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Chapter 21 What is the meaning of Engong's visit
When he got to the door of the house, Old Song leaned the hoe on his shoulder against the stone courtyard wall by the door, stretched his legs on the bluestone sill by the door, and was scratching the mud under his feet. The old lady Zhou who heard the movement in the yard The cauliflower came out immediately.

"Old man, you are back, there are distinguished guests at home, hurry up!"

Being pulled by his old wife, and the mud on the soles of his shoes was too late to scrape off, Lao Songtou had no choice but to grab the hoe and follow his wife's pace to the yard. As he walked in, he asked, "Slow down, slow down!" , My old bones can't stand you...Old woman, who is it that came here, and I need you to be in such a hurry?"

"Hurry up, old man, you'll know when you see someone."

Listening to her wife's complaints, Zhou Caihua turned her head and glared at her bad old man angrily. Song Tou suddenly changed his face when he saw an old man and a young man at the door of the main room.

"Engong, it's actually Engong? Engong is here, and the little old man welcomes you from a distance, welcomes you from a distance!" Song Baochang changed his casualness just now with surprise on his face.

Old Qitou, who was greeted by the female family members of the Song family to sit on the bamboo chair at the entrance of the main room and entertain the guests with sweet wine and boiled eggs, hurriedly got up when he heard the movement, and said eagerly, "Hahaha Brother Song, I am here today. I am bothering you so much, brother, please don't take it seriously." what."

Song Baochang also responded with a smile, and hurriedly stepped forward to meet Huan, "Hahaha, where is Engong, Engong came to the door, and the little old man accidentally rejoiced..."

On the side, Yu Su, who was holding a bowl and didn't know how to eat, saw Grandpa Qi's movements, and she also hurriedly got up, but before she could put down the bowl in her hand, she heard the sound of Grandpa Qi. The old man greeted the old man with a dark face and a thin body eagerly, Yu Su understood, and probably guessed that the old man in front of him was the head of the family he would face in the future.

This old grandpa looked cheerful, unlike the stingy grandma who cooked sweet wine eggs for her and grandpa Qi just now, but didn't make sense, and only served a single egg in a stingy bowl. He looked eager on his face, But I don't know if I can get along well inside.

Yu Su stood at the door of the main room watching quietly, thinking silently, just listening to the old man in front of him, after greeting his grandpa Qi for a while, he hurriedly pushed and pushed the stingy grandma wearing a coarse cloth apron around her waist to urge her to speak.

"Old lady, benefactor is a distinguished guest, you go ahead, kill chickens and ducks, light a fire and make rice, I want to entertain benefactor well."

Seeing this, old Qitou didn't wait for Zhou Caihua to nod, he hurriedly grabbed the eager old Songtou who was laughing, and shouted politely: "No, no! Brother Song must not throw money away..."

"Hey~ Engong's words are wrong. If Engong hadn't saved my life and healed my leg back then, how could I, Song Baochang, have a good life today? Engong not only saved my life, Song Baochang, but you You saved my Song Baochang’s family! Benefactor, you’re welcome, please sit down, please sit down, so we can talk.”

Song Baochang's tone was firm, fearing that Old Song would stop him again, he hurriedly dragged him to the door of the main room, relying on his own strength, he pushed Old Qitou on the chair where he was sitting just now, and poured the sweet wine he had put down just now Picking up the eggs and sending them to the hands of the old Qitou, he repeatedly urged, "Engong, you eat, you eat..."

The warm greeting made Lao Qitou not in a hurry, so he had to politely take the bowl with both hands.

Old Songtou saw Engong picked him up, and the smile on his face was even bigger. Seeing that the old wife in the courtyard was still watching him in a daze and did not move, he gave her a hard look, and secretly scolded the old woman for being stingy. Regardless of the occasion, he urged more and more, "Why are you looking at me, you bad old woman? You should go quickly, don't keep benefactor waiting for too long."

"Brother Song, don't mention..."

"No, benefactor, don't talk too much, let her go..."

Zhou Caihua saw the reaction of her man and the visitor, and felt aggrieved.

My own man knows that after living for most of his life, it's okay, if the other's butt is raised, she will know what shit this old man is pulling.

At this moment, she kept staring at herself, scolding her, and yelling at her, so she knew that this old bird must be scolding herself for being stingy.

But is she a stingy person?If she was really stingy, when the guests came to the door just now, would she be willing to take out the two eggs that she had preserved for several months, and even scoop up the rum that she couldn't bear to eat during the Chinese New Year to cook rum for the guests?
Zhou Caihua stared back at her husband unceremoniously, but she gave him face, resented in her heart, murmured in her mouth, endured the pain, turned and left, and was about to call her grandson who didn't know where to go, and hurried to catch the chicken Catch ducks.

It's almost noon now, and it's hard to catch chickens and ducks that are released from their nests. I can't handle my old bones, and I can't let my daughter-in-law go. Who knows if they will lay their own eggs and duck eggs?
No, she has to go find her own Dabaosun quickly, let Dabaosun catch her for herself, and leave him a big stick to eat when she cooks later.

Thinking of this, Zhou Caihua walked quickly, not at all like an old lady who is nearly fifty years old.

As soon as Zhou Caihua left, Song Baochang looked back at Old Qi. He pulled out his tobacco rod from the back with a smile, and took out the scythe to light the shredded tobacco he had extinguished earlier. Old Qitou was at a loss while holding the bowl, Chang Baochang hurriedly handed the cigarette stick in his hand to Old Qitou.

"Benefactor, take a bite?"

Old Qi repeatedly shook his head and waved his hands, "No, no, no, I don't know how to do this."

"Hehehe, does my benefactor mind if I take a sip?"

Old Qi shook his head again, Song Baochang put the cigarette rod into his mouth, and he couldn't help sighing with emotion, "Oh, the humidity in the mountains is high, and I am tired from work. I usually take this little old man. Don't you, my benefactor. mind."

Old Qi waved his hands, "I don't mind, I don't mind."

"Engong, eat it, eat it quickly, you have to eat this sweet wine egg while it's hot, it will smell like eggs when it's cold."

"Hey."

Old Qitou responded again and again, seeing that the bamboo chair next to him was holding the bowl without moving, just looking at Yusu with watery eyes, Old Qitou's heart softened, and he rubbed Yusu with his free hand The little head melon said, "Eat quickly, baby."

Song Baochang's eyes immediately fell on the obedient and obedient Yu Su who lowered his head and worked hard. He squinted his eyes and asked with a smile: "Grandpa, this is it?"

The old Qitou sighed when he heard the words, and when he looked at Chang Baochang, his eyes flashed with entanglement, and finally he said firmly: "Oh, let me tell you the truth, I came to the door today, the old man, and I actually have something to ask for."

"Oh?" Song Baochang immediately turned serious, and couldn't help but let go of the cigarette holder that was stuck, and knocked the cigarette stick in his hand, "It's rare for Mrs. Benedict to come to the door. If you have anything to say, you can speak up. If my brother can do it, the little old man will never." put off."

Song Baochang responded readily, but he was thinking about the other party's intention in his heart, and saw that old Qi's eyes fell back on Yu Su who was working hard, and he patted Yu Su's shoulder lightly with his big palm, pulling him towards Song Baochang.

"Good boy, good boy, come, come and see you, Grandpa Song."

Yu Su hurriedly put down the half-eaten sweet wine egg, stepped forward obediently, and saluted Song Baochang in front of him according to the etiquette taught by his grandma and grandma.

"Yu Su met Mr. Song, how is Mr. Song?"

She is not stupid, now her family is ruined, and she was taught by Grandpa Qi on the way. Although Grandpa Qi did not say a lot, she knew in her heart that the person in front of her, the old man in front of her, was the person she needed to live in and face in the future , she has to be good, even if it's superficial.

(End of this chapter)