monument

Chapter 2 Monument ([-])
My name is Chen Xing, I am 16 years old, and this year is the No. 14 year when my grandfather washes his hands in the gold basin.

Since the accident happened to my grandfather 14 years ago, my mother seldom contacted my grandfather, and didn't let me go to his grandfather's house to play as usual.

Only during Chinese New Year holidays do I go back to my grandfather's house, and it's the same this year.

"Old Pan! Are you feeling better?" The village party secretary is also older, but compared to my grandfather, he still looks much younger.

"What's the matter?" If it wasn't for the person brought by the village party secretary, my grandfather would not have had an accident and had a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, so when the village party secretary came, my grandfather would not be so enthusiastic.

"Oh, you know, recently, there is a noble person above, I want to ask you to do something!"

"What's the matter?" My mother was the first one who couldn't sit still, "Don't you know that my father is like this and can't do anything?"

"Xiao Ling!" Grandpa yelled at my mother. My mother was a little aggrieved, but she also shut her mouth.

"My youngest daughter is telling the truth, don't take offense!"

"Hahaha! Nowhere, I'm so old, why don't I know?" The village party secretary also yelled, "It's just old Pan, you have to think about it! Your second sister's man Ah, but there is a handle that has been pinched!"

When the village party secretary mentioned this, I was still at a loss, the second sister's man?Isn't that my second uncle?What does he have as a farmer?
But my mother and my aunt seemed to know about this, so it was not surprising at all. Only my second aunt looked at my grandfather worriedly.

The second uncle lowered her head even lower.

"Secretary, you can also see my current situation. I am too tired to walk two steps, let alone travel far away."

"Hey! You can't say that, Lao Pan, you don't want to pass on this craft, do you? It would be a pity if it was lost!"

"You have seen it too! My family is full of girls. The only son has been dead for more than ten years. Who will inherit it?" After finishing speaking, the grandfather smiled self-deprecatingly.

It's strange to say that my mother's life is full of girls, and there are only two cousins ​​above me.

"What era is it now! Why do you still think like this! Now that men and women are equal, don't you have three granddaughters! It's a good age to learn crafts!"

As soon as the village party secretary said these words, my mother first rolled her eyes.

The aunt also glanced at him, then lowered her head again.

Grandpa remained silent, and the village party secretary left a sentence for Grandpa to think about and left.

As soon as he left, the second aunt immediately howled, "Dad! You must help Xingwei!"

"Second Sister, since it's a matter of your own family, then you can let Shuang Meier inherit Dad's craftsmanship." My mother is also a straight-hearted person.

"What Xiaoling said is not unreasonable, Shuangmeier, come with me." Grandpa went back to the house and carried a black cloth bag, and then led the second cousin out.

I still have some impression of that black cloth bag, it is clearly the tool used by my grandfather to carve steles.

It's noon now, just after lunch, and the sun outside is a bit dazzling.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, my grandfather came back with my second cousin.

"How is it?" Second Aunt was the first to surround her.

Grandpa sat on the stool in the main room without saying a word, and the second cousin shook her head in frustration, but I could clearly see a hint of joy in her eyes.

"Shuangmeier can't do it, she can't do stele engraving."

"Why can't it work?" My mother was anxious.

If my grandfather really wants to pass on the craft of engraving steles, the eldest cousin is already married and has a child, and she will never be able to do it anyway, and now the second cousin can't do it either, so I'm the only one left.

"The master doesn't recognize me as a grandson! There's no way around it." The second cousin pretended to say helplessly.

"Yaomei, Yaomei let Xingxing try it?" The second aunt walked up to my mother and grabbed her hands beggingly.

"Second sister, Xing Xing is not yet an adult. Her main task now is to study. I don't want her to learn these things."

"What is there to learn from a vocational high school?" The second cousin has been at odds with me since she was a child, and if she had the opportunity to taunt me, how could she just let it go.

When it comes to reading, our family is not very good at reading, and none of them has been admitted to high school in a serious manner.

Snapped!
The second aunt's slap landed on the second cousin's face, "Take a look at yourself first! You can't get your grandfather's inheritance, you have to rely on the stars to try! If the stars don't work, then your father will wait to be imprisoned." Let's eat!"

I'm dumbfounded, why eat in prison?Why is it so serious?

"Mom, what's going on?"

In front of the junior, the second aunt finally told the truth.

14 years ago, when my second aunt and second uncle were just married, in order to buy decent clothes for myself, the impoverished second uncle went to the next village to steal a TV set and sell it.

Televisions were a rarity in those days.

It was discovered not long after the marriage, and they made a fuss about sending the second uncle to the police station.

It just so happened that the couple came to the door and gave so much money to the grandfather for help. With this money, the second uncle's trouble was solved.

But I didn't expect that after such a long time, someone with a heart would dig it out and use it as a bargaining chip to threaten my grandfather to help engrave the stele.

"Xingxing! Second aunt, please, please help second uncle!" Second aunt actually wanted to kneel down for my second uncle.

"Second aunt, get up!" I hurriedly supported the second aunt who was about to kneel on the ground, and then looked at the useless second uncle.

We seldom go back to grandpa these years, but every time we come back, we see that grandpa is in very good condition, most of which are due to the careful care of my second aunt.

If the noble person mentioned by the village party secretary uses the second uncle as an excuse, and then causes something to happen to the second uncle, then our big family will not have a good life in the future.

Not only for grandpa, but also for my parents, for myself, I should try it.

"Okay, I promise to try."

"Chen Xing!" My mother disapproved from 1 people, "What are you talking about!"

"Mom, what if I can't do it?"

As soon as these words came out, the second aunt, who was still smiling, froze in place again.

At that time, I just said it casually, but I didn't expect to know later that my grandfather's stele-carving skills really depend on me.

(End of this chapter)