Chapter 409: Little Homely Things
"Yes, Xiao An, you come back without any problem after reading. Xiaoying's father has to go to work, so you are just a waste of time."
Wang Fang thought that her son had gone to his parents' office and stayed there all afternoon before coming back. She was afraid that Zhang An would delay Su Shaowen's work, so she hurriedly said a few words to him.
“No way, I wanted to come back after watching it, but the group of people from his work unit saw me seeing my dad, so they gathered around and asked me to see them too. He asked me to leave, so I stayed in their unit all afternoon."
Zhang An explained to his family with a grimace why he didn't come back early. He really couldn't walk at all due to the situation in the afternoon.
“Well, the things in the car were all given by people, my dad’s colleagues. They knew we didn’t charge money, so they gave us all the things.”
“This is How many people are there? How come they have collected so many things and filled half of the car?”
Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo are very happy. They don’t really care about these things now because their family has received so much in recent years. There are more.
I just heard that some people came to see their son for medical treatment, which proved that their child was successful, and there were still so many people, so they were happy.
“It’s quite a lot anyway. Although I don’t have the points, I estimate there are around twenty.”
Zhang An said, then opened the truck compartment and took out all the tobacco, wine and tea inside, preparing to take it home for storage.
Now, a room is specially set aside in their home to store these received things.
After moving the things in the truck, Wang Fang also made dinner.
In addition to the fried pork with green peppers that I haven’t seen in a long time, there are also green peppers braised with green beans and rice, and roasted green peppers mixed with tomatoes and ear root.
It’s not that Zhang An likes to eat things made of green peppers, but it’s because he hasn’t seen her for a long time and he misses her very much.
So in the evening, Zhang An slurped down the half-boiled rice at home with green bean soup and roasted tiger skin green peppers.
He usually eats a lot and rarely feels full.
But today I accidentally overate a lot, and I was really overstretched.
After dinner, Su Ying went back to her room to correct the students' homework, while Wang Fang was responsible for clearing the dishes on the dinner table.
Dad Zhang Jianguo was turning on the TV and watching today's news broadcast intently.
Zhang An, who was stretched out, was lying on the sofa in a huddled shape, looking like a paralyzed Ge You.
After taking a half-pay break, drinking a cup of tea, and waiting until his stomach felt better, Zhang An found a pocket, packed some of the research he brought back today, and prepared to go out.
"No one can see you outside, where are you going?"
There is no moon today, and it is pitch black everywhere outside.
Wang Fang saw Zhang An going out and asked in passing.
Usually after meals, many people go out and take a walk on the roads in the village.
After all, these country roads in the village have been completely renovated and paved with clean bluestones.
It is really the best choice for a walk after a meal, casual and comfortable.
It’s just that it was a moonlit night, and many people came back from the mountains in the evening, so they must be busy eating.
The moon is very bright now. As long as the weather is better, there will basically be a bright moon hanging at night.
What is different from that of later generations is that no matter how bright the moon is in later generations, it looks a little dim when it shines on the ground.
But it’s different now. As long as there are no clouds blocking the moon in the sky, the moonlight is as bright as the electric light at home.
Some people even have small light bulbs, and the brightness of the light is not as bright as the moonlight shining down from the sky.
Because it rained last night, it will be cloudy all day today, so the thick dark clouds at night hide the moon in the clouds. Not a ray of moonlight can shine down, and it looks a little dark outside.
So on nights like this, basically no one would think of going out and walking around.
“I brought so much cigarettes and alcohol back today, and I plan to send some to my father. I’ll just keep them at home anyway.”
Every time Zhang An brought something back, he would I can't forget the two grandfathers and second grandmother at home, as well as the two uncles' homes.
The cigarettes and alcohol brought back today are just ashes at Zhang An's house, and they are not used at all.
After all, Zhang An’s family has good wine and tea, so there is basically no chance of touching them.
The only thing here that Zhang An’s family doesn’t have is cigarettes. Although this thing is not bad, it is a pity that Zhang An and Zhang Jianguo are not close to fireworks now, so this thing is only Can shed dust.
So Zhang An planned to give some to his old man and other elders.
Especially Zhang An's second uncle, who is now slowly working on big projects. Whether he is meeting people or going out to do errands, he must use alcohol and tobacco to clear the way.
“The second grandpa and the fourth grandpa really love your grandson in vain. If you don’t want to eat it yourself, you have to provide it to them.”
To be honest, Wang Fang has a taste for it. Zhang An was talking about the two old men in his family.
In comparison, he was not even a little bit worse for his grandfather.
But Wang Fang also understood that this day was entirely brought about by his indifferent biological father.
If he had not committed the crime himself, his son would not have hated him since he was a child.
After all, Zhang An would like to treat every elderly person in his family with all his heart and soul, except for him.
So Wang Fang understood that it was impossible for Zhang An to treat his grandfather with the same attitude as he treated his two grandfathers in this life.
"Hey, that's not true. When I was young, my second grandfather helped people get medicine and brought back two ounces of meat. If he didn't eat it himself, he would secretly give it to me. My fourth grandfather had nothing to eat in the mountains. I will leave some for me. If I am not good to them, who will be good to me?”
Zhang An is the oldest grandson in the family. Not only that, when he was four or five years old, he was the only one in the family.
It wasn’t until he was six years old that Zhang Jianzhong’s family had their first child, who was Zhang An’s cousin.
In addition, Zhang An's grandparents left early, so the two old men were particularly fond of Zhang An, their eldest grandson.
At that time, they would rather save a little for themselves and bring half a catty of chicken cakes to Zhang An every week when they go to the market.
So Zhang An is really one of the happiest children of his generation in Changqing Village.
This love has not changed since childhood and continues to this day.
No one in the entire third generation of the Zhang family has ever enjoyed such pampering.
Everything has a cause and will have an effect. There are a few elderly people who are doing it in the front. It’s no wonder that Zhang An is thinking about them every day.
"You have to take care of your father's cigarettes. How come you don't care about your father's cigarettes? Are you afraid that they won't smoke enough?"
Wang Fang doesn't understand. Why would my son offer his grandfather cigarettes if he hates smokers so much?
You must know that Zhang Jianguo was able to quit smoking before because Zhang An guarded him every day and finally quit.
"That's different. My dad is not very old, so he can naturally smoke as little as possible. But my grandpa and the others are different. They have been smoking for fifty or sixty years, so I won't let them smoke. If you do, not only will the withdrawal reaction be difficult, but the body will also be prone to other problems. "
This is true. Some people who have smoked all their lives are really prone to such and such problems if you ask them to quit. question. Therefore, Zhang An had no intention of persuading the two old men to quit smoking. He could, but they really couldn't quit.
"Come on, come on, just ask your father. I picked a bag of peppers and cucumbers today. You can take them with you when you go. Give some to each family. You It was planted in my uncle’s family, and it will probably take another month to bear fruit.”
Sending some beans and vegetables to relatives is a common occurrence for Zhang An’s family.
Every time new vegetables grow in their garden, Wang Fang will give some to each family.
In this way, Zhang An walked out the door with a pocket in his left hand and a pocket in his right hand.
It was inconvenient to walk along the way, so Zhang An simply put them in the space and gave some away when he went to a house.
Zhang An came to the second grandfather’s house. The two old men had finished their meal and were watching TV in the main room.
Zhang Jianzhong bought this TV set for two elderly people. It is said that after his brothers found out about it, they also chipped in some money.
Zhang An wanted to buy a TV set for the two old people before, so that they could kill time after eating or resting.
But after Zhang Jianzhong found out about it, he told Zhang An not to buy it. He bought two of them himself, a larger one for home use and a smaller one for his elders.
In his words, although Zhang An is the grandson of two elders and should be filial, he has done enough in the past two years.
Leave the rest to him. After all, he is the son of the second elder, so he should naturally do what he wants.
Zhang An will naturally not argue with him about this, and if he lets him do it, the two elders will be even happier.
"Master, grandma, why don't you turn on the lights? What if we trip over each other?"
Zhang An walked into the house and found that not a single light was turned on, only the TV The light projected from the screen of the machine.
“Hey, just leave the TV on. If the light is too bright, the TV won’t be able to be turned on.”
Seeing Zhang An coming, the old lady pulled off the cable box. , turn on the lights in the room.
"Wherever there is light, it can only illuminate the area in front of you. The rest of the place is dark. Besides, watching TV with the lights off is not good for your eyes. How much electricity can a few-watt light bulb use? How many times a month?" You have to save me the electricity bill of RMB, really.”
How could Zhang An not know that it was too bright for watching TV? It was clearly because the old lady wanted to save some money on the electricity bill. lamp.
Although people who have TVs now will turn off the lights when watching TV, just to save a little bit of electricity bills.
But other people’s families are all young people, and their eyesight is still very good. They can see clearly even in the dark.
But the old lady and the old man are two people in their 60s and 70s. Their eyesight is relatively poor, and their hands and feet are not very flexible. How can they compare with other people.
Besides, a few years ago, Zhang An found the meter reader in the village, negotiated the electricity bill for his two elders, and came to him to ask for it.
This light bulb is only a few watts or even more than ten watts in size, and it does not use much electricity in a month.
There is no difference between turning it off for a while and not turning it off. It is better to leave it on brightly.
"If you don't listen to what I say, then I won't come to see you in the future."
"If you listen, how can you not listen to what my eldest grandson says? I will never come to see you again." If you don’t come, who cares whether we can eat or not?”
The old man is the oldest person in the family now, and no one in the family dares to be aggressive with him.
But there is also someone they are afraid of, and that is Zhang An, his grandson.
Every time something happened and the rest of the family couldn't persuade them, they would ask Zhang An to come.
Zhang An also spoke kindly, but every time the old people listened to his advice.
"That's pretty much it. You two have to keep your eyes well so that you can see when your great-grandchildren are born."
When it comes to the child in Su Ying's belly, the two The old man was as happy as a child.
What old man never wants to see his children or grandchildren, or his great-great-grandchildren? The more people in the family and the more lively they are, the happier they will be.
"Milk, the peppers and cucumbers in my garden are ready to be eaten. Pick some first, and you can pick them again after you finish eating."
Zhang An didn't let the old lady get up. Just put it on the cupboard shelf.
"I just ordered it here, and you can eat it at your house. This pepper is very cute. I will cook it and mix it with it tomorrow."
Before Qingming Festival, March and April are the time to order melons, beans and spicy seeds.
Not only the old lady, but other people also just ordered it not long ago.
"Anyway, after you finish eating the milk, go pick it yourself. There are a lot of them in the garden. Master, these cigarettes and wine were given to me by others. I brought them here for you to try, but this cigarette Just like drinking, you have to pay attention to the amount every day, but don’t smoke too much.”
Although Zhang An doesn’t object to the old man smoking, he has to warn him every time.
You can’t be like other people and smoke one or two packs of cigarettes a day. That’s not smoking, that’s smoking bacon.
"Why did it come here again? The box I brought over last time is still there."
I thought Zhang An had sent too much, but my hand was very honest and took it. Don’t forget to read it.
The old man had never smoked cigarettes before. He only smoked dry tobacco grown by himself.
Even when it cost a few cents a box in the past, I never paid for it.
Because my family was poor at that time and I had five children, I had to spend every penny carefully.
If your calculations are a little wrong, you may not be able to survive.
Even during the most difficult period, no land at home was willing to be used to grow tobacco leaves, and all the land was used to grow food.
Just to harvest a few more grains during the autumn harvest.
During that time, they didn’t even have to smoke dry cigarettes. They just circled hay leaves on the roadside to enjoy themselves.
Even though life has become a little more affluent in the past few years, the two old men still continue to smoke the tobacco leaves they grow.
It wasn't until Zhang An delivered the cigarettes and alcoholic beverages he received at home that the two old men started smoking cigarettes.
"This is a gift from others, and it will only eat dust if left in my house. It is better to give it to grandpa and let you take it out to look stylish."
This cigarette is not just one or two pieces. The kind of money, when the old man goes out now, other old men joke that he has exchanged a shotgun for a cannon.
"Okay, grandma, the TV series is on. You can continue watching. I have to go to the fourth grandpa's place."
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms happened to be on the TV, Zhang An He didn't stay any longer.
I came here with a mission tonight. If I were late, everyone would be asleep.
After all, nowadays, if nothing happens, nine or ten is the time for everyone to get ready for bed.
(End of this chapter)