Niu Chuanqing has reached this age and has three hobbies, drinking tea, smoking, and playing mahjong. Among these three hobbies, the latter two are related, because when he is not playing mahjong, he rarely smokes, a pack of cigarettes can be smoked for several days, and when he plays mahjong, it is another matter, a pack and a half are not fixed.

Since the righteous brother Ye Shifang came, in the past nearly a year, the hobby of playing mahjong is impossible to talk about, so the cigarettes have been smoked even less, and a pack of cigarettes has been opened, and it has not been smoked for ten days and a half months.

Cultivating knows that grandpa's real hobby, I'm afraid it's drinking tea. Drinking tea is an indispensable thing for Niu Chuanqing every day, especially in this winter, guarding a stove and boiling water without interruption, this tea can be drunk from morning to dark.

The tea is called 100,000 mountains, which is jasmine tea, which is usually the packaging of kraft paper bags, with four green characters of "100,000 mountains" printed vertically, and four green characters "jasmine tea" in the lower right corner of the big characters. On the left and right sides of the large characters, a sentence is written like a couplet.

"Drink 100,000 camellia often, refresh your mind and open your mind"

There are several small characters printed on the back of the brown paper bag, and when he had just finished learning the "Thousand Character Text", Niu Chuanqing asked him to read this text in order to test his literacy ability. Although he was a little stuttered at the first time, he was able to recite the text aloud after reading it well.

"The '100,000 Mountain' brand tea comes from, located at an altitude of 2,500 meters above sea level (China, Vietnam, Myanmar) at the junction, the production area is cloudy and mist, the rainfall is abundant, and there is no pollution. The unique ecological environment has created the excellent quality of 100,000 camellia. "100,000 Mountains" brand series of jasmine tea is made of Yunnan high-quality large-leaf roasting raw materials, with a special process, refined jasmine flowers in Guangxi cellar, white hao revealed, fragrant and high flavor, soup color yellow and green bright, is a natural health drink. ”

When Niu Chuanqing made tea, he would come to him most of the time, and the moment the brown paper bag he liked to hold tea was opened, he smelled the fragrance of tea wafting up, which was a faint aroma of jasmine mixed with fruit trees, and sometimes it seemed to have a slight smell of burnt smoke, like the smell of dry tobacco leaves.

Niu Chuanqing brewed tea, all grabbed a handful and threw it into the big tea jar, when the water boiled, a stream of boiling hot poured in, and the hot water vapor wrapped in the aroma of jasmine tea wafted in the room. The cultivator would often reach over the large tea pot, letting the bursts of floral-scented water caress his cheeks.

Sometimes when Niu Chuanqing's tea is halfway drunk, the cultivator will bury his face in the mouth of the big tea jar and see himself reflected in the tea from the blurred light.

"Hey! Who are you? ”

"Hey! I'm you! ”

The mouth of the large teapot is almost as big as the face of the cultivator, and he will often play with it tirelessly, and there will always be a circle of marks on his face at the end. Niu Chuanqing let this little grandson play around, he watched quietly, paying attention to the cultivation and not being scalded by the hot water.

"Grandpa, the tea is so bitter to drink, why do you like it so much?"

"Yunyun, after drinking tea for a long time, you will know that it will be sweet after being bitter."

"Bitter" is the first impression of the cultivation of tea, but it is such a bitter tea, he found that just like his grandfather Niu Chuanqing said, drinking and drinking, bitter and bitter, after the bitterness, the mouth will be sweet, with a touch of jasmine sweetness.

Niu Yonghou and Tian E arrived home when it was just dark, and they came back together in the coal truck of their brother-in-law Yan Zhangfu, and as soon as the two of them entered the house and put down their children, they were ready to go over to greet the old man.

Ye Shifang had just come down from the kang and was putting on his shoes, when he heard the movement outside, he asked loudly.

"Are Yonghou and Tian'e back?"

"Yes, uncle, we took Zhang Fu's coal truck down the road, we would have arrived earlier, when we passed Qianyangling, there was a car that turned over when it turned a corner, and the car was blocked for a long time, which was delayed."

Niu Yonghou hurriedly responded loudly, he glanced at his wife Tian E, both of them were tired, since they set off after lunch, they have been on the road until now, and no one will be too relaxed.

"Well, it's good to come back safely, clean up and rest first, and then eat the meal, it's been delayed for so long on the way, and it is estimated that there is no place to eat. Xiaoxia is in the kitchen, and it is estimated that the meal has been cooked. Ye Shifang can still be considerate of the two children, knowing that they have two little ones with them, and it is hard to run all the way.

"Oh, yes, uncle! We got it. Niu Yonghou said, his son Niu Gengyu suddenly got up from the kang, it seemed that he was woken up by the sound of talking, and it seemed that he was in a state of peeing, Niu Yonghou glanced at his daughter-in-law and went to get the urinal.

Tian E understood, patted her body, combed her hair with her hands, and went to the opposite room to greet her mother-in-law. She stood at the door of the room and took a look, and saw her mother-in-law Wang moving her body to the edge of the kang, preparing to come down. She hurriedly went in and brought the shoes of Kangjiao and placed them under her mother-in-law's feet.

"Mom, uncle! Yonghou and I are back. ”

"Well, I'm not deaf yet, and I heard you guys return." Wang put on his shoes, still with a displeased expression on his face.

Niu Xiaoxia, who had just come from the kitchen, put the two bowls of noodles on the kang table, and glanced at her sister-in-law Tian E, who had already let her aside, come over at four o'clock in the afternoon, and she was busy cooking as soon as she came. At this moment, when she saw such a situation, she immediately took the old lady's hand and played a round game, "Mom, my brother and sister-in-law didn't come back so late on purpose, they came back together in Zhang Fu's car, and there was a traffic jam on the road." ”

"Zhang Fu is here too?"

Wang's face softened slightly, put on his shoes, and was about to go out.

"Mom, why are you going without eating?"

"I'll go and see Zhang Fu, Xiaoxia, you should come with you quickly, it is estimated that he hasn't eaten yet, hurry up and give the baby a note."

Wang and Niu Xiaoxia walked out one after the other, Tian E hurriedly dodged the way, and the old lady glanced at her and walked over. Niu Xiaoxia gently stuck out her tongue at her sister-in-law, shook her head and smiled mischievously, and followed.

Tian E breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and heard her uncle Ye Shifang, who was standing aside, say, "Your mother is such a person, such a temper, she is old, she is old, sometimes she is like a child, and she will be fine in two days." ”

Tian E nodded, "Uncle, I know, this time it was also the daughter-in-law who stayed at her mother's house for too long, which made the three of you old people suffer." ”

Ye Shifang smiled, "Silly woman, what can you suffer from this?" Don't think too much about it for a day, how is your mother's health? Is your dad okay? ”

"Uncle, Yonghou has seen it, but he twisted his ankle when he fell, and it didn't hurt his muscles and bones. I applied some medicine to invigorate blood and dissipate blood stasis, plus Yonghou kneaded and massaged every day or two. By the time we left, we were already able to get off the kang by ourselves. My dad is in good health, even uncle, you know, my dad is a lifelong farmer, uneducated, and has a big temper. This time it was because my dad and mom were arguing and chasing and beating her, and she accidentally fell while dodging. ”

Ye Shifang said "um", "Your uncle in Qishan told me about this many years ago, why is your father still like this at such an old age?" ”

Tian E sighed, feeling aggrieved for her mother, "Uncle, this is also something that can't be helped." My mom has been bullied by my dad all her life, and she has been beaten all her life, and she often wipes her tears and says, this is her life! ”

"In this life, fate is actually nothing, and many things have to be realized by yourself! Your mother is a very kind-hearted woman, who has eaten vegetarian food all her life and worshiped a Bodhisattva all her life, but she only knows how to be obedient, and this is indeed her life. You sons and daughters have done your best to be filial to her, and it can be regarded as making her feel better. ”

"Wow Wow...... Woohoo! ”

The wolf dog Xiao Hei barked wildly in the yard, followed by the voice of his mother-in-law Wang, "What are you talking about, don't you know that it is your own family?" Obediently lie down! ”

"Mom, Dad!" Yan Zhangfu opened his mouth and called.

"Xiaoxia, quickly catch the things in Zhang Fu's hand, and drive all the way, how can I let you take your luggage."

Tian E heard her mother-in-law Wang's words, and hurriedly walked out, grabbing ahead of Niu Xiaoxia to pick up the things in Yan Zhangfu's hand.

"Second sister-in-law, it's already at the door of the house, I'll just take it in, don't be so troublesome."

Yan Zhangfu smiled and excused himself, and when he glanced at his wife Niu Xiaoxia at him, he immediately realized that he hurriedly handed over all the luggage to Tian E.

The Wang family seemed to want to say something, but a smile appeared on his face when he saw this, "Zhang Fu, hurry up and sit on the kang in the house, you shouldn't have eaten yet, right?" My name is Xiaoxia, go down right now! ”

Yan Zhangfu was dragged into the house by his old mother-in-law, and saw a tall old man standing in the hall, his own height was already relatively tall, and he had not measured it specifically, about 1.7 meters. The old man in front of him seemed to be half a head taller than him, and that was one meter eight.

The tall old man wore a black octagonal hat on his head, a half-foot-long white beard on his chin, and a kind face with kind eyebrows, looking like an old gentleman who taught and educated people. However, his slightly kind smile had a little majesty in it, a bit of indescribable nobility, like a big leader in an institution, but not as domineering as a big leader.

Although the old man was wearing a thick cotton jacket in winter, the navy blue tunics covered by the cotton jacket looked straight and neat, and the cotton pants he wore did not look so bloated, and the pants covered outside were gray and white. He held his hands interactively, and naturally hung down on the lower abdomen in front of him, so that people could look at it, and only feel that the proportions of the whole body were very harmonious, and standing there was like a majestic mountain, giving people a heavy sense of strength and comfort.

Yan Zhangfu thought to himself, this old man must be the other father that his wife Niu Xiaoxia said. In the past year, he has spent most of his time running out for transportation, and he has never had time to see this old man. Originally, when he married Niu Xiaoxia, he could see it, but the old man liked to be quiet, and secondly, he went to other places, and something was delayed, so he missed the wedding.

Now that Yan Zhangfu saw the old man, he realized that his wife Xiaoxia was more correct in his later analysis, and the old man did not attend the wedding for their own good. If the old man was also there at that time, then two fathers-in-law and one mother-in-law appeared, and there was a lot of gossip in the countryside, so the new daughter-in-law Niu Xiaoxia became a topic of conversation among the villagers of Yuchi Village and Hulu Village after dinner.

"Daddy!"

Yan Zhangfu was a little scared when he thought about it, and he couldn't help but have a little more respect for the father in front of him who was thoughtful for his children.

"It's Zhang Fu! I often hear your mother-in-law and Xiaoxia talk about you, and when I saw you today, you were really a good boy. But you still call Xiaoxia the same as them, call me uncle! "The old man's voice is very magnetic, thick and warm, and it is very comfortable in the ear.

Yan Zhangfu immediately opened his mouth and called "uncle", and heard the old man agree with a smile.

"Don't even stand here, sit on the kang and get warm."

Yan Zhangfu did not shirk, followed the two old men into the house, got on the kang and sat down. At a glance, he saw the two bowls of noodles on the kang table, and hurriedly said, "Uncle, Mom, your second elder hasn't eaten yet?" Hurry up and eat it, or this side will swell into a lump. ”

Ye Shifang picked up a bowl of noodles, which was his own special bowl and chopsticks, and the colors and patterns used by others in the family were different. The bowl is an army-green enamel, like the kind used by the army, and the chopsticks are two silver chopsticks with embedded patterns, which seem to have been used for many years, and the color is a little black.

Although the Wang family said that he was a rare son-in-law, when he was eating at the moment, he did not give in at all, took out the recipe that he should have as an elder, picked up the bowl, stirred the noodles, and ate slowly.

"Fourth uncle, give you dinner!"

Originally, Yan Zhangfu felt that sitting quietly in front of the two old men, watching them eat, listening to the dull sound of the occasional collision of chopsticks and bowls, as well as the subtle sound of chewing, the scene was a little indescribably embarrassing. Now that his nephew Niu has come in, it can be regarded as a rescue, he took the bowl of noodles in his hand, looked at the familiar dishes on the top and the bright oil and spicy seeds, and suddenly smelled a burst of aroma in his nose, and couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva water, thinking, "It's still the noodles made by my wife Xiaoxia, and I also know my own taste." ”