"His uncle has been out when he was his age, and he hasn't asked for a penny from his family, and occasionally sends money to his family, but Xingzi is even more powerful, and his own house depends on him, and he has also made a lot of efforts to get this house now. Su Liejun took down the empty ash bucket and replaced it with an ash bucket full of mud.

"I'm afraid you will enjoy the blessings of your grandson in advance, and you won't have to plant fields in the future, so you will walk your dog at home every day, raise flowers, and learn from those old men and old ladies in the city. The person who spoke laughed, "Your eldest is out of town, right? Is he coming back for the Chinese New Year this year?"

"Maybe he's married outside, has children, and has to go to work during the New Year, not necessarily on vacation. Su Liejun took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and scattered them one by one for the people who worked.

"That is, people who work outside are not as free as we are, and they have less than ten days off for the Chinese New Year, and it takes two or three days to go back and forth, and then there are relatives over there who have to move around, so it takes three or four days, and they can't stay for a few days when they come back. ”

"If you want me to say that I shouldn't have traveled so far when I was looking for a job, you see that now I have run far away, and I only come back once in a few years, how many years can people live?"

"You can't say that, looking for a job isn't about supporting your family? Who doesn't want to find a job nearby, but can you find a good job nearby? People can pay money and come back without caring about their family when they are outside. ”

Su Liejun took out a cigarette from the other pocket, shook one out and put it in his mouth, took two puffs, and sighed softly.

"Why don't you make a phone call to the boss and ask him to come back this year?" Luo Wenjuan, the grandmother who woke up, came over, and she listened to what she said just now.

"What are you calling for? He's so busy with work, isn't calling him back to delay him?" Su Liejun shook his head.

"He hasn't been back for several years, he didn't have a house at home before, and he can't get used to living when he comes back, but now that he has a house, his life is much better, and it will be more convenient to come back. Luo Wenjuan said, "People are getting older and worse, the boss will never come back, and when he comes back later, I'm afraid he will be able to look at me, but I can't look at him." ”

"If you say some frustrating words, it's not that you can't walk, and you were so quick picking cotton some time ago, why can't you see him?"

"When I'm older, I can't say for sure, it's fine today, but maybe it won't work tomorrow. Luo Wenjuan said, "A few days ago, Shanzi was so damn good, and suddenly it was gone?"

Su Liejun sighed again: "Okay, I won't be so busy in two days, I'll call the boss, he has helped the family a lot, now the brothers in the family are living well, and the nephew is also promising, it's time to come back and see, I can't always let the other side feel that our family is a drag." ”

"That's the truth, let the boss, let the eldest daughter-in-law, and the children come back. Luo Wenjuan nodded, "The boss often helps the family, and I don't know if I have gossiped over there, and I can't always make people feel that the boss is dragging a group of poor relatives, so I have to let people see how the family has changed, so that the boss will be tougher in talking and doing things in the future." ”

The two chatted, Luo Wenjuan didn't have any emotions originally, her eyes were a little red when she chatted, and she wiped a handful of tears: "The boss has worked too hard over the years, when he was more than ten years old, he went out with dozens of yuan, he got married, bought a house, and then gave birth to a child, we didn't help anything, but dragged him down a lot, and now that the family conditions are good, we should let her come back and take a look." ”

"Just say it, why are you crying? Xingzi has a future, and he is also a person who is in love, and my old Su family will definitely be able to get up again. The cigarette was about to burn out, Su Liejun took two more puffs, and then threw it on the ground and stepped on it, "That is, I don't have any ability, and I haven't let a few children live well." ”

"Isn't it good to raise them well and not let one starve to death?" Luo Wenjuan said, "How did the rheumatism in your body come about? Isn't it just to touch the fish every day, and you have to go down to the river on a cold day, and you have to get some food for a few children?"

"Okay, let's not talk about that. Su Liejun waved his hand, "You go wash the vegetables, put on the plastic gloves that Xingzi bought, it's cold, don't get cold, I'll go pick up the ash bucket again." ”

When I woke up from the village and arrived at Maqiao Lake, the dead fish in the lake had been disposed of, but I could still see some sporadic dead fish floating in the lake with long hairs sticking to them.

There was no boat in sight on the lake, so I woke up and made a detour to the other side of the lake.

There is a small house next to the lake, Ma Guoqiang is mending the net in front of the house, but he has not seen him for a few days, Ma Guoqiang feels a lot older, his face is haggard, and the spirit of the whole person is gone.

Ma Guoqiang sat on a small bench with a net in front of him, holding a tool in one hand and a hole in the net with the other, working for a while and stopping for a while, listless.

"Uncle Ma. Su Xing approached, Ma Guoqiang hadn't noticed him coming, he could only shout.

"Hey, you're here. Ma Guoqiang raised his head, "You wait a while, I'll move a stool for you." ”

"No need. Su Xing shook his head, "Just stand." ”

Ma Guoqiang didn't listen, but still ran to the house and took a small chair and handed it to Su Xing: "Sit, rest." ”

Su Xing sat opposite Ma Guoqiang, and Ma Guoqiang did not continue to make up the net: "The person has been found." ”

"It's a good thing to find it, people are from their own village?" I didn't feel much surprised when I woke up, most of the high-IQ crimes are only in movies, and clues will be revealed in real life, just look at the question of whether you are willing to find it, as long as you are willing to spend some time and manpower to find it, you can always find it out.

"It's from the village. Ma Guoqiang smiled bitterly, "It's not necessarily a good thing to find it, this family originally had four brothers, and the first three died because of an accident, and his parents died early, leaving him alone." ”

"At the age of 40, because the family is poor, I haven't found a daughter-in-law, and now I am still a bachelor, and I am lazy, sometimes I don't eat all day, and when I am really hungry, I cook a big pot of porridge, which can be eaten for two or three days. ”

"Eat a pot of porridge for two or three days, is it okay in the winter, but can it be done in the summer?" said Su Xing.

"Can it be done, anyway, he hasn't had any problems eating until now. Ma Guoqiang said, "I think he is pitiful, and occasionally he will send one or two fish over, and if he goes early, bring him a few meat buns." ”

Speaking of this, Ma Guoqiang sighed deeply: "People, I really can't tell, I'm not very good to him, but at least I'm better than others, right? Occasionally send him something to eat, and I still think of him in my heart, but he is good, he will take revenge, buy dozens of bottles of medicine, all of them are thrown into the lake, and the money for buying medicine is also ten yuan I gave him." ”