"Yo, our senior officer is back! It's really rare, I haven't seen it back for so many years; This leg is lame and comes back. "A screeching voice, a snarky voice.

"Don't worry about the stepmother, I'm just coming back to rest for a few months, not to fight with your son for the family property." Lei Ze was indifferent, and the whole person was cold.

"Okay, Lady Chen, Lei Ce finally came back once, don't talk ugly here, hurry up and make some food for Lei Ce and cushion your stomach; I haven't eaten on the way! Hurry into the house, wash up for a while and sleep well. ”

Lei Ce looked at Lei Hai, and the coldness in his deep eagle eyes was even worse; But he didn't say anything, and followed him into the back room.

"Phew!" Chen Daya spat at the backs of the father and son, and scolded while turning to the kitchen, "Isn't it just a cripple, that's rare." ”

After Lei Hai helped his son sit down, he pulled a stool from the side and sat opposite him, "Lei Ze, why are you back?" Is it discharged? ”

"It's not." Lei Ze glanced up at him, and in his eyes, he saw a bright light; The already cold heart lake is cold.

"It's not good, when you come back, you can rest at home, you don't have to do the work at home, take care of your injuries; Are your legs okay? I have heard that soldiers with serious injuries and disabilities are discharged. After Lei Hai finished saying the words of concern, he didn't forget to ask about his leg injury.

Lei Ze shook his head lightly, "Maybe it'll be good, my room is still there, right?" ”

Lei Hai's face was different, and he didn't dare to look at him with a weak heart, "Your room is for your mother...... My mother's nephew lived. ”

Lei Ce frowned, his heart was uneven, but he didn't say anything to embarrass Lei Hai, "Then I'll go to my uncle's house to live." He turned around and walked out of the hall with his camouflage bag.

Lei Hai breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, wiped his face, and had not seen his eldest son for ten years; He has grown to such a point that being looked at by him makes him creepy, and there is an inexplicable panic in his heart.

Lei Ce suddenly stopped, and said without looking back: "Dad, I want to marry Chu Tianyi, the youngest daughter of the Chu family, and you will go with me tomorrow to propose marriage." ”

"What! Marry that little girl from the Chu family? No, absolutely not, their family will cost 500 yuan for a dowry! Chu Bocheng has booked a good family for her, which is the old bachelor of the Ge family behind our old house. 500 yuan dowry plus money for family affairs, there must be 700 yuan in total, you give me these 700 yuan; I can also build a house for your brother and marry a daughter-in-law. ”

Lei Hai felt reasonable, and nodded again and again beside him, "Lei Ce, what your mother said is right, the youngest daughter of the Chu family can't be married; married to a family without peace, her eldest brother is not a good thing. ”

Lei Ce frowned, not because of too much dowry, but for Chu Tianyi's eldest brother, who actually set such a marriage for his sister that is not a good match at first glance, "Dad, I have sent back a lot of money over the years, you only need to give me five hundred yuan of dowry money, and I will do the rest myself." ”

Lei Hai's face changed greatly, five hundred yuan is not a small amount, "I won't give it to you, I told you, the youngest daughter of the Chu family can't marry; Look at the family that married the two daughters of the Chu family, which family has not been asked for money by Chu Bocheng, and has eaten and drank. A big man also went to his sister-in-law's house to eat and drink for nothing. If you marry the youngest daughter of the Chu family, your mother and I don't want to have a stable life. ”

"Our family is not rich in the first place, marrying a daughter, and raising her brother, what is the matter!"

Reitzer had also heard of this, and his father would send him letters every month, asking him for money; By the way, talk about the things in the village, lest he go out, don't know the village, and come back to disgrace his old man, "Dad, I'll tell you clearly!" The chances of my leg getting better are slim, and the doctor said that if there is no miracle, my leg will be like this; Also, I am twenty-eight years old this year, ten years older than the little sister of the Chu family, and I am not worthy of her. Spending 500 yuan to marry her is also wronged. ”

"No, my dad said no, it just didn't work." Lei Hai stubbornly turned his head and looked at the corner of the courtyard wall.

Chen Daya stood aside, gloating as the father and son quarreled over a woman.

"Dad, you really can't show it?" Reitzer condensed.

"No, you have to marry, just because I don't have a son like you." Lei Hai waved his hand and walked towards the hall.

Lei Zer shook his head coldly, "Okay, without my son, then you give me half of the money I have sent back over the years, I have sent money home for twelve years, the first five years are twenty yuan per month, and the next seven years are fifty yuan per month, I don't want all of them, I want half." ”

Although Chen Daya has never read a book, she can still calculate the accounts; Twelve months a year, twenty dollars a month, and two hundred and forty dollars a year. In the first five years, there were 1,200 yuan, plus 50 in the next seven years, their family is not poor! This old immortal even hid this from her.

However, this is not the time to scold the old man, "Lei Ze, you unfilial son, you have to settle even the money you pay for your father every month; Chen'er, come out quickly! Your eldest brother is going to force your father to take out your money. ”

Lei Chen was lying in the room, not ready to take care of it; But she was yelled at by her mother, she couldn't pretend anymore, and hurriedly rushed out of the room, "Big brother, you are not kind, your leg will not be good, and you will not be able to honor your father in the future; This money should be regarded as pension money for my father! Don't worry about it. ”

"Besides, you haven't been back for ten years, and you haven't honored your father for a day; Now you're still asking your dad for money, and when you say it, you don't look good on your face, do you? ”

Lei Ze looked at the family of three standing on a front line, and realized it so clearly for the first time; He is not from this family, and he sends money to his family every year, but he has always been excluded from his family's belonging.

Letzer turned to take a deep look at them and turned to leave.

Chen Daya looked at Lei Ce who was walking away, smiled with wrinkles on her face, and said triumphantly: "I thought it was amazing!" That's what scares us. Turning his head, he cried to Lei Hai, "Dead old man, I thought it would be good for your son to give you five yuan a month." ”

"I didn't expect that I would give you so much money every month, and you have been hiding it from me for 12 years! No wonder you are mysterious every time you go to withdraw money, and you tear up the voucher after withdrawing the money. It turned out that he had made up his mind to hide it from our mother! My life is miserable......"

Two lines of tears fell down, looking at Lei Hai with a sad face; There was no momentum at all, and it instantly became weak.

The corners of Lei Chen's mouth twitched, and he turned around and went back to the room, with so much money in his father's hand, it won't be all his in the future; Mother is crying so fiercely, let's let my father go!

Not to mention how Lei Hai coaxed Chen Daya, Lei Ce left the Lei family and went directly to the Song family of his maternal uncle in his memory; Standing outside the thatched hut of the Song family, Lei Ce hesitated for a moment, but still knocked on the door and "knock knock knock......"

The Song family was poorer than the Lei family, and they didn't even have a yard, only a five-room thatched house.

"Who? It's dark, what's the matter? "There was a reckless voice in the back room, and the door was opened the next moment; Dahan looked at the man in camouflage uniform standing in front of him, and was stunned for a moment, "Are you ...... Lei Ze, the little sister's Ce'er? ”

"Uncle......" Lei Ce looked at the tall but thin old man in front of him, and he couldn't say the rest of the words.

"It's you! Ce'er, come, come in quickly; Mother, get up quickly, Ce'er is back, hurry up and make something to eat for Ce'er. Rushing all the way back, I must be hungry. Uncle Song grabbed Lei Ze's arm and pulled him into the house.

From the back room to the hall, Uncle Song took the duffel bag in his hand and helped him sit down, "How did you get this leg?" ”

"It's all right." Lei Ce didn't want to say more, put down his armpits, heard footsteps from the back room, and looked back, "Auntie, I'm sorry for you." ”

"What are you talking about? Hurry up, you kid, these meals are left over for tonight; You'll just eat some, still warm, and I'll go and serve you a bowl of noodles. Aunt Song came out with a big bowl and stuffed it into his hand.

Lei Ze's eyes warmed up a little, and he lowered his eyelids and looked at the greens and meat dishes in the bowl, "Thank you, aunt, these are enough, you don't need to prepare anymore; I came to you now to stay with you for a while. ”

"You can stay as long as you want, there is an empty room at home; It's summer, and it's convenient. My aunt will go and spread a mat for you, and then bring you a slightly thinner quilt for the bed. After Aunt Song finished speaking, she went back to the room in a hurry.

"Hurry up and eat, the food will be cold in a while." Uncle Song urged vigorously, "It's originally warm, if you don't eat it, it will be cold for a while." ”

Lei Ce nodded, and buried himself in eating the food cleanly.

"Ce'er! Why do you eat so fast? Is it that you can't eat enough in the army? Uncle Song asked worriedly, but looking at his nephew's sturdy body, it was not as worried as he was; For a while, I was a little unsure.

"The troops eat like this, and they don't have to eat if it's slow."

Uncle Song suddenly smiled dryly, "So that's the case!" Also, your troops are all gentlemen, so you have to eat quickly. ”

Lei Ze rarely showed a light smile, "Hmm." ”

When Uncle Song saw him put down the bowl, he got up to help him, "Ce'er, come and help you to your room, and ask your aunt to carry a bucket of hot water for you to wash in a while; Wash up and go to sleep, but don't be cranky. ”

As soon as Uncle Song's words came out, Lei Ce understood that the actions of his father's family had probably been guessed by his uncle. Lei Ze's heart warmed, and the smile on his face softened a little, "Then thank you uncle, by the way, uncle; I want to trouble you with two things, that is, I don't know if it will cause you trouble. ”

"Say, as long as my uncle can do it, I will definitely help." Uncle Song responded quickly, lifted his duffel bag, helped him get up, walked out of the hall, and walked towards the empty room on the left side of the hall.

"Uncle, I want to split up, please find the village chief to go to Lei's house tomorrow; There are some things that should be made clear. Letzer limped and walked slowly.