Chapter 104: Marriage
Zhou Chunliang slept until the evening of the next day, when he woke up, he saw three children eating roasted sweet potatoes around the brazier, with two large bowls of cornmeal batter next to him, the younger son holding his little daughter and coaxing her to eat another bite of eggs, and the eldest son was also helping beside him.
In an instant, Zhou Chunliang seemed to have returned to the years when Li Xiuhua was still there, and it was often like this at home, she would use very common ingredients to make some particularly delicious food, the house was warm and fragrant, and the children were like puppies, he didn't have to do anything, and he felt comfortable just looking at it.
"Dad, are you awake?" Zhou Yang first discovered Zhou Chunliang.
"Where did the eggs come from? Eat sweet potatoes, your milk knows if you don't ......" Speaking of this, Zhou Chunliang remembered that Mrs. Zhou was still lying on the kang, Li Xiuhua had passed away, and their family had become a defeated black five bad elements......
Zhou Chunliang felt an inexplicable anger for a moment, the woman in this family is really unconscious, she knows that she is tossing around, and a good life is not good, otherwise how can their family come to this point......
Zhou Chunliang snorted angrily and put on his shoes and went to the ground, ready to go to the toilet.
"Dad, do you know everything about my mother?" Zhou Yang hurriedly stopped Zhou Chunliang and asked. He had long wanted to talk to Zhou Chunliang about the events of these days, and he didn't have a chance until now.
"Got it!" Zhou Chunliang snorted angrily in response, "Don't worry about it!" Don't worry about it one by one! ”
This unconscious one must also include Li Xiuhua.
Zhou Yang pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and resolutely told Zhou Chunliang what he thought: "Dad, they killed my mother, the three of us have discussed, we can't live with them anymore." Eat with them in a pot and sleep under the same roof, we block our hearts......" Zhou Yang, who took on the heavy responsibility of life at a young age, rarely revealed his grievances and desires in front of his father, and his voice choked.
"Dad, let's split up with them, let's move out and live by ourselves. I can work, and our family will be able to live a good life in the future. Zhou Yang looked at Zhou Chunliang urgently, his eyes full of hope.
"Why did you three discuss it? I'm not dead yet! This home is still my decision! It's not your turn to tell me! Zhou Chunliang jumped like thunder, pointed at Zhou Yang's nose and scolded.
"Dad," Zhou Yang was so frightened that he hurriedly looked back at his younger brothers and sisters, for fear that they would be frightened by Zhou Chunliang, and he was busy appeasing Zhou Chunliang, and he was in a hurry for a while, "Dad, don't be angry, aren't we discussing with you......"
"Discuss what to discuss! It's not your turn to discuss things at home with me! Zhou Chunliangta pulled his shoes and walked out angrily, ignoring Zhou Yang who still had a stomach to talk to him.
Zhou Yang wanted to speak and stopped, and finally could only swallow all the words, and asked Zhou Chunliang's back:
"Dad, are you hungry? We left you two sweet potatoes. ”
"What time! And the heart to eat! Zhou Chunliang slammed the door and went out.
"Second brother! Baked sweet potato pie! Zhou Wanwan trembled with anger in her heart, what kind of thing is this! Raising a dog is more knowledgeable than Zhou Chunliang's father!
Zhou Yang pinched the sweet potato in his hand and stood for a while before coming back to his senses. He reluctantly smiled at his younger siblings and explained to them, "Big brother can't speak, which makes Dad angry." The eldest brother thinks about it again, and then persuade his father when he is angry. Don't worry, big brother will be able to take you out soon! ”
Zhou Chen lowered his eyes silently, noncommittal to Zhou Yang's words. He didn't want to hit the eldest brother, but he didn't want to say against his will that he believed that the eldest brother could persuade Zhou Chunliang.
"We've moved out to our own devices! Let's do it! Zhou Wanwan pursed her lips and stared at her big eyes, seriously repeating what she had said countless times these days.
"Okay! Move out! Big brother will take you out in time. Zhou Yang said ambiguously, and at first glance, he still had hope for Zhou Chunliang.
Zhou Wanwan didn't want to force Zhou Yang anymore, so she could only close her mouth tightly.
Zhou Yang also saw that his younger brothers and sisters were not in a high mood, thought about it, and explained to them seriously: "Mom said before that when the family is together, the heart is warm, and that is a good day." Dad and we are a family, and the eldest brother just thinks that our family can't be separated......"
Zhou Chen and Zhou Wanwan looked at Zhou Yang, and their faces were clearly written: What if Dad just doesn't leave?
"If Dad really doesn't want to, then let's go!" The tacit understanding of the relative blood fusion day and night made Zhou Yang see the concerns of his younger brothers and sisters, "The eldest brother promised you, I have to take you out and stay here, the eldest brother is the same as you, and his heart is blocked when he sees them." ”
Zhou Chen and Zhou Wanwan both breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they had the words of the eldest brother, they would be relieved.
Zhou Yang didn't want his younger brothers and sisters to be unhappy about this, so he pretended to pinch his sister's little nose easily, "Bake sweet potato cakes for you, how many can you eat?" ”
Zhou Chen also cooperated with his eldest brother and teased his sister together, "If you can't finish baking, you will be punished, so I will punish you for eating an extra spoonful of rice tomorrow!." ”
"Big brother ~ second brother bullied me again!" Zhou Wanwan hurriedly took the opportunity to be coquettish with his eldest brother and attracted all his attention.
She knew that after the conversation with Zhou Chunliang just now, the eldest brother must be in a very bad mood, but he didn't show it at all, and he had to bother to comfort his younger brothers and sisters......
No matter what the situation, the first thing that Zhou Yang, the eldest brother, thought of was never himself. So Zhou Wanwan has to think about her eldest brother, she has to take care of her eldest brother, feel sorry for him, and be considerate of him......
Zhou Yang couldn't tell whether his sister was fake or really coquettish, anyway, when she pouted, he couldn't stand it.
Zhou Yang hurriedly hugged his sister and coaxed, and agreed to any conditions, it was not a matter of asking for stars in the sky! Xiao Er is too disagreeable, how can he bully his sister! If you can't finish eating, he's baked too much, what's the matter with us? And you want to punish us? That's not going to work!
Of course, Zhou Yang, who tried his best to make his sister happy, didn't notice it, he had unconsciously left Zhou Chunliang's inexplicable temper behind him.
Zhou Wanwan hugged Zhou Yang's neck and smiled like a little fox, so angry that Zhou Chen stared at her head behind her back.
"Big brother ~ second brother order me!" Zhou Wanwan pointed with her little fingers, shaking her little curly hair, arrogant like a spoiled little princess.
Zhou Yang likes her sister too much, her sister should not be able to bear any grievances, otherwise why do you want him to be a big brother?
The brother and sister cleaned up Zhou Chen, who dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and returned with a big victory, and finally Zhou Chen went to work, Zhou Yang contributed, and the two big potatoes were happily eliminated by the three brothers and sisters.
Zhou Chunliang, who was so hungry that he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, finally couldn't hold back and woke up Beikang's son, "Where are the two sweet potatoes?" ”
"I'm gone." Zhou Chen said coldly. Holding my sister who was sleeping warmly, I turned over, and after a while, I started snoring.
Zhou Chunfa tossed and turned on the kang, he still had the meal last night, and when he woke up today, he just went to the toilet, and was pulled by Zhou Chunlai to the east house, and Mrs. Zhou woke up.
Of course Mrs. Zhou has to wake up, Zhou Wanwan will not allow her to die like this. That's too cheap for her!
Mrs. Zhou was so thin that she was out of shape, her eye sockets and cheeks were sunk into a large chunk, and her hair was almost completely white, sparsely clinging to her scalp.
She drank a bowl of Xu Chun's noodle soup, and began to touch her son's hands and shed tears. The four sons of the Zhou family stayed in front of Mrs. Zhou, and she tossed for most of the night before she fell asleep again.
When Zhou Chunliang missed the meal, he went to the kitchen to rummage through it, and there was nothing left, and he was still counting on Zhou Yang's two roasted sweet potatoes, but in the end, he didn't count on it, so he could only flip over and over on the kang to make pancakes.
Early the next morning, the Zhou family was busy, and today was the day when Zhou Juan went out.
In the past four or five days, the injuries on Zhou Juan and Zhou Hongying's bodies and faces have all healed, and there is no trace of it.
This made Zhou Juan completely relieved, and also made Zhou Hongying prepare to go out to play today.
She hasn't had a good day since the end of this summer, she's crazy at home, and now she's so easy to get sick and it's all good, her mother has also woken up, and it seems that there's nothing going on.
According to the customs of Sanjiatun, the day before the girl goes out, her mother's family will handle it once. invited relatives and neighbors to come to the house to make a banquet, and the more lively it was, the more important it was to his daughter.
But the day before Zhou Juan went out, the Zhou family was quiet, and there was no movement at all.
It's not that Wang Fengying doesn't want to do it for Zhou Juan, but she doesn't have the ability to do it, and no one is willing to cooperate with her.
The food at home is not enough, and there is no money, so what can I do for the banquet? Even if she slapped her swollen face and became fat, she handled it for Zhou Juan, and no one came to sit at this table.
Several real relatives received a letter from Zhou Juan to get married, and they all made it clear that they couldn't come. Wang Fengying's sister-in-law has always been open-mouthed, "Your family still dares to do things (referring to happy events)?" Aren't you afraid that the commune will arrest and criticize? If we don't go, the loudspeaker will say every day that the Black Five Category is a class enemy, and we have to draw a clear line! Come less in the future! ”
Zhou Jun, who went to deliver the letter, learned it to Wang Fengying word for word, so angry that she almost crushed the broom pimple in her hand.
Although the other relatives did not say it so clearly, they did not come for sure.
Zhou Juan sneered, don't come and pull it down! See if I can get out of this door! When I gain a firm foothold in the Xu family in the future, none of you should think about begging me!
Zhou Chunfa and his wife are restless, whether Zhou Juan can marry today is related to whether their life will be good in the future, but don't make any mistakes.
Zhou Jun and Xu Chun were sent back and forth to watch--Zhou Fu and Zhou Jun were originally sent to go, Xu Chun was afraid that Zhou Fu's legs would be unfavorable, and he would fall again in the ice and snow, so he took the initiative to go for him--when is this time, why haven't you come yet?
Mrs. Zhou drank another bowl of noodle soup this morning and was already able to sit up. She leaned on the pillow erected on the kang head, and looked gloomily at Zhou Chunfa and his wife, who were so feet that did not touch the ground, that the wrinkles of the drooping triangular eyes were deeper and denser, and no one could figure out what her cold gaze meant.
Finally, Zhou Jun ran out of Tunzi Erli and picked up Xu Weiguo, who came to greet him.
The marriage of the Xu family is also very simple. Xu Yidao has made friends with a lot of people over the years, but he didn't invite any of them, only invited the matchmaker and a few families in the tunzi. The team for welcoming the relatives has also been changed from the original plan of 10 bicycles to three.
If it weren't for Xu Weiguo's insistence, Xu Yidao wouldn't have agreed to use the bicycle. It's too ostentatious! The future of this family affair is uncertain, so it's better to keep a low profile. In case something happens in the future, they also have an excuse to make amends.
Zhou Juan packed up the simple dowry, wore her red gabardine coat, and followed Xu Weiguo out alone. Although the marriage was simple at this time, it was strange enough that Jane became like her, and there was no neighbor who sent her relatives.
Even if she is also a landlord or a rich peasant in the Black Five category, there will be a few women who are really relatives to give her a gift, which is related to the confidence of the girl in her mother-in-law's family and the face of her mother's family.
But the Zhou family can't come up with anyone, Zhou Juan has no friends, even if there are a few people who usually play together, and they gather like things, they are all hiding and laughing at her now, how can they risk coming out to make a face for her. Wang Fengying's character can't make a single relative or friend, and when this kind of test of friendship, it's too normal for no one to save face for her.
The Zhou Yang brothers were very indifferent to Zhou Juan's going out today. They didn't care whether she was dead or alive, but the brothers were still very happy to see this poisonous scorpion every day.
Zhou Chen went to make up for the class after eating, and he would not delay his study time when Zhou Juan died.
But Zhou Wanwan changed the norm today, and I had to go to see the excitement.
Although Zhou Yang didn't want to look at Zhou Juan awkwardly, and she didn't want to participate in her wedding, his sister insisted, so he still hugged her and took a few looks.
Zhou Wanwan asked Zhou Yang to hold her and spin around the bicycle that picked up Zhou Juan, and then stopped tossing.
The brother and sister stood far away and watched Zhou Juan, who was sitting on the frame behind Xu Weiguo, leave the tunzi, Zhou Yang's eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Zhou Wanwan tried her best to hide the coldness in her eyes, just now, she deprived Zhou Juan of the right to be a mother.
This is retribution, isn't it? Zhou Wanwan thought coldly.
If there is retribution, then come! I will never regret it.
Zhou Juan is not worthy of being a mother, this is her retribution! God didn't repay her in the previous life, but I will repay her in this life!
Zhou Wanwan squinted her eyes in the direction where Zhou Juan disappeared, Zhou Juan, and all the people who hurt us, I want you to live in the flames of hell forever from now on, every minute and every second, you can't escape.
In the afternoon, Zhou Chen came back with bright eyes.
"Pheasant again?" Zhou Yang raised his head from the exercise book and asked his younger brother with a smile.
It's going to be the New Year, and the brothers go to the next set every day, wanting to save some New Year's goods for the New Year. These days have been very fruitful, and I can carry one or two every day.
"Well, I'm frozen with a pheasant and a rabbit today." Zhou Chen put down his schoolbag and went to take off his shoes, there was snow in his shoes, if he didn't pack them up quickly, he was afraid that it would not be warm in the future.
Zhou Wanwan felt that her second brother was not just happy about this, but there were other things at first glance.
However, Zhou Wanwan didn't think about getting to the bottom of it, her second brother never hid his words in front of her and her eldest brother, and he was ready to say it in a while.
The three brothers and sisters wrote for a while, and Zhou Chen went to dismantle and wash the quilt. It's going to be the New Year, and there is still a quilt that hasn't been dismantled and washed, these days they are dedicated to studying, and they can't do it if they don't wash it for the New Year.
Zhou Wanwan dragged her small quilt out, "Second brother, my little quilt should also be washed." ”
Zhou Yang saw that the small bag in Zhou Wanwan's hand was darkened by his eyes. It was this little quilt that made her mother hated by Zhou Juan, and finally caused such a tragedy......
Zhou Yang's expression is not the first time Zhou Wanwan has seen it. She just picked this time to take out the little quilt, and her eldest brother's heart knot must be untied today.
"Big brother, don't you like my little quilt?" Zhou Wanwan hugged the corner of the small quilt, lowered her eyes, and asked a little lonely.
"No, big brother doesn't dislike." Zhou Yang subconsciously denied it. Seeing that my sister was still with her head down, looking like she was in a very bad mood, she immediately began to self-examine, feeling that her attitude just now was too perfunctory, so she quickly remedied.
Zhou Yang sat down and hugged his sister and her little quilt in his arms, "This little quilt was made by my mother before she was born." You see, there are also embroidered flowers on it, this is Mom's favorite wild chrysanthemum, Mom embroidered ninety-nine. Mom said, so that you can be full of blessings in the future, and you will not lack anything in your life. ”
Speaking of this, Zhou Yang seemed to see his mother counting wild chrysanthemums with them one by one, his mother was so beautiful at that time, the light in her eyes was like two little stars, and the smile at the corner of her mouth made him feel like his whole body was soaked in warm water, comfortable and warm, he just wanted to keep looking at his mother's eyes and keep making his mother smile like this......
"Then why is the eldest brother unhappy when he sees this little quilt?" Zhou Wanwan stared at Zhou Yang seriously, her big eyes were clear and bright, black and white, so that Zhou Yang couldn't say a perfunctory word.
Zhou Chen didn't know when he stopped what he was doing, and slowly became by his brother and sister's side.
Since he knew the cause of his mother's death, every time he saw this little quilt, he would feel uncomfortable, but it was not as serious as his eldest brother.
"Mom, Mom......" Zhou Yang felt a hard lump in his throat, which made his throat hurt, "They are angry (coveting) damn flower cloth...... Mom killed them because she made this little quilt......"
"Is Mom wrong to make this little quilt?" Zhou Wanwan then asked Zhou Yang seriously, because she was young, and she asked so seriously, with a poignant innocence in her ignorance.
"Mom, that's right!" Zhou Yang finally couldn't help it, his eyes turned red, and tears filled his eyes, "Mom uses her own things to give her own children, Mom is right!" ”
"Am I wrong? If my mother didn't make me a quilt, I wouldn't have been killed, but did I kill my mother? Zhou Wanwan opened her innocent eyes and asked questions that made Zhou Yang and Zhou Chen's hearts cut like knives.
"Fool! Don't think like that in the future! Zhou Chen couldn't help but interject, "How could it be that you killed your mother?" Did anyone tell you that? You tell the second brother, does anyone say that about you? ”
Zhou Yang also became nervous, if anyone dared to say this about his sister, he would have the heart to kill!
"No, no one says that about me." Zhou Wanwan looked at the two brothers seriously, "Mom made me a small quilt and was denounced by them, and I was arrested for breastfeeding, I wondered, did I kill my mother......"
"Don't think like that again!" Zhou Yang picked up his sister and looked directly into her eyes, solemn and serious as never before, "Mom is so rare for you, you can do anything for you." Mom is right to make you a little quilt, and it's not wrong to go home and feed you, it's their fault. It's their shamelessness and anger at us, it's their bad hearts that they don't even let the little doll breastfeed. These are all the evils they do, you are not allowed to think about yourself in the future, you and your mother are not at fault at all. ”
"That is, these are all the evil they have done, and they will all be punished! Let's not drag ourselves down with the bad things they do," Zhou Chen pretended to flick his sister's full little forehead easily, "You are so small, you think so much useless, you shouldn't grow tall!" ”
Zhou Wanwan finally smiled easily, the brothers should have figured it out if they could say such a thing.
"Big brother can help you wash your little quilt, okay?" Zhou Yang was still afraid that his sister would not be happy, so he hurriedly coaxed her.
"Let's wash together!" Zhou Wanwan smiled and nodded.
"I'd better do it!" Zhou Chen hurriedly stopped these two unreliable guys, "With your strength, you will rub the flowers embroidered by your mother in a few clicks!" ”
"Use fragrant pancreas, wash it fragrantly!" Zhou Wanwan did not forget to tell her second brother.
…… (To be continued.) )