Chapter 2 Grandma's House

Although science and technology are advancing rapidly and people's living standards are gradually improving, there are still many inconveniences in the depths of this mountain. First of all, transportation is a problem, residents have to walk to travel, and they have to walk a long way to get on the bus to get to the city, and it will be very troublesome for the family to buy something. The second is electricity, there are not many residents in the mountains, and the houses of every household are not piled up, so if you want to have electricity, the cost of materials is too high.

Although the slogan shouts, "In order to serve the people, we are committed to solving the quality of life of the people at the bottom." "But after all, the country is now a developing country, and in the depths of this mountain, it is too inconvenient to carry out all aspects of the project, so year after year, the quality of life and facilities are slowly improved. Wu Hou's grandmother's house was electrified, but the power supply was insufficient, and there were frequent power outages. Another is the problem of water use, which until now, the inhabitants of the mountains are still using the primitive method of carrying water to solve the water problem.

There are wells, but more of them, still eating water from mountain streams, and the water here is clean and unpolluted, a gift from nature to the inhabitants of the mountains.

Wu Hou, who was lying on the small wooden bed in his grandmother's house, could still hear the croaking of frogs not far from the window and the sounds of various insects when he fell asleep. This played a good role in helping Wu Hou sleep, so all night, Wu Hou slept very sweetly.

The next morning, Wu Hou woke up to the sound of birds, he sat up, and saw an olive-colored thrush standing on the window lattice, which was making a pleasant call with its equally olive-colored mouth open. The thrush is naturally sensitive and timid, and at this time it dares to stand boldly on the window lattice, judging from this scene, it shows how harmonious the residents of the mountains and these small animals in the mountains get along.

After a while, Grandma came to call Wu Hou to get up, Wu Hou stopped teasing the thrush, quickly put on his clothes, began to wash, and soon sat down at the dinner table.

Although the accommodation here is simple, it is not inferior to the outside world in terms of food. Wu Hou's grandfather, a few days ago, went into the mountains to hunt and caught a few hares, and it happened that Wu Hou came, so this morning, Wu Hou's grandfather got up before dawn and disemboweled. Grandpa and Grandma sat on one side of the table, Wu Hou sat across from them, and the three of them started together and enjoyed a hearty breakfast.

Wu Hou said while eating: "Grandpa, is the rabbit newly killed?"

Grandpa smiled and said, "That's right, I got up before dawn to get busy." Seeing Wu Hou's food with relish, the old man was also happy in his heart.

Wu Hou also laughed.

His grandmother asked him, "Is it delicious?"

Wu Hou chewed the rabbit meat in his mouth, and said vaguely: "It's delicious, the rabbit meat is delicious, and the rabbit meat made by grandma is even more delicious!"

"You little one, you're getting better at pleasing your grandmother. Grandpa shook his head.

Wu Hou laughed, and said while laughing: "Rabbit meat is delicious, but it is still not as delicious as the wild boar meat I ate when I was a child." ”

Before he was less than seven years old, the ignorant Wu Hou lived with his grandparents, and at that time, Wu Hou often ate the game that his grandfather brought back from the mountains. The most memorable thing is the wild boar that my grandfather and others fought together, and after the wild boar was cooked by my grandmother, the fragrance could be smelled even from a hundred meters away. Wu Hou still can't remember that delicacy, so he said that although rabbit meat is good, it is not as delicious as wild boar.

Seeing Wu Hou eating the rabbit meat in the bowl, thinking about the wild boar, my grandfather laughed and scolded: "You little rabbit cub, what about wild boar, it's good to be able to eat rabbit meat, how old are you grandfather and me? Now when I encounter a wild boar again, I don't have the strength to deal with it, so it can only eat me, not me." Besides, now the government has a rule that we can't kill many animals in the mountains in the future, saying that we must protect wild animals and maintain the balance of nature..."

Grandpa was still talking there, and Wu Hou's grandmother reprimanded him impatiently: "Okay, eat your meal, it's not over when you open your mouth." What's wrong with my grandson wanting to eat wild boar, but he is embarrassed to say that he has no physical strength, and who picks the water for the family? You go to carry water with others, and others pick two buckets, and you pick four links, and you still say that your physical strength is not good? If it weren't for the fact that you were strong and killed a tiger with your bare hands, I wouldn't have married you. ”

When the old woman talked about fighting the tiger, the old man was even more interested, suddenly stood up, stepped on the bench with one leg, and said, "That's it, back then..."

Wu Hou on the other side of the table said: "It is said that back then, it rained heavily, chopping wood and returned, the road met a tiger, the tiger wanted to eat me, I didn't follow, I fought with it, the tiger was invincible, I killed it..."

"Grandpa, no matter how many times I've said it, I'll memorize it. Wu Hou said helplessly.

Grandpa glared and said: "Oh, you little rabbit cub, dare to dismantle my platform, okay, you, after eating, we will practice in the courtyard, I see that your body is much stronger this year." ”

Wu Hou became interested and said, "Practice and practice, I'm not afraid of you!"

"Haha, good boy, courage is commendable!" Grandpa sat down and said, "Hurry up and eat, try it when you're done." Then he began to bury his head in eating.

Wu Hou also buried himself in eating, and the speed of chopsticks was not slower than that of his grandfather, as if he was going to win his grandfather even in terms of eating speed.

The old woman looked at the grandfather and grandson and laughed secretly. I thought that these two grandfathers and grandsons are really similar, their personalities are similar, their voices are similar, and the child's heart is also very naughty in his bones.

Wu Hou's grandfather has lived for nearly a lifetime, and he has nothing to worry about, and he looks like hee-hee all day long. A person walks to hum a little song, likes to joke when talking to people, and occasionally talks big and brags. I have lived with my wife in this mountain for almost a lifetime, although I usually like to win or lose in my mouth, but I often say something to make the old woman happy. In the affairs of the family, he never had to be told by the old woman, as long as the old woman could not do it or did not want to do it, he would do it himself. And he is kind-hearted, although he has no culture, but he deeply understands that he must not bully the weak, he must take care of the weak, and have the courage to resist evil forces. I guess I understood this because I experienced that war era.

As for Wu Hou, he inherited everything that his grandfather had very well.

After dinner, the two men came to the courtyard and stood on both sides of the courtyard. Wu Hou's grandfather, with one hand on his waist, took out a crumpled cigarette from his pocket with the other hand, put it in his mouth, and then slowly took out a lighter from his pocket, lit the cigarette, took a puff, and said disdainfully: "Boy, come on." As he spoke, he stretched out the hand that was crossed over his hips.

Wu Hou understood it at a glance, so he walked to his grandfather, also stretched out a hand, and held the hand that his grandfather stretched out.

Then they each stretched out one foot and pressed against each other.

It's a simple rally, and the rule is that whoever moves first with their feet, or falls down because they can't control themselves, loses. On the contrary, it is a win. This is not only a person's strength, but also the coordination of the body, and the sensitivity of the waist and upper body.

Wu Hou held his grandfather's hand, only to feel that his grandfather's hand was hard, although there were a lot of calluses, but it was very powerful. The moment my grandfather held Wu Hou's hand, he felt a little immature, but his wrist was extremely strong.

The two sides looked at each other and signaled to begin. Wu Hou suddenly exerted his strength, held the arm of his grandfather's palm, and pushed it forward, wanting to directly push his grandfather back and move it a step back. But he didn't expect that his grandfather just moved his arm backwards with his brute force, and when Wu Hou's arm stretched forward to the maximum extent, his grandfather's upper body tilted back slightly, and with the strength of Wu Hou's forward advancement, the arm holding Wu Hou's palm was gently pulled back, and Wu Hou couldn't retract his strength and lay directly on the ground.

Grandpa turned around and looked at Wu Hou lying behind him with a smile, and said, "You're still far away." ”

Although he said this, he was still surprised by the power that Wu Hou had just sent out in an instant. Ordinary children of this age, few have such a strong force as Wu Hou.

"If this kid had been in the past, he would have been a good hand at going into battle to kill the enemy. Wu Hou's grandfather thought so in his heart.

Wu Hou, who was lying on the ground, put his face on the ground and ate a mouthful of soil. He quickly stood up, kept spitting at the foam, and said, "Little old man, it's very powerful." There was a pretense of disdain in his tone.

Grandpa raised a foot and made a gesture to kick, Wu Hou hurriedly stepped back and said, "Okay, okay, okay, I can't practice you, I can't practice you." Grandpa should be old and strong, and the little one admires and admires. As he spoke, he also bowed to his grandfather.

These words were obviously very useful, but I saw my grandfather squinting, nodding his head, the corners of his mouth rising slightly, and the last bit of cigarette in his hand took a few puffs.

Wu Hou saw that his grandfather's cigarette was almost finished, and then he remembered the boxes of gold silk he brought, he hurriedly walked into the house, took out the gold wire, and said happily: "Grandpa, come, taste this." ”

Grandpa took the cigarette handed over by Wu Hou, looked at it, put it in his nose and sniffed it, and said, "The filter is good, but the tobacco leaves are a little worse." ”

Wu Hou was dissatisfied: "This is not bad, it takes a few yuan to buy a pack!"

"You know a ball!"

“......”

Speechless for a while, my grandfather sat on a recliner in the courtyard, smashing and smoking. Wu Hou had nothing to do, and his grandfather didn't speak, so he lit a cigarette for himself.

When he took out a cigarette from Wu Hou and put it in his mouth, his grandfather tilted his head slightly to observe him. I saw Wu Hou, one moment he spit out a cigarette with his mouth, and another time he smoked out with his nostrils, and his fingers holding the cigarette were also very natural. Grandpa, who looked at all this, thought, "This kid also looks a little bit like an adult." ”

"Have you ever drunk?" asked my grandfather lightly

Wu Hou's hand holding a cigarette stopped there, looked at his grandfather and replied, "I haven't drunk it yet." ”

Grandpa nodded, and said, "Let's have two drinks in the evening." ”

When Wu Hou heard this, he became interested, and immediately agreed, "Okay, good." ”

"Well, that's it. My grandfather got up as he spoke: "I'll catch a few fish, and ask your grandmother to cook you your favorite fish feast in the evening." ”

"I'll go too. As soon as he heard that he was going to catch fish, Wu Hou became interested.

"Let's go, go and get my grandfather's net. ”

"Okay!"

Wu Hou went to the house to find his grandfather's net pocket, and happily followed his grandfather out to catch fish.

Grandma's voice came from behind the grandfather and grandson: "Where are you going?

Wu Hou shook the fishing net in his hand and said, "Go catch the fish." ”

My grandfather replied to my grandmother without looking back: "I don't eat it, I eat wild fruits when I'm hungry, and I drink mountain springs when I'm thirsty." ”

The old woman watched her grandfather and grandson drift apart, shook her head and smiled: "One old and one young, two naughty boys." ”