1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Zhou'er, what happened today?"

After getting into the car, Chen Tiezhu asked in confusion.

"You ask me, who should I ask? I don't understand anything now." Zhou Fengxia said with a wry smile.

"But Mr. Qi's temper has always been strange. I'm really not sure why there is such an arrangement. Should we eat outside first, or go back to my house directly?"

"Let's go back to your house directly. It happens that we also need to visit the old man." Chen Tiezhu said.

"That's right, you can also have mutton hotpot at my house. Doudou, eat more at noon today. For dinner, let your dad make us delicious food."

"Yeah, eat meat." Doudou nodded his head obediently.

In fact, Chen Tiezhu is also a person who is good at guessing people's hearts, but after all, it was the first time he met Mr. Qi, so he didn't figure it out on the way to Zhou's house.

When he came to the yard of Zhou's house, he saw a thin old man practicing Tai Chi in the yard.

"Grandpa, this is Chen Tiezhu." Zhou Fengxia introduced with a smile.

"Hello, old man." Chen Tiezhu greeted hurriedly.

Grandpa Zhou took back his hand and nodded with a smile, "Finally I saw the real person, not bad. He is very imposing and is a man who can do great things. It seems that you also had a lot of fun playing with Lao Qi, otherwise Lao Qi would not have carved this."

"Grandpa, this is what Grandpa Mu gave to Doudou. Doudou loves it, so I can't give it to you."

Seeing Grandpa Zhou looking at his toy, Doudou suddenly became nervous and hurriedly declared his sovereignty.

"Hahaha, grandpa won't take things from children." Grandpa Zhou said with great joy.

"But since we are meeting for the first time, grandpa has to give you a small gift. This is the bracelet that grandpa got that year, and I give it to you."

After Grandpa Zhou finished speaking, he took off the long string of bracelets on his hand and stuffed it into Doudou's hand.

"Grandpa, this is unacceptable. This bracelet is obviously not an ordinary item." Chen Tiezhu said hurriedly.

At first, he didn't care, thinking it was a small item collected by the old man. Who would have thought that it was this bracelet on his hand, and this bracelet gave him a special feeling.

"I'm getting more and more confused today after living for so long." Zhou Fengxia grinned.

"Brother Chen, this is given to grandpa by Master Shan De. I asked grandpa for it for a long time but he didn't give it to me. Now I'm willing to give it to you, so you can let Doudou keep it safely."

"This is even more unacceptable. I said why it gave me a special feeling." Chen Tiezhu said.

"Meeting is fate, so just accept it. Fengxia, what happened to Lao Qi?" Grandpa Zhou asked with a smile.

Zhou Fengxia nodded, "Today I have seen another side of Mr. Qi. He wanted Brother Chen to learn carving from him, and even gave Brother Chen all his experience."

"Ah..., this old guy. He also said that he hated Feng Shui, but in fact, who among the craftsmen doesn't care?" Mr. Zhou sighed.

"Dad, Dad, it smells good, even better than meat, it smells good." At this time, Doudou shouted happily, and sniffed the bracelet carefully with his little nose.

"Grandpa, if it was another little thing, I could accept it calmly. But this bracelet..., it's really too expensive." Chen Tiezhu frowned and said.

His sense of smell is also very sensitive, and now he can smell the faint fragrance floating into his nose. And this fragrance has the effect of calming the mind and clearing the brain.

Even though he is knowledgeable, now whether it is Mr. Qi or Mr. Zhou, he is worried that they will give things as soon as they meet.

"It's just a string of inconspicuous beads." Grandpa Zhou waved his hand.

"Although it's the first time I met the little girl, we got along very well. There's no reason to take back what you give to a child. Didn't you eat too?"

"Grandpa, let's have mutton hotpot at noon. I promised Doudou." Zhou Fengxia said.

"Okay, let's have mutton hotpot." Grandpa Zhou smiled and nodded.

"Oh..., thank you, grandpa." Chen Tiezhu sighed.

"Thank you, grandpa, you're done." Doudou also thanked him obediently.

"Hahahahaha..., this little mouth is so sweet. Fengxia, get married quickly, and then give grandpa such a well-behaved great-grandson." Grandpa Zhou said with a big laugh.

"Grandpa, let's have mutton hotpot first." Zhou Fengxia said with a bitter face.

When it comes to getting married, he also has a headache.

It should be said that the Zhou family is a serious and wealthy family.

There is a lot of stock in the refrigerator. Take out the mutton, put it on the plane, and push it with a click. This is a pile of mutton rolls.

Set up the hot pot, Doudou XiaoThe friend didn't care about the little dog leftovers and the fragrant bracelets, and stared at the mutton in the pot with his big eyes.

"Brother Chen, let's just fool around with this meal at noon, and you have to prepare a few dishes for dinner." Zhou Fengxia said.

"Sure, we'll make whatever you and the old man like to eat." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"In fact, I can cook most dishes. Even if the presentation is not as good as in the restaurant, my cooking skills are really good."

"Anyway, we have to have braised pork. The braised pork we had last time was also delicious. Doudou, hurry up and eat the meat, it's cooked now." Zhou Fengxia said.

"Yeah. Grandpa and Brother Zhou also eat meat." Doudou nodded his head.

But the little guy is still very polite. If it was at home, he would definitely stand on a stool to pick it up. But this is a guest at someone else's house, so he has to wait for his father to pick it up for him.

"Little Doudou, you are really well-behaved." Grandpa Zhou said with a smile.

"He's just being good now, but he's lawless at home." Chen Tiezhu complained.

"Dad, Doudou is so good." Doudou took the time to defend himself, and then continued to eat meat.

Doudou's little appearance made the Zhou family's grandfather and grandson laugh again. Chen Tiezhu's naughtiness was clever in their eyes.

This little guy speaks loudly and reacts so quickly, it's really rare to see him.

"Grandpa, I don't think Grandpa Qi is very old, why do you want to semi-retire?" Chen Tiezhu asked after eating and drinking for a while.

"He is also tired of the pursuit of fame and fortune and comparison in this circle. For him, these are not what he pursues." Grandpa Zhou said with a smile.

"So, I called him personally this time. I didn't want the piece of spring-colored material to fall into other people's hands, but it returned to your hands."

"I am really confused today when I mention this matter. Both Mr. Qi and you have given me benefits." Chen Tiezhu said with a wry smile.

"And the gifts given to me are so expensive. Old man, you have to explain it to me, otherwise I will be nervous when drinking this wine."

Listening to his words, Zhou Fengxia also looked over curiously.

All the items on Grandpa's body have their origins. Since I can remember, he would not give them to others easily, including family members.