Chapter 039: Grandma's House
If he really wants Hong Yan to go to his grandmother's house, he can only go alone! If even the younger brother and younger sister go, the four children will also be sad, without an adult to take care of them, and walk ten miles? There are no doors. Having more sisters isn't necessarily a good thing! My grandmother's family has a large population, and she has grandchildren to take care of, so it is impossible to come to her daughter's house at ease. Who let Hong Yan live in his grandmother's house for three years, like an old man?
Alas, I had to coax it! promised a lot of benefits, and finally got rid of the heels of the three small.
Ten miles, it takes about forty or fifty minutes for adults. Kids should walk for at least an hour! Of course, it's not the same thing for Hong Yan. He does not have the playful mind of an ordinary child, and he walks naturally and focuses quickly. Along the way, the road is a little unfamiliar. Adults naturally don't bully a lone child, and it seems that in this era, there is really no hearing of child trafficking.
This reminded Hong Yan that the rampant abduction and trafficking of children in his previous life should be related to family planning!
When a few dogs saw him baring their teeth, he glared at him, and the dogs ran away with their tails between their legs.
Crossing the arch bridge twice, crossing the pier once, and crossing the creek river three times before and after, the creek river without water lost its danger. In the last three semesters of primary school, the Li family ancestral hall, which was on the other side of the river and located in Lijiaba, was probably not going to go again. Those former classmates are like passers-by? His heart was broken.
I saw the compound where my grandmother's house was located from afar. At the foot of a relatively high hillside, surrounded by bamboo forests, a small stream and river bypass the front of the village. The conditions here are worse than Hong Yan's house, and it is more than ten miles away from the highway. Although it is said that organic farming, how can there ever be machine farming? Dongfanghong tractors can't get to the Ryoma brigade. They had to pick nearly 20 miles of mountain roads to buy grain, and they had to set off from the production team in the morning.
Some people who knew Hong Yan shouted to the people from his grandmother's family: "**, your nephew is here!" Hehe, the named person did not leave the place of work, but shouted from afar: "Hong Yan, go home, grandma is at home!" He also replied from afar: "Auntie, I know." "So, in this place, there is often no **, who comes to relatives, what things are brought, everyone knows.
Grandma was really at home. Well, in fact, she doesn't work now, just watching some children at home. My grandmother has six sons and two daughters in her life, and she is an absolute heroic mother. Later, I took care of my grandchildren, and it can be said that I couldn't stand being pestered by children. No matter how good your temper is, dozens of naughty and mischievous children before and after will also be sad!
"Grandma, I'm here!" Hong Yan saw his grandmother drying millet in the dam. The rice divided by the production team has to be dried again before it can be harvested, otherwise it will be heavy and mildewy.
"Ha, Hong Yan is here! Baby, come on, is it hot? If you come alone, your mother is willing to let you go so far alone! Did you ever bully you? Are there any dog bites? Grandma pulled Hong Yan up and down and looked back and forth, and there was really no problem before she put her mind at ease.
Then, putting down her hand, my grandmother asked about some things at home, what to do with my younger siblings, etc. Hong Yan answered them one by one, and then looked at the two cousins, one from the eldest uncle's family and the other from the second uncle's family. The two of them looked at Hong Yan curiously. Hong Yan took out a handful of candy from his white-washed schoolbag and handed it to them, which was regarded as a meeting gift.
"Grandma, where's my aunt?" Hong Yan didn't see his aunt, so he had to ask.
"Haha, miss your aunt? She's going to cut the pigweed. She's saying, why don't you come up! Is your family too good to miss her. Ha ha! Grandma laughed.
"Grandma, come in, I'll bring you something." Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one else at home, he ran into the back room, and Hong Yan quickly got something out, including honey, red oranges, and navel oranges. He didn't dare to give much, otherwise his grandmother might have traced the source. Anyway, my father had only come up for a few days and sent some good things, including clothes that I bought for my grandmother in Chongqing.
My grandmother gave each of my two cousins a red orange. She just glanced at the bulging schoolbag just now, and it was indeed deflated. A flash flashed in my mind, "The little schoolbag monster can hold the goods."
Near noon, Hong Yan was sitting on a bench chatting with his grandmother when he heard a chaotic and rapid footsteps sounding from the road behind the house, and quickly went around to the side of the house and then entered the courtyard. Aunt Li Wenxiu is back. There are two more in the back, one is the eldest cousin Li Chunxuan, and the other is the second cousin Li Qiutong. The three of them blushed. Hong Yan stood up.
"Hong Yan is here! Grow taller, whiter, and look good! The little aunt put the basket on her back, looked at the little nephew, and said to the two nieces.
"It's getting taller!" The eldest cousin chimed in.
"It's a lot white!" The second cousin agreed.
"Master has become powerful! Hee-hee! ”
"yes, he knows why the flowers are so red."
"Then we have to ask the master to set it for us!"
Hong Yan didn't have time to say a word, listening to the three of his aunts and nephews singing and harmonizing, joking, and feeling warm and cordial in his heart. They all know the legend of the yellow cypress tree beating the hairy dog. Although they were rarely seen after going to college in their previous lives, the second cousin also went to junior high school together. The eldest cousin is 14 years old, the younger aunt is 13 years old, and the second cousin is 9 years old. It's a pity that there are three aunts and nephews, except for the second cousin who went to junior high school, the eldest cousin and the younger aunt have never been to school for a day. Hong Yan has been at his grandmother's house for three years, in fact, he has spent a lot of time playing with them, and has learned a lot of girls' games, such as kicking keys, skipping rope, repairing railways, throwing stones, etc., he can get started, but he is too young to play well.
The eldest cousin is slightly fat, the younger aunt is thin, and the second cousin is thin and tall. The uncle is a carpenter, and the aunt is a good housekeeper, and their family is still doing quite well.
"Auntie, eldest sister, second sister, are back! Sit down and take a sip of water to take a break! When the three aunts and nephews were fresh, Hong Yan said hello.
"Hee-hee, he still told us to sit! Didn't treat him as an outsider! The aunt grinned: "I thought I wouldn't recognize this door for a few months!" ”
"Hehe, how can you! Second sister, why didn't you go to school today? Truancy isn't it? Hong Yan has the impression that his second cousin has already gone to school, otherwise how could he be a classmate in junior high school.
"Hmm...... That one...... I'm a little uncomfortable today, so I'm taking a leave of absence! Second cousin Li Qiutong squeaked. In fact, she is already in the third grade.
"Second sister, how can a student skip school? Mao ** taught us to study hard and make progress every day, skipping school is not a good child......"
"Aren't you also in school?" The second cousin asked weakly, and added, "You just bullied me!" ”
Alas, he lifted a stone to shoot himself in the foot and slapped himself, of course Hong Yan did not admit his mistake, and said with a straight face: "Second sister, how can you compare with me!" You wouldn't be unaware, would you? Over the years, I have memorized his books with my uncle, and I can do arithmetic! ”
"You can endorse and do arithmetic, why don't I know?" Auntie asked in surprise.
"I've carried it all in my heart, hehe!"
"It's boring!" Li Qiutong was deflated.
Hong Yan said this, in fact, he still hoped that his second cousin could go to school normally and not stop at junior high school like in his previous life. The eldest cousin and aunt missed the school age, and at the age of thirteen or fourteen, they did not want to sit in class with children of six or seven. There will be no more plans for this at home. This situation is common in this day and age.
Hong Yan entered the house and made a blindfold and offered two bunches of grapes to his aunt. The girls had a soft spot for grapes, and they didn't ask where they came from, so they offered to scoop water and rinse them. Hong Yan wanted to say that it was cleaner than washing without washing, but in the end he kept silent. Naturally, the two cousins followed.
Although the two cousins were cordial to Hong Yan, whom they hadn't seen for a few months, he was only seven years old after all and couldn't do anything else, so they took their younger brother back to their house after eating grapes, and took the children of their second uncle's family with them. After the eldest and second uncles separated, the house was built together, which was equivalent to a small courtyard. Grandma also treated him as a child, told him to sit or go outside to play, and then do his own thing.
My aunt is ready for lunch. The younger uncle Li Yongan was in the second year of junior high school in Longxi, and the third uncle Li Yongguo, the fourth uncle Li Yongtai, and the fifth uncle Li Yongping all went to work. Laundry, cooking, and feeding pigs at home are all done by my aunt. Therefore, in this case, the aunt has no chance to go to school. My aunt's family work is quick and organized, and she doesn't look like a little girl who is only thirteen years old. At the age of thirteen, people of the same age who have grown up in another ten or twenty years, in addition to going to school and chasing stars, where can they work independently?
In the previous life, the last three semesters of Hongyan Primary School were completed under the care of my aunt, and the junior high school admission letter was also delivered to my aunt in the poisonous sun of July. I didn't go to school, and later my aunt went out to work with her uncle, so she didn't dare to go out by herself. My sister-in-law is very patient to teach my aunt to read, teach place names, trade names, etc. on the street, listen to TV and watch subtitles, and over time, my aunt can recognize a lot of words and can read novels and newspapers. Hehe, of course I still can't write.
"The red sun shines on the frontier, the green mountains and green waters are covered with glow, the fruit trees under the Changbai Mountain are in rows, and the rice flowers are fragrant ......on the banks of the Hailan River" The familiar song sounded in the kitchen, and there was also the sound of beating.
Hong Yan helped to burn the pot, and the aunt was much easier. She waited for the pot to boil, and the spatula in her hand banged on the stove, beating the rhythm. My aunt has a crisp voice, accurate scales, a strong sense of rhythm, and a good sense of musicality. Hong Yan often listened to her sing in his previous life. Grandma also once scolded her, saying that beating the stove was disrespectful to the Bodhisattva of the stove house, and during the New Year, the heavens slandered that they would not be able to eat in the coming year. But when my aunt was happy, she would sing, and she would stand in front of the stove and beat it with a spatula, and beat it with tongs when she burned the pot.
"Well, the method of teaching my aunt to read can also be used." Hong Yanxin said. My aunt likes to sing, so she copied the lyrics for her and let her recognize them while singing. My aunt is more sensitive to songs, and she can sing them in their entirety after listening to them three times at most. There are a lot of songs in the movie Liu Sanjie, right? My aunt watched it five or six times and was completely able to sing. It's best to copy something she hasn't sung but that's very nice! Naturally, this task belongs to him.