Speaking of what the second brother will do in the future, the eldest brother said: "Didn't you pay the tuition fee for the excavator?" Let's learn that thing first. If you have a job, you can make a living. ”

I snorted: "The second brother has already taken back the tuition fees to gamble." ”

Mom hurriedly said, "No! Is the school's tuition fee refundable? I'll go back and ask for myself. ”

I didn't speak, and said in my heart that it is best for you to ask the people in the school yourself, and the province is the same as in the previous life, and I was deceived by him in a few words.

Mom got up and said helplessly: "Okay, I'm going to find Lao Fang's house now, let's rent the land if I don't sell the house, I knew what winter wheat I still planted!" What a wasted effort. ”

The eldest brother persuaded: "Mom, don't be sad, wait for me and Qiao'er to make money, and then help you redeem the land." ”

Mom didn't speak, just silently wiped the corners of her eyes.

I know that she is reluctant, and after decades of hard work, there will be no more land in the future.

When the eldest brother sent his mother out, he said to her mother: "Mom, I want to make it clear to you now." I won't marry Wang Lanhua, my heart has already decided. ”

Mom just sighed, and she didn't know if she had compromised or was trying to figure out a way.

The eldest brother said again: "Qiao'er is still young, let her wander around the city for a few years, don't be in a hurry to find a partner." ”

Mom smiled bitterly: "Are you still young at nineteen?" Do you see that there are still people in our village who are the same age as her and are not married? ”

"Why should I look at other people? There are people in the city who don't get married at twenty-three or four, and I also want to make good money, and I am in charge of my own life in this life, and no one can control me. ”

Mom looked at me for a long time, and finally shook her head and sighed, "Forget it! Now that your wings are stiff, I can't control it. But now I can't do anything, and I don't have a field. You go out with the boss and give me five yuan a month for living expenses, isn't it too much? ”

My eldest brother and I glanced at each other, knowing that she would only help the second brother if she took the money, but I still agreed.

The eldest brother said, "Mom! You'd better keep the money in your own hands, don't be deceived by the second child, he will definitely gamble when he has money. If you continue to connive, I guess he is really going to ruin our family. ”

Mom hurriedly covered his mouth with her hand: "Don't curse him anymore!" I will take a good look at Junjun in the future, and I don't believe that he can't change it! ”

The eldest brother said: "Mom, you just have to know it in your heart!" Do you want me to come with you? ”

Mom didn't reply and said, "I'd better do it myself!" You help me think about how I can get Willow Leaf back. She walked out quickly, and even now, when it was most devastating to her, she still didn't want us to interfere when it came to money.

Waiting for her to leave, my eldest brother and I began to clean up the yard, first fed the chickens, ducks and pigs, the yard was cleaned up, the eldest brother chopped a bunch of firewood, I picked up a few trips of water back, and dug out the potatoes inside, cleaned up the useless bean racks and eggplant seedlings, and was busy for a long time The yard was a little like that.

We both think the same thing, I don't know how often I'll be able to come back in the future, so let's try to help her a little bit.

The eldest brother washed his hands and asked me, "What do you think of the willow leaf matter?" ”

I said: "This matter still has to be done by the second brother to find someone to come back, we are all outsiders." ”

"That's true." The eldest brother said: "He is now gone, I am worried that the second child is afraid of being forced to pay debts, and it is not good to go to other places to do blind streaming." He can't do any work like this, and when he arrives in the city, he only begs for food. ”

I thought for a while and said: "Even if the second brother escapes, he needs to borrow money, he must find those fox friends and dog friends, so let's go to Gao Hu in a while, they often gamble together, tell him that he is fine, and the second brother will naturally come back when he knows it." ”

The eldest brother nodded, glanced at the courtyard of the second brother's house and said, "Anyway, the chicken is dead, why don't you eat chicken tonight, just treat it as a breeze for you." ”

I smiled and nodded: "I'm afraid that my mother will not be happy, because no matter what the dish is, as long as the second brother can't eat it, it will be superfluous." ”

"How can you! You have solved a big problem for your mother, how many chickens can you buy for forty yuan? Mom can't be so unreasonable. ”

When Mom came back from Lao Fang's house, the chicken had been cleaned up by me and stewed in the cauldron.

I said, "Anyway, the chickens are already dead, and it won't work if you don't eat them, don't worry, we'll just leave them for the second brother." ”

Mom hurriedly said, "I didn't say anything, and you don't have to explain it to me." ”

When the eldest brother heard her voice, he came over and asked how it was.

Mom said: "The land is all leased to the Fang family, and they give us 400 yuan a year." From this day on, we have no more land, nothing more, ...... for the rest of my life," she sat down on a small stool and cried before she finished speaking.

For decades, where is it so easy to give up, let alone a person like my mother who is used to being poor and has no sense of security at all.

My eldest brother and I comforted me for a long time before she calmed down. Forget it, these 400 yuan, except for the bride price and gambling debts that she married Liu Ye at the beginning, there is nothing left, so let my mother stay as living expenses.

My eldest brother and I told her to tell her about this: "If you let him know that you still have money, you must cheat you desperately." ”

Mom said anxiously: "I know everything! You don't need to say it, I didn't give your second brother the shoes last time he wanted to liberate, do you think I'm really that generous person? But now, I really don't have the money to marry my boss. ”

The eldest brother smiled: "I don't want your money, Lin Cailian and I can do as much as we want." ”

"Who said I agreed that you and her ......," Mom gritted her teeth and said nothing.

I smiled and grabbed my eldest brother's arm: "I just remembered when I heard my mother speak, the things I bought for my mother are still on Sister Cailian's side, you can help me get it back, otherwise you look at the stove, I'll go?" ”

"I'll go by myself, you accompany Mom." The eldest brother hurriedly walked out.

My mother looked displeased, glared at me and said, "I think you just deliberately let the two of them meet!" ”

I smiled and said: "Now, no matter how much you feel sorry for the second brother, you should also understand in your heart that you will have to count on the eldest brother for the elderly in the future, so you should compromise, otherwise the eldest brother will not care about you at that time, and the second brother can starve to death, do you believe it or not?" ”

Mom slapped me on the shoulder angrily: "I found out that you are really a cow now, and you are saying these angry words every day!" ”

"yes, because I'm capable. To be able to make money is bullishness. ”

"How much do you really make? Tell me about it, and I'll make sure I don't tell anyone. "Mom came over to see me.

"You don't have to listen anymore, the money is all to buy things and pay off the debts of the second brother." After I finished speaking, I squatted on the edge of the stove and lit the fire, and the fire inside burned my face warmly, and I suddenly wanted to take a shower at night.

My mother was kneading the dough and rolling the noodles for us, and suddenly said, "Alas! The money in hand still has to buy food to eat, and seeing that there are things to prepare for the New Year, there is really not much money. Qiao'er ......"

"I know what you mean, I don't want the forty yuan anymore, it's for me to help my second brother. But Mom, don't force me to marry Yu Hongcai, you know that my words always count, and you won't have a daughter by then. ”

"Yes, I see. Yu Hongcai's side, I'll give you back. Mom sighed after a while: "I really don't understand, how did you suddenly become like this, you were so obedient before, you never had a word about what you were asked to do!" ”

"I'm obedient, I don't necessarily have a good life, and I swallow my tears in my stomach and endure it, and I'm right now. I also have my own life, I can't always be the same as you, my whole life is just for my second brother to live, you don't interfere in my affairs, I have my own number. "I used chopsticks to insert the meat in the pot, and the chicken soup was white, constantly bubbling, and the aroma was overflowing.

I thought to myself, when I didn't make money, I didn't dare to mention what I wanted to eat, but now I cook chicken with confidence, this is the hardness after having money.

Mom said: "If you make trouble, I don't care if I can't get married and come back to cry in the future!" ”

In her opinion, not being able to marry is the biggest curse for a person.

But I've already lived once, and I don't care about marriage at all. I'd love to have a good relationship. I thought of the small pot of cactus balls at my sister-in-law's house, and I don't know how it looked? The guy who gave me the cactus ball and his girlfriend are doing well, and I can't think about it. No matter how much I like it, I can't afford to repeat it.

Mom spread the noodles with a rolling pin and cut them into thin noodles, and she looked at the door from time to time as she worked, waiting for her second son to come back.

The noodles were cooked, the chicken and potato stew were ready, and I put the dishes in a large basin and set up a small table to prepare for dinner.

The eldest brother happened to come in with a burden, and he said to his mother: "I looked at Gao Hu, let him help tell the second child that the debt is settled, and maybe he will be back in a while." ”

Mom patted her knee excitedly: "I can come back!" ”

I looked at her with my eldest brother, and she hurriedly said, "When he comes back, I'll clean him up!" ”

We all pouted, and she was reluctant.

At this time, the eldest brother smiled and said to me, "What the hell are you buying, why is it so heavy?" ”

I smiled and said, "It's just bits and pieces, I'll look at it after eating." ”

Mom hurriedly said, "Don't worry, wait first." I'll see what's in you. ”

She walked into the hall with her baggage, and my eldest brother and I followed. I saw that my mother took out those daily necessities from it and spread them all on the kang. Mom needs these things, and she's very happy.