Chapter Seventy-Nine: Companionship

Zhou Chen thought that Zhou Wanwan didn't see Zhou Ping's miserable situation, and she responded normally when she talked to her, so she was relieved, and saw that Zhou Yang was very worried about Zhou Ping, so he asked him to check the situation and take his sister to the toilet by himself.

The brother and sister walked to the edge of the warehouse to the middle road in the back garden, and saw Li Guizhi lying on the ground like mud, her face was pale, and she was trembling all over, obviously frightened by Zhou Ping's hanging, and it was estimated that the screams just now were from her. Zhou Chen pressed Zhou Wanwan's head in his arms, didn't let her see Li Guizhi's appearance, and hurried back to the house to call someone.

Except for Zhou Juan, the Zhou family was in the East House, and when they heard Zhou Chen calling someone, Mrs. Zhou immediately scolded: "Let her lie there, no one cares about her!" She's also a demon with me! These two girls are trying to make me strong! If you want to die, hurry up! Look at the absence of you two, our old Zhou family can't live a good life! ”

Zhou Chunfa's family didn't move when they heard Mrs. Zhou say this, Zhou Chunlai originally wanted to go, but was also pulled by Shen Yufen, Zhou Chunxi still had to take care of Zhou Ping, and he couldn't separate himself if he wanted to go, so anxious that he couldn't hold the water bowl in his hand. Seeing this, Zhou Yang ran out quickly, he first asked his younger brother to take his sister around the toilet from the other side, and he went to carry the paralyzed Li Guizhi back to the house.

Zhou Chen took Zhou Wanwan back from the toilet, washed her face again, and secretly fed a roasted egg, and Zhou Yang came back from the East House.

"The eldest sister woke up, but she was still a little confused, and the second uncle wanted to send her to the township health center, but the grandmother didn't agree." Zhou Yang said to Zhou Chen with a worried face.

"Of course the grandmother can't agree, the eldest sister will go to the health center, and the news of the granddaughter forcing her granddaughter to commit suicide will have to spread. Zhou Chen said sarcastically, "Besides, now the eldest sister doesn't know that it is a change of relatives, if she knows, she will not die again!" ”

"I want to go with the second uncle, the eldest uncle and the father both listen to the milk, they don't go, the second uncle goes alone, so far away, there must be someone on the road to change with him to carry the eldest sister." Zhou Yang discussed with his younger brother, in their hearts, the three of them are now a whole, and no one will make a decision on this kind of major matter alone.

"Go, whether you go or not, you don't want to see us. The eldest sister usually doesn't do us any good, but she hasn't hurt us, it's time to die, and there's nothing to worry about. Zhou Chen weighed the pros and cons, and finally chose to be worthy of his conscience.

Zhou Yang and Zhou Chunxi sent Zhou Ping to the township health center, and the Zhou family didn't have time to eat breakfast before it was time to go to work, so they could only go to work in the production team hungry. Zhou Jun took advantage of Mrs. Zhou's unpreparedness, went into the garden to pick two cucumbers and ran away.

Zhou Wanwan didn't let go of the fist that was quietly hidden in her sleeve until Zhou Chen left, her hands were trembling slightly, she had been trembling since she saw Zhou Ping being carried in, just afraid that her brothers would worry, and she was trying her best to control it.

Zhou Wanwan didn't think that Zhou Ping's suicide was caused by her own troubles, that is, she died this time, and it was also forced to death by Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Chunfa's family, of course, it has a lot to do with the ignorance of Zhou Chunxi and his wife and Zhou Ping's own cowardice.

Zhou Wanwan was excited because she suddenly found that she was too self-righteous and too taken for granted about many things before. Since being reborn, she feels that she knows the trajectory of many things, and she can grasp and even prevent many things, but this is not the case.

Many things are not that if she interferes, they will develop in the direction she wants, and her interference may also cause another consequence that she simply cannot bear; It's not that she prevents a bad thing from happening, it will turn into a good thing, and it may well become another bad thing.

Zhou Ping's case is a wake-up call, which warns Zhou Wanwan that if she develops a sense of superiority because of her experience in her previous life, then she may still fail in this life. Whatever she does, she must muster up 120,000 spirits, concentrate and go all out. Zhou Wanwan Jue decided that in the future, things like Zhou Ping would not be fully prepared, so it was better not to interfere again.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Yang and Zhou Ping's father and daughter came back. Zhou Ping walked back by himself, except for his pale face, half a circle of purple-black marks on his neck, and his voice couldn't speak, there was basically no big problem.

Mrs. Zhou scolded again, Zhou Ping and Li Guizhi lay side by side on the kang motionless, so frightened that Zhou Lan cried quietly.

Zhou Chunxi couldn't take care of his wife and daughter on the kang, so he hurriedly went to work in the team, there were still a few hours before work, he could still earn a few jobs now, and he could also let Mrs. Zhou dissipate his anger.

Zhou Wanwan hurriedly pulled Zhou Yang into the West House, gave her melons, eggs, and spiritual spring water. Big brother must have eaten nothing today, maybe he didn't even drink a sip of water.

Zhou Yang first fed his sister an egg white, touched her little belly, bulging, and then ate the rest of the things with confidence.

He simply washed his face, carefully told Zhou Wanwan a few words, and hurriedly went to cut soybeans. Otherwise, Mrs. Zhou would find out that he didn't go to work later, and she would have to scold him again.

Li Guizhi's mother and daughter lay on the kang for two days, and Mrs. Ren Zhou lay straight no matter how she scolded, the water and rice did not enter, and there was no movement at all.

On the third day, Zhou Ping got up first.

"If you don't quit your family, I'll go to the gate of Lao Xu's house in Limakeng to hang myself." Zhou Ping calmly threw down this sentence at the dinner table and went to work.

Li Guizhi's tears lying on the kang had long since dried up, and when she heard Zhou Ping's words, she wailed like a desperate mother beast.

When Mrs. Zhou heard this, she began to make a fuss, and when Zhou Ping left, she sprinkled all her grievances on Li Guizhi, and ignored the rules of not beating her daughter-in-law herself, and grabbed Li Guizhi's face with a few handfuls.

Zhou Chunxi had no choice but to drag Li Guizhi out of the house, and couldn't help but comfort Mrs. Zhou: "Mother, you dissipate your anger, I will take her to work in the field, how can I do it all day without earning work." ”

The grain in the field was busy harvesting, and those who could go to the ground were all on the ground, but Wang Fengying sneaked back halfway.

She was frightened by Zhou Ping's words in the morning, if Zhou Ping really ran to the door of Lao Xu's house and hanged himself, Zhou Fu's change of relatives would be yellow, Zhou Fu is twenty-four years old this year, and he will have to become an old bachelor after he can't marry his daughter-in-law!

"She said that if she quit her family, she would withdraw from her family, which is so cheap!" Zhou Juan was not afraid of Zhou Ping's threat, she gave an idea to Mrs. Zhou and Wang Fengying, "Didn't she say that we took other people's bride price, then we will take it." Relatives are not allowed to return the bride price, how can our family have money now, let's talk about food when the autumn equinox comes. If you share the grain, you don't necessarily have money, so you drag it out. When the winter wax moon is free, I will hurry up and get the marriage, or not. ”

"If she wants to stubbornly not get married, what can she do if she seeks death at the wedding?" Wang Fengying frightened Zhou Juan, this dead girl is really dead.

"Our big family, can't stand her? When the time comes, you can tie her up if you tie her up! Why is the wedding not a wedding place, our mother's family agreed, enter the cave room first, and the cripple of his old Xu family is still unhappy! Looking at her for a while, having a child, seeing that she is still reluctant to die! Zhou Juan said, her pus-stricken and swollen face even more distorted, "If she really dares to die, we will save trouble!" When the time comes, let the old Xu family pay us for our lives! Maybe you can still ask for two money to marry Erle's daughter-in-law! ”

It's a worthwhile deal! Wang Fengying was so excited that she slapped her thigh, from being afraid of Zhou Ping's death to looking forward to Zhou Ping's death.

Mrs. Zhou also nodded, just like Zhou Ping, she dared to threaten her with death? You go to die, I'm afraid you won't dare to die!

That night, when Zhou Ping mentioned this matter again, Mrs. Zhou stopped scolding and ignored her angrily.

Wang Fengying stepped out and temporarily pacified Zhou Chunxi's family according to Zhou Juan's plan.

Although Zhou Wanwan didn't know what they were having, they were sure that they were fooling Zhou Ping. But she didn't plan to intervene easily, so let's see the situation.

Brother Zhou Yang is also strange, obviously it is a change of relatives, how can there be a bride price?

But seeing Zhou Ping think about it, he asked about it, so that Mrs. Zhou and Wang Fengying wanted to hide when they saw her, and the brothers and sisters thought it was very good, at least these people didn't have the heart to find their brothers and sisters' stubble now, and they could finally live a few days to stop living.

In October, the weather turned completely cooler, and the three brothers and sisters of Zhou Yang had changed into sweaters and pants, and some old people who were afraid of the cold turned out and put on their cotton jackets.

When I woke up in the morning, I could see the white frost flowers on the grass leaves, and the earth was golden and light brown, and there was a full, solid harvest scene everywhere.

The production team began to harvest potatoes and sweet potatoes in the past two days, this work can be done by adults and children, and the school will have a few days off at this time of year, so that students can go to the field to help harvest sweet potatoes.

Children can not only help pick sweet potatoes, but also have a main task, which is to pinch sweet potato leaves. Pinch back the tender leaves on the cut sweet potato seedlings, marinate them with salt, and add some chili flakes, and you can eat directly. Or people who are particular about it, stir-fry it in the pot, it is fragrant, salty and spicy, which is delicious in the eyes of rural children.

Of course, the children are more looking forward to eating sweet potato, at this time, the children can't eat enough, and the sweet and soft glutinous sweet potato is a rare snack in their eyes.

The children's family is also in the first division of the sweet potato, the particularly small, bad call to the children to beat the tooth sacrifice, some people who live carefully, such sweet potatoes have to be dried sweet potatoes, and save the food when the rations are interrupted.

After two busy days, it was finally time to divide potatoes and sweet potatoes. The potatoes and sweet potatoes of the seventh team are all planted in Dongdagou, where the land is thin and the grain yield is low, so it is just right to plant these crops that do not require much land.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes are harvested every year in the field and divided, each family finds their own way to take it back, Dongdagou is more than four miles away from Tunzi, so that the team saves the trouble of transportation, and there are so many potatoes and sweet potatoes in the team, and there is no place to put them in the team.

This year, each person was given 80 catties of sweet potatoes and 40 catties of potatoes, and children under the age of five were halved, and the 18 adults and two children of the Zhou family were divided into more than 1,500 catties of sweet potatoes and 760 catties of potatoes, and a total of more than 10 hemp bags were packed.

After dividing the things, it was already dark, and several men from the Zhou family went back first with a sack, leaving the Zhou Yang brothers to watch on the ground, and then packed the rest.

Today, the township screening team came to the Erdaokan Brigade to show a movie, which is said to be "Liu Sanjie", which is on the playground of the village primary school.

After dividing the sweet potatoes, everyone hurried to return to the luck, for fear of missing the movie. Seeing that the sweet potatoes in the field were transported away by each family one after another, and none of the people who went back from the Zhou family came, the Zhou Yang brothers explained to the old Ding Tou who was playing in the cornfield next to them, and they carried a sack of sweet potatoes home.

When they returned home, they found that there was no one in the house except Zhou Wanwan, and everyone else had gone to the movies. Even Zhou Juan and Zhou Hongying wrapped their faces in headscarves and went out.

It turned out that the Zhou family had dinner early today, and they all went to watch the movie after eating. No one mentioned the sacks of sweet potatoes in the field and the Zhou Yang brothers who looked at the sweet potatoes.

"There are still so many sacks in the field that I haven't brought back! Are they going to ask for it? Zhou Yang said angrily.

Zhou Chen sneered sarcastically, "How can you not want it, aren't there still two of us fools watching there." ”

Zhou Yang's face darkened instantly, but it was only for a moment, he immediately cheered up, hugged his sister, and patted his younger brother on the shoulder, "Let's not go either, there is an old Ding head watching over there, and I can't lose it." Let's eat first, and then take the girl to the movies after eating! ”

However, the Zhou family's kitchen was clear and cold, and there was nothing left for the brothers to eat.

The three brothers and sisters didn't say anything, and immediately started to be self-reliant.

Zhou Yang lit the fire, Zhou Chen washed the sweet potatoes, and prepared to call the sweet potatoes to eat. According to the rules of the Zhou family, they will not give the children a meal to eat if they divide the sweet potatoes, but today is different, since there is no food for them, then they will call for a meal of sweet potatoes by themselves.

The sweet potato got out of the pot, Zhou Chen went to get a few more eggs, Zhou Yang was about to pull out a bunch of roasted eggs, but was stopped by Zhou Chen, "The smell of roasted eggs is too fragrant, it can be smelled at a while, let's eat boiled today." ”

Then Zhou Chen went to clean up a handful of tender sweet potato leaves and peppers, and prepared the sweet potatoes to be fried in the pot for a while.

The three brothers and sisters smiled and grinned around the pot, in this cold autumn night, the fire in the stove was warm and bright, and the sweet taste of sweet potatoes slowly emanated with the water vapor, they leaned together, waiting for the simplest dinner, their hearts were warm and joyful, and they were sure to be steadfast.

The three brothers and sisters ate a pot of sweet potatoes and eight eggs with fried sweet potato leaves, and Zhou Wanwan couldn't stop eating with a bulging belly, so frightened that Zhou Chen hurriedly coaxed her.

"Second brother's cooking is delicious!" Zhou Wanwan touched her little belly and praised Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen's cooking is really delicious, the water of the sweet potato is just right, the sweet potato is dry and refreshing, and there is a little oil, and the sweet potato leaves are also fried crisp and delicious, salty and spicy, this is the most delicious meal eaten in Zhou's house since Zhou Wanwan was reborn.

"Xiao Er's cooking is really delicious." Zhou Yang also praised his younger brother with a smile.

"I learned it from my mother." Zhou Chen lowered his head and put away the dishes and chopsticks, and said softly.

The three siblings were silent.

Living in an environment like the Zhou family, most of the time people will develop in two directions, one is to be assimilated by them, and the other is to cherish warmth more.

The more Zhou Yang's three siblings grow up, the more they desire family affection and warmth, and the more they know how valuable and important each other's company is.

All experiences will become the wealth of life, the three brothers and sisters when they were young, this experience made them have a great sense of gratitude for the kindness and warmth given by others throughout their lives, and do their best to reciprocate, which also allows them to obtain more precious kindness and gratitude, so as to benefit for a lifetime. (To be continued.) )