post middle age

Chapter 231
On Friday afternoon, when Ren Shuxia was out of school, her grandma picked her up and returned home. Grandpa smiled and said to her:

"Shuxia, you won't let your grandma cook dinner tonight, you tell grandpa, what do you want to eat, grandpa treats you!"

Ren Shuxia was very happy when she heard her grandpa's treat, and when she was thinking hard, her grandma interjected:
"I'm still asking, Shuxia, must she be eating dumplings?"

"I don't, grandma, I don't want to eat dumplings!" Ren Shuxia suddenly changed her previous hobby.

"Hey, don't you like your favorite dumplings? This is very new. Tell grandma, what do you want to eat tonight?" Grandma asked in surprise.

"Yes, I will try not to eat dumplings in the future. I heard from my grandpa that when you were young, you could not eat dumplings until the Chinese New Year. Although our family conditions are better now and the quality of life is also great. There are improvements, but the simple and glorious tradition of inheriting the red revolution cannot be lost, so I decided not to eat dumplings tonight, I want to eat black-faced steamed buns and drink corn mush soup?"

"What, you want to eat black-faced steamed buns and corn paste soup? You child, what age is it now, is your brain flooded? Why are you confused?" Grandma asked in surprise.

"What's the fuss about this? It just means that our family Shuxia is sensible, grown up, and knows how to endure hardships? Is this a good thing?" Grandpa explained with a smile.

"Hey, you old and young are really two living treasures, good, good, good, I'm going to make black flour buns and corn paste soup for you! Tonight, I will make you two full!" Grandma After finishing speaking, he walked into the kitchen angrily and started to work.

Ren Shuxia started to write her homework. After waiting for about an hour, grandma's black-faced steamed buns were ready, and the corn paste was ready. Grandma yelled in the kitchen:
"It's dinner, it's dinner!"

As soon as Ren Shuxia heard her grandma's shout, she hurried out of the back room and came to the dining table. She looked at the black-faced buns on the plate and the half bowl of corn paste soup on the table, and smiled. ask:
"Grandma, what is this black-faced bun made of?"

Grandma put a plate of cold shredded white radish on the table, and replied with a smile:
"In our hometown, when we were young, there were three colors of steamed buns at home. The white steamed buns were made of white noodles, which were reserved for the elderly in the family; the yellow-faced steamed buns were made of cornmeal. It is for adults to eat; this black-faced bun is made of sweet potato noodles, and it is reserved for half-grown children, hey, thinking about that era, life was really not easy?"

Ren Shuxia picked up a black-faced steamed bun, opened her mouth and bit it:
"Grandma, this black-faced steamed bun is so hard, but it is chewy and a little sweet?"

Ren Shuxia took a bite of the black-faced steamed bun, chewed it vigorously, and then drank the corn paste soup. To be honest, the taste was really not as good as the delicious dumplings, but when Ren Shuxia thought of the Red Army's revolutionary era, , when she was starving, even the bark could be eaten as dry food. What was she suffering so much? Thinking of this, she ate the black-faced steamed buns in big mouthfuls, and then drank them all in one gulp. After finishing the half bowl of corn paste, I wiped my mouth, then picked up the bowls and chopsticks, and walked towards the kitchen...

Grandma and grandpa smiled at each other, looking at Xiao Shuxia bouncing around, feeling very relieved, just when Ren Shuxia washed the dishes and came back, the careful grandma suddenly noticed that Ren Shuxia was walking with a limp. She felt uneasy, and hurriedly pulled Ren Shuxia, and asked with concern:

"Niuniu, what's wrong with your leg?"

"It's okay, it's okay, just, just, just..." Ren Shuxia muttered nonchalantly...

"What's going on, tell me quickly, are you going to kill grandma in a hurry?" Grandma was really anxious.

"Yes, Niuniu, what's wrong with you, tell us quickly!" Grandpa also felt that something was wrong.

Ren Shuxia suddenly giggled when she saw his elder brother getting angry in such a hurry, she seemed to be fine, and said in a low voice:

"That's right, in physical education class, when we were playing football, a classmate in the same class accidentally pulled me when he fell, so, I, I, I fell too."

"You child, you fell down by yourself, why don't you tell grandma and grandpa when you get home?" Grandma said, let Ren Shuxia sit on the bedside, bent down by herself, rolled up her trouser leg, and saw Ren Shuxia's entire left foot Her neck was swollen, and when grandma saw this, she shed tears sadly, and she asked with love on her face:
"Oh, look, how swollen it is, and it doesn't hurt, old man, hurry up and get those anti-inflammatory drugs, let's give the child a simple bandage first."

"Okay, okay, okay!" Grandpa said and got up quickly and went into the bedroom to find the medicine box.

Grandma and grandpa carefully disinfected Ren Shuxia's swollen ankle, gave some anti-inflammatory drugs, and then wrapped it with white gauze. Then, grandpa asked lovingly:
"Our Little Red Army, don't you really feel pain?"

"This kind of injury is nothing, can't you go to the battlefield with a minor injury? I don't want to tell you, I just shoot you to worry about me!" Ren Shuxia replied boldly.

"You child, have you lost your temper? Tell me, if you have an infection, pus, and what kind of sequelae are left for you, your father and mother, come back, how can we explain to your father and mother? You, you are really naughty, look, how do you look like a doll?" Grandma burst into tears when she said this.

"Yes, Shuxia, grandpa has to blame you this time too. Your injury this time is not a trivial matter. If you don't get treated in time, the consequences will be very serious. Grandpa knows that you want to imitate the spirit of the Red Army's revolutionary inaction, but also Don’t go too far, you must know that you are still a child now, don’t fantasize about everything, and learn the revolutionary spirit and glorious tradition of the Red Army according to your actual situation and local conditions? In the future, you can’t mess around anymore, you know Is it?" Grandpa also taught with a serious face.

At this moment, little Ren Shuxia felt that the situation was a bit serious. She smiled and replied sweetly:
"Grandma, grandpa, I know, I won't do it in the future!"

"In this way, is he a good boy?" After the grandma finished speaking, she took Ren Shuxia into her arms distressedly, and whispered to her:

"Your mother sent a message that she will be able to go home next month to see you?"

"Will Dad go home together? I miss Dad too?" Ren Shuxia asked with her face raised.

"Your father, I heard that he is a busy person in the work unit, and he can't leave for a while. If you miss your father, after your summer vacation, let your mother take you to the construction site to see your father, okay?" Grandpa said with a smile beside him.

"Okay, okay, okay, I can see my father and mother during the summer vacation!" Ren Shuxia muttered, she gradually closed her eyes, and fell asleep in her grandma's arms...

(End of this chapter)