After Xie Ying went to the Youth Palace to rehearse, Xie Chong couldn't even find someone who quarreled. His parents raised money everywhere, but he couldn't help. It was almost the Chinese New Year, and his grandfather went to the countryside for free medical treatment as usual. He was very busy and he couldn't go with him.
He couldn't help with the needlework done by grandma. He could only receive a few TVs at home. As he watched, a piece of snowflakes would pop up in the TV.
According to grandma's advice, Xie Chong patted the TV several times. However, this action did not shock the TV. It was still a while, and it was a bit bad, as if mocking Xie Chong's efforts.
Xie Chong stopped watching TV and continued to sit in the yard in a daze. The New Year is approaching, and there are endless people coming to pick up clothes at home. Among them are Grandma Feng's old sisters, the two of them come together, they are dressed in simple clothes and surrounded by their heads.
A thick scarf with a basket hanging on his arms, a typical northern old lady dressed.
Feng Yuzhen greeted the sisters, and the grandmothers took out all the things in the basket, all of them were sausages, wax fish and other New Year's goods. They all bought one for Xie Ying (in Xie Chong's opinion)
The clothes were so bad. Grandma Feng refused for a long time, and the three of them almost started arguing. In the end, there was no way, Grandma Feng had to take the things away.
Feng Yuzhen made cotton coats for them and asked them to try it. The two old ladies smiled and kept praising the old sisters' skills. They had to pay, and Feng Yuzhen pretended to be angry: "Talking to me about money?
Have you seen each other?"
As soon as the guest arrived, Xie Chong hid back in the main hall and took a book of his aunt. In fact, he couldn't read it at all. He pricked up his ears and listened to the movement outside.
Several grandmas gathered together and discussed preparing New Year's goods. Xie Chong concluded in his heart that the two old men were taking advantage of grandma. Although they brought a lot of things, their things added up,
It’s not as expensive as a cotton coat made by grandma. I heard from my family that if the cotton coat made by grandma is sold in a big shopping mall, one piece can be sold for at least 200 yuan.
Xie Chong didn't know the guest and didn't have the idea of saying hello. Grandma called him a few times before he bit the bullet and asked the guest. The two grandmas rushed to hold Xie Chong's hand and looked at him with a burning gaze.
Xie Chong was not used to such intimacy, and he concluded that the two old men were taking advantage of grandma, so he couldn't laugh at all.
"Sister, is this the son of the second family? He looks so handsome!" Grandma Huateng continued to caress Xie Chong's hand, and the wrinkles on her face were piled up: "Sister, I don't think this child looks like the second family,
He looks weird like the boss!"
Grandma, the red turban, hit her old friend with her elbow, her eyes full of complaints, as if she was reminding her not to mention the eldest son of the Xie family in front of Feng Yuzhen. Feng Yuzhen was not affected by anything and smiled and said, "The eldest son is a brother, he
The two look very similar, and... they both look very beautiful. When they were not married, the proposal guys would step on the threshold of my family."
The two old ladies found the steps and said "That's it" repeatedly, quickly turning the topic over. Grandma Huateng still held Xie Chong's hand. Xie Chong tucked it several times, but she couldn't pull it out.
Grandma Huateng asked enthusiastically: "Child, how old are you?"
"Uh... I just celebrated the New Year and I'm eleven."
"Oh, it's only eleven, it looks the same as fifteen or sixteen." Grandma Huateng praised a few times and asked again: "What's your name?"
"Xie Chong."
"Xie Cong? Good name! This kid looks very smart."
"Thank you! Chong!"
"That's right, Xie Cong! Your grandma said, you are very smart!"
"…rush! Impulsive rush! Rush!"
Grandma Huateng smiled and repeated: "That's not it! Cong!"
The dialect here does not have a tongue-trowning sound. Xie Chong took a long time to correct the pronunciation for this grandma. He said helplessly: "My parents hope I have the motivation, so they gave me this name!"
"So it's a good name! Xie Cong!"
"It's Xie Cong!"
...
Xie Chong was finally successfully led to a deviant position, and he couldn't tell whether his name was "cong" or "chong". He was in a bad mood and had a bad face, but the two old ladies were not affected at all.
They took out a rolled handkerchief from the depths of their pockets and opened it. The inside was filled with a little faded change. Each of them took ten dollars and handed it to Xie Chong: "Hold it, buy it, buy it."
Eat the candy!"
...
They were too enthusiastic, but Xie Chong was stupid and didn't know what to do. Feng Yuzhen started a new round of blockades, and the three old ladies pulled and pulled, but in the end, Grandma Feng lost.
Xie Chong passedably accepted the money and even forgot to say "thank you". He watched the two old men leave, and his grandmother took out a few pairs of insoles from the "studio" and tried her best to catch up with them.
.After a while, another quarrel came from the alley. Finally, Feng Yuzhen returned home empty-handedly. It seemed that she had sent all the insoles, and a smug smile appeared on her face.
Xie Chong had not yet come back to his senses from this cultural impact, but he honestly handed over the money in his hand to his grandmother.
Feng Yuzhen didn't accept it, "This is the money you give it to you, you just accept it." "But I don't know them, I can't accept their money... What's more, they don't look like rich people."
"Well, they are not rich, but they love their children. They bought clothes for Xiaoying, but they didn't know you were here, so they didn't buy them for you. But when I came here to see you, I gave you a little.
Give it pocket money, just give it, I'll pay it back." Grandma Feng stepped on the sewing machine and said, "They don't recognize the words, and they don't know which ones are smart "cong" and impulsive "cong" are
Don't be angry, words."
"I'm not angry."
Xie Chong remembered what his grandfather said about "humanity" and this was the first time he felt the "humanity" of this small town. The expressions of the two old ladies, the handkerchiefs wrapped in money, and the way they looked when they left, were all printed on it.
It's in his heart.
The bicycle ringtone rang in the alley, and Feng Yuzhen immediately greeted her, "It must be Xiaoying is back?"
As time passed, Feng Yuzhen could easily distinguish the bicycle ringtone of her home. As expected, Xie Ying jumped into the house happily. She was still slapped a football in her hand. She handed the ball to her grandma and whispered: "Milk."
, Give this ball to my brother!"
"Oh, where did you buy the ball?"
Xie Qingshou pushed the bicycle in and took over the conversation: "Xiaoying passed by a stationery store and said she wanted to buy a ballpoint pen. Unexpectedly, she bought a football... She didn't ask me to pay, saying that she would pay all the money for the piggy bank.
Carry it with you."
Grandma Feng weighed the ball and said loudly: "Roar! Come over quickly, your sister is afraid that you will be bored, so she bought you a football."
Who cares about it!
Xie Chong mechanically took the ball from his grandmother without any joy. The ball was of no weight and was smaller than a normal football. The black and white grid was not neatly printed, and it revealed a cheap atmosphere everywhere. It was obvious that Xie
What Ying bought was just a toy soccer ball to coax children.
Xie Chong thought to himself, maybe the children here have never seen what real football looks like?
Xie Ying was afraid that her cousin would not like it, so she made a sarcasm, so she hurried into the east wing. Even if her cousin got angry and she was not present, she would not be too injured.
Xie Chong weighed the toy football, laughing and crying - this girl is really interesting. She was injured several times by him, but she was not discouraged. She spent all the money in the piggy bank and bought him a toy football?
Xie Chong's heart rippled, but he refused to say "thank you". But Xie Ying was very happy. Looking out of the glass window, her cousin kicked the ball. It seemed that she had accepted this insignificant gift.