It was more than three o'clock in the afternoon.

In the small ravine of Zhaojiazhuang, an old man of about fifty or sixty years old, his face was covered with dark wrinkles, his back was slightly hunched, and he was holding a small bamboo basket on his arm, and he walked with a limp.

She rubbed yellow powder on both feet, and walked a long way on a pile of dense weeds, and when she passed through a dense grove, two grass-colored snakes bypassed her in the distance.

At the end of the grove is an old farmhouse that has long been abandoned.

The courtyard of the village is full of weeds, trees, and colorful wildflowers; In addition, there are a variety of small animals living in it.

In the deepest part of the flowers, there are five old-looking caves, some of which have now collapsed, and the doors of the kilns are buried by the huge collapse, revealing half of the doors; Some of them are still as intact as when they were first dug up, but they look very old.

They are all neatly lined up.

In front of each ancient kiln, there is a large artificially carved stone trough, the trough is filled with water, and there are a few small red goldfish swimming in the water, and the ancient kiln is black and dark, looking like the entrance of the abyss, eerie.

The whole courtyard is surrounded by walls, and the walls have been covered with moss and other weeds, and at a glance, the existence of the wall is almost invisible, but it is like a tall grass-colored barrier, which has become one with nature.

The old man staggered to the gate of the village, lifted the dense weeds, and walked straight in......

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"Doudou, look at the beauty of your grandmother's yard?"

Hu Huilan pointed to the huge courtyard, smiled and said to Hu Doudou:

"Look at it, Mom didn't lie to you, this yard is bigger than ours, in this yard, there is a small pond, our family doesn't have it, you look at it again, there is a small steamer floating in this pond......"

When Hu Doudou came to his grandmother's house, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

At this time, the breeze suddenly rose, and there was still no trace of clouds in the sky.

"Doudou, look at it," Hu Huilan continued to say curiously, "In this yard, there are pear trees, hawthorn trees, apple trees, and jujube trees...... and all were full of fruit.

Look at your grandmother's kiln, one over there, one here, and there...... How many are there? And we only have two kilns in our house. ”

Hu Doudou looked at the big yard of his grandmother's house with curiosity, although it looked much more beautiful than his house, but for Hu Doudou, he still felt very strange, and even inexplicably felt a strong sense of loneliness.

Hu Doudou thought to himself:

"Who am I playing with in such a big yard? I don't even have a single friend here, I'm so strange to everyone, and besides, my mom, my brother, my dad, they're all going to leave me soon.

Oh, my God! As soon as they leave, who will care about me! ”

Hu Doudou thought about it, and suddenly felt that he regretted it a little, he felt that he shouldn't have listened to his mother's words in the first place, so he was confused, so he followed.

However, now that it's all here, Hu Doudou took a step back and thought, what's the use of me regretting it? It's better to find someone to take care of me first.

The first person Hu Doudou thought of was his grandmother, who once praised him with a kind smile and gave him an egg on his birthday.

Hu Doudou took a casual look in this big courtyard, and then asked his mother curiously, "Mom, where is my grandmother?" ”

"Your grandmother, well, your grandmother is in the kiln, let's go, we'll go to your grandmother now."

At this time, an old man suddenly came out of the kiln, his hair was gray, he was wearing an old Zhongshan coat, and he was holding an old dry cigarette in his mouth.

As soon as he saw Hu Doudou, he greeted him with a smile.

"Hey! Lad! When did you get here? Hey, who are you? What is your name? ”

As the old man said that, he suddenly frowned, and deliberately made a fierce grimace at Hu Doudou.

Hu Doudou looked at the old man in front of him timidly, and was so frightened that he rubbed his head into his mother's arms.

"Dad!" Hu Huilan couldn't help but accuse, "Don't be like this, the child is still very unfamiliar now." ”

The old man didn't take Hu Huilan's words at ease, and continued to joke with Hu Doudou.

"Hey! Do you recognize me, young man? I'm your grandfather, I'm your mother's father......"

In this way, after a while, Hu Doudou's mood finally stabilized, but he still kept a certain distance from this strange grandfather.

As soon as he approached him, he stumbled away; As soon as he embraced him, he slipped into his mother's arms.

At this time, a young man came out of another kiln at the sound of the sound, and behind his buttocks were two small children, a man and a girl, the older one was seven years old and the younger one was four years old.

"He He, Miao Miao, don't just laugh, go, go and say hello to your brother."

As he spoke, the man turned his face to Hu Doudou and smiled slightly.

Hu Doudou saw that the two children were laughing, thinking that they were laughing at him, so he glared at them angrily.

"Dad, where did Doudou's grandmother go?" Hu Huilan, who was on the side, suddenly asked as if she remembered.

"I don't know," said the old man, smoking a dry cigarette, "and I saw that I was still in the courtyard after lunch, but after a while, I was gone." ”

"Uh......"

Hu Huilan scratched her hair, thought about it for a while, and then leaned into the old man's ear, guarded against Hu Doudou, and muttered in a low voice:

"Dad, I'm leaving now, the baby's seasonal clothes, his father has all been put in the kiln....."

"I know this, don't worry, Doudou I will show you a good look, you can go with confidence."

"Then, Dad, I'm really going to trouble you in the future, and when my mother comes back, you can tell her again and say that I'm gone."

"Okay, okay, I see, you guys hurry up, don't delay the ride."

Hu Huilan stopped talking, and suddenly felt a sour nose, but soon, she sorted out her emotions again, and then returned to Hu Doudou, and said with a reluctant smile:

"Doudou, you play with your younger siblings here first, and Mom will go to the toilet and come back soon."

As soon as Hu Doudou heard that his mother was going to the toilet, his face changed instantly.

But what could he do when his mother had to go to the toilet?

I had no choice but to nod my head, showing a very reluctant look.

Hu Huilan said, unhurriedly, and cautiously walked towards the toilet.

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In the old courtyard.

At the same time, the old man dug up a bamboo basket of pigweed with his bare hands.

He didn't stop, and soon, he limped into the dark cave again.

When she got to the cave, she lit a small match, and by the faint light, the old man found a hole in the wall the size of a bowl, and pulled out the bricks that blocked the hole with her hand, piece by piece, and then, carefully reaching into it, took out a handful of dried walnuts.

The old man took out the dried walnuts and hid them one by one under the bamboo basket. Then, staggering out of the cave, looking up at the sky, he felt that it was time, and he quickly set off for home.