Chapter 4 A Family That Loves Each Other
In a flash, the Big Dragon Boat Festival has arrived.
Wushan came to his grandfather's house early in the morning.
It seems that after Grandpa had breakfast, he moved the dragon chair to the yard and listened to the radio there. The radio was playing "Ten Thousand Tall Buildings Rise from the Ground", grandpa squinted his eyes, and hummed along with his mouth: "The stars in the sky wake up day and night, and all grains and things grow on the ground" The right hand gently shook the pu fan, the left hand was on the thigh, and the five fingers were leisurely together and beating.
Looking at his grandfather's silver hair, Wu Shan's heart was sour for no reason, and he didn't know how long his grandparents would live, leaning on the courtyard gate and feeling stunned. Alas, it's better to take advantage of the two old men's lives to take advantage of the knees. So, he crept over to the cat behind his grandfather, who was struggling to clean up the table. When he saw Wushan, his eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile. He put his finger to his lips and made a shushing gesture. Grandma nodded slightly.
Wu Shan put his hands on his grandfather's eyes and asked in a strange voice, "Guess who the goose is?" "Wuxian is next to Qinling Province, and people here often laugh at them for calling me a goose.
"Haha Grandpa laughed heartily, "It's my naughty eldest grandson." ”
"Hey, take out the apricots and plums that Lao Wangtou gave me yesterday, didn't I wash them yesterday?" Grandpa turned his head and shouted into the house again. At home, grandpa calls grandma with a "hey". Grandma calls grandpa his old man, and the old man here is what dad means, to be precise, father. When I was a child, I called my father my father, and when I grew up, I called me an old man. And my mother called my mother when I was a child, and when I grew up, I called her mother.
"Okay, I'll get a towel through and I'll be here."
Grandma smiles every time she sees her grandson, pulls her over and kisses her a few times, and asks Wushan to kiss her a few times. If it's really a ten-year-old child, it's nothing, the key is that this body contains a soul in his forties. Every time, Wushan always used an excuse to run to his grandfather's side.
In the last life, Wushan had no fruit at home, and went to the tea field to steal pears in the summer. A gabardine dress is worn all year round, buttoned up, and the two cuffs and neckline are fastened with thatch and book covers. In the evening, he packed the stolen pears into it, and carried it home shirtless. The mother in the previous life took out the pears one by one, looked at the red marks on her son's body that were marked by the thatch, and asked distressed if it hurts, go to the mountain barefoot and don't be bitten by thorns and snakes, be careful not to let people see it. The child stole a few pears and saw that it was a big deal and was scolded a few words, and the adults were about to be caught, but they had to hold a criticism meeting. While my mother was digging it, my sister was watching it with a blank eye, so she took one and wiped it twice on her body and handed it to her sister. My sister nibbled happily. The pear juice flowed down the corner of her mouth, and my sister felt it, and immediately wiped it back with her hand until she gnawed the pear pit out. Mother took another one to Wushan, Wushan saw his sister staring at him again, swallowed hard and said that he still likes to drink water and doesn't like to eat fruits. As he spoke, he scooped up half a scoop of water from a wooden scoop and drank it. Over time, I really don't eat fruit.
"Xiaoshan, take it. Why is this kid stunned? He handed over a yellow and clear baby's fist-sized apricot, and woke Wushan up from his memory. Grandpa calls his father by his name directly, and sometimes he is called a little grandson and sometimes a mountain boy. Grandma calls her fathers, and she calls the last word and adds a son. According to his mother, when he was a child, he was called a dog, and people in his hometown felt that the cheaper the name, the better it was to feed, and when he was scolded by his grandfather, he changed his name to Xiaoshan.
"Grandma, I'm changing my teeth these days, and it hurts so much that I can't eat, so you can eat."
"Grandparents can't eat it." Grandma said with a wry smile. The teeth under the two old men have all fallen out, the grandfather still has five teeth on the top, and the grandmother only has one tooth on each side, like two little tiger teeth.
"Grandma, aren't there any teeth in the county?"
Grandma shook her head.
"Grandparents, this year, I will take you to the provincial capital to inlay your teeth."
"Wow," Wu Shan realized at this time that his grandmother's teeth were a little leaky, "Our family has grown up, and I feel sorry for my grandparents, and my grandparents are enjoying happiness." As he spoke, he hugged Wushan's head lovingly.
In the 70s, the material was still quite scarce, and my grandmother fried green beans, fried green onions, and bacon together, chopped them, and added some red pepper powder, and made the stuffing with her hands, and the dough was bought in a noodle shop on the street. The triangular dough, after weighing, the people in the noodle shop are also enthusiastic to cut off one of the tips of the triangle, when weighing, the weighing stone moved slightly to the right, or raised high, and the weighing stone kept sliding backwards. Wu Shan thought that these people might have already known about his grandmother and his identity, and smiled at them in a friendly manner. Now, their enthusiasm for service is even higher. A fat aunt kept smirking at her grandmother and Wu Shan, and quietly asked, "This is the boss of Director Wu's family." ”
Grandma was a beautiful girl before liberation, and nodded implicitly and proudly, and did not tell them that there was only one child in the family.
Grandpa didn't work at home, grandma started to wrap, Wushan washed his hands, and also rolled his sleeves, grandma immediately stopped: "Xiaoshan, go to grandpa's place to play." ”
"Grandma, I will." Pick up the skin and pluck some of the stuffing with a chopstick, and wrap it up skillfully.
"Oh my God, my grandson is so capable!"
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, and his family have all gone home one after another. Grandma spread the wrapped noodles one by one in a sieve, and buckled them with a dustpan to guard against flies. When the big guy came back, he also ate some rice to cushion his stomach, waiting for Wushan's parents to come over.
The sun has not yet set, and the moon has already risen high. When the two of them arrived home, it was almost ten o'clock. At this time, there are no recreational activities, and the average family has long been rested. In this way, Wu Lixing also wore a straw hat and looked left and right ten meters behind Ruan Xiu.
The water in the pot, boiled and added, and after a while, it was boiled again. Grandma kept adding water, and the pot was almost full. Seeing the eldest son and daughter-in-law coming back, the grandmother quickly put the noodles in the pot.
The two of them entered the house and called "Old man, Mom, we're back", washed their hands and waited quietly for the noodles to be cooked. There are three dishes on the table: stir-fried green beans, stir-fried meat with green peppers, cold cucumbers, and large and small pickle dishes around it.
As soon as the noodles were cooked, grandma began to ride, and Wushan kept serving them on the table. At this time, children's education was not held in the palm of their hands every day like only children later. The old witch's family has a very strict family education, and the children should serve food, wipe the table, and pour foot washing water. Otherwise, even if Wushan is the only grandchild of the old Wu family, it is inevitable to stir-fry meat with bamboo shoots. Maybe Wushan was beaten before? Since being reborn, my family has liked it more and more, and I haven't been beaten yet.
On the table, Grandpa moved the chopsticks first, and the others began to eat. Eat without saying a word. After eating, put away the table, dishes and chopsticks. Of course, there is a daughter-in-law here, and grandma doesn't work after eating.
The family sat in the courtyard again, and it was still the grandfather who spoke first.
"These days, I read both the novels and the scripts that Wushan handed to me. I don't understand the script, but I think the storyline is vivid and interesting, and it should be able to impress the boss over there. Here, let's talk about fiction first. Grandpa took a sip of tea that he couldn't do without all year round, and continued.
"You've all read it, give your opinion."
Not to mention, the people of the old Wu family, including grandma's traditional Chinese character skills, are all sneering, except for Zhang's father, everyone has expressed their opinions.
"Indeed," Grandpa began to summarize, "Wushan's works, at least I don't think there is anything worth revising, in "Xun Qin Ji", in "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", there are many tasks, especially the Tang Dynasty, the two protagonists, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's experience is ups and downs. Xun Qin is also everyone's distinctive characteristics, if you are not my grandson, I really don't believe that these two books were written by a child who is only a teenager. "Devouring the Starry Sky", a unique sci-fi theme, makes us refreshed. Grandparents are old, and they may not be able to wait for the day when you will be brilliant. But I have reason to believe that our old Wu family, under the planning of Wushan, will definitely make a shining debut in the land of China. The Comrade Yi Ren you mentioned had contact with him when he was young, and he has not been in contact with him for so many years. I, Wu Shou Wu Tianming, was also a member of "New Youth" back then. Later, if it weren't for your grandfather's poor health, and your grandfather wouldn't be either, forget it, let's go to your grandfather Zhao and match them up. ”
"Lixing," Grandpa turned to Dad again, "I know that you have always been an admirer and follower of Taizu. However, Taizu is also human. We met when we were in the hall of Beijing Normal University, and we were very wise people. It's human, and there will be shortcomings. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, we cheered and rejoiced, and China ushered in great development. You have also seen the current situation, including what you are doing now, which can be said to be contrary to Taizu's policy. ”
"But your heart is still struggling, you can see it. Remember, everything in the party is to serve the people, not to serve someone. If you do everything for the people, the people will support you and believe in you. Your mom and I went to the districts, and we were relieved to hear them all say hello. The above principles and policies should be resolutely implemented if they are beneficial to the people. If it is unfavorable to the people, adhere to the principle, but cannot confront the above, and the document will be issued as it is, but it cannot be implemented.
"These, to be honest, you haven't embarrassed your mother and me as a son at the moment, and you're doing better than I imagined. It shows that you are maturing politically. Of course, Taizu's intentions are also good, and he also wants China to get rich, but everything changes when it comes to the bottom. Your father and I are not party members, but democratic parties. We are equally committed to what is good for the people. ”
"Xiaoshan Yanzi, for so many years, the two of you have been busy all day long, and he has read a lot of books by himself. I am ashamed of his theoretical level. However, children are always children, and they need your support. Your mother and I look like we're going to be in the ground, and we just want our family to be healthy. But I have a unicorn in my family, which can be said to be born to know, why not let him trust the reins and gallop across the vast land? Through the child's story, we have come to the conclusion that knowledge is everything. In the future, everyone in our family should read more books and read good books. Everyone has to make a monthly plan about the books they read. The eldest and second eldest (Wu Lixing has not seemed to have entered the order of the family), you are still very weak in terms of economy, and you should read more books in this area. Lixing also has to read books on economic theory, and your task is the heaviest. In the future, we are gone, you are the head of the family, how to manage a family, you have to think carefully. How can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house? ”
In the middle of the summer night, it was still very cool, and grandpa couldn't help coughing, and grandma brought the teacup to grandpa's mouth while beating grandpa's back. Grandpa was tired and waved his hand: "It's late at night, let's go back and rest." Try to get in touch as early as possible. ”
I believe that a family that loves each other, how many times can they be reunited like this?