Danqing

Chen Kezhi didn't have much feeling that sunflowers couldn't grow. These kids didn't have any experience in raising plants. If they planted sunflowers and watered them a little every day, even if they survived, they wouldn't grow too many sunflower seeds.

Tan Songxue was depressed for several days. After the sunflower seedlings were murdered, he went home and threw away the bag of melon seeds and peanuts.Fortunately, neither the Qin family nor the Chen family liked cracking melon seeds very much, otherwise he would be so sad to death.

The biggest inconvenience after Qin's mother left was that the food quality of Qin's family plummeted. Qin's father would also make some food, but his craftsmanship was not comparable to that of Qin's mother. The fried dishes were only edible, and the taste could not be studied deeply.Tan Songxue was picky, and refused to touch a chopstick after two days of eating, and he couldn't buy boxed meals every day.

Tan Songxue is unhappy, can Chen Kezhi not know?

So Chen Kezhi told his father, and Chen's father waved his hand and said, Tan Bo'an, you can come to our house directly to join us. Three people are a meal, and five people are also a meal.

In the past few years, because of the relationship between Chen Kezhi and Tan Songxue, the harmonious relationship between the two families has become closer and closer, as if they were real relatives. He began to eat at Chen's house without hesitation.

And the most direct result of partnering is that Tan Songxue and Chen Kezhi are completely tired of being together.

At first, Qin Songxue went back to his home to practice calligraphy and homework after eating, but after a long time, he went directly to Chen's house after school, ate with Chen Kezhi and then practiced calligraphy, after practicing calligraphy, followed Chen Kezhi to do homework, and then fell asleep At Chen Kezhi's place.

Father Tan didn't notice anything for a short time, but after a long time, lying on the bed and thinking that he was the only one in the whole house, Father Tan had the illusion of being alone, and every time this happened, he especially wanted to call Mother Tan.

"Hey, Xingmin, are you asleep?" Father Tan looked at his watch, it was ten o'clock in the evening, he should have just gone to bed.

"Soon." Tan's mother said from the other end, "Is there something wrong?"

"No, there is an exhibition in the provincial capital in July. I want to come and see you. He told me yesterday that he missed his mother." Father Tan slapped himself on the leg while talking.

"Okay, then I'll pick you up at the station... Are there mosquitoes over there?" Qin's mother heard the noise.

"That's right, there's no mosquito coil in the living room..." Father Tan slapped his leg again as he spoke.

"Go to sleep first and apply some toilet water."

"Then I'll hang up. Don't be too tired from work. Pay attention to rest. It's hot now but you should drink hot water. Don't get cold. It's good for your health."

"Well, I see."

Each call is not long.The salaries of the two are limited, not to mention that Father Tan has to save money for school, and long-distance calls are a big expense for them. Mother Qin bought a phone card to save money, and it only costs 1 cents per minute. Money, it is not convenient to have to go to a public phone booth every time you make a phone call.

The matter of going to the provincial capital during the summer vacation was brought up by Chen Kezhi and Tan's father.

On the one hand, he hasn't seen his grandparents for a long time, on the other hand, Tan Songxue misses his mother, and the annual exhibition is almost in July and August, killing three birds with one stone, and this trip is almost a certainty.

There were no big ups and downs in life, so it was July in a flash.

Mother Chen's third class of high school graduated and had a three-month vacation. Father Chen and Father Tan asked for leave and asked someone to buy five hard sleeper tickets at the train station.Father Tan originally wanted to buy a hard seat to save money, but taking care of Qin Songxue, he still bought a hard seat.Qin Songxue can still enjoy half-price treatment when he is young, but Chen Kezhi is not so lucky. A year ago, his height exceeded 1.4 meters. unanimous vote.

At that time, if you bought the train tickets together, you still had the same ticket, and all five people were together, unlike now where the number of shops is random.Qin Songxue took the train for the first time, and it was a new air-conditioned car, bouncing around in the car, not to mention how excited she was.

But the word "extreme joy begets sorrow" seems to be tailor-made for Tan Songxue—his little face turned pale shortly after the train started, and he sat on Chen Kezhi's bunk feeling sluggish. Father Tan wondered if this kid would get sick on the train, right?The words hadn't turned around in his mind yet, the train bumped a few times when changing tracks.

"Grasshopper, I feel sick to my stomach..." Qin Songxue vomited all over Chen Kezhi before he finished speaking.

Chen Kezhi: "..."

Qin Songxue ate popsicles, cakes, and mung bean porridge before getting into the car, and the spit on Chen Kezhi's white clothes was colorful.The cake had digested a little in the stomach, so it goes without saying that the smell emitted by Qin Songxue is now spit out.

Chen's mother quickly took the trash can and put a plastic bag in front of Qin Songxue. Chen Kezhi and Qin's father helped him to the trash can and said, "Put everything in."

Qin Songxue ate too much, and it took a few minutes to vomit it up. Father Tan tied up the plastic bags and threw them into the big trash can. Chen Kezhi handed Qin Songxue to Father Chen, and immediately took off his clothes.

Little Qin bastard is fake and loves cleanliness, but Chen Kezhi is real.The clothes were spat out like this, even if Chen's mother washed him clean, he would not wear them in the future, so he just took the dirty clothes and followed Chen's father to the toilet to throw them away.

The hard sleeper car is still a relatively independent space, and the smell doesn't spread to other places, so the people in the car don't have much opinion.

Qin Songxue was in low spirits after rinsing his mouth. Father Tan carried him to the middle bunk. Qin Songxue muttered that he wanted to sleep with Grasshopper. Father Qin put him on Chen Kezhi's bunk for fear that he would make trouble, and exchanged with Chen's mother. ticket.

Because Qin Songxue has been asleep, the drive for more than ten hours is not particularly difficult because of the detour.When I arrived at a big station, I stayed for a long time, so Chen Kezhi took out "Wen Xin Diao Long" to read.I finished the first volume of "Shuowen Jiezi" last month. "Wen Xin Diao Long" is just the beginning. This book is much more difficult than "Shuowen Jiezi". Look it up in this small dictionary of ancient Chinese.

"Son, do you understand?" Father Chen leaned over and frowned when he saw the contents of the book.

"Look slowly." Chen Kezhi only read a few pages a month, and the content inside was all in classical Chinese, which was difficult to understand, and he didn't even know how many times he looked through the dictionary.Chen Kezhi wondered if he should give up this book.

"It's too early for you to read this book." Father Tan said, "Take some time to read the second volume of "Shuowen Jiezi"."

Chen Kezhi listened to his master very much, and realized that he had acted too hastily.

He is very eager to learn everything.

He had to be so strong that others could not catch up with him, so that he would have the spare time to surround Tan Songxue by his side.

The next day, Qin's mother came to the station in the red flag car of the Chen family's eldest brother. The Qin family and the Chen family had a good relationship. After Qin's mother came to the provincial capital, she specially visited the Chen family's eldest brother and had a meal together.

The eldest brother of the Chen family is the luckiest member of the Chen family. After graduating from university, he stayed in the provincial capital to work. He met the deputy mayor's daughter. He is quite smart and tactful, with strong ability to handle affairs. His father-in-law treats him very well. appreciation.As a result, the elder brother of the Chen family had a smooth career. By the time Qin's mother took up his post, the elder brother of the Chen family was already a member of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee in his 40s.

The eldest brother of the Chen family said more than once that he wanted to transfer Father Chen to the provincial capital, but Father Chen refused every time, saying that the ancestral house was still in the county town, and the foundation could not be lost. I had no choice but to let him go. Fortunately, Chen's father was determined and willing to work, and the background of the eldest brother of the Chen family was not bad.

Chen Kezhi wondered about this for many years, why his father refused to go to the provincial capital, and insisted on making the cat earn a meager salary in a small county town, and he was angry from top to bottom.Later, when Chen Kezhi took the road of politics, the father and son had a heart-to-heart talk. Chen Anguo said, "He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise." Really smart people.

A wise man is like a fool.

Because of Tan Songxue's motion sickness, he was still dizzy until he got out of the car, but when the kid saw his mother in front of him, he gritted his teeth and ran over with his short legs.

"Mom—!" Tan Songxue's weight made Tan's mother, who was wearing high heels, unable to hold her. The food in Chen's place was so good that Qin Songxue gained weight again.

"Qiaoqiu, you've grown up so much, mom can't hold you anymore." Mother Tan dragged his butt with difficulty.

Father Tan frowned when he saw Mother Tan like this: "Qiuqiu come down quickly, your mother can't hold you anymore."

"Mom, my stomach is so uncomfortable..." Tan Songxue began to act like a baby after being put down by Qin's mother.

"What's wrong with Qiuqiu?" Mother Qin asked.

"I'm a little motion sick, just take a rest." Father Tan said.

The Chen family over there also started to say hello.

"Hello, Uncle." Chen Kezhi walked up to Chen Jianguo.

"Ke Yazi has grown up so much. When I saw you back then, you were still a three-year-old little ass." Chen Jianguo's Mandarin has a mixed provincial and county accent, which is self-contained and not difficult to understand.

The eldest, Chen Jianguo, is in the municipal committee, the second, Chen Jianjun, is a lawyer, the third, Chen Anbang, is in the army, and the fourth, the worst, Chen Anguo, is also in the county committee. The four sons of the Chen family are all promising, and everyone who knows them says that their ancestral graves are smoking up.

The old man and the old lady were anxious to see their grandson, and wanted to come to the station with Chen Jianguo. Chen Jianguo considered that there were too many people and the car would not fit in the car, so he didn't agree, and the old lady let go after repeatedly promising that he would come back as soon as possible.

Chen Jianguo hailed two cars and drove into the dormitory area of ​​the city government together.

Father Chen brought a lot of special products from the county. Chen Jianguo hadn't eaten them for a long time. Father Chen's move won his heart, and he immediately divided up the special products.

Qin's mother secretly whispered to Tan's father, asking him if he had brought anything, and what did Qin's father say he had brought?Qin's mother was almost pissed off by him, a 30-year-old doesn't even understand the basics of the world.Qin's father said that there are still a few calligraphy and paintings at home.Qin's mother said, let's bring this up again when I go to see the exhibition in two days, and say that it's not easy to get framed.Father Qin nodded in agreement.

The old lady who hadn't seen her grandson for several years pulled Chen Kezhi and refused to let go, and the little meat dumpling Qin Songxue had now become a big meat dumpling.Sitting next to the two grandchildren, the old lady was so happy that she almost wiped away her tears.

Qin Songxue had almost forgotten about Grandma Chen, but half a year ago, because of Mother Tan's suspension of work, she was so excited that she remembered a lot of details about how he got along with Grandma Chen, and remembered that Grandma Chen would leave him A bowl of sweet rice soup.Tan Songxue is good at people who are not familiar with him, and he is hardworking. The Chen family likes him very much.

He has spoken in dialects since the novel. Although the school stipulates that he must speak Mandarin, few students will abide by it. The Mandarin he speaks in front of the Chen family has a strong local accent, and he often speaks his tongue evenly, making the adults laugh.

The two families hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they chatted all afternoon.Around [-]:[-] or [-]:[-], the second child got off work, and drove his recently bought Santana, carrying Chen Jianguo's son Chen Ming, who was studying in college, and his own daughter Chen Shiwen, who was in high school.

Because of the large number of people, Chen Jianguo booked a box outside. Except for the third child who was in the military area outside the city, the whole family could be considered together.