Why are four generations living under one roof? Old people are not afraid of anything, and they are afraid that they will not live beyond their eightieth birthday.

This bosom friend, Mr. Qi, is not afraid of anything. I'm afraid he won't celebrate his eightieth birthday. In his prime, he witnessed how Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing. Later, he saw how the Qing emperor abdicated and continued the civil war. After a while, the gates of the9 cities were closed, and the guns were fired day and night. In a short time, the city gate opened and the victorious warlord's high-powered chariots and horses galloped on the road. War didn't scare him, but peace made him happy. On holidays, he will worship his ancestors. On holidays, he is a law-abiding citizen who just wants to live a life of food and clothing. Even if he caught up with the war, he had his own way: most notably, his family always had enough food and pickles for three months.

Why did Father Qi only prepare food and pickles for three months? This is because psychologically, he always thinks that Beiping is the most reliable big city in the world. No matter what disaster there is, it is difficult to eliminate it in three months, and then everything will be fine. The disaster in Peiping is just like a person inevitably has some headaches and brain fever, and he will naturally get better in a few days. If you don't believe me, you can look at the old man Qi. How many months did the war last? How long have you been directly serving the war? Ah! Listen to me, we can't survive three months of disaster in Peiping!

In the year of the July 7th Anti-Japanese War, Master Qi was seventy-five. He has long since stopped worrying about housework. However, as soon as the guns of Lugou Bridge rang, his old man's house could not help but feel a little worried. Who taught him to be an old man with four generations under one roof?

My son is over 50 years old and his daughter-in-law is always so ill, so Mr. Qi called his grandson and daughter-in-law over. The old man likes his grandson's daughter-in-law best, because first, she gave birth to the Qi family and taught him to have a great grandson; Second, she knows how to keep the house and know the rules. She doesn't burn her hair like a chicken nest like the second daughter-in-law. Third, the son doesn't always stay at home, and his daughter-in-law is ill, so in fact, it is the eldest grandson and his daughter-in-law who is in charge, while the eldest grandson teaches outside during the day and prepares homework to correct papers at night, so the food, clothing, tea and meals and communication with relatives, friends and neighbors are almost all in charge; This is not an easy thing, so the old man has to be partial to her. In addition, the old man grew up in Beiping, and he learned a lot of manners and manners from the flag bearer: when the daughter-in-law meets her father-in-law, of course, she has to step down. However, because the daughter-in-law is over 50 years old, she is often ill. If the old man doesn't teach her to step down, it will break the family rules; I can't bear to teach her to make rules, so I might as well discuss family affairs with my eldest grandson's wife. When the old man Qi reached his old age, he looked better: his dark face, white whiskers, wrinkles around his eyes and cheeks, always smiling; Small eyes are deeply hidden in smiles and white eyebrows, always showing kindness with smiles; When he is really laughing, his little eyes emit a little light, as if he has infinite wisdom and refuses to release it all at once.

Called the eldest daughter-in-law, the old man gently combed his white beard and left a small moustache, but he didn't make any noise for a long time. The old man only read three little books and six miscellaneous words in his childhood; Now, he is an old man, but he always feels that his knowledge is not as good as his son's-his son can recite the Analects of Confucius by heart, and his handwriting is praised by fortune tellers-and he is even worse than his grandson, who is afraid that they will look down on him. So when he talks to the younger generation, he always stares for a while, which shows that he is good at thinking. For his eldest grandson's daughter-in-law, he doesn't have to do this, because she doesn't read much, and she doesn't call her children all day long, that is to say, she is jealous. However, over time, he formed this habit, and he wanted to teach his granddaughter to stand longer.

Xiaoshun's mother, the daughter-in-law of her eldest grandson, is not ugly, of medium build, with a round face and two big watery eyes. She walks, talks, eats and does things quickly, but she doesn't panic. She combs her hair, washes her face and brushes powder quickly, so sometimes it just brushes powder evenly, so it looks better; Sometimes she doesn't like uneven rubbing. When she was laughed at because she didn't wipe the powder well, she was still not worried at all, but laughed at herself with others. She has a good temper by nature.

Qi old man combed the white beard enough, wiped it gently with his palm twice, and said to Xiaoshun's mother:

"How much food do we have?"

Xiao Shuner's watery eyes quickly turned twice and guessed the old man's mind. Crispy and fast, she replied, "enough for three months!" " "

In fact, there is not so much food at home. She didn't want to annoy the old man by telling the truth. She is good at deceiving old people and children. "What about pickles?" The old man raised the second important question.

She answered faster: "enough to eat! Dry, old salted radish, all of them! " She knows that even if the old man really wants to check himself, she can buy some at once.

"good!" The old man is very satisfied. With three months of food and pickles, even if the sky falls, the Qi family will resist. But the old man didn't want to end his care like this. He had to explain the truth to his eldest grandson's wife: "The Japanese are making trouble again! Hum! Make trouble! In the year of Gengzi, Eight-Nation Alliance went to Beijing, and even the emperor ran away, without screwing my head off! Eight countries can't do it. What can a few Japanese children do? We are a treasure land, and no amount of trouble will last for three months! Let's not be too careless and bold, at least we must have steamed bread and pickles to eat! "

The old man said that Xiaoshun's mother nodded, but still said "yes". She has heard the old man's words at least fifty times, but they are still new.