Hearing this, Mrs. Liu got up and explained to Lin Lishan: "This Liu girl is quick with her hands and feet, and she usually takes care of the two of us. He is calm and does not live much. Live in the courtyard in front of you, you sit down for a while, and wait a while. ”

Old Man Liu watched his wife leave and refilled the tea for everyone, "This Liu girl is really two people, and she doesn't talk much, so she is our clan." Usually we live there, she takes care of us, cooks food, washes clothes, cleans up the yard, works quickly, and will know how to maintain furniture after a long time. I don't charge money, I usually give some rations, there are too many children in the family, and I can't even meet the problem of food and clothing by relying on two men in the family to work to support the family. When they are busy, just give them a 2-3 catties of food stamps. ”

Lin Lishan nodded when she heard this, and asked him, "Old man, do you usually buy the firewood on the street or someone sends it over?" ”

Old Man Liu said with a smile: "Wait for Miss Liu to come over, you will ask her." She knows better than I do, and asks her all about the details of her life. She picks up everything in my family's supply book. For example, she knows how to use the earthen stove in the living room. It just so happened that she took you to get acquainted with each other. ”

Zhao Dashan saw that Zhou Xiao was looking at the tables and chairs in the living room, and asked curiously, "Brother Zheng, do you see anything famous?" ”

Zhou Xiaozheng looked at Old Man Liu, saw that he didn't stop him, and said: "I can't see the details, I know that these are from the Ming Dynasty, all of them are rosewood, very rare, and very well maintained." Old man, your ancestors are southerners? ”

Old Man Liu stroked the handrail and recalled, "Yes, my ancestors are from the south, and my grandfather's generation began to stay in the capital for a long time." Slowly, all the clansmen moved to Guannai, and they have been in the northeast for several generations. The juniors below have forgotten that their ancestral land is still in the south of the Yangtze River, a water town with beautiful mountains and rivers and fragrant birds. It's old, it's old, and our branch has all moved here, and the ancestors probably can't find the land. My wife is also from Suzhou, and she is also slowly moving north after staying in the capital, and now there are few people in the ancestral land. ”

After speaking, he smiled first, "Your ancestors are not really from the Northeast." There are many people who have broken through the customs and entered the customs, especially the old patriarch of your Zhou family village often says that he is in the capital. He also said that he wanted to go back and have a look, but he left after speaking. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng knew that the old patriarch he was talking about should be the old man who often sighed in his head when he was a child, thinking of the old man, he paused with his hand, "The old man and our patriarch are old acquaintances?" I still remember him, he was a good man, a good elder. It's a pity that he left without even leaving a word. It's hard to know some of his preferences now. ”

He often came to inquire about the news of the capital, and he knew each other like this. People are really good. His hobby is to listen to gossip. Hehe, I like to listen to gossip everywhere. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng lowered his head thoughtfully, and after a while. Even if he looked up and saw the old man smiling, he still showed nostalgia from the vicissitudes of life, worried that the old man was sad, and changed the topic stiffly, "Old man, will you be a popular shelf bed for the girl's family to get married?" ”

Old Man Liu said with a smile: "Yes, it's the same as today's popular bicycle sewing machine watches." As long as we have a decent family, we will make a bed for the girl's family to marry. Wealthy people work materials and processes. Do you think it's strange why my wife doesn't have a shelf bed for marriage? When I returned to the Northeast, I slept on the kang according to local conditions, and the bed was not maintained. Now that my grandson is married, not to mention the shelf bed, it is just a bare kang, and there are a few broken boxes on it, and I think it looks good. ”

Old man Liu also said with emotion: "You don't know yet, today's young people pay attention to simplicity and convenience. Marriage is like child's play, we will be hired by three media and six times, everything is indispensable, if you don't do it, you will be a concubine, who wants to? ”

His words made everyone laugh. Zhou Xiaozheng smiled slightly, this old man is really interesting. As far as he likes to toss, he will not maintain it well.

Lin Lishan asked curiously: "Old man, I see that you have prepared a living room, but there are still long pipes and tobacco leaves on the kang in the room on the right side of the small courtyard, that room will not be ready to entertain guests, right?" ”

"It's really a treat. No way, when you come here, you must have a kang to entertain the locals. When someone comes to the kang and eats, you don't let you go to the kang, and you feel that you don't pay attention to the other party. It is also a custom to sit on the kang and nag on the long pipe. They didn't like the living room, so I made it available to the guests. That is, you are coming, and I invite you to come up and sit here. If the villagers come, go to the front and chat on the kang, and if you let them sit here, they will not be comfortable. ”

Lin Lishan nodded and agreed: "That room is well prepared, you must always follow the local customs." ”

Hearing this, Old Man Liu nodded, "You can put that room." Some fellows like to smoke dry tobacco on the kang to make homework, these people go directly there, they will not break into the master bedroom. There is no habit of not entering the master bedroom here, which is very bad. I set up my room and deliberately placed a study outside to prevent people from messing around. ”

Lin Lishan smiled and said to him: "Your master bedroom is the same as our delicate room. Xiao Wu also deliberately opened up the two rooms, made a small living room outside, and covered a small kang, just to prevent the villagers from entering his bedroom. This is better. ”

Mrs. Liu brought a woman and a little girl into the house, and said with a smile: "I see you have such a pleasant chat, but when it comes to happy things? This is Liu Xiaoya and her mother, I talked to them on the road. They are very familiar with that place, and if Shanshan still doesn't understand something, ask her, this girl often helps me get the things in the book, and the family is also familiar with it. ”

Lin Lishan hurriedly stood up and thanked the old lady, "Auntie, you are so good, I am worried that I am not familiar with life." Then we'll go back and clean up first, and then we'll come to the door when we're busy. ”

Old man Liu led the old lady to send everyone to the door, watched Lin Lishan pack up the back seat, Liu Xiaoya and her daughter sat up, and the car drove away before returning to the room.

Zhou Xiaozheng was driving the car, seeing that Liu Xiaoya and the two were a little restrained, and comforted: "Don't be nervous. Little girl, huh? Tell your uncle, where is it convenient to buy this wooden bed? And firewood, don't you go to someone to order? ”

Liu Xiaoya looked forward and replied, "Uncle, you can buy wooden beds at the wood factory in the city, there is everything." You give the money, and they will send it. Firewood is always someone who will come to the door and ask if you want it, you can buy it from him when you see it, it is ready-made, and you can also tell them to send it over in a few days. ”

"Okay, thank you, little girl, you and your mother will follow your aunt to the yard to see how to clean up. Sanshan, I'll drive to the door, unload my things, and go buy a bed and briquettes. You and they watch and clean up, if you can't finish today, you will be in a hurry tomorrow. Do you remember to ask Xiaoya to teach you how to use the fire wall and see what else to pay attention to inside? ”

Lin Lishan patted Liu Xiaoya's hand, "It's okay, don't be nervous." Brother Zheng, don't worry about going to work, Lao Zhao, do you still have to go to the unit after work? ”

"You don't have to go to the unit. I still accompanied Brother Zheng to the carpentry factory to see the bed, and then found someone to help pull coal, but the car couldn't fit. Brother Zheng, if you don't drive to the Women's Federation, I will let Hongli accompany my sister-in-law, they have a lot of women, and they will clean up quickly. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng looked at the time, it was really not early, "Okay, then you show the way, pick up your daughter-in-law first." Don't cook at night, go out to eat. Shanshan, you just took the curtains to Honglina and asked her to help. ”

According to Zhao Dashan's guidance, the car quickly drove to the Women's Federation, that is, the county public/security/bureau, and now the women's federation and the public/security/bureau are gathered together. Zhao Dashan didn't let him buy the car, he went upstairs directly to call someone, and after a while, he came down with Cheng Hongli.