Su Li chatted with Xie Zhengchuan for a while, and after repeatedly telling him to take care of his health and rest as much as possible, he reluctantly hung up the phone.
Thinking that the next trip has been arranged, I have no worries.
Take off your clothes and start to rest.
Li Dan and Tie Dan made breakfast, put the pot on to keep warm, and then started to clean the yard.
This courtyard is a standard quadrangle with four courtyards, and is usually cleaned by a special person.
But after they arrived in Beijing, they were given a holiday.
Xie's father, Xie's mother and Su Changshun are all genuine old farmers. They have lived in the countryside all their lives and cannot bear the days of being served by others.
Although Li Ruiying was not an educated youth sent to the countryside, her family conditions were not bad.
In this way, they are all family members, so they will be more confident.
Before the two of them finished sweeping the front yard, Xie's father and mother walked to the front yard with their hands behind their backs.
"Why are you two up so early? Are you sweeping the floor?"
Tiedan put down the raised broom and said, "Yes! Grandpa, why don't you get some more sleep? Why do you get up so early?"
Mother Xie stretched out her hand to take the broom from Tiedan's hand, "You are old and don't sleep much. If it wasn't still dark, you would have gotten up long ago."
Tiedan himself did not give the broom to his mother. "Grandma, you don't have to work hard. You can just rest and play while you are in Beijing. If there is any work, we brothers can do it."
"That's right! Grandma, if we are idle now and ask you to work, then we are raising you for nothing, right?"
"Silly child, you are going to join the army and the police academy soon. It will be hard. Grandma wants your family to be more independent."
"You have a lot of time to yourself. Let them enjoy a peaceful life at home every day. Don't worry about those things. Let the children do some work. They will feel better and feel relieved when you leave."
Thank you father said this,
Li Dan and Tie Dan also agreed. Xie's mother knew that what the old man said made sense. It made sense on one hand, but she also felt sorry for her grandson on the other!
Li Dan finished sweeping the last area and put the broom in the corner.
"Grandpa and grandma, please take a look around. I'm going to go see if grandma and grandpa are up. We can eat soon."
"Go ahead!" said Xie's father, with his hands behind his back.
After coming to Beijing, he no longer used a cane. It was not because he was weak and needed one, but he was old and always wanted to hold something in his hands.
Li Dan came to Li Ruiying and Su Changshun's room and knocked on the door, but there was no response.
Thinking of something, Li Dan walked to the backyard and happened to see Li Ruiying and Su Changshun pulling weeds in the vegetable field with their hands.
"Grandma, grandpa, what are you doing so early in the morning? It's all dewy, your clothes and shoes are all wet."
The two men straightened up and looked at Li Dan, then smiled and said, "It's okay. The clothes you're wearing are yesterday's dirty clothes. You'll change them later. The grass has to be removed early in the morning. Once the sun comes out, it will die and won't take away the nutrients from the vegetables."
"Yes, look how tall this coriander is. Your mother likes to eat this the most. She likes to sprinkle some on soup or noodles. It smells so good!"
When talking about her daughter's hobbies, Li Ruiying knows them all.
Li Dan walked forward and helped the two people out. "Hello, grandma, grandpa, I know you love mom the most. I'll take you to change clothes first, and then we'll have breakfast."
"Is your mother up?"
"My mother is still resting. She got up early in the morning. My second brother and I didn't let her cook. She was dealing with company matters until very late the day before yesterday. We wanted her to rest more."
Su Changshun felt distressed when he heard this. "Then let her sleep a little longer. Guoqi must leave some food for her. She must eat breakfast."
Li Dan chuckled and said, "I've kept it, don't worry."
After breakfast at 7:30, Li Dan and Tie Dan took out a few pairs of sports shoes and gave them to the elderly people.
"These shoes are very comfortable. My mother specially had someone send them to me a few days ago. They are comfortable to wear and don't make your feet tired."
"These old cloth shoes are too cumbersome to wear. No other pair of shoes is as comfortable as your grandma's thousand-layer soles."
While changing his shoes, Mr. Xie shook his head and said,
Mother Xie felt a little uncomfortable watching the old man praising her in front of his grandson.
"I made these thousand-layer soles, so you don't need to change them. Just wear these old coarse cloth shoes and walk around the capital!"
"That won't do. After all, it's the child's love, we can't waste it."
Wearing sneakers, he stepped hard.
"Oh, you know what, these shoes are really comfortable."
Several people laughed as they watched Father Xie's words change over and over again.
Mother Xie laughed and scolded, "This old man."
Li Dan and Tie Dan accompanied a few people to the nearby Yu Garden.
This park is very big and crowded with people, including runners, ball players, string musicians, opera singers, and bird walkers. On both sides of the road are unknown small flowers, neatly trimmed lawns, lush trees, clean corridors, pavilions, and some fitness equipment.
Although Li Ruiying and the others did not say that they were not like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, their eyes were full of surprise. Looking at the lives of the elderly people who came to the capital, they were also envious.
Li Dan looked at the joy on their faces and chuckled, saying, "Grandpa, grandma, grandpa, if you like, you can come to Beijing to settle down, or just stay for a year or two!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Changshun waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, we won't live here. A nest of gold or silver is not as good as our own thatched nest. We can live here for a short time, but it's definitely not for the long term. What should we do? We still have chickens at home!"
"Yes! In a few months, your uncle will start working on his orchard again, and we can help out a little." said Xie's mother.
Li Dan was just teasing them. Life in a big city is very convenient.
But they have become accustomed to life in the countryside. They are unfamiliar with this place, have no one to chat with, and no one to listen to them brag about their own things or show off their children and grandchildren.
Everyone in the village knows each other well, so they feel comfortable talking to each other. If there are occasional disagreements, they just turn around and walk away, and they won't be angry for long.
After the meal, I went to the village for a walk. Everything was the same as before.
No matter how busy it is outside, it is not as good as being at home.
Li Dan and Tie Dan accompanied them as they walked along the corridors of the rockery, stopping from time to time to listen to others playing string instruments and singing opera, and to watch others playing chess and looking at the flowers.
When I was in the mood, I used the fitness equipment in the garden to exercise. However, when they were exercising, Tiedan and Lidan were like two guardian angels.
Afraid of what might happen.
The appearance of the two people made several elderly people roll their eyes. They felt that they were in good health.
There is no need for the grandchildren to always act as if they are facing a great enemy.
They didn't leave until around nine o'clock.
Su Li also got up and ate. The driver was already waiting here. It would take about forty minutes to get to the nearby fish farm.
There is no traffic jam at this time, after all, there are too few people driving cars.
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