Although the New Year was not pasted with Spring Festival couplets and firecrackers as in previous years because of the death of my father, the family was still very happy together.

On the first day of the first lunar month, Li Chen, Li Xue, and Li Song put on new clothes early and went to the village with their mother to visit the New Year.

This has always been a custom in the village, but Li Chen has not experienced it for a long time due to the busyness of going to school and work.

The first to go is naturally the neighbor Aunt Hao's house.

Aunt Hao's son Li Zhiqiu, daughter-in-law Geng Lan and their son Xiao Zhuzi are all at home, whether they have money or no money to go home for the New Year, no matter what they are doing outside this year, in the New Year, they are still willing to rely on their own kang.

Hearing that Li Chen and his mother entered the hospital, her daughter-in-law Geng Lan, who was busy washing the dishes, hurriedly wiped her hands with a scarf and let Li Chen's family in.

Aunt Hao was very happy to see her mother, sitting on the edge of the kang and holding her mother's hand and asking long and short questions, while Li Xue and her daughter-in-law Geng Lan said something.

After Li Chen, Li Song and Li Zhiqiu chatted for a few words, they focused on the little bolt who was lying on the hot kang and drawing.

Seeing the children of Li Chen's family, Aunt Hao took her mother's hand and sighed: "Shulan, you are so blessed!" Look at your children, how much is it worth? ”

Mom was modest, but the proud smile on her face couldn't be hidden.

Although my wife left early, with these children as spiritual support, my mother's heart is not lonely!

Seeing that Li Zhiqiu didn't talk much, his mother asked, "Zhiqiu, I heard that you are coming back?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Zhiqiu's face changed, and he subconsciously glanced at his daughter-in-law.

And the smile on Aunt Hao's face gradually faded.

"Hehe, auntie, I won't tell you, I really want to come back, after all, my mother is old and has no relatives to take care of, so I don't feel at ease."

Li Zhiqiu spoke.

The other person is very burly, with heavy eyebrows, and looks solid. But presumably the hardships of life for many years have made his back a little hunched, and his eyebrows are like knives.

Listening to her son's words, Aunt Hao showed a relieved smile on her face.

"Ahem!"

But at this moment, the daughter-in-law Geng Lan coughed a few times out of place, and the smile on Aunt Hao's face faded again. "Son, didn't you say okay? The bolt should go to elementary school in two years, and you have to save some money to do it, Mom is fine, her health is fine, besides, your Uncle Liwen also takes care of our family, arranging your two aunts, and is also very dedicated, so you can rest assured! ”

"Mom, no matter how much people take care of me, I am also an outsider, and I am your own son!"

Li Zhiqiu looked at his mother's loving face, and suddenly felt his heart sour, and blurted out the words in his heart.

Daughter-in-law Geng Lan's face changed: "Li Zhiqiu, when you say that, are you angry at me for stopping you?" ”

Li Zhiqiu's face changed.

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to stiffen, my mother just wanted to open her mouth to persuade her, but Geng Lan said: "Okay, now in front of my aunt and my mother, let's talk about it well, and let my aunt comment on it, see if what I said makes sense?" ”

Geng Lan also seemed to be full of grievances, and her little mouth was like a cannon, and Aunt Hao couldn't stop her a few times, and Li Zhiqiu's face had already become the bottom of a black pot.

Although my mother was extremely upset when she heard this, she couldn't stop seeing Geng Lan's mouth, so she had to bite the bullet and listen with a frown.

Li Chen also frowned more and more when he listened.

Because what Geng Lan said is nothing more than what the village is poor, this can't afford it, and it can't afford it, Li Zhiqiu is very old, he has no ability, he can't earn money, what do other people's children wear, and what do his children wear? If you want to eat this, you can't eat it, you can't afford to eat that, and you won't have money to treat your future illness......

Seeing that the more she talked, the more angry she became, the more she said, the more she felt aggrieved, and later, she even wiped her sad tears, and Aunt Hao's eyes were also red, and the bolt even rushed over and pulled her mother's arm, persuading him not to cry.

"Lanzi, Auntie also understands, but there is really no way to get the best of both worlds?"

Seeing that Geng Lan finally shut up, her mother had to ask.

"What can be done about this?"

Geng Lan wiped away her tears.

"Can't you find a job nearby?"

"Light you mean?"

Geng Lan glanced at Li Zhiqiu and pouted: "Just Zhiqiu, except for the strength of the son, what other skills do you have, what kind of money can you earn?" Besides, we are so poor, even if we find a place to make do blindly, we will not earn more than half of the original, what can we do when the time comes! ”

Money, money, money! It's still money!

Li Chen completely understood, the so-called poor couples mourn! On days when there is no money, everything is troubled, and people who have no money, a big man can't even straighten out his family.

However, Li Chen is also very glad that although his family was not rich before, it obviously did not have so many troubles as their family!

"Hey, yes, Miss Shulan, there's something... I don't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

Suddenly, Aunt Hao seemed to remember something, and subconsciously glanced at Li Chen and said to her mother.

Li Chen was so smart, his heart moved, and he had already vaguely guessed something.

"Old sister, what are you and me polite to? If you have something to say, just say it! ”

"That's... Then I'll leave it at that! ”

Aunt Hao was still a little hesitant, but finally gritted her teeth and said, "Sister, I heard that your Chen'er Mountain Farm is doing well?" ”

Li Chen smiled in his heart, and he really guessed it.

"Ahh Hehe, old sister, the affairs of the mountain field are all in charge of Tatsuko, and I don't know very well. ”

Mother's words made Aunt Hao's eyes darken, and Mother knew that Aunt Hao might have misunderstood, so she immediately said to Li Chen: "Chen'er, you talk to Aunt Hao." ”

Li Chen smiled: "Aunt Hao, look, we are good neighbors, you and my mother are so good, usually, you take care of us so much, so ah, you can say it directly!" ”

"Then I'll just say that?"

Aunt Hao seemed to have mustered up her courage: "Chen, do you think you can arrange an errand for your brother Zhiqiu in the mountain field?" ”

"Mom, what are you doing here?"

Without waiting for Li Chen to say anything, Geng Lan stopped doing it first. "How can Zhiqiu say that he can earn twenty or thirty thousand a year outside, so he will go back to the mountain field to ......"

Speaking of this, I felt that it was inappropriate, and I couldn't help but look embarrassed: "Auntie, Chenzi, I didn't mean that." But then he gritted his teeth: "Anyway, I don't agree!" ”

Zhiqiu was also disappointed, as a person who went out to work in the village, didn't he know the situation in the village? If he could make money, he wouldn't have to go out to work.

Li Chen and his mother glanced at each other, and they all smiled slightly, but didn't say anything. Li Chen is even more lazy to argue, there are some things that there is no need to talk about.