, and began to slam the door, shouting loudly, "Mom, open the door, Dad, open the door." ”
Xiaoxi knew that his parents had left and went to Guangdong to work.
At this time, the second master, who was weaving a memorization in the old yard, couldn't help but speak, "Xiaoxi, Binbin, don't scream, your parents are gone, and you are going to work." ”
As soon as Chen Yubin heard that his parents didn't want him anymore, he cried "wow", and shouted "You lied to people, you lied to people." ”
Creek knew it wouldn't be long before they would be back next year. But even so, I thought that I wouldn't see my mother this year, and no one would pick me up and drop me off at school, and no one would sleep with me in my arms, and I couldn't help crying loudly when I heard my brother's miserable cry in my ears.
Hearing it was really pitiful, so the second master persuaded: "Xiaoxi, Binbin, don't cry both of you, or they will come back soon." ”
"What you said is false, they didn't go, they didn't go. ”
At this time, grandpa and mother-in-law also heard the crying of the sister and brother, so they came over, and each pulled one by one, "Xiaoxi, Binbin, go, go back with grandpa, your parents went to work to earn money, come back and buy you candy to eat." ”
"Woo woo woo...... I don't want to buy candy to eat, I want my mother, ahh......hh
"In two days, your mother will be back. Grandpa thought that the child was forgetful, so he coaxed him.
"No, I just want Mom. Chen Yubin didn't listen to the explanation at all, broke free of his grandfather's hand, and banged on the door desperately, and Grandpa Chen and Granny Chen were very distressed.
Granny Chen took Xiaoxi's hand, frowned and said, "Xiaoxi, you persuade your brother, don't cry, your voice is hoarse, ah, obedient." ”
But Xiaoxi was also crying at this time, so she didn't listen to her mother-in-law's words.
Grandpa Chen and Granny Chen glanced at each other, but they couldn't persuade each other, so Grandpa Chen said, "Let's go back first, they will come back when they are tired of crying later." With that, he straightened up, walked towards the back door with his head hanging behind his back.
Granny Chen had no choice, so she glanced at her sister and brother helplessly, so she had to follow Grandpa Chen back.
"Binbin, go back with your grandfathers, your father and they have already gone by now, don't cry. ”
Hearing the voice of the second master, Chen Yubin seemed to have found an outlet, "You fart, my mother didn't leave, you are a liar." Sad, he didn't realize that he was scolding, and he was still an elder.
It was the same in the previous life, Xiaoxi remembered that he and his younger brother cried at that time It was called an earth-shattering, because the second master persuaded them, they didn't know who started first, probably blamed his mother for his departure, caught the second master and scolded, and cried and scolded until the end I really had no strength, and I didn't know how to go back to my grandfather's house.
Crying to the end, Chen Yubin really had no strength, he didn't even have the strength to scold, he only heard a sobbing sound, Xiaoxi saw that he was about to faint, so he rushed to help him, sobbed and said: "Brother, let's go back to grandpa's house, we haven't come out for so long, mom, they must be gone, they won't come back if you cry again." ”
Chen Yubin raised his teardrop eyes and stared at Xiaoxi and said sadly, "Sister, sister...... Mommy She ...... No...... Don't want us anymore. ”
Xiaoxi touched his head and soothed: "No, Mom didn't want us, she went to make money, to earn our tuition for next year's school, and she will come back when she is in the first grade next year." ”
"Yes...... However, by next year...... 1st Grade...... And also...... It's been a long time...... Yes. ”
"It didn't take long for you to believe my sister, you counted the days after you lived like this, very soon. Don't you think that every day goes by quickly, and it's not enough to play. ”
"Hmm...... Well, soon. Chen Yubin finally smiled.
"Then let's go to grandpa's house, don't cry. ”
"Hmm...... Well. Chen Yubin wiped the tears on his face, held his sister's outstretched hand, and the sister and brother went back to their grandfather's house.
"Grandpa, we're back. Thinking of the crying just now, Xiaoxi is not a child after all, and she can't help but feel red at the root of her ears.
"Just come back. Granny Chen got up from the door of the stove, scooped hot water from the pot into the washbasin, mixed some cold water, probed, and said to the sisters and brothers, "Come and wash your face, like a little flower cat." ”
Looking at the worry in his grandfather's eyes and the helplessness and thoughtful behavior of his mother-in-law, Xiaoxi couldn't help but bow her head with some guilt and self-blame.
Grandpa Chen looked at Xiaoxi and knew that she was precocious and thought a lot, so he walked up, touched her head, and said gently: "Don't think about anything else, hurry up and wash your face and take your brother to sleep for a while." ”
Xiaoxi raised her head, tried to blink away the tears that filled her eyes, and nodded with a smile, "Hmm." ”
Because of such a cry, the sister and brother fell asleep as soon as they got into bed.
After a while, Grandpa Chen was still not relieved, so he got up and went to the bedroom to see the sister and brother. Xiaoxi slept quite smoothly, but Chen Yubin was still sobbing in his dream, very pitiful, Grandpa Chen touched his back, and then pulled the corner of the quilt for the sister and brother and went out.
After returning to the stove room, he thought about it for a while, and said to Granny Chen: "Old woman, I thought about taking a pork leg down, washing it and stewing it, sending a bowl to his second master to apologize, and by the way, I also made up for the two children." ”
"Okay, it's right to apologize, people can't be scolded by your child's family in vain. There are also Xiaoxi and the others, who have been crying for so long today, which hurts their vitality very much, and they should make up for it. ”
"Then you can take it down now, wash it quickly, cook it early, and eat it when the two children wake up." ”
"Well, I'll go. Then he got up and patted the dust on the apron around his waist that was not there at all, and went upstairs to get meat.
Chen Yubin was awakened by the smell of meat, swallowed his saliva, and pushed his sister next to him in a daze and said, "Sister, sister, get up, grandpa's house seems to be stewed meat, get up." ”
"Well......" Xiaoxi opened his heavy eyelids, his eyes were still a little painful, and he saw Chen Yubin kneeling beside him with red eyes, and asked anxiously, "Binbin, what's wrong with you?"
Chen Yubin stepped forward and said with a smile: "Sister, I smell the stew at my grandfather's house." ”
Xiaoxi sucked hard with his nose, there was a faint smell of meat, and asked curiously, "Then why are your eyes so red, like a little rabbit?" ”
"yes, I don't know, it still hurts. As he spoke, he rubbed it with his hand, and Xiaoxi remembered that Chen Yubin's red and swollen eyes were the reason for crying just now, and he heard it before he could stop it, "Ah, it hurts." ”
"You," Xiaoxi nodded his forehead amusedly, "stop moving, and I'll give you cold water later." ”
"Well, my sister and mother are really gone, when will you come back?" said with a pouting as if she was about to cry again.
"Well, soon. Hurriedly lifted the quilt and said, "Hurry up, I'll wash your face, and see if the mother-in-law has stewed the meat." ”
"Oh......" Hearing that there was meat to eat, Chen Yubin hurriedly got up from the bed, where was he still in the mood to be sentimental.
"Grandpa, mother-in-law. ”
"Well, it's up. Grandpa Chen put down the hookah in his hand.
"Well, Binbin's eyes are a little painful, and I want to get him some cold water to chill it. "The water I just got back from the well was a little icy, and the cold compress was ok.
"Wait, I'll get it, you can't afford it. After saying that, Grandpa Chen got up from the stool, took the washbasin and scooped half a basin of water for Chen Yubin, then put the washcloth in it and soaked it for a while, twisted it into a half-dry, and applied it to Chen Yubin's eyes, so that the swelling and pain of the eyes were halved three to four times.
Listening to the sound of "gurgling" boiling in the pot, Xiaoxi asked curiously: "Mother-in-law, what are you doing?"
Granny Chen used tongs to figure out the firewood in the hole of the pot, and then replied with a smile: "Your grandfather said, I want to make up for you, and by the way, relieve his cravings, hahaha......"
"Hehehehe......" Although Chen Yubin covered his mouth, the laughter was not small at all, and he asked curiously: "Grandpa, are you also hungry for meat?"
Grandpa Chen looked at Chen Yubin's curious eyes, and couldn't help glaring at Granny Chen, this old woman, looking for an excuse and making fun of herself, where is she hungry for meat, this is like a word.
Granny Chen looked at her wife's unspeakable appearance, she was very funny, really, and glared at her, could it be that she said that it was used by them to apologize, thinking about it, she rolled her eyes at Grandpa Chen twice.
Seeing her like this, Grandpa Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Xiaoxi looked at her grandfather and mother-in-law, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled, saying that it was possible to satisfy Binbin and herself, how could it be possible to satisfy her grandfather's hunger, but why?
Granny Chen sat in front of the stove door, and the grandfather sat around the dining table, lively, talking and laughing, changing the sluggishness and sadness in the afternoon.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Granny Chen lifted the lid of the pot, flipped it twice in the pot with a spoon, and said to the streams, "Okay, you can eat it." The brook brought a bowl, and I scooped a bowl to dry. After speaking, when Xiaoxi went to get the dishes and chopsticks, he withdrew the firewood in the pot hole, leaving only the coals.
After bringing the two big and two small four bowls to the dining table, Xiaoxi saw that his grandfather took out another big bowl, stepped forward to take a look, scooped up half a bowl of pork leg meat, and added some dried beans, winter melon and kelp to pile up a large sea bowl. That's enough to scoop up the number of people, why does grandpa still scoop it?
"Grandpa, why did you scoop another bowl?"