Chapter 3: The Thirtieth Year of the Chinese New Year's Eve

"Sister, you can count it back! Why are you stupid, everyone else can buy tickets early, but you can't buy them, it's twenty-nine years old today, it's really stupid!"

Zhang Nan ran over with a disgusted face, Zhang Bei followed him in a hurry, the brothers were watching people play billiards at the roadside store, and they saw Zhang Yan as soon as they got out of the car.

"If you go, don't say come back on the twenty-nineth, you can't even buy a ticket to spend the New Year outside, wait and cry." Zhang Mei was also told that he was in, glared at him angrily, stretched out his hand to hit, and said who is stupid!

Zhang Nan dodged with a hippie smile, "Sister Meizi, look, your father and your brother are here to pick you up!"

Zhang Mei took a look, it was really.

Zhang Aiguo and Zhang Zhiqiang's father and son took Zhang Mei's things, looked at Zhang Mei well, and said that she was dark and thin, and said that she would not be allowed to go out during the New Year.

"Uncle, Brother Qiangzi!" Zhang Yan stepped forward to greet him.

Uncle Zhang saw that she was still carrying one on her back, and hurriedly walked over: "Yanzi, you have also lost weight, you two went out and suffered a lot, hurry up, give me the backpack and bag, and I will help you hold it." ”

"No need, uncle, you and Brother Qiangzi should take Meizi home quickly, my aunt and they should be in a hurry, my house is closer than your house, and Xiaonan and Xiaobei are here, it's okay." ”

Zhang Aiguo shook his head when he looked at them, got off the highway and entered the village, which was full of mud roads, and the two brothers came out to pick up people, but they didn't know how to pick up things, and they didn't even bring Zhang Yan a pair of rubber shoes.

"Xiaonan Xiaobei, you two are standing and laying eggs, and you can't come over yet. ”

Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei were embarrassed to show Zhang Aiguo, subconsciously felt ashamed, and didn't dare to make trouble outside, the boss was reluctant to reach out and take it, one person raised his head, kicked and walked forward, and complained while walking: "Zhang Yan, you are stupid, you don't want someone to take a hand, if you have to let me and Xiaobei contribute, we owe you in our last life!"

Xiaobei also answered: "It's all, I owe you in my last life, and others want to buy some delicious food when they come back for the New Year, do you buy it? ”

"I just owe you, I have been a family with you for eight lifetimes, Xiao Nan, you must have been a traitor before, it is not a good thing at first glance, Xiao Beiguang knows how to eat, fat head and big ears, you pig, warn you, be honest, don't ask me if you have something in the future, beg me and I won't help you two!"

"Xiaobei, she ate gunpowder, didn't she say that she made clothes for others? I don't know, I thought she was making gunpowder!"

"It's all, Zhang Yan, have you made gunpowder for people?"

Zhang Yan was angry, "Sister can't shout, are you two idiots?" Zhang Bei, you are both learned to speak, don't you have a brain! "Make gunpowder!" Auntie, if I make gunpowder, I will blow up the two of you wolf cubs first.

Zhang Yan ignored them, stepped on the mud in cotton shoes and went home, she wanted to wear them back to Li Shuangfeng to see how good their two sons were to her daughter.

Many people chatted on the side of the road, Zhang Yan said hello all the way home, the fence courtyard wall soil culture house has nothing to look at, except for the chicken and fish hanging at the kitchen door, the big pigsty next to the toilet is conspicuous, poor is really poor, but poor can't feed his son with his daughter's flesh and blood.

Zhang's father and Zhang's mother borrowed a steamer early in the morning and were steaming steamed buns in the kitchen, when they heard the movement, they ran out before and after, and Zhang's father hurriedly went back to cook the pot.

Zhang Yan stepped on the floor of the hall with a mud mark, Li Shuangfeng couldn't see it, and hurriedly handed over the shovel for her to scrape.

"Mom, you pour me a basin of hot water to wash my feet, I am numb from the cold, it really makes me sad, no one remembers to give me shoes, see my feet are frozen!"

Zhang Yan sat on the bench and took off her shoes, stretched out her mud feet to Li Shuangfeng, in winter, it was a little pitiful, Li Shuangfeng hurriedly went into the west room to find a pair of cotton slippers, and when he came out, he saw his son snorting and panting tiredly, and immediately greeted him in the house, and opened his mouth to count it.

"Yan, why do you let them lift, they are still too young to lift, and they are tired and can't grow tall! Look at them, both of them are tired and panting!"

"Is it tired to breathe? Is it good to be fat? Just eat and don't work is like a pig, and you can breathe without taking anything! Mom, your heart is biased to the armpits, they are small? I'm still young, I'm two years older than Xiaonan, three years older than Xiaobei, and the two of them can't lift it, why did I come back from all afar? Am I a strong man?"

"Yan, what's the matter with you, yin and yang weird, come here, mom asks you! How much money do you make this time, take it out and mom will put it for you." ”

"My feet are frozen, but no one cares about me, don't worry about me. Zhang Yan went out barefoot, ran to the kitchen with a porcelain basin, scooped a scoop of cold water and mixed it with hot water, brought it into the hall, and made a stool to wash her feet.

Zhang Bei was impatient to turn over things, took out the snacks given by Jiang Tao, and complained about the lack of tricks while eating, Zhang Nan also ate, and seeing that her sister didn't speak, he began to report.

"Mom, you don't know, Zhang Yan is capable, she actually took a taxi back today, she must earn a lot, I don't care, you have to buy me a bicycle, Liangzi rides a new car, I also want to buy a new one!"

"Mom, I want it too, I want a bicycle too, I don't care, I have to buy it for my brother. ”

"Yan, tell me quickly, how much do you earn! Look at your big temper, even I am rushed. ”

"Two thousand two. Zhang Yan didn't plan to hide it from her, if Li Shuangfeng couldn't ask her, he could go out and ask others.

"Oh! It's a lot! Your dad burned bricks in the kiln factory, and this year, he earned less and spent more, and the money he saved was not as much as you got back. ”

"Put it for me, who are you coaxing with this?" Zhang Yan glanced sideways, "I haven't spent the money I earned, but they are worried about it, they want to spend money, yes, they will graduate in less than two years, and they will earn it themselves, I don't expect them to pay a penny, and they don't want to stand on my side." ”

Li Shuangfeng obviously didn't expect this kind of answer, and was stunned for a while before asking: "Yan, what's the matter with you, have you brainwashed people outside? Or did someone tell you something? You sue your mother, I'll settle accounts with her! What yours theirs, that's your brother, a belly crawled out, yours is not theirs, theirs is not yours, broken bones are still connected to tendons, you have to be nice to them, you will marry in the future, you will not have a good life, don't you have to count on them to support you!"

"No need, no need!" Zhang Yan wiped her feet and changed into cotton shoes, and bowed to Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei, "I thank you, you must stay away from me in the future, but don't help me." ”

Li Shuangfeng and her two sons looked at each other, Zhang Yan had also said that she was biased before, it was good to go out this time, yin and yang were weird.

Zhang Yan had a fever, too lazy to deal with it, and wanted to send Li Shuangfeng away, "Oh, Mom, how long has the bun been in the pot, don't steam the steamer, you have to spend a few hundred yuan to pay it back, go to the stove house." ”

"Your dad is guarding it, and he'll call me when he's done. ”

"Don't guard me, as soon as you come back, you will mention the money to me, and tell you the truth, I have already saved, and I will save the money I earn in the future, and no one will give it. ”

"Roll the calf, what do you save, is this home yours or me, dead Nizi, I have the final say, take it out and give it to me tomorrow." ”

Zhang Yan was dizzy, she didn't want to talk to her about this, she took out the antipyretic medicine, took the hooded head and fell asleep.

Li Shuangfeng was so angry that he slapped her twice, seeing that she still didn't get up, he felt that she was stubborn and disobedient, and he kept angry with her, and he didn't let the family call her when he had dinner later.

Zhang Yan practiced early, covered her head and continued to sleep, but she woke up hungry in the middle of the night, secretly got up, took out the steamed buns during the day and ate two, after eating, her mouth was dry, and she poured water for Li Shuangfeng to hear, Li Shuangfeng didn't care what she was doing, turned over and continued to sleep.

Zhang Yan is not afraid of her, the old rule passed down from her ancestors, you can't quarrel or get angry at the first day of junior high school in your thirties, otherwise the year will not go well, at least these two days will be fine, she can also have a good life, and when she finishes the New Year, it will be a big deal to go out to work again.

In the morning of the thirtieth morning, there were crackling firecrackers everywhere, Zhang Yan got up and came out, it was very cold, and she added another piece of clothing.

It was snowing outside, white and vast, the pressurized water well was frozen tightly, Zhang Chuanqing couldn't press the water, he was scalding with boiling water, Zhang Yan took it, scalded it for half an hour, pressed a few buckets of water to the stove house, filled the water tank, and came out with the tea jar to brush his teeth, the water just pressed out of the ground was hot, and he washed his face and went into the kitchen to help.

Li Shuangfeng had already packed out a cover of dumplings, wrapped like ingots, with noodles intersecting horizontally and vertically, and when he saw Zhang Yan coming in, he instructed her to send it to her grandparents.

"Yan, you are suffering outside, and your heart hurts. As soon as Grandma Zhang met, she pulled her and chattered, if she hadn't cried during the New Year, she would have cried earlier.

Zhang Yan took out a hundred yuan from her pocket, "Milk, I miss you too, this is my own money, take it back to honor you, you buy something delicious." ”

Grandma Zhang didn't want it, she couldn't resist Zhang Yan, and finally put it in her pocket with a smile, and when Zhang Yan left, she kept telling Grandpa Zhang that Zhang Yan was a good boy and grew up sensible. She has a total of four sons and a bunch of grandchildren, and Zhang Yan is the first to think of giving her money to spend.

When Zhang Yan arrived home, the family had already eaten dumplings, the cash cow was inserted and swayed in the snow, and the door god couplet was also pasted.

Li Shuangfeng was cleaning up the house, and when she saw that Zhang Yan came back in the snow without an umbrella, she shivered from the cold, sighed and gave her a bowl of hot dumplings.

Zhang Yan sat there in a daze after eating, thinking about it carefully, Li Shuangfeng was very good to her when she was a child, but she couldn't face Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei, otherwise she would be left behind immediately, including her later encounters, Grandma Zhang was distressed, and she cried for her a few times, but I heard that she had to pay back the bride price money if she wanted a divorce, and it would affect her great-grandson to say goodbye, so she didn't say anything, this is where Zhang Yan couldn't let go, to say that these relatives had also been good to her, but this kind of good weight is very small, and if you say no, you can't, is the human heart really made of meat?

She doesn't understand, why does her daughter have to pave the way for her son, and if her son can't marry her daughter-in-law, she must use her daughter's future to change it?

Anyway, she doesn't care about others at this time, she just cares about herself, and whoever says something about it will get married early and leave this family as soon as possible.

And getting married early, I'm afraid I need grandma's help, for the time being, Zhang Yan can only play this idea, mom and grandma are biased, but grandma is old and soft-hearted, which is her only breakthrough.

It's best to get married right away, otherwise in a year or two, when Zhang Nan and Zhang Bei are gone, and the family is worried and has no money, no one will be relieved, because she has already experienced it and will never forget it.