On the afternoon of the second day after the second selection, Xu Zhekai and I did not have classes, so I proposed to buy gifts for my grandparents after school at noon, and then go to my grandparents' house to visit the second elder. Xu Zhekai said that "heroes see the same thing".

We thought about what gift to choose for a long time. There is no shortage of anything in the grandparents' house, we have to visit it is just a mind, buy food, there is no creativity, buy and wear and fear of size, not suitable, style does not like.

I suddenly remembered that when I was reviewing for the final exam, I drank a lot of grandpa's tea and grandma's coffee at my grandparents' house, so I said to Xu Zhekai that it was better to buy some favorite tea for grandpa and some coffee beans for grandma.

Xu Zhengkai thought my idea was very good, so the two of us happily decided. In the morning, after my last class, I met with Xu Zhekai outside the east gate of the school. We first went to a chain coffee shop near the school to buy roasted beans, and then took a taxi straight to Wu Yutai, which is closer to our school, to buy special jasmine tea. I returned to Zhang Yiyuan nearby and bought the jasmine tea in the store, which was of a better grade. After I bought them all, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon.

We had a quick snack outside, and around two o'clock, Xu Zhekai called his grandmother and asked if the two of them were home. Grandma said that she had just finished taking a nap with Grandpa, who was watching TV and Grandma was watering the flowers. Xu Zhekai said: "I will go over with Yi Yi for a while. Then he hung up.

Xu Zhekai and I carried gifts for my grandparents, stopped the car, and went straight to the community of my grandparents' house.

It's been a while since the last time I came, and spring has arrived, and the scenery in the community is even more beautiful. We walked through a garden and came downstairs to my grandparents' house. Before going upstairs, Xu Zhekai called his grandmother and told her that we had gone downstairs. When I hung up the phone and looked up again, my grandfather and grandmother had already appeared on the balcony, waving at Xu Zhekai and me on the balcony.

We waved at them, walked into the unit, and went upstairs.

When we got upstairs, my grandmother had already opened the door and was waiting for us with a smile on her face. When I went into the house to change my shoes, I found that my grandmother had specially prepared a pair of particularly cute, kitten-patterned slippers for me.

I was so surprised that I was about to blurt out "these shoes are new", but suddenly realized that my grandparents didn't know that I had been here, and I couldn't expose myself. Xu Zhekai seemed to see my thoughts, of course, he himself was very surprised, he asked grandma when to prepare the slippers, how did she know that the two of us were coming.

Grandma smiled and explained that after the last time she met us, she saw slippers when she went to the supermarket the next day, and she thought they were cute, so she prepared a pair for me, and I was going to come sooner or later anyway, and I would definitely have a chance to wear them.

I felt very warm and touched in my heart, and I quickly said thank you to my grandparents.

After entering the house, Xu Zhekai and I showed the tea and coffee beans we bought to my grandparents.

Grandpa picked up a pack and opened it, smelling the good aroma of jasmine, happy like a child.

Although grandma said why bother to break the bank, she still happily held the bag of coffee beans in her hand, and immediately walked to the kitchen, took out the grinder and coffee pot, and wanted to make coffee for me and Xu Zhekai.

Xu Zhekai said, this is all based on what I heard, you two like to drink tea and coffee, and today I specially told me to buy it with him.

Grandpa praised me: "Yiyi, this child really has a heart." ”

After a while, there was a very tempting aroma of coffee in the kitchen, and my grandmother took out the brewed coffee, took out three exquisite cups, and poured a cup for me, Xu Zhekai, and herself.

Grandma said that the coffee beans bought by Yiyi are really good, and the oil is very full. As he spoke, he took a sip and exaggeratedly said, "Ah, it tastes great!" ”

Xu Zhekai and I both laughed. Grandpa said on the side: "Your grandmother, she just likes to drink coffee, how many coffee beans I gave her when I was young, she is now in such good health, so energetic, maybe it is the credit of my coffee beans." ”

We laughed again. Grandma said: "Your grandfather is not used to drinking coffee, but every time he goes out, he buys it for me, and when he goes to other countries, he has seen the types I have not drunk, and he will always bring me some back. ”

Xu Zhekai said to his grandmother: "You two don't show affection in front of me and Yiyi. ”

I glanced at Xu Zhekai and said with a smile: "It's okay, grandma, you go on, I am willing to listen to the story of the two of you, it feels very romantic." ”

So my grandmother began to tell me about how she and my grandfather met and fell in love.

Grandma was born in a scholarly family, grandma's father, is a local uncle of a teacher, and other families at that time have different requirements for girls, grandma's father, when grandma was very young, taught her to read and write, but also taught her calligraphy and poetry. Compared with other girls, although grandma is not particularly outstanding in terms of female popularity, she is a well-known local talent.

Later, when she was a teenager, her grandmother was admitted to a particularly good local girls' middle school, and after graduating from middle school, many of her grandmother's classmates were married and married at the strong request of their families. Because in that era, the girls who could go to such a good girls' school were basically from families with better family conditions, and some girls were arranged by their families to go to such a school, also in order to increase their worth and marry into a good in-law's family, so that they would be able to worry about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

But grandma is different, grandma really likes to go to school, and she really hopes to see a wider world, and grandma's family is also very supportive of her.

After graduating from girls' high school, my grandmother had the opportunity to study in the UK. At that time, the opportunity to study abroad was particularly valuable, although the family was still a little worried about grandma studying abroad alone, but grandma was too eager for this opportunity, and persuaded her parents to go abroad smoothly.

In foreign countries, while learning British and American literature, my grandmother looked at the outside world with her own eyes, and felt the vast world outside with her own heart, and it was there that my grandmother learned to drink coffee and learn to make English afternoon tea.

Two years later, my grandmother returned from abroad and worked as a teacher at a girls' school in Beijing, teaching English and American literature. Grandpa was a newspaper reporter at the time, and by chance, grandpa went to grandma's school for an interview, and there were some foreign people who went to interview, so grandma was in charge of reception as a translator.

In this way, grandpa and grandma met. Grandma said that when she saw her grandfather, she thought that this young man was very energetic, and his conversation was relatively cultivated, which was a good first impression. And grandpa fell in love with grandma at first sight. Now it seems that grandma is a beautiful old lady, you can imagine what kind of peerless elegance grandma had back then.

And people often say that there is poetry and books in the belly, grandma, a scholarly lady, is very beautiful, coupled with the experience of studying abroad, she naturally has an outstanding temperament.

The interview that Grandpa did could have ended in one go, but then, Grandpa went to Grandma's school for three weeks in a row and approached Grandma under the pretext of continuing the interview. Grandma had never been in a relationship before, and even abroad, there were many handsome blonde and blue-eyed guys who pursued her, and she didn't have a special crush. Although grandma is well-informed, she is still relatively simple and traditional in love, so she wants to find a Chinese young man.

After the first interview, my grandmother had a good impression of my grandfather. The second time Grandpa went back, Grandma didn't doubt Grandpa's motives. But the third time, the fourth time grandpa went again, Bingxue's smart grandma understood grandpa's careful thoughts, but grandpa didn't say it clearly, and grandma couldn't say it, so the two of them got to know each other in the name of doing interviews and being interviewed. During the chat, Grandpa knew that Grandma liked to drink coffee very much, so after the interview was over, Grandpa asked Grandma, can we change the location of our next interview to a café? Grandma readily agreed. So, the last interview with his grandfather to his grandmother became the last interview in his life, his grandfather studied engineering, and doing news interviews was just a hobby for him at that time.

In the years that followed, my grandfather said that he was very grateful for this hobby, and if it wasn't for such a coincidence, how could he have met such a God-given gift from his grandmother. Although the interview at work is over, the interview between the two people has continued throughout their lives.

In the days that followed, a lot of changes happened in the life around them, as intellectuals, they also experienced unsatisfactory years, but the two of them supported each other for most of their lives, and their relationship has been very good.

Later, due to the relationship of work, grandpa often traveled to all parts of the country and abroad, in addition to buying beautiful clothes and cosmetics for grandma, he always did not forget to collect local famous coffee beans for grandma to bring back, grandpa said that the foreign coffee beans are like the red beans of his and grandma's love, a few branches in spring, this thing is the most lovesick. And the color of this coffee bean is deeper than that of red beans, and the aroma is stronger than that of red beans, which is like the relationship between them, which lasts for a long time and refreshes people's hearts.

And grandma is also very concerned about grandpa, very appreciative, and she is also very supportive of grandpa's career. After Xu Zhekai's father was born, his grandfather hesitated to tell the unit not to send him out to work anymore, he was afraid that his grandmother would work hard at home alone with the children. But grandma tried her best to persuade grandpa that a man just wants to get out of his own world, have his own successful career, and she can support the affairs of the family.

It can be said that all the achievements of grandpa in research later were inseparable from the support behind grandma. Grandma's personality is gentle and resolute, gentle but not cowardly. Not only did she not delay her career, but she was full of peach and plums. also took care of the family in an orderly manner, cultivated Xu Zhekai's father into a talent, and now trained Xu Zhekai so well.

During the grandmother's narration, the grandfather also listened with a serious smile on the side, and added some details to the grandmother's words. Two people, you and I have told most of their love and life for most of their lives. Xu Zhekai and I listened very carefully and were also full of emotion. It was as if the two of us were also holding hands, following the footsteps of grandpa and grandma, returning to their young years together, witnessing their beauty, and feeling their love.

Grandma said that meeting her grandfather was the luckiest thing in her life. Grandpa also laughed and said that the inadvertent interview was the best career he had done in his life.

As the sun sets, the sun shines in obliquely through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the golden light lingers on the faces of everyone in the room. The light was also cast into the eyes of my grandparents and reflected, I knew that it was the light of the years, shining with their past and eternal love. Their love can be called a fairy tale of time.