The other side.
The ox cart stopped at the gate of Guo Youxing's house.
After Guo Haochen gave Guo Muyang the fare, he leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Uncle Muyang, when you get home, ask Qingsong and the others to come to my house. I've brought them some delicious food."
Hearing Guo Haochen's words, Guo Muyang nodded slightly and said "Okay."
Guo Muyang's eldest grandson Guo Qingsong is one year younger than Guo Haochen and is in the fifth grade at the village primary school. His second grandson Guo Qingbai is in the third grade, and his youngest granddaughter Guo Shanshan is a few months older than Guo Haojie.
The Guo Qingsong brothers have a good relationship with Guo Haochen and his friends. They often go to the mountains together to collect firewood and play together.
Afterwards, Guo Haochen and his two siblings packed up their things and got off the ox cart.
After Guo Haochen pushed open the gate, he and his two siblings saw some broken bamboo strips and long, thin bamboo strips (green and yellow) piled up in the yard.
Bamboo strips can be used to weave bamboo products or to tie things together. In rural areas, bamboo strips are generally used to scrape the buttocks after defecation.
There are also many bamboo products placed under the eaves, including bamboo chairs with backrests, agricultural dung baskets, dustpans for covering vegetables, and many other kinds of bamboo products.
"Grandpa, we're back!" Guo Haochen and his four siblings shouted at the same time.
In the main room, Guo Youxing, who was sitting by the brazier eating roasted sweet potatoes and drinking corn soup, was stunned when he heard the voice. He thought he had heard it wrong.
Today is market day, why are the children back?
By the time he reacted, Guo Haochen and his four siblings had already walked in.
"Grandpa."
"Hey, come and sit down and warm yourself by the fire. It's so cold, why did you all come back?" Guo Youxing put down his bowl and brought them small stools.
"We missed Grandpa, so we rushed back." The sweet-talking Guo Haoxi was the first to respond.
"Yeah, we miss Grandpa."
"Hahaha." Hearing the children say this, Guo Youxing laughed happily.
He jokingly said, "I think you are mainly thinking about your rabbits, and Grandpa is just a by-product."
"Grandpa, you are really wronging us. Rabbits are not as important as you." Guo Haoxi said.
"That's right, luckily we brought back so many delicious foods for Grandpa." Guo Ningwan crossed her arms in front of her chest and said with a pout.
Guo Youxing: "Okay, okay, Grandpa said the wrong thing, he deserves the punishment. The punishment is that Grandpa can't eat the roasted sweet potatoes, he can only watch you eat them."
"Then I want to eat that sweet potato." Guo Ningwan sat on a small stool and pointed to the largest roasted sweet potato in the brazier.
She was hungry, so of course she had to pick the best one.
Guo Haoxi: "I want it burnt." It smells better that way.
Guo Haochen and Guo Ninghuan stood by and smiled secretly, watching the two of them being teased by their grandfather.
Guo Haochen glanced at the bowl on the table that was clearly covered in corn soup and said to Guo Youxing, "Grandpa, are you trying to save time by not cooking lunch? How can I be full just by eating sweet potato and corn soup?"
Guo Youxing: "I'm alone at home, and I can't finish the food I cook, so I just eat whatever I want." There's nothing wrong with just eating sweet potatoes. It's good enough to have sweet potatoes to eat.
"Grandpa, we brought back a lot of food. I'll go heat it up now. You can come and eat with us later." Guo Haochen said as he found the food.
Guo Youxing nodded and replied, "Yeah."
Guo Haochen walked towards the kitchen carrying his things while muttering softly, "Grandpa is such a worry."
"Brother, let me help you light the fire." Guo Ninghuan said.
The brother and sister heated up the food, buns and tea eggs together.
The other side.
Guo Muyang returned home only after driving the cattle back to the cowshed.
Seeing his grandfather coming back, Guo Qingsong and his two siblings surrounded him.
Guo Qingsong: "Grandpa, you're back. Your food is still warm in the pot. I'll bring it to you."
"Yeah." Guo Muyang nodded, then sat on the stool next to the table and asked, "Where is your grandma going?"
Guo Qingbai: "Grandma went to my third uncle's house."
The third aunt-in-law that Guo Qingbai mentioned is Aunt Zao Jiao.
Uncle Yang from Aunt Zaojiao's family and Uncle Guang from Uncle Jie's family are the younger brothers of Party Secretary Guo Youqing.
Among his peers in the village, Guo Youqing is the oldest.
Guo Qingbai smiled at Guo Muyang and said, "Grandpa, guess what delicious food Grandma cooked today?"
"Let me think about it." Guo Muyang took a deep breath. He seemed to smell the scent of garlic sprouts and smoked bacon.
"Is it bacon?" Guo Muyang asked with a smile.
"Wow, Grandpa, how did you know that?" Guo Shanshan looked at his grandpa in confusion. Could it be that grandpa is the dog nose that adults often talk about?
Guo Muyang: "It's hard not to know about your grandmother's smoked bacon."
Guo Qingsong's mother is from Guangxi. The smoked bacon in Guangxi is smoked with orange peels and sugarcane peels, and the taste is very different from the naturally air-dried bacon in Guangdong.
When Guo Muyang was about to say something, he heard Guo Qingsong shout, "The delicious bacon is coming to Luo."
Then Guo Qingsong put the food in front of Guo Muyang.
Guo Muyang looked at the bacon in front of him and suddenly remembered what Guo Haochen said, so he said, "Oh, your uncle Haochen and his family are back. They said they brought you some delicious food and asked you to go to their house."
"Delicious?" Guo Shanshan said with a smile, "I want to eat. Let's go quickly, brother." Then she took Guo Qingsong's hand and wanted to go out.
Guo Muyang: "Shanshan, wait a moment. Grandpa will go get some bacon and some bacon. You can take them to them to try."
No matter how good the relationship is, you can't always eat and drink other people's things for free.
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