In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, although the newlywed Su Hua's mother-in-law's family was only separated by a wall from her mother's house, she could not come back for the New Year, but Wang Zhongliang sent a strip of pork belly and half a bag of white noodles early; Su Qing wanted to take her daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law's house for the New Year, because the daughter-in-law said that it would be inconvenient to go back next year if she had a child. At night, Father Su and Su Feng sat on the kang and pinched dumplings, the two did not speak for a long time, compared to the heat of other people's Chinese New Year's Eve, the Su family was a little deserted. Daddy Su looked at Su Feng who was pursing his mouth and lowering his head to roll out the dough, and wanted to make the "old girl" happy, so he deliberately said, "Girl, this year, our family also makes meat-stuffed dumplings, and they are white-flour, enough to eat, no one will rob us, are you happy?" Su Feng knew that her father was comforting her, but she was really not happy, she would rather be like before, a family of 6 around the table, which matter only nibbling on big cakes and wild vegetable soup, it is better than eating meat in the cold now, but she can't tell her father, she can't make her father feel more uncomfortable, so she exaggerated and smiled" Aren't you happy, I'm going to eat 40 today, Dad, there's a small bag of sugar in the rack, I'll make 2 sugar dumplings in a while, and the two of us will each bite a 'blessing'", Daddy Su also laughed along with Su Feng's words, "Okay, just the two of us, both of us are blessed."

After eating dumplings, it was less than midnight, the people who could afford the firecrackers were even more lively, the whole family came out to set off the firecrackers, Daddy Su knew that Su Feng loved to be lively, he persuaded Su Feng to go to the eldest sister's house next door to wander around, to see his house set off firecrackers, Su Feng shook his head, "I'm so old, I don't want to play those for a long time, I'm willing to stay at home with you", said and picked up Dad's cigarette basket and rolled up the paper cigarettes, the two of them sat on the kang, listening to the sound of firecrackers outside the courtyard, and there was silence again. Su Feng looked at the stunned Father Su, and asked a little sadly, "Dad, will you marry me too?" "Silly girl, when you reach the age of age, you naturally want to get married, and when you also find a good mother-in-law, I am also worthy of your mother" Father Su replied with emotion, "I don't want to marry, I want to stay at home with you for the rest of my life", "Don't say stupid things, how can you not marry, we have no problems, and we are not shorter than others", Su Feng didn't want to continue this topic "Dad, let's not nag, anyway, you will follow me wherever I marry!"

13-year-old Su Feng can finally go to the production team to earn work, after the Spring Festival, she seems to have grown up a lot all of a sudden, no longer so playful, and began to take care of housework, take care of her father, the second sister-in-law gave birth to a son, which can make Su Dad happy, he borrowed 20 eggs from Aunt Wang's house, plus 30 eggs that he had saved for more than half a year, and finally got together 50, and he also deliberately asked Su Feng to get off work early, ready to cook some red eggs for the big guy, and go to the team tomorrow. The two of them were busy cooking in their own small pots, and even forgot to eat dinner, and they were talking and laughing and thinking about discussing with Su Qing what name to give the child for a while, Su Qing didn't know when he stood at the door, seeing that they didn't notice themselves, he coughed softly, "Dad, I'm here", Su Lao Dad saw that it was the second son, and grinned at the corner of his mouth to let his son into the house, "What are you doing standing there, come in, Feng girl will cook it in a while, you give your daughter-in-law 20 first, and the rest will go to the team tomorrow, and there are successors to our Su family!" Su Qing was a little embarrassed and didn't look for the boiled eggs, Su Feng took out the rest and looked at the second brother, "What's the matter, second brother, if you are in a hurry, you can go back first, and I will go over with my father to see the second sister-in-law and eldest nephew in a while, my father hasn't seen the eldest grandson yet!" Su Qing heard Su Feng's words, so he said in a slur and "Dad, don't go over first, my mother-in-law and her fourth sister came to take care of it, the house is too small to get in", Su Lao Dad still smiled happily" Okay, my daughter-in-law just gave birth to a child, and it's not suitable for me, an old man, to go another day" Su Feng looked at the second brother a little unhappily, "Second brother, you came just to tell your father not to go over, then you stand in the yard and shout Don't you hear it!", Su Qing scratched her head embarrassedly, "Dad, my mother-in-law asked me to take the eggs away, after all, in the future, the Su family's favors will have to be moved around, and I will not issue eggs tomorrow", Su Feng was even more angry when he heard it, and just about to have a seizure, Su Dad quickly dragged her arm and said to Su Qing" What your mother-in-law said is reasonable, take it away, it's all in the basin, your sister has just cooked it", Su Qing stopped talking, went into the house and picked up the eggs and walked out, Su Feng shouted angrily, "Don't forget to send my basin back-", the "my family" particularly accentuated the tone.

Sending off his son, Daddy Su sat on a small stool in the kitchen like a frosted eggplant, staring at the small pot with only boiled water left, but did not enter the house, although Su Feng was angry with the second brother's "strict wife", she felt even more sorry for her father, she stepped forward and squatted beside Daddy Su and comforted softly, "Dad, don't think about it, my brother is also afraid that you will be tired, by the way, you haven't eaten yet, I'll give you hot porridge", Daddy Su nodded, turned his back and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes......

In the blink of an eye, the eldest sister filled in two sons and one daughter to the Wang family, and the second daughter had a high fever and pneumonia and could not be saved, so Su Hua had several months to relieve herself, the second brother's family filled in two fat sons, and the third sister's family also gave birth to four children, but the eldest was born with convulsions, whether he had to smoke it, and died before he was 6 years old; , Daddy Su sat on the threshold with a cigarette and sighed to Su Feng, who was picking beans, coughing a few times from time to time, Su Feng listened to Daddy Su's cough and got up and snatched his cigarette directly "Dad, didn't Dr. Ding say that you won't let you smoke anymore! You don't sleep all night with a cough now, don't think I can't hear it", Daddy Su smiled embarrassedly, "I'm in my 60s, I haven't experienced anything, I'm afraid of this cough", there are 2 small hands on the wall, but only half a small "pot head" leaks out , accompanied by the sound of swishing, Su Feng knew that this was the naughty nephew who was climbing over the wall again, so he got up and walked over, dragged him over from the other side of the wall, and said angrily and funny, "I said Wang Dazhi, you don't leave the door well, you have to go over the wall, if this wall is knocked down by you one day, see if your father doesn't beat you, don't call grandpa and grandpa when the time comes, no one can save you." , The 5-year-old boy in front of him is the eldest son of the Su Hua family, very naughty, but also very smart, he broke free of his aunt's hand with a smile, and ran directly into his grandfather's arms, "I'm not afraid, if my dad beats me, I'll find my grandfather, and my grandfather will help me teach him", Daddy Su laughed "Yes, haha, grandpa will help you teach him" , Wang Dazhi took out 2 small sugar balls from his small pocket in front of him, which was a little dirty, it is estimated that he had been playing with it in his hand for a long time, one was directly stuffed in his mouth, and the other was stuffed in Daddy Su's mouth, and the grandfather and grandson were happy, "Grandpa, my father bought it for us, and I don't have my aunt's share......

Daddy Su caressed his grandson's forehead lovingly, "Come home, your mother won't be able to find you for dinner in a while, you should be in a hurry", Wang Dazhi giggled "Auntie, drag me over", Su Feng really couldn't take this little demon king, and carried him over according to his "instructions", Daddy Su saw his grandson who ran away and thought about it and said to Su Feng, "Girl, your eldest sister is going to give birth to a fourth child, her body is heavy, you have to take the time to go over to help, don't always stay at our house", Su Feng nodded" I know Dad, yesterday I went to help my eldest sister sew a new mattress, and Aunt Wang also praised us for our good relationship!" Daddy Su smiled, "You are sisters, this is how it should be", "Dad, my sister said that Aunt Wang and they finished the foundation of the ground in the west of the village, and after a while, after building the house, they moved with Uncle Wang after drying, and this house was left to my sister and his family of five to live", "Well, you should help with other people's affairs, don't get involved", "I know, don't worry, Dad!"

Daddy Su's cough is getting worse and worse, several times, the phlegm is bloodshot, and the person is also visibly emaciated, Wang Zhongliang took his father-in-law to the township health center to see, and prescribed some cough medicine and painkillers, but the effect is not too great, although Su Hua and Su Feng are anxious, but they can't do anything, lying on the kang at night, looking at the father who is leaning over and coughing, Su Feng is a little scared, she lit a handful of firewood and burned some hot water and handed it to Daddy Su, Daddy Su looked at the youngest daughter in front of him guiltily, she is already 18 big girls, but the affairs of her mother-in-law's family are still not settled, Every time the other party heard that she was going to take a sick and crooked father, she immediately retreated, and Daddy Su, who had drunk hot water, eased up a little, and he felt that it was time to chat with Su Feng, "Girl, are you sleepy, if you are not sleepy, it will be okay to accompany your father", Su Feng couldn't sleep at all, and immediately helped Daddy Su to sit up, and surrounded him with a quilt, "Girl, Dad can't accompany you for a lifetime, you have to live well", Su Feng fell out of tears when he heard it" Dad, what are you talking about, our two are going to be companions for life, don't say unlucky words", "Girl, you listen to Dad, Dad knows that his days are short, and Dad has nothing to leave you, only this broken grass house in front of him, although it is not valuable, but at least it can shelter from the wind and rain", Su Feng dragged Su Feng's hand, not wanting him to continue, Su Feng wiped his tears for Su Feng and continued" You also have to remember that people can only rely on themselves when they live, no one should be good to you all their lives, except for your parents and yourself, brothers and sisters can't, there is a father, you are a family, your father is gone, you are relatives, understand? So don't blame your second brother", Su Feng stopped talking, and fell on Father Su's lap and sobbed softly......

On a sunny afternoon, Su Fang's cough slowly became quiet, Su Fang and Su Feng knelt on the kang and slowly wiped their bodies for their father, letting the tears flow, Su Qing and his wife stood on the edge of the kang with their brows locked, Su Fang's husband and Wang Zhongliang stood at the door and gathered their relatives, the crying in the house made the eyes of the two big men moisten, and the third brother-in-law Jin Gui came to the side of his brother-in-law Wang Zhongliang, "Brother-in-law, there are me and Su Qing watching here, you go home and see the eldest sister, she is doing confinement, don't let her cry badly" , Wang Zhongliang thought for a while and said, "That's okay, I'll go back and take a look, I'll be back soon", before he entered the door, he heard Su Hua's crying, Aunt Wang hugged the newborn child and comforted her on the side, "Good boy, don't cry, Zhongliang and your father Wang are both there, nothing is bad, wait for you to get out of confinement, let Zhongliang take you to see it!" Su Hua still sat on the kang and cried with her head down, not listening to persuasion at all, Wang Zhongliang looked at her daughter-in-law who was already crying and her eyes swollen with tears, and stepped forward and patted her shoulder," Dahua, don't cry, you see you crying, and the child is also uncomfortable", Aunt Wang also echoed, "No, you have to take care of Gu Xiao regardless of yourself, if you are sad and energetic to return to milk, what will the three girls eat", Su Hua stopped crying when she heard this, and turned to sobbing, and the two sons also sensibly sat on the kang with a towel to wipe their mother's tears......

At that time, Su's mother's body was just hastily buried in the West Meadow, and the grave bag could not be found for a long time, so there was no way to merge the bones, everyone could only bury Su's father there according to the general direction, a morning of blowing, blowing and beating, after sending away all the relatives, the third sister and brother-in-law were also going home, Su Fang felt sorry for Su Feng, and didn't want her to live here by herself, begging Jin Gui to take her with her, Jin Gui explained a little embarrassed, "Daughter-in-law, there are seven people sleeping on our 2 kangs, and I really can't squeeze out a place, and I can't let me go to the cowshed to sleep at night, no" , Looking at the embarrassed third sister, Su Feng sensibly comforted Su Fang, "Third sister, I know you are good for me, don't worry, I will live in our house, I am bold, change places, I can't sleep", Su Fang had no choice, after giving Su Feng all the food stamps and some rag stamps on his body, he and Jin Gui rushed home.

At night, Su Feng, who couldn't sleep, sat on the kang in a daze, the surroundings were quiet and terrible, but she didn't light the oil lamp, whether she lit it in her heart or not, the light didn't shine on her heart, and by the moonlight, she touched the cigarette basket and rolled the paper cigarette as usual, and the tears fell to her chest along the corners of her mouth, a little cold...... , I kept thinking about the sentence "With my father, you are a family, and if my father is gone, you are relatives!" Yes, at this moment, she only has relatives, no home, and no family!