Chapter 020: Not a boast
"I heard my grandmother say that the cauliflower snake is a house snake, and it is safe."
"Erwa, your grandmother and my father said the same, the cauliflower snake is the incarnation of the ancestors, and if you go home to check your safety, you will protect whoever you enter, and you can't kill you."
was about to walk to the bottom of the mountain, Ye Xia interrupted his friends: "From now on, I won't go up the mountain again, which of you wants to go up the mountain, it's best to pay attention to safety, but I still recommend that you don't go up by yourself, so as not to have an accident." ”
"We listen to the boss."
The eight-year-old boy named Erwa said something, and the others chimed in. Ye Xia smiled and said, "You know, I like to study the most, if you still want to continue to play with me, study hard and improve your exam results." ”
"Okay."
It was the second baby who took the lead in responding.
Ye Xia was very satisfied with everyone's response, and his eyes were pleased: "Okay, the front is our village, everyone go home quickly, and see you at school tomorrow." ”
With the response, the friends ran away with a heavy basket on their backs. And Ye Xia took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, and took out more than a dozen wild duck eggs and thirty strawberries from the space and put them in the back basket.
She is very worried, obviously there is something in the space, but she just can't take it out openly, she can only accompany her family to eat black bread wrapped in sweet potato leaves every day, eat slurry vegetables, eat pickled vegetables, and occasionally eat pheasant meat to satisfy her cravings.
"Xia Xia, you're running up the mountain again."
Grandpa Jiang didn't go to work because he wasn't feeling well in the past two days, and in the middle of the afternoon, thinking that there was not much firewood at home, he and his wife went up the mountain to pick up some.
I saw their good granddaughter carrying a heavy basket on her back and coming down from the hillside not far away, and I couldn't help but think of what I heard in the village recently, and I couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with Jiang An and his family.
I feel that my son and daughter-in-law don't know how to take care of the children, and his good granddaughter runs to the mountains one by one, what if something happens?
Hearing the sound wafting over, Ye Xia paused, followed the sound, and saw her grandfather and grandmother carrying bundles of firewood on their shoulders and walking towards her.
The big black grape-like eyes instantly bent like a crescent moon, and Ye Xia's sweet and cheerful voice immediately overflowed into the throat: "Grandparents! ”
Seeing the good granddaughter running towards them with a basket on her back, Grandma Jiang and Grandpa Jiang were so nervous that they said in unison: "Slow down, stand there and don't move." ”
However, as the two of them fell, Ye Xia still ran in front of them: "Grandparents, I'll help you carry firewood." ”
Raising her head, she stretched out her hand to the two old men, her dark eyes full of smiles.
The good granddaughter is a little smaller, how can they let her carry firewood.
Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang looked at the little hands stretched out to them, and for a moment, the two looked at each other, their expressions were moved, and their hearts were ironed, but they shook their heads at the same time, Grandma Jiang smiled lovingly: "This firewood is not heavy, grandma and your grandpa can carry it, by the way, you give the basket to grandma, and grandma will help you carry it." ”
"I'll come." Grandpa Jiang didn't want his old wife to be tired: "Give it to grandpa." ”
Without waiting for Ye Xia to react, Grandma Jiang glared at her wife: "You haven't been able to do it yet, don't be reckless." ”
Saying that, Grandma Jiang wanted to take off Ye Xia's back basket directly, and came back to her senses from the conversation between the two old men, Ye Xia shook her head decisively, not to mention how serious her immature and soft voice was: "I can carry it, by the way, I have a secret to tell my grandparents." ”
Stunned by her serious appearance, Grandpa Jiang was puzzled: "Secret? ”
What secrets can a good granddaughter have? Although Grandma Jiang didn't say anything, she thought the same as Grandpa Jiang.
Nodding heavily, Ye Xia pretended to be cautious, looked around, and saw that there was no one else, then his eyes rolled and he whispered: "Grandpa, my strength is great!" ”
Grandpa Jiang was amused by the cute appearance of his good granddaughter: "How strong can you have a little baby?" ”
Ye Xia didn't make a sound, but answered her grandparents with actions.
Belch......
Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang were dumbfounded, what did they see?
The good granddaughter turned out to be ...... In front of them, carrying a basket on his back, squatting, he easily picked up a stone weighing about forty pounds, which ...... It's not that they're dazzled, it's really in their eyes.
Putting down the firewood on his shoulder, Grandpa Jiang motioned to his good granddaughter to put the stone in his hand back to the place, he squatted down by himself, and gently cushioned the stone first, and then he picked up the stone, although it was not very heavy, but as far as his feeling was concerned, it seemed that it was not as easy as the good granddaughter.
"Old man, all right, put down the stone quickly, and if you don't go back to the village, the sun will go down."
Grandma Jiang looked at the sunset that was about to disappear behind the mountain, and urged Grandpa Jiang with a smile, she didn't want her good granddaughter to blow the cold downhill wind and be asked by her wife here.
Putting the stone on the ground, Grandpa Jiang patted the soil in his palm: "Why do you have so much strength?" ”
Ye Xia picked up the bundle of firewood that the old man was carrying, and shook his head innocently: "I don't know, it's just that I suddenly found that I have a lot of strength, and my parents know about it." ”
When Grandpa Jiang heard this, he was silent for a moment, and then snorted coldly: "Your parents have big enough hearts to let you run up the mountain when you have nothing to do at a young age." ”
As he spoke, the old man frowned, saying that it was not an exaggeration to kill a fly, and seeing that his good granddaughter's mouth moved, obviously wanting to excuse her parents, Grandpa Jiang snorted again:
"It's the weekend, your eldest brother and second brother live in school, it's understandable that they can't accompany you to the mountain when they want to go back to town, what does your third brother do to eat? Can't he accompany you around the mountains? ”
Taking over the firewood on his wife's shoulder, Grandpa Jiang complained while walking with a calm face, hearing Ye Xia's heart warm, she knew that her grandfather cared about her, and was afraid that she would have an accident on the mountain, so he said that about her parents and her brothers, but her heart was warm, and she still had to say it when she should explain it to her parents and brothers.
"Grandpa, every time I go up the mountain, I carry my parents on my back, and they don't talk much about me for this, but I have a lot of strength, and I can box, so I'm not afraid to go up the mountain at all."
Raising his free hand, Ye Xia gestured twice to his grandparents: "As for my brother, just like my grandfather said, my eldest brother and second brother have to return to school every Saturday and Sunday because they live in school, and they have to complete the homework assigned by the teacher during the period, even if they have the heart to accompany me into the mountain, but the time does not allow it." ”
"Where's your third brother? He's two years older than you, and he's a male doll, so why doesn't he know he's with you? ”
The good granddaughter didn't go into the mountains to play, she was looking for food for the family, but she didn't think about it, she found the big cave, and found that there was so much food and rice and noodles in the cave, which not only gave the whole team of people hope to live,
It also gave more people hope to live, and later, the good granddaughter found a canyon again, and found that there was a large field of wild sweet potatoes growing in the canyon.
He agrees with this. The good granddaughter brought blessings to each of them, so that they had food to fill their stomachs and did not starve to death in this famine.
Pheasant and hare...... It is not easy to eat meat in these years, even if there is no famine year, it is not easy for them rural people to eat meat, not to mention in this famine year, it is even more difficult to eat meat.
However, in the past two or three months, the good granddaughter has let them eat meat, good baby, good baby, if such a good baby has something to do with going up the mountain to find food for his family, isn't it a sin?!
"My third brother is teaching homework to Xiao Wu at home."
Ye Xia's voice was sweet and soft: "Grandparents, let's go to my house first, I found a lot of good things on the mountain today, and when I get home, I will cook a meal for my grandparents......"
Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang listened to their good granddaughter speak in a brisk tone, but the two of them looked stunned.
"Xia Xia, do you know how to cook?"
Not to mention that Grandma Jiang and her husband knew how much their second husband and wife spoiled their daughters, even the rest of the Jiang family, and they didn't know that Jiang An and Lin Lan spoiled their daughters far more than their sons, so Grandma Jiang and Grandpa Jiang were extremely surprised by Ye Xia's approach.
"Yes, I learned it from watching my mother cook on weekdays, and I have made several meals, and it tastes very good."
It's not that Ye Xia is boasting, it's that she already cooks deliciously, listening to her cheerful voice chirping like a bird, Grandma Jiang didn't speak.
……
After eating, Jiang An sent Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang back to the old house, and just as he turned to leave, he was stopped by Grandpa Jiang: "Sit down." ”
Stunned, Jiang An sat on the nearby small bench, his eyes slightly suspicious: "Dad, do you have something to tell me?" ”
Grandpa Jiang snorted, and then he said:
"Xia Xia is a good baby, she has brought blessings to the brigade and many people, and she is very smart, as soon as she goes to school and is in the fourth grade, you say that she is such a good baby, how can you two be so big that Xia Xia can go up the mountain alone?"
"If you want to eat meat, your parents have the ability to take the meat ticket and the money to buy it at the supply and marketing cooperative, if you let Lao Tzu know that you will go up the mountain to hunt wild animals by my good granddaughter, Xia Xia will follow me and your mother in the future, with our two old bones, raise Xia Xia, and she should be able to do it when she graduates from college."
Hearing this, Jiang An wanted to cry out for himself, but he knew that he couldn't open that mouth, so he assured the old man again and again: "Dad, it's me who is not good, but don't worry, I will never let Xia Xia go up the mountain again in the future." ”
The girl is as clever as a monkey, he wants to take care of it, and he told his daughter that he is not allowed to go to the mountains again, but the little girl promised well, but the action is the same.
As for what the old man said about eating meat, this is purely wronged, he is a big man, no matter how greedy he is, can he be greedy enough to let his young daughter hunt wild things for him to eat, for the family to eat? If that's the case, where is he still worthy of being a father?
"Lao Tzu doesn't just listen to what you say." Grandpa Jiang glared at his son and said in an accentuated tone: "Don't wait until something happens to know that you regret it." ”
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