Return to 1981 and start from breaking off the engagement

Chapter 10
In the evening, the whole family sat around the Eight Immortals table, looking at the two large bowls of eggplant, beans and pork stew. They were surprised and felt unreal.

The two boys from the second sister-in-law's family, Li Wen and Li Wu, swallowed subconsciously, their eyes widening at the smell of meat.

"Lao Wu, tell the truth, what bad thing did you do again?!"

Yao Xiangui frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"You're the father. The soldier is showing his filial piety. Why are you still angry? What's the matter? I gave him the money. If you're angry, you're going to attack my old lady!"

Before Yao Weijun could explain, grandma stopped, her voice was louder than her father Yao Xiangui's, and her face also darkened.

"Just get used to him, something will happen sooner or later!" Yao Xiangui lost his temper and shook his head helplessly.

Grandma poured a cup of white wine by herself and pushed the bottle, "Would you like to drink it? Junzi bought this too."

Yao Xiangui waved his hand, "You can't get used to drinking the original bottle of wine. You'd better keep it for yourself to satisfy your cravings. I'll drink this." After saying that, he turned back and took a tin wine pot from the cabinet, which contained more than 60 degrees of wine brewed by the villagers themselves. high degree of liquor.

As he filled up the wine and picked up his chopsticks, the whole family started to move.

In this era, there are still many rules in northern families. Generally, if a family member does not move the chopsticks, the whole family has to wait, even the children.

This meal was very delicious for the whole family. It is difficult to eat this meal during the Chinese New Year.

Yao Weijun looked at the happy smiles on the faces of the whole family and felt extremely satisfied at the moment.

After eating and drinking, as usual, the elder sister-in-law took the family's dishes and chopsticks in an enamel basin to the dining room to wash them, while the second brother and sister-in-law took the two children back to their own house.

"Uncle Five!"

As soon as Yao Weijun walked to the dining room, Xiaohua, who was helping her mother wash the chopsticks, shouted loudly.

"Lao Wu, is something wrong?" When the sister-in-law heard the movement, she turned around and asked.

"Sister-in-law, I want to tell you about Xiaohua's schooling. I went to school today..."

Before Yao Weijun finished speaking, Xiaohua next to him was already clapping her hands and cheering excitedly.

"Keep your voice down! There are no rules at all!"

The sister-in-law wiped her hands on her apron and scolded Xiaohua.

"I understand, mother. Uncle Wu has something to do with you. Just leave the bowls to me and wash them!"

With excitement in her eyes, the little girl pushed her mother out of the dining room.

"Lao Wu, I know you have good intentions, but..." The sister-in-law stood at the door of the dining room, lowering her head and hesitated to speak.

Yao Weijun smiled and said, "I understand what my sister-in-law means, don't worry, leave the tuition to me, and let me take care of dad's side as well.

Xiaohua has already reached the age of going to school. She is smart and sensible. It would be a pity not to go to school. "

"Lao Wu..." The sister-in-law tried her best to control her emotions. She was holding her apron tightly with her hands at the moment, not knowing what to say next.

"Sister-in-law, you are busy at home every day. You have worked hard these years. I am Xiaohua's biological uncle. I should arrange for her to go to school. You don't need to say anything, I know everything."

Yao Weijun said sincerely.

"Ok!"

The eldest sister-in-law is named Liu Zhaodi. She has an honest personality and is not as talkative as the second sister-in-law. Since her husband died, she has become even more taciturn. She cannot say a few words a day. Almost no one at home notices her.

At this moment, he was moved by Yao Weijun's words and nodded vigorously subconsciously.

In the main room, Yao Xiangui and Zhu Mei were sitting drinking tea when Yao Weijun walked in.

"Dad, let me tell you something. This afternoon I went to Xiangyang Primary School in the commune and told the teacher there about Xiaohua going to school."

"A girl will get married in a few years. Isn't it just a waste of money to go to school? How can our family afford to support three students!" The mother was the first to object after hearing this.

"Mind your own business, okay? Stop worrying so much!"

Yao Xiangui glared at him angrily and asked: "Also, let me ask you, have you been to Fengyang Village? What did the woman say?"

"It was settled in front of their village clerk."

After Yao Weijun briefly explained, he returned to the topic of Xiaohua going to school, "Dad, I just want to tell you about Xiaohua going to school. You don't have to pay for the tuition, I'll cover it all!"

"You... hmm, where did you get the money?" Yao Xiangui banged the table, "I'm telling you, you still have to save money to marry a wife, and you have to build a house after you divide your family. You need a lot of money, you are over 20 years old, and you still don’t know that the pot is made of iron. If you think of it, I will be pissed off by you sooner or later!"

"Junzi, don't make your father angry!"

Mother Zhu Mei hurriedly stood up and came to Yao Weijun, whispering: "Our family is not a rich family, and Xiaohua is still a girl, so she doesn't deserve it!
Sigh... Your sister-in-law gave birth to a daughter because of her own displeasure, and your elder brother cruelly abandoned the family early. When your father and I are at this age, we still have to take care of the people in front of us first!

When Xiaohua grows up, she will get married and establish herself as a civilized and military person. From then on, she will be the backbone of our old Yao family. Do you understand? "

"..."

Yao Weijun looked at his parents calmly for a while and said: "Father, mother, I reserve your opinions, but Xiaohua has decided to go to school. I will pay whatever it takes to get her into school. Girls and boys are not important to me." It’s important, as long as she is my eldest brother’s child, that’s enough!”

After he finished speaking, his father Yao Xiangui's smoking hand trembled visibly, and his face quickly darkened.

Then one of them didn't pay attention, choked on the dry smoke, and coughed several times in a row.

"Didn't I buy you some cigarettes? If you smoke them from now on, they won't be very strong!" Yao Weijun couldn't help but remind him.

"Your father is reluctant to part with it and plans to bring it out next time he asks a matchmaker for you!" Mother Zhu Mei explained beside her.

"Don't bother me! You really don't have to worry about my wife's affairs. If you have time like this, why not sit here and drink tea for a while!"

Yao Weijun expressed his attitude seriously and spoke firmly.

"Go, go, don't stay here and piss me off. Let's talk about it first. Are you going to work in the fields tomorrow?!"

Yao Xiangui is actually not very angry at the moment, but his habit over the years has always made him look down upon Yao Weijun.

"No, I have a lot of things waiting for me tomorrow. Let's go back to the house and sleep!"

After Yao Weijun finished speaking, he turned around and left the house and returned to the west side room.

"His father, what Junzi just said makes sense. If we don't let Xiaohua go to school, will the boss resent us in heaven..."

In the hall, mother Zhu Mei wiped the corners of her eyes and couldn't speak any more.

"..." Yao Xiangui smoked dry tobacco in silence. After a long time, he knocked the pipe pot on the table leg and whispered: "Call the boss over, let's talk to her."

"Ok!"

……

The next day, Yao Weijun had breakfast, and under the watchful eyes of his family, he took his work bag and walked out slowly.

Arrive at the threshing floor.

Zhang Xiaobin, an educated youth, was also preparing to work in the fields. When he saw him, his face was filled with ecstasy.

"Guardian, I have good news for you. I have completed the procedures for returning to the city! Haha... Today is the last day to work in the fields. I can leave tomorrow!"

"Oh? This is a very happy event. Have you decided what you will do when you return?"

Yao Weijun was startled and asked curiously with a smile.

(End of this chapter)