"Ahhhhh......h

Gu Xidong also followed suit, "Grandpa, didn't you promise me to sleep first?" What if I run out so late and fall? ”

The old man shook his head vigorously and gestured, "If you don't come back, I won't sleep." ”

"Why is it so late today?" The old man turned on the flashlight again and shone the old-fashioned watch on his wrist.

After years of wearing, under the watch that has been rubbed into gray and white by external forces, the thin hour hand is jumping towards eleven o'clock.

Gu Xidong looked at the old man with a blurred face in the dark, but a kind face with lines and lines clearly appeared in his mind.

There was a dull feeling in his heart, Gu Xidong lowered his head, and quickly raised his head, he pointed to his chest, "Don't do this next time, I'll be worried." ”

Grandpa was deaf and mute, and had never learned formal sign language, and the communication between them was based on the tacit understanding cultivated since childhood.

Sometimes it's eyes, sometimes it's expressions, but most of it relies on the body movements invented by the grandparents.

The old man waved his hand, screamed twice, pulled him, and gestured eagerly, "You haven't done anything bad, have you?" ”

"Nope." He raised his hand, put it to his ear, and said with a serious expression, "I swear." ”

The old man was suspicious, and moved the flashlight to him for a long time, and after confirming that he was all right, he breathed a sigh of relief and walked home with him.

Their home was in the middle of the village, in a dilapidated compound with only two bungalows, surrounded by buildings rising from the ground.

The weather is hot, and outside the commissary at the intersection, there are still a few villagers drinking beer and talking about the mountains.

"Old Gutou, take Dongdong again!" A shirtless man in his fifties raised half a bottle of beer in his hand and greeted the old and the young.

"Old Gu is deaf and can't hear, if you want to talk to him, you have to be like me." A middle-aged man in a white vest next to him pointed to the young man who was supporting the old man, and said a few times, then nodded and gave a thumbs up.

When the old man saw someone praising his grandson, he immediately stretched his brows and smiled like a flower.

"Ahhh......h

Gu Xidong stood still and called out to the man in the white vest for the fourth uncle.

Gu Laosi.

The leader of the third group of villagers in Gujia Village is in charge of dozens of villagers, including their family.

Gu Laosi responded with a smile, and Gu Xidong greeted the other elders one by one.

The shirtless man just now held up a beer bottle and hooked his finger at Gu Xidong, "Dongdong, come and have a few drinks with your uncle!" ”

Before Gu Xidong refused, his grandfather shouted angrily.

Gu Laosi pulled the arm of the bare-chested man, cursed a dirty word in his mouth, and then gestured at Gu Xidong, urging him, "Take your grandfather back, your uncle gourd has drunk too much, and he will tease you!" ”

Gu Xidong hummed, supported his grandfather again, and walked in the direction of his house.

Behind him, there was a man's unbridled laughter, "Hahahaha, this stubborn old man is more energetic than the old hen protecting the calf!" ”

"When I see Dongdong, I want to tease him, hahaha."

"Why don't you think about it, most of the old Gu Tou is in the ground, and he his grandson's heart all day long. He won't throw the baby to his mother, although the baby's father is dead, but his mother is his mother, he can't be so ruthless that he doesn't care about his own flesh and blood, fourth, haven't you seen Dongdong and his mother in the village committee before, she really doesn't want Dongdong? ”

Gu Laosi didn't say anything, he stared at the back of a high and a low figure in the distance for a while, and suddenly raised his head and poured half a bottle of beer. He wiped the wine foam from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, and said in a heavy tone: "That woman is not worthy of such a good baby!" ”

There was a sudden silence around them.

The familiar and noisy sound of advertisements came from the commissary.

"Forget it, if you don't have a mother, you don't have a mother, anyway, Lao Gu Tou survived the most difficult time, and he doesn't care about these years. Besides, Dongdong has also grown up, and he is so competitive, and he is good to the old Gutou, this grandfather and grandson, the rest are good days. The man named Hulu said with emotion.

Gu Laosi nodded, looked up and wanted to drink, and found that the wine bottle was empty. He turned his head and shouted, "Get the wine!" Bring the wine! Gourd mother-in-law—"

The fat proprietress lifted the plastic curtain and shouted at the outside with a reluctant face: "Take a fart, it's scattered, I'll close the door and sleep." ”

"Sleep a fart, you man hasn't drunk yet, hurry up and get the wine, and get ten more bottles! If you don't get drunk, you can't go home! ”

"If you don't get drunk, you won't go home!"

"Damn, whoever runs is cowardly!"

“……”

Gu Xidong helped his grandfather to the door of the house with the door number of the Glorious House, gently flicked the rusty door bolt, and the door opened.

Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, the door of their house was never locked.

When the grandfather and grandson chatted, they joked sadly, saying that if a thief entered his house, he would be scared away by the shabby of this family.

"Grandpa, slow down." Gu Xidong helped his grandfather Gu Changrong.

The narrow brick road at the foot of the two leads straight to the main house, the rest of the courtyard is yellow earth, the main house is only two old bungalows, next to the bungalow is a small kitchen built with old color steel, it is exaggerated to call it a kitchen, it can only be regarded as a lattice room at best, less than three square meters but full of sundries, cooking is full of oil smoke, choking people can not stand. Due to the light and thin texture of color steel, in winter and summer, it is basically a crime to go in.

The empty yard was not greened, only an old locust tree served as a façade. Under the tree was a small, shabby square table and a few wooden stools, where the grandfather and grandson ate.

The rain from the last rainstorm had not yet dried, and the brick road was covered with a layer of green moss, and it was slippery to walk, so he carefully supported his grandfather.

Gu Changrong didn't seem to want to go back to the house, so he dragged his grandson and walked under the tree.

"Grandpa, it's not too early......"

"Ahh......hh

Gu Xidong was stunned.

"Ahh Yes! Gu Changrong pointed to the kitchen and motioned to his grandson to cut watermelon.

"I'll do it." Gu Xidong just wanted to get up, but was stopped by his grandfather with a gesture.

Gu Xidong sat quietly.

From the vegetable patch in the corner came the cries of unknown insects, and a familiar sound sounded in the kitchen.

He squinted his eyes and looked up at the leafy locust tree, letting his tense body relax little by little.

"Ah......h

The old man held half a watermelon in his hand, and leaned down to stuff the watermelon that had been frozen in cold water for most of the day into his hand, "Ah! Yes! ”

Grandpa motioned for him to hurry up and eat.

He scooped up the center of the circle with a spoon and brought it to his grandfather's mouth.

Grandpa shook his head and pointed at him for him to eat.

"If you don't eat it, I won't eat it." His eyebrows were firm.

Grandpa frowned and fought with him for a moment before he reluctantly opened his mouth.

Gu Xidong took a bite of it and ate half a watermelon with his grandfather.

Grandpa squinted his eyes and smiled.

Gu Xidong got up to throw the melon skin, but as soon as he stood up, he stumbled and almost planted on his grandfather.