Things about village flowers

For dinner tonight, my sister, Ling Liping and I ate dumplings stuffed with fresh meat and cabbage at Uncle Zhao's house. They felt very delicious. In fact, there was not much meat in the stuffing, or maybe it was because we were hungry after rehearsing all afternoon and had a good appetite. In order to make dumplings, Uncle Zhao rode to the town in the afternoon to cut pork. Ling Liping said that our reputation is big enough, and ordinary people cannot enjoy this treatment. Except for the big cadres above the commune secretary, Uncle Zhao does not serve ordinary people. Originally, grandma was going to make dumplings for us tonight, but Uncle Zhao took the place. In my hometown, except for the New Year and festivals, weddings and weddings, or important receptions, people rarely make dumplings to eat. Uncle Zhao really treated us like distinguished guests, and he really couldn't bear it. We are just teenagers. That’s all.

After the meal, I stayed at Uncle Zhao's house for more than an hour and left just before eight o'clock. I ate a lot of snacks such as peanuts, melon seeds, and mountain chestnuts, all of which were fried in the afternoon. Ling Liping did not go home directly, but went to her grandfather's house with my sister and me. After a short stay, Ling Liping took her sister to her house to sleep. Her sister was also willing to go, and grandma prepared a bed for her sister. Well, hanging up a new quilt can't keep her.

I still sleep on the hot bed (in the Nabeya) with my grandfather, and we sleep with our legs crossed. I don’t care about my grandfather’s stinky feet, and the same goes for my grandfather, but my feet are not smelly (I wash my feet every night at home), so I often put my feet into my grandpa’s face or even his mouth intentionally or unintentionally. Not only did he not dislike it, he even joked that it tasted good, as delicious as eating pig’s paws. After that, he deliberately clicked his mouth a few times, which made me smile. Rolling on the kang. The only unpleasant thing was that every time I would be infected with lice by my grandfather, I joked that this was a gift from my grandfather, which made him cough until he laughed. The number of lice on grandpa's body has been significantly reduced. Apparently, they were attracted by this little fresh meat of ours. It also saves grandpa from scratching lice all the time. But he is very happy. He has no time to catch lice, so he can use this free time at work. How nice. But after returning home, I was in great trouble. My mother, as if facing a formidable enemy, carried out a general cleaning on me. She stripped off all my clothes and boiled them with boiling water for a long time until not a single louse could be seen. Then I took a shower and beat them at least twice. Soap is over. When I was a child, after taking a bath, my mother would check my body from head to toe. She was very careful, with her eyes almost touching the skin, even my fingernails, for fear that lice might survive.

Last night, grandpa told me a lot of stories while smoking his pipe and cooking pot. There were legends about ghosts and gods, but I couldn’t remember any of them. Maybe I was confused by his smoke and stinky feet.

Grandma deliberately made breakfast late today in order to let me sleep more. She usually gets up before dawn to cook. First, she cooks a pot of polenta (porridge). The family drinks it every day, at least two big bowls for each person, and it tastes delicious with pickles.

I slept until dawn and slept soundly when I returned to my hometown, even though I slept smelling my grandpa's smelly feet. I looked at the watch and saw that it was past seven o'clock. I quickly put on my clothes and got up from the still hot kang (grandma specially put some extra thick dry firewood in the stove last night). When I opened the door, I saw grandma standing at the door. , obviously waiting for me to get up and cook in a hurry

"Hey, grandma, I'm sorry, I got up late."I grabbed my grandma's arm and said with a smile.

"Hee hee, it’s not too late."Grandma smiled and stepped into the threshold of the pot house, and then started to get busy with breakfast. Grandma wanted to drink the scalding hot paste as soon as possible when grandpa came home from the cow farm after finishing his morning work. At this moment, there were"croaking croaking" sounds all around. It was the sound of people cooking and turning on the fan. This was the sound of my hometown, rarely heard in the city. I walked out of the yard of my grandfather’s house and unconsciously walked to the brigade headquarters. I saw Uncle Zhao leading a group of people to move stones in the small square. , busy carrying wooden boards and other things, and starting to set up the stage for tomorrow night's performance

"Uncle Zhao, I did it early in the morning, haha."I shouted and ran towards Uncle Zhao.

""Hey," Uncle Zhao moved a brand new elm board that was three meters long, thirty centimeters wide, and two or three fingers thick, and said to me,"You have to do it early. It may not be ready today. No one has done it yet." This job requires no experience, right?"

"Uncle Zhao went into battle in person, and he will definitely be able to finish the job today!"As I said that, I quickly helped Uncle Zhao move the planks to the designated location.

"have you eaten?"Uncle Zhao put down the board and asked me

"Just got up, not yet."I responded

"Let's go to my house to eat."Uncle Zhao picked up my back and went to his house.

"No, grandma has already prepared the meal. You are busy, uncle, I will be back."As I said that, I walked away.

Unexpectedly, before I took two steps, the singing and laughter of Bai Liping and her sister came from the direction of my grandfather's house. It was quite joyful early in the morning. I immediately opened up my voice and sang too, following the other party. It was like a song. When they heard it, they laughed endlessly, and then they heard the two of them running over. I hurriedly hid in the brigade hall. When they came, they asked Uncle Zhao where I was? Uncle Zhao shook his head and smiled without saying a word. But her eyes couldn't help but glance at the auditorium. Ling Liping suppressed her laughter and glanced at the auditorium at the same time. She was afraid that she knew I was there, but she said loudly,"Hey, I was here just now, and I disappeared in the blink of an eye." You must have fallen into some mouse hole. After that, I took my sister's hand and walked straight to the auditorium. I hurriedly hid behind the door. I didn't want to, but after Ling Liping came in, she closed the door and said with a smile, hehe, close it. Go to the door to beat the dog, block the cage to catch the chicken, no, catch the mouse!

I didn’t want my sister to turn around and see me, point at me to Liping and smile,"Hee hee, the big rat (I happen to be a rat) is over there!"