80s Taoism

Liu Qiaoye took a bite, and the taste was really good, "Zai Zai, did you really make this?"

"Of course. I make my own food every day." Zhang Jiaohua said proudly.

"My Zai Zai is really amazing..." Liu Qiaoye couldn't help feeling sour when he heard Zai Zai's words, "I make my own food every day", thinking about how much hardship my Zai Zai had suffered this year alone at home. All of a sudden, there were tears again.

"Mother, is there something I did wrong?" Zhang Jiaohuasheng was afraid that his mother would be angry with him, so he would go to Guangdong to work again after the new year.

"No, no, Zai Zai did nothing wrong. From now on, mother will not go anywhere, and will take Zai Zai at home every day, and prepare delicious food for Zai Zai." Liu Qiaoye hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with a forced smile.

"Great!" Zhang Jiaohua jumped up excitedly.

After eating a big bowl of wild boar leg meat, Chen Guangbin burped and said, "Brother Youping, I should go back when I'm full. It's the Chinese New Year, and I can't finish things. You just came back, I'm afraid you won't be able to stop tomorrow."

"Master Chen, why don't we go back tomorrow morning. The mountain roads here are difficult to walk, and it's not safe to walk at night." Zhang Youping said worriedly.

"If it's my first time here, I really wouldn't dare to walk at night. But I've been here a few times. Although the road is difficult, it's not a big problem. Factory manager Zhao may be busy tomorrow. I don't have anything prepared at home. I can't go." Chen Guangbin laughed.

"Beautiful, do you still have the tea in the bamboo tube?" Zhang Youping asked.

"Yes, yes, Dad, I saved some for you and mother." Zhang Jiaohua went to the room and took out two tubes.

"Uncle Zhao told you to bring him some black tea in bamboo tubes." Zhang Youping took two tubes of black tea in bamboo tubes and put them directly into a bag. Then I took several pieces of bacon from the bacon rack and packed them in snakeskin bags.

"Father, our family eats this bacon for Chinese New Year." Zhang Jiaohua meant to tell Zhang Youping not to take too much.

"Stingy ghost. Your Uncle Zhao brought you a lot of delicious food." Liu Qiaoye scraped Zai Zai's nose with his hand.

My heart hurts, watching Zhang Youping take the bacon off the bacon rack piece by piece. Zhang Jiaohua really couldn't bear to look directly at him. Seeing Zhang Jiaohua like that, Liu Qiaoye couldn't stop giggling.

"Do you still have that tea?" Liu Qiaoye asked.

"Also. How about I give them two more tubes of tea and less bacon?" Zhang Jiaohua whispered in his mother's ear.

"Hurry up and bring some more tea leaves. Mom and Dad almost couldn't go home in Guangdong this time. Fortunately, Master Tang from your Uncle Zhao's factory gave us a ride in his truck. It happened that your Uncle Zhao was in the factory, and you asked casually, so we knew it was us. Otherwise, we still don't know how to get home now. Just asked Uncle Chen to bring a barrel of black tea to Uncle Tang."

"Yes." Zhang Jiaohua immediately ran in and brought out several tubes of black tea.

In fact, these dark teas were not specially reserved by Zhang Jiaohua. There are also some wild tea trees in Meishan, not many, and not much tea leaves are produced, but the tea leaves are produced later than those in gardening farms. The quantity of these wild tea leaves is not much, piecemeal, and Zhang Jiaohua Pao is made into black tea. There are only a dozen tubes in total. If it weren't for this, the beggar would have given it to the Zijiang Tea Factory long ago. Black tea in a bamboo tube is so precious, who in Meiziao would be willing to drink it?

"That's all in total, I have to save some for Grandpa Luo." Zhang Jiaohua took another three boxes to Master Chen.

"Master Chen, please help us bring two pieces of bacon and a box of black tea to Master Tang." Liu Qiaoye said.

"Brother Youping, sister-in-law, you are really kind and righteous people. This trip is really not in vain. When you go to Zijiang when you have time, you must come to my house. Today is really thanks to your hospitality." Chen Guangbin also felt that Zhang Youping and his wife were really generous people. Knowing that a tube of black tea in a bamboo tube is worth thousands of yuan, and giving away so much at one time, he didn't even blink his eyes. If it was an ordinary person, who would be willing to give so much?

Zhang Jiaohua's family sent Master Chen out of the garden, and Zhang Youping loaded all the things into the car. Then the family stood at the gate of the gardening field, watching the car gradually go away.

"Let's go back and clean up first, and go to grandparents' place later. Otherwise, they won't be able to sleep well tonight." Liu Qiaoye was still very thoughtful.

Zhang Manyin started to regret after taking Zhang Yuanbao home from the gardening field.

"Yuan Bao has been accompanying the beggar at the gardening field for a while, now when Yuan Bao comes back, if the beggar has nightmares again at night, what should I do?" Zhang Manyin walked around the room, fidgeting.

"You old man just likes to play dead. Yuan Bao was there to accompany the beggar. Why did you bring him back? The beggar refused to come to the old house to celebrate the New Year. Isn't it because Youping and Qiaoye didn't come back to celebrate the new year? Isn't this kid's temper just like your Zhang family's? Get up, and nine cows can't be pulled back. But then again, beggars also do evil (sin, I mean pitiful here). Parents are not at home, and everything is on their own. At a young age, I know how to make tea to make money. Isn't it just that? Are you thinking of letting your parents come back? You write to Youping and ask them to come back. No matter how good the city is, it’s the home of the people in the city. No matter how bad Meizi’ao is, it’s also my home. You can make money in Meizi’ao. Why are you floating so far away?” Ma Donghua scolded the man.

"I'd better go to the gardening field and see if the beggar is willing to come over?" Zhang Manyin walked out the door again holding a flashlight.

"Be careful on the road." Ma Donghua knew that men also had a stubborn temper, and she couldn't stop it.

When Zhang Manyin walked to the gardening field, he smelled a smell of gasoline. It seems that a car has just arrived. Several fresh wheel marks were also seen at the gate of the gardening field.

"Calling flowers, calling flowers." Zhang Manyin was afraid that something might happen to the gardening field.

"Father!" Zhang Youping walked out.

"Youping? When did you come back?" Zhang Manyin was also taken aback. He never thought that Zhang Youping would rush home at night. He now understands why there is a faint smell of gasoline left in the gardening field. It seems that Zhang Youping and his wife came back by car.

"It's not long since I came back. I was just about to go to your place with Qiaoye." Zhang Youping smiled.

"Why did you come back so late?" There was a trace of complaint in Zhang Manyin's words.

"Buckwheat has been working until the 26th. At that time, when we went to buy tickets, the tickets were no longer available. We almost celebrated the New Year in Guangdong. Thanks to Master Tang from the tea factory, we took the truck from the tea factory. When we arrived in Zijiang, the factory director Zhao sent us back." Zhang Youping now talks about the experience of the couple, and it feels like telling a story.

"Father, Youping and I are preparing to bring the beggar there. I knew you and mother would be worried about the beggar." Liu Qiaoye hurriedly called Zhang Manyin into the room to sit down.

"It's so late, I won't go in and sit down. You guys go to bed early. Don't go there tonight. Tomorrow night, we will go to the old house to celebrate the New Year. There are so many people. Where are the beggars? Have you gone to sleep?" Zhang Manyin glanced into the room.

"Grandpa, I brought you something good. Uncle Zhao brought a lot of high-end cigarettes with filters for my father. There are also a lot of paper-wrapped candies." Zhang Jiaohua ran out with a big bag of things, and wanted to stuff them into Zhang Manyin's hands.

"Oh, this grandson is well taken care of. Parents are back, and they still remember grandpa." Zhang Manyin laughed loudly, but he didn't take the things that Zhang Jiaohua handed him.

"Father, the beggar brought it to you, so you don't have to worry about it. The cigarettes and alcohol were not bought with money. They were all given by Director Zhao. I asked the master who drove us back to bring some wild pork and black tea to Director Zhao." Liu Qiaoye knew the reason why Zhang Manyin put the things down.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You just came back, and you didn't buy anything for the Chinese New Year. These are all ready-made. When you go back to your mother's house, you will need them. You won't have to spend money to buy them. Why do we farmers drink such high-quality wine and smoke such high-quality cigarettes?" Zhang Manyin waved his hands repeatedly.

"Father, don't worry. I took a lot. Take half of it. I also save some for the Chinese New Year. It's completely enough." It turned out that this bag was actually prepared by Liu Qiaoye and brought to Zhang Manyin's house.

Zhang Youping said with a smile, "Zai Zai, it's not that you are willing to give it to your grandfather, but your mother asked you to give it to your grandfather?"

Zhang Manyin laughed loudly, "Being a flower must be willing. I usually get wild things. I always give a copy to my grandparents. If he has something to eat, his grandparents are indispensable."

Liu Qiaoye smiled and said, "That's right. Parents are not at home, so you have to be filial to your grandparents on your behalf."

"Qiao Ye, then you and Zai Zai go to bed early. I'll take Dad back." Zhang Youping was worried that Zhang Manyin had walked such a long path alone.

"They're all back, and I'll go there too. I haven't seen Mother for so long. I also want to say a few words to Mother." Liu Qiaoye insisted on going to the old house.

beep!

A bunch of fireworks soared into the sky and burst into bloom in the deep night sky, like a delicate and colorful flower. Light up the silent night sky of Meiziao all at once.

"Wow, it's so beautiful! Dad, Mom, we're going to the street to buy big fireworks!" Zhang Jiaohua pointed to the bright fire trees and silver flowers in the sky and shouted loudly.

"Okay, okay, dad will take you to the street to buy tomorrow!" Zhang Youping readily agreed.

Only when the family gets together can they have the taste of Chinese New Year. This taste cannot be expressed in words, it can only be experienced with the heart.

Zhang Youping and Liu Qiaoye were lucky to get back home in time, otherwise, what kind of year would Jiaohua live at home alone?

It's Chinese New Year, and all the lights in every house are turned on, embellishing this secluded mountain village with a bit of Chinese New Year flavor.

Zhang Youping's family of three followed Zhang Manyin into the courtyard of the old house. Ma Donghua was standing at the door with a wrinkled face full of smiles.