It was the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and Tian Xiang was cutting meat and chopping dumplings in the kitchen. It's another New Year, and it's another busy and happy day for Tian Xiang, because only at this time can he gather around his grandmother's knees to do his filial piety.

There was a sound of parking outside the hospital, and two chubby figures entered the hospital "dong dong". As she walked, she muttered, "Little mongrel, don't clean up after the New Year!" The fourth aunt's voice was not too high, but it still made Tian Xiang, who was cutting meat in the kitchen, hear it clearly. "Puff", the basket of steamed buns that had just been washed and dried in the yard rolled out far away at the feet of the fourth aunt.

The fourth uncle and the fourth aunt came back, and although Tian Xiang knew that they didn't like him, he was originally going out to say hello out of politeness, and he couldn't make them angry with his grandmother because of himself. But after hearing these words, the steps he had just taken slowly shrank back, and he sat gently on the chair in front of the board, and a nameless fire rose in his heart. At the same time, I added a worry about my grandmother.

"That sieve is in the way of your feet?" said Grandmother's vicissitudes of life, a questioning sentence from the door of the hall, full of anger, bitterness, and helplessness.

"I've been noisy with cataracts all day, I thought I was going blind, but I could see?" The fourth aunt Liu Fangsu's voice was not high, but it was enough for everyone in the yard to hear.

"Who do you say?" was the grandmother's old, angry voice.

"Who knows!" Liu Fangsu roared and kicked on the sieve again.

"You...... Get out!"

"That's what you said?Shengmao, go!" the fourth aunt yelled at the fourth uncle.

"Shut up!" Fourth Uncle Tian Shengmao snorted violently, and then squinted at his grandmother and shouted, "Mom, what are you yelling at a trivial matter?"

"Trivial?," Grandmother was already angry.

Tian Xiang had already come out, and hurriedly walked up to his grandmother and hugged her, wanting to help her into the house.

"I'm not blind or deaf, I just know that kid didn't even say hello when he saw us! This is all what you are used to, there is no etiquette at all, sooner or later he will be a waste!" Tian Shengmao crossed the bear's waist and glared at the old and young who were about to enter the house.

Tian Xiang didn't want to talk much, after all, he hadn't graduated yet, and he was thinking about his grandmother's daily life, so he didn't want to offend the pair of uncles and aunts. However, at this time, he couldn't bear it anymore, turned around, and glared angrily, "Fourth uncle, if you want to enjoy respect, you must first respect the elderly, did you come back today to block the old lady?"

Tian Shengmao was furious, his fat cheeks trembled slightly, "It's not your turn to teach me a lesson!" said and smashed a bench in front of him.

Although his grandmother and Tian Xiang were standing in the door of the house, the distance was not too far, and he was afraid that the bench would hurt his grandmother, so he quickly turned around and blocked in front of his grandmother. The bench smashed on his back, and with a "bang!", it scattered into several pieces.

Tian Shengmao scolded outside the door with a big grin, "Little bastard, what the fuck are you, dare to teach Lao Tzu!"

The grandmother had already lost her voice and wept bitterly, her body trembled violently, leaned weakly on Tian Xiang's shoulder, stretched out her trembling hand, pointed to the pair of white-eyed wolves outside the door, and shouted in pain and weakness: "Go! I don't want to see you! I don't have your son!"

Tian Shengmao opened his eyes angrily and shouted with all his might: "Okay! I'll go! You can get used to this little bastard!" After speaking, he threw the only white-striped chicken in his hand in the garbage heap, shook his hand and walked out the door.

Liu Fangsu spit on the ground fiercely, twisted his fat waist, and followed out with a huge buttocks.

With the screeching sound of cars starting, the courtyard was quiet again.

My grandmother's body was shaking, her eyes were full of tears, and her lips were black. Tian Xiang hurriedly took out two "quick-acting heart-saving pills" and fed them to his grandmother's mouth, and shouted anxiously: "Grandma, don't be angry, don't be angry, there is me." ”

"Woooooooooo......oo , what kind of sin have I created, raising such a rebel like this. Accompanied by his grandmother's sad cry, Tian Xiang also secretly wept.

After a while, several old ladies in the neighborhood heard the noise, and under the persuasion of good words, the grandmother gradually calmed down. After opening the field, the grandmother poured out the bitterness and suffering of the past few years to several old ladies with tears in her eyes......

"After his father left, he left 200 yuan of living expenses every month, and the bank card was taken by them, maybe the government sent it late that month, and the third family went to withdraw the money and said that there was no 200 yuan, not that I took it away to Xiang'er, but I didn't get it, and Xiang'er was not at home, but the third and his daughter-in-law quarreled with me, and then the third daughter-in-law slapped me twice...... , blood flows out of the mouth, I ......"

"I went to live in the fourth child's house for a month, and within a few days of eating, I looked at their faces every day, and I didn't dare to say a word......

"I lived in the third child's house for a month, the suite was cold and cold, a bowl of pickles let me eat for a month, I said to the third child, 'Mother really can't chew the mustard shreds', the third child smashed the table and yelled at me, 'Don't eat this dish, what do you still want to eat?', I was angry and scolded, 'I still want to eat your heart!', but I was driven back, and I haven't seen anyone for a few months. ”

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Tian Xiangben was making dumplings in the kitchen and went to the hall to pick up things, when he heard his grandmother's cry outside the door, he was stunned on the spot, burst into tears, and couldn't take a step for a long time. He heard the sound of his heart breaking, coming from the hall and from his own body. Anger, pain and remorse surged into his heart, he knew that the third uncle and the fourth uncle spoke excessively, but he didn't expect to do something even more excessive. For a long time, my grandmother never talked about the third uncle and the fourth uncle in front of him, and originally hoped that they would have a little conscience, and naively thought that in the context of their solid life, they would provide a normal old man with food and clothing. However, what I have seen and heard today has only realized how unrealistic my extravagant hopes are.

Tian Xiang rushed into the hall and knelt on the ground with a "poof", "Grandma, it's me who is not good and has wronged you." I'm not going to school anymore, I'm coming back to provide for you. ”

The grandmother was stunned for a moment, and stretched out her trembling hands to pull him, "Silly child, one generation doesn't matter if there are two generations, how can I rely on my grandson if I have a son?"

Tian Xiang cried bitterly, "I was raised by you, I will provide for you for the elderly, not rely on them." ”

Several old ladies were also busy coming over to pull Tian Xiang, "The child has grown up and knows that he feels sorry for his grandmother." The old lady sighed.

"Xiang'er, get up quickly, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, go and prepare, grandma will accompany you to make dumplings in a while." Grandmother held back tears and confessed, and once again took Tian Xiang out.

Several old ladies chatted with their grandmother for a while, and after comforting them, they left one after another.

When Tian Xiang chopped the dumplings and pasted them to the couplet, it was getting dark, and some people had begun to set off firecrackers.

My grandmother's cataract was very serious, and according to the doctor, she was not suitable for surgery at such an age, so her eyesight was very poor, and the dumplings were no longer as petite and delicate as they used to be, some were flat and narrow, some were thick and long, and some were even not sealed at all. "Hey, it's useless, I can't even wrap a dumpling," the grandmother lamented as she busied herself.

"Grandma, look at what you said, you have more than I packed, and you also said modest words, but I don't use it. Tian Xiang said with a smile.

"You, you have a sweet mouth and are sensible, I will be relieved to grow up and marry a daughter-in-law. I'm the one who dragged you down. Grandmother said, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

"Grandma, don't think so much, it's a big New Year. In fact, Tian Xiang was not happy in his heart, Tian Shengmao and Liu Fangsu came back coldly during the day, and his grandmother's intermittent storytelling made Tian Xiang immersed in painful reflection.

"Child, grandma can't protect you anymore, take care of yourself. ”

"Don't worry about me in the future, and don't worry about your grandfather, you are still young, your days are still long, and you are always worried about us. ”

"Find a stable job after graduation, don't spend money indiscriminately, save more, and marry a daughter-in-law. It would be nice if you could get married as soon as possible and give me a great-grandson so that I can meet him......"

"Don't mess with your third and fourth uncles, they have power, you are thin alone, and it is easy to suffer. ”

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This night, my grandmother said a lot to Tian Xiang. Maybe people are like this when they get old, and they have to keep nagging after saying it many times. Tian Xiang held his face and smiled when he listened, "Grandma, everything will be fine, and your great-grandson will let you hold it, so you can wait patiently." ”

The grandmother stretched out her dry hand, touched his head, touched his face, touched his shoulder, touched his arm, and held his hand, "I am relieved that the child has grown up and can take care of himself." After saying that, two lines of cloudy tears dripped down his cheeks.

"Grandma, what's wrong with you, don't think so much about the New Year, I'll accompany you, and our grandparents will definitely be able to live a good life in the future." Tian Xiang hurriedly comforted.

"Okay, I'm sure I'll be able to get by. Grandma nodded and wept.

The grandfather and grandson slept late. She sat until late at night, and then her grandmother entered the bedroom with Tian Xiang's support.

Tian Xiang was also tired, in order to prepare for the New Year, he was busy for a few days. Therefore, after sending his grandmother into the bedroom, he also went back to the bedroom and lay down exhausted.