Lan Yushu laughed and put her arm around Zhao Zhenhua's shoulder: "Let's go, Huazi, my cousin will send you back." I haven't seen your dad in the past few days, and I'm thinking about him!"

Zhao Zhenhua had no choice but to say goodbye to the third master and his wife, and walked to the door with Lan Yushu.

Dongwan Village is divided into four groups, with Nanzhuang in front of the road and Beizhuang behind the road. The north and south villages are divided into two groups, east and west, with twenty or thirty households in each group.

Zhao Zhenhua and Gao Sanye are both in Nanzhuang and belong to the third group of Dongwan. The three groups are also divided into two rows, the third master lives in the east end of the front row, and Zhenhua lives in the middle of the back row.

The distance between the two houses, which is a three-minute road.

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The door of Zhenhua's house was still open, and a fifteen-watt light bulb was lit in the hall.

Zhao Chenghai was still sulking about the afternoon, had dinner, and went to bed early.

Zhenhua's mother, Cui Hong, is squatting on the ground, chopping radish leaves and old pumpkin, ready to cook pig food for tomorrow morning.

"Hehe, where is my big cousin Chenghai, my Lan Yushu, I'm looking for you!" Lan Yushu laughed and hugged Zhao Zhenhua into the door.

Cui Hong hurriedly put down the kitchen knife in her hand, stood up and said with a smile: "Hey, his cousin Yushu, how did he think of visiting the door this big night?"

"Hahaha, I just miss my eldest cousin, come to him and say a few words!" Lan Yushu let go of Zhao Zhenhua, looked left and right, and asked, "Where is my eldest cousin?"

Cui Hong pointed to the west bedroom and said, "Zhenhua's father has already slept." Yushu, isn't there something wrong with you looking for his father?"

Lan Yushu slapped his thigh and shouted, "Hey, this matter is a big deal, if I don't see my eldest cousin, I won't be able to sleep all night tonight!"

As he spoke, Lan Yushu raised his feet and walked to the bedroom at the west end and pushed open the hidden door.

Zhao Chenghai didn't fall asleep at all, and even if he did, he was woken up, sat up from the bed, turned on the electric light, and asked, "Yushu? It's so late, what's the matter?"

Lan Yushu had already stepped over the door, walked to the bed in two steps, sat down on the edge of the bed, took out a cigarette, and said with a smile: "Oh, I finally saw my eldest cousin!"

"I'm sleeping, I don't smoke, Yushu, what's the matter with you, just say it. Zhao Chenghai was a little impatient.

Lan Yushu put away his hippie smile and said seriously: "Big cousin, this matter is not big, but it is not small. Tomorrow at noon, you ask Cuihong's eldest cousin to cook a few dishes, make two catties of wine, and I will eat. ”

Zhao Chenghai is an authentic old farmer, he can't turn when he speaks, and he glared and asked, "What the hell is going on, why should I invite you to dinner?"

"Uh......" Lan Yushu burped and said, "For Huazi's business, you said it was not a big deal!"

Zhao Chenghai frowned and thought for a while, and asked, "For Zhenhua's business, you want to tell him about his family?"

Lan Yushu smiled and patted Zhao Chenghai on the shoulder: "Huazi's family affairs are not in a hurry, take your time, I will talk about the matter between you and Huazi first." I heard that the eldest cousin was going to beat Huazi with a flat pole in the afternoon, didn't he?"

Only then did Zhao Chenghai know what Lan Yushu meant, and glared: "Lan Yushu, you came to see my jokes, right?"

"Hey, how did my eldest cousin speak?" Lan Yushu shook his head again and again, took Zhao Chenghai's hand, and shook and swayed:

"As the saying goes, it's not that you don't care. Aren't you my eldest cousin, aren't Huazi my cousins! If you two have a conflict, can I not care? In case Huazi is beaten up by you, pats his ass and runs out, and never comes back, who will give you and your eldest cousin-in-law a pension in the future? In case you get sick and can't sleep, who will marry Huazi in the future? So, this is a big matter, and I must mediate well. Tomorrow, let my eldest cousin cook a few dishes, buy good wine, and I'll reason with Huazi!"

"Okay, Brother Yushu, you've drunk too much, go back to sleep. "Zhao Chenghai is kind, but not stupid. Good wine, good food, and a meal, doesn't it cost money?

Lan Yushu smiled: "It's okay if my eldest cousin wants me to go back, but you have to give me a guarantee, don't clean up Huazi anymore!"

Zhao Chenghai nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." ”

In fact, Zhao Chenghai has no plans to beat his son again. Even if he beats his son to death, the corn stalks that have been burned will not come back.

Only then did Lan Yushu stand up and staggered, "Okay, I'll leave now." But...... I would be under the outside wall of the door for half an hour, eavesdropping. If I hear my eldest cousin yelling at the child, I, I'll come to dinner tomorrow at noon to help you mediate......"

Zhao Chenghai was made to cry and laugh by Lan Yushu, and waved his hand again and again: "Okay, okay, you go, brother, I promise not to yell at the child, I'll go to sleep!"

Lan Yushu was satisfied, smiled and walked out of Zhao Chenghai's bedroom and came to the hall.

Cui Hong knew Lan Yushu's kindness, and smiled gratefully: "His cousin, thank you." ”

"No thanks, no thanks. Lan Yushu waved his hand, squeezed his eyes at Zhenhua again, and deliberately said loudly: "Huazi also go to bed early, and if you talk back to your father in the future, I will beat you, do you know?"

"Got it, Uncle Lan. Zhao Zhenhua nodded and sent Lan Yushu out.

Waiting for Lan Yushu to go away, Zhao Zhenhua turned around and closed the door.

Zhenhua's sixteen-year-old sister Chunlan came out of her small room, looked at her brother and then at her mother, wanted to speak, but she didn't say it.

Chunlan is in the second year of junior high school in the township, leaving early and returning late, and eating at school at noon.

"Chunlan, you go to do your homework, and go to bed early after you're done. Cuihong glanced at her daughter and continued to chop vegetables.

Chunlan snorted and retracted into her room.

Zhenhua squatted down, packed his mother's chopped vegetables in a basket, poured them into a large cauldron, added water, and sat down in front of the stove to light the fire.

Cui Hong chopped up all the remaining vegetables, threw them into the pot, and said to her son, "You get up, I'll cook it." ”

"Mom, I'll burn. Zhenhua said.

"Manly people have no material, cooking pots and pounding stoves, this is not your job. Cui Hong couldn't help but say, pulled her son up, and said, "Don't go, talk to me." ”

Zhenhua nodded, leaned on the edge of the stove, and looked at his mother. The light of the fire in the stove reflected the mother's pale face, and the few white hairs on the sideburns were particularly conspicuous in the light of the fire.

Cui Hong thought for a while, and finally said, "Zhenhua, Mom knows that you feel uncomfortable. But in the afternoon, it's really your fault. The life of the farmer is the same as the march and war mentioned in the 'Big Drum Book', and the grain and grass are very important. If you have food and no grass, you can't cook rice, and you will starve to death......"

"Mom, I was wrong in the afternoon, and I won't be in the future. Zhao Zhenhua said.

Cui Hong was very surprised, glanced at her son, nodded and smiled: "It's good to know that it's wrong, it seems that it is Zhigao and Lan Yushu, who will make you clear today." ”

Zhenhua nodded, thought about it, and said, "Mom, don't worry, I've already thought about it, and I will work with peace of mind in the future, and I won't ...... I'm going to make you angry again. If you have hands and feet, what others can do well, I can do too. ”

Cui Hong was even more delighted, and even had tears of excitement in her eyes, and nodded again and again: "Okay, it's good if you figure it out! Farming is a rough life, as long as you have the strength, it's easier than studying!"

The ecstatic look of his mother made Zhenhua feel guilty, and he secretly swore in his heart that he was not admitted to college, which disappointed his parents, and he couldn't disappoint his parents anymore when he became a farmer in the future.

Cui Hong raised her sleeves and wiped the corners of her eyes, and said, "I discussed with your father, after this season's rice is harvested, I will go to buy bricks, wood, and tiles." Next spring, build these four rooms to a width of one foot and eight feet, and make you a new house for marriage. ”

Zhenhua was taken aback and asked, "Four big houses, it costs a lot of money, and the family ...... Is there so much money?"

"You don't care about that, you'll cover it. Cui Hong smiled and said, "When I buy the red bricks back after the autumn, I can tell you about my family." Not now, I have nothing at home, and I will tell you about my family, but I am afraid that people will not look down on you. ”

Zhenhua hurriedly said: "Mom, this matter is not in a hurry. ”

"Aren't you in a hurry? A few young men in the west of the village, in the same year as you, all of them have boys and daughters!" Cuihong glanced at her son with a smile, and said, "By the way, Zhenhua, your father is more anxious than me, he said...... Would you like to ask Ji Sanbao to bring you a girl from another place? In that case, it will save money and trouble. ”

Zhenhua was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Mom, isn't that just spending money to buy a little barbarian from a foreign country? That's buying and selling human beings, it's illegal! No, even if I fight a bachelor for the rest of my life, I won't buy a foreigner as a wife!"