Chapter 41: The Third Uncle Moves
Shu Laosan really couldn't stand it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Two old people who are more than 100 years old together, show their affection endlessly and uncontrollably every day, no matter when and where, the sweetness of honey and oil is so sweet that others can't stay on the side!
(Qinglan: Third uncle, this adjective should be called: light bulb... But the two of them are really "old-skinned", and the whole world seems to be the only one of them, turning a blind eye to other people's strange eyes.
This you and me, there are a lot of feelings, and the skills of tired people are really unbearable, Shu Laosan feels that when he is newly married, he can't do it like no one else.
Especially the unusually old man Shu, who has a sweet smile all day long, how can the rest of the Shu family look unpleasant, and the more he looks, the more awkward he becomes. Fortunately, everyone has a job during the day, and they just need to endure it at dinner time.
The key to making everyone feel uncomfortable collectively is, it's good for you two to be good, dad, why do you have to ask others to treat her as a baby! As soon as I thought of Xiao Meiyuan's fierce face, and from time to time I snorted at Mr. Shu, Shu Laosan felt a chill, Mom, I was born with my face on the ground!
But even so, Shu Laosan never thought of leaving the Shu family.
The second brother's family is not there, the family lives happily, his only son is frail and sickly, and he will live a long life with his eldest brother and nephews in the future. So when Mr. Shu proposed to divide Shu Laosan and let them find a place to live by themselves, Shu Laosan and his family were confused.
Old Man Shu's reason is very simple, Ming Zhuang and Ming Ran are older, they don't need the old man to help them take care of the children, and he is also old, he should let himself enjoy Qingfu, don't let the two children add a burden to himself and Xiao Meiyuan, otherwise it will be a big unfilial piety!
Whether it is Shu Laosan or Wang Yufen, he never thought that one day, he would be kicked out of the Shu family for such a reason.
In fact, after the death of Mrs. Shu, Wang Yufen has deeply realized the hardships of life - no one uses private housing to subsidize her own family, so when Xiao Meiyuan gained a firm foothold in the Shu family, she often put her mother-in-law's score and made it difficult for her, she endured it.
But even so, the family still had to be swept away, and Shu Laosan really saw his father's selfishness and coldness.
At first, Shu Laosan stiffened his neck and refused to move, but he couldn't stand the old man Shu's scolding, and he urged him from time to time, not caring about Ming Ran at all, and making the child cry in the house with hunger.
No, Shu Laosan and his family had to go around and scrap around to get closer to the blacksmith shop, a cheap courtyard.
Shu Laosan and his wife have not saved much money over the years since they got married, and Old Man Shu also gave more than the family fee given to Shu's second family at the beginning - only one hundred taels, since Mrs. Shu was sick, Wang Yufen was in charge of the gift money of Shu Laosan's share.
Without money, Shu Laosan couldn't sleep for a few nights in a row, and finally the two of them discussed, go out and borrow it.
Shu Laosan took advantage of the lunch break to run to the county office, and finished work in the evening and went to the second brother's house in the south of the city.
Qinglan, who came back from the spring outing, was sharing the scenery and interesting stories of the trip with Shu Lao Er and Pan Erniang, and Ming Yu's additions came from time to time outside - Mr. Ji assigned homework, wrote a travel note, and asked for a poem, Ming Yu was sitting at the desk racking his brains to think of poetry!
Brother He is concentrating on fiddling with the new toys that Qinglan brought him, and it is strange to say that Brother He, who has always been idle, likes to play games that use his brain, such as tangrams, Luban locks, and exquisite balls, such as the boat he is now fighting in his hand, there are many parts and dolls, which need to be assembled little by little.
"Mother," Qinglan took out her small purse, "This is a ruby, if you wear a ring belt, it must look good!" ”
Stinky girl, I didn't hurt you in vain! Let's not talk about the quality of things, just talk about this girl's intentions, and remember yourself and your family when you go out.
Pan Erniang rubbed the ruby, "This has to be expensive, a foreigner's thing." "Pan Erniang is very knowledgeable, she likes bright and shiny things.
"It's not expensive~~~ Niangqing don't worry~~~" Qinglan won't tell her how much money, she has already found out that the family, the Shu family and the Pan family are counted, no matter what time it is, if you have money, you can save it, and you can no longer save it.
"It's just you?" Shu Lao Er ate the wrong thing, a sour and sour girl.
"How can there be no daddy~ daddy?" Qinglan snorted, and Mingyu outside shook goosebumps.
"Dangdangdang~~~" Qinglan took out a copper pocket watch, sorry daddy, the silver girl can't afford it...
Shu Lao Er was overjoyed, happily took the pocket watch, and smiled like a child. This thing was originally owned by the shopkeeper Sun, and it was convenient to look at the time, Shu Lao Er had wanted one for a long time, but he didn't expect his daughter to remember it for him!
There was a knock on the door, and Zhang Guanjie, who was cleaning in front for a while, came in, followed by Shu Laosan, "Dongjia, Shu Sanye is here." ”
Shu Lao Er hurriedly put away the pocket watch and went out of the room. Mingyu had already packed up his pen and ink, got up and said hello to the third uncle.
Third uncle? Qinglan looked at Pan Erniang in surprise: How dare the third uncle not listen to his grandfather's words and come to our house? When did you get so close to the third uncle?
Pan Erniang shook her head at her daughter, she also wondered, why is the third child here?
The two then went out of the room, and Qinglan was a little stunned when she saw that the third uncle, what about the third uncle... The hair on the forehead is all gray?
"Come, drink tea, the Laoshan green that Qingqing brought back." Shu Laosan gave Shu Laosan a cup of tea and sat on the chair opposite him.
"Hey," Shu Laosan agreed, and Qinglan felt that he was obviously a little cramped.
"Third uncle," Qinglan handed over a baggage, "This is a snack for my younger brothers and sisters, and I originally planned to go to grandpa's tomorrow." ”
Shu Laosan promised to take the burden, and handed over a burden he brought, "This is made for you by your third aunt, it's not good material, don't dislike it." ”
Pan Erniang was upset, lowered her eyes and said nothing.
Qinglan smiled and took the burden and thanked her politely, she didn't want her father to suffer.
Sure enough, Shu Lao Er was very happy, so he took Shu Lao San to the front to drink two cups.
Pan Erniang entered the inner room and prepared to change her clothes and cook for the brothers.
"Mother," Qinglan followed, "My third uncle has always been very good to me, "Don't show face to others."
"You," Pan Erniang hated the iron and nodded her daughter's forehead, this child, the heart is too soft, "I cooked and cut!" ”
"I'll give my mother a hand!" Qinglan hung on Pan Erniang in a pug-like manner.
"Don't dilute you!" Pan Erniang said falsely.
After a meal, Qinglan finally knew why the third uncle came, one was to borrow money, and the other was to ask her father to help move.
For the third uncle being separated, Qinglan also blamed the old man Shu, the third uncle and his family don't make much money, Ming Ran is less than two years old, Ming Zhuang still has to go to school and take medicine, it is not easy for a family of four.
Moving means renting a house by yourself, starting a fire, food, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, food, clothing, housing and transportation, everything has to be bought with money, which is not a small expense!
The next morning, Qinglan came to the Shu family's old house with the gifts brought back from the trip.
As soon as she entered the door, Qinglan found that the yard had changed significantly, all the trees at the door had been cut down, and the original vegetable field, I don't know when a piece of the moon season was planted, no need to guess, it must be Xiao Meiyuan who likes moon flowers.
"Hello Grandma Xiao." It's just a word difference, but Qinglan just can't scream, and there is a voice in her heart that keeps repeating: She's not my grandma, she's not my grandma...
"Hmm." Xiao Meiyuan nodded perfunctorily, Old Man Shu is not here, who is she showing to her? That's not necessary, wronged yourself for a junior.
Qinglan put the gift on the table, and the two of them just sat in the hall with big eyes and stared at each other, no one spoke, Xiao Meiyuan didn't take this cheap granddaughter in her eyes, and she didn't even bother to pour white water.
Qinglan is not afraid of embarrassment, looking at the furnishings in the hall, nothing has changed, let's just sit like this, I don't want to be wronged that I have nothing to say!
Thinking of Xiao Meiyuan's past, Qinglan felt that every time she talked to her, her back felt cold.
After sitting for about two quarters of an hour, Old Man Shu came back, carrying a vegetable basket in his left hand, a piece of fat pork belly in his right hand, and a chicken under his arm.
Xiao Meiyuan hurriedly went out to meet him, and glanced at the old man Shu.
Old Man Shu saw his granddaughter who came out to say hello, and his smile obviously changed from joyful just now to perfunctory, "Qingqing is here." "I said hello to Qinglan.
"Let's talk, I'll go to the room to cook." Xiao Meiyuan took the dish and left in a hurry. Qinglan didn't care, anyway, she didn't have anything to say about these two people.
"Why are you here today?" Old Man Shu asked without raising his head while slapping the dirty ash on his sleeves.
"I went out to study with my husband, and I came back yesterday, and I will rest today and tomorrow, and I will go to school again on eleven." Qinglan replied politely.
"Oh, it's good to learn from Mr.," Old Man Shu instructed without pain or itching, and walked into the hall. "What are they?" Old Man Shu pointed to a pile of things on the table.
"The tea I bought on the road to eat, we are rare here, give grandpa and uncle and uncle a taste." Qinglan's face did not change, and she categorized the gifts according to the head of the room.
"Hmm," Old Man Shu nodded, although there was no superfluous expression, but Qinglan could see that Old Man Shu was still quite satisfied with her performance.
Qinglan was stunned in her heart, if it was Mrs. Shu sitting here... Alas~ I can't go back.
"Let's stay here for lunch at noon." Old man Shu instructed that the second son's family should not be far away, and there will be something in the future... Since Qinglan was taken in by Mr. Ji, Old Man Shu is still okay with this granddaughter.
"Medium." Qinglan thought about it and agreed, but she was curious about whether Old Man Shu and Xiao Meiyuan were as excessive as the third uncle said. "I'll go see Xiao Ran." After speaking, he got up and walked to the west across the courtyard.
Old Man Shu went out with her, and he didn't worry about Xiao Meiyuan in the room.
There were only three people eating together for lunch, and Ming Ran's meal was prepared by Wang Yufen in advance, put it on the kang table, and there were some snacks to make Ming Ran hungry to eat.
Qinglan disagreed, the child was so young that he couldn't take care of himself at all, and not eating on time like this was extremely bad for the digestive system, and Ming Ran was already thin enough.
But she didn't say anything, and soaked some snacks in hot water to feed Ming Ran, and the third aunt was afraid that she had already torn her face with Old Man Shu.
Looking at such a lunch, Qinglan couldn't help but feel funny, three people, a bowl of gruel in front of one person, a plate of stinky salted fish, and a plate of shepherd's cabbage mixed with garlic. Needless to say, this shepherd's cabbage must have been given by a country girl.
"Gaba", the first bite of porridge that Qinglan drank was hit by the sand, spit it out and looked, I'll go, a small piece of carbon! Qinglan continued to fish in the bowl, "Dangchang", a large piece of carbon!
"Bang dang!" Qinglan threw the carbon on the table and put down the rice bowl by the way.
If you don't welcome it, say it early, no one has to eat your meal! Qinglan thinks it's too pediatric to do this, what do you mean Xiao Meiyuan? Did our Shu family abuse you? Did you eat bran vegetables? There is meat and chicken, I don't climb the companion, I don't have to grab that bite from your mouth, but it's not good for you to be so responsive! Look at the smell of salted fish, if it were summer, there would be no flies flying all over the sky!
As if he had come to verify for Qinglan, a few flies really flew over the dinner table, and the buzzing people were upset.
Old Man Shu's face was a little unbearable, and he explained: "Just now, you forgot to serve the pot with your milk and added carbon, and you accidentally poured the carbon into the pot all of a sudden." As he spoke, he fished into his bowl, wanting to prove that he was not special, but unfortunately, there was nothing in his bowl except for clean white rice porridge, and Old Man Shu stopped in embarrassment.
Qinglan glanced at Xiao Meiyuan, the other party did not show a trace of strange expression, and was eating her own food slowly. Qinglan knew that this was a blatant bullying of herself, and she expected that she would not dare to do anything to her.
Hehe, you're underestimating me too much.
Carefully picking out the carbon slag one by one, Qinglan drank up the porridge, porridge and rice, when thinking about it was not easy. Qinglan didn't want to leave a handle on this, and after eating, she politely said goodbye, Old Man Shu wanted to give something to his granddaughter, but Xiao Meiyuan didn't come out at all when she returned to the back room.
It was Ming Ran, who followed behind Qinglan, and refused to go back no matter what Old Man Shu called.
Qinglan picked her up - she was too thin and light, "Sister will come to play with you tomorrow." "This is not to coax her, tomorrow the third uncle moves, Qinglan and Mingyu are going to help.
Only then did Ming Ran let go of Qinglan and staggered into the door.
After finishing the wave of guests in the morning, Shu Lao Er led the two children to the Shu family's old house. Shu Laosan's family has already packed up all their things, and some of the men who came to help are already carrying their belongings to the mule cart. Ming Ran saw Qinglan and ran towards her cheering. Qinglan stepped forward to support her and handed over an eight-petal glazed chrysanthemum lantern - this was given by Qinglan to Ming Ran, and Uncle He's family moved to joy.
Wang Yufen saw at a glance that the dress Qinglan was wearing was from her own hand, and her hanging heart was half of it.
The house rented by the third uncle's family is at the end of Dogtail Alley, and the yard is smaller than Qinglan's, and there is no backyard. The room is about twenty or thirty square meters, there is no partition, and it is a whole room. The roof was in tatters, and only a small window was open.
Shu Lao Er smacked his mouth, this house really needs to be cleaned up.
A few children were having fun, and when they were pulling weeds in the yard, they actually found a little hedgehog!
Ming Zhuang carefully held it in his arms with his shabby clothes, and showed a sincere and bright smile to everyone.
Qinglan couldn't help but think of a quote from Victor Frank:
Anything that man has can be taken away, but the last freedom of human nature – that is, the freedom to choose one's own attitude and way of life in any circumstances – cannot be taken away.
(To be continued.) )