Qiao Lan smiled, "I'll cook a few good dishes for you in the evening, grandpa, let's open this jar of wine and taste it, my grandfather is not willing to drink, there will always be a chance to go to the capital to find that old man to have a drink, and he will also make smoked duck, when the time comes, I will go to taste the taste of the couple and their husbands." My sister-in-law brought the ducks back, so let's have a drink in the evening. I've wanted to drink it for a long time, but my grandfather has been hiding the door and not giving us a drink, hehehe! As he spoke, he laughed, and tears fell unconsciously.

"Okay, let's have a drink." The old lady nodded and smiled, turned her head and raised her arm to secretly wipe her tears.

The best people for him in this era, the people who don't ask for anything in return are Old Man Li and Mrs. Li, who have always been very persistent in protecting Qiaolan on many major decisions, giving her unimaginable warmth and firmness, so that she can walk down bravely in a strange environment and times Thanks to the kindness of the old man, she has gained real family affection.

Thinking of my grandparents who are still heartbroken, but can accept the truth peacefully, I remember my grandmother's entrustment, you have to live strongly, and live well in place of hers, so that we will be very comforted, because my granddaughters are very good, which makes me proud.

"Okay, have a drink." Xiangye smiled and nodded.

They still remember the simple and lovely old couple, they were actually sad when they left, together with Daddy Liu, they were dressed very plainly, ate vegetarian food for three months, and silently tried their best to tell no one, if it wasn't for the people around them to find out, no one would know that in fact, they were sad.

"You wait for me to cook some good dishes for you, it's rare to send the ingredients from your hometown, I'll let you taste my craftsmanship." Qiao Lan snatched her sleeves and raised her head with a bright smile, trying to liven up the atmosphere.

"I'll help you." Mrs. Li smiled and followed out, wanting to see Qiao Lan, afraid that he would feel uncomfortable and faint, they also participated in the old man's funeral at that time, and understood Qiao Lan's sadness.

Mrs. Li brought back a lot of delicious food from Daqingshan, as well as all kinds of dried vegetables eaten in winter, all of which were dried by Mother Li herself, as well as letters.

"I see that my aunt looks very good, and she is in a very happy mood, and she has been to Qingyuan to play, don't worry about the old man, my uncle often goes to the tea garden to play, and his health is very good." Mrs. Li chattered about the family.

Doctors often diagnose their pulses, so they move around very diligently.

"I'm okay sister-in-law, I'm fine, I just miss them." Qiao Lan sighed, with endless melancholy and helplessness.

"I understand, we won't leave for the time being when we come back this time, the lord wrote an excerpt to the emperor, saying that he hopes to stay in the capital in the past few years, my father is really not in good health, and the last time I went back to Ali to see her complexion, it is completely different, it is already obvious." Mrs. Li also sighed sadly, the pain in her heart was astringent, the old man was confident in them, and the wise life experience of Xiangye and the old lady was incomparable wealth.

Like a big tree, it will give you shelter from the wind and rain and give you a sense of dependence and security.

"I know, I asked Brother Yu to go on a study tour later, and grandpa will be happier to see their children." Qiao Lan blinked, and couldn't hold back her tears.

"I know you're always with them, and I've worked hard for you." Mrs. Lee patted her on the shoulder.

"This is what I should do, don't say kind words to me, come and help me get this right, this dish grandpa loves to eat, it's very soft and tastes good, I used to make it." Qiao Lan gave some dishes to Mrs. Li and asked her to help make them together.

"Who is polite to you, it's all a dish so quickly, I'll try it, it tastes good." Mrs. Li twisted a little dish and tasted it, nodding with a smile on her face.

"It's delicious. My grandmother taught me to do, at that time I had to embroider the picture, especially expensive, I didn't do any work when I was small, other girls were busy helping the family to do things, sometimes there were not enough people to go to the field together with the whole family, only I didn't work like a young lady, hehe! But my grandmother said that the kitchen still has to be learned, I will follow my grandmother to learn, I am very big will not light a fire, because the fire will hurt my hands, the family does not let me do, this dish is very simple to master the heat on the line, the dish is good-looking, every Chinese New Year I want to make a dish to the family, this is my grandmother requested, they have to train me to do embroidery also pay a lot, not easy, I want to give back to the family to make them happy. ”

Qiao Lan lowered her head and continued to cook, and also made side dishes as decorations, making it look good and careful.

"Then you make a lot of money embroidering, probably not, you shouldn't be able to earn so much if your skills are not in place at the beginning." Mrs. Li asked with a smile.

"Well, at the beginning, I didn't have so much money for many years, I was similar to others, I started with embroidering purses, how much ability can children have, no matter how good I did, I just had a few more copper plates than others, which is already a lot. But my grandmother has always believed that I can get ahead, without her insistence in fact, I am just an ordinary peasant girl, when I was young, the family was still very bitter, my mother had to go out to set up a stall, sell vegetables at the dock to make wontons to earn a few money to subsidize the family, that is really hard.

The wharf is windy and cold, my mother's face is chapped, my hands are full of chilblains, a spring thaw is particularly difficult, the wound is painful and itchy, because there is no money, my mother is reluctant to rub the medicine, my father went to the mountains to pick some herbs and come back to crush and compress, but the effect is not too good, even my mother's hands in the past few years, I can't bear to look at it. In those years, I didn't come out and encountered conscription, my grandmother took out the coffin to protect my eldest brother and my second uncle from their conscription, the family was all dry, you don't know, my grandma is very old and has to embroider things to sell, and then I can't see it so I have to stop. ”

"Hey, that's really not easy."

"Yes, later I can embroider my own purse better than others, the situation at home is a little relieved, how much surplus money can be left, several major disasters and small disasters because my family is a little extra money to afford to buy grain seeds to survive, the peasant family is actually very bitter, like my family life in our village is good, the disasters encountered are small disasters can also be carried over, my family's money does not dare to spend indiscriminately, are my mother and my grandmother saved up regularly exchanged for silver to save, next spring if the grain is not good or does not rain and does not sprout and dies, you must immediately buy seeds to replant, otherwise it would be a big deal to miss the time and not get achievements for a year. ”

"It turns out that the peasant family is so hard and difficult." Mrs. Li didn't know any of this.

"Well, my mother makes an appointment with others every year to go to the mountains to pick camellia fruits, and take them back to squeeze oil, so that you don't have to buy oil to save a year's oil money, but you have to walk a long way up the mountain road, and you have to carry a lot of fruits back, otherwise it's not enough to eat for a year, and then when I grew up, my eldest brother and they went with me, and the children in the family also went to go, and they could carry a little more back, which was to save money." Qiao Lan laughed and chattered while cooking without delay.

"Hey! It's really not easy. ”

"Yes, but it's true that we're a strong family." Qiao Lan smiled.