Dashan Makes a Living 1984 - Chapter 197

  Chapter 197 193: Mother and Daughter Meet

  Wang Tianxiao sat on the kang, patted Wang Peng with one hand to comfort him to sleep, and put his arm around Wang Fang and told her stories.

  Daughter Wang Fang is just like her previous life, she is very interested in listening to stories. When Wang Tianxiao was away, she took her aunt Wang Xiaolan to tell her every day.

  Wang Tianxiao just noticed that Wang Xiaolan also has a literary heart and a literary dream.

  When I saw the small poems and articles written by Wang Xiaolan, although I didn’t understand them very well, I just found them very interesting. So I thought of several famous magazines in this era, and took advantage of the opportunity to go to the town to buy all the bound volumes of recent years, so that Wang Xiaolan can study and try to contribute.

  People seem to be born with literariness. Although Wang Xiaolan did not graduate from junior high school, but because he likes words very much, what he writes is full of literary and artistic atmosphere.

  Wang Tianxiao felt that he could let his sister try.

  People don’t have to be hanged from a tree, who knows if she will succeed?

  In the previous life, everyone didn’t take care of and observe this sister seriously, maybe they buried a good writer.

  Even if she can’t go very far on this road, reading more and writing more will also precipitate her temperament and improve her knowledge, which is a good thing in itself.

In the station, apart from her elder brother and sister-in-law, Wang Xiaolan and Mi Xiaoqing have the closest relationship, not only because they are about the same age, but also because they have both worked outside and have a bit of literary and artistic atmosphere, so the relationship is very good. Pretty good.

   And Li Guanping originally planned to have less business at the station after the new year and would not come for the time being, but he couldn’t bear the longing for Mi Xiaoqing, so he gave up his principles and was willing to stay here.

  The hard work paid off, and the relationship between the two became more and more stable. According to this progress, they will be able to get engaged in the second half of the year.

  Long nights with many dreams, Wang Tianxiao secretly encouraged his brother-in-law many times to take action when he should, and take what should be taken.

  A man likes a girl, and the girl likes himself, so don’t be reserved, you must take the initiative.

  Procrastination will only wear down the relationship between the two, and it will not do any good to love.

  Wang Tianxiao always feels a little pedantic for the kind of man who always longs for girls to be moved by him affectionately, so that he can fall in love with him wholeheartedly.

   Deserves to be single.

  There is nothing in this world that can be accomplished by being reserved, and the same is true for pursuing women.

  The Wu family brothers are still diligent and conscientious. They work at sunrise and rest at sunset. They gradually regard this place as a place of residence, and have become accustomed to this way of life.

   As for Liu Yuan, he is still enthusiastic occasionally, habitually indifferent, and his attitude towards people is not as good as those small animals.

   In this regard, Wang Tianxiao’s coping strategy is to keep getting close.

  Anyway, he is an old man, so he doesn’t need to care about anything. He should speak more kind words and be sweeter. Every time Liu Yuan is asked to do something, although he is not happy on the surface, he will not refuse in the end.

  The days at the station are moving forward slowly, plainly, but happily.

   It’s April in a blink of an eye.

  When people in the mountains talk about days, they always talk about the lunar calendar.

  Generally, the Gregorian calendar is rarely mentioned.

  In the fourth month of the lunar calendar, May Day in the Gregorian calendar has passed, and half of the year has passed.

  The season in the mountains has finally come to early summer.

  Although March and April are only a few months apart, for the mountains, it is like the sky in the early morning. It seems to be dark at the first glance, but it suddenly brightens the next moment.

  In March, only apricot trees, peach trees and other trees that germinated in late spring began to show signs of new life, and some grasses that were not very afraid of the cold stretched out their heads.

  But in April, basically the flowers all over the mountains and plains are in full bloom, and the grass begins to flourish.

  Dandelions and wormwoods have gradually become very lush. From a distance, the entire hillside is paved with greenery.

   On the mountain, there are seas of flowers, mainly apricots, peaches and plums, mixed with some early-ripening pears and apples.

  Add some wild rapeseed flowers, dawanhua, hyacinth, ten-way brocade, etc. Standing on the ridge and looking at it, the early summer wind blows gently, sweeping the entire sea of ​​flowers and grass quilts, which is too beautiful to behold.

  As the plants gradually returned to life, all kinds of birds basically came back.

There are more than 100 kinds of birds in Ziwu Ridge, big and small, various and colorful. The big ones include golden eagles, kestrels, pigeons and kites, etc. These are all raptors, and there are more small ones. Many Wang Tianxiao I don’t know, I can’t tell what the name is.

  Little birds often inhabit certain woods. If they are disturbed by anything, they will fly in groups. Most of the time, they are densely packed, covering the sky and covering the entire sun.

   And at this time, it is often the killing time of those raptors, each of whom is fed to death.

  The little golden eagle at the field station has grown very big now. With the arrival of the new season, he also met two new partners, flying and playing together every day.

   Sometimes I am too lazy to come back at night after playing.

Wang Tianxiao is not upset about this. Since releasing the two leopard cats and badgers, they are living well. Now he also thinks about it. These wild animals belong to nature, and raising them by oneself is not necessarily a happy thing. , It is also a good thing to be able to return to nature.

   It’s just that he has been guessing that there are three golden eagles in total, and he doesn’t know how to arrange the sexes.

  This kind of raptor is monogamous, so if there is one male and two females, will there be any conflicts, and the remaining one light bulb, how should the single eagle deal with itself? It is also pitiful.

  In addition to these interesting things, for mountain people, there are all kinds of wild vegetables that can’t be eaten.

  The wild vegetables in the mountains can be eaten from April to October. There are different kinds of edibles at each stage, and after continuous development, many eating methods have also been derived.

  The most commonly eaten in April are wild garlic, ash and shepherd’s purse, etc. Chinese toon can also be eaten.

  The leaves of wild garlic are a bit like onions, but the part buried in the soil is like a small garlic bone. If eaten raw, it is very spicy, and people who can be spicy have headaches.

  However, if you use it for scrambled eggs or bacon, the taste is very beautiful.

   If you dig a lot, the garlic can also be used for pickling. The method is also quite simple, directly cut the garlic into small pieces, marinate it with salt, soy sauce, vinegar, etc. for a day or two, and it tastes crisp and delicious.

Gray purse and shepherd’s purse are also very common wild vegetables. Gray vegetable tastes a bit like tender spinach. Shepherd’s purse is found in many places. These two kinds of vegetables can not only be fried, but also boiled and mixed with cold vegetables. If they are a little older , It is used to make buns or dumplings.

   As for toon, Wang Tianxiao is not used to eating it, but the rest of the family likes it very much.

   People who like to eat this kind of thing like it very much, but those who don’t like it can’t get close to it. It’s a bit like coriander or durian.

  There are wild vegetables, and you can always eat some fresh pheasants and hares, or wild pigeons and turtledoves every now and then.

  On this day, just after dinner, Wang Tianxiao took a chair and sat in front of the room with Liu Yuan to bask in the sun.

  A few dogs were lying under their feet, lazily closing their eyes.

   At this time, two figures appeared on the hillside.

  Wang Tianxiao was squinting his eyes due to the sun, and didn’t pay attention, when Liu Yuan poked his body suddenly. He opened his eyes and jumped up from the chair.

   It turned out that Wang Tianxin brought his mother to the mountain.

   hurried over, supported his mother, and glared at Wang Tianxin.

  This kid, why did he bring his mother here without notifying him.

   There is no reaction time at all.

  He hurriedly called inside: “Lili, Xiaolan, mother is here.”

“ah.”

  Li Yali was kneading dough inside, preparing to make buns in the afternoon, and ran out when she heard the shout, her hands were still full of flour, like two little white paws.

  Wang Fang was playing in his uncle’s room, so he also ran out.

   Seeing Zhang Yufeng, he ran over and shouted happily, “Grandma.”

  Zhang Yufeng took her granddaughter’s hand and touched her little head: “Fang baby, do you miss grandma?”

   “Well, I’ve been thinking about it.”

   “Then you don’t go back to see grandma, just think in the mountains?”

   “Hee hee, my dad said he would take me down when the weather got warmer.”

   “Mom, why are you here?” Li Yali walked over and looked at her husband a little nervously, not knowing what her mother-in-law was going to do when she suddenly killed her on the mountain.

  She is a little afraid of her mother-in-law, not that kind of simple fear, but because she knows her mother-in-law doesn’t like her, so she won’t give her a good face, and there will be a lot of embarrassment when they meet.

“Come and see you.” Zhang Yufeng smiled and asked Wang Tianxin to give her the package, and she handed it to Li Yali, “Here are some insoles I made for your family, and I embroidered a pair of pillowcases for Pengwa. I’m getting old, my eyes are blurry, and I can’t embroider well, so let’s just use it.”

   “It’s okay, it’s fine.”

  Li Yali took the package flattered, and looked at her husband even more anxiously.

   Even secretly glared at Wang Tianxin.

  The mother-in-law in her memory has never had a good face. No matter what she does, she always has a cold look in her eyes. She suddenly smiled at her today, and she is really not used to it.

  Thinking of this, he couldn’t help secretly blaming Wang Tianxin.

  This kid, I love him for nothing on weekdays. If he loses the chain at a critical time, even if my mother-in-law is coming, she must notify in advance. Why did she just bring him here.

  Wang Tianxin smiled wryly, and pointed his mouth at his mother’s back, meaning, I don’t want to either, isn’t this forced by the old man.

   “Mom, let’s go inside, it’s windy outside.”

“good.”

  Zhang Yufeng seems to be in a particularly good mood today, and her spirits are also good.

   “Pengwa is in this room?”

   “Well, he is sleeping. He goes to bed after lunch every day. If he doesn’t wake up, he can sleep for at least half the afternoon.” Li Yali explained next to him.

   “Children just need to sleep, and they mainly rely on sleep to grow their bodies.”

When she came into the room, Zhang Yufeng saw the little grandson with red lips and white teeth on the kang, she was slightly startled, then walked over gently, lying on the edge of the kang, looked at her grandson, and said happily: “Look at this poor little boy, give him a hand!” Distressed, why does it look so distressing?”

   “Grandma, my brother will turn over.”

   “Okay, okay, grow up quickly, grandma still wants to watch him marry a wife.”

   “Mother, he’s still clinging to the ground. You really think far enough about where to marry a wife.” Wang Tianxiao said next to him.

   “Why, I’m not allowed to live in the same family.”

  Wang Tianxiao was slightly taken aback. He rarely heard such a gentle rebuttal from his mother.

   “Mother, it’s cold on the ground, take off your shoes and sit on the kang.”

“good.”

  Wang Tianxiao and his wife helped their mother to sit on the kang. Wang Tianxiao wanted to take off her mother’s shoes, but Zhang Yufeng blocked her, signaling her to come by herself.

  Wang Tianxin had already sneaked away, probably to inform Wang Xiaolan.

   In fact, there is no need to report the news at all. Wang Xiaolan must have heard the news of her mother’s arrival in the room.

   “Mother, if you want to see your grandson, I’ll just take him back. Why did you come here by yourself? Why did you come so far away?”

   “When you take it back, I’m afraid I may not be able to see my grandson even if I die. My second son is a busy man, a capable man, and he has a lot of things to do. How can he have time to take care of me, an old man?”

   “Mother, look what you’re talking about.” Wang Tianxiao smiled wryly.

   “Forget it, I don’t blame you,” the mother put her feet into the quilt, and looked at the little grandson kindly, “Look at his mouth, does it look like mine?”

  Wang Tianxiao and his wife looked at each other, and nodded together: “It’s very similar.”

   “Let’s just say, my grandchildren are all handsome, and none of them are crooked, unlike the third son of the Xue family, who seems to be here to complete the task…”

   “Mother, what do you think the children do and what they look like are not just their baby bumps. If they hear you say that, they will blame you.”

   “Blame me, let her blame, I’m afraid they won’t make it. Good-looking is good-looking, and bad-looking is not good-looking. You were born, and you are afraid of people saying?”

   “Mother…”

  Wang Tianxiao looked at his mother speechlessly, and Li Yali smiled wryly beside her.

   “Forget it, let’s not talk about them. Look at Pengwa, who has a big head. She is going to be a county magistrate in the future. You don’t have to worry about the rain. They have umbrellas, and we have big heads.”

   “Grandma, is my head big?” Wang Fang knelt beside her and looked at her brother’s head.

   “Why do girls have such a big head? It’s not good-looking. Girls, you have to be pretty and grow up to marry a solid and good man.”

   “Why should my younger brother become a county magistrate when I want to get married?”

  Zhang Yufeng was stunned, looking at the immature and innocent eyes of her granddaughter looking at her, she hesitated slightly, and gently put her hand on Wang Fang’s head, “Baby, this is the life of our women.”

  Wang Fang naturally didn’t understand, she still wanted to ask, Wang Tianxiao quickly interrupted the topic, “Mother, Xiaolan…”

  Hearing the word Xiaolan, the smile on Zhang Yufeng’s face disappeared.

   “I’ll let her come over.”

   “What are you doing here?”

“Mother, actually…Xiao Lan misses you very much too, but she is too afraid of you, and she is afraid that you will reprimand her when she meets her. After all, she is an adult. If you have anything to say, you can tell her directly, so that both of you It’s not the same thing not seeing each other, right?”

“What do you mean not to see each other? If she doesn’t go home, do I have to carry a big sedan chair to invite her back? She Wang Xiaolan has such a big face. People who know it say that I pick up her daughter. People who don’t know think it’s me. Pick up my mother.”

  Wang Tian is as filial as a hair.

  He heard the latent thoughts in his mother’s words. She really wanted to see Xiaolan, but she was stubborn.

   This is a common problem of the Wang family.

  The mother is like this, and so are the children, all of them have stubborn tempers.

   “Then I’ll call her.”

  Wang Tianxiao turned and ran out of the room without waiting for his mother to speak.

   Came to Wang Xiaolan’s room and found that she had covered her head tightly with a quilt. Wang Tianxiao pulled the quilt several times before tearing it off.

   “Oh, second brother, what are you doing?”

   “What are you talking about?”

   “Who knows?” Wang Xiaolan was pulling the quilt again, as if covering her head again.

  Wang Tianxiao threw all the quilts to the side, “You are like an ostrich. If you bury your head in the sand, you will be safe. How long can you hide?”

   “Who is hiding?”

   “I didn’t hide from you, what are you doing, you won’t tell me, you want to sleep at noon.”

   “I can’t sleep, who said…”

“Be sensible,” Wang Tianxiao patted his younger sister’s eyebrows, and said with a smile, “Now my mother has gone to the mountains to see you. What do you want her to do? Walking up this mountain road is not easy for an old man like her. thing.”

  Wang Xiaolan didn’t speak.

“Be obedient, go and talk to your mother. My mother’s health is not good, and she can’t stand too much trouble like this. If you said that you did have conflicts at the time, she said too much to you, but after all, there is no deep hatred. If you It’s fine if you don’t want your mother, but you obviously don’t, so why torture yourself like this?”

   Seeing that my sister is still pouted and unwilling to speak.

Wang Tianxiao sighed and continued: “Brother actually understands your feelings. To be honest, why don’t I blame my mother in my heart? If it weren’t for her bowl of water being uneven, my brother and your sister-in-law would have suffered so much. But, I thought about it again, who in this world is not at fault.”

“Some people are afraid of having a bad temper, but they have a high sense of responsibility. Some people have no temper, but they don’t care about anything. Some people like to pick and choose, but do things seriously. Some people are frank, but careless. …

  In short, human beings have faults. If we stay away from others because of their mistakes and despise them, then in the end we will only be left alone. If you think about it, maybe in the eyes of others, we also have problems. “

  ”Didn’t my brother say it before, we can’t control others when we are in the world, but we can be ourselves, as long as we are frank and honest and have a clear conscience.

  I think it is a good attitude for mother to come to the door now. It is meaningless and unnecessary for you to continue to stalemate. You know how upright your mother’s personality is, if you let her completely stop thinking about it, then you will only have regrets and sadness at that time. “

Wang Tianxiao patted his younger sister’s shoulder lightly: “Be forgiving and forgiving. If you want your mother to become what you like, then you must continue to influence her and change her. Otherwise, at her age, if someone suddenly If something happens in the sky, then you really only have eternal guilt.”

   “Brother, I…”

“It’s okay, there are me and your sister-in-law, don’t be afraid, you are so old, what are you afraid of her doing, if she says something, let her say it, give her some face. After all, she is pregnant in October, I worked so hard to bring you up, and if you keep your head down, it should be enough.”

  Wang Xiaolan actually wanted to meet her mother, but she couldn’t find a way to go down.

   Now that Wang Tianxiao has talked so much with her, he has already agreed in his heart to see his mother.

  Wang Tianxiao took his coy younger sister back to his room.

   “Mom, Xiaolan is here.”

  The room immediately became quiet.

  Zhang Yufeng looked at her daughter, and Wang Xiaolan also looked at her mother.

  The two looked at each other, as if the four members of Wang Tianxiao’s family had disappeared.

  (end of this chapter)