The story of a cook

Chapter 435 Chatting with Mother
After attending Li Shuang's wedding, we stayed at home for two days. Brother Li, Jiang Runping, and Li Jian had a meal together, and then the three of us went back to our hometown before my mother's birthday.

Our mother was very happy when we came back, especially to see the eldest grandson, and she wanted to hug her happily, but the son was too heavy to hold.

My mother is 72, her hair is half white, her complexion looks good, and she is very energetic.But after all, people in their 70s are old. As the saying goes, people in their 70s are rare. No one can rest assured that people in their [-]s live alone.It stands to reason that my mother should live with me, but I am in the provincial capital, and if my mother does not go to the provincial capital, I cannot return home, and my mother can only stay at home by herself.

The days in winter are short, and it will be dark by the time we get home.

Mother knew that we were coming back today, so she wrapped the dumplings in advance and waited for us to cook them in the pot when we got home.

"The dumplings I made don't have a whole dish. Let's cook dumplings later." Mother said.

I said, "It's fine if you have dumplings, and you don't need a whole dish. I'll cook them later."

"Grandma, I love dumplings." The son said to his mother.

"It's good to eat dumplings. Grandma will make them for you every day." Mom said.

The son showed his toy car to his mother, "Grandma, this is my car, do you know how to drive it?"

"Grandma doesn't know, but my eldest grandson has a car, which is amazing." The mother said with a smile.

Son, put the car on the kang, turn on the switch, and the car starts to move on the kang.

"Grandma, just open it like this." The son said to his mother.

The mother asked her son: "Jia Heng, grandma asks you, I haven't seen grandma for a long time, do you miss grandma?"

"I thought about it, but I forgot again," said the son.

"Why did you forget it again?" asked the mother.

The son scratched his head, he didn't seem to know what to say, he turned his head to look at Lin Yan, how come I forgot what that meant.

Lin Yan said: "Do you want to forget about grandma?"

The son didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, and said, "Yes. Grandma, look at my car, okay, drive fast?"

The mother and son started chatting, and Lin Yan and I went to the ground to cook dumplings.Seeing us cook dumplings, my son has to follow, and I have to light the fire with Lin Yan.The mother was afraid that the fire would burn her son, so she told him to go back to the back room to play, but the son would not go back.

Lin Yan said: "This kid doesn't know what's going on, he just likes to light fires, and he always lights fires at his grandma's house."

The mother said: "It means that the child is not lazy and likes to work."

"Well, I like to work. When I was doing laundry, he would fiddle with water with me. I made a small basin with him, poured some water into it, and gave him his socks to wash by himself." Lin Yan said .

The son heard Lin Yan tell her about washing socks, and immediately reported to his mother: "Grandma, I can wash socks."

"Okay, my eldest grandson is so good that he can wash socks by himself." The mother said happily.

The dumplings were cooked quickly, and our family of four, old and young, and three generations sat together to eat dumplings.

My son watched me and Lin Yan put the chili sauce made by my mother in the bowl, and he wanted it too. Lin Yan said it was spicy, and children couldn't eat it. My son didn't want it when he heard that it was spicy, but he couldn't bear to be curious about how we ate it. , Lin Yan dipped the dumplings in a little chili sauce for him to taste.He took a sip cautiously and felt that it was really spicy, so he immediately took a water bottle to drink.

Lin Yan and I just laughed, and the mother dragged the son to her side, and said distressedly: "They just fooled the child, who would give the child chili sauce, look at us."

The son seemed to have a backing next to his mother, so he stopped asking Lin Yan to feed him, and asked his mother to feed him.

When I was at home, my son already knew how to eat with a spoon, but it was all inside and out.If he eats dumplings, he can eat the dumplings by himself.When he returned to his hometown, he was with his mother, who began to feed him herself, and became a little ancestor again.

But my son has been eating well since he was a child, and he doesn't play while eating, which is better.

I asked my mother, "Is my fifth sister still on vacation?"

My mother said, "It's also released. I went to Beipiao to study in the past two days. What kind of teacher's title did you say?"

I said, "Oh, for advanced studies, their teachers evaluate their titles, and they need to learn."

"Your fifth sister can do it. I went to Beipiao for a meeting on Teacher's Day this year, and I won an award for being an outstanding teacher," said my mother.

"My Fifth Sister is really amazing." Lin Yan said.

"Her Jiaxu didn't come this winter?" I asked.

"I didn't come this winter. I went to school and didn't have time. I had to do my homework every day." My mother said.

The fifth sister's child is already in the second grade of elementary school, and he is doing well in his studies. He is among the top three in the class.

"Congratulations to the sixth grade?" I asked my mother.

Mother said: "Well, it's time to go to junior high school during the Chinese New Year, and go to Beitazi to study."

"How is my second sister's family this year?" I asked.

My mother said: "Her family is not doing well this year. This year is not good. When I planted the fields in spring, it looked okay. It rained heavily. When it didn't rain in summer, it didn't rain a lot in summer. The crops were dry. I can turn on the fire." As she spoke, the mother sighed, and continued: "Every family has not harvested much this year, only those households that are flue-cured tobacco are doing well, and their flue-cured tobacco fields can be poured."

I said, "We are afraid of drought."

Lin Yan said: "If it doesn't rain, the whole pump will pump water to irrigate the ground."

My mother said: "We have little irrigated land. Our family does not have a few acres. Most of them are mountainous land. There is no water on the mountainous land. Besides, there is no water in the drought. The well in the yard of our house is deep and has water. There is no water in the courtyard’s wells, so I come to our house to fetch water for two months.”

Lin Yan asked, "Why is our well so deep?"

"When I drilled, it was deep. It was shot out one after another. After seeing the water, I chased it down two meters. The water in our well was more than three meters deep in good years." I said.

"So deep? If that person falls, he won't be drowned." Lin Yan said.

"Who's that stupid to go to the well? Besides, the mouth of the well is covered with cement slabs, and no one can fall in." I said.

"That's also scary." Lin Yan said.

The mother went on to say: "This year, your eldest sister and your third sister's family are going. Both of them have flue-cured tobacco, and they make money from flue-cured tobacco. The two of them have made a lot of money this year. Your third sister's family does a lot of roasting. They have [-] acres of land, and they manage flue-cured tobacco. The money will be fifty thousand."

"The third sister's family has become a landlord." Lin Yan said.

The mother said: "Seeing that you earn a lot and spend a lot of money, the child of her family, Jin Sheng, stopped studying, and your third brother-in-law spent money to pay for it to go to the tobacco station. I heard that the civil servant exam was pretty good. No.2, I went to Dandong to study, and now I am a technician when I come back, and I can drive a lot in a month."

"It's very good to be admitted to the civil service. It's a lifetime job, so work hard there." I said.

"It's said to be admitted, so don't you have to spend money? Whoever spends the most money will be admitted. I heard from your third sister that your third brother-in-law gave sheep to the leaders of other tobacco companies. Isn't it all money?" Yeah." Mom said.

"It's okay to give some gifts, but the child can be considered to have a formal job, which is no better than anything else." I said.

"That's true." The mother said: "It depends on what Jin Sheng does. Now that he has a job, what happens in the future is up to him."

After chatting with the third sister's house, chat with the eldest sister's house.

I asked: "Isn't Lan Jun also working at the tobacco station?"

My mother said: "He also works at the cigarette station, a technician, that's fine too."

"He didn't take the test?" I asked.

"He didn't, saying that he was not qualified, was too old, and belonged to a temporary worker." Mother said.

I said, "That's fine too. I can smoke tobacco at home, guide and guide when raising seedlings, and give me some cash. Isn't it good?"

My mother said: "Your elder sister's family is good, and there is no burden. The Lanjun child is four years old, and he is quite a boy. Their family has roasted [-] mu of land this year and planted a lot of land. The land is not good this year, no matter what we do. This won’t work, not even the whole Beipiao.”

"The days are better now. In the past, there was not enough food every year. No matter how good the year was, it was the same. You see, now, take this year as an example, there is no harvest in the field, and no one is in a hurry to get angry. Every family can do it, even if If there is no harvest in the field for two years, no one will starve to death, and they will live well and live well, and every family will have it, and they will all be poor," said the mother.

"Yes, ordinary people can live well now, and there are few difficulties." I said.

"Looking at it now, your second sister's family is a little bit more difficult. They can't smoke in the camp, so they have lost a lot of income this year. The pocket money depends on Qiuping working outside to earn money. Your second brother-in-law works in the iron I drive winches for others in the mine, and I can earn some money in a month." The mother said, "Look at your second sister's family is tight now, Xiao Hehe spends money to go to school, and when He He goes to school, he doesn't need to spend money. All five of your elder sisters have sons, and your second sister and two girls, when you get old, none of you can enjoy the blessings of your second sister, and those two girls can provide for the elderly, so wait until you are tired of supporting the boys. You still have to earn money to support He studied, went to college, and after college, he had to find a job. He talked about his wife, and if he didn’t give money to others, would the girl give it to you for free? Now that a daughter-in-law gets old money, it costs more than [-] in our rural areas , and now some of them are asking for buildings.”

"Already starting to ask for an apartment?" I was a little surprised.

"That's not true." The mother said: "Your third sister and the others in the camp have a boy who calls a daughter-in-law. The woman said that it's okay to get married. First prepare the three gold, then prepare the 6 yuan gift, a motorcycle, and return We have to buy a building in Beipiao City."

"Is there something wrong with that kid?" Lin Yan asked.

"He's a good boy, but his family is a bit difficult and he doesn't have a mother." The mother said: "The daughter-in-law said that after marriage, she will live alone and not serve her husband."

"It doesn't matter whether the daughter-in-law marries or not," I said.

The mother sighed and said: "It's useless to say that, no old man wants to see his son being a bachelor and not being a wife."

"That's too much to ask," I said.

"Hey, I just think I'm poor, and I'm afraid that life will be difficult after passing through the door. I want to make more points at once. If I give it, I will get married. If I don't give it, I will be pornographic. The woman will not lose anything. Let's find a better one." Mother said .

I glanced at my son who was playing while he was full, and I thought I should earn money for him.

"What about my fourth sister's house?" Lin Yan asked.

"Your fourth sister's family is well-off. If you want to say that you have money, your fourth sister's family has the most money. They didn't want to spend a penny of their life back then. They saved it for their son as a daughter-in-law." The mother said.

I asked: "Her family's Yanlong is also quite big."

"Eighteen, young man, that child is very handsome. At first glance, he looks like a big girl, but he just doesn't want to talk, and he doesn't say anything." The mother said.

"If you stay at home, the big boy doesn't even say what to do outside, but tethered at home to herd sheep, who would like to do it?" I said.

"Now he doesn't herd sheep anymore. Hasn't he learned how to drive a car? He's driving hooks for others on the battlefield." Mother said.

"That's pretty good. It doesn't matter whether you earn money or not. The young man is working outside and working hard, so he can't stay bored at home all the time." I said.

Mother said: "That's the thing. Your fourth sister and your fourth brother-in-law don't talk about each other. They are all like that. They only recognize money. They don't know anyone except money."

Mother looked very angry.

"I heard that Xiao Yanlong opened hook machines for others on the battlefield. When the month comes, your fourth brother-in-law will go directly to the boss to ask for wages, and will not leave a penny for the child. The older child, what can I do in my pocket when I work outside?" Do you want some money? Just accept the money, I see if they still want to marry their children, and see if they two old people have no matchmaker, how can they live like that."

I hurriedly said: "Mom, don't be so angry, just let people live a good life, what are you doing worrying about, I can't control it anymore."

My mother said: "If I don't follow to get angry, I'm just a dragon in my heart."

"Yanlong is not young anymore, he knows everything. If he has you as his grandma, he will come to see you. When he gets married, you can go to drink the wedding wine and it will be over." I said.

"Seeing that Yanlong can live a good life, he doesn't look like a bachelor." said the mother.

"Yanlong? I don't think I've seen it yet?" Lin Yan said.

"I'll be here for my birthday in two days, and you'll see me then. She's a pretty kid, fair-looking," said the mother.

Lin Yan said: "My fourth sister is good-looking."

My mother said: "Well, in our family, your fourth sister is the only one who is good-looking, let him be that dead father." My mother then said to me: "By the way, you should go to the grave tomorrow, and you will come back early this year."

I replied, "Well, I'll go after dinner tomorrow morning."

(End of this chapter)