If the old man is really gone in two or three months, you two will not be able to find anyone to serve him. ”

After the New Year, it was the fifth day of the first lunar month, Li Qing and Ouyang were going to H City, Cheng Jin and his sister-in-law

The son is still at home, as the old saying goes

"Seventy-three, eighty-four. King Wu Yan didn't invite himself to go, "Ouyang Lei is just eighty years old after the New Year, and he is not here."

On the two hurdles, it shouldn't be so fast.

What's more, Ouyang Lei has a very clear mind and is not confused.

"----Quack", the car suddenly stopped! interrupted Li Qing's recollection.

Ouyang took a deep breath! Li Qing looked at the man in front of him, he was too tired, born like this

He was too tired of the family.

Li Qing stretched out his left hand, grabbed Ouyang's right hand and stroked it, and then touched the back of Ouyang's neck, light

Ask lightly

"Why don't you squint for a while? No matter how much you hurry, you can't see the last time the old man comes. ”

Li Qing persuaded Ouyang, but he couldn't help sobbing, and Old Ouyang bit his lower lip and cried intermittently

continue

"Old man, you have an opinion on me! In fact, he is, the most.. Like my... At that time, my dad and I were in the oil mill.

Whenever the machine was overhauled, Dad would unload the machine and put it on the ground, and then Dad would walk away, too

But come and put it back on, leave me there alone, I touch this and touch that

I figured it out and put the machine on myself, again and again. “

"I only know now that my father is forcing me to learn, otherwise how can I be so clear about the car now?"

Li Qing grabbed Ouyang's hand tightly and forcibly held back the trembling of his body, and after a long time, Ouyang's mood calmed down

Come, park next to the toll booth.

Ouyang got out of the car and peed, got into the car and lit a cigarette, and the car drove forward quickly... Arrived at home

It was eight o'clock in the morning on the seventh day of the new year, and the middle snow on the fourth day of the new year had melted.

On the third day of Ouyang Lei's death, after being buried, other relatives and friends left one after another.

The last table is Chengjin's aunt and sister-in-law and Chengjin's daughter-in-law Li Qing and Jiang Cui, as well as Ouyang's fourth uncle and fourth aunt.

The fourth aunt said with wide eyes and grinning

"Now this table is your own family, you're welcome, come and sit down and eat."

Everyone sat around, and the kitchen cooked the food and served it.

Chengjin's daughter-in-law poured wine for everyone, and everyone's wine glass was full of wine.

Everyone raised their glasses, starting with the elders, and everyone at the table drank.

When everyone is drinking,

The fourth aunt said

"Now, your father is gone, and there is only an old mother left, who is over seventy years old, you see

What to do, who does the old mother live with? “

Everyone was silent for a while, and Cheng Jin said with a smile

"The key is where my mother can get used to it, my eldest brother and sister-in-law are in other places all the year round, and my mother can't go there to live permanently; I am also in the field all the year round, my wife is in the county to accompany the study, my mother and my wife do not deal with each other, stay together for less than a day may have to quarrel, our family can only be insured for a year, I had a small stroke the year before last, my wife is not in good health, hehe"

Jiang Cui shook his head and said

"Ouch, I'm not going anywhere, I'm just staying at home,

I have hands and feet, and I'm still free at home."

"What about Ouyang? But come and drink with my fourth aunt, hehehe"

"Ouyang is at that table?"

"Li Qing, then you go and call Ouyang,"

"What is the fourth aunt looking for me, okay, we respect you"

"Before eating, I had already talked to Li Qing in private, Li Qing promised the old mother to bear the life of Ouyang in the future, and when he couldn't move his hands and feet, Ouyang would bear it, but at present, he had no choice but to go home often

Look. “

"Oh oh oh, the fourth aunt drinks and drinks"

The sister-in-law said

"Yes, we all want to go out to earn some money now, we can't stay at home all year round to accompany my mother, and the families are not very rich.

Still struggling for life, I know they really can't help it."

"The old mother can move her hands and feet for the time being, and her body is okay."

"Although we said that we were retired, we were still helping our sons and granddaughters in the provincial capital, and we could only talk about going home on weekends or holidays; Ouyang and the others have not been smooth in the past two years, and they probably haven't earned anything

When it comes to money, Chengjin and his wife are not in good health, and their youngest son is in high school, so the burden is also heavy; Mom has two sons, and it is impossible to live in her daughter's house all the year round, which makes people laugh, we are a rural village. “

Let's talk about it, but there is no result after the meal.

Jiang Cui lives alone at home.

Two weeks after Ouyang Lei's burial, according to rural customs, there was one on the twenty-second and twenty-third days of the first month

Some rituals need to be performed. Twenty-two also invited four tables of guests to dinner.

On the afternoon of the twentieth, Li Qing and Ouyang returned

Family.

From a distance, I saw the eldest daughter-in-law of the next door wearing a tweed coat and leggings, and rain boots, standing in the vegetable garden holding a hoe

Head hoe. Seeing that Li Qing and Ouyang were back, they greeted each other with a smile

"You two are back?"

"Farmers in this new era are different, hoeing the ground in a tweed coat, hahaha"

"I just came home from a drink, and I was going to plant some cabbage for the vegetable garden, break the mud, sow some rapeseeds, and didn't change my clothes, hehehe"

Jiang Cui stood at the gate, and after a while, Cheng Jin came from the county seat, and several people walked to the backyard to see if the hut was empty.

Jiang Cui said

"I thought your father was alive, and when I went home, I looked at the hut, and when it was time to cook, I hurried home to cook, and the old man used to eat at the point, and it has become a habit for more than ten years, hehehe"

Ouyang said

"Dad is lying in bed like that, he can't take care of himself, he's gone, you're relieved, he's free"

"Now that he's gone, I feel like I'm idle and have nothing to do all day."

"Isn't there a vegetable garden, so you can pass the time?"

"Twenty-two treats, are you going to spend money to ask someone else to do it, or do you want to do it yourself?"

Li Qing discussed with everyone to do it himself, and the Ouyang brothers agreed.

Ouyang Chengjin went back to his home in the county seat after dinner.

Ouyang had dinner and ran out to play next door.

Only Jiang Cui and Li Qing were left in the house, and they all went to bed.

Jiang Cui was in the westernmost room, watching TV.

Li Qing was in the easternmost room, playing with his mobile phone.

Li Qingzheng looked at his mobile phone, and for less than ten minutes, he only heard Jiang Cui shouting loudly

"Li Qing! Li Qing! ”

Li Qing was very startled, thinking that something had happened, so he quickly got out of bed, put on his coat and ran

When I went to the west room, I saw Jiang Cui lying on my clothes, and saw Li Qing walking in, pointing to the TV opposite the bed

machine

"Look at it! Why can't you let it out! What a deal! Yes! ”

Li Qing looked at the small pot, the indicator light was on, and the TV was full of snowflakes.

"I guess there's something wrong with this little pot,"

Li Qing dialed Ouyang's phone,

"There seems to be a problem with the TV at home and it can't be put out, can you come back and take a look?"

"I'll play here for a while,..."

"It's been a good morning! Cheng Jin watched TV in the room in the afternoon and broke my TV! ”

Jiang Cui immediately dialed Cheng Jin's phone,

"You broke my TV, ah! I can't put it out! my TV! ”

"I'll come back tomorrow and get it right,"

"Don't mess with my TV next time!"

Li Qing saw that Jiang Cui was anxious, so he put the TV series on his mobile phone to Jiang Cui to watch.

Jiang Cui stared at the phone and said

"It's okay if I stop for a while and don't look at it."

"Put your phone here, look,"

Li Qing turned around and walked to the east room, went to bed and lay down.

After about ten minutes, Jiang Cui Tengteng pushed the door and walked in, holding Li Qing's hand in his hand

Machine. Said helplessly

'The phone is for you,'

Li Qing took it and took a look, the video was not played continuously, it stopped, and it was estimated that the signal in the west room was not

Good.

Jiang Cui turned around and went to the west room. All I heard was the sound of the door closing.

At six o'clock in the morning of the twenty-first day, Li Qing walked from the east room to the gate, and the surroundings were quiet and fresh

The air, without the hustle and bustle of the city, is a green vegetable garden in front of the door, and the golden rape flowers are blooming

Put, peach trees, plum trees, pomegranate trees have sent out tender shoots, and in the distance is a vast field, and the village is faint

Visible.

Ouyang pushed the family's electric car to the gate, and Ouyang found a large snakeskin bag from the backyard and folded it

Fold it up and put it in the basket. Jiang Cui gave Ouyang a few hundred yuan, because all the favors were there this time

Jiang Cui there.

Ouyang twisted the key, Li Qing sat in the back seat, Ouyang twisted the handle, and the electric car started, whirring

Rushing forward, from the door to the East Street vegetable market is a cement road.

Eighteen minutes later, Ouyang stopped the car, Li Qing sat down from behind, and the two of them had a vegetable stall

Looking at the vegetable stall, I bought a total of six catties of pork, six catties of beef, three catties of lettuce, and three catties of peeled pu

Autumn, four catties of shiitake mushrooms, four catties of leek yellow.

There are also pig's trotters, chicken, fish, shrimp and other vegetarian dishes at home, and there are only a lot more.

Li Qing smelled the fragrance of fried dim sum, in the field, he couldn't eat snacks from his hometown, Ouyang was ready to be here

Eat, look at the dim sum stalls are full, Li Qing

say

"Buy it and eat it with grandma"

Ouyang bought eight snacks, tied them in a clean bag, put them in the basket in front of him, and returned home

At seven o'clock, Jiang Cui didn't make breakfast, everyone

Just drink boiled water and eat snacks.

Jiang Cui ate two and pouted,

"The dim sum doesn't taste good at all right now"

Considering that Li Qing had to participate in the ceremony that day, the braised dishes had to be cooked in advance, yes

The side dishes should be cut out, and the balls wrapped in tofu skin should be wrapped.

The ten-pound big carp, because it was not bought now, Jiang Cui said proudly with a smile on the corner of his mouth

"Li Qing, I'll teach you a new way to use this fish, cut it into pieces, wipe it with starch, and fry it in a pan

When it is braised again, wrap well with the ingredients. ”

"Okay, that's it"

Li Qing knew that for decades, the fish made by Jiang Cui were very fishy and tasteless.

Li Qing put on an apron and carefully washed the fish larvae, and the black skin and teeth in the gills and fish belly were all cut off.

Put it in a large basin and marinate it with cooking wine, salt, and soy sauce.

After breakfast, Li Qing was ready to pick vegetables and wash them. Jiang Cui got on the electric car and prepared to rush to the street

Go, I'm going to find a merchant to repair the small pot, Ouyang said

"I'll go out on the street and help you do it"

"You don't know which one it is, what the specific situation is, I can tell it clearly"

Twist the handle and rush forward. Forty minutes later, it was back.

"Found it, he said that he would come to the door in a few days to get a new one."

Jiang Cui took some dry firewood, branches, and hay from outside the courtyard to the side of the pot hole in the earthen stove and brought it to the lettuce oil

Twist the lid of the large plastic bucket and pour oil into the iron pot.

"After eating the raw vegetable oil at home, I just finished raising some vegetables

Oil. Fry the fish. ”

Jiang Cui sat down on a small wooden bench by the pot hole, led the fire, and sandwiched some dry branches on the fire, fire

Miao is very prosperous.

Ouyang cut the meat on the small square table, the rooster meat was cut into small pieces and braised in small pieces, and the hen meat was cut into large pieces.

Put the soup in another iron pot and simmer.

Braised pork belly cut into pieces,