Hao Lanxin thought for a while: "This ...... Of course, I hope that people will keep me. ”

Tian Qingqing: "It's still true!" You've all thought that the old lady must be desperate for us to keep her. Mom, for the sake of the two of you, let's take her in. ”

Hao Lanxin: "It's been such a big circle, and it's been waiting for me here." It's not that I don't pity her, it's not that I don't want to take her in, I ...... The main reason is that I am afraid that you will be affected in the future. ”

Tian Qingqing: "No." What do you think, her adopted son finally pushed her out of the door, and he will never reflect upward again and pull her back to criticize. The village cadres also have her adopted son's brothers and relatives, and they will also turn a blind eye to those who favor their own.

"If anyone is more serious, I will say that after I hit her, her adopted son had to let me take care of her, or her adopted son brought her in a hired car. There were a lot of people in the alley that day, and the one who was driving the car, I don't believe that there was no one who reasoned with each other!

"As for our village, people know that I bumped into my grandmother and took over the family. We don't ask for it ourselves, and no one comes to the door to administer justice to us. Grandma is here with us, which is equivalent to entering a safe haven, and no matter how big the wind and waves are, they will not blow her.

"When we grow up, we don't know if there is such a thing. Even if she does, she is not a member of our family, and if she goes out to study or participate in work or something, she won't be able to mention her.

"I think the old lady is very nice, and the little sister is willing to follow her. There is an old man at home, and we can rest assured when we go out, we don't have to worry about locking the door, and we don't have to worry about attracting thieves. There is really no such old man in our family. Mom, leave her alone. ”

Seeing that her daughter said it so surely, Hao Lanxin couldn't insist anymore.

When the mother and daughter returned to the hut, Yang Jinshi had already rolled up the quilt and was waiting to say goodbye to them.

To the puzzlement of the mother and daughter, she left the mattress that was more pickled than the quilt.

"Grandma, my parents have agreed, if you want to stay, don't go."

Tian Qingqing pretended to be in the tone of her parents and said sweetly.

Hao Lanxin also nodded with a smile: her daughter has already made her words a certainty, and she has no choice but to climb up the pole.

"Good people! What a nice guy I met! ”

Yang Jinshi said, untied the rope tied to the quilt with a trembling hand, and then asked Hao Lanxin to bring a pair of scissors, cut a gap in the edge of the quilt, and pulled it hard, "Boom", the quilt was separated, revealing the gray mosquito net cloth inside.

Yang Jinshi picked up a few more leads on the mosquito net cloth and pulled it hard-

Hao Lanxin and Tian Qingqing couldn't help but be stunned at the same time:

On top of the mosquito net, pieces of gray cotton wool tied with strips of cloth are sewn with thread. And on the edge of the gray cotton wool, there are wads of renminbi exposed.

No wonder the quilts and mattresses are all bumpy and pimple, and people who don't know really think that it is because the cotton wool has rolled into eggs after a long time!

"These are all things that the old man and I saved to prevent old age when we were alive."

Yang Jin looked at the money and said with a faint expression:

"When the adopted son grew up, he was very close to his own brothers, and he was a little alienated from us. After his daughter-in-law passed the door, she quarreled over a trivial matter and tore her face. Since then, he has scolded me whenever he doesn't like it, and once slapped me twice.

"The old man of my family didn't see it like that, so he said to me, sell the valuable things at home and save money for the elderly. If you let your adopted son step away, you won't be able to live when you're old.

So, the old man secretly sold the things that had not been turned over in the exercise today and tomorrow. The money sold was afraid that it would be turned out and beaten during the exercise, and we were afraid that it would be stolen by the adopted son, so we thought of this way, wrapped the money in cotton wool, and then sewed it on the mosquito net cloth, and then put it into a dirty quilt and dirty mattress that had not been dismantled and washed for many years, and threw it on the kang and left it alone.

Sure enough, as the old man expected, at the beginning of the Cultural ~ Revolution, the adopted son turned the family upside down, and later turned it over once as soon as there was a movement. When he saw something of value, he took it to their house, but he never doubted the dirty bedding on the earthen kang.

"We learned later that we couldn't spend the money at all. There were eyes all around, and when it reached the ears of the adopted son, he asked us where the money came from. didn't say anything, so he scolded, and then turned the house into a mess. The old man was better when he was alive, and he could go to the market or buy some food elsewhere. After he died, I couldn't spend it, and I didn't touch the money at all.

"I didn't plan to go back when I came out this time. I don't think I have much to do. It was brought out so that they would not fall into the hands of the adopted son and his wife, who had lost their conscience. I thought to myself: If I meet a good person, when I am angry, I will sue them and let them use this money to mourn me.

"If you don't treat me well, I won't say anything. When I die, they will either tear it down, burn it, or bury it, and it will be up to them to make it.

"After coming here, your family has treated me very well, my body is getting better day by day, and I have confidence in life again. Honestly, I'd love to stay in your house. Because of my kulak composition, I am afraid that it will affect you. So, I wanted to tell the truth several times, but I didn't dare. ”

Saying that, he looked at Hao Lanxin:

"When you want to unwash my bedding, my heart warms: no one has said this to me for many years. I'm even more convinced that your family is all good people.

"Then came the idea: if you are willing to keep me, I will give you all this money as my capital to join the family; If you don't want to, I'll take the quilt with me, leave the mattress behind, and repay you for taking care of me these days. Personally, I count wherever I go.

"Since you have taken me in today, the money will be yours. I don't know how much, but about a thousand or a hundred, which is my living expenses.

When Yang finished speaking, he peeled off the banknotes that were sewn into the mosquito net.

Hao Lanxin, who had been listening quietly, didn't react until this time: It turns out that the old lady is going to give them money! Busy Says:

"Auntie, you can live here, we can't ask for this money, let's count it, I'll give you a storage house." There is insurance, you can't lose it. In the future, you spend slowly. ”

Yang Jinshi: "I have a place to live and eat, why do I spend money?" ”

Hao Lanxin: "That's it, aunt, if you agree to the storage place, I'll help you with it; If you don't agree, I won't do anything with the money, you put them up yourself, and I'll dismantle and wash the bedding for you. We can't say anything about this money, it's your old man's savings for a lifetime. ”

Yang Jinshi: "If you don't want it, you still dislike me." I can't live here anymore. This money is only known to my old man and me. The old man is gone, and I am the only one. I saw that you were kind and kind, so I dared to do this. I knew what it meant to be white, so I hesitated. If you don't want to, I won't be able to live here.

"I've thought twice, I'm here, and I won't cause you too much trouble. If the above is traced, I will say that the little girl hit me, and I live here. I'll be here with you, and you will criticize me very much again at the criticism meeting, no matter how ugly you say. In this way, you will be disconnected.

"It's really not good, I'll let Lao Tanzi come out to testify. Oh, Lao Tanzi is the one who sent me to catch the car, the person is very good, and he is honest. There are also people who watched the excitement in the alley that day, and there are several people who are good with me, and they can also prove it to you. Be assured of this.

"I know you're saving money to build a north house, so use this money to build it, build it, and we'll all live more comfortably."

Tian Qingqing saw that Yang Jin's words were very sincere, and it was also a way to think about it: accept her money first, so that she could feel at ease. In the future, when she uses it, she will take it out. Anyway, with her own space as a backing, it's hard to be sorry for the old lady. said to Hao Lanxin, who was still shirking:

"Mom, just do what Grandma says! Anyway, our family needs money to build a house, so we should borrow grandma's first, and when grandma can use it in the future, we will return it to her. ”

When Yang Jin heard this, he also hurriedly said: "Just follow Qingqing." Right when I spent money here to build two houses. It's just that when I went back, when I wanted to come out, there was also a place to go to no. ”

Hao Lan was happy to see it, so she had no choice but to give up and nodded in agreement.

The two adults dismantled the lead and peeled the cotton wool, and they were very busy.

Tian Qingqing went to the toilet, and when he came back, he sorted the money and stacked the banknotes of the same denomination together so that the final amount could be summarized.

The three of them were busy for a while, and finally the total amount: two thousand and sixty-eight yuan!

Ahh It's two thousand again, it's six shun, and it's (eight) wealth, it's a good omen!

Tian Qingqing thought happily in her heart.

"How can there be so many?" Hao Lanxin looked at a row of neat RMB stacked by Tian Qingqing and said in surprise. After living for thirty years, he has never seen so much money, and he still took it out of a set of pickled broken quilts and torn mattresses. It took less than an hour before and after, and it was like a trick. I would never have dreamed that there was such a big secret in the dirty bedding!

"Qingqing, have you counted correctly? I don't remember that much? Yang was also surprised. Although they didn't write down the number on paper, every time they put it in or took it out, the husband and mother firmly remembered in their hearts: how much was still in the bedding. After the old man died, the money became dead money, and he never touched it. I remember that the old man said at the end that it was more than 1,600. Did the old man miscalculate? Or did you remember it wrong?

"That's it!" Tian Qingqing looked aggrieved, pouted and said: "XX sheets of ten, xx sheets of five pieces, xx sheets of two pieces, and the least of one piece, it is xx sheets." If you don't believe it, you can't keep it wrong. ”

Tian Qingqing counted his fingers and reported the number of sheets of various denominations. RS