Song Tan’s grandfather, Song Youde, is an old farmer and he is 79 years old this year.
He has a problem with his lungs and is prone to wheezing, so he hasn't worked much in recent years.
In addition to tending the vegetable garden, he plays mahjong with a group of old men in the village. He has an old pipe in his hand, which is rare in the surrounding area. Every year, people come to ask for the old tobacco oil in the pipe to treat sores.
Grandma Wang Lifen is strong and healthy, and is also a good cook. The vegetable garden at home is still tidy, and every year people from the village come to her to exchange seedlings.
He can be said to be the backbone of the Song family.
Song Tan walked out of the yard and around a vegetable garden, only to see an old red brick house standing at the foot of the mountain. The yard in front of the door was paved with cement. There was only a sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the corner of the yard, under which were a few chickens basking in the sun and digging in the sand.
At the gate of the courtyard, there was a ferocious big white goose. It was squatting in the corner of the gate, but when it saw people coming, the yellow hair on its head swayed instantly, which was very eye-catching.
It opened its eyes wide and chirped "ga ga ga" at this moment, then spread its wings and came towards me swayingly!
Song Qiao behind him also rushed forward with his arms outstretched, shouting, "Ha ha ha! Dabai, here I come!"
Then squat down skillfully.
Just like the two big white geese brothers hugging each other.
You put your arms around my long neck and I put my wings around your back, what a deep love we have!
Song Tan: …
She was unable to make any comment on this "man and nature" for a moment.
Grandma Wang Lifen just came out of the kitchen and was very happy to see Song Tan: "When did Tan Tan come back?"
Then he looked at Song Qiao: "Qiao Qiao, don't let Dabai dirty your sweater."
Qiao Qiao looked up and answered her: "Ga!"
The clever little head of the big white goose also raised up and responded: "Quack!"
Wang Lifen burst out laughing: "This kid... Has Tantan eaten yet? Grandma will bring you some biscuits."
Song Tan hurried over: "I just came back last night, went out this morning, and haven't eaten yet."
When Wang Lifen heard this, she walked faster: "Then I'll get you some more food!"
This is exactly the effect Song Tan wanted—since the items are expired, of course they should be dealt with as soon as possible!
She looked around the yard. Her grandparents were hardworking people and kept the house clean and tidy. Except for a few chickens in the corner of the yard, there was no dirt or mess at all.
At this moment, her mind moved, she squatted down, and condensed a ball of spiritual energy the size of a grain of rice on her fingertips. With just a flick, Qiao Qiao's good brother immediately left him behind, spread his wings, and rushed over with a "ga ga"!
The flat soles of the feet made a "clacking" sound on the concrete floor, and the little head in the yellow hat stretched forward. You can imagine how anxious he was!
Not only the big white goose, but also the five chickens squatting in the pit to bask in the sun went crazy. They spread their legs and ran towards Song Tan. The big rooster in the lead had his shiny neck feathers all standing up, his red comb trembling, and he was just eating like he was ready to fight!
For a moment, Qiao Qiao opened her mouth in surprise.
Song Tan thought to herself that it was not good - she knew that spiritual energy was great for farming and raising animals, but she didn't expect it to be so attractive here!
If he pounces on me, I'll lose my clothes!
He quickly stopped at this moment, but the group of people rushing over could no longer stop!
At this moment, she felt a cool breeze whistling past the back of her head, and a large broom swept across her head without hesitation. She could even feel the dust on the broom falling down.
The heroic big broom made the chickens and geese that were rushing towards it scream in a mess, and they fluttered around in the yard. Only then did it calm down.
Wang Lifen took a breath and said, "I just chopped some cabbage to feed them, why are they so crazy!" She felt distressed and said, "They are scared. I wonder if they won't lay eggs in the next two days."
Song Tan felt a little guilty.
But Wang Lifen only nags a few words. Seeing her granddaughter becoming more and more fair and beautiful, and then looking at Qiao Qiao, her heart and eyes are filled with joy:
"Come here, these are the cookies your aunt bought for me, eat more!"
Perhaps because she was afraid that the child would not have enough to eat, she directly used a plastic bag to fill half of the bag. Song Tan thought that if grandma's stock was not cleared by 80%, it must be half!
Qiao Qiao was overjoyed and was about to open the bag. Song Tan did not stop him. He just took the plastic bag in his hand and gave Song Qiao a small cookie: "Qiao Qiao, give it to your big goose brother to try."
The black code of the expiration date was particularly eye-catching, and it was obvious that it had expired in September last year.
Qiao Qiao happily agreed: "Okay!"
The brother and sister, one intentionally and the other unintentionally, both ignored the pain on Wang Lifen's face.
Her grandson was so silly, Wang Lifen felt sorry for the cookies but couldn't do anything about it. She just looked at Song Tan:
"You've lost some weight. Is your work in the province going well? How long will you stay this time?"
Song Tan did not hide it from her, but he had to use some tricks: "Grandma, I came back to recuperate this time, so I may rest for a while. When the time comes, I will plant some vegetables, and you can help me!"
Wang Lifen understood what she meant. It was just that her granddaughter wanted to stay home for a while, grow vegetables or something. What else can young people do nowadays? She just wanted to have something new.
She then laughed out loud: "Oh, my granddaughter is growing vegetables, I will definitely go and help you!"
Of course, after a few days, she was speechless.
Song Tan looked around: "Where's my grandpa?"
Wang Lifen thought for a moment and said, "Maybe he's playing cards with others in the village square. No one plays his card game anymore, so it's not easy to get enough players..."
A bunch of trembling old men, playing for one dollar a day, they would fall asleep every time they played cards...
Wang Lifen was happy for him to go out and play by himself.
"It saves me from having to be picky at home." She looked as if she disdained the old man.
In fact, the old couple have been together for decades. They knew each other when Song Youde was seven or eight years old and herding cattle for a landlord. They have a deep relationship.
Song Tan walked around and saw Qiao Qiao squatting there and chatting with the big white goose: "Big white, how about you eat a big piece? Sweet, right? This is a milk biscuit."
"I'll have a small piece..."
Song Tan didn't notice it and took a bite too.
Song Tan: …
Forget it, forget it. With this level of proficiency, this shouldn’t be the first time he’s eaten it.
I looked down at the plastic bag again and saw, wow, it was filled with all kinds of cookies and candies, all of which had a best-before date of last year.
There was also a pack of precious oatmeal cookies, which expired two years ago.
Song Tan turned it out and was silent for a long time. This time he didn't even dare to feed the goose.
However, she did take a fancy to the big white goose.
It's so good at quacking, so brave, and so sensitive - when she activated her spiritual energy, this goose was the farthest away, but it reacted the fastest! It's a good guard.
Once the pigpen on the back mountain is built, I’ll ask grandma to borrow it to herd pigs and geese!
Paired with two big yellow dogs, what does the poem say? "Leading yellow on the left and holding green on the right", that's what it means!