"Brother Ji, have you seen it, the big camphor tree in front, my grandmother lives next to the camphor tree. Gao Shenghan pointed out the car window and said.

It was a camphor tree surrounded by two or three talents, hundreds of years old. From a distance, the camphor tree looks lush and green, like a huge green umbrella, propped high in the village.

The gate of the old house where Maomao's grandmother lived was facing the camphor tree. Uncle Mao's new house is next to the old house.

Under the shade of the tree, Maomao's uncle Gaohe sat on a small stool at the door of the old house and smoked, and there was a small bamboo chair beside him, on which there was a firecracker that had been opened, the firecracker was not big, and it was just right to put it on the small chair.

Maomao Gao Shenghan's grandfather was blind - illiterate. Gao Yi has three brothers, when the eldest was born, Grandpa Mao Mao asked the elementary school teacher to help name the child, and the teacher said three words, "benevolence and righteousness".

The teacher's meaning is to name "Ren" or "Yi", Mao Mao's grandfather wants to think of a three-word name, called "Gao Ren and Yi" is obviously wrong, so he named the eldest son "Ren", the second son is now sitting in the shade of the tree named "He", and the third son is named "Yi". Gao Ren died early when he was a minor, and Mao Mao said that there was only one uncle - Gao He.

Gao He was very happy to receive a call from his nephew Gao Shenghan yesterday afternoon. Early in the morning, I went to the vegetable field to get the vegetables, had breakfast, and went to the village store to buy the largest firecrackers. When his younger brother and daughter-in-law were seriously ill, he had to set off firecrackers to greet her and help her get rid of bad luck.

Holding firecrackers in his hand, Gao He originally planned to greet him at the door of his house, but his wife disagreed.

Maomao's aunt said, "Maomao came to see his grandmother, and he should be received in the old house, and firecrackers are also set off there." ”

"Didn't they all entertain them on our side before? It's ugly, the old house is not usually cleaned up, the light inside is not good, and the smell is very strong. "Gao He didn't want to go.

"What's so ugly about this, Mao Mao is not sensible, isn't a person as old as you not sensible? In the Spring Festival, he shouldn't take a paralyzed mother to someone else's house. Gao He's wife was very unhappy when she saw her husband grinding.

My wife is afraid that when the patient arrives at home in the Spring Festival, it will bring bad luck, and Gao He will not speak. Gao He didn't read much, so he gave the opportunity to read to his younger brother, who knew better than him. Gao He believes in superstition, and he still thinks that his younger brother had an accident because he didn't bury his father properly.

I don't know when my nephew will arrive, Gao He came to the old house with firecrackers, he went in and told the old man, "Mom, wait a minute, your eldest grandson Maomao, and you will come to see you, let's go to the door to pick them up, right?"

The old man obviously didn't expect the eldest grandson to come, so she got up, got out of bed, walked around in front of the hall, and somehow went back to bed.

The old man's illness is cured early, but the heart disease is not cured. Since she was a child, her son and daughter-in-law had an accident, she didn't want to talk, she didn't want to go out, she didn't want to get out of bed, she stayed in the room all day, eating, drinking, and not going out. Serving feces and urine is the business of his son Gaohe, and eating and drinking is the matter of the little grandson after school.

Gao He would not force the old man, he moved a chair outside, put down the firecrackers, and then turned on all the lights in the old house, and hurriedly cleaned up the house everywhere.

It was almost over, Gao He picked up a small stool and sat at the door, smoking a cigarette while waiting for his nephew to arrive.

Gao He waited for his eldest daughter Gao Xiaoyu first. Xiaoyu married in a neighboring village, and the villages were about a mile away from each other, and the real chickens and dogs smelled each other. There is a primary school in the two villages, and the primary school is in Gaojia Village, and there are only about 30 primary school students. Teachers are reluctant to stay in a mountain village, and parents who have a little way out of it are reluctant to let their children study here.

Gao Xiaoyu, who studied in junior high school and did not graduate, is a substitute teacher in primary school.

Gao Xiaoyu and Mao Mao have a very good relationship, when they were children, Mao Mao came to the house and took Mao Mao around to play with this big sister. One of them is the eldest granddaughter of the grandparents, and the other is the eldest grandson.

In the morning, the younger brother brought his mother's stewed pig's trotters, Gao Xiaoyu heard from her younger brother that Maomao was coming in the morning, and she fed her son's milk and went back to her parents' house.

Seeing that Maomao hadn't arrived yet, and seeing his father sitting at the door of the old house, Gao Xiaoyu asked his father, "Dad, what are you doing sitting here?"

"Your mother heard that your sick aunt was also here, and she was not happy to entertain them there, and I couldn't help it. ”

"Dad, what should Maomao do when they eat? Also cook and eat here?" Gao Xiaoyu hurriedly asked. Seeing that Dad didn't answer, he just nodded and shook his head. "Dad, I'm not waiting here, I'll go back first, wait for Maomao to come, you ask Xiaofeng to call me, she's out to play? Gao Xiaoyu hurriedly went back.

The eldest daughter walked for a while, and Maomao finally came.

Gao He saw a "van" coming from a distance, and it was estimated that Mao Mao must have come. He hurriedly put the firecracker on the ground, pulled it away, held the lighter in his hand, and lit it as soon as Maomao and his brother and daughter-in-law got out of the car.

My younger brother Gao Yi comes by car every time, and it's good that my nephew has a van to send it over. Gao He did not know the price of several Santanas for this "van".

Seeing the "van" stop at the door of his house, and seeing Mao Mao being the first to get out of the car, Gao He hurriedly shouted loudly, "Mao Mao, Mao Mao, here, here." He raised his hand, which had a lighter in his hand.

Gao Shenghan didn't see the uncle at the door of the old house before parking, the big camphor tree blocked the view, he pointed to the uncle's three-story new house, and introduced the changes in the village to Jiangnan Yanyu, "That's my uncle's house, the house is very beautiful, this house is much stronger than many villas in the county." ”

When he got out of the car and heard the uncle shouting, and saw the firecrackers spread out on the ground, Gao Shenghan opened the car door behind him, "Let's go to my grandmother's place first and come over after the New Year." ”

Because it was far away, Gao Shenghan, with the help of Fei Ge and Brother Kuo, carried his mother out of the car, and everyone waited for the firecrackers to go off before walking over together.

As soon as the firecrackers went off, many people in the front and back of the house ran out to watch. Most of the people who watched the excitement were women and children. The children are really watching the excitement, and the women are looking at what the situation is and what they are doing next.

"Uncle, Happy New Year, Mao Mao has a New Year's greeting for you!" Gao Shenghan came to the uncle and bowed deeply.

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year, everyone, welcome, go and sit inside. The uncle was very happy to see so many people coming at once. In the countryside, there are many such people, and they will feel that their faces are bright because there are many guests at home.

Gao Shenghan picked up his mother's wheelchair at once, and he wanted to take his mother to visit his grandmother. Zhao Wumian hurriedly reached out to help.

"Grandma, grandma. Gao Shenghan shouted loudly when he entered the gate. "Grandma, grandma. Zhao Wumian was also shouting when he entered the door.

Pushing her mother to her grandmother's bed, her grandmother didn't answer, she just calmly looked at her eldest grandson, her nephew, her daughter-in-law, and a few strange young people standing at the door.

"Grandma, my mother and I, and my cousin, we're here to greet you for the New Year. I wish grandma good health, a long life, and a happy New Year!" Gao Shenghan went up and took his grandmother's hand and said happily.

"Push your mom over. Grandma's calmness surprised Maomao. "Attentive, I'm sorry for you. The old man reached out and took his daughter-in-law's outstretched hand.

"Mom, you, how are you?" said a courteous smile.

"I don't care, I can eat and sleep, you have to get better quickly, and you have to help me take care of my great-grandson in the future." "Grandma said, get up. "Maomao, you go outside to sit, I'll get up, the taste inside is not good. ”

Gao Shenghan sniffed it, there was indeed a strong smell of mixture in it, he glanced at his cousin, meaning grandma and aunt, who are you helping?

Zhao Wumian pushed his aunt out and handed over his grandmother to Gao Shenghan. Gao Shenghan helped his grandmother out of bed and went to the front of the hall, he wanted to help his grandmother outside, but his grandmother refused, so she sat down on the chair in front of the hall.

Gao Shenghan looked at a few people who came with him, "You wait a minute, I'll go to the old lady (aunt) to pay a New Year's greeting, see how she is preparing today, come over immediately." Cousin going together?"

Gao He immediately said, "You don't need to go over, your wife will come over after she has made a snack." ”

"Come is coming, going is going, we are juniors, and we are going to pay New Year's greetings first. Gao Shenghan took his mother's duffel bag to his grandmother's room, came out and pulled his cousin, who hesitated and went out with him.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the door, men, women and children. There are a lot of people looking here, and there are also a lot of people looking at the cars outside.

The people in the village want to see what the beautiful Gao Yi's wife has become, and they want to see if Gao Yi's son is as vigorous and cold as on TV.

There are also many people at the door of the uncle's house, and Gao Shenghan's aunt is also among the people watching the excitement, she is looking at this side at the door of her house, answering the questions of the people in the village.

Seeing her nephew and nephew coming to the house, Gao Shenghan's aunt hurriedly greeted her, she didn't wait for the two juniors to greet the New Year, and spoke very enthusiastically first, "Maomao, sleepless, don't be polite, I'm boiling water to get snacks for all of you, I'll go over soon, you sit more in the old house." ”

"Okay, Happy New Year, Auntie!" Zhao Wumian pulled a handful of Mao Mao, who was a little dazed. Mao Mao hurriedly said, "Happy New Year, old lady!" Mao Mao bowed deeply. "Then I'll take care of my mother. ”

Zhao Wumian took Mao Mao and walked to the vicinity of the gate of the old house, let go of Mao Mao, and whispered, "Did you find it? ”

"I just reacted, it's okay, you call, see where your mother is, ask your mother to come over and help cook, we'll eat in the old house, I'll arrange it." Gao Shenghan suddenly had a little excitement, and he found that he couldn't think about it today.

"Brother Fei, Brother Kuo, you go to the car first, bring in the wine and food, and then help carry the table and bench of the Eight Immortals to the door and set them up, we will sit outside, the air outside is good, and the scenery is pleasant. Gao Shenghan came to the door and learned his father's posture of dispatching and commanding, "Brother Ji, you have worked hard to go to the place where you sold vegetables just now, and then buy some vegetables and oil, salt, sauce and vinegar monosodium glutamate." ”

Gao He hurriedly said, "You don't need to buy any vegetables, when your wife gets it on my side, you can bring it over and eat it, and you don't need to buy vegetables, I have already gone to the field in the morning to get it back." "Uncle means that since the meat dishes are bought, forget it, and the vegetables don't have to be bought.

"Uncle, you don't have to worry about this, can you do me a favor now, go and ask a few of them to be the senior secretary of the village committee, uncle, you see, I brought a box of four special brocade porcelain five-star wine, more than one hundred and fifty bottles, they should like it." Mao Mao pointed to the wine that Brother Kuo had brought over, "I already said hello when I came just now, you should come if you go again, right?"

"Will come, will definitely come, don't say that they promised to come over for lunch on the third day of the first lunar month every year, just with these good wines, they have to come. Gao He used to give them all "dirt eight roads", and they still drank with relish.