The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

After reprimanding her younger siblings, she pulled the two younger ones by her side, and Qiao Xiaohui thanked her sister-in-law again, saying, "The two of them are causing trouble to my sister-in-law."

"No trouble, no trouble, with them here, there are people in our jungle to play together." Seeing that Qiao Xiaohui came back and the two children did not cry, Chen Mingzhu was relieved and let her look after the three children alone. The children are all about the same age, and they can see this, but they can't see any. If they don't pay attention, the three children fight again, crying so much that people's brains will grow bigger.

This one in my own house is not a worry-free one either, she has a very domineering temper, she was playing well with others one moment, and beat them the next moment.Mingming is usually very well-behaved, so why would he fight when he plays with others? For this reason, Chen Mingzhu often beats up this boy of their family.

My aunt's children are still a little younger, not yet old enough to play with her family. In fact, Chen Mingzhu still likes the twins to come to play at home, so that her children can also have companions to play with.

For such an older child, the three children happen to be in the same year, and it is normal to fight, but she has always taught her family not to bully her younger brothers and sisters. Her son clearly promised well, but then forgot up.

"Sister-in-law, I'll take them home first." Qiao Xiaohui told her sister-in-law and the others, and was about to take the twins back.

"Going back so soon, don't you want to play?" Chen Mingzhu asked.

"Little sister, Xiaobao, don't leave." Before she could persuade her to stay, her son ran over and dragged him not to leave. Chen Mingzhu went to pull her son, dumbfounded, and wanted to say that you were fighting just now Now, what's the matter with pulling others away now?

"No one is at home, I have to go back and have a look. We will come back later when we are free."

"Okay, come and play when you have time."

Working on the mountain just now, she was sweating all over, Qiao Xiaohui still thought about going back to wipe off her sweat and change her clothes.After talking to her sister-in-law and coaxing her cousin's son, she took the twins back home.

Before they got to the door of their house, they saw someone looking into the yard at their door from a distance.

When they got closer, Qiao Xiaohui recognized that it was their grandfather, and shouted, "Grandpa, when did you come?"

Zhang Mingde turned around and saw that it was the eldest granddaughter bringing the two younger ones back. He didn't know where to call, so he said, "I was calling outside, but no one was in the house, and I was wondering where you all went."

"I just went to the field to pull weeds. I sent Xiaobao and my younger sister to the uncle's house. I just went to pick them up. Grandpa, next time you come, go directly into the house. Don't stand outside and wait. Grandpa, come in." Qiao Xiaohui opened the gate of the yard, but the gate was actually not locked, it was just closed.

"Hey, I'm embarrassing you." Thinking of his granddaughter taking care of his younger siblings at such a young age, Zhang Mingde knew that it was not easy for his granddaughter.There was a bag at his feet, which contained dozens of catties of rice. The old man was thinking about these grandsons and granddaughters who had no father or mother, so he brought rice from home.

The old man is tall and thin, with gray hair and a hunched back. Zhang Mingde was a man of character when he was young, but the years have made this old man full of vicissitudes. He lost his wife in middle age and sent away his daughter in his later years. Still too big for old people.

The old man didn't expect that not long after his daughter left, his son-in-law followed suit, leaving a group of such young children here.

"Fortunately, I don't work hard." Qiao Xiaohui looked at her younger siblings at her feet, bit her lips, and said.

Seeing that grandpa had brought so many things, she helped drag them inside and said, "Grandpa, didn't you tell you not to bring things here in the future? We have rice at home, and the millet in the field will be harvested soon. Then there will be more rice at home."

Qiao Xiaohui knew that her grandpa's legs and feet were not very good, so she came here with so many things, fearing that her legs would hurt, so she didn't let her bring such heavy things.

"You have what you have. Grandpa is here, so I brought you some by the way. It's not very heavy. Grandpa didn't come here on foot. He happened to meet someone on the road and asked someone to drive him to the intersection on your side. " Hearing the reproach and concern in his granddaughter's words, Zhang Mingde was not only not angry, but also felt a little warm in his heart.

Even if he wanted to bring such a heavy thing here, he was powerless. Since this leg became lame, he couldn't do heavy work. If he walked a few more steps, his leg would hurt so much that he couldn't sleep at night.

He used to be the principal of the village primary school, and he taught many students under his command, so he was quite popular in the village.When I meet someone I know on the road, others are willing to give him a ride.However, it is not always lucky to meet someone, so when there is no one or a car, the old man always walks to see his grandson and granddaughter.

Zhang Mingde lives in Shougouling Village, four or five miles away from Sanwan Village, and it takes more than half an hour to walk there.In the past, when his daughter was still alive, it was his daughter who went back to visit him. He seldom came here. Since his daughter left, he was worried about the loss of his grandchildren, so he only came here every now and then.Since the son-in-law also left some time ago, keeping such a group of such young children, the old man was worried about these small children, so he wanted to come and see the children.

Before his son-in-law passed away unexpectedly, Zhang Mingde went to Qiao's house to attend the funeral, and when he returned, he fell seriously ill, and he is still not well. Otherwise, he would not have seen his grandchildren for so many days.

"Grandpa, sit down, and I'll get you a glass of water." Qiao Xiaohui invited her grandpa to sit down, went to pour water for her, and brought a glass of water to her.

Just now, after working in the field for so long, she didn't drink any water. She poured a glass of water herself and felt her throat feel better after drinking it. After she was done, she poured some water for each of the twins and asked them to sit down and drink.

After the twins drank the water, Qiao Xiaohui asked the twins to call out, "This is our grandpa, Xiaobao, Xiaoyu, call me grandpa."

The twins can call parents, brothers and sisters, but they can't call grandpa.

They were not familiar with their grandfather. When they saw this strange old man, they stuck to their sister's side, looked at the old man with ignorant eyes, and refused to call anyone.

"Calling grandpa, you two are disobedient, aren't you?" Qiao Xiaohui gave the twins a wink, and if you don't shout, I will fix you two.The twins were leaning on the elder sister's arms, one on the left and the other on the right, their little faces were aggrieved, and they refused to speak.

"Hehe, it doesn't matter if you don't shout. Don't you remember grandpa? Grandpa visited you last time." Zhang Mingde took out a few corn jellybeans from his pocket and handed them to the two children, letting them eat with them .

The old man knew that his daughter was ill for the purpose of giving birth to these two children, and she died of illness not long after.The child is so innocent, the old man did not blame the two children for his daughter's death, life and death have their own destiny, and it is his daughter's fate.

The two grandchildren are still young, so it is normal not to remember him, and the old man is not angry.

The twins looked at their sister subconsciously, with a look of wanting to eat candy.

"If you don't call people, you won't eat them." Qiao Xiaohui was angry that they didn't call people.Qiao Xiaomei wanted to eat candy, she was quick to think, and shouted: "Grandpa—Grandpa."

Zhang Mingde just laughed, and said, "Grandpa is fine, grandpa is fine too, hehe, take it and eat."

"You two, stupid, I have taught you so many times, and you haven't even learned to say a word of grandpa. Next time you can't learn it, I won't eat it for you." Qiao Xiaohui reached out to pick it up, thanked grandpa, Only after peeling off the candy, one person stuffed one into his mouth.

"Why are you the only three at home, how many are your elder brother and your sister? Where have they all gone?" Zhang Mingde asked after looking around, seeing no other grandchildren.

"Brother, they went to the town to sell things with uncle, and they won't be back until later, so I'm at home with them." Qiao Xiaohui wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth with her hand Xiaobao, and told her grandpa that the family is now doing business. things.

"Oh, that's how it is." Zhang Mingde didn't expect his grandson to think of doing business. That child was smart since he was a child, and he was good at reading. He also taught his grandson for several years. That child was the smartest student he ever taught. studious one.Among so many grandsons and granddaughters, the eldest grandson is very similar to him when he was young.

It's not that he has any prejudice against doing business, but he just thinks that the child is smart and has good grades in school. It would be a pity if he gave up on this.It's just that with the current state of the grandson's family, it may be difficult for the child to continue reading.

I have to talk to my sons about this matter later, and see what the two uncles can do to help.

Having not been here for so many days, Zhang Mingde didn't know that his eldest grandson had gone out to do business, so he asked his granddaughter, "When will your brother and the others come back?"

"When going to the market, I will come back earlier. Usually, I will not come back until four or five in the afternoon." Qiao Xiaohui calculated in her heart that today is the day of the market, so she said: "After noon, the eldest brother and uncle will be back .”

There was an old clock hanging on the wall of the house. Qiao Xiaohui took a look and saw that it was past eleven o'clock.Unexpectedly, in such a blink of an eye, I did a little work in the morning, and it is almost noon now, "Grandpa, sit down for a while, I will finish cooking the noodles and eat with you."

The twins should be hungry at this moment, and the two children will have lunch, so they can take a nap later.

After taking care of the two children for so long, Qiao Xiaohui has already figured out some of their habits. If there is nothing to eat later, if the two children are sleepy and hungry, they will definitely quarrel with her.On weekdays, she doesn't wait for her brother and the others to come back before eating lunch. She always takes care of the two little guys first. Sometimes when the brother and the others come back, it's already dinner.