"Well, that's not what I meant. What I meant was, our great-grandfather fought against the Japanese invaders no matter what. He is a great hero!"
The eldest sister swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. Everyone knew what she meant.
They all came from that era, and back then it was just rumors that the He family was so miserable.
Not to mention there was solid evidence. Fortunately I missed it, otherwise who knows what would have happened!
"Could you please make a copy of this page for me? I'll burn some paper and tell my family about it someday! Someone who's been thinking about you their whole life isn't heartless, and they haven't forgotten about their family!"
He just went ahead, maybe they'd already met down there! My great-grandmother always complained that she shouldn't have let my great-grandfather go.
In those days, if you didn't follow the conscripts, you had to pay! How much money could a family make just by making paper figurines?
Who would hold a funeral every day? My neighbors are all ordinary people, and even if they buy things, they don't spend much. The little money they earn is spent on feeding the living first, and then worrying about the dead.
So even though the family opened a small shop, they couldn't make much money. It happened that my great-grandfather was ill. The whole family scraped together a dozen dollars, but the Japanese invaders not only robbed them, but also took them away.
Because of this, my great-grandfather kept saying that he was the one who killed his eldest son! There's nothing else to say, it's all fate! Thank you for sending us this message from so far away!
I don’t have anything good to treat you, let’s go to the restaurant to eat and try our local specialties!”
Jiang Cha didn't bother to be polite with him. It was no big deal to eat his eldest grandson's meal!
That’s right!
According to their relationship back then, He Erzhuang's great-nephew is her Jiang Cha's great-nephew.
Even though she looks about the same age as me now, she is still a "Grandma" Jiang who has experienced the years!
Both the host and the guests enjoyed the meal very much. Lao He was very excited at the table. It was obvious that he had not had an easy life these years.
After the meal, no one rushed to pay the bill with Lao He, because this meal was equivalent to a "happy event" in their family!
It’s something worth celebrating!
After leaving the small restaurant, Jiang Cha was taken to their home by the older sister.
The sanitary conditions of the small hotel in the village are not as clean as our pigpen!
At least my pigpen is disinfected from time to time!
Then he quickly took out clean sheets and quilt covers, as well as new toothpaste, toothbrush and towel for Jiang Cha!
"The environment in the village can't compare to your city, so let's just make do for one night! If you need anything at night, just give us a shout. We are grateful to you from the bottom of our hearts for driving all the way here to deliver the news to Lao He!
You have no idea how difficult Lao He's life has been! When we were little, we often played together. Because of his family background, his family worked the most and ate the least in the village.
His father went from being a small paper-making shop owner to a roofing maker. At first, he had no worries about food and drink. The families he worked for would provide him with meals. If he found something delicious, he would bring it back for his children to try.
Later, work became a collective activity, and plastering the ceiling became a collective business, with all profits turned in. The brigade gave him work points, but I heard he didn't get as much as the old lady!
But in those days, this was considered good. Under the circumstances at that time, if they moved to another place, their whole family would have to stay in the bullpen."
The elder sister talked to her about some things in the past, but these trivial things were the sad stories of the He family.
When I was young, I would have a piece of candy, a steamed bun, and a sweet potato.
All the food that his friends saved was fed to Xiao He. Later, when Xiao He grew up, he passed away and left his great-grandmother who had been thinking about her eldest son for half her life.
He sent his parents, who had worked hard all their lives, away, and in the end he was the only one left at home.
In order to make a living, he used the old family craft to make paper-made figures of boys and girls, villas, cars, refrigerators, televisions and the like.
It’s not that no one introduced him to girls, but most girls were scared to death when they met them for the first time.
According to Lao He, this is his business for a living. He can't just close it down just to get married, right?
What if those two just lived together and starved each other after they got married?
So when looking for a wife, he has to find one who is brave and not afraid of what is hidden in that little door curtain.
After all, his business is all urgent work, and he has not prepared it for anyone in advance. If people need it urgently, he has to work overtime.
I'm not saying 24 hours a day, but it's almost the same.
After getting married, do you have to lend a hand and help out your wife?
None of the matchmakers could say anything wrong about what Lao He said. They had to be brave since this was the livelihood they were going to get!
The result was that Lao He was still a bachelor in middle age, and the girls he introduced later were all divorced and widowed women with children.
Old He thought about it and realized that our family is not a wealthy family, and no one has ever said that there must be a will or testament with an heir.
Instead of raising children for others, it is better to make money to support yourself!
Except for a few friends who were sincere to him, the rest of his childhood was full of suffering.
Children who grow up in hardship don’t ask for any fleeting love, as long as they live comfortably.
Then we have the present-day Lao He, who feeds the whole family with one person’s food!
Apart from the fact that the house is a little quiet, there is nothing else wrong with it.
When others are young, they work hard to earn money to support their families, give birth to children and raise them up, then they have to build a house for them and marry them off, and when they are old, they have to take care of their grandchildren, so they have no peace of mind.
How could anyone be so comfortable and at ease as him?
As for the house?
In his words, when I die, no matter what happens to the house, it will be given to the villagers and they can do whatever they want with it!
The eldest sister's house has a kang, but when the weather is hot, they don't have a kang and use a mat.
When the night is quiet, Jiang Cha lying on the kang seems to have brought me back to that border town.
Outside in the street the sound of night watchmen's gongs could be heard faintly, and the hard ground was covered with straw.
The sounds of snoring, teeth grinding, and talking in sleep made the whole night very lively.
In a trance, I seemed to hear the sound of the cook cooking porridge and the uncle knocking on his pipe.
Later she didn't know when she fell asleep, and she slept soundly.
After having breakfast at my eldest sister's house, I gave a red envelope to the little grandson in her arms before leaving, as a thank you for taking her in last night.
I went to Old He's house again, intending to discuss with him the burial of He Erzhuang.
Finally they reached an agreement that since they had been living together happily, they might as well continue to live together!
She took the things Lao He gave her and drove away from the village.
When the car drove out, I could still see Lao He standing at the entrance of the alley in the rearview mirror!
They agreed that when He Erzhuang and the others returned, she would come in person to invite Old He to come out of retirement and have him take care of everything regarding the funeral.
After all, he is a professional in this area!
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