Chapter 5: Going Home
People say that he is looking for his daughter for no day, so he got seriously ill and died, and it is even more evil, saying that it is Shen's father who dragged the second girl back from the king of Yama, but this king of Yama must have a life for a life, and Shen's father exchanged his life for the life of the second girl!
No matter how outsiders spread it, only the Shen family knew that Shen's father had already been seriously ill when he decided to leave home, and that trip was just to earn more money, so that their mother and son could have a better life in the future, but they didn't expect to bring back Shen Erjin in the end, and it was also an angel to think about it.
The Shen family has three small earthen houses built of thatch and loess, and it is considered a medium-sized family in Shenjiazhuang, and when he entered the door, he saw Shen's mother lying on the stove in the yard and lighting work, Shen Erjin hurriedly stepped forward to take the flint in her hand, and skillfully collided a few times, and the soft grass immediately burst out of a small flame.
"I saw the bride, which family's marriage she talked about this time. ”
Seeing that the flames were getting stronger and stronger, she began to pick up the small dry branches and add them little by little, for fear of extinguishing the flames that had just been burned. Mother Shen immediately smiled when she saw her, she was completely an amiable old lady.
"It's not the old Shen family in the east of the village, I don't care about that child, I don't think your sister is very happy, it's just ...... We are all from the same village, and we don't see each other all day long, if we refuse directly, it will inevitably stiffen the relationship between the two families, and my mother thinks about dragging it out, and I'll talk about it later. ”
After putting all the branches in his hand, the fire immediately came up, Shen Erjin opened the wooden lid of the pot, looked at the water inside and asked:
"What are you doing today?"
"Your sister is baking mustard cakes, and I'm making some vegetable porridge. ”
Shen Erjin smiled when he heard the vegetable porridge, someone hated vegetable porridge very much.
"Let's not eat this today! ”
Mother Shen listened and nodded:
"Listen to you, you can eat whatever you like!"
Shen Erjin smiled and pulled her hand, a pair of wrinkled hands seemed to have only a layer of skin left, and there were thick calluses in the palms of the hands, but it was such a pair of hands that gave him all the warmth and ...... All love.
"Mother don't worry, Uncle Shen is a reasonable person, he also knows the condition of his son, he probably looked at the birthmark on Sister Yun's face and no one asked for it until now, so he tentatively came to ask, but I don't know that Zhang Ningrui from the neighboring village has already looked down on Sister Yun, I think he is good, and now I am waiting for Sister Yun to nod, as long as she nods, Zhang Ningrui can immediately come to propose. ”
When Shen Mu heard this, she was immediately surprised:
"Zhang Ningrui, why don't I know that there is such a person, what does his family do? What kind of character? But what bad habits do you have, and whether the parents have ever married anyone, it is best to have no brothers and sisters, just like your sister, it is inevitable that she will be ridiculed in appearance, nothing else? I am afraid that your sister will be sad. ”
Saying that, he didn't forget to look at the door, for fear of being listened to by Shen Wangyun, Shen Erjin looked at the warmth in his heart, and also cooperated with her to deliberately lower her voice.
"Mother, don't worry! That Zhang Ningrui, I will go with Wangchun to have a sneak look another day, and inquire by the way, but I heard Sister Yun mention that he is still a good person. Just ......"
Seeing that she seemed to be embarrassed, she was afraid that something had happened again, so Shen's mother asked nervously:
"What's it? Didn't you say he agreed? Could it be that his parents didn't agree?"
"It's not this, it's just that he has two sons in his family, and this Zhang Ning Rui is the eldest son, I'm afraid it won't be as my mother wants. ”
Shen's mother thought that something was wrong, it turned out to be this, as long as the person was good to Wangyun, then there was nothing to ask for. Looking at her look, Shen Erjin knew that she agreed, she was the best mother in the world, no matter what kind of mistakes her children made, she would teach them calmly, let them realize their mistakes first, and then correct them one by one, she did not become weak because of Shen's father's departure, but became stronger and stronger, Shen Erjin completely regarded her as his own example, and put them deeply in his heart, forever ...... Forever...... Won't forget.
Tomorrow, I will bring some fresh side dishes to talk to Old Uncle Shen, and it is estimated that he will not let Xi Niang come to the door. ”
Mother Shen still sighed slightly, clenched her hand and sighed with some emotion:
"If your father hadn't brought you back, I'm afraid we wouldn't have had such a good time all these years. ”
If it weren't for Erjin's presence and management outside the family, their family in Shenjiazhuang would not have had such a smooth life.
"If my father and mother hadn't gone looking for me, I'm afraid I would have died on the streets. ”
Shen Erjin's life is yours, as long as that thing is done, she will definitely come back to serve by her old man's side, and accompany her for a long time. Seeing that there was white gas in the pot, Shen Erjin cleaned up the emotions in his heart and called Shen Wangchun loudly:
"Wangchun, scoop a bowl of stick noodles out, hurry up, boil the pot. ”
I only heard Shen Wangchun's vague response, and I didn't know what I was stuffing into my mouth.
The Shen family's dinner was very simple, a bowl of porridge with a few mustard cakes, and a cold bitter ink cabbage, Shen Erjin was holding a bowl of porridge, and Shen Wangyun, who was stirring around with chopsticks, saw her like this, and asked with some curiosity:
"What's going on, I'm a little uneasy when I go out. ”
As he spoke, he put a pair of chopsticks and bitter ink into his bowl, and Shen Erjin responded with a smile. Seeing this, Shen Wangchun chewed a mustard cake and opened his mouth to say:
"What can she do, eighty percent was disgusted when I saw Xi Niang at the door! Looking at her like that, I vomited the contents of my stomach at that time, and she couldn't bear it, she couldn't eat now! And the white handkerchief in Xi Niang's hand, with her, it was also a disaster in vain. ”
Shen Wangyun listened, and took another cake and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Eat yours!"
Mother Shen looked at them, just eating quietly, not participating in their arguments. In Shen Erjin's opinion, Shen Wangyun gave birth to a good face, with fair skin and well-proportioned body, and she didn't look like a person who was used to doing rough work, but when she came out of her mother's womb, she gave birth to most of the light red birthmark from the corner of her left eye.
"Today, the bride didn't just talk about me, but even yours too, guess whose family it is?"
Shen Erjin was stunned for a moment, a little unclear, and Shen Wangchun asked curiously:
"Erjin is only thirteen this year, so he came to propose so early!"
Mother Shen, who didn't want to be silent all the time, opened her mouth:
"It's not small, and it's time to prepare it earlier. ”