Chapter 22 Xu Changsheng, who was raised by his stepmother
When picking a head ridge on the polder, Xu Tongdao saw Xu Tonglin's father Xu Weiguo, Xu Weiguo also saw him, Xu Weiguo showed a kind smile to him, nodded, and said hello to Xu Tongdao.
Obviously, after Xu Tonglin fell into the water last night, Xu Weiguo didn't dare to let that kid come up again.
"Uncle, is Lin Zi okay?"
While digging, Xu Tongdao asked Xu Weiguo in a low voice.
Xu Weiguo hummed, "Xiaodao, thanks to you last night, my mother and I both heard about it, although there were many people in the village at that time, you were the only one who dared to go into the water to save our forest, if it weren't for you...... Alas, the consequences are really unimaginable!"
Between the words, Xu Tongdao could feel Xu Weiguo's gratitude to him.
Xu Tongdao smiled, "Uncle, I grew up with Lin Zi since I was a child, no different from my own brother, he can't paddle, I see him fall into the river, can I not save him? Don't be polite to me!"
Xu Weiguo nodded again and again, "Okay, okay!Oh, by the way, Lin Zi got up early this morning, made a few good dishes, and specially asked me to bring them to you, wait for lunch time, don't be polite to me!"
Xu Tongdao nodded with a smile and did not refuse, "Okay! Then I'll thank Uncle first." ”
Xu Weiguo waved his hand, "Look at what you said! It's all right, it's your uncle who should thank you, I know your family is in a difficult situation now, Xiaodao! Uncle told you, if your family needs help in the future, you and your mother just ask, don't be polite to your uncle!Okay?"
"Okay, okay! Thank you, uncle!"
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At noon, when we went to the family below the polder to eat a big pot of rice, Xu Weiguo really brought Xu Tongdao an aluminum lunch box, and after opening it, there were fish and meat in it, as well as scrambled eggs with green peppers.
A lunch box full of dishes.
Xu Tongdao thanked him with a smile, and didn't say anything polite to him, but said, "Uncle, I can't finish eating so much, you can eat with me! I'm not welcome, don't be polite to me, okay?"
Xu Weiguo waved his hand, turned around with a smile and left, "I'm not polite to you, but I still have it myself, these are all for you! At your age, when you grow your body, you must be able to eat it, you must eat it!"
This scene was seen by many people.
And then there were people who made jokes.
"Weiguo, what you did is not right! Hehe, although we didn't go into the water to save your son last night, we also took a hand! You brought good food here, and let the child eat alone, okay?"
"That's it! Weiguo, it's not me talking about you! You're a little stingy in what you're doing, since you've made a good dish, why can't you make more? Let's all taste it, right?"
"Xiaodao! There are so many dishes, since you can't eat them all by yourself, then I'll help you share some of them, okay......?"
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Listening to these nonsense words, Xu Weiguo glanced at those people, took out his own rice jar, stretched out in front of those people, and said: "If you want to eat, you can eat my here, and it is all for Xiaodao! Xiaodao risked his life last night to save my family's forest!"
Xu Tongdao smiled and said to the villager who had just said that he would help him share a little: "Yes!"
Then the man really came, grinning and smiling as he took a few pieces of braised pork and scrambled eggs with green peppers from his lunch box.
"Thank you, Xiaodao! You're a good kid! Hehe, it's much more atmospheric than your dad, not bad!"
This man is thin and swarthy, and he is also an old bachelor, in his forties, and he still lives with his wife.
He is not as arrogant as Xu Hengbing, but he occasionally steals chickens and dogs and takes advantage of small advantages.
Xu Tongdao didn't look down on such a person in his heart, but he was not interested in offending him, it was meaningless.
Anyway, the left and right are just a matter of a few chopsticks dishes.
Moreover, apart from this guy, although other people in the village were also joking just now, there was no second person who came to pick up the dishes in his lunch box.
Xu Tongdao took the lunch box and the rice he had just called, walked to the eaves, casually put the lunch box containing the vegetables on the windowsill, took a few mouthfuls of rice into his mouth, put a piece of braised pork into his mouth, and chewed it in a big mouth.
was eating comfortably, and when he looked up, he caught a glimpse of an equally thin figure not far away.
And just in time to see the man facing him, swallowing.
Xu Tongdao was stunned.
He also knew that person, and he was also from their Xujia Village.
And he was about the same age as him, and he remembered that the guy was supposed to be two years older than him.
His name is Xu Changsheng.
The name is very auspicious, but he is a hard-working fellow.
Why?
Because Xu Changsheng's mother-in-law died of dystocia when she gave birth to him.
A few years ago, his father married another woman, who was very good at giving birth to children, and successively added a younger sister and younger brother to Xu Changsheng.
As a result, Xu Changsheng became his stepmother.
It's not that the stepmother must be bad for the children born to her husband's ex-wife, but Xu Changsheng's stepmother is really bad for Xu Changsheng.
As far as Xu Tongdao knows, Xu Changsheng has been living in his kitchen all these years, and he built a bed with bricks and wooden boards where he put firewood in the kitchen.
Not only that, Xu Tongdao remembered the original time and space, when he went to play with Xu Changsheng once, Xu Changsheng was plucking chicken feathers, and Xu Changsheng's family killed a rooster that day.
His stepmother sat under the eaves and played a sweater, and the matter of plucking the chickens was handed over to the teenage Xu Changsheng, which was nothing, but Xu Changsheng's stepmother was scheming.
While playing sweaters under the eaves, while chatting with the neighbors, he frequently said a sentence that Xu Tongdao remembered for many years - "My parents are pitiful......!
But later, when Xu Changsheng went to the kitchen to roast chicken, Xu Tongdao clearly saw that he took advantage of his stepmother's inattention, and secretly took two pieces of chicken from the pot and stuffed them into his mouth.
At that time, he was two years younger than Xu Changsheng, his brain was relatively simple, and he asked Xu Changsheng stupidly, "Didn't your mother say that you don't eat chicken?"
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With these memories surging in his mind, Xu Tongdao sighed secretly, raised his hand and beckoned to Xu Changsheng who was not far away, "Changsheng! Come here! I can't finish eating so many dishes, you come over and help me eat a little!"
Xu Changsheng was stunned, stretched out his hand and pointed at himself, a little incredulous, "Xiaodao, you call me?"
Xu Tongdao smiled and nodded, and beckoned to him again.
This time Xu Changsheng believed it, and hurriedly trotted over, his face full of joy, "Xiaodao! You are so interesting! Thank you! Hehe." ”
"What's so polite with me? Eat!
Xu Tongdao greeted Xu Changsheng while continuing to recall the fate of Xu Changsheng's original time and space.
Actually, he didn't know.
Because he later heard from his mother that Xu Changsheng hadn't been home for the New Year for several years, saying that his stepmother was too powerful, and every time Xu Changsheng went home for the New Year, the money he earned for a year of hard work would be forced to hand over by the stepmother......