Chapter 92: Back to my hometown
After telling Su Luo last night, she also very much agreed to go to the countryside to pick up Grandpa Nan and Grandma Nan today. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Grandpa Nan lives in Sanqiu Village, where the traffic is not well developed, and there is only one bus to get there. The train departs on time at 8 o'clock in the morning every day and goes to Sanqiu Village. When I came, I went around the village to see everyone off, and when I was about to go back at about four o'clock, I would go around the village again, leaving no one behind to go back to Si County.
Nancy was sitting on the slightly old bus at this time, with Su Luo and Nan Zeyang sitting to her right and behind her, respectively.
The smell of green vegetables fills the car, and many families in Sanqiu Village make a living from farming. Early autumn is a harvest season, at this time many passengers get up at four or five o'clock in the morning to take a boat across the river to the market to sell vegetables, and at seven or eight o'clock to put away the remaining vegetables and take the bus back.
At this time, these unsold vegetables were scattered on the floor of the car, and the flat baskets were placed horizontally and vertically. But no one complained that their food was in the way, firstly because there were not many people in the car, and secondly, because these farmers were really hard.
More and more villagers are leaving Sanqiu Village to work in distant first- and second-tier cities. After that, he earned money, bought a house in the city, and never came back. Now there are not many people who stick to Sanqiu Village.
There are not many people on the car, and there are still vacant seats, but there are still many people sitting around the protruding place like a kang head at the front of the car, chatting loudly in Sixian Township while munching melon seeds, and talking nonsense with the driver.
The conductor is the driver's wife, and she hangs an old army-green square satchel diagonally. While scolding and chattering about these fellows who spit melon seed shells, he picked up the small broom he had prepared and swept those melon seed shells aside and piled them up, away from those vegetables.
Nancy's motion sickness symptoms are much milder today, and she also had motion sickness symptoms in her previous life, which some studies say is caused by the three semicircular canal hair cells in the ear, that is, positional receptors, are too sensitive. However, she has tried all kinds of methods of motion sickness stickers, motion sickness medicine, and she has not seen any good.
Since Su Luo was free from work, she has been looking for a home remedy for motion sickness everywhere, and she really found an earthwork. Take the freshly peeled orange peel and squeeze out the water and apply it to the navel to relieve the symptoms of motion sickness. I tried it today, and it really worked.
Nan Zeyang sat silently in the back, holding the mobile phone that Nancy had newly bought him, and playing mobile games without saying a word. Su Luo accompanied her against the window, admiring the idyllic scenery on the road to Sanqiu Village.
Along the way, I also encountered a pig farm, and the strong smell of pig manure rushed to my face, which smoked the entire carriage, causing those vegetable sellers to laugh and scold. However, the further you drive to Sanqiu Village, the cleaner the air becomes, except for those places where chickens, ducks and poultry are raised.
Along the way, there are many freshwater lakes that are used to keep fish in captivity. The road also began to move towards the dirt slopes, and the car was jolting crookedly. The car drove for more than an hour before it arrived at the entrance of Sanqiu Village, and it was still ten minutes' drive from Nan's grandparents' house.
Sanqiu Village has many large raised mounds about two or three meters high, and the villagers are accustomed to calling these mounds small mountain bags. In fact, these mounds are not called mountains, they can only be called hills. This is also the reason why the traffic in Sanqiu Village is not well developed.
Cremation is not yet popular in this small, slightly closed village. Basically, every family will be buried when they die, so these hills are full of tombstones. Nourished by the blood and bones of their ancestors, these hills are also overgrown with tall and dense pine trees and various plants, showing a peaceful and prosperous atmosphere.
The car finally drove to Nanjiadun.
Nancy and Su Luo Nan Zeyang got out of the car together and walked in the direction of their hometown. Most of the people living in this area are not surnamed Nan, but it seems that the place name "Nanjiadun" is a bit unsubstantial.
After passing through several houses and stepping on the dry yellow mud floor, Nancy and the three finally stood in front of the old house. Most of the houses here are made of cement and yellow mud, and the wooden doors are plastered with festive rose-red oil. Nan's grandparents' house is no exception.
However, after so many years of wind and rain, the red paint on the door has fallen off a lot, revealing a pale yellow wood grain. Grandpa Nan and Grandma Nan didn't know if they were at home, and the door was tightly closed at this time.
Su Luo and the three were about to call the door, when they saw a man carrying a flat load and two baskets of vegetables coming over, looked at them strangely, and then shouted at the glass window:
"Uncle Nan, have you woken up? Are your bones better? ”
In the mottled window frame, a faint hoarse voice came: "Big cow? I'm better, nothing serious. Wait, I'll open the door. ”
"Dad, are you at home? I'm Xiaoluo, I'm bringing Zeyang and Sissi to see you! The old man's ears were a little difficult to use when he was old, and Su Luo also shouted loudly.
After shouting, Su Luo rushed to the person again and asked, "What's wrong with my dad?" ”
"Are you Uncle Nan's daughter? Doesn't he have only one son? The man removed the basket from his shoulder and carefully placed the basket on the ground. He pounded his tired shoulders and looked at Su Luo with a puzzled face.
"I'm his daughter-in-law." Su Luo smiled.
"Tsk, it's not biological, Uncle Nan has been sick for more than a month and hasn't seen your daughter-in-law here." The man glanced at Su Luo with disdain, turned his head and saw the red lacquer door open, put the flat shoulder on his shoulder again, and walked up quickly.
"Uncle Nan, I've sold all your dishes for you. Come on, it's your money. You count, a total of two hundred and three yuan and four cents" The man took out a pile of scattered banknotes from his pocket, pulled Grandpa Nan's hand across the ravine, and put it on his palm.
"Count, big cow, thank you. It's so hard for you to run around these days with twice as many dishes! Grandpa Nan pursed his slightly deflated mouth and patted the back of the man's hand gratefully.
The man smiled and pulled out his hand, and said in a somewhat instructive tone to Su Luo and the others who had already walked to him: "You are a mother, it is also good to be filial to the elderly in front of your children, be careful that no one will care if you get old and sick in the future!" ”
The tone was very ugly, and Nancy just wanted to explain for Su Luo, but Su Luo shook her head with a smile and blocked the words. She shouted to the back of the walking away, "Thank you!" Big brother! ”
Here, Nan Zeyang had already rushed forward to support Grandpa Nan: "Grandpa, what is wrong with you?" You lie in bed and rest well, why don't you tell me and my mother? ”
"It's nothing, the disc in my waist is herniated, and I have an old problem, but I have made it again in the past few days." Grandpa Nan smiled happily and walked into the house.
"Where's Grandma? Did she go to the ground again? ”
"Yes, I went out early in the morning, and I don't think I'll be back until eleven or twelve o'clock. I'm useless, let her do so much work alone. ”
The voices of the grandfather and grandson gradually drifted away, and Su Luo was still outside the house to see the man away.
"Mom, you were so busy with work before, and now there are a lot of things that have just opened in the stationery store, and you go out early and return late every day, and you don't mean not to come to see your grandparents, why do you make that person so sarcastic?" Nancy complained disgruntled for Su Luo.
Su Luo smiled and pushed Nancy into the room: "Let's go in first." If you want to call uncle, uncle, he helps your grandfather so much. You see just now, in fact, your grandfather's vegetables have not been sold, how can they be sold out in the morning, there will be some leftovers, but he said that they are sold out, and give your grandfather more money to sell vegetables. To help us like this, it is also appropriate to say a few words. Mom, this daughter-in-law didn't do a good job in the first place, but fortunately there are you. ”
Nancy nodded silently, did not answer, and obediently followed Nancy into the house.