Fragrant spring

Fragrant Spring - 324 Family

Haijiao took the pork and pulled Lele to Li Zhishu's house.Li Zhishu is spreading the rice collected today with a scraper in the main room. The weather is so muggy that if the rice is not spread a little, it will heat up overnight.Maybe he was so absorbed in his work that he didn't notice that Haijiao had brought Lele here.

Haijiao took Lele to the door of the main room, and said to Lele: "This is Grandpa, call me quickly."

Lele has seen this person in the main room before, but she doesn't know who he is. Lele finds it strange why this person is her grandfather. Why didn't Jian's father and mother tell her that her grandfather is here? ?Lele didn't dare to call her grandpa, so she hid behind Haijiao and poked out half of her head.

Li Zhishu looked out and said: "Here we come." After finishing speaking, he put down the scraper, walked out from the grain pile, squatted beside Lele, and said kindly: "Lele, I am Grandpa, call me Grandpa Bar."

Haijiao also pulled Lele out from the back of her buttocks, and said, "Quickly scream, grandpa likes Lele very much, hurry up and scream."

Lele was pulled out, and called out timidly: "Grandpa." After shouting, he lowered his head, grabbed the corners of his clothes with his little hands, and fiddled with them.

Calling Li Zhishu "grandfather" made his heart ache. Others, at his age, have already embraced their grandson. He is only called grandpa today. Although he is not his own flesh and blood, he can still make him He enjoyed a family happiness.When Li Zhishu was excited, he hugged Lele in his arms, kissed her little red face, and said, "Lele is so good."

Unexpectedly, Lele cried as soon as she got into Li Zhishu's arms, and she struggled to get down.Li Zhishu put Lele down reluctantly, and said, "What's the matter, did Grandpa's beard hurt Lele?"

As soon as Lele landed on the ground, she hugged Haijiao's thigh and looked at Li Zhishu with tears in her eyes.Haijiao explained with some embarrassment: "My baby is still afraid of life."

Li Zhishu was also a little embarrassed, he quickly said: "All children are like this, it will be fine if you get familiar with it."

Haijiao raised the pork in her hand and said, "Where is this?"

"Just put it in the stove, and your mother will pick up the vegetables later and let her cook them." Li Zhishu raised his hand and pointed to the kitchen beside him.After Haijiao walked a few steps, Li Zhishu seemed to remember something again, and asked again: "How much is the pork?"

"No money, I told Ah Jian that this is for the family, and no money is needed." Li Zhishu said your mother, that is to admit her as a daughter-in-law, and Haijiao was also very excited.

Li Zhishu is an honest person, since Haijiao has said so, he doesn't say anything.A man is a man, and he won't be like a woman. He knows that she won't ask for change, and he will talk about it for a long time.Li Zhishu didn't want to give the pork money to Haijiao, but he went into the room to get the money. Lele called Grandpa for the first time, and he wanted to find some red paper to seal a red envelope for Lele.

After Li Zhishu sealed the red envelope, he went out of the kitchen and stuffed the ten-dollar red envelope into Lele's hands, saying, "Lele is so obedient, grandpa will give you a profit (in dialect, profit is a red envelope, also called a packet) .) Here, I wish you grow up day by day, be healthy, and be the number one in your studies in the future.” Li Zhishu’s words are very old-fashioned, but every word reveals the truth.

Lele is no longer crying, but there are still half tears on her face. Obviously, she just cried once or twice.She took the red envelope, looked at her mother, and then at the grandpa. She was no longer so afraid. She thought that this grandpa must be a good person, otherwise why would he give her the red envelope?

Haijiao tugged at Lele, and said, "Look at how kind grandpa is to you, you still cry when grandpa hugs you."

Lele raised her head and said childishly, "I won't cry now."

Li Zhishu and Haijiao laughed, Li Zhishu said: "Don't cry, let's play with grandpa for a while, okay?"

Lele nodded, took a step forward, and leaned against Li Zhishu.

Ah Jian moved out of this house entirely because of Haijiao. Haijiao has always felt guilty in her heart. How to make Ah Jian and her family get back together has always been Haijiao's heart disease. Now that the opportunity has come, she wants to strike while the iron is hot. , to mend the rift in this family relationship, she said: "Lele's grandma hasn't come back yet, let me do something for you, or someone else will come to eat soon."

Li Zhishu still wanted to dig the millet, and it would be best if Haijiao was here to help, so he quickly said, "Okay, the rice jar is here, you can help cook the rice."

Haijiao replied yes, took off her sleeves and began to scrape the leftovers from the pot.Haijiao came with Lele as soon as she got back to her home. She was a little anxious and forgot to take off her sleeves at home when she was working.

Looking at the brisk Haijiao, Li Zhishu felt ashamed in his heart. Apart from being divorced, Haijiao couldn't find any shortcomings. Such a good woman, why did she oppose her marriage with Ah Jian in the first place?Li Zhishu took Lele's little hand and said, "Come and sit with grandpa."

Lele was no longer afraid of the grandfather who gave her the red envelope, and followed to the door of the main room, where she sat side by side with Li Zhishu under the eaves.

Li Zhishu took out his old salt bag, took out the cigarette paper and shredded tobacco, rolled a Pagoda cigarette, put it in his mouth, licked it with his tongue, lit it, and started smoking comfortably.How pleasant is this scene of grandson wrapping around his knees.Li Zhishu held Lele's little hand, reluctant to let go, and asked some questions about whether Lele loved to cry at home, whether she had been beaten by her mother, and so on.

Haijiao is the first time to do housework at Li Zhishu's house, and she is not very familiar with where Li Zhishu's things are kept. She also asks Li Zhishu some questions from time to time, such as where is the hatchet?Where is the loose light?

Not long after, A Jian's mother came back with a basket of vegetables on her back.Of course, these people who just came to help work can’t eat so many vegetables. More than half of the vegetables in this basket are old vegetable leaves for feeding pigs. Only the top layer is fresh tender vegetables, which will be cooked tonight. .During this period of busy farming, Ah Jian's mother has not had much time to take care of the vegetable garden, so there are many old vegetable leaves that have not been picked back.But it doesn't matter, if you save a little more, picking it up at one time is enough for a meal of pig food.

As soon as Ah Jian's mother entered the yard, she saw her husband and Le Le sitting there happily. Her face was a little gloomy, and she didn't ask to talk to Le Le, let alone her husband, and walked into the kitchen with a basket on her back.

In the kitchen, Haijiao has already started the fire to cook the rice and water, and is pouring the leftover porridge into a wooden basin, mixing it with some chaff, and preparing to feed it to the chickens.Seeing A Jian's mother came back, he quickly stopped what he was doing and went behind her to help pull out the basket.Haijiao said: "I'm back, carrying such a heavy basket of old vegetables, how many pigs do you have?" Haijiao didn't dare to call her mother, but she didn't know if Ah Jian's mother liked it when she called her once in the morning, so now Don't dare to call it out.

"There are still three pigs, and I have to ask Huazi to kill one in a few days, otherwise this pig dish will not be able to keep up." I have grown old, and it is really difficult if no one helps to put down the basket, Ah Jian When Mom came back from carrying pork dishes, she always put the basket on the table or a high bench first, and then slipped the straps of the basket off her shoulders.

Haijiao said: "Why don't I help carry wild bananas for two days tomorrow. Now every family is short of pigs and vegetables to feed pigs. Everyone calls Huazi to kill pigs, but he can't kill them."

A Jian's mother picked out the vegetables eaten by the people on the back basket, and said, "This is so embarrassing. I have troubled you today, and I need your help. I feel really sorry."

"Oh, I'm sorry to say anything, Ah Jian is not your son, Ah Jian is your son, I am Ah Jian's wife, and if I help you, I am helping Ah Jian." All I can say is that she wants to treat herself as a member of the family, but it is not up to her to decide, it depends on the wishes of the two old people, so the family is forced to talk about two things.

A Jian's mother also heard Haijiao's awkward words, and felt a little embarrassed.Now that the pigs are growing meat, she didn't really want to kill them, so she said, "Okay then, let Ah Jian's father dry the millet at home tomorrow, and you and I will go carry wild bananas."

Haijiao had already mixed the chaff, she said: "Well, I'll call you tomorrow morning, I'll feed the chickens first." After speaking, she took the wooden basin and walked to the yard, knocking on the wooden basin while cooing Crowing, lead the flock back.

Ah Jian's mother looked at Haijiao's back, and thought of her daughter A Xiang, who was so diligent when she was at home.well!Why is life so unsatisfactory?

Ah Jian's mother also walked out of the kitchen, went to the courtyard wall, and took down a flat pan on the top of the wall. Inside the flat pan was the dried sweet potatoes she took out in the morning to dry.When Ah Jian's mother walked up to Lele with a flat pan, she bent down and asked, "Does Lele eat dried sweet potatoes? It's delicious."

Children's mouths are greedy, and this dried sweet potato is really delicious.Lele immediately stood up, opened her small pocket, and said, "I want it."

A Jian's mother smiled and stuffed dried sweet potatoes into Lele's small pocket, and said kindly: "Eat it, and when you are full, ask your mother to dress it up and go home." A Jian's mother's face was gone. When she was so gloomy, she showed a comfortable smile. She was just jealous that her husband was so close to Lele.It is said that people think like a child when they are old, and Ah Jian's mother is not too old, but in this home, she is facing her husband's old face all day long, so her thinking has entered the ranks of the elderly in advance.For Lele, she became jealous of her husband. Now that Lele has benefited from her and got close to her, she naturally smiles.