Chapter 7 Accidental Meeting
Someone in the crowd squeezed in and patted Ivanqiu on the shoulder with his hand.
Ivanqiu subconsciously turned around.
Because he was still looking for Li Simeng in the crowd just now.
Suddenly, a big hand gently patted on the shoulder, and then he turned around and saw that it was his second brother Ivana.
He asked hesitantly: "Is there anything wrong with my second brother?"
"Oh! A guest came to your house. Dad asked me to come to find you, and Mom is here too."
Ivana replied with a smile, then pushed Ivanaa out with a little force on the palm of Ivanaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
"What's the matter? I'm so anxious. I'm not finished here yet, I haven't played yet."
Yi Wanqiu was a little reluctant to leave at this time. He wanted to find an opportunity to sing a duet with Li Simeng during the next duet.
The second brother grabbed his hand and smiled and pulled Ivanqiu to walk home.
Ivanqiu was very unwilling to break free from the second brother's tight hand, and stood there looking at the second brother with a smile.
"I'll tell you! A girl is here at home, guess who it is? Anyway! If you don't go, you will definitely regret it."
The second brother Ivana saw that the third brother was very unwilling to accept his expression at this time, so he deliberately kept it in a silence, and then took Ivanaa's hand and walked out of the crowd.
Ivanqiu hesitated for a moment, thinking that he didn't sing as fast as he came to our village anyway.
It will take at least three hours. Maybe they will end the meeting when they finish their turn. They are actually staying here to watch for a while for those who sing on stage to learn their skills.
Since someone has come to the family, parents are greeting him, and even the second brother who loves to read the songs and doesn't listen to them, he comes to find him. I guess he must be some important person.
As he thought about it, he had followed his second brother out of the crowd, and people were still watching the men and women singing in the venue intent, and some would whisper.
Ivanqiu's home lives on the southernmost part of the village and is also the outer edge of the village.
There is a large pond near his house, with several large banyan trees beside the pond.
Every spring, the big banyan tree will sprout. When he was a child, he often used bamboo poles to beat the buds that had not yet dispersed when the big banyan tree sprouted. After half a pot was made, he took it to the well and washed it with clean water.
Because some of the knocked buds will be dipped in some soil and not very clean, if eaten directly, it will easily bite into small stone powder.
The sound of teeth and stones rubbing out of the mouth, "Crab...Crab." The sound made people feel like they wanted to escape, and then a shrivel spread from the roots of the teeth throughout the body, and goose bumps also bulge.
If you bite these stone powder, you must sniffle. If the fine stones are not clean, they will get stuck in the middle of the teeth, and you will feel shabby and uncomfortable when you eat.
These tender leaves are very delicious after being washed and dipped in salt. Some are salty and a little sour. Some people who like to eat chili peppers are delicious anyway.
This is a snack that I often ate when I was a child, and even the adults in the village were not included. If I had nothing to do, I would help the children beat the tender buds and eat them with salt.
As soon as Iwanqiu got home, he heard talking and laughing in the house. The laughter was very familiar, it was Li Jianguo's voice.
On weekdays, Li Jianguo often comes to his grandfather for advice. He is not unfamiliar with that voice, and can be described as "hearing the voice before seeing the person."
Li Jianguo's voice is louder than that of ordinary people, and he naturally speaks louder than that of ordinary people.
Li Jianguo is also a person who loves to smoke. He has never seen him smoke when he was in the brigade before.
Since he started a small business, every time he returned to the village, he could always take out some cigarette names and unique and beautiful boxes that people had never seen before.
Then he took it out and distributed it to those who also like to smoke, and took his special kerosene lighter and "bang" with a crisp sound of flames and appeared on the wick leisurely.
Then he introduced how useful this lighter is than that little match.
When Ivan climbed the second floor, he saw that the big table at home was already full of chickens, ducks, geese, and some vegetables, and they were still steaming.
His grandfather Yi Shicai and his father Yi Jiasheng's mother Zhao Lilian were already sitting at the table chatting with Li Jianguo and Li Simeng's mother. Next to him were the eldest brother, sister-in-law and second sister-in-law surrounding Li Simeng were also talking and laughing.
Suddenly I heard his grandfather Yi Shicai say, "It would be great if his grandmother could see him. Alas, his grandmother and I have a hard life and a little blessing." The atmosphere at home suddenly became a little serious.
Ivanqiu's grandmother passed away ten years ago. When he was ten years old, one morning, my grandmother did not get up to cook but spread it on the bed.
Medicine was not developed at that time, and I couldn’t tell the reason even after hiring a barefoot doctor in the village. Later, I hired a Taoist priest to do some methods but it still didn’t improve.
Later, my grandfather asked someone to invite a doctor in the county to see what kind of cerebral infarction was. He had missed the best treatment time, and the treatment was too late now.
At that time, my grandmother had only one hand and feet to move, but she couldn't move at all on the other side. She just paralyzed for half a year and left her family and went to another world alone.
When Yi Shicai saw his grandson Ivanqiu sit down, he hurriedly changed the topic.
"Come on, let's use our chopsticks to eat some dishes first. Everyone is acquaintance. Don't be polite." Yi Shicai picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of chicken first, and everyone followed suit and picked up the chicken.
There has always been a traditional custom in the local area. If there are older elders on the table before eating, they must be the elders who say they can eat and pick up vegetables before they can eat with them.
And there is also a habit that if you pick up good meat, you must leave it to your elders first. If there is a youngest child at the table, you must pick it up for your child before you can eat it.
This is a dining custom that has been passed down for many years. Although the village is small, the good habits in the past have been preserved.
When Yi Wanqiu saw Li Simeng sitting at the table, she understood what was going on. The purpose of calling him back today was to let them know each other.
This is also agreed in advance by both parents. As long as the parents of both parties ask their children to meet each other and become in-laws, the probability is almost 100%.
The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law always enthusiastically picked up food in Li Simeng's bowl, and said from time to time: "Young people eat more, eat more, and be healthy to have the energy to work."
Li Simeng felt a little embarrassed and took it half-swer. After all, it was her elder who picked up food for her if she turned it off on the spot, she would be afraid that she would be said to be rude. Li Simeng would occasionally say something.
"My mother said the same thing, but my body doesn't improve, and eating too much is a waste."
Second sister-in-law had a quick mouth and smiled all over her face, "Look at my figure, I can't lose weight even if I want to."
The eldest sister-in-law then added: "Your second sister-in-law was also very thin when she came here. Later, she gave birth to a child, so we are all... We are women! We must keep our bodies well so that this family can be better."
Li Jianguo and Yi Shicai and Yi Jiasheng were discussing the earth-shaking changes in Shenzhen's reform and opening up pilot projects, and both lamented that the times were changing too quickly.
The eldest brother and the second brother would also join in the discussion from time to time, only Ivanqiu was eating the rice in the bowl on the table.
It’s not that he can’t speak, but he’s just faced this kind of scene for the first time and doesn’t know what to say.
I simply sat there and kept eating. After eating, I continued to cook like this and didn't know how many bowls of rice I ate, but I felt that my stomach was extremely overwhelmed.
The dishes I ate felt like they had reached my throat. I couldn't eat them anymore and sat there.
Listening to the dialogue between the two sides, women can always talk about trivial matters in life, men talk about relatively long-term issues with men, and even discuss foreign countries, the development of the United States, the industrial development of Germany, etc.
It was not until the sky began to turn darker and everyone was full that it changed the topic.
The first person to take the lead was Yi Shicai. He looked at Yi Wanqiu and said, "I am old, and I hope my children and grandchildren are in groups. Wanqiu, I asked you to come here today to let you two young people meet first. We old people also hope that you can get along and you have time to go back and forth."
Chapter completed!