I burn big seats in the countryside

Chapter 109 The Sadness Behind the Meal

The old lady was tired from crying and took a break.

Wang Jun looked at his mother and asked:
"Mom, what's wrong with you, why are you crying?"

Wang Jun couldn't figure out why his mother was crying.

I thought my mother cried because Yunxi's rice was so delicious.

The old lady raised her head and looked at the people around her. She looked around and saw her son and the aunt who was helping the cook.

Relaxed, and said slowly:
"When I ate this dish, it reminded me of the landlady, so I couldn't help crying. It was such a bowl of rice that saved me back then, otherwise I wouldn't be able to survive at all."

Grandma said with a long sigh, as if she wanted to tell all the secrets accumulated in her heart.

Then went on to say:

"When I was 17, I ran out of the mountains and started trading grain and oil with my cousin. We set up a stall at first."

"It's okay to make money. The only downside is that there is a bully on every street who wants to charge a fee. Every time I come, my cousin will give me money to settle it."

Speaking of this, grandma shed tears again and said:
"I have been setting up a stall on the street for more than a year. My cousin earned some money and didn't want to pay protection fees anymore. He split the food and oil into two and a half, and left half for me. My cousin went out of town."

"Leaving me a woman's family, I couldn't compete with those who collected protection fees, so I changed places and didn't set up a stall. I just carried a pole, wandered around and shouted along the street, and sold it for two months. Can supply me with goods."

Speaking of this, grandma frowned, recalling:

"I was well-known around those alleys at the time. Within a few days, I was approached by two men. They warned me that the place belonged to them and told me to go to another place."

"I was already earning money at the time. I didn't take their warnings seriously. I can't go anywhere. If people scare me, I will leave. How can I make money?"

"Later, the two of them stopped me halfway and beat me up. At that time, my mouth was covered with blood, and I was also angry. After all, I was selling grain and oil with a shoulder pole, so I was somewhat vigorous."

"The two men were thin and couldn't restrain me at all. After I broke free, I resisted with a pole. At that time, a man hit me on the head and opened a hole in my head. I also lost two teeth."

"I thought this incident would be over. After half a month, I was stopped by five strong men on the way back. I wanted to run, but I was surrounded from the front and back, and I couldn't run at all."

"I was surrounded by several people. They took billiard poles and hit me with sticks one after another. They hit me on the back, legs and arms. I didn't have the strength to resist at all."

"The moment the pump was pulled down, the sound made when the bone collided with the pole was transmitted back to the brain one by one. It hurt at first, and at the end of the blow, I felt paralyzed all over my body."

"I was put in a bag like a dead dog, and I was beaten by several people. I clearly remember that I heard the sound of the pole breaking."

When grandma said this, everyone couldn't help but burst into tears.

Unexpectedly, this thin old lady has suffered so much, and it hurts so much.

Wang Jun on the side had already washed his face with tears, and this was the first time he had heard his mother say these things.

Grandma continued:

"At that time, the landlady was coming home, just passing by, and called them a few words. They were afraid that the landlady would call the police, so they ran away."

"I was pulled out of the bag by the landlord's sister, and I was already covered in blood from the beating."

Grandma said, her tears continued to stay, and she wiped her tears and said:

"I'm at home by myself, I only drink rice porridge every day, and there is no one around me who can take care of me. Just in time for my wicked old man, who was chased by gambling debtors and had nowhere to escape, he came looking for me."

"Seeing that I was not acting well, they took all the money from me. I dragged my body and almost starved to death. It was the landlord who kicked out my wicked old man and brought me a bowl of rice."

Speaking of this, grandma was emotional, crying and saying:
"Just this half bowl of rice is life-saving. It's steaming hot. It's because of this half bowl of rice that I have the motivation to live."

"Although my nose was broken at the time, I couldn't smell the taste. When I ate it, it was the sweet pork and bean paste. It made me feel so good to be alive, to be able to eat such a meal."

"The aroma of the glutinous rice made me feel full. After lying down for 10 days, this bowl of rice made me full of energy."

"My gambler father often asks me for money. In order not to affect the landlord's life, I quietly left without saying hello. I have no money to pay the rent to the landlord's eldest sister. I left all the grain and oil, and only took away my selling pole and dustpan. just go"

After grandma finished speaking, she let out a long breath, and finally said what was buried in her heart.

Hearing this, Wang Jun hugged his mother distressedly, and said:
"Mom, I didn't expect you to suffer so much."

It was also the first time Wang Jun heard these things from his mother, and he felt very sorry for his mother.

I regret very much in my heart that I stopped my mother like that before, and said some things that made my mother unhappy.

Wang Jun blamed himself and said:
"Mom, I'm sorry, I don't know what you're going through."

After speaking, Wang Jun also said to Yunxi:

"Yunxi, thank you very much. I said at the beginning that your cooking was unpalatable. I was superficial."

Wang Jun said he was sorry.

From the very beginning, he decided that Yunxi was unsuccessful, so those words he said hurt Yunxi very much, so he quickly expressed his apology to Yunxi.

Especially when his mother said that she was beaten, Wang Jun was very angry inside, wishing he could find a way to find those men now and beat them up too.

After hearing what the old lady said, the aunts on the side all had red eye circles.

Looking at the old lady in front of her, she felt that the current happiness is due to hard work.

Wang Jun's daughter-in-law also changed her objection just now, and said softly:

"Mom, I finally know why you eat this dish. I was wrong with Wang Jun, and I have been foolishly opposing you. Don't be angry."

Wang Jun's daughter-in-law knows why her mother-in-law eats this dish.

I have never been able to figure out why I have to eat that unnamed dish. I asked it almost dozens of times, but my mother-in-law just kept silent.

It turned out to be because of such a story.

Grandma's mood has returned to normal.

Hold the plate and say:

"Yunxi, I want to hug you. Thank you very much for making this dish. I have been thinking about this taste for many years. It has always been a problem in my heart. Thank you very much today."

After finishing speaking, grandma got up and hugged Yunxi.

Thank you Yunxi for making such delicious food.

A memory is hidden in the bottom of my heart, not because this memory has been diluted by time.

It is the accumulation of time that covers everything one by one. The delicacy of a dish, or a fragrance, or a thing can bring you back to that time again.

The aunt who helped the cook continued to ask:

"Old lady, why didn't you go to that kind landlord in the end?"

The aunt who helped the cook didn't hear the end, and continued to ask curiously.

Grandma said:

"I made money later. When I went there, the landlord's family had already moved. That's why I was thinking about this matter, because I never repaid my kindness, and I didn't have a chance to eat sweet roasted white."

After finishing speaking, he grabbed Yunxi with both hands and smiled all over his face. The knot of so many years has been untied today.

It's over when these words are spoken.

I also ate the dishes I was thinking of, all thanks to my grandson finding Yunxi.

Now that I'm older, otherwise I really wouldn't have the chance to eat it.

Wang Jun saw that his mother had calmed down, and looked at the plate in his mother's hand. The burning sweet white inside was very tempting.

The crystal-clear pork is sandwiched with bean paste. Standing here, you can smell the faint smell of rose sauce in the bean paste.

Wang Jun stared at the plate, tentatively said:

"Mom, let me have a taste of this sweet roasted white dish too."

Wang Jun looked at the dishes in his mother's hands and couldn't help thinking about them.

(End of this chapter)