Driving back to my hometown.
As always, Xu Mei rushed over and held Ranran in her arms, squeezing and kissing her.
Even Li Jianguo looked at the eldest grandson of the old Li family with a loving look on his face. As a member of the older generation, he had special affection for his eldest grandson. He could ignore his own son, but he must care about his grandson. The most common question he asked on the phone was "
Ranran, how much did you eat today?", and then told Li Mu to buy him whatever Ranran wanted to eat.
Anyway, we must take good care of the eldest grandson of Lao Li’s family.
Kiss Wanranran.
Xu Mei pulled Si Ning into her arms again.
Compared with these two people, Li Mu’s grandparents behaved much more directly.
He took two big apples and put them into the hands of Ranran and Si Ning.
As an old man who came from that era, whenever there was delicious food at home, he would bring it all out to his children when they came back.
Watching your children eat makes me happier than eating it myself.
"Grandpa, does your leg still hurt?"
Li Mu looked at his grandfather Li Taixing and couldn't help but ask.
His mother called a few days ago to say that his grandfather's leg hurt. Li Mu originally planned to come back for a visit, but his mother said that he would be back for the holidays anyway, so there was no need to run back and forth for the time being.
Li Mu thought it was indeed the case.
This is not because he is unfilial, but because his grandfather has suffered from leg pain for a long time.
Li Mu had taken him to a big hospital a long time ago, but he was never cured. The main problem was that his grandfather's pain was caused by river work in the 1960s and 1970s.
A small cart with a single wheel, filled with dirt.
One person pulls.
One person recommends.
Pushing up a slope more than ten meters deep requires your legs and feet to bear a lot of weight. Over time, you will suffer from leg pain. Similar to this problem, older people more or less have it. The difference is that it is serious.
The degree is just different. For example, several old people in their village also had this problem before they passed away, and they had to wear a lot of pain-relieving plasters every year.
This is also an important reason why people of that era were so fond of having sons.
After all, few women can do such strenuous work.
Of course.
According to his grandfather, there were many women in that era who could do such strenuous work. Then he talked about Li Mu's generation, saying that they had no strength and were worse than the women of that era.
These words.
Li Mu believes it.
After all, strength comes from training. Li Mu sits in the office all day long, and the most strenuous task is to replace the drinking water in the tea room with a bucket.
As for some people who say that modern man’s strength has deteriorated, that is completely nonsense.
However, due to the development of industrial machinery, modern people do not need to exert any effort. If there is heavy physical work, Li Mu may not be able to adapt to it at once, but once there is no chance to shirk, he can gradually adapt.
No one understands human adaptability better than Li Mu.
Times have made it so that their generation does not need to work hard.
If the times call for it, they will still not be much worse than the previous generation.
"It's okay"
Li Taixing, whose face was full of wrinkles, replied with a smile.
"Grandma, why don't you come and hug me!?"
Seeing that Xu Mei and Li Jianguo's attention was focused on Ranran and Si Ning, Xiaoxiao suddenly became unhappy.
"I can't hold such a big girl like you"
Xu Mei smiled, but she also pulled Xiaoxiao to her side and looked around a few times, then nodded and said, "Well, the more I look at her, the more she looks like a girl."
"You'd better ignore me!"
Xiao Xiao hurts.
In this early morning when the morning light rises, the family walks into the yard.
"Little Dog"
Ran Ran made a sound of surprise from his mouth.
And little Si Ning also flew to the two little black dogs with a face full of joy, squatted down, and started teasing each other with Ranran.
"Mom, did you hug me!?"
Li Mu looked at the two little puppies that suddenly appeared in his house and said curiously.
"A few days ago, someone threw a bicycle battery on the eaves of my house"
Xu Mei explained, "I looked pitiful, so I took him back to raise him."
"Oh"
Li Mu nodded.
This is quite normal. Since the large-scale demolition of rural areas, puppies similar to the ones that were reserved by neighbors before their bitches were born are no longer popular. If no one wants them, they will be taken out and thrown away on bicycles.
However, people are conscientious and generally do not throw it into trash cans or uninhabited places, so villages like Li Mujia that have not yet been demolished have become places where these people often throw it away.
Sometimes it’s a kitten that’s just one month old.
Sometimes it’s a native dog.
Li Mu's family now has two cats that were thrown away by others.
However, it is estimated that the quality of life of Li Mu's family is relatively high. Both cats were raised to be very fat and lazy. They can't even catch the most basic mouse skills. Last year, Li Jianguo caught a mouse and threw it in front of him. Unexpectedly, the two cats
After playing for a while, the mouse actually escaped, which made his father furious. He wanted to have braised cat meat for a while, but then he thought about it and didn't bother with these two beasts. He still provided the two losers with three meals a day.
Now there are two more little native dogs.
Compared to cats, as a native of rural areas, Li Mu still prefers dogs.
This was probably caused by an incident that happened in their village when Ji and Li Mu were young. Li Mu remembered it clearly. He must have been ten years old at that time. There were two friends in his village who were about the same age as him and were swimming in the river. They drowned in the end.
The old yellow dog lying by the river ran home and dragged one of his father's trousers.
I originally thought that the old yellow dog was crazy, but the neighbor next to me asked him to come and have a look.
We didn't know what happened until we got to the river. Several adults hurriedly went down to the river to get the two of them out. At that time, Li Mu also went to see them. According to his father, if it had been two minutes later, the two of them would definitely be dead.
Li Mu remembered that the conditions of those two people were indeed miserable.
It was even worse after being rescued.
Therefore, Li Mu has always believed that dogs are spiritual, especially native dogs that grow up with children.
As the child grows up, the native dog will automatically protect him.
This is also the reason why Li Mu never eats dog meat. Not only does he not eat it, but no one in their village seems to have heard of anyone eating dog meat. Usually when the dog gets old, he piles some firewood to spark it, and the more it is burned, the more fragrant it becomes.
In the end, I couldn't hold it back... This kind of thing has never happened here, but it must have happened in other places.
The reason why they cannot be buried is probably because dogs carry a large number of bacteria and viruses in their bodies. Although they will not show any symptoms during their lifetime, once they are buried in the soil and eaten by predators in the wild, they are likely to cause widespread infection.
, and may even threaten people. These are scientific explanations.
According to Grandpa Li Mu’s explanation, since he has been a dog in this life, he is not qualified to be buried.
Once buried.
It means "enjoy the blessings you shouldn't enjoy in this life, and you will suffer the sins you shouldn't suffer in the next life."
This statement is very superstitious.
It can only prove that these old people still firmly believe that "the reincarnation of heaven, people have cause and effect, good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished with evil, it is not that they will not be rewarded, but the time has not come, even if they are not rewarded in this life, they will not be late in the next life."
However.
Li Mu has always had a doubt.
What does the passing of this life have to do with the next life!?
Is it still him!?
However, Li Mu did not dare to ask his grandfather this question because he was worried that Li Taixing would get angry with him.
When the time came, he couldn't help but slap him a few times. As a grandson, Li Mu had to worry that his own hand would hurt if his grandfather hit him.
So.
Whatever his grandfather said, that’s all.
If the old man has very low requirements, just listen to what he says.
This chapter has been completed!