Chapter 49
Wei Kang's letter was very simple, as simple as only two sentences, after a brief greeting, he explained the matter of the watch, the old watch that was not used at home was repaired and sent to her, so that she didn't have to take this little thing to heart, the letter paper was a paper torn from the homework book, and the handwriting was messy and written in a hurry.
As soon as he finished reading the letter and went back, Qiao Zhiliang rode up on a bicycle and handed over a brand-new watch, Yu Xiling took it in his hand and looked at it, turned it over and put it in his pocket.
Qiao Zhiliang originally brewed a stomach to persuade Yu Xiling to accept the words, but he lost his mouth in an instant, and paused for a while before speaking, "If Nuan Nuan is looking for you to make trouble, don't pay attention to her, Nuan Nuan is more possessive, she and Wei Dang grew up as childhood sweethearts, and they can't accept Wei Dang treating other little girls as sisters and being good to each other, so they may not be able to figure it out for a while." ”
Yu Xiling nodded, "If she doesn't mess with me, I won't bother with her." ”
"Why don't you go to school, you have good grades, you should go to school." Qiao Zhiliang didn't rush to go, pushing the bicycle and walking beside Yu Xiling, Yu Xiling didn't respond for a long time, Qiao Zhiliang glanced at her side face, and said, "If there is any difficulty, you can tell me." ”
The roadside in the countryside is a large area of farmland, at this time the spring ploughing has not begun, the field is full of large areas of milk vetch, large areas of purple flowers are gently swaying in the spring breeze, the old cow unattended in the field bows its head and gnaws the fresh flowers and plants, and is unwilling to raise its head for a long time, the fragrance of flowers is mixed with the fragrance of grass, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.
"Hmm." Yu Xiling replied, she remembered that the flower language of milk vetch was happiness, but it was clear that it was just a weed that grew in the field and did not need to be taken care of, and its role was only to fertilize the field and raise cattle.
Qiao Zhiliang was telling the truth, but Yu Xiling obviously didn't take it to heart, he didn't say anything all the way, and when he reached the fork in the Yu family ancestral hall, Yu Xiling stopped, "I've arrived." ”
Qiao Zhiliang stopped and looked at Yu Xiling, who waved his hand at him, "Goodbye." ”
After speaking, he strode towards the village, Qiao Zhiliang watched Yu Xiling greet his uncle who was in the ditch on the edge of the ridge with a smile, and the hand holding the car faucet tightened unconsciously, and when she walked away, he turned the head of the car and stepped onto the bicycle.
is different from Yu Xiling, who was introverted and timid before, now she is obviously alienating herself, Qiao Zhiliang has a wry smile in his mouth, and he has more strength to pedal a bicycle.
Turning a corner, he could only see the red brick wall when he turned around, Yu Xiling stopped, and it took a while to reverse the road when he looked back, and there was only a distant figure on the road, which gradually turned into a small black dot that could not be seen clearly.
Her heart was still beating a little fast, and Yu Xiling walked back slowly.
In the end, it is different, the thirty-eight-year-old mentality, standing in front of Qiao Zhiliang, will feel ashamed, she and him are people of two worlds after all.
The watch sent by Wei Dang, if it weren't for the traces of prying open on the back cover, it was completely brand new, I think it should be when she looked at the watch in the mall years ago, and was remembered by Wei Dang in his eyes.
After going to the county shopping mall to ask the price of plum blossom women's watches, the first thing Yu Xiling did when she went home was to find a box and save money in it, and she would definitely be able to save enough money for a watch during the Chinese New Year.
She really needs a watch urgently, and Wei Dang is a relief for her.
Because of the events of her previous life, she did have some prejudice against Wei Kang, but after getting along several times, I don't know if it was because the things in the previous life had not happened yet, or Ye Nuannuan's words were not credible, Wei Dang was completely different from what she had in her impression.
Putting aside the emotional entanglement between him and Ye Nuannuan in the future, Wei Dang is indeed a very good person, his life seems to be full of sunshine without a trace of haze, a mouthful of big white teeth always smiles brightly and silly, an old aunt like Yu Xiling really likes such a sunny and cheerful teenager, and it makes people feel in a very good mood when they look at it.
So Yu Xiling accepted the watch, but the money that should be given has to be given, after all, even if it is close family and friends, they can't take their goodness for granted.
The weather is getting warmer, Yu Xiling ran for a week, and finally rented a small house on the street not far from the county people's hospital.
"Grandpa, grandma, I have paid the rent, if you don't go to live, then the money will be wasted." Although I just went to the county seat, I didn't have my own land, and I didn't have my own house, so Grandpa Yu and my grandparents were not very happy to move there.
But the old couple was distressed about the rent, five yuan a month, at a time when the per capita salary was only a few dozen, it was not a small amount, especially Yu Xiling was afraid that they would not go, so they directly paid half a year's rent and signed a five-year contract with someone.
"What about the land at home?" There are still two acres and three points of land at home, and the public grain in autumn and the rations at home have to come out of this land, so is it so deserted here?
It's not that the old couple didn't think about handing over the land to their second son's family, but Second Uncle Yu has been doing odd jobs outside for many years, and Second Aunt Yu is lazy, so they don't feel at ease.
Grandpa Yu smacked two puffs of cigarettes, "Ask someone to do it, the two dumb brothers are capable, just ask them to help in the farm, and give them grain in the autumn harvest." ”
There are a pair of deaf and dumb brothers in the village, their own mother ran away early, and their father also formed another family to ignore them, the two brothers lived with their grandmother in their early years, and after their grandmother passed away, they raised themselves by themselves, although their intelligence was a little slow, but they were hardworking and capable of sparing no effort, but they did not have a hukou and did not have their own fields, and they did not dare to go to the city to work, so they could only do some chores to support themselves in the villages.
This is feasible, Grandma Yu feels sorry for the two children whose father does not love her mother, "When the time comes, collect the grain and weigh a few catties of meat for them." ”
Grandpa Yu nodded, the matter was settled, the old couple began to talk about moving, I don't know when I can go back, the vegetable plot at home has to be managed, Grandma Yu's meaning, in fact, I want to stay at home, she can't do anything else, it is okay to grow some vegetables and raise a few chickens, so that a few grandchildren will go to the city and eat vegetables to buy.
But they also knew that Yu Xiling rented this small courtyard for the sake of the two of them's old immortal bodies, otherwise they couldn't spend that unjust money.
"I'm the one who dragged you down." When Grandma Yu was packing up her clothes, she suddenly wiped her tears and glanced at Grandpa Yu on the side, "Over the years, if I hadn't been sick and taking medicine, the eldest and second brothers would not have been so stiff, and now they will drag down Xiling." ”
"What a fool's that you are talking about!" Grandpa Yu straightened his face, his face was a little fierce, seeing that Grandma Yu was still wiping his eyes, he sighed, and his tone eased, "The eldest and the second are not taught well, what does it have to do with your body, the father and mother of the really filial child, Huang Zi can't ignore it when he buries his nose in his eyes, the eldest and the second...... I just don't want to be responsible. ”
Grandpa Yu didn't want to admit that the husband and wife had failed in their education, but it was true.
"Second child, he ......" Grandma Yu still wants to distinguish with Grandpa Yu, Second Uncle Yu is very filial, that is, his daughter-in-law is not sensible, but in a blink of an eye, no matter how powerful the daughter-in-law is, if the second child really has that heart, he doesn't care about any family affairs over the years.
After all, there is still no conscience!
"Don't cry, Xiling's child is much stronger than her father and uncle, you take care of your body and take care of their sisters for a few more years, it's not a drag, otherwise we won't be able to stand it in the future, the two sisters don't have an adult behind them, but what should I do." Speaking of his two sons, Grandpa Yu was not in a good mood, but fortunately, he still had his granddaughter to comfort them.
Grandma Yu nodded, thinking that she couldn't be so confused in the future, everything had to be done first by the two Xiling sisters, and she couldn't always think about letting Xiling pull out her uncle and aunt's family.
Hearing from Yu Xihua's mouth that Yu Xiling was going to the county, Aunt Yu was a little blind, she had been waiting for the opportunity to start school, so she naturally took over the tofu stall from Yu Xiling, but she didn't think that Yu Xiling, a dead girl, was reluctant to give up this little money, and would rather drop out of school than hand over the stall to her.
Now it's okay, just move to the city, obviously look at the duck that is about to arrive, why is it flying farther and farther?
Aunt Yu stared at Yu Xihua and asked her how she had learned the tofu craft, Yu Xihua was silent, and asked her if she would only say no, and Aunt Yu couldn't wait to knock Yu Xihua's elm head open to see if it was stuffed with tofu dregs.
"Tell me about you, who has eaten for so many years than people Xilingbai, why don't you have a little heart? You work along, you won't learn more, you don't dare to go west if you go east, you tell me what you can do in the future, how can I count on you! Second Aunt Yu hated Yu Xihua several times.
Yu Xihua endured the pain and didn't dare to say a word.
Aunt Yu was angry with herself, and she couldn't do anything about Yu Xihua, and finally raised her ear and asked, "Did Xiling say that she would take you to the county seat?" ”
Yu Xihua can answer this matter, nodding honestly, there is a lot of work to do in the county, she will definitely do something.
The tofu stall can't be taken over for the time being, Aunt Yu stared at Yu Xihua with hatred, it is okay to leave this dead girl to work, but I don't know if this salary can go up a little more, let Yu Xihua ask her if it must be a good thing, Aunt Yu went out after trimming her hair and clothes, she went to Yu Xiling to ask in person.
"Processing money?" Yu Xiling was about to settle the account, looked at Second Aunt Yu twice, put down the pen, "Second Aunt, do you know how much a day's salary for recruiting a capable young daughter-in-law in the county?" ”
"......" Aunt Yu laughed embarrassedly, how could she not know that the second brother wanted to call her to go to the county seat to cook for the men who worked, and it was only four cents a day, and she didn't go because she was tired and had little money, "I haven't been to the county seat, how do I know." ”
Yu Xiling dialed the abacus, "Four cents a day is up to the sky, and I don't have to worry about food and housing, if I take care of food and housing, the salary will have to go down, Sister Xihua is my cousin after all, and I didn't think about reducing it, but when you ask like this, I think I'm still recruiting a provincial trouble in the county, at least people won't ......"
"Don't, don't!" Second Aunt Yu hurriedly interrupted Yu Xiling, "That's what I asked, you just didn't say anything when your second aunt was confused, you settle the accounts, I'll go first." ”
After saying that, Aunt Yu ran away like a gust of wind, this trip is a loss, don't lose the money without rising errands, that is more than worth the loss.
On the other side, Ye Nuannuan hadn't slept well for several days, and she was always thinking about the letter in the brown paper envelope, what did Brother Wei Dare write to Yu Xiling's dead girl?