After dinner, the little princess saw her sisters cleaning the table, and naturally she didn't want to be left behind.
Have to make do.
My grandparents didn’t know the identities of Li Lizhi, Princess Yuzhang and others, otherwise they would have been shocked.
It is indeed not easy for a princess to humble herself and do these things.
The two little princesses lay on their grandmother's lap and began to doze off.
My grandparents like to drink tea after meals, saying it gives them energy for work.
Xiao Ran has always had this impression. The tea his grandparents drank was very bitter, with a bland taste and no effect.
In the past, when I felt sleepy at night, I would drink a few sips of tea and I would not feel sleepy anymore.
There is no heating, no air conditioning, not even an electric fan.
The summer doesn't seem to be hot enough to require an electric fan, but the winter is a bit cold, after all, it's at a high altitude.
"Weiyang, Changle, would you like some tea?" Grandpa picked up a small clay pot.
This clay pot can only brew one cup of tea at a time.
"Grandpa, I don't want to drink." Li Lizhi and Princess Yuzhang both waved their hands.
"These two little girls want to sleep." Grandpa picked up his pipe and started rolling cigarettes.
Xiao Ran doesn't smoke and is very disgusted when people smoke around him. He doesn't like the smell of cigarettes, but he doesn't think the smell of leather cigarettes is unpleasant.
But this kind of leather cigarette is only smoked by old people like grandpa, other young people don’t smoke it.
As an aside, many of the rural scenes described in these chapters are true. China is so vast, and it's normal for local customs and practices to differ. For example, stoves are practically nonexistent here. Growing up in the village, I'd never seen one. They're usually just stoves, or tripods for cooking with wood, with a pot on top. When slaughtering a pig or needing to steam rice, they'd dig a makeshift stove somewhere outside. Apart from these makeshift stoves, no one in the house had a stove. The walls of the older tiled houses are black, stained by smoke. But with so many houses in the countryside, new bungalows are being built whenever possible.
"Grandpa, is this delicious?" Princess Gaoyang was a little curious.
Grandpa was amused, obviously not expecting Princess Gaoyang to ask this.
"It's okay!"
"The child might choke." Xiao Ran also said.
"Mingda, Fanyin fell asleep in an instant." Grandma gently supported the two little princesses lying on her legs.
Normally I would go to bed early, but today I had dinner late, so I went to bed late too.
"I'll carry you to bed." Xiao Ran picked up the little princess, and Li Lizhi also picked up Princess Chengyang.
"Go inside the bungalow, it's brighter there." Grandma also stood up and did not let the little princess sleep in the tile house.
The old tile-roofed house is darker because the windows are small and the glass is a bit blurry and not very transparent.
Now my grandparents also sleep in the newly built bungalow next door, but this house is very small, with only two rooms.
It's not suitable to be used as a living room, as it's for sleeping.
Princess Gaoyang also ran over and said, "Brother, I'm sleepy too."
"Okay, let's sleep together!" Xiao Ran looked at Li Lizhi, "Changle, do you want to sleep?"
"I don't need it." Li Lizhi shook her head slightly.
Princess Yuzhang could speak and chat with her grandfather, who was very happy.
I would even ask my grandfather some carpentry knowledge.
Xiao Ran suddenly realized that this might be the value of emotion!
Princess Yuzhang was an excellent listener and she knew how to chat.
After the two little princesses fall asleep, Xiao Ran and Li Lizhi can look after their grandmother.
Xiao Ran gently pulled his grandmother's hand and saw that it was covered with wrinkles.
Those deep and shallow lines are the traces of time passing quietly. The crisscrossing lines seem to record countless stories.
The fingers are slightly bent, and the skin hangs loosely on the joints, as if they have experienced too much vicissitudes.
These hands have worked hard over the years to support the family. They have gently caressed my childhood self, conveying endless love.
Today, although these wrinkled hands are no longer strong, they still exude a warm breath, allowing people to feel the accumulation of years and the weight of life at the moment of touching them.
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After sleeping for about an hour, Princess Gaoyang walked out of the room with the two little princesses.
I saw Xiao Ran and others eating walnuts in the shade at the door.
"Yeah, I got up by myself." Xiao Ran smiled and waved, "Mingda, come and eat walnuts."
The little princess ran to Xiao Ran and said, "Hmm, hmm~"
Grandpa squatted on the ground and knocked with a small hammer.
Li Lizhi and Princess Yuzhang did not eat much themselves, they mainly peeled the walnut kernels.
"Mingda, second sister, Seventeen, go get a bench and sit outside." Xiao Ran pointed inside the house.
The two little princesses came out carrying a wooden stool, and the two little girls stayed with their grandmother.
"This one is also good~"
"As long as you like it." Grandpa looked at the little princess and said, "You are such a good girl."
It is normal for children of this age to cry easily.
The little princess is only three years old and she is so well-behaved, which is better than most children of the same age.
"Grandma, let me go burn some paper for my dad later." Xiao Ran suddenly said.
"There doesn't seem to be any paper money at home, but there is incense," said grandma.
"I didn't go buy anything. It only takes a few minutes to drive there. There are some in the store over there." Grandpa put down the axe.
"I brought it. It's in the car." Xiao Ran said.
"Okay, it's too hard for me to walk up the hill over there, so I won't go. Let your grandpa go with you!" Grandma was quite helpless.
"Yeah, we can go. As long as grandpa is at home, it's fine." Xiao Ran didn't want his grandmother to be alone at home. If Xiao Ran went out, Li Lizhi and the others would definitely go with him.
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