The winter vacation time is fleeting, like a flash of time, never returning.

In this year, Fang Ning couldn't stop rushing up like a sapling, and he flipped over and over, surpassing his grandfather's height.

Even among boys of the same age, they are middle and upper.

Of course, compared with Yu Xiaole, it is a big witch.

Logically speaking, his body had already opened and his bones were almost fixed, but after this year, he broke out again.

The two-meter-high door beam is only too much more than him.

So I have to bend over to enter the door.

Fang Ning's body grew longer, and her clothes in previous years have become much smaller, and her body has become more fleshy, so she looks squeezed.

So, it was time to buy new clothes.

There were two snowfalls in Pinghai City. One heavy snow fell, and it took a week to melt. The other light snow just wet the ground and disappeared.

The year end also came in these heavy snowfalls.

During the Spring Festival travel rush, it is destined to be crowded, with the streets and alleys full of people. Those who return home are eager to return home, hoping to go back and have a lively New Year.

Fang’s parents came back early this year, and they were back one week before the Chinese New Year. They took a bus and carried large and small bags.

Fang Ning and his family were waiting at the new bus station to welcome them home.

"It's still a little cold here in our lake and south!" said Fang's father rubbed his face, which was a little stiff due to the cold air.

As soon as he got off the car, his legs were trembling with cold. He came over there without wearing long pants. When he arrived in Pinghai County, he naturally couldn't stand such a climate.

"Well, there were two heavy snow last week. The first snow had a huge impact. The impact of the cold wave caused the temperature to not rise yet."

"Cold days also have the benefits of cold weather. At least there will be fewer pest and disease disasters in our south next year."

"The pests and pests were frozen to death!"

Fang Ning’s house is decorated with lights and bright red lanterns hanging on the corridor, radiantly shining.

With Fang Ning's careful management, the whole family has another charm and no longer falls into clichés.

So father Fang couldn't help but exclaim a few times and asked about the situation at home. The spicy shrimp pot restaurant run by grandpa was in full swing and was very popular. Even father Fang was considering whether to go out next year to continue driving.

After all, his semi-trailer truck has been scrapped for six years and nine years. While it has not been scrapped yet, it can be sold as a used car, and it can still recover some losses.

The couple are busy all year round, earning money but not saving money.

For example, the monthly toll costs tens of thousands, and the truck parts are aging and they will cause problems at any time. It costs thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan to repair the vehicle.

"You'd better drive it first, and watch it for another year. When I'm too busy, you'll come back." Grandpa is still energetic now and is okay in managing the store, but if he waits for a few more years, his energy will probably be much worse than before.

Fang’s father asked Fang Ning’s learning situation again, which was what he valued the most.

Because they are not at home all year round, their children's education can only rely on teachers and parents.

Fortunately, both Fang Ning and his sister are very sensible and obedient, and they don’t have to worry too much.

Fang Ning's grades in the class are basically in the top ten, and Fang Wei is also at the middle and upper level in the class, especially her youngest daughter, who will have a high school entrance examination next year, so she attaches great importance to it and asks her to follow Fang Ning, the older brother.

At night, the room door was closed, and the father and his wife chatted for half the night.

The main thing is what to do next year, whether to continue driving to Shenzhen for a long distance, or stay at home to help my dad do business, it all concerns the fate of the family.

Fang's mother took the account book sent by her grandfather and said, "I just looked at the profits in the second half of this year. The net profit is 100,000, which is only three months. We are afraid we won't make so much money after working hard for a year. Husband, we may have to change our minds."

When my father wanted to open a store, Fang's parents and the others were both watching and gave him 20,000 or 30,000 to make trouble by themselves. After all, it is not so easy to open a store. Even if it fails, it will only be 20,000 or 30,000 or 30,000, and it can still withstand the trouble. On the contrary, his sister gave him 200,000 to her father. She cared more and was quite supportive.

As a result, three months later, my father's store should have opened a second branch. Not only did this cold reality slap, but it also exclaimed the attitude of their bystanders.

This money is indeed as easy as falling pies from the sky!

"Look at it again, let's talk about how many years my car can run." Dad Fang sighed and hesitated.

"Your car often needs to be repaired. Most of the money we transfer is in the repair shop. It is a bit of money, including tolls, fuel costs, annual inspection fees, and insurance fees?" Fang Ma made up her mind and wanted to live a stable life in her hometown. She had been drifting outside for so long, but she had not made a name for herself. She achieved nothing, which was embarrassing enough.

At least she can rest at home, take care of her children, and manage education.

"I'll think about it..."

Early another morning, Fang Ning, who was still lazy, was pulled up by his parents.

"Your hair is a little long. It's almost the Chinese New Year, go and cut it." Fang's father sat on the sofa with a big golden knife.

Fang's mother said, "You are not a girl, why do you have such long hair? Doesn't the school care?"

Fang Ning felt a little headache and hurried out to cut his hair.

He ate a bowl of hot noodle soup in the old noodle restaurant on the street, called Yu Xiaole, and he also said that he would go out to cut his hair together and meet in the alley opposite No. 1 Middle School.

Xiaohong barber shop.

The master who cuts hair for others is a middle-aged woman with a gentle personality. She has a seven-year-old son and gets up early in the morning to work.

"This master has good skills. When I was a child, I often cut my hair here, and the price is not expensive." Yu Xiaole took the lead in.

Fang Ning glanced at him. Aunt Hong was cutting a middle-aged uncle's hair. After a few "clicks", an electric shaver made him shaved into a bare head, Cheng Liang and Cheng Liang.

Fang Ning was so wise, "Are you referring to her craftsmanship of shaving her head?"

Yu Xiaole was embarrassed, "How do I know this..."

Fortunately, when Aunt Hong cut Fang Ning's haircut, according to his request, she cut it short and thinned it a lot. The part covering her eyebrows and eyes was exposed, and her ears were also exposed. After scrubbing, she looked in the mirror and showed her eight white teeth narcissistically. "I feel much more handsome after cutting my hair!"

"Oh my God! I can't stand it anymore!" Yu Xiaole looked disgusted.

After finishing their hair, the two walked out of the store, made an appointment to go to Longmen Bookstore, and went home for lunch.

Fang Wei took the few novels he bought and took them back to his room as a pastime for snacks.

Fang Ning didn't say anything. It was winter vacation and he was always a little free.

Fang’s parents took the two of them to buy new clothes. The old street was not very crowded, and the streets were full of congested vehicles. Most of them came to buy New Year’s goods, and a small number of them came to sell New Year’s goods, which was interchangeable.

The result of the afternoon was that Fang Ning and Fang Wei purchased thousands of clothes.

Fang Ning has more, with eight new clothes and two new shoes.

This is not because parents prefer children to be biased.

Instead, he needs to stay in the second year of high school. Boys are more likely to sweat and change more clothes at school, so just buy more.

Finally they went to a Bosideng shop and bought two down jackets for them.

...

The year is coming slowly.

Fang Ning and Fang’s father were pasting Spring Festival couplets on the eaves of the door, and red lanterns were hanging everywhere, full of joy.

Grandpa took the grandma from his hometown. This is an ancestor. He has a strong body, clear mouth and clear thinking. Anyway, when Fang Ning heard from his grandpa that he found his grandma, she was carrying a bamboo basket and a hoe to dig winter bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest... It was not worry-free at all.

During the Chinese New Year this year, the two children Damao and Xiaomao did not follow. The younger grandpa and the younger grandma also wanted to celebrate the New Year. If they were both here, there would be no New Year atmosphere during the New Year.

Moreover, as the two children grow up, their minds have become different. People's hearts will change. They have been close to their uncle's family since they were young, and now they are vaguely distant. There must be the "teaching" of the young master and the young grandma here.

Fang Ning doesn't care. Now he is alienated only from adults. When he grows up, Fang Ning's family will still be supported. When they grow up, they will still choose to get close to their family.

After all, for these children in the mountains, they have no background or education, and want to make a name for themselves, they still have to rely on their uncle's family.

Grandma lived in the warmest and most comfortable room. Grandpa was afraid that the heating would not be warm enough, so he lit a charcoal fire and opened the window on one side to breathe, so he was not afraid of carbon monoxide poisoning.

The grandmother was lying comfortably on a tailor-made chair. The grapes bought from the supermarket were placed on the table next to her. She washed them cleanly. Her teeth were soft and she couldn't eat too hard. She couldn't bite them like those apples. Only these could eat them.

Whenever neighbors in the community come to place the door, she will tell everyone that her eldest son, "Filial piety! Filial piety!"

Fang Ning walked out with his hands behind his back and smiled. This was the effect he wanted.

When others saw that you were so filial, you must have a bad character. Being with someone with good character is a good thing, and in the long run, there are more benefits, but they have not been revealed for the time being.

The elders in the family gathered in front of the big table, where they could roast the fire, and those who discussed major issues at home were grandpa and parents.

Grandma usually only cares about the big things at home, and she doesn't control the money at home. Sometimes she is too lazy to cook the food at home, so she just asks her grandfather to cook and wash dishes.

Grandpa frowned so much that he could hold a fly to death because his children opposed going to Gu Zhang’s hometown in western Hunan this year to worship his ancestors.

"Dad, our family's affairs were a bit heavy at the beginning of this year. You have to be busy visiting relatives. We are busy going to relatives, and our mother's parents' home also have to go around. How can we have time to go to the hometown over there?" Dad Fang sighed, smoking a cigarette, and the smoke was shrouded in smoke.

"Yes, Dad, what Lao Ling said makes sense. Besides, you are the only one who is the grandma left there. Almost all the others are dead. It is not certain whether they are willing to let us recognize our ancestors or return to our ancestors!" My mother said something more.

Grandpa suddenly felt unhappy, he lowered his face, slapped the table hard, and said in a deep voice, "Our ancestors have only one, that is, the Fang family. The ancestral hall is in the Yunzhe Mountains. You can't say this in the future!"

Grandpa’s grandfather, that is, his grandfather, is his old home in Guzhang County in the mountains of western Hunan. His surname is Kong, not Fang.

When it came to the generation of great-grandfather, because of the forced recruitment of troops in the Republic of China, he fled to the area of ​​Yueyang in the south and entered the Pinghai Mountains. According to the name Fang, he also changed his name to Fang, which also means to change his appearance.

From then on, Fang Ning's ancestors no longer had the surname Kong, but Fang's surname was Fang, which made Fang Ruoshui, the ancestor in the ancestral hall here, the surname was his ancestor.

Fang Ning probably had a clear idea about grandpa’s thoughts.

His grandfather fled from Xiangxi to Yueyang, left his hometown, and changed his name and surname. He was originally a matter of no glossiness, and he felt guilty and repentance. This was a part of his heart. He thought that he could return to his hometown when he was old, but this wish was ultimately not fulfilled because of all kinds of willingness and died of illness in a foreign land.

This incident has more or less had some impact on his young grandfather. He believed that Guzhang County was the second hometown, so when he was young, he went to other places to catch birds, and sometimes he would go to find out the situation when he passed by Xiangxi.

However, the west of Xiangxi has been blocked since ancient times, and the news does not communicate with the outside world, especially in the mountains, it is difficult to get in just by walking on two legs.
To be continued...