"Ranran, can you use this?" Ah Qiu walked in with a half-used green plastic planer.

"I'll try." An Ran took the planer and tried to shave the persimmon skin, and found that the planer was better than the knife, but it still hurt when the palm curled up with a little force, "Yes, if my hand hurts more later, I won't plane." ”

Nowadays, no matter what she does, she will pay attention to the basis of her own personal feelings, and once she does something beyond her ability, she will not do it.

"You don't have to." Grandma An said lovingly on the side, "You just teach me and Ah Qiu why we didn't do it, the two of us are fine at home, I wish there was something to do." ”

"Okay." An Ran slowed down the peeling speed in his hand, and when he saw that Ah Qiu was going to throw away the persimmon skin, he said to her, "Aunt Ah Qiu, we also need to use the persimmon skin, and we must air dry it with the persimmon, and use it to cover the frost when the time comes." ”

"Frost?" Ah Qiu hurriedly put away the persimmon skin and put it on an empty plate next to him, "Is it the layer of hoarfrost on the persimmon?" ”

"Yes." An Ran said, "Frosted persimmons last longer." ”

"Okay." Ah Qiu and Grandma An listened carefully to her teaching, and carefully packed the skins and put them on a clean plate.

The two of them used a knife to peel the skin, and their hands were also skillful, and the peeled skin was a long strip, which was very suitable for hanging and drying.

However, the persimmon skin that was scavenged by An Ran with a planer flew one by one in the east and one in the west, "My persimmon skin needs to trouble Ah Qiu to take a dustpan to dry it alone." ”

"What's so hard about that?" Ah Qiu and her grandmother were amused by An Ran's somewhat aggrieved appearance.

A basket of persimmons, basically Grandma An and Ah Qiu cut them, and An Ran didn't cut a few of them.

She sat aside, basking in the sun, holding longan red date tea, lazily watching her grandmother and Aunt Aqiu work, pointing from time to time, very comfortable.

"Our side is damp, and in order to avoid moldy persimmons, the peeled persimmons have to be boiled in boiling water."

"Fortunately, the weather was fine for the rest of the day."

Fortunately, Anran came early, Aunt Aqiu worked neatly, and peeled all the baskets of persimmons before lunch.

An Ran led the two of them to hang persimmons in the backyard, and tied the white twine to the persimmons one by one, "After three days of drying like this, the persimmons softened, and they were kneaded and kneaded by hand." ”

"Do you knead it like a persimmon in the supermarket?" Grandma Ann asked seriously.

"Yes." An Ran nodded.

"Round or vertical?" Ah Qiu also asked.

"Round or vertical." An Ran said, "Hanging persimmons can be kneaded vertically." ”

"What if you're done pinching it in three days?"

"Two more days, wait until the fifth day, and continue kneading."

"Okay, okay." Grandma An and Ah Qiu wrote it down carefully.

The noon sun fell into the small courtyard, shining warmly on the people.

"Is that okay?" Seeing that the persimmons were hung in bunches, Grandma An felt happy and apprehensive.

"Yes."

Seeing that there were still not many persimmons left to hang, Ah Qiu said, "Mother-in-law, I'm going to cook, and you can hang the rest slowly, okay?" ”

"Okay." Grandma Ann responded with a smile.

After Ah Qiu left, An Ran finally mentioned the words that had been brewing all morning to Grandma An, "Grandma, last week in our school's monthly exam, I felt that I didn't do very well. ”

Grandma An comforted her, "If you don't do well in the exam, it's not good, maybe it'll be good next time." ”

"It's not." An Ran shook his head, "I found that the classes in high school are much more difficult than those in junior high school, and once you fall behind, it is difficult to make up for it." ”

Grandma An stopped what she was doing, turned around and looked at An Ran seriously, "Do you have any difficulties in studying?" ”

"Yes." An Ran nodded, using a well-known reason, "Some time ago, I spent a lot of time practicing the piano, and basically didn't learn much, but this time I found out that I won't be able to do too much." ”

A sad look appeared on her face, "I feel panicked. ”

"I'm afraid your mother will be upset?" Grandma An is a wise and tolerant old man, when she used to live with her son's family, she basically didn't conflict with the juniors, but it doesn't mean that she can't understand what kind of person the family is.

"Yes." An Ran said sadly, "I'm afraid that if the report card is sent out next week, and if I regress too much, my mother will beat me." ”

"Don't be afraid, I'll go and tell your mother to tell her not to beat you." After a long silence, Grandma An said softly.

"It's useless." An Ran's voice was a little low, and the whole person looked extremely depressed, "You know, my mother has always been very demanding of me, and she thinks that I can only be good if I am good at everything. I was afraid that I would not be able to meet her expectations and that she would be disappointed in me. ”

Grandma An felt a little distressed, she knew that Enron had been trying to meet her daughter-in-law's expectations, but this kind of pressure was not healthy for a young child, and many of her daughters-in-law's practices were a bit out of bounds.

It's not like she hasn't been persuaded before, but it's useless.

Not only is it useless, but the daughter-in-law will be unhappy because of this, she said: "The child is mine, since I have to bear the responsibility of the child in the future, I have the right to be fully responsible for their education, and no one else has the right to interfere." ”

She can only shut up, and when her granddaughter is forced to be particularly sad, she secretly hugs her, comforts and comforts her, and lets her relax and relax.

Thinking of these, Grandma An was also very helpless, her daughter-in-law was too extreme and strong.

She patted An Ran's hand lightly, and said in a gentle voice: "Ranran, don't care too much about your mother's expectations, the important thing is that you know that life is your own, you have to work hard for yourself, grades are just a measure of your learning process A stage of results, not the only measure of whether you are excellent, you don't have to feel guilty and sad because of a bad score in a monthly exam." ”

An Ran raised her head and looked into Grandma An's eyes, she could feel Grandma's love and understanding.

"Grandma, you're right, if only Mom thought the same way."

This is a dead end, if Mrs. An could think like this, An Ran would not have suffered so much in her studies for so many years.

The look on Grandma An's face became a little calm and sad, but a pair of kind eyes were full of wisdom, "Your mother also has your mother's suffering, you have no ability to change her mind, but you can change your own mind, you first understand that your life value has to be defined by yourself, not what your mother thinks is right, your value is not only reflected in the grades, but also your other benefits, I have heard people say that you won a good prize in the piano competition in recent days, how powerful you are, You don't look down on yourself first, the most important thing, the rest, we can slowly figure out a way. ”

Listening to Grandma An's soft and wise words, the waves of surprise in An Ran's heart covered one layer after another.

She suddenly realized what she had missed, and what she had misjudged because of her ignorant arrogance.

She never knew that Grandma An was actually a person with a ravines and great wisdom.

I used to stand aside with Mrs. An for a long time, arrogantly thinking that Grandma An was a boring old lady who didn't like to talk much every day, just liked to embroider flowers and bask in the sun, chant scriptures, eat vegetarian food, plant flowers and trees.

It's no wonder that in the face of a scumbag like Grandpa An, who raised several women outside and often made trouble, Grandma An was able to raise a pair of children in the face of such a bad marriage, and smoothly let her son inherit Grandpa An's career.

As far as the adoptive father is concerned, the scum in some aspects may really be Grandpa An's bad genetics, but he still has the ability to do business, not to mention that my sister-in-law graduated from the top five schools in the world, and now she is doing well in her career abroad, I don't know how good it is.

A hint of determination flashed in Enron's eyes. "Thank you grandma, I will remember your words. I will study hard and no longer live for my mother's expectations, but for the sake of pursuing the meaning of life that I really want. ”

"I knew you were a smart kid." Grandma An smiled, looking at An Ran's eyes full of appreciation. "Life is like this, some hardships are always experienced by yourself, only then will you understand what is suitable for you, what others give you is always something else, and what you understand is your own."

"I see." An Ran looked at Grandma An and nodded firmly, and asked her, "Grandma, I just want to study hard and get admitted to a good university at this stage, in order to be able to study with peace of mind, I want to go to school to live, do you think it's okay?" ”

"As long as it's what you want." Grandma An looked at An Ran's eyebrows, smiled lovingly, and turned around to continue tying persimmons, "It's also good to live in school, but if you choose to live in school, life is not as comfortable as at home, clothes have to be washed by yourself, the food in the canteen may not be delicious, and you have to sleep in a dormitory with your classmates, you don't know which classmates in the dormitory are easy to get along with and which one is not easy to get along with, these will all make you encounter all kinds of problems and challenges, are you really ready for boarding?" ”

"Grandma, I know all this you said." An Ran naturally weighed everything clearly, and only then told Grandma An his plans and plans.

She came over today, in addition to visiting her, and asked Grandma An to help persuade her adoptive parents to let them agree to her request to live in school.

It's just that she didn't think that this time, she would see a Grandma An who was different from her impression in her previous life.

She has to admit that in the past, she was too blind, didn't understand many things, and didn't see many people clearly.

"That's good." Grandma An's words were full of understanding and support for An Ran, "I'll call your dad later and ask him to help you with school accommodation." ”

"Thank you, grandma." An Ran's face was full of surprise, and at the same time, his heart was full of gratitude to Grandma An, "Please believe me, I will definitely have a good life in school." ”

"Of course, you're my proudest granddaughter." Grandma An's fair and delicate but wrinkled face was full of pride, "I believe that you will bravely face and deal with the problems you encounter at school, and I will always support you no matter what happens." ”1314

(End of chapter)