Chapter 22: Death is to face and to live to suffer
Qiao Jiarong always knew that Grandpa Tie Niu was very attentive to the new house, but he didn't expect to be even more attentive to her room. When she saw her room, Rao was mentally prepared, but she was still surprised.
Grandpa Tie Niu is really good to her, and he will be his own grandfather in the future.
Thinking of this, Qiao Jiarong stepped forward and hugged Qiao Tieniu's only arm and said, "Grandpa, you will be my own grandfather in the future." The granddaughter will definitely be filial to you. ”
"Good! Good! Good! Listening to Qiao Jiarong's release, Qiao Tieniu shouted three times in a row.
Actually, Qiao Tieniu didn't care if Qiao Jiarong regarded her as his grandfather. Anyway, he knew that this kid was a grateful person. Even if Qiao Jiarong didn't say it, he knew that she would definitely be filial to him.
After the new house was built, Qiao Tieniu did not let Qiao Jiarong move over directly.
Instead, he moved in first, and then opened all the doors and windows of Qiao Jiarong's room. Let the room smell a little, after all, a lot of things in this room are painted, and you can't do it without ventilation.
Qiao Tieniu's own room is not needed, except for the lime plastered on the wall. Everything else was moved from an old house, so naturally it didn't smell good.
It wasn't until a month after the house was built that Qiao Jiarong moved into his room.
On the day of the move, it was Sunday and it was time to plant seedlings in the spring. All the adults of the village chief's family went to the ground, and only Qiao Xinxin and their children were at home.
So, Qiao Xinxin and her brothers and sisters also came over to help move.
When several girls saw Qiao Jiarong's room, everyone said in unison: "It's so beautiful!" ”
Qiao Xinxin even pulled Qiao Jiarong to shout, and said while shaking: "Xiaorong, your room is too beautiful." No, I'll come and sleep with you every Saturday night from now on. ”
As soon as she finished speaking, she was knocked on the head by her eldest sister Qiao Meimei and refused.
Qiao Meimei said to her: "Don't even think about it, don't think that you can hide in Xiaorong and not do your homework." On Saturday, I went to sleep with you and watched you do your homework. ”
"No, I don't want you to sleep with me. I don't want to occupy such a place by myself, and I have to press me to finish all my homework. Qiao Xinxin covered her head and said.
At this time, Qiao Jiaojiao, who was standing aside, said: "Xinxin, if you don't let the eldest sister Jiarong sleep with you, then let the second sister accompany you!" ”
"No, you two older children sleep in one room. After school together, we do our homework together, we sleep together, and don't bother me. ”
"Then don't think of Xiao Rong to sleep here." Qiao Meimei and Qiao Jiaojiao replied together.
Qiao Xinxin replied angrily: "You are just jealous that I have a good relationship with Xiaorong. ”
Qiao Meimei and Qiao Jiaojiao raised their eyebrows at the same time, and Qiao Mimi looked at her. Meaning: What can you do if you are jealous?
The conversation between the three sisters made everyone laugh.
After laughing, everyone helped Qiao Jiarong tidy up the bed and cabinet in the room, and put some things that could not be used temporarily into the cabinet first.
Qiao Tieniu, who was standing at the outermost, saw the many empty cabinets and felt that Qiao Jiarong's clothes were too few. I plan to go to the street to help my granddaughter buy some more clothes in two days, and buy some clothes for the four seasons.
There are also quilts or something, and you have to buy cotton to re-stretch.
Well! Bounce a few more beds, varying in weight. Two catties of summer quilts, four to six catties of spring and autumn quilts, and eight to ten catties of winter quilts, two beds of each. By then, you should be able to fill these cabinets!
Just when Qiao Tieniu was thinking about how to fill Qiao Jiarong's wardrobe, Qiao Meimei and the others had already helped Qiao Jiarong put the things in the house in place.
Qiao Tieniu looked at the sky outside and felt that it was not too early to hurry up and cook.
Yesterday he came back with a lot of meat, both raw and cooked. The cooked ones are the braised vegetables bought at the street snack bar, as well as the original air-dried pheasants and hares at home.
Coupled with all kinds of vegetables pulled in the ground, this time there are seven or eight dishes. There are more dishes than other people's banquets, and the smell is so fragrant that several children of the village chief's family are about to drool.
Qiao Tieniu looked at several children and saw that they all wanted to eat. Let each of them give them a piece to taste, and then let them go to the field and call the adults back to eat.
A few older boys hurriedly volunteered to run out and call someone.
The aroma of Qiao Tieniu's boiled meat wafted far away, just so that Qiao Meiliang and Chen Jie, who were passing by to wash vegetables by the river, smelled it. The two of them couldn't help but look back at the big house that had just been built, and they both thought that Qiao Jiarong would have a bad time if he left home.
Unexpectedly, Qiao Jiarong had only left home not long ago. The one-armed old man built her a big house to live in, and cooked meat so fragrant.
But soon, Qiao Meili woke up from the scent.
She pulled Chen Jie, who was still intoxicated, and quickly left the range of Qiao Tieniu's new home. Then he found a place by the river where no one was and said to her: "Don't look at the big house Qiao Jiarong lives in now, who knows if it's an empty shelf, we don't envy it." ”
"yes, maybe that little wild doesn't even have a decent bed in his room!
And this meat, I guess the old man borrowed money to buy it! It's called a swollen face····· Slap a swollen face or something? Chen Jie couldn't remember what to say next, so she turned her head and asked Qiao Meili.
Qiao Meili continued, "Slap a swollen face and pretend to be fat, and you will die to save face and suffer the crime." ”
"Yes, yes, yes, that is, to die to save face and suffer sin."
After finishing speaking, Chen Jie felt much better in her heart, and she was no longer as angry as before.
Qiao Meili also nodded, but she didn't think so in her heart. Although she is only one year older than Chen Jie, she is already in elementary school. Knowing some arithmetic, like the big house that Qiao Jiarong lives in now, it is definitely not cheap.
She couldn't figure out how much, but it was definitely more expensive than the house they were living in now.
I heard her father Qiao Zezhi say that a house like theirs costs hundreds of yuan. Now the five houses that Qiao Jiarong lives in are larger than their family's area, and the money to build the house must be more, at least more than the money spent by their family.
I heard that those who built the house for the one-armed old man said, "His salary is very high, a dozen dollars a day!" I don't know if it's true or not?
But the things that his family sprinkled when he was on the beam were much better than those of the Ping family.
There are not only steamed buns and rice cakes, but also several kinds of fruit candy. This is much more expensive than those steamed buns or something, so that the old man is not as poor as they think.
In this way, Qiao Jiarong will be passed away. Wouldn't it make her want to be blessed, how could Qiao Meili be willing.
But now, Qiao Jiarong has been passed out. Grandparents can't care about her anymore, what way can they think of to make Qiao Jiarong not so good?
Qiao Meili couldn't think of it for a while, so she had to wash the cabbage that she was going to use at noon and go home with Chen Jie.
When it was time to eat, I saw that Chen Jie had sandwiched a piece of food for each of them in order to please her grandparents. Then I heard them praise Chen Jie for her filial piety, which made Qiao Meimei's eyes light up.