On October 20th, there were scattered snowflakes in the sky.
The stone was in the living room, and a man was taking a nap with a brazier under his arm.
Suddenly, his head tilted down.
Immediately afterwards, his foot stepped into the brazier, and the ashes on the brazier flew everywhere.
There was a layer of ash in his hair.
He patted his head with his hands and muttered: This is such a bad weather.
He sat down and continued to light the fire.
He thought about last winter, lying in the pigsty.
Thinking about how Uncle Tang and his family took care of him.
Thinking about it...
He pouted and said "huh" unconsciously.
"Dong dong dong" there was a sound outside the door.
Shitou rubbed his eyes, walked slowly to the door, and called: Who is it!
"I."
Shi Shi opened the door with one hand.
"Stone, how are you doing lately?"
Shitou glanced at it and said with a smile: Uncle Tang, come in quickly.
"You have been out for more than half a year, and you are finally back." Shitou continued:
"Shitou, my house is so nice!" Tang Bo took off his coat and said:
Shitou replied: It's the same as when you went out.
Uncle Tang responded: Just the same, I'm just afraid something will happen at home!
Shitou took the coat and called: Uncle Tang, sit down over there and warm yourself by the fire.
Uncle Tang gathered around the brazier and said, "It's so cold these days that I can't sit still in the car."
Shitou asked: Uncle Tang, what car are you taking?
Uncle Tang replied: I usually take a carriage.
Shitou shook his coat and said: Uncle Tang, you go out to do business, you have money...
"Where have Ping'er (Xu Hongping) and the others gone?" Tang Bo asked:
Shitou continued: Mother and daughter sew insoles outside.
Uncle Tang rubbed his hands and shouted: "Let's go in and have a look."
Shitou whispered: Uncle Tang, warm yourself up before going...
"Ping'er, Erfeng, come out!" Uncle Tang kept walking towards the back room.
"Mom, dad is calling us." Erfeng said:
Xu Hongping responded: That nerd is back.
Uncle Tang stood at the door and called: Erfeng.
Erfeng shouted: Dad.
Uncle Tang asked: Erfeng, why are you so fat?
Xu Hongping continued: Why is Erfeng fat? It will be clear if you ask Shitou!
Uncle Tang looked at the stone on the side and asked: Stone, what is Erfeng?
Shitou made a face and replied: Uncle Tang, Sister Erfeng!
Xu Hongping said: What did you call him?
Shitou's face turned red and he muttered: Dad!
Xu Hongping shouted: Shitou, please speak louder.
Shitou lowered his head and shouted: Dad.
Uncle Tang looked at Erfeng and said: So, you and Erfeng...
"Sister Erfeng and I truly love each other, and I will never let Sister Erfeng down." Shitou shouted:
Uncle Tang touched Shi Shi's hair and said with a smile: I believe you.
Shitou took a breath and said in surprise: Uncle Tang, don't blame me.
Uncle Tang then said: What did you call me?
Shitou shouted: Dad.
Uncle Tang responded: Yes.
"Er Feng, come here." Uncle Tang called:
"Dad, there is a stool next to you. Sit down and talk." Erfeng moved his steps and said:
Uncle Tang glanced at Erfeng's belly and asked: Erfeng, how many months have you been pregnant?
Erfeng replied: More than three months, almost four months.
"Dad, sit down and talk outside. There is no brazier here..." Shitou called:
"You go out and talk, I'm going to cook." Xu Hongping put down her needle and thread and said:
Erfeng said: Mom, I will cook with you too.
Xu Hongping responded: Come if you are not afraid of vomiting.
Erfeng said: I rarely vomit these days.
"Dad, the fire on the brazier is burning. Let me add some more charcoal to the plate." As soon as Shitou walked into the living room, he was busy adding fire to the basin.
Uncle Tang walked to the tea table, took a magazine, and flipped through it carefully.
Suddenly, the living room became very quiet.
"Dad, the fire on the brazier is ready, you can sit over here." Shitou called:
Uncle Tang raised his feet and responded, "Okay."
Shitou said: Dad, can you teach me how to read?
Uncle Tang sat on the stool and replied: Great! Let me teach you how to read two sentences.
"Autumn is here, and this is a late autumn that I miss." Tang Bo read:
Shitou thought: Autumn is here, and this is a late autumn that I miss.
Uncle Tang praised: Very good.
Shitou asked: Dad, is this person stupid? Late autumn comes every year, and I still miss "late autumn".
Uncle Tang replied: You don't care whether he is stupid or not!
"Let me ask you, how many words are there in this sentence?" Tang Bo asked:
Shitou took the book and counted on his fingers, 1, 2, 3, 4...
There are 17 characters in total.
Uncle Tang asked: How come there are 17 characters?
Shi Shi was full of confidence and counted each word, 1, 2, 3, 4. There were 4 characters in front and 11 characters in the back, plus a circle and a bean with a tail... ···
"That's a punctuation mark, that circle is a period, and that bean is a comma." Tang Bo said with a smile:
Shitou made a face and muttered: Dad, I'm pretty useless, right? I don't even know the punctuation marks.
Uncle Tang saw Shitou's dejected look.
He stood up, walked towards the desk, and called: Shitou, if you want to study, you have to know how to read. Take this dictionary and look at it.
Stone asked: What is its use?
Uncle Tang said: It is of great use.
"When you were just born, you couldn't walk! Why can you walk now! And also run?" Tang Bo continued:
Shitou replied: When people grow up, of course they can walk and run.
Uncle Tang continued: That's right, people grow up.
"Why did that person grow up?" Tang Bo asked:
Shitou responded: People will grow up day by day after eating.
Tang Bo commented: Therefore, reading needs to be done step by step. In this dictionary, there are punctuation marks, radicals, pinyin, and the interpretation of each word, as well as numbers, and annotations from different countries. You need to Learn bit by bit and learn with your heart.
Shitou said: "Learning" is so complicated.
Tang Bo argued: It must be complicated, and there is no limit to learning.
Shitou asked in confusion: Dad, don’t you have any teeth?
Uncle Tang opened his mouth and shouted: "I have teeth."
Shitou then said: Dad, you just said that educated people have no teeth.
Uncle Tang let out a "squirt" and laughed wildly: I can't tell, your imagination is amazing.
Shitou said blankly: Did I say it wrong?
Uncle Tang waved his hand and replied: You are right, you can ask Erfeng when you have time.
"Sister Erfeng will teach me! I will definitely learn from her." Shitou replied:
"What does Shitou want to learn?" Erfeng came towards him carrying two bowls of vegetables.
Shitou said: Sister Erfeng knows everything, and I want to learn everything.
"Then I can't teach you." Erfeng replied:
Shitou asked: Why can't it be taught?
Erfeng replied: I can give birth, can you?
Shitou sneered: Apart from that.
Erfeng continued: Whatever I can teach, I will definitely teach.
"Dad, sit down and eat." Erfeng shouted:
Uncle Tang leaned over and said: Where is your mother!
Erfeng said: She has another dish to fry.
Shitou pushed the brazier and called: Sister Erfeng, you and dad sit here, I will serve the dishes in a moment.
"The stones and ashes from the brazier are floating all over the room." Erfeng scolded:
Shitou replied: It shouldn't have drifted into the dishes!
Erfeng responded: What do you think?
The stone gently placed the brazier and muttered: "I'll put it down gently."
Erfeng walked towards the kitchen and shouted: Shitou, I'm going to serve the dishes.
Shitou shouted: Dad, please pay attention to your feet, don't burn your pants.
Uncle Tang shook his trousers twice and replied: I will be careful.
"What are you two talking about! Did you say anything bad about me?"
Shitou then said: Mom, we are just chatting.
Besides, you don’t have anything bad to say for us to talk about.
Xu Hongping smiled and said: Shitou, I like to hear what you say, but I am not yet impeccable.
Shitou replied: Mom, thieves also have the right to appeal, but you don't even give us the right to appeal.
Xu Hongping smiled and said: Shitou, your mouth is so slippery! You have to teach your dad!
Shitou responded: What should I teach! Dad almost laughed out loud just now.
"Why is he laughing! Can you tell me something?" Erfeng put down the dishes and went to serve everyone rice one after another.
Shitou said: Sister Erfeng, just now my dad talked to me about Xuehai...
"I said - there is no limit to learning." Tang Bo interrupted:
Shitou called out: I understood it wrong.
I thought! A learned person will have no teeth...
"Haha~"
"I want to study so I don't want to make people laugh!"
Xu Hongping smiled and said: As long as Shitou is willing to learn, you will definitely surpass your father.
The stone said: Mom, you raised the stone too high. The stone does not have that heart and does not dare to have that heart. Who is dad! He is a big shot in academia!
"Bah! He was farted by the boss." Xu Hongping said:
"Mom, the food on the table is cold. Hurry up and eat." Erfeng shouted:
Shitou picked up the bowl and shouted: Sister Erfeng is right! Let's eat, let's eat.
Erfeng kept putting vegetables into the stone bowl.
Shitou said: Enough, enough.
Xu Hongping chewed her rice and said, "Tang Jin, before you came back, I didn't dare to make a decision. Now that you're back home, I'll tell you something!"
Uncle Tang held the rice in his hand and said, "What is Ping'er going to do?"
Xu Hongping called out: The marriage of these two children.
Uncle Tang continued: They are done, they just get married.
Xu Hongping said: "Marriage is about getting married, how can they get married!"
Uncle Tang thought for a moment and asked: Shitou, what suggestions do you have?
Shitou replied: I want to host a two-table family banquet.
Tang Bo said: Ping'er, please tell me.
Xu Hongping replied: You know it too! I don't like ostentation, let alone excessive extravagance.
What's more! Shitou's relatives are far away.
Tang Bo continued: Erfeng, what do you think is better?
Erfeng held his rice in his mouth and replied: You can do whatever you want! I have no opinion.
Uncle Tang said: In my opinion, we should set up a few tables.
First, the stone has this intention.
Second, we have clan elders and relatives in our clan.
Third, we are marrying daughters, and we are not afraid of others finding out.
Xu Hongping responded: If you want to do it, then do it in a lively way.
Uncle Tang called out: That's natural.
"Tomorrow we will go to the market to buy some vegetables, as well as some candies, melon seeds, etc. We will invite the clan elders to come over tomorrow night to discuss a date for the banquet." Tang Bo continued:
Erfeng said: So urgent!
Uncle Tang asked back: Aren't you in a hurry?
"I went to feed the pigs." Xu Hongping put down the dishes and went straight to the kitchen.
Shitou said: Dad, please eat more vegetables.
Uncle Tang put down the bowls and chopsticks and said, "I'm full."
"Dad, I always eat very quickly, even me!" Shitou argued:
"Ping'er, I'll go with you to feed the pigs." Uncle Tang saw Xu Hongping coming out and shouted:
Xu Hongping replied: Come and carry the bucket.
Uncle Tang took the pole and said, "I'll choose."
"Ping'er, are you blaming me for not listening to your advice just now?" Uncle Tang saw no one around and asked:
Xu Hongping responded: You look at me like this! Do I have such a small belly? You and I have been sleeping together for decades, and you don't even have this little trust in me.
Uncle Tang apologized and said: I'm sorry! sorry! Ping'er was in a daze just now.
I thought······
"I just heard that my daughter is getting married, and I feel very confused and uncomfortable." Xu Hongping interrupted:
Uncle Tang stepped into the pig pen and said with a smile: "It's a good thing that my daughter is getting married. Does Ping'er still want to keep her forever?"
Xu Hongping continued: I am also a woman, how could I think so!
Uncle Tang said: Even if my daughter gets married, she will still live in our house and she will not leave.
Xu Hongping argued: I understand this, but I feel inexplicably sad in my heart.
Uncle Tang was feeding the pigs and shouted: Ping'er, you are remembering that time we were there!
Xu Hongping hugged Uncle Tang from behind and muttered: I think back then, when we got married, my mother was the same way, but at that time, I couldn't understand the feeling of being a mother at all.
Uncle Tang held Xu Hongping in his arms and said softly: After so many years, being able to marry you is the greatest luck in my life.
Xu Hongping sighed: "I am happy from the bottom of my heart when I see Erfeng and Shitou joining hands."
Uncle Tang took a breath and sighed: Yes!
"Ms. sir, let me tell you!" Xu Hongping poked her head and said with a smile:
Xu Hongping pointed to the straw pile over there and whispered: The two of them accomplished good things there.
Uncle Tang smiled slightly and called: Ping'er, let's experience their happiness too.
Xu Hongping snickered and said: Feed the pigs quickly.
Uncle Tang poured the pig food and said: Eat quickly, eat quickly.
Xu Hongping stood aside - secretly chuckling.
