After dinner, Li Shiqiang found Chen Xianglan.
She was sitting in front of the stove, staring blankly at the firewood burning inside.
Li Shiqiang walked in and took a look, then walked next to his mother and said, "Mom, I'll bring some meat to see grandpa later."
As the saying goes, every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite.
In the Li family, the most difficult thing to remember is the relationship between Chen Xianglan and her parents.
Because her mother's surname was Chen, Chen Xianglan and Li Nongchang were severely opposed by their parents before they got married.
Her mother, Chen Xianglan, was a straight-forward, authentic Bashu girl with a fiery personality. In order to be with Li Nongchang, she had a huge quarrel with her parents, which was known to everyone in the village.
This matter, just like Li Shiqiang and Huang Yun now, was caused by the woman's family opposition.
It's just that Li Shiqiang at least still had something to talk about, but Chen Xianglan and Li Nongchang couldn't talk at all at that time.
Fortunately, there are still people in the village who value Li Nongchang's ability to arrange things, and Chen Xianglan has repeatedly insisted.
After mediation by some elders in the village, the two finally got married, but the conflict between Chen Xianglan and her parents also became a dead end.
Although they both live in Jinsha Village, they have never entered other people's homes since they got married.
When juniors like Li Shiqiang and others met their grandparents in the village, others basically pretended not to see them.
But when her second aunt suddenly came to tell her grandpa was sick in the afternoon, Chen Xianglan kept frowning and pretending to be worried.
As a son, Li Shiqiang naturally knows what his mother is thinking.
Therefore, he deliberately kept some wolf meat and planned to check on his mother's behalf to see how his grandfather was doing and whether he was in good health.
"Second baby!"
Listening to Li Shiqiang's words, Chen Xianglan sighed heavily and said, "I don't know if what I did was right or not. I only know that if I had really listened to what they said, I'm afraid there wouldn't be such a sensible kid like you."
"Ha ha..."
Li Shiqiang laughed twice, put his arm around his mother's shoulders and said, "Mom, didn't you always say that I was a boring gourd before? How come you know that I am so sensible now?"
"You were told you were fat, but you still had asthma!"
Chen Xianglan clapped her hands on her shoulders, and finally a smile appeared on her face.
After seeing that his mother's face was no longer so sad, Li Shiqiang also stood up and said, "Mom, I'll go over first."
Chen Xianglan suddenly stood up, took his hand and said, "Forget it, I'll go with you. Your second aunt and her family have been idle all day long and can't find anything to do. If you go there alone, you might not be able to find anything to do." You will be eliminated by others."
"Okay, mom, come with me. If I go alone, I really can't defeat them."
Li Shiqiang picked up half of the wolf meat, followed Chen Xianglan out of the house, and went straight to his second aunt's house, which could also be said to be his grandfather's house.
Grandpa Chen Baoguo had a son and three daughters.
His son was a volunteer and died in the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.
After the death of his son, only three daughters were left.
One married into another village, and two married into their own village.
Among them, one is Chen Yanmei, the second aunt who married Chen from the village according to her parents' wishes, and the other is Chen Xianglan, who fell out with her family and married Piao's second brother.
Two different marriages, two different lives.
Both Chen Xianglan and Li Nongchang live a down-to-earth life and work hard. Although they are a little poorer, their lives are still decent.
And the man married by the second aunt, although he has a popular surname in the village, is a cheater and cheater, does not do his job all day long, and is disliked by his family.
Not long after the second aunt got married, there was a clamor over there to separate the family.
Seeing that his daughter and son-in-law didn't even have a place to live, grandpa Chen Baoguo took them home.
There is only one condition for this, and that is pension.
Because my grandfather Chen Baoguo also participated in the Anti-Japanese War, his injuries gradually increased as he got older, and my grandmother often couldn't take care of him alone.
But after the second aunt moved back to her parents' house with her husband, she found that her husband had become more idle.
Because Chen Baoguo not only received a retirement allowance, but also a pension for his son. Although it was not much, it was enough to feed the family.
When Chen Xianglan brought Li Shiqiang to her grandfather's house, she found her second uncle holding a cigarette and planning to go out to find her friends.
"Yeah! Rare visitor!"
The second uncle's eyes shone brightly. After scanning Chen Xianglan, he immediately turned to face the room and shouted: "My father-in-law, come out and take a look. Your 'good' daughter is here to see you!"
After saying that, the second uncle still stood there with his arms folded, looking like he was watching a show.
It seems that because of this good show, he doesn't even want to leave the door.
"Is Chuntao back?"
An old woman with half-white hair walked out of the house carrying a footbath and looked outside.
"Bang!"
When grandma saw the mother and son at the entrance of the courtyard, the footbath in her hand immediately fell to the ground.
"Isn't it just pouring water for washing your feet? If you can't do it, just let me do it! If this basin is broken, you have to pay someone to repair it."
The second aunt Chen Yanmei walked out of the house with an impatient look and immediately saw her mother stunned on the ground.
Following her gaze, she immediately spotted a figure standing at the door of the house.
"Yeah! Are you finally willing to come?"
Second aunt Chen Yanmei leaned against the door frame and looked outside with a sneer.
"Old lady, what's going on outside?"
At this time, an old and heavy voice suddenly came from the house.
Li Shiqiang turned his head and glanced, and found that there were faint tears in his mother's eyes.
After a while, my grandfather, who had white hair and was skinny, came to the door with a cane.
He glanced at the two people at the entrance of the courtyard, his lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he remained silent.
"Grandpa, grandma! Mom heard someone said you were sick, so she took me to bring you some meat to eat." Li Shiqiang came out and said to his grandfather at the door of his house with a friendly look on his face.
After the death of Li Nongchang in his previous life, the Li family suddenly fell into trouble. If the grandparents in front of them had not provided subsidies and pensions to help, it would have been difficult for the Li family to survive that period.
It's a pity that within a few years, the two old people passed away one after another, within half a year of each other.
"I was reluctant to give it to you when I asked you for it during the day, and now I come here to give it to you? What are you doing?"
Chen Xianglan, who was originally silent, immediately changed her face when she heard her second aunt say this and shouted to her: "Are you here to ask for meat during the day? Erwa finally came back from hunting down five wolves in the mountains. It’s not enough to give you half the meat, I want a whole one, and I said I know how to skin it, so I can take it home and peel it myself.”
"You ask me what I want to do, but I also want to ask you what you are doing!"
After speaking, Chen Xianglan snatched the meat from Li Shiqiang, held it directly in her hand, pulled him and turned around to leave.
"Let's go! Such an elder is not worthy of you giving him meat!"
