On the other end, the Ma family of Niujia Village.

Aunt Zhang prepared the boiled hot water for the old man, otherwise this stubborn old man would inevitably be infected with a cold cold when he took a bath, one silently burned the fire and poured water, and the other silently watched from the sidelines, no one spoke, but the picture was unusually harmonious and serene.

The old man looked at the old wife in front of him, who had been with him for more than 40 years, and saw that she had boiled the last firewood for herself, and after hesitating for a moment, he said in a deep voice:

"I'll go to the neighborhood to borrow firewood in a moment."

The old woman with a beautiful face looked at this old wife who was not good at words for most of her life, and said softly: "No need, Ming'er, you go and chop new firewood, we will use our own family, not other people's." ”

The old woman knows that this man, who has never asked someone for most of her life, it is particularly difficult to say this sentence at this time, knowing that he feels sorry for himself to say such a sentence, but why don't he feel sorry for the man next to him, his own man knows what kind of virtue he is, and he will endure it after eating less, it is not a big deal, thinking of this, a voice suddenly came from outside the door:

"Excuse me, is it Ma Bo's house?"

The voice sounded, the old man obviously jumped out of the corner of his eyes, obviously recognized the owner of this voice, it was the stinky boy in the morning, but he still didn't say anything, or Aunt Zhang walked out of the house in Xunsheng, and saw a gray-clothed young man with a bright smile, carrying dozens of fist-sized firewood on his left shoulder, and dozens of big fish in his right hand, and asked with a smile at the moment:

"Auntie, is this Ma Bo's family?"

"Eh, yes, yes, I don't know why my son is looking for my father-in-law?"

Seeing that Dongzhang who found the right one, his smile became brighter and brighter, and he said with a smile: "That's the kind of aunt, this morning Ma Bo dropped the firewood to the kid, and when he was resting, Ma Bo said that the rice balls made by the aunt are delicious, no, the kid hasn't eaten decent rice for many days, so he caught some fish and cheekily came to the door to change the rice, I don't know if it's okay." ”

Looking at this self-cooked teenager, Aunt Zhang was a little uncertain and noticed: "It can be, but..."

Before he finished speaking, Dongzhang had already slammed the firewood on his shoulder like a mountain under the eaves: "It's here." ”

Then he handed more than 20 fish to Aunt Zhang and said, "Auntie, is there hot water to drink, I'm really hungry and thirsty after a day's journey." ”

"Eh, some of them, old man, hurry up and serve tea."

"Drink it and take it yourself!"

Hey, hey, hey, this old man is still so individual, looking at Aunt Zhang, who was a little angry, Dongzhang smiled and hurriedly said, "Don't trouble Auntie, just beat the kid himself." ”

After speaking, he walked into the house, didn't look at the old man, walked to the water stove by himself, picked up the water scoop and scooped up tons and tons of water and drank it, and after drinking, he looked at Aunt Zhang, who was holding the fish in her hand and entered the house with a worried face, and said with a smile:

"Auntie, you don't know, the kid has received a lot of help from Ma Bo this morning, in other words, where is the axe, the kid chopped the firewood outside."

"Outside the door, uh, that's not going to be possible, let's just split it ourselves."

But before the words were finished, Dongzhang had already walked out of the door and chopped firewood, facing this mysterious young man who was talking to himself, Aunt Zhang had to walk to the silent old man with a nervous face and asked quietly: "Boss, whose child is this young man?" ”

But the old man was still silent and did not answer, and Aunt Zhang could only hurriedly raise the fish in her hand to signal the old man to explain, at this time Dongzhang's voice outside the door came in: "Auntie, remember to call me when the meal is ready, I have to taste the delicious taste that Ma Bo said." ”

"Oh, okay."

Aunt Zhang could only answer in a hurry, and then she didn't care about the silent old man, and was busy making a fire to cook, at this time only the pop of Dongzhang chopping wood outside the door and the sound of Aunt Zhang cooking, the old man still sat on the chair and said nothing.

After a while, Dongzhang cut all the firewood and stacked it neatly under the eaves outside the door, walked into the house with a relaxed face and sat next to the old man, and from time to time he squeezed his eyebrows at the taciturn old man, and laughed at Aunt Zhang, who was cooking on the side, only then did he believe that Dongzhang, the young man, really did not have any malicious intentions, and he continued to cook with peace of mind.

This time thanks to the fish brought by Dongzhang, this meal was eaten one by one delicious river fish, during the meal, the old man still silently pulled out the rice in his bowl, did not move the fish on the table, and Aunt Zhang and Dongzhang two are familiar with a lot, Aunt Zhang from time to time to Dongzhang vegetables, Dongzhang also from time to time to Aunt Zhang vegetables, occasionally to the old man a handful, see the old man want to get the dish out, Aunt Zhang immediately glared, the old man can only silently eat the dishes that Dongzhang gave him, see Dongzhang called interesting.

"Xiaodong, where are you from? How did you go so far to play? Where's your mom and dad? ”

"I have never seen my father and mother since I was born, and I don't know if they are dead or alive, what they look like, the boy grew up eating hundreds of family meals since he was a child, as the old saying goes, raising is greater than living, and the uncles and aunts in the village are not much different from my father and mother."

For this young man who was always smiling, Aunt Zhang was so distressed that she didn't know what to say, so she could only desperately pick up vegetables for Dongzhang, and even the eyes of the old man who was eating silently on the side became much softer.

"Enough is enough, Auntie, I'll clip it myself, I'll clip it myself, this meal is so delicious, no wonder Uncle Ma is like eating something delicious in the world."

Aunt Zhang glanced at the old man, and the old man's face seemed to be unnaturally red, and then Aunt Zhang continued to say to Dongzhang enthusiastically: "I like to eat Aunt is making it for you." ”

"Enough is enough, let's leave it to my uncle, he loves to eat."

"He's been eating for most of his life, and he's been muttering that he's tired of eating."

Hearing this, Dongzhang glanced at the old man next door with a playful look, and the old man coughed twice unnaturally, and Jinkou made a rare sound: "Eat, eat." ”

Hey, hey, this old man is even shy.

After the meal, the old man couldn't bear the fatigue of his body and fell asleep first, Dongzhang sat on the couch outside the door with a water cup and looked at the stars in the sky in a daze, Aunt Zhang quietly came to Dongzhang's side and sat down.

Glancing at this calm child, Aunt Zhang said softly: "You are a good child, the old man in the family is so virtuous, if there is anything that the aunt who can't live with the child will compensate you." ”

"What's the matter, Uncle Ma is a good person, it is Dongzhang who has been taken care of by him, and he is very envious of him."

Dongzhang calmly looked at the stars in the sky and said softly.

"You kid, auntie's man doesn't know what he looks like?"

Dongzhang just smiled and didn't make a sound.

"Yes, that's what he is, he doesn't say anything, in fact, he knows everything in his heart, doesn't his aunt know if the food cooked by his aunt is good or not? But even so, every time he will definitely finish eating, my aunt was not in good health when she was young, so he didn't let my aunt go out to work for the rest of his life, and other people's families both worked and returned home, and our family every time my uncle went home alone, my aunt looked distressed, and she couldn't even do such a simple thing as cooking, and she couldn't give him half a child in this life.

"But life is like this, there are people who are good at talking, there must be people who are good at listening..."