No matter how glorious it was to follow the master in Magic City before, no matter whether singing on the train would become popular if someone photographed it and uploaded it to the Internet, return to Miaowan Village, return to the remote and quiet mountain village, return to the familiar
Seeing her hometown, which seemed to have not changed much in the past six months, Zhang Shanshan's heart suddenly became calm again.
"Hey, Shanshan is back?"
Before even entering the village, Zhang Shanshan got out of the car and dragged her luggage towards the village entrance when she was recognized by a woman carrying a bamboo basket.
"Aunt Qin, are you going up the mountain? Yes, I just came back."
Zhang Shanshan was dragging her suitcase and TV with great difficulty. She raised her head when she heard the sound.
"Why didn't you listen to grandpa? I took so many things and didn't ask anyone to pick you up."
The woman stopped and came to help.
Grandpa is Zhang Shanshan’s grandfather Zheng Guokui.
Because he traveled extensively in his early years, he was well-informed. Even though he did not make any major achievements, he still had a high prestige in the small Miaowan Village due to his literacy and experience. Everyone who saw him was
Call me grandpa respectfully.
It can be said that although he is not willing to be the village chief, if there are any important decisions to be made in the village, he must be invited to come out!
"I haven't told him yet. Aunt Qin, go ahead and do your work. I can do it myself. It's not serious."
Zhang Shanshan quickly smiled at her.
Zhang Shanshan's home is not far away.
Within a few dozen meters of entering the village, a two-story brick building appeared in the middle of a row of small bungalows. It was a bit awkward, but this was Zhang Shanshan's home.
Even though it is a two-story brick building, its exterior wall looks relatively old. Compared with the surrounding bungalows with smooth ceramic tiles, it clearly has a sense of age.
Because this brick building was built by Zhang Shanshan’s grandfather more than 20 years ago!
At that time, Zheng Guokui was still relatively wealthy. Because he had been studying and singing outside, he could be said to be the most intelligent and visionary person in the whole village.
Although he couldn't make much money from singing opera, when the opera troupe couldn't pay wages and chose to disband, the old man chose to go south to work and do business. He earned some money and saved up this brick building.
Although the small building is now in ruins, and time has left its mark on it, when it was built thirty years ago, it was quite impressive!
It's just a pity that the old man still can't let go of his beloved Huayin accent.
After hearing a friend's lie, he came back to join the theater troupe, and paid the wages to his old partners out of his own pocket. After ten years of working and doing business, he later filled in all the hard-earned money.
Fortunately, the house is still there.
Later, Zhang Shanshan was born.
Not long after she was born, when she had no memory of her father, her parents divorced.
My mother worked outside all year round and often stayed away from home for several years. Later, she also reorganized her family outside and basically ignored her.
Zhang Shanshan's father doesn't love her mother, so she relies entirely on her grandpa to take care of her.
In the beginning, Zheng Guokui and Zhang Shanshan hung out in the theater troupe, letting his old partner's daughter-in-law take care of them. When they were not singing, they would sing to Zhang Shanshan.
Later, the troupe couldn't survive anymore and disbanded again. Zheng Guokui also returned to his hometown. While plowing the fields, he raised Zhang Shanshan...
Facts have proved that working part-time is more profitable than singing.
The young people in the village are all similar to Zhang Shanshan's mother, and they have all gone to the south to work.
With the money earned, some built new houses at home, while others bought new houses in the city.
But no matter what, the Spring Festival in Miaowan Village becomes more and more deserted year by year. Gradually, by the end of the year, only some old people, women and children are left behind.
The door to Zhang Shanshan's house was unlocked, so she opened it and went in.
However, grandpa was not in the house.
She put her suitcase and TV against the cabinet, put her heavy schoolbag on the chair, and then walked along the dark, long corridor with poor lighting to the yard at the back.
After leaving the door, it became bright again.
Their house is not just a two-story brick building, the large yard at the back is at least as spacious as an acre of land!
However, it is only spacious, and the yard without rice drying looks empty, which makes people feel a little nervous.
From a distance, Zhang Shanshan's eyes passed through several short fruit trees and saw her grandfather sitting on the red brick bench.
The old man's waist seems to be more stooped, and his body has become thinner after shrinking, giving people the feeling that a thick cotton jacket will swallow him up!
He sat blankly on a bench that was exposed to the sun, motionless, as if he had turned into a sculpture. The dark skin and deep wrinkles on his face were really the same as the works of masters in art textbooks in the past.
It was carved out bit by bit with a carving knife.
Of course, what made it even more difficult for Zhang Shanshan to control her emotions was the lonely figure of her grandfather.
After I entered high school, I rarely went home.
Now I went to the Magic City and haven’t come back for half a year.
You know, no matter how silent grandpa was in the past, he would always be surrounded by his own figures running happily, and his ears would be ringing with his silver bell-like laughter!
"Grandpa..."
Zhang Shanshan's nose felt sore, she walked over quickly and hugged her grandfather who was about to fall asleep in the sun.
"Nanny, why are you back? When did you come back?"
Zheng Guokui woke up suddenly and looked at her for a while before coming back to his senses.
"I just came back, I didn't tell you, I wanted to give you a surprise."
Zhang Shanshan wiped her tears and smiled with her grandfather.
"It's good to come back, what more surprises do you want?"
When Zheng Guokui saw his granddaughter coming back, he must have been overjoyed beyond anything else. He stood up again, and his body that originally looked a little rickety slowly straightened up, and his energy returned.
"Come back at this time, haven't you had lunch?"
"I didn't have time. I asked Teacher Pan to take me to the station early in the morning and catch the train back."
Zhang Shanshan also changed cars twice, once from a bus from the city back to the county to a minibus from the county back to the town, and then to an ordinary three-wheeled motorcycle back to the village.
"Grandpa will cook for you and make your favorite poached eggs!"
Zheng Guokui's cooking skills were actually average. Zhang Shanshan, who had eaten various delicacies outside, already knew that her grandfather's skill was only as simple as cooking the food.
"Yeah, grandpa, I'll go help you!"
But Zhang Shanshan didn't express her dislike. She still held her grandfather's arm in dependence as before, and happily followed him to the kitchen.
"What is this?"
"TV, grandpa, I won the lottery at the company's annual meeting the night before yesterday. Do you think I'm lucky?"
"So lucky? I thought you bought a TV."
"No, I really won the lottery. But the TV is only the third prize. The first prize is amazing, a four-ring car worth more than 400,000 yuan! It's a pity that I didn't win."
"It's already pretty good that you won the lottery. People must know how to be content, and only when they are content can they be happy."
"Yeah, okay! Grandpa, I will install the TV for you in the next two days, and then I will ask someone to come over and get the network cable, so that we can watch the Spring Festival Gala at home. You can also watch TV at home in the future, without going to the canteen.
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"You don't have to pretend to be at home. You're not at home. Why install network cables? Pretend to be at your second uncle's place. They have internet at home, so what else can be done outside."
"It's wifi. Hehe, you can pretend to be at my second uncle's place. You usually sit there and it's very lively."
Zhang Shanshan actually doesn't care where the TV is installed, she only thinks about one now.
That is to work hard to make money, work hard to save money, and strive to buy a house in a big city as soon as possible, and then take my grandpa there for retirement.
As a singer, she will definitely develop in big cities, especially in Shanghai, and she will not be able to go home often.
Although he would listen to what Yang Qian said and give more opportunities to help his hometown develop, my grandfather couldn't wait that long until he became so powerful.
Now Zhang Shanshan just wants to make her grandpa live happily in his later years, with her by her side to take care of him.
Just like my grandpa took care of me when I grew up!