good old days

Chen Jinhua led the chubby little Jiang Yan in red. Jiang Xinyu saw it from the window and said to Uncle Luo who was standing by the desk writing couplets: "Chen Yi's father is here with my child."

Uncle Luo put down his brush, nodded and said, "Go out and say hello before you come back and write."

Jiang Xinyu's study and bedroom are connected together, but there are two entrances and exits, one is on the bedroom side, and the other is on the side of the yard.

Uncle Luo pointed to the open space in the corner, "You can build a shed here, climb the vines, and place a table underneath. It would be nice to sit here to enjoy the coolness in the summer."

Jiang Xinyu said with a smile: "You have the same idea as my mother-in-law. She not only wants to put up grape vines here, but also the front yard. When she is free, she will drive stakes in front and slowly clear it up."

This small courtyard is not a courtyard, but it is much better than the courtyards in the countryside. It is a brick house. The space in the courtyard is not small, and it is a good place if it is tidied up.

Uncle Luo nodded: "I can't find any grape vines to plant. The ivy is alive and well, and it won't die in autumn. When it grows, it fills the yard with green."

In the yard, Wang Sumei was plucking goose feathers and saw Chen Jinhua coming in with his children. Seeing that his grandson was all happy and there was a dog at his feet, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

Luo Chaosheng stood up and naturally stretched out his hand to shake hands with Chen Jinhua, "Hello, I'm Luo Chaosheng. Chen Yi's family used to rent a house from my father's house. We came back from Xinjiang Province to see how they are doing now."

Chen Jinhua nodded, "I am Chen Yi's father, and I would like to thank you for taking care of them in the past."

The two's hands separated as soon as they touched, and Uncle Luo walked closer and naturally started talking to Chen Jinhua.

Jiang Xinyu's cold was completely gone. She picked up her son and kissed him. The little boy was fine. After she finished kissing him, she calmly wiped her face with the back of her hand, then knelt down and touched the dog's head.

"Xiao Jiang, there are some New Year's goods in the car. Go pick them up."

Fruit candies, tofu, spinach, leeks, fresh pork, dried shiitake mushrooms and fungus.

It took three trips to carry everything back and forth.

Others are not rare, but spinach and leeks are really rare. In the middle of winter, there are no green leafy vegetables sold on the street. There are also tofu. People can't buy them even if they don't get up in the middle of the night and queue up to buy them. Jiang Xinyu's family can't even get a share. No.

If you want to eat vegetables in winter, you can only grow some soybean sprouts and mung bean sprouts at home.

Thinking about how many vegetables she would stir-fry for the Chinese New Year tomorrow, she soaked all the vegetables that needed to be soaked.

Looking into the yard from the kitchen window, her silly son was squatting on the ground and chattering with the dog. Wang Sumei was sitting at the side and her hands were picking up the geese. Luo Chaosheng and Chen Jinhua were sitting on a chair beside each other. There seemed to be nothing wrong with this scene. There seems to be something wrong.

Wang Sumei poured the bloody water in the basin, turned around and said to the two of them: "It happens to be a big goose, don't leave today."

Uncle Luo, who came out after writing the couplet, refused: "We have to go. We can't stay at home for two days before we have to go back. It's thirty tomorrow and we haven't prepared anything at home."

When Chen Jinhua heard this, he raised his eyebrows unconsciously and glanced at Luo Chaosheng twice.

Wang Sumei stood up, wiped her hands on her apron, went back to the house and picked up two bags of pine nuts and hazelnuts packed in transparent bags from the store.

"This is from the Northeast. The store has all sold out. We hired people to process and fry it. It tastes so good. It's specially reserved for you."

Uncle Luo laughed, "Then we won't be polite."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sent the person to the door, and Wang Sumei said, "Why are you so polite? You are just being polite."

If Luo Chaosheng hadn't led the way, would they know where to buy the goods? In a place like Xinjiang Province, they didn't know where to go after getting off the truck.

Luo Chaosheng turned around and said, "My workplace has changed, and my office phone number is no longer the same as before."

He took out a note from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Xinyu, "If you need anything to see me, call this phone number." After walking away, Uncle Luo sighed, glanced at his son, and shook his head.

What's wrong with getting promoted? There's no one in the family who knows what's cool and what's hot.

"Dad, why are you sighing? You're sighing out of joy during the Chinese New Year."

Uncle Luo said: "I think Wang Sumei is a good woman, but you are not so lucky."

A woman supports a family, and such a daughter-in-law can prosper for two generations.

Today, I see that her ex-husband has a much better relationship with her, and they are interacting with each other like normal relatives, and his son is even worse.

What a pity!

Luo Chaosheng: "A broken mirror cannot be reunited. If they could still be a family, they would already be a family now."

Uncle Luo turned to look at him, "So what do you mean?"

Luo Chaosheng: "What can I mean?"

You can't force fate. He is a member of the Corps who wants to take root in the construction of Xinjiang Province.

The two men talked for a while, while Chen Jinhua, who was already sitting in the main room eating peanuts, was feeling unhappy.

He knew that he would not live long, and he would not prevent Wang Sumei from making new developments, but after meeting Uncle Luo and his son, the speculation in his heart made it difficult for him to feel comfortable.

Jiang Xinyu took out the blanket sent from Xinjiang Province from her mother-in-law's house, folded it and threw it on the clean floor, then took off her son's shoes and hugged him.

Chen Jinhua took out a wooden gun from his jacket pocket and threw it in front of Jiang Yan, "This kid doesn't like to move. There are no other children to play with him, so he can play with himself honestly."

The dog pushed open the thick door curtain and entered the house. When Jiang Yan saw it, he called out "Beibei".

Under Jiang Xinyu's gaze, Beibei twisted her tail and got on the blanket and rolled on it. Jiang Yan clapped her little hands and smiled happily.

The child was still unhappy after Jiang Xinyu got the dog out, so Chen Jinhua said: "Let him play with the dog. This dog just took a bath two days ago and is still clean. It is running around the house over here."

Jiang Xinyu: "You are quite good at spoiling him."

"He is young now, so he is not accustomed to it. His liking for small animals is a sign of love."

Chen Jinhua feels that his grandson prefers playing with dogs than playing with other children.

Wang Sumei was busy in the kitchen, and Jiang Xinyu went to help. Wang Sumei said: "He brings a lot of things every time. We have made money this year. I will give him three hundred yuan later, which is the coal money for last year and this year. You see Will it work?"

If you really think about it, her family took a lot of advantage from Chen Jinhua.

Jiang Xinyu naturally had no objection, "Our family needs tickets for washing machines, sewing machines, refrigerators and fans for summer. You can mention it to him later. He gave us a TV. Ask him what he needs, and we will pay for it." he."

She wanted to ask Zhou Qi for tickets, but after hearing what her sister said about her mother-in-law, she decided not to cause any trouble to her sister.

"Then what if he lacks everything?"

Jiang Xinyu: "Let's see if we can collect more ginseng in the future. Once we collect it, we'll send it to him."

Daily necessities are definitely not as helpful to Chen Jinhua as ginseng. If ginseng nourishes the body, can he live longer?