5. The house is surrounded by four walls

In the early morning, the wind that had been blowing all night finally stopped the raging pace, ushered in the rising sun with a hint of warmth, wisps of cooking smoke have drifted out of the roofs of every house in Chengnan Village, sometimes there were one or two high rooster crows, and sometimes the birds on the trees made a crisp call, and there was a touch of joy in the quiet.

However, there is one door that is not so quiet, that is, Xiao Yan ran out of her second uncle and aunt's house yesterday.

Xiao's second aunt is called Lin Su'e, with rough skin and thick meat, a tiger's back and a male waist, a pair of triangular eyes that always turn around, and the top is the kind of master who pinched the tip and grabbed it, and he was unforgiving.

"Look, look, let's see, our Xiao Nan let that girl beat, what did you say I and her second uncle did! A few of their sisters and brothers were kindly taken in, and they got such a reward? Lin Su'e pulled Xiao Nan to open a corner of his clothes, revealing Xiao Yan's masterpiece yesterday on his stomach.

Surrounding her door are neighbors who love to watch the excitement nearby, and some people see it and say, "Yo, this girl is not small!" Look at it, it's all green! ”

"Yes, yes!"

In front of the show, Xiao Nan was very reluctant with a black face, and after breaking free from the fucking 'claws', he ran into the house, leaving Lin Su'e alone here to perform a big show.

Lin Su'e scolded angrily, "A dead cub! You see, Xiao Nan felt that he had no face to see people when he was beaten, he was thin-skinned! If you say that there is something that you can't say well, you have to beat someone! Every day at my house, I know that I bullied Xiao Nan, Xiao Nan is still her brother! ”

Those who knew a little bit about the situation said directly, "Xiao Nan's mother, this is unlikely, hasn't it always been your Xiao Nan who has nothing to bully Xiao Yan?" I heard my daughter say that when she was in school, Xiao Nan often bullied Xiao Yan, it won't be wrong, my daughter can't lie! ”

"Yes! Xiao Nan's mother, didn't your uncle put the child here, didn't he give you rice and noodles every month and send money back? Why do you want to call it a take-in! You're taking advantage! Another person next to him pointed out another point.

Lin Su'e looked embarrassed, and didn't know how to respond for a while, but soon returned to normal, "Xiao Jinrong, what you said is not right, what is it called taking advantage, I am in charge of the house to see that his uncle is pitiful, none of the three children are angry, and the poor in the family are all dinging, so they can only go out to work, no one will look at the children, we will help to see, that little rice and noodles is what it means, you think that you give it to the moon every day, that is, it is just a good look."

Also, my Xiao Nan doesn't know how well-behaved, how can he bully people at school, don't talk nonsense! ”

In fact, everyone in the neighborhood knows a little about their family's affairs, but other people's affairs are not easy to manage, at most it is a few gossips, or usually say that Lin Su'e should be better to the children, and it is pitiful enough without biological parents around.

"What nonsense, my daughter won't lie!" The man who spoke just now was a little angry and said with a red face.

At this time, the other person who spoke just now was about to say more, when he heard an excited voice from behind, "Come back, come back, sister-in-law, your family is back!" ”

When everyone looked back, it turned out to be Sister-in-law Zhang at the end of the alley, she usually rushes to the big market to set up stalls.

"Hey, Lao Zhang, what are you talking about, why did you come back so early today?"

"Oh, I have less to bring today, and I sell fast."

At this time, the door of Hutong opened at the same time, and a woman with a round face and a slightly chubby woman came out, and she anxiously asked for verification, "Dali is back?" ”

"Yes! When I went to the county to sell things, I met several of them together, and they came back after a while, and I came back first to tell you! "Sister-in-law Zhang is very happy, usually she has a good relationship with her sister-in-law, her man has been working for more than two years, and she lives very hard with her two children, and she is happy for her sisters at this time.

Sister-in-law said excitedly, "Really? ”

At this time, someone said, "Didn't Zhang Dali go to work with Yu Laosi and them?" He's back! Didn't Xiaoyan's parents come back together. ”

Lin Su'e panicked for a while, and hurriedly closed the door and entered the house.

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Xiaohui's body is still very weak, although Xiao Yan is also very thin, she still insists on carrying her younger brother behind her back and refuses to let go, and she refuses to help when Feng Dong says that she wants to help.

Xiaohui struggled several times to get off the ground and walk by himself, but his sister insisted on carrying her, so it was logical for him to know that he hadn't eaten so much for a long time, and his sister was very busy every day and hadn't hugged him for a long time.

I didn't say anything all the way, and soon arrived at Xiao's house.

Xiao Yan's family is behind Feng Dong's house, Feng Dong's family is doing non-staple food business, his family will do some small business in the future, but Feng Dad walks the streets and alleys to sell some sorbet snacks and the like, all of which are small transactions, after the policy is relaxed, his family opened a commissary because it was done early, there is no competitive pressure, and it is getting bigger and bigger.

The first three rooms were opened to make the door face, and the back was built with three more rooms for living.

And Xiao Yan's house is behind his house, only separated by a small dirt road, but the situation of the house is far away, the house is a blue brick house, but her family only has three small adobe houses.

As soon as Xiao Yan and Feng Dong arrived at the entrance of the alley with her younger brother on her back, she heard a woman's voice, "Dongdong, hurry up and come back to me, I ran out early in the morning and there was no shadow, I don't have to go to school!" ”

Feng Dong watched Feng's mother poke her head out of the commissary, holding a basin of water and a rag in her hand, which seemed to be cleaning.

"Oh," Feng Dong agreed, "Xiaoyan, you take Xiaohui back first, I'll go back to dinner, I'm going to school in a while, you pack up and come to school quickly, you haven't been there for a few days, and if you don't go, you won't be able to keep up with the class." ”

Xiao Yan nodded, Feng Dongsan ran to the door of his house in two steps, then turned around and smiled at Xiao Yan, and said silently, I--while-find-you.

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Go ahead!" I'll go back first. She calmed down and walked into the alley.

The mouth of the alley is very wide, an old locust tree on the right, it has been some years, she looked up at the old tree that has fallen off the leaves, touched the naughty child carved crooked numbers on it, the old branches are lush in summer, and a lot of locust flowers will grow, passing by is a burst of acacia flowers, it is a good place to play in the shade, she remembers that when she was a child, she often brought her younger brother to play here.

In the alley, it is getting narrower and narrower, and the ground is also potholed because of the rain in summer, and now although it is winter, the ground is also hard, and it is also a lot of flat when walking, but it is also uneven, and you should be extra careful when walking.

On the left hand side of the alley is Feng Dong's house, his gate is set up to the south, and opposite is Xiao Yan's house.

Xiao Yan looked at the three small rooms of his house, the yard with a fence, even the courtyard door was a low broken wooden door, and there was no lock, Xiao Yan pushed the door open, the yard was very large, but the ground was already overgrown with weeds.

The house was very dark, and the ground was covered with bricks of unknown color, which were broken bricks that Xiao Dad didn't want to find somewhere, but the brick joints were also full of dirt.

In the room on both sides, one has a wooden bed, and the other has a fire kang, Xiao Yan put her younger brother on the kang, and there was not even a quilt on the kang, she rummaged through the two large wooden cabinets on the kang, and finally turned out a thin quilt, which was still patched, but it was better than nothing, cover it for her brother, let him rest well, and she began to clean the room.

The house has been uninhabited for a long time, and naturally no one has come to clean it, at this time Y has already been covered with cobwebs, and there is a dusty look everywhere, she touched the dusty table, wiped the cupboard where the food was placed, the bench she sat on as a child, and the home for decades, all of them are so strange and familiar.

Her family was not so poor, although his father Xiao Zhen did not go to school, but he has a very good carpentry skills, usually a furniture and utensils are not a problem, many people in the village and outside the village think that Xiao Dad's skills are good, ask him to play furniture, when his eldest brother was a teenager, she was just born.

At that time, his family was very good, but the eldest brother burned his brain because of a high fever, so she wanted to have a second child, but the state was strict and did not allow her to give birth, and her mother hid in her mother's house or gave birth to her, but she was still fined thousands of yuan, and at that time, thousands of yuan were enough to make a wealthy family break their bones.

It's a pity that she is a girl, although Xiao's parents don't favor sons over daughters, they also love her very much, but the old concept of Z people still thinks that a family should have a boy to support the family, and if she marries in the future, she will also have her mother's family to support her, and she will not be bullied in her mother-in-law's house.

In this way, after 8 years, when Xiao Yan could run and jump, and after going to elementary school, Xiao's mother gave birth to a third child, this child is Xiao Hui, a smart, smart, sensible and well-behaved boy, but this child almost punished his family for bankruptcy.

So, at this time, Xiao's father's craftsmanship has lagged behind the world, almost eliminated by this era, the furniture produced by the factory is fast and good, the price is moderate, and there are many styles. There are very few people looking for Xiao Dad to make furniture, Xiao Dad who has no work to do is sad, this family is waiting for a meal, and a day must not be delayed, Xiao Ma is just an ordinary housewife, good at cooking and taking children, and the others will not.

When he was at a loss, Yu Qiucheng, the fourth elder of Yu Laosi who went out to work in the village, came back, and he brought back a news that there was a factory in the south that recruited people to work, and the salary was twice as much as that of this side.

And over the years, more and more people have gone out to work, and they have made a lot of money when they come back, although they can't make a fortune, but it's better than farming at home, so there are a lot of applicants.

And Xiao's father, who was suffering from no livelihood, also moved the idea of going out to work.