four o'clock

A week later, Li Song's wisdom teeth were completely cured of inflammation. The day after the check-up happened to be the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, which was the new year. Uncle Yang's daughter came back. He was anxious to go home and said that today he would not kill.

Li Song didn't want to pull it out either, he ate light liquid food for a week, and he missed Wen Yuji's spicy dishes so much, he pestered Wen Yuji to report the names of the dishes all morning.

Wen Yuji bought a lot of ingredients along the way, and simply called the neighbors to come over for lunch at noon.

Li Song doesn't quite understand that in his concept, it is unnecessary to get acquainted with neighbors, let alone communicate with them.

In Shanghai, you often live in one place for three to five years, and you may not even know anyone who lives across the street. He took a skewer of yakitori, leaned against the door, and asked this question.

Wen Yuji fed him another fish ball with spicy hot-boiled skewers, and ate the rest by himself, saying: "When grandpa and grandma were around, every new year, everyone would pick a family to get together, and each family would serve a dish. Chat with each other about homework, talk about this year's harvest."

Li Song raised his lips and said, "I know, this is called talking about wine."

Wen Yuji was stunned for a while, and also smiled. He fed the remaining fish ball to Li Song, and said, "Yes, it's called talking about wine."

Wen Yu sent an egg to the bowl and said, "...After my grandpa and grandma passed away, they took good care of me. Now that you are here, I will introduce you to them."

Li Song's heart trembled, his small words were really too gentle.

There is a big round table in the living room with peanuts, melon seeds and sugar on it. The door of the house is open for ventilation. The temperature is rising today, the snow on the eaves has melted, and water is dripping down. The sparrows are standing on the branches of the almond tree, chirping, the sun Sprinkled in the small courtyard, there is a feeling of spring.

Around eleven o'clock, Uncle Ge came in with a bottle of wine. Seeing Li Song standing in the yard, he said with a smile, "Xiao Li, let's have a drink at noon."

Li Song laughed and said, "I can't drink you."

A loud female voice came over, speaking with three points of joy, "Hey, the layout of the small courtyard is really beautiful, and the ice lantern is really delicate."

Fat Aunt poked her head out from behind Uncle Ge, she held a pot of stewed goose in an iron pot in her hand, saw Li Song, and said in surprise, "Yo, who is this young man, he is so handsome."

She talked with a smile, full of air, and the smile on her chubby face was also beaming. A boy's head was sticking out from her legs. He probably played outdoors a lot. His face was flushed, and his big eyes looked at him curiously. Well, the boys are also fat, with short hands and feet, just like a New Year picture doll.

Uncle Ge walked inside and said with a smile, "Xiaoyu's relatives go to school with Xiaoyu now."

The fat aunt came into the house, put the iron pot on the table, and said, "That's just right, try my cooking!"

Wang Xiaoniu jumped in from the wall, saw the little fat boy, ran over and pinched his face: "Little Chen, why are you getting fat again?"

Wang Xiaoniu is really ignorant of herself, and she is ashamed to say to others that during the holiday, her melon-seeded face has turned into an apple face, and she can make a pair of festive New Year picture dolls with the little fat man.

Wen Yuji came out of the kitchen and said with a smile, "Don't stand there, sit down and talk, brother."

He could see that Li Song was uncomfortable, and called him: "Come in and help."

Wang Xiaoniu wanted to sneak into the kitchen, but was dragged by the little fat man. Wang Xiaoniu is the king of children in this area, and children like to play with her. The little fat man grinned: "Ice lanterns, brother Yu made ice lanterns."

Wang Xiaoniu's proud voice came from outside: "Brother Xiaoyu and I did it."

The living room gradually became lively, Li Song stood at the door of the kitchen and took a look outside, saying, "I haven't seen them in such a long time."

Wen Yu sent: "Everyone doesn't like to go out of the house in winter. When the weather warms up, it will be lively. Under the big poplar tree in front of Uncle Ge's house, there are people playing together."

In the living room, a group of grandparents are eating melon seeds and chatting in dialect. The younger uncles and aunts are playing poker there. Next to it, Wang Xiaoniu is playing with a group of brats. The small courtyard is filled with many laughter.

Grandma Wang was the last to come. She brought a small pot of stewed pork with sauerkraut. The sauerkraut was pickled by her family. The pork was also raised by relatives in the countryside. The meat was delicious and smelled delicious.

She entered the kitchen, saw Li Song standing here, and said with a smile: "What are you doing hiding here? Go out and play, there is a lot of smoke here."

Li Song looked at Wen Yuji hesitantly, Wen Yuji blinked and said, "Go out and find Wang Xiaoniu, dinner is about to start."

Li Song bent his lips, opened the door and went out.

After all, he didn't know everyone well, so he wanted to find a place to sit and wait for Wen Yu to send it, but as soon as he opened the door and came out, he was stared at by a roomful of people.

The door of the living room was open, and the room was brightly illuminated by plenty of sunlight. His body froze when he was stared at by everyone... To be honest, it was the first time he was stared at by so many grandparents.

He slowly closed the kitchen door, and nodded politely to everyone. A gray-haired grandma, with a lot of lost teeth, a shriveled mouth, and she loves to smile, she squinted her eyes and looked at Li Song, He opened his mouth first: "This is Xiaoyu's cousin? He looks so handsome."

Another dark-skinned grandfather answered, "He's also tall, with a straight body, so he must be in good health."

The fat aunt laughed loudly: "That's right, the first time I saw it, I thought this child was blessed. Look at this face."

The crowd started talking at one go.

Li Song: "..."

Are all the neighbors to the north like this?Their ability to praise people is... really unique.

His idea of ​​finding a place to wait for dinner was shattered, and he was pulled by Ge Shu to sit down at the table. A group of strange neighbors did not give Li Song a chance to feel strange. The enthusiasm seemed to be that they had always been so familiar and had known each other for a long time. It seemed that the inside and outside of the words were very close, which made him relax unconsciously.

Little Fatty had a good impression of Li Song, and was tired from running outside, so he sat down beside him, staring at the cards in his hand with big eyes.

Li Song had just learned the rules of poker that is often played here, and was dragged to play by a few uncles and aunts, and was thinking about what to do.

The chubby boy said loudly, with an appearance that I knew a lot, and said, "Brother Li doesn't have two kings."

Li Song: "..."

He took his hand away from the king.

Wang Xiaoniu also came in, pinched the little fat boy's ears, and said, "It's a real gentleman to watch chess without talking."

The little fat boy covered his ears and argued, "I'm not a gentleman, I'm still a villain."

Everyone laughed together, and Li Song couldn't help laughing either.

Li Song changed his mind, wanted to be steady, and came up with a 2.

While covering his ears, the little fat boy hurriedly said, "No, no, no, my grandma has two, and she can fight."

Li Song: "..."

Aunt Fat: "..."

Wen Yuji came out of the kitchen, leaned on the back of Li Song's chair to look at his cards, and asked, "What are you playing?"

Li Song bent his lips, turned to look at him, and said, "They said they bet on our new year's money. If I win, I will double it this year, and if I lose, I will halve it."

Wen Yuji pulled a Q out of his hand, tossed the Q over the J in front and threw it out, saying, "It's quite a big game."

Uncle Ge quickly said: "I'll fight with you."

Wen Yuji lowered his head to look at the cards, his breath fell on his ears, and Li Song felt his ears tingling.

When the right of cards came to Fat Auntie, she hesitated for a while, and reluctantly opened the pair of 2. Since Li Song knew that she had a pair, she would definitely not play it, and it would be useless to keep it.

Uncle Ge: "Okay, it's all big."

Wen Yu sent the two kings and threw them on the table. This is the biggest one.

Li Song's mind is completely out of the cards, he wants to touch Wen Yuji, his breath is getting closer, if there is no one now, he will definitely kiss him.

Wen Yuji rolled his eyes and threw another 2 out.

Grandma Wang came out with the dishes, and Wen Yuji threw out a straight, straightened up and said, "I won."

Uncle Ge cheated: "It doesn't count, this one doesn't count, the little tiger is making trouble."

Grandma Wang tapped him on the head, and said angrily, "How big of an adult you are still bullying children."

Uncle Ge: "..."

Uncle Ge: "You have to be reasonable, these kids are so smart, I was bullied by them."

Fatty nodded at the side like a grown-up, and said, "We bullied him."

Uncle Ge laughed. He pinched the little fat man's face and said, "You little man, how can you still bully me?"

Xiaopangxiao's head turned very quickly, and he quickly complained, saying: "He bullied us."

He squeezed Uncle Ge's big hands like pincers, tears from being pinched, and said, "Look, evidence of crime, this is evidence of crime."

Good guy, I still know the evidence.

Li Song let out a muffled laugh.

The snacks on the table were cleared away, and the dishes were brought up one by one, stewed goose in iron pot, stewed pork vermicelli, stewed chicken with mushrooms, stewed ribs with beans, stewed fish in iron pot with pancakes...the Northeast is so big that it cannot be stewed in one pot .

Grandma Wang cut the boiled pork brought by Grandma Ma from the front yard, cut the white meat into slices and put on the plate topped with mashed garlic. In addition, there were pork skin jelly, pig ears and other parts of the pig, which were boiled with spices and topped with Garlic, pigs will be slaughtered before the Chinese New Year in the Northeast, and used as rations for this winter. Over time, it has become an unwritten tradition. Although the economy here is slightly lagging behind, the agriculture and animal husbandry are relatively developed, and the things you eat are basically natural. Yes, Li Song clearly felt that the meat quality and vegetables here are much better than before.

In addition to the pot-packed meat, pork slices, and marinated tofu sent by the neighbors, as well as some cold dishes and pasta cooked by Wen Yuji, it was easy to gather a table of authentic Northeast dishes.

A table of people was eating and chatting lively, Wen Yu sent Li Song a piece of sweet potato milk cake, the fat aunt saw it, and said with a smile: "The relationship between the two is really good, it's not like my grandchildren. Hit together."

Wen Yuji lowered his head, Li Song's ears turned red looking at him.

Uncle Ge took a sip of the wine comfortably, and said, "The same goes for my family. They call when they meet, and think about it when they don't."

Fat Aunt: "Xiao Li, I live in the west courtyard of your house. I just came back from my daughter's house a while ago. Xiaoyu doesn't want to say something. If there is something, you can just shout."

Li Song bent his lips and smiled.

In the front yard, Grandma Ma's eldest brother, Grandpa Ma, is a dark-skinned old man. He looks rough, but behaves politely. He ate a piece of meat, took another sip of wine, and said, "How is Xiao Li's grades?" ?”

Li Song: "..."

Sure enough, grades are basically asked at this kind of gathering.

Wen Yu sent the news, and said proudly: "My brother's grades are very good, he always ranks at the top in Shanghai, and he will go to Qingbei in the future."

Grandpa Ma said "Yo": "That's amazing, we haven't had Tsinghua students here for three or four years."

Whenever this kind of topic comes up, a group of children would like to be transparent quietly. Wang Xiaoniu lowered her eyebrows and ate chicken honestly. , study hard with your two brothers."

Wang Xiaoniu: "..."

Sure enough, this spark of a single spark has hurt the tender grass of himself.

Grandma Wang sighed, and said, "Xiaoyu's previous grades were all thanks to his useless teachers."

Grandma Wang learned high school courses after watching Wen Yuji in junior high school. Everyone said that the eldest grandson of the fat aunt's family, Chen Chen, was smart and got 985 in the exam. In fact, Wen Yuji was the one who was really smart. He can really be called a genius children.

Uncle Ge: "Who will teach him now?"

Wang Xiaoniu interjected: "I know, Brother Xiaoyu has a teacher who is well-known in the whole school, and all of us in junior high school have heard of it."

Everyone looked at her.

Wang Xiaoniu scratched her cheeks and said, "What's your name... Li Jun, yes, Li Jun!"

Li Song was a little surprised and looked up at her.

The people here have lived near the school for almost their whole life, and they know all the teachers in the school. Grandma Ma raised her eyebrows, looked at her brother, and asked, "You taught me this person, I remember."

Grandpa Ma: "...En."

He is indeed Li Jun's high school teacher.

Wang Xiaoniu likes to say bad things about the teacher, and she complained a little excitedly: "It is said that the class is for self-study, and the lessons are left in the make-up class. Wearing small shoes for people, you have to wait for the parents of the students to give gifts and apologize before you stop torturing people."

Grandpa Ma: "..."

Grandpa Ma couldn't hold back his face, and wanted to get rid of the relationship: "I didn't teach him this... At that time, he only focused on his grades, and he didn't know much about this person."

Grandma Ma gave him a sideways look and said, "What is the purpose of teaching and educating people?"

Wang Xiaoniu said without hesitation: "Education is to make people an upright and kind person."

Li Song glanced at the little girl in surprise, feeling that he was going to look at this heartless little girl with admiration.

What a simple truth, but not everyone understands it.

Grandma Wang said: "Children at their age are afraid of the teacher. It is a big deal for them if the teacher puts their face down. Sooner or later they will be reported."

Grandma Ma looked at Wen Yuji and Li Song, and said, "You don't sound like a good person. If he makes trouble, you can tell your Master Ma to ask him to go to school to find him."

Grandpa Ma nodded quickly, and said: "The old teacher of the people is still easy to use, don't worry, if you have anything to do, your master will support you."

Wen Yuji nodded with his eyes bent, and said in a gentle voice, "What can I do?"

The simple neighbors at the table chat and laugh cordially, the two children fight for the last prawn, the birds chirp outside the window, and the world is gentle and bright.

It seems that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and he has another reason to like small towns. This is a place with warmth and human feelings that he has never experienced before.

On the surface it was said that it was for stuttering, but in fact, Wen Yu sent him a dentist whose life was not easy, and Li Song was exempted from his consultation fee; he sent food to Wen Yu twice a day, knowing that he existed, and added a double share Neighbors; children who are very noisy around but will carefully put up signs next to the chinchillas.

The small town is so small that it is not even as big as a district in Shanghai, but it is also very big because it contains kindness and tenderness.

The meal didn't end until after two o'clock in the afternoon. Uncle Ge was supported by someone, and he said with his tongue out, "Next... sleep in the afternoon, close the door... no more sales."

Grandma Wang patted him and said, "His aunt is coming back from your eldest son's house soon. If she finds out, she will definitely beat you."

Uncle Ge said with a smile: "She dare not..."

Wen Yuji and Li Song cleaned up the table, Wang Xiaoniu wanted to stay and help, but after breaking two plates, she was driven away by Li Song.