Seventy cannon fodder is a ruthless man

Chapter 4
Meng Tao nodded, her tone weak and weak: "Thank you, I don't have anything good either. The eldest sister and brother-in-law have been living in my yard with the children...cough, cough, cough!"

The violent cough came suddenly, and it really wasn't fake.

The original owner, Meng Taohua, was a blind fool and always thought that Tian Zhigao married her with sincerity.

But Meng Tao searched and sorted out her memory, but after analysis, she felt that this was not the case.

Back then, Tian Zhi was proud, he was handsome, and he graduated from high school, so he was spotless. He couldn't possibly fall in love with a 15-year-old village girl who was as green as a peach, and Meng Taohua didn't like to study, she only went to elementary school. In the third grade, there is no culture.

What makes Tian Zhigao helpless is that his family is too poor, too poor. He has seven brothers and sisters. The eldest sister is also very poor when she married in a neighboring village. Life is stressful. My mother is in bad health and takes medicine all year round because of too many births. He has no relatives to support him, and he has no money to manage his future. He can only join the infrastructure construction team. After two years of hard work, he still failed to change the plight of his family.

Later, his mother Wang Shuifeng sent a letter to tell him that the Meng family was going to recruit a son-in-law. The Tian family had many sons. Wang Shuifeng's original idea was that she would not have enough money to build a house in the future. There is a courtyard house, and the old man Meng also receives government subsidies every month. The old and the young live well. More importantly, the wife's family will give a "betrothed gift" and a batch of food to the son-in-law who inserted the door. The Tian family urgently needs these.

Tian Zhigao didn't like Meng Taohua, he actually succumbed to fate.

He acted according to the steps carefully planned by Wang Shuifeng, and did not go straight to the door to go on a blind date like other guys, because Meng Taohua was timid and timid, and was afraid of scaring her.

He made a chance encounter, and after the first time, he met every week, with a bright smile, and a gentle and pleasant voice, and every time he brought a small gift that was free but very romantic, such as a ring made of sweet words. , a bouquet of wild flowers or a handful of small berries picked from the mountain, delicate and beautiful small stones picked up by the river... just like this, I won Meng Taohua. It's provocative, not to mention that this man is talented and eloquent, it's no wonder that a 20-year-old girl doesn't fall for her.

Grandpa Meng was old and sick. He knew that his time was running out. He was eager to see his granddaughter get a family, so he could close his eyes with peace of mind. Chigo.

A banquet was held to invite the whole village to have wedding wine. The Meng and Tian families made an agreement under the auspices of the village cadres. They agreed that the son-in-law would step in, and Grandpa Meng gave the Tian family 200 yuan, [-] catties of grain, some cloth tickets, oil tickets, and sugar tickets. Grandpa Meng is an old guerrilla who fights devils. He enjoys state subsidies, and the little money he saves is used to find a son-in-law for Meng Tao.

It's just that Meng Taohua is still young, she hasn't developed at all, and she hasn't even had her menstrual period, so she won't have a happy marriage for the time being. Of course, only the two families know this.

Later, seeing that Tian Zhigao was literate and ambitious, after thinking about it and having a conversation with Tian Zhigao, Grandpa Meng made several trips to the county with the help of his sick body, and finally got a place and sent Tian Zhigao to the provincial steel factory.

Grandpa Meng's thoughts: Supporting the granddaughter-in-law is for the good of the granddaughter. The granddaughter-in-law has a promising future, and the granddaughter will be able to follow him in the future.

Before his death, Grandpa Meng handed over the last 300 yuan to Meng Taohua, and told her that this was her box money, so she should keep it for herself and not give it to anyone.

Grandpa Meng also told his granddaughter: Our small courtyard is very strong. This is your home. If you marry someone else, you will be angry. If you hire a son-in-law to live in your own home, you can live as you like, no one else can control it.

The old man understood the character of his granddaughter and knew that she would inevitably be oppressed if she married into someone else's family, so she reminded her granddaughter to protect her own home.

The poor old man's worries turned out to be true. After he left, Meng Taohua was very disappointed and didn't hold back.

The 300 yuan was coaxed and taken away by the mother-in-law Wang Shuifeng. She also asked Meng Taohua to move into Tian's house on the grounds that she could not bear to let her daughter-in-law live alone. The mother and daughter divided everything up. At Tian's house, Meng Taohua was asked to move out of the new house that was hypocritically arranged for Meng Taohua to live in, saying that it was first lent to Tian Baoshan, the second son of Tian who had been a bachelor for many years, to marry a wife, and then he would not leave. Forget it, Meng Taohua has been living in this narrow hut.

The Meng family's yard was given to the Tian Xianglan family who quarreled with their mother-in-law and were separated.

Or the cadres of the brigade thought this was outrageous. Tian Xianglan married to a neighboring village and came back to occupy the family courtyard of her younger brother and sister, which was very inauthentic.

The cadres of the brigade came forward directly and used a fence to divide the Meng family courtyard into two. The three main houses were for the educated youth to live in, and they were rented by the brigade headquarters. By the end of the year, more food would be distributed to Meng Taohua; Let Tian Xianglan's family live, after all, they are relatives, so it's not easy to do too much.

Tian Xianglan refused to accept this tone, thinking that the cadres of the brigade deliberately suppressed her, the married girl, and asked Meng Taohua to make trouble several times, and wanted to bring back the three main houses to her.

The Tian family was happy to see Tian Xianglan go to occupy Meng Taohua's yard, and they would not forget to beat Meng Taohua when they talked on weekdays.

Just like now, Tian Yalan seized the opportunity again, walked to sit next to Meng Taohua, and said, "Are you going to give that broken yard to the eldest sister as a thank you gift for saving her life?"

Wang Shuifeng thought of something, and said with a smile, "You don't have to give it all, just give half of it to your eldest sister according to the current division."

"Mom, who cares about half the yard? It's narrow and small." Tian Yalan shouted.

Wang Shuifeng gave her younger daughter a look, and Tian Yalan immediately understood that it was mother and daughter - Meng Taohua would soon become a woman with a big head, even if she was stupid and really gave all the yard to the eldest sister, but at that time She has nothing to do with the Tian family. She can't follow her big cousin back to the mountain village, while the big sister lives in her yard, so she shouldn't let the whole village gossip?The cadres of the brigade will definitely come forward again, and the eldest sister will not take care of her, and in the end, I am afraid that I will not get any benefits.Only the big-headed cousin and Meng Taohua lived in, and gave the eldest sister half of the yard, and said to the outside world that it was a matter between cousins, who could control it?This is reasonable and reasonable, so it's still my mother's shrewdness!
Meng Taohua saw the mother and daughter coming and going to fight the lawsuit. She couldn't figure it out, so she didn't bother to deal with it. If she knew what the mother meant, she would definitely be so excited that she wanted to throw dynamite bags.

I just heard Wang Shuifeng say, "Mom is going to make dinner. What do Peach Blossom want to eat? Mom will make it for you. Would you like to make a bowl of egg soup?"

"No need, keep the eggs for oil and salt, I can eat the same as everyone else." Meng Tao was polite.

"That's not good. You are weak. Mom will make some eggs for you to nourish you. You can rest well."

Tian Yalan said with a smile, "Peach Blossom, there is a guest today. It's Zhushan's big cousin. He came to our house last year to weave a lot of bamboo baskets, bamboo chairs, and bamboo beds. You watched it for a long time and praised him. Good workmanship. Now he's here again, won't you go see him?"

Meng Tao was disgusted, with no expression on her face: "I have a headache and I'm still dizzy, so I won't go to help you, Yalan, look at each other well, although the big-headed cousin has bad legs and feet, he still looks good, he and Yalan, you It's good to have a husband and wife."

"What are you talking about?" Tian Yalan stood up awkwardly, her face as ugly as eating monkey shit: "Who is dating his husband and wife? Who said I want to meet him?"

Meng Tao was frightened, her eyes widened: "Isn't that what you just said? Could it be that I am dizzy and tinnitus, and I am listening?"

"You..." Tian Yalan almost died of anger when she saw her like that.

Wang Shuifeng waved her hand and acted as a peacemaker: "Don't make noise, don't make noise, it's common for your ears to ring in and hear something wrong, so I left Yalan and helped my mother wash the dishes."

Tian Yalan beat and followed her mother, and said angrily: "I don't want to wash vegetables! I will go to the city textile factory in November to work as a worker, and you still let me work, what should I do if my hands are thick? Peach Blossom Lie down comfortably and tell her to wash!"

"Oh, she's hurt, doesn't she have a headache and dizziness?"

Wang Shuifeng pinched her little daughter's arm in a hint, and turned to Meng Tao: "Peach blossom, you don't need to get out of bed, just rest well, and I'll bring it to you when the meal is ready."

Meng Tao paused and agreed, "Yes."

"Bill, you won't even say thank you."

Tian Yalan glanced at her with contempt, then walked away with her head held high, as if she was now a high-ranking city person.

(End of this chapter)