Chapter 162162After

selling the lunch boxes for the 25th day of the lunar year, Jiang's father and his friends packed up their things and took the train that evening at dawn. They returned to the neighboring city on the night of the 28th day of the lunar year, and then took a bus from the neighboring city back to Shuibu Town. Because it was too late, they did not stay at Aunt Jiang's house for long. They only asked Uncle Jiang to call a tricycle for them to take them to Tanshan. The two of them walked through the wind and snow and returned to Jiangjia Village.

The first place they went to was the old house.

No one had lived there for two years. The roof of the kitchen in the old house had been leaking a little, and there was dust everywhere on the stove. It was obvious that in addition to them not coming back this year, the three children had not come back either, otherwise the old house would not be so desolate.

It was obviously uninhabitable, and there was no hot water, so they went to knock on the door of Uncle Jiang's house next door.

Uncle Jiang was still working outside. The end of the year was the busiest time for these bricklayers, because many people usually went out to work. At the end of the year, after making money, they would come back to build houses. After the construction was completed, they would go out to work again in the spring.

Uncle Jiang and his three sons usually had to work until the 29th day of the lunar year. They could only rest for four days from the 30th day of the lunar year to the 3rd day of the lunar year. Some of those who were in a hurry to finish the work had to go out to build houses for others on the 2nd day of the lunar year.

Although Uncle Jiang has various feudal ideological problems that are common among many rural men, such as favoring boys over girls, he is very hardworking and pragmatic. Just like many old oxen who work diligently for future generations, he fulfills his mission and responsibility for future generations bit by bit.

It was Aunt Jiang who opened the door. Seeing the two people coming back covered in snow, she quickly turned on the light and invited them in: "Hey, what are you doing so late? Come in, come in."

She took out a brazier and put it in the fire bucket: "Come and warm up in the fire bucket. Haven't you eaten yet? I'll make you some noodles."

Aunt Jiang's family has a little granddaughter who is only one year old. They have to wash the diaper every day. It's not easy to dry the diaper in winter, so the brazier in the house is always on. There are several braziers in the house every day. The brazier Aunt Jiang brought was the one used to bake diapers for the little kids at home at night.

All the diapers on the brazier were dry. Aunt Jiang quickly put away the diapers and used the brazier to keep Jiang's father and mother warm.

As she got older, Aunt Jiang became more plump, and her whole body exuded a kind and peaceful aura of a stable mood. She became more and more peaceful and kind-hearted, especially after she had a little granddaughter. She was very content with her granddaughter and would hold her lovely granddaughter and play with her at home every day.

It froze at night, and the snow was thick. Father and Mother Jiang did not have as much trouble walking on the muddy road as usual, but they were indeed cold and hungry after carrying the load and walking such a long embankment road.

In the evening, Dad Jiang wanted to buy a box lunch on the train, but Mom Jiang thought the box lunch on the train was too expensive. They were about to get home, so they could just eat at home, so they didn't have dinner. Dad Jiang had a big appetite. He was in his prime, and he could fill a stainless steel rice bowl with one meal.

Aunt Jiang fried two eggs for Dad and Mom Jiang, and they ate rice noodles made at home.

The couple hadn't eaten this authentic rice noodles from their hometown for a long time, and they missed it so much that they wolfed it down. Dad Jiang quickly finished a large bowl, and then took two more bowls and ate them. Only then did he feel warm.

The winter in Shenzhen is not as cold as in my hometown, and the cotton-padded jackets are not as thick as in my hometown. In the past two years, they have adapted to the climate and temperature in Shenzhen. When they come back, the cotton-padded jackets they wear are not very thick, and they are very cold.

Jiang's father also sighed: "Why is it so cold in my hometown this year?"

This year is indeed colder than in previous years. When Jiang Bai and his friends asked Wang Yong's uncle to send them clothes, they always sent them to Tong Jingang's home in Wucheng. The two took the clothes from Tong Jingang's home to sell in the town below, because it was a cold winter and they were very easy to sell.

Aunt Jiang's wife was wearing two thick cotton jackets. She didn't feel cold when she was cooking noodles under the stove in the kitchen just now, but now she felt cold. She put on her clothes neatly and said, "I don't know what's wrong with the weather this year. It's snowing two feet deep outside. If it continues, the wheat will be frozen to death."

Uncle Jiang's family planted several acres of winter wheat on the mountain. It is said that auspicious snow means a good harvest. Moderate rain and snow can freeze the insect eggs in the wheat, but if the snow is too heavy and thick, it will damage the seedlings.

Aunt Jiang said, "Your eldest brother prepares for floods every year, fearing that there will not be enough food. This year he planted a few more acres of sweet potatoes and wheat on the mountain, and there are quite a few sweet potatoes stored in the cellar. This year I boiled some molasses to make rice candy, and there is still a lot left, which I left for you. I also left some molasses for you. If you want it, we will move out tomorrow."

Uncle Jiang's family, apart from having some bricklaying skills, are honest old farmers who rely on the fields for their survival. The main source of food for the year comes from farming. If there is a flood, the worst hit will be these farmers who stay in their hometown to farm.

After Jiang's father had eaten his fill and warmed up, he asked Aunt Jiang, "Has Songzi and the others not come back this year?"

Aunt Jiang said, "They haven't come back yet. Tomorrow is the 29th day of the lunar year. They should be back, right?"

She remembered that Jiang's father and mother spent the Chinese New Year alone last year. She asked them, "Will Baizi and Liuliu come back this year?"

Jiang's father had called to confirm. He nodded vigorously and said with a smile, "They are back. Baizi is working outside during the winter vacation. He should be back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." He was most afraid of people saying that he was a The children did not come back after they were admitted to the university. She sighed and said, "The children are too sensible. They were scared by the debts in the family a few years ago. They all worked outside during the holidays just to earn more money."

Aunt Jiang nodded in agreement, "Yes, Baizi and Liuliu have been sensible since they were young." She asked the couple again, "Has Songzi not been found yet?"

Jiang Song was not new to love. His current girlfriend was still a student. She was very shy. The school was strict. She never stayed out overnight, and he respected her.

He was at the age of full of blood and had endured for a long time. How could he withstand the teasing of a young girl?

His girlfriend was not here. He originally planned to go back to his hometown this year. Now there was a girl pestering him day and night. How could he still think about going back to his hometown? She even forgot to call home. The two of them lived a sweet life together.

The girl didn't want to go back to her hometown. She was afraid that after she went home, she would not know who would marry her in exchange for a dowry. She didn't reject the dowry, but she rejected staying in the countryside.

Jiang Song was the best person she could meet in every aspect, and he was so generous.

When Jiang Song was nice to people, few people could stand it. The girl was the same. She came to the big city and stayed in places like dance halls with bright lights and wine. She met all kinds of people, but she had never met someone like Jiang Song. As long as she asked, he would give her money, clothes and jewelry, accompany her shopping, and protect her. He was also so handsome.

Even though she knew that he was someone else's boyfriend and he had a partner, she still didn't want to give up and wanted to hold him tightly.

However, she knew from his words that he did not regard her as his girlfriend, and she did not care. She knew that he was deeply in love with her, and because he could not give her the official status of girlfriend, he felt guilty about her. As for the gold and silver jewelry that she asked for, he was satisfied.

But the more he did this, the more she couldn't let go.

From her childhood to adulthood, no one had ever treated her so well.

They were like a real couple, a newlywed couple. She washed his clothes and cooked for him, spoiled him every day, called him brother, and they were loving and affectionate. This kind of life was exactly what she imagined in her dreams. Sometimes she lay beside Jiang Song, watching him sleeping, and couldn't help but put her face in his arms, full of joy.

Jiang's father and mother slept at Jiang's uncle's mother's house at night. At night, Jiang's mother slept with Jiang's uncle's mother, and Jiang's father slept in Jiang Hongbing's room.

The next morning, Jiang's uncle's mother held her little granddaughter, gave the key to Jiang's father and mother, and brought Jiang's father and mother to the new house.

I have to say that Uncle Jiang is the best bricklayer in his hometown, and he is also a worldly bricklayer who has built new streets. Although the house is not as luxurious as those new rural luxury villas in Shenzhen, it is still a very luxurious house in Jiangjia Village. There

are three floors in the house. The first floor is a waterproof layer, which can basically only be used as a warehouse for firewood and coal briquettes. Because it is a waterproof layer, the entire foundation is very solid and reliable. After all, they are next to the river and there are often floods. Even if it is not a super flood, this place will be flooded frequently during the irrigation season.

The second and third floors are where people really live. Between the irrigation ditch and the main house, there is a flat stone bridge formed by two prefabricated cement slabs. After going up a dozen steps, it is the main hall of the Jiang family.

At this height, floods basically won't reach here.

The main room is very large, because when Jiang's father built the house, he had the idea that he could open a store in his hometown when he got old. As a store, the main room is about 60 square meters, facing southeast, facing the main road. It is usually dusty, but there are no other problems.

The main room on the left is the room of Jiang's father and mother. Now it is all paved with large floor tiles, about 30 square meters. The main room on the right is for Grandpa Jiang to live in. It is also more than 30 square meters and has excellent lighting.

The room at the back facing northeast is the kitchen. There is a staircase behind the kitchen, which can directly enter the vegetable garden in the back yard. Aunt Jiang also planted some coriander and small green vegetables for Jiang's father and mother to eat in winter.

The kitchen drainage pipe leads directly to the ditch beside it. The water used in the kitchen can flow into the ditch.

There are two rooms in the back. The middle room is divided into a bathroom and a small room. The small room is currently empty and has nothing. The other room is for Grandpa Jiang to live in. There are two large windows, which are transparent from north to south.

Outside the room is a long corridor where you can dry clothes.

The layout of the upstairs is similar to that of the downstairs. There are three large rooms in the front. The middle room is the upstairs reception hall. The room on the left is the room of the eldest son Jiang Song, and the room on the right is the room of the second son Jiang Bai.

Jiang's father walked upstairs and pointed to the room behind Jiang Bai, which also had good lighting, and said, "This room will be given to Xiao Xiao."

He was very satisfied with this house.

There are ten empty rooms upstairs and downstairs alone, which will be enough for grandchildren to live in in the future. There will be no shortage of rooms.

He went up to the attic.

The highest part in the middle of the attic is about 2.5 meters, and the lowest part of the edge is only more than 1 meter high. All of them are brand new red tiles. Unlike the old green tiles, there is no need to worry about leaking when the tiles are broken. These red tiles are thick and big, and they will not break even after ten or eight years of use.

This is absolutely unique in Jiangjia Village. Other people in the village still use the old green tiles.

According to Jiang's father's request, the house was tiled inside and out. Even the kitchen was built with brick cabinets and installed with sliding doors by Jiang's uncle. On the stove was a large stove with two pots, one large and one small. There were two iron pots in the middle, which could be filled with water while cooking. The heated water might not be drinkable, but it was very useful for washing face, bathing and washing dishes.

The house was cleaned very cleanly by Jiang's grandmother.

Although Jiang's grandmother was assigned to Jiang's uncle's house, her youngest son built such a good house, which was not far away. She must have shown the house to her youngest son's family. After the house was built, she often came to her youngest son's house to clean the sanitation. Of course, she did it to show off to the villagers.

Father Jiang's face was full of proud smiles, and he sighed: "In this village, the eldest brother is the one who builds a house!"

In fact, after the house was built, people from the left and right villages who passed by the Jiang family would stop and sigh at this big house that was completely different from the current rural houses.

Young people who came back from other places all thought that they would also build such a big house to live in in the future, but people of the same generation as Father Jiang in the village all sighed that Father Jiang was still the same as when he was young, and he would spend money as soon as he earned some money. He had just paid off his debts, and his three sons were still working summer jobs. His two sons were going to get married soon, but he didn't know how to save money and was so wasteful to build such a big house. Many people at this time thought that this was completely unnecessary.

Could it be that the two sons would live together in the future? Having built such a big house for one son, should the other son also build one? How much would it cost?

This is also the reason why Jiang's mother opposed Jiang's father building such a big house. But now, when she saw her own house, even though it was still empty and there was nothing inside, Jiang's mother couldn't help but feel really good about it, especially the big kitchen. Even the water tank was covered with white porcelain tiles. It was clean and tidy. There was a plug underneath. If there was no water that day or the water was turbid, just pull out the plug and let the water flow into the ditch through the sewer pipe. There were also so many cupboards and cabinets, all covered with white porcelain tiles. There was no need to worry about rats or having no place to put pots, bowls, and pans.

The couple was very satisfied.

Then they moved the old furniture from the old house to the new house. Although these old furniture were old, they were all good furniture made of solid wood. The couple couldn't bear to throw them away, so they moved them all to the new house. However, they couldn't use the old furniture in the rooms of the two sons, because if the two sons were to get married, they would have to use brand new furniture.

Thinking that the children should be back today and they would need a bed to sleep in at night, Jiang's father rode his bicycle to the mountain next door early in the morning. The old carpenter in the mountain brought him three large beds.

Jiang's mother was used to being frugal. It was a rule that her two sons had to get new furniture when they got married, but her daughter didn't need it. She originally wanted to move the old bed from Jiang Xi's original room and let Jiang Xi sleep there. Jiang's father glared at her and said, "You want that broken bed in this nice new house!"

The main reason was that his grandmother, the bound-foot grandmother, and Jiang Xi's grandmother, Jiang's mother's mother, all died on this bed.

When Jiang's grandmother died, she was sleeping with Jiang Xi. When Jiang Xi got up at night, his feet touched his grandmother's feet, which were icy cold. Jiang Xi pushed his grandmother and called her to get up. He touched her body and felt that she was icy cold all over. Then he realized that his grandmother might be gone.

She was only in primary school at that time. Perhaps because she was young, ignorant and fearless, she calmly got up in the middle of the night, put on her shoes, went to the next room to call Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Bo, and Jiang Song ran to his childhood friend's house to sleep.

It was the end of the year, and the money that Jiang's father and mother earned in a year was not enough to pay off their debts. In order to avoid those debt chasers, the two slept in the mountain hut where Grandpa Jiang lived at night.

Grandma Jiang may have realized that she didn't have much time left. In those years, Jiang's mother worked outside every year. Grandma Jiang couldn't see her eldest daughter for several years and missed her very much. Just when Jiang's mother came back at the end of the year, she took her to live with her for a while, and the old lady died in the Jiang family.

At night, she and Jiang Bai braved the wind and snow and went to the mountain to call Jiang's father and mother. Grandpa Jiang had to find the old people in the village to arrange other things.

Therefore, Jiang's father didn't want this old wooden bed at all.

Only Jiang Xi was brave and not afraid. In the past, he had no choice. The family was poor and Jiang Xi could only continue to sleep on the old wooden bed. Now that the family was well-off, Jiang's father would definitely not bring the old wooden bed to the new house. Jiang's father planned to take the old wooden bed to his grandmother's grave and burn it for the old lady during the ancestral worship ceremony tomorrow.

In addition to the bed, there were also tables, chairs, and benches, all of which had to be replaced with new ones, as well as the large wardrobes in the

two sons' rooms. He thought of the floor-to-ceiling wardrobes he saw at his landlord's house in Shenzhen, and prepared the rooms for his two sons. Instead of buying wardrobes, he would make such wardrobes.

He imagined the excitement of his children and daughters when they came back and saw the big house and the big room, and he became excited as well, full of energy.

Jiang Bai and Grandpa Jiang went back on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year.

Even though Grandpa Jiang was eager to go back, in his heart, Jiang Xi's study and work were still the most important. There were no computers or internet in his hometown, and Jiang Xi was typing on the computer every day. Even though Grandpa Jiang didn't understand many things, he knew that his granddaughter bought so many houses and earned all the money by playing on the computer.

Grandpa Jiang wanted to go back to his hometown, but he just wanted to go to the mountain to worship his ancestors on the morning of the 30th day of the lunar year and meet his old friends by the way. As long as he could return to his hometown before the 30th day of the lunar year, he could stay in the villa in Shanghai even if he was anxious.

But he packed his luggage early, and kept looking out the French window, looking in the direction of home.

They packed their things early in the morning and set out from Shanghai to Wucheng, and from Wucheng to Shuibu Town, and then took a bus to Tanshan, and walked from Tanshan back to Jiangjia Village.

Because of the thick snow, the snow had been trampled very hard by the pedestrians coming and going. As long as you don't slip, such a snowy road is actually much easier to walk than a muddy road.

Even so, it was already afternoon when they got home.

Jiang Xi and Jiang Bai both carried big schoolbags. Perhaps it was because of his acting in movies and filming GG, Jiang Bai is now more dazzling than last year, and he is out of tune with this old mountain village. He is like a child from the city who has come to the mountain village.

Many people who were sitting on the high platform at the entrance of the village to bask in the sun saw Jiang Bai from a distance, but could not recognize him. They said, "Whose boy is this? He is so handsome!"

When they saw Grandpa Jiang walking in the middle, supported by Jiang Xi and Jiang Bai, they clapped their hands and shouted, "Hey, the old man from the big guy's family, how come he is getting better and better? He looks younger! The two people next to him must be his children. Grandsons and granddaughters, they are so cute. College students are really different. If I saw them on the street, I wouldn’t recognize them unless they said they were the sons and daughters of tall people! "

Jiang Wu’s current height has grown to 1.68 meters. When she was the tallest in her previous life, she was 1.68 meters tall, but now she is only 16 years old. If she can grow to 18 years old, she will probably be over 1.7 meters tall.

Jiang Wu is so happy!

Jiang Wu doesn’t know if her stomach is not digesting well. Both she and Jiang Bo have a good appetite and a balanced nutrition, but all the nutrition goes to height. Her height is visibly rising, but she doesn’t gain weight.

The high platforms in their village are connected one after another for flood prevention purposes, and the houses are also built together, with only the height and age being different.

Currently, there is only one family like Jiang's father's house that does not use a waterproof high platform, but directly builds a one-story house as a waterproof platform.

Everyone living in the three houses downstairs knew that Mr. and Mrs. Jiang had returned. After all, they had gotten up early in the morning and moved furniture from the old house to the new one. The furniture was not easy to move, so many neighbors they met on the road went to help. When they saw Jiang Bai and Jiang Qing supporting Grandpa Jiang coming back, they all stood on the platform and shouted, "Big guy! Ailian! Your old man and two college students are back~!" As

soon as they shouted, all the neighbors nearby heard it. Jiang Gangqin, who had been at home for the winter vacation, also heard it. She climbed onto the terrace of her own building and waved to Jiang Qing vigorously, "Chongqing!"

Everyone in the village knew about it . Now, the eldest son and daughter of the big man's family have become successful. Two of them are college students, and one of them is studying at Peking University. Not to mention the relatives in the same room, even the people from the first and second rooms have come out of their homes, standing on the edge of their own high platforms, and greeted Jiang Xi and Jiang Bo cordially. When they saw Jiang Bo and Jiang Xi's outstanding faces that looked like they walked out of a movie, they were all amazed. If Jiang Xi hadn't taken the initiative to greet them with a smile and called them "Auntie, sister-in-law, eldest uncle, third uncle, second uncle" one by one, some people would not dare to take the initiative to come forward and talk to Jiang Xi and Jiang Bo. It felt like they were from two different worlds.

She called them first, and they nodded to Jiang Xiao in agreement: "Is it Xiao Xiao who is back?"

"She has grown so tall."

"I don't even recognize her when I go out, how can I recognize her?"

For a while, the whole village was talking about Jiang Bai and Jiang Xiao from the big guy's family.

They never thought that the two most inconspicuous children in the Jiang family would now look like the stars on TV.