When Xiaoqi got home, it was still light outside.
The sun has already set below the mountain.
The time is a bit like the time when I took the notice home.
That time, Dayong, the village driver, happened to have something to do and came back in the evening.
She walked on the cobblestone road in the village, passed the bustling village hall and the convenience store, and then met Uncle Li who was carrying a hoe.
"Hey, Xiao Qi is back. Is there a car coming at this time?"
It was a bit strange that the other party called him Xiaoqi. Before, he always called himself Su Quezi's daughter. The adults in the village couldn't remember children's names, so they usually called them "so-and-so's daughter" or "so-and-so's son". He didn't expect the other party to call him by his name.
"Hello Uncle Li, there is no car, so I walked back." Xiao Qi replied.
"It's so dangerous for a little girl to walk. You should call your father to pick you up." The uncle Li, who was not particularly familiar to him, said kindly.
Xiao Qi: ...
He said he was going back first and left in a hurry.
As expected, no matter how confident I am, I still can't resist the uncles, aunts and grandmas in the village.
I always feel it's a bit weird.
Li Zhicai wanted to chat a little more and ask her if she really won the award and received so much money. Some people said that it was just a plaque and it might not be that much money, and she still had to pay taxes. He didn't expect that the person would run away, which was a bit regrettable. However, he had just returned from the vegetable field. After dinner, he could go to Su Youfu's house in the evening to visit. The people in the village must be curious.
Xiaoqi walked home with her bag on her back, but still scared Su Youfu and Sheng Juanhua.
"I told you to take a bus to your uncle's house tomorrow, why are you back?" Sheng Juanhua asked with both heartache and anger.
My daughter's personality is a bit like her father's, sometimes she can be very stubborn.
Su Youfu also put down the things he was knitting and came over to take her bag.
"If you want to come back, call Dad and he will pick you up. Why are you carrying such a heavy thing?" Su Youfu was small and not very strong. When he picked up his daughter's backpack, he felt a heaviness in his hand.
The family entered the kitchen and Su Youfu put his schoolbag on the chicken cupboard.
Every household in Gumula Village builds a chicken coop in the kitchen. It looks like a large hollow bench against the wall with a small door on the side. The chickens and ducks raised at home are allowed to roam outside during the day and are driven into the chicken coop at night.
Not only can you keep chickens underneath, you can also bury the ginger at home. You can just pick out a piece when you want to eat it.
It is also a large bench on which you can place things, saving you the trouble of having another bench at the dining table.
Xiaoqi opened her bag, took out the fruit her aunt had given her, and placed it on the surface to avoid it getting crushed.
A few beautiful big red dragon fruits.
Then I bought some white wine for grandma. Grandma likes wine and cares about face. Xiaoqi doesn’t know much about wine, but the Erguotou we usually drink at home is relatively cheap. This one was bought from a regular supermarket for over 100 yuan. It comes in a box and the bottle looks nice too. It should be an okay gift for grandma.
I also took out the clothes I bought for my grandparents, and the shoes I bought for my mother.
The bag doesn't look big, but it contains a lot of stuff.
It is really a pleasant thing to give gifts, and it is more enjoyable to give than to receive.
Sheng Juanhua didn't expect her daughter to be so thoughtful and actually bought gifts for her parents.
To be honest, her family was not very supportive of her marrying into Gumula Village. They thought Su Youfu was small, poor, disabled, and had a difficult mother. The only good thing about her was her education, but what was the use of education for a farmer?
But she only gave birth to one daughter in these years, so the Sheng family couldn't say anything.
I can only say that my son-in-law is a good person. He doesn't smoke, drink, beat his wife, or have any ulterior motives, and he doesn't dislike his only daughter.
Despite this, the family had no extra money to support their daughter's schooling over the years. When she returned to her parents' home, she would bring some dishes, and during festivals, she would buy a fish. She really didn't have any other gifts that could be given. Instead, she would bring back large and small bags every time she came back from her parents' home, and her sister-in-law always looked unhappy.
She looked at the red leather shoes her daughter bought for her. The leather was so soft. She touched the shoes and then touched her face. It was just as soft.
The bottom is made of cow tendon, and the color looks good.
Sheng Juanhua's face was full of smiles, but she couldn't help but say, "I have a lot of shoes, many pairs in the closet, you are wasting money."
Xiaoqi knew that the many pairs of shoes in the cabinet her mother was talking about were all many years old.
I counted them over and over again, and there were only the same few pairs of shoes. Even the wedding shoes from my wedding were not thrown away. They were so hard that I couldn't even step into them.
Xiaoqi didn't buy a gift for his dad, but he handed him a passbook.
She saved a total of 20,000 yuan, including the winnings and the money from tutoring recently.
Su Youfu's eyes turned red as he looked at the money in the passbook.
He has no habit of depositing money in the bank. In fact, over the years, his family has no money to deposit in the bank.
Just stuff a little money in the corner of the suitcase and take it out when you need it, but it is often not enough.
"When I make money in the future, I'll save it there. There's a passbook and a card. You can take the card and withdraw it at the university." Su Youfu had obviously inquired about it.
He carefully put the passbook away and stuffed it in the corner of the suitcase.
Sheng Juanhua also put away her things and started to light the fire and cook. She had been preparing pig food before.
Pour the pig's leftover food into a pot and add some vegetables and rice bran to cook again. The pigs will grow fast after eating this food and the pork will be firm and delicious. You can't buy real farm pigs in the city, and pig farms won't go through so much trouble to raise pigs.
Sheng Juanhua cooked and asked Xiaoqi to bring wine to her grandmother.
Before Xiaoqi appeared on TV, her grandmother came several times to find out how much money she had.
Sheng Juanhua asked her to hold the wine and Su Youfu to carry two dragon fruits, and they went to her grandmother's house together.
Half of the village they passed by along the way knew that Xiaoqi had come back to buy wine for her grandmother.
Xiaoqi understands her mother's little tricks, but she can't argue with her grandmother, so she just obeys her.
After giving the wine to grandma, Xiao Qi saw that grandma was not frowning at him, but actually smiled. He then realized that grandma was also a pretty old lady when she smiled.
It is said that Xiaoqi's grandmother was the daughter of a landlord. She attended a private school when she was young and learned "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean".
But her grandmother had never been kind to her before.
She has heard the slang term "money-losing goods" since she was a child, and her ears are callused. In fact, she really wants to ask, grandma is also a woman, why do women have to make things difficult for other women.
But I dare not say this, because my grandma can sit down and throw a tantrum at any time and scold people for more than an hour without repeating herself.
When they were little and still lived together, Xiaoqi was greedy for the dishes on her grandmother's table, including salted hairtail fish and steamed pork with rice flour. She took a bowl to eat, but was beaten several times by her mother. She used bamboo branches, which were thin and dense. The beatings were painful but not serious. She remembered that her voice was hoarse from crying, and she became obedient after that. Even if her grandmother served delicious dishes, she did not dare to take the bowl over.
Later I realized that I was quite innocent. When my grandma wanted to scold my mother, she couldn't find an excuse, so she said that my mother instigated me to eat grandma's food. But I was so greedy that I didn't need anyone to teach me. I smelled the aroma of the fried hairtail and walked over eagerly. I smelled the aroma of meat and my mouth watered. As a result, Xiaoqi still prefers to eat meat rather than vegetables. Maybe it's because the obsession he had when he was a child was too deep.
Looking at his grandmother with a warm smile in front of him, Xiaoqi recalled his childhood, as if it were just yesterday.
Grandma seems to have not changed at all, but in fact she has changed. The wrinkles on her face are deeper.
After delivering the wine, grandma actually invited Xiaoqi to have dinner.
Xiaoqi, who had always dreamed of eating food from his grandmother's table when he was a child and was beaten several times for it, was a little flattered.
Then I quickly refused, my mother had already prepared dinner.
He ran away dragging his dad along in fear.
Su Youfu was also frightened by my mother's affectionate attitude. He had been scolded since he was a child, and he couldn't remember a time when my mother was so kind...
Both the father and daughter were frightened. They returned home and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the broken wall at the door.
Xiao Qi said, "Dad, let's repair the wall when we have time. We can also build a small yard."
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