Crossing the Splendid Farmhouse

Chapter 17

Tang Kun was using the tongs to help Tang Lier pinch the cooked chestnuts. Hearing Tang Jie's voice, he put down the tongs and got up without hesitation.

However, Mr. Tang had already walked into the kitchen.

"No need to carry water, the water tank is still full. I'll just walk around..."

Mr. Tang looked around the simple stove house, and he saw an iron pot on the stove, in which a pot of sweet potatoes was being boiled, and the unique sweet aroma of sweet potatoes had permeated the whole stove house.

Tang Lier and Tang Meier sisters were sitting on a small stool next to the stove, waiting to eat the golden chestnuts that had been simmering in the stove.Seeing him coming in, they immediately stood up with their father Tang Kun to welcome him.

Mother Zhao and Tang Xing'er are washing wild shepherd's purse and wild garlic. It can be seen that this should be their noon dish.

It's not that he doesn't know that the second child has lived in poverty all these years, but he didn't expect it to be so poor.

However, even so, the filial piety that should be given to the old couple these years has never been delayed, and the rice is always weighed and sent to the granary of the old house as soon as the rice is received.

"Grandpa, would you like some chestnuts? The stewed chestnuts are sweet and delicious."

Tang Li'er put a few peeled chestnuts in a rough porcelain bowl and handed it to Mr. Tang.

"I'm not hungry yet, eat the chestnuts by myself."

Mr. Tang stretched out his hand to touch the top of Tang Lier's withered and yellow hair. He was pleased with Tang Lier's understanding, but even more sad.The second child's family lived like this under his nose. After so many years, it was the first time he found out.

Is it because his father failed too much, or did he care too little for these children who have already married?

However, even so, his five children are both filial and sensible.

"Master, you can eat a few first. Otherwise, we siblings are too embarrassed to eat first. And parents, you have to eat a few first, and we siblings eat the rest..."

Tang Lier insisted on asking Mr. Tang to eat a few first, and not only that, but she also arranged for Tang Kun and Mrs. Zhao to eat a few too.When Mr. Tang heard what she said was so interesting, he reluctantly reached out and picked up two of them and put them in his mouth.

The stewed chestnuts are very fragrant and very sweet, unexpectedly delicious.After eating two chestnuts, Mr. Tang felt that his mood, which had been depressed all the time, became much brighter.

Seeing that Mr. Tang ate two, Tang Lier happily brought the bowl to Tang Kun again.Seeing Tang Lier's happy appearance, Tang Kun also picked up two smaller ones and ate them.

Mrs. Zhao and Tang Xing'er had already washed the wild vegetables, and each of them ate two of them.Only then did Tang Lier happily sit back on the low stool in front of the stove with a rough porcelain bowl with few chestnuts in it.

"Chestnut, you eat first, and I'll cook some for you. Don't worry, our chestnut tree is the most planted in the whole village, enough for us to eat..."

Daqiao saw that there were few grains left in the bowl, so he quickly asked Tang Lier to eat first.

Tang Lier was also polite, and shared the remaining chestnuts with Tang Jie and Tang Meier.They just finished eating the chestnuts in the bowl, and the ones that Daqiao had just simmered were ripe again.

For a time, the whole stove house was enveloped in a thick layer of chestnut fragrance.

In such an atmosphere, not only Tang Xinger, Tang Lier, Tang Jie, Tang Meier and his siblings had happy and satisfied smiles on their faces.Even Mr. Tang, Mr. Tang Kun and Mrs. Zhao and the three who were preoccupied could not help but feel warmer on their faces.

"Second, these years... all these years... have you all come here like this?"

Mr. Tang felt that his throat was a little dry, and even the words he said were a little dry, which made people feel uncomfortable.

He looked at the so-called new house. Compared with the old house, the new house was not only extremely crowded and narrow, but also because the preparation was too hasty when the house was built, and the ground was full of potholes. If you are not used to walking, you are especially prone to falling.

"Father, in fact, the past two years have been difficult because of sweet potatoes, but they can still fill our stomachs. The most difficult thing is that two years ago, there was no land and no sweet potatoes, and our family could only cook porridge with wild vegetables to satisfy our hunger. Porridge with wild vegetables It has a bitter taste, and chestnut likes to eat sweet things. Every time she drinks wild vegetable porridge, she screams anxiously. So her mother can only put a few cooked chestnuts in her wild vegetable porridge..."

Tang Kun spoke with infinite melancholy.

He didn't think it was so hard, but he felt that Mrs. Zhao and their five children were involved, and they had to suffer and suffer with him...

"These words, you...why didn't you tell daddy before? If daddy knew, you could give less of your filial piety every year..."

Mr. Tang opened his mouth in puzzlement.

The third child and the fourth child have sang bitter songs in front of him for four years, and every year he did not let Mrs. Wu receive their filial piety other than food.However, Tang Kun, who has lived the hardest and most financially difficult life, contributes to chickens, ducks and fish every year.

And every time Wu Shi accepted all the filial piety they gave without blinking his eyes.

Mr. Tang admitted that he was indeed too careless.However, it is impossible for Wu Shi not to know how difficult the life of Tang Kun's family is.It's hard for her to accept all the things Tang Kun and his wife honored her without blushing and heartbeating.

Obviously, the corn and sweet potatoes under her hands are used to feed chickens, ducks and geese every time.However, these are the main food for Tang Kun's family to survive.

"I always think that if you show more filial piety to your mother, maybe your mother will be able to like Chestnut and their siblings more, no... no..."

They will not call them "little beggars" and "little debt collectors" one by one.

Tang Kun didn't say the last half of the sentence, but the meaning behind his words was very bright in Mr. Tang's heart.

"Second brother, Mrs. Zhao, from now on, give more chicken and duck eggs to Chestnut and his brothers and sisters. Don't think about us anymore. We are not bad at those things, but Chestnut and the others can supplement some nutrition from time to time. Take a look. How thin are they all..."

Mr. Tang spoke very earnestly.

If the villagers hadn't said it too bluntly, he probably would never have known that Tang Kun's family had such a difficult life.Fortunately, even though life is not easy and full of hardships, his son and daughter-in-law did not complain, but taught his five children to be obedient...

"Father, I... I know. What Father said is right, Xing'er, Daqiao, Chestnut, Xiaojie, Meizi and the others really should make up for each other. But, mother... mother, she will definitely... definitely be unhappy..."

Hearing Mr. Tang say this, Tang Kun and Mrs. Zhao seemed very excited.However, Tang Kun quickly woke up, looking forward to Ai Ai's opening.

"Your mother naturally has me. I have a tael of silver here. You take it. Although sweet potatoes can fill your stomach, children will get tired of eating sweet potatoes and wild vegetables every day. Chestnut's head was hit. Remember to buy some meat Replenish her body, so as not to leave sequelae in the future..."

(End of this chapter)