Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 1251 Little Goldfish (Edited)
Although the old lady is confused due to her old age, she still knows everything and has forgotten nothing.

Whether it is old events or recent events, she can list them all for you.

But if you say she hasn't changed at all, that's not entirely true.

Just like this time, he was throwing tantrums like a child and was very difficult to deal with. But you couldn't say anything harsh to him and you had to coax him.

Old child, old child, this is what the old lady is in now.

"Xiao Ning, why don't you eat? Eat quickly."

Seeing Grandma Xie bringing out another large plate of food and urging Zhang Yu to eat quickly, Zhang Yu had no choice but to turn his attention to Grandpa Xie, the only somewhat reliable person in the family.

Facing his eldest grandson's pleading eyes, Grandpa Xie was much more reliable than his two sons.

He waved his hand and said directly: "Old woman, don't let the child force himself to eat when he is full."

Upon hearing this, Grandma Xie really stopped picking up food and instead looked at her husband with wide eyes, seeming a little dissatisfied with his interrupting her feeding her eldest grandson.

However, Grandpa Xie was indeed the most reliable man in the family. He actually held on and was not taken down by Grandma Xie.

"The child is not a child anymore. How can he not know whether he has eaten enough? Don't force him to eat until he is full. What if he gets sick?"

Grandma Xie curled her lips, but still stopped picking up the food.

"If you don't want to eat, then don't eat. Xiaoyu, tell grandma when you're hungry. I'll have food for you."

Zhang Yu nodded repeatedly: "Yeah, yeah, yeah!"

I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Where Grandma Xie couldn't see, he gave Grandpa Xie a thumbs up.

Grandpa Xie looked very proud, this was nothing.

But when she was clearing the table, looking at the leftover rice in the bowl, Grandma Xie's "old illness" relapsed.

She muttered quietly, "Xiaoyu's appetite is still too small. When the children of the eldest and second eldest families were his age, they would eat at least five or six bowls of food for a meal. He just ate four bowls and couldn't eat any more."

Hearing his wife's words, Grandpa Xie couldn't help but press his swollen forehead and explained, "Suqin, have you forgotten that our family has changed the bowls this year? The bowls we used before were only this big, and the bowls we use now are at least half as big as before. With such a big bowl, the eldest and second sons can only eat two bowls at most at a time, and Xiaoyu has eaten four bowls, so his appetite is not small."

After these words were spoken, Grandma Xie seemed to be suddenly enlightened.

Zhang Yu slapped his thigh fiercely: "Oops! I'm confused."

Then he looked at Zhang Yu with concern: "Xiao Yu, why didn't you tell me earlier, kid? Are you feeling overwhelmed?"

Without waiting for Zhang Yu to answer, he instructed his eldest son: "Big brother, go to Dr. Li and ask him if he has any hawthorn pills."

Zhang Yu hurriedly stood up to stop her: "Grandma, I'm fine, I'll digest it in a while."

You know the condition of your own body.

With his appetite, if he hadn't eaten so many eggs and goose eggs fried with an iron spoon before the meal, he might not have been full even if he had another bowl of rice.

Of course, Zhang Yu had to admit that the reason why he was so full now, in addition to the four big bowls of rice, was also largely due to the dishes that his grandmother picked for him during the meal.

"Are you really okay?" Grandma Xie looked at her eldest grandson with some concern.

"I'm really fine, grandma, there's no need to worry about it. I digest food quickly and I won't feel full in a while."

Hearing that her eldest grandson was fine, Grandma Xie first breathed a sigh of relief, and then she couldn't help but complain to Grandpa Xie: "Old man, you are really something. I don't remember it, and you don't remember it either. Why didn't you remind me earlier?"

Grandpa Xie has long been accustomed to his wife eventually pushing the blame on him.

I've been taking the blame for my whole life and I'm used to it.

After finally coaxing Grandma Xie into submission, Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Under the pretext of going out for a walk to help digestion, he took the hunting dog Dahei and prepared to go out.

"Bring a flashlight." Grandma Xie reminded loudly behind her.

"Got it, grandma. You should go to bed early. I won't be away for long. I'll be back soon. Don't worry. I'm with Dahei."

After leaving the door, Zhang Yu quietly stuffed two pieces of dried meat into Dahei's mouth.

“Woof woof~, woof woof~…”

Feeling the dried meat in his mouth, his big black eyes lit up and he began to chew it hurriedly.

"Don't worry, don't worry, there's more!"

Seeing Dahei eating so voraciously, Zhang Yu quickly stuffed another piece into its mouth.

Dahei was eating so much that his tail was wagging.

He just watched quietly from the side, and when Dahei finished eating, he went up to it and patted its head.

"Come on, Dahei, let's go for a walk."

As if he understood what he said, Dahei woofed and took the initiative to walk in front of Zhang Yu.

Although it was not too dark yet, Zhang Yu did not plan to walk far. He just planned to take a stroll nearby to digest his food and then go back.

Thinking of digestion, Zhang Yu's eyes flashed.

This time, he really felt the changes in the Xie family.

I don’t know if it’s because the younger generations in the family all have jobs, so they seem to have income and can use up many things, but compared to the last time I came here, the Xie family’s situation is much better now.

Apart from anything else, at least the food is much better now than before.

In a world like today where everyone is only eating five or six meals a day, or even three or four meals a day, the Xie family still has surplus food.

The big pot of rice stewed today is the best proof.

Although part of the reason was that Grandma Xie loved him and wanted him to return to Beijing to eat more good food, so she was willing to let him go.

But it is undeniable that even if you love him and want him to eat more fine grains, you have to have them at home.

Of course, the reason why the Xie family has undergone such great changes may be related to the year when he came here last time.

The last time I came here was during a difficult period and there was no food everywhere.

In many places, you may not be able to buy food even if you have money.

The Xie family was not short of money, but they lacked a way to buy food, and even less a way to make money in an obvious way.

Things are better now, several of my cousins ​​have jobs.

Now that the Xie family has an obvious source of income, they won’t arouse suspicion when they bring things home in the future.

As for how much, the Xie family can decide for themselves.

Just as Zhang Yu was immersed in chaotic thoughts and fantasies, Dahei, who was walking in front of him, suddenly raised his head and uttered a low and alert woof.

Zhang Yu immediately became alert. He looked around, trying to find out what had caused Dahei's vigilance.

However, apart from the occasional bird calls in the distance and the rustling of leaves in the breeze, he did not notice any signs of anything unusual.

The road was quiet and empty, as if everything was normal.

But when he looked down at Dahei, he saw that Dahei's two ears were erected high, capturing the tiny vibrations in the air as accurately as radar.

Dahei's eyes flashed with vigilance in the night, obviously it had captured some subtle changes.

"Dahei, did you find anything?" Zhang Yu asked softly, trying to get more clues from Dahei's reaction. Just as he finished speaking, a faint movement came from the front. Although it was slight, it was particularly clear in the quiet evening.

Zhang Yu became alert instantly and subconsciously tightened the flashlight in his hand.

As the sound got closer, Zhang Yu also heard what seemed to be human footsteps.

He looked up at the place where the sound came from. It was the hill where they roasted rabbits during the day.

At this time, how come there are still people coming down from the mountain?
Although there is nothing dangerous on the hill, it is still a hill, with bushes, gullies and bumps, and you might fall if you are not careful during the day.

Even with a flashlight, few people would still be on the mountain at this point.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu had a hunch that something was wrong.

He patted Dahei gently, signaling him not to make a sound, and then pulled Dahei back to hide.

However, before he could hide, a man sneaked down the hill.

When the man walked to where Zhang Yu was just now, he suddenly stopped.

Just when Zhang Yu thought he had discovered him, the other party left without even looking back.

Zhang Yu didn't move, but just looked thoughtfully in the direction the other party left.

If he was not mistaken, the thing that flashed in the other person's pocket was a little goldfish, right?

There were only two households in the direction the other party was heading.

In addition to the village doctor, the other family seems to be surnamed Feng.

Speaking of these two families, they are both minority surnames in the village, and they both moved here later to escape the war.

Compared with the Feng family, the Li family, with their ancestral medical skills, is obviously easier to integrate into the Xie family team.

The man looked to be around 30 years old. As far as Zhang Yu knew, apart from the old man who was skilled in medicine, the Li family only had a grandson who was about or years old.

So the other party is definitely not a member of the Li family.

Since it’s not the Li family, it must be the Feng family. Speaking of which, the second son of the Feng family seems to be about this age.

Zhang Yu has been hanging out with some old men and women these days and has gained a lot. At least he has heard some of the gossip in the village.

For example, even if he doesn't ask anyone, he knows the situation of the Feng family.

The Feng family has been in the Xiejia Brigade for only eleven or twelve years.

The old couple of the Feng family had eight or nine children in total, but due to various natural disasters and man-made tragedies, only two boys survived in the end.

The eldest brother and his wife had a total of 3 daughters and 2 sons. All the children were born after they settled in Xiejia Brigade. Fortunately, they were able to raise all the children.

Feng Lao Da's family are honest and simple, and everyone is diligent and hardworking. The couple can basically earn full work points. Sometimes during the busy farming season, they can even earn fifteen work points a day.

There is no lazy person in the family. Even the girl who is just over ten years old can earn four or five centimeters a day.

The two youngest boys in the family did not enjoy many benefits because of their status as boys, and they also had to do a lot of work every day.

Just by collecting grass for the village's pigs, you can earn one or two work points.

Logically speaking, even if such a hardworking family is not as good as the best, they are better than the worst.

But the life of Boss Feng and his family was so hard that it was no exaggeration to say that they were soaking in coptis water.

The root of all this lies with Feng Laoer.

When Zhang Yu talked about this incident, several old ladies couldn't help but shake their heads.

Speaking of it, the old couple in the Feng family are also strange. They don't like their eldest son who is down-to-earth, hardworking and filial. The second son, Feng, has a lot of problems, is extremely lazy, never does any serious work, and hangs out with a bunch of second-rate people all day long. However, they like him.

Whenever the villagers mentioned Feng Laoer, they all shook their heads.

He is in his thirties, but no girl is willing to marry him.

His family spent a lot of money to find him a wife, but within half a year she ran away with a peddler because she couldn't stand his domestic violence.

After going through such a big thing, he didn't take it to heart at all, didn't feel ashamed at all, and still ate, drank, and fooled around with people as usual.

At work, I fish one day and dry the nets for three days.

A grown man only earned four or five work points a day, which was not as much as his niece who was just over ten years old.

In short, in the eyes of the villagers, Feng Laoer is an absolute lazy guy.

But the old couple could not stand their partiality. They treated their eldest son's family like grass, but treated their second son like a treasure.

A man in his thirties still has to rely on his parents, brothers and sisters-in-law for support.

Logically speaking, even if this was the case, the villagers would not be so disgusted with Feng Laoer.

However, Feng Laoer has a bad reputation in the village. It is not the villagers' fault that you are ostracized. They all blame him for not doing his job.

Until now, there is still a legend circulating in the village that he asked his nephew, who was only four or five years old, to wash his underpants.

That would be fine, he is just incredibly lazy.

But another thing he did was something that the villagers could no longer tolerate.

That incident happened a few years ago. In order to raise money for drinking, he targeted his eldest niece and children in the village.

No, it cannot be said that we have made an idea, but we have already taken action.

If the villagers had not been more careful at the time, I'm afraid he would have sold his eldest niece to someone else as a child bride.

Every household in the village has children, and there is no room for people like him.

After this incident came to light, the villagers unanimously decided to hand the person over to the government for handling.

In other words, the old couple of the Feng family kowtowed to people from house to house, and their heads were bleeding. Everyone couldn't bear it, and besides, nothing serious had happened at the time, and the targets of his attacks were also his own family members, so they reluctantly spared him this time.

From then on, villagers often reminded their children not to play at the end of the village, and especially not to go to the door of the Feng family.

Be careful to be kidnapped by a beagle, or you will never see your parents again.

After being beaten up and almost killed by the villagers, Feng Laoer no longer dared to have any ideas about harming children.

But a dog will always eat shit.

Feng Laoer didn't dare to touch the child, and learned to steal from others.

He knew that the people in the Xie family brigade were united, so he did not dare to take action in the village. However, there had been many reports of thefts in several nearby brigades in recent years.

In other words, he was not caught in the act, otherwise the Feng family would be implicated again.

According to Zhang Yu, this Feng Laoer is really a troublemaker.

Not only did it cause unrest to the Feng family, but it also affected the reputation of the brigade.

Zhang Yu stroked Dahei's head, his mind working rapidly.

He was sure that he was not mistaken, and the other person's pocket was definitely filled with goldfish.

So the question is, where did Feng Laoer get the goldfish?
Thinking of this, Zhang Yu turned his gaze to the hill.

The other party just came down from the mountain.