(Due to the excessive number of words in this chapter, it has been updated in two parts, and the following is the first half of "39a".) ）

"Dad, what do you want to give him for his birthday tomorrow, I'll go out and buy breakfast for you!" Zhiyuan came to the balcony to ask the old man before going out.

"Sizzle...... What to send him? Hum! Lao Ma removed the cigarette holder, pondered for a moment, looked up and said to Zhiyuan: "You buy your breakfast, I haven't thought about it yet!" ”

After Zhiyuan went out, Lao Ma stood up and looked at the calendar, only to know that Zai Tsai was born on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. July 15 - Midyear Festival, it's a good day! The old horse sighed and nodded frequently. Why don't you name He Zhongyuan, call him He Yiming - it's not good! Lao Ma frowned and shook his head, I don't know if his ID card has been set, I heard that his name can be changed before the age of eighteen...... After thinking for a while, the old horse lay on the rocking chair again, seeing that he was leaving, and he was still worried about this matter! The old horse shook his head and laughed at himself.

What kind of gift? The old horse lay on the chair and thought about it repeatedly.

After breakfast, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration, remembering that I had broken the strings of Zaizai's violin earlier, and I thought that I had to make up for the baby before leaving. The old man didn't know where to buy strings, so he had to remove the strings from his erhu and reinstall them on Tsai Zai's violin. The old horse doesn't know whether it is universal or not, so he just needs to find a tool for Zhiyuan.

The two adults in the room are like two planets of the same star, and if they get too close to each other, they will inevitably affect and interact with each other. He Zhiyuan, who had just entered the state of writing, was asked for tools and things by the old man again and again, and his heart was just cleared and chaotic. He Zhiyuan couldn't write anymore, so he could only throw himself into endless housework.

The little girl with her yellow hair and bare feet ran around like a kitten, following her grandfather. The child had never seen an adult dismantling things or using tools, so he was curious and stuck to his grandfather's heels. When the old horse took this and took it, Yang Yang followed behind, when the old horse dismantled the erhu, Yang Yang took the screws on the side, and the old horse sat on the ground to install Yang Yang also squatted next to him and stared quietly...... The grandfather and grandson got along very happily, but when they saw their son-in-law Lao Ma, they were uncontrollably disappointed.

The old village chief couldn't help but pay attention to the man who was listed as his family—hunched over the balcony and wiping the table in the morning, squatting in the Yangyang house just now to clean up toys, and now working in the kitchen in an apron...... After lunch, I washed the dishes in the kitchen and closed the dishes, and then I was sewing and mending a small dress in my hand, and I was wiping the mirror in the bathroom...... I have heard that the son-in-law in the south is gentle and considerate, but if I really saw it, the old man in the north really couldn't stand the gentleness and thoughtfulness of this mad man. Like a mouse, the gate does not appear during the day, and hides in the black hole all day long, tinkering with this and that, in the name of writing novels and watching children.

"There are so many people in the park today and Wednesday!" The old horse said curiously to Zhong Neng and Xingxia on crutches.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhong Neng, Lao Ma, and Xingxia took the car to the gate of the central park, and after meeting, they went to the small river in the park to find a seat.

"In big cities, there are many busy people and idlers! There are many people who work hard and enterprising, and there are many people who are idle! Zhong Neng said with a large bag on his shoulder.

"How's this place, the shade is thick!" Xingxia said, pointing to the left-hand side.

"That's it!" Zhong Neng clapped the board, and the three old men slowly slipped to the river.

Zhong Neng took out a folding bench, two fishing rods, fishing line, fish hooks, and plastic buckets from the big bag...... Xingxia sat down and opened the bait he had bought at noon, along with a large jar of tea. The old horse sat down cautiously and wiped his sweat again and again, but it was very hot and dry when he didn't see the sun, and his clothes were all wet after walking for about ten minutes. When his forehead and neck were no longer sweating, Lao Ma took out water cups, hookahs, folding fans, and mobile phones from his small bag.

"My hair has fallen out very much during this time, and I was not afraid of the sky and the earth in my early years, but now I comb my hair and lose a handful, and I comb it out! Look at the two of you! Oops, it's scary-old! Zhong Neng was so hot that he stroked his hair, and every time he finished brushing his palm, he always left three or five short hairs in his palm, and he spread out his palm to let Lao Ma and Xingxia see the dozen or so white hairs in his palm.

"It's not black hair! When the gray hair falls out, it falls off, what is there to talk about! If it's gone, there's no more to worry about! The old horse teased.

"I'm not in good health during this time! I always can't sleep at night, I don't dare to sleep at all during the day, I get up at six or seven o'clock in the morning, and I can't sleep at one or two o'clock at night! Good guys, the more tired you are, the more you can't sleep! It's hard to die! My wife also has sleep problems, and in the past half a month, people have woken up at three o'clock at night, and they wake up at three o'clock - very accurate! My son made an appointment with his mother to have a doctor in the second hospital, and he will go to the big hospital tomorrow to have a look-check! After the walker finished with a wrinkled face, he went to adjust the fishing rod and load the bait.

"You don't have enough sleep now, and when we enter the coffin, some of you are sleeping, what are you worried about? The older you get, the more relaxed you get! "Old Horse Road.

Two fishing rods were put into the water, and the old horse smoked the hookah and looked at the narrow stream, not knowing if there were any fish in it and how big the fish could be caught. The park is full of people and people, and the flower beds and green spaces are undulating, but there are very few shaded trees. The small river in front of the three of them was crystal clear, and the orchids on both sides of the river were as dense and green as the corn stalks in the field.

"Hey, you old village chief is leaving!" Zhong Neng said to Xingxia with a tail note.

"Let's go, it's better to stay here! My Majiatun is spacious and comfortable, the orchard in the field is strong, the food is clean and cheap, and I live freely, if I were him, I would go back! Xingxia said to Zhong Neng.

"The scenery in the township is good, the oxygen is sufficient, the vision is broad, there are mountains and rivers, flowers and grasses, it must be comfortable to stay in our own house, and it is very aggrieved to stay here! I'm not used to eating southern food, the noodles are not chewy, the soup has a strange taste, what seafood, roast goose - we don't understand! That day, my grandson bought a bowl of tofu brain at the beach - there was really sugar in it! How can you taste sweet! The old horse shook his head with a wry smile as he spat out green smoke.

"Then you can't eat oily noodles and big steamed buns every day when you come to Shenzhen! Taste it, you won't be able to taste it when you go back to the tun! ”

"I have some flowers in the front yard of the house, and I have four big dogs, watering the flowers and teasing the dogs from time to time – how funny! The city is too crowded, Yingying has nothing at home, two steps from east to west, three steps from south to north - very nest! You said that I had come all the way to come here, but the woman didn't see anyone at work, my grandson went to school every day during the summer vacation, and I was an old man who stayed with my son-in-law all day long! Talk about it,...... old horse complained.

"I've used to grow sesame seeds and sweet sorghum in my backyard! One year it was sweet potatoes and potatoes – and they bore a lot of fruit! "Zhong can compare with one hand, comparing the beauty of the past.

"Our yards in Majiatun are generally large, and there are seven or eight big trees in my backyard! Persimmons, jujube trees, paulownia trees, locust trees...... When I first arrived here, the southeast and northwest were bare and not green, and the house my son bought was on the twenty-eighth floor, the highest thirty floors of the building, and one year I was stunned and wanted to plant a small tree or flower on the roof of the building, and I was fined 500 yuan by the property! Hey, I worked hard to carry the soil and buy materials to select seedlings, but I was choked by my wife and daughter-in-law for several years! Tell me about it! Xingxia smiled bitterly.

"You old horse can go back—you have a nest and a son in your hometown! I only have this one son, and I can't go! I can't go back! Zhong Neng sighed.

"Hey, I'm just like you with a son! Early this morning, the two of my family quarreled again, and my daughter-in-law made my wife so angry that she cried in the house for a long time! Tsk! It's good that the economic conditions are good, and if the days are not smooth, it will not work! Xingxia looked embarrassed.

"Everyone is the same, who doesn't have a diaphragm?" Zhong Neng refilled the hook and threw it into the creek.

"My son can't do justice between his mother and his daughter-in-law! This woman is very strong in modern times, but not in men! How dare our mother-in-law be so fierce at that time! Xingxia complained.

"It used to be good to be full, and a little surplus food is considered rich! Now this society is too complicated, hard work may not be successful, and men are not easy to mix, hey......" Zhong Neng wanted to say something but didn't say it.

"My son who has worked hard to train is being trained by my daughter-in-law every day to be inferior to pigs and dogs, oh I feel uncomfortable! She is a middle-aged person who doesn't work all day, and I have two children, and she is still too strong! I pointed at my son's nose at every turn and said something ugly! What the hell do you say this man is! Xingxia scratched his hair and couldn't figure it out.

"My Yingying family is a woman who goes to work to make money, and a man who stays at home to take care of the baby! Hum...... We don't understand, the two of them are quite happy! The old horse puffed out a cigarette and looked into the distance.

"No matter who is out and who is at home, as long as this family is harmonious, it is already very good!" Zhong Neng emphasized.

"Anyway, it's only appropriate that the two of them have to share the burden! How can there be a person who is tired and tired, and a person who rests every day? My son is in his thirties and forties and is in the prime of life, he has a cold and cough and an inflamed throat at every turn. Isn't this taking your life to make money? Xingxia felt sorry for his son and complained about injustice.

"The rooster crows, the hen lays eggs! China has been in China for thousands of years, which dynasty and generation are not headed by men? Now it's okay, Yingying runs around like a man outside every day, and my son-in-law's family wipes the table, cooks, buys vegetables, washes, and collects toys at home every day...... Oops I don't understand, I'm old! I don't understand it at all! The old horse shook his head frequently.

"What are you complaining about when you're leaving! It's okay for two people! These two families and a family with Meimeixin - very few! I envy your woman Yingying and her family, I see that the relationship between the young couple is very good! I have been in the farmer's market for so many years, and there are no less than 100 couples who come and go, and few of them have a good relationship! Be content, you old man! Zhong Neng pointed to the old horse and said.

"According to my observation, it is generally said that the relationship between husband and wife in the city is not as good as in the countryside! Indeed it is! You see, the divorce rate is much higher in the cities than in the countryside! As mentioned on the news, the divorce rate in the city is more than twice as high as in the countryside! When this person first started together, how many people didn't run for each other's houses, cars, and jobs? When the two of them found out that something was wrong after a few years, the baby was already old! "Spread your hands.

"There are still many people who are reluctant to divorce for the sake of their children and their houses. It's even worse if you're divorced, so it's better to make do with it! To each his own, he will not divorce! If you don't get divorced, you don't lose anything! Zhong Neng added.

"There are so many of them that young people call this 'shape marriage' - housing form marriage. For the sake of a house, the two of them got the certificate, and then they went their own way, and they were not urged to marry or something! All kinds of problems on the bright side have been solved! "Horse walker said.

"Hey...... Is this called living? It's lively every day! "The old horse is sarcastic.

"Old village chief, let me tell you, don't feel that you can't get used to it, there are so many marriages like this! This is the case with my son and several of his friends! Now this house price - 780,000 square meters - is really driving the people at the bottom crazy! If you don't have a house, you can't lift your head! Two partners buy a house – killing two birds with one stone! I didn't understand it at first, but now I do. People always have to mix in society, your colleagues all have houses, don't you succeed? Baby's classmates all have houses, haven't our babies succeeded? No way! This generation can't do it! Do you think they're happy to get married? Xingxia looked at the old horse and explained seriously.

"Didn't we also make cabinets and boxes when we got married? Same. In the 90s, it was 'three golds and one smoke', 2,000 years later, it was 'a little red in the green bushes', and now it is popular that 'it is best to have a car and a house, and both parents are dead'...... Hehe, tell me about it! Zhong Neng held the fishing rod in both hands and shook his head again and again.

"Huh! It's not the same! For example, in the early years, when we got married, it was popular to buy sewing machines and bicycles, it was not impossible, and we bought them with hard work! Not now, a house is worth millions, you have a net drop of 10,000 in a month, 120,000 a year, 1.2 million in 10 years, 3.6 million in 30 years, 3.6 million is enough to buy a house in Shenzhen? It worked in the past few years, but not in the past few years! Look at the houses around this park – you can't fight for the rest of your life! This house is really different from the bicycles and sewing machines we used to have at that time! Xingxia's eyes widened.

The three of them were silent for a long time, and the old horse spoke: "A few days ago, a few bicycles said that they were passing by for tourism, and they lied to me that they had no food, and I gave fifty, and when I came back, I was told by Yingying. Yesterday I went out for a walk with my baby, and met a few old men playing chess, I couldn't help but play a few games, the more I played, the more wrong it became, a bit of cheating money and gambling, I quickly withdrew. When I came back, my grandson really said that it was a gang of liars, and I was still with my baby at the time! You look scary, don't you? ”

"It's okay in town! Shenzhen is very safe, they can cheat a little money at most! You're new here, and you haven't experienced a lot of things yet! The Walker comforted the old horse.

"Hey, I can't get used to it! Beware when you go out, and feel aggrieved if you don't go out. Curled up on the balcony every day to listen to the play, it is better to go back to your hometown and listen to it on our wheat field, the wind is blowing and moisturizing! Besides, Yingying comes back at 9:10 p.m. every day, and arrives home at 9:00 p.m. every day! Her son-in-law is just the opposite, he doesn't go out every day and only does housework, and a man's big job can't be socialized - he can't be civilian, martial arts, and martial arts! I really see the fire! Why don't you go back to your own orchard - and get clean! ”

The old horse took a sip of the tea in the large vat and continued, "Why am I in such a hurry to go back? I tell you, my big brother left some time ago - get a little kiss with me, and it's an old man. He has been in Shenzhen for more than ten years, hospitalized for several years, and died two days ago! The funeral was a mess - I can't stand it! I'm seventy now, I don't know when I will be taken away by Lord Yama, I don't want to die here, and I don't want to cause trouble to others, so I might as well go back to Majiatun and sleep on my big kang alive, and bury myself under the apricot tree in the south of the village, how happy! ”

"Hahaha......" Xingxia and Zhong Neng smiled wistfully.

"I just hope that my daughter-in-law will go out and find a job and share some of the burden for my son! My old couple is useless, she's still young! Why don't you go out and find it now, in the future, three old people will support the elderly, and two children will go to school, all of which will depend on my son? It's tiring to think about! Xingxia said three words and did not leave his family's mess.

"I also hope that my son-in-law will go out and find a serious job and become his original teacher! How good it is to be a teacher, isn't it? Stable, decent and holidays. ”

"Your son-in-law is working, who sent your second child of Yingying's family to kindergarten? You? I think it's just right for you to send Yangyang to kindergarten, but it's a pity that you have to leave! Hey......" Zhong Neng said in accordance with the old horse's words.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Yangyang is a kindergarten class this year, and there are still two years of work after the small class is completed, if Zhiyuan works in these two years, who will send Yangyang to kindergarten? If Zhiyuan doesn't work all the time, Lao Ma may not want to see him if he has braids. If you can really stay in Shenzhen and send Yangyang to school every day, it will be a beautiful thing. It's a pity, the babies grow up fast, he ages faster, even if he can send her to school, he can't send her to school for a few years, and he can't be reluctant to separate the babies when the time comes! Why don't you go back to the village! Leave it clean!

The older you get, the more you have to be hopeful, and the elderly can't afford to be disappointed a few times.

"Going is definitely going to go! I can't bear the baby! The old horse blurted out.

"Hahaha...... Cats and dogs have feelings for a long time, not to mention their own babies! After Zhong Neng finished speaking, the three old men laughed.

When it was almost six o'clock, Zhong Neng got his things ready, carried a few small fish in the bucket, and led the old horse and the walker out of the park. After the old horse arrived home, he saw Zhiyuan scrubbing and washing, busy non-stop. At eight o'clock after dinner, the father and son discussed how to spend tomorrow's birthday, and Lao Ma was watching and listening.

"I've already informed all of them today, Sister Meimei can't come, after completing her studies, my classmates Handian, Xiao Ran and Feifei are all here, and there is also a classmate from the make-up class who is also here, a total of five people, counting me and her are seven!" Tsai said and stretched out his finger to pick at the ripples of the boogers.

"How will I finish tomorrow? If you don't send it to Grandpa Zhong, I'll pick it up! You have a good class, just leave the class two classes early! Zhiyuan said to his son.

"Forget about the afternoon class, Xiao Ran and Feifei haven't seen each other for a long time! We've made an appointment to see you in the afternoon! "Tsai begged.

"Oh well! Seven children, plus ...... Four adults! A round table is enough! How about that Sichuan restaurant in the mall opposite? ”

"Yes! Xuecheng was sent by my aunt, but if my aunt comes to eat, you have to ask my mother! ”

"Hmm. I ordered a three-pound cake in the morning, enough to eat! ”

"Enough is enough!"

……

Father and son, you and I discussed word by word, and the old horse listened silently.

In the early years, people gave the doll a 100-day feast, and it was enough to get a boiled egg on other birthdays. Now every doll has to entertain guests, give gifts, buy cakes, and go to restaurants for their birthdays...... made it more pompous than the old man's birthday, and the old horse was a little incomprehensible.