Although Ge Yan is not Zhang Xiaoqiang's mother, she always feels that she is her own mother. From the time she married her father, she has always called her Mama Ge. Zhang Yang and Zhang Chen called their mother directly, these two children are too lacking in maternal love.

Ge Yan's arrival made up for their longing for their mother.

Seeing Ge Yan busy in the kitchen, and watching her take care of this small family in an orderly manner, her father Zhang Yongchang suddenly became much younger and more energetic. A man's success has a great deal to do with the woman behind him.

Indeed, it was she who saved her father. Let him realize the value of his life in his later years. In the past few years, she has silently supported and encouraged Zhang Yongchang behind him, and even took out all her salary to buy books, pesticides, etc.

Zhang Xiaoqiang said to Ge Yan: "Mother Ge, you and your father have been married for many years, you have really worked hard, if it weren't for you, I really can't imagine what kind of old age my father would have." ”

Ge Yan raised her head and said with a smile: "This is all providence, your father is a good person, and he is also a clever and capable person." Being able to have today is also the result of his own efforts. ”

Zhang Xiaoqiang put the fish in the pot and covered the pot.

Ge Yan also began to fry in the wok.

Both of them were women who could cook, and after a while, several dishes appeared on the board.

The rice in the rice cooker was also cooked, and Zhang Xiaoqiang brought the dishes one by one into the small dining room in the house.

This is a separate space that is connected to the living room.

The wooden primary color dining table, simple and clear lines, and even the lamps are made by Zhang Yongchang himself, with lampshades made of rattan.

Looking at this creative space, Fang Aobai couldn't help but admire, he said, "Dad, did you do it all yourself?" ”

Zhang Yongchang said: "In this place, there are no other good things, but these bark, rattan, reeds, and grass are there, and when your mother and I were free, we made some such craft paintings and hung them in our own homes to enjoy." He pointed to the paintings of wheat straw and reed grass on the wall.

Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at the handmade picture frames on the wall, which were full of some paintings made by her father. Although the texture is a little rough, it also lacks some artistic beauty.

However, in the hands of a peasant without any artistic influence, such a work is a return to nature and a return to the basics.

Ge Yan said: "Don't look at it, let's eat quickly, the rice will be cold in a while." ”

Such a home-cooked meal is infinitely warm in this winter

Suddenly, Zhang Xiaoqiang had an idea that it would be a project to make some art by using these materials available in the countryside.

However, you have to ask some experts to come and guide you. After all, what is being done at present is still very crude, and there is not much artistic content to be included.

She said her thoughts, and then Fang Aobai said: "It's okay like this, the people in the village are looking for a way to get rich, is this what is right in front of you?" There are so many artists around us, go back and discuss with them more. ”

Zhang Yongchang said with a simple smile: "I didn't expect that your mother and I were casually playing at home, and the gadgets to kill time could also be a project to get rich, if it was really possible, it could be regarded as a good thing for the village." Several old people in our village are very skillful. ”

Zhang Xiaoqiang said: "I once saw huge wheat straw paintings in several cities in the south, and the prices were very high, but at that time, I never thought that we could use local materials here. ”

Fang Aobai said: "Yes, the old craftsmen in the village will definitely know, the key is some anti-corrosion technology, coloring technology and so on." This time I went back and took this as a key point, and I would like to find someone to sum it up, and our shopping malls and supermarkets are the best terminal display channels. ”

Ge Yan took out the wine she had brewed and let everyone taste it together.

"The grapes are a new variety planted by your father, and the experiment was quite successful. So he made some wine, which he usually doesn't drink, saying that he will drink it when you come back. Ge Yan took out the goblet and poured a glass for one person.

"Wow, your life is so emotional, even this one is there, the cup is still inlaid with gold edges, and it looks very good." Zhang Xiaoqiang said with a cup in her hand.

Zhang Yongchang grinned.

In the remaining days, some relatives kept coming to the door, bringing their own girls or sons, wanting Fang Aobai and his family to find an errand in the big city, and they could return to their hometown in the future like the two of them.

Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at these seven aunts and eight aunts, and then looked at the cousins and cousins who brought these porcelain who were not cold, she said: "Hey, it's not easy to mix in big cities, the cost of food and housing is very high, and the money earned in a month is almost used for living expenses, so it's better to stay in your hometown and do something." ”

As soon as these relatives heard this, they said: "Then you didn't go out of here at the beginning, aren't you also a big boss now, why do you still talk about us now?" Do you look down on us? ”

Fang Aobai hurriedly said: "No, no, no, that's not what I mean, don't get me wrong." ”

Li Dabiao smoked the good cigarettes sent by these people, he was quite good at taking care of the work, looking at these relatives, he said: "Don't worry, my son is now the big boss, let the child go to work with him, eat and live with him, what are you afraid of?" ”

What a big breath!

Zhang Xiaoqiang knows best in her heart that there are many college students in Yanjing now, and their conditions are very good in all aspects. Even the waiters in the supermarket must have at least a high school degree or above, and people like them who have never even entered the door of junior high school, what can they do when they go?

When the relatives heard this, the coke went bad and asked, "Then when will you leave?" I asked the child to come over. ”

Shen Cuihua said: "After the first seven days of my mother-in-law, they will go back to Yanjing." ”

These people began to count the days, counting them on their hands.

Fang Aobai quietly pulled his father aside and whispered, "Dad, how can you agree so indiscriminately?" Now the recruitment in the company is all about personnel, I can't interfere, you look at them, what can they do? ”

Li Dabiao said with a pulled face: "Don't you need to clean and take out the garbage there?" ”

Fang Aobai said: "Dad, aren't you embarrassing me like this? I can't do it, so you'd better let them go back first. ”

Li Dabiao said to these relatives very reluctantly: "Okay, okay, you go back first, and I'll call you when you leave." ”

In this case, let these people go back first, and don't be upset to stay here.

The seven aunts and eight aunts all led their sons and daughters back.

The courtyard was restored to peace.

Li Dabiao said to his son: "Baiwa, don't forget jì, you grew up here, we can't forget our roots." You can't think of a way, I promised people, you see, it's all a village, and you can't have five generations. ”

Zhang Xiaoqiang said: "It's not that we don't agree, dad and mom, we can't agree at all." There are many college students and secondary school students who can't find jobs, and these people in our village don't have much culture, so it's really hard to arrange to go. ”

Fang Aobai said: "Dad, do you think this will work, I will pull a good project for the village to get rich, and let them all come to work when the time comes." This is also close to home, and all the young laborers of the village can be settled. ”

When Shen Cuihua heard this, she said happily: "Is that what I said I want whoever I want, can I be the leader?" ”

Zhang Xiaoqiang said: "After we go back to this project, we have to find people and a way, and it is estimated that it will take several months to prepare." ”

"So long? I thought you could get it right when you got back. "Li Dabiao is really naïve.

This project is the rural wheat straw painting that Fang Aobai and Zhang Xiaoqiang decided to make.

Although they haven't gone back yet, they have already called Luo Jinan and asked him to find some experts who can solve the technical problem first.

Tomorrow will be the first seven, and tomorrow they will have to go back. I've been here for more than half a month.

A lot of things are waiting for Fang Aobai to go back and deal with them, and the phone has been ringing non-stop in the past few days.

Li Jun came back in a van, and he bought back the things that would be seven days old tomorrow.

He didn't want his brother to spend any more money, so he went out early in the morning and bought the offerings, wax paper mounting, and hospitality dishes according to the customs of the village.

He rubbed his hands together and said, "It's really cold outside." ”

Fang Aobai said: "Junwa, after tomorrow, you will send me and your sister-in-law to the county, we have to go, we can't delay here for too long." I won't come back for the Spring Festival this year, and I'll come back next year. ”

There are not many days left before the Spring Festival, and there are many things going on in Yanjing.

Li Dabiao kept talking about settling down the children of those relatives.

This is also what he promised in private, saying that his son is now the big boss, going up to the sky and down to the ground, and now everyone is really looking for him.

Without the stairs, he felt very shameless.

In the past few years, his son's face has been radiant, and he feels superior when he walks in the village.

I wanted to show off well among all my own brothers and sisters, as well as distant cousins, but who knew that this son didn't give face at all, which made him feel a little lost.

However, the son also said just now that after he goes back, he will make a new project for the village to get rich, so that these relatives can also be placed in it, which is also okay. However, he was still not satisfied, and took a few puffs of paper cigarettes, which still had a filter.

At the door, another person came, and Shen Cuihua introduced that this was a cousin of her mother's family.

This person Fang Aobai has never seen at all, this is all the same.

Zhang Xiaoqiang pulled Fang Aobai and said, "Let's go, let's go back to the old house together, I want to see my grandfather and grandmother." ”

Fang Aobai was just about to turn around, but was pulled by his mother and refused to leave.

This cousin did not work for his children, but for himself.

I wanted him to find some errand for himself in the city, and he said that he had opened a handicraft workshop or something before.

As he spoke, he held his waist with one hand and coughed non-stop.

Zhang Xiaoqiang said: "Uncle cousin, is your body important? ”

"It's not in the way, it's an old problem, and it's a mistake in winter. Hey, nothing else. The cousin said, spitting stars everywhere.

Fang Aobai said: "Okay, cousin, I have written down your affairs, and I will definitely write to you if there is a suitable one." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly walked out with Zhang Xiaoqiang.

As soon as you get out of the door. Zhang Xiaoqiang let out a sigh: "Oh, my mother!" You have so many relatives, I haven't heard that you have so many relatives before. ”

Fang Aobai scratched his head and said, "It's all our parents' blind promises and showmanships outside. ”

The two of them came to Lao Zhang's house together.

This once large family in the village now looks a little dilapidated from the outside.

Walking into the yard, a few hens were shaving food in the front yard and digging a few holes in the yard.

If it had been before, Zhou Congxiang would definitely have scolded the street and thrown it to the backyard wall.

When I walked into the hall, I heard the sound of coughing inside.

opened the curtain and saw Zhou Congxiang sitting cross-legged on the kang, his hands tucked into the cotton sleeves.

Brown woolen hat with a black, yellow, black, and yellow face.

"Grandma, I see you're here." When Zhang Xiaoqiang called this grandmother, it was like an egg was stuffed in her mouth.

"Oh, I'm alive, I'm not dead." Zhou shallots are still the same as before, and his mouth is very hard.

The smell in the room was not very good, so Fang Aobai opened the window a little to facilitate breathing.

Zhou Liangxiang's eyelids were not raised.

The furnishings in the house were very old and gray.

"Grandma, aren't any of the people in the family here? Have you eaten? Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at the old man's current appearance and was a little unbearable.

"Everyone in the family is busy, who can take care of me, an old woman who is dying. You have done a lot of good work for the old wife of the Li family, and now you know it. Hey, I don't know what will happen in the future. After feeding these children and grandchildren, the end of the future is to find a mat and roll me up. Zhou Congxiang said angry words.

From her heart, she also longs for the days of filial piety.

Judging from the current situation, it is impossible.

Zhang Yongliang is now bent on sharpening his head just to make oil and water for himself, Zhang Yongguang has become a bad gambler, and Zhang Yongxin still stays at home and continues to entangle with the foreign man.

Only Zhang Yongan has been doing business in the town now, which is also good.

Zhang Yongchang lived his own happy life again.

Wasn't this qiē all caused by Zhou Onionxiang at the beginning? And who can blame it!

Zhang came back with his shoes on his feet.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw his granddaughter.

"Yo, do you remember this old Zhang family? Yes, I really found the door. "The wind is cool.

Fang Aobai couldn't listen anymore, he withdrew from the house and came to the courtyard.

As soon as Zhang Yongliang entered the door, he saw Fang Aobai in the courtyard, and he quickly let him into his house.

"Come on, come on, come in and sit. Why don't you stay in the yard, it's strange to you, rural people are uneducated. Zhang Yongliang didn't know who he was talking about.

Fang Aobai said: "Don't say that, I also came out of the village." I promised you to come to visit, no, I'll come over as soon as I'm done. ”

"I'm also looking for you, I have something to discuss with you, and I hope to get your support." Zhang Yongliang didn't know what idea he came up with. (To be continued.) )