Chapter 7: Brothers and Sisters
Mrs. Wu walked, watched, thought, and laughed with her old neighbors, and before she knew it, it was dark. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
I thought about waiting for my brother and sister-in-law to come back and chat a few words before going back, but when I saw that the sky was not big and it looked like it was going to fog, I went home and explained a few words to Wang's mother, ready to get up and go back.
I didn't live at my mother's house, so I went back and took out the money and sent it to my sister-in-law, saying that buying a house was a big deal, and her sister couldn't say nothing about it. It's good to buy a house in the town, and if my brother has a baby in the future, he will be able to suffer less sin.
Mother Wang originally planned to let Mrs. Wu live, so she dried the quilt and made the bed. Seeing that her daughter insisted on going back, she didn't keep any more, first, she knew that her daughter had an idea and was stubborn, and it was useless for others to say what she had set, and second, her sister-in-law was really calculating, and she wanted to say that her daughter came to eat and live for nothing and lose her temper, which made Mrs. Wu's brother not good at life.
"Go home and take care of your body, and give birth to a baby early will also make your mother worry-free." The sister-in-law next door saw that Mrs. Wu was leaving, so she hurried out to send it. Mrs. Wu smiled and dealt with mixed feelings in her heart, Sister-in-law Wang's daughter Erhua was the same age as Mrs. Wu, married to the county seat, and gave birth to two babies. Mother Wang knew that Mrs. Wu didn't like to listen, so she hurriedly drove Sister-in-law Wang home and waved her hand at Mrs. Wu.
"Come back, come back, it's foggy and the mountain road is not easy to walk!"
"What, go home!" Mrs. Wu had just walked a few steps when her brother came back with his sister-in-law on a motorcycle.
"Why don't you finish dinner and leave!" The elder brother got out of the car and looked at Mrs. Wu lovingly, grabbed her arm and went into the house. Brother's motorcycle was bought with the bride price money given by Mrs. Wu when she got married, and my brother rode it carefully, and it looked like a new one.
The sister-in-law also greeted Mrs. Wu warmly: "Why don't you eat and leave after this, I bought the shrimp crawlers with your brother, let's cook and eat them." ”
"No, sister-in-law, I'm here to see if the buds are finished and see if I can help." My sister-in-law was suddenly so kind and enthusiastic, she was really a little overwhelmed. "By the way, I got you a big red sweater, sister-in-law, don't you like to wear red, I brought it to you and put it in our mother's house, you can wear it, the new one, the new one that Wuhan University bought from the provincial capital, I have been putting it away, I haven't worn it."
"Ah, I'm so embarrassed, sister, you see you're polite!" Before he finished speaking, he ran straight into Wang's mother's yard, leaving his brother and Mrs. Wu standing in the middle of the road.
"What, brother, send you back, the mountain is going to fog now, I don't worry about you going back alone." My brother has been doing welding and gas cutting all year round, and his eyes are always red.
Mrs. Wu combed her brother's messy hair distressedly, "No need, it's only a few steps away, and I'm running back and forth when I'm young, what's there to worry about." But brother, take good care of your eyes when you work, your body is the most important thing. Brother, go back quickly, sister-in-law is waiting for you. Otherwise, my sister-in-law will be so unhappy! ”
"Your brother can still do this, come, come up, my brother will ride you back, and talk to my sister by the way." There is also a dirt road around the mountain between the two villages, which is a dirt slope road that people have driven ox carts to harvest crops and pull cow dung for many years. Every time my brother sends her off, he always has to take the road around the slope, his legs and feet are inconvenient and he doesn't like to climb the mountain, although this road is a little farther than going over the mountain, but you can ride back and forth, save some effort.
At this time, my sister-in-law ran over in a new sweater and said with excitement on her face: "Look, Defu, doesn't it look good?" He turned to Mrs. Wu again: "Good sister, is it good-looking?" Really, things are just different in this big city! You touch, you look at this wool, how good it feels, it doesn't prick your hands at all, and this color, you see, how positive. I just want this fluffy sweater, comfortable, warm, and foreign. ”
"My sister-in-law is so good-looking, just like the beauty on TV." It's good-looking, sister-in-law's thin lips and phoenix eyes, and the corners of her eyes are a little hanging, although it looks a little mean, but people are beautiful. Although it is fat, the fat bumps are round and jade, and it can be regarded as a beauty embryo.
"Why do you want something for your wife, it must be very expensive to buy in a big city, you can keep it for yourself, and I'll buy it for your sister-in-law."
The sister-in-law looked disgusted, and fell at Defu: "What's wrong, it's all a family, what's not expensive, besides, it's not what I have to want, it's my wife who insists on giving it to me." Yes, ma'am. ”
"Yes, yes, brother, what are you talking about, the whole family actually said something foreign. My sister-in-law is really good-looking, sister-in-law, you take care of my brother, he is stupid, in fact, he loves you the most. Mrs. Wu was afraid that her sister-in-law would have an awkward relationship with her brother again, so she was busy helping her sister-in-law say good things.
"It's stupid!" Lingzi glanced at Defu of Mu Na beside her, pulled Mrs. Wu to her side, and affectionately held Mrs. Wu's arm and said, "It's still my sister-in-law who loves me the most." Then he leaned into Mrs. Wu's ear and whispered: "Sister, your brother and I plan to go to the town to buy a house, and you want to help your brother and sister-in-law." "No wonder I'm so tired today, it turned out that I was asking her for money with such a small calculation.
Mrs. Wu was dissatisfied with her sister-in-law's shrewdness, and it was inconvenient to show it, so she said with a smile on her face: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, Wu Da has saved a few dollars in the past half a year, and I will send it to you another day." ”
"No, you don't need your money, the money is almost ready, it's enough." My brother was slapped on the arm by his sister-in-law as soon as he opened his mouth, and he blocked it back, "What is enough, if you buy a house, you have to buy furniture and household appliances, decorate and clean up, and there are many places to spend money." ”
He smiled and said to Mrs. Wu, "What else to give, let you run again." Just ask your brother to send you home, you see it's so late this day, I don't worry about you going back to your sister-in-law by yourself. Defu, quick, send the girl home. By the way, get the money back, don't let our sister be tired back and forth. As he spoke, he pushed Mrs. Wu into the car, "Defu, don't delay for too long, come back early for dinner, don't get cold." With that, he smiled at Mrs. Wu and waved his hand and turned into the house.
"Mother, you're done!" The sister-in-law shouted into the house.
"It's coming, it's coming." Mother Wang responded timidly in the house.
The dirt road that connects the two villages is potholed, and cycling on it is very bumpy. The elder brother was afraid that Mrs. Wu would be uncomfortable, so he deliberately rode very slowly, he firmly grasped the handle of the motorcycle, kept his eyes on the road ahead, and drove forward cautiously.
On the back seat, it was his most distressed baby sister. My sister is eight years younger than her, so it can be said that he grew up watching. At that time, my parents were farming in the cooperative, and every day before dawn, they would go out to the fields and uphill to earn work, trying to find a way to share more food to fill the family's stomach. My sister is small, and he takes her with him wherever he goes, holding her in his arms and holding it, so he puts it in a bamboo basket and carries it on his back. Carry her to the mountains to dig birds' eggs, take them home, cook them, crush them and feed them to her mouth.
Once, he locked his sister in the house and went up the mountain to dig mushrooms to play, but his sister fell off the bed and broke her head, crying and almost going out of breath. After that, as long as his parents are not with his sister, he must take a good look at his sister and not let her leave a step. He is his protector, he is her guardian. Until another man who loves his sister more takes her away and takes care of her like his own eyes.
Mrs. Wu sat silently on the back seat of her brother's motorcycle, sniffing the scent of the freshly turned soil in the night, and smiled sweetly. Leaning on her brother's back, by her brother's side, Mrs. Wu felt very safe and happy, when she was a child, she went to the mountains to play together, and every time she came back, her brother carried her back, and it had been many years.
The elder brother has handsome eyebrows and eyes, a straight body, and a good skill to make money, but his right leg is a little lame when he walks. When I was a child, I once climbed a tree and fell down, and the doctor was not timely and fell into the root of the disease.
My sister-in-law got married and was still a relative of my sister-in-law's family. In fact, my sister-in-law is not a bad person, but she is greedy and cheap, and she is a little domineering, and her desire to control is also a little stronger, so she has the final say in everything. But Mrs. Wu was willing to coax her to let her, not for anything else, just because her brother liked her sister-in-law, the first time she saw Lingzi, and when she saw her brother's eyes looking at her, Mrs. Wu knew that her brother liked her and really liked her. His eyes were bright and warm, radiating a warm light like the golden sun in winter, as if he had illuminated his whole body.
The brother and sister arrived home after a while, the elder brother sent Mrs. Wu to the door and turned around to go back, Mrs. Wu hurriedly ran to the house to take out the passbook and handed it to the elder brother. "It's not much, you just take it and use it first, and I'll find a way to make it up."
The elder brother left without saying a word, he knew that his sister had no savings in order to run to various hospitals for the child over the years, and he couldn't ask for it.
My sister has been supplementing him a lot over the years, and he can't help his sister as an elder brother, but he can't always drag her down with a straight face.
Reiko manages money tightly, lives a fine life, and the money to buy a house is almost enough, and she doesn't need her sister's savings. Mrs. Wu picked up the passbook on the ground, looked at her brother's distant back, and silently thought that if she could guard her home and earn a lot of money in this mountain, it would be convenient for her children to go to school, then Wu Da would not have to be so far away from herself, her brother would not have to buy a house, her mother would not have to worry about money, her sister-in-law would not lose her husband, and Wu Duo would not become an orphan.