Meng Laosan opened the cloth bag and looked at the bag full of nests, exuding the fragrance of grain, and his eyes were moist.

He didn't catch up with him, his cousin's move showed that she had to give it to him, only to accept it, this is his own sister, he couldn't do it before, he must protect her well in the future!

A few brothers next to me helped carry people into the city in the middle of the night last night, and now it's almost noon and still have an empty stomach, I'm really sorry for people, and they have to walk so far back to the village, and it's hard to eat this way.

The men walked to the side of the road, squatted around a cement platform, a bag of nest heads and a pot of bean juice on the cement platform, Meng Laosan sent one dried salted radish per person, and the nest head was four per person, everyone gobbled up, quickly ate up the nest, and drank the bean juice in the pot, and several people had goods in their stomachs, so they sighed: "Delicious!" It's so delicious! ”

Everything is delicious when you are hungry, and the dried radish is salty and spicy, which is very enjoyable, but unfortunately there is only one, and there is not enough to eat.

Several men patted Meng Laosan on the shoulder and advised: "You sister is so good, you will visit her often in the future." ”

"She just said that her master was gone, and she was bullied and retired, how pitiful she was alone, can you bear it as a brother?"

"That's it, I want to have such a girl, I guard it every day, who doesn't dare to move, I can't beat him to death!"

Ma Liuzi asked strangely: "Third child, your third master is gone, only one sister is left over there, why don't you take her back, and never go to see her?" ”

Meng Laosan sighed: "This is a long talk, they don't let us know about the affairs of their old life, but I have heard people next to me talk about it: my grandfather has five children, and in the end only my grandfather and my third master are left, the third master left home when he was young, and later came back to divide the family property, my grandmother did not agree and wanted to drive him away." Before leaving, the third master told his grandmother that he would not recognize his relatives in the future, so my grandmother never let us go to see him, and when the third master died, someone from above told my grandfather to go, and my grandfather went. Come back and say that this peach blossom girl is married, and her life is better than ours, so she doesn't need to care about her ......"

Wang Ergou said: "We haven't seen the things of the old generation, and they may not all be true, so we can't believe them all if we listen to them." ”

Liu Dafu nodded in agreement: "Your father and your third master only have two brothers, how can you be willing to separate your siblings?" Even if you refuse to give the courtyard house to the third master, there is idle land outside the village and outside the village, so why not start another house? Why go to live in another commune? If you want me to say, it's that your milk is not good, the mother-in-law in the village has talked about your milk, what kind of person is your milk, everyone also has eyes to see, it must be what your milk did, your third master has gone so far. ”

Meng Laosan: "......"

It's really hard for him to say this, how can he talk about the gossip of the elders?

Ma Liuzi said: "It's all old, we juniors don't understand and can't care, just watch it later." The third child, I really have to go to your sister-in-law in two days to see, the weather is getting colder and colder, it is going to snow in the wax moon, you have to see if she has enough firewood to burn, the house is not strong, this is the most important, what if the snow house collapses? ”

Meng Laosan nodded again and again: "I'll go home and explain the matter of the hospital, and I'll go to Linshui Village immediately to have a look!" ”

Wang Ergou said: "If you want to repair the house, you will squeak if you want to help." ”

"Hey, got it."

After a long time to return to the village, Meng Laosan pushed open the door of his own yard and hurried to the main house, the courtyard of the Meng family was originally quite large, the five brick and tile houses left by the ancestors were very strong and solid, and they were very dignified in the village.

Meng Laosan is not qualified to live in the brick and tile house, the left and right wings are mud rammed walls, thatched roofs, and he has no share, he can only build a small shed with bamboo and thatch in the backyard.

Under the window in the west room of the main house, there are two little old ladies wearing gray-blue homespun cotton jackets with gray hair, the sixty-seven-year-old Geng Liuju is bowing her head and squinting to mend the old cotton jacket, and the other is her second sister-in-law.

While the old aunt and sister-in-law were talking, Meng Ding heard Meng Laosan's voice, and then the door curtain was lifted, Meng Laosan walked in, shouted "milk", and shouted "second uncle's milk", and the two women immediately straightened up and stared at him with wide eyes.

Geng Liuju asked: "Didn't you ask Caiyun to send money over?" Why are you back? ”

Second Uncle Geng followed up and asked, "Is my eldest granddaughter Caiyue okay?" ”

Meng Laosan replied: "Caiyue is fine, she gave birth as soon as she arrived at the hospital, she is a girl." I didn't see Caiyun, there were nurses in the hospital to take care of me, so I followed Ma Liuzi and a few back. ”

"It's good to be born, it's good to be born." Second Uncle Geng breathed a sigh of relief, and then complained: "Why is it another money-losing goods?" Oh! I'm Caiyue's fate, I'm afraid that the Lao Jiang family won't want to see her anymore! ”

Geng Liuju comforted: "It doesn't matter what he gives birth to, let's Caiyue is safe." ”

Second Uncle Geng's face was sad: "When Caiyue was gone, the baby she had in her belly was six months old, and she could only give birth, but she had already given birth to two girls before, and she originally expected that her mother-in-law would be able to accommodate them, and live slowly in two rooms, how can she be good now?" Her mother-in-law herself has four girls and two children, where can she look down on these three granddaughters? Now that the eldest child is gone, she has to rely on children to care for the elderly, and the courtyard house must be reserved for children, Caiyue Niang is afraid that she will be kicked out, alas! ”

Geng Liuju said: "What are you afraid of?" Caiyue is still young, so she can marry another person with her children. ”

"It's easy to say, but with three girls, the eldest is only six years old, and the younger one has just been born, it's not easy to live these days, which man dares to marry?"

“……”

Meng Laosan ignored him when he saw the two grandmothers patronizing and talking, anyway, he also delivered the news, so he turned around to leave, but was shouted by Geng Liuju: "Caiyue can't be alone in the hospital, there is no work in the team these days, you better go back to the county and take good care of Caiyue and the child." ”

Meng Laosan paused for a moment and said, "Milk, Cousin Caiyue gave birth to a child, I'm a big man, how can I get forward?" I don't understand this either. ”

"Who is born sensible, can't learn to understand?"

"You just said that Caiyun has passed, and Caiyun takes care of her sister."

Second Uncle Geng waved his hand: "This can't be done, Caiyun can't take care of Caiyue." ”

Geng Liuju said: "Caiyun has just been selected as a substitute teacher in the school, so he must perform positively, and it is not good to ask for leave." She just went to the county to deliver money, and she had to come back to teach. Hurry up, go now, don't make a mistake! ”

"Milk, I'm a man, I'm not good to go. Why don't you call the fifth sister and the sixth sister, who of them will go? ”

"Your five sisters and six sisters are all unmarried girls, how can you take care of the confinement?"

"Then call the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law. There is also Sister Caiyue and her mother-in-law, plus four sisters-in-law, they should go. ”

"If her mother-in-law cares about her, can she still let her die of pain, run to us by herself, crying and shouting and begging us to take her to the county hospital? Sensei said so much, your second aunt is here, if it weren't for your aunts and grandmothers, your grandmother would have been able to raise your father and their seven brothers? Caiyue is the eldest granddaughter of your second uncle, the most beloved since childhood, if she is not good, your second uncle and grandmother must not be sad? Hurry up, go now! ”

Second Uncle Geng also said: "Third baby, good child, our family is building a new house for your fourth cousin to marry his daughter-in-law, Caiyue is a widow, and in confinement, she can't go back to her mother's house, and she can't take care of her mother's family, it's unlucky...... For the sake of the second uncle's milk, you will help take care of Caiyue for two days, ah? When you are discharged from the hospital, please ask your grandmother to arrange someone to pick you up, the third baby, the second aunt begs you! ”

Geng Liuju couldn't see that her second sister-in-law was so low-voiced, and suddenly straightened her face, and glared at Meng Laosan angrily with triangular eyes: "Why don't you go quickly?" Waiting to eat the whip? ”

Meng Laosan: "......"

He is not afraid of whips, he is used to listening to his grandmother since he was a child, and he has hardly disobeyed, and at other times, not to mention that his grandmother asked him to take care of his cousin in confinement, even if he was told to jump into the water to fish in the ice and snow, he has also been there.

But now he has something in his heart, which he thinks is more important, that is, it is about to snow, and he is afraid that the peach blossom girl's house will not be pressed, if it collapses and the girl is injured, he will regret it too late!

And Cousin Caiyue's place, if he doesn't go, Grandma will definitely be able to find someone else.

After making up his mind, Meng Laosan said: "Milk, second uncle, I have other things, so I won't go to the county." ”

After speaking, he walked out of the house quickly, and Geng Liuju's sharp scolding voice came from behind him, and he didn't look back.

He also had to find his father, tell him about the peach blossom girl's dismissal, and then rush to Linshui Village in Yanchong Commune, he had never been there, and he didn't know if there was a shortcut to detour, and he heard that if you walked along the road, you had to walk for most of the day.

He can't take a car, he has no money.

In the house, Geng Liuju was so angry that she wanted to go down to the ground to find Meng Laosan and give him a hard lesson.

Second Uncle Geng stopped him, sighed and said: "What Sanwa said is also right, he has grown up and is a big man, let outsiders know that he went to take care of Caiyue and give birth to a child, if he wants to be laughed at, it will be difficult to find a daughter-in-law in the future." ”

"What kind of daughter-in-law is he looking for? There's not that money to spend on him! ”

Geng Liuju approached Geng's second uncle and said in a low voice: "Look, how about letting the third child be the father of Caiyue's three children?" I really didn't give him the money to marry his daughter-in-law, so the bride price was waived, right? Although the third child is not a weapon, he has a lot of strength, stronger than the man in front of Caiyue, he is diligent and obedient, and Caiyue makes a pair and raises three children, Caiyue can be relaxed! ”

Second Uncle Geng's eyes suddenly lit up: "Of course it's good!" Don't mention the bride price, and Caiyue doesn't have a dowry, but I don't know, is the third baby willing? He's still a safflower boy, and Caiyue is a widow and drags three small ......"

"If I speak, does he dare to speak?"

"Oh, my aunt, you're solving a big problem for your mother's family, go back and call your eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law to come and kowtow to you!"

"Look at what my sister-in-law said, I am a girl from the Geng family, how can I not think about my mother's family? You wait, the third baby will come back in a while, and I will pull his ears and let him go to the county seat to take care of Caiyue! When I come back from the hospital, let Caiyue be confinement for the Tengjian room on the east side of the room, and set up two tables for them at home, and it will be done! ”

"Good, good! At that time, I asked my eldest daughter-in-law to send something too, two old hens and two catties of pork can't run off, as well as the rations of Caiyue's mother and daughter, we are responsible for asking her mother-in-law for it! Sister-in-law, I'm grateful to you for a lifetime, and your brother will be happy to watch it in the sky, he always praised you in the past, and it was in vain that he loved you so much when he was a child......"