Five dilapidated thatched houses are lined up in a row, and the straw on the roof has not been replaced for several years, and the original withered yellow straw has long been blackened by the wind and rain.

The walls are densely covered with gaps, and the largest part can be easily passed through by the palm of the hand.

The courtyard was stacked with earthen foundations, tattered, and overgrown with wild roses.

Zhang Ruolin looked at Zhang Laogen, who was sitting on the bamboo chair and squinting, exhaled slightly, and shouted.

Zhang Laogen opened his eyes, turned his head, looked at Zhang Ruolin standing at the gate of the courtyard, and quickly stood up, "Nier, why are you back? Why are you dressed like this? Isn't it cold? Hurry up and come in." ”

"What about my mother and my eldest brother and second brother?"

"It's all in the house, why did you come back at this time? Have you eaten breakfast?"

Zhang Ruolin nodded, stretched out her hand to take the bench handed by Zhang Laogen and sat down, "I've eaten." ”

Zhang Laogen looked at Zhang Ruolin, who was thin and weak, and could be reached by a gust of wind, and said with red eyes, "Nier! It's all my father's fault, if it weren't for my father's illness, it wouldn't have caused you to be like this." ”

"Dad, let the past pass!"

"Nier, Daddy has seen you suffer in Lao Zhao's family in the past few years, and Dad has always had a sentence in his heart. ”

You say. ”

"Erzhu hasn't heard from him for many years, I'm afraid...... Don't wait, what does Dad mean, Dad went to find your father-in-law, you remarried, what do you think?"

Zhang Ruolin stretched out her hand and stroked the withered yellow hair on her forehead, "Dad, I came back this time and officially said this, Erzhu is back, he ......"

"What did you say? You said Erzhu was back?"

Looking at Zhang Laogen, who was full of excitement and tears in his eyes, Zhang Ruolin sighed in her heart, "Dad, you listen to me finish speaking." ”

"You say, you say. ”

"Erzhu is back, he is married outside, and he has children. ”

Zhang Laogen's eyes widened, and he looked at Zhang Ruolin in disbelief, "What did you say?"

"Dad, what are you doing?"

"You said that Zhao Erzhu is a little brute, he married a daughter-in-law outside? What should you do if he marries a daughter-in-law outside? His family has been poor for eight generations, and he still wants to learn from which landlords and marry three wives and four concubines?" Zhang Laogen stood up, looked at it, walked to the kitchen door, picked up the flat pole leaning on the side, and grabbed Zhang Ruolin's hand, "Go, Dad will take you to get a justice, if the Zhao family doesn't give you an explanation today, Dad will give up this life." ”

"Dad, all right, what are you doing? I didn't come back to ask you to get justice for me. ”

"Nier, don't say anything, my father has been cowardly all his life, and he can bully your father and me, all these years I have watched you suffer in Lao Zhao's family, my father is useless, he didn't help you. But if my father doesn't stand up today, am I still your father?" said Zhang Laogen with tears in his eyes.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Do you want to put people to sleep?" said a displeased voice.

Sister-in-law Zhou Guilan pushed open the door, looked at the two men standing outside the yard, and sighed twice, "Dress like this this day, come back and pretend to be pitiful?" I'll tell you now, I don't have anything to eat or drink, even if I feed the dog, I won't give you a grain of rice." ”

Zhang Dahu yawned and stood aside, "I said little sister, didn't I tell you to get rid of the New Year, don't you come back at other times, why did you come back again?"

"I knew that I was being bullied, and I guess I didn't eat for a few days, so I ran back to my parents' house to eat. The other door was opened, and the second sister-in-law, Cai Xiaofen, said with a mocking face.

"You all shut up. Zhang Laogen roared angrily, pointing at Zhang Dahu, "Are you still human? She is your own sister, and she has been wronged in her in-law's family, shouldn't you reach out to help her? You don't want to think about how she married into Lao Zhao's family." ”

"What do you want to help? Dad, if you have the ability, you can help! I want to see how you can help our poor family?" Zhou Guilan said with a sneer.

"Little sister, don't bring your mother's family to talk about your family's, go back! Don't come in the future, my old Zhang family will be without you as a girl. Zhang Erhu said with a displeased face.

"You guys...... Are you still human?" said Zhang Laogen, trembling all over.

Wang Dalan looked at her son and daughter-in-law's face suddenly darkened, and hurriedly ran over and begged, "Old man, don't say anything." Then looked at Zhang Ruolin, tears kept flowing, "Nier, go back! Mother begs you, in the future, you should have no mother's family, go back! Go back! Father and mother are old, and after waiting for two years, your father and mother will not be able to move, and you will rely on your eldest brother and second brother to support the elderly and send ......."

"Than send his mother, Lao Tzu wants these two brutes to send them to the end. Zhang Laogen roared angrily, pointing at the eldest and second, trembling all over, "Why did Lao Tzu raise you two beasts, I knew that you two beasts were like this, when I was born, Lao Tzu should have stuffed you into a dung bucket and drowned you two little beasts." ”

"Lao Tzu can still move now, you two little beasts don't look at Lao Tzu and your mother, when Lao Tzu is old, can Lao Tzu still count on the two of you?"

"Old man, old man don't say a word. ”

"Zhang Dahu, Zhang Erhu, Lao Tzu raised you so big and helped you start a family, Lao Tzu is also worthy of you, and Lao Tzu doesn't need you two little beasts to feed. Divide the family, split the family today, and you all get out of here. Zhang Laogen pointed to the gate of the courtyard with a flat pole in his hand, and roared angrily.

Sister-in-law Zhou Guilan pursed her lips, "If you divide the family, you will divide the family, but Dad, there is something wrong with your family! There are five rooms in our house, leaving aside one hall, that is, four, and my second family has two rooms, and the hall is temporarily shared. ”

Zhou Guilan looked at Cai Xiaofen in front of her with a smile, "Second brother and sister, do you think I'm right?"

Cai Xiaofen smiled and nodded, "Yes, sister-in-law is right, there are old things that have saved a lot of money over the years, and since the family is separated, this money is also scored." Lao Zhao's family's money should be used by Lao Zhao's children and grandchildren, and outsiders can't be cheapened for nothing. Seeing Zhang Ruolin come to the front, she said with disgust: "Stay away from me." ”

"Say what you just said to me. Zhang Ruolin said coldly.

Cai Xiaofen clasped her hands to her chest and tilted her head, "What are you doing? You want to hit me like this? ”

"Smack".

Zhang Ruolin slapped Cai Xiaofen directly to the ground.

"You ......" Cai Xiaofen lay on the ground with a face full of disbelief, covering her face with one hand, "You dare to beat me, you have turned the sky upside down, my sister-in-law dared to beat my second sister-in-law, my mother fought with you today." ”

As soon as he got up, he was slapped to the ground by Zhang Ruolin again.

"Your father and mother don't teach you how to respect your elders, I'll teach you how to respect your elders today. ”