The Garden Life of a Little Gardener

That night Zhou Quan still drank a little too much. Although his uncle took care of him, he only poured half a glass each time, but the accumulation of a few half cups was not small.

Zhouquan cooked at least half of the old hen stewed red mushroom cooked by his aunt. Zhouquan couldn't help but eat the taste of home that he hadn't tasted for a long time.

After eating and drinking well, Zhou Quan plans to say goodbye and go home.

My aunt, uncle, aunt and his cousin, the whole family enthusiastically wanted him to stay overnight.

They were worried that Zhou's house would be unoccupied for too long, and it would be too wet and damp for people to live directly in.

Zhouquan rejected the kindness of my aunt's family, saying when has our Northeast been wet?

If you don't believe me, look at the dog days, it's just sweltering and killing people.

Besides, as soon as he got home, he opened the windows to ventilate the house, and now the kang is fully heated.

Hearing what Zhou Quan said, although my aunt was still a little reluctant, she still agreed to let him go home and sleep by himself.

But the little old lady strongly urged Zhou Quan to come over for breakfast tomorrow morning, saying that she didn't trust his 'children' skills.

Zhou Quan, who smelled slightly drunk, was walking home with the flashlight on his mobile phone. When he came to the gate of his house, for some reason, he subconsciously looked towards the old house of Bao's family not far away.

In the thick night, the Bao family's old house with three or four entrances and more than twenty rooms stood there quietly.

In the entire Liangxing Village, the old house of the Bao family is the most magnificent. Even the two-story building now built is not as good as that big house.

Probably the ancestors were really prominent. The eaves and roofs of the old house, as well as the stone walls of the house, are carved with majestic and exquisite patterns.

Although it has gone through many vicissitudes, the foundation of the old house remains unchanged.

From the leftover exquisite carvings, Zhou Quan can vaguely see the former scenery of this house.

However, no one has lived in and taken care of it for a long time, which still makes the house look dilapidated, like an old man who has gone through vicissitudes.

Zhou Quan stood at the door of his own house and stared at the house not far away. Looking at it, his right hand subconsciously touched his neck.

Under the well-fitting high-necked shirt, there is a high bulge, as if something is covered under the clothes.

Feeling the red rope around his neck, Zhou Quan slowly pulled it upwards, a piece of safe and sound white jade plaque with a pure white color and auspicious cloud pattern carved on the head appeared at the bottom of the red rope.

It was a piece of white jade plaque that looked a bit old, and the warm Hetian white jade had become patinaed due to the owner wearing it for a long time.

Zhou Quan stroked the jade tablet lightly, his eyes were a little distracted, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, Zhou Quan staggered into the yard after shaking his sleepy head.

Holding on to the wall and walking all the way back to his room, his hand accidentally touched the power switch on the wall.

There was a bang, and the room was brightly lit. Zhou Quan looked at the light above his head in surprise and said, "It's still working? Eh, no, there should be electricity?"

In a house that no one has lived in for more than three years, the electricity can still be used normally. It can be seen that there are still people taking care of it, needless to say, it must be the auntie and the others.

After simply scrubbing with the hot water from the kang in the pot, Zhou Quan felt that the small second floor of his home should also be repaired. At least the yard and the old toilet should be repaired Renovated.

In addition, a water heater must be installed in the house, and it is best to build a special washroom.

Thoughts were going on in his head, but his body was buried in the thick quilt, smelling the smell of sunshine and wind on the quilt, Zhou Quan fell asleep peacefully.

Zhou Quan vaguely felt that he had returned to that snowy night ten years ago.

The winter nights in the Northeast are never gentle. The almost penetrating northwest wind mixed with small icy snowflakes slashed at people's faces one by one, almost freezing the skin and flesh of people.

In the howling north wind, the young Xiao Zhouquan covered his ears and ran out of the small second floor full of couplets hanging full of yearning, and ran towards the old house of Bao's house not far away.

Amidst the sound of firecrackers and firecrackers, Zhouquan saw the big boy waiting for him at the gate of Bao's old house.

He is tall and thin, but he stands like a flagpole.

When the oversized old cotton-padded clothes were worn on him, it was like a big sack on a pillar. Whenever the wind and snow blew, the cotton-padded clothes for a ride would all stick to the owner's body, barely resisting the owner in the cold wind. Some bitter cold.

The continuous changes in the family made this big boy physically and mentally exhausted to the point where he almost lost his vision, only the pair of red phoenix eyes were still as bright as before.

Seeing himself running towards him, the boy's originally tense face finally loosened a little. He blocked Xiao Zhouquan who was a head shorter than himself from the cold wind blowing from the intersection for him.

"Brother Ah Huang, today is the fifth day of the lunar new year. My grandpa said that we have to eat dumplings on the fifth day of the lunar new year. Our family made stuffed beef, and I helped make it. Would you like to eat with us?"

"Zhou Zhou, I'm leaving."

One sentence made Xiao Zhouquan unable to say anything he wanted to say afterwards.

"Why...why? My grandpa will take care of you, and your uncle in the Bao family also promised to take care of you, for you to study...and..."

"Zhou Zhou, I can't rely on others forever. Before my grandfather left, I contacted his younger brother, who promised to continue teaching me how to cook. It's just that he is in Suizhou now, so I have to find him over there."

"Then you don't want to continue your studies, high school or university? Or a few months later, at least finish junior high school."

Fang Wenyan rubbed the top of Xiao Zhouquan's head with his hands, felt the soft hair gently brushing against his palm, and the corners of his mouth slowly curved upward.

"High school and university, I don't know if I have the chance to study. I will finish my junior high school there. Grandpa said that his younger brother used to be a state banquet chef, and later became the principal of a culinary school. He is very good at training apprentices. I will be there. You should be able to learn a lot.”

Xiao Zhouquan was at a loss when he heard the words, he was not very old and wanted to help his friend, but he didn't know how to help.

After a few seconds of silence, Xiao Zhouquan suddenly started to rummage through his pockets, stuffing all the New Year's money he received from his elders during the Chinese New Year into the other's hands.

Zhou Quan's grandfather can be said to be "full of peaches and plums in the village and town". As long as the family in the whole town grows fresh cut flowers, they are basically his disciples and grandchildren.

Every new year, people who come to Zhou's house to pay New Year's greetings can fill up the small second floor of Zhou's house at any time. For the only grandson of Zhou's family, the New Year's money is quite generous.

As for the grandson's new year's money, Grandpa Zhou stopped taking over since his grandson entered junior high school, and let him manage it freely.

Some money-lovers have the habit of bringing all the lucky money they received this year with them before school starts, so that he will feel confident, but this time it will really come in handy.

The tall and thin boy didn't want Xiao Zhouquan's money, and he kept trying to put the money back into Zhouquan's pocket.

Xiao Zhouquan, who couldn't keep up with the other party in strength, finally became anxious, and said with a jump: "My grandfather said that the poor family is rich, how can you go out without money? Don't tell me you still have money, I overheard it, When Grandpa Bao was in the hospital, all the money was spent there, and there are still debts, in short, if you don’t take the money, you don’t want to leave.”

Finally, at the end of the annual vacation, the tall and thin boy took his luggage and his friend’s New Year’s money, and in the midst of Xiao Zhouquan’s tears, got on the bus bound for the provincial capital, where he was going to change trains and go thousands of miles away. Kilometers away in Suizhou.

Before leaving, the big boy took off the safe and sound jade badge that he had been wearing all the time and hung it around Zhouquan's neck, and vaguely heard the other party say: "Zhou Zhou, I will definitely come back."