Volume 1 Return to the Hometown Chapter 19, each with his own thoughts
Pushing open the door and seeing his family's courtyard house that was obviously more neat and elegant than other families in the village, Changsheng's heart was instantly full of emotion, and finally came back, which is where she lived from now on.
Surrounded and lightly stepped in, but saw his father Zhou Houchun sitting in the courtyard, hearing the voice turn his head, Changsheng was surprised to see the anger and irritability in his eyes, and when he was thinking about it, the other party was also stunned when he saw her head full of gold and silver, and quickly replaced it with an eager smile and joy, just like his expression when he visited relatives before.
"Changsheng, you're back, my father was going to pick you up, I didn't want to be angry, it just so happened that your brother couldn't leave, thanks to your uncle, just come back, just come back, Dad will kill the chicken!" After speaking, he walked to the backyard in disguise, and his complexion did not look like a person who had just been sick.
Changsheng had already thought about it, and while smiling and saying hello, he secretly observed his mother and uncle, clearly seeing the helplessness on his mother's face and his uncle's disdain, and then thinking back to his father's expression that changed too quickly and his uncle's vague words along the way, he already understood in his heart.
Her brother Zhou Ansheng is not the only one who does not welcome her back in this family, and he secretly hates them for being quite good at pretending, so that when he visited relatives before, he thought that they really loved him, and he was secretly glad that it was right to hand over his belongings to his uncle for safekeeping. But I'm also a little puzzled, is the real Zhou Changsheng or not Zhou Houchun's daughter? How can anyone treat his own daughter like this? It seems that you have to pay attention to it, in this family, her mother may not be able to protect her.
Next, she was not allowed to think about it much, except for her sister-in-law who was still in confinement, her father was busy killing chickens and pigs, and her mother took her younger brother and sister-in-law to clean up the meals, and the rest of the family surrounded her. Her sister Zhou Qiaosheng, who she had never met, also came with a family of five, and her younger brother Zhou Liangsheng also rushed back from a private school in a neighboring village.
She was surrounded by a group, fortunately the gifts were very well prepared, no one was left behind, she talked about what she saw and heard on the road, while distributing gifts, her heart was moved to the fullest, melting a little unhappiness and coldness. Expensive gifts, she was going to leave them at the dinner table and distribute them in front of everyone.
Her eldest brother Zhou Ansheng probably heard the news and came back, laughed a few words, was cheekily glared at by his uncle, sat next to Changsheng and quietly looked at her clothes, while talking, Changsheng pretended not to know anything, and laughed with him as always, but he was soon driven by his uncle to help kill the pig.
Zhou Wang's wholeheartedly picked up the wind for his daughter, and because the family got together for the first time, not to mention that her husband bought wine and killed chickens, he also killed pigs for the first time, which made her feel better, and took her two daughters and daughter-in-law to fry and fry, and made a table full of dishes, and the whole family sat down at two tables. The children were full of the strange snacks and fruits of the longevity belt, but they were not pestering.
Zhou Wang sandwiched the two crispy chicken thighs into the Changsheng bowl, glanced at the crowd, and said without refusing: "Changsheng rushed back from the capital thousands of miles away, and the road was hard, why didn't the family rely on her in the past few years?" Those of you who are older brothers and sisters only know how to receive gifts, if it weren't for your uncle, who would have offered to take her? Both chicken legs were all eaten for her! ”
The atmosphere was a little awkward, and Zhou Houchun hurriedly smiled all over his face: "Yes, yes, your mother is right!" Eat quickly, Changsheng, don't push it, don't be angry with your mother's heart. He turned his head and glared at the others: "Take care of your children, don't rob Changsheng!" ”
Changsheng already understood what her mother meant, first, she wanted to tell others about her contribution to this family, by the way, to remind some people how unconscionable they were, and secondly, she wanted to say goodbye to others about her own importance in this family, no one wanted her to be wronged, she protected it to the end.
Changsheng naturally had to cooperate well, she rubbed her eyes, and said aggrievedly: "Father, mother, brothers, sisters, brothers and sisters, Changsheng has sounded very beautiful in the palace in the past few years, but in fact it is very bitter, the moodiness of the master is unpredictable, no one knows when he will die, if it is not for the sake of earning more silver to subsidize the family, Changsheng will not be able to hold on." ”
Saying that, wiping away his tears, Zhou Wang said distressedly: "My son has suffered for this family, and you will be a great hero in the future!" Zhou Houchun hurriedly echoed.
Changsheng smiled again: "Fortunately, the emperor and his mother were gracious, afraid that our elders would not be able to marry, so they allowed people over twenty years old to return to their hometowns, rewarded this dress and jewelry, and rewarded a hundred taels of silver for returning to the hometown." ”
As soon as the words fell, many people's eyes widened, this dress and jewelry were already very valuable in their eyes, except for the family of the rich man Dong and the wife of Zhou Dahu who stayed in the old mansion, who had worn silk and gold? There is actually a return fee of 100 taels of silver, and the Zhuang family can't save so much silver in a lifetime!
Changsheng looked at their expressions with amusement, if he had known that he had these silvers, he was afraid that he would rush to the capital to pick her up. But it's good to give yourself a chance to recognize their true colors, and not to be stupid to contribute all your net worth.
Changsheng refused to let them go, and said aggrievedly: "But Changsheng went out of the palace gate, and other people's fathers and brothers were waiting at the palace gate in advance to pick me up, but I didn't see our family come to pick me up, and I was almost entangled by scoundrels in the capital to rob me of silver and jewelry, fortunately, I met my uncle on the way, otherwise it is difficult to say whether I can go home, let alone these silvers, maybe it will become someone else's family sooner!" ”
After speaking, without waiting for them to explain, he took out the silver ticket and respectfully handed it to Zhou Houchun, still smiling and said: "Dad, thank you and your mother for raising your daughter, I originally thought that I would rely on my father and mother to support me when I returned to my hometown, but fortunately, with the emperor's grace, I will not go home empty-handed, so my father will accept it!" ”
Zhou Houchun glanced at his old wife with a weak heart, and when he saw her glaring at him fiercely, his old face turned red, and he took it with a smile: "What did my daughter say, even without the emperor's grace, my father can afford to support you!" ”
Saying that, he glared at Zhou Ansheng fiercely, Zhou Ansheng reluctantly watched his father put the silver ticket in his pocket, with a sincere smile on his face: "Dad is right, the family can't afford to support you, it's that my father and mother are old, and I am!" ”
Changsheng took out his purse again, poured out a gold earring from it and left the table to bring it to Zhou Wang's family, and took out ten taels of silver and handed it over: "Mother, you are worried about your daughter, the earrings are rewarded by the nobles in the palace, and the mother wears a blessing, ten taels of silver for the mother to make a private room, buy what you want to eat and wear, don't stick it to the family." ”
Zhou Wang nodded in response, and quietly wiped away his tears. The Zhuang family has never even worn silver jewelry in good condition, he has ever seen any gold jewelry, and the eldest sister is also given a pair of gold earrings, and the sister-in-law and brother-in-law are exactly the same gold rings, and the weight is almost the same.
Then he took off a crystal clear light cyan jade bracelet from his wrist, and handed it to his shy sister in the angry eyes of the eldest sister and sister-in-law: "Yusheng, my mother said that you are a sensible child, this bracelet will be given to you to add makeup, come, sister will put it on for you." ”
After doing this, Changsheng saw the shame on the faces of his father and eldest brother, and felt a little more comfortable, at least they knew that they had done something wrong. She picked up a chicken leg and said coquettishly: "Mother, I'm hungry, can I eat it?" ”
Although they have their own thoughts, they are all really happy at this time, the family had a reunion dinner happily, Changsheng was helped to sleep by his sister with a little drunk, Wang Chunfa also went home with peace of mind, and by the way, he brought back the gifts that Changsheng brought to the family.