After everything was cleaned up at home, Shi Gengtian called his brothers' family and the two families to sit down and have a meal together.

This season, there are still a lot of green vegetables in the vegetable field, cut a piece of meat, the vegetables are well matched, a meat fried beans, a meat fried celery a ......, a cucumber, steamed eggplant, cold vegetables will come out, the big rooster at home kills one, the Ruitao brothers went to the river fork to net some small miscellaneous fish, hard vegetables are there, ten large bowls of rising tips are placed on the table, Chinese New Year's Eve rice is not this sumptuous.

The six brothers of the Dayong family have never been so humble, their family has always robbed their meals, whoever grabs more quickly will eat enough, today, more than a dozen people sit at a large table, by the sumptuous delicacies steaming the tempting aroma, except for Chunmiao, the others have no appetite.

Shi Gengtian took the lead in picking up the chopsticks, snorted them on the table, and raised his hand to make a circle: "Eat them all, don't just look at them, it's not delicious when it's cold." ”

Chunmiao was hungry early, and the adults didn't move, and she didn't dare to move, her eyes stuck to the chicken and she couldn't take her eyes off. Hearing that the eldest grandfather said to let her eat, she first looked up at her mother, stretched out her little finger and pointed to the chicken bowl and said, "Mother, I want to eat that." ”

"Mother will clip it to you." He Xiaoxia picked up the place where there was a lot of meat, sandwiched four or five pieces, put them in a small bowl, and let the children gnaw them slowly by themselves.

Shi Dayong first took a pair of chopsticks and put them in Sun Xiufang's bowl: "Mother, you eat."

"You eat yours, my mother will do it herself." Sun Xiufang said this, but she still didn't move her chopsticks, staring at the rice bowl in front of her without moving.

Zhou Ronghua also took a piece of chicken and put it in Sun Xiufang's bowl, and then picked up the chopsticks in his brother-in-law's hand and put it in her hand: "Eat, brother and sister, your body is important." ”

"Hmm." Sun Xiufang raised her head and smiled at Zhou Ronghua reluctantly, saying that she was laughing, but it was a bit like crying.

The elders all moved the chopsticks, and the juniors picked up the chopsticks and started eating, no one spoke, blindly eating, and after a while, the dishes and bowls were already in a mess.

The farmer's cooking is real, the dishes are the largest sea bowl in the family, and the two hard dishes are directly served on the table with ceramic basins, the dishes are a lot, but there are eight heroes who are eating strong rice on the table, this is still no appetite, if there is an appetite, it is not enough to eat.

The women removed their dishes and bowls, wiped the table, the tea was served, and the men began to discuss the future.

"Dayong." Shi Gengtian took a sip of water: "Your father is gone, you are the eldest in the family, tell your uncle what you think?" ”

Shi Dayong was about to drink the tea bowl, and when he saw the uncle asking him, he hurriedly put the bowl down: "Uncle, I promised my father, I will ask about the family in the future, my plan is to make more money, the first step is to build a few more tile houses for the family, which is also something that my father will never forget." ”

In fact, Brother Ruicheng was really afraid that as soon as his father left, the eldest brother would no longer take care of the affairs of the family, and they were all a little uneasy in their hearts.

Dayong's thoughts, Shi Gengtian was very relieved to hear but did not agree, he took care of his younger brother back then, and also brought his younger brother to adulthood, when his younger brother grew up, he taught his younger brother how to be self-reliant, how to support his family, and not blindly giving, so that it is easy to raise people into lazy people, that is, maintenance.

Shi Gengtian's eyes swirled on the faces of several nephews, and when he saw that several nephews were at ease, he couldn't help but sigh, the second child over the years, as soon as he lacked something, he would ask Shi Dayong to ask for it, and after a long time, it seemed that Shi Dayong should give it, and it was wrong not to give it, and slowly several nephews' minds were instilled with such thoughts by their fathers, there is no way, everyone is poor together, and you have to share if you have money. I didn't expect that when a man got married and started a business, he was not only an individual in the big family, but also the pillar of his own small family, it was not just his business, he had to be responsible for his wife and children. When a woman marries a man, she is all to live at home, and no woman is looking for a man to work as a long-term worker or coolie for her in-law's family with a man.

"Ahem!" Shi Gengtian faced his nephews and cleared his throat: "Uncle, let me say a few words, what I said is not right, don't forget your brothers." ”

The Ruicheng brothers hurriedly sat up straight: "Uncle, you say." ”

"It stands to reason that this is your family's business, although I am your own uncle, I am also an outsider in the end."

As soon as Shi Gengtian said this, Shi Dayong hurriedly interrupted him: "Uncle, how can you be regarded as an outsider, now that my father is gone, you are our father." ”

Shi Gengtian waved his hand: "Dayong, you listen to me." Shi Gengtian continued: "Over the years, there are some things that your father has done that I don't look right, and it's not that I have said bad things about the world, when your father was alive, I also mentioned it to him, but your father didn't take it to heart, and I will talk to you again today." ”

Shi Gengtian observed the expressions of his nephews again, and seeing that they were all listening carefully, he picked up the tea bowl and took another big sip: "I think that people have to be self-reliant and self-reliant when they live in the world, you say, am I right?" ”

"Yes."

"Uncle, you're right."

If there is no objection, that's good, Shi Gengtian continued: "People, sometimes the mountains will fall, the water will flow, no one will be reliable, you will never fall on yourself, and no one will help you for a lifetime. ”

"Uncle, I will help my brothers for the rest of my life." Shi Dayong hurriedly said again.

"Dayong, this is your own idea, I heard that your son is about to be born, and you will have to raise a child in the future, build a house for your son, and marry a daughter-in-law, can you guarantee that you will not even care about your own son for your brother? Think about it, can you do it? ”

Speaking of his son, Shi Dayong fell into contemplation, if he compares his son with his brothers, there is no doubt that his son is definitely more important than his brothers, and he will definitely put his son first when the time comes.

Seeing that Dayong had indeed heard his words in his heart, Shi Gengtian looked at his nephews again: "I think, we still have a charter, don't blindly stretch out your hands and wait for someone to give it, what's the difference between that and asking for food?" Don't think I'm ugly, uncle, I've always been loyal, outsiders won't say a word, you tell me how old you are, the youngest six sons are also twenty, what else will you do besides farming? Nothing. ”

said that they wouldn't do anything, Ruisheng was reluctant: "Uncle, I will shave my head." ”

Speaking of Ruisheng shaving his head, Shi Gengtian smiled: "Old five, you can shave your head, but you will shave your head, you said that you opened the store for a few days, who went to support you, just our own family, in the end the business is not anyone, you leave your business to play cards with others, the family is stolen by people, I said that since you like this business, you go to the serious master to learn and open the store." ”

Wusheng was a little embarrassed to be counted down by the uncle, he touched his head in a sneering manner, and was silent.

The remaining residual water was drunk, Shi Gengtian touched his mouth, and continued to express his inner words: "Uncle's meaning is very clear, you brothers are young, think more about how to make money when you have nothing to do, don't set up a card field when you are free all day long." Shi Gengtian said this, and said to Shi Dayong, who was still pondering: "Dayong, the uncle doesn't mean not to let you ask about your brother, you have to ask, you have to help, you do your best." ”

Shi Dayong nodded, he set a small goal for himself in his heart: "Uncle, don't worry, I will help build the house at home, and when the brothers all marry daughters-in-law and live their own small lives, I won't worry about it." ”

Shi Gengtian was also a blind concern, his words did not stir up any small splashes in the hearts of Ruicheng's nephews, and several of them had their own little Jiujiu in their hearts.

What Rui Cheng thought was that his father was gone, and he would never have to hand over the money in the future, he would have to hand over all the money to He Xiaoxia to save up and plan for his own small family.

Riff goes to the city these days, he has saved a small amount of money, and he is thinking about where to hide it so that it will not be discovered.

Ruisheng didn't think so, the uncle said lightly, and let him worship the master, you are so easy to be an apprentice, you have to let the master command like the third grandson, during the apprenticeship, the money is not a penny, and the strength can be a little bit, so he doesn't go out of that force.

Ruimin thought more simply, I relied on the eldest brother, and he promised his father that he would do it if he didn't do it.

Only Ruiquan really took what the uncle said to heart, and he was really thinking about how he would live his life in the future.

The deceased is gone, the living have to continue, Shi Dayong has a job, Wang Ying's birth date is getting closer, and he is still waiting for him at home with a big belly, he doesn't have much time to stay outside.

When he got home, Shi Dayong discussed with everyone: "This is so many days, I will go back tomorrow, I will discuss with you, my mother will go with me first......"

"Boss." Before Shi Dayong finished speaking, Sun Xiufang interrupted her son's words, her eyes fell on the wall, and Shi Youtian's cigarette pouch and pot were still hanging on it: "Your father just left, I want to stay with him in my hometown for a few more days, I won't go back with you first." ”

The reason why Shi Dayong wants to take his mother with him is that he is afraid that his mother will see things and think about people, and sure enough, this look in his mother's eyes is thinking about his father, and his mother's eyes have been crying a lot these days, and his eyes are red and swollen all the time. In short, everyone is gone, after all, my mother still has to get used to not having my father's company, my hometown is full of the breath of my father's life, he wants to take his mother to change the environment, so that he can pass this hurdle as soon as possible. The second is that in two months, Wang Ying will be born, and then her mother will still have to pass, and at this time, go with him, at least you can save a train ticket.

"Mother." Shi Dayong lowered his voice: "You forgot, Yingzi's body has been more than eight months, and she will have a child in nearly two months, and you are still expected to serve the confinement child at that time, I am not at home all day, how can I do without an old man at home?" ”

"Oh." Sun Xiufang forgot about this, this is a big deal, it is her eldest grandson, she hurriedly said: "Okay, my mother will go with you." ”

"Ruimin or you ......" Shi Dayong originally wanted to say that your hukou has not been able to transfer out, even if you go outside, you will have nothing to do all day, otherwise, you will stay in your hometown first, and then take him out when everything is done.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Ruimin hurriedly stopped when he saw that the situation was not good, joking, I finally went out, even if I have to wait outside, put me in my hometown, if you change your hexagram, who will I talk to? Ruimin directly intercepted Shi Dayong's words, stood up violently and said, "I'll leave tomorrow, big brother, then I'll pack my luggage." After speaking, without waiting for Shi Dayong to speak, he ran away without a trace.

Early the next morning, Ruimin was the earliest, he packed his luggage early and put it at the door, finished eating, picked up his baggage and walked out.

Brother like this, Shi Dayong couldn't say anything more about letting him wait in his hometown, so he had to take his mother and younger brother back to his home.