newbobooks Chapter 348 The Old Man's Future
Chapter 348 The Old Man's Future
Li smiled and said, "How could I not like you? It's just that your uncle and sister just came back from the gates of hell, so your grandparents naturally have to pay more attention to them. Think about it, when you just came back and burned paper for them, didn't the smoke drift towards you?"
Zhou Su thought about it and nodded hesitantly.
After the paper was burned and the family affairs were talked about, the descendants of the Zhou family knelt down and kowtowed a few times in the direction of their home, then stood up, packed up their things and went home.
There’s no way. Times are tough at home, so we’ve held sacrifices this way in previous years.
After each family finished offering sacrifices to their ancestors, they took their gifts back home.
One of them came over and said, "Zhou Guo, Da Cang, when should we go to the other villages to look for our headman? Didn't we agree to move the graves along the way after we settle down? And the ones at home, should we just leave them there and not move them?"
Zhou Guo looked up and saw that this was Zhou Sanyuan, the man whose wife was very stingy.
He replied, "Uncle Sanyuan, let those who are in the village stay there. They have been there for many years. If we move them here rashly, they might not be used to it. As for those along the way... we have to wait until spring. It's freezing here, so it's useless even if we have planned a trip."
Zhou Dacang said, "I think what Guoguo said makes sense. You know, I'm in the military camp now and I won't be home often. I can't stay at home for a few days now. I'll have to leave in a few days. I have the will but no power to deal with these things. You can only consult Guoguo or my second sister-in-law in the future."
Zhou Sanyuan nodded, sighed for a while, patted Zhou Dacang on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, work hard. The Zhou family depends on you to carry on the family business. When you become successful in the future, don't forget us poor relatives. We are still the same ancestor."
Zhou Dacang was helpless. He didn't know how many times he had heard this in the past two days, but he smiled and said, "How could that be? My sister-in-law is so family-oriented. Even if I work hard, I will only be a soldier in the end. Who knows who will rely on whom?"
Zhou Sanyuan sighed when he thought of his wife at home. This time, when the family came to the banquet, they only brought a bundle of hay. She said that the Li family had so many livestock and hay was urgently needed. Others sent food, but she sent hay, and it was the first one, which she did specially for them.
Zhou Guo thought of the bundle of hay she had sorted out and felt somewhat sympathetic towards him. It was both a blessing and a misfortune to marry such a wife.
When I got home, most of the things had been done, except for a few minor matters that others couldn't make up their minds about. They had to wait for their masters to arrive before making a decision.
Zhou Guo had been keeping an eye on the area outside the courtyard. When it was almost dark, he still hadn't seen the old man come back, so he became worried. If an avalanche occurred, he would have to rely on luck no matter how good his martial arts skills were.
Fortunately, when the meal was ready, Hei Dadan came back from outside with his tongue hanging out. I felt relieved. It seemed that this trip would be smooth.
I walked out quickly and saw the old man carrying a bunch of things from the backyard.
When I ran forward to take a look, I saw another deer and five or six rabbits.
I couldn't help but say, "Master, the mountain is blocked by heavy snow. It's said that it's very dangerous in the mountains. You should not go there anymore. We don't lack meat at home. Even if we do, we can go to town to get some pork or mutton. You can get whatever you want. Why do you need to brave the freezing cold wind and walk through knee-deep snow to hunt in the mountains?"
The old man said, "There are probably two hundred people in this room today. With so many people, I'm afraid that even the bones of this wild boar, which weighs only a little over a hundred pounds, will be eaten up. Besides, there are a lot of people in the room, chattering, talking about this daughter-in-law being lazy and unfilial, that mother-in-law bullying people, or at worst, that widow and that lazy guy..."
When he said this, he suddenly remembered that Zhou Guo was still a little girl, and it seemed inappropriate to say these things. He coughed twice and said, "What you said is all nonsense. Although... gossip sounds good, but the old ladies squeezed on the kang, and I had no place to sit. I can't sit in a room full of old ladies, right?"
"There were old men sitting in the other room, but some of them were smoking cigarettes. The whole room was filled with smoke, which was choking. So I left. There was no place to sit. There were so many children by the river, and they were really noisy. I thought it would be better to go to the mountains, at least I could get some meat."
After hearing this, Zhou Guo couldn't help but feel sympathetic for the old man's experience. He wanted to listen to some gossip about family matters, but in the end he was squeezed out and had no place to stay. He wanted to mingle with the old men in the village and make two old friends with whom he could talk, but he was shunned and had to retreat.
He consoled her, "Master, it's okay. When spring comes, I'll open up a few more vegetable plots for you next door, and plan the yard, plant more flowers and grass, and catch a bird for you from the mountains. I'll also build a stand for you in the yard, so that you'll have something to do every day."
"Grow some vegetables and flowers, play with the birds, walk the dog, drink tea and wine, and grill some meat when you have nothing to do. If you are really bored, that's fine. We still have a lot of land. We can weed the grass, loosen the soil, apply fertilizer, go to the mountains to chop some firewood, or go fishing in the river. How about that?"
She herself was yearning for it as she spoke, and went to buy some books and storybooks, drink tea and read. This kind of life is what a god should live.
"Hmm..." The old man put his hands behind his back and thought about such a day. The corners of his mouth could not help but curl up slowly. After a while, he nodded to Zhou Guo, "Excellent!"
Zhou Guo said with a smile: "Then Master, you have to work hard with me when the time comes!"
The old man frowned, "What are you trying to do? I still have to work!!"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "No, it's not much work. I just need to cultivate the vegetable garden, dig flowers, tidy up the yard, and build the scaffolding. It will take me a long time to do it alone. If you help me, it will be faster if we do it together. Then you can sit in the yard early to drink tea and read books."
The old man waved his hand, "No, I don't like reading. That kind of sin is not something that ordinary people can endure."
In such a short while, the tables, chairs and benches in the front yard have been set out, and the butler is calling everyone to sit down and prepare to feast.
Zhou Gu came from the front yard and saw the old man and the child talking here, so he said, "Sir, Guoguo, the feast is ready, everyone is waiting for you to come to the table."
It’s not right to start the meal since the host hasn’t come to the table yet.
It was freezing and snowy, so the banquet was set up inside the house. Although the house was small and dark, it was warm and the food would not get cold for a while. If there were not enough tables, people could sit on the kang.
The old man sat at the main table, and Zhou Guo also sat down at the main table. Anyway, she had her uncle and elder brother at home, so she didn't need to accompany the guests.
But as soon as he sat down, he was pulled up. "What are you still doing here? Sit down and go to the table with the uncles. Tell us how you killed all those barbarians last night. We were very curious when we were burying them."