When it was dark, Wu Dalang went home with the burden of cooking cakes, and Jin Lian said to him: "This is my mother's brother-in-law, my uncle, who wants me to go to my mother's grave on Qingming Day." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

He was very happy: "I didn't know that Jin Lian had an uncle, just as Jin Lian didn't know that I had a brother; when my uncle came, I went to the street to buy a ripe goose, buy a bottle of wine, and entertain my uncle." ”

The uncle said, "Don't be so troublesome, something big is about to happen in your family, I have to tell you, otherwise I think I am deliberately keeping you in the dark." So he roughly told Wu Dalang about what Zhang Shanren had done recently.

As Jin Lian expected, Wu Dalang was really stunned, his face was full of sweat, but there were tears of gratitude in his eyes: "Lady, it's my Wu Dalang who has no interest and can't protect his own lady, and I have to let my lady deal with Zhang Shanren." I don't want you to live such a hard life with me anymore, you can do it, you are willing to follow him with you, anyway, I can't afford to mess with Zhang Shanren. ”

Pan Jinlian turned her face to her uncle and said, "Look, isn't it? I said a long time ago that he will only give me as a gift to others, without a bit of manly spirit, according to him, I don't want to go into the tiger's mouth again?"

The uncle sighed and shook his head and said to Jin Lian: "You are still young and don't know the sinister nature of the world, and I will handle this matter." ”

Turning his head and asking: "Wu Dalang, do you regret marrying Jin Lian? Are you afraid that she will cause you trouble? If you regret it, I will take Jin Lian away tomorrow, if you are willing to be a long-term husband and wife with Jin Lian, then I have an idea, that is, to take advantage of the Qingming Festival to go to the grave, and leave." I don't want this dilapidated house and broken furniture, pack the valuable things in the box, I have arranged it in Yanggu County, and I will rent a car from there to pick you up, Wu Dalang, what do you think?"

Wu Dalang said: "Marrying Jin Lian is a blessing that I have cultivated for several lifetimes, how can I regret it, as long as Jin Lian does not dislike me, wherever I go with her, I am willing, then everything is decided by my uncle."

The burden that had been on Jin Lian's shoulders during this time was finally borne for her. One person is short, three is long, and she can sleep well tonight without having nightmares.

In the past few days, Jin Lian has been packing up her things and putting them into the cage of the dowry one by one. Considering that in the end, she still took away the porcelain Guanyin statue that had accompanied her for three years, after all, in that cold and damp place, in those lonely days, she spent it with Jin Lian.

Wu Dalang still sells his cooking cakes every day, and their house is as calm as ever, in order not to attract the attention of Zhang Shanren. Finally, when I waited for the boxcar hired by my uncle and uncle, the first one had a curtain and no one paid attention to it, and the latter one could take away the valuable things in the house.

Wu Dalang knocked on the door of Uncle Zhang's courtyard next door: "Uncle Zhang, together with Jin Lian, I will be taken by her uncle to the grave of Jin Lianniang, and it may take a long time." My house and yard will trouble you to look at it, if there is anything in the room that can be used, you can just use it. ”

Uncle Zhang opened the courtyard door and said meaningfully: "He is not guilty, Huaibi is guilty, let's go, let's go, the farther the better." Wu Dalang, you have a thin life, and you have married such a young and beautiful lady, how can you afford it? I want to see if you have this life?"

They put their things away, Jin Lian and Wu Dalang sat in the boxcar, put down the curtain, and the uncle took another car, bundled up all the things and put them away, and left Qinghe County unconsciously. From getting up in the morning until dusk, they arrived at Yanggu County, and the bumps of the carriage and the fear in their hearts had been oppressing Jin Lian. It wasn't until her uncle said that she could unload her things that Jin Lian knew that they had arrived at their new home.

At this time, the hanging heart was put down, but I immediately felt exhausted and couldn't support it. Oh my God, I finally escaped from the clutches of Zhang Shanren, and I can live a stable life from now on. After making the bed, Jin Lian fell into a sweet sleep, and the rest was arranged by the two men, Uncle Wu Dalang.

When they woke up, Jin Lian had the opportunity to take a good look at the new house arranged by her uncle, because they didn't have enough money to buy a house, and her uncle helped them rent a small wooden building on the street on the first floor and one bottom, and it was okay to make a façade downstairs. Because it is considered that Wu Dalang wants to cook cakes, a large stove and a large table are arranged on the left side of the downstairs, where Wu Dalang can make cooking cakes, and a table can be placed on the right side of the middle.

If you have the capital in the future, you can still sit dozens of people in the following places, and you don't need to find a place to open a small restaurant or pastry shop. Upstairs to the left are the two guest rooms, while to the right are open, with clean floors. The front façade house is the street, although it is not the most prosperous area in Yanggu County, but it is also a more lively place on the street, the upstairs window can see the pedestrians on the street, and there is a small courtyard behind the small wooden building.

The houses next to the small building are also roughly similar to the layout of their house, both of which are two-storey, but this house has a distinction between complete and dilapidated. In contrast, Yanggu County is more prosperous and imposing than Qinghe County.

My uncle is a careful person, and he also rented furniture by the way, which is basically enough for them. Uncle said: "What's missing, buy some for yourself, and when you go to the grave for your mother, I will invite the neighbors to have a meal for you, and meet to recognize people." People often say that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, I still have my business, and I can't often take care of you, I have a good relationship with my neighbors, and people will help with small things. ”

Moving to a new house, to settle down, busy for two days, during the Qingming Festival, my uncle took Pan Jinlian and Wu Dalang to the grave of his mother. After my uncle and mother arrived in Yanggu County, they stayed in this remote village in order not to travel violently, and later, because the villagers in this mountain village were simple and loyal, and their children did need a knowledgeable and well-behaved gentleman like their uncle, so they took root here and did not want to go anywhere else.

A verdant hill, a small stream meanders through, looking at it from a distance, you feel that the mountains and rivers are beautiful, really beautiful. Only the uncle knows that the mother likes the most natural and beautiful things in his life, that is, his father, and he may not know the deepest things in his mother's heart.

The mother's tomb was neatly and generously built, and the stones that had been beaten by the stonemasons covered a small grave, and the soil above the grave must be very fertile. At this time, two or three inches of grass had grown on the grave, and the breeze was blowing, and the grass seemed to have a fragrance. On both sides of the grave are two chest-length pine trees, and the pine needles are verdant, and it is evident that people often cut off the yellow pine needles from the pine trees.

In front of the mother's grave, there are no stone carvings such as stone men and stone horses of large families showing noble status, but only a few clean stone slabs, and there is a stone incense burner on the stone slabs, which is enough to place offerings. There is a delicate stone round table next to the tomb, and next to the round table are four small drum-shaped stools for those who come to pay their respects. It can be seen that this tomb must have been visited by people all the time, so it gives the impression that the people in the tomb are just asleep, and old friends often come to take care of him. It doesn't give people an eerie feeling at all, but it is very kind and warm.

What especially touched Pan Jinlian was that the stele erected for her mother, the words on the stele were her uncle's handwriting, and the words that kneaded the majestic atmosphere of the face body and the strong and powerful character of the willow body were imitated, and it was written that the tomb of Mrs. Pan's Xiuying, and on the left was a line of small righteous brother Ge Houde, female Pan Jinlian. On the right is the tenth day of October in the first year of the first year, which is the monument erected by the uncle when he knew that Jin Lian was still in Zhang Shan's house and had not yet married.

Imagine a man who has loved his mother for many years, at first he kept his promise to his teacher, gave up his love for the safety and happiness of his mother, and guarded the care of a brother to his sister;

Because he knows that his childhood sweetheart's identity has changed after becoming a wife and a mother, and the lover loves her husband and daughter, so he buries his love for his lover forever in the depths of his heart, and will always only play the role of a brother-in-law. This kind of love is only giving, not reciprocating, and this kind of love is not a short few years, nor is it not a short ten years, but a lifetime. This kind of love has long gone beyond the love of men and women, and Jin Lian has a deeper understanding of her uncle's character, and Jin Lian has also begun to think about people's lives.

Jin Lian offered her mother's favorite delicate snacks and fruits, and couldn't help but feel sad from it, remembering the experience of more than 20 years, the childhood before the age of ten was happy and short, the years before the death of the young lady were nonsense, the three years in the Buddhist hall were lonely, and the year when Zhang Shanren was forced to marry was like a year.

Especially in the year when he was not obedient to Zhang Shanren as a concubine and was married to Wu Dalang, Jin Lian experienced the test of life and death, the troubles of the little ruffians, the coercion of Zhang Shanren, and this kind of unbearable past came to her heart one by one. Jin Lian cried so loudly that her liver and intestines were broken, and even her uncle and Wu Dalang next to her also shed tears.

Wu Dalang saw that Jin Lian was so sad, so he kowtowed in front of his mother's grave and said, "Mother-in-law, I know that Jin Lian was wronged by marrying me, but I swear that I will let Jin Lian live a good life and will not let her be wronged." ”

With tears in their eyes, the three of them burned all the incense, wax paper candles, and spiritual utensils they had brought with them, and then went down the mountain.

Due to her uncle's careful and comprehensive arrangement, Pan Jinlian and her sisters settled everything in a short period of time, and Wu Dalang has been selling cooking cakes in Yanggu since then. Wu Dalang first steamed two baskets of cooking cakes, let the neighbors taste his family handicraft first, and bought some fish, meat, chicken, duck two bottles of oil. Only then did Jin Lian understand who her neighbors were and what they were doing.

The room on the left is very similar to the layout of their house, its owner is the Wang Po who opened the tea shop, the downstairs is the tea shop, and the upstairs lives in the Wang Po. Her tongue is very spicy, and Wang Po can cook good dishes and is very capable. It's just that her life is not good, her husband died first, and then her son died, leaving her alone, some people say that her life is too hard. She guards the tea shop every day, the business of the tea shop is average, the people of Yanggu County like to drink, and the tavern business is good, but Wang Po has no capital, so she has to guard the wooden building left by her husband to do the business of the tea shop.

Wang's house used to be a small and clean wooden building, but the layout was half smaller than Jinlian's house, and she lived in a grandsister-in-law who wore beads and made velvet flowers for the wives and concubines of large families. Her husband has been dead for a few years, and her daughter Xiuchun is the personal maid of Mrs. Xiuchun in a large family in Yanggu County. And Sister-in-law Sun often goes to big families, wears beaded flowers for ladies, concubines, and young ladies, makes velvet flowers, and makes jade knots.

The right neighbor lives a pair of father and son, surnamed Qiao, father Qiao Sanye, when he was young, he was a bookkeeper for others, good at calculation, but he was frail and sickly, and after getting a son in middle age, he died of his mother, so he was disheartened, and lived alone with a son Brother Yun, because the family was poor and could not afford to provide for his children to study, so he had to teach his children to do some small business to barely survive, and now Brother Yun is fourteen or five years old, with red lips and white teeth, and a beautiful face.

The children of the poor are in charge of the house early, so they are well-behaved and sensible, plus a clever mouth, and they speak very well and politely, which is endearing, because their mother died early, and their father depended on each other, and they were extremely filial to their fathers, and they had no capital to do business, so they could only sell some fruits and twist flowers every day, run errands in various tea houses and taverns, and understand the Entu newspaper. The small wooden building on the first floor and the bottom of the house has tattered rafters, and there is no money to repair the green tiles on it, so it can be seen that the family is very poor.

Qiao's family used to be a wooden house on the first floor and a bottom, and lived in the local group head He Jiu Uncle, who was already fifty years old, very reasonable, there was a lady who was more than ten years younger, quite a bit of beauty, special love clean, He Jiu Uncle was middle-aged and had a son, very loved, his son Xiaobao, looked like a good wealth boy, round face, a pair of big eyes, particularly flexible, red mouth, now only three or four years old, let people see it, I want to kiss him. Among these families, Uncle He's family is wealthier, the wooden building, the place that should be dyed is dyed, and the place that should be chosen is picked, showing the shrewdness and ability of being a family member and the ability to manage the family.