"Dad, I remember." Tao Zhenkun nodded frequently.

Tao Qisheng looked at Liu Xingmei.

Liu Xingmei stepped forward.

"Xingmei, you are a good-son-daughter-in-law, it is an honor for the Tao family to marry you. Dad will not be able to maintain this family with you, this is your misfortune and Dad's misfortune, and this family will depend on you in the future! And your mother, if I'm gone, you must be worthy of her, otherwise I will die blindly! ”

"Dad, if you take care of your illness, you can rest assured. It's just - I haven't been able to conceive the Tao family's flesh and blood, Dad, I'm sorry! Liu Xingmei's heart was full of guilt.

Tao Qisheng sighed lightly and said: "As the saying goes, 'If you are not afraid of late children, you are afraid of short lifespans', you are all young, a flower blooms, and besides, the marriage time is not long, so there is no need to worry about children." ”

"Thank you dad for saying that!" Liu Xingmei felt that her father-in-law was a very generous person.

"Life, fate, hey!" Tao Qisheng closed his eyes after saying this.

At this time, the black tiger barked outside.

Tao Zhenkun and Liu Xingmei went out to take a look, and saw that it was Tao Qiyue and his wife Luo Fang who came, so they went to the house to greet them. At the door, the two of them stomped their feet and rubbed the snow under their shoes, Tao Qiyue took off his cotton hat and hit the snow on it, and Luo Fang shook the untied headscarf.

When she was in the outhouse, Liu Xingmei said: "Dad, mother, it's the uncle and the aunt who are here!" ”

As soon as she entered the back room, Qiu Lanzhi hurriedly got down to the ground to put on her shoes, and said, "Big brother and sister-in-law are here." ”

Tao Qisheng, who was lying on the kang covered with a quilt, also wanted to get up, Tao Qiyue stepped forward and said, "Brother, you are sick, you should lie down." ”

"That's rude!"

"Our buddies, now it's not as good as before, don't be polite when people say anything when they arrive."

"Sister-in-law, you sit on the kang quickly, this snow-soaked day will still come out, hurry up and warm up in the kang."

Luo Fang looked at Tao Qisheng and asked, "Brother's illness can be seen to be lighter?" ”

Tao Qisheng smiled bitterly and said: "It's not easy to think about it, it's probably not far from death!" ”

"Don't say such bad words, maybe this disease will naturally get better after the New Year."

Liu Xingmei took the hat and headscarf from their hands and put them aside, then went to get a ceramic teapot, put two pinchs of amaranth tea in it, and then picked up a pot on the kitchen cabinet and poured steaming boiling water into it. After Tao Qiyue and Luo Fang took off their shoes and sat cross-legged on the kang, they also put the teapot on the kang, and Tao Zhenkun put four tea bowls on the kang.

"Uncle, do you smoke? I'll give you a dustpan—"

"Your father is sick and afraid of smoking, so he won't smoke."

"It's okay, I'm not afraid of smoke, you're-"

"That's not going to smoke either."

"There's a lot of snow outside, right?" Qiu Lanzhi asked Luo Fang.

"It's the first time I've experienced such a big snowfall since I was a child. If it weren't for the snow and the wind, I'm afraid this snow would be waist-deep, and I wouldn't be able to think about it, the snow has filled in the ditches, and this snow can be small?!"

"Then why did you come out again, this ——??"

"The snow is stamped by the wind in this piece and that piece, do we choose a shallow place to walk, or a foot deep and a foot shallow? Look at this frame, this snow can't stop for a while. Zhenzong and his father were worried about his uncle's illness, so we waded through the snow that was knee-deep and had no ankles. ”

Liu Xingmei estimated that the tea was almost ready, so she poured a bowl for Tao Qiyue and Luo Zhi first, and then asked her father-in-law: "Dad, do you drink water?" ”

Tao Qisheng shook his head and said, "I'm not thirsty. ”

Liu Xingmei put a bowl in front of her mother-in-law. She and Tao Zhenkun stood on the ground, as if they both knew the rules. At this time, she peeked at Luo Fang and saw that although she was old, she still had some charm. Although it was not the first time they met, they didn't have a deep impression on her, and they only thought she was an ordinary middle-aged woman. After my father-in-law fell ill, he came to visit him many times. But what she won't forget is that this so-called eldest lady was among them when she married her.

"What about Zhenzong?" Tao Qisheng asked.

Luo Fang said: "He is cleaning the snow at home. ”

Tao Qiyue took a sip of tea and said in a sigh: "Speaking of Zhenzong, it's really uncomfortable!" ”

"What's wrong?" Qiu Lanzhi asked inexplicably.

Tao Qiyue said: "The mention of Zhenzong makes me angry, this study was not successful, I gave up a good future, I don't say, I don't stop coming back, I want to be a soldier, I have to resist Japan and save the country!" Today, although our Northeast is Manchukuo, it is actually the world of the Japanese. Just because he went to be a soldier to resist the Japanese, what can he do, it is not the result of the mantis arm blocking the car and shaking the tree, Zhang Shaoshuai's hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army have not been able to stop the Japanese occupation, which one is still resisting now, unless he wants to be cannon fodder to find death! I have such a son as him, if there is a son with three longs and two shorts, wouldn't that make me cut off my children and grandchildren?! ”

Hearing this, Liu Xingmei couldn't help muttering: "How can the great rivers and mountains of my motherland be occupied by the invaders, if you don't want to be a slave of the country, you have to focus on participation, I think Zhenzong is quite manly." ”

Tao Zhenkun hurriedly pulled her shirt and said, "What do you know about a woman?" Shut up! ”

Hearing these disdainful words, it almost made Liu Xingmei angry, and she was just about to argue with reason, but Qiu Lanzhi spoke: "Don't quarrel between you two, let's listen to your uncle." ”

Liu Xingmei had no choice but to hold back, and she glared at Tao Zhenkun fiercely.

Tao Zhenkun raised his eyebrows at her defiantly, and only in front of his elders could he show his authority as a husband.

Liu Xingmei, who was furious, really wanted to reward him with two slaps to taste, but she was really bad and too presumptuous in front of the elders.

Tao Qiyue looked at Liu Xingmei, stunned for a moment, but ignored it, turned back and continued: "But after my brother agreed to accept him as an apprentice carpenter, his heart also settled down. Now that Zhenkun has become a family, he is also the eldest and not a small one, we wanted to give him a family affair, but it is okay but a wish to be a parent, but he always turns his head and does not want to be good, no matter who the matchmaker mentions to the girl in the village, he is always picking his nose and eyes, as if no one is worthy of him. If there are a few drops of ink in the stomach, this heart is high, we are not rich and noble, if someone is willing to marry, it will be good! A few baskets of good things were said, but he just turned a deaf ear, and he didn't get oil and salt at all, so he was really anxious to kill me and your sister-in-law! There are a few girls in our village who have reached the age of talking about marriage, I asked him which one he liked, and asked the matchmaker to talk about it, but he said that none of them were satisfactory! Now that the world is unstable, there are either Japanese devils or 'beards' (bandits) outside, can you still find someone to go outside to propose marriage?! ”

Tao Qisheng said: "The eldest brother is right, you can't always be reluctant to seek the near and far, the world is not good, and there are still people across the mountains and rivers, it is better to find one in this village." ”

Luo Fang said: "That's right, we think so too, but Zhenzong just can't open his mind!" Our village is almost the same as his class, either married a daughter-in-law or is engaged, which makes how can a father and mother not be in a hurry! If he comes, I hope you will persuade him. Only when he marries a wife and has children may settle down. ”

Tao Qisheng said: "Zhenzong is a good boy, benevolent and sensible, if he comes, we will try to persuade him, as for whether to listen or not, it is up to him." Don't be too anxious about this, he is not very old, and it is not difficult for him to marry a daughter-in-law. ”

Only Liu Xingmei understood the reason why Tao Zhenzong refused to find a partner, but she couldn't make it clear.

Tao Qiyue sighed and said, "Others are also full of praise for this kid in front of me, I think it's to promote him." This is really 'the emperor is not in a hurry to die eunuchs', parents are like this! Although he is a teacher, he doesn't make money, what do he want, and he rarely interferes in the work of the family, but it is difficult for us to refuse because of Mrs. Wu's affection. You say that in our palm-sized place, knowledge can be eaten? It's a thankless effort! ”

Tao Qisheng coughed lightly twice and said, "Big brother, it's not me who is a brother who said you, this is wrong." You help me up and sit down, and I am tired of lying down. ”

So, several people helped Tao Qisheng up from the quilt, his upper body was only wearing a vest, Tao Zhenkun put a padded jacket on him, and leaned his body on the overlapping quilt. His face was pale and weak, and he grinned and sweated on his forehead.

Seeing him like this, Tao Qiyue asked with a little surprise: "Brother, it seems that you are very uncomfortable?" ”

Tao Qisheng smiled bitterly and said: "People have blessings that they can't enjoy, but there are no sins that they can't bear!" The disease is spread on the body, and it is useless to be strong! ”

Luo Fang asked, "Do you feel pain?"

Tao Qisheng said: "This kind of fatal disease, where is there no pain."

Luo Fang said again: "How can such a good person get such a disease, how can this sin be refined!"

Tao Qisheng said: "There is no distinction between good people and bad people when you get sick, probably because I have done something, this is God punishing me!"

Tao Qiyue said: "Is there anyone in the village who doesn't know that you are a good person, where did you come from!"

Tao Zhenkun said: "I want to get some big cigarettes for my father, I heard that it can relieve pain, but he said he didn't need anything!"

Tao Qisheng said: "In my life, I think I am doing the right thing, above board, and I will not use that kind of harmful thing even if I die of pain."

The woman's tears were shallow, and Luo Fang said with some tears flashing: "You are so strong." ”

"This disease can break my body, but it can't break my will."

Tao Qisheng said strongly, in fact, in his heart, he seemed to be willing to bear the torture of this disease, because he felt like a kind of repentance and punishment for his father who died tragically in the "Valley of Hell", thinking that this was a kind of retribution, and it was the will of God. Nowadays, the old disease has not gone, and new diseases have been added, the so-called "swelling **sha" is probably a mockery of physiology and possession! Who can refuse whatever fate has to offer?! He was in a gloomy mood, turned his head to Tao Qiyue and said:

"Pick up what you just said, the ancients said, 'There is Yan Ruyu in the book', 'There is a golden house in the book', which shows the importance of knowledge to people, who doesn't want to read and hyphenation, and people without cultural knowledge are equivalent to having dark eyes, no different from a blind man. We don't know a few words yet, but we know a little about ancient and modern things. Children also need knowledge, and only with knowledge can they know everything in the world, understand benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, and know how to behave. Although it is controlled by the Japanese, who knows what the future will be like, we are old and dead in this life, and there is nothing to do, but for the children there is a future and hope, if one day little Japan is driven out of China, then knowledge will be useful, and the motherland needs knowledge to build. It is impossible for the people who live here to stay here for generations, and it is possible to migrate to the outside world. ”

Liu Xingliu was moved by her father-in-law's impassioned words, and her father-in-law's ideas were far-sighted.

"It's that I can't think about it for a while, or my brother has a vision. People go to high places, and water flows to low places, for the sake of future generations. Tao Qiyue nodded with some satisfaction.

"My eldest brother and sister-in-law are here, I have something to ask for?"

"What's the matter?"

Tao Qisheng coughed lightly twice and said: "If I leave one day, the two children are not young after all, and they still don't understand the things of this branch of life, so I bother you to take care of it more!" ”

Tao Qiyue said: "Brother, I don't like to hear you say this, it's a bit far away, maybe you will be completely recovered from this disease when the spring flowers bloom after the New Year." And then there is, we are a surname, we can't write two 'Tao' words in one stroke, and there is no 'five suits', although it is two families, it is the same family, and there is no third family near the village, nephews and nephews have something, can we still stand by and watch, you can relax at this point. There are others who watch jokes, but there are no people who watch jokes at home!"

Luo Fang interjected and said: "If the family doesn't talk to the family, you can take care of your illness, don't bother to work hard, don't think about anything." ”

Tao Qisheng said: "Entrust them to you, and I will rest assured!" ”

When others heard what he said, they were all sad with tears.

After talking for a while, Tao Qiyue and Luo Fang got up to leave, and after several reservations for lunch, the two still insisted on going back.

During this period, Qiu Lanzhi was really a little anxious, worried about the onset of her husband's strange illness that would be embarrassing. Tao Qisheng is the same, he can't wait for these two to leave quickly, for fear that his embarrassing problem will suddenly come again, then he will be laughable and generous! They are not stingy with a meal, and the retention is inevitably a little hypocritical politeness, afraid of making a fool of themselves in public, while the retention of the young couple is sincere.

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