The story of a cook

Chapter 146 Going Home for the New Year (Part [-])

This year's Spring Festival is celebrated at home. I haven't celebrated the New Year at home for two consecutive years. This year I must spend it at home.

My vacation is from the 28th of the twelfth lunar month to the third day of the first lunar month, six days.

On the evening of 28, Lin Yan and I arrived home. When we got home, my mother had already made dumplings at home, and she was waiting for the two of us to enter the house and cook them in the pot.

My mother was very happy to see the two of us back. This was what she had been looking forward to for many years—the son took his wife home for the New Year.

It feels so good to be home. Sitting on the hot kang, there is a small square table on the kang, and there are hot dumplings on the table. A family of three sitting together, that feeling is happiness.

People may have been looking for happiness all their lives, but in fact happiness is around, as long as you feel it with your heart, you can feel it.Just like now, Lin Yan and I are sitting around my mother, the family of three are eating hot dumplings, I am drinking a little wine, and my mother puts dumplings in Lin Yan's bowl from time to time, Lin Yan smiles, and my mother looks at Lin Yan , looking at it like looking at my own daughter-the earthen house is full of warmth and warmth, this is happiness.

Happiness is a self-feeling, and it is also created by oneself.

All the hoped happiness cannot come, all the hard-won happiness is around, as long as you feel and enjoy it, you will have it.

Lin Yan asked her mother: "Ma'am, did my fifth sister and the others come back?"

My mother said: "I won't come back. The Chinese New Year will be one day away. They said they will come back in the second day of junior high school."

Lin Yan said: "Our house should be lively on the second day of junior high school, there are so many people."

Mother said: "It's like this every year, making trouble."

I asked: "Mom, is there anything we need for Chinese New Year?"

Mother said: "I don't need anything. Your fifth sister has prepared everything. You can look at it tomorrow. If you don't need anything, go to the store below to buy it. The store is open at [-] am."

I said, "Okay, I'll take a look tomorrow."

Lin Yan said: "My Fifth Sister is so kind, she has prepared everything."

The mother said: "She prepares every year. She only went back two days ago. She came back just after the students were on vacation and stayed at home. This is not at the end of the year. No one has any work. She When I go back, I will also help her old lady, how can I stay in my mother's house."

Lin Yan asked: "Have my elder sisters come back to see you?"

My mother said: "They all come back, everyone is busy, they come back to see me when they have time, and have a meal at home before leaving. I am an old lady who is not sick or ill at home. I don’t need them to come back to see me all the time, and neither do I. What is it?"

I said, "Isn't that missing you?"

The mother said: "I have nothing to worry about. I won't die yet. No matter what, I have to wait for two years to see you get married and have children. I have to see my eldest grandson."

Lin Yan asked: "What about the granddaughter?"

The mother said: "The granddaughter is better, I don't care about the boy, look at me, now I don't rely on these five girls, if I rely on the boy, I will starve to death."

Lin Yan pointed at me and said, "Look, the old lady is angry. She thinks you are not at home to serve the old lady. No way, you will serve the old lady at home during the Chinese New Year, and I will earn money outside."

I said, "With the little money you earn, you can support yourself."

The mother has worked hard all her life, and when she is old, she also wants to live with her son and daughter-in-law like other old people in the village, and coax her grandson to take care of the children at home. This is the wish of all parents.Now I'm working outside, and I can't go home several times a year. I miss my mother outside, and my mother misses me at home.

The child travels thousands of miles and the mother is worried.

When I didn't have a date for the first two years, my mother was worried about my marriage and got angry at home. Seeing that I couldn't be called a daughter-in-law, I also felt a little angry because I couldn't save any money for me.I understand my mother, mother's life is not easy.Now I have a partner, and it is the happiest thing for my mother to bring my partner to my home for the New Year.

After dinner, Lin Yan packed up and sat on the kang with her mother chatting.

The mother looked at Lin Yan and said, "It's okay this time, not thin, but a little fatter."

Lin Yan laughed and said, "I can eat now, so I gained weight."

My mother said: "Eat well, have a good physique, nothing is as good as having a good physique, and you will know when you are old, nothing is as good as a good physique."

Lin Yan said: "Your health is not bad, I think you have spirit."

My mother said: "I am in good health. There is nothing wrong with me. I have food and drink, which is very good. How is your mother? She also raises pigs?"

Lin Yan said: "Well, I still raise pigs. My mother is also very good, but she is tired. She has to farm while raising pigs at home."

Mother said: "Your mother's work is not light, you go back and help your mother to do some work when you have time."

Lin Yan said: "Well, my eldest brother is at home, and he always helps my mother with work."

Mother said: "That's okay, so your little brother is still studying?"

Lin Yan said: "Well, read it, it's the third grade of junior high school."

My mother said, "I'm already in the third year of junior high school, just like your second sister Jia Qiuping, she is also in the third year of junior high school."

I asked: "Mom, Qiuping is already in the third grade?"

Mother said: "Then think about it, it's the third grade of junior high school, and it's a big girl."

Lin Yan said, "Really, the same age as my younger brother."

I said, "Your little brother is one year older than Qiuping, and he will start high school next year."

Mother said: "Qiuping doesn't want to go to high school, but just go to technical secondary school."

I said: "That's fine, if you don't pass the exam, you can study for another year."

Mother said: "Who knows, your second sister doesn't plan to ask her to study again. If she doesn't pass the exam, she will go out to work. You also know that your second sister's family is difficult. It is difficult to return the two girls. Even if they study, they can't afford it."

I said, "I'm still studying, and I'll just review for a year. If I pass the exam, if I don't have money, everyone will pay for it. I'm still earning money."

Mother said: "When your second sister comes back, you can tell her. I think it is right to ask Qiuping to study."

At that time, the second sister's family was a bit more difficult, and the two children in the family were studying, and the burden was relatively heavy.

I am an example. If it is not because my family is poor and has no money to study, I will definitely not go out to work.

But I still hope that Qiuping can read more books, more books are better than anything else.

I like reading, and sometimes I would dream of the scene when I was studying at school in my dreams, and I would have a long aftertaste when I woke up.

It was just a dream, and it was impossible to go back to school.

After chatting with my mother for a while, my mother said: "Your eldest sister's house is also fine, the eldest girl Lanzhi is married, don't you know that she is married?"

I said, "I know, I didn't ask for leave at that time, and I didn't come back."

The mother said: "If I didn't come back, I didn't come back. I saw Lanzhi's date, and it was very good. The surname is Huang."

I said, "Well, my high school classmate."

The partner of my eldest niece Lanzhi is my high school classmate. Just think about how old Lanzhi is, only one year younger than me.My uncle is good enough, only one year older than my niece.

The mother said: "The family conditions are very good, and the child is also good. Now he is studying to be a doctor in the hospital, and when he finishes his studies, he can become a barefoot doctor in the village. It's okay, you can't go wrong."

I said, "That's fine."

The mother said: "Lan Jun (the eldest sister's son) is also engaged, and he is going to get married during the Chinese New Year. When Lan Jun gets married, you have to come back no matter what you say."

I said, "Well, I'll be back then."

Mother said: "Lan Jun's target is Ha Nao'er, whose surname is Zhang. Speaking of which, he is still related to our family. The children of my aunt's niece are not inferior."

I said, "That's good. I heard from my elder sister that Lan Jun's partner is also my classmate, from junior high school."

It is quite interesting to say that the fifth brother-in-law and my eldest nephew and son-in-law are both my high school classmates, my fourth class, the fifth brother-in-law's second class, my nephew's son-in-law's third class, and my eldest niece and daughter-in-law are my junior high school classmates.This is the case in the countryside. People in three miles and five villages are all relatives, and they can be connected by talking about it.Take the eldest brother-in-law and the second brother-in-law as an example. In my family, they are brother-in-law. If we talk about them, they are cousins, two brothers.

My mother said: "Your third sister's house is also good this year, flue-cured tobacco, and flue-cured tobacco to make money, but it is too tiring, and it does not stop all year round. In spring, you have to grow tobacco seedlings. The tobacco seedlings are troublesome, and you have to shut down the greenhouse to wait for planting." When smoking, you have to pull water to plant, which is troublesome."

I said, "It's okay to bother, just make money."

My mother said: "It's quite easy to earn money. I heard your third sister talk about it. This year, her family managed flue-cured tobacco and earned 1 yuan."

I said, "Then my third sister's family will also become a household with ten thousand yuan."

Mother said: "Where is the million-dollar household? This year, your third sister's house planted a lot of big sunflowers, and the sunflowers grow well. During the August Festival, your third sister's house is busy with smoking tobacco, and there is no one to help guard the door. He took me there and showed me the door for a few days, and I looked at their sunflowers, at least three thousand catties, and the price of sunflowers this year is good, that’s money.”

Lin Yan said: "The third sister's family has a good harvest this year."

Mother said: "Well, the harvest is good. This year is a good year for us here. Every family can do it. Your eldest sister's family has also smoked tobacco, and it's okay. Even if it's not as much as your third sister's family, it can still make seven or eight thousand."

Lin Yan asked: "Then my second sister's house doesn't have flue-cured tobacco?"

My mother said: "Cured-cured tobacco can't be roasted anywhere. The soil in your second sister's house is not good, and the tobacco won't grow if planted on it. The flue-cured tobacco can only be planted on windy and sandy soil. Your second sister's house is either a depression or a mountainous area. It can't be planted." Tobacco."

Lin Yan said: "It's a pity for the second sister's family, the harvest is a lot less."

Mother said: "This year, your second sister's family is also good. The year is good and the rain has kept up. This year, her family has grown more corn. There are more than 1 catties of corn. Isn't that also money? Besides, your second brother-in-law is not free this year." I work every day in mineral processing (a mine for primary processing of iron ore and iron powder), and I get some cash every month, so I have pocket money at home, and my children are not allowed to spend money in school for a month, otherwise I will spend the whole money."

When talking about the fourth sister's house, my mother got a little angry and said, "Your fourth sister is my girl, and I don't want to talk about her."

I asked, "Did my fourth sister make you angry?"

My mother said: "It didn't make me angry, it's about the same. I just know how to live my own life and don't walk around with anyone's house. It's been a year. I only came here once on my birthday, and I don't even have a footprint left." Send it off, as if she doesn't have a mother like her."

I said, "It's not like you don't know my fourth sister, she's just like that."

The mother said angrily: "It's not like that. She also has a boy. When the time comes, she won't be called a daughter-in-law, and she won't get married. She will live her own life behind closed doors, and don't move around with any relatives. It's fine if I don't come. It's only two miles away from your eldest sister, your second sister, and the fifth child. It's time to smoke a cigarette, so no one will go there. None of the matchmakers brought it with them."

I said, "Mom, just worry about your useless thoughts. When the time comes, people will call you a daughter-in-law like a kid. You can live at home with yourself. It's useless to worry about it, and it will make you angry."

The mother sighed and said: "I'm not worried, but I just can't get used to it. How can someone live like that? If she doesn't come, the child won't come either. I haven't seen that little Yanlong for almost half a year."

Lin Yan said, "My aunt misses her nephew."

The mother said: "Adults can't do it, and children can't do it either. Look at your third sister's Jinsheng, who dared to run to me when she was just thirteen. That child made a living."

I said, "Well, Jinsheng is making a living. How is my fourth sister's family doing this year?"

The mother said: "Who will drive away your fourth sister's house? There are more than 40 acres of land, and there are more than ten big cows and more than 40 sheep at home. If the conditions are good, your fourth sister's house is the best."

Lin Yan said: "My fourth sister's family is so powerful. There are more than ten big cows and more than 40 sheep. These cows and sheep are worth a lot of money."

Everyone misses my mother, it's all the flesh that fell from my body, so there's no one who doesn't miss her.This is the case with old people, you can see that she is angry because she is angry, but she is actually thinking about it and can't let go.

In the eyes of parents, every child is the same, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, they are all their own children, and they want to see them for a long time.

It was not easy for my mother in her life. She worked hard to bring up her six children and hoped that the children would live a good life.

(End of this chapter)