It's just that Wei Minwen Wei Minwu saw his father sitting upright in the kitchen, and his demeanor couldn't help but become much more restrained. Zhang Jinbao threw himself on Wei Minwu's lap stupidly, and shouted happily: "Second brother, I caught you." ”

Wei Minwu looked at his father and pushed Zhang Jinbao outside.

Zhang Jinbao didn't understand what this meant, and said loudly with his head held high: "Second brother, it's your turn to catch me." ”

Wei Minwu felt that his father's face seemed to be a little broken, and his heart was a little weak, every time his father saw him, it was as if he couldn't live without shouting. This time he was playing so crazy, his father hadn't roared yet, wouldn't it be to be on the strip? The little kid who was holding his leg didn't know what to do, and he didn't push it away after pushing it a few times.

Wei Minwu coughed lightly, moved his legs, kicked Zhang Jinbao away, and saw that Zhang Jinbao had the momentum to pounce again, and hurriedly whispered: "Go! Go! Find your mother!"

Zhang Jinbao grinned, saliva flowed out again, ran behind the door to hide, and shouted: "Second brother, you come to catch me!"

Zhang Xing felt that if Wei Yunhai still sat down in the kitchen, Wei Minwu would probably escape from the kitchen, she was amused in her heart, turned her head to Wei Yunhai, who was expressionless, and said, "Uncle, it's about to have a reunion dinner, my mother is still busy in the room, can you go and call her?"

Wei Yunhai should call Ye Hexiang with a voice. Wei Minwu was relieved, and quickly rushed to the door to leave Zhang Jinbao out. Zhang Jinbao screamed excitedly: "Second brother, you don't follow the rules, you don't even shout!"

Wei Minwu's eyes widened, "I shouted, why didn't I shout?"

Zhang Jinbao was not threatened by him. "You didn't shout! I can hear it clearly!" I don't believe it. You ask my eldest sister?"

Zhang Xing put four dishes and one soup on the table and shouted, "Go wash your hands." After washing your hands, let's have a reunion dinner!"

The three boys crowded in front of the basin and washed their hands, and the gray-headed Ye Hexiang also came out, and the family formed a table. Now that the year is not good, many families can't even eat during the New Year, let alone set off firecrackers. From early morning to now, they have only heard a few firecrackers.

However, because the Wei family was newly married this year, and there were many children in the family, Wei Yunhai still bought a firecracker when he went to the town to buy New Year's goods a few days ago. When the meal is served. When everyone arrived, he was going to set off firecrackers outside the house. Wei Minwu naturally wanted to follow out of the gang to grab the firecrackers that didn't explode. As soon as he left the table, Zhang Jinbao followed him to the door.

Bang bang, the sound of the Wei family's firecrackers was crisp. When Wei Yunhai entered the door, he slipped in with Wei Min, Wuzhang, and Jinbao in one hand. The family sat around a table for New Year's dinner. Wei Yunhai looked at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with soup and meat on the table, and the smiles on the faces of the family at the table, and his heart was filled with solid warmth.

Since the day the water began to overflow the fields of the village, he did not dare to imagine that there would be such a warm day this year, in fact, there were few houses in the entire Weijiazhuang that could eat a hearty Chinese New Year's Eve meal like them. Most families only have enough to eat.

When Wei Yunhai felt in his heart, several children began to grab vegetables and eat. Zhang Xing stopped a few pairs of chopsticks stretched out towards the braised crucian carp and said, "Hey, don't be busy with this first." I'll have to save it for tomorrow. She remembers a rule that the rest of the dishes can be eaten at Chinese New Year's Eve, but there must be leftover fish. Take the meaning: more than every year. She was deeply impressed by the famine, and she hoped that it would make her life better from that day on.

Wei Yunhai also said, "Yes." Yes, yes. This fish will stay, more than every year. ”

The family had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Wei Minwen Wei Minwu went out to the village to pick up firecrackers, Ye Hexiang was still fighting under the lamp, Wei Yunhai took a few handfuls of paper money and went to Fu Cuihua's grave silently. Zhang Jinbao didn't catch up with his two brothers, so he had to look for his sister in tears.

Zhang Xing washed Zhang Jinbao, put it on the bed, and while telling him stories, he used the leftovers from making clothes for himself and the two boys of the Wei family to make insoles. Zhang Jinbao fell asleep listening to this, Zhang Xing originally wanted to hold Zhang Jinbao to Ye Hexiang, but when she ran to the door of the main room and saw Ye Hexiang's focused, she still decided to forget it, so she took off Zhang Jinbao's clothes and let him sleep in his bed.

The insoles in Zhang Xing's hands had not yet been finished, and suddenly he heard the sound of firecrackers outside again. The thirty-sixth year of the Great Xia Yuanping came. Zhang Xing looked at the dark sky outside the window, and thought of many things this year, many people, the years are like flowing water, and the many ups and downs experienced in the past few months are no less than Gu Xiao's more than 30 years of history.

It's just that no matter how difficult the days are, she still survived after all, and she believes that she will get better and better in the future.

Early in the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Xing burned breakfast and asked for Wei Yunhai's consent to take Zhang Jinbao back to Lizhuang Village. When Wei Yunhai married Ye Hexiang, he knew that Daozhang Jinbao was the only son of the Zhang family in Lizhuang Village, and it was a rule to go to the grave of the new dead on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Wei Yunhai was also a father, so he naturally understood, nodded in agreement, and said: "After your mother gets up, you will go together." ”

Ye Hexiang was busy for most of the night before she went to sleep, and in the early morning, she said that her back was sore, and she was uncomfortable anywhere, and she hugged Wei Yunhai's neck and called a few times, Wei Yunhai felt sorry for his wife, so he let her lie down and cook the fire by herself. Only later did Zhang Xing come over, and when he saw him in a hurry, he took over the kitchen.

Ye Hexiang heard that Zhang Xingzhang Jinbao was going back to Lizhuang Village, so she remembered that her ex-husband Zhang Shui was born. Zhang Shuisheng and her are the first husband and wife, to say that there is a relationship, Zhang Shuisheng treats her well, but after the flood this year, he changed all of a sudden, and he was furious at every turn, scolding her for not being worthy of being a mother. She swallowed her anger and served him feces and urine, but it was still difficult to make him angry. No matter how deep the kindness is, there will be a day when it will be exhausted. After Zhang Shuisheng passed away, she couldn't live anymore in Lizhuang Village, so her brother was the master and married to Weijiazhuang.

She knew that many people in Lizhuang Village who were good friends with the Zhang family had opinions about this family matter, but she didn't care whether others had opinions or not, as long as she had a good life, anyway, she didn't plan to go back to that poor place in the future.

Now Zhang Shuisheng's own children want to go back to Lizhuang Village to go to the grave, this matter is justified, even if she is unhappy in her heart, she can't say half a word. But Wei Yunhai asked her to accompany Zhang Xingzhang Jinbao over, and she resolutely refused to do this.

Ye Hexiang groaned a few times, and said weakly: "Brother Wei, I'm afraid I won't be able to go." ”

Wei Yunhai's mother-in-law is a pungent person, and she never wants to be coquettish and slippery, and wants her to show weakness, unless she really can't do it. So when he first met a woman like Ye Hexiang, where could he tell the truth from the fake? He was just nervous, and said anxiously: "Hexiang, I'll go and ask Lang Zhong to take a look." ”

Ye Hexiang hurriedly took Wei Yunhai's hand and said, "Brother Wei, in the current situation of our family, where is the money left to invite Lang Zhong?" Don't go, I'll just lie down." ”

Wei Yunhai borrowed a few dollars that were almost there, and he really didn't have the money to invite Lang Zhong, plus Ye Hexiang said earnestly, he asked lately: "It really doesn't matter?"

Ye Hexiang nodded, "This is an old problem with Shengjinbao, every time I stay up late, it is rare, and I have to lie down and rest for most of the day to get better." As long as I lie down like this, Apricot and Jinbao can't go with them......"

Ye Hexiang was halfway through speaking, and saw her daughter Zhang Xing holding her son Zhang Jinbao standing at the door of the room, looking at her with a smile. Ye Hexiang was seen by her scalp hairy, and she couldn't say what she was preparing later.

Wei Yunhai didn't see Zhang Xing, and comforted Ye Hexiang and said, "Hexiang, you just lie down and rest, Xing'er and Jinbao, I'll go with them." ”

Zhang Xing at the door couldn't see it, and shouted: "Uncle, we have to leave, no matter how late it is, we won't be able to come back." ”

Wei Yunhai hurriedly came out of the room and said, "Xing'er, your mother is not in good health, I'll go with the two of you." ”

The people of Lizhuang Village already had opinions on Ye Hexiang's remarriage, and Wei Yunhai still wanted to go to Lizhuang Village, wouldn't this make people watch the excitement? Zhang Xing hurriedly stopped Wei Yunhai and said: "Uncle, my mother is not in good health, how can you leave home? If someone comes over to visit the door during the Chinese New Year, it will not be good if there is no one in the family." Don't worry, I know the way, and I'll be fine. ”

Although Wei Yunhai is a big boss, he is still a little resistant to his mother-in-law's ex-husband's door, and he listens to Zhang Xing's reasonableness, so he hesitates for a while. Zhang Xing repeatedly promised that nothing would happen and that she would definitely go home before dark. To put it mildly, Wei Yunhai finally agreed.

He held Zhang Jinbao and sent Zhang Xingzhang and Jinbao to the Huaishui River.

Zhang Xing took Zhang Jinbao to see that the more she went in the direction of Quantang Town, the more desolate the two sides of the road became, and she was secretly shocked. In the famine years, people who tried to survive did everything. If something happens, she is like a person, she can run away, but with Zhang Jinbao, it is difficult to say.

Zhang Xing found a shelter from the wind, took off his new clothes, changed into the sackcloth he often wears, smeared mud and ash on Zhang Jinbao's body and face, and even the burden he carried with him was dirty, so he found a stick to use as a crutch and walked forward.

As they walked through the fields and villages, they saw many ragged and thin-skinned people, who flocked to them to beg for food whenever they saw chariots and horses or well-dressed and wealthy people.

Because Zhang Xingzhang and Jinbao looked similar to them, no one paid much attention to them.

When Zhang Xing led Zhang Jinbao to Lizhuang Village, it was almost noon, and the village was also deserted during the Chinese New Year, and many house doors were locked. Zhang Xing went straight to the edge of the ridge where Zhang Shuisheng was buried, in addition to the grass, the unknown wildflowers picked on the road were inserted in front of Zhang Shuisheng's grave, lit incense, prepared dried fruit cakes in the baggage, pulled Zhang Jinbao to kneel, and whispered while burning paper money: "Dad, I brought Jinbao to see you." (To be continued......)