Yu Guoqin, who is in his sixties, is more than ten years older than Jiang Yunjin, and has experienced many years of life. Although he keeps himself clean and tidy, his short, ear-length hair is already gray even though it is not very sparse.
Already.
Being asked about her inner troubles by her daughter who had not been home for a long time, the little old lady was probably really a little excited and a little depressed. Her wrinkled face suddenly turned red and she stuttered: "It's all, eh.
, it’s all Baozi’s fault.”
The crispy rice porridge that had just been served out of the pot was still a little hot, so the little old lady was not in a hurry to eat it, so she simply put down her chopsticks: "A few years ago, the weather was similar to now, and you could just wear a jacket.
One day I was greedy, so I made some meat buns at home, and I was a little late for the square dance."
As the little old lady spoke, she looked at her daughter, fearing that she would dislike her for being verbose and not liking to listen. Seeing that her daughter not only listened with interest, but also slowly ate the pouty lips while listening, she talked even more enthusiastically.
"Just when I was about to go out, our old dancing sister called and said it was your Aunt Zhao. Do you remember that she was also from our factory before and we were selected together during the demolition and resettlement?"
"Well, I remember. Mom, please tell me, what's wrong with Aunt Zhao?" Lu Beicen answered with a smile.
"It was said that your Aunt Zhao had a quarrel with her daughter-in-law and was so angry that she ran away from home without even eating dinner. She has diabetes and cannot be hungry. She had a seizure in the small square. They hadn't seen me yet.
, just call me and ask you to bring some food for your Aunt Zhao to eat, so I brought two big meat buns and a pot of tea."
"Your Aunt Zhao is probably full of bitterness and has worked with a few old sisters, and she has an appetite. The big meat buns are very appetizing and delicious. There is a retired old man from I don't know which unit nearby, just like that
In the small square, in the evening, there were old men and women. I didn’t know that old man at all at that time. When I smelled the scent of the buns, I came over and asked where I bought the buns. Those aunties of yours were also nosy, just
Say I did it."
As Lu Beicen listened, the corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously. Most people couldn't resist the smell of the big meat buns made by his adoptive mother. You just couldn't understand how she could choose the fillings so well.
The soup is not greasy yet and is really delicious...
Smash it, Lu Beicen chuckled and said: "Mom, please stop talking about buns, it makes my mouth water. Can you blame others for smelling good?"
"You kid, if you want to eat, Mom won't give it to you. I didn't buy meat today. I'll buy meat to steam for you early tomorrow morning." The little old lady looked at her daughter with a loving look on her face. She really wanted to eat her all she loved.
Everything was piled up in front of her.
"Well, Mom, go on, what about the back? Isn't that person going to buy buns from you?" Lu Beicen saw that this was a crooked building and hurriedly led him forward.
"That's not the case. He asked someone once if I opened a bun shop, and they said no. Anyway, I don't know how he went around and asked about me a lot later, and then saw Tian'er with me.
I struck up a conversation and joined our group. In the past, those who had retired from their work units didn't like to talk to us who were laid off from the company, and then those old men and women kept making fun of us."
The annoyance on the little old lady's face reappeared: "I'm really annoyed to death. You said that I have been serving your father for most of my life..." The little old lady said it smoothly, and then suddenly realized that this father
The words were a bit jarring, so I swallowed them back into my mouth after reading half of them, licked my lips before continuing:
"Anyway, I had enough, so I excused myself from dancing because I had a cold. After a few days, my old sisters came to me and told me that that person really asked them about me and that they knew what was wrong with me.
, they didn’t give it to me, but they came to persuade me again, saying that the old man was responsible for them. He was retired from a government agency. His wife had passed away two or three years ago, and he had a son and a daughter.
He wants to find a companion and ask them to talk to me."
"I pushed him back bluntly, and they took what I said back. The old man was quite sensible, so he just said he wasn't happy with it. There was no need to avoid him. He even stopped dancing in the square and said
He just smelled the aroma of the buns I made, which was very similar to the smell of the buns made by his deceased wife..."
The little old lady continued with an unhappy look on her face: "What do you think this is? Putting a little fennel powder in a steamed bun can cause trouble. Hey, whose buns don't have the same taste if they put a little fennel powder in the stuffing?
I shouldn’t have made that bun.”
Lu Beicen saw the angry look on his adoptive mother's face and couldn't help but smile and persuade: "Mom, not many people in our area use fennel to make buns. Isn't the smell special?"
"I didn't expect it at the time, but when I realized it later, it was too late to regret it." The little old lady picked up the rice porridge, took a sip, and put some chopsticks, Chinese toon and fried eggs into Lu Beicen's bowl.
"Is there any follow-up? You eat too, don't just give it to me!" Lu Beicen also gave his adoptive mother a chopstick of sesame oil mixed with shredded lettuce. The little old lady liked to eat this, and she remembered it clearly.
"Then I have to get better from my cold. I listened to what they told me, so I relaxed and went out again after a few days. It was peaceful for a while, and the old man didn't go there much.
Here we are. Later, the weather was warm for a while the year before last, and we went out to dance a few times. I don’t know what happened that day. I must have stepped on a pebble, and then I didn’t know whose foot I stepped on.
I'm so sprained that I can't get up from sitting on the ground."
"I heard from my old sisters that the old man suddenly jumped out of nowhere and said he could run faster than a rabbit. He came over and helped me up from the ground. I think what he meant was to
He picked me up, and it turned out that he was already quite old, but he didn’t have the energy of a young boy. I was in so much pain that I couldn’t speak, so he supported me, one on each side of me and my elder sisters, and sent me back home.”
"Later, he saw Tian'er come over and brought me some side dishes every time. He said that he had nothing to do anyway and that he was on his way to the vegetable market. They said that if you don't hit the smiling person with your hand, I wouldn't be able to give it to him.
It’s not a good idea to push it back, I thought it would only last three to five days, and once the foot heals, it will be fine.”
"He is also a very kind person. He takes care of himself very well. He doesn't smoke or drink. He usually just practices calligraphy and reads books. Later, when I sprained my ankle, my old sisters came to stay with me.
When he comes to my house to play mahjong, he can join in the fun, he never quarrels with others, and his personality is really good."
When the little old lady saw the corner of Lu Beicen's mouth raised, she quickly said: "You girl, don't laugh. I don't have any other ideas. I just think that such people have no right and wrong. It's okay to play mahjong together."
Big deal.”
"It was just the end of the New Year. My legs and feet felt better, so I worked hard and made big buns once. It was a favor to him. The vegetables he bought for me didn't cost me any money. Although it wasn't much, then
It’s always a favor, and if someone finds out about it, they’ll say I took advantage of him.”
"Ha, it turned out that these dozen buns got into trouble. On the third day, his daughter-in-law and daughter came to the door. What they meant was that they did not support their father's remarriage. It seemed like I was trying to catch up.
She wanted to get married to their old man for the second time, and she said that I was just deliberately trying to suit him. I knew that their old man liked the buns stuffed with fennel meat, so I did it on purpose..."
The little old lady's face turned red with anger as she spoke. She was a person who didn't like to argue with others all her life. Lu Beicen felt distressed just by looking at her.
"Mom, we're not angry. We can't afford to be angry with such a person..." Lu Beicen quickly put down his chopsticks, put his hand on his adoptive mother's back and began to caress her to comfort her.
"You said that I have been a clean person all my life. I really didn't eat mutton and got into trouble. Even among my old sisters, some of them thought that I was just trying to get involved. I was so angry all night long.
I didn't fall asleep, I got up in the middle of the night to pack my luggage, I went out to catch a ride back before dawn, and I didn't even want to answer their phone calls anymore. I can't afford to offend them, so I can't afford to hide them!"
Lu Beicen knew the thoughts of her adoptive mother best. She felt that having experienced a man like her adoptive father in her whole life was already a debt owed by her previous life. Although she never mentioned divorce, even though he was such a jerk for more than ten years, the old man had her simplicity.
She was able to support him and even take care of him until the end of her life, with the belief that she would never give up, but she was not really free of pain in her heart.
In the adoptive mother's simple understanding, even if men are not all bastards like the adoptive father, they are all hands-off shopkeepers. They are used to opening their mouths for food and reaching for clothes. Looking for a wife, especially an old companion, is more like looking for a nanny.
The adoptive mother feels that the days she is alone now are like those of a fairy. She can eat whatever she wants, go wherever she wants, and do whatever she wants. These are days that are unimaginable, so why do she have to be alone again?
If you find someone to make trouble for you, it doesn't mean you have nothing to eat, nothing to drink, and nothing to spend.
"Mom, why don't you go live with me in Huxia for a while? Look at the house we bought, but you haven't even visited it once. I live alone, and my parents are too busy to care about it.
Me, I eat together. You come with me. There are also old ladies dancing square dances in our community. You can quickly find the team and take care of me. I have loved eating your cooking since I was a child.
I can't think of anything every day..." Lu Beicen began to complain, he could only do this to impress his adoptive mother.
"I don't dare to say that. It's your house. You can live in it well. If Mom goes away, you have to worry about it every day, and it won't be easy to do your job." Yu Guoqin quickly refused. Although these were the reasons, in fact the two of them knew it.
Obviously, this is because they don’t want Jiang Yunjin and Lu Xusheng to feel uncomfortable.
"Mom, this is not what I said, it was what my parents said. You see, they saw that I was busy a few years ago, so they asked Ah Hao to come here twice. Before I came back, they told me to pick you up.
In the past, they really couldn't take care of me, but you can still take care of my life." Lu Beicen knew very well that people like my adoptive mother have been used to hard work all their lives. If you want to tell her that you want to invite her to enjoy the blessings, she will definitely not
If we go, we can only use the bitter trick, maybe there is something we can do.
Hearing this, Yu Guo shook his head even faster: "The more sensible people are, the more reasonable we must be. You said that your biological parents don't live together, so if you take me, the adoptive mother, to live with you, how can you feel better? Never mind.
No matter how busy you are, how much money you make, or how big a person you are, when it comes to your children, they are all ordinary people with a fleshy heart, and we can't stab them in."
Seeing that his daughter wanted to continue persuading, Yu Guoqin started to change the subject as before: "Hurry up and eat, the dishes will be cold by the time. I'll make some more of that soft hagi cake when you leave. You can take some back for you.
My parents also gave it a try. Nowadays in the city, green dumplings are made with mugwort leaves juice. I think nothing can compare to this soft and fragrant hagi..."
This is how it is with my adoptive mother. Life is very simple. All the wisdom and love of the old lady are reflected in every meal. She tries her best to make her daughter eat comfortably and wants to fill the gap for her.
, leave all the delicious food that can be saved throughout the year to Lu Beicen.
The next day, I followed my mother up the mountain to grab spring bamboo shoots. When I came back, I cooked them with bacon and leeks. The bamboo shoots were still in the pot. Lu Beicen was just like when he was a child, sitting behind the stove and drooling...
On the third day, I went to the fields to dig shepherd's purse, chopped pork, mixed it with stuffing and made spring rolls. The little old lady ironed the skins and sat behind the stove to light the fire. Lu Beicen did it himself, rolling and frying the spring rolls one by one.
The hot rapeseed oil was boiling in the pan, exuding a unique aroma. After frying the spring rolls, she had already eaten half of them. That was the smell of spring in her childhood...
If she couldn't finish the meal and couldn't keep it, the little old lady asked the host to bring a plate and the west to bring a bowl. It was exactly the same as when she was a child. It was as if time in this small village was frozen in the past. Three or two days later
, all the fathers and mothers in the village knew that it was the girl from the Fang family who was admitted to B University who came back and sent delicious food saved by her family to their homes.
The little old lady never asked about her daughter's job, let alone whether her daughter had found a boyfriend. In her heart, her daughter never had to worry about her study and work. As for the daughter's marriage, she had spent her whole life
, maybe for the little old lady, if she were asked to choose again, she would definitely not choose to get married.
Such a primitive and simple life can bring peace and joy to people's hearts, and time flies by like water. On the morning before leaving, the little old lady started to take her daughter with her, preparing a dazzling array of mountain food for her to take back to her parents.
Try it with friends.
While laughing and joking, Lu Beicen's phone rang. Maybe he was used to being unprotected in a place like this, so he picked up the phone casually. When the familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from the phone, Lu Beicen was a little stunned.
"Xiaobei, where are you? Are you on a business trip?" Jiang Zhongze's voice sounded.
Lu Beicen subconsciously replied: "I'm in Xiajiang, at my mother's house."
"I miss you! I will pick you up at the airport the day after tomorrow. You must come!"
Lu Beicen was about to speak, but the other party simply hung up the phone. She looked at the phone in a daze, and her adoptive mother looked at her and smiled: "Nizi, which man made the call?"
Before he could recover from his thoughts, Lu Beicen shook his head subconsciously. The little old lady looked like she knew everything, and said with a smile: "Nizi, if you like it, just do it with me. You are not an old lady like me."
, why are you afraid of wolves in the front and tigers in the back?”
"Mom, I didn't..." Lu Beicen quickly denied it, but he didn't know that her face was already getting hot.
"You don't like what you are doing when you are in a daze? You are still blushing. You are like me. You are very awkward and keep it in your heart. When young people fall in love, they like it as long as they like it. Why don't you dare to admit it? What era is it now? Freedom
Love is different from before. Don’t miss it and then regret it!” The little old lady smiled with her eyes narrowed. After saying this, she left her daughter who looked uncomfortable and started to take care of herself.