Traveling through Xueba is full of blessings

Chapter 777
"Aihua..."

"Aihua..."

The old lady who has been said to be eccentric and has been said this way all her life, the moment she left, she did not look for Xia Aiguo in front of her, did not go to pull her little granddaughter Xia Tian who had been eccentric for half her life, but suddenly stretched out her hand like a withered grass Grab the air.

She wanted to reach out and touch it again, to touch the eldest son who was sweating in a hurry, half of his hair was dyed black by the years, and was crying loudly in the toilet of the train.

Uncle Xia stood with his feet apart on the squatting position of the toilet. He didn't want to go to the toilet, so he stood in this small space and shook his shoulders crying:

"Mother, wait for Aihua, Aihua is not filial! Aihua is not qualified to be the boss! Aihua knows that you like to stay in the village, there are all acquaintances you can chat with, but Lovely Hua does not support you. !"

Xia Aiguo's mournful voice rang in the old lady's ears. He hugged his mother's head and held the old lady's hand that was struggling to grasp the air:

"Mother, my elder brother is coming soon! There are Qinzi and Tiezhu! Just wait a little longer!"

Ye Boxuan supported the old man Xia, he couldn't go forward, he had to concentrate on observing the old man Xia's situation: "Grandpa, grandpa?"

……

The old lady wanted to promise everyone, and she really wanted to.

Don't worry, the old lady!
Both the old son and the old daughter are doing well, only her eldest son is getting old.Who cooks?Who can help each other and pass a pill when he is sick?

It is said that the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, and that the ten fingers are divided into different lengths, but in the heart of a mother, she only prefers those who are relatively unfavorable, and she prefers whoever has a poor life at any stage.

But in the end... people, everyone has this day.

The old lady still didn't wait for Xia Aihua, and didn't personally ask her eldest son to say a few words.

Come to the world with fists clenched and crying, starving, earning money, competing, pulling out children, and when you let go, you really let go, let go of all those so-called things.

The door of Xia's family was knocked open, and the three people in the dusty world cried out in unison, "Mother!"

The sound echoed over the small courtyard.

……

In the year when Ye Boxuan was promoted to major general, the Ye family, three generals of one family, and three generations of handsome talents for the new China, made their way to the battlefield. Mr. Ye left this world with no regrets and a smile on his face.

In the next year, just like the scene where Grandpa Song was holding Ye Boxuan when he was a child, Grandpa Song was in Ye Boxuan's arms with a calm face, and he let go of his great-grandson Ye Xin.

The last words he left to Ye Boxuan were: "I'm looking for your grandma and your uncle, don't think about me."

In order to be more filial to his parents, in the same year, Ye Boxuan refused to be the head of a military region in another place. Seeing Ye Zhiqing's disapproving eyes, he chose to stay in the Kyoto military region.

And now, in the year when Xia Tian was thirty, the Xia family also sent the old lady away.

In a person's whole life, what is seen by outsiders is beautiful, in order to get the praise and evaluation of others, "Who do you look at?"... For this goal, the sad efforts behind it grow with age, keep silent and forget to tell.

The public spectacle that shows success to outsiders seems to be the birth of a newborn, the wedding of a child, and the death of an old man.

When the old lady of the Xia family passed away, Ye Boxuan was the one who borrowed the most power.

At that time, Boss Xia Xia Aiguo had some money, but he had no connections;
At that time, although Xia Tian was promoted to be the director, he was not enough to look at in front of the deeply rooted Ye family.

And the Ye family has done a lot in it.

After Ye Zhiqing bowed to the old lady, he directed his staff to help with the arrangements, whether it was the hearse or the layout of the scene.

Song Yaping also accompanied Su Meili all the time, carrying medical emergency supplies with her in case of emergency.

When the family members answered the gift, there were many green military uniforms with high military ranks. Many people came up to shake hands with Ye Boxuan and left a sentence: "Please mourn."

This time, Ye Boxuan wanted to do everything first, and as his grandson-in-law, Xia's family was immersed in grief, and he supported everything alone.

-

Early 90s...

The unique carving technique depicts the lines of the furniture, which are clear and full of vitality.

With mahogany-colored furniture and classical Chinese decoration style, this room, which looks heavy and elegant, is the room that Xia Aiguo asked the master craftsmen to build for Old Man Xia himself.

With Old Man Xia's character, he should invite some old men who can talk to him to come to the house, show off, and let everyone visit.

But now, old man Xia doesn't like to go out of the house anymore. Since the old lady left, he has gradually become less talkative.

In such a room, there is a mirror hanging on the wall, which looks out of place and so abrupt.

Xia Tian pushed open the door of Old Man Xia's room, and when he walked in, he happened to see Old Man Xia wiping the mirror with a towel again, and the gift with half-mirror's name written on it.

"Grandpa, is this mirror a gift that our Xia family's distant relatives chipped in to buy when I got married?"

Old man Xia smiled, and looked out of the window with cloudy eyes: "Well, you still remember. I was in charge of Boxuan coming, but he said he didn't throw it away...you didn't throw it away, it's good!"

After finishing speaking, Old Man Xia hung the mirror on the wall again after wiping it. His big hands covered with age spots picked up the photos scattered on the cabinet one by one, and pinned the scattered ones on the mirror.

In those photos, everyone in the Xia family took one. Xia Tian took a look at the photo of her wearing a military uniform when she was a recruit, and she listened to Old Man Xia's words filled with emotion.

"The ancestors of our Xia family have left nothing good for you. But I think I'm okay.

Being the head of the village in that era of starvation means that none of your father and the others will starve to death.

When you got married, those relatives came to participate in donkey carts, ox carts, and climbing mountains on their legs. I am also popular.

Seeing this mirror, I can also think about things when I was young, otherwise, I will forget about it. "

After the old man Xia finished speaking, he looked at the photo of the old lady: "Our work is not in vain, your grandma is old, and at such a great age, she wears four golds, even a gold bracelet can be hung on her arm."

……

This is the current old man Xia, he has reached the age of saying whatever he thinks of, he will answer a few words when he is awake, and get stuck in his own thinking from time to time.

Xia Tian managed to keep his voice from choking:
"Grandpa, do you want to go back to the Northeast? Let's get those relatives together again. You and the grandpas in Lishu Village will play chess again, sit on the big rock at the entrance of the village, and smoke pipes and pots. They talk about the situation in the country."

"You're all busy, forget it."

Xia Tian took a step forward and grabbed Old Man Xia's arm, she looked seriously at those cloudy eyes:
"Why forget it? We don't have a busy day, but I can stop to accompany you anytime!
Grandpa, granddaughter will accompany you back to Lishu Village, to see my uncle's farm, my two nephews, and my uncle, County Magistrate Zhao, okay? "

Old man Xia's eyes suddenly burst into light, delaying his granddaughter's work?Do you want to delay?

Xia Tian smiled, the smile was very bright, just like the moment she saw Old Man Xia take out the eggs from the sleeve of the padded jacket, she was smiling, but tears slid down her cheeks.

Xia Tian, ​​who was smiling with tears in her eyes, held on to Old Man Xia's arm and supported her grandfather with bad legs. She said coquettishly:

"Grandpa, look at you, you must make me cry!"

……

This trip is the first time to use the privilege in the summer after working for many years. In the summer of being an assistant to the minister, he was at the director level in the 90s.

The female leader at the division (bureau) level, with her grandfather, sits in her special car, and when they pass by any city or county, they will stop there for a rest.Just in case Old Man Xia is too old and his body can't bear it.

Xia originally planned to just accompany Old Man Xia back to Lishu Village by herself, but Xia Aiguo, Su Meili, Xia Qiu, Xia Dong, Xia Ling, including Xiao Mao, who had things to do, decided to go back together hometown.

Go for a walk, take a look...the way home.

And this summer's high-profile trip is also the first time to prove in front of her family that she has grown from an ordinary female soldier to now that she has full wings and is already strong.

When Xia Tian stood in front of Zhao Tiezhu and shook hands with other leaders and comrades in the local county one by one, Zhao Tiezhu said: "Welcome the leaders to come to our county to inspect and guide the work..." Xia Tian waved his hand and said: "Uncle...you are really, really Poor people."

Smiling Xia Tian turned around and said to the county comrades who just shook hands:
"I came back this time for personal reasons, and I can't talk about it with other aspects. That's it, what should you be busy with? Fallen leaves will always return to their roots. I just went back to my hometown to have a look."

……

Uncle Xia looked at the crowd outside the farm, he almost fell over after running a few steps: "Daddy? Daddy!"

While running, he said other people's names: "Patriotic, Lingzi, Tiantian..."

And Zhao Tiezhu next to Xia Tian has already started to praise Uncle Xia to everyone:

"Brother has been very capable in the past few years! Since I completed the procedures for him, he has really spread the scene with Xia Wen and Zhang Qiao. Raising pigs, dairy cows, laying hens, broiler chickens..."

Old man Xia wiped the corners of his eyes with the sleeve of his clothes: "Boss is fine too."

The white-haired Uncle Xia looked nearly 20 years older than Xia Aiguo, but his wrinkled face made him embarrassed again in front of Old Xia:
"Father, let's go, I'll kill a stupid chicken for you." Then he greeted the others:
"Patriotic, let's go, this big brother personally cooks chicken stewed mushrooms in a big iron pot!"

……

The Xia’s house in Lishu Village, whether it is the old house of Uncle Xia’s house or Xia Aiguo’s, was renovated at first, and then they were knocked down and rebuilt by someone. One is a three-story building, and the other is a two-story building.

Xiaqiu, Xiaxia, Xiadong, the three of them looked at each room, thinking of the big kang in the past for a moment.

It seemed that the big kang was right in front of them, and the kang was separated by fire walls one after another. In order to create a few more single rooms so that the children would not be disturbed, their father thoughtfully arranged rooms for them.

Xiaomao looked at the spacious kitchen and the tiled walls. She said to Su Meili, "Mother, there are many rooms now, but it looks deserted. I still like my small room that was merged from the kitchen. It's warm."

Today's old man Xia looks extraordinarily energetic and talks more, as if he has not yet walked out of Lishu Village. He is wearing a Tangzhuang with a button-up, standing on the road that has been widened at the entrance of the village, surrounded by people people.

"Is this wood?"

"Hey, old Wang's handlebar style, he's still in good health! Well, it looks pretty solid! Why didn't my brother Xu look at it?"

"It's gone, I didn't have it in the past two years, happy funerals! At our age, it's all happy funerals!"

Another old man praised Old Man Xia: "You are lucky to be an old village chief! You have become an old man in Dajing!"

Old man Xia looked at the familiar faces, touched the cigarette pipe on the back of his waist: "Yes, I can have today, and death is worth it!"

……

Zhang Qiao is getting old, and her dark skin, which was tanned to earn money, looks very solid.

What is a relative?After years of seeing each other, they still kiss each other, and the bones and tendons are broken. It doesn't feel unreasonable to come to the house and directly serve the rice bowl to eat. This is the relationship.

"What? Old aunt! How much does the running water banquet cost? Why do you invite the whole village to eat and drink?"

Su Meili was full of confidence: "No, I still have to invite the relatives of my mother's family in Sujiatun. If you are asked to do it, go do it, why are there so many!"

Just when Zhang Qiao was ordered to leave, thinking about saving money and going back to the farm to catch pigs and kill them, Su Meili asked again:
"How is Xia Feng? Didn't Li Qunfa go to the south to work? Do you have a letter?" Zheng Sancai is gone, and she, an old aunt, has to help worry about it.

Zhang Qiao snorted:
"I received a letter two days ago. That Li Qunfa got mixed up with Wang Xiaofang from the old Wang's family. Then Wang Xiaofang married a bicycle repairman, and she disliked him and went to the south to live with Li Qunfa!

My eldest sister is stupid!This time it's all right, she won't leave, others will leave with her, she's still so old, she's been tortured enough, why marry again? ! "

Xia Aiguo stopped smoking, his smile disappeared, and he looked at Uncle Xia.But Uncle Xia said with a gentle expression:

"What are you afraid of? A living person can be suffocated by urine? After leaving him, I can give Feng as much as I want, and it's good to live alone with the child. The only thing is, if you leave, you can't get back together!"

Xia Aiguo thought, if it doesn't work, let her eldest niece take her away this time, change the environment, broaden her horizons, and shouted to Xia Ling: "Lingzi, go and tell your eldest sister about your past years."

Not long after, after Xia Ling, Xia Feng also rushed to the capital. She didn't work as a worker, Xia Feng, who was honest all her life, controlled the warehouse for Xia Aiguo, and later married a widowed woman. Carpenter, living a very contented life.

-

Xia Tian held Aunt Xia's hand: "It's okay, if An An didn't pass the exam, he will review again. I will start to do it when I get back, and let him go to the capital to repeat his studies. Isn't it just to study in the military academy and want to be a soldier?"

"He's not a young man who studies! Forget it, Tiantian, my sister-in-law won't make things difficult for you."

Xia Aiqin, who is Liu Yun's wholesaler of leather products in the Northeast region, feels that in recent years, it has been difficult enough for the second brother's family, and she always pulls her younger sister.From Tie Zhu to her, always trouble them.

"Sister-in-law, you sent me to be a soldier back then, and today I send An An to be a soldier. That's the deal!"

Zhao An suddenly stood in front of Xia Tian: "Sister, I will not embarrass you and brother-in-law, this time I will definitely pass the exam!"

……

The four village cooks set up a shed at the entrance of the village, and a stove was set up in the courtyard of Xia's house.

The three-day running water banquet entertained all the villagers of Lishu Village, and immediately after eating one dish, another new dish was served on the table.

Amidst the sound of firecrackers, Old Man Xia stood in front of all the men, women and children in the village with a microphone in his hand. He saw the familiar faces and remembered the scenery when he was a village cadre...

Uncle Xia and Xia Aiguo stood on the left side of the stage, leaving everything behind and tossing about for three full days. Seeing the excited old man Xia at this moment, the two brothers just felt: "It's worth it!"

Xia Aiguo said: "Brother, what do you mean? I said I spent money."

"Your money is not blown by strong winds. I don't have as much money as you, but I am the boss. My parents have been with you all these years. You should also give me some face as a big brother. I will return to the Northeast in the future. I am patriotic and all. Brother has to arrange it!"

(End of this chapter)