Zhou Maozhu and his wife were honest and thought about it by themselves. From the beginning to the end, they never thought about doing anything while making tea.
It is enough to show that Song Sancheng's gift of 5 kilograms of tea is really not a loss at all.
When Song Sancheng sent them away, he couldn't help but feel guilty when he remembered the generosity he had promised.
It was Song Tan who took the initiative to speak:
"Dad, you have such good taste. My uncle Zhou's family is very honest. You have been speculating on tea for so long, and you really haven't taken advantage of it at all."
She’s already given it away, why bother making her dad feel uncomfortable after so long?
As for tea, whether it is 3 jins and 6 taels of roasted tea and one jin of dry tea, or 4 jins of roasted and dried tea, a little more and a little less, no one can say for sure.
But Zhou Maozhu’s family fried the old leaves they sifted out every day, and sent them over to keep for boiling water while working at home, and they were honest from the beginning to the end...
Song Tan, if nothing else, is good at looking at people.
They are really honest people.
Saying this at this moment, Song Sanguo actually started to tremble: "Really? I'm telling you, dad eats more salt than you eat rice, and everything he says has a deep meaning. Sometimes you can't just take it at face value!"
Wulan passed by next to him and made a soft sound from his nasal cavity——
"snort."
Song Sancheng:......
He instantly stepped aside.
On the contrary, the seventh cousin was sitting there, and he was also quite touched at this moment:
As a father, you have to find a way to take care of your children. His child went to the frontier to get married and have children, and he himself has never been there...
Of course, the children rarely come back.
Now that he was thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask his wife next to him:
"What do you think...how about we send something to Shuliang?"
…
It must be said that the seventh cousin used to be a stubborn person.
Because he was a chef, his family's life was still okay over the years. In those days, being a cook was a good skill that could ensure income during droughts and floods.
Therefore, when his son saw no hope of studying, the seventh cousin thought of passing on this craft to him.
However, my son Shuliang can do anything, but he doesn’t like squatting in the kitchen!
As the son of a chef, he would rather be poor at making food than learn it.
The seventh cousin worked hard, thinking that if he had a craft, he would recruit a few apprentices in the future, and the whole family would support each other. No matter whether he opened a restaurant, sold snacks or did anything else, he would always be able to support himself.
For this reason, I tossed my son a lot, and after much tossing and tossing, my son ran away.
Before leaving, he left a note saying that he didn't want to learn to cook for anything and he was really not interested.
The seventh cousin has been angry and angry, but...what's the use of being angry when no one is in front of him?
It was only later that he received news about his son, and he learned that his son had followed people to the border.
Hey guys, how long are the days over there?
Isn’t working there much harder than being a cook??
Sure enough, my son wrote back with a complaint - it was bright early in the morning and the sun had not set at ten o'clock in the evening...
After complaining, the seventh cousin asked him to come back and learn to cook, but he still refused!
The border is a long way away, and communication takes a lot of time. Gradually, my son got used to it.
At that time, the local mutton skewers cost 50 cents per skewer. They were pure mutton and came in large pieces!
Grapes cost 30 cents per kilogram, and there are still many shops opened by educated youths in the area. The young man doesn’t feel nostalgic—he even met a girl!
Slowly, it took root there.
Until one day, he came back with his girlfriend and solemnly told his seventh cousin: From now on, he will stay in the frontier...
…
That was all many years ago.
Cities were not yet developed at that time, and small towns like Yuncheng were not much different from the frontier counties.
Parents can never control their children. Even if the seventh cousin is an only child, according to his old-fashioned thinking, he will have to wait for his son to provide for him in the future.
But looking at the child's determined face, he finally said nothing.
The border is so big that there is no direct train from where my son lives. Every time he goes back and forth, he has to take a bus, a bullock cart, or ride a motorcycle... all the way to the train station, and it takes several days to get back.
Over the years, only a handful of children have come back.
The seventh cousin wanted to go there, but he couldn't even find him.
If this were not the case, he would not have made up his mind to buy a house to find a place for him to retire.
At this point, the son, who is now a father, has gradually realized the feelings of his parents back then, so he took the initiative to mention the house on the phone.
But he also promised that once his parents are in need, he will definitely go back!
But she did come back once after getting married, but when she sent him away, Grandma Qi sighed:
"I haven't seen him for so many years, so I have to be careful when talking to my son... I can't figure out his taste, and I don't know what his life is like over there. He can hardly understand our native dialect."
"We are old...can we still count on him being around?"
Time has not been able to erase the emotions, but it has deepened the gap step by step.
Finally, the seventh cousin also sighed.
At this moment, Grandma Qi was stunned for a while when she heard him mention her son.
She thought of the mutton, fruits, dates, raisins, etc. that her son sent back from all the way every year, and finally sighed:
"Let's send it too."
After finishing speaking, he hesitated for a moment:
"Don't we still have some money? Do you think we should renovate the old house? I think we will stay in the village from now on. I will also send a letter to the children, asking us to meet the grandchildren... If he doesn't
Time, now there is positioning and navigation, and I have learned how to surf the Internet. Give me the address and we can go there by ourselves."
The seventh cousin did not dare to respond to this.
Grandma Qi's body is not that healthy. If they go to the border area, at their age, if they are not accustomed to the acclimatization, half their lives will be lost.
But at this moment, I couldn’t help but be moved by my wife’s suggestion——
The old house has been renovated, and it will be more comfortable for the couple to live in in the future. If my son brings the children back, the house will not be too shabby.
"Okay, I think this engineering team is good. When Tantan's house is built, let's see what it looks like. If it works, we can also strengthen our old house and tidy up the yard."
As for sending things...
The seventh cousin asked: "Honey, tea, white fungus?"
The meat and fruits on the border are good and cheap. To say that they are rare, those are the ones he just mentioned.
Grandma Qi nodded: "Tell Tan Tan carefully, I'm afraid she won't be able to settle the money with you then."
Speaking of this, the seventh cousin snorted:
"As for that girl, how can she calculate the money with me? She would rather give me an extra pound than reduce the price by one cent! This point is clear."
He was saying complaining words, but there was a deep smile on his face. Obviously, the seventh cousin agreed with Song Tan's method of negotiating business.