The story of a cook

Chapter 200 Going Home ([-])

Stayed at home for another day, and then began to return to my hometown in Beipiao.

Without notifying Fifth Sister and the others in advance, they went directly to the house.

At this time, the traffic was very developed. If I took a bus at [-]:[-] am, I could get home at [-]:[-] pm.

The days in winter are short, the sun starts to go west after three o'clock, and the sun will end after four o'clock.My mother was eating when I entered the house, and was surprised to see me come back.

The mother asked in surprise: "Where did you come back from? I didn't even know you were back."

I smiled and said, "Come back from the provincial capital."

Put down the things and sit on the kang, looking at the food on the table, pickled vegetable sticks, stewed sauerkraut, a bowl of miso, a few green onions, a piece of tofu, four sticky bean buns, and half a plate of leftover dumplings. Mother's porridge.

I said, "Mom, you eat quite a lot."

My mother said: "It's nothing to do, just stew a sauerkraut. The tofu is made by your second sister's house. Yesterday your second brother-in-law came to give you six yuan. I just brought it up today. Think about it and try it. See if it's good." It’s delicious. I made a few of those dumplings in the morning, and I didn’t want to eat them, so I didn’t eat them. I put them in the sauerkraut stew just now.” My mother paused at this point, and then said, “Hey, just eat them. Alone, I don’t know what to eat, and nothing tastes good.”

When I heard my mother say that everything was tasteless, I was a little sad. I smiled and said to my mother: "If you don't want to eat alone, I will eat with you."

As he said that, he went to the outhouse to get the bowls and chopsticks and came back to the kang before serving the table. His mother said, "I'll make you some more, it's all leftovers."

I quickly said: "No need for mom, just eat this, it's all I want to eat."

Mother asked: "Is it enough for you? There are ready-made stuffing. I'll make two dumplings for you. It's quick and easy. It will be over in a while."

I said, "No need, mom, I've eaten nothing but dumplings for the past two days, this is fine, you can just sit and eat."

My mother seemed to have not woken up from my sudden return, looked at me and said: "Then you eat." She pushed the stewed sauerkraut towards me and said: "This sauerkraut is newly stewed, you eat this, you Second Sister’s tofu is also pretty good, I just tasted it, it’s quite tender.”

I said, "Well, I'm hungry after a day of driving, and my stomach is growling."

I start eating.

My mother looked at me and said, "I didn't know you were back, and you didn't call your fifth sister when you came back."

I said: "No, I will stay for a few more days when I come back after reflection, and then I will tell my Fifth Sister."

Seeing that I was not drinking, my mother said: "There is wine, go down to the field and get it yourself."

As soon as my mother reminded me, I wanted to drink something, so I went down to the ground and poured a glass of wine.

The mother said: "Drink less, that thing is not good. The camper Deng Shouyu disappeared two days ago, and he died of drinking." He has been angry all his life, this is good, don't be angry, go over there and drink."

The Deng Shouyu my mother said was the father of my junior high school classmate. He worked in the mine and liked to drink. He had four girls and one boy, the old boy and my classmate. The village can be regarded as upper middle class.The "heavenly girl" my mother referred to was Deng Shouyu's wife, who called me aunt.I went out to work, because his boy is an industrial household, he went directly to work in the power plant of the mine after graduating from high school, which is superior to me.

I said, "Deng Shouyu is not very old, he is only sixty."

Mother said: "61, the year of birth, has not passed."

I said, "He drank a lot of alcohol for a long time, and his stomach was ruined."

The mother sighed and said: "Hey, I have all kinds of diseases. I don't drink anymore in the later stage, and I can't do without drinking. The diseases are all developed. If he leaves, he is enjoying the blessing. The boy is not filial, isn't it Are you a classmate, let’s talk about a daughter-in-law, say she’s also your classmate, she’s from high school, she’s pretty good-looking, she’s pretty, even if she doesn’t do any work for a day, she knows she’s beautiful at home, and she’s almost maddened to death.”

I said, "Really? Remember when I was a kid it wasn't like that."

My mother said: "It was not like that when I was a child. When I got married, I listened to my daughter-in-law. What I said didn't count. What can I do?"

I said: "The boy is finished, if the daughter-in-law is not filial, then don't want it."

Mother said: "I don't dare to say that, I still have a kid here, I don't know what it's like to be married."

I said to my mother: "Don't worry, old man, I will take care of you, it won't be like that."

The mother said: "It looks strange now. Who knows what it will be like after marriage? Besides, you don't know the year of the monkey and the month of the monkey when you get married. When you are married, I will go to your fifth sister and not be with you. Would you like to marry me?" How is it?"

I said: "Is that okay? If you have a son, you have to follow the son, and you can't follow the girl. That makes people laugh."

My mother said: "Girls and boys are all the same now, no one laughs at me." Then she said something about my classmate: "Little heavenly girl, she lived with the boy, what's the use, you can't see a penny, and you have to buy a medicine." Ask others with a high face, and the daughter-in-law will buy you some if she is happy, but she will not buy anything for you if she is not happy, and she will say that you are pretending to be sick."

The mother took a sip of the porridge in the bowl, and then said: "The little goddess looked at me for the first two days, and came to our house to chat with me all afternoon, and persuaded me, telling me that if I can do it myself Don’t make do with your son and daughter-in-law when you eat, it’s a day to be able to move, at least you can do what you say, if you go to your son and wife, you’re nothing, just wait to hear others’ anger.”

I said, "Mom, it's because her son doesn't raise his spirit. If he raises his spirit, he can do that."

My mother said: "Every family is like that now, and I don't see how many are good." Then said: "The old men and old ladies in the camp all think that I am good. I am alone, eat whatever I want, and do whatever I want. What to do, no one gets angry, girls and boys give money, this is a first-class life for me."

I just laughed and said, "I can't let you live alone, and I don't worry about it."

My mother said: "It's okay, I can't die. It seems that my physique has improved in the past two years, I don't cough anymore, and I can still eat. It seems that I can live for another ten or eight years, and I will be fine in the future." Dare to say, if I live another ten years, I will be 76, and that’s fine.”

I said, "That's okay, after all, I have to watch your grandson marry a wife."

The mother said: "Grandson? Where is it? There is not even a shadow. Return to the grandson. Let's talk about it after you get married."

Chatting with my mother while eating, my mother talked and I listened.

Suddenly, I felt that my mother was very lonely.

Although my mother has no worries about eating and drinking at home, she is lonely.

An old man at home by himself, with no one to chat with—
Parents really don't want their children to be successful, how much money they earn, or how much delicious food they get.What people need when they are old is companionship.

The mother chattered, chattered and chattered and chattered to the eldest sister's son's marriage.

Mother said: "Your elder sister and the others are making great preparations and making arrangements this time. Just one kid is not good enough to make arrangements. I heard from your fifth sister that two days of slaughtering pigs and buying [-] chickens, many sheep were thrown into the water." , Mutton, please invite the chef outside to have a good time."

I said, "Isn't that good? It's the only time in your life that an old boy marries a daughter-in-law. It should be lively and lively."

Mother said: "You are back now. Speaking of you are back, I asked you if Lin Yan will come back?"

I said, "She won't come back, she's at work."

Mother said: "Oh, if you don't come back, you can't come back. You can come back. You can't go to your elder sister's house in two days. You are an uncle, and your nephew has to be there first when you get married. Didn't you say it, dad, uncle, aunt, uncle." Daddy, you are the only uncle, and you have to accompany the new relative when the time comes."

I said, "You have to go, you don't have to go so early, stay at home for a few more days with you."

My mother said: "I'm an old lady. You can just come back and watch. Your elder sister's family doesn't know you're back. If they know you're back, they should send Lan Jun to pick you up."

I said, "There's no need for Lan Jun to come and pick me up. I'll go by myself then."

Mother asked: "How are you going? Are you walking?"

I said, "Isn't there a shuttle bus, I'll take the shuttle bus."

My mother said: "That's okay. The bus goes directly to the road in front of your elder sister's house. It's very convenient to get to your elder sister's house within 2 minutes after getting off the bus." "Wait, your fifth sister will come back in two days. When your fifth sister comes back, your sisters will know that you are back. Every family has a phone. If you make a call, you will know. Your eldest sister I have to send Lan Jun to pick you up."

I said, "Almost."

Mother said: "Lan Jun has also bought a motorcycle now. Look at him, the father and son each have a motorcycle, and life is very good."

I said, "Just live a good life."

Mother said: "Your eldest sister's family is good, your eldest brother-in-law is in the village, and there are flue-cured tobacco at home. In the past two years, all of our flue-cured tobacco has been distributed, and your third sister's family has a lot of roasting. I heard that there are 2 acres of land. Later, flue-cured tobacco It's always done by hiring people. That guy, the big landlords who drove past, still hired people to do the work. In the past, the landlords hired people to do the work. Your third sister's family has made a lot of money this year, and you can earn [-] yuan from flue-cured tobacco. , this is still less to say."

The mother was very happy when she talked about the flue-cured tobacco from the third sister’s house at the elder sister’s house. Yes, parents hope that their children live well, and the better the children’s life is, the happier the parents are.

I said, "That's good, I'd like to earn more money."

My mother said: "This year is a good year for us here. There is enough rain. They flue-cure tobacco households to make money, and those who grow large fields are also good. Your second sister's family manages [-] catties of corn this year, not counting millet and small miscellaneous grains. Isn’t [-] catties of corn also money?”

I said, "Isn't that great? My second sister's family can also earn a lot more this year."

When my mother mentioned the second sister’s house, she immediately thought of Qiuping, and asked me, “By the way, how is Xiao Qiuping doing with you when she goes out to work?”

I said: "It's a good job, nothing to do, now I'm working with Lin Yan."

The mother said a little angrily: "That child is just disobedient, and everyone persuaded her to continue studying. She said she didn't want to study anymore and had to go out to work. Later, I couldn't help it. I thought your second sister was always harassing her at home and ran away to me. For a week, she said that she would not go back, and her mother would rubbish her when she said she would go back, which was annoying. I don’t think there is any cure, so let your fifth sister call you and let her go to your place to work and stay in front of you Don't worry, why don't you say that you are her uncle and can take care of her, and she will listen to you, and she has been afraid of you since she was a child."

I said, "Qiu Ping is doing well, she does a good job there and is obedient."

The mother said: "Xiao Qiuping is good, honest, and honest. You have to take care of it with you. He is only seventeen. He looks big, but he is still a child—after he leaves, you The second sister is okay, but when your second brother-in-law can't take it anymore, she always thinks about the child, shed tears when she thinks about it, there is no cure for being a father, those two girls are your second brother-in-law's heart."

(End of this chapter)