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"Mom, your mooncakes are all moldy and can't be eaten!" Zhou Ran was too embarrassed to say it directly, but Zhou Ergu had no scruples and told her mother directly.

"Why can't we eat it? Just steam it if it grows mold." Grandma Zhou muttered, then turned around and put the mooncake away.

Instead, he took out canned lychees, biscuits, eight-treasure porridge and other food that his younger generations had sent him during the New Year and other festivals.

Her grandfather sat there with a smile on his face, drinking wine. This was his only hobby, and he drank wine five times a day from morning to night.

A dozen peanuts can make you drink for half a day.

What's more, today, Lao Zhou specially packed some braised food for the old man to eat with his wine, it was so delicious!

Zhou Ergu originally brought Zhou Ran here for a walk. What topics could this little girl have to talk about with her grandparents? Usually, she would go to her uncle's house within five minutes.

There's nothing else to it, it's just that Uncle Zhou's grandson and granddaughter are about the same age as Zhou Ran, and children always like to play with people of the same age.

As a result, this time, she winked at the little girl openly and secretly, but she just refused to leave. So she let her go and gave her a few instructions, asking her to remember to come back to her house for lunch. Then Zhou Ergu left in a hurry.

During the few minutes I was there, I also cleaned my parents' yard thoroughly.

After his second aunt left, Zhou Ran rummaged through his schoolbag and took out a small box.

This is the radio she bought at a music store near the school some time ago. She bought two in total. One has been given to her grandfather, and the other one was brought back for her grandparents to kill time.

Grandpa and grandma now live in their old house, which is the one and a half mud-walled house where Lao Zhou lived back then! Although it was renovated and reinforced in recent years, because Lao Zhou spent very little time at home after serving in the army, he was approved for another homestead at the time, so the basic structure of the old house is still mud walls and wood.

The voltage in the village is also unstable, and any electrical appliances with slightly higher power cannot be used. Zhou Ran prepared this radio, which consumes little power and is convenient to carry.

After all, although my grandparents have good hearing, their eyesight is not good, and the TV may not be as good as the radio.

It was something worth only a few dozen dollars, but I got two of them at a discount for a hundred yuan, and they also came with a rechargeable battery.

After teaching his grandparents how to operate it and letting them try it themselves a few times, Zhou Ran felt relieved.

Grandma wanted to give Zhou Ran money, but she didn't feel comfortable accepting it. She went into the kitchen stove, took two roasted sweet potatoes, and ran away.

It was only two or three minutes' walk to her grandfather's house, and sure enough, her mother was there too.

Ms. Zhou has never gotten over her resentment towards Uncle Zhou's family, and when she is in a bad mood, she often quarrels with Uncle Zhou.

"Grandpa! Mom!" Zhou Ran went into the house and called people first, then looked at the jujube tree in grandpa's yard. It was said that it was winter jujube, but it was not delicious.

If you break off a branch and throw it into space, you never know if it will grow into a big tree.

"Calling for souls!" If Ms. Zhou could suppress the upturned corners of her mouth, her words would be quite choking.

"I got you a roasted sweet potato. It's still warm. Eat it quickly!" Zhou Ran knew his mother's habits, so he took an extra piece.

"Where did it come from?" Ms. Zhou looked at Zhou Ran suspiciously. If it came from Uncle Zhou's house, she wouldn't be happy to eat it...

"I went to my grandparents' house, not my uncle's." Zhou Ran likes to put things on the surface so that people don't have to guess and feel uncomfortable.

"Oh, the stewed sweet potatoes are delicious." Ms. Zhou nodded with satisfaction, took the roasted sweet potato and took a bite.

"Grandpa, will you come with us to Second Aunt's house for dinner?" Her grandfather was somewhat related to Second Uncle. Second Uncle's mother was raised by her grandfather's eldest sister, so Second Uncle called her grandfather "Little Uncle"...

"I won't go. The food is already cooked here. Your father prepared it for me." Grandpa Zhou refused with a smile. How could he have the nerve to come to eat when we were from the same village?

In addition, he also convinced his daughter that he had to stay at home for a while before the New Year. The old house would be deserted for a long time and would be prone to problems.

Anyway, he has to cook for himself from now on, morning and night.

"Zhou Xiaoran! What are you doing!" Ms. Zhou finally finished eating the roasted sweet potato. When she glanced around, she saw that her daughter had actually climbed up a tree!

"I... picked two dates." Zhou Ran answered weakly, and deftly broke off a branch that had only a few dates on it.

"Ranran, these dates are not tasty. If you want to pick them, I'll get you a ladder." If the dates were tasty, Grandpa Zhou would have picked them for his granddaughter long ago.

"Dad, don't spoil her. Look how greedy she is! Is there less food and drink for her?" Ms. Zhou said angrily.

"Aren't you greedy? It's up to you!" Grandpa Zhou exposed his daughter without any hesitation. He held his hands up under the tree, fearing that if his granddaughter really fell, his old bones could still serve as a cushion.

"Me!" Ms. Zhou felt aggrieved. There was no solution to the issue of grandparents' relationship!

Unlike Zhou Ran, Ms. Zhou has never been beaten since she was a child, and her parents and siblings all spoil her.

And Zhou Ran was beaten all the way to fifth grade! Why didn't they stop beating her later? She's taller than Ms. Zhou now!

Ms. Zhou was also afraid that her daughter would rebel. After all, a little girl in her rebellious period might do anything.

Fortunately, Zhou Ran climbed down the tree nimbly, breaking several branches in his hands.

How should I put it? The taste of dates is really not that good. They are neither sour nor sweet, and they have little water. They are bland and taste like chewing wax...

Can't she just enjoy the picking process?

Grandpa's house has not been occupied for a month or so, so it needs to be cleaned up. With the help of my mother and daughter, the old man doesn't have to do it himself.

"Dad, we have a deal. I will come to pick you up after the Chinese New Year. You will go home with us on the second day of the first lunar month." Before leaving, Ms. Zhou repeatedly gave the old man instructions.

During this time, she finally figured it out. Why? Others weren't filial, so why weren't she allowed to be? How could that be justified?

Of course, the support of her husband and daughter is Ms. Zhou’s greatest confidence.

"Okay, okay, we'll talk about it later!" Grandpa Zhou responded casually. He always felt that something was not right.

Living at his daughter's house these days, he has clearly felt changes in his body and feels much more relaxed. Last time, he went to a pharmacy near the community for an event where they measured his blood pressure for free, and his blood pressure was surprisingly back to normal.

A simple physical examination at the village clinic before was also done, and they said he had high blood pressure.

Maybe it’s really because living in the city is comfortable and eating nutritious food?

However, the old man still has some psychological barriers to letting his daughter and son-in-law take care of him in his old age when he already has a son.

After all, I'm old and can't help.

Zhoujia Village is not very big. Since it is named "Zhou", naturally the surname Zhou makes up the majority of the people. However, since Zhoujia Village was the seat of a commune back then, many people with other surnames also moved in.

For example, Zhou Ran’s second uncle was a “landless farmer” who migrated to other places and settled down in Zhoujia Village.

Of course, there is another reason, which is that my second uncle’s mother’s family is in Zhoujia Village.