Life in a small village with quiet mountains and quiet waters

Chapter 440 Letter
After leaving Qiao Qisheng's house, Gu Siwei was walking on the road alone. There was no one on the road at this time. Gu Siwei was riding his bicycle alone and humming a tune.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the family area where my father-in-law lived, I suddenly heard someone shouting outside the door.

"that!"

Gu Siwei subconsciously turned his head and looked in the direction where the sound came from, and saw the guard at the door of the factory waving to him.

"Call me?" Gu Siwei put one foot on the ground, but his butt did not leave the bicycle seat.

"Yes, I'll call you, aren't you the son-in-law of the Hu family?"

The guard uncle may have suddenly forgotten what Gu Siwei's name was. Of course, he may not have known it at all. In other people's mouth, Gu Siwei did not appear by his name, but by the four words "son-in-law of the Hu family". of.

When Gu Siwei saw that something was really going on, he got out of the car and pushed the car in the direction of the uncle.

"Yes, yes, it's me. What do you want from me?" Gu Siwei asked.

The master didn't say much and opened his mouth and said: "Wait a minute, there is a letter from your family here. It seems to be sent from the west, maybe from the eldest brother of the Hu family."

As he spoke, the old man turned around and came to the window of the communication room. He reached out and took out a few letters from the table. He flipped through them and found one of them, then turned and handed it to Gu Siwei.

"Thank you".

Gu Siwei took the letter and looked at it and found that his father-in-law's name was indeed written on it, so he thanked the old man and then rode his bicycle back to his father-in-law's house.

As soon as I entered the house, I knew that the old couple had not gone home because they were sitting with the dishes on the table untouched.

After sitting down and thinking for a while, Gu Siwei heated up the food, ate some for himself, and fed the rest to the pigs in the space. As for the father-in-law and mother-in-law, Gu Siwei naturally rolled up his sleeves and cooked again. A meal.

The food here was just about ready, the meat in the pot was already cooked, and just as the side dishes were placed, there was a noise at the door.

Gu Siwei stretched his head out of the kitchen and saw his mother-in-law coming back.

"mom!"

"Hey, I said it's the fourth dimension."

Lu Yihui smiled happily when she saw her son-in-law.

"Dad hasn't come back yet?" Gu Siwei glanced behind his mother-in-law.

Lu Yihui said: "I'm back. I'm in the back. I said a few words to your Uncle Chen. What are you doing? Is it so delicious?"

"I'm cooking meat with stewed prunes and vegetables. I just passed by and saw someone selling meat. I bought a piece because it looked very fresh. I found that there were still prunes in it, so I cooked it." Gu Siwei said nonsensically.

Lu Yihui asked: "Are there any meat sellers outside?"

"Who knows, it's a coincidence, but I'm a little thinner," Gu Siwei said.

The meat used to make braised pork today is almost half fat and half thin. Gu Siwei did not make it too fat because he was afraid that his father-in-law and mother-in-law would eat it too greasy. As they are getting older, it is better to eat lighter. Although Gu Siwei, his son-in-law, has room. It's close to me, but he doesn't often appear here.

Let's talk about it, old people. The people Gu Siwei has seen live longer are all thin people, and he has never seen fat people live longer. Of course, except for the officials who have excellent medical conditions, their medical conditions are not comparable to those of ordinary people. .

"It's good to be thin. Now your dad and I don't eat fat so much. We also eat less in the cafeteria. Also, when you're not here, this young man Fang Ming gives us both a little free from time to time." Come here, this kid is too polite." Lu Yihui took the bag she was carrying from her shoulder and hung it on the coat rack entering the room. At the same time, she told Gu Siwei how Zhao Fangming had taken care of them both.

"Zhao Fangming is a nice person." Gu Siwei nodded.

Zhao Fangming is now a serious worker. He no longer has a rural registered permanent residence. He is famous for his pickled fish skills, and with some home-cooked side dishes, it is not surprising to say that he is the number one chef in the cafeteria. Pass.

As for Zhao Fangming becoming a full-time official, how could it be possible without Gu Siwei's introduction and Xu Congwen's help? For ordinary people, just give him something or something, but Zhao Fangming did not do that. He also knew that Gu Siwei's family lacked everything. , he didn’t need to take care of anything, but Hu Shunkai, Lu Yihui, and Gu Siwei couldn’t take care of them, so he would come over from time to time to bring food and drink.

"Xiao Zhao is really nice, Ji En," Lu Yihui said with a smile.

At this time, the door was pushed open and Hu Shunkai came back. As soon as he entered the house, he saw his son-in-law and said with a smile: "I asked why the house smells so good. It turns out that Siwei is here. Well, the little kids didn't follow you." stand up?"

As soon as Hu Shunkai entered the door and saw Gu Siwei, he thought of his grandson, so he asked.

"Yan Qiu took him to school. Let's wait for Yan Qiu to come back when he has time." Gu Siwei said with a smile.

"Go to school, it's good to go to school. Huh? How old are these children that they go to school?" Hu Shun happily calculated, that's not right, his grandchildren are not yet old enough to go to school.

Lu Yihui was also curious and asked: "Where do you go to school? Is the quality of education in your village good? If not, let your children go to school here."

After hearing this, Hu Shunkai said to his wife: "Bring it on, it's hard to go to school there, but you can go to a good school here. I go to herd sheep every day. The grandson of the old farmer is eight years old. He can't even count one, two, three, four, five." When he came up, the old farmer was so angry that he cursed.

Oh, by the way, what about the school teachers the kids go to? "

"Dad, in our village, the principal is Yan Qiu," Gu Siwei said with a smile.Hu Shunkai was amused when he heard this: "What kind of principal can she be? All she has to do is play all day long."

Hu Shunkai was overjoyed when he heard that his daughter was the principal. In his father's eyes, even if his daughter gave birth to a child and the child ran away, she was still the little cotton-padded jacket that he needed to worry about.

"Yan Qiu becomes the principal?" Lu Yihui also expressed doubts.

"Well, Yanqiu is the principal, and the teachers are Tao Yisheng, the old Taoist priest you have met before, and Sicui and Yanping, two teachers of mathematics and English, and Lu Yan and You Xu Gang, you have met these two people. As for the remaining old men, they are all gang members."

Hu Shunkai thought for a moment and praised: "Then the teachers in your school are really good."

It’s not that Hu Shunkai praised that his youngest son Yanping is suitable to be a teacher, but Hu Shunkai still recognizes Tao Yisheng’s ability. A good Chinese medicine doctor is also a Taoist priest, and his education level must be high. As for Lu Yan and You Xugang, that’s not the case. They are all people who have studied abroad and drank foreign ink. How could their educational level be so low? With such a teacher allocation, let alone a school here in a factory, even a school in a provincial capital may not have such good teachers.

"It's not bad," Gu Siwei said with a smile.

"Don't get cheap and behave well. Now we can rest assured that our children can learn something in a school like this. How can we say that the school here is fighting against the sky and the earth all day long, and there is no death at all." Hu Shunkai said.

Gu Siwei still wanted to say a few words, but suddenly he remembered the letter he got back, so he said: "Dad, Mom, I almost forgot about business, there is a letter from my eldest brother."

After saying that, Gu Siwei came to the table and handed the letter to the two of them, and then went into the kitchen to continue cooking.

When he got to the kitchen, he found that the prunes in the pot were already cooked, so Gu Siwei took a big bowl and put the stew pot of prunes into the bowl like this. After opening the pot, there were neatly sliced ​​pieces. Meat.

After frying a small green vegetable, Gu Siwei put the two dishes on the table.

"What's the matter, Mom?"

Gu Siwei saw Lu Yihui sitting next to his father-in-law, wiping tears while reading the letter, so he asked.

"It's okay, it's okay. Your eldest brother is doing well over there. He even found a housewife. The child is now one month old..." Lu Yihui said.

"That's a good thing." Gu Siwei happily came over and stretched his head to take a look at the letter in his father-in-law's hand.

I saw it written on the head: Parents Jin An, it has been a few years since we were separated. Everything is fine here, and life here is becoming more and more stable...

After reading it and seeing his uncle writing that his life in Xijiang had begun to stabilize, Gu Siwei went to the kitchen to serve food.

"Dad, Mom, eat first, and watch while you eat. You have become grandparents. Do you want a drink?"

Gu Siwei asked the two of them with a smile.

Hu Shunkai said happily: "I really want to drink a cup."

"Is it a grandson or a granddaughter?" Gu Siwei didn't see the children's column, so he had to ask.

"A granddaughter," Lu Yihui said with a smile.

When Gu Siwei heard this, he immediately felt envious and thought to himself: How could my uncle be so accurate? He wanted to have a daughter, but what happened? Six losers.

"The first one is my granddaughter," Hu Shunkai said with a smile.

"Isn't it nice to be like Bo Qi? He has a down-to-earth temperament and will give in to his younger brother in everything." Lu Yihui followed.

Boqi is the eldest son of Gu Siwei's family. He is a bit slow-tempered. He is not as smart as his younger brothers and has a very honest and honest character. When he was young, his younger brothers would snatch his food, but he would not cry or make a fuss even if he was robbed. Things are still smiling.

"It's pretty good," Hu Shun said with a smile.

Hu Shunkai actually prefers the second and fifth boys, the two boys who are particularly capable of causing trouble. The two boys who can make trouble look smart and have a sweet mouth. When he sees Hu Shunkai, he will look like a big boy or a short boy, and he will shout a few times. I was lost in the shouts of Mr. Lao.

Lu Yihui likes the third child more. The third child looks bookish and likes to read, and he can read quickly.

As for Lao Liu, he really lives up to his ranking. He is as slippery as a loach in everything he does.

Lu Yihui said: "I don't know when Yan Ming will come back."

Hu Shunkai said: "That's hard to say."

Having said that, he sighed.

The same is true for them. They left their hometown to work here. Although many relatives are here, this is not their ancestral home. They think about their sons and feel that they don’t know how many times they will see their sons again in this life. , and took a few more glances at his newborn granddaughter.

Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Gu Siwei thought of a reminder: You two elders will last three more years, four years at most, and you will be able to see your uncle come back.

But after thinking about it, I decided not to talk about it. If I agree in two years, the old couple will have to deal with it.

(End of this chapter)