After the Zhou family sent the Jiang family here, Lian Man'er's family was not in a hurry to go to the old mansion. With Zhou's temper, being able to send people to give gifts shows how eager she is for what she asks. If it were someone else, Lian Man'er would be very willing to be anxious. But for Zhou, this cannot be done.

Because if she did that, not only would Zhou not be grateful, but the result would be counterproductive.

For two days in a row, even Man'er was busy with his own affairs, and it wasn't until the third day that Zhou couldn't help it, and sent Lian Jizu to urge, and Lian Man'er nodded.

Zhang stayed at home and did not go. Although Jiang said that he wanted Zhang and Lian Shouxin to go over together, everyone understood that it was just Jiang who said that for the sake of comprehensiveness and etiquette. The Zhou family would not ask the Zhang family to go to the old mansion.

The Zhang family now has its own destiny, and now the two sons are out again, and they are stronger than the Zhou family in all aspects. Zhou's not to mention seeing Zhang's, but usually as long as she thinks of Zhang's, she will be angry. She wouldn't ask Zhang to poke her eyes in front of her. If according to Zhou's wishes, it would be best to go to the old mansion alone.

In the Zhou family, it is most comfortable to talk to his son and make demands. No one else owes her, but even the promise was born by her, and she owes her in this life. Moreover, even with her trustworthy temperament, Zhou always thinks that she can hold it. Of course, it is necessary to keep faith and break away from the influence of the Zhang family and those children.

Xiao Qi didn't go because he wanted to go to school. Only Lian Shouxin, Wulang and Lian Man'er brought people to the old mansion.

They came this time, not only because the Zhou family sent someone to call them. Because in a few days, the family is going to Fucheng, and they can't come back for a while, and before leaving, they also plan to come to see Zhou's and talk to Zhou's. for they dwelt in the camp of thirty miles. On the first and fifteenth day of each month, it is necessary to come to the old house to see Zhou's.

Approaching the old house, even the pace of keeping the word slowed down. This is not because of cowardice, even keeping promises is just slowing down. Look carefully outside at the old house.

Without the old man's old house, even from the outside, it seems to be very different from the past.

On the east side of the gate is against the courtyard wall, and there are tall and neat stacks of firewood. And the west side. But there is only a low layer of firewood. Lian Man'er knew that the Chai He on the east side was the upper house of the old mansion, and the one on the west side. It is the second room and the Shouyi family.

At this time, most of the industrious farmers have already finished harvesting the autumn and brought all the firewood from the field home. Of course. There are also a few lazy and sloppy ones, and the firewood is still sitting in the ground and has not been pulled back. Obviously, Lian Shouyi belongs to the latter.

"Your second uncle didn't say when he was going to pull firewood home?" Lian Shouxin asked Lian Jizu, who was accompanying him.

"I didn't say it." Even the step-ancestor replied honestly, "In the past few days, the second uncle has not been at home. When the autumn is harvested, you are still forced by the fourth uncle. There is also Erlang to help, or else, I don't know what it will be, maybe, just in the field, I can sell the grain. ”

Lian Shouxin can only shake his head, hating iron is not steel. When he was planting, he was urging the harvest of autumn, too, and it was time to collect firewood at home, and it seemed that he had to take care of it.

In the families of the farmers, there are also those who do not practice the same way, but the people of the day, after planting crops, do not harvest them at all during the autumn harvest, and sell the grain to others in the field, with green poles. It is very convenient to sell it like this, and of course the price is lower.

Those who do this are those who do not do it, and the other is forced to do so because they are in a hurry to use the money. The former is cold, and the latter is very embarrassing.

"There is a courtyard to live in, you have a snack, don't let him sell the firewood on the second side. Just this bit of firewood, in the cold winter, what will they burn when the time comes. Is it to burn you, or to rub people's hot kang heads everywhere? At this glance, it will not be a family! Lian Shouxin walked into the courtyard and said to Lian Jizu.

"Fourth uncle, don't worry, we must be careful. If there is anything, I will immediately send a letter to the fourth uncle. Lian Jizu said busily.

Even Shouyi's family has no firewood, and the most convenient thing is to use the old house to go to the house, and it is also the most convenient to rub them if they want to have a hot kang head.

When I entered the gate of the old house, there were two completely different situations on both sides. On the west side, there are three fat pigs in the pigsty, and the meadow is also full of firewood, and the vegetables and vegetables in the garden above have long been shelved, but you can still see the traces of the original garden full of vegetables. On the east side, in the mezzanine is a half-man's tall withered yellow weed, the pigsty door is open, and the inside is empty, and there is a big hole missing from the pigsty wall.

Even when the old man first purchased this yard, he was very particular about everything. It's the pigsty, and it's also a good big bluestone. The gap in the pigsty wall on the east side is because Lian Shouyi was short of money some time ago, so he opened it and gouged a big bluestone to sell. sold a few pieces, but was stopped by Shangfang and Lian Shouxin after they found out.

As for the garden above the pigsty, there were also many traces of wild grass.

To tell the truth, the He family really planted vegetables in this garden, but after planting, they didn't water or pull weeds much, and in the end they were half deserted.

Walking all the way, Lian Shouxin shook his head.

Even Shouyi and He are not people who live a life, even if one of them is reliable, life will not be like this.

In the eyes of the villagers, poverty is not terrible, nor is it shameful, and everyone's life is almost the same. The most unaccustomed thing for the Zhuang family is that they are lazy and can't live. Lian Shouyi and He are exactly what the Zhuang family despises the most -- idleness, not doing business, and wasting land.

When he walked to the courtyard, he stopped again.

He looked at the West Wing first. The west wing is still unoccupied, but the appearance is fine, and there is Zhou's coffin and some miscellaneous items. And Zhou's coffin was not empty, but was used to store food. Because the coffin is made of good wood, the grain is not afraid of deterioration when it is stored inside, and it is very convenient to use.

Because he has lived here for many years, he can't help but watch it for a while. Even Man'er and Gorou also stood down, and the two brothers and sisters could understand Lian Shouxin's mood at the moment, and they looked at the West Wing, and couldn't help but think of the years they had spent here.

Lian Shouxin's feelings for this place are incomparable to their brothers and sisters. In the words of Lian Shouxin, although the days here used to be very bitter, and there were many pains and unpleasantness, but ......

"You were born in this house......

The joy of being newly married, and then a few children croaking to the ground, slowly growing up from a little bit of small meat balls, from babbling to being able to talk and laugh......, all of which have brought Lian Shouxin endless fun.

Thinking of these, it is not difficult to understand Lian Shouxin's feelings for this place.

I saw the west wing, and then the east wing.

In the east wing, there was silence. Although there are people, it is deserted, as if there are no people. Lian Ya'er lives in the upper room now, and Liulang comes back every night, but during the day, he goes to Lian Shouxin's side.

The only permanent residents in the east wing are Lian Shouyi and He.

"What about people?" Even Shouxin asked.

"The second uncle is not at home, and the second aunt goes out in the morning, and I don't know where the string went." Even the step-ancestor replied.

Even Shouxin listened, and stopped talking.

Further up, you will reach the door of the upper room.

Lian Ya'er is feeding the chickens with a scoop of chicken food. The upper house not only raised three fat pigs, but also raised a flock of chickens and ducks. These things are naturally in charge of the Zhou family.

No matter what happened to Lian Shouren and Lian Jizu, there are Zhou and Jiang, and Shangfang is a family that is passing by.

After Lian Shouyi and He separated to live alone, He also raised a group of chicks on a whim. In He's view, raising chickens is easier than farming, and the benefits are faster than farming. As long as they are raised for a few months, the chickens will be able to lay eggs and have eggs to eat. When you raise it until the Chinese New Year, you can also kill and eat fragrant chicken.

At the beginning, He was very enthusiastic, but after all, raising chickens is also trivial and tiring, and it didn't take long for He to slack off. She was not careful, and the chicks died one by one, and she was even more discouraged. In the end, there were only a few survivors, and these few were killed by the greedy Lian Shouyi to eat meat before they could lay eggs.

Since then, the two have never raised chickens and ducks.

As for the pigs, both of them know that pigs are not easy to raise, one is a big cost, the other is that the pigs eat a lot, feeding pigs is more tiring than raising chickens, the two families failed to agree on the question of who feeds the pigs, and finally simply did not raise, therefore, the pigsty that belongs to them has been empty until now.

When Lian Ya'er saw Lian Shouxin, Lian Man'er and Wulang coming, she didn't know how to call someone first, but turned her head and shouted Zhou to the upper room.

"Milk, my fourth uncle is here."

After that, Lian Ya'er turned her head again, stood there, and timidly called the fourth uncle, brother and sister.

The people in the upper room had already heard the movement, and Lian Shouren and Jiang hurriedly came out with the big girl and welcomed Lian Shouxin, Wulang and Lian Man'er into the house.

Zhou was still sitting cross-legged on the kang and did not get off the ground. It's just that his face is no longer as gloomy as before, but because of the arrival of the three of them, there is a look similar to expectation.

After greeting Zhou, everyone sat down.

Zhou took out the small mattress that had been prepared a long time ago and asked Lian Man'er to sit on the kang. Gorou and Renshin sat on a chair on the ground.

Jiang brought some peanuts, melon seeds and jujubes, and made hot tea for the three masters.

Even Shouxin, Wulang and Lian Man'er asked Zhou how his body was, what to eat, and so on, and Zhou also answered, no longer as yin and yang as in the past.

In the past two years, Zhou's attitude towards Lian Shouxin's family has been greatly improved. In front of Wulang and Lian Man'er, Zhou is always a little restrained, but he can say a few words of homely words like ordinary people.

As he spoke, Lian Man'er waited for Zhou to mention the topic.

"Your third aunt gave you a gift, right?"

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