Chapter 66: 66 Curse
Father said that they had just left, and I had come to discuss singing with you, and we had some money.
I don't know how much it costs to hire a troupe, and how much do you get?
Mother asked, so my father told my mother the amount of money I needed and all the money donated by the boy and the fifth uncle, and my father said that these few taels of silver were enough to sing for three days, and I originally planned to pay all the money out of our family, but since everyone raised me and made me the village head, it didn't matter if I took it all out.
Father said, with the current conditions of our family, this money is still affordable, and even if you invite these villagers to watch the play, it is nothing, but why don't you have the money to take it?
Hearing the mother's words, the father's eyes fell on the girl's body, the girl felt inappropriate, hearing this, the mother looked at the girl in surprise, but the girl smiled faintly, and said to the father and mother, in fact, I have long wanted to talk to you about this matter, it is true that our family can afford these taels of silver now, but we don't have this need at all, isn't there a saying?
Have you ever heard of it?
The two men looked at each other, then shook their heads and said, what does this mean exactly?
The girl said that let's use an analogy, if a person is in trouble and can't even afford to eat, and is about to starve to death, we can give him some rice, she will be very grateful to us, and think that we saved his life, isn't it?
Mother immediately nodded and said, Of course this is the case.
Staying alive is the most important thing, the girl continued, but if we give him a lot of rice, not only will he not starve to death, but he will also take the rest of the rice and sell it for money.
If it were at that time, he might not feel grateful to us, or he would complain to us in his heart, just complain about why we didn't give him more rice, this is selfish human nature, and people's desires can never be satisfied.
Hearing this, the father and mother looked at each other, and they had already been frightened by what the girl said, the father began to think about it, frowning slightly, and the girl took the opportunity to say, Let's take these things about inviting the opera troupe to sing in the village.
This money is all the income of many families all year round, and for us, especially for me and the teenager, this money is not a problem at all, but if this time we take over the singing thing, everyone is happy, maybe they will say a few good words about us, but the next time it is the turn of the village to build roads and bridges, we will all cover it, maybe there will be people who praise a few words, thinking that we are very kind, but if we do more such things, everyone has become a habit, and then everyone will start to complain, and we will say that since we have so much money in our familyAnd they live in such a good house, but most of them live in the kind of low and old houses, then they will complain to us in their hearts, why don't we not pay a little money to help them build a new house, we now have mules and horses at home, and have poultry, why can't we show a little money for them?
After a long time, we have done so many good things for the people in the village, not only will we not get the gratitude of the villagers, but may also incur their jealousy, so why do we do such hard and thankless things?
Why plant these seeds of hatred, and the money in our family is not blown by the wind.
All of them are earned by our hard work, and when the girl finished saying these words, the room suddenly fell silent, the father and mother were silent, and after a while, the father nodded and said, girl, what you said is very reasonable, in fact, things in this world are indeed like this, and the mother also said with great emotion, after living for so many years, but these truths have not yet been understood by the child.
The father said that it was not too late to understand even now, and during lunch, the girl and her cousin glanced at each other.
The girl gave Sister Tang a look, and then the cousin took a deep breath and said, Grandpa, now that the child's body is well, what should I do next?
I also hope that grandpa can you have an idea, when he heard the old man eating here, he paused, picked up a chopstick dish, put it in his mouth and chewed it a few times, and then swallowed it and said.
I've already thought about it, after all, he is still your third brother's child, and when your third brother comes, it's better to let him take him back.
Hearing this, the old woman directly slapped the chopsticks on the table, I don't agree with this matter, he said, just look at the virtue of the two of them, this mother doesn't understand anything.
The old man was very embarrassed and said, if you don't give the child back to them, then who will raise the child, who will take care of him, you yourself can no longer see things now, no matter what you do, you need someone to serve, the old woman said, although I am blind, but my head is good, no matter what I do, I have a good mind, no matter what I do, I have a number in my heart, not like the woman was kicked in the head by a donkey, if the child is to let me raise, go back and let these daughters-in-law help me to start。
In order, one by one, come and help me for a day, so that I can raise this child, the old woman's words suddenly made the girl stunned when she heard these words in the girl's ears.
Except for the old woman's own sons and daughters, these children of the grandchildren, the old woman has never been so attentive to any child.
Jin Er is still a boy, the son left by the second uncle, and he is also the grandson of the family, but because of that woman, the old woman doesn't like this grandson at all, and she doesn't even want to look at him.
As long as the child is mentioned, he will think of his mother, so the eldest aunt is quietly raising Jin'er, trying not to take the child to appear in front of the old woman, saving it and being scolded again, but how can this work?
The woman would definitely continue to make trouble, the old man said worriedly, and as a man, the only thing he could bear was the woman's tears.
When he was young, he was also very afraid of women's tears, but after he lived to this age, even if these women cried dry, I'm afraid he wouldn't feel anything, and she couldn't stand the fact that there were women who spilled and made trouble, and the old woman's most pressing job at the bottom of the box was sprinkling, and the old man had been steadily eaten by this one thing alone, and the daughter-in-law of the fourth among these daughters-in-law also liked to steal a hippie smile, but he didn't dare to really spill.
But I didn't expect that there would be such a grandson and daughter-in-law, after seeing this woman's spicy energy, the old man couldn't help but have a big head, especially at this time, when he heard that the old woman was going to fight with this grandson Xiaofeng, the old man suddenly felt that his family was about to mess up, it was better to forget it, if he really made trouble, all the people would stir up the chickens and dogs, the old man tried to persuade the old woman to give in, but the old woman had already made up her mind to fight with that woman to the end, and the stupid woman had not yet mixed up with her personal appearance, so she dared to be powerful in our family, If I live for one day, there will be absolutely no day for him to come out, and I have already decided the matter of this child, so don't interfere with any of you anymore.
After lunch today, we two old people will take the children back to the old house, from tomorrow from the eldest daughter-in-law counting your daughters-in-law to take turns to help me, and you don't need to do anything for me, just come to help me wash my clothes, clean up the house, it's just blind, my hands, feet and brains are good, when I was young, I was able to raise a few of your brothers, now I can also raise this child, the old woman's words are very domineering, so that all the people dare not say anything, the girl also lowered her head and pretended to eat there, In fact, he secretly laughed there, just went to the old house to help them wash their clothes and cook, these are not nothing, but grandma's tone is really very big, as a melon-eating masses, of course he will not be afraid of these messes making a big fuss, so he is waiting to see the struggle between the wife and the third sister-in-law, who is the final winner?