Chinese New Year's Eve is a day for families to sit together and happily say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. Wu Xiaojun's family did not have the joyful and lively atmosphere of previous years, and they looked particularly cold and desolate. At dinner, Wu Pingchun and Wu Xiaoliang came over to talk to Wu Pingshun for a while, and then went home.

Wu Pingshun reclined on the bed and said with a sad face, "Xiaojun, you have also seen that although there are many brothers and sisters, they are all thieves. I've been sick all day, my body has been dragged down, I don't know when I'll recover, I'm really worried that I can't do it, one day I can't bear it, who will take care of you, what should you do. ”

When Wu Xiaojun heard this, his heart was like a knife, and he bowed his head helplessly and said, "The situation may not be as pessimistic as you think, and it will be fine soon." Now that I'm grown up after all, even if you can't afford to provide for me, I believe that I will support this family and live a good life. ”

Xiao Junniang said, "Dad, don't think so much about the Chinese New Year, we haven't experienced anything over the years, haven't we all survived." As long as it is safe and sound, there is no hurdle that cannot be passed. ”

Wu Pingshun said weakly, "That being said, looking at the current shape, everyone is calculating you, no one will pity you, I'm really worried that you will be trapped by them and suffer a loss." As he spoke, he secretly shed a few tears and lay quietly on the bed.

At this time, Wu Xiaofu and his son came over with a bowl of dumplings and gently placed them on the table, and the world asked, "Grandpa, grandma, uncle, have you eaten?" ”

When Wu Xiaojun saw them coming, he suppressed the anger and resentment in his heart, and got up and went to another room. Xiao Junniang moved two small stools and sat down for them, "I just ate it, but your father felt uncomfortable, and he drank half a bowl of dumpling soup and fell asleep." ”

Wu Xiaofu sighed and said, "My father's illness has tormented people a lot, and it almost makes people unable to survive the year." I didn't buy anything else this year, so I cut three or four catties of meat and bought a few catties of Chinese cabbage. ”

Xiao Junniang felt a little wrong when she heard it, "You didn't buy anything, I have money, just like in previous years, I bought more or less everything, and if I don't have any money, I can't let my relatives come and eat." It's your own business whether you buy it or not, anyway, your father didn't let you pay a penny for the doctor, so it's useless to tell me this. ”

Wu Xiaofu was just about to open his mouth, but Wu Xiaoqi came over with a plate of cooked meat, "Mother, just done, serve you a plate of meat." ”

Xiao Junniang lowered her head, didn't look at it and said, "Your father is sick, and he has tossed you a lot, and your father and I can't afford to eat your food, so let's take it back." ”

Wu Xiaoqi saw that his mother's face was wrong, there was something in his words, and he said with an ugly face, "Who said anything, and what do you want to find, you know that I am stupid, soft persimmons are easy to pinch, easy to bully, I have the ability to deal with me, and I will not be able to live in peace for most of my life." ”

Wu Xiaofu got up and said, "Second brother, you can't sweep a large area when you speak, it's the New Year, how can you talk like this, who bullied you." My father was sick and hospitalized, and I stayed in the hospital every day, without saying a word, you can go if you want, if you don't want to go, no one said anything about you. It's good, let's just say that, you're coming, what do you mean. ”

Wu Xiaoqi stood in the courtyard and said angrily, "What can I mean, a family of more than a dozen people is filial to you." What did I get, the homestead and homestead made me scattered, and the cultivated land gave me the land, and I was pinched to death. Who dares to make a noise and fart. ”

Wu Xiaofu was also energetic, "Second child, you can't speak with a clear conscience, you have nothing to do with me, it's all our father in charge, he is stubbornly domineering, who has what to do, you have the ability to find him or not." ”

Wu Xiao's voice became louder and louder, "What do I want to do with so much land, I can't finish planting, I can't finish eating, and I'm worried that I will crawl down and be hospitalized with tiredness, and the children will suffer with it." ”

Wu Pingshun was lying on the bed with his eyes squinted, he didn't want to deal with these two people, but he didn't expect the two of them to sing double reeds, deliberately talking about himself, and got out of bed in a fit of anger, "Rabbit cub, I don't have a little conscience, I feed you so much, I don't see what I'm doing, and they all come to me to find trouble, and they don't let people be quiet for a while, I'm afraid that I will die slowly, so get out of here." ”

Wu Xiaoqi said indignantly, "You are my father, I can't fight back with you, and I can't fight back with you when I scold." As soon as you talk about your wrongs, you will be arrogant, either scolding or beating people, which is quite unreasonable. ”

Wu Pingshun angrily threw off the cotton clothes on his body, picked up a wooden stick and pulled it towards Wu Xiaoqi's body, "What's the matter, I gave birth to you and raised you and committed a crime, and I owe you." No one won't let you fight back, and if you beat me to death, I'm clean. ”

The world saw that Wu Pingshun was in a hurry, so he hurried over and hugged Wu Pingshun's waist, "Master, dissipate your anger, don't be angry." It's cold outside, hurry into the house, hurry into the house. Wu Xiaoqi dodged sideways, dodged the wooden stick, and hurriedly ran out.

Wu Pingshun returned to the house, saw the dumplings and meat dishes on the table at a glance, picked them up and threw them into the courtyard, "Is it to bring me food or disgust me, as long as I have a breath, I will starve to death, and I will not eat the food that you bunnies give alms." Seeing that Wu Xiaofu was still sitting and bowing his head and smoking, he said viciously, "Xiaofu, although you are the boss, you don't understand bullshit, you do some things that are not in tune, and you are calculating me all day long, and now I haven't lost my breath, I am always thinking about my two acres of land, you just die, as long as I live for one day, don't think about it." Don't bother me here, get out, get out, get out. ”

Wu Xiaofu saw that his goal had been achieved, and if he didn't leave, he really made Lao Tzu angry, and he really couldn't clean it up, so he got up and shrugged his shoulders, glanced at Wu Pingshun, who was still angry, and retreated with his son.

In order to avoid making a big deal out of the matter, Wu Xiaojun angrily injured his father's body that had not yet healed, gritted his teeth, held back his anger, and did not make a sound. After they left, they returned to their father's bedside, and before they could speak, Wu Pingshun shouted, "Xiaojun, bolt the door, until noon tomorrow, no one can open the door." After a fart year, I am full of anger, how can I have the heart to celebrate the New Year, and after that, it is time to prepare for mourning. ”

Wu Xiaojun said tremblingly, "Dad, don't think about it, they haven't been like this for a day or two, you also know, in case your illness recurs, you have to suffer the sin yourself." ”

Wu Ping's heart was like ashes, he sighed for a long time, and said in a low voice, "Xiaojun, you have also seen it, a group of such people, who will care if we live or die." When I saw a doctor, they just ran a few legs, and they lost as if they were strangled to death, and if they were to pay a penny, it would be like cutting off their flesh. It's a complete disappointment for me, this is fate, my fate should be like this. Your wings haven't grown stiff yet, and if they do, I'm afraid you'll be like them. As he spoke, his heart seemed to be broken, and he went to bed helplessly and helplessly, covered his head and fell asleep, and said no more.

The sound of firecrackers bids farewell to the old year, and always replaces the new peach with the old charm. On Chinese New Year's Eve, the sky is full of stars, firecrackers are everywhere, resounding throughout the night sky, the haze of the past is drowned under the sound of the New Year, and new hope is slowly ignited by people who are full of passion and good wishes.

The three members of Wu Xiaojun's family did not have the mood to leave the New Year's vigil, did not welcome the joy of eating dumplings to welcome the arrival of the New Year, and did not set off firecrackers to eliminate demons and celebrate the night. All night, like someone who had just passed away, I ushered in the dawn of the new year in a depressed, sad, depressed and unhappy mood.

When the sky was not bright, some of the younger generations in the village were already making new year's greetings to the elders, and they saw that Wu Xiaojun's house was blind in the dark light, and no one answered when they knocked on it, so they went to another house. Wu Xiaojun should have gone to various homes and took the opportunity to visit the elders, but last night's commotion was also lost.

It wasn't until ten o'clock that Wu Xiaosen and his daughter-in-law came back with their children, and the three of them got up and lit a fire to cook New Year's dinner.

Early in the morning of the second day of the first lunar month, as in previous years, the four brothers went to their uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings. During the meal, my aunt asked about his parents' health, and Wu Xiaofu hesitated, "My mother's health is not bad, but my father's vitality has not recovered from a serious illness, so it is not very good." ”

My aunt said, "Your father is stubborn and can't tolerate anything in his heart, but in fact, his illness is tired and angry." It's all people in their sixties, and it's time to kill them, and you can't do much more. ”

Wu Xiaofu said, "To be honest, my father really can't plant so much land, and we are very distressed to see him suffer hardships." ”

Wu Xiaoqi said angrily, "I stop so much that I am not tired, who is tired, no matter how much grain he sees, others can't even see a grain." No one else can spend a penny of the money from selling grain. ”

My aunt said with a heavy heart, "Actually, it is not easy for your father and mother to pull the six of you all your life, and now that Xiaojun is also in college, the rest of the family can get by, and it is time to take a break and enjoy the blessings." In my opinion, you should give you a few points of land in advance, and whoever belongs to whom you will not work hard day and night. ”

Wu Xiaofu, Wu Xiaoqi and Wu Xiaosen nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, it should have been like this a long time ago, and I don't know what my father thinks, why he is holding on." ”

On this occasion, Wu Xiaojun has always held an attitude of saying less and not saying anything, but looking at the smug appearance of a few of them, he couldn't help but get angry, and said angrily, "You don't know why, I know, I'll come to our father to tell you." All of you have worked hard for our father and mother to settle down and complete all the things, so that you can be considered independent and free from your hands and feet. However, I didn't get married, I didn't have children, I didn't do a single thing. Although it is said that going to university is just a name, he is still a student who does not have a single crop, and now the state subsidy is very small, and the cost is more than before. The two of them are too old to do business or go out to work, so they just rely on planting a few acres of land to collect grain and sell it for me to go to school. Besides that, who is expected to give you all the land, what shall I do, shall I drink the northwest wind? You have the heart to remove me from the house, but I am the meat of my father's mother's heart, and they can't bear it. ”

Wu Xiaosen interjected for a long time, "According to foreign traditions, as soon as a person turns eighteen, he must leave his parents and live independently, and you are now over eighteen years old, and you should no longer rely on your parents." ”

When Wu Xiaojun heard this, he was furious, threw the chopsticks in his hand "snapped", stood up quickly, pointed to Wu Xiaosen's nose and said, "I see that you are in your thirties, but you are still a person who mixes outside, you don't know how to talk nonsense, and you don't know your back pain when you stand and talk." Sue sù you, this is in China, in Yuanzhen, not in the United States. When you were eighteen years old, you were still in high school, when you went to school in Pingxi, our father sold a cow to give you out, and when you got married, our father and mother invited you as a guest and a table, even if you have been working for many years, your son will pay half of the cost for the full moon. At that time, why didn't you say that you were over eighteen years old, that you had grown up and were no longer dependent on your parents. ”

Wu Xiaojun kept talking like a cannonball, which made Wu Xiaosen's forehead break out in a cold sweat, and he opened his mouth and didn't say a word. Wu Xiaojun walked into the courtyard and said to Wu Xiaosen, "The two of them want to divide the family, it's not a matter of one or two days, I just want to be nameless, you follow the blind and what." Since you want to divide the land, you can do it, and I don't compare with the people in the city, so according to the current local rules and forms, I first took out the money for building a house for me, the money for marriage errands, and the money for giving birth to a child for half a month, and then according to the standard of ten yuan a day, the four brothers will share it with our father and mother for living expenses. If you agree to this condition, go home now and divide the land. ”

When the people at the table heard this, they were all dumbfounded. My aunt pondered for a moment and said, "I just thought about worrying about your father and mother being affected, and I really didn't think about it so much. If you think about it carefully, your father and mother are the most difficult at the moment, you should really think more about them and consider their difficulties, now is really not the time to divide the land. When he looked up, Wu Xiaojun was leaving, and hurriedly said, "Xiaojun, don't go, I haven't eaten yet, how can I go." ”

Wu Xiaojun said without looking back as he walked, "Uncle, they are bent on wanting my life and my father's mother's life, and I am not in the mood to eat at the same table as these beasts, and if I can't eat them, I won't eat them." With that, he pushed his bicycle, went out, rode all the way, and went home.