The skilled widow is busy farming

Xiu Niang's eyes were very presbyopic, but after ten years she completed a double-sided three-color tapestry painting that reached the level of a famous artist. This painting was the last time she used the tapestry machine.

I won’t be able to do it anymore, my eyes are dazzled and I can’t see the words clearly. Now I need my granddaughter to help me read books and letters.

She is also an old feudal lord and has nothing to do.

"Xin'er, go find your father, I have something to say."

"it is good."

Li Xin ran to find his father.

"Mom, you are looking for me."

Brother Chun sat down and talked to his mother.

"Son, I've finished the picture. Please help me see if it's okay."

"Mom, you finally finished knitting."

Brother Chun smiled and asked his daughter to unfold the painting.

This picture is extremely beautifully made. It is a picture inlaid on the screen. Each picture is double-sided. The scenery and characters are completely different. Even the colors of the composition are different. It is exquisite and full of artistic conception of ink paintings.

"Grandma, it's so beautiful."

Li Xin was full of praise.

"Mom, this is so beautiful."

"This is a lifelong skill and skill. Son, do you want to send it to the capital?"

"I want to discuss it with the clan elders. This picture is not easy to value. I want to keep it."

After seeing it, Brother Chun knew that this was a treasure handed down from generation to generation, and that his mother's lifelong artistic achievements were integrated into this picture.

There was no way there would be another picture. My mother's eyes couldn't see clearly, and her ears were a little hard to hear. She really couldn't hear when she spoke less.

"Okay."

Xiu Niang smiled and didn't care.

"Mom, this year my second brother said he would come back to celebrate the New Year with you."

"Really, then go and prepare some delicious food. It's a rare time for them to come back. Prepare all their favorite food, and bring more gifts when you leave. The relationship on the other side of the capital should also be touched."

"Okay, I'll do it, so don't worry about it. Girl, help your mother."

"Okay, grandma, I'll do it with mom and the others, so you can leave it alone."

"Okay, you go for a walk with me, I promised Xiao Tiedan to make you a little kite."

Xiu Niang asked her granddaughter to help her go to the entrance of the village to play, and the little child was having fun. The old man liked children, so he sat at the entrance of the village and played with the children. Sometimes he would teach them enlightenment, memorize the Three Character Sutra, and so on.

After teaching all my life, I was used to saying a few words to children when I caught them. Later, the villagers liked to let the children play at the entrance of the village, because Xiu Niang liked to sit at the entrance of the village to bask in the sun and prick the soles of her shoes.

A group of children gathered around her to listen to her story.

Xiuniang was peeling pine nuts and melon seeds in her hands for the children to eat, while telling stories in the book.

"Grandma, tell me another story!"

A group of cubs like to listen to grandma telling stories, which is very interesting.

"Okay, okay, don't pester Grandma. Let's go play. We'll go home for dinner later."

An aunt came over and drove away a group of troublemakers before stopping to pour a glass of honey water for Xiu Niang.

"Grandma Ping, the sun is out and it's poisonous. I'll take you home so you don't get burned."

"Okay, here's Xin'er."

"I went to the Clan School to settle accounts. It's the end of the month and it's time to settle the accounts."

"Oh, I forgot."

"I've made a lot of meat at home, and I'll send you a bowl. It's crispy and delicious."

Auntie helped Xiuniang walk back.

Xiuniang is also very old now. Children in the village call her Grandma Tai, and younger generations also call her Old Lady, or Grandma Ping. Because her husband's name is Li Ping, they call her Grandma Ping.

"Okay, Brother Chun won't let me eat fat meat, so you can secretly bring it to me without making any noise."

Xiu Niang whispered to her quietly. "

"Sir, he went to the academy in the provincial capital. He will come back tomorrow. You can eat without worry, but don't eat too much. The doctor won't let you eat too greasy."

Auntie’s thoughtful advice.

"Okay, I remember." "I came back, and I said I would look for you."

Sister-in-law stood at the door waiting for Xiu Niang.

"I was playing with the children at the entrance of the village and made them a small windmill."

Xiu Niang shook her head and smiled happily.

"Grandma Mao, I'm going back."

"Let's eat at home."

"No, grandma, that little brat of mine has gone somewhere. I'm going to call him back."

"Okay, come back and play at home."

"Okay, you can go back."

The aunt just left.

"I've already eaten and I don't know how to go home."

The sister-in-law pulled Xiuniang home, still talking about her, not knowing whether she was hungry or full.

"Hey, I ate a lot when I got up early, and I'm not too hungry. Wife-in-law Xiaoyun said she would give me a handful of meat."

"It's here. I'm keeping it for you. Let Brother Chun see it. It's time to talk to you again. The doctor didn't let you eat so greasy food last time."

"Don't tell him. I'm old and have bad teeth. I can't eat anything too hard, so I have to eat meat. Meat is so delicious. Who wants to eat grass? I won't."

Xiu Niang has become willful as she gets older.

"You, Brother Rui came back years ago. I will file a complaint when he comes back."

The sister-in-law pulled her to sit down and asked someone to get water for her to wash her hands. She took care of her like a child.

Xiu Niang fell ill in the spring, which was quite serious. The coffin was prepared, but she survived again unexpectedly.

Because of this, Brother Rui wants to come back for a visit. He is in a high position now, and it is not easy for him to come back even once.

"Don't complain, otherwise I won't let you go."

Xiu Niang rolled her eyes with a flat mouth.

"Who told you not to listen to the doctor's instructions?"

"You and I are already this age, so why worry about life and death? We can't keep him when it's time to leave. It's enough if our children and grandchildren are promising and know how to make progress. I have done everything I want to do in my life. I am very happy."

"Nonsense, I'm not dead yet, why are you anxious?'

Her mother-in-law heard this and turned to scold her.

"Okay, mother, I still have to break the basin for you."

"Well, if this is true, you have to support my spirit."

The mother-in-law pursed her lips and smiled happily.

My mother-in-law and parents-in-law hardly go out anymore. They are old, deaf and blind, and cannot hear.

In fact, in the first few years when Brother Chun came back, he originally wanted to take the old man to go sightseeing, but he gave up because his grandparents were too old and could not travel.

There are elderly people at home, and Xiu Niang and her sister-in-law are unwilling to leave home and have to take care of the elderly.

It didn't take shape in the end, but Xiu Niang didn't care about that.

Now that the elders are old and the father-in-law can no longer work, he goes to the winery to teach young people how to make wine. This is what he loves all his life. He is happy to stay in the winery and play and talk with the children.

An old person in a family is like a treasure. Even though they are old, the people in the village take good care of the old people.

The second uncle took the juniors to Zhuangzi to see silk. They ran around all day and had a lot of fun. The children were also happy to have an old man in front of them to give some advice and make the old man happy.

Years ago, Li Rui came back with his wife and children. With the children having fun in front of them, Xiuniang and the others had a little more smiles on their faces.

"Grandpa, grandma, parents, aunt, I'm back. How are you all?"

Li Rui greeted the elders.

"Okay, how are you doing in the capital?"

"It's pretty good, I just miss my family."

"Grandma, uncle, I brought you snacks and delicious food, as well as gifts. I bought them with my pocket money."

The children gathered around the old man, acting coquettishly and chattering non-stop, making the room very lively.

(End of this chapter)