Chapter 4 Warmth
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. When Zhou Yu was a child and his naughtiness, the people in the village collectively gave him the nickname "Ergouzi" according to the ranking. At that time, it was also an enviable thing for anyone to have a carriage, let alone ride in a carriage.
Zhou Dingjun had a carriage at home at that time, and Zhou Yu followed him all day and night to take the carriage, but people also had to work, so they couldn't always pull him, right? After Zhou Dingjun's countless attempts to persuade him to no avail, he reluctantly told Zhou Yu's Lao Tzu, and the result was, of course, a fat beating.
If an ordinary child beats up, he will be honest and obedient, but who is Zhou Yu? That is the more he beats the braver, and he turned to bully Zhou Dingjun's daughter, and after this trouble, Zhou Dingjun was also stunned by this kid. There's no way, you can't watch your daughter being bullied and cry every day, right? Since then, Zhou Dingjun's carriage has become Zhou Yu's special car. This has also become a topic of conversation among the villagers in Zhoujia Village after dinner.
"Uncle Jun, you were not sensible when you were a child, you should forgive me when you are old, by the way, you smoke."
Saying that, he diligently took out a box of Yuxi from his bag and took out one for Zhou Dingjun to order, maybe he suddenly remembered Zhou Yu's troubles when he was a child, Zhou Dingjun laughed, and wiped his tears after laughing.
"You kid, you really weren't a worry-free child when you were a child, but now look at you, yes, really good, you are this in our village." He raised his thumbs as he spoke.
The uncle and nephew were talking, and when the carriage arrived at the gate of Zhou Yu's house, Zhou Dingjun shouted in the car,
"Second sister-in-law, come out quickly, see who's coming?"
"Yes, it's more than defeat!"
Zhou Yu muttered in his heart. I wanted to sneak into the house, don't shoot a gun, and want to surprise my parents, but who knows that Lu Dao has ruined all this voice.
At this time, a woman in her fifties walked out of the house quickly, with black and white hair, wearing a loose rural coat, her face was slightly dark, and when she saw Zhou Yu, she was suddenly stunned for a moment, tears burst out of her eyes, and she let out a shout that was out of her voice due to excessive excitement,
"Xiaoyu!"
Looking at the oncoming mother and listening to the mother's shouts because she missed her son, Zhou Yu's originally somewhat frightened heart was instantly filled with a strong family affection, and tears were surging in the frame of his eyes.
"Mom, it's me, I'm back, are you and Dad okay?"
grabbed his son's hand, wiped his tears, looked his tall and handsome son up and down, nodded with satisfaction, and then pretended to be angry and said, "Stinky boy, do you still know how to come back?" ”
"Sister-in-law, it's good for the second dog to come back, don't pretend there, hurry up and let the child go back to the house, this hot day, if you get sunburned, you will feel distressed again." I've heard from someone in our family who says that you think the second dog often can't sleep. ”
Originally, it was the time when the family affection between mother and son burst out, but Zhou Dingjun, who had a big mouth in his rectum, was completely destroyed. Wang Guilan glared at Zhou Dingjun and didn't let him speak, and pulled Zhou Yu to the house.
"That's right, Uncle Hejun, you go back and unload the carriage and come back for dinner, this is not Xiaoyu is back, I'll get a few more dishes at noon Let's celebrate, my son hasn't been home for two years." After speaking, he glared at Zhou Yu fiercely.
Zhou Yu was a cat, his head was lowered, and he followed behind his mother with his eyebrows pleasing to his eyes.
"Sister-in-law, I won't come, your family of three will have a good reunion, and I'll come to Brother Guo for two drinks another day."
When I returned to my house, I put my things down, and saw that everything in the house was the same as before, clean, and almost unchanged from two years ago, and everywhere was full of my mother's warmth, and Zhou Yu's eyes were a little moist again.
Changing into a loose T-shirt and wearing big pants, Zhou Yu came to the hall to help his mother cook. Looking at the mother who was killing chickens, she rolled up her sleeves and wanted to help.
"Go, you're not tired when you just came back, it's hot, go outside and cool off."
Zhou Yu's house is a five-room tile house, the middle is a hall house, the two sides are living rooms (the northern countryside is generally like this), one of the two rooms on the west side is Zhou Yu's room, the other room is stacked with some sundries, and the two rooms on the east side are opened in the middle, as the main house of the family, and the parents live.
There is a lot of land in Zhoujia Village, there are not many barren mountains and mountains, and there is no shortage of wood on three sides, so the houses of each family are very large. The courtyard of Zhou Yu's house is almost 20 meters long, surrounded by large bluestones, with two rows of grape trellises in the middle of the courtyard, green and crystal grapes hanging all over the supports, and various seasonal vegetables planted on both sides.
Zhou Yu walked under the cucumber stand and picked a middle-aged cucumber, washed it with water, and then sat on the chaise longue under the grape trellis and bit it down, a fragrance instantly filled his mouth, crisp and sweet, it was so delicious, this is simply a summer cool and thirst-quenching summer product.
Zhou Yu closed his eyes and chewed slowly, savoring. This is not the same as the cucumbers in the city that have been injected with water and preservative, and the things grown at home are good!
When it was almost twelve o'clock, his father Zhou Dingguo came back, and this burly, tanned fifty-year-old man was also very happy to see his son, and quipped: "Son, if you don't come back, your mother will really have insomnia." ”
"You dead old man, don't you want a son? Who is it that mentions his son as soon as he drinks and sighs? That's my son, it's the flesh that fell from me, can I not want to? ”
Seeing that the war meant to escalate, Zhou Yu hurriedly interrupted: "Mom, is the meal ready?" I haven't eaten in almost a day. ”
"It's right away, it's right away, what is the old man still doing in a daze? Set the table quickly, I won't spare you if you starve my son. ”
"Son, as soon as you come back, your father will be miserable, and the treatment will go down, your mother didn't treat me like this before. Let's go, put the table, my son is happy to be back today. Dad Zhou Dingguo frowned.
In a short time, the meal was complete, and in the middle of the table was a large pot of stewed local chicken with pine mushrooms and some green onions and coriander, which made people salivate at a glance. There are also five dishes around, namely fried shredded potatoes with vegetarian vegetables, scrambled eggs with shallots, stir-fried meat with cucumbers, fried peanuts and spicy sprouts. On the edge of the table is a pot of dried rice with millet and sweet potatoes wafting the scent of rice.
A family of three sat down under the grape trellis, Wang Guilan said with some embarrassment: "Xiaoyu, Mom doesn't know if you want to come back, or you have to let your dad go to the town to cut fresh meat, and then cast two nets in the Langgu River to get two fish to satisfy your hunger, deal with it today, and eat it tomorrow, and Mom will get you something delicious tomorrow." ”
The simple words contained deep maternal love, Zhou Yu's nose was sour, tears were hanging down, he nodded, picked up the chopsticks and ate it in a big gulp.
The local chicken was stewed in a big pot by my mother, the meat was delicate and fragrant, and the taste of pine mushrooms was delicious, shredded potatoes were my mother's specialty dish, Zhou Yu had never eaten such delicious shredded potatoes in the south for almost seven years. The cucumber is fried with salted meat at home, which is refreshing and salty.
The poorer places in the rural areas of Northeast China have the habit of marinating salted meat, because they are reluctant to sell fresh meat and ensure that there is meat to eat every year in the coming year, farmers will marinate most of the meat in jars when killing pigs in the lunar month, and when there is no oil and water in the New Year, they will start to eat salted meat one after another. Even so, in Zhou Yu's memory, this salted meat is not something that can be eaten if you want to, after all, there are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, and life is a long time.
Seeing their son gobbling up his meal, the old couple looked at each other silently and smiled with satisfaction.
Although his son was a little stubborn when he was a child, he was sincere, kind-hearted, and unambiguous in his conduct in the world, and he was indeed a good child who was reassuring. As for coming back this time, the old couple also wanted to know the reason, but the son didn't say that the old couple wouldn't ask, after all, the child had his own opinions when he was older, didn't he?
"Come to Xiaoyu, don't just eat shredded potatoes, eat a chicken leg, eat two pieces of this salted meat......" Mother Wang Guilan has simply become her son's vegetable picker, and she can't wait for her son to eat all the dishes on this table.
Seeing that my father and mother stewed mushrooms with chicken were untouched, just sandwiched some cucumber slices and shredded potatoes and ate them, Zhou Yu, who knew the character of his parents, did not persuade him, if he said it and filmed his parents, he would feel embarrassed, and it would also deepen their self-blame, if he was rich, would this be the case?
Zhou Yu almost finished the meal with tears in his heart, and at the same time, the hardships of his parents and the poverty of his family stimulated him even more, it seems that he should do something.
After dinner, while his parents were resting in the courtyard, Zhou Yu took out two big bags from the back room, and this time he came back Zhou Yu bought two clothes and a pair of sandals for his parents. In addition, he also bought a lot of gifts for the grandfather and the third uncle Zhou Dingbang and his wife, as well as the younger brother Zhou Hu.
Although they complained that their son was spending money indiscriminately, the smiling folds on Zhou Dingguo's two faces betrayed their mood at this time, no matter how much these things were worth, the key was that his son bought them for himself, what could be more pleasing than this?
Seeing that his son just opened a bag, Zhou Dingguo asked suspiciously: "Xiaoyu, what is in that bag, open it quickly and let me and your mother open our eyes." ”
Zhou Yu scratched his head embarrassedly, "Dad, Mom, the contents of this bag are not for you, I disappointed you!" ”
The two of them smiled, why is this stinky boy and his parents so polite?
The bag was opened, and it was full of some snacks in the south, and there were always too many to mention, depending on the size of the bag, these things had to be fifty or sixty pounds, and I don't know how Zhou Yu brought them back.
"Dad, these snacks are for the elderly and children in the village, but in fact, there are not many of them, so they can only try them."
Zhou Dingguo smiled with satisfaction, nodded and said happily: "Son, you are really grown up, you haven't forgotten the villagers when you come back so far, yes, it's really good!" When the evening is cooler, you will send it to each family, so that the elderly and children will be happy. ”