Xia loves the country, these days, as usual, after finishing the work in the field, he can't rest when he returns home. Xia Qiu relied on his youth and strength, and when he got home, he plunged into the yard and repaired the fence for his own house.

Xia Aiguo took Xia Dong with him, one was responsible for cooking, the other was chopping chicken food, and the outhouse kitchen was tinkling with the sound of chopping vegetables.

And Su Meimei, who should be the best at cooking, was lying on the kang at this time, pulling a piece of dark blue cloth in her hand, spreading it on the kang, pouting her butt and drawing a few strokes with chalk first, holding scissors and preparing to start. She's making her eldest son a tunic to wear in the fall.

As soon as I knew how to cut the scissors to save the fabric, I heard the sound of the gate in the courtyard. Standing up and leaning over to take a look out, oops, it's so late, and they have just come back from the earth, and they can't rest, why is this old man and old lady here.

Xia Mutou, the old man Xia and the old lady entered the house one after the other.

Old man Xia opened the door and entered the house and saw Xia Aiguo and Xia Dong cooking there, so he hurriedly added: "Bring me and your mother some food, this guy, I forgot that we didn't eat, what about Qiu?" Hurry up and call the house, his sister-in-law has a letter, one or two, let him hurry up and read it. ”

As soon as Xia Dong heard her sister's letter, how could she have the heart to chop chicken food, so she squeezed into the house in a panic. Old man Xia happily entered the house as he spoke. The old lady also smiled and hugged Xia Dong, who was going to the house, and followed the old man Xia to wait on the kang in the big house.

Su Meili heard the sound of talking outside, so she stuffed the fabric on the kang and the group bar into the kang cabinet, and put on her shoes and went to the ground after two pounces on her clothes, she had to take over the cooking, the old man and the old lady were eating here, so she couldn't be fooled, and the men outside didn't know where to put the things.

As soon as Xia Aiguo heard the letter from his daughter, he opened the door of the outhouse and shouted into the courtyard: "Qiu, go back to the house, your sister has a letter!" Then he handed the kitchen knife to Su Meili and instructed: "Make two hard dishes, I have to drink two cups with my father tonight." ”

Su Meili responded happily, went to get the yard cellar, put the newly bought pig into the water, went to the garden and dragged a handful of small peppers, went to the barn to pick up five eggs and walked to the outhouse kitchen. When I arrived at the door, I saw my eldest son Xia Qiu, who was shirtless and scrubbed with cold water, and instructed: "You throw away the buried clothes, my mother will wash you later, you go into the house and read your sister-in-law's letter." Xia Qiu didn't squeak silently, and when he arrived at Xunxi, he was afraid that his grandfather would be in a hurry, so he soaked his dirty clothes in the basin and went back to the house shirtless.

Old man Xia and the old lady sat cross-legged on the kang and waited. As soon as the old lady saw Xia Qiu entering the house, she beckoned: "Hurry up, put on a piece of clothing and don't catch a cold, sit here and read it to us, two letters." The old lady waved happily and called her second grandson.

Su Meili was anxious while soaking the pig's large intestine, she also wanted to hear it, but they could stand up to being hungry, so they couldn't let the two old men be hungry too. Come on, let Qiu'er read it to her again in the evening.

"Read the letter written to me and your grandmother first, and then read the letter from your house when your mother has finished cooking in a while." Old man Xia was very thoughtful, knowing that this Su Meili must be in a hurry, and the mother of Xingli is worried here! also shouted at the outhouse, the whole speed is fast and simple, and the whole dish will be done! Xia Aiguo and Xia Dong also sat on the kang and waited for the opening of the mind.

"Grandparents, I guess when you received this letter from me, I had been in the army for at least half a month and almost a month. When I first separated from you, I was very depressed. The first time I took the green train, I didn't feel as fresh and happy as other comrades-in-arms. Just thinking about it, from leaving home, bicycles, big trucks, to green trains, so many means of transportation are taking turns, which means that the distance between me and you is getting farther and farther away. I wonder if my grandmother will suddenly remember to look for Tiantian, and when I turned my head to look for me, I found that I had left home to serve as a soldier, and then sighed in frustration. I even imagined that if the army did not have a holiday, I would not be able to go home for a long time, and my grandfather would be alone smoking dry tobacco, sitting on the big rock at the entrance of the village and looking forward to my figure, the more I thought about it, the more sad I became.

But I know how difficult it is to be a soldier this time, if it weren't for my aunt and brother-in-law, I might not have the worries and sadness written above in the summer, but with my physique, in our village, my grandparents will worry more. Not being able to work means that I may not have enough to eat.

Looking out at the thousands of postures outside, new shoots have grown on the big green trees, and I know that I want to cherish my blessings and grow up.

Grandparents, this green train is running really fast. It is the speed of dozens of cows in the village pulling a cart together, and they can't catch up.

It's my brother-in-law who works hard with all his strength, and he can't run as fast as anyone else in two hours after riding a bicycle all day. Grandparents can go to the old people and old friends in the village to talk about this. Go and tell me about the new things that my granddaughter told you, and let's show off it too.

Grandparents, do you believe in Tiantian? I will work very hard, try my best to take you out as soon as possible, and take you to take this green train in person, which is only what the brigade said on the radio.

Grandparents, Tiantian only realized that I was not too far away from you, and I was sad and sad for a long time. Maybe we won't have to wait two years to go home, our troops are also within the scope of the three northeastern provinces, and our troops are very large!

It's going to turn off the lights, and I've just arrived, and I haven't figured out the specific situation of the troops yet, so I'll write here first. When I find something new, I will immediately write to the head of the old Xia family, my grandfather and the chief's wife, my grandmother.

Xia Qiu handed the two pieces of paper in his hand to Old Man Xia. sighed in his heart, no wonder his grandparents are thinking about his sister, or his sister is intimate, if he doesn't help read this letter, when he leaves, he can't think of these when he writes a letter home, that is, he will pull down his own situation.

The old man carefully folded the letter and put it in his pocket. Hearing the sobbing sound next to him, he teased and said a few words: "Look at your old woman, Tiantian knew to write a letter to the two of us as soon as she left, and it is estimated that she wrote it in the dark on the first day she arrived in the army." Look at it, you're not afraid of wasting, write it for the two of us alone, and you still wipe your tears. ”

"What do you know, I just want to cry when I think about my child's homesickness, you don't care about me, I cry mine." The old lady was awkward.

Xia Aiguo couldn't cry or laugh, why is he so old, and he started fighting in front of juniors.

"Come on, you cry, the good days have begun, you can't cry anymore!" Old man Xia scared the old lady, you said that you were at your youngest son's house at night, your eyes were red from crying, and you would go home after a while, but it was not winter outside, and some of them were full of food in the village and then rested outside to talk about the mountains, and those who didn't know thought that your daughter-in-law was angry with you.

"Bah, you stinky mouth, what are you talking about? I don't cry anymore, I'll help Mei pick up the food. After the old lady finished speaking, she just saw her little grandson Xia Dong staring at her with round eyes, and she laughed first, touched Xia Dong's head and went to help Su Meili.