"If you want to go, go on your own, I won't go!"
After Chen Xianglan said that, she stood up immediately, turned around and left.
Last time she and Li Shiqiang went to deliver meat, they were ridiculed by the second aunt before she even said a word, so this time she didn't want to continue to come to the door and be offended.
After dinner, Li Shiqiang peeled off the skin of the fragrant deer he shot today, and then divided some meat and took it out.
As a son of a human being, he naturally hopes that his mother can regain her family relationship with her grandparents.
Not only because of the physical relationship between my grandparents, but also because I didn’t want my mother to have any regrets in the future.
Therefore, after he got out of the door, he went straight to his grandparents' house.
"Grandpa, grandma, are you at home? I'm Erwalat!"
Li Shiqiang stood at the door of the courtyard and just shouted when a little old lady with short gray hair walked out of the back room.
She held a basin in her hand, looked at him with eager eyes, and said with joy: "Come in, come in!"
Li Shiqiang chuckled and nodded, then walked into the yard with the meat in his hand: "Grandma, I bought some fragrant deer meat and pheasant meat in the mountains and brought them to you to try."
In fact, he didn't have much contact with his grandparents in his previous life. He only met a few times after his father passed away. But every time he met, his grandmother always smiled at him, making people feel no barrier.
Therefore, Li Shiqiang was able to shout so eagerly just now.
"No, no, we can't eat that much meat."
Grandma took his hand and walked directly into the house, shouting as she walked: "Baoguo, your grandson is here to see you!"
After Li Shiqiang entered the main room, he saw his grandfather Chen Baoguo sitting on a small bench with a dull expression, not knowing what he was thinking.
Many elderly people are getting older and often sit in one place like this for several hours.
Sometimes I reminisce about the past, sometimes I wonder what else in life is worth missing, and sometimes I just don’t think about anything and just enjoy the last bit of time in my life.
"grandson?"
Chen Baoguo was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked outside.
Li Shiqiang did not speak, but turned to look at the grandfather who had been stubborn for almost his whole life.
"This is your grandson Shiqiang. He came with Xianglan last time."
Grandma's eyes were red and her voice was trembling when she spoke.
Grandpa Chen Baoguo, who had been a soldier all his life, quickly realized what he was doing. He narrowed his eyes slightly and unconsciously showed a majestic look on his face, which was completely different from the dazed little old man just now.
He looked at Li Shiqiang intently and asked slowly: "I heard in the village that you shot a yellow tiger the night before yesterday?"
Li Shiqiang nodded and replied: "Yes...Grandpa."
Upon hearing the word "grandpa", Chen Baoguo's expression softened unconsciously, he patted the bench next to him and said, "Sit down and tell me what's going on."
"Grandson, I'll get you a bowl of water."
The grandmother on the side smiled and hurriedly ran into the kitchen.
Li Shiqiang sat down obediently and told the old man what happened that night.
The old man didn't show much expression after hearing this, but said very simply: "I don't understand hunting, but when I first fought against Japanese soldiers, I remembered one truth: there is no mercy on the battlefield, either you die or I die. "
"If I met that yellow tiger in the mountains, there would be no way it would come home at night."
They live in a small mountain village, which is close to the mountains, and some animals often come to the village.
If Huang Laohu hadn't gone to Li Shiqiang's house that night, or if Xiaohua hadn't reminded him, he might have made a big mistake.
Li Shiqiang also knew that he had made a mistake, so he replied obediently: "I will remember it."
The old man nodded, and with a rare smile he said: "Seeing that you can shoot so many things from the mountains, I guess you are also a good shooter."
When Li Shiqiang heard this, he chuckled in his heart and did not reveal the meaning of the old man's words.
"My marksmanship is probably not enough to impress grandpa."
"If you had been born a few decades earlier, there would have been Japanese soldiers on the battlefield to practice shooting for you."
Hearing Li Shiqiang's compliments, the smile on the old man's face became even stronger.
"Sunwa, come here, drink some water."
Grandma who walked into the house saw the two of them talking happily, and her expression became more and more happy.
"Yes, grandma."
Just as Li Shiqiang took a sip of water, his grandmother reminded him again: "There is no need to give us meat in the future. As we get older and our teeth are gone, we can't bite the meat anymore."
"It's okay, grandma. I'll bring you fragrant deer meat and pheasant meat this time. You can ask my second aunt to stew the meat until it's tender and you can still eat some."
"And the fragrant deer meat? Have you picked up that musk? That thing is worth a lot of money, so don't lose it."
"Everything has been picked up, don't worry grandma."
After Li Shiqiang finished speaking, he turned to look at the old man and said, "How is grandpa's illness? Last time my mother heard that grandpa was sick, she was always worried. She wanted to come and see grandpa that night."
When Chen Xianglan was suddenly mentioned, the two old men became somewhat silent.
Finally, grandma asked with emotion: "Your mother, how are you doing now?"
When asked about this, Li Shiqiang quickly nodded happily and said: "My mother is living a good life. When we were eating tonight, she told me that there was too much meat in the house and asked me not to come back. But our family is about to have more meat. We are building a house again, how can we not get some more meat and keep it for others to eat while the house is being repaired?"
Listening to Li Shiqiang's obvious self-promotion, the two elderly people became even more silent.
After a while, grandma asked again: "Is your family going to rebuild a house?"
"Yes. My old man said that he would build five blue-tiled houses at the head of the house. I will go find someone to discuss building a house tonight."
In fact, the reason why mother Chen Xianglan fell out with the two elderly people was because the two elderly people looked down on Li Nongchang, who was letting the family go.
Therefore, Li Shiqiang tried his best to say good things about Li Nongchang.
"Five blue-tiled houses, I'm afraid they cost a lot of money, right?"
Grandma looked surprised. She didn't expect that her daughter's house would have such a nice house.
"How can Li Nongchang make so much money just by putting up bamboo rafts? Why don't the other people who follow him and put up bamboo rafts have a house?"
The old man Chen Baoguo suddenly spoke, somewhat unconvinced.
Under the collective system, if Li Nongchang could afford a green-tiled house for his family, then other people in the lower row should also be able to afford a house.
As expected of someone who had led troops in war, he could see the problem at a glance.
Li Shiqiang sighed in his heart and had to change his ways to say good things about his old man.
"The old man saved some money by living frugally. Plus I hunted some things from the mountains and dug some herbs. This money is almost enough."
This time the old man didn't say anything, he just sat blankly.
When Li Shiqiang saw this, he stood up and said, "Grandpa, grandma, I'm going back first, and I have to go into the mountains tomorrow. I'll ask mom to come with me next time."
When the two old men heard that he was leaving, they both stood up reluctantly.
Grandma held his hand and said with great concern: "You must be careful when going into the mountains."
The old man also nodded and said: "If you encounter something powerful, just run away. Don't show off. Victory or defeat is a common thing for a soldier."
The old man who had said that he wanted you to live and die before was now teaching him how to escape.
Li Shiqiang was once again moved by the relationship between the two elderly people.
