Let's say that Daddy Ye is sick. Ye Zi's father is medium in height, doesn't like to talk much, and often has a face that doesn't smile. The old man loves Ye Zi's daughter very much. When Ye Zi was a child, the old man came back from a long trip and always brought back some small things to Ye Zi, such as a head rope, a hairpin, a rouge cake or something delicious.

When he came back from working in the field, no matter how tired he was, as long as he saw the leaves, the old man would be a little more relaxed and play with his daughter for a while. Because of this, Ye Zi and her father are very close.

Ye Zi often tells the child the story of her father, who is also the child's grandfather Xia: it is said that when the county was just liberated, after being introduced, Grandpa Xia, who went to the canteen of the Finance Bureau to become a master. In the cafeteria, Grandpa Uncle Xia is not only hardworking, but also as frugal as in his own home.

The area around Persimmon Bay is dominated by noodles, and when you eat on weekdays, you either eat steamed buns or noodles or noodles. When I was just liberated, life was relatively hard, I ate more staple foods and less vegetables, and the buns in this area were also relatively large.

Isn't there a saying that "noodles are rolled out like a belt, and steamed buns are steamed like pot lids", but it's about the eating habits here.

Although the buns in this area are big enough, when the villagers eat, they still don't have enough to eat and two can't eat, and they will always take another bun and break it into half or a small piece after eating a bun to be full.

In this way, at the end of a meal, there will always be some broken buns left, which people here call "koukouzi buns". But when it comes to the next meal, no one is happy to eat "mouthful buns". But it's a pity to throw it away, so what should I do?

Ye Zi said that Grandpa Xia came up with a good way, which was to make "paste buns" every day or two. In this regard, the leaders and cadres of the Finance Bureau praised it very much, saying that Grandpa Xia knew how to be frugal and could live.

This paste is to first cut the tofu and cabbage into small slices, add shredded onion and garlic, salt and other ingredients, and stir-fry; then cut the "mouth and mouth bun" into cubes and pour it in, stir-fry a little more, put some soaked soft vermicelli, add some boiling water, and cook it a little. It tastes fragrant and delicious, and it also saves.

Ye Zi told the children that Uncle Xia's grandfather not only that, but also got up earlier than others every day and took the initiative to clean the yard of the Finance Bureau. On weekdays, no matter what is in or out of the job, as long as it is arranged, I will do my best to do it well, and I never care about the loss and cheapness.

In this way, Uncle Xia's grandfather gained a foothold in the Finance Bureau and became a regular employee.

After staying in the county hospital for a few months, Ye Zi's father was ready to go home to recuperate. According to the signature signed at the time of separation, parents should live in the house of their two sons in turn for three months. Dova's side is more spacious and has arranged two houses for her parents, while Gen'er's side is more tense and can only be arranged in one house. In this regard, Ye Zi's parents have no opinion.

By month, it should be living on the Dova side. Kedowa works in the county, and only Gen'er farms at home, so this matter of taking care of her father naturally falls on Gen'er.

Gen'er slept on her father's kang every night, serving her father with a handful of and urine. Dowa also came to see when he came back from the county seat, but he never said that he came to serve and let the eldest brother go back to rest.

In this regard, the hairpin has a lot of opinions, and he talked about it in front of his neighbors. The neighbor told Ye Zi's mother that he also called Duowa to serve his father, and it was too tiring to rely on Gen'er alone.

Who knew that Ye Zi's mother said: When the family was separated, it was said that it was okay, the eldest was in charge of his father, the second was in charge of his mother, and the eldest should serve his father. This word reached the hairpin's ears, and Gen'er was very angry when he found out, so he said a few words to his mother.

Gen'er said: The "management" said when the family was separated was just to say who was responsible for the distribution, not to say that the work was divided between the parents who served them, let alone that Duowa only served her mother and did not serve her father. In this regard, Ye Zi's mother did not agree, saying that Gen'er was quibbling.

Seeing this situation, Ye Zi had to come to his parents' house every two days and take turns serving his father with his eldest brother. She thought to herself, her mother was too eccentric, and she didn't consider Gen'er's feelings just because she knew how to excuse Dowa. In the future, if my mother is sick, then her guilt is still to come.

According to my mother, it was Dova who would serve her. But people work in the county and don't have time to come back, so who will serve them?

Friends in the Persimmon Bay area generally do not move around during the New Year's holidays, and this gift is mostly exchanged in weddings and funerals, or visits by elders or children when they are sick.

During Ye Zi's father's illness, he heard that Huan'er, who had remarried to Jiangzhou, had returned to his parents' home, so he made a special trip to see it. As for E'er, who married into Qingping, it is not to mention, every time I go back to my parents' house, I come to see Ye Zi's father.

At this time, the dog baby of the Ye family and the Yuewa of the E'er family were both in high school in the town. Yuewa was originally one year younger than Gouwa, but because Gouwa had dropped out of junior high school for a year, the two became classmates in high school.

Yuewa is taller than a dog, likes to play basketball, and cares a lot about personal appearance, every time before coming out of the dormitory, you have to tidy up your clothes, and fiddle with your hair in front of the small mirror. In the eyes of classmates and teachers, Yuewa is a neat and neat young man.

High school students are already little adults, and although there is not much talk between boys and girls at this time, opposite-sex attraction has already appeared in them. When Yuewa was in junior high school, she secretly liked Ping'er in the same class, so much so that she often looked at others after reading and studying.

And Ping'er is also very generous, she has long been aware of it, and occasionally takes the initiative to say a few words to Yuewa, which really makes Yuewa happy. Ping'er is very smart, and her studies are not crooked, and she and Yuewa were both admitted to the town high school, but they are not in the same class.

Although Yuewa and Ping'er have not talked about their relationship, they are happy with each other, especially Yuewa's performance in high school, which makes Ping'er very happy, and even secretly proud.

On this day, that is, on Sunday afternoon, Yuewa pushed her bicycle before going out for a while, and met a few aunts chatting there at the door, so she stopped the car and accosted a few words.

At this time, Ping'er had just come from the pond with a plastic basin to wash clothes. Seeing Yuewa talking to her neighbors, Ping'er came to listen and didn't interject.

Seeing that the support of Yuewa's bicycle was not completely beaten and dragged on the ground, Ping'er hooked it with her feet, but when she didn't hook it, she simply bent down and lifted the support directly with her hands.

This scene was seen by the attentive aunts, so that they exchanged a look at each other, and deliberately smiled and pointed to the east and west to tease Yuewa a few words. Hearing this, Ping'er lowered her head, her face flushed, but she didn't leave until Yuewa rode away and returned home with a basin of clothes.

In this regard, Yuewa also knew it and was secretly happy. Some people say that the most beautiful thing in the world is the little daughter-in-law laughing and the big girl humming. This month, the baby likes to listen to Ping'er's slight hum and even cough gently.

However, the two are not in the same class in high school, and the boys and girls do not talk casually, and they are extremely nervous about studying, so what should I do? Yuewa came up with a good way, that is, when it was time for recess, she would go to the front of Ping'er's classroom to take a turn around if she had anything to do, take a look at Ping'er, and let Ping'er see him.

The two classrooms are adjacent to each other, which is also convenient. But in fact, the two were just silently happy in each other's hearts, they didn't sit together and talk, they didn't hold hands, and they didn't swear an alliance.

Maybe it's because she died of her mother since she was a child, maybe it's because her grandmother is old and few people care about the girl's family. Ping'er's family has a distant relative in Beitou Lane in the same village, surnamed Liu. When she came back from winter vacation, Ping'er often went there to play, Lala was homely or something.

On the seventeenth day of the first month, the wife of the Liu family in Beitou Lane came to look for E'er. In fact, Beitou Lane is still far away from E'er's house, but a brother from Laiwa's family moved to Beitou Lane earlier, and there is often movement between the family, so E'er is also a little familiar with this Liu family's wife.

"Is my sister-in-law here?" shouted Liu's wife as soon as she entered the door. "Who's here?" E'er came out of the house in response: "Ouch, who are you talking about, it's you, what wind is blowing you?" "What's the matter?" "Why don't you come here?" "Why don't you get up, come into the house quickly." ”

"Oh, the baby's family went to school?" "Ah, the big one left early, just after the tenth day of the new year. Come to the kang, his aunt, cold. Come, taste this twist. E'er brought a plastic plate full of twist flowers, hemp leaves, persimmons, dates, peanuts, and walnuts and said.

"We dare to be outsiders, it's troublesome......" "What's the trouble, it's the New Year, it's convenient." If you don't eat hemp flowers, you can taste the hemp leaves. "Well, it's warm on your kang. Liu's wife got on the kang, took the hemp leaves and ate them: "Oh, it's quite crispy, and it's sticky with sesame seeds." ”

"Well, I bought a little peeled sesame seeds. "Peeling sesame seeds?" "Ah, if you don't peel and stick, it's unstable, and it will fall off." "Oh, no wonder people want the white sesame seeds for the cakes, dare it be the sesame seeds that have been peeled?"

"Where? What we grow is white sesame seeds, whether they peel off or not. There is also a kind of black sesame seeds, which is good for hair when eaten. "Oh, uh. "I've heard from others, but I've never eaten it. ”

"Hey, your moon baby is more than a decade?" "Seventeen, what's wrong?" "Say it again?" "No, it's still young." What's the right one?" "I told you, hehe, that Ping'er in front of your door has taken a fancy to your moon baby." ”

"Oh......" As soon as she heard this, E'er realized that the wife of the Liu family and Ping'er's family were distant relatives, and they came to propose marriage. I've never heard that this daughter-in-law of the Liu family can talk about matchmaking, compared to being entrusted by someone, let's explore the wind.

Anyway, Liu's wife was also kind-hearted, so she chatted with them enthusiastically. However, E'er thought to herself, she couldn't distract her son at this juncture, and there would be opportunities in the future. So, he said that he felt that his family was not worthy of Ping'er's family, and he was afraid that he would delay Ping'er, so he politely excused himself.

Of course, E'er didn't mention this to her son.

E'er and his wife hope that their eldest son can be admitted to college, Yuewa is clever and very attentive, every time she walks from home, she has to bring some sand fruits, apricots, apples or something, and when she arrives at school, she takes the opportunity to give it to the teacher she wants to find.

It is often said that the hands of taking people are short, and the mouth of eating people is soft. The teacher eats the fruit sent by the moon baby, and when he asks questions in class, he will consciously ask questions about the moon baby to show his concern; let the moon baby show her face in front of her classmates, so that she has a good face; when the teacher visits the evening self-study or the students go to the teacher's room to ask for advice, the teacher will also say a few more words to the moon baby to show her dedication.

Yuewa can't say that she doesn't care about her studies, and she can't say that she doesn't work hard, she doesn't go back to the dormitory until late for self-study, and she doesn't go home to rest much on Sundays, but this grade has been in the middle of the class, and the progress is not great.