Obligations of the elderly

Leaving this roadside small shop, there are farmlands along the way, which are a unique local cash crop, rice that can grow even in barren land, and now it is almost the harvest season, these rice grow The tall ones almost reached the shoulders of the teenagers. From time to time, there was a gentle breeze blowing in the field, and their leaves would rustle with the sound of the wind.

Apart from the rice, there are only occasional short houses along the road. There are very few students walking along the road like them. There are three or five people walking together, and some walking alone. Keep a distance of 200 meters, do not disturb each other, there are not many cars on the side of the road, and it took a long time to drive a bus, and there are also very few people on the bus.

This is Lengshui Town, a typical rural town.

There is not a large population here, and everyone does not intend to live together. It is very informal to build a house wherever you want to live.

After walking for a while, the farmland gradually disappeared, and there was a small stream beside the road. Following the direction of the stream, an equally lonely small house appeared at the end of the road.

It is the home of the palace.

The small stream along the way also disappeared into the yard of his house.

Similar to other houses passing by along the way, Gongsi’s house is also a wooden house. The wood is light and easy to get. Most of the local houses are made of wood.

But Gongsi's house looks much older than other houses.

Unlike other homes, the door of Gongsi's home is unlocked.

After entering the door and changing the sneakers, there is a strong smell of books as soon as you enter the door. The room on the right is full of bookshelves. The bookshelves are full of books, and there are many unorganized books on the floor.

They are not new books, mainly old books, and there are obvious traces of use at a glance.

"Gongsi is back~" They heard a greeting as soon as they entered the door.

It was an old lady who greeted them. The old man was not young, she was neatly dressed, and there were traces of light makeup on her face. She looked like a delicate old lady. When they entered the palace, the old man was sitting in the corner of the bookstore reading a book.

With one hand holding the book, the other rests on the cradle in front of her.

The old man stood up briskly, put the book in his hand on the bookshelf behind him, and then said to Gong Si: "I thought it was time for you to leave school soon, so I cooked rice for you in advance, and after a while It’s almost there, and it’s ready to eat when Dongchun comes back from playing football.”

"Thank you so much! This child didn't bother you too much, did he?" Gong Si strode over, first thanked the old man, then quickly looked at the cradle in front of the old man, and Xi Liu followed him to look into the cradle.

Inside is a little baby with a pacifier in its mouth. It is sleeping sweetly at the moment. There are not a few hairs on its head. Only these few hairs are tied with a small thong, and there is a big flower bow on the tummy, pink, In addition to the diapers on her body, she also wore a small hand-knitted wool vest on her upper body, which was also pink!

Xiliu noticed that the baby's left foot was wearing a woolen sock of the same color and material, only the left foot had it, and the right foot was still bare.

Turning his gaze to the side, Xiliu saw that there were knitting needles and balls of wool beside the seat of the standing old lady, and the semi-finished product on the needle was a small sock.

pink~

Stream: ^^

"It's only half a piece away, I'll put it on for him when I come over tomorrow~" the old lady said to Gong Si with a smile.

"Thank you~ Actually, it doesn't have to be so hard..." Gong Si glanced at his younger brother, and then sincerely said to the old man.

"It's not hard, it's not hard. I like to make some clothes. Who knows that your grandpa, uncle, and brother don't wear them..." The old lady smiled and put the wool into the hand-woven bag next to her.

Seeing that the old man was already putting on his shoes and preparing to leave, Gong Si hurriedly took out a book from behind the counter in the bookstore and handed it to the old man.

"This is the new book I received this time. I think it's about sweater knitting, so I left it for you."

"Wow! This is a weaving method I've never seen before! It's great!" After turning a few pages of the book, the old man's eyes widened slightly, and he exclaimed happily.

Then he opened his handbag again and took out his wallet.

Seeing that the old man wanted to pay, Gong Si hurriedly stopped him: "You help me look after this little guy every day, make clothes and cook for him, I can't ask for your money..."

The rest of the words were blocked by the old man with his wallet——

"Wait until you really start making money after graduation, then talk about not needing money. We old guys don't pay for reading books every day. It would be shameful not to pay for books."

"We come here every day to read books, to see the children and so on, just to exercise our bones, it's good, so don't worry about it."

With that said, the old man put down a banknote and left with a smile.

When going out, he waved to the stream.

Stream also waved.

The old man left slowly.

"This is?" Xiliu pointed to the back of the old man leaving.

Sighing, Gong Si put the money left by the old man into the cash box behind the counter: "It's Granny Lin from the neighbor's house, she likes to weave, and she is really good at weaving, but—"

Gong Si glanced at the powder puffed younger brother.

"She's pink-blueblind."

stream:……

"So she makes things that her husband, son and grandchildren don't wear."

Stream: Exactly.

The smell of rice has come from the kitchen at the back. Gong Si opened the door next to the study and got in. The back is where they live. The kitchen is very big, although it looks old but it is clean. The pot on the table was stuffed with rice, and the aroma came from here. In addition, there were several lunch boxes of different colors and styles next to it. When I opened it, I saw that there were some side dishes inside.

"They were all sent over by the neighbors' grandma and aunts." Gong Si explained to Xiliu behind him: "They always bring food for us when they come to read."

"What a nice neighbor~" Xiliu grinned, and picked up a little dish with his fingertips and put it in his mouth: "Well~ the taste is pretty good, very homely, a bit like your cooking."

"Nonsense, I learned all the dishes I cook from them. It's me who cooks like them."

"My grandfather can't cook, but can cook rice. When I was a child, these grandparents, uncles and aunts brought me vegetables, and when I grew up, I learned to cook like them." Skillfully poured out the vegetables, After cleaning the lunch box and drying it, Gong Si opened the lid of the big tank next to him, bent down, and when he straightened up again, he was already holding a big fish in his hand.

Very long, almost longer than half of his body!

"Oh~" Xiliu exclaimed softly.

"This fish is really big, and the meat is firm. I'm afraid it's not farmed." I looked around the fish carefully, and the stream even poked the fish body: "And it's not a fish that can be bought outside. It's better to make fish It’s delicious outside, it should be related to the variety.”

"I'm even curious, where did you get this kind of big fish, it probably won't be sold outside." Raising his eyebrows, Xiliu looked at the palace.

Miyazaki glanced at him.

"Am I not good at fishing?"

"No~ No~ This fish has no trace of being caught, and such a big fish cannot be caught by your set of fishing tools." Xiliu shook his head.

Gong Si glared at him.

"It's enough to have what you eat, no need to talk so much nonsense!"

"Do you want to come over and help?" Gong Si patted the fish on the chopping board, looking at the stream with malicious intent.

Xiliu hurriedly raised his hands and waved them: "No, I'm too thin to handle such a big fish, and I've never been in the kitchen before, so I won't disturb you. I'll go outside to read and don't bother you."

"If you have time, tidy up the books on the ground." Looking at the running figure of Xiliu, Gong Si yelled at his back: "By the way, watch my brother!"

There was a faint "oh" answer in the air.

Only then did Gong Si turn his attention to the big fish on the chopping board.

The whole fish is dark gray in color, the edges of the fins are slightly red, and there is no scar on the whole body.

After carefully looking at it, Gong Si waved the kitchen knife, raised the knife with his hand and dropped it, with one blow, a fish head as big as a baby's head fell down!