Chapter 14 Confession
The day of the Chinese New Year's Eve was so lively as the night fell, and after everyone cleaned up the pots and pans in the kitchen, several families of more than 20 people gathered in the old man's house, ready to watch the old man rest before leaving. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
After pouring the water and waiting for the old man to finish taking the medicine, Wu Guihua looked at the old man's still spirited look, and her heart was even more worried after being uneasy for an afternoon, she was really afraid that the old man would have an accident today.
Originally, at noon, Wu Guihua asked Erzhu to invite An Langzhong to the house to show the old man, but the old man didn't let him see it, saying that it was unlucky to find Langzhong to see a doctor during the New Year, and he himself felt very good, don't bother people An Langzhong to run out during the festival, even if the family persuaded the old man to agree, so he could only say sorry to An Langzhong, picked up some New Year's gifts and asked Erzhu to send people back.
"Dad, you're resting a little better, you're tired today, let's come to see you tomorrow, what's going on?" The old man went to bed and took the medicine, so Li Dequan's brothers were not ready to disturb the old man's rest.
Seeing that several of his children were around, and there were more than 20 large and small children around, and they were full of children and grandchildren, the old man breathed a sigh of relief before he said to his eldest son Li Dequan, who was sitting on the edge of the kang: "Since everyone is here, then I will say a few words." Boss, you open my kang cabinet, take out the cloth bag at the bottom, and open it. ”
"Yes, Dad." Li Dequan stood up and went to the end of the kang to open the kang cabinet, took out the cloth bag that the old man said, opened it and put it in the old man's hand.
Looking at the cloth bag in his hand, which was wrapped in a few small gray-blue cloths, the old man took out the top cloth bag and opened it.
Li Dequan's family all stood around the old man's kang, looking at the cloth bag in the old man's hand, guessing something, but after seeing that the cloth bag opened by the old man was a bundle of money, the faces of the brothers were not good, especially Li Dequan, he also thought of something like Wu Guihua.
"Boss, you have been doing a good job over the years, especially when I have been outside for so many years, you have fulfilled the obligation of a long son, sent your mother away, and also did the duty of an eldest brother as a father, and brought the younger brothers well. It is not easy to keep the family well fed and clothed in such an environment, it is really not easy; Dad knows that you are very bitter and has always known it, so Dad has always wanted to say thank you to you and your daughter-in-law, thank you for not embarrassing the old Li family, and thank you for fulfilling your family responsibilities for Dad. I...... Ahem......"
"Dad, drink saliva, slowly. Dad, what are you talking about, I am the eldest son of the old Li family, the eldest of the old Li family, filial piety to my father and mother, and take good care of my younger brothers, these are what I and my precious mother should do, and it is our obligation. Originally, Li Dequan's face was not good when he watched his father take out the cloth bag wrapped in money, but now he is even more sad when he listens to the old man's words, and his whole face is about to come out of the water, old man, this is, this is ......
"Yes, Dad, it's all what I and the child and his father should do, don't think about it, now you have a good rest, take care of your body, take care of your body, and watch the children below get married." Wu Guihua is not as determined as Li Dequan, as soon as she heard the old man's words, her heart was sour, and her eyes were moist, but she didn't dare to shed tears in front of the old man.
As an enlightened father-in-law, Wu Guihua sincerely respects the old man, not to mention the ability and bearing that the old man has trained in the army over the years, let's just say that the old man has gone home to care for the elderly in the past few years, and he has never taken himself as a daughter-in-law, even if Li Dequan has a quarrel with himself, most of the time the old man is also supporting himself; What's more, he gave birth to such a precious child, and the old man did not dislike it, and treated himself and the child as always, just with these, she Wu Guihua will serve the old man well.
"Yes, Dad, we will not forget the kindness of the eldest brother and sister-in-law, you can rest assured, as long as the eldest brother and sister-in-law can use us, we will definitely have no second words, you will take care of your illness and strive to get better as soon as possible." The other brothers listened to the words of the old man and the eldest brother and sister-in-law, and also hurriedly expressed their attitudes, knowing that the old man was afraid that this was not good.
"Well, if I can see the harmony between your brothers, I can close my eyes even if I die. Hey, don't be like this, I can't die today, so I have to let everyone have a good year. I also watched that everyone was there, and there were some things that we should explain first, so as not to have no chance in the future. You also stop me from cleaning up these things, I don't feel at ease here. Seeing that the brothers and daughters-in-law were thinking about stopping themselves, how could the old man want to mention these things in the New Year, it's not that he knows that he doesn't have much time, and he is afraid that if he doesn't explain some things clearly, he won't be able to leave.
"Well, Dad, you say, we all listen, you can do whatever you want, so please let us be filial to you for the sake of our sons and grandchildren." Li Dequan whimpered and prayed to the old man, but as the eldest Li Dequan has always been very clear about his father's temper, the other younger brothers were still young when their father went out to fight, and they got along for a short time, and then their father came back, and the younger brothers also got married, so they had less time to communicate with each other, and they were not so hypocritical.
Listening to the eldest brother say this, the others also listened quietly, seeing if their father still had anything to explain, no matter how difficult it was, it was definitely to satisfy the old man.
"I don't have much to explain, first of all, you brothers have divided the money I have saved over the years, and the eldest has suffered a loss, a total of 200 hundred yuan, and it will not be divided according to the eldest and youngest, and it will be divided equally, fifty yuan per person. Come on, boss, you give it to your younger brothers. Some of the other cloth bags were left by me when I was fighting, some were changed by others, and there were a few bracelets, which were intended to be given to a few granddaughters-in-law, but I couldn't wait for all the granddaughters-in-law to enter the door, so you daughters-in-law will take it, I hope you will take care of the family in the future, take care of the old and the young, and give my Lao Li family more good children and grandchildren. Whenever he said the same, Li Dequan opened the cloth bag and distributed it to everyone, until the last cloth bag was left, and seeing that the old man did not explain, Li Dequan did not open it again.
"I haven't earned you any good things over the years, and today I will give you all the things left for you, everyone is the same, no one is more, and no one is less, so, if I go in the future, you brothers can't be suspicious because of these external objects, otherwise I will come back to clean him up when I die, all understand?" Seeing that the things were almost divided, the old man only explained to the brothers, in fact, he was not worried about the brother against the wall in his old Li family, but he was not afraid of 10,000.
"Got it, Dad." None of the brothers were unhappy with the old man at this time, and they didn't have that mind, so they happily agreed to the old man's words.