In Zhangshi for the New Year, a set of processes is indispensable, cleaning the house and buying New Year's goods is essential. But for more elderly people, the Chinese New Year is more looking forward to home-made steamed buns and home-steamed rice cakes. For those who live in the city, they can only wait for relatives and friends living in the village to bring a little bit. For Lin Shuang, only after steaming steamed buns and cakes with his grandmother is the beginning of the New Year.

After returning home from the holiday, Lin Shuang didn't live in the city for two days, so he packed up and took the New Year's goods prepared by Lin's father and Lin's mother, and went back to the countryside first. "Go back, help your grandpa and grandma more. Don't be lazy. Did you hear that? Liu Xiaoying was packing up her things and telling Lin Shuang.

"I see. I'm a big man, I'm already sensible. If you don't want to talk about these things, I'll do it too. Lin Shuang felt that his mother was still treating herself as a child.

"Just know. I don't know if there are many people who ride in cars today. These two bags. Can you carry it? Lin Shuang felt that this was good, that was good, and prepared two big bags of things. Lin Shuang carried it with his hand, feeling still a little struggling. I'm thinking about whether to divide it into three bags, take two with me today, and then bring the rest back when my parents come back in a few days.

Lin Shuang was about to start splitting the package when the phone rang. Liu Xiaoying was standing next to the telephone and picked it up. "Xiaoying, are you going back to the countryside today?" It was Huang Fengying on the other end of the phone.

"Yes, yes." After the two children went to school, the family was a lot deserted, so the mothers of the two families got closer. "Do you want to go back too? That's right, tell them to go together. ”

That's exactly what I meant. Both are a little girl's family, and it is not safe to go to the end alone. Wait a while and ask my old Qin to drive them back. You've packed everything you're going to bring home. The car will drive downstairs to your house. Qin Yeping happened to be resting at home today, so he asked Huang Fengying to send two college students back to accompany the old man.

"That's great, I'm packing my things. A lot of them are not packed, so I am afraid that they will not be able to carry them. If your old Qin sends them back, then I have to pack some more things for them to take back. "Liu Xiaoying is happy, this is a pillow when she is dozing, and it just happens to be a thing. The two chatted for a few words and hung up the phone.

"Shuangshuang, it's just right, your Uncle Qin is going to send Doudou back to the countryside, so I'll take you with me. This saves you the need to crowd the bus. Liu Xiaoying continued to pack her things as she spoke. What I said to Huang Fengying just now was not a kind word. Lin Shuang looked at Liu Xiaoying's balcony and after walking around the kitchen, there were many more things at his feet.

"Mom, okay, it's almost. Just now there were only two bags, and now four bags can't be beaten. Lin Shuang helped pack the bags. But is it really necessary to carry salted chicken, salted fish or something home? "Uncle Qin's family must also have a bunch of things to bring back, and we usually squeeze the bus ourselves when we go back to the countryside. Where is Uncle Qin's hitchhiker to take. ”

"Alright, alright. I'll just put some dry goods. Your dad friend gave it to me. We can't buy it here. "Okay, but Liu Xiaoying finally added a bucket. There were some packaged dried kelp in the bucket, and a small bottle with some jellyfish heads, which looked like they weighed about five or six pounds. Grandpa Lin likes to cut the jellyfish head into thin slices, cut some shredded radish, and then mix them together, and you can drink a lot of wine with this small dish.

After the mother and daughter prepared their things, they carried them all downstairs to wait for the Qin family's car. I didn't wait for a few minutes, but I saw Qin Yeping's black Santana driving over. After Qin Yeping parked the car, he got out of the car and helped open the trunk of the car. This trunk is also more than half full. Those who run to the countryside at this time of year are more or less thinking about adding some New Year's goods to their families.

Doudou came out of the back seat and helped with his luggage. There are many people with great strength, and when they moved down from the upstairs, they let Lin Shuang and Liu Xiaoying run up and down twice, and now it's okay, one person carries a bag, and the luggage at the staircase is gone. "Lao Qin, thank you so much this time. Otherwise, it would be difficult to squeeze the bus with so many things. ”

"No thanks, we're on the way anyway." Qin Yeping sat back in the driver's seat, waved his hand, and returned to the countryside with a lot of luggage and two children. It's the main road from the city to the countryside. Although there are not many cars now, there are many bicycles. So Santana can't drive too fast. By the time I got home, it had been almost half an hour.

Qin Yeping parked the car on the side of the road in the Lin family's old house, so that Lin Shuangyi would carry so many things inside. Grandma Lin was preparing the stuffing of steamed steamed buns in the hall, and when she heard the sound of cars outside, she leaned out and looked, and when she saw that her eldest granddaughter was back, she was very happy at the moment. He patted the shredded radish on his hand and shouted, "Old man, both are back!" O old man!! ”

"It's coming, it's coming." Grandpa Lin was squatting at the water stack to clean the big herring he bought in the morning, ready to clean up, and let Grandma Lin marinate it, and then he could make fried fish and eat it. This thing is something that several of my juniors like. I was busy when I heard my old woman shouting. As soon as he heard that Shuangshuang was back, Grandpa Lin threw the fish into the wooden basin, washed his hands with the river water, and came ashore.

Seeing that Qin Yeping was helping to carry things, Grandpa Lin stepped forward to pick it up. "Come, come, come, I'll come. You're struggling to drive back. Qin Yeping naturally refused to ask an old man to carry something. So at this time, the role of Doudou is reflected. "Dad, Grandpa Lin, don't move. I'll just carry it. So the young man carried everything into the house with great speed.

"Come in and sit down for a while. It's cold, so it's better in the house. Grandma Lin opened her mouth to entertain guests. However, the father and son of the Qin family refused.

"Auntie, don't sit down, my dad is still waiting for Doudou at home." The road between Kyoto and Zhangshi is too far, and the last time Doudou came back was during the National Day, and now it is about to be the New Year in a blink of an eye, no wonder the old man thinks.

"Well, then I won't keep you either. Come and sit down when you're free. Grandma has a lot of good food here. Grandma Lin smiled and said to Doudou. Qin Dou is very popular with the elderly.

"Okay, when I get home, I'll take a look at my grandfather first, and then I'll come to see you." The Qin family is not a few steps away from the Lin family's old house. So Qin Dou didn't go back in the car, but went back on his own legs.

The winter in Zhangshi is very cold. It was minus one degree outside the house, and it was estimated to be minus two or three degrees inside the house. The quilt on the bed is covered, and I feel very damp when I sleep. During the lunar month, Lin Zhihong got a coal stove and put it in the hall. According to Lin Zhihong's meaning, this coal stove has to be boiled all day and night, take a kettle and put it on it, and there will be hot water at any time. People can also be a little warmer when they sit on the edge of the stove. However, Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin are both thrifty people, and the two old people are naturally reluctant to use coal stoves at home. So, seeing that Lin Shuang was back, Grandma Lin began to light the coal stove.

The coal stove is something that Lin Shuang can do, so he took it from Grandma Lin: "Grandma, I'll make the stove." You go sit for a while. Grandma Lin saw that Lin Shuang's movements were sharp, so she continued to mix her steamed bun filling.

"Shuangshuang, when is your school on vacation, and when are you home?" Grandma Lin chatted with Lin Shuang while mixing. Although Jinling is closer than Kyoto, Lin Shuang only comes back once a month. There is less time to spend with the elderly, so the elderly still remember their granddaughters. Lin Shuang naturally understood the mood of the old man. So I carefully talked about my things in school. Of course, these things have been selected, and they are all happy and funny. So when Grandpa Lin came in, he saw his old woman and eldest granddaughter smiling happily.

Lin Shuang took the wooden basin in Grandpa Lin's hand and drove the old man to the coal stove to roast his hands. "It's so cold, in the future, you can sit on the stove with a pot of water, anyway, water doesn't cost money, and coal is cheap. Don't be too frugal. The body is the most important. Lin Shuang's chatter made Grandpa Lin feel very happy. His eldest granddaughter cares about him.

"What kind of hot water do you want to boil for a fish?" Although Grandpa Lin showed displeasure, he still obediently sat on the edge of the coal stove and roasted his hands. The coal stove has just started to burn, and the heat is not large, but it is just right to roast the hands, otherwise the hands that have just been drawn out of the cold river water will be directly roasted on the hot coal stove, and it is easy to get frostbite. Having chilblains is not a pleasant taste. Not only is it red and swollen, but it is also itchy and uncomfortable when it is heated. If you have chilblains one year, you will have to suffer this every year for the next year.