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Chapter 34 Mid-Autumn Festival(1/2)

After walking out of the side food store, Li Wen went to the meat stall to cut four kilograms of pork separately, and walked towards his grandmother's house with something.

I haven't been to my grandfather's house for a long time. Li Wen is going to see the two old men today.

As soon as I walked into the alley of my grandfather's house, I saw two boys from my uncle's house, Wang Xiaohu and Wang Xiaoying, using bamboo poles to hit the walnut tree in front of my grandfather's house.

"Xiaohu, what are the little eagle doing?" Li Wen greeted the two of them with a smile.

"Cousin, you're here," the two little guys threw down the bamboo pole in their hands and ran over.

"Cousin Awen, we will help you carry things," the two little guys saw what Li Wen was carrying, and their eyes lit up in front of him.

"Okay, then you two are carrying it," Li Wen said with a smile, handing the pork and fruit in his hand to the two little guys.

Pushing open the door, Li Wen shouted into the room, "Grandma, I'm here to see you and grandpa."

The old man who was enjoying the cool air in the yard stood up from the cold chair.

"Xiao Wen, I'm here to the town today," the old man asked with a smile.

"Isn't this Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow? I'll come to see you on behalf of my mother," Li Wen said with a smile.

"Come on, sit down, your grandmother goes out to pick vegetables for a while and then comes back," Grandpa pulled Li Wen to sit down.

In recent months, Li Wen will basically come to his grandfather's house whenever he comes to the town. Grandma's originally slim body has recovered from Li Wen's filial piety from time to time.

In fact, my grandfather also knew the physical condition of the old lady before, but he had no choice. Many elderly people in the village who had no labor force were like this, giving the food saved to the next generation. If he hadn't been able to do it and move, he would have done this.

In recent months, the production team has collected grain in summer, and Li Wen has taken some rice, flour, meat and oil from time to time. The old lady also knew that her eldest daughter's life was rich and her grandson was extraordinary, so she rekindled hope for life.

The children of her sons are still young, so she should share more housework for the children and spend more time with the old man.

Li Wen thought again that no matter whether it is now or in the future, as a parent, which one is not like this? Most parents burn themselves to illuminate their children, and even when they are old, they are still blowing their last bit of energy to create wealth for their children until they can't do it.

The old lady came back and was very happy to see Li Wen. In recent months, my grandmother's health has recovered and her face has become more fleshy, but her pale hair cannot turn black.

Because it was already afternoon, Li Wen had no meals and sat in the yard and talked to his grandparents. The two old men recalled the stories of raising children throughout their lives. Li Wen listened quietly. It was only when he came to this era that sometimes sitting quietly beside his family and listening to their nagging words is true filial piety and happiness.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Wen said goodbye to his grandparents, gave him some fruit to his second aunt's house and then took the things he bought today and went home.

In fact, there is a custom of marrying daughters to send mooncakes to their parents' homes in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but with the development of society, many people have forgotten the customs, and only cold greetings from mobile communications.

It was already dark when Li Wen returned home, and his family had also come back. It was still early and there was no meal. Under a few oil lamps, the family was divided into several groups, and a few little guys played with the puzzle building blocks given to them by Li Wen; the eldest brother, second brother and second sister were lying on the table and watching the novels and magazines and story books that Li Wen had bought from the scrap purchase station; the father and second uncle sat in the dining room, drinking cans of tea leisurely, while the mother, second aunt and old lady sat aside and laughed for her husband, and the children were making cloth shoes. From time to time, they said something interesting, and everyone laughed.

Li Wen felt sincerely happy when he looked at this scene. This is the taste of home. His efforts over the past few months have not been in vain. Now everyone is full. When they go home at night, their parents no longer worry about food. They will not be unable to sleep because they are not full.

"Awen is back. Why did he go to town for so long today?" his mother looked at Li Wen and said with a smile.

"I went to the hotel in the town and went to see my grandparents and second aunt. I had been chatting at my grandmother's house for a while," Li Wen said with a smile.

"Your grandma and the others are in good health. I just said that it is Mid-Autumn Festival. I will visit your grandfather's house to visit Yifan. You kid will be filial to your mother," Wang Chunmei said with a smile.

"Fortunately, I'm in good health recently and I've gained a lot of weight. I don't need crutches to walk anymore. I'm walking very fast and I'm almost catching up with me," Li Wen said teasingly.

"You kid, just kid, can your grandmother compete with you?" The old lady Guo Xiuyun cursed with a smile on Li Wen.

Li Wen took off the basket from his back and took out the things he bought today.

"I gave fruits, mooncakes and two kilograms of pork to my grandmother's house, and some fruits and mooncakes to my second aunt's house. Let's eat the rest tomorrow on the Mid-Autumn Festival," Li Wen took out the remaining things and put them on the table and smiled.

"Just give it to your grandparents, what are you giving it to your second aunt? I won't see your two aunts come to our house tomorrow Mid-Autumn Festival," the old lady complained at the things on the table.

Haha! Now the family laughed, and the old lady saw that her daughter-in-law and grandson were jealous of her parents' family.

Mom, isn’t there still a tomorrow? Maybe my aunt and the others will go back to see you coming tomorrow, Li Wen smiled.

In fact, the old lady hasn't seen her two daughters in a few months, so she misses them a little.

Brother, I want to eat this grape, peaches and mooncakes. A few little guys have been moving long ago, standing by the table and watching the delicious food on the table.

"Mooncakes cannot be eaten. You will use them tomorrow. You can eat some of the others. Second sister, please wash these fruits and let's eat some tonight," Li Wen smiled at Li Xiaoxia beside him and said with a smile.

"I don't, I just want to eat mooncakes. Today I went to play. Wen Qiang also ate mooncakes, so I didn't give them to taste them," Li Tao shouted loudly on the side.

"What are you eating? Do you want to eat if you have shit? Every day, what else do you want to eat when you eat white flour buns? Get out of here," the second uncle who was lying on the cold chair next to him sat up and cursed.

"I don't, I won't," the little guy rolled in the yard. Li Wen saw it very well. He treated the yard as a kang? Recently, things at home have been going well. Uncle Er hasn't cleaned up these two naughty eggs for a long time, which makes the little guy a little more aggressive!

"The little guy is so bold today. It seems that he will be in lingering today!" Li Wen said in his heart.

Uncle Er stood up from the sand chair, took off his cloth shoes, walked to the yard and held the sound of a slap. The little guy immediately cried and called him to mom.

Li Wen looked at Li Yong beside him and knew that this guy was urging Li Tao. This kid was very clever and Li Tao was beaten every time.

"Okay, I can beat you two times. Since the child wants to eat, give him a piece. It's not that there is no one in our family now," the old lady said with a heartache.

The second uncle made more than a dozen cloth shoes to let the little guy know who was the king of the family and stood quietly.

Li Wen picked up two mooncakes and divided the little guys, which relieved the heavy atmosphere. The little guys were eating the mooncakes and then ran aside to play.

Li Wen shook his head. The child was really carefree and easy to satisfy. At this time, my second sister washed the fruit and everyone started to taste it.

"This grape is good, not sour. Last year, Lao Jiu got half a basket of grapes from somewhere and gave me a bunch of them. My teeth were almost falling off," his mother Wang Chunmei smiled and spat out a mouthful of grape skin.

"That was Lao Jiu who picked wild grapes from his uncle's mountain. When he was a child, this guy often took us to pick them. There was a large piece on the mountain, which was so sour. His father Li Deyou smiled.

"Eat apples, this apple is good," Li Wen cut two apples. The fruit is yellow and should be called "Master Huang," sweet. The fruit has been brought with it a little bit of noodles and is delicious.

"We want to eat too," a few little guys ran over. The adults stuffed some in their hands before they ran away happily again.

After eating the fruit, the old lady brought out the soft steamed buns she made today. The steamed buns she ate for dinner with green chili peppers, which was very good.

Li Wen's life is very leisurely now. He doesn't have to worry about work or go to work. His parents know that he should write quietly and he doesn't let a few little guys disturb him at home.

In the morning, Li Wen ran to the high slope beside the reservoir and looked at the green trees and river water in the distance and immediately relaxed.

"Brother Wenzi, I have your email package," a few little guys shouted at the reservoir by the woods far away.

"Okay, I understand!" Li Wen laughed softly.

When I got home, I was still the postman guy at the time. Now Li Wen is very familiar with him. The postman is named Liu Haitao, who is from the town. He just became a postman last year and is mainly responsible for the post office business that needs to run errands outside the town.

"Brother Liu has been waiting for a long time," Li Wen said with a smile.

"It's okay, Wenzi, I've just arrived not long ago. Awen, you can do it now. Email a few times a month. This is how to find the writing tips. You are sitting at home and earn more monthly income than my brother.

"Brother Liu, writing is also very consuming, okay, I'm mentally labour and it's very consuming, Li Wen said with a smile."

"Yes, it's all labor, but I use the soles of my feet, you use the wrists," Liu Haitao said with a smile.

"Come on, let's not talk about it anymore, sign for it quickly. Mid-Autumn Festival is coming these days, and there are a lot of mail packages," Liu Haitao said as he handed a package to Li Wen.

"Okay, Brother Liu, go slowly," Next time we go to the town, we will get together again, Li Wen waved his hand.

When I got home, I opened the package. There were ten letters, a stack of money tickets, and two bottles of balm milk sperm. The top was a reply from the Young People's Daily Press.

Hello Comrade "Spring Warm Sun": "According to your request, we did not announce your address to readers, so all the letters from readers have been sent to our agency during this period. We selected a part of them to reply, and selected the more sincere letters to hand them back to you. Some of the money tickets in them were given to you by readers. I hope they will be collected. There are two cans of malt milk essence that our agency has given you a holiday gift."

Li Wen counted the money tickets, and there were more than 200 yuan in total, dozens of kilograms of national food tickets, and some oil tickets, cloth tickets, and side food tickets.

Li Wen collected most of the money tickets, leaving more than twenty yuan outside, as well as more than ten kilograms of national food coupons, a few kilograms of sugar coupons, and the milk milk semen sent by the newspaper.

Li Wen put a can of wheat milk semen in his room and took the can of it to the old lady's room.

"Awen, this writing benefits are good. The newspaper also gives you holiday gifts. I only heard from the woman in the village military that this wheat slutty is a good thing and has good nutrition. This is the first time I have seen you," said the old lady happily.

"I'll help you with some," Li Wen took out a small bowl, scooped some and poured them into the bowl and melted them with warm water.

"This one smells so fragrant. It smells like milk. It tastes sweet, good," the old lady said with a smile.

"Mom, just drink this jar yourself. This thing is nourishing. Don't take it out to entertain people. This jar is less than ten yuan," I still have a jar, which will be served at home at that time. Li Wen looked at the old lady and said.

"Okay, okay, I understand, I keep it for myself," the old lady was very happy to caress Li Wen's hand.

"Mom, my aunt is here," Li Juan outside the door ran in and shouted.

"Mom, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, I'll come to visit you," the eldest aunt walked in with her second cousin Zhao Jianjun.

"Okay, come on, sit down. The old lady took Li Xiulan's hand and sat by the kang. Lanzi, you haven't been home for months."

"This is not much family business. After my mother-in-law and we split up the family the year before yesterday, time suddenly became tight. I had to cook for the Red Army and Liberate them, and I had to greet a few younger ones. Today I didn't take a break for a long time. I said I would go home quickly and buy some mooncakes and pork to bring to you," Li Xiulan said with a smile.

"Just go home and take a look, it doesn't matter. Come on, Jianjun, grandma will make you soak the wheat milk essence. This is what your cousin Awen just gave me today," the old lady said, taking out two small bowls and making the wheat milk essence for her daughter and grandson. Li Wen was so amused and crying that she should have said it just now.

"Oh, I haven't even drunk this wheat milk essence. The county's supply and marketing stores are very expensive. A can of tickets are more than four yuan. The key is that they often have no goods," said the eldest aunt Li Xiulan in surprise.

"This was sent to me by the newspaper, saying it was a holiday gift," Li Wen smiled from the side.

"Awen is so awesome. I'm convinced by your cousin," said Zhao Jianjun, the second cousin next to him with a thumbs up.

Mom, I'm here to see you, and then the voice of my second aunt Li Xiufang came from the door.

Li Wen walked out and saw the second aunt walking in with her little cousin Zhou Xiaomo.

"Second aunt, you are here. Yesterday my mother said she missed you," Li Wen said with a smile.

"You kid, you ran to your aunt. Your mother must have said to me again yesterday," said the second aunt Li Xiufang with a smile.

"Xiufang, you are here," the old lady and aunt walked out and shouted when they saw the second aunt.

Mom, elder sister, and second aunt greeted her with a smile.

"Let's go, cousin, and Xiaomo, everyone go to the yard and let our mother talk," Li Wen pulled Zhou Xiaomo and said with a smile.

At this time, the little guys had also finished school. Li Wen asked them to sit down, took out the lactogenum and a thermos from the room and walked out.
To be continued...
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