Helan has not taken over the embroidery work since the heavy snow closed the mountain a year ago, and the most thing she did all winter was to be in a daze and in a daze, and she was a little bored.

It has been two months since Wu Qingzhu left, and the family has returned to normal life.

In the past, the eggs that Helan missed could also be eaten every few days, but the reason was that the eggs saved were not sold, and the weather was slowly getting warmer, and they were easy to spoil after a long time.

In the past, they would be sold at the county market, but now the county seat can't get in or out, so no one dares to go there?

One day when it was boring, the wife of the village chief Wu came to the house with a basket of eggs, and Wu's mother didn't want to greet anyone with a dark face when she saw it.

Qingmei didn't say hello when she saw the visitor, so she turned her head and followed her mother into the house, leaving Helan alone in the courtyard to face it awkwardly.

It is common for others to bring things here, and what should be done is to let people into the house, and then politely serve tea to entertain them, but the people who came today are quite entangled.

This Zhao Hongmei is fat, and she is full of energy when she speaks, and she looks like a woman who has not suffered much.

"Qingzhu's family, that, I also have some things to do today, why don't we talk about it in the room?" Zhao Hongmei saw that Wu's mother turned her head and went to the living room, and she also knew that the family did not want to see her.

But today I really couldn't help it, so I begged to come, and now that I've come, the matter hasn't been said yet, isn't it in vain for others to see the joke.

Helan saw that everyone was licking their faces and opening their mouths like this, and there was no reason to refuse, or the reason for the big stick to drive out, pulled out a smile and said, "Aunt Hongmei, come into the house, I'll pour you a cup of tea." ”

"Don't pour tea, go, accompany me into the house to talk for a while." Zhao Hongmei didn't wait for Helan to refuse, then took her arm and walked towards the hall.

Mother Wu, who was sitting in the hall, didn't expect this person to be so thick-skinned today, and she actually pulled Helan into the house.

Caught off guard and looked at the opposite face, and didn't know how to deal with it, they were all in a village, looking down and not looking up, if they left again at this time, they would let others say that their family was afraid of them, and they were hiding in their own homes and didn't dare to see people, which seemed to be their own hearts.

"Sister-in-law Yuniang, sitting here, have you eaten lunch?"

As the saying goes, don't stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, everyone is so giving the steps Wu Mu is not good to hold it anymore, Wu Mu can only reply with a gloomy face: "Hongmei is here, what's the matter?" ”

As a result, the two of them also began to have a fight.

"It's nothing, isn't it that when I saw that there were too many eggs at home, I thought about sending them over to make up for Uncle Wu's body!"

"Oh, that's unacceptable, we have a lot of family, seeing that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, I'm worried about whether it will break, you send it again, we can't eat it."

"What's the matter, then it's good to eat more, that's more."

"What's the matter with you on such a busy day?" There is a reason why Wu's mother said this, and now the sky in May is the season of wheat harvesting.

In previous years, the men in the family were there, and the women were not too tired, but this year the situation is different, the old people can't do much work when they are older, and the children are too young to have much effort.

"Sister-in-law, I apologize to you again, our family is sorry Qingmei, I haven't had the face to face your family for so long, but I really can't help it today." Zhao Hongmei shed tears as she spoke.

And Wu's mother didn't hold the shelf anymore when she saw this posture, and handed the teacup forward, but she didn't know how to persuade her, and she didn't know how to speak.

"Alas, if you have anything to say, I won't persuade anyone."

Mother Wu and Zhao Hongmei had a good relationship before, and they knew that the two families would be in-laws in the future, so they naturally got along better.

From time to time, there is a dish at home or something, and they will send it to each other, and the relationship is like a family, and then after this happened, the two of them haven't spoken for a long time, and they are hiding when they meet.

"Sister-in-law, I'll be honest with you, didn't the head of the family go to the county seat some time ago? After the matter was done, I went to Tiezhu's father-in-law's house, but I didn't know that there was no family and no one when I went. I heard the neighbor next door say that he was taken away by the officers and soldiers, and no one knew where to go, and when I came back, I heard the news that I could not stay, and I immediately wanted to inquire about the situation. ”

Zhao Hongmei picked up a handkerchief and wiped her tears, and then opened her mouth again: "The head of the house told me that there were many dead people in the city and didn't let me go out, but how could anyone who was a mother not worry about her son?" I'll always know if it's dead or alive. ”

Mother Wu didn't know what she meant by coming to the house to say these words, but she was not happy when she heard the name of Wu Tiezhu, a rabbit cub.

At the beginning, she was rich and abandoned her daughter, okay, their family has not yet "taken revenge", God can't see what happened, the county master behind him died, and now his whereabouts are unknown.

Besides, the county magistrate is not a good official, and the taxes on weekdays are getting higher and higher year by year, and from time to time he collects money for various reasons here and there.

In the early years, the relief food allocated by the government was distributed to the mouths of the victims, and it became Xishui porridge, and a bowl of porridge with a grain of rice was good.

Although the villagers don't say anything, they all feel in their hearts that being involved with such a corrupt official is a shame on their ancestors.

Zhao Hongmei saw that Wu's mother didn't answer, so she said to herself: "Before leaving, the head of the family told me that he would definitely inquire clearly when he arrived in the county, and he would say it when he had a letter to help deliver the news to his home." But it's been two months and there's no news, so how can I live! ”

"His aunt, I understand what you said, but I'm a woman, I don't understand anything, the work in the field hasn't been done yet, and I don't have any ability to help you!"

Mother Wu was reluctant to listen to her continue, no matter what she wanted to say next, it must be a request, otherwise her posture could not be so low.

But this begging is for the white-eyed wolf, which makes people a little uncomfortable, it's good if their family doesn't add fuel to the fire, and no matter how much they take care of things, won't they have no skin and no face?

"I can help, I'm here to beg your sister-in-law today."

Wu's mother, who was in a dilemma, didn't answer, Zhao Hongmei couldn't wait for Wu's mother to answer, and then said: "I want to invite someone from your family to go to the county with me to inquire about the current situation?" ”

"What? If you don't go, don't you know what's going on outside, isn't this pushing our family into the fire? As soon as Mother Wu heard the other party's words, she stood up directly, and even postponed it, and even wanted to drive people away.

Unexpectedly, this person was still cheeky and begged: "Just accompany me to the county seat!" came back on the same day, Uncle Li Zheng dared to carriage, mainly to inquire about the situation in the county, they men have not come back for so long, can we not worry? ”

Helan knew that Zhao Hongmei was a brainless person when she heard it, if she only said that she was going to the county seat to inquire about the situation at the beginning, and didn't mention anything about her son, Wu's mother would not have reacted so much and refused directly.

"There's nothing you can do to come to my house, you also know that our father's legs and feet are inconvenient, and it's inconvenient to bump along the way, and your family can't afford to pay for any discomfort."

"You don't need my uncle to go, your eldest daughter-in-law is fine, and when you get to it, you will definitely not be embarrassed to say that there is something at home and want to see Brother Zhu'er, mainly because no one in our family knows, but your Qingzhu is different, he is a child, and he should have heard of it a little."

"What? My daughter-in-law? Then I can't let her go, the outside world is so chaotic, let her like a flowery little woman run around with you, it won't work. ”

"It's not just about our family, don't you want to know what is going on with the men in your family?" Zhao Hongmei was also a little anxious when she saw Wu's mother's resolute attitude, and she didn't know if she couldn't speak to provoke this Liu Yuniang to be so ruthless.

"Don't tell me the truth, your son did that kind of thing at the beginning, and he also said that for the sake of the clan, he forced our family to withdraw from his family, okay, and now because he wants to inquire about your son's news, he pushes our family out again, and his heart is so ruthless? My conscience has been eaten by dogs! ”

Mother Wu brought the water bowl in front of Zhao Hongmei and put it in front of her, then looked at the woman who made her annoying, frowned and spoke again: "If you don't have anything to do, go back quickly, there is so much land at home, and I will continue to be busy tomorrow, but I don't have time to talk to you like this." ”

After Wu's mother finished speaking, she asked Helan to send off the guests, Zhao Hongmei saw this and knew that it would be annoying for her to stay any longer, so she shook her head, turned around, and left.

What Helan didn't expect was that in the evening, Li Zheng also came to the house, Grandpa Wu didn't want to leave Li Zheng at first, he hadn't forgotten what happened last time, how to look at the oppressive face of how excessive.

Li Zheng also knew that he was indeed too much at that time, but if he really gave up in that situation, he would regret it, but he never expected that he was a bad guy and did it, but the person who asked for it died.

At this age, Li Zheng didn't care about his old brother's expression, and followed him into the study with a cheeky face.

When he came out, he had a sad face, and when he opened the door, he tripped over the steps under his feet, and he didn't even hear Qingquan's greeting.

Seeing this, Wu Qingquan, Helan and Qingmei got together and muttered to each other about what happened, or what else they didn't know, so that Li Zheng was so depressed.

"I don't know how my brother is doing in the county."

Wu Qingquan's words made the lively atmosphere suddenly cool down, and no one answered.

After a while, Wu's mother was in the kitchen talking about what Wu Tiezhu had done before to lose his conscience, and then the dirty things that Village Chief Wu's family had done, or how he had no conscience.