At that time, my mother and I always moved a stool and sat under the tree in front of our house to enjoy the cool.
The night in the country is very quiet. I leaned against my mother and looked at the twinkling stars in the sky. The bright moonlight on the ground stretched my mother and me for a long time. Crickets are heard from time to time in the distance, and occasionally a few fireflies can be seen flying in front of my mother and me.
My mother always tells me stories about my grandparents. I closed my eyes and wandered quietly in my mother's story, and soon fell asleep. When I opened my eyes again, it was already daytime outside the window.
Stories that were dismissed at first are often remembered in other places many years later. Think of the sad faces of my mother and father, and the trembling figures of my grandfather and grandmother.
Grandpa lost his mother when he was very young. He was brought up by my great-grandfather. At that time, the living conditions were extremely difficult, and grandpa had to learn to stand on his own feet when he was twelve or thirteen.
My great-grandfather was a small businessman, running around. He often needs to travel away from home, sometimes for a month, leaving only his grandfather and his sister a few years younger than him.
Grandpa grew up in such an environment. Until one year, a great event happened at home. That's about grandpa's sister, my aunt. My grandmother has been infected with chicken pox and has been running a high fever. At that time, she could only recuperate by drinking Chinese medicine. Gu Lao's chicken pox is not very serious, but his high fever persists. After drinking Chinese medicine for a week, the high fever subsided and became a low fever.
On the second day of low fever, Gu Lao felt much better and didn't care. So she brought a basin of clothes and went to the river to wash clothes with her friends in the village. Unexpectedly, after washing clothes and going home, Gu Mu suddenly fell to the ground with a potted plant, and then a persistent high fever took Gu Mu's life.
According to the doctor, children with high fever can't go to the river to play with water, and they are easily stimulated by cold water, which will aggravate their illness again and even endanger their lives. This is how grandma was taken away.
During that time, I heard people in the same village talking from time to time: "Oh, what a good girl, it's a pity to lose her like this."
Later, because of his great grandfather's business, he left his original place and settled in a new village. It is also for this reason that my grandfather and a girl formed a fate, and later this girl became my grandfather's wife and my grandmother.
At that time, my grandfather was twenty years old, and soon after he settled in this place with my great-grandfather, he met my grandmother. At that time, my grandmother was a fifteen-year-old girl.
At that time, my grandfather rushed home after selling things, and when he passed the road in front of the village, he happened to see a little girl picking wild jujube on a steep slope to eat. Grandpa just took one look and walked forward. After a few steps, he heard the little girl crying, so grandpa looked back at the little girl and found the little girl crying while covering her feet.
Seeing this situation, grandpa asked enthusiastically what was going on. It turned out that the little girl slipped down the steep slope while picking wild dates to eat, and her feet were hurt by stones.
Facing the little girl's crying, grandpa didn't know what to do. Having no choice, he asked where the little girl's home was and planned to take her home. After asking, I didn't expect the little girl and her grandfather to live in the same village. So grandpa helped the little girl to take her home.
Since then, my grandfather has followed my great-grandfather around in business and rarely sees the little girl again. I just pass by the little girl's house occasionally and say hello to their house.
About a year later, my grandfather and great-grandfather left their village again and settled in other places. When my grandfather was 25 years old, my great-grandfather began to consider finding a partner for my grandfather. I searched back and forth for a long time, but I couldn't find the right person on a blind date several times. The more reason is that grandpa's family is poor, and he doesn't even have a decent cooker except where he lives.
While they were running their business, they came to the place where they had stayed before and happened to meet the little girl and her mother, who used to live in the same village with them. But the little girl five years ago is now a slim girl.
The little girl's mother recognized her grandfather and great-grandfather at a glance, and she warmly invited them to her home.
In this way, in the process of chatting at their home, they just talked about their children's marriage. It happened that their family was also worried about their daughter's marriage. In this way, they talked about it. They reached an agreement in tacit understanding, that is, let the two children get in touch first, and if both sides feel good, then arrange marriage for the children.
Finally, near the Spring Festival, my grandfather married my grandmother with two chickens. After getting married, my grandfather did not go out to do business with my great-grandfather to take care of his family, but became an apprentice to an electrician.
As for my great grandfather, he still runs a business by himself. Whenever my grandfather advised my great-grandfather not to run too far in business, my great-grandfather always replied, "How can I do without running?" I have to save money for my grandson! " "
It was not until later that my great-grandfather could no longer carry heavy loads around with his old legs that he stopped doing business. Sometimes when he has nothing to do, his great-grandfather always sits in the yard and sighs, but when he sees his uncles chasing and frolicking in the yard, he is happy and says with a smile, "It's good to have more grandchildren, and people look comfortable."
When my first uncle was born at the full moon, my grandfather took him out early in the morning and walked around the village, saying that whoever met first would recognize michel platini.
Grandpa did this because every family in the village had a baby who would recognize michel platini in this way. Grandpa is no exception. According to the statement at that time, the more relatives, the better, and they can help each other. Some people say that michel platini is very popular in the village, and everyone should give it a try.
Later, when the second uncle was full moon, he could no longer recognize michel platini. The specific reason was that it was not popular at that time, and everyone was bent on living a good life.
Grandma gave birth to four sons. When the fifth child was born, my grandfather and great-grandfather stayed outside the door until they heard the child crying, and they were relieved. When the midwife came out of the room and said it was a girl, my great-grandfather's happy face changed instantly and said, "dead girl!" " . "Say that finish, he walked out of the house.
Grandpa acted differently. He was happy from ear to ear: "Good girl, good girl, not as naughty as boys!" " "
My grandmother's fifth child is my mother. After my mother was born, it was her who hurt my grandfather the most. Every time my mother tells me about her childhood, she always proudly says, "Your grandfather is the most painful of our brothers and sisters."
Life at home was very difficult when mother began to remember. At that time, there was not enough food to eat, and all we ate were wild vegetables dug from the ground. In addition to wild vegetables, grandma will cook the milk squeezed by her own sheep in a pot, then mix it with boiling water into a big pot, cook some wild vegetables and drink it all day. Every time I drink these soups, the smell of goat's milk disappears.
Because there are many children at home, I don't have enough to eat every time. It happened that my uncle and my mothers didn't have enough food from snacks, which led to malnutrition. Everyone was as thin as a monkey.
To this end, I was ridiculed by my neighbors: "Life is so poor, and I have given birth to several children. Look at those hungry children. "
In order to let the children eat more, grandma always secretly grabs a handful of wheat when she comes back from the commune, brings it back in her shoes, and then goes home to cook it secretly at night. I was almost found several times, but fortunately I escaped.
But not always so lucky. Once grandma put a handful of wheat grains in her shoes and was found. They asked grandma to take off her shoes and pour out the wheat inside. Moreover, they abused grandma with extremely ugly words, and grandma just stood there alone, with her head down and saying nothing. After they scolded, grandma squatted down, put on her shoes, walked out of the crowd slowly, and then came home, unable to help crying.
Since grandma was discovered, she has been asked to take off her shoes every time she goes home to see if she can pour out the wheat.
When grandma was pregnant with her sixth child, life had gradually improved. Unfortunately, my great-grandfather died and failed to catch up with the good times.
Before his great-grandfather died, he specially called his grandmother to his side and said, "It's good to have a granddaughter. You should treat her well. "
After grandma gave birth to her sixth child, life was much easier. At that time, the big commune had dispersed and the land began to be distributed to households. Every year passes, there will be some food left at home.
It was at this time that grandpa began his plan to save money. At that time, the whole family didn't know why he went to work in a flour mill far from home. It was not until grandpa worked in the flour mill for eight years that he said, "I have saved almost all my money, and I will not work in the flour mill in the future."
Grandpa looked at grandma's incredible expression and said, "I want to buy the well in our village." If the well makes money, the future will be easy. "
When my grandmother was still in a trance, my grandfather had bought the well in the village. At that time, buying that well spent all the family savings. But when I bought this well, my grandfather found that some equipment and pipes in the well were broken, so he had to borrow money from house to house to repair them.
After the equipment and pipes were repaired, grandpa had another account. So because of this account, the family tightened their belts to live. Grandma is worried every time she thinks about this account. Grandpa patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I will bear it if the sky falls. In less than two years, I can pay off all the debts I owe. "
The place where the well is located is about half an hour away from home, not too far. But there are no people around the well, only a large fertile yellow land and a small river that flows all the year round.
In order to facilitate the opening of wells to water the land, grandparents decided to move to the well house and let their uncles and mothers look after the house.