Xia Shande was sitting on the official hat chair in the hall. At this moment, the old man was surrounded by five children and was extremely happy.
However, he still glanced outside from time to time. His four grandchildren hadn't come back yet, and he was worried.
"Yinghong, why haven't Zejiang and the others come back yet?" Xia Shande asked his second daughter-in-law.
Zhou Yinghong said: "Dad, I will go to the door and look at them and yell at them."
Before she could go, someone shouted at the gate: "Grandpa, grandpa, I'm back."
"grandfather!"
"mom……"
"Grandpa, look who's back..."
Four cousins entered the door one after another and shouted.
When the girl saw Xia Zekai, she ran over: "Dad, dad, give me a hug!"
"Why don't you go play with grandpa?" Xia Zekai bent down and picked her up.
The little guy pouted and said, "Grandpa doesn't have anything good to eat."
When she said this, the whole family laughed.
"Yunfei, Yunhui, Zekai, Zejiang, come here." Xia Shande waved to them.
When the four brothers stopped there, it seemed that the old Xia family was prosperous and full of talents.
"How about you all living outside?" As Xia Shande got older, he missed these four grandsons who were not often around, especially the two grandsons from his eldest son's family.
Their parents divorced when they were still young. When their father Xia Weiguo went to work in the county auto repair shop to earn money, the brothers were still young and lived with their second uncle and second aunt for two years.
Hearing Grandpa's question, the eldest Xia Yunfei nodded: "Grandpa, we are living a good life, so don't worry about it. As long as you live to be a hundred, the four of us will be content."
"Nonsense, if I live to be a hundred years old, I will become an immortal, and I will only cause trouble for you." Xia Shande waved his hands covered with age spots. From the bottom of his heart, he did not want to cause trouble to his children and grandchildren.
Xia Zekai curled his lips: "Grandpa, how do you feel about your health? I'll drive you out for a walk later, okay?"
"You son of a bitch, where else can I go without just wandering around?" Xia Shande said.
Xia Zekai has long been immune to titles such as 'grandson of turtle', 'little calf' and 'little bastard'. Anyway, he can call him whatever he likes as he pleases!
Xia Zekai had been in the door for a while, but he didn't see his father Xia Weicheng or his uncle Xia Weiguo who had returned from Qicheng early. He turned to look at his mother Zhou Yinghong and asked: "Mom, where are my dad and my uncle?"
"They went to your aunt's house. They said they would come back after a while. It's already this o'clock. Why haven't they come back yet? I'll give him a call." Zhou Yinghong said.
Xia Zekai quickly stopped his mother: "Mom, I'm just asking, please stop calling. Maybe my aunt left them at home to eat."
"That won't work. You are all back, and he only needs one meal!" Zhou Yinghong disagreed and went directly to the room where she slept and called her on the landline.
"Grandpa, is your blood pressure and blood sugar still that high now?" Second brother Xia Yunhui asked him.
Old man Xia Shande didn't care much: "I'm already my age, that's it. Don't worry about it. Just do whatever you have to do."
He pointed at Yatou and their five children with a hand covered with age spots, and said: "As long as they are healthy and you live a smooth life outside, that is better than anything else."
This is an old man who has lost sight of life and death, and in turn advises his grandson.
He felt that it didn't matter if he could see his wife at any time, but he just couldn't bear to part with these lovely children.
While playing with the children, Xia Shande remembered something. He stood up and walked tremblingly to the room where he slept in the east room. Xia Zekai and his four brothers didn't understand what grandpa was doing.
Xia Zejiang ran over and said, "Grandpa, just tell me what you want to take. Don't run back and forth."
Unexpectedly, old man Xia Shande ignored him at all and even disliked him: "You go away, don't follow me."
"This..." Xia Zejiang was hurt, being rejected by his grandfather for the first time.
A few minutes later, the old man came back with a square object in his hand. A few people were still a little confused, but they saw him untying the 'square' with trembling hands. It turned out to be a cloth handkerchief with embroidery on it.
With a lotus flower.
This handkerchief was originally supposed to be white, but now it has turned into dark yellow, which is a sign of being baptized by the years.
There was a stack of money inside, rolled up together, and it was unclear how much there was.
The old man unwrapped all the rolled money. It was a pile of ten yuan, five yuan, one yuan, and some scattered banknotes.
"Girl, Amy, you all come here, grandpa will give you some money." Old man Xia Shande called to the five little guys.
Ten yuan was divided among each person, and he neatly wrapped the remaining money in the yellowed cloth handkerchief just now, but most of the money had shriveled up.
"Go on, you go buy candies yourself. I can't give you this money. Grandpa, I want to save it and spend it myself." Xia Shande said with a smile.
The expressions of the brothers suddenly froze. I couldn't tell what it felt like to feel like this.
Looking at the remaining bits and pieces, the total amount was not enough for fifty yuan, but the old man was very satisfied. He re-wrapped it and put it in his pocket. This was the last comfort in his heart.
After the two brothers Xia Weicheng and Xia Weiguo came back, the family had a reunion dinner and went to the cemetery in Xiazhuang in the afternoon.
The cemetery is full of big trees hugged by people, with lush branches and leaves, which also proves that this is a geomantic treasure land.
After offering sacrifices, brothers Xia Weiguo and Xia Weicheng took the lead in kowtowing three times, and the whole family began to return.
In the afternoon, Xia Weicheng killed two local chickens raised at home and stewed them, and stewed the ribs he bought specially.
Knowing that children like to eat sweets, he also specially made caramelized apples and fried sweet potato slices, which were so delicious!
It's different from his son Xia Zekai who can't show off his cooking skills. Xia Weicheng, a grandfather, is really good at cooking.
Girl, Tongtong and the other five children have been surrounding 'Grandpa' Xia Weicheng, and they are very greedy.
"Second Grandpa, the food you cook is delicious. It's even better than what my dad cooks. I want to eat more." Xia Jingrui, the nephew of the second brother's family, curled his lips and ate a piece of pork ribs, feeling extremely happy.
Xia Weicheng was also very happy. As people get older, they like to have more children around them.
"Jingrui, eat more, and Grandpa Er will serve you another bowl." He said with a smile.
Xia Jingrui shook his head, then held out his belly and said, "Second Grandpa, look, I'm full and my belly is round. I really can't eat anymore. What a pity."
"It's okay. Second Grandpa left a big bowl for you. If you can't eat it today, it will be the same tomorrow." Xia Weicheng said.
When he said this, the little guy was so happy that he kept saying, "Grandpa Second is so good!"
