Chapter 13: Gang Pull
Zhou Gu'er nodded, her clenched fist was released, it would be good if she could agree, if she could agree, then she would not have to marry Zhang Da.
In fact, she is also gambling, she knows that Zhou Mazi is a gambler, gamblers have gambler psychology, gamblers always want more, she let Zhou Mazi know, if she doesn't marry Zhang Da, then he gets more, then the other party must gamble, so today she and Zhou Mazi negotiated, otherwise it will be replaced by another person, maybe just for the current thirty yuan will immediately agree.
Now it seems that I have made the right bet, this first step, not marrying myself to Zhang Da, is the beginning of change.
"Dad, too, how can you believe her, she must be coaxing."
Zhou Cai was not happy, feeling that his new clothes and his flesh were flying.
Zhou Mazi smashed a sip of wine and didn't speak.
"Dad, Mom, I want to move to that utility room, okay?"
Zhou Guer took the opportunity to put forward a request to move out of the big kang.
"Gu'er, you live well in the house, what are you doing there? There's not even a kang over there, so why don't you stay? â
Li Hua didn't understand what her daughter was trying to do.
"Mom, Feng'er and Gu'er are both older, and the talented man is also growing up, I'm afraid everyone will feel crowded, and I can be a lot more relaxed if I don't have a kang over there, I can just build two wooden boards, if I get something, it's convenient to have a house, and it won't make you noisy."
Zhou Guer explained.
"Mom, let her go, she can squeeze me to death, I can't even turn over, she wants to live in a small black house."
Zhou Cai was very happy, and felt that he would not be so uncomfortable if there were fewer people.
"If she wants to live, let her live, let her do, as long as she can make money for Lao Tzu, she doesn't care about Lao Tzu."
Zhou Mazi didn't care so much.
Zhou Feng'er and Zhou Duo'er didn't speak, they didn't know what this eldest sister was thinking, and they couldn't understand this eldest sister. Just like marrying Zhang Da, they don't know whether the eldest sister is really unwilling or falsely unwilling, but now that their father has promised the eldest sister, they can't be the master, so they don't express their opinions on this matter.
"Thank you, Dad."
Zhou Guer's goal was achieved, and she didn't care about saying thank you.
It took two days for Zhou Guer to clean up the utility room.
The wooden bed was very simple, although there was nothing else in the house except for the futon and a few clothes for her, but Zhou Guer was still very satisfied.
This is her little world, she finally doesn't have to squeeze on that big kang anymore, she can finally be alone.
Zhou Gu'er sat on her small bed, leaning back her sore neck, moving gently, but she had a smile on her face.
"Gu'er, do you really want to live here? Is it possible to be so thin? â
Li Hua pushed the door and walked in, touching Zhou Gu'er's so-called bed, her face full of worry.
There is a thin mattress laid below, it must be very bad, but she doesn't have an extra mattress, there are so many people in the family, there is no extra for Zhou Guer, she is really worried that her daughter will not be able to sleep.
"It's okay Mom, don't worry, it's warm now, it's not cold."
Zhou Gu'er said softly, her adoptive mother is still very good to herself, she treats herself as her own, and she is still grateful to Li Hua.
"Hey, you kid, life is hard, no luck, you said that if you hadn't followed me at the beginning, maybe you would have lived a good life for a few days. Now that I think about it, I don't know if I'm going to bring you here, or if it's for your good or if it's hurting you. â
Li Hua sighed and began to cry as she spoke.
Zhou Guer felt very uncomfortable when she saw her adoptive mother like this, if she wanted to say that her adoptive mother was in this life, she was a more cannon fodder than herself.
Her grandmother, that is, her adoptive mother's mother, is a very authentic rural woman, after she married her grandfather Li Shan, her grandfather's family had a hard time, and she didn't have a good life for two days.
After two years like this, my grandmother's face is yellow and thin, and the child can't eat, which is very pitiful.
At that time, there was a kind of storage zĂ i called a gang set here.
The work in the field and the heavier work at home are given to the men, and the family does not pay the wages, but the men have to take care of the food, the days are poor, there is only one kang at home, and the man has to sleep with the mistress of the house at night, and the man has physiological requirements, and the hostess has to meet him.
In the later society, this thing is inconceivable, but in that era, in the countryside, this thing is real, and it is not a minority, although it is a bit embarrassing to say it, but when people really can't live, their faces are not so important.
Zhou Guer's grandmother found a man at home, and his grandfather Li Shan also knew it, although he felt uncomfortable, but what could he do, he couldn't make money, he couldn't support his daughter-in-law and children, and he couldn't watch the daughter-in-law and children at home starve to death and die of exhaustion.
After Li Hua was born, many people discussed, saying that this child may not be the daughter of grandpa Li Shan, but may be the man who ganged up.
When Gu'er's grandmother was pregnant with Li, her grandfather Li Shan went home to live for a while, but he lived for half a month and then went out again, and the man who pulled the gang lived in the Li family in the second half of the month, so even Gu'er's grandmother didn't know who her daughter was.
But in that era, no matter who the child was, it could only be the male owner's if it was born, and he would definitely not give it to the gang, because the one who was a long-term worker, had no status, no right to speak, and he couldn't raise the child for him, so even if it was the biological one, he wouldn't want it.
However, it is also for this reason that Li Shan does not kiss Li Hua very much, as for the man who pulled the gang, he left the Li family after Li Shan did not go out, and there was no news again.
So from childhood to adulthood, Li Hua didn't get much father's love, but in that era, even if she was her own daughter, she wouldn't get any love, it was an era when she couldn't afford to live, and it was a good thing not to starve to death.
Later, when Li Hua got married, the conditions of the person she found were also average.
That man's name is Cui Tie, he and Li Hua have been married for a few years and have no children, Cui Tie also complains about her, but in general he didn't beat and scolded like Zhou Mazi.
Later, Gu'er's grandmother picked up Gu'er, and she handed Gu'er to Li Hua, because Li Hua had no children, she picked up a girl and let Li Hua raise her, although she was not a child, but she would finally have something to rely on in the future.
Li Hua is very happy, and it is good for Gu'er, Gu'er's first adoptive father, Cui Tie, is not bad to her, although she is not biological, but she is much stronger than Zhou Mazi.