My village can't be like this

Chapter 409
"Yes, Xiao An, come back if you don't have any problems after reading. Xiaoying's father has to go to work, so you're just a waste of time."

Wang Fang thought that her son had gone to his parents' office and stayed there all afternoon before coming back. She was afraid that Zhang An would delay Su Shaowen's work, so she hurriedly said a few words to him.

"No way, I wanted to come back after watching it, but the group of people from his work unit saw me giving my dad a consultation, so they gathered around and asked me to take a look at them too, and they wouldn't let me go if I didn't look at it, so I was there They stayed at the unit all afternoon."

Zhang An explained to his family with a grimace why he didn't come back earlier. He really couldn't move at all during the afternoon battle.

"Well, the things in the car were all given by people, including my dad's colleagues. They knew we didn't charge money, so they gave us things as gifts."

"How many people are there? Why did they collect so many things and fill half of the truck?"

Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo are very happy. They don't really care about these things now because their family has received more in recent years.

I just heard that some people came to see their son for medical treatment, which proved that their child was successful, and there were still so many people, so they were happy.

"Anyway, it's quite a lot. Although I don't have the count, I estimate there are around twenty."

Zhang An said, then opened the truck compartment and took out all the tobacco, wine and tea inside, preparing to take it home for storage.

Now, they have a special room in their house to store these received things.

After moving the things in the truck, Wang Fang also made dinner.

In addition to the fried pork with green peppers that I haven't seen for a long time, there are also green peppers braised with green beans and rice, and roasted green peppers mixed with tomatoes and ear root.

It's not that Zhang An likes to eat things made of green peppers, but it's because he hasn't seen her for a long time and he misses her very much.

So in the evening, Zhang An slurped down the half-boiled rice at home with green bean soup and roasted tiger skin green peppers.

He usually eats a lot and rarely feels full.

But I accidentally overate a lot today, and I was really overstretched.

After dinner, Su Ying went back to her room to correct the students' homework, while Wang Fang was responsible for clearing the dishes on the dinner table.

Dad Zhang Jianguo was turning on the TV and watching today's news broadcast intently.

Zhang An, who was stretched out, was lying on the sofa in a huddled shape, looking like a paralyzed Ge You.

After taking a break and drinking a cup of tea, Zhang An found a pocket, packed some of the research he brought back today, and prepared to go out.

"No one can see you outside, where are you going?"

There is no moon today, and it is pitch black everywhere outside.

Wang Fang saw Zhang An going out and asked in passing.

Usually after meals, many people go out and take a walk on the roads in the village.

After all, the country roads in the village have been completely renovated and paved with clean bluestones.

It is really the best choice for a walk after a meal, it is casual and comfortable.

But those were moonlit nights, and many people came back from the mountains in the evening, so they must be busy eating.

The moon is very bright now. As long as the weather is better, there will basically be a bright moon hanging at night.

What is different from that of later generations is that no matter how bright the moon is in later generations, it looks a little dim when it shines on the ground.

But it's different now. As long as there are no clouds blocking the moon in the sky, the moonlight is as bright as the electric light at home.

Some people even have small light bulbs, and the brightness of the light is not as bright as the moonlight shining down from the sky.

Because it rained last night, it was cloudy all day today, so the thick dark clouds hid the moon in the clouds at night. Not a ray of moonlight could shine down, and it looked a little dark outside.

So on a night like this, basically no one would think of going out and walking around.

"I brought so much cigarettes and alcohol back today. I'm going to send some to my father. I'll leave them at home anyway."

Every time Zhang An brought something back, he would never forget his two grandfathers, his second grandmother, and his two uncles.

The cigarettes and alcoholic beverages brought back today were just left gathering dust at Zhang An's house, and they were not used at all.

After all, Zhang An's family has good wine and tea, so there is basically no chance of touching them.

The only thing here that Zhang An's family doesn't have is cigarettes. Although this thing is not bad, it is a pity that Zhang An and Zhang Jianguo are not near fireworks now, so this thing will only collect dust if left alone.

So Zhang An planned to give some to his old man and other elders.

Especially Zhang An's second uncle, who is now slowly working on big projects. Whether he is meeting people or going out to do errands, smoking and drinking are indispensable.

"Grandpa Two and Grandpa Four really love your grandson in vain. If you don't want to eat it yourself, you have to provide it to them."

To be honest, Wang Fang was a little annoyed that Zhang An was talking about the two old men in the family.

In comparison, it was not even 01:30 for his grandfather.

However, Wang Fang also understood that this day was entirely brought about by her indifferent biological father.

If he hadn't committed the crime himself, his son wouldn't have hated him since he was a child.

After all, Zhang An would like to treat every elderly person in his family with all his heart and soul, except for him.

Therefore, Wang Fang understood that it was impossible for Zhang An to treat his grandfather with the same attitude he treated his two grandfathers in this life.

"Hehe, that's not true. When I was a child, my second grandfather helped people get medicine and brought back two ounces of meat. If he didn't eat it himself, he would secretly give it to me to eat. When my fourth grandfather hunted in the mountains, he never left some for me. If I’m not good to them, then who will be good to me?”

Zhang An is the oldest grandson in the family. Not only that, when he was four or five years old, he was the only one in the family.

It wasn't until he was six years old that Zhang Jianzhong's family had their first child, Zhang An's cousin.

In addition, Zhang An's grandparents left early, so the two old men were particularly fond of Zhang An, their eldest grandson.

At that time, they would rather save a little for themselves and bring half a catty of chicken cake to Zhang An every week when they go to the market.

So Zhang An is really one of the happiest children of his generation in Changqing Village.

This love has not changed since childhood and continues to this day.

In the entire third generation of the Zhang family, no one has ever enjoyed such pampering.

Everything has a cause and will have an effect. There are a few elderly people who are doing it in the front. It's no wonder that Zhang An is thinking about them every day.

"You have to take care of your father's cigarettes. How come you don't care about your father's cigarettes? Are you afraid that they don't smoke enough?"

Wang Fang couldn't understand why her son, who hated smokers so much, would offer his grandfather cigarettes.

You must know that Zhang Jianguo was able to quit smoking before because Zhang An guarded him every day and finally quit.

"That's different. My dad is not very old, so he can naturally smoke as little as possible. But my grandfather and the others are different. They have been smoking for 60 or [-] years. If we don't let them smoke, not only will the withdrawal reaction be difficult, , and the body is prone to other problems.”

This is true. Some people who have smoked all their lives are really prone to problems of this kind if you ask them to quit.Therefore, Zhang An had no intention of persuading the two old men to quit smoking. He could, but they really couldn't quit.

"Come on, come on, just go to your father. I picked a bag of peppers and cucumbers today. You can take them with you when you go. Give some to each family. If your uncle's family planted it, it will probably have to wait. It will take a few months to get settled.”

Sending some beans and vegetables to relatives at home is a common occurrence for Zhang An's family.

Every time new vegetables grow in their garden, Wang Fang will give some to each family.

Just like that, Zhang An left the door with a pocket in his left hand and a pocket in his right hand.

It was inconvenient to walk along the way, so Zhang An simply put them in the space and gave some away when he went to a house.

Zhang An came to the second grandfather's house. The two old men had finished eating and were watching TV in the main room.

Zhang Jianzhong bought this TV set for two elderly people. It is said that after his brothers found out about it, they also chipped in some money.

Zhang An wanted to buy a TV set for the two old people before, so that they could kill time after eating or taking a rest.

But after Zhang Jianzhong found out about it, he told Zhang An not to buy it. He bought two of them himself, a larger one for home and a smaller one for his elders.

In his words, although Zhang An is the grandson of two elders and should be filial, he has done enough in the past two years.

Leave the rest to him. After all, he is the son of the second elder, so he should naturally do what he wants.

Zhang An will naturally not argue with him about this, and if he lets him do it, the two elders will be even happier.

"Master, grandma, why don't you turn on the lights? What if we trip over something?"

Zhang An walked into the room and found that not a single light was turned on, only the light projected from the TV screen.

"Hey, just leave the TV on. If the light is too bright, the TV won't turn on."

Seeing Zhang An coming, the old lady pulled down the cable box and turned on the lights in the room.

"Wherever there is light, it can only illuminate the area in front of you. The rest of the place is dark. Besides, watching TV with the lights off is not good for your eyes. How much electricity can a few-watt light bulb use? How many times a month?" You have to save me RMB [-] on the electricity bill, really.”

How could Zhang An not know that it was too bright for watching TV? It was clearly the old lady who turned off the light to save some money on electricity.

Although people who have TVs now will turn off the lights when watching TV, just to save a little on electricity bills.

But those in other families are young people with good eyesight, and they can see clearly even in the dark.

But the old lady and the old man are two people in their 70s and [-]s. Their eyesight is relatively poor, and their hands and feet are not very flexible. How can they compare with others.

Besides, a few years ago, Zhang An found the electricity meter reader in the village, negotiated the electricity bill for his two elders, and came to him to ask for it.

This light bulb is only a few watts or even more than ten watts in size, and it doesn't use much electricity at all in a month.

There is no difference between turning it off for a while and not turning it off. It is better to leave it on brightly.

"If you don't listen to what I say, then I won't come to see you in the future."

"Listen to me. How can you not listen to what my eldest grandson says? From now on, we will keep it open. If you don't come, then who cares whether we two can eat or not?"

The old man is the oldest person in the family now, and no one in the family dares to be aggressive with him.

But they also have someone they are afraid of, and that is Zhang An, his grandson.

Whenever something happened and the rest of the family couldn't persuade them, they would ask Zhang An to come.

Zhang An also spoke kindly, but every time the elderly people listened to his advice.

"That's pretty much it. You two elders need to take good care of your eyes so that you can see when your great-grandchildren are born."

When the child in Su Ying's belly was mentioned, the two old men were as happy as children.

An elderly person would never want to see his children or grandchildren, or his great-great-grandchildren. The more people in the family and the more lively they are, the happier they will be.

"Milk, the peppers and cucumbers in my garden are ready to be eaten. Pick some here first, and then you can go pick them again after you finish eating."

Without letting the old lady get up, Zhang An directly put it on the shelf of the cupboard.

"I just ordered it here, but you can eat it at your house. This pepper is very delicious. I will cook it and mix it with it tomorrow."

Before Qingming Festival, March and April are the time to order melons, beans and spicy seeds.

Not only the old lady, but other people also ordered it not long ago.

"Anyway, you can pick the milk yourself after you finish eating it. There are a lot of them in the garden. Master, these cigarettes and wine were given to me by others. I brought them here for you to try, but the cigarettes still have to be the same as the wine. Pay attention to the quantity every day, don’t smoke too much.”

Although Zhang An did not object to the old man smoking, he always warned him.

But you can't be like other people and smoke a pack or two packs of cigarettes a day. That's not smoking, that's smoking bacon.

"Why did it come here again? The box that was brought here last time is still there."

His mouth felt that Zhang An had given too much, but his hands were very honest and he took it without forgetting to look through it.

The old man had never smoked cigarettes before. He only smoked dry cigarettes that he grew himself.

Even when it cost a few cents a box before, I never paid for it.

Because my family was poor at that time and I had five children, I had to spend every penny carefully.

If your calculations are a little wrong, you may not be able to survive.

Even during the most difficult period, no land at home was willing to be used to grow tobacco leaves, and all the land was used to grow food.

Just to harvest a few more grains during the autumn harvest.

During that time, they didn't even have to smoke dry cigarettes. They just circled hay leaves on the roadside to enjoy themselves.

Even though life has become a little more affluent in the past few years, the two old men still continue to smoke the tobacco they grow themselves.

It wasn't until Zhang An delivered the cigarettes and alcoholic beverages he received at home that the two old men started smoking cigarettes.

"These are gifts from others. If they are left in my house, they will only gather dust. Why not give them to me and let Grandpa take them out and look stylish."

These cigarettes are not the kind that cost one or two yuan. When the old man goes out now, other old men joke that he has replaced the shotgun with a cannon.

"Okay, grandma, the TV series is on. You can continue watching. I have to go to Fourth Grandpa's place."

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms happened to be playing on the TV, and Zhang An did not stay any longer.

I came here with a mission tonight. If I were late, everyone would be asleep.

After all, nowadays, if nothing happens, nine or ten is the time for everyone to get ready for bed.

(End of this chapter)