Traveling through Xueba is full of blessings

Chapter 5 Grandma Has a Belly Story
When summer comes, it happens to be just around the time of Chinese New Year, and the temperature in the Northeast reaches about minus 70 degrees.It was really cold to the bone. In the Northeast in the [-]s, people could turn into ice skates immediately after peeing outside.

Even such harsh weather can't stop Xia Tian's younger brother Dong Zi from going out to tease cats and dogs to make people hate him.Following a group of children with runny noses, snow on their pants, and wet cotton shoes, they ran wildly all over the village. In a short while, due to the cold air and exhaled breath, they could form frost and hang on the exposed ground. on the eyebrows.

Summer is also like this, with her mother's big scarf around her head, her eyes are exposed, wearing a big red floral padded jacket and big dark red cotton shoes, walking in the snow with difficulty.

Today, her father and mother went to the next village to have a meal and help the master's house.

It's like this in the countryside. Whenever someone's family has a big or small affair, they all help each other like a favor.

You have a triangle, he has fifty cents, and if you catch up with something that can help your hands with some work, everyone has to go ahead of time, and don't pretend to be lazy.But there is no shortage of bad people at any time, and there are also those who eat Xituo's children with claws. I wish the whole family could go to other people's food, but after all, such people are still a minority.

Living in the countryside, everyone also pays attention to showing face. If you can't go out, people will pay attention behind your back. In the future, how shameless it is to be mentioned when the child talks about kissing?
As I said before, from Comrade Xia Aiguo's attitude of looking for a partner, it can be seen that he has a good face, a little arrogant and a little bit upright.

For example, even if one day, Xia Aiguo was so poor that he would jingle, he would rather be exhausted from work than bring him to his relatives' door to beg for food.In modern terms, it is a person with a particularly high self-esteem.

Comrade Xia Aiguo may not look like a farmer, but his style definitely belongs to the tall and tall style in the village.So Xia Aiguo couldn't do such a thing as dragging his family to the next village for a meal.Of course, the brothers and sisters in Xia Tian were also educated from an early age to be lazy, greedy and slippery at home, and they are especially clumsy when going out.

The two left-behind boys and girls plus a little kid with a runny nose that makes dogs hate it, the old cat is not at home today, and the mouse is picking on the house.Today I'm just having fun and having fun, going out to find someone to chat with.Xia Qiu, Xia Tian suspects that he asked a young man in the village to smoke secretly.

After walking for about 30 minutes, I arrived at the uncle's house.

The house of the uncle's house was remodeled from old man Xia's original house. Later, the uncle added a layer of red bricks to the roof, which made it look more grand than other houses in the village.

The small courtyard of the uncle's house looks very orderly.

Pushing open the big iron door, a small old lady with a hunchback just came out from the warehouse next to her.The old lady's hair was neatly combed, and although the clothes were worn out, they looked clean.

"Grandma, I'm here to see you."

"Hey, my little granddaughter is here, how is it? Is the cold better? Come into the house, grandma's burning in the house is warm."

Xia Tian took a few steps to help the old lady get firewood.As soon as I entered the room, before people saw it clearly, there was a crisp voice floating over: "Who am I? Isn't this Xia Tiantian who is most used to by grandpa and grandma? Ouch, this is amazing. It’s true that the sun comes out from the west, if you’re not at home in such a cold day, you’re not at home like Sister Lin, what’s the point of coming out?”

Xia Tian glanced at her second cousin, Xia Ling, who was about the same size as herself, about 1.6 meters five.Single eyelid but big eyes.The corner of the eye is a bit of what the old people say is a swollen eye.With a high nose bridge, a small thin mouth, and slightly dark skin, he looks fierce.The overall appearance is not bad in the village.

But there is no comparison with her.No wonder the yin and yang are strangely tuned and often find fault.

The second cousin is used to being top-notch, and she can't understand her grandparents being eccentric, giving Xia Tian food and drinks secretly with their own things.

In the heart of the second cousin, isn't it because Xia Tian looks good, and grandparents get the benefits of marrying a sister who is good, so in her heart, she feels that Xia Tian will be better than herself after she is appointed, and she can also take care of her mother's family better than herself. .Coupled with Xia Tian's sweet mouth, she really didn't waste her nickname, Tiantian, and the two elders who coaxed her family to show their hearts and souls to her family.

Every time my mother knew that the two elders were partial to the uncle's family, she was so angry that she couldn't sleep half the night.I think that I don't know how to serve my grandparents, and I don't know how to cover them.

Xia Ling has an outgoing personality, not like the boss Xia Feng who doesn't like to talk, so Xia Ling often hears her mother muttering to her.

After Xia Ling heard this, and saw her grandparents happy when they mentioned Tiantian, she even looked down on her.You said that they are all granddaughters of about the same age, why is there such a big difference?So after Xia Ling was ten years old, she was able to figure out some ways of the world, and then she started to see Xia Tian not only being bitter, but also trying to bully her.

A few years ago, it was okay, if she robbed that dead girl or beat her secretly, she would cry and didn't complain.In the past two years, this dead girl has learned to talk back and complain.As soon as she left on the front foot, the grandfather on the back foot told her father.In the past two years, Xia Ling hasn't gotten a good one after bullying Xia Tian, ​​but she also habitually speaks a few sour words.

"Lingzi, your sister has been walking with Xueli for a long time, and you pulled it down without pouring hot water, and said it was useless. Besides, who is Sister Lin? Don't pretend that I am uneducated and ignorant. What is that good? Destiny, put it on your sister. Go back to your room, we don't listen to you and you are dumbfounded."

Xia Tian is happy, the old lady is quite capable of making mistakes, and even sister Lin's fate has been adjusted.

Xia Ling stared at Xia Tian, ​​she probably disliked her for making her suffer as soon as she came, and said, she turned around and turned around and went back to the house, let alone, with that height and that small waist, the few steps she walked twitchy It really attracts Xia Tian's attention, but it's a pity that Xia Tian is a girl, so it's useless.

The old lady dragged Xia Tian back to her own room, closed the door tightly with her hands, looked and looked mysteriously, and then went into the room and sat cross-legged on the kang.

Looking at it in Xia Tian, ​​there is a situation, what is the grandma going to do?
You must know that the old lady loves to gossip with her.It's strange to say that grandma has two daughters-in-law, and if she doesn't chat with them, she just likes to chat with her, and she doesn't think about whether she can understand it at a young age.

In fact, Xia Tian didn't know that her grandma was suffering and couldn't tell, no one had a common topic with her.

The eldest daughter-in-law is too serious, she and the eldest daughter-in-law can't go together.The youngest daughter-in-law was okay when she first got married, but later she was taken care of by the youngest son and stopped talking to her.Her youngest son, Xia Aiguo, said that spreading gossip like this was called passing on his wife's tongue, and the youngest daughter-in-law was under control and didn't pay much attention to it.Let the old lady lose the fun of gossip.

The old lady has principles and thinks she has status.When Old Man Xia was the village head, in order to appear fair and less troublesome, he strictly asked the old lady not to chat with the women in the village, lest it be spread that this was the meaning of Old Man Xia, the village head.

Later, the old man came down, helped his eldest son to go up again and became the number one chair in the village.The old lady can finally get together with the old sisters to pick up this and that.It's a pity that she has developed the habit of not speaking in public for so many years, and she has become an image of an old sister who can't be heard.

It is conceivable that she is really lonely mentally, with so many good stories about other families in her stomach, there is nowhere to tell.At this time, the little granddaughter was born. From being able to respond to "uh-huh" to being able to listen later, the old lady has fans, allowing her to fully utilize her residual heat.

Maybe it's been tempered by Xia Tian for a long time, since she was a child, listening to grandma's stories about the past was commonplace, and she didn't feel annoyed at all.

At first when I went home, I learned a tongue from Su Meili. After hearing it a few times, Xia Aiguo hugged Xia Tian and said, "Girl, you will remember it from now on. No matter what we hear from others, you must keep it secret."

That's right, after that, the old lady has to notify in advance, let her tell her parents, Xia Tian will say it.I didn't say whether I could go home and spread the word, Xia Tian was like a recycle bin, sometimes I forgot it after I heard it, and sometimes I absorbed it by myself.

The old lady climbed onto the kang first, and then went to the kang cabinet to dig out and dig out, and took out a sewing box.It opened and contained hazelnuts and pine nuts and a large pair of tongs.

"Here, the milk is reserved for you. This thing is oily, you fill it up."

In summer, I also put my slippers on the kang, stuffed my cold little feet under the quilt, held the box and began to clamp pine nuts with pliers.He still asked, "Where's my uncle, aunt, brother, and sister-in-law?"

"Aren't your parents going to the next village to have dinner?"

Xia Tian nodded.

"Well, then your uncle went there, just like your parents. The men of that family played with your father and your uncle until they grew up. I guess they took advantage of the winter and had no work to do, and held a wedding banquet for the boy in the family. Both of his brothers have to follow suit. If your elder brother {the elder brother mentioned here refers to Xia Wen, the only son of Uncle Xia’s family} has a child, your elder brother should make a lot of trouble to find someone to settle down, your mother Is there a charter?"

In the countryside, their old Xia family belonged to the type of late marriage and late childbearing.Moreover, it is relatively difficult to have children in the village.In fact, they all love to have children a few years later.I also often love my old children.

Aunt Xia only had it when her grandparents were quite old.At that time, the uncle took care of the sister-in-law and took care of her own son.The aunt's filial piety to the elderly is indeed a thumbs up.It can also be said that the sister-in-law was brought up by the uncle, and the sister-in-law and the sister-in-law have a deep relationship.

But the relationship is deep, there is no common topic.The eldest aunt is too serious and rigid, she only works and never likes to communicate with her, so my sister-in-law usually finds Su Meili for chatting about the housework, and discusses big and small matters with Su Meili.

It stands to reason that Su Meili communicates with my sister-in-law a lot, so my sister-in-law should be more inclined, right?But every time the little girl goes back to her mother's house without empty hands, she still brings the most things to her uncle.It is conceivable that the uncle's dedication to Lao Xia's family is indeed worthy of recognition.

Besides the matter of late childbirth, my parents are also old, and it was the first time in many years that Xia Dong, who is now seven years old, was born.So it's not like the old lady is worrying about it.

"Well, I haven't heard my parents mention this, and I don't know what my brother likes. My brother has recently learned carpentry from my father. I don't think he has that kind of thought yet."

"Then we have to hurry up. How old are you? There are those who got married early and have two children in their arms. Now it's me and Reiko in this family. Your elder brother and sister-in-law have returned to your mother's house, and your uncle and mother have gone to your elder sister's. I I can't help but guess what trouble that girl Xia Feng encountered. I think your uncle took a few catties of white flour from home when she left.

At the beginning, I didn't agree with Xia Feng marrying such a poor family. Your uncle said that your brother-in-law was quick at work and really good at work.She valued these things and agreed to such a family.

How about being young and inexperienced!Your eldest sister and wife are good, but not at home. The widowed mother has taken care of her son for decades, can she have an easy-going personality?
Your eldest sister is honest, don't let people bully you to death.Tell me about your elder sister going to work in the fields, her mother-in-law will bring two corn buns, not even her saliva, the twenty-year-old girl is tired and older than your mother, and her face is pale, what is this? ?

Why!A family like ours, married into their family, doesn't know how to be grateful and bullies the daughter of the old Xia family. I think it's because your aunt is too soft and gentle that she was bullied like this.

Both your uncle and your uncle's mother said that they couldn't come to the door, because they were afraid that people would say that our family was bullied by village cadres.It would be nice to say more subsidies to make up for the day.In my opinion, it was Widow Li who took advantage of this point. She was even more capable of acting as a demon when she found out that our family did not go to her to settle accounts.Then Li Qunfa is also a wimp, he is old enough to be a father, and he listens to his mother for everything. "

At this time, Xia Tian listened to grandma talking about the affairs of the elder sister's house, which was much more detailed than in memory.

The elder sisters in my memory are all hard-working type.The eldest aunt doesn't like to laugh or talk with her daughter, so the eldest sister's character just follows the eldest aunt's.

It's also so dull, but you have to say that her eldest sister is really capable, unlike the second sister Xia Ling, who can hurt people with her mouth.If the second sister married into this kind of family, she would probably be able to lift the roof off the house before returning to her mother's house.

But the second sister has high vision, and she doesn't agree with the kind of poor family that my aunt finds.

"Grandma, what about my grandpa?"

"He, he can't help but go out and find someone to play chess. It's just a stinky chess basket, and he always loves to play chess. Don't care about him."

Xia Tian put a few pine nuts that had been saved for a long time into the old lady's hands, and the old lady put them back into Xia Tian's hands.

"Grandma doesn't like to eat this stuff. If you get angry, you will eat it. Be obedient."

"Grandma, you closed the door and peeked out again just now, are you trying to tell me something?"

"Hey, look at grandma's memory, she forgets it when she interrupts it." The old lady went to the kang cabinet to dig out and dig out again, took out a small handkerchief, opened it and saw that it was wrapped with a cloth ticket.

This is the first time Xia Tian has seen this thing up close.In this era, you need a ticket to buy everything, and most people save it and don't dare to spend it recklessly.It is only taken out when there is a lack of clothing and food during the Chinese New Year.In these days and months, you can't buy things if you have money or tickets.So this ticket is very important.

"Hold it for you, go back and give it to your mother, let her go to the county to buy you a piece of floral cloth a few years ago, and make a padded jacket for you, so you can wear new clothes for the New Year."

The old lady's things are the two old people who are reluctant to use them, so maybe they saved them up.It's also possible that my sister-in-law secretly gave it to her every time she came back. The old lady made new clothes for her, and neither I nor the old man Xia had a new one at this age!The last time she saw her grandpa wearing the ragged military padded jacket that she picked up her little uncle, there were so many patches and none of them were new.

The more Xia Tian thinks about it, the more unpleasant it becomes.This thing is hot, I really can't want it, she is not so ignorant in the original Xia Tian, ​​she feels at ease that her grandparents should treat her best.

Xia Tian's heart was warm, and his eyes were also a little hot. He sniffed, and was about to stuff it back for the old lady, when he heard the door of the outer room slam "bang", Xia Tian was startled, and his tears were also frightened back , shivering all over.

The old lady's expression didn't change, and she reacted very quickly. She took the handkerchief bag and stuffed it into Xia Xia's trouser waist, and then opened the door and went out regardless of whether the handkerchief bag could fall down the trouser legs...

(End of this chapter)