It has been more than two years since the last time I came to my second aunt's house. The last time I came here was when Yang Jing was preparing to take a plane to London in Yanjing. At that time, Yang's father and mother brought Yang Jing here.
The family of three arrived in Yanjing three days in advance, stayed at my second uncle's house for two days, and stayed at my second aunt's house for one day.
Although I have been to this village for more than two years, there has not been much change in the village. Compared with the ever-changing Yanjing City and the surrounding areas of Yanjing City, this place is really a bit remote. Even if it is developed here, it will probably take three or four years.
The second aunt's house is located in the northeast corner of the village. It has five large northern rooms, two side rooms on the east and west sides, and a large courtyard in the middle that is half an acre in size. However, this courtyard is now completely occupied. Yang Jing's eldest cousin lives next door to the old lady. His house is the same size as the old lady's. The eldest cousin has a stone processing factory. Now the courtyards of their two families are all occupied by the steel structure greenhouse built by the eldest cousin, which contains a large amount of stone.
My second aunt has a daughter and three sons. The daughter is the eldest and now lives in Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province. She is over 60 years old and has become a grandmother.
Yang Jing’s eldest cousin is the second child in the family, with two younger brothers. The second younger brother has been following him in the stone business, while the youngest one now works at the Huaneng Yanjing Thermal Power Plant.
Songliang Road is right outside the second aunt's house. Yang Jing can just park his car on the open space on the side of the road, and then walk into the second aunt's house carrying a lot of things.
As soon as I entered the house, my eldest cousin was directing the workers to load the truck. When he saw Yang Jing coming in, he quickly handed over the work at hand to a foreman and greeted him warmly.
"Xiao Jing, why are you here? Did you graduate in the UK?" Of course the eldest cousin knew that Yang Jing was going to study in the UK. Two years ago, Yang Jing stayed here the day before he boarded the plane.
"Hello, uncle. I have graduated in London and I came back to see my great aunt, great uncle and you. Uncle, are you in good health?"
"Okay, there's nothing wrong with my body. Come on, let's stop standing around outside and go inside to talk." As the eldest cousin said this, he took the things in Yang Jing's hand, and the two of them walked into the house together.
As soon as he entered the door, my eldest cousin said loudly to the inner room: "Dad, Xiao Jing from my eldest uncle's family is here to see you and my mom."
As soon as the eldest cousin finished speaking, an old man walked out of the house. He was not tall, with a head full of white hair, and was probably over eighty years old, but in good spirits and with good legs and feet. He was Yang Jing's second great aunt.
"Hello, great-aunt, I'm here to see you. Are you feeling well?"
Yang Jing's second uncle was healthy, but he had one problem: he was hard of hearing. This hard of hearing seemed to be a common problem in the Li family and their relatives. Yang Jing's grandfather was very hard of hearing, and his second uncle and second grandmother were not very good at hearing either. Yang Jing's second aunt, second uncle, and the eldest uncle who was still alive were all very hard of hearing. They could not hear anything when they were talking or arguing.
A few years ago, when Yang Jing was in college, he went to Yanjing with his grandparents. At that time, his second aunt was not yet tied up, and then a few old people gathered together, and the noise they were talking was so loud that if outsiders didn't know, they would really think they were cursing in the street...
The second uncle was naturally very happy to see Yang Jing. He held Yang Jing's hand and asked about his well-being. He then led Yang Jing into the inner room and let Yang Jing look at the second aunt lying on the bed.
The old lady no longer had the plumpness she had before she fell ill. Now she was completely emaciated and only skin and flesh were left. Yang Jing felt very sad seeing this.
There is no way. When people get old, all kinds of illnesses will come to them. If they are minor illnesses, it would be okay. But I am afraid of encountering this kind of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, which is really fatal!
Yang Jing's maternal grandfather's family also has a history of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. According to Yang Jing's grandmother, her parents-in-law, that is, Yang Jing's maternal grandfather's father and mother, both died of cerebrovascular problems. My grandfather is now also suffering from cerebral hemorrhage, and my second aunt has cerebral thrombosis. My first aunt, who has passed away, also had cerebral hemorrhage. Now my grandfather has four siblings, and except for the youngest second grandfather, the other three have cerebrovascular diseases.
The old lady couldn't speak, but she could still recognize Yang Jing. The only right hand that could move held Yang Jing's hand and wouldn't let go. Tears kept falling down, and Yang Jing couldn't help but hugged the old lady and cried for a while.
The old lady has been lying in bed for almost a year. She has become so thin. How can Yang Jing control her? Now the old lady is in this situation. To put it bluntly, all she has to do is wait...
After chatting with the two old people for more than half an hour, the second aunt finally fell asleep due to exhaustion, and Yang Jing then quietly walked out.
When he came out, his great uncle's grandson and granddaughter-in-law came. Although this place is near the outskirts of Beijing, the custom of early marriage in the countryside has continued. His great uncle is 64 years old this year, and his eldest son, Yang Jing's eldest cousin, is 45 years old this year, older than Yang Jing's uncle. His great uncle's grandson Liu Baojun is also 22 years old this year. He just got married this year and will become a father next year.
That's how it is in the countryside, people get married early and have children early, and the result is that now this young man in his twenties calls Yang Jing "Bo" (pronounced bai) every time he sees him.
There was nothing that could be done about it. Yang Jing's mother Li Ping was a real cousin of his eldest cousin. If we were to talk purely about blood relationship, Yang Jing and Liu Baojun's father, his eldest cousin's eldest son, were fourth-degree relatives. They had a common grandfather... This relationship was not too distant, and the two families visited each other frequently. So when Yang Jing came here, his eldest cousin's family really treated him as a distinguished guest.
At noon, not only Liu Baojun and his wife came, but also my eldest cousin and his wife, my eldest uncle's wife, Yang Jing's aunt, came back from visiting, my second uncle and his wife came, my third uncle couldn't come because he was at work, but his aunt also came. Anyway, all the second aunt's family members who could come came, making it as lively as the New Year.
At noon, my eldest cousin ordered a large table of food in the restaurant. The food and drinks were all very good. My eldest and second cousins have been in the stone business. Thanks to the rapid development of Yanjing in the past few decades, although my eldest and second cousins have always lived in the countryside, their family background is really rich. I dare not say tens of millions, but a few million is really nothing.
If this place is demolished in two years, the real estate alone of my cousin's house, which is so big that its yard is so big, will definitely be worth over 10 million.
It is a recognized fact that it is easier to live in the countryside than in the city these days.
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