Chapter 26: A New Day (2)
There was a faint smell of fishy smell in the dim room, there was no kang mat on the earthen kang, only a shabby straw mat, and several bedding that could not distinguish the color were stacked on the feet of the kang.
The ground was slimy, and he couldn't see what was stained, Er Meng smacked his nose in disgust, he secretly looked at his aunt, at this time, Su Feng's eyes were red, his lips were white, and his shoulders twitched from time to time, as if he was about to cry out at any time, the old man took off his shoes, sat on the kang, and greeted the little girl
"Hong, go pour hot water for your aunt to drink", the little girl didn't know where the hostility came from, pursed her lips, and didn't move, Su Feng relieved herself and hurriedly said
"No, don't bother, uncle, I'm just here to see you!", the old man asked a little uncomfortably
"Which family's daughter are you, how can you say that you are the daughter-in-law of my family's Baojun?" Su Feng's face turned red, she didn't expect such a thing to happen at all, she cleared her dry and hoarse throat, and whispered
"I am the fourth girl of the Su family in Hougang Village, working in Harbin City with your son, we originally planned to come back for the New Year next month to do the happy event, but it didn't come to pass" said and looked at the little girl unconsciously, and the old man immediately remembered
"Ah, it's the Su family where Baojun came back for a blind date in the summer, right, child, don't get me wrong, Baojun and the child's mother have divorced! This child's mother has remarried again in the past few days, so let her live with me for a few days, and take her away after a while!", Hearing the old man's words, Su Feng didn't get the slightest relief, she remembered what Baojun said to herself, not a word mentioned this child, and she didn't expect that she would become a stepmother in a daze!
Su Feng didn't want to stay here for a moment, she couldn't wait to run back to Harbin City immediately and ask him to make it clear in front of Baojun.
There was no words for a long time, the atmosphere was so embarrassing that he couldn't do it, Er Meng secretly pinched Su Feng's arm in a hurry, Su Feng got up and took out 200 yuan from his trouser pocket, handed it to the old man, and comforted
"Your old man take care of your health, this money is Baojun's filial piety to you, you can buy some food and clothing for yourself, and my nephew and I will go back." The old man probably also felt his own shiver, so he didn't keep it, put on his shoes and wanted to send Su Feng out, after Su Feng politely excused himself, he walked out of the house with Ermeng.
On the road, Er Meng slammed onto the bicycle all the way, he gasped for breath, he didn't dare to ask the aunt in the back seat, what was going on just now, Su Feng didn't open his mouth to explain, seeing that he had entered the village in front, Er Meng slowed down, and he shouted softly
"Auntie", Su Feng hugged his waist tightly and comforted
"Auntie is fine, don't tell your mother about going home", Ermeng nodded heavily. Nishimura Baojia, Uncle Bao, who had just sobered up, cut half a cabbage on the ground, and cooked a handful of noodles for the dinner of the two of them, and the table was naturally indispensable for bulk liquor, a full cup of almost half a catty, he drank it all, and then he picked up the noodles beautifully, Baohong looked at his grandfather and asked
"Master, is this woman my stepmother?" Uncle Bao looked at his granddaughter
"Perhaps!" said Scarlet aggrievedly
"Is that my dad looking for my stepmother, I won't be able to come here in the future!" Uncle Bao said lovingly
"Who said, this is your home, you can live as long as you like. Baohong pouted
"My aunt said that stepmothers beat their children, and I don't like stepmothers. ”
"You Gu Jing said nonsense, did your stepfather beat you, didn't he beat you either?" Uncle Bao explained, and Bao Hong immediately retorted after hearing this
"My first stepfather beat me, and after I have my brother, I will beat me even more", Uncle Bao sighed heavily, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and the strength of the wine seemed to come up, pushed the table to the side of the kang, and signaled
"You eat it yourself, you will ...... when you lie down" Wang family, it was dark, Su Hua asked Dazhi to go to the road outside the courtyard with a flashlight several times, afraid that Su Feng and Ermeng would not be safe to walk at night in winter, the steamed steamed buns and vegetable soup had been served on the table, and she also deliberately stewed half a chicken, but there was no one outside the door, and after a while, Dazhi's voice floated from the courtyard
"Mom, auntie, they're back!", Su Hua hurriedly went out the door, muttering uncontrollably
"I knew it was so late, I couldn't let the two of you go out, but I'm worried about killing me", Su Feng and Er Meng hurriedly took off their padded jackets and hats, stuffy their hands, and roasted a fire by the stove, Su Hua urged
"The hot water is all poured, go wash your hands, let's eat!", at the dinner table, Wang Zhongliang's complexion has eased a lot, but he is a little old lined with stubble, he lowered his head and ate without speaking, Su Feng didn't want to disturb his brother-in-law, but this matter can only be done if his brother-in-law comes forward, she mustered up her courage and called her brother-in-law gently, Wang Zhongliang slowly raised his head,
"Girl Feng, brother-in-law is not in a good state these days, it's not because of you, don't take it to heart." Su Feng hurriedly explained
"Brother-in-law, our own family, what are you talking about, I know, I want to ask you to do something, okay?" Wang Zhongliang looked at Su Feng suspiciously
"What's the matter, you said it's your own family, why do you still ask for it?" Su Feng carefully explained his plan, for fear of missing something that would cause his brother-in-law to disagree, Wang Zhongliang listened to her words carefully, nodded from time to time, and after saying it all, Su Feng breathed a sigh of relief, and Wang Zhongliang rarely smiled
"This is a good thing, if you can take us out on a blind date to work, the fellow countrymen will be together, there must be a response, but I have a doubt, what are Baojun's connections over there, will he definitely be able to get a job?"
"He has been working outside for so many years, there must be a lot of employers in his hands, and now he has a job in his hands, unloading coal, which will continue until the spring of next year, and the people who worked together before him include his fellow villagers, and there are also fellow villagers who work together, but these people are not single-minded, there is a net moth named Gong Lao Er, or he will not be forced to do it alone!", Wang Zhongliang nodded thoughtfully
"How do you calculate the salary",
"Settle monthly, 1000 to 1200 a month, no salary", Wang Zhongliang looked at her in surprise
"It's so high, it's all about half a year's salary!" Su Feng said with a smile
"We have calculated, if we can continue to live, we will definitely not lose, and we will definitely earn more than he earns as a casual worker, and the workers work like this, and the harvest is guaranteed by drought and flood, and they will definitely be able to agree!" Wang Zhongliang promised to come down and inquire in the village tomorrow, but he couldn't help but worry
"It's going to be the New Year soon, I'm afraid that some people don't want to come out," Su Feng said with a smile
"Brother-in-law, that's easy to do, I think about it, as long as people agree to go with us, I will add another 300 yuan to each of them in the month of the New Year", Wang Zhongliang smiled with emotion
"It's different for this maple girl to go out for a trip, it seems that she has grown up all of a sudden, and she is so bold in doing things" Su Hua laughed with satisfaction, and her little eyes were dripping and rolling
"Dad, my mother and my aunt agreed that I would go to Harbin with her!", Wang Zhongliang teased
"You have such a thin little body, and the coal in that rubber bag is pressed over, and you can't be pressed into a cake," the family laughed......
"What is this family talking about, so happy" The voice came from the outhouse, and the Wang family only cared about laughing in the house, and they didn't even hear someone outside entering the courtyard and the dog barking, and the person who came was Su Qing's daughter-in-law.
I haven't seen her for a year, but she has been blessed a lot, her face is smeared with a layer of gala oil, and she is a little reflective by the lamp, she smiling and sitting on the side of the kang, Qi'er and Sisi reluctantly moved their buttocks in, Wang Zhongliang also immediately retracted his smile, lowered his head again and ate again, Su Feng immediately said enthusiastically
"Sister-in-law, why are you here so late?" Su Qing's daughter-in-law smiled a little exaggeratedly
"My four sisters are back, it's been a year, they all make me want to die, I don't finish eating, I'm thinking about coming over to see you", Su Feng hurriedly stuffed the remaining piece of steamed bun in his hand into his mouth, Su Hua also put down the chopsticks, and whispered into Su Feng's ear
"I've already come to you once during the day," Su Feng nodded slightly, still enthusiastically
"Sister-in-law, are you looking for me for something?" Su Qing's daughter-in-law continued to say politely
"It's nothing, I just miss you, come and have a look", Wang Zhongliang said impatiently
"I said brother and daughter-in-law, if there is really nothing wrong, go home and sleep, the road is slippery in the cold, we won't send it", Su Hua immediately gave him a serious look, Wang Zhongliang stopped making a sound, and Su Qing's daughter-in-law didn't mind
"My brother-in-law is a straightforward person, just like me, haha, sister, sister-in-law has one thing to ask you, hurry up and go back to the city, and take your eldest nephew to see the world!" Su Feng said strangely
"Sister-in-law, didn't Dafeng do a good job with his brother-in-law in the brigade?
"What's good, day by day, it's just an errand runner, a bunch of officials above the family, this chief and that secretary, when will he be in line, he can't even earn 10 yuan a month, this is almost the age of the daughter-in-law, why haven't you saved it, and you can't beat the single!" Su Qing's daughter-in-law complained angrily, and Wang Zhongliang put down his chopsticks and said
"A few of you sisters, let's go to the West House to lie down" After speaking, he left the table directly, and Su Feng was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer
"Sister-in-law, in fact, I'm not stable over there now, this time I plan to take a few people out to work, but it's all hard work, and our children can't do it!" Su Qing's daughter-in-law continued to wrap almost
"You are Dafeng's aunt, no different from me, you said that you don't care about your own children's affairs, who cares, isn't it? Besides, we are all surnamed Su, there is no reason to cheap people with foreign surnames!"
"Auntie, my aunt is not married yet, where is the child, besides, if you really want to say who is her child, it has to be the four of us, right!" Qi'er and Ermeng nodded in agreement, and Su Hua drank
"What do children know, hurry up and get off the table after eating", Sisi shrunk his shoulders
"I'm done eating", and after saying that, he also ran to the Westinghouse, and Dazhi whispered
"Mom, I'm done eating, I'm going to read a book," only Qi'er and Ermeng were left obediently packing up the dishes and chopsticks, seeing that Su Feng still wanted to excuse herself, Su Qing's daughter-in-law said again
"Sister, you don't know, how difficult it has been for my family this year, now people are more and more willing to go to the township or county hospital when they are sick, no one is willing to use your brother's barefoot doctor, seeing that there is no work to do, Erfeng was taken by my mother's relatives to Qingcheng to learn to repair cars, where is the salary of the apprentice who repairs cars, I have to send him money every month, if the boss doesn't go out to make some money, the family will really not be able to open the pot" Saying that, he wiped the corners of his eyes with his hand, Su Feng hurriedly comforted
"Sister-in-law, don't get angry, I'll take my eldest nephew away, don't worry!" Su Qing's daughter-in-law immediately smiled when she heard it
"Let's just say that our four sisters are capable, I can't count on your brother, it's not too early, hurry up and go to sleep, I have to go home and pack up your eldest nephew's things" After speaking, he raised his butt and walked out happily.
Hearing her leaving, Wang Zhongliang immediately came out of the West House with Sisi, and he blamed Dao Suhua
"Surely you are talking too much!", Su Hua said helplessly
"In the afternoon, she came to inquire about Su Feng's situation, and I just said it, who would have thought that she would have this idea", Wang Zhongliang said angrily
"She's sure you won't leave your brother alone," Su Feng said curiously
"Sister, is the second brother's family really as miserable as my sister-in-law said now?" Su Hua sighed
"Half true and half false, it's not that you can't open the pot, but it's really not as good as before", Su Feng also sighed, and Ermeng complained
"Auntie, do you want to take Dafeng with you too?" Su Feng comforted softly
"Take him away, it's not easy to leave him in the countryside, you are an elder brother, you have to take care of him in the future", Ermeng tilted his head
"I don't want to play with lazy people!" Wang Zhongliang said to Su Feng again
"Feng girl, I just thought, it's not easy to recruit people at the end of the year, besides, we really don't know much about this job, tomorrow after recruiting all the people, I'll go with you, and I'll come back after settling down", Su Hua agreed
"Your brother-in-law has seen the world, let him go with him to help the staff officers", Su Feng immediately said happily
"With my brother-in-law here, I can rest assured!", Wang Zhongliang said again
"Besides, I have to see how my future brother-in-law treats you, if it's not good, I'd rather not marry than settle", hearing his brother-in-law's words, Su Feng's eyes dimmed again, and he felt as if a thorn had been pierced in his heart, and he didn't know how to pull it out......