It's late autumn in early November, and after the mid-term exams, even if I don't think about it, the pressure of the college entrance examination is coming, and now I don't dare to let the two children spend a lot of time in the brick factory and the field. After finishing his homework on Saturday morning, Cheng Shaojie took Li Haoyu and Cheng Jiahui back to Linshui Village at noon, saying that he would return to the county seat after dinner in the evening, and the school would review and make up the class on Sunday morning.

In the afternoon, Cheng Shaojie took Cheng Jiahui and Li Haoyu to threak grass, and I stewed the chicken in a pot and dried spicy skins with my mother-in-law in the yard. The autumn sun has long since lost the heat of summer, but there is still warmth on the body. At this time, most of the crops have been harvested, and only some tail sweeping work needs to be done. The autumn wind is blowing, and it's time for every family to prepare for winter. There was a huge pile of pumpkins in the corner of the courtyard, I thought it was going to be eaten in winter, but my mother-in-law said that people have eaten so much, and chickens should eat it in winter. I said that the treatment of chickens is the same as that of people, and my mother-in-law smiled and said that this variety of pumpkins has many big knots, and a few nests around the vegetable yard will form such a large pile, and people eat well, chickens eat better, roosters grow strong, and hens lay good eggs. I sat on the steps in front of the door and threaded the peppers one by one with thin wire, hung them on the guardrail of the window in strings, and then hinged them one by one with scissors.

At this time, Cheng Yanling walked into the courtyard, Cheng Shaojie's younger sister has a very similar personality to her mother, although her skin is a little dark, her facial features are clear, her nose bridge is straight, her eyes are very energetic, and her personality is very strong. Since she was a child, she has been pampered by her family, especially her mother and brother, who are a little pampered by her, so although she is the youngest child in the Cheng family, she has to intervene in the affairs of the Cheng family, not only the affairs of her mother's family, but also the affairs of her two sisters' families. Perhaps she felt that she was a city insider, and her two older sisters and parents took what she said seriously, which added to her momentum. The best way to get along with such a person is to stay away, so since I entered the door of the Cheng family, I have spoken to Cheng Shaojie's father and two sisters with a pleasant face, and I often talk to them about the people and things in the village at home when I meet them at home. But to his mother and this sister, I have always been polite and measured, never talk deeply, so they respect me and even a little scared of me, these two people who are used to being strong at home are treated colder than others in front of me, which makes them very uncomfortable, and my mother-in-law is also okay, because of Cheng Jiahui's relationship, I am gradually convinced, but Cheng Yanling is very unconvinced and even angry because of my indifference to her, and always wants to find a chance to return me to color, but there has never been such an opportunity and no such capital, I think it must have made her very depressed. Sometimes I wonder where the reason for her resistance to me comes from, since I have felt it as soon as I am a family, although I don't care, I am also curious, and gradually I understand a little more, but now I don't fully understand, it is said that with her vanity, I should not do this to me, how to say that I am more worthy of showing off than Lu Lina's identity.

Cheng Yanling entered the courtyard and saw that I was wearing spicy food, but she didn't greet me, I just said lightly to her, "You are here" as a greeting, so I concentrated on wearing spicy and stopped talking. The mother-in-law was picking a spicy seed and came out of the field, and when she saw her daughter coming, she hurriedly came over and poured the spicy seeds on the ground and asked, "You came alone, where is Zhang Hongjun?" ”

"I came with Zhang Hongjun, he went to the brick factory to find my brother," Cheng Yanling said, she just stood there without the intention of entering the house, nor did she mean to find a stool to sit down, and stood in front of me with a bad look, I don't know which one she wants to sing today.

"Your brother is not in the brick factory, he took Cheng Jiahui and them to threak grass," the mother-in-law said as she hugged the poured spicy seeds.

Cheng Yanling kicked the spicy man who rolled to her feet with her foot and said to her mother, "Are you still doing this?" You have to eat it on the street and buy it, so how much can it cost? Brother's brick factory makes so much money, at least 1.8 million this year, you still save this money, who will save it! ”

I didn't even watch her continue to do her own work, and listened to what she had to say. After entering the autumn, the construction sites are rushing to the project, the bricks are a day and the price is still in short supply, Cheng Shaojie began to buy a good price for the bricks in his hands, the brick factory has been very smooth after maintenance and production, Cheng Shaojie can be said to be making a lot of money.

Cheng Shaojie's brick factory is making money, and there are no other people at home, my mother-in-law and this sister feel that their waists are stiff in front of me, and they show a little arrogance from time to time, and my mother-in-law is still more subtle, just touting her son's talent in front of me from time to time, I just laughed and never answered. Cheng Yanling didn't have this subtlety, I knew that Cheng Yanling's words were for me, but she didn't say to me, I didn't hear it, seeing that I didn't mean to answer her words, she was unwilling to stop here, and faced me directly: "Sister-in-law, you are really grasping to marry my brother, don't look at my brother is a farmer, a handsome and rich man like my brother can't be robbed now, you civil servants can only earn a few dollars a year?" You can't earn that much in a lifetime! You're in charge of my brother's money, right? Do you even have to save money on this spicy skin? ”

Her words were so explicit, and her mother-in-law didn't mean to stop her at all, so it can be seen that her mother-in-law also had this careful thought. I didn't put down the spicy pepper I was wearing, I looked up at her and said, "Your brother is also rich with this little money, have you ever seen a rich man?" You're too small-eyed, aren't you? Sue you, someone has already told me my fortune, saying that I was born with a prosperous life, married to an official and promoted to marry a businessman, and I was born rich and rich, and this money is not a great deal in my eyes."

I don't believe in fate, and I never tell fate, but I don't bother to tell them that the value of money and the value of people are not the same thing, and they may not understand it, and they may not be convinced when they hear it. But I know that they believe in karma, especially the elderly.

Cheng Shaojie, the economic power of the brick factory has always been in my hands, they all understand in their hearts and are a little unconvinced, I know that the reason why they are not convinced is not only that I have the financial power, but also because Cheng Shaojie is absolutely obedient to me in everything, although I rarely go to the brick factory, but I am the master of Cheng Shaojie in the brick factory, Zhu Yuguo and the workers are very respectful and obedient to me, they all know, and therefore even more unconvinced. I glanced at Cheng Shaojie's mother and saw that her face was no longer as colorful as she had just now.

Although I am not close to Cheng Shaojie's mother, she is an elder, and I have always been very polite to her, but I have no need for Cheng Yanling. I put down the spicy man in my hand and looked at Cheng Yanling and said: "Money is a thing, not only is it yours in your life, but it is also your thing that you have to suppress, otherwise it will bring you trouble, so it is best to be cautious when you have some money, what to do or what to do, don't be so frivolous, otherwise I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse!" ”

Cheng Yanling was choked by my words and couldn't speak, and stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.

Cheng Shaojie's mother looked at my face and said to Cheng Yanling: "Your sister-in-law is right, you can't be too arrogant when you are rich, and you can't be like Lu Lina, who is lazy and looks like a broom star of a loser."

Seeing that she was talking to Lu Lina again, I didn't want to continue the topic, so I got up and walked to the window far to the east, hung the spicy pepper on the railing of the window, and cut two holes one by one, so that the spicy would not rot when the air was blowing inside. I kept my distance from them, so that they could not talk about the brick factory in front of me, I was sure what Cheng Yanling and her husband Zhang Hongjun were talking about on the way to Linshui Village just now, and they could talk about the brick factory with Cheng Shaojie as much as they wanted, that was their business, I just didn't know. I know that money is the most stirring thing, and I don't want to get into trouble with them about it.

The brick factory is very profitable, and all the funds in and out of the factory are managed by Yu Xinhui, and Cheng Shaojie has no objections. In addition to running a brick factory, he still often drove his agricultural machinery everywhere and worked hard to earn money from farm work, without the usual nouveau riche frivolity, and he did not show the slightest arrogance in front of me. This calm attitude towards money made me look at him differently.

When it was cold, the brick factory stopped, because the factory was profitable, Cheng Shaojie not only gave the employees bonuses but also gave them the money to go home, and the workers went home happily.

Zhu Yuguo said that he didn't want to go back to his hometown, so he wanted to stay and watch the factory, and bring his wife and children over here for the New Year. Cheng Shaojie was very happy, and helped Zhu Yuguo clean up and paint the two original workers' dormitories, built a fire wall in the house, pulled coal, and went to buy some simple furniture.

On the day off, Li Haoyu and Cheng Jiahui followed Cheng Shaojie and his grandfather to grass, Li Haoyu did this job for the first time this year, although this job was not light, but because he had done heavy work in the brick factory during the summer vacation, this work was not a difficult thing for him, and he was very interested.

Soon after the end of the leave, Li Qiutong said to me that Li Haoyu has grown up a lot in a holiday, I said that hard work is the best way for people to grow, although this is a big truth, but it is the truth, in the common labor with the lowest class of survivors, after witnessing the sadness of Cheng Jiahui's mother and son, Li Haoyu has really grown up and matured a lot.

Watching Cheng Shaojie stand on the car and throw bales of grass on the haystack with a fork, Li Haoyu and Cheng Jiahui stood on the high haystack and stacked the grass one by one, and the westward sun gilded the three men with a faint golden light. I love this powerful beauty