Just when Zhang Lao held a mobilization meeting, Wang Guan focused on driving, speeding all the way, passing several checkpoints, and after being slaughtered many knives, he finally returned to the county seat before the sun went down.

Parking the car in front of the house, Wang Guan opened the door and went in, and first saw the busy figure of the eldest brother Wang Kan in the kitchen, and the aroma of cooking smoke wafted out.

Hearing the movement at the door, Wang Kan looked back and said in surprise: "Brother, why did you come back?" ”

"Something happened to Dad, I'm definitely going to come back and see." Wang Guan looked left and right and said, "What about people, is the injury better?" ”

"Watching TV in the hall." Saying that, Wang Kan complained a little: "I didn't say hello when I came back, I didn't cook for you...... Gotta stir-fry two more dishes. ”

"Wang Kan, are there any guests here?" At this moment, my mother walked out of the hall and was very surprised to see Wang Guan: "Hey, when did you come back?" ”

"Just home." Wang Guan worried: "I heard that my father was injured, so I came back to take a look." ”

"What kind of injury, it's just a twist, and it will be fine in a few days." The mother frowned and said, "It's you, don't you want to work, and you're not afraid of being blamed by the boss when you suddenly run back." ”

"It's okay, I've taken a leave of absence, how is Dad's condition?" Wang Guan hurriedly explained, and then walked into the hall and immediately smelled a strong smell of medicinal wine.

"I'm back."

At this time, my father was sitting on the sofa, his injured left foot resting on a small stool, and when he saw Wang Guan coming back, he had a smile on his face and was a little happy. And his situation is not as serious as Wang Guan imagined, it is really just a twist, and it is just a little bruised. After applying the medicated wine, it will be back to normal in about a week.

Seeing this situation, Wang Guan was completely relieved, and originally thought about whether it was his family to keep himself from worrying. Deliberately downplay the injury. Now it seems that there is really no big problem.

"It's all said, it's just a little injury and pain, and it will be fine in a few days. But you have made it look like a multitude. People who don't know think I have some terminal illness. "My father was a little dissatisfied.

"Don't I care about you, I really think I'm still young. A handful of old people. Osteoporosis, if you hurt your bones, see if you can still laugh......" The mother complained, but her eyebrows were full of concern that could not be concealed.

My father was silent, and if it had been a few years ago, he might have quarreled with his mother, but after he retired, his temper gradually subsided and became very gentle.

Seeing this, Wang Guan hurriedly said, "Mom." Dad often climbs mountains, and his body is very tough......"

"Don't mention climbing a mountain, this injury is a mountain climber. Luckily, I just twisted my foot. If it's a big fall, the consequences are serious. The mother was worried.

"Don't curse me for not being able to do it." The father couldn't help but retort: "It was just an accident. If it hadn't rained and the grass roots on the slope were loose and unsteady, I wouldn't have had an accident at all. ”

"Don't make excuses for yourself, since you have withdrawn, you should stay at home and enjoy Qingfu, don't toss yourself with nothing." The mother thought about it and said it very reasonably, at least Wang Guan agreed very much.

The father was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I can't sit still, besides, after sitting for a long time, my body will rust." Know that life is in motion......"

"I've also heard that life is in stillness."

The mother retorted: "Besides, there are many ways to exercise, you can run, practice tai chi, even sing and dance, and no one will stop you." But for physically demanding sports like mountain climbing, it's better to do less. ”

"Mom, it's not like you don't know, Dad's purpose in climbing the mountain is not to exercise, but to collect medicine."

At this time, Wang Kan brought two dishes over and put them on the dining table in the hall, and then said with a smile: "It's a pity that our family is not big enough, otherwise we will open up a small garden at the back to raise flowers and grass for him, and Bao Zhun's father will no longer run around." ”

Suddenly, Wang Guan's eyes lit up, and his mind opened.

"That's fine."

At the same time, the mother thought about it and nodded: "I can't open up a garden, but the balcony space is quite spacious, and I can put seven or eight pots to grow herbs......"

"What's the matter with seven or eight pots?"

However, my father shook his head and objected: "You must know that the medicinal properties of each herb are different, and if there are differences in soil fertility and seasonal climate, it will not grow at all." ”

"Then you plant the ones that can grow." Mother didn't have a good airway. For a moment, my father stopped talking again, and this negative response showed his attitude.

"Brother, come over and get the dishes and chopsticks, and eat."

Fortunately, Wang Kan's voice came in time, avoiding a new round of mother's chatter.

"Here ......

Wang Guan hurriedly walked to the kitchen, took the dishes and chopsticks and put them away, and then helped his father to sit at the dining table. On the table are several plates of home-cooked side dishes, and in the middle is a large pot of pork bone stewed tofu soup, which is steaming hot and exudes an enticing aroma.

After scooping a big bowl of bone broth and putting it in front of his father, his mother looked at Wang Guan and asked casually, "I remember calling you at two o'clock, how could you get home so quickly?" ”

"At that time, my provincial capital, after receiving the call, I borrowed a car from the manager and came back in a hurry." Wang Guan said, hesitated, and finally did not say that he had resigned.

"Weren't you in the provincial capital the other day? Why did you go to the provincial capital again? The mother was surprised.

Wang Guan explained: "A few days ago, I was accompanying the student to play, but now I am accompanying the manager on a business trip, which is different. ”

"Oh......" Mother nodded, and suddenly asked, "How many days off did you take?" ”

"...... in a few days"

Wang Guan was vigilant in his heart and said vaguely: "It's just to say hello to the manager, it depends on the situation." ”

"That's right." The mother groaned, and said with some regret: "It's a pity that today is Monday, if it's a weekend, I can arrange for you to go to Jiangzhou city to meet the girl." ”

"Mom, you're here again!" Wang Guan was speechless.

"What am I doing again, who called you in your twenties, and you don't even have a girlfriend...... Mother chattered, as if it was a magic sound, which made Wang Guan annoyed, and hurriedly raised his head to ask for help.

However, the father on the other side lowered his head and drank the soup, as if he had not seen anything. As for the eldest brother Wang Kan, he buried his head in eating, and he didn't dare to squeak at all, as if he was planning to protect himself wisely, so as not to provoke fire.

"It's really unkind...... Wang Guan muttered in his heart, and he had to face his mother's storm alone.

Finally, it was not until the end of dinner that my mother's chatter came to an end. Wang Guanru was pardoned, and helped his father back to the sofa to sit down, watching TV and chatting.

Talking about the world, at about nine o'clock in the evening, my father came out of the shower, and Wang Guan took cotton and medicinal wine to re-dress him.

At this time, my father said with a somewhat disdainful expression: "Your brother went to the pharmacy to buy these medicinal wines, and at a glance, I knew that they were diluted defective products, and they were not as good as my own cooking." ”

After speaking, his father patted Wang Guan on the shoulder and ordered, "Tomorrow you go back to your hometown and bring some of the medicinal wine I hid in the corner of the house." ”

"Good ......" Wang nodded and tied a perfect bow neatly.

After a night of silence, the next morning, after Wang Guan had breakfast, he drove to the outskirts of the village according to his father's instructions. Ten minutes later, we arrived at the village where I used to live.

This village is located near the county seat, and in recent years, the fields of the village have been continuously developed, and buildings have been built, which is no longer the scene of the fragrance of rice.

Wang Guan drove slowly into the village, and felt that the village had become very quiet, and few people moved. Occasionally, he saw a few children playing in the village, but he couldn't recognize which one it was.

Whenever he encounters such a situation, Wang Guan inevitably sighs. However, no matter how the houses in the village change, the overall layout will not be distorted. The road is still the same road, and Wang Guan returned to the ancestral house with ease.

The ancestral house is really an ancestral house, which was built by Wang Guan's grandfather himself, it was originally a mud and tile structure, and later Wang Guan's father once renovated it and changed it to a brick structure.

Wang Guan lived here for 12 or 3 years, and later moved to the county seat, where he did not live for more than ten years. The ancestral house was empty, looking a little lonely and lifeless.

However, in every place behind the front yard, Wang Guan is very familiar and full of childhood memories.

The lock was opened, and Wang Guan pushed the door in. Because my father often came back to clean, the floor of the house, including the corners of the walls, was relatively clean, and there was no dust such as cobwebs.

Walking through some rough passages, Wang Guan came to the lobby, where the ancestral tablets were still enshrined. At the right time, Wang Guan stopped, walked to the offering table, took out a few sticks of incense and lit it, bowed twice, and inserted the incense into the incense burner on the table.

At the same time, Wang Guan's heart moved, and he looked at the incense burner carefully, only to see that the incense burner had been used for a long time, and the surface was covered with a layer of black ash, but judging from the faintly emerging ornaments, the appearance of the incense burner should be more exquisite, but I don't know if it is a new thing or an antiquity.

Thinking of this, Wang Guan couldn't help but reach out and gently wipe off the black ash of the incense burner, wipe the incense burner clean, and then observe it carefully. The incense burner is made of copper and has a very intricate pattern carved on the outside.

After looking at it for a moment, Wang Guan frowned and shook his head in disappointment. Because he could see that the delicate patterns on the surface of the incense burner were not carved by hand, but were the product of mechanical imprinting. From this point, it can be judged that even if this incense burner is decades old, it is definitely not an antique.

"Huh......"

Suddenly, Wang Guan came to his senses and couldn't help but smile bitterly, as if he was here to get medicine and wine, not to watch the incense burner.

"This should be the legendary occupational disease." Wang Guan smiled dumbly, and after setting the incense burner right, he bowed respectfully before walking through the hall and coming to the house where his parents used to live.

Wang Guan unlocked the lock, and with a gentle push, the door that had not been opened all year round creaked, and a sullen breath followed.

"Ahem......"

Wang Guan waved his hand and fanned lightly, and waited until the fine dust dispersed before he walked in.

Because the power supply of the ancestral house has been cut off, and the window of the house is also sealed, it is very dark, Wang Guan also relied on his memory to grope to the corner, and vaguely saw a large vat......