The days of March are warm and cold, today

The temperature soared to 23 degrees.

Li Qing went back to his hometown this afternoon to do Qingming,

It took more than an hour to get a bus from the provincial capital to the county

city, and then a 10-minute bus ride to town,

Get off the bus and walk for ten minutes to the front of Song Namzhi Temple, the door

It was made of iron and painted red, and the door was closed.

Li Qing pushed it with his hand and inserted it from the inside

Bolt.

Li Qing looked into the courtyard through the crack in the door, Song Nan

The branch was not in the courtyard, but shouted to the courtyard through the crack in the door:

"Mom~Mom~"

There is no sound in it,

Li Qinghu suspicious? Knock hard and punch the crack of the door

Shout in, :

"Mom~Mom~"

After a few minutes, the courtyard learned about Suosuo~

The voice is getting closer and closer, Li Qing

"Mom"

Song Nanzhi was in the door, explaining with a smile

"It's Qing'er, just in the toilet,"

As he spoke, he pulled the deadbolt open.

Li Qing walked into the courtyard, which was a row of seats facing north and south

There are four brick walls and red tile houses, and the yard is more than 200 square meters

square, a two-meter-high courtyard wall.

There is an osmanthus tree in the middle of the yard with a bowl mouth

So thick, leafy to stretch out a handful of rain

The umbrella stands, more like a mother's open arms

Then the children returned.

Every autumn osmanthus blooms, inside and outside the courtyard

A light fragrance fills the nose. The osmanthus tree is planted on the east side

A rose, the branches and leaves swaying gently in the breeze~

A few flowers under the axils of the leaves are ready to bud.

To the west of the Guihua tree is a peach tree, which is large

About a meter tall, four or five sturdy branches work hard

The upward growth, the strings of red and gorgeous

The flowers and the petite green young leaves reflect each other, and the beauty makes it

People are surprised!

On the south side of the osmanthus tree there are four pairs of three meters

A small vegetable patch two meters long and wide, with green cabbage

, green garlic, chives, vibrant.

Separated from the vegetable garden by a wall is the town center primary school,

There are more than a dozen camphor trees planted along the courtyard wall in the school.

There are four or five meters high, very neat, towards one by one

The armed guards wore green uniforms,

Protecting this peaceful courtyard.

When Li Hong was stunned, her mother covered the courtyard door. To Lee

Qing Says:

"It's been so warm these days, just took a shower, a few

Laundry,"

In the southeast corner of the yard is the old kitchen, next to the pool,

Song Nanzhi continued while doing laundry

"You go make a cup of tea and drink it, and rely on the two sticks of water inside

The pot was boiled today"

Li Qing'en agreed, opened the screen door of the hall,

Walk inside.

Li Qing walked into the Westinghouse, put down his handbag,

Unzip it and take out a change of clothes from the inside

Come.

The beds were made with three beds tiled on top

Quilt, quilt covered with a large chintz

on.

Li Qing walked out of the hall and went to the westernmost one

The house walked.

This is a newly built house last year, facing south

It is a kitchen with a length of 4 meters, 3 meters and 5 meters.

On the south and west sides, there are two aluminum joints

Gold glass window in the shape of a brand-new stove, quartz

Stone countertop, red aluminum alloy base cabinet, floor shop

Imitation wood floor tiles, equipped with a range hood.

Facing north is a bathroom, which is done dry

Wet separation, the entrance is a white finished washstand,

The innermost is equipped with a toilet and an electric water heater.

Li Qing gently unscrewed the faucet with his right hand and put it

After some cold water, bend down and lift your left hand to wash your face

The water bottle next to the table is half a bottle of warm water.

Tear off the towel on the hanger and wet it carefully

I wiped my face, put it in the sink and scrubbed it twice,

I twisted it, wiped my face again, and then used soap

Wipe on a towel, scrub twice, wash your hands, use

Towel dry.

Walked to the hall and took the tea tray from the bookcase

Take out a teacup with a white enamel handle, since

Pour some boiling water out of the water bottle next to the wall and wash it

Next Cup.

Pick up some tea from the round tea barrel

leaves, pour boiling water into the teacup, tea leaves in tea

The cup was tumbling, and a burst of green fragrance was in the nose.

Li Qing picked up the teacup in one hand and held one in the other

Only a small wooden bench, with your feet to push open the screen door, on the balcony

Sit down, hold up the teacup and take a sip of tea, sweet

Sweet tea in.

The warm sun shone on his body, and Li Qingchang

A pair of sandals, Song Nanzhi while drying clothes

ask

"Why don't you come back for dinner at noon?"

"In the morning, I cleaned up the house and put down the bowl of noodles

Strips eaten. ”

"Are you hungry now?"

"It's only three o'clock, I'm not hungry, I'm not hungry."

Song Nanzhi finished drying his clothes and brought three empty water bottles,

Scoop the hot water in the big iron pot in the old kitchen

in a water bottle.

Dong Dong went to the small vegetable garden to pick up leaves, and Song Nanzhi bent

Waist up, one by one leaves picked up the vegetable patch

In the ditch, I was very busy, and then I used a broom

Leaves swept into a pile.

Take out a snakeskin bag from the old kitchen,

Grab the leaves into the bag one by one, Li Qing

also put down the teacup and ran over, and Li Qing also went to catch the tree

Ye, helping Song Nanzhi carry the bag.

At first glance, leaves scattered in the vegetable patch

There are not many, but there are half snakes in the group

Leather bags. Song Nanzhi said with great interest:

"Just this half bag of leaves is enough for me for many days.

This is the school camphor leaves, dried, very

It is easy to make a fire, the tongs are not broken, and a large iron is used

Boil some bath water in a pot, and if you don't check off the leaves

It will also crush the dish to death.

As long as the wind blows, the leaves of the camphor tree rattle, like

Like a cash cow, leaves fall into my yard

Come on, hehehe~"

Since Li Zhenfu died suddenly of a heart attack, Li

Qing and Li Feng married one after another.

Song Nanzhi and Li Yun lived together, and then they were obsessed

intends to move from Li Yun's house to the old house to live alone,

I haven't seen Song Nanzhi smile happily for many years.

Li Qing sweated, and his underwear was sticky

skin, pick up a change of clothes and go to the bathroom to take a shower.

Song Nanzhi had already put the three bottles of water in the iron pot

put

In the bathroom, after taking a shower, bring the clothes to the hospital

When the sub-pool is by the pool,

Song Nanzhi asked:

"What do you want to eat at night?" Rice or noodles? ”

"I ate noodles at noon and don't want to eat noodles anymore,"

"There's a lot of food left over at noon, so we'll warm it up later

Bar"

"Okay"

At about five o'clock,

Li Qing dried his clothes, and Song Nanzhi's rice was also cooked

In the new kitchen, there is a new one against the wall

of the square dining table, which originally had a chair,

Li Qing went to the hall and moved a chair over,

Sit down opposite Song Nanzhi, although the new kitchen is in

The westernmost side of the house, but not hot at all.

The west courtyard wall is close to the school's teaching building.

To the northwest is the newly built community in town, too in the afternoon

Yang is blocked by the building outside the courtyard, and the new kitchen

The north and south of the house are transparent, the south wind blows, and the cool breeze gusts,

Four dishes on the table: steamed salted duck and stir-fried vegetables

Scrambled eggs with toon, spiced dried radish.

Li Qing is losing weight and doesn't dare to eat more, eat

A small bowl of rice, Song Nanzhi ate a big bowl of rice,

Stir-fried greens and toon scrambled eggs are all eaten and salty

The duck and dried radish were brought into the cupboard.

Li Qing wanted to wash the pots and dishes, but Song Nanzhi refused

Reach out and wash yourself, pots, bowls, chopsticks, spoons

Drain the water and dry it with a clean rag

Leave the bottom of the washing basin facing the sky and finally wipe the counter

Face.

After cleaning up the kitchen, Song Nanzhi took off his apron

"Qing'er, let's go out for a walk"

"En"

Song Nanzhi locked the door and went out of the courtyard door, yes

A two-meter-wide cement paved sub walked two

After 100 meters, there is the national highway. Song Nanzhi

"I usually go out for a walk every afternoon, days

Go home before dark, and don't go out when it's dark or before dawn

When you come to activities, pay attention to safety, and occasionally go out in the morning

Coming and going, the elderly can't stay alone for a long time

At home, you have to go out to contact others, more

Look at the trees and flowers on the side of the road."

Li Qing said

"Yes, it's good for your body to go for a walk."

Li Qing accompanied Song Nanzhi across the national highway and walked

To the cement road in the village, the cement road in the village

There are few cars and the air is fresh.

Vegetables are planted on both sides of the road, green garlic and white

Vegetables, lettuce, broad beans, chives.

In particular, rape flowers are the most eye-catching, golden yellow

One piece, walked in, and the fragrance of flowers was even more refreshing.

Li Qing noticed that there was a row of bungalows on the side of the road, which was large

There were seven or eight rooms, and there were a few old people sitting at the door with dumbfounded eyes

Looking at the side of the road, Song Nanzhi introduced

"This is a retirement home in Hope Village.

These are all five-guarantee households, and food, drink and accommodation are free.

The state gives them a hundred dollars a month to spend on themselves,

Buy some toiletries or something, enough for women,

Haha men's smoking is not enough. ”

"Oh~"

Li Qing accompanied Song Nanzhi and continued to walk forward.

There is a two-up-and-two-down intersection in front

Building, a gray-haired, obese man

The old lady smiled and greeted Song Nanzhi,

"Where are you going?"

"Take a walk, you've had dinner."

"I've Eaten It"

By this time it was already dark.

Li Qing saw a woman in her thirties and sat down

On an electric car, stop on the side of the road with one foot on the hand

Holding a folder, looking around.

Seeing Li Qing and the others, he walked forward and asked

"Auntie, is this Wang Zhuang?"

The fat old lady replied with a smile

"This is Wang Zhuang, girl, who are you looking for?"

"Oh, I'm the clerk in the town, and I'm going to the village nucleus

The real three high crowds, I can't find anyone during the day"

Flipping through the folder, Li Qing stepped forward to look at the table

There are many names registered.

"Auntie, do you know Wang Ping's family?"

"I'm Wang Ping, hahaha"

Li Qing and Song Nanzhi turned and walked forward,

"This old man of Wang Ping's family is also hemiplegic after a stroke,

Wang Ping himself has a serious heart attack, and he is also three

A daughter. What to do? Before the eldest daughter

I hugged my grandson in the year, and now I live in my son's house in the provincial capital,

The youngest daughter accompanies her in the county seat.

In the end, let the second daughter go home to take care of Wang Ping and his wife

Two. The eldest woman and the youngest daughter each take out five per month

100 yuan, as a salary for the second daughter. ”

"That's fine."

"Hahaha, it's so troublesome for them to eat, one meal

To make three things, the old man eats the same, and Wang Ping eats

It's the same, the second daughter eats the same, hahaha.

"Yes, Mom, you fried vegetables are rotten,

It's really not delicious, and so is Grandma Wang, green

Put the dishes in the pot and steam them, hey..."

"You're young now, not that old...

Grandma Wang said that day that now we are the same, both

It's a person. “

"Now in both rural and urban areas, the elderly live alone

A lot, and that's really a problem.

On the first floor of a house in the provincial capital of our province, there lived a man in his nineties

The old grandmother, who died a few years ago, has it

When she had a daughter, she lived alone in her own house.

I don't go anywhere, and my daughter sometimes comes to visit and take care of one

Fortunately, the grandmother is deaf and thin

Thin and small, often go to the door of the community to walk around,

Sometimes it is near the staircase. ”

Song Nanzhi was silent.

Li Qing thought about it and said

"If only the village had arranged for people to live alone every day

It should be better for the elderly to take a walk around their homes

Bar"

"This.."

Some people in the vegetable garden are still picking vegetables, and some are there

hoeing, the old man walking on the road is in twos and threes,

They are all elderly people in the town, and they are overwhelming

Some of Song Nanzhi knew each other and greeted each other

Phew, I would like to introduce Li Qing to others

"This is the second son, come back to be Qingming"

"Your little second son looks white and clean."

Li Qing also greeted with a smile, and his aunt and uncle took it

A few words, Song Nanzhi chatted with some uncles and aunts

A few words, and one more word of advice

"Let's talk at home when you have time"

The cement road in the village was repaired to every house, and it was also opened

Bus, Li Qing feels that the current countryside is really one

Day a change.