Chapter 17: Family

For a person of Grandma Lin Qingjia's age, it is natural to be old year by year, day by day. When people get old, their desire for material things is almost none. All day long, I just look forward to my children and grandchildren around my knees and family reunions.

Grandma's old house was in the westernmost part of the village, with a hill in its back and a pond in front of it. Next to the old house is a small building, which is Lin Shan Lin Yu's home. At this point, the door was closed, and it looked like no one was home.

Grandma's house is neat and orderly, large and small items are lined up, and the color classification is also very particular. Lin Qingjia knew that it was not set up to welcome the New Year, it was always so.

Grandpa is diligent and an idle person. The neatness of the items is also his credit, and the grandmother also proudly appreciates the grandfather's love for cleanliness. He basically runs the house and the house, except for cooking.

Lin Qingjia even felt that his grandfather seemed to have some obsessive-compulsive disorder.

There is a vegetable garden of about 20 square meters behind my grandmother's house, which is extremely rare in the city. In addition to planting some ordinary onions, garlic, vegetables, and sugar cane, there is also a papaya tree outside the garden, and there is still papaya.

Because Lin Qingjia likes to eat. The last time Lin Qingjia ate papaya, he took a photo of Wang Zhiqiu. Then Wang Zhiqiu said, "You also know that you need to make up for it", Lin Qingjia knew what he said, saying that she had small breasts. "Cut, this is useless", Lin Qingjia just likes to eat, anyway, it's not for breast enlargement. "Oh, you know it too", Lin Qingjia always said nothing about him.

The vegetable garden is also taken care of by the grandfather, from digging and planting, to fertilizing, picking, until washing, the grandfather is responsible for cooking. I don't even have to wash a bowl after dinner, because grandpa is reluctant to make grandma tired.

Grandma suffered a lot with her grandfather when she was young, and now she can't stand up when she is old, and she looks much older.

Grandpa was often on the run when he was young, and his grandmother was taking care of him at home. Lin Qingjia's father and uncle were very fierce by their grandmother every time they played disobediently. Because my grandmother is busy every day, I really don't have much time to educate slowly. Fortunately, they grew up sensible and sympathetic to their grandmothers.

The eldest uncle is the eldest son, and because of the business, he stays at home, which can not only make money to support the family, but also facilitate the care of the two elderly people.

Lin Qingjia's father chose to go to the city for development because of his ideals. I will also send back a lot of money to my uncle every month for the living expenses of my grandparents. Lin Qingjia's mother would also call home from time to time to talk to the elderly and relieve boredom.

"Nannan, eat fruit", "Nannan eats glutinous rice", "Nannan eats sugar"......

After the grandmother brought them into the house, they ...... from the cupboard and drawer. I brought out a lot of food, and it was obvious that it was specially reserved for them.

Of course, Lin Qingjia has no shortage of food, but her grandmother still wants to leave everything to her. And she noticed that these foods were very much liked when she was a child.

Even the packaging of the candy was what it looked like when he was a child, and Lin Qingjia had never seen it again except in his hometown.

Lin Qingjia couldn't help but wonder again, is there still a market for such sugar, the candy factory is still producing before it closes down.

Grandma was sitting next to Lin Qingjia, talking and watching Lin Qingjia eat.

After sitting in the car for a long time, Lin Qingjia felt a little thirsty. So he picked up a pear and peeled it.

Once you are done, cut it in half naturally and hand it to your grandmother. Grandma said no, she said that the old man is particular about one pear and can't bear to eat it twice, because "separate pears" and "separation".

Suddenly, Lin Qingjia was a little stunned. Wang Zhiqiu, you have eaten my pear.

Lin Qingjia's parents are in the kitchen, sorting out the chickens, ducks, and fish brought over this time into the refrigerator. Grandma's family raised more than a dozen chickens, killing them for the New Year's holiday, and keeping the old hens to lay eggs.

Grandma heard from Mother Lin that the local eggs in the city were very expensive, so she said that she would keep saving them until they came back and took them away. Just now, I was very happy to take Lin Qingjia to see those eggs, and there were some children's behaviors of asking for merit and praise.

In fact, Lin Qingjia doesn't often eat them at home, and even if local eggs are more expensive, how can he not afford to eat them. Lin's mother just mentioned what she saw when she was shopping for vegetables when she was on the phone with them.

But the old man is like this, the younger children casually say that they all take it to heart, and will try their best to do it.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

At this time, there was a sound of the door closing next to him, and the uncle's family came back. I don't know if my sister is back, Lin Qingjia hurriedly ran out to see.

As a result, it was Lin Yu who was seen, and it turned out that he had been at home all along. Lin Qingjia saw him with his head down, his hands in his pockets, and he walked towards his grandmother's old house with some reluctance.

Lin Qingjia guessed that it should be the grandmother who called just now to tell the uncle that they were home, and then the uncle asked Lin Yu to come over to accompany her.

It's been a while since grandma called. Lin Yu has only come over now, and he is probably very reluctant. Thinking of this, Lin Qingjia greeted him with a smile.

She understands Lin Yu's temperament, it's not that she doesn't want to see them, it's just that he doesn't like to be with adults when he grows up. I'm afraid that if I don't have anything to talk about, the atmosphere will be too embarrassing.

It's not like when he was a child, when Lin Qingjia dragged him to his grandmother's house, and he was never tired of it. When I talk to my grandmother, my mouth is so sweet.

Sure enough, it can't be uplifted to grow up, who is still the same. At that time, she didn't come up to anything, and people laughed at her, "It's not your grandmother", and she was still happy.

After Lin Yu called "grandma" at the door, he went to the wall and walked straight to the vegetable garden. Lin Qingjia curiously followed him over, only to see his grandfather there. It turned out that Grandpa was tidying up the fence of the vegetable garden, and Lin Yu came to help.

They didn't say much, they did their own thing, and there was a tacit understanding that they couldn't say. Lin Qingjia looked at his skillful techniques, and his attitude of not being dirty at all. She thought that Lin Yu should often accompany her grandfather to do it.

Just like when she was a child, Lin Shan often dyed her grandfather's hair, which is a habit and a tacit understanding.

Their grandfather was an old man who loved beauty. He was sixty or seventy years old, and his hair was dyed black as soon as it was white. When walking, always straighten your waist and look particularly young.

When Lin Shan was older, she helped her grandfather dye her hair, and when Lin Yu was older, she helped her grandfather tidy up the fence. Only her, Lin Qingjia, loves to play when she is a child, and she will only cause chaos to her grandparents. When I grew up, I went to school in the city with my parents.

She only came back once in a long time, and because she couldn't come back often, her grandparents didn't let her do anything. Nothing was done for them, but they were pampered the most. Lin Yu, the eldest grandson, can't compare to her.

Lin Qingjia approached them and squatted next to his grandson. Seeing Lin Yu reach out for the bamboo plaques scattered in the soil, he wanted to pick it up and hand it to him first.

The grandfather, who was working silently, also raised his head at this time, smiled dotingly and said, "Jiajia, don't move, dirty hands."

Lin Qingjia smiled sweetly and said obediently, "Just go back and wash, it doesn't matter." provoked Lin Yu to look up at her as well, Lin Qingjia noticed his gaze and turned his head to look at him suspiciously.

Seeing Lin Yu pursing his lips and chuckling, Lin Qingjia suddenly remembered when he was a child. He pointed to him to do everything, Lin Yu was not happy at all, so he said not to take him to play, and then he did it obediently.

"Hey, no, the girl's hands have to be clean and good-looking, and if someone does it, you can't do it. The ancients didn't say that a pair of ten-fingered jade is not romantic. We are good-looking girls, and our hands must be good-looking. Grandpa said very seriously, and said that she was good-looking, Lin Qingjia was a little embarrassed.

Lin Yu deliberately stretched out his hand, as if he was showing off and complaining. His fingers are slender, his bones are distinct, and the green tendons on the back of his hands burst out, giving people a very powerful feeling. The palms of the hands are covered with fine lines, and the roots of the fingers have visible calluses.

Lin Qingjia put his hand in front of him and gestured, only to find that Lin Yu's hand was more than one size bigger than her. Originally, she still felt that her hands were white and tender, delicate and clean. As soon as I made a gesture, I suddenly felt that my hands had no aura. As they often say, height is a hard injury.

Lin Qingjia made an annoyed expression, and then slapped Lin Yu's hand with his backhand, as if to blame him for looking better than hers.

Grandpa looked at the two of them with a smile, and then said that Lin Qingjia just looked at it and didn't move. Grandpa also stretched out his hand, and then put it in front of Lin Yu's hand. Grandpa's fingers are more slender than Lin Yu's, and his palms are larger, which looks easy to give people a sense of security.

But Lin Qingjia also noticed that there were many age spots on the back of his grandfather's hands, scattered on the loose flesh. There are many deep marks on the palms of the hands, as well as thick dead skin. This is a pair of hands that have gone through vicissitudes, and Qingjia looks a little sad.

"Grandpa" Lin Yu's tone was a little childish, and he was also blaming his grandfather for the feeling of comparing hands with him. At this time, Lin Qingjia laughed out loud, and then approached Lin Yu and whispered, "This bad old man is very bad." Then Lin Yu also smiled, and Grandpa looked at them and laughed too.

Lin Yu used to think that since Lin Qingjia went to college, it seemed that there was a generation gap with him. In fact, their ages are also much different, but Lin Yu didn't think about it before. Lin Qingjia's conversation and posture in front of people are urban, delicate and confident, and Lin Yu feels inferior.

In junior high school, he has just entered his youth, and Lin Qingjia is already a college student who has "seen the world". So he was afraid that she would think he was lonely and rough, so he didn't dare to play with her.

It is also because of Lin Qingjia's changes that he has a strong desire to change himself. He was able to be admitted to a high school, and a lot of motivation was his inferiority complex. It made him determined to become excellent and confidently talked to Lin Qingjia.

Lin Qingjia patted him and said this just now, and Lin Yu suddenly felt that Lin Qingjia hadn't changed much. In essence, he is still the Lin Qingjia who likes to bully him and say funny things. I didn't expect her to say, "This bad old man is very bad", and it seems that she doesn't play with her mobile phone less.

Where would Lin Qingjia have thought that he would have such a big impact on Lin Yu.

When dinner was approaching, the uncle, the aunt and Lin Shan returned home. In the small house of the grandparents, the real family is reunited.

At the dinner table, the uncle and the aunt kept asking Lin Qingjia words, and seemed to be very interested in her major. Lin Qingjia's father asked about Lin Yu's achievements and ideals, and her mother cared about Lin Shan's lifelong events.

In front of everyone, Lin Qingjia's father said something, he didn't care how his daughter did in the exam, he said that she should choose her major at will, etc. also persuaded the uncle not to put pressure on Lin Yu and persuaded Lin Yu to work hard to get into college.

Lin Qingjia silently complained in her heart, she was obviously adjusted. But she could also hear the pride and sorrow in her father's words.

Although her university is not a double-first-class university, it is also the first college student in their Lao Lin family.

During the meal, I heard from the uncle that a customer in the store intended to introduce Lin Shan to someone. In Lin Qingjia's opinion, her sister is not very old, but in the eyes of her uncle, she is an old girl.

Uncle Niang said that Lin Shan was 26 again, and she would soon be 27. If you meet the eyes of the person introduced by the customer, fall in love, get married, and have your first child before the age of 30.

After the aunt finished speaking, Lin Qingjia reacted, my sister is already 26 years old, and it seems that she is really not small.