Siheyuan: Cao Liang's rise

There are four children in his grandfather's family, two sons and two daughters.

His eldest uncle is Chen Dashu, his mother is Chen Huilan, his second uncle is Chen Damu, and his youngest aunt is Chen Huifen.

The person in front of him was his second uncle Chen Damu.

"Come and see grandpa and grandma."

Cao Liang smiled and asked, "Second Uncle, are grandpa and grandma okay?"

"Good, very good. Some time ago, I was still asking you why you didn't come to see them for so long."

Chen Damu said with a smile, then he saw the bicycle and said in surprise: "Liangzi, this bicycle is..."

“From the factory.”

Cao Liang said, "Uncle, I'm going to go home to see my grandparents first. I have to go back to the city in the afternoon."

"Well, okay, you go back first, I'll go back when I'm done."

Chen Damu wanted to ask more questions, but after hearing what Cao Liang said, he had to nod.

After Cao Liang brought Gangzi into the village, another militiaman enviously said, "Damu, your nephew is not an ordinary person! I just heard him say that it was a bicycle from the factory. I guess he has a job. I remember that boy seems to be Sister Huilan's son, right?"

"Yes, he is my eldest sister's eldest son."

Chen Damu grinned and said, "My eldest sister's son is naturally not simple, that's for sure."

If you didn't know him, you would think he was his son because of his proud look on his face.

My grandfather's house, like his grandparents', also has only three rooms.

But the population is much larger than that of his grandparents' family.

If he remembered correctly, his eldest uncle had four children, his second uncle had two, and together with his grandparents, there were a total of twelve people in the family, and they lived in these three houses.

His grandparents have one room, and his two brothers have one room.

Especially my eldest uncle's family, six people were squeezed into one room, I really don't know how they could all live there.

But this is the case for most people these days, and it's normal.

Cao Liang stood at the gate of the yard and called out, "Grandpa, grandma, are you home?"

"Who!"

An old man came out of the house upon hearing the noise. When he saw Cao Liang, he was startled for a moment, then turned around abruptly and shouted into the house, "Old woman, come out quickly, your eldest grandson is here to see us."

"Where is where?"

Then Cao Liang heard some noises coming from the house, and then an old lady walked out quickly.

These two people are Cao Liang’s grandparents.

His maternal grandfather is Chen Youtian, oh by the way, his grandpa is Cao Dashan.

The names in those days were very simple, especially those in the village.

Generally they are mountains and water, which are considered to be quite common.

The old lady trotted towards Cao Liang.

"Grandma, slow down!"

Seeing this, Cao Liang hurriedly threw the bicycle to Gangzi and went forward to support the old lady.

The old lady held Cao Liang's hand tightly and scolded him, "How long has it been since you last came to see grandma? You must miss her so much."

"Just come."

The old man also stepped forward to look at Cao Liang, and then said to the old lady: "You old woman, Liangzi also has to work every day, how can he always have time to go to the countryside?"

The old lady was dissatisfied and said, "I'm talking to my eldest grandson, so leave me alone."

The old man was speechless for a moment, but they were still very happy that Cao Liang came to see them.

Then Cao Liang introduced Gangzi to the two elders.

The two elders warmly welcomed them into the house.

Gangzi took out a piece of meat from the sack and said with a smile, "Grandpa and grandma, this is Liangzi's gift to you two."

When the two elders saw such a big piece of meat, their faces changed immediately.

This meat should weigh five kilograms, right?

A total of more than 20 kilograms of roe deer meat were cut into pieces. I ate some last night, left 5 kilograms for my grandparents' house, and took 5 kilograms to my grandparents' house.

Take the rest back.

The old lady scolded, "You kid, you're here, why do you bring all this? Your grandfather sent us some wild boar meat a while ago, and we haven't finished eating it yet!"

When Cao Liang heard this, he felt ashamed.

When he came back last time, he didn't think so much for a while, and he was in a hurry back to the city, and forgot about his grandfather's house for a while.

Fortunately, his grandfather was tactful and sent meat to my grandfather's house.

I guess they gave a lot of food.

No wonder his mother said that about him at that time.

"Your grandmother is right. It's not easy for your mother to raise you three children. It would be better to exchange this meat for some food."

Grandpa asked with concern: "Liangzi, is everything okay at home?"

"It's all pretty good."

Cao Liang smiled and said, "Didn't you see the bicycle I just picked up? That's from the factory. I have a job now."

"well."

After hearing this, the two elders were immediately relieved.

Now that her grandson has grown up and has a job, Daya will be able to enjoy her life in the future.

"As for the meat, it was the meat of a silly roe deer. I caught it in the hills behind my house. There wasn't much meat, so I shared it with my family."

Cao Liang explained.

The old man said: "You are grown up now. Since you said so, grandpa and grandma will accept your filial piety."

"That's right. My eldest grandson is the most filial."

The old lady said happily.

The elders of both families thought that Cao Liang would have a great future, so they loved him very much.

The reason is that when Cao Liang was a child, the feudal control was not so strict at that time. His family asked someone to tell fortunes for Cao Liang, and the fortune teller said that Cao Liang would become a very big man in the future.

Once these words were spoken, no matter whether others believed them or not, the people from the Cao and Chen families believed them.

Therefore, the elders of both families were very supportive of Cao Liang, and even the children in the family were often instilled with the idea that they should listen to Cao Liang.

"What are you guys doing standing outside? Why don't you come in and call for help?"

The old lady suddenly shouted at the door.

Cao Liang turned his head and saw a few boys and girls standing at the door, looking at him curiously.

If I'm not mistaken, they are the second daughters of my eldest uncle and second uncle, and the oldest one is one or two years younger than him.

His mother got married early, so these are all his cousins.

After being scolded by the old lady, the younger ones were a little scared, but they still walked in obediently.

They looked at Cao Liang but didn't know who he was.

There's no way, because Cao Liang hasn't been here for a few years, and he has changed a lot recently, so it's normal that they can't recognize him.

The old lady said dissatisfiedly: "This is your cousin Cao Liang, have you forgotten?"

When the younger ones heard that it was Cao Liang, they suddenly understood.

He hurriedly called out respectfully, "Brother."

Cao Liang was also shocked by this scene. Although his family members were very kind to him, he had no idea what these elders had instilled in their children.

But since everyone else was like this, he had no choice but to reach into his pocket and took out a handful of White Rabbit candies. "Here, share them."

He gave the candy to the oldest girl.

The girl didn't answer it immediately, but looked at the old lady.

"Why are you looking at me, an old woman? Just take what your brother gave you."

Although she said this, the old lady was still very heartbroken.

Those candies are packaged so beautifully and look very expensive. It would be a waste to just give them to a few kids.

But it would be difficult to offend my eldest grandson.

The girl smiled happily upon hearing that. She took the candies, counted them and shared them with her brothers and sisters, then said to Cao Liang together, "Thank you, brother."

Then he ran away.