Uncle Lin turned around in Lin Wanwan's face with surprise on his face, "Wanwan is back?"
He hurriedly turned away and said, "Come in quickly, come in quickly, Haohao his milk, go to the kitchen to boil hot water, and kill a chicken later..."
"Okay, okay." Aunt Zhou responded quickly, "I'll boil the water right now."
The family had a space separated by bricks in the yard, specifically for raising chickens. When Lin Wanwan entered the yard, she saw that there were not many chickens, they were all old hens.
She knew that people here raised hens to lay eggs, so she hurriedly grabbed Aunt Zhou and said, "Auntie, there is no need to kill the chickens, we..."
"Wanwan, aren't you going to eat here? I'm telling you, I'm back, and I have to eat at my aunt's house today, otherwise, my aunt will pretend she doesn't know you as my niece."
"..."
Lin Wanwan looked at Aunt Zhou's feigned anger and couldn't laugh or cry.
"Okay, okay, you guys hurry into the house and talk to your eldest father, while auntie goes to the kitchen to boil water."
"good!"
Lin Wanwan and Xiao Lingye entered the main room with their two children.
Uncle Lin limped and brought stools for them.
Lin Wanwan was stunned, "Dad, what's wrong with your legs?"
Uncle Lin waved his hand and said with a wry smile, "A few years ago when I was building a house for someone, I accidentally fell off the roof... It's been seven or eight years. I won't mention it anymore. Let's talk about it happily. You guys
Are you coming back to visit your grandma's grave?" Uncle Lin's eyes turned around Xiao Lingye and said with emotion, "If your grandma sees your family of four, she will definitely
I'm very happy. It's a pity that your grandma... has a bad life! She has worked hard all her life and gave birth to two sons who are both conscienceless. She has never enjoyed happiness in this life! If she could live until now, she could live a better life with you.
day."
Lin Wanwan fell silent when she mentioned grandma.
yes!
Grandma's life has been too rough.
If she could survive until now... The back of her hand felt warm, and it was Xiao Lingye who held her hand.
Xiao Lingye didn't know how to comfort people. He only looked at her with a pair of worried eyes. Lin Wanwan pursed her lips and smiled, "It's okay. Come with me to see grandma later."
"Um!"
Lin Wanwan and Xiao Lingye were talking to Uncle Lin in the main room, but Xingan couldn't sit still and took Ruirui to the yard to see the chickens and ducks. She had never been to the countryside and was very curious about everything.
Especially the kitchen!
The kitchen was different from all the kitchens she had ever seen. There were two high stoves made of earth, and two huge pots were sitting on them. At this moment, Aunt Zhou was ladling water into the pots.
Xingan's eyes lit up, "Grandma Zhou, can I help you light the fire?"
"You?" Aunt Zhou put the lid on the pot, looked at the pink and jade-carved Xingan, and couldn't help but laugh, "Xingan, can you make a fire?"
Xingan scratched his head, "I don't know, I've never had a fever, but Xingan wants to try it."
"The kitchen house is a bit dirty..."
"It's okay, it's okay." Xin Gan patted the dust on the small stool and sat down, "Xin Gan wants to give it a try."
Aunt Zhou looked at the eagerness in her heart and nodded with a smile.
"Grandma Zhou, what should we do?"
Aunt Zhou stood by and taught her, "Did you see the wheat straw next to you? Yes, it's the one you have on hand. Grab a little of the wheat straw and put it in! There is a box of matches next to it. Light the match. Use the match to light the wheat straw, and then add more firewood.
That’s it. Do you understand?”
The little girl nodded confidently.
"Grandma, I think I already know it!"
five minutes later!
There was thick smoke billowing in the kitchen room.
Xinggan was sitting on the small bench on the stove, with tears streaming down her face. She still failed to light the fire. She wiped her tears and coughed and said, "How could this happen? Xingan was obviously looking after grandma."
I did what I said..."
Aunt Zhou saw that her face was as mushy as a little tabby cat, and laughed loudly, "Come out quickly, grandma will cook it."
"No! I still want to try it!"
then.
Two minutes later.
My heart was filled with tears due to the heavy smoke.
"Ahem! Ahem! Ahem!"
"come out!"
Ruirui frowned and dragged her out from behind the stove, "I'll do it!"
"Brother, are you okay?"
Ruirui said nothing, only looked at Xingan with contempt.
"..."
Xinggan rubbed his nose innocently and reluctantly gave up the small bench, "Brother, you definitely can't do it either."
Rui Rui said nothing.
He calmly sat down in front of the small bench, took out all the clumps of wheat straw rolled up from the bottom of the pot, grabbed another handful of soft ones and placed them on the stove, then took out a match from the matchbox and flicked it.
When he struck, the match was lit immediately. He grabbed the handful of wheat straw, put the fire of the match at the bottom to ignite, and then... the wheat straw started to burn.
Ruirui watched as the wheat straw was almost finished burning, and calmly grabbed another handful and stuffed it into the bottom of the pot.
Then gradually add small branches, small trunks, and finally put chopped dry firewood, and the flames are blazing at the bottom of the pot!
Aunt Zhou was surprised, "Ruirui, have you ever had a fire?"
"No!" Ruirui said in a deep voice, "First time!"
"You're so smart for burning so well the first time!"
Ruirui didn't even move his eyebrows, "This is very simple, not difficult at all. It's not that I'm smart...it's that I'm too stupid!"
"..."
Xingan rubbed his nose, feeling extremely innocent.
…
In the hall.
Time always flies by while chatting.
Not long after, it was almost noon.
Indeed, as Lin Wanwan said, when the sun comes out and becomes intense, the cotton wool from the poplar trees begins to fall.
"Wow! It's snowing!"
Xingan looked at the fluttering cotton wool in surprise and happily circled in the yard, "It's so beautiful!"
Rui Rui frowned.
He took out two masks from his pocket and gave one to his heart.
"No, no, no, dear, no!"
Ruirui didn't try to dissuade her. He glanced at her lightly, turned around and left.
Five minutes later...
"Ah sneeze!"
"Ah sneeze——"
Xingan rubbed her nose and kept sneezing. The tip of her nose was rubbed red, and she looked pitiful with tears streaming down her face.
"Brother...mask..."
"Deserve it!"
Having said this, he still took out a mask from his pocket and handed it to his heart, "I'll go find a hat in the car later. You haven't come into contact with cotton wool, so I don't know if you might be allergic."
This time, Xin Gan didn’t dare to refute at all, and quickly put on a mask and nodded, “I’ll go find Xin Gan later.”
"Um!"
…
And at this time.
The chat in the main room also came to an end.
In Quan County.
There are certain things to do when burning paper at an old man's grave. It should be done either early in the morning, before breakfast, or before lunch. After lunch, you can no longer burn paper.
then.
When Lin Wanwan proposed to burn paper, Uncle Lin immediately nodded in agreement.
"Let's go! Daddy is going with you. You haven't been back for so many years, and the family has changed a lot. If Daddy doesn't take you there, you will definitely not be able to find a place."