Chapter 1223: Relatives from Hometown
The silly boy went out of the door and hugged He Hongjin's thigh tightly.
He Hongjin was feeling awkward when facing the unfamiliar face of Wang Xiu.
Seeing Baichuan now, the old man couldn't hold back any longer. He grinned and picked up the strong boy.
"Oh, Grandpa's little golden egg, do you still remember Grandpa?"
"Remember!"
Bai Chuan answered loudly, then turned to look at Wang Xiumeng's introduction and said:
"Auntie, this is my grandfather from my hometown!"
Whenever he returned to his hometown in the past, Baichuan was always held in the arms of the old couple.
Plus, He Hongjin's dark old face is so iconic.
Baichuan has always remembered this grandfather.
He Erge also hugged Baichuan.
But He Erge had work to do at the factory, so every time he met Lu Miao and the others, it was only for the time it took to eat two meals.
After that, I had to rush back to the factory.
After a few interactions, Baichuan's impression of his uncle He Erge became less profound.
But none of this matters.
Baichuan called Lu Yuanzheng grandpa at home, and now he calls He Hongjin grandpa as well.
Although Wang Xiu couldn't figure out the generational relationship here.
But seeing that Baichuan was familiar with the person outside, Wang Xiu could basically conclude that it must be a relative of the host family.
Wang Xiu stopped trying to stop him and quickly invited the person in.
After locking the door, Wang Xiu asked everyone to go to the inner courtyard, while walking ahead to greet the host first, so that the host would have time to react.
During this period, Baichuan was carried by He Hongjin and walked behind.
He Erge has been looking around since he entered the door.
He Hongjin's attention has always been on Bai Chuan.
Baichuan is a person who can't hide things.
He Hongjin asked his parents if they were at home and whether they were busy recently.
The little guy tilted his head, puffed up his little mouth and said:
"Mom and Dad are not at home. Mom is in the hospital, and Dad is also in the hospital."
After the words fell, the little guy quickly raised his left arm and continued:
"Grandpa, my hand is broken."
"Ah? How did your hand get broken?"
He Hongjin took the opportunity to touch Baichuan's elbow, which looked like a lotus root node.
He Hongjin didn't see any injuries and thought the boy was just joking.
Then Baichuan said:
"It's healed now, Grandpa. Dad put a cast on my hand. I've been wearing a cast like this. I can't move."
Baichuan put his wrist against his stomach, imitating the posture when he was wearing a plaster cast.
If it involves plaster, then the bones must be injured.
He Hongjin felt extremely distressed. He sighed and frowned, pinching Bai Chuan's chubby arm, stroking it up and down, and repeatedly looking at him.
"How did you hurt your arm out of nowhere? Does it still hurt? Huh?"
"It doesn't hurt anymore. It won't hurt anymore once it's healed, Grandpa..."
The grandfather and grandson were talking.
In the inner courtyard, Tang Mei heard the news and was already on her way to meet him.
"In-laws! His second brother! Why are you here? You came all the way here without even saying hello! We haven't prepared anything at home!"
When He Hongjin and He Erge heard her voice, they looked forward together, but they did not see her.
While he was looking for him, Baichuan in He Hongjin's arms twisted, slid to the ground and started running forward.
"grandmother!"
The silly boy was already familiar with the terrain of his home. After running a few steps, he stretched out his arms and rushed forward in front of the round moon gate.
He Hongjin broke out in a cold sweat and followed closely, fearing that the little gold nugget would fall.
Fortunately not.
Tang Mei appeared in time, caught the boy and picked him up.
When He Erge saw her, he quickly greeted her:
"Aunt."
Tang Mei smiled and nodded, and quickly arranged for Wang Xiu to help carry the things.
When Wang Xiu heard the word "relatives", he knew the identity of the father and son who came from the countryside. He did not dare to delay and hurried forward.
"No, no, don't worry about it. I can take these."
He Erge moved aside with his load on his shoulder, feeling quite embarrassed.
Wang Xiu insisted:
"Brother, please stop pushing. I can't carry anything too heavy. I'll help you carry two small baskets and a backpack."
"That... that's fine!"
The two of them had already agreed on something, and He Hongjin and Tang Mei, who were walking in front, had already started greeting each other.
He Hongjin said happily:
"Xiaoliu and Baoer's mom is busy and doesn't have time to go back, so we thought we'd come over to see them! We're all family, so this trip is just like visiting friends. If you guys really make a big fuss and prepare in advance, we'd be embarrassed to come!"
"Ouch! Don't say those awkward words!"
Tang Mei led He Hong into the main hall and sat him down. She warmly poured him two cups of hot tea.
"I told you before that I'd let these two kids go back and see you, but unfortunately, things have been going on in Beijing and they haven't been able to find the time to come back... I'm sure you and your mother-in-law must be worried about them for so long."
He Erge came into the main hall carrying his load. Tang Mei started a conversation and quickly stood up to greet him:
"Xiao He, just put your things down. You must be exhausted from the journey. Come over and have a cup of tea and rest!"
"Why!"
He Erge put down his things and was about to sit down next to his father.
Before he even started to sit down, his father slapped him on the lower back.
He Erge looked at He Hongjin, and He Hongjin raised his chin towards the basket.
He Erge looked at the basket again.
I saw Baichuan sticking his butt out, struggling to pull out the small wooden horse with half of its head sticking out.
He Erge understood, smiled and went over to help take it out.
The small wooden horse was made by He Hongjin from several pieces of camphor wood during the winter break last year.
The upper part of the figure was carved into the shape of a pony with a knife, and Chen Guifen also wrapped festive red thread around the ears.
The lower part uses a mortise and tenon structure to connect a pair of crescent-shaped "feet".
Children can sit on the horse and hold the two handles on the horse's neck, and then swing the horse back and forth with a light push.
Baichuan learned it by himself. He sat on it as soon as he got it, and had a lot of fun swinging back and forth.
The boy is good-looking, fair, round and chubby, and everyone likes him when they see him.
He Erge looked at Baichuan with a smile on his face and couldn't help but touch the little guy's head several times.
He Hongjin and Tang Mei were talking, so He Erge simply sat down to rest without any hurry.
He then took out all the things from the baskets and backpacks.
Baichuan saw this from the side and said with his head tilted:
“There’s a chicken!”
He Erge smiled and said:
"Yes, there are chickens."
Bai Chuan looked at him, then glanced at the two small jars on the ground:
"What is this?"
He Erge teased Baichuan, deliberately widening his eyes and exaggerating:
"This is rapeseed oil. Ask grandma to kill a chicken later and use this oil to fry chicken legs for you. Okay? It's so delicious!"
He Hongjin and He Erge brought thirty local eggs, two roosters and two hens this time.
Last year, I planted a few acres of rapeseed in my hometown. At the end of the year, I fried rapeseed oil and filled two small jars with it.
It weighs about six or seven kilograms.
There are also some other dried lotus seeds, red dates, lotus root powder, etc.
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