Chapter 13: Sisterhood
The old man sat on the kang and looked at the remaining children and daughters-in-law. "We've decided. The big room will go with us tomorrow, and the second room will stay. Sanniang, don't blame your father and mother." Sanniang cried and said, "Don't blame Dad, don't blame Dad." It's just that dad can bring four joys? He's 10 years old." The old man said angrily: "At this time, it is not easy for anyone to say, so just follow the agreement." Sanwang, you also have to stay."
Xiulan listened, called her father, and then cried loudly.
Sanwang glanced at his grandfather, looked at her mother and said, "I listen to grandpa."
Sanniang also cried, seeing that Sanwang couldn't follow, thinking about her two sons, she cried even louder.
Li Xiao calmed down in the room, wiped away his tears, and when he walked to the door of the main room, he heard a room of crying. It's not a taste in my heart, a big family, who loves each other, will be separated like this.
When I walked in, I saw that my grandfather was also secretly wiping his tears, so I said to my grandfather: "Grandpa, don't worry, I will take care of them, take care of the family, and wait for everyone to come back." The old man looked at the most favored little granddaughter and nodded.
Xiulan listened to what the five girls said and forgot that she was just a 7-year-old child. pulled Li Xiao over and cried and said, "Help the eldest aunt take care of your third brother, your grandfather wants to keep him." Then she whimpered and cried again. Li Xiao patted Xiulan's head with his little hand and said, "Don't worry, auntie, as long as I am here, the third brother will be here."
In the evening, the second pillar of the big pillar came back, and saw that the old man had already said it. Everyone went back to their rooms to rest. Xiulan was in Dazhu's arms, and she cried again. In the end, Dazhu said, it is not safe to follow us, there are many victims on the road, anything can happen, he is only 12 years old, and it is a good thing to stay at home. That's it.
Erzhu and his wife sat in the house, and Erzhu said: "Our children are young, it is best to stay, don't blame Dad, these arrangements are made by Wuyati." Sanniang said: "It's good that Siya can follow, and she is married to Village Chief Zhang's family, so you can't be picky about this arrangement."
The next day it was not dawn. Li Xiao didn't go up the mountain, waiting for everyone in the yard. Seeing that the old man and the uncle's family had come out, he took two packages and stuffed them into his grandfather's hands and said, "The gray ones are for grandparents." The red one is the dowry for the fourth sister, and I will give it to her when I get on the road, and tell the fourth sister not to hate her." After saying that, he ran back to the house and cried.
The old man looked at everyone and said to the people in the second room that he would try to listen to the opinions of the five girls in the future. Then gritted his teeth, got on the cart, and motioned for the pillar to go.
When they arrived at the entrance of Zhangjia Village, they saw that the Zhang family was already waiting for them. Village Chief Zhang's family has a cow, and Village Chief Zhang's family of 5 is sitting, and Village Chief Zhang is leading the cow. Seeing that the Li family was coming, he said that he would let Mr. Li and his wife and his daughter also sit up, and it was warm for 8 people to squeeze in. In this way, Da Zhu only pushed his own daughter-in-law and things, and Da Zhuang followed alongside. The group went to the official road.
Mrs. Li got into the car, and Siya threw herself into her arms and cried, asking her father and mother if she didn't want her anymore. The emotions are very exciting. Mrs. Zhang said: "I'm afraid that this kid has drilled the tip of the horns and wants to be crooked." Hurry up and persuade me, I haven't slept much yesterday." The old man looked at it and slapped Siya, and said, "Didn't you see that your third brother didn't follow?" Let's go to live, the young can't take it, the five girls have seven tricks in their hearts, and they fool you to the Zhang family, which is to save your life. What are you still thinking? This is for you by the five girls." I casually gave a red cloth bag.
Siya saw it and quickly opened it, because her hands were trembling, she tore open the cloth bag twice, and saw that it was a slender small box, and raised her hand to open it. I saw a ginseng with a bow tied with a red rope lying inside. Mrs. Zhang covered it and whispered, "Put it away." It's a lifesaver. It's not good to ask for too valuable. Brother Zhang hurriedly took it back. Old Man Li said again: "This thing is the dowry that Wuya said to you in front of everyone." You asked your uncle, and said that I would give it to you halfway, for fear that you would run back when you saw it, and she asked me to tell you, don't hate her for yesterday's incident. You are now the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family, you can't do whatever you want, and the daughter of our Li family who married out can't be said."
Siya hugged the cloth bag and nodded and cried: "The fifth sister said before that she would give me the biggest one when I got married." This one is bigger than the two I saw at the time." As he spoke, he hugged the cloth bag and cried, but it was much better than just now. The others didn't understand, and they didn't ask in detail, probably the whispers of the two children. (Before, she went to the fifth sister's house to get a change of clothes (she felt sorry for Li Xiao's work, so Li Xiao's clothes were all washed by her). I saw a ginseng hanging on the shelf, and my grandfather said that one ginseng is an acre of land. I pulled the fifth sister and asked, how can you secretly hide ginseng. The five girls pouted, pulled her and said, I'll show you something good, don't say it. She nodded, and saw the five girls take out a box from the box, which was a slender box, and when she checked in, there was a ginseng that had been dried lying inside. Slightly larger than the one on the shelf. Her mouth was wide open. The fifth sister covered her mouth and said, "Don't scream, I'll stay for a while, and when you get married, I'll give you the biggest one, and the rest are for our old man").
Let's talk about the Li family. After the group left, Li Xiao asked everyone to move to the main house. The reason is very simple, the main room is the first to heat when there is a fire in the first kitchen, and the kang in the second main room can sleep 6 of them at the maximum.
In the end, it was decided that Sixi would sleep on the kang head, and then Wufu, Sanwang, Erzhu, Sanniang, and Li Xiao. This is Li Xiaopai's, and everyone disagrees at first. In the end, my grandfather said that he would listen to me in the future. Then he said, "I am so angry that I will get hot when I sleep, and I will get sick easily if I get on fire." I didn't even have such a fire in my house. Then he said that his mother could sleep with her father in her arms, and then hey, hey, hey, hey.
Then I looked up and saw that her mother's face was flushed, and her father's face was black. Frightened, she ran away, saying that I would go back to the house and pack my things. The others also laughed, and Sanwang said: "As long as there are five sisters, the family will be lively."
Li Xiao took the bow and arrows and the tools that usually went up the mountain to the main room. Then he said: "My mother packed me some cakes, it was still early, my father and I went up the mountain, and we didn't come back to eat at noon."
Sanniang looked at Erzhu and said, "Is it so cold to go up the mountain?" Erzhu said: "Before my father left, he also said that he listened to Wuya about the affairs of the family. You don't care. It just so happened that I also saw how the five girls shoot arrows. The whole family was scolded by my father for a few days because of this." Everyone laughed when they thought about it, forgetting the parting just now. Samwang went to carry firewood to the kitchen. Wufu followed Sanniang to the kitchen to prepare food.
Li novel: "It's going to be hard for my mother during this time, so she cooks at home alone." Then Sixi said: "You think everyone is you, my third brother and I can cook, so you don't care about it at home." Wait a minute, my third brother and I will go to the roof to sweep the snow."
Li Xiao told them to be careful when clearing the snow before leaving with Erzhu.