A different life with a system reborn

Chapter 12 The Fourth Grandfather of the Xiang Family

The roof is made of traditional blue tiles. The left side of the three houses is the kitchen, the right side is the bedroom, and the middle is used for entertaining guests.

There is a small protruding toilet on the right side. A door frame the size of a room door is opened on the wall of the room used for entertaining guests in the middle. A small wooden door is quietly open. This is the main door.

Fennel is planted on the left side of the door, and tuberose is planted on the right. Judging from the lushness of the green plants and the obvious pruning marks on the branches, it seems that the owner of the house often takes care of these green plants.

Next to the tuberose, there is a wooden box about 1.8 centimeters long, [-] centimeters wide, and about [-] centimeters high. The wooden box is hung on the wall, about [-] meters high.

There is a gap in the front of the wooden box, where bees are staying in and out. Looking at the mottled marks on the wooden boards of this beehive, you can tell that this beehive has been in existence for a long time.

Zhao Dongsheng can testify to this. When he was a child, he would not dare to run too fast when passing by this house. If he ran too fast, he would often bump into the hard-working bees, and then there would be big bumps on his face.

Of course, although it will hurt for a few hours, you can also get a glass of honey water.

Looking at the busy bees, Zhao Dongsheng gradually came back from his memories.

The door was ajar, but Zhao Dongsheng knocked politely.

"Fourth Grandpa, are you at home?" Zhao Dongsheng shouted loudly.

"You're at home, Si Yazi, why are you here today?" Following Zhao Dongsheng's shout, an old man walked out of the room.

The old man wore a pair of leather sandals, a pair of old-fashioned green military trousers, and a short-sleeved white shirt that had been washed many times and was no longer pure white.

He has white hair and a pair of glasses. Although his face is old, his hair is neatly combed and his shirt is neatly combed without any wrinkles.

If it weren't for the large cattail fan in his hand, those who didn't know would have thought it was a retired old professor.

You can tell at a glance that this is an old man who is very particular about life.

The old man's surname is Xiang. His specific identity and name are not known to Zhao Dongsheng. He has been called Fourth Grandpa since he was a child. This Fourth Grandpa is a devout Christian.It is extremely rare to find such Christians in such a remote rural area.

The fourth grandfather would walk a long way to church every week.It was also because of this old man that Zhao Dongsheng learned about Britain at a very young age. It turned out that there was a foreign sect like Christianity in the world (it was normal for a rural child not to know this).

This fourth grandfather is nearly [-] this year and has never married. He only has a sister and brother-in-law who have settled in Shenzhen. Before his rebirth, Zhao Dongsheng also visited his sister's house. In Shenzhen, Tencent Lao Ma lived in the same community. It was a detached villa, and the fourth grandfather was taken over by his nephew to live with him a few years before his rebirth.

Fourth Grandpa likes children very much. His family always prepares candies, and he can share some with children when they go to play. He also often takes children to play with things that are not common in rural areas.

When he was a child, Zhao Dongsheng followed the fourth grandfather to make his own fishing rods for fishing, and also learned to make his own kites. Zhao Dongsheng’s father, Zhao Huihuang, also learned to raise bees from him.

"Fourth Grandpa, I came here to see if there is anything you can do to help. Then I have something to ask Fourth Grandpa for help." Zhao Dongsheng followed Fourth Grandpa into the room with a smile.

As soon as you enter the house, the first thing you see is a square table with two bamboo chairs on both sides of the table.

There is a black and white photo hanging behind the table. The photo shows the portrait of an old man. This is the portrait of Fourth Grandpa's brother. The portrait is clean and there are tributes in front of it.It can be seen that someone takes care of it regularly.

The house is plastered with white plaster. Although it has become a little yellowish due to the passage of time, it can be seen that it has been well maintained. There are no scratches or anything like that. There is just a Christian picture on the wall, the kind from the 90s. Vintage red cross poster.

On the left side of the door is the kitchen. The tableware inside is clean, the charcoal stove is used, and the pots and pans are neatly placed. Although there is no floor on the ground and there is no hardened cement, the tamped floor is cleaned cleanly. It's clean, not dusty like rural kitchens.

There is a water tank in the corner of the kitchen, which is about eighty percent full of water. A wooden lid half covers the water tank to prevent dust from falling in.

As soon as Zhao Dongsheng entered the door, he quickly looked around the kitchen to see if there was anything he could do to help.

"Hahaha, you are determined. Your fourth grandfather can still move now. Sit down, and I will get you some candy." The fourth grandfather laughed heartily. He slapped the cattail fan in his hand while smiling, and then turned to Go to the room on the right.

He quickly took out a small fruit plate from it, which contained an apple and a few fruit candies.

"Come, Si Yazi, eat some sweets. Have a cup of herbal tea. This tea is mint and licorice brewed in the morning." Grandpa Si put down the fruit plate, then picked up the enamel pot on the table and poured Zhao Dongsheng a cup of yellowish tea.

"Well, it's delicious. The mint breeze cools and refreshes the mind, and the licorice clears away heat and detoxifies. After drinking this summer, the hotness has been reduced a lot." Zhao Dongsheng picked up the teacup and took a sip. The tea was still warm, and the taste was faintly sweet. Then after swallowing, the mint flavor came up. The fresh mint was a little bit bitter after cooking, but it was well suppressed by the licorice.

In this midsummer, having a cup of it can really relieve the heat.

"Haha, Si Yazi, you can just like it. You can pour it yourself after you finish it. But I didn't expect you to know this." Grandpa Si was very happy after hearing this. This is a rural area in Hunan Province, not the people in Guangdong Province who like to make soup and drink herbal tea. .

In rural areas here, people usually drink homemade green tea and Huoxiang Zhengqi water to relieve summer heat.Very few people make herbal tea.

"Hey, I just read some miscellaneous books and learned a little bit." Zhao Dongsheng drank a cup of herbal tea in one go, and then filled himself up.

"Fourth Grandpa, I came here this time to learn calligraphy from you. My handwriting looks like chicken claws. I don't know where to start when I practice it myself, so I came here to learn from Fourth Grandpa." Zhao Dongsheng shouted. After finishing the tea, he stood up and very carefully told Grandpa Fourth about the purpose of his coming.

Originally, Zhao Dongsheng wanted to help with the work first and then make a request.

But after just looking around, the fourth grandpa took good care of the house, and there was nothing he could do to help, so he just brought it up.

Zhao Dongsheng grew up with his fourth grandfather watching him, so there was no need to beat around the bush, just say it directly.

"Oh? Your uncle studied calligraphy with me for a while. You want to learn hard-pen calligraphy now, right? Come on, come with me. Let me see what your current level is first." Fourth Grandpa Although he was a little surprised, he was more happy. At his age, there were still young people willing to learn calligraphy from him, which made him very happy.

(End of this chapter)