Chapter Ninety-Nine: Visiting Relatives
The car finally drove to Luotun, not to mention Qian Duoduo's motion sickness. Even Qian Ming, Huo Jiaojiao, and Kou Xi were all enduring, only Qian Dun'er was always in high mood.
It's not that Huo An's driving skills are bad, it's that the road to Luotun is really not good. The dirt roads are very bumpy, and the snow is deep in some places. Huo An was in a hundred and twenty spirits, and he was afraid that if there was a case, this carload of people would suffer!
"It's here, it's here!" Huo An said to everyone in the car, "Wake up, it's time to stop!"
Huo An parked the car at the entrance of Luotun and said to the people in the car: "I'll go to my uncle's house in a while, you want to vomit and get out of the car and be sober!"
It means not to spit on the door as soon as you enter, which is very rude.
Huo Jiaojiao opened the car door, walked down and inhaled heavily: "Oh mom, I'm really a poor life." It's better to get motion sickness in a car than to ride in my broken carriage!"
Kou Xi rolled up the window and leaned on the window, his whole body in a weak state. Huo An silently watched Kou Xi from the rearview mirror, and couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to drink some water?"
"To~" A soft and glutinous voice sounded from behind him, and Huo An couldn't help but open the car door and hand her his thermos cup. Seeing her sip of water, I couldn't help but reach out and touch her head, and said while stroking: "Let's go home in a while or sit in front!"
"Hmm!" Kou Xi couldn't help but retch, and said softly: "It's the same wherever you sit!"
Huo An reached out to pat Kou Xi's back, and after a while, Kou Xi said, "I'm fine!"
He asked Huo Jiaojiao again: "Sister, are you better?"
Huo Jiaojiao frowned and waved her hand: "Okay, let's go!"
The car slowly drove into the alley, and when he saw someone herding sheep, Huo An pressed the horn all the way to urge. With this movement, many people are standing at the window and looking out. When the car stopped at the door of Luo's house, the uncle of the Luo family also snorted: "Who, so can be loaded, parked at the door of my house!"
The grandmother of the Luo family was already deaf, and she saw what her eldest son said. I couldn't help but shout loudly: "Ahhh
Uncle Luo shouted: "I said...... Who's stopping ...... in front of our house?"
Uncle Huo suddenly glared: "! It's Huo An!"
He snatched the door and ran out of the door! Just in time to see Huo Jiaojiao also get out of the car, beckoning to Uncle Luo: "Uncle!"
Uncle Luo was very excited: "Oh, you're all here!"
Huo Jiaojiao stepped forward and said with a smile: "Uncle, have a good New Year!"
Uncle Luo smiled: "Jiaojiao, I haven't come to see my uncle for a long time!"
Huo Jiaojiao smiled and greeted: "Oh, uncle, you said that my two children, why did I come to see you." It's not a drag!"
Uncle Luo greeted Huo An again: "Oh, it's not easy for you to go back home! How many days can you stay on this family leave? Let your aunt fry a few more good dishes for you, and we will have a good drink today!"
Huo An said: "Uncle, don't be busy, not busy!"
Uncle Luo saw Kou Xi get out of the car and walked to him with a smile. Gently and shyly shouted: "Uncle!"
Uncle Luo suddenly thought of Huo An's mother, wasn't she such a good age when she got married?
"Hey!" Uncle Luo's nose was sour, and he turned around and rubbed his dry eyes. The voice was choked: "Come into the house, all come into the house." Your grandmother is waiting for you!"
Huo An took the New Year's gift from the car, carried his things and entered the house with Kou Xi. As soon as he entered the house, Uncle Luo shouted in a thunderous voice: "Mom! Your eldest grandson has come to see you?!"
The old lady still didn't hear clearly, but she saw a man in military uniform come in. Very excited, he pointed at Huo An: "An?"
Huo An stepped forward to hold her hand, and was very excited: "Grandma, grandma!"
"Okay, okay!" the old lady nodded again and again, and said to Huo An in a super loud voice: "You are married! I am too old to go!"
The old lady burst into tears: "Your mother can be blind this time, you have a chance to marry a daughter-in-law!
Huo An knelt in front of the old lady, his forehead resting against her palm. The whole face was buried, and he didn't speak for a long time. Huo Jiaojiao cried on the side, and for a while everyone was recalling Huo An's mother who died early!
"Okay, okay!" Uncle Luo came forward to round the scene: "Today is a good day, don't mention the sad past!" He stretched out his hand to pull Huo An up, and said happily: "You two can come to Uncle's house today, Uncle is very happy." It shows that you have an uncle in your heart!"
Uncle Luo beckoned to his wife: "You go and turn some meat, call his aunt and everything over today! It's not easy for Huo An to come back, I'll arrange a meal!"
"Uncle!" Huo An stepped forward, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it for Uncle Luo: "What do I have to say, I'm just here to see my grandfather today!
Huo An has been thinking about his grandfather: "What did the old man do?"
Uncle Luo smiled: "The old man wants to raise sheep in the first year, so I won't give him two sheep cubs." It's like a baby every day, and I don't want to let the sheep go!"
Huo An breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good to be healthy!"
Uncle Luo smiled: "The old man's health is okay, but your grandma is not good!"
Uncle Luo's expression darkened: "I'm afraid that after this year, I won't be able to live this spring!"
As the old saying goes, you can't get spring in the New Year, which means that many old people don't have it in the spring! This is the case with Grandma Huo An, who is extremely weak and suffering from all kinds of old diseases.
Uncle Luo's third aunt led Kou Xi to meet various relatives, and Huo Jiaojiao stayed by her grandmother's side to talk to her.
Kou Xi has a little impression of these relatives in front of him, but he doesn't know much about them because he hasn't had much contact with them in his previous life.
"He looks so handsome!" someone stepped forward and took Kou Xi's hand and said in surprise: "Oh my mother, it's white and tender, I haven't worked at first glance!"
"The face is also delicate!"
"Your clothes are pretty good, they're expensive, aren't they? Huo An bought them for you?"
"How much do you pay for a month when you work in Hongqi?"
Kou Xi was not afraid of these people, and replied briskly one by one: "The clothes are not expensive, and the materials handled by our unit are made in the garment shop!
"I'm still working in Hongqi, and now I don't have the opportunity to join the army, so I'll live like this first! A month's salary is not high, dozens of yuan! It's almost the same as that of the supply and marketing cooperatives on your side!"
Hearing Kou Xi's words, everyone's faces did not show any particularly satisfied or not very satisfied looks! In their opinion, Kou Xi has a job that sounds good, but the salary he can earn is not very enviable. But just looking at this job, it is more or less worthy of their family's Huo An. These two are half a catty to eight taels, which is not bad.
In the kitchen, Aunt Luo and a few sisters-in-law were talking together.
"I'm okay, that kid looks very honest!" Aunt Luo asked the sisters-in-law, "What do you think?"
Aunt Huo An pouted: "Too thin, and the ass is small, not like a capable person!"
Aunt Huo An said: "I'm so good at dressing up, can I stay there! Look at Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao looks like her mother!"
"Oh, the conditions at home are good. The two of them earn money, eat and wear! Jiaojiao's family is poor, and there are two children to support. Can it be compared?" Aunt Huo An disagreed: "Besides, how old is Huo Andu? This year is 30 years after the New Year! It is already amazing to be able to marry such a wife and go home under Li Cuilian's nose!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone nodded their heads!
No matter how good Huo An is, he is too old! He is also in the army, and there is another explanation. If it is in the countryside, there are more than 30 singles who cannot marry a daughter-in-law, that is the most despised. In the end, he either married a blind man or a mute, and even more so he married a stupid daughter-in-law!