"Grandma, is embroidery easy to learn?" Dong Xinran was suddenly interested when he heard and imagined the appearance of the flower embroidered on the purse in his hand, and asked with bright eyes.

"It's not hard." Grandma Dong was also shocked when she saw that Dong Xinran was interested, but she was afraid that she would retreat, so she quickly shook her head.

"Then I'll learn. But I don't have much time at home for the rest of my life. ”

"It's okay, aren't you resting at home these days? I will first teach you a few basic and commonly used embroidery methods, and when the time comes, you will walk with the embroidery thread and cloth head, and practice your hands first. Learning this is all about patience. Grandma Dong couldn't hide her excitement.

"Okay, then I'll give it a try." Dong nodded happily, she felt that she was not impatient.

"If you can learn this craft of mine, I can rest assured, I still have someone to inherit these embroidery methods." The smile on Grandma Dong's face could no longer be stopped. She was happy, Li Yan was also very happy, and looked at Dong Xinran, "If you can really learn your grandmother's craft, even if you learn half of it, you won't have to worry about running out of money for the rest of your life." ”

"Grandma, since you are afraid that your embroidery skills will be lost, why didn't you teach me before?" Dong Xinran was a little puzzled.

"In the early years of natural disasters, it was not easy for everyone to be busy filling their stomachs, who could take care of going to school." This time, there was no need for Grandma Dong to speak, Li Yan directly explained, and after explaining, she looked at the time, "It's almost time, it's time to go grocery shopping." ”

"That's right, you all bring this purse with you." Grandpa Dong carefully folded the talisman and put it into the purse one by one, and there were four purses in the finished product, so Dong Xinran naturally reached out and put one into his pocket, and said to Li Yan and Dong Xuezhan, "Mom and Dad, I also want to go grocery shopping with you." ”

"What are you going to do, the vegetable market is messy, what do you want to eat just say it and buy it for you?"

"I haven't been to a wet market in a long time." Dong Xinran was still worried about asking about the old things about his family, so he hugged Li Yan and thought about it, and finally Grandpa Dong, Grandma Dong and Dong Xuezhan couldn't stand it and spoke, "If you want to go, ask her to go with you." ”

"Mom, tell me what's going on? Our family used to open a silk and satin village, and the scale was still so big, why is it like this now? It's not that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, but our family looks like it. As soon as he went out, he didn't leave for long, and Dong Xinran couldn't wait to ask Li Yan.

"I know that you want to follow me to buy groceries so much, you just want to ask about this." Li Yan smiled and looked at Dong Xuezhan.

"It's been so many years, and there's nothing bad to say. In fact, it was my grandfather, your great-grandfather, who left the alliance to escape the war. However, he went too far, and before leaving, he sold his family property without saying a word, leaving with only the concubine and the children born by the concubine. but he left behind the wretched wife of the family and the children born to the wretched wife, your great-grandmother and grandfather. Senior Dong said succinctly.

"Huh? However, didn't we say that our family was a poor peasant for several generations? Dong Xinran was stunned.

"Ahem, that's not because your great-grandmother later saw that the situation was wrong and remarried, married a loyal servant of the original family and followed him back to her hometown, and changed your grandfather's surname, covering up all the past." Dong Xuezhan was also a little embarrassed when he talked about this past, "But later, your great-grandmother really had a real relationship with your great-grandfather." ”

Dong Xinran was too shocked: "Dad, so we didn't have the surname Dong originally?" So what was our original last name? ”

"The surname is Zhou, but your great-grandmother said when she came, your grandfather is not allowed to change the surname of his children and grandchildren back in the future, and our surname will be Dong in the future." Dong Xuezhan said indifferently, "Your grandfather is a filial son, so he didn't hesitate to go." It is said that when the family changed, although he was old and married, he didn't have me at that time. encountered a big change, and then he had a serious illness, if it weren't for your great-great-grandfather, I'm afraid he wouldn't have survived. What if he dies your great-grandmother, and your grandmother really can't say it? So he also swore that in the future, our branch will always be surnamed Dong, which can be regarded as repaying the kindness, and also giving your great-grandfather to continue the incense. ”

Him: "Actually, according to me, there is too much money and a lot of bad things, I occasionally listened to your grandmother talk about the past earlier, and I felt that just like we are now, we don't have to worry about food and clothing, in fact, it is just right." ”

"Be content and happy." Dong Xinran also sighed, "This sentence is also on my grandfather's lips." I finally understand what he meant by that. ”

"Xinran, just say what you say in front of us, but don't go to your grandparents to say it. Although many years have passed since this incident, it is actually a wound in your grandfather's heart that still hurts when touched. Li Yan instructed Dong Xinran.

"Mom, then you can rest assured. I don't think anything about this because we haven't experienced it, but it's really bad enough for grandpa to think about it, and I'm not blind, so I definitely won't say it in front of him. ”

Dong Xinran nodded, and she suddenly patted her head again: "How did I forget this?" Nuan Nuan said yesterday that I should not keep the money and buy more houses in the capital. I listen to her, and the house in the capital will definitely be expensive in the future. If you don't buy it now, I'm afraid you won't be able to afford it later. ”

"You kid, just this memory, since this is what Nuan Nuan said, this is really a big deal. We don't regret missing it. After hearing her daughter talk about Nuan Nuan's experience and current status, Li Yan immediately felt that she was afraid that she had mentioned her daughter's words, and it would never be groundless, so she suddenly patted Dong Xinran's head angrily and scolded with a smile.

"Then our family really still has the money to buy a house?" Dong Xinran asked with great interest.

"Why not, haven't you heard a saying that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse?" Li Yan glanced at Dong Xinran, "Although your great-grandfather ran away back then, there are still a lot of valuable things in the family that he didn't take away." And your grandmother, don't underestimate her, she was still young at that time, but her embroidery skills were highly sought-after. That's why I said that if you can learn half of your grandmother's skills, you won't have to worry about running out of food at all. ”

"Oh." Dong Xinran nodded and didn't ask any further.

How much money do you have at home? In this way, Dong Xinran never really cared, and in her heart, the money actually didn't have much to do with her. I saw too much of other people's family property, and most of them were inherited by boys. My sister-in-law also talked about this in her ear from time to time, and she naturally felt that the money in the family belonged to her brother and his sister-in-law.

The daughter didn't ask much, and Li Yan didn't think to say more. She doesn't talk about Dong Xuezhan, and naturally she can't talk about it. In his opinion, the child is still young, and the older generation of the family is still there, who has nothing to do, why mention to the child for no reason?