you are so nice lady

Chapter 518 Strawberries in the Backyard

Because Grandpa Nan usually had no one to chat with him, he dragged the two of them to talk for a long time, and before they knew it, it was lunch time.

There is a small vegetable garden at the back of the studio, in which some Chinese cabbage is grown, and it is usually self-sufficient.

After eating a light meal, Ning Xiaoman felt a little sleepy.

The habit she developed in school, she didn't sleep at noon, collapsed in the afternoon, and began to squint and nod when the time came.

Seeing that she was really sleepy, Grandpa Nan asked her to go to the lounge on the second floor to sleep.

There was a simple couch in a guest room. Huo Shishen tidied it up a bit, stuffed Ning Xiaoman into the bed, kissed her on the forehead, and got up to leave.

Ning Xiaoman grabbed his arm sleepily, "Aren't you going to sleep?"

Huo Shishen tore off her hand and put it under the bed, "I'm not sleepy, you should have a good rest, I'll chat with the old man, huh?"

Ning Xiaoman nodded, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Huo Shishen and Grandpa Nan were chatting downstairs. There was only one lounge in the studio, and the two of them happened to be not sleepy. When they got excited, the old man suddenly wanted to play chess.

He got up to look for things in the utility room. His back was hale and hearty, and he looked very energetic, but his steps were a little strenuous, and he was already out of breath as soon as he opened the door of the utility room. Shall we go after dinner?"

Huo Shishen stepped forward to take the chessboard in his hand, responded, and then asked, "Are the strawberries in the backyard alive?"

Before getting married, he and Nanye came to see Grandpa Nan several times, and he was very interested in the garden in the back mountain.

At that time, the relationship between him and Ning Xiaoman was at an impasse. Although she decided to get married, she kept alienating him more and more.

Huo Shishen knew that she liked to eat strawberries, so he asked the old man for a piece of land and planted strawberries himself.

Calculate the time, it should be mature now.

Grandpa Nan laughed, and pointed at him teasingly, "I knew that you were a strawberry planted for women at that time. I asked you and you still refused to answer, but it turned out that you still brought someone here after a year! Don't worry. , my old man usually shows you that the strawberries are ripe enough, when the girl wakes up, take her to eat!"

The corners of Huo Shishen's mouth curled up slightly, and there was a gentle smile in his eyes, "Well, she said we got married before we had dated, and this time I took her to the Strawberry Fields, it's considered a date."

Grandpa Nan couldn't help teasing him, "You're the only one who brought a little girl to the vegetable garden for a date! I don't think your ability to please women is much worse than Nanye's. Why can't that boy catch up with anyone? Where's the girl?"

Huo Shishen silently arranged the chessboard, "It may be a hardware problem."

Grandpa Nan: "..."

He couldn't help but pick up the black chess and threw it at him, "It's my own grandson anyway, be careful old man, I'll turn against you!"

Huo Shishen smiled but said nothing, took advantage of the situation and picked up the black chess piece first, and landed on the board.

Grandpa Nan also took the white piece to ponder, and the two quickly entered the state.

Men don't chat like women, you say one sentence to another, and you can't relax after talking about this and that, but two men don't need too much language, sometimes they are so silent, and they already have a tacit understanding.

Grandpa Nan looked at Huo Shishen's more mature and resolute edges and corners, and couldn't tell what it was like in his heart. He was relieved, and seemed to be more.

There is also a sigh that something has finally been completed.

He was already considered a long-lived person, and his life became a little rough. After the old woman left, there were not many people left around him.

Now there are only people who are still concerned, and the only ones are Huo Shishen and Nan Ye.

He knew that they were three brothers, the Iron Triangle, but Grandpa Nan's hometown was in Beicheng, and he settled in Beijing for his wife.

Being in the capital city, he has naturally heard of the great name of Si Wen, the prince of the Si family, but Grandpa Nan is not familiar with that kid Si Wen. good relationship.

Huo Shishen was the youngest of the three, but he also had the most responsibilities, and his life progress was faster than others. Now he had a family in the blink of an eye, and the other two hadn't settled yet.

Grandpa Nan shook his head, "It's a good thing you waited for this girl, otherwise I'll lose my soul and miss you even more."

Huo Shishen paused while holding the chess piece, "How could you be so easy to return to the west? Your wife has so many last words for you, and you have to fulfill seven or eight of them, so that you won't be nagged by her when you reunite nagging."

"That's true."

Grandpa Nan also smiled suddenly, as if thinking of something long ago, his eyes gradually became hollow, immersed in his own memories.

Before the old woman passed away, she did tell him a lot of last words. Although she was in her seventies, she still asked for this and that like a little girl.

Ask Grandpa Nan to go to Japan to take pictures of the cherry blossoms in full bloom, and burn the best photo to her on her birthday.

Ask him to see the aurora, and take her portrait to feel the exotic atmosphere.

Ask him to make him the most beautiful wedding dress, the one with high slits and very charming.

The old woman said that she had been married to him for most of her life, but she only wore an unattractive cheongsam on the day of the wedding, and she had to wear a wedding dress to be stunning once she had a chance, even if she was in the underworld...

This is somewhat similar to Ning Xiaoman, who held a Chinese-style wedding and thought that wearing a wedding dress would look beautiful; if she had held a Western-style wedding at the beginning, she might feel that wearing a cheongsam is more traditional.

woman...

Picky, hesitant, sometimes annoying, sometimes cute...

There are many, many more...

Grandpa Nan's eyes were a little red, and he couldn't help rubbing his cloudy eyes.

He knew in his heart that the old lady's so many demands on him were just for him to live well.

He understood better than anyone else how much kindness and love was hidden under that old woman's tricky and willful demands.

The two of them chatted one after another, and half an hour passed like this.

After all, Grandpa Nan was getting old, he couldn't take a nap, and he couldn't say a few words, so he started to nod his head.

He leaned lightly against the wall behind him, as if he was asleep, but also as if he was remembering something, with a contented smile on the corner of his mouth.

Huo Shishen carefully placed him on the sofa beside him, and covered him with the quilt again.

This sofa is specially made, spacious and comfortable. When he often makes clothes, he falls asleep here while doing it.

A slight snore sounded, Huo Shishen closed the door of the studio, and glanced at Grandpa Nan.

The sunshine in early spring was cold but not glaring, shining in through the window, making the white hair on the old man's head glow a bit.

He seems to have seen the passage of time on this old man, and the most important things in life will become memories, and finally become unforgettable memories.

He drew the curtains and walked silently to the second floor.

(End of this chapter)