The next day, Chen Anxiu drove away empty-handed, because Zhang Shinian was very face-saving, and he ate two stewed pears that day, and the other four were also received by him in the refrigerator. In this case, no matter how thick-skinned Chen Anxiu is, he is embarrassed to say that this pear is not stewed for you, but for my son. Besides, it's not reluctant.

Through the phone call in advance, Chen Anxiu soon received his mother and tons waiting at the intersection, with a lot of things bought for the old man at his feet.

"Zhuangzhuang, this car is much more spacious than our one, look at this is a new car, you boss is really good." Tons automatically climbed into the co-pilot, and Chen's mother went to the back with her things.

"People are very good, but I only do it for two months. ”

"You have to do it all day, and don't let people gossip. ”

"Mom, I know. "Every time I talk about work, my mother will nag me again, and my ears are almost calloused when I hear it.

"Okay, okay, I know that you've grown up and you're not obedient at all. "Chen's mother has been a strong person all her life, she had a big temper when she was young, but now she is a little older, and her temperament is much more restrained and gentle. What the children didn't want to hear, she didn't talk about anymore.

"Mom, where's Wangwang?"

"Don't worry about him, he said that he will go back by himself tomorrow, anyway, he has his own car, which is convenient. ”

Along the esplanade to the north, the bustling city is gradually left behind, on both sides of the highway there are more fields and villages, as well as high and low undulating hills, it is now April, the green island is close to the sea, the weather is warming slowly, the trees are just beginning to sprout, the green in the fields is still very little, through a short tunnel to the right turn is the road into the mountain. The road is along the mountain to the slope of the river, one side is a gentle slope full of trees, the other side is not a very deep valley, when there is a lot of rain in summer, the valley is lush and green, the stream is turbulent, it is now the dry period, the stream is very shallow, countless goose soft stones are exposed to the sun, looking at it from afar, a piece of white flowers, the road into the mountain is only this one, according to Chen's father said that he had it when he was a child, so calculated, not to mention that there are forty or fifty years of history, these years have been repaired one after another, the road condition is not bad, but the road surface is not wide, two cars side by side are difficult。 As soon as the car turned up the mountain road, Chen's mother told Chen Anxiu to drive slowly.

Dongshan is a more famous tourist attraction in Ludao City, there are many Taoist and Buddhist buildings on the mountain, but these are basically concentrated in the south of the mountain, Chenjia Village is in the col in the north of Dongshan, the natural scenery of the valley forest is very good, but it is too far away from other tourist attractions, there are no shopping shops, travel agencies in order to save costs, the itinerary rarely arranges this scenic spot, so it is different from the perennial tourists in the south all the year round, in addition to the peak period of summer vacation tourism in the north, it is rare to see tourist vehicles. These villages in the north are not as affluent as those in the south, but they are far away from the hustle and bustle, and the days are much calmer and quieter.

Life in the village has been good over the years, many families have built three-story buildings, but Chen Anxiu's family still lives in the original three red tile houses, Chen's father also had the idea of building a building a few years ago, but at that time Chen Anxiu was a soldier outside, Tianyu looked at it and had no intention of living in the village, he was afraid that it would be boring to build only their old couple to live, and things dragged on, and now these three tiled houses were built by Chen Anxiu when he was more than a year old, the house is still very strong, there is a bright big yard, the children are not married, and the family lives very well。

The streets and alleys in Chenjia Village are paved with large strip stones, wide and flat, there is absolutely no problem to drive in, Chen Anxiu's family lives in the west of the village, the second from the south end of the alley, and the first one against the street is the old man Jiang Xinbao.

When they got home, Chen's father had already made lunch, and he was standing at the head of the alley while waiting for them. Seeing Chen Anxiu and their car coming, he greeted him, touched the front of the car, and said with a smile, "This car looks really good." ”

Chen Anxiu got out of the car to greet the uncles in the village, opened the car door and said to his father, "Dad, do you want to come up and sit and try?"

Dad Chen poked his head in to take a look, waved his hand and said, "Don't go up, I just went to the vegetable field, my shoes are full of dirt, and the car is so clean, don't step on it." ”

After all, it's not his own car, his father can't come up, and Chen Anxiu is no longer reluctant.

"Grandpa. "Ton Ton opened the car door and jumped out of the car first.

What are not used to things, I can get used to it after watching it for nearly ten years, when Chen Anxiu got a child out at the age of eighteen, there was a lot of discussion in the village, but Ton Ton is now almost nine years old, and the people in the village have long accepted this fact, and the elders have seen it, and they all praised the child for looking really good, and they tacitly did not mention the child's mother.

"I haven't seen tons for a few days, grandpa hugs, try to get fat. ”

Chen's father is in his early fifties this year, he works all year round, his body and spirit are very good, he doesn't have a single white hair, he is about 1.75 meters tall, but he is still tall in their generation, he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, hard facial lines, and a hearty personality, Chen Anxiu is not similar to him in appearance, but his temperament is like him the most.

Tons and grandparents are very close, hugging his neck and laughing, "I'm not fat, grandpa, grandma took me to the pharmacy to weigh it, and I lost a pound." ”

Chen's father is most hurt by this grandson now, and he personally hugged him and walked home, "Why are you still thin, grandpa makes more delicious food, you eat more at home to make supplements." He turned around and instructed Chen Anxiu, "Zhuangzhuang, you drive the car to the outside of our house, there are people coming and going on the street, don't scratch off other people's new cars." ”

The gate of Chen's house faces west, there are three north houses and three west houses in the house, the yard is very large, the ground is paved with red bricks, and two apple trees are planted under the east wall. ”

"Leave him alone, he has no grandchildren now, just hug him if he wants, it's not like he can't hold it anymore. Chen's mother carried a box of light things and followed Chen Anxiu into the door, and closed the door by the way.

Chen's father's lunch was very richly prepared, with home-steamed steamed buns, mixed rice porridge, fried a large plate of palm-long crucian carp, stewed a local chicken, fried two green vegetables, a bowl of cleaned wild camelina vegetables, and a small half bowl of self-made soybean sauce.

"Tons and tons, eat more fish, this is what grandpa went to the reservoir to catch. Eat fish smartly and learn well. Father Chen carefully removed the fish head and bones and put them in tons of bowls.

"Dad, haven't you heard, it's not good to spoil children all the time, you eat your own, and the dishes are cold. "The next generation can't be like this, Chen Anxiu grabbed a chopstick and green vegetables to his son, "Tons and tons, eat it yourself." ”

Father Chen said, "When you were young, I picked fish bones for you for many years, and now I haven't seen anything bad about you." ”

Chen Anxiu got carried away, "Then I must be different." ”

Tons of eyes glanced at his father, and then silently sped up the action of picking up rice, there is a child who has no self-aware father, so pitiful.

"Zhuangzhuang, after eating, go to your third uncle to see grandma first, you haven't been back for more than a month. Your grandma, she misses you a lot, too. ”

"Well, I'll be over after dinner. "Grandma Chen and the third uncle live together, just in the alley next door, very close.

"What's the hurry, everyone will come tomorrow, and then we will go together, isn't it the same? Besides, where does she want to be strong, she will only talk about when Tianqi will come every day when she will save something. "The old lady doesn't like to be strong, and it didn't start today.

"She's so old, how many years do you have left to live, what are you doing with her?"

"It's not a concern, you can go if you want, I won't say anything if it's rainy and sunny, but she doesn't like Zhuangzhuang, what do you want Zhuangzhuang to do?"

"No matter what he does, is Zhuang Zhuang her grandson? ”

"Mom, I'll go take a look and come back, it's not a big deal, don't make any noise. ”

"Go if you want, go early and come back early. Chen's mother compromised after the last, and she didn't have to let her go, but she said that she wanted to be strong, which was really against her will.

The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been like this since ancient times, which is mixed and which is not mixed, it has long been unclear, Chen's mother and Chen's grandmother belong to the kind of relationship that is relatively general, both of them are a little hard, it is difficult to be as close as a mother and daughter, but at the beginning, the face was passable, but this relationship was broken when Chen Anxiu was four years old.

When Chen Anxiu was four years old, his mother was pregnant with a second child, and took the graduating class in school, Chen's father followed the engineering team to the city to pick up some bits and pieces of decoration work to subsidize the family, Chen Anxiu no one watched, the husband and wife discussed giving Grandma Chen an extra 20 yuan a month to help bring Chen Anxiu, Grandma Chen agreed, at that time with Chen Anxiu lived in his grandmother's house and his lobby brother Chen Tianqi, speaking of his lobby brother, he can't help but mention Chen Anxiu's uncle Chen Jianming, he is a secretary in the city government, Grandma Chen is most proud of this eldest son, and later her eldest grandson Chen Tianqi。

Chen Anxiu's eldest mother was a female worker in the second green island cotton spinning factory at that time, she was a very calculating person, she often said that it was natural for grandma to raise her grandson, so she didn't take a penny here, Chen Tianqi was five years older than Chen Anxiu, and she would go to primary school in the village, she was very squeamish, and she would cry every day if she didn't like it.

Chen Anxiu was young at that time, every time Chen's father came back from the city, he brought back a box of food for him, all of which were milk powder, malt milk essence, calcium milk biscuits, pineapple beans, apricot yuan biscuits, canned yellow peaches and the like, Chen's father knew very well that his mother was partial to the eldest brother's side, and every time he bought more, the old man and Tianqi could also share some points, that's it, not much of those things fell into Chen Anxiu's mouth, and most of them were eaten by his grandmother for Chen Tianqi. Originally, he didn't see it, but he was seen by Chen's mother again, Chen Tianqi was eating and practicing things, Chen Anxiu was hungry and crying, no one gave him food, so he cried and went to the ground to pick up what Chen Tianqi had thrown away. Grandma Chen saw it clearly on the side but didn't stop it at all, Chen's mother didn't say a word at the time, and went back to grandma's house with Chen Anxiu in her arms.

For this reason, Chen's mother has not visited Grandma Chen's house for two or three years, and during the New Year's holidays, she prepares things, and Chen's father sends them over, but she never goes herself.

Grandma Chen now lives with his third son Chen Jianhao, when Chen Anxiu came over with tons, his third uncle was not at home, and the third aunt Chai Qiuxia was washing fish and meat at the faucet in the yard, all of which were prepared for tomorrow's birthday banquet.

"Three grandmothers. ”

"Tons, Sunday off?" Chai Qiuxia is a tall and slightly chubby middle-aged woman, and what is seriously inconsistent with her sturdy appearance is her weak temperament, Grandma Chen's four daughters-in-law, the only one who can hold it is probably the third daughter-in-law, so Grandma Chen is only willing to live in the third family, saying that no one is angry with her.

"Third aunt, busy so early?"

"It's packed up now, and it'll be easier to use tomorrow. Chai Qiuxia rushed her hands on the faucet, "Come and see your grandma, it's in the house, you can go." I'll go get you a Coke to drink. ”

When I was a child, the relationship did not lay a foundation, and now I just want to be close to each other, and it is like a layer of separation between each other, Chen Anxiu gave her the newly bought jade bracelet in advance, she liked it very much, and immediately put it on, looked at it over and over, and praised Chen Anxiu for his filial piety. Her hair is neatly combed and her spirit is good, but she is really old, her skin is wrinkled, her body is lean and lean, and no matter how much she eats, she will not grow meat. Chen Anxiu accompanied her to bask in the sun in the yard and chatted for a while, she was old, but she still loved Chen Tianqi the most, and she was worried about whether he could come over tomorrow. Chen Anxiu said that she should be able to, and there are vacations in the hospital, so she was very relieved, saying that Tianqi is a doctor now and is very busy. Chen Anxiu followed her words and stayed here for an hour, Chen's mother called and said that she was going up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, and Chen Anxiu left with tons.