Jiang Chengdu hadn't used cash for a long time, and he suddenly held a stack of brand-new banknotes in his hand, smelling the ink on it, and was really a little excited.

Xia Chengqi watched from the side and said, "I took it on purpose."

Jiang Cheng counted them, fifty-eight sheets, with the usual frugal character of the old couple, it is indeed generous.

The main thing is that there is such a thing as a greeting gift, which is a very risky investment.

The gift is given, and it is normal for the daughter-in-law to run away, more than 5,000 yuan is said to be less and more than much, but the importance revealed in it is really not ordinary.

And when Jiang Cheng counted the money, he found that there was not a single old banknote in the five thousand yuan, which was basically brand new, and it was estimated that his parents had specially selected it after taking the money.

Jiang Cheng handed the money to Xia Chengqi: "Feel your heart."

Xia Chengqi took it and felt it, and said, "I don't want it, but I'm not willing to give it away again."

"I can earn money now, and I don't have to worry about my parents." Jiang Cheng comforted.

So Xia Chengqi held the money and closed his eyes to feel it again, and then said, "Then I'll take it?"

"I'm happy to accept them." Jiang Chengdao.

Xia Chengqi stuffed the money back into the red envelope, and then smiled: "I will collect it with the manuscript fee you gave me."

Jiang Cheng nodded: "I think it's okay."

"When is grandma's house going?" Xia Chengqi asked.

Jiang Cheng said: "Go now, it is estimated that they will come by themselves after a while."

The two went downstairs again, said hello to Jiang's father and Jiang's mother, called Jiang Shan, and one of them carried a box of things from the trunk and went to Jiang Cheng's grandmother's house together.

Jiang Cheng's grandmother's house is not far from Jiang Cheng's house, Jiang Cheng's house is in the middle of the west end of the village, and grandma's house is in the south of the village, about a hundred meters away.

It was almost time to cook dinner, and there were not many people on the road, so I met two or three people, all of whom were going to the commissary to buy something.

There are people who are familiar with Jiang Cheng, and they greet happily, of course, they will not ignore Xia Chengqi, and they all say yes after learning that it is Jiang Cheng's girlfriend.

There are also unfamiliar ones, after all, the village is quite large, and children grow up fast, even if they have seen it before, they may not dare to recognize it if they meet it now.

What's more, young people now go out to work, and they come back once a year, and they stay for a few days, and people in a village are quite unfamiliar unless they are close.

Xia Chengqi felt quite strange: "I thought that the countryside was the kind of people who were all very familiar."

"In the past, it was like this, there were few part-time workers, and they often went to the field, even if they were far away and unfamiliar, they were familiar with each other, but now it is different, young people who still work in the field, put the money on the family card, the machine comes to harvest and plow, and the work is over, there are few people in the autumn harvest and summer farming, plus there are more and more people buying houses outside the county, and young people are not familiar with the opportunities for older people." Jiang Cheng introduced.

Jiang Shan said: "In the past, the village was lively,

Now, unless it's the New Year, it's basically quite deserted. ”

Xia Chengqi could feel the quietness, which was quite different from what he imagined when he came: "There are few chimneys that smoke."

Jiang Cheng smiled: "That's because it's all electricity or gas now."

There are only a few obvious old houses, and there will be a few puffs of green smoke.

Generally, it is the old man and the old lady who use firewood to cook rice.

Mainly now firewood is not easy to find, in the past autumn harvest, just the corn stalks have to be pulled for several days, now the machine passes, the stalks are directly crushed into the ground, burn the fire and make rice, can only use corn cobs, or go outside to sweep the leaves, dry firewood is generally not used for cooking, too wasteful.

In the past, it was only used when steaming steamed buns.

As I walked, there was a big pond in front of me, but there was no water in it, there was grass everywhere, and there was a slippery road in the middle, which was a shortcut to the next village, otherwise I would have to go around the edge of the pond, and no one wanted to take a few more steps.

Jiang Cheng pointed to the road and said, "Shanshan and I went to school here when we were young, but now the children go to school in the town."

Jiang Shan pointed to Xia Chengqi to the left: "That's grandma's house."

Walking diagonally from the inside of the pond, you can see a small courtyard fenced off, an old blue brick house composed of a hall house and an east and west house in the front, and a relatively new red brick bungalow on the east side, the door of the bungalow is open, and there is a little yellowish light inside, and the chimney on the roof of the bungalow is constantly emitting green smoke.

The gates of the fence yard are also nailed with wooden planks, and some of the planks still have large patches of bark left on them.

Jiang Cheng directly pushed open the wooden door and walked in first.

Before he could speak, he heard the voices of his grandparents coming from the kitchen.

Grandpa Jiang Cheng said: "Forty-five minutes is up, don't add firewood, let's stuff for a while."

Grandma Jiang Cheng said: "You go to Chuangui's place to have a look, Chengcheng and Shanshan should also arrive, right?"

Jiang Cheng said to Xia Chengqi: "It should be steaming steamed buns, take a few back later, it's better than buying."

Then he shouted into the kitchen: "Grandpa, grandma, don't go to see it, we've arrived."

There was a quiet moment in the kitchen, and then a pair of old men and old ladies ran out.

The two old men first glanced at their grandchildren and daughters, and then went to see Xia Chengqian.

Xia Chengqi took the initiative to say hello: "Hello grandparents, I'm Strange, you ...... Know me? ”

"You know, you know, you become a target, right? Ouch, I was just going to ask his grandfather to come and have a look...... Don't stand in the yard, go into the house. Grandma Jiang Cheng hurriedly entered the hall and turned on the light by the way.

Grandpa Jiang Cheng kicked the messy firewood chopped at the kitchen door into the corner of the wall today, and at the same time also greeted: "Come into the house to talk, come into the house to talk."

The three of them entered the house and put down their things, and Grandpa Jiang Cheng stood at the door, looking at the house with a smile, and looking into the kitchen.

There's still a fire burning in the stove, no

You don't need to add firewood, you just don't have to look like an accident.

Grandma Jiang Cheng complained: "Really, why do you still bring things here, and spend all those useless money, isn't it better for you to buy some food and drink by yourself than to buy these?"

Xia Chengqi said that it should be.

Grandma Jiang Cheng removed the things on the chair and called Xia Chengqi: "Sit, sit, don't stand."

Xia Chengqi sat down with a smile and looked at it reservedly.

This house is much smaller than Jiang Cheng's house, and the east and west rooms are not separated by walls, but bamboo like screens, the lights are also dim, and the switches are still hand-pulled ropes.

Grandma Jiang Cheng took out melon seeds and peanuts from the cupboard and put them on the table, beckoned the three of them to eat, and asked if they wanted to eat apples, Jiang Cheng said no: "Just bring a few steamed buns back later, it's almost ready, right?"

"It's already steamed, and you can take it out for a few minutes, and you know that when you get home today, you deliberately calculated this little steaming, alas, it's not easy to make noodles now, so you have to run far." Wait a minute, I'll go inside and get something. Grandma Jiang Cheng said as she entered the Dongli House.

Xia Chengqi greeted Grandpa Jiang Cheng: "You can also sit."

Grandpa Jiang Cheng shook his hand: "No, you can just sit down."

Grandma Jiang Cheng quickly came out of the back room, still holding a red envelope in her hand.

This time, there was no need to ask Jiang Cheng's opinion, Xia Chengqi hurriedly stood up and excused himself: "Grandma, you can't do it, you can't do it."

Grandma Jiang Cheng stuffed the red envelope into Xia Chengqi's hand: "Small family, don't be too little."

"Grandma, I really don't need to." Xia Chengqi pushed back.

Grandma pushed it back: "Take it, and the money is less."

Xia Chengqi pushed it back again: "Grandma, it doesn't matter if you have more money or less money, you really don't need it, you have to use the money when you're old, just keep it for yourself to buy things."

Grandma pushed it back again: "Take it, Chengcheng finally brought a little girl back, and the red envelope must be given."

Xia Chengqi was really happy to laugh when he heard the words "little girl", but he was really anxious when he looked at the red envelope in Jiang Cheng's grandmother's hand, and hurriedly looked at Jiang Cheng for help.

Jiang Cheng stood up and took the red envelope and unceremoniously put it in his pocket: "Milk, I'll help her keep it."

Grandma nodded: "Okay, you two will receive the same."

Xia Cheng was anxious: "Jiang Cheng!"

Jiang Cheng pressed her shoulder: "Sit."

Grandma beckoned again: "Eat some melon seeds and peanuts."

Xia Chengqi excused himself and looked at Jiang Cheng blamefully: "Grandma's money can't be wanted."

"It's okay, it's okay." Jiang Cheng looked indifferent.

Xia Cheng was angry and had no choice, so he had to thank his grandmother aggrievedly: "Thank you, grandma."

Grandma picked up a pair of reading glasses from the long table dedicated to the statue of the god and put it on, and then sat on the chair opposite Jiang Cheng and the three of them to take a good look at Xia Chengqi.

As soon as I saw it at the first glance, I grinned: "This girl is handsome and pompous."

Yes, I didn't see what people looked like for so long just now.