Chapter XXIV: Contradictions
When the eldest couple saw their nephew like this, the two of them followed forward and knelt on the ground, "Daddy, second brother and second sister, third brother and little sister, my brother Yuan thank you for your help, I have no ability to be a son, I have Wenshui today, I ...... I still have one more thing I want to beg you, these two children live alone in Wenjia Village, I and the child's mother are not at ease, now the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light, I am afraid that next time someone will harm their brother and sister, our Li family whip is beyond reach, this time it is lucky, I found Wenshui, next time I don't know if there is this opportunity, I want the two children to live with our family in the future, until they become adults, otherwise they have something to lose, I am sorry for the Yuan brother and wife in the spirit of the sky, please promise us! ”
The weeping Li Wenshi begged: "Please promise us!" ”
Li Sunshi stood up suddenly, came to the eldest couple and sat down on the ground, patted the ground with both hands, pointed at Li Wen's face with the index finger of his right hand, and cried: "You guys...... You don't look at the conditions at home, you actually make such a request, don't you...... Did you instigate the eldest brother to do this behind your back, sister-in-law, do you know how many things our Li family has done for your mother's family, sending people to pay for funerals and finding people, and the family finally made some money, and it was posted to your mother's house, and I borrowed a lot of money outside to pay it back, can our family still live? Do you still have to eat? Now you still want us to raise two more people who eat rice, have you ever thought about the Li family, who will bear such a big burden? Don't live, can't live, woo woo woo ....... ”
"Woooooooooo......oo Mother. ”
"Mother, mother."
Li Chenggang and Li Chengqiang were also frightened and cried by Li Sun's actions, and the two brothers ran to Li Sun's side and squatted down, holding Li Sun's arm and crying.
The rest of the Li family didn't expect this scene, everyone was a little confused, the Li family has always maintained family harmony, brothers, friends and brothers love each other, Li Qiu and Li Yangwu, whose expressions are difficult to distinguish and are in a dilemma, can only step forward to persuade Li Sun.
"Second daughter-in-law, don't be in a hurry, let's sit down and talk slowly, there is always a way to solve it." Li Qiu took Li Sun's hand and whispered to reassure.
Li Yangwu pulled up Li Sun on the ground and forced him to press on the seat next to him, and Li Yangqing, Li Yangming and Li Wenshan brothers and sisters also hurriedly comforted the eldest couple and Wenshan brothers and sisters who were kneeling on the side, pulled them up and said slowly.
"Big brother and sister-in-law, get up, how can the family kneel and talk! We have heard your requests, get up, and we will discuss slowly. Li Yangqing and Li Wenqiu helped the eldest couple to sit on the stool.
"Wenshan, Wenshui, you are our relatives, not outsiders, you also know that the second sister-in-law is usually a person, people are good, but the pressure has been too much recently, and I can't help but be a little speechless, don't be angry, get up, let's talk about it." Li Yangming looked at the poor two brothers and sisters who were crying, and Li Wendong pulled the two up and pressed them to the stool to sit down, Li Yangqing quickly sat down next to the two brothers and sisters, and hugged the timid Wenshui understandingly.
"Wow wow, wow...... don't quarrel, I'm afraid." Li Chengqiang saw the noisy and crying adults in the family, and the two brothers were left to the side and no one appeased, so they could only pull their younger brother and run to Old Man Li's arms for comfort.
Old Man Li comforted the two crying little grandsons, and looked at the daughter-in-law and Wenshan brothers and sisters who were still crying at the table, "Hey! You, I don't know how to say you, you're all right, there's no problem with your position, you're all poor, I agreed to the boss's request, this is the responsibility of the elders, who hasn't had a natural disaster or man-made disaster, who will have a day when he asks for relatives, the second daughter-in-law, don't worry, as long as our family works hard, sooner or later we will pay off the accounts, we now have a stall, the ground is planted with Houttuynia cordata, salted duck eggs, and fried skewers, Yang Qing said that he will sell it next month, the difficulty is only temporary, I've already earned a lot more this year than last year, so it's good to grit my teeth and stick around for a while. ”
"Yes! Second sister-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely be able to help the family earn more money back, you can relax, you look at me. Li Yangqing grimaced at Li Sun, trying to tease her and ease the atmosphere.
Under the persuasion of Old Man Li and Li Yangqing's assurance, Li Sun finally held back his crying, wiped his tears, stood up, and faced the eldest couple and Wenshan brothers and sisters, "Big brother and sister-in-law, I was wrong, I wanted to go wrong, please forgive me for what I just said, Wenshan, Wenshui, what my aunt just said, don't take it to heart, my aunt is welcome to live in our house, I will treat you well, your father and mother are gone, this is your home." ”
"Second sister, you ...... We're not right, we only think about our own thoughts, and we don't care about other people's feelings, so please forgive us. Li Wen's brother and sister Wenshan also got up and took Li Sun's hand, the two looked at each other and smiled, and the contradiction disappeared in this smile.
"Auntie, we are not angry with you, you are not wrong, it is our brothers and sisters who have caused you a lot of trouble, you still take care of us as always, your grace of recreation, our brothers and sisters swear to repay you with this life, if you violate this word, the sky will thunder and ......."
"Don't, don't swear nonsense, we don't want your repayment, you just have to grow up well." Li Sun covered what Wen Shan was about to say with his hand, and touched the heads of the two brothers and sisters soothingly.
Watching the people in the family talk about the problem, this is a good phenomenon, it is better than holding it in your heart for a long time, thinking about it by yourself, and the energy of the accumulated contradictions is something that a family cannot bear.
The most difficult thing to understand is that people's hearts will change with time, environment and other factors, and if there is something, it must be solved at the time, and the head of the family will turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear, thinking that there is no problem with blood relatives suffering losses and being angry and forbearing.
When a person has been in this state of unfair treatment for a long time, and has nowhere to vent, even if the person has long been separated from the family in his heart, it is impossible to unite everyone in the family again, how to talk about the long-term development and growth of the family!
Li Qiu looked left and right at the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law, and was very relieved to see that the two concubines were reconciled as before, "Okay, it's good if you reconcile, just say what grievances you have in the future, the last thing we want to see is that the family is not harmonious, and I hope that the children are well, this is the wish of our old people." ”
"Since the problem is solved, then I will talk about the next arrangement, Wenshan and Wenshui will follow your aunt and uncle to Wenjia Village tomorrow, pack up the baggage, and then Wenshui and Wenqiu will live together, Wenshan and a few other boys will follow your third uncle to sleep together, boss, you take the time to make a simple small bed for your third brother to sleep on, Wenshan's land is far away from our Li family, since Wenshan brothers and sisters have moved over, they simply sold the land in Wenjia Village, Use the money sold to help the two brothers and sisters to our Lijia Village to buy a few acres of land, so that it is also convenient to farm and manage, the house over there is still locked, that is the home left by Wenyuan and his wife to the two brothers and sisters, the eldest couple will take the two brothers and sisters to worship Wenyuan and his wife, and by the way, clean up and repair the house over there, after all, the house is easy to be damaged if it does not live for a long time, this is the best arrangement I think, Wenshan, you can also talk about what you think. ”
"Grandpa Li, your arrangement is very good, my sister and I both agree, you just want to cause trouble to your family." Wenshan was a little embarrassed.
"Wenshan, Wenshui. You are now your grandmother, and the rest of our family eats and uses whatever they want, and you will be the same in the future. Li Qiu looked at the two siblings lovingly.
"Grandma Li, thank you for ......." Wen Shui was very moved to walk in front of Li Qiu's and stretched out his hand to hug Li Qiu's, this little girl who had gone through the death of her parents and was abducted and trafficked received the warmth of her family with the kindness of the Li family.
Looking at Wen Shui, who was holding himself, Li Qiu also hugged Wen Shui tightly, "Good granddaughter, good boy." ”
On this unquiet but warm night, everyone's hearts have come closer, and the cohesion of the family has allowed them to go through the tribulations one by one.
The plan of the day lies in the morning, the hard-working and simple peasant family has been busy in the field early, and the Li family has also begun to run for the livelihood of the family, and the eldest couple took the Wenshan brothers and sisters and the second couple to the town and left early in the morning.
Now in September, the autumn harvest began, the Li family has five acres of land, planted three acres of rice, one acre of flax, kudzu vine, one acre of vegetable land, I heard Mr. Li said that in previous years, when the year was good, twelve stones of rice could be harvested, half an acre of flax was about one stone and fifty catties of flaxseeds, and half an acre of kudzu could produce twenty stones of kudzu.
After the autumn harvest every year, the land must be paid, the household is paid, the Ding Fu is recognized, the land is privately owned and traded, the cultivation and weaving and the subdivision of the household, the land is levied according to the land harvest, and 20 percent of the grain (grain) is collected to pay the field tax, mulberry, hemp, cotton, kudzu, vegetables and other cash crops, one acre of land is paid one or two silver fields, and the household is levied according to the household, and each household must be paid ten taels of silver per year, and the object of the Ding tax is aimed at men, whose nature is to serve with money, and men who have reached the age of fifteen to sixty are fifty wen per person per year, Therefore, after paying the tax, the rest of the rice at home is sold every year for money and then bought cheap grain to eat, flax and kudzu are used to weave cloth to make clothes, shoes, etc., and flaxseed and kudzu are used as grain to eat.
Li Qiu's prepared the morning food, walked out of the kitchen, and watched the children in the yard washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, and skewers, "It's time to eat, let's go to the field early later." ”
"Okay, mother, we're going to be done too, you guys hurry up!" Li Yangqing urged the children in the courtyard to do things, the same thing has been done for a long time, the hands are familiar, and the work will be done quickly, and when Li Qiu's food is put on the table, the skewers to be bought tomorrow are also skewered, only the meat skewers are missing, Li Yangqing and Li Wenqiu took the skewers into the kitchen, and several other people entered the hall, and after a while, the table was full of children, holding a big bowl and burying their heads in the rice, and the big bowl covered the children's faces.
"I'm going to work in the fields today, so let's eat more! I made cakes to carry hunger. Li Wenshi was very happy to see a group of grandsons who were eating with relish.
"Today, the old and young in the family will go to the field to collect flax and kudzu." Old Man Li was eating and arranged the work in the field by the way.
The autumn harvest is the time to grab the sky with God, the Li family hurriedly finished eating the morning food, the old man Li and Li Qiu carried the back basket with a hoe and sickle in front, Li Yangqing walked in the middle with a few small baskets, Li Yangming carried the back basket, carried the hoe, and held the sickle behind the palace, all the way along the country road with the noisy sound of children's chirping.
"When you arrive, a few of you will follow your sister-in-law to pull flax, and I, your grandmother, and Yang Ming will be responsible for digging kudzu and cutting kudzu vines, hurry up! Be sure to finish it today. Old Man Li stood on the ground at home, looked at the old and young in the family, and divided the work in the field according to the head.