Grandma has disappeared since my aunt's little cousin was born. Although the adults don't say. Seven or eight, I know. Grandma went to her aunt's house to see her little cousin born out of wedlock.
Besides, grandma is not at her aunt's house. My aunt gave birth to two cousins. If the villagers know that their aunt gave birth to a third child, the Family Planning Commission may not tear down their house.
Grandma hid in a relative's house and kept her little cousin for three years.
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In the first year after grandma left, my father began to build a house and move. First, drag the adobe yourself. It's adobe bricks for building houses.
Dig from one's own field, push it into the yard with an iron drum wheelbarrow, sprinkle some water, shovel it into an adobe grinder, use a homemade iron rammer (press a square solid iron knot on a wooden stick) to make it firm, open the grinder, and move it aside to bask in the sun. When the adobe is dry, build the wall bit by bit. Mother does odd jobs and brings tools and dirt to her father.
Father is in charge of the trees in the field. Cut it back to make purlins. The wheat straw harvested in the field is used as the roof. Sorghum was specially planted that year, and sorghum stalks were used as house dams. The next spring, the first room was built. We moved with our father before the walls inside were painted.
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There is no toilet after moving, so it can be solved in the field behind the house, and two bundles of straw can be erected. The point is, there is no place to cook. What if it rains? My father put up a shed and we cooked under it.
The villagers don't understand. Why do you say that? It's like escaping from the desert and living in such a humble place. Don't live in such a nice old house in your hometown? What an alien.
The neighbors advised their father to stop fooling around. How can it be so easy to build a house and a new home? My father didn't listen to anyone's advice, ignored the speculation and gossip of outsiders, and began to build a new home slowly. Although we are girls, we try our best to help our father, especially our 10-year-old sister, who has done a decent job.
It is said that children from poor families are in charge early, but children without fathers are not like this. When my father was nineteen, my grandfather didn't. Compared with others, his father can do anything.
In the countryside, there is nothing that my father can't do, such as building a wall, doing a big job and doing a small job. The circuit at home is broken, and my father has never used an electrician, so he can repair it himself. My father always wants someone to be a cook when there is a red and white event in the village. Whenever there is a contradiction between husband and wife, my father will take the initiative to mediate and make up.
For grandma and our mother, my middle-aged father did it for nothing. There is one thing in each of the three main rooms and one side hall. (The wing is made of grandma's old house materials) Plus the courtyard wall, aisle and gate, except when the house is placed on the beam, the neighbors help to put it on. Father has just spent three years building a new home by himself.
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When my little cousin was four years old, it happened to catch up with the national census. The family planning commission issued a notice, and the super-born children took the initiative to report, and the account was returned to the village free of charge. The little cousin is finally no longer the Black Sea and has returned home. Grandma sent a letter and asked her father to pick her up.
My father went to pick up my grandmother and received my hometown first. Open the door, grandma blindsided, rubbing her eyes like a dream. A yard full of green vegetables, where there is home.
Father built a new house there and tore down the old one here. Use as many materials as possible. Grandma won't leave until the old house is demolished. My father made the first move, and my grandmother broke up with me before moving back. Grandma almost fainted when she saw her home turned into a vegetable field.
When she broke her cane, she scolded my father, her "black sheep" son, enough. Father came back to our new home with grandma on his back. Mom quickly moved a chair to sit grandma down.
Seeing that grandma was furious, my father sat in front of her and asked her, "Mom, do you want us to move to a new home and let your son live?" Or continue to live in the old house and let your son die at the age of 43? Grandma stood up trembling and scolded again: Let your mother's gp…… go.
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In fact, we all know that grandma has feelings for the old house and didn't tell us. Grandma's parents-in-law have lived here all their lives. Grandparents got married here, and my father was born here. According to the villagers, grandparents have a good relationship. From grandma's marriage to grandpa's death, she never blushed. My father grew up in an old house, and my grandfather died in this old house.
Father knows that this place has witnessed the beauty and pain of grandma. Grandma has too many memories in the old house. So I have to discuss with my grandmother to tear down the house before moving, and my grandmother will definitely disagree. So in the three years since my grandmother left home, my father carried out his own moving plan. I think my father had this plan for a long time. The beam of our family was planted around the responsible field by my father himself. Trees that can be used as beams will grow for at least seven years.
Grandma faced the reality and saw that the old house was gone, and there was nothing she could do. She could only scold her son and accept it helplessly. What my father said next surprised me.
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Father told grandma that he had found a feng shui master, and there was something wrong with the feng shui in their old house. Although the yard is well built. The main house, wing and gate are all built, and they are quite satisfactory. However, it has committed the taboo of geomantic omen.
The house is also facing the street, which is very convenient. Mr. Feng Shui said the bad things were in the street. The door of the old house is facing the alley, that is, the road, and the door is also facing the main entrance of the hall where grandma lives. It's 200 meters from the gate to the alley. In feng shui, this is called Rusha. Also known as the heart-piercing house. Living in such a house, the owner of the house is bound to die. So why did Mr. Xue's grandfather live to be 43 and die in class? He was the grandfather of the accountant of the brigade. He died of stomach trouble at the age of 43.
I have never met my grandfather. My sister died three days after she was born. My mother says my grandfather is very tall. I am loud, rude and love my wife and children at home. As long as children love to eat, they are not willing to eat a bite. Grandpa never beat or scolded his children. I always smile when I see him.
Grandpa was very kind outside and did a lot of good things before his death. He teaches preschool children to learn. At that time, there was no kindergarten, and one wing of his house was the classroom. He carried water for the lonely old man and gave him a haircut for free ... When he died, the villagers felt sorry for him. I heard that on the day of the funeral, all the men, women and children in the village sent grandpa away. It rained heavily and no one left. Unfortunately, such a good grandfather's life came to an abrupt end at the age of 43.
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My father was 39 when my grandmother went to see my little cousin. My father said that he was afraid when he was approaching this age. He looked at his wife and daughter and his widowed mother. He doesn't want to be separated from the world, and he doesn't allow himself to walk in front of his grandmother. Therefore, in addition to paying attention to his health, my father is still looking for all unfavorable factors. First, his father asked Mr. Feng Shui to see the ancestral grave. Mr. Feng Shui said that the ancestral grave is all right, but the ancestral grave is just a lack of talent and life is not harmed. Yes, grandpa has been handed down for three generations. Next, my father and aunt, but our mother gave birth. My elder sister is looking forward to my younger brother, my second sister recruits her and my three girls. )
Grandma listened to her father. He scolded again: Son of a bitch, just because you want to discuss with me doesn't mean I disagree. But grandma's tone is obviously not as heavy as just now. After all, the father is grandma's own son. As long as dad is healthy and alive, which is more important, and grandma is not stupid.
Today, father is 75 years old. Although the hair is already white. But the ears are not deaf, the eyes are not beautiful, the face is rosy, and the voice is like two bells. That straight back doesn't look like an old man from the back. In the morning, he gets up early and doesn't need crutches. Every day, my father goes for a walk on the mountain two miles away from my home. Walking all the way and listening to the radio, my mother said that my father looks like my grandmother now.
Grandma was 99 years old at home and died while eating, holding chopsticks. Ended in vain. Although my father shed tears, he still smiled and carried my grandmother into the coffin.
Seeing this, you may say, it may be a coincidence. This doesn't mean that my father won't be alive until he moves. I dare not say, not at all.
My own idea is that feng shui is this thing. I'd rather believe it, but I don't. It is different from superstition. Never go against it, otherwise. The consequences are unimaginable. This is a lifetime thing, so why gamble with your own life? Right?