Chapter 6 is a homely conversation
"What the old fairy personally gave it, it must not be bad." The grandfather on the side stood up with a smile and took the wine gourd, which was really comforting: "What a good grandson, I already know how to honor the elderly." Wife, go get a few wine bowls and come out, and the brothers will take a few bites first, refreshing and refreshing. ”
Grandfather Yang Yiren is 65 years old this year, with a square face, full of silver hair, although he does not have the demeanor of a white beard, but he has the elegant appearance of crane hair and childish face. Grandpa loves calligraphy, tea art, chess, Go, of course, it is inseparable from wine, this is not, as soon as I saw the old fairy's wine gourd, I felt that the worm drilled into the belly, impatient, and quickly opened the stopper of the wine gourd, and suddenly a strong aroma of wine mixed with the fragrance of medicine.
"Old man, look at how you are in such a hurry, how can you patronize yourself. Why do you have to let your good grandson drink saliva first, don't you? You don't drink a few sips of this wine one day, you've been drinking it all your life, why don't you always drink enough? Feng Shi was a little unhappy, frowned, he hadn't even greeted his good grandson, he was called up, although he muttered a few words, he still turned around and walked towards the house.
"Second, third, you also have a few mouthfuls!" Didn't wait for Feng Shi to take out the wine bowl, Yang Yiren couldn't wait, he took a sip of the wine gourd, squinted his eyes and enjoyed it for a while, and then remembered that he was looking at his two younger brothers beside him, and handed the wine gourd out with some embarrassment.
Although Yang Jibin's second and third grandfathers also wanted to taste the old fairy's wine, they were really embarrassed to see Yang Yiren's greedy appearance, so they hurriedly humbled up: "Big brother, this is the treasure that Bin Wazi asked for from the old fairy, you should keep it yourself." Over the years, you have worked a lot for our family, and your body and bones are getting worse and worse, not as good as before, you must take good care of it. ”
"Grandpa, second grandfather, third grandfather, you can rest assured, my master said, this herb for soaking wine can be found everywhere in our mountain, from tomorrow he will begin to teach me to recognize all kinds of herbs, and the method of soaking wine will also teach me in the future, and when I learn, I am sure that you can drink this kind of health medicine wine every day, and you can be as old and strong as my master and his old man, and live a long life."
"Good! Good! It's rare that Bin Wazi has this filial piety! Speaking of which, that old fairy is really amazing, I remember when I was very young I saw his appearance of fairy wind bones, decades have passed in a blink of an eye, I have gray temples, drooping old, and the loess is buried in my chest. However, not long ago, I saw that the old fairy was still ruddy, childlike and crane-haired, and that appearance felt the same as decades ago, I really don't know how long he has lived for the old man, and now he can still climb the mountains and mountains to collect medicine, which is simply like walking on the ground. Not to mention his medical skills, there are countless living people, and all the serious and strange diseases that cannot be cured in these ten miles and eight towns, as long as they find other people's homes, there is no incurable disease as soon as they make a move, they are really good people, living immortals. Yang Yiren, who is old and not very good, can't help but feel a little sad and sad, although the days are getting better day by day, but people are already getting weaker, alas, the sunset is infinitely better, but it is almost dusk.
"Yes, who said no, last year, the youngest son of Wang Laosi in Wangjiazhuang, who was across the mountain, had a strange disease, and the experts and professors in the provincial hospital couldn't figure out what the cause was, just knowing that the kid was hung with water to continue his life, but the water was useless in the hospital for a few days, and he also issued a critical illness notice, and asked his family to prepare for the future. Later, people really had no choice, and after several turns, they carried the child to the temple of the old immortal, and as a result, a few bowls of herbs went down, and the condition was greatly cured, and now he is alive and kicking. ”
After a while, Feng Shi came out with a few wine bowls and a tea bowl, Feng put the bowl on the table, then picked up the teapot, poured a bowl full, and handed it to Yang Jibin: "Good grandson, this big summer, all the way down, you must be thirsty, come, drink a few sips first." ”
Yang Jibin hurriedly took the tea bowl, as soon as he smelled the fragrance of tea, he knew that it was a unique wild tea in this mountain, although the reputation was not obvious, but he felt that compared with the famous tea such as West Lake Longjing, Dongting Biluochun, Huangshan Maofeng, Lushan Yunwu, etc., it was not inferior at all, and it was a rare good product. Yang Jibin took a sip with his mouth, the temperature of the tea was just right, so he raised his head and drank a full bowl of tea, only feeling that the taste was mellow and sweet, the aftertaste was endless, and the thirst was quenched.
Yang Yiren shook his head on the side, looking distressed: "You are such a cow drink, you don't know how to taste, you really spoil good tea." ”
"Dead old man, what do you say, why don't you just drink a bowl of tea, look at how distressed you look." Seeing Yang Yiren shaking his head, Feng Shi, who was standing on the side, was a little angry, and said reluctantly: "You are too childish, this wild tea is all over the mountains, and if it is gone, it will be picked again, even if it is not available this year, it will be there next year." ”
"Grandma, thank you for your concern, but don't worry, grandpa is right, drink good tea, you have to taste it slowly to taste it, although this tea is wild tea, but it is not easy to collect, many are on the cliff, a few catties can not be picked a year, grandpa is distressed is also right." Yang Jibin hurriedly persuaded, and then looked left and right and said something else: "By the way, grandma, where are my mother, sister and brother, why don't you see anyone?" ”
"Oh, your mother took your sister and your brother to the market, and early in the morning, the mother and daughter went down the mountain with the freshly picked vegetables, saying that they were saving you some tuition and living expenses." Grandma showed a distressed and helpless look, "There is nothing to do, the people in the mountains are poor, although your father works in the county government, our family also grows vegetables and food, and we don't have much to worry about eating and drinking now, but there is not much cash, and the family has a lot of food and clothing." ”
After listening to this, Yang Jibin put down the tea bowl and got up and said, "Then I'll go down the mountain to have a look, grandpa, grandma, second grandpa, third grandpa, you guys talk slowly." After saying goodbye to everyone repeatedly, Yang Jibin walked outside the courtyard.
Feng Shi hurriedly ordered: "Good grandson, the mountain road is rugged, you must be careful on the road." When you get to the town and find your mother, tell her not to be so dead-eyed, if the vegetables are really not good to sell, we can sell them cheaper, if they can't be sold, forget it, don't starve yourself, come back early, it's a big deal to bring the vegetables back and we can eat them ourselves. ”
"Got it, grandma, don't worry, this mountain road, I have grown up since I was a child, and there will be no problems." Yang Jibin walked down the mountain road. This mountain road benefited from the vigorous large-scale production movement of that year, in order to build a reservoir in the middle of the mountain to irrigate the mountain, the great organization launched a thousand-person battle, and the sheep intestine trail of the mountain road was expanded into a mountain road more than three meters wide, although it is still potholed, and some sections are still very steep. The worst is the heavy rain, the rain down the steep mountain road without covering the flow of the rain, it is spectacular, if you go down for a day or two this mud mountain road will be muddy, people walk on it is a foot deep and a shallow foot, often fall all over the mud. But after all, Yangjiazhai also has a "broad road", when it doesn't rain, push a chicken bus, a board car or ride a bicycle, a motorcycle up and down or something, or reluctantly.
About 20 minutes, Yang Jibin came to the market in the town at the foot of the mountain, the name of the town is Yangshu Town, at this time there are few stalls in the market, and there are only a few people who buy things. Therefore, Yang Jibin didn't take much effort to see his mother Li Wenrong, as well as his sister Yang Jiya, who was helping to sell, and his younger brother Yang Jishun, who was playing by himself. Yang Jibin took a closer look and saw that his mother Li Wenrong was wearing the popular short sleeves. This is indeed good is actually polyester, is an important variety of synthetic fibers, is the trade name of polyester fiber in China, now people feel very high-end comfortable, but after a few decades, people in turn pursue pure cotton, pure hemp.
Li Wenrong lowered his head and used his slightly rough hands to point the money from the vegetable sales one by one, his expression was focused, and from time to time he looked at the passers-by with his eyes, hoping that they would come to his vegetable stall. The mother's worried and cold expression made Yang Jibin feel sad and distressed. The conditions of my mother's maiden family are actually quite good, she is from a national cadre family, even in the most difficult collective years, she has never suffered since she was a child, but since marrying her father, she has never been squeamish, whether it is all kinds of housework in the house and all kinds of farm work outside the house, she is in charge, never shouting bitterness or tiredness, she has always been hard-working, silently and selflessly dedicating her youth to this family. In Yang Jibin's heart, his mother is empathetic, her bright eyes seem to be see-through, every thought in her heart seems to be guessed by her mother at once, whenever she is wronged and helpless, her mother always looks at him with deep eyes, giving herself infinite warmth and strength.
There is also her sister Yang Jiya, who is selling the side, is wearing a plain white dress at this time, and the white-washed dress has a few patches on the corner of the skirt. This is the sister Yang Jiya who has taken care of herself since she was a child, she has always been the top student in the same grade in the school from elementary school to high school, and she has never fallen out of the top three in every exam. But what is surprising is that in the college entrance examination that determined the fate of life a few years later, Yang Jiya scored a score that was unbelievably low for everyone, at first Yang Jibin thought that his sister was not in good shape, and persuaded his sister not to be discouraged to repeat her studies for another year or something, but her sister resolutely refused, and within a few days, she secretly picked up a few clothes and drifted south with the trend of part-time work. It wasn't until many years later that Yang Jibin knew that it was not that her sister did not perform well in the college entrance examination, but that she deliberately relied on smashing, because the family really had no money to provide for three children to study at the same time, and she left all her hopes and opportunities to her two younger brothers. At this time, Yang Jibin's sister was not yet 15 years old, and she was already using her immature shoulders to help the elders in the family support the family.
In his previous life, he was ignorant, and he failed to appreciate the infinite love and flesh and blood affection contained in it, and he always accepted it as a matter of course, and even often made some pampered and arrogant and unreasonable behavior, thinking of this, Yang Jibin felt extremely ashamed, and hurriedly walked over, and said to his mother and sister: "Mom, sister, we should close the stall, it doesn't matter if this dish can't be sold, anyway, I can't buy a few dollars." This dish can't be sold, let's eat it ourselves, as for making money, leave it to me, I won't let you work so hard in this life and this life. After Yang Jibin finished speaking, he quietly wiped the tears that secretly overflowed.