The story of a cook

Chapter 108
There is a way, no matter when you walk, you will remember how to walk, even if you are old.

The place where I was born and raised at that time, I will always remember that thatched house, that adobe house.

The last thing everyone wants to do is go home.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Lin Yan and I set foot on the way home.

I was very excited. I came out to work for four years. This is a real sense of leading my partner home.

At that time, if I was looking for someone on a blind date at home, it would be very difficult to find someone based on my family's conditions.

5 yuan. 5 yuan is an astronomical figure for my family, and I can't afford it at all.

Working part-time is a way out for me to change the poverty situation at home, and finding a partner outside is also a way out for me to find someone to talk to as a wife.There is no shame in saying this, and I did at the time.If I am looking for a partner at home, even if it is a gift of 5 yuan, my five sisters can help me make it up, but I don't want my five sisters to help me. They have taken care and cared enough for me. Growing up, people in their 20s are able to solve their own daughter-in-law's problems.

During the Spring Festival, it is the peak of the Spring Festival travel season. There are many people coming from the countryside to the provincial capital, but few people going to the countryside from the provincial capital.

The big customers who came to Beipiao from the city arrived home on the same day.

It was already dark when we got home, and the fifth and second sisters were at home. They were very surprised to see Lin Yan and me coming in.

Fifth Sister said, "Didn't you call to say that you will be home tomorrow?"

I smiled and said, "I'm impatient, I'll be back today."

My mother was sitting on the top of the kang, and she was also very pleasantly surprised to see Lin Yan and me.

When I saw my mother, I had a sore nose and felt like crying. I immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to my mother, saying, "Mom, Happy Chinese New Year!"

Mother said happily: "Get up, happy Chinese New Year, everything is fine."

With that said, my mother's tears fell.I know that my mother misses me at home, especially during Chinese New Year, no matter how old I am,
In the eyes of the mother, they are all children who have not yet grown up.Seeing her mother crying, the second sister who was sitting on the kang also shed tears.

Lin Yan asked me in a low voice: "What's wrong, why are you crying?"

Fifth Sister said, "I'm happy, these are tears of joy seeing you all come back."

Then the fifth sister said to her mother: "Okay, your old son kowtowed to you for the new year, and you are so happy, you can shed two tears, don't scare Lin Yan."

Mother wiped away her tears and smiled.

Lin Yan tugged at the corner of my clothes and asked, "What should I do if you kowtow? Do I want to kowtow too?"

I said, "You don't need to, just bow and salute."

Lin Yan bowed to her mother and said, "Happy New Year, Ma'am!"

Mother hurriedly said: "Okay! Okay! Everything is fine."

After finishing speaking, let Lin Yan sit in front of her, looked at Lin Yan, and touched Lin Yan's arm with his hand, and said, "Why are you still thin, you haven't eaten well."

Lin Yan said: "The food is pretty good, and I haven't lost weight."

The fifth sister said: "This old lady loves her daughter-in-law very much. I didn't ask me if I was fat or thin when I came back every day."

The mother said: "This child is really a little thin, come, sit in it, the edge of the kang is cool."

Lin Yan said: "It's okay, it's not cold, our house is quite warm, warmer than mine."

The second sister said to her mother: "Mom, Lin Yan has paid New Year's greetings to you, so you don't give them red envelopes."

Mother went to take out the red envelope in her pocket and said as she took it out, "I prepared it a long time ago, and I didn't expect to come back today—"

Fifth Sister laughed and said, "This old lady is happy to forget."

Mother took out the red envelope and gave it to Lin Yan, Lin Yan said: "I don't want it, you can keep the flowers for yourself."

Mother said: "This is New Year's money, take it, I don't lack money to spend."

The second sister joked: "This old lady is biased, so she knows to give lucky money to her daughter-in-law. Those of us who are girls come back every year to pay you New Year's greetings, and don't even give us some lucky money."

The next day the eldest sister, third sister, fourth sister, five brothers-in-law, three nieces, and four nephews all came back.

It was a noisy day.

My home has a new atmosphere every year, and every time I go back, I have different feelings.

The eldest sister's son is engaged and plans to get married the next year.There are two children in the eldest sister's family, the eldest is a girl, and they are married.At that time, the eldest brother-in-law was the head of the elder sister's village, and he was an official. The family conditions were considered acceptable in rural areas.

The two girls of the second sister's family, the older is in junior high school, and the younger is in elementary school.The second sister has always wanted a boy, but unfortunately she didn't have that fate. It's just the two girls, and the second sister is a typical patriarchal patriarch.The second sister's family was not in good condition at that time, and they were in the stage of just getting out of poverty. The family had more than ten acres of land, and the second brother-in-law raised more than 30 sheep, and planned to make a fortune from the breeding industry.When I was young, my fifth sister and I loved going to my second sister’s house during the summer and winter vacations. Although the second sister’s home was difficult, the second sister was very used to me and my fifth sister. Unlike the elder sister who always took care of us, my fifth sister and I I'm a little afraid of my eldest sister.

The third sister's family has a son who is in the sixth grade of primary school.Both the third sister and the third brother-in-law belong to the kind of people who can live a good life. When they first got married, the family was in trouble. Go out and build houses for others to make money.The third sister's family also bought an agricultural tricycle. In winter, the third brother-in-law would get up early and late to collect grain and sell it for money. He lived a good life. Among the five sisters, his family was No. 2.

The fourth sister has a son who is in the fourth grade of primary school.The fourth sister's family is also doing well. He has a lot of land, more than 40 mu of land, and he can pay a lot of money for the land in a year. In addition, the fourth sister lives a fine life and is reluctant to spend money, and her family is also good.The fourth sister is a problem, she doesn't like to talk, and at the same time she doesn't like to socialize with relatives. She lives in the same village as the fifth sister, eldest sister, and second sister. I don't like to move around, so I just stay at home.

The fifth sister's family is also a son, only two years old.The life of the fifth sister's family is relatively good. The fifth sister and the fifth sister's husband both go to work to earn money. The fifth sister's old woman is an educated youth who went to the countryside. She settled down in the countryside and did not return to the city. She belongs to the commercial household registration and has a salary every month. Go to work and be a leader.The five sisters' families The fifth sister's family belongs to the best condition.

At that time, there were no cars in the countryside, and families with motorcycles were very wealthy.The eldest sister’s family bought a motorcycle, the third sister’s family also bought a motorcycle, and the fifth sister’s family already had it.At that time, I saw that the lives of the five sisters' families were pretty good, but I was not doing well. I just fell in love and didn't have a family yet.

My eldest sister asked me when I would get married, and I said wait another two years.

The eldest sister said: "It's time to get married too. Mom is so old and still waiting to have a grandson."

I said: "Then you have to wait until you get married before you can have children, and you can't have children now."

The eldest sister asked Lin Yan: "Lin Yan, did your mother agree to the matter between you and Guohua?"

Lin Yan said: "My mother agreed."

The eldest sister asked: "Then what does your mother want?"

Lin Yan said: "My mother doesn't ask for anything, as long as we live a good life."

The eldest sister said: "Your mother is very talkative, didn't she say how much dowry?"

Lin Yan said: "No, my mother doesn't want a bride price, as long as Lao Tan treats me well."

The eldest sister said: "It's okay, if Guohua treats you badly, you can tell us and we will take care of him."

Lin Yan smiled, and said to me: "Look, if you dare to bully me, I will find my eldest sister and ask her to deal with you."

Fifth Sister said: "Yes, when the time comes, you can find Eldest Sister, and us, you can find anyone, and you can deal with him."

The eldest sister asked Lin Yan: "Lin Yan, I want to ask you something, when do you two plan to get married?"

Lin Yan said: "We plan to work for a few more years and get married when we have some money."

The eldest sister said: "It will take another two years. When will I have a child, the old lady is anxious to hold her grandson."

Lin Yan looked at me without saying a word.

I said, "When you get married, you will have children."

The relatives at home are actually like this, they care about you all the time.When I didn't have a date, my sisters were anxious to find a partner for me. When I couldn't find a partner, they got angry and asked someone to introduce me to a partner at home.Now that I have a partner, I start to worry about getting married. The marriage is not over yet, and the matter of having a child is also on the agenda.

The main reason is that the mother is already 64, and the most anxious thing is the mother. In the words of the mother, people in their 60s can live for a few days, and the soil will bury their necks. If they can live to hold their grandson, even death is worth it pass.

My mother's health in the past two years has been better than the first two years, and it's also due to the fact that we don't need to go up the mountain to exercise our physical strength. In addition, we have grown up and earned money, and my mother's living standard has also improved accordingly. It has been so hard for a few years, so I have less to worry about.As long as people worry less and have no such troubles for a day, they will be energetic and much younger.My five older sisters and I felt that my mother's health was much better than in the first two years.

Lin Yan and I stayed at home for two days. These two days were my family of three, Lin Yan, my mother, and we had a very warm time.Lin Yan and I cook together every day, and my mother doesn’t have to do any work. She eats ready-made food. After eating, my mother and Lin Yan sit on the kang and chat. Come.

In the evening, Lin Yan will boil the footwashing water for her mother to wash her feet, and also wash her hair. She told her that it is best for older people to wash their hair at night, so that they don't have to go out of the house to go to bed directly, so as to save themselves from catching a cold.

At that time, I felt that this daughter-in-law was very good, and I must marry her home.

On the eighth day of the lunar new year, Lin Yan and I bid farewell to our mother and returned to the provincial capital.

In the past, every time I left home, I would feel a little sad. I felt that I was not good enough, that I couldn’t serve my mother at home, and that I couldn’t be filial in front of the house. I felt sorry for my mother and felt that I was an unfilial son.This time when I came back from home, the feeling of sadness was much less, and there was more longing. I hoped that I would become stronger as soon as possible, get married as soon as possible, buy a house in the city as soon as possible, take my mother to the city, and have a baby with Lin Yan. child.Lin Yan and I go to work every day, my mother coaxes her grandson at home, and every night when I get home from get off work, the family of four, old and young, three generations and four people are happy together, how warm and happy it is.

This is the direction of my future efforts and the goal to be achieved.When I told Lin Yan about this idea, she said: "Then work hard, we will work hard for a few years first, and after a few years it will be almost the same."

(End of this chapter)