It's not like Shen Haitao hasn't made any efforts in recent years. At first, he would go home during the holidays, but those who waited for him would just look on with cold eyes, or simply ignore him.
In the following years, I would send some things to my family, but within a few days, they would be mailed back intact. Later, Shen Haitao was completely sad. They said that tiger poison cannot eat its seeds. Could it be that his mother really didn't recognize him?
A son?
Red bricks and blue tiles, thick white snow on the roof and courtyard, three small trees standing side by side in the small field for growing vegetables in the front yard, an apricot tree, a plum tree, a hawthorn tree, and even wooden
The damage in the northeast corner of the fence has not been repaired, and there is no change from Shen Dapeng's childhood memory.
This is grandma's house in Pingshui Town. It has a bungalow with a small courtyard. It is smaller and more shabby than grandma's house.
"Woof woof..."
A few quick and crazy dog barks brought back Shen Dapeng's memories.
"Xiaoquan, what's your name? Shut up."
Looking at a simple kennel in the corner of the bungalow, a Pekingese dog was jumping around. An iron chain as thick as a finger was enough to tie it firmly, but it still made a loud clattering sound when it was pulled hard. Obviously
I don’t know their family of three anymore.
Koizumi is the nickname of this Pekingese dog. Its full name is Koizumi Sesaburo. After Shen Dapeng called it out, he felt a little regretful. He still remembered that the original name of this dog was "Big Money". Later, after Koizumi came to power, he always had conflicts with the country.
So my grandma changed her name to Xiaoquan.
At this time, when he called out Koizumi's name, the Pekingese was unwilling to admit it, so it was understandable that he would bark more and more ferociously.
"Who is it? Why are you teasing my dog?"
A slightly old voice came, and then the wooden door was pushed open, and grandma's slightly stooped figure came into view, "Hai... Dapeng, Fengyun, why are you back?"
The first thing Grandma saw was her son, but after all, she felt that the word "Haitao" was stuck in her throat and was difficult to pronounce. In the end, she never called out, nor did she pay attention to Shen Haitao. Instead, she walked enthusiastically to Liu Fengyun and her son.
Somewhat surprised and even more excited.
"Mom, isn't it the Chinese New Year? Dapeng said he misses you, so we came back specially to visit and wish you a happy New Year."
Liu Fengyun held the old man's arm and supported it carefully. There was ice and snow under his feet. He was afraid that the old man would lose his balance and fall over. His old arms and legs would not be able to withstand the torment.
"Dapeng, oh, my eldest grandson has grown taller again."
Grandma's voice was choked, and she actually moved closer to Shen Dapeng, who was about 1.5 meters tall, and looked up at Shen Dapeng, who was a head taller than her. She wanted to pet her eldest grandson's head, but found that it was already somewhat out of reach.
"Grandma, I miss you."
Shen Dapeng's tears were rolling in the reddish circles of his eyes. If he had raised his head strong enough, they might not have fallen. But looking down at his grandma with white hair and wrinkles on her face, tears fell uncontrollably.
A deep hug, head buried between grandma's shoulder and neck, smelling the familiar but disgusting smell of burning coal on grandma's body when she was a child, she felt extremely relieved at this moment.
"Dapeng, be good, be good, you are a young man now, why cry? Men don't shed tears easily."
Grandma's hands, which could no longer be straightened, finally rubbed her eldest grandson's little head as she wished. However, the calluses and cracks on her palms and fingertips would pinch hair from time to time, causing Shen Dapeng pain.
But Shen Dapeng didn't dodge at all, and still hugged his grandma tightly. He still remembered clearly that his grandma spent the whole morning picking the grass fruits for him, and mixed them with sugar. It was sour and sweet.
In order to coax him to stop crying and making trouble, grandma specially caught a frog from the rice field, tied a white string to its leg, and let him drag and play. Later, because the frog died, he cried a lot.
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It turned out that it was grandma again who got a sparrow from somewhere for him to play with. Later I found out that grandma even injured her ankle trying to catch the sparrow but she still kept silent.
Before his uncle got into fights and hurt others, and before his father annoyed his grandma for not helping his uncle, the grandma in his memory was always a strong and kind old man. At least, she was extremely doting on him, Shen Dapeng.
"It's cold outside. Come inside. I've burned firewood and the kang is warm."
Grandma's eyes were also red. She dragged Liu Fengyun with one hand and Shen Dapeng with the other hand, and staggered into the house. But from the beginning to the end, she only said one word to her son, and that was the word "sea".
, he didn’t even call out his full name, and he always chose to ignore it.
But when she turned around, Shen Dapeng clearly saw a line of tears left in the corner of her grandma's eyes. It could be seen that the knot in her heart was still unsolved, but the longing in her heart was real!
Shen Haitao stood quietly outside the door for a long time, letting out a long sigh of annoyance. But looking at his mother's already old face, his heart was filled with all kinds of emotions. Seeing the breath flying from his mouth, he slowly followed into the house. As soon as he entered, he heard
Mother is on the phone.
"Chunfang, when you get off work tonight, buy some more vegetables, a chicken, and a fish. By the way, call Dongmei along and come back early!"
Grandma hung up the phone and quickly took out the home-fried melon seeds, peanuts, and Shen Dapeng's favorite orange-flavored fruit candies as a child, and secretly stuffed six or seven yuan into Shen Dapeng's hand.
The aunt listened to the busy signal on the phone and was puzzled. The old man has always been frugal and only bought chickens and fish during the New Year. He had to choose small ones and buy them in small strips. It was already the New Year's Eve, so why did he buy them again?
Are there guests at home?
Grandma calls Chunfang her eldest aunt, and Dongmei her sister-in-law. When my grandfather was young, he worked in a team and got into a car accident. Grandma was widowed at a young age, so she only had two sons and two daughters.
My aunt Shen Chunfang is the eldest. She is currently working as a tax collector in the Pingshui Town Market. Although it seems like a good job, she has developed an impatient temper all day long because of tax calculations with the vendors in the market. However,
There is also an advantage, that is, it is much cheaper to buy vegetables, meat, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
My eldest uncle, Wang Liqing, works at the post office in the town. He is a completely honest man. If you chat with him, if you say ten sentences, he will reply to you. He still cherishes his words like "hmm", but he can't say anything.
It doesn't matter if it's less, at least when the eldest aunt is nagging, the eldest uncle will just listen. In this way, the two of them will not quarrel.
My sister-in-law, Shen Dongmei, sets up a stall in the market to sell clothes. Although it is a bit harder, it is a small business after all, and her life is better than that of her aunt.
But it's a pity that I didn't find a good natal family. The contrast between my husband and his wife before and after marriage was completely different. Before marriage, he went to his grandma's house to chop wood and collect water all day, but after marriage, he drank heavily and played mahjong all day long. My sister-in-law held on for two years, and finally
I really couldn't hold on, so I chose to divorce and live with my daughter by myself.