"Dad, can you get that bag of white noodles back?" Zhiwen asked.

He is a little anxious, his family is about to stop, and Zheng San's salary has not yet been paid.

Although it is said that there are three meals a day, under normal circumstances, the paste that is slightly thicker than the rice soup is eaten.

The leftovers that Zhiwen Niang occasionally brought back, Zhiwen changed from disdain at the beginning to great hope later.

Zheng San calmed down at this moment, thought for a while, and said:

"If you want to come back, you have to completely turn your face, but Dad has a way, how much can I get back, and I can make dumplings for the New Year."

When Zheng San took Zhiwen to the door of a small mud-walled courtyard at the west end of the village, it was almost noon.

In fact, the snow is not thick, it is good to walk on the wild road, and when I enter the village, the main road is trampled to sparse rotten, and the snow and mud are frozen into ice, and Zhiwen has to be careful with every step, and naturally he can't walk fast.

It's not that I didn't want to be coquettish and let Zheng San go, but psychologically he is always a thirty-year-old person, and he really doesn't have the face to open his mouth.

And Zheng San didn't seem to notice Zhiwen's embarrassment at all, only holding Zhiwen's hand, silently thinking about his thoughts all the way, as if he was thinking about how to get back the bag of white noodles.

Zhiwen was also angry.

That's a bag of white noodles, I haven't seen it since I crossed over, let alone eat it, I used to think that steamed buns, noodles, and bread were not rare at all, forget it, I can't think about it anymore.

It's just that the matter of reading is hanging, the teacher is gone, and Zhiwen is still thinking about taking the imperial examination.

He was also a little curious about the family of his uncle and grandfather, whom he had never met, what kind of strange family could borrow money like this, and cheat food.

The fourth uncle is also a talent, he can't borrow money, and he cuts off the shackles of returning halfway, this kind of trick is really done to a certain level, which makes people unconvinced.

This kind of person, what he tried to get, is willing to hand it back to a large family?

Thinking of this, Zhiwen felt that he could think about it from this aspect, after all, the fortresses were breached from the inside.

"Dad, will the fourth uncle hand over the bag of white noodles to his uncle and grandfather?" Zhiwen didn't care about anything on the side, and directly said what he just thought.

Zheng San glanced down at him, his face calm, "Dad knows it." ”

After speaking, he took his hand and walked into the half-hidden courtyard door.

Before entering the gate, Zheng San shouted loudly: "Uncle, auntie, are you there?" ”

The tone was quite calm, no longer the depression and anger on the road just now.

This is a small courtyard, a few steps behind the courtyard gate should be the hall house, the house has been a little dilapidated, the courtyard is also quite messy, even the courtyard gate to the hall of this small road, the snow has not been cleaned, muddy.

There was a low exclamation in the hall, and then the sound of the clashing of dishes and chopsticks, the sound of rapid swallowing, footsteps, etc., came and went for a long time before it stopped.

"Zheng San, come in." A voice rang out.

Zhiwen was a little speechless, is this afraid that we will come to eat together?

The smell of food still lingered in the hall, but the kang table had been cleaned up.

A middle-aged and elderly woman and a fourteen or fifteen-year-old woman lowered their heads and mended their clothes, looking busy.

On the other side of the kang, a middle-aged and elderly man who couldn't tell the age looked at Zheng San's father and son with a little embarrassment on his face, not noticing that there was still soup on his beard.

"Uncle, aunt, sister." Zheng San had a smile on his face, didn't mention the scene just now, and asked Zhiwen to come forward to say hello.

"Good uncle, good grandfather, good grandmother, good sister-in-law." Zhiwen was helpless, so he could only shout according to his own ideas, and he didn't know if he would make a mistake in calling the goof.

"Oh, Zhiwen is this enlightened? Even the name has changed, it turns out that we are all called grandparents. The man laughed, and he didn't even feel polite if he had eaten or not.

Hearing the enlightenment, Zheng San's face changed slightly, and then he glanced at Zhiwen in surprise, and then said: "This enlightenment will not be done for a while, and Wang Xuexue will leave before the year." This kid didn't learn from anyone. ”

He turned to Zhiwen again and said, "Let's call grandparents, don't be angry." ”

"Yes, yes, don't call it a raw part." The old man said in a loud voice.

"Let him be," the old lady next to her said lightly, "I have several grandchildren and granddaughters in my own house." ”

"Mother." The sister-in-law couldn't stand it anymore, "Zhiwen, come over and let the sister-in-law see if she has grown taller." ”

Zhiwen had no choice but to shout "grandpa, grandma" sweetly and walked towards his sister-in-law.

Zheng San and the old man and the old lady exchanged pleasantries for a while, and asked casually:

"How's it going this year? Brother-in-law. ”

"Not like that," replied the old man, "God will give us a good face, and we will be able to stutter more." If you don't appreciate your face, hehe..."

"It's not those lazy things to do," the old lady suddenly became furious, "If you pour a few more buckets of water on weekdays, you can also get a few more catties of grain." ”

"Then this year will be better." Zheng San didn't answer the old lady's words.

"Once the rent and taxes are paid, how much will be left." The old lady hurriedly replied, for fear that Zheng San would want to borrow money and grain, and ask for the previous debts back.

Zheng San smiled, "Uncle, aunt, that's it. This year, my boss gave me a bag of 100 catties of white noodles. Such a good thing, everyone as a family, haven't eaten it for several years, and they all taste it? ”

"Third child, you have a heart." The old man is still reserved.

"Oh? Where is the grain, do you want us to help pull it back in a donkey cart? "The old lady is not calm.

Even the little sister who was teasing Zhiwen on the side turned her head to look at Zheng San.

"Huh, you don't know? Yesterday I came back too late, and before I met the fourth child at the entrance of the village, I hid and asked him to bring the white noodles here first. Zheng San's face was full of surprise.

Zhiwen admired it on the side, this seemingly honest father is not simple.

"Let the fourth child bring it?" The old lady didn't wait for Zheng San to finish speaking, then she called out, "Fifth sister, go and call the fourth brother and the other brothers who have no conscience, let's ask what's going on." ”

The old man's face on the side was also not good-looking, but the old man and the old lady knew that Zheng San had always been loyal and believed in what he said.

Not long after, three northern men with similar eyebrows and eyes followed Zhiwen's sister-in-law into the hall.

"Fourth, tell me, where is the white noodles that the third asked you to get back last night?" The old man lowered his face and asked, he was still quite powerful.

The others figured out the ins and outs of the matter on the way, and at this time they also looked at the fourth child with an unkind face.

Zheng Si was cunning, seeing that the matter was revealed, he knew that if he still wanted to swallow it privately, he would definitely be angry, so he couldn't hide it, so he quickly begged for mercy:

"Here, Daddy, I haven't had time to tell you yet, I'll go and get it, and let your old man share it personally."

In the end, the old man made a decision, Zheng San's generation has five brothers and sisters, each with twenty pounds of white noodles.

Zheng Da, Zheng Er and the fifth sister, that is elated, plain and white twenty pounds of white noodles, although they have not yet separated the family, they have to be handed over to the family, but in the end they have not eaten it in their mouths, and this year is much better.

The old man was also very happy, and felt that the white noodles were fairly divided.

The old lady didn't seem to be very satisfied with the old man's lack of counting, and she couldn't dismantle her old man's platform, so she had to keep her breath.

Zheng Si also smiled when he looked at it, and specially found Zheng San, "Third brother, thank you, I remember all these years of kindness, brother." ”

After saying that, he patted his chest.

If it weren't for Wang Xuexue, Zhiwen knew the whole thing very well, and it was really hard to believe that the northern man in front of him, who looked like five big and three rough and had a rough face, did this despicable thing first, and now he was showing his loyalty as if he was nothing.

This person has to be careful, Zhiwen silently labeled Zheng Si in his heart.

On the way home, Zhiwen couldn't help but speak: "Dad, these four uncles... Will you hate our family? ”

"Let's try to deal less with this family in the future," Zheng San carried a small bag of noodles on his shoulder, and after experiencing today's events, he basically no longer regarded Zhiwen as a child, and said as he walked, "Especially your fourth uncle." ”

"It's just that you're enlightened, I don't know how long it will drag on." Zheng San is more concerned about Zhiwen's studies.

The father and son returned home, after Zhiwen Niang knew the cause and effect of the matter, her mood was quite calm, it seemed that she had suffered a lot from this family before, and only told Zheng San to get paid as soon as possible, and it was going to be the New Year.