Chapter 322: A Family
Seven children and a stupid dog made Grandpa Shen's perennially quiet small building so noisy that it almost exploded.
The canteen of the dry rest house regularly delivers food to them every day, and it is really impossible to do it at home.
These six young men are too good to eat, Aunt Pony pounded her sore waist and legs and arms and looked at the big rice bowl that could be eaten with satisfaction, and complained to Uncle Zhang regretfully, "It would be nice if we had two more boys." β
Uncle Zhang looked at the tableware that was cleaned up by the cooking class and didn't speak, he obviously felt that his old arms and legs couldn't keep up with these naughty boys recently, and he couldn't afford to toss with them!
"They're all good boys! I saw that your grandfather wanted to lead soldiers for another two years! β
Grandpa Shen didn't feel noisy, he wrapped a big red scarf that he knitted for him last night outside the military coat, and took Xiao Wang, who went out with a strained face and majestically pricked up his ears and pretended to be cool, followed by his six soldiers who swept the entire Erlong Mountain.
In February 1975, the second lunar month of the park, the small year has passed, and this year's Chinese New Year's Eve is about to be ushered in.
Zhou Yang went back to Xiangyangtun and brought back Zhou Wanwan's New Year's gifts to Aunt Zhao, Uncle Zhao, Zhao Xiaosi'er and Aunt Zhao's newborn grandson, brought back a cart of mountain goods, meat and eggs and dry goods at home, and also brought back a small padded jacket that Aunt Zhao made for Zhou Wanwan.
"Aunt Zhao said that there is a heated sweater in the house and no cotton jacket to keep warm, so she specially used new cotton to make it thinner for you to wear in the house."
Aunt Zhao didn't see Zhou Wan late all winter, and I didn't know that she had lost a lot of weight this winter. The padded jacket is made a little big, and it is just right to put it on the outside of the sweater.
Zhou Chen looked at his sister's thin body in a sweater and cotton jacket, and he was so distressed that he suddenly couldn't say a word.
"Zhao Xiaosi'er, that naughty boy. He got up with his father, and he had to come with him. The pier blocked Zhou Chen without a trace, "That kid looks the same as Zhao Xiaosan'er when he was a child, but he is more naughty than Zhao Xiaosan'er." β
Zhou Wanwan put her hand into the pocket of her cotton jacket and grabbed a slimy handkerchief stained with melted sugar, which personally confirmed Zhao Xiaosi'er's naughtiness.
"It must have been put by Zhao Xiaosi'er! When I said he was leaving, he was staring at this furoshiki for what he was doing! Dunzi hurriedly wrung a wet towel and wiped Zhou Wanwan's hands, "The sugar that Xiao Er gave him." Zhao Erzhuan teased him for noon, and he was reluctant to give a piece, so he kept it for you! β
Zhou Wanwan couldn't cry or laugh. "Fortunately, he didn't leave a piece of braised pork or stuff me with a frozen pear like his third brother."
It's the New Year, of course, the New Year's gift can't pull down Old Man Huo and Teacher Xiao.
According to the practice of these years, Zhou Wanwan secretly prepared a copy for Zhou Chen. Let him take it back to them. These two people have been with Zhou Chen all these years. taught him a lot of things, he was also a teacher and a friend, shared weal and woe, and he would never forget them every night and every year.
Especially the old man Huo, his hometown is far away, and he has been single for so many years, and he is alone in studying his cultural relics, and he enjoys it himself. But the people around him can't help but want to pay more attention to him.
Fortunately, they still have more than a year to get through it. The catastrophe. It's finally going to pass.
Zhou Chen came back from the county seat and secretly pulled Zhou Wanwan, "The beans you brought to Old Man Huo are called broad beans?" What's put on? Why did you make the old man cry? β
"Spiced broad beans, it seems that Brother Shen asked someone to bring them back from their hometown."
"Anything else? The old man is crying and eating, let me order it with you. Zhou Chen couldn't cry or laugh, this old man doesn't look young, but he is very naΓ―ve in things other than academics, and he doesn't have to eat once or twice with Zhou Wanwan.
"Yes, quite a lot, I will bring them to him tomorrow, enough for him to eat for a few months. There are also rice wine and pickled hoof, which are also things from their family, so that he can eat a few more days during the New Year. β
"Does Grandpa Shen like to eat? Leave him some. β
"Grandpa Shen loves to eat sauced beef and gnaw chicken feet, and he thinks the things of southerners are tasteless!"
To prepare for the New Year's ceremony, of course, you have to consider Shen Yuan's family, every year Uncle Zhang and Aunt Xiao Ma consider it according to Grandpa Shen's intentions, although most of the things this year are prepared every night, but when she arrived at their house, she took the initiative to avoid it.
This matter is really embarrassing, Aunt Pony can't be the master, so they go to ask Grandpa Shen, anyway, Shen Guodong has made it clear that he is not allowed to take any of his things, and Zhou Wanwan will not go to this troubled water.
This matter is really embarrassing, almost all the things for the New Year are tossed back by Shen Guodong, and these things are all taken from Xiangyangtun, if you don't use these, you can only give money.
Grandpa Shen didn't feel embarrassed, and asked Uncle Zhang to send Shen Yuan a hundred yuan. His own children and grandchildren, Grandpa Shen is always reluctant for them to suffer.
Uncle Xiao Zhang took the money back as it was, and Shen Yuan said that he would not ask for anything.
If you don't want it, don't want it, prove that they can still get by. I really can't get by, and I definitely won't be polite to him as a father. Grandpa Shen smiled and put it down.
All the things for the New Year were ready, and Zhou Wanwan received another package from Tibet, and Sister Ling sent her a beautiful set of Tibetan robes, colorful fabrics, long skirts and sleeves, very beautiful.
The letter also contained a recent photo of Sister Ling, with a bright smile and a capable expression, and her years of experience have made her an excellent cadre for aiding Tibet.
Shen Guodong hesitated, but still gave Zhou Wanwan a puppet villain that had been in the bag for a long time. The wooden doll with two small braids combed with big eyes is very delicately carved, and the bows on the skirt are carefully carved with patterns.
"It's like when I was a kid, eleven or twelve, and I had a dress like this." Moving the wooden doll every night, all the joints are alive.
"Let's have fun." Shen Guodong lightly revealed the matter of this doll and didn't say anything to Zhou Wanwan.
Zhou Wanwan carefully studied the doll, opened her closed palm, and found a small word in the palm of her hand, which added up to "Wanwan".
Holding it tightly in the palm of the doll's hand, it seems to be holding the deepest secret of a person's heart.
Zhou Wanwan closed the doll's hand and put her on her desk.
Everything was ready for the New Year, and Zhou Wanwan began to distribute the New Year's gifts she had prepared to everyone.
Each of the brothers had a sweater and a tweed jacket for spring, and a pair of fingerless gloves on the pier, modeled after the most advanced sniper gloves in the 21st century, with special materials, which were light and convenient, and the fingers would not be cold when it was cold outdoors for a long time.
Grandpa Shen received a big red sweater after the big red scarf, and the red sweater with his completely silver white hair looked very energetic.
Uncle Zhang and Aunt Ma each have a set of knee pads and waist pads, Zhang Ming and Zhang Liang also have gifts, they are Swiss Army knives that Shen Guodong didn't know where to get back, although they are not as delicate and easy to use as Zhou Yang has been with him for a few hours, it is enough for them to be happy.
"Silly boy, I have to take exams and get sick again in the past few months, how can I have the time to prepare for these old things!" Aunt Pony was happy and distressed, "Don't be so tired of yourself in the future." β
Zhou Yang also gave Zhou Wanwan a surprise, on Chinese New Year's Eve, she was wrapped into a cotton ball and taken out, and more than a dozen snowmen and ice lamps of different shapes filled the Yongdao in front of Grandpa Shen's small building.
As soon as Shen Guodong pulled the electric switch, the whole place was illuminated by a circle of colored lights, and the crystal ice and snow reflected the soft light like a dream under the light, and he almost forgot to speak when he saw Zhou Wanwan.
"I feel like I'm dreaming," Zhou Wanwan pulled Zhou Chen, "Second brother, you beat Brother Dunzi to see if I'm dreaming." β
Dunzi laughed angrily, "Why did you hit me?" Isn't it supposed to pinch you? β
"I'm afraid that Zhou Xiaoer will be reluctant to pinch me!"
"Then he is willing to fight ......" Dunzi suddenly paused, and lifted her up with the back of Zhou Wanwan's neck collar to scare her, "Zhou Nannan, it's been a few hours since you grew up a year old, why did you learn badly first?!" Am I supposed to clean you up? β
"Boss Zhou! Your brother is bullying your sister! Hurry up! Zhou Wanwan fluttered in the hands of the pier.
Zhou Yang smiled and watched his younger brothers and sisters fighting, and raised his hand to look at his watch, "Zhou Nannan, you have to let me into the house in ten minutes, and if you break it, you won't have time to play." β
"Brother Dunzi! In the future, Zhou Xiaoer will bully you, and I will definitely help you! Hurry up and let me down! I haven't seen that little Wang's snow sculpture yet! Does the fattest snowman have an empty belly? I heard Zhou Xiaoer discuss with you the day before yesterday, is there a gift in it?! β
"Zhou Nannan, you're done! Dunzi, carry her, don't let her come down! Zhou Chen clasped his hands and looked at his sister, "Who did you learn from so badly?" Is it Shen Guodong?! β
Shen Guodong was innocently injured next to him, and kicked the big snowball next to him, "! You guys just bullied Lao Tzu for not being surnamed Zhou! You are a family, and your name is written in a household registration book, so Lao Tzu is an outsider! β
Xiao Wang hid behind a big snowman and stretched out his head to look at him and show off to him, I am also surnamed Zhou!
Shen Guodong picked up a snowball and threw it, and after throwing it, he thought about it and laughed again, "! Wait for the little girl to grow up! Lao Tzu is not surnamed Zhou, he still has a household registration book with you! β
Xiao Wang tilted his head to look at Shen Guodong, are you going to get rich? (To be continued......)