Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, was initially at a loss because of his uncle's sudden return. Once he psychologically accepted the existence of his uncle as an elder, there was no pressure at all. The couple was busy preparing food, and also took out the "medicinal" meals that several of their own girls had stored for the family.
Steam the steamer again.
The couple was busy for an hour, and all the dishes were prepared. At half past eleven, the table was officially set for dinner. The chicken and mushrooms were stewed as the base of the hot pot. A rack was placed in the pot and other dishes in bowls were placed.
There were dozens of guests in total, so we squeezed in and sat at four tables.
The guests of honor gathered together, drank wine made from sweet potatoes by rural residents, ate home-grown vegetables, and the meat dishes were also home-grown pigs, chickens and ducks, giving a strong local flavor.
Chen Kang, who had been away from his hometown for more than 40 years, finally tasted the local specialties of his hometown. His eyes became moist again. He wiped his eyes several times before finishing the chicken soup hot pot.
Liu Lu and others had a great time eating, and the happiest thing was seeing the "medicated" meal made by Lele on the table. Their noses were also trained, and they could tell which dish was the "medicated" meal made by Lele by smelling the aroma.
Chen Kang, Zhou Wei, Chen Xin and Chen Jie have also eaten delicacies from mountains and seas, including Manchu and Han Dynasty foods, and they are also very picky. After eating a few "medicinal" dishes, their stomachs were completely subdued.
Chen Kang's family of five enjoyed this meal happily, and the Liu family, Cheng family, and Zhang family in the same village were also satisfied with their meal. Youngster Lan Sanyan didn't want to forget it. They were thinking about the medicine made by Loli before they left the capital.
’ Where’s the meal?
The two handsome guys were also very diligent. After the meal, they helped put away the table and tableware, and even rushed to wash the dishes. The handsome boy was also very witty, fetching face wash and asking Leshan to bring towels to Uncle Chen's grandpa and grandma.
"Nai" washes her face with her cousins.
When he went to his nephew's house for the first time, his nephew and grandson gave him face wash. Chen Kangzhouwei was very excited. According to the custom in his hometown in Hunan Province, he gave a red envelope to the child who gave him face wash.
Chen Xin and Chen Jie also gave red envelopes according to the custom of their hometown. Chen Fengnian didn't need to give them because he was still a child.
The beautiful young man treated the guests equally, and also gave Cheng Wu and other older guests water to cleanse their faces and hands. After the guests had washed their faces and hands, they served tea and dried fruits and melon seeds.
Cheng Wu, Zhang Laosun, Liu Laishun, Chen Dalian and others also knew that Chen Kang's family had returned to their hometown once and had a lot to talk to Yueqing. They sat there for more than an hour to say goodbye to their master and return to their own home. If the old people want to chat, they can wait for a minute or two.
It's not too late to meet again.
Chen Dalian and He's sister-in-law took the girl home and first opened the fire in the fire pit, lit it, and then opened the red envelopes and New Year gifts given by Chen Kang's uncles.
You don’t know if you don’t know it, but you were shocked when you saw it. Chen Kang’s uncle and aunt gave them a red envelope of 10,000 yuan when they met, and a red envelope of 3,600 yuan for each of the children. The red envelopes given to the children by the brothers from the two tribes were 2,000 yuan.
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The New Year's greeting gift is not an ordinary gift. There is a two-pound bag of bamboo bird's nests, a bag of bird's nests, a box of old Codonopsis pilosula, and a box of donkey-hide gelatin. It was entrusted to me by the girls from the Le family. They have seen the world and recognized the bamboo from the appearance of the things.
Bird's nest and bird's nest.
There may not seem to be many things, but they are all valuable.
The two sisters of the Chen family were very happy. They handed over half of the red envelope money to their parents and kept the other half as pocket money. However, the big-faced Chen and his wife looked at the gifts and were very worried. The greeting gifts given by the uncles were so heavy. They
What gift should I give in return?
They were thinking about what gifts to give in return when they heard someone shouting "Chen Li" outside. Chen Dalian heard that it was his father who was coming, so he responded and quickly hid the bamboo bird's nest and bird's nest. His father couldn't carry it clearly.
He is also the kind of person who has a wandering heart. Whenever his family has any good things, he will take notice of them and take a piece from them back to enjoy with the boss and his family.
Chen Dalian had just hid the things. Chen Wu, who was wearing a red down jacket, walked to the door of the kitchen with his hands folded and walked in a big way, looking around quickly with his eyes.
In the middle of the morning, he heard that a visitor from afar had arrived at Chen Li's house. He seemed to be a very wealthy guest. He went to Chen Li's house without meeting him. He went to eat somewhere, and he didn't feel warm until now.
I glanced around and saw a box next to my son and daughter-in-law. I guessed they were looking at a New Year's gift. I approached and looked at it casually, and asked: "I heard that there are guests from far away in your family. Are they brothers from the in-laws? What's the matter?
Didn’t you see the guests?”
Chen Dalian dragged a table for his father to sit on, and then asked: "Dad, what do you want from me? My family has guests from far away today, not from the mother's side, but from our Chen family.
Went to Lejia."
Chen Wu sat down and heard that he was not a relative of the He family. He was already thinking about how to take back the box of things that looked like ginseng. Hearing that the guests were going to Lejia, he felt strange and couldn't help but ask more questions.
: "Why do our guests from the Chen family go to Lejia?"
"Although he is a relative of our Chen family, he is too far away from our original family and is closer to the Le family than to us." Chen Dalian told the truth honestly: "Dad, you should also remember that person, he is us.
The biological brother of Aunt Chen Hongying of the Chen family, and Uncle Chen Kang of Uncle Chen Dazhuang’s family.”
"Brother Chen Hongying?!" Chen Wu originally stared at the gift box that looked like ginseng. When he heard that it was Chen Hongying's biological brother, he jumped up like a spring under his buttocks and his eyes widened: "You, Chen Chenkang, are back.
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"Yes, old uncle Chen Kang is back, and he brought his wife, son and grandson with him." Chen Dalian couldn't understand why his father was so shocked, so he naturally explained: "I don't know which of the Chen family is so immoral.
Actually, he wrote to Uncle Chen Kang and lied to him that Chen's aunt Chen Hongying had died due to dystocia, and also lied to Yueqing that his father had married another wife. Uncle Chen Kang believed the truth and was so sad that he did not return to his hometown for decades.
Visiting relatives.”
"How do you know who wrote the letter to deceive Chen Kang?" Chen Wu's face changed and he stuttered.
"Uncle Chen Kang brought all the letters back and gave them to the Lele family. Lele's brother saw the letter in person. Liu Lu and I were both present at the time. Brother Mo Lele was very angry. We all wanted to write the letter.
Even if a ghost catches him, breaks his hand, and does such immoral things, he won't be afraid that no one will die."
Chen Dalian is still angry when he thinks about it. Which bastard in the Chen family did something so heartless that it has completely embarrassed the old Chen family. Fortunately, the Chao family brother did not reveal the writer of the letter, otherwise, he would definitely have done it at that time.
Embarrassed to death.
"Indeed, it's a bit over the top. I just came over to see who it was. I'm going back." After receiving unexpected news, Chen Wu Na returned from taking things from his son's house, turned around and hurried away.
The father who loved to pick things from his own hands and give them to his eldest son suddenly ran away. Chen was puzzled and chased him and shouted: "Dad, you and Uncle Chen Kang should be very familiar with each other. I was thinking of picking him up tomorrow or later."
My uncle is here for dinner, so please come and help me."
"You guys just eat, don't call me. Chen Kang and I don't get along. We used to fight when we met." Chen Wu ran very fast, running out of the kitchen in two steps, as if there was a ghost chasing behind him.
He ran towards his home without stopping.
He ran from Chen Dalian's house to the village road at a sprint. He turned another corner and breathed a sigh of relief when he couldn't see Chen Dalian's house. Without any further delay, he hurried back to his home and resolutely stopped going to other places.
I visited every house to avoid meeting Chen Kang.
It was the first time that his eccentric father left without taking anything. Chen Dalian felt strange and did not go into details further. He and his mother-in-law continued to discuss where to invite Uncle Chen Kang to dinner and what to give him to take to Shonan.
Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, sent away guests from the same village and made the beds when he had time. He originally wanted to invite his uncle's family to live in the new building, but their uncle was not happy. He wanted to live in an old house with traces of his sister. The couple
I didn’t force it, so my uncle was arranged to live in a room facing the refrigerator room, and my cousins and their children were naturally arranged to live in the south building.
Chen Xin and Chen Jie were relieved when their cousin recognized their uncle's family. They had no objections about where to live. Chen Kang was very happy because his nephew did not drive him away and allowed him to live there. Not to mention how happy he was.
I walked around the room and especially liked the bed made of straw.
After arranging the accommodation, Chen Xin and Chen Jie gave the New Year's greeting gifts to their cousin, and then asked the cousin and his wife to sit down and talk to their parents.
Chen Kang had too many things to think about. He rambled on about how he went to a state-owned factory in what is now Han City, how his work was, how he went to southern Hunan, and what he experienced there. He felt sad and cried several times.
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Yilaoyan, Laolan, Sanyan and the beautiful boy were the audience. After listening for a while, Leshan felt sleepy and fell asleep peacefully in the arms of the beautiful brother.
Mr. Yi secretly drank another vat of vinegar, and when the boy from the Chao family came, his disciple would not stick to him. Fortunately, the boy would not live in Lejia forever, otherwise, he would be so angry that he would not be able to eat.
Le's father believed that his uncle had been deceived and had not wanted to return to the village for decades. After recognizing his uncle, there was no barrier. He truly treated his uncle as his own. Listening to his uncle talk about his life experiences, he could appreciate the bitterness and accompany him.
I shed several tears.
Zhou Qiufeng acted as both a listener and a persuader. When someone cried, she quickly tried to persuade them, and even helped them wipe their faces with hot water and wet towels.
The uncles and nephews talked to each other, and it was not until dusk that they roughly finished some important things and completely calmed down.
The uncle's family was a rare guest, so Zhou Qiufeng killed a local chicken, ate hot pot and medicinal food in the evening, and talked all night long by candlelight, and did not go to bed until after eleven o'clock.
After talking with his nephew Che, Chen Kang was able to resolve half of the knots he had suffered for many years. He slept very soundly at night, and he really had no dreams until dawn.
Zhou Wei originally thought that his wife would be so excited that he could not sleep well because he finally returned to his hometown and recognized his nephew. However, he fell asleep not long after he fell asleep. He was a little confused and confused. She also had no dreams all night.
, slept particularly soundly.
Chen Xin slept in a guest room alone, and Chen Jie took his son. When they went to the south building to rest, they discovered that the guest room furniture in the cousin's new building was all antique, and it felt particularly charming.
After a night's rest, Chen Kang felt relatively calm. Secondly, Chen Kang took his mother-in-law, son and grandson to the mountains to visit the graves of his son's grandparents. He also wanted to lay incense sticks in front of the graves of his sister and brother-in-law.
The snow hasn't melted yet, but it's no problem to go to the mountains.
Le's father, Zhou Qiufeng, accompanied his uncle and his family to pay homage to the ancestor of the Chen family. They are from rural areas and are used to rain and wind, carrying backpacks containing worship supplies.
The group walked slowly and took more than two minutes to climb up the mountain to the cemetery of Chen Dazhuang and his wife. The cemetery of Chen Kang's parents is not very far from that of Mr. and Mrs. Lehong. Their graves are higher up, about a mile apart, facing each other.
The directions are different.
Although Chen Kang has not been home for decades, Le's father used to visit his grandparents' graves every year. The graves of Chen Dazhuang and his wife were often repaired and there were no tangled trees or weeds around them.
After not returning home for decades, Chen Kang knelt in front of his parents' graves and burned paper. While burning paper, he cried to his parents that he would start a family, have children and grandchildren, and pass on the incense to the family.
Zhou Wei also kowtowed to his father-in-law and mother-in-law who had died many years ago. Chen Xin and Chen Jie also kowtowed to their grandfather and grandma. This time they also recognized their ancestors and returned to the clan. Chen Feng was younger and kowtowed nine times respectfully.
After visiting the graves of his parents, Chen Kang also paid homage to his grandfather, grandma, grandpa, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather Zeng. The graves of the ancestors further up the stairs were too far away, so they would not go there for the time being. They would pay homage again at the Qingming Festival some year later.
After paying homage to the elders of the Chen family, Chen Kang went to pay homage to his sister. Before he could reach his sister's grave, he knelt down with a bang. He walked ten steps on his knees and walked to the grave of his sister and brother-in-law, hugging the stone tablet and crying loudly.
His parents died early, and his sister pulled him up like a father and a mother. He has the deepest memory of her, and also remembers how much hardship she endured to send him away, how much pressure, ridicule and abuse she endured, and how many tears she shed secretly.
What he is most grateful for is his sister, and the second is his brother-in-law's family. His parents are outsiders, but they are more kind and righteous than many people in the village. When he and his sister's parents died, there was nothing in the house anymore. They were so poor that even mice didn't want to visit. Le
The elders of the family often take care of them secretly and give them food quietly.
At that time, Lejia Lehong was the best-looking young man in the village. He was well-educated and could write and do calculations. He was the favorite of all the girls in Shili Village. Many wealthy families asked people to come to matchmakers. Lejia
Both elders declined, and his brother-in-law's family only liked his sister.
The brother-in-law ignored other gossips, married his sister, and firmly brought him to the Le family. The brother-in-law and his family protected his sister and him from wind and rain, and gave them a warm home.
The brother-in-law not only took his brother-in-law home, but also supported him. He had to work all day long and taught him at night. He lived in Lejia for four years. It was also because of his brother-in-law's guidance that he had the opportunity to stand out and become a buyer in the brigade, thus being able to
When you meet a noble person, you leave Meicun and become a worker in a state-owned factory.
It was precisely because his brother-in-law's family was so kind that he was so painful that he no longer wanted to go back to his hometown when he heard that his sister had died due to childbirth and that his brother-in-law had married another man.
Hearing the news that his brother-in-law had remarried, he didn't hate his brother-in-law. He was the only one in his family. When his sister married into the Le family, she didn't have any children for several years. The three members of the Le family never looked down on his sister.
He didn't say anything wrong to his sister, but he was afraid that his sister would get into trouble, so he comforted his sister.
Therefore, when he heard that his sister was gone and his brother-in-law had remarried, he never complained to his brother-in-law or his family. He did not want to go back to his hometown because he was afraid of upsetting the situation and hurting his feelings.
Chen Kang has never forgotten the past. Just because he remembered every bit of the past, he felt guilty for half his life because he missed the opportunity to have fun with his family because of his temporary escape.
Holding the tombstone of his sister and brother-in-law, Chen Kang recalled all the things he had done as a young man in his heart. He was filled with sadness and cried harder and harder. He cried and complained to his sister and brother-in-law about his mistakes.
The old uncle burst into tears again, and no one else could stop him. Le's father was worried that his uncle would catch a cold and fall ill, so he was so worried that he tried to persuade and coax him, and it took a long time to persuade him to get better.
Zhou Wei took the children to kowtow to her aunt and brother-in-law. She also kowtowed in front of the graves of the two elders of the Le family, thanking them for being kind to her husband, for teaching a good young man, and for giving her a good husband.
After the worship, the group went down the mountain to have fun.