Chapter 45: Settling the Guo Family
In the afternoon of the same day, while Old Man Guo was resting, Cuilian took the eldest girl to clean up the room for more than half an hour. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info because the weather has not officially entered the winter, and the quilt at home is still enough. It just so happens that the rest of the family can still make a bed, if it is in the cold winter, if Aunt Guo does not bring a futon to Mr. Guo, it will be really enough.
Qinghegou is located in the Central Plains, and it is not as warm as the south in winter, nor is it like the north, and it can also burn the kang. This place is not up or down, and it is cold in winter, although there is no goose feather snow, but the thick layer of frost also indicates that the temperature is extremely low; Let's say it's not cold, because every family has to burn a brazier, and you can get by by baking a fire.
After cleaning up the house, looking at the sky, it was time for Daddy Wang to go home from work, got into the chicken nest and found two eggs, and then went to the field to pick a few peppers, and at night I was going to scramble a chili egg for the two old men, add a peanut, and let the two old men drink two cups.
The eggs at home, since Wang Zhao was no longer willing to eat them, Cuilian saved them in addition to making up for the three children from time to time. I also plan to change the needlework, matches, salt, or something like this, or if I encounter something as sudden as today, there will be a dish on the table with chopsticks.
"Big girl, help the second aunt light the fire." Thinking about the dishes to be made in the evening, Cuilian walked towards the stove room, and did not forget to beckon the big girl to give her a hand.
"Here, second aunt!" The eldest girl patted the little girl's head, asked her to play with the dog, and followed the second aunt into the stove room.
"Second aunt, then Grandpa Guo will settle in our village in the future?" For the Guo family, the eldest girl is not familiar with it, but she only knows and knows that the Guo family lives in the county seat. But seeing Grandpa Guo like that today, she was startled, where is this still the kind and decent Grandpa Guo he had seen before, it was like two people. There were a lot of people at that time, and one of them was still Captain Gao who had bad intentions towards her, so she hid in the house and didn't come out at that time, and now that there is no one, she asked her second aunt.
"This is the case at present, and as for the future, I can't say for sure." Cuilian thought about it for a while, and chose a vague answer to tell the eldest girl.
"Oh. Yes, second aunt, my mother asked Granny Niu to bring something and let me go back in the next two days. Although I didn't understand the words of the second aunt, the eldest girl is not the kind of person who gets to the bottom of it. I didn't understand, so I didn't take it seriously, but talked about what Granny Niu brought in the afternoon.
"Huh? Sister-in-law asked you to go back? Is there something going on? Cuilian stopped cutting chili peppers and looked at the big girl burning the fire in front of the stove
"Yes, it should be for me, Zhang, Zhang Luo has a letter in his family." was stared at by the second aunt like this, and the eldest girl, who was already a little shy, suddenly blushed so much that she almost couldn't speak. Oops, I'm really embarrassed, the second aunt's eyes, are they so funny!
"Yo, it turned out that our eldest girl has a mother-in-law's family, this is a big happy event, why are you still hiding it, you have to tell us sooner or later, what is there to be ashamed of." Hearing that this was the case, Cuilian put her mind at ease, and at the same time, she didn't forget to make fun of the big girl.
"Second aunt, you, you're like this, I, I'm angry!"
"It's good to be angry, if you're angry, the second aunt can save a lot of cloth!"
"Oops, second aunt~"
"Hehe, the second aunt is joking with you. Do you know which one it is? ”
"No, I don't know, it's all my mother and my second aunt who are doing it."
"Your mother is a reliable one, for you to choose only what suits you, you can rest assured. So how long will you delay coming back to the village? Hasn't weaving taught you yet? Will you go back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? I see, you will go back tomorrow, and I will let Tie Dan'er ride you off. ”
"I'm sure I'm still coming to the village, but I don't know what Mom arranged there. I don't need to send iron eggs, I can go back myself. ”
"What's not necessary, you're a girl's family, where can I rest assured. Tie Dan'er is also a guy, and it won't be a problem to accompany his eldest sister on a trip, so it's decided. Cuilian made a decision on the matter of tomorrow's big girl, and she was not allowed to refuse again.
"Brother Guo! Arrived so soon? As soon as Cuilian and the eldest girl were cooking, they heard the surprised voice of Daddy Wang from the courtyard.
"Brother Wang, I can be regarded as seeing you alive." Being able to see his close comrades-in-arms, Mr. Guo was also very excited.
"How? Okay? Second, second ......" Father Wang, who was pulling Old Man Guo, looked at the other party's exposed skin with bruises, and was so anxious that he called his second child.
"Dad, Dad, second brother, went to Uncle Guo's house in the county seat, what's wrong? You said...... "Daddy Wang's muttering frightened Cuilian, threw down the spatula, and ran out on fire."
"Oh, I'm going to the county seat. What about Tie Dan'er, let him call Lao Li to show Brother Guo, Brother Guo, this Lao Li was sent from above to be transformed by us, and if you don't talk about other medical skills, you can't find a second one in Anning Commune. Let him take a good look at you, you can rest assured, if there is a problem, we will treat it, and we will be at ease if there is nothing, but we can't leave any hidden dangers. "It may not be clear how those people treat these criticized fighters, Daddy Wang, but with his sharp eyes that have experienced countless wars, he can also see that Old Man Guo is uncomfortable.
"Got it, Dad, I'll call Tie Dan'er." Cuilian watched the two brothers holding each other, their faces were not good-looking, and they didn't dare to go, so they asked the little girl who was playing at the door to go out to find Tie Dan'er, at this time Tie Dan'er should take the dog baby up the mountain to carry firewood.
"Brother, I don't ask for anything else, as long as I can watch the Red Army start a family, I can leave with peace of mind. You said, back then, when we followed the revolutionary team from the south to the north, from the liberation of XC to the support of the Korean War, when were we afraid, when did we retreat. But, those grandchildren, they are simply, simply, hey, I'm not reconciled, brother, brother, I'm unwilling, I'm so old, and I'm still tossed by those turtle grandchildren......"
"Brother Guo, Brother Guo, calm down, calm down, let's go into the house and say, let's go into the house and say." For Old Man Guo's excitement, Father Wang understands, and he is also very angry and sad.
The establishment of this country also has their names on the list of heroes. As a result, I thought it was time to enjoy the time when the people were the masters of the country, but when such a thing happened, which old revolutionary could have figured it out? This is digging into the hearts of these old revolutionaries! However, fortunately, Daddy Wang still has reason, he knows that there are some words that cannot be said at this time, this is the reality, and his arms are no more than his thighs. Therefore, in order to avoid trouble, he hurriedly beckoned Shang Cuilian to carry Old Man Guo into the hall together.
"Dad, I'll get two dishes, you and Uncle Guo have two drinks tonight, which can be regarded as suppressing Uncle Guo, what do you see?" After settling Old Man Guo, Cuilian whispered to Father Wang.
"You're sensible, just do what you say, do you have any arrangements before the second child leaves?" The second daughter-in-law is knowledgeable and sensible, and Father Wang has always been very satisfied.
"The second brother said that he would arrange for Uncle Guo to rest at our house tonight, and then arrange a place to live in the village tomorrow. If Aunt Guo comes, she will live in our house directly, so that it will not delay Aunt Guo to take care of Uncle Guo, nor will it make Uncle Guo's life more difficult. Cuilian carefully worded the results of the previous discussion between the two to Daddy Wang, and peeked at her father-in-law's face out of the corner of her eyes, afraid that her father-in-law would not be satisfied with such an arrangement.
"Hey, I understand what the second child means, since he arranged it like this, there must be a reason for him, after all, the world is different now, and we are also a big family." Father Wang sighed, originally he meant to arrange Brother Guo to live at home, but the conditions at home are much better than those in the village, but now after all, the second son is in charge, and he is still the village head, and he thinks more than him, and he doesn't embarrass the children, just hope that Brother Guo can understand.
"Yes, the eldest brother has the most scruples to worry about, I heard the second brother say that Uncle Guo's matter, the eldest brother has taken a lot of risks. It's easy to say just in the village, but everyone is a villager, but it's not easy to say it there, so many people are staring, listening to the second brother's meaning, the eldest brother's life is not easy now. Seeing that Father Wang was really enlightened, and he didn't want to save face, he had to arrange for Old Man Guo to live at home, Cuilian also breathed a sigh of relief. But there are some things that she should also mention Wang Jianguo's superficial attitude, but it's not that the two of them are unhappy, it's all for the sake of the eldest brother.
"Well, Boss, hey, it's good to just be stable now. Okay, I know, you go and set the meal, just set up my house alone, you mothers can eat by yourself, I will have two drinks with Brother Guo tonight. Thinking of the situation of his eldest son, Father Wang is also powerless. Now that he has been retired for several years, many relationships are not working. Now everyone is trying to protect themselves, where is the strength to help others.
"Got it, Dad, I'll set the table." Cuilian replied crisply, and hurried back to the stove room to beckon the big girl to set the meal.
Not to mention that Father Wang, Mr. Guo and Mr. Li, who was later invited to see Mr. Guo, also chatted together in the house about what they drank and how much they drank, anyway, the light in the room was not extinguished until Cuilian fell asleep.
As for Wang Jianguo, after going to Guo's house in the county seat and explaining the matter clearly, he also hurriedly rode back to the commune and entered the courtyard of the eldest brother's house. Li Xiuhua didn't know what the two said, and Cuilian didn't know it either.
It was only in the following time that Mr. Guo officially began the life of labor reform in Qinghegou Village, and on the third day, under the escort of Guo Hongjun, Aunt Guo lived in Wang Jianguo with pots and pans, bedding and clothes. And Guo Hongjun still returned to the county seat, and Ansheng went to look for work.
So far, the Guo family, who has been tossed for more than a month, can be regarded as living a peaceful life.