Chapter Seventy-Four: The Fourth Uncle

After eating, Wu Hua and his father made tea in the living room, while Liu Dongmei helped clean up and wash the dishes and chopsticks.

"Xiaohua, about you and Dongmei, do you want me to visit her family with your mother?" Father asked thoughtfully.

In Wu Aiguo's concept, if both men and women like it, then they can visit each other's parents and then make a family affair. This Liu Dongmei has lived in their house for so long, it stands to reason that she should be able to visit her family.

When Wu Hua heard his father ask, his heart fluttered and he looked up at his father.

Wu Aiguo looked at Wu Hua with some doubts, waiting for his response.

Wu Hua coughed lightly, looked at Wu Aiguo, and said, "Dad, I am mainly focusing on my studies now, and I won't think about this matter for the time being."

Wu Hua's sentence of focusing on studies is a good excuse to excuse himself.

"But her family ......"

Wu Aiguo wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Wu Hua.

"Her family also made her focus on her studies." Wu Hua said with a serious face, as if there was really such a thing.

Wu Aiguo listened to his son's words and fell into deep thought, indeed, at this stage, his son should indeed focus on his studies, but he felt that the girl followed his son, who was nameless and undivided, and was afraid of gossip.

"Dad, we are still young, it is impossible to be like your era, get married when we meet, and then have children, and complete the task of passing on the ancestry, people of our generation, I don't know about others, but I, before I solve the problem of food and clothing, I will not get married." Wu Hua thought about making it clear to his father at one time, and he would always be questioned in the future.

"Xiaohua, you can't do this, your mother and I were also poor before, and we didn't raise you the same"

When Wu Aiguo heard his son say such words, he instantly became a little anxious, he was in his 50s, and he was still waiting to hold his grandson, if Wu Hua really planned to do so, then when would he be able to hold his grandson?

Wu Hua looked at his father's anxious look, knowing that he was holding his grandson eagerly, alas, blaming himself for his mistakes, and he said his thoughts.

"Dad, even if I want to get married, it will have to wait until I graduate from college, right? Now that I'm a kid myself, how do I get married, how do I take responsibility? Otherwise, I won't go to college, and I'll get married to Liu Dongmei at the end of the year. Wu Hua prepared for the worst, he believed that his father would not joke with his future, and he pinched this point.

The more Wu Aiguo listened, the more worried he became, asking his son to give up his future to get married, of course he didn't want to, his generation would be poor, and his ancestors would rely on his son's generation, and he would not let his son give up studying in college.

"No, no, I don't agree, marriage can wait, and college can't be ignored." Wu Aiguo waved his hand, looking non-negotiable.

Wu Hua was secretly happy, he knew his father's thoughts. But Wu Hua didn't show too obviously, but comforted his father and said: "Dad, don't worry, I will get married as soon as I graduate from college, and I will definitely let you hold your big fat grandson when the time comes."

Wu Aiguo was very relieved to see Wu Hua so sensible, smiled, and responded heavily.

Wu Hua secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally got his father done, so he shouldn't worry about it now.

Wu Hua's father and son were drinking tea in the living room in a peaceful manner, Liu Dongmei came out after washing the dishes, and saw the two drinking tea, very curious about what they were talking about.

She heard something in the kitchen just now, it seemed that it was something like getting married, starting a family, etc., he thought that Wu Hua was going to marry him, and he was very excited, but he didn't dare to ask directly, so he asked implicitly: "What were you talking about with your uncle just now?"

Listening to Liu Dongmei's question, Wu Hua has some internal injuries, he just got an old one, and another difficult one to deal with, isn't it right today?

Looking at Liu Dongmei's puzzled look, Wu Hua felt that she couldn't hide it, and it was estimated that she had heard it just now, so she was ready to tell her the truth.

Just when Wu Hua was about to explain, Wu Aiguo suddenly coughed lightly, and then his brother smiled and said to Liu Dongmei: "Just now I was discussing a problem with Xiaohua, whether to make money first or buy a house first."

Make money, buy a house? Liu Dongmei was a little puzzled, what does this have to do with getting married and starting a family? No, that's not what they just said.

Liu Dongmei looked at Wu Hua with a suspicious expression and asked, "You just talked to your uncle about this issue?"

Wu Hua looked at his father, and suddenly understood what he meant, and he wanted to fool around. Hehehehe, sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy, so Wu Hua smiled, nodded, and said yes.

Liu Dongmei is a smart person, how could she not understand the interaction between the two fathers and sons, but she didn't break it. Instead, he cooperated with them and said: "If this is the problem, I think it should be to make money first and then buy a house, and live in it to feel at ease."

Wu Hua nodded, said yes again and again, and said that he thought the same way.

Wu Aiguo praised Liu Dongmei, saying that she was mature in her thinking and worthy of praise.

This topic is not known under the perfunctory of the three people.

After drinking tea, Wu Aiguo went back to his room to rest.

Wu Hua and Liu Dongmei went to take a shower one after another, and also went back to the house to rest.

Back in the room, the two of them were addicted to it, sweating profusely, and it was another big battle.

Early the next morning, before Wu Hua got up, he heard a lot of noise in the house, as if someone was still crying.

Wu Hua felt strange, put on his clothes and walked out of the door.

Liu Dongmei also felt strange, and when she saw Wu Hua getting up, she also got up and went out after a while.

The cry came from his father's room, but not from his father's voice, but from a man's voice.

Wu Hua was even more curious, and walked through the hall and into his father's room.

"Dad, what's going on?" Wu Hua asked before he entered the door.

As soon as Wu Hua's voice sounded, the man stopped crying.

Wu Hua walked into the house and looked at the person lying on his stomach in front of his father's bed, looking at the back was a little familiar, but he didn't know who it was.

"Dad, who is this?" Wu Hua looked up at his father.

"Your fourth uncle." Wu Aiguo sighed.

"Fourth uncle?" Wu Hua raised his eyebrows, constantly searching for memories of the fourth uncle.

Fourth uncle, yes, he has a fourth uncle, it seems that he has not been home for many years, but the relationship with his father seems to be good, although he does not often go home, but during the New Year's holidays, he will occasionally ask someone to bring some things to his father. This is a special treatment that the other two uncles do not have.

Speaking of this fourth uncle, Wu Hua's good impression of him suddenly increased, and seeing that the fourth uncle was still lying on his stomach, Wu Hua politely called out to the fourth uncle.

Fourth Uncle Wu looked up at Wu Hua at this time, and when he saw Wu Hua, he instantly felt a little unbelievable, and said in surprise: "Xiao Hua has grown so tall?"

Wu Hua saw the surprise in the fourth uncle's eyes, so he smiled and said, "Fourth uncle, you haven't been home for several years, and you won't be able to recognize you when you don't come back." ”

The fourth uncle also smiled innocently, and the tears that had not dried ran down his black face, he looked like he was in his forties, but he looked like he was fifty or sixty years old, and Wu Hua was a little worried when he saw it.

His father is younger than him, who is a younger brother.

"Your fourth uncle heard that my leg had fallen, so he came back from Shanxi to see me." Wu Aiguo sighed.

He has two older brothers and a younger brother, and neither of the two elder brothers treats him as a younger brother, only this younger brother will treat him as an elder brother.

It's just that looking at the old brother in front of him, Wu Aiguo is also extremely distressed!

Wu Hua knew that the fourth uncle had always been close to his father, but when he heard his father say that the fourth uncle came back from Shanxi on purpose, he was still a little moved in his heart, at least there is still family affection in this world, not like the power of the eldest uncle and the second uncle.

"What is the fourth uncle doing in Shanxi?" Wu Hua is actually a little curious about the work of the fourth uncle, so young and old, it is either the wind or the sun.

Fourth Uncle Wu didn't expect Wu Hua to ask such a question, in fact, he was still a little difficult to talk about his work.

Wu Hua was puzzled, is the fourth uncle's work very mysterious? Why didn't the fourth uncle speak?

"Your fourth uncle is a coal miner in Shanxi, and I told him not to go back." Wu Aiguo looked at his younger brother with a distressed face.

"If you don't go back, you won't have any money." Fourth Uncle Wu said with difficulty.

"How much does the fourth uncle earn in a month?" Wu Hua thought that the fourth uncle was so hard, and the salary must be very high, so he was reluctant to take that job.

"Sometimes twenty or thirty, sometimes thirty or forty, not fixed." Fourth Uncle Wu didn't hide it and told the truth.

"You can find a job at home at this cost, and you don't have to go that far to suffer." Wu Aiguo persuaded.

Wu Hua was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, twenty, thirty or forty, the salary that the fourth uncle said was too far from what he imagined.

Wu Hua was very puzzled, since the salary was so low, why did the fourth uncle leave his hometown? It's not enough to have low wages, so why bother to spoil yourself like this?

Thinking of this, Wu Hua was even more curious, so he asked, "Since the salary is so low, why doesn't the fourth uncle want to go home?"

Fourth Uncle Wu sighed in a low voice, and then said: "The mining area has not been able to recruit workers for many years, and I can only hire temporary workers to dig coal, and I am the only long-term worker left, mining, digging, washing, and drying coal, every process can not lack people, they don't understand, I leave, and the mining area is over."

"They don't understand, they don't understand people who don't understand, just help them with all your heart, have they ever thought about you, and the salary has not been mentioned to you." Wu Aiguo was already angry when he heard this, this younger brother is just too honest.

Hearing this, Wu Hua understood, this stupid fourth uncle.

Wu Hua stepped forward, signaled his father not to worry, and sat down on the edge of his father's bed.

"Fourth uncle, fourth aunt, are they back?" Wu Hua asked softly.

In Wu Hua's memory, the fourth uncle and the fourth aunt also had a daughter, who seemed to be a few years younger than him.

"It's all back, your fourth aunt and cousin are here, and now they're talking to your mother outside."

Wu Hua nodded and continued, "Has the fourth aunt ever complained about your living conditions?"

Fourth Uncle Wu thought for a while, then sank into his thoughts, and after a long time, he said, "Never."