Seventy cannon fodder is a ruthless man

Chapter 71 An Old Life (Three More)

Meng Laosan opened the cloth bag and looked at the bag full of wowotou, exuding the fragrance of food, and his eyes were wet.

He didn't catch up and still wowotou. The cousin's behavior showed that she had to give it to him, only to accept it. This is his own sister. He couldn't do it before, and he must protect her well in the future!
A few brothers next to me helped carry people into the city in the middle of the night last night. It's almost noon and they are still empty. I'm really sorry, and they have to walk so far back to the village. suffer.

The men walked to the side of the road and squatted around a concrete table. A bag of wowotou and a pot of bean juice were placed on the cement stage. Meng Laosan gave each person one dried salted radish, and the wowotou was four per person. , Everyone devoured it, quickly ate all the wotou, and then drank the bean juice in the pot. After a few people had the goods in their stomachs, they sighed loudly: "It's delicious! It's so delicious!"

Everything is delicious when you are hungry, and the dried radish is salty and spicy, but it is a pity that there is only one, and it is not enough.

Several men patted Meng Laosan on the shoulder and advised each other, "You are such a nice girl, and you should visit her often in the future."

"She just said that her father was gone, and she was bullied and quit her relatives. It's so pitiful to be alone. Can you bear it, brother?"

"That's right, I want to have such a girl, I'll guard it every day, whoever doesn't have long eyes dares to move, I can't beat him to death!"

Ma Liuzi asked strangely, "The third child, your third master is gone, and there is only one girl left over there. Why don't you pick her up and never visit her?"

Meng Laosan sighed: "This is a long story. We won't let us know about their old life, but I have heard some people talk about it: my great grandfather has five children, and in the end, only my grandfather is left. My third master and I, the third master left home when he was young, and later came back to divide the family property. My grandmother disagreed and wanted to drive him away. The third master told his grandmother before leaving that he would no longer recognize relatives, so I Grandpa never let us go to see him. When the third master died, someone told me to go, and my grandfather went. I came back and said that this peach girl is married and has a better life than us, so I don't need it Take care of her..."

Wang Ergou said, "We haven't seen what happened in our old life, so it's not necessarily true. Just listen to it and we can't believe it all."

Liu Dafu nodded in agreement: "your master and your third master only have two brothers, how can you be willing to separate siblings? Even if you don't want to give the courtyard house to the third master, there is spare land outside the village, so why not start another house? Going to live in another commune? If you want me to tell you, your milk is not good. The mother-in-law in the village talks about your milk a lot. Everyone has eyes to see what your milk looks like. It must be your milk. go that far."

Meng Laosan: "..."

He really can't talk about this, how can he talk about the gossip of the elders?
Ma Liuzi said: "It's an old thing, we juniors don't understand and don't care, just look at the future. The third one, I really have to go to your sister's place in two days, the weather is getting colder and colder, enter It's going to snow in the twelfth lunar month, you have to see if she has enough firewood to burn, and whether the house is solid, this is the most important thing, what if the house collapses in a heavy snow?"

Meng Laosan nodded again and again: "I went home and explained the hospital, and immediately went to Linshui Village to see!"

Wang Ergou said a few people: "If you want to repair the house, just squeak if you want to help."

"Hey, I see."

After rushing for a long time to return to the village, Mr. Meng pushed open the door of his own courtyard and hurried to the main house. The Meng family’s courtyard was originally quite large, and the five brick and tile main houses left by his ancestors were very strong and sturdy, but they were very strong in the village. There was a face. Later, the population of the family increased and it was not enough to live in, so the left and right wing rooms were added, and the yard became narrow.

Meng Laosan is not qualified to live in the main house of bricks and tiles. The left and right wing rooms are made of mud rammed walls and thatch roofs, and he has no part in it. He can only build a small shed in the backyard with bamboo and thatch.

Under the window in the west room of the main room, two gray-haired old ladies in gray-blue homespun padded jackets were sitting. The one who was mending the old padded jackets with her head lowered and squinting was 67-year-old Geng Liuju, and the other was her natal second sister-in-law.

While the old aunt and sister-in-law were talking, Meng Ding heard Meng Lao San's voice, and then the door curtain was lifted, Meng Lao San walked in, shouted "milk" and then "second auntie", and the two women immediately stood up. body, staring at him.

Geng Liuju asked, "Didn't you tell Caiyun to send the money? Why did you come back?"

Second Aunt Geng asked, "Is my eldest granddaughter Caiyue okay?"

Meng Laosan replied: "Caiyue is fine. She gave birth as soon as she arrived at the hospital. It's a girl. I didn't see Caiyun. There are nurses in the hospital, so I came back with Ma Liuzi."

"It's good to be born, it's good to be born." Second Aunt Geng breathed a sigh of relief, and then complained: "Why is it a money loser again? Alas! My life is Caiyue, I'm afraid the old Jiang family doesn't want to see her anymore. !"

Geng Liuju comforted: "Whatever he has, it's good for us Caiyue to be safe."

Second Uncle Geng frowned: "When Caiyue's man was gone, the baby in her belly was only six months old, and she could only give birth, but she had already given birth to two girls earlier, and she originally hoped that there would be a baby in her belly. In that way, her mother-in-law can still accommodate them and live slowly in two rooms. How can it be now? Her mother-in-law has four girls and two children, how can she see these three granddaughters? Now, she has to rely on the child for the elderly, so the hospital must be reserved for the child, Cai Yueniang is afraid that they will be kicked out, alas!"

Geng Liuju said, "What are you afraid of? Caiyue is still young, so just marry another child with her."

"It's easy to say, but with three girls, the oldest is only six years old, and the youngest has just been born. These days are difficult, which man dares to marry?"

"..."

Meng Laosan saw that the two grandmothers were patronizing and ignoring him. Anyway, he had delivered the news, so he turned to leave, but was stopped by Geng Liuju: "Caiyue can't be alone in the hospital, there's nothing in the team these days. Live, you should go back to the county and take good care of Caiyue and the child."

Meng Laosan was stunned for a moment, and said, "Milk, cousin Caiyue gave birth to a child. I am a big man. How can I get closer? I don't understand this."

"Who is born sensible, but can't understand without learning?"

"You said just now that Caiyun has passed, and Caiyun is taking care of her sister."

Aunt Geng waved her hand: "That's not possible, Caiyun can't take care of Caiyue."

Geng Liuju said: "Caiyun has just been selected to be a contemporary teacher at the school. She has to be active, and it is not easy to ask for leave. She just went to the county to send money, and she has to come back to teach. You hurry up, go now, don't miss it!"

"Honey, I'm a man, and it's not easy for me to go. Why don't you ask the fifth and sixth sisters to go."

"Your fifth and sixth sisters are all unmarried girls, how can you take care of the confinement?"

"Then call the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law to go. Sister Caiyue and her mother-in-law, plus four aunts, they should go."

"If her mother-in-law took care of her, she could still let her be in so much pain that she came to us by herself, crying and begging us to take her to the county hospital? Don't talk too much, where is your second auntie? If it weren't for your aunts, could your aunt have raised seven of your father and their brothers? Caiyue is your second aunt's eldest granddaughter, the one who loved her the most since childhood. If she is not well, your second aunt will not be sad. ? You hurry, go right away!"

Aunt Geng also said: "Sanwa, good boy, our family is building a new house for your fourth cousin to marry a daughter-in-law. Caiyue is a widow, and she is in confinement, so she can't go back to her mother's house. It's not good for your mother's family to take care of you, it's unlucky... On the face of the second uncle, you should help take care of Caiyue for two days, ah? When you are discharged from the hospital, please arrange for someone to pick you up, Sanwa, two Aunt I beg you!"

Geng Liuju couldn't see that her second sister-in-law was so low-pitched, and she straightened her face and glared at Third Meng with triangular eyes: "Why don't you hurry up? Are you waiting for the whip?"

Meng Laosan: "..."

He was not afraid of whips, and he was accustomed to listening to his grandma's words since he was a child, and he almost never disobeyed it. At other times, let alone his grandmother asked him to take care of his cousin who was confinement, even if the ice and snow told him to jump into the water and fish, he had been there too.

But now there is something in his heart, which he thinks is more important, that is, it is about to snow, and he is afraid that Peach Blossom's house will not be pressed down. If it collapses and hurts her, he will regret it too late!
As for Cousin Caiyue, if he doesn't go, he will definitely find someone else to go.

After making up his mind, Mr. Meng said, "Grandma, second uncle, I have other things to do, so I won't go to the county."

After speaking, he walked out of the room quickly, and Geng Liuju's sharp scolding came from behind, but he didn't look back.

He still has to find his father and talk about the story of Peach Blossom's dismissal from relatives, and then rush to Linshui Village in Yanchong Commune. He has never been there before. If you go, you have to go for a long time.

It is impossible to take a car, he has no money.

In the room, Geng Liuju was so angry that she wanted to go to the ground to find Meng Laosan, and gave him a hard lesson with a whip.

Aunt Geng stopped and sighed: "Sanwa is right, he has grown up and is a big man, let outsiders know that he is going to take care of Caiyue and give birth to a child, and those who will be laughed at will be hard to find in the future. young married woman."

"What kind of daughter-in-law is he looking for? He doesn't have the spare money to spend on him!"

Geng Liuju approached Geng's second aunt and whispered: "Look, how about letting the third child be the father of Caiyue's three children? I really didn't give him any money to marry a daughter-in-law, so the betrothal gift is waived, right? If it doesn't work, he has the strength, he is stronger than the man in front of Caiyue, he is diligent and obedient, and he and Caiyue get together and raise three children, Caiyue can relax!"

Second Uncle Geng's eyes suddenly lit up: "Of course it's good! I won't mention the betrothal gift, and Caiyue has no dowry, but I don't know, Sanwa is willing? He is still a safflower, and Caiyue is a widow and drags With three little ones..."

"I speak, he dares not?"

"Oh my aunt, you have solved a big problem for your mother's family. I will ask the eldest son and daughter-in-law to come and kowtow to you!"

"Look at what my sister-in-law said, I'm a girl from the Geng family, so what if I don't think about my parents' family? You wait, Sanwa will come back in a while, I will grab his ear and let him go to the county town to take care of Caiyue! When I come back from the hospital, Make a room in the east wing for Caiyue to do confinement, and set up two tables for them at home, and that's it!"

"Okay, okay! I'll ask my eldest daughter-in-law to bring something too. Two old hens and two catties of pork can't escape, as well as food rations for Caiyue's mother and daughter. We are responsible for asking her mother-in-law to get it. My sister-in-law, I am grateful to you for a lifetime, your brother will be happy to see you in the sky, he has always praised you before, it is worthwhile to love you so much when you were a child..."

　come on! Come on!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)