CHAPTER XX
Yu Xiling got up to drink water at night, and as soon as she left the room, she heard Grandma Yu's suppressed crying and intermittent talking, her voice was very low, and she couldn't hear it clearly, and it could only be the thing that Aunt Yu mentioned at night.
may have heard the movement outside, the sound in the inner room quickly stopped, and Yu Xiling stood at the door of the room for a while before going to pour water.
Lying back on the bed, Yu Xiling tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
Aunt Yu's idea, she can see through it at a glance, the purpose is for this tofu craft, if she goes to school, in the case of Yu Jianguo's extreme opposition to doing business, handing it over to the second aunt's family is indeed the closest and most reasonable choice.
The two brothers of the Yu family are not in harmony, the most important thing is that Yu Jianguo and Aunt Yu are not in harmony, Xu Zhaodi and Second Uncle Yu are people who have no ideas.
The relationship is not harmonious, Aunt Yu tried every means to smear and provoke in front of their brothers and sisters, and Yu Jianguo himself was eccentric, which made Aunt Yu find an opportunity, saying that Xu Zhaodi was patriarchal, Yu Jianguo was eccentric, and even secretly told her that she had picked it up.
said that she had a nose and eyes, she was sensitive at that time, and she didn't dare to verify it between half-believing and half-believing, so her character became silent, cowardly, and insecure.
Now that she thinks about it, it's nothing, she wishes she was really not Yu Jianguo's child.
There is never a shortage of all kinds of peachy news in the countryside, both true and false, and there are many things in front of the widow, but Ye Tingfang is the widow of a martyr, everyone will not pull anything on her, Yu Jianguo was saved by Qiao Zhiliang, and everyone will not think much about it.
But Aunt Yu! She and Xu Zhaodi are sisters-in-law, and she doesn't believe what she says in the countryside and neighbors? For a period of time, everyone came to ask about the relationship between Yu Ye and the two, and sometimes it was too fake, and it became true, not to mention that Yu Jianguo and Ye Tingfang were really a little tired over there, where could Xu Zhaodi, who was the person next to the pillow, not feel it.
Later, Xu Zhaodi was depressed, most of them were the reason why these people had many mouths and tongues to pick up abscesses, and Aunt Yu was the accomplice of Yu Jianguo and Ye Tingfang, the two culprits, and Xu Zhaodi could deceive herself to the end.
This is also what Yu Xiling is most worried about.
You said that Second Aunt Yu was so bad that she wanted to make Xu Zhaodi angry to death, it was definitely impossible, but she just wanted to say that when she saw the painful expression on Xu Zhaodi's face, she was happy and satisfied.
Yu Xiling didn't understand what psychology this was, and she didn't want to understand it.
I don't know how long I thought about it in a daze, Yu Xiling fell asleep, and I was woken up by the sound of firecrackers before I slept for long, and Yu Xi'an around me had already gotten up and disappeared.
As soon as I got dressed, I heard the crackling firecrackers in my yard, as well as Yu Xi'an's excited screams, Yu Xiling went out of the house to see, before dawn, every household in the village had already lit up the lights, and the sound of fragmentary firecrackers had not stopped.
At this time, the New Year would rather not do New Year's goods, firecrackers must be bought, even if it is the smallest and cheapest, set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year and worship the ancestors, and set off firecrackers that are called the New Year.
In the kitchen, Grandma Yu was already preparing the New Year's dinner, and the old man had the joy of the New Year on his face, and he couldn't see the appearance of crying last night.
Yu Xiling quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly went in to help, but was stopped by Grandma Yu, "Your grandfather specially left a firecracker for you to release, go and come back." ”
The firecrackers set off every year are exquisite, and the people who set off the firecrackers are generally the pillars of the family, and they are generally men, who have lived for nearly forty years in their last life, and Yu Xiling has never touched the incense of firecrackers in the Chinese New Year's Eve.
At first, Yu Jianguo didn't let her, but later she spent the New Year alone, and she didn't pay attention to it.
can let her set off firecrackers, which shows that Grandpa Yu really values her.
In order to prolong the time for the firecrackers to burn, the cheapest fifty firecrackers in the yard have been spread out for a long time, and Grandpa Yu is waiting for her with a smile on his face.
The lead touched the incense head, and it ignited with a sizzle, Yu Xiling quickly jumped away, and smiled to cover Yu Xi'an's ears.
Looking at the firelight of the firecrackers and listening to the sound of festivities, Yu Xiling silently made a wish in her heart, hoping that Xi'an would grow up safely, and that her grandparents would live a long and healthy life, and that it would get better and better year by year, and let the bad things of the past pass.
After the firecrackers were finished, Yu Xiling hurriedly went into the stove house to help, seven or eight dishes, and Grandma Yu couldn't be busy alone.
"Today's New Year, let's have a good year." In the early years of Chinese New Year's Eve, the Yu family's reunion dinner was set for this meal in the morning, saying that it was the reunion dinner, and it was just four of their ancestors and grandchildren.
Grandpa Yu sent a red envelope to one of their sisters, and touched Xi'an's head again, "Let's grow up quickly." ”
This year, Yu Jianguo's family did not come back, and Second Uncle Yu's family did not come over.
In fact, a large family gathers together for the New Year, and there is often a year without a year, usually the old couple is cold, this year can have Yu Xiling sisters to accompany the New Year, it is already an unexpected surprise for the old couple.
After breakfast, Grandpa Yu took the bamboo basket prepared by Grandma Yu and led the two sisters to the grave of Grandpa Yu.
After going home to the grave and having lunch, the family gathered around the stove and gossiped, and Yu Xiling sorted out the accounts of the couplets sold two days ago by the way.
After deducting the paper and ink money, Second Uncle Yu's salary, and the money for eating for the three days, Yu Xiling carefully counted the cash in his hand, "I earned a total of one hundred and twenty yuan." ”
"Why are there so many?" Grandpa Yu looked at Yu Xiling in disbelief, this is pure profit.
Yu Xiling counted the money again, "A piece of paper costs eight cents and a big knife, you can cut more than 90 couplets, and the rest of the red paper is written that you can paste the hall house and pigsty, and you don't need money when you take the lead, and sell it for three cents a piece, and the small couplet plus the word three cents and eight pairs, and the big couplet and the word six cents and eight pairs...... That's a lot of money. ”
Of course, there is also the reason why the competition in the first two years of this year is small, and they are well prepared, like the stalls in the back, the income is definitely not as much as theirs.
"The Spring Festival couplets will be sold for these three days, and I don't know how it will be next year." Yu Xiling counted most of the money and handed it to Grandpa Yu.
Grandma Yu doesn't care about anything, and it is Grandpa Yu who is in charge of the money at home, but since she sold tofu, she has kept some of the money in her hands, which is also what Grandpa Yu insisted.
"It's good that people have to be content." This hundred yuan is a huge amount of money, Grandpa Yu carefully put the money away, and his face was happy, "Xiling, when the New Year begins, I will take your grandmother to the county's traditional Chinese medicine hospital to have a look." ”
In addition to a people's hospital in the county, the most famous is the traditional Chinese medicine hospital, Grandpa Yu has already gone to the hospital on the 29th day to ask, and the doctor went to work on the sixth day of the first month.
"You and my milk have to have it checked, I want to take Xi'an to see it too, she's too thin." Yu Xi'an is thin and small, Yu Xiling has raised some meat, she is still so thin.
She remembered that the child of an employee of the previous subsidiary was like this, and she couldn't raise it, so she went to the hospital for an examination and found out that the child was missing something in her body.
Grandpa Yu touched Yu Xi'an's little head with pity and nodded, "Okay, your grandmother and Xi'an go and see, your grandfather is in good health, and he can carry a burden of a hundred catties." ”
Yu Xiling didn't persuade much, and when she got to the hospital, Grandpa Yu didn't want to check it out, and now she can protect her sisters, and the two of them are old, and she hopes that they can both live a long and healthy life.
"Dad, Mom......" Second Uncle Yu stood at the door and rubbed his hands, embarrassed to come into the house, with a long and red mark on his face, which looked like he had been pumped by a broom and scratched.
Second Uncle Yu came to apologize to Grandpa Yu for yesterday's incident, and came to deliver grain and oil by the way, "Dad, don't blame Yuanzhen, she is also for me and Xirong." ”
Yesterday, Grandpa Yu left angrily, and Second Uncle Yu's wine also woke up for the most part, he didn't want to rob his niece of his life at all, but the attitude of the two elders was very clear, and he didn't think about his son at all, he was not awkward in his heart.
Awkward is awkward, and then he also figured it out, they are uncles and aunts who are worried about their niece's craftsmanship, and it's a shame to say it, and he's used to doing rough work, he definitely can't do the work of making tofu, what are you thinking about, on a father like his brother, Xiling's child is pitiful enough.
His second uncle has no ability to take care of her, so he can't harm her.
Later, no matter what Aunt Yu said, he kept his head silent, and Aunt Yu had nothing to do with him, so she could only sulk by herself in the end.
Grandpa Yu glanced at the red marks on Second Uncle Yu's face, then at the grain and oil at his feet, and sighed lightly, "Your mother and I can still move, you can take these back, don't make trouble with your daughter-in-law, she is not easy." ”
"Dad." Second Uncle Yu's face was swollen and red, even if he didn't celebrate the New Year with Grandpa Yu and Grandma Yu every year, Second Uncle Yu had to send food and oil, and he wanted to take it back again, what was this like.
In the end, it was a filial piety of Second Uncle Yu, and Grandpa Yu finally accepted the grain and oil, thinking in his heart about what reason he would find to make up for it in the future.
"Xiling, don't worry about yesterday's incident, your second aunt is such a person, she has a bad mouth, but she doesn't have a bad heart." In the face of Yu Xiling, Second Uncle Yu was really panicked, and he was unwilling to get paid for helping sell couplets, but he couldn't resist Second Aunt Yu, so he had to accept it.
"It's okay, second uncle, I don't plan to go to school, the tofu stall is not stable yet, I have to take care of it myself, or you can help me later in the year." Yu Xiling tossed and turned for most of the night, and finally figured it out and asked Second Uncle Yu to help.
It's not that I forgave Second Aunt Yu, but the old and small in the family, and they really need a labor force to relieve the pressure, and Grandpa Yu definitely can't agree to hire someone outside, but the second uncle should be fine.
"Don't don't, I can't do your job, I have to go to the county seat to work on the fifth day of junior high school, and I agreed with the boss a year ago." It's no wonder that he didn't explain to Aunt Yu in advance, there was an appointment in the county, how could he stay in the countryside to make tofu.
Grandma Yu had been listening silently, and she would quickly take Uncle Yu's hand and persuade him that no matter how tired he was to make tofu, he was at home, and he had to suffer from anger and hardship if he didn't get much money outside, so it was better to stay at home.
However, if Second Uncle Yu could be persuaded so easily, he would not have stayed in the countryside and not joined the army, Grandma Yu had no choice but to tell Second Uncle Yu, "You should go back and discuss this matter with your daughter-in-law." ”
After sending the things and talking about the matter, Second Uncle Yu hurried away, Grandma Yu was afraid that Second Uncle Yu would not say anything, so she looked at Yu Xiling in embarrassment, and finally followed on tiptoe.
"Your grandmother, she's a fool." Grandpa Yu sighed helplessly, how could this old woman just not make sense.
You just want to persuade, and you have to persuade people behind your back, in front of Xiling, let this child think.
Their second son is an honest man, but the second daughter-in-law is not, thinking of what she said yesterday, Grandpa Yu's original plan was completely dispelled, and he also gave up his mind to persuade Yu Xiling, but he didn't expect Xiling to bring it up and ask her second uncle to help.
Grandpa Yu was very pleased, but he hated Second Uncle Yu even more, if he could control his daughter-in-law, what did it matter if he gave up his old face to help say a few words.
"My grandmother is also human nature, she knows it in her heart." Yu Xiling doesn't think there's anything, the old man's thoughts are easy to understand, the fingers still have their own lengths and weaknesses, and people's hearts naturally have preferences, Grandma Yu is not eccentric, and most parents have this habit of "robbing the rich and helping the poor".
Helping those who are doing well is a matter of course for them to take for granted.
Grandma Yu didn't intervene in this matter from beginning to end, it was she who let go first, "Grandma If only she could persuade the second uncle, Uncle Yang will definitely have to ask for the goods next year, and the goods from the township government, I can't be busy alone." ”
Grandpa Yu sighed helplessly, "Your second uncle is the same as your father, a tendon, and your second aunt is helpless about what has been decided, it's okay, I can't be busy and there is still a master." ”
Whether Grandma Yu persuaded Second Uncle Yu or not, Yu Xiling didn't know, but she didn't expect to meet Qiao Zhiliang and ...... in the village Wei Dare?