Chapter 18 Help my uncle hold up the façade
Like Zhangwan, the Taoyuan team is backed by mountains and surrounded on all sides by the water surface of Baihu Lake, the area of Baihu Lake is too large, and the two brigades five or six miles apart only occupy a very small part of the lake line on the edge of Baihu Bay.
However, the Taoyuan team has a geographical advantage, in addition to being close to the lake, on the back mountain of Taoyuan, there are more than ten miles of mountains and forests, the mountains are not high, but the area is huge, the jungle is dense, although there are no large carnivorous wild animals, but wild boars and hares are not uncommon, not to mention the mountains full of wood and game, it is not an exaggeration to say that there are treasures everywhere.
Lao Liu's family is backed by this stretching mountain.
Xu Rong looked a little restrained, and sat quietly in the living room after meeting with the people of the old Liu family, the three sons of the Liu family do not stay at home all the year round, and the in-laws of the three daughters are all in the nearby village, but today in addition to the old Liu and his wife, there are only the eldest daughter Liu Aiping's mother and son.
"Chenzi, why didn't you go to the school (the same sound as "He") in the hall? ”
Liu Shuping obviously wanted to break the somewhat weird atmosphere at home, his parents and eldest sister both knew the reason why he brought Xu Rong home, it was better than expected, his parents did not blush, and the eldest sister also praised Xu Rong a few words inside and out, and then the voice immediately turned to "When you are old, you should have children, but you can't live with other girls, and you haven't even got married" and other rounds.
This also made him secretly relieved, he knew that his eldest sister had always had ideas for dealing with things, and the big things in the family were also done, and the old parents would not sweep away the eldest sister's temperament if they wanted to, but the atmosphere at home still seemed a little strange.
Fortunately, Zhang Chen is not stupid.
"Uncle, are you getting motion sickness, I don't have classes today and Saturday."
"He's not dazed, he's confused, Aiping, you go and make the food hot again."
Lao Liu, who hadn't said a word since he entered the door, finally said something, Liu Shuping was stunned by his own Lao Tzu, and it wasn't until he heard this sentence that he really settled a little in his heart.
The style of the Liu family is no different from what Xu Rong saw, and the people in the family are very good!
This is Xu Rong's thoughts after staying at Lao Liu's house for one night, and his heart is a little more settled, after all, this is the person and place he will get along with for a long time in the future, although the conditions are not as good as their side, but he did not make himself out of place.
There is also a lake that can't see the edge line at a glance in the distance, which is somewhat similar to the position by the sea in northern Jiangsu, and there will be no homesickness in the future.
Liu Aiping also rarely went back to her parents' house for a night after confinement, the little girl is more reassuring, except for wetting the bed twice throughout the night, she has not cried, which is undoubtedly the most comfortable.
Liu Shuping didn't go home for too long, he got up early in the morning and told Lao Liu about it, the purpose of going home was to let Xu Rong meet his parents, and after seeing it, he naturally had to go to Su Beixu's house, it stands to reason that this trip was to be accompanied by Lao Liu, but the family was too busy in the spring, and the time to go back and forth would take several days.
So Zhang Chen asked his mother to earn face for his little uncle, earning face is nothing more than a matter of spending money, although the old Zhang family is not a rich family, but from last year to now, there is also some family foundation, and Liu Aiping is still enough to support his younger brother.
Only Xu Rong didn't know what the Liu family was discussing, she called home before returning to Baichong with Liu Shuping from Shanghai, and her parents were not very happy.
The daughter went out and got along with someone for no reason, and what was even more unacceptable was that she was pregnant for someone else without the consent of her parents, and the old couple of the Xu family had an inadvertently much worse impression of Liu Shuping, and then asked the man's conditions, and his voice was even more sharp and tight.
The matter has come to this point, if you want to say anything that you don't agree, it will definitely not, but if Liu Shuping wants to go to the house of his mother-in-law in northern Jiangsu to get a little high-mindedness, it is not so simple.
The conditions of Lao Liu's family are not good, Zhang Chen knows very well that if nothing happens, his uncle's marriage will be very bumpy, not that the marriage is unhappy, but that his aunt Xu Rong has never gotten along well with the family.
Since the birth of the soon-to-be-born little cousin, the Xu family, especially the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the little uncle, have not been in contact with their daughter for ten years, during which only Xu Rong's sister and younger brother have been to Shanghai a few times, and they are only limited to seeing the little nephew.
From the point of view, the little uncle must have done something wrong in this matter, but from the perspective of his own family, Zhang Chen naturally knew that the little uncle was also powerless, and the reason why he didn't go to northern Jiangsu was because he didn't expect that his little aunt Xu Rong would get pregnant unmarried.
"Dad, let's do it, you take Xu Rong and Shuping to northern Jiangsu tomorrow, you have to go to the door for the first time, otherwise how can Shuping get by, you don't care about the affairs at home, I'll go back and let Wenlin help."
Liu Aiping naturally knew that the younger brother wanted his old man to go, no matter how he said it, it was also a major event for his children to get married, and he couldn't be rash, and the crops in the field were gone, so he could plant them in the next year.
"Where is Wenlin free, the affairs in the township are related to the seventy or eighty thousand people below, and they can't be busy, don't let him come."
Zhang Chen saw that his grandfather's face was slightly moved, and he understood the reason when his heart moved.
On the one hand, although Shang Xu Rong was a little vague in language, he could generally understand the meaning, and when he heard this, he was a little worried that the future guild would let Shuping go to northern Jiangsu alone, and on the other hand, he was curious about what the future brother-in-law was doing, and it was even involved in the township.
In her opinion, the people who can come forward to do things on behalf of the township, even on their side, can be regarded as a figure with a head and a face, listening to the words of the old man of the Liu family, the future eldest brother-in-law seems to be still presiding over a major event in the township, obviously this future eldest brother-in-law may also have some identity.
Although I don't know why my grandfather didn't go in the end, but now Zhang Chen can see that economic factors may account for most of this, the economic conditions of the old Liu family must be below average in Taoyuan, the conditions of the little uncle himself are also average, and the conditions of the little aunt Xu Rong's family are definitely better than the old Liu family.
If the father and son go to northern Jiangsu, the cost will definitely be indispensable, how can they come to the door empty-handed for the first time, and it is also a major event for the son to marry and get married, even if it is less than 10,000 yuan and 8,000 yuan, he can't get it.
But the old Liu family has six children over the years, the eldest uncle Shuhua got married in college, and the second uncle spent more than 10,000 yuan in order to obtain custody of his daughter when he divorced, and two aunts got married.
Although it is rumored that the eldest son-in-law's family has made a lot of money, Lao Liu Tou was worried when he thought that his son-in-law Wenlin was going to fund the construction of a township-level road alone.
At this juncture, he must not ask his daughter for money, and according to his character, he can't do anything to ask for money from his daughter and son-in-law who have already married.
Fortunately, Zhang Chen guessed the reason, he privately pulled his wife's sleeve and blinked vigorously, Liu Aiping knew at a glance that his kid had some bad water, and as soon as his heart moved, he pulled his son to the back stove room.
"Dad, I'll cook!"
When the mother and son went to the stove house, Liu Aiping closed the door of the stove house and asked his son, "What do you say?" ”
"Mom, it's not that my grandfather doesn't want to go, it's that the family has no money."
Liu Aiping has long been accustomed to his son's demons, and as soon as he heard this, he immediately understood what his son meant, and thought about it again in his mind, but this is not the case, the child's grandfather's character as his own daughter didn't even see it, he really lost his eyes.
"If my grandfather doesn't go, my uncle will definitely have problems when he goes to northern Jiangsu alone, Mom, I think it's better for our family to pay for my uncle's marriage, and the money in the family is not in urgent need now."
Liu Aiping frowned when she heard this, it's not that she doesn't want to give out the money, she also knows how much the family's savings are, and she also knows how it came from.
Zhang Wenlin and Zhang Chen did not tell her the details.
"It's okay to give money, but the road that the family built-"
"Mom, that road doesn't cost much, and it is estimated that there will be a lot left for the family after it is repaired."
Seeing that his son seemed to have made up his mind, Liu Aiping didn't treat him as a half-grown boy, this kid has had a lot of crooked ideas in the past six months, and he has been crooked, but he is also terrifyingly bold, and he has changed since he rushed into the fire.
"Well, I'll talk to your dad about it when I get back."
"Mom, it's too late for you to discuss with Dad, my little uncle will leave tomorrow, and my grandfather has decided tonight that I can't pack up my things, since I want to go, let's charter a car to let my little uncle be beautiful."
Zhang Chen's jumping thinking startled Liu Aiping, chartered a car? She couldn't even think about it, chartered a car from here to northern Jiangsu, don't think about it without two thousand yuan for a round trip, how much work you have to do for two thousand yuan, and how much you can buy a door-to-door bride price.
"Don't talk nonsense, how much does it cost to charter a bus there, it's better to keep it and buy something."
"Mom, if you want to go, the family will charter a car, so that my grandfather and uncle can see it on their faces, and it is easy to talk about marriage."
Zhang Chen said seriously, forgetting his identity for a while, Liu Aiping became anxious and ignored that the cub at home was only 11.
After thinking for a while, although Liu Aiping said that his flesh was a little painful, but his own younger brother got married, and the other sisters and brothers had limited abilities, so they could only do their own efforts, and they immediately made up their minds.
"Shuping, after you finish eating, go to the front team to call your brother-in-law, ask him to rent a car in the township, and send you and Xu Rong to northern Jiangsu tomorrow, Dad, you go with you too, don't let Shuping and Xu Rong go back and be difficult to be."
During the meal, Liu Aiping put down the chopsticks in his hand and said, Liu Shuping knows the affairs of his brother-in-law's family better than Lao Liu, and when he didn't go to Shanghai a year ago, he heard that his brother-in-law's family had at least 200,000 yuan in the account last year.
As soon as he heard this, he estimated that this was true, after all, he was still his sister, and when he heard this, his face immediately smiled, but then he saw the look on the old man's face, and he couldn't hold back the smile.
"Dad, I'll pay this money, don't worry about it, pack up in the afternoon, leave tomorrow, and go to northern Jiangsu to bring a daughter-in-law back."
The family finished eating silently, Zhang Chen picked up the chopsticks and knocked on the bowl while eating, but before he threw down the chopsticks, he was knocked on the head by the old man Liu, and he grinned in pain.
"Nothing is proper for eating!"
"Shhh
Zhang Chen gasped in pain, and forgot his grandfather's rules for a while, and couldn't see the child eating and knocking on the bowl, sitting or standing.
Liu Shuping came back after the call, and he hadn't talked about renting a car yet, but he brought great news to Zhang Chen.
Due to the road construction in the township, the row of houses in front of Baihe Primary School had to be demolished to straighten the road, so the school could not hold classes for a few days, and the classrooms needed to be replaced with a row of old houses left behind, which had not been used for some time.
The school is afraid that it is not safe, and it will take a few days to ask the stonemasons to pick up and pick up, so that the school will have to be closed.
Zhang Wenlin was directly notified by the cadres of the village, and it happened that Liu Shuping called over, so he brought it over by the way, and asked him to take Zhang Chen to the township by the way.
Liu Shuping only thought about his son as a brother-in-law, but he didn't think about it deeply.