Grandma is over 70 years old this year. Her eyesight has been blurry for more than ten years, and she still has some cataracts, so she can't see clearly.
At this time, I put on my reading glasses and saw my granddaughter's face clearly for the first time, and I shed tears of excitement.
The relationship between grandma and mother is not very good, mainly due to the lingering problems from the past.
Although it eased later, the heart disease disappeared. Is it so easy to eliminate?
Speaking of which, it was caused by my grandmother's preference for boys over girls. When my mother gave birth to my eldest sister, she was completely disliked by my grandmother because she was a girl.
Although three more grandchildren were born in succession, the pain left by the eldest sister was always a thorn in the side, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could barely live with it.
Later, the eldest uncle’s three sons had no daughters, and the second eldest uncle’s four sons had no daughters, so there were only three sons and two daughters in his family.
When you don’t have a son, you want a son. If you have more sons, you want a daughter.
The eldest sister was not popular back then, but now the younger sister has become everyone's treasure.
This incident was not only a thorn in my mother's heart, but also a thorn in my eldest sister's heart.
Zhang Junping had no way to get involved in the adults' matters and could only remain silent.
Then he took out the cotton-padded jacket and trousers he bought for his grandparents, "Master, grandma, these are the cotton-padded jackets and trousers I bought for you. They have roe deer skin inside, so they will keep you warm."
"Okay, okay! My dear grandma has cotton-padded clothes. At such an old age, it is a waste to wear such good clothes. You can take these back to your mother!" Grandma's face was full of happy folds.
My mother also has milk, so I bought it for you and my mother."
"Pingzi bought it for you, just accept it!" Grandpa took the cotton-padded jacket over politely and stroked it, "It's so good. I didn't expect that I could also wear a leather cotton-padded jacket."
"Master, here is a dry tobacco bag that I made by myself. Please try it and see if it works!
Milk, I also made a shot for you, and I put a bag for you, would you like to try it?"
"Oh, the cigarette pouch made by my sweet grandson is so beautiful. Hurry up and put a pot in it and let me have a try!" Grandma held the cigarette pouch and was so happy that she couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear.
As for grandpa, Zhang Junping didn't need to say anything. He took the tobacco bag and started filling it with shredded tobacco.
Grandpa has such a carefree temperament and is a bit impatient.
No, before Zhang Junping could take out the high-end cut tobacco he bought from Beijing, he put his own dry tobacco leaves inside.
"Milk, please try and see if it's good to smoke. If it's good, I'll mail it to you after I get back to Beijing." Zhang Junping filled the tobacco and handed it to his grandmother.
Zhang Junping's grandmother has been smoking for fifty or sixty years. She started smoking at the age of sixteen or seventeen before she got married.
Jiahe Village has had the habit of growing dry tobacco since ancient times, so grandma started smoking very early.
Some people say that there are three strange monsters in the Northeast: paper on the windows, hanging a child after giving birth, and a woman smoking a cigarette pipe.
In fact, in the early days of Yuandu, there were many women smoking pipes.
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It should be said that throughout the northern region, there are many women smoking pipes.
Everyone is not surprised, unlike later generations who always look at women smoking with colored glasses.
"Hey, what kind of tobacco is this? Why does it smell so good?" Grandpa, who was savoring the difference in the new cigarette rod, suddenly smelled a different smell of smoke.
"Pingzi, where's mine? Why are we just making it for your grandparents without taking care of it?" Zhang Junping's uncle asked very dissatisfiedly.
"Haha! Uncle, how could I forget you? This has been prepared for you a long time ago!" Zhang Junping took out another cigarette bag and handed it to the uncle.
"Okay, I'm not hurting you in vain!" The uncle took the pipe, picked up the shredded tobacco that Zhang Junping brought, filled a pot, and started smoking beautifully.
Only then did Zhang Junping have time to answer his grandfather's words, "Sir, this is the cut tobacco I brought from Beijing for you and my grandma. You can smoke this cut tobacco from now on. You won't cough or get dry mouth after smoking this."
"Isn't this cut tobacco cheap?" the uncle asked.
"Don't worry about how much it costs. Anyway, I can afford it for you guys to smoke." Zhang Junping didn't discuss the price, he just said with a smile.
Once we discussed the price, my grandparents and father were probably reluctant to smoke it.
Then Zhang Junping took out the Maotai wine he brought for the uncle and gave it to him.
There are differences between relatives and friends. The uncle only has a cigarette bag, two bottles of Maotai, and some snacks for the children.
At this point, Zhang Junping's uncle could only envy him, but he couldn't blame him for anything.
After chatting with his grandparents for a while, Zhang Junping got up and left, leading his little sister home.
Come home, my dear, to a room full of people.
They are all neighbors, aunts and wives of the same family.
A group of people sat on the kang or on chairs, knocking melon seed peels all over the floor.
In this era, there was nothing much to do in the winter, there was no work in the fields, there was no TV, and there were only a few radios in the whole village. Everyone’s entertainment basically consisted of men playing poker, women getting together to crack melon seeds and chatting, and chatting between the east and the west.
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I don’t know why there are so many topics.
But at this time, you can see who is popular in the village and who has prestige in the village.
Whoever has more family members is better off.
"Hirako is back?"
"The third lady is here!"
"Isn't Pingzi turning twenty this year?"
"It's the 21st of the New Year."
"Hey, it's time to talk about a partner. I'll introduce you to a partner another day!"
"Pull him down! He is a college student, so if you want to find him, you have to find a woman in the city."
"What's going on in the countryside? My natal family, the daughter of my second uncle's family, is a very famous and pretty girl in every village in the world.
I don’t know how many young men came to wander around the village...
Pingzi, let me tell you, my niece from my mother's side is a very beautiful girl. Not only is she beautiful, she is also virtuous. She can do laundry, cooking, and even work in the fields." The second aunt was elated with her sales pitch.
Looking at his niece.
Zhang Junping couldn't help it anymore, so he interrupted his second aunt, "Second aunt, are you talking about Wang Chunmei? We are junior high school classmates!"
"Yes, yes! I forgot, you are still classmates, classmates are better! How about I call her tomorrow and you guys can meet her?" The second aunt became even more excited when she heard this and wanted to call her niece over now.
"Second Aunt, I have a girlfriend, and we are in a good relationship! No, the clothes on my little sister were all bought by my girlfriend." Zhang Junping had no choice but to interrupt Second Aunt again.
The aesthetic deviation of this era is a bit big, or it could be said that the second aunt's aesthetic deviation is a bit big.
In the eyes of the second aunt, those with big buttocks are good for fertility, those with big breasts have enough milk, those with big faces are blessed, and those with big frames can work... Those who have the above points are the standards of a good wife.
"Yes, Second Aunt, my sister-in-law bought this for me, doesn't it look good?" The little girl quickly stood up and showed off her new clothes.
"You, there is no dry food hidden in the kennel, and your brother just changed it for you?" the mother laughed and scolded.