Stewed chicken at night, a small rooster that has been raised for two years, is carefully fed on weekdays, weighing three or four pounds. Add the peeled hairy chestnuts, stew a large pot, and stir-fry celery with bacon, vinegared cabbage, mixed eggplant puree, fried spinach powder, plus pickled soybean leaves, make up six dishes.

That's all there is to it for the Chinese New Year.

Yang also used pure white noodles to make toon noodles, which is a combination of "dumplings on the car and getting off the car noodles", and it is also for relatives who have returned from home to pick up the wind and wash the dust.

There are two tables, on the kang table, Gui Er's grandfather, Gui Er's grandmother, Jiang Wu, Gui Chun, and Gui Chongyang; There was a small table on the floor of the outhouse, which were Yang, Jiang, Mei and Meiduo.

Gui's second grandmother looked at her son and couldn't take her eyes off; The second grandfather of Gui drank the soju left over from the New Year's sacrifice to his ancestors, and his face was much softer.

Gui Chun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it was not that he was unfilial and wanted to shirk the responsibility of serving the elderly, but that his uncle's betrayal was his biggest concern. The uncle in front of him was only five years older than him, but he was the elder he trusted the most.

Gui Chun will never forget that when he was dying and his family had no way to ask for help, it was the eleven-year-old uncle who stepped forward and exchanged his money for fifty taels of silver.

At that time, Gui's second grandfather and Gui's second grandmother didn't close their eyes for a few days, Yang held Gui Chun in his arms, and said over and over: "Your life was exchanged for your fifth uncle, you must remember your kindness in your heart, and be filial to your grandfather and grandmother in the future, don't let your fifth uncle feel at ease outside." ”

Gui Chun was only six years old, and he didn't dare to forget it for a day after that.

In other people's families, they have grown into eleven-year-old sons who can stand on their feet, and one is a sick grandson who is only six years old and bedridden, and no one will choose to give up their sons to keep their grandchildren.

Gui's second grandfather and Gui's second grandmother value their eldest grandson again, but the palms and backs of their hands are full of meat, and they can't do this. It was Jiang Wu who took that step by himself, using his future and surname to change his nephew's life.

At this meal, the old couple who ate were very happy, and they all talked around Jiang Wu, and Gui Chun and Gui Chongyang were completely ignored. As for Gui Chun going to the town to find Gui Qiu's "business", the old couple can't care about it at the moment.

Gui's second grandfather drank too much, held his son's hand, and finally was personally served by Jiang Wu and lay down.

The house at home is enough to live, perhaps looking forward to the day when his son will come back, the house where Jiang Wu lived before is still empty. It's just that she didn't live in people for more than ten years and couldn't live directly, so Gui's second grandmother called Jiang and Yang, and left her son in the upper house.

As the night gets darker, Gui Chongyang and Mei's aunt and nephew also want to go back to the old house in the front yard.

Before going back, Gui Chongyang quietly called Yang aside and handed over a purse.

Where was Yang willing to accept it, and hurriedly waved his hand: "This can't be helped." Don't touch your money, don't spend it indiscriminately, it's serious to keep it and buy land! ”

Gui Chongyang said: "The silver hasn't moved, it's something else." The fifth uncle and five aunts just came to the house, and they always had to buy some things, and the second aunt took them, and the provincial family was embarrassed, and the five uncles and five aunts were not comfortable. ”

The younger uncle and his younger siblings "went out of the house", and Yang was also worried, but he still refused to accept the cash: "The furniture can be used to clean up, and we can make up the rest, but we can't use your child's money, so what's the matter?" ”

"Isn't my nephew's surname Gui? It's not that there is no money, so why do you make everyone worry? If the uncle sees her like this again, the nephew will not have the face to come over to eat the uncle's meal again. Gui Chongyang lowered his face and said.

The Yang family has always been happy, and seeing that Gui Chongyang sincerely took out the money, and it was what the family needed the most at the moment, he said: "Then you have to say it, this money is borrowed, and I will pay you back when I have extra money at home!" ”

Gui Chongyang nodded, and Yang accepted the purse.

The purse was not heavy, and Yang thought that it would be better to borrow money or to have a clear amount, so he opened the purse.

The purse is not big but pressing, there is no copper money in it, only a dozen or so silver beans, slightly larger than soybeans, smaller than broad beans, each has two or three dollars in weight, adding up to two or three taels of silver.

Yang said: "It's really small and exquisite, so people are reluctant to redeem it, and Ming'er weighed my ** IOU for you." ”

Gui Chongyang smiled bitterly: "Where is it used?" ”

Yang Zhengse said: "Brothers, settle accounts, you can't be ambiguous, and it will hurt your feelings in the future." Uncle Niang can see that your child is a loose hand, and your father is also a careless person, where can you take care of a child! You have to support the portal and make the pillars, but you can't be so loose. You can't eat poorly, you can't wear poor, and you can't count your whole life poor. You are back, and in the future, you will buy land to repair a house and marry a daughter-in-law, and there will be more places to spend money, but you can't be so extravagant. ”

Gui Chongyang responded honestly, and only then came out of the seclusion, just in time to meet Mei's.

Mei didn't say anything, nodded to Gui Chongyang, and left with him and Mei Duo.

When he returned to the Gui family's old mansion and arrived at the hall, Mei asked Gui Chongyang to wait a while, and after sending Mei Duo into the West House, he said in a low voice: "Good boy, you did the right thing, you can't watch it at this time." Your father owes too much to the second room, and if you can help in the future, you will help, and if you can, you will compensate. “

"Well, my nephew knows." Gui Chongyang nodded solemnly.

"Dad" owes too many debts, so he starts to pay them off from the people around him.

Mei nodded with satisfaction and said, "I still have some money, and when your fifth uncle's household registration is done, let him help you find a school in the town." You don't have to worry about tuition, my aunt will go to the town to pick up a big job in a few days, and it's almost the same after receiving the deposit. Your fifty taels of silver, you can't move it anymore, whether it's a property or other plans, it's all capital. ”

Gui Chongyang nodded in response, and couldn't help but hesitate in his heart. Is there less money to be taken out? Do you really see everyone continue to live a poor life?

Mei Shi seemed to see Gui Chongyang's entanglement, touched his head and said: "Chongyang, whether you want to be a good patriarch, or want to be a good cousin of Chun'er and Qiu'er, you must remember that it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, only then is it really good for them." ”

Gui Chongyang nodded, that's the truth.

Whether it is the upright Yang or the slightly sad Mei, they are all smart women. Both of them guessed that Gui Chongyang's silver was more than fifty taels, but they were not dissatisfied or worried about it, but taught him in unison.

Gui Chongyang's heart was warm, and the sourness caused by seeing the reunion of the flesh and blood in the second room also dissipated.

*

Mei Duo was waiting in the Westinghouse in a hurry, and no one mentioned the result of the "negotiation" between Gui Chun and Gui Qiu's brothers all night, which was related to her life.

When Mei's Liugui Chongyang was talking in the hall, Mei Duo thought that her aunt was asking about it, and couldn't help but stand at the door and eavesdrop, but the aunt and nephew in the hall spoke in a low voice, and they couldn't really hear it.

After hearing Mei mention "Chun'er, Qiu'er", Mei Duo couldn't help it, hesitated and pushed the door out, and said, "What did Second Brother Qiu say?" ”