Chapter 39, praise without money

  The winter in Linyi County is colder than in Yanjia Village. Since it started to snow, the old lady Yan has been huddled in the house and refused to go out.

  Taohua is afraid that the old lady will be bored in the house. As long as she is eating in Songheyuan, she must take the old lady out for a few laps after eating.

On the day of Laba Festival, Daohua and the others did not go to class. After breakfast, she took the old lady Yan out for a walk.

  When Yan Zhigao came over, she happened to miss her grandparents and grandchildren.

   "Where is the old lady?"

   Yan Zhigao asked toward his grandmother who was cleaning the house.

  Sun’s mother smiled and said, “The big girl went to digest with the old lady.”

  Yan Zhigao glanced at the snow on the ground outside the door, and stared at the eyebrows, “Isn’t this a prank, what should I do if the old lady is frozen in such a cold day?”

  Sun’s mother saw that Yan Zhigao’s complexion was not very good, and immediately explained: “Master, don’t worry, the old lady is in good health. Besides, if you go out and breathe, the old lady’s spirit will only be better.”

   Yan Zhigao had a meal: "Why, is the old lady in a bad spirit?"

Sun Ma: "It's not bad, it's just that you are not used to it. The master also knows that the old lady can't be idle. When in his hometown, in winter, the old lady can still go out and chat with someone. There are also some tricks, but when I get here, the old lady has taken care of it so well, the old lady can't find anything to do, so she's a little boring."

  When people have nothing to do, don’t their spirits become decadent?

  Yan Zhigao reproached herself: "I was not thoughtful and neglected my mother. From now on, I will leave the office as soon as possible and spend more time with my mother."

  Sun’s mother immediately said: “Master, don’t do this. If you let the old lady know that the master has delayed work to accompany her, she will definitely not be happy.” Seeing Yan Zhigao still blamed herself and smiled.

  "Master does not need to be like this. In the twelfth lunar month, the older girl has fewer classes. She will come to accompany the old lady every day. With her by the side, the old lady will not be unhappy."

   Yan Zhigao's expression moved: "Does Daohua come every day?"

Speaking of Daohua, the smile on Sun's mother's face suddenly increased: "Every day, when she comes, as long as she sees the old lady in the house, she will always think of various ways to let the old lady go out and say If people stay in the house forever, they will be suffocated."

   "The old lady is not good at her. After every meal, she will go out with her for a walk. Don't say, since the start of digestion after meals, the old lady's spirit is getting better day by day."

  Said grandma as if she had thought of something, and then laughed a few times.

   "I didn't know what the eldest girl thought a few days ago. She said she was going to find a set of exercises for the old lady, so that she would practice martial arts in the house when she was okay."

  As soon as these words came out, even Yan Zhigao laughed, shook his head and said, "This kid"

  Grandma: "The big girl is afraid that the old lady will be bored."

Yan Zhigao nodded, and sighed in his heart, after all, the old lady raised it herself, she was more careful than others. He didn't even notice that the old lady would be uncomfortable when she came here, but Daohua found out. No wonder the old lady prefers her.

  At this time, a little maid walked into the house: "Mother Sun, come over from the kitchen and ask, when will we start cooking Laba porridge?"

  Sun’s mother looked at the sky: “No hurry, the eldest girl hasn’t come back yet. Go tell the kitchen and let them do other things first. The eldest girl said that she will make Laba porridge by herself.”

  After the little maid stepped back, Yan Zhigao smiled and said, "Does Daohua cook by herself today?"

The grandmother smiled and nodded: "During this time, the eldest girl was in the schoolgirl red, so she pierced her hands so badly. The old lady didn’t let her touch the water when she saw her. Allow her to cook once."

   Yan Zhigao's expression moved: "How is Daohua studying?"

  Sun’s mother: "It’s pretty good, the eldest girl is smart, she can understand the things in the book at a glance, and she can’t learn it without her."

  For the next period of time, Yan Zhigao just silently watched Sun Ma eloquently praised Daohua. He never knew that Sun Ma was so eloquent. It would be nothing to praise the eldest daughter.

   "Hey, the eldest girl is smart, but she is not very good at learning from the female celebrity."

  Yan Zhigao heard this and thought that Sun Ma was about to end, but after a while, Sun Ma spoke again.

   "The old lady said, the eldest girl hasn't learned anything about the female celebrity yet. When she does it, she will definitely embroider whatever she wants."

   With these words, Yan Zhigao sounded a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but reach out and cover his forehead.

Seeing this, Sun's mother thought that Yan Zhigao didn't believe what she said, and immediately looked for evidence to prove: "Master, the eldest girl has been dexterous since she was a child. You have eaten what she cooked, not the old slave boasting, but her cooking skills are the kitchen. The wife Ren here can't match it either."

  Yan Zhigao agrees with this point: "But Daohua is good at cooking, doesn't it mean that she is also good at school red?"

The grandmother immediately retorted: "How can the female celebrity be bad for a handy person? The old lady also said, the eldest girl, this is a new student female celebrity, and she hasn't found a way yet. When she finds it, she will definitely embroider well. ."

  Sun's mother is the person next to the old lady. Yan Zhigao is not good at arguing with her, so she nodded without conscience, and then quickly changed the subject: "Why haven't Niang and Daohua come back?"

  Sun Ma: "Maybe I have gone a little farther."

  In normal times, as long as they have time, Daohua and Mrs. Yan will not only wander in the backyard of the county government, but sometimes go shopping.

  Yan Zhigao blamed himself for not paying attention to the feelings of the old mother, and then stayed in Songheyuan, and wanted to spend time with the old man.

After sitting for an hour, I saw the old mother and Daohua all smiling, and they came back with a potted plant alone.

   "Mother, where did you go?"

  Yan Zhigao quickly got up to meet him, took the potted plant in the hands of the old lady, and then helped the old lady into the house.

  The old lady Yan was very happy: “Went around the street with Daohua and bought two potted plants.”

   Hearing the words, Yan Zhigao had a look, then glanced at the cheerful eldest daughter beside her, and then at the red-faced old mother, did not say anything to keep them from going out in the future.

   "Mother, you have to go out in the future, remember to bring more people."

  Finally, the mother and the eldest daughter have been living in their hometown, and they are used to it. It is understandable that the rule of not being able to go out at will if they don’t adapt to the big family, let’s take your time.

  The old lady Yan waved her hand indifferently: "We didn't go far, so we just wandered around the county government."

   Daohua, who was still a little worried, glanced at the cheap father, and saw that he hadn't stopped them from going out, and smiled: "Grandma, father is caring about us."

Old lady Yan immediately smiled and said, "Okay, next time I go out and bring more people." Then, she beckoned to Yan Zhigao, "Chih Gao, you come here and see. Today, Daohua and I have very good luck. As soon as I went out, I met a man selling red plum bonsai, and he bought it back for only a dozen silver."

Yan Zhigao glanced at the bonsai that didn’t even have a flower bone. He wanted to say that the red plums in the bonsai could not be kept alive. They might be deceived, but the old lady was so happy and could only say: "When will my mother learn to watch bonsai? NS?"

  Twelve taels of silver to buy two bonsais, in his knowledge, the old mother would never spend such wronged money.

  The old lady Yan squinted at her elder son: "Is it necessary to learn to see beautiful things?"

When I was in my hometown, Daohua liked to play some flowers in the yard at home. The old lady was forced to watch a handful. Let alone, she was used to seeing flowers and willows. When she came to the north, she looked at the whiteness everywhere. Sometimes it's really not used to it.

  Yan Zhigao: "Uh"

  He was speechless.

  The old lady Yan was too lazy to care about him anymore, she looked at Daohua: "Take care of these two bonsai, maybe we can also appreciate the red plum during the Chinese New Year."

   Daohua patted her chest confidently: "Grandma, you just look at me."

  Looking at the two excited people, Yan Zhigao really wanted to hit them.

  Where did the mother and eldest daughter feel confident that they could feed these two pots of red plums?

  Hongmei is notoriously difficult to serve.

  One winter, he and Aunt Lin angered. In order to calm her, he bought a pot of winter plum and came back to make her happy, but it was a pity that the winter plum died in less than a month.

  At this moment, Sun’s mother came in: “Big girl, it’s almost noon, do you think you can cook Laba porridge?”

Daohua patted her head fiercely: "I almost forgot about this. Are the red beans and lotus seeds all soaked?"

  Grandma: "It's soaked, the girl in Man'er is watching it in person."

   Daohua looked at the old lady Yan: "Grandma, then I'm going to the kitchen."

  The old lady Yan hurriedly took her: "Your hand"

  Yan Zhigao discovered that the eldest daughter’s fingers were actually wrapped in white cloth.

   "It's okay!" Daohua took off the white cloth directly, revealing her fingers with dense needle holes, "Grandma, look, it's all swollen."

  The old lady Yan is still worried: "Don't touch the water, just tell the people in the kitchen what you want to do."

"I see!"

  Wait until Daohua left, Yan Zhigao asked: "The female red of Daohua"

The old lady Yan gave him a slanted look: "My Daohua is handy, so the female celebrity is naturally not a problem. It is Master Qin, I think her female celebrity is not so good. During this period of time, I let Daohua embroider the purse every day. It’s all swollen, and I don’t know if it’s bullying or teaching people?"

   "I don't care. If Daohua's female red still doesn't grow, you can change my master."

  Yan Zhigao wanted to say a few words, but she immediately persuaded her old mother's stern eyes.

  At the same time, I also felt that Master Qin had done something wrong.

  The eldest daughter’s hands are all like this, why did she embroider her purse?

The old lady snorted coldly: "Although the master at home taught a few girls, Daohua is the eldest daughter of the Yan family. Don’t forget that. If she can’t learn anything, I think this master will also No need to please,"

   Yan Zhigao: "Mother, how can I forget this."

  The old lady Yan said lightly: "Who knows if you have amnesia? Okay, let's not say, what should you do."

  Yan Zhigao felt that he was disgusted by the old mother: "Mother, my son is here to accompany you today."

  The old lady Yan saw through his expression: "You want to eat Laba porridge made from rice flower, right?"

  Yan Zhigao: "." He is Daohua's father. Is it possible that she has made Laba porridge without honoring him?

  (End of this chapter)