Good mountains, good water, good people

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The straps on the boxes were so tight that Gu Changning couldn't pull them apart with his hands.Grandpa Gu who was standing next to him said, "You can't tear it apart like this. I'll find you a pair of scissors and cut it open." He said and went into the house.

Gu Changning tried twice, but he really couldn't pull it apart, so he had to stand there and wait for his grandfather to bring him the scissors.

"Hey, where are their scissors? Where are they?" He remembered that their scissors seemed to be in the living room, why couldn't they find them?

Grandpa Gu, who was looking for something in the house, felt very strange. Could it be that he remembered it wrong?He wanted to turn around and ask the old mother who was sitting at the door, but remembered that the old mother didn't remember anything better than him, so he had no choice but to turn his head and continue searching by himself.

Grandma Gu came out from inside and saw their old man rummaging around, she asked a little strangely, "What are you looking for?"

Seeing his old wife coming, Grandpa Gu waved his hand to invite someone to come over as if seeing a savior, and asked, "You came just in time. Where are our scissors? You didn't use them earlier, where did you put them? Help me quickly." I am searching."

"Isn't it right here? Don't your eyes grow on the top of your head?" Grandma Gu took out a pair of large scissors from under the TV cabinet as soon as she bent down and handed them over, glaring at their old man angrily.

"It's your fault that I can't find it because you hid it!" Grandpa Gu was so angry that he almost stabbed the angry old lady to death with scissors, and finally turned around angrily and left.

"Hey, what did you say, old man? Why did I hide it!" Grandma Gu was unhappy when she heard it.

Seeing the old man leaving, Grandma Gu also chased after him.

Gu Changning who was outside didn't know that his grandpa and grandma were bickering again in the house, but he saw the two elders leaving the house one after the other, and he took the scissors to open the box.

As soon as Grandma Gu came out, she forgot that she had to settle accounts with her wife just now. She saw so many big boxes just now, and she didn't know what was inside. Now she saw her grandson unpacking the outer cardboard box, and only saw what was inside. I couldn't help asking curiously: "How are these things used? Can they be used?"

"Tell you that you don't understand. If you ask three questions and four questions, you won't know after a while." Grandpa Gu took a chance and turned back.

"..." Grandma Gu glared at this man, and took two steps to the side, staying away from this old man who is getting older and getting more and more bad-tempered, and now she is rushing to see her grandson After buying these things, I'm not in the mood to argue with this bad old man.

"Grandpa and grandma, don't quarrel, you will know when I pretend." Seeing that the two elders were about to quarrel again, Gu Changning hurriedly smoothed things over.

After opening the box, I saw the manual and maintenance card inside.

Gu Changning opened the bag, took out the instruction manual and browsed through it, and said to the elder who was standing next to him, "I need to install this one, wait for me to install it first." He found the tools and gloves delivered inside, and put the gloves on his hands Started to put on shelves.

The overall machine has been assembled, and only the external handle parts need to be installed.

"Oh, how do you get these things of yours, do you want me to help?" Grandpa Gu wanted to go forward to help, but he had never seen these things before, and he didn't know how to get them.

"No, I'll do it myself. Grandpa and grandma, go and move a stool to sit on, and I'll be able to install it later." In terms of hands-on ability, Gu Changning thinks that his own is not bad, not to mention the parts of these machines It's not difficult to install, just twist a few screws and read the manual if you don't understand.

He didn't see his dad when he came back, so he asked his grandfather casually, "Is dad not at home?"

"Your Old Uncle Yang just came to look for him, and he went out together." Grandpa Gu replied without taking his eyes off the things in his grandson's hands.

Lao Yang is Secretary Yang in the village. The village cadres often get together to discuss any issues, and they go to the village cadres to deal with any problems. They often walk from the beginning of the village to the end of the village, and then back and forth. back busy.Anyway, in their village, the village cadres are not very big officials, they are a group of people who have no airs, and they have a good relationship with the villagers on weekdays.

Gu Changning snorted, wondering if his father would be able to come back for dinner soon.His little brother came out after a while after taking things in. He helped him fix the things together. It was faster to have someone help than to do it by himself. He fixed the two lawn mowers in a short while.

"Come to eat, everyone, grandma is here to eat."

"Hey, just come."

Just when they were about to move on to the second machine, they heard his grandma shouting for dinner.Gu Changning stopped what he was doing, and said to the helper's little brother: "Let's go eat first, and let's set this up later when you have free time. Grandpa and grandma, you go to eat first, and I will go out to find Dad , see if they are done with their work over there."

"Brother, let me go." Gu Taisheng said when he saw that his brother was going out to find someone.

"No, you go in first, I'll come back after I go out to look for it." Gu Changning waved his hand and went outside.

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When the father and son came back from the outside, they brought Secretary Yang with them, and the three of them came back from the outside together.When they came back, the food on the table had already been set, and the whole family did not move their chopsticks, waiting for them to come back to eat.

"I'm back, let's eat." Seeing someone coming back, Gu's mother shouted.

"Hey, grandma, dad, mom." Village head Gu responded, and greeted the three elders in the family before calling Secretary Yang to sit down.Secretary Yang also said hello to the old village chief, his wife and the old lady before sitting down in the village chief's seat.

Gu Changning was the last one to walk.

"Dad, Uncle Yang eats. Brother eats." Gu Taisheng called out Dad and Uncle Yang, and when he saw one more person, he ran to get an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks.

"When did you two brothers get home?" Village Chief Gu asked the youngest son who had returned home.

"I'll be home after five o'clock." Gu Taisheng brought the bowls and chopsticks to his father.

"Oh, I just happened to be going out then." Village Chief Gu asked Lao Yang to sit down while talking to his youngest son. Just now he pushed his bowl and chopsticks to the front of the guest, took his youngest son and took it from behind. The bowls and chopsticks are placed in front of him.

Today when the youngest son came home from school, Ms. Gu deliberately killed the chicken and stewed the braised pork that the youngest son loves, stewed vegetables, steamed fish, and fried two or three side dishes. Secretary Yang took a takeaway and sat down around the table to eat.

Seeing a table of good dishes, Village Chief Gu rubbed his hands and said happily: "There are so many dishes today, it seems that I have to drink two cups with Lao Yang today."

"You two have to see if there is any good food when you drink?" Mother Gu joked.

"That's true, the two of us can make two catties of liquor without peanuts." Village Chief Gu laughed.

Lao Yang also laughed.

"I think when we were hungry, a group of young men went to the river to catch fish and shrimps, and grilled them directly by the river to eat. I remember one time when it was winter, and I stole two from my dad. Go for two drinks, take a sip each, and the bottle will be empty when you come back after a round." Village head Gu personally brought a jar of wine over, opened the lid and poured out a few glasses, the first glass was handed to their old man, the second The second cup is for the guests, and the last two cups are for him and the elder son. The younger son is still in school, so the wine will not be served for now.

Secretary Yang was not less involved in such things when he was young.

In those few years of difficult days, I don’t know how many people died of starvation. Although their place is a remote and remote mountain valley, because of the mountains and rivers, no people died of starvation.But at that time, they were just the age when a group of middle-aged and middle-aged people were eating poor old people. The little rice soup at home was not enough to fill their stomachs, so a group of boys would often go to the river to catch some fish and shrimp to fill their stomachs. The past seemed to have just happened before their eyes , In the blink of an eye, decades have passed.

"No wonder I said that my wine bottle was always short of wine at that time. It turned out that you stole my wine to drink." Grandpa Gu actually knew about his son stealing wine from home. It's no secret here.

Old Village Chief Gu liked to drink a few sips when he was young, and his family has always kept alcohol hidden away. His two sons also inherited his habit of drinking, not only the eldest, but also the second.For this reason, their mother-in-law talked about him and their two sons a lot, but let's talk about it, these decades have passed.

"Haha, I'll go buy one jar tomorrow... No, I'll return the two jars and return them to you, Dad." Village Chief Gu had the courage to bear the mistake and was willing to compensate.

But Grandma Gu was not very happy when she heard this. She stared at her son and the old man and asked, "The wine at home is not enough for you to drink, so you have to buy it outside?" Take it out and throw it away, and the two of you are still discussing how to buy more bottles?It's because she doesn't look too disturbing enough, right?

"Don't buy it or buy it, my father and I just said that we are here to have fun. Drink and drink, father and Lao Yang, I will toast you." Village head Gu quickly gave his father a wink, took the wine and followed Secretary Yang and his son clinked glasses.

Because Secretary Yang came to this meal, Village Chief Gu and Old Village Chief Gu had an extra person to drink with them, and both father and son drank with great interest.

Gu Changning drank a glass of wine with a few elders, because he had to go to work later, he changed to eating instead of drinking.After eating two bowls of rice and a large bowl of chicken soup, his stomach was also full. His younger brother was already full and ran outside, and he got up after he was full, letting those who were still eating and drinking slow down. eat slowly.

When he left, he took his bowl and chopsticks to the back, put the bowl and chopsticks away, and then went outside.

It gets dark quickly in winter, and it's completely dark outside before seven o'clock.