If it is not enough to burn, pick up some dead branches and dry leaves, and the disadvantage of such firewood is that the smoke is big.

Ruisheng hasn't arrived home yet, he saw white smoke on the top of the kitchen at home, the second sister-in-law said, their family went back to their parents' house today, and the steamed buns were hung on the beams.

Wusheng is proud that he came back in time, and he can eat hot rice without having to work.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he heard the sound of talking in the hall, the voice was not loud, and he could still distinguish the voices of his mother and eldest brother.

The mother, the eldest brother, and the fourth brother's family came. Ruisheng was immediately overjoyed, he snorted and spit out the straw stick in his mouth, and hurriedly walked to the house: "Mother, eldest brother, you are back, you are really the sixth son, and you won't call me." ”

"Old Five, you're going to the card field again." For this younger brother, Shi Dayong is very dissatisfied, how many times have you said, don't play cards all day long, don't play cards all day long, what's wrong with learning something at a young age, you have to spend a lot of time playing cards?

"It's okay to be idle, I've been playing for a while, big brother, mother, when are you here?" Ruisheng picked up the thermos and poured himself a glass of water, held it in the palm of his hand, and drank it while warming his hands.

It's all their own sons, no matter how angry they are, they haven't seen each other for so long, and they are panicked when they are mothers, Sun Xiufang waved at Ruisheng and patted the edge of the bed: "Old five, come here, sit here." ”

"Mother." Ruisheng sat down next to his mother and handed over the teacup in his hand: "Do you want to drink water?" ”

"Mother is not thirsty, you can drink."

Sun Xiufang's six sons basically inherited the advantages of their parents, Shi Dayong is even worse, eyebrows, eyes, and face are all suitable, and the other sons are not bad, the children's appearance is considered to be superior in the village, Ruisheng at this time, twenty years outcropped, young, vibrant, in Sun Xiufang's eyes, it is ten out of ten.

A glass of water went down, Rui Sheng felt hungry, he raised his eyes and glanced at the pile of luggage in the corner of the house, and he didn't know what good things the eldest brother and they had brought back, so he didn't dare to ask Shi Dayong, and asked Rui Min, who was sitting on the side talking to the sixth brother: "Fourth brother, what delicious food did you bring with you this time." ”

"Yes, I'll bring you half a bag of black dates." Ruimin picked up half a bag of black dates this time, he didn't keep any of them, and let him carry them back, of course, the main reason is that he has eaten enough, and no one in the family likes to eat them.

"Light black dates?" Ruisheng is too little.

"On the way, my eldest brother bought a pinch of fritters and snacks, which were in the bag, and I didn't have time to clean them up, do you want to eat them? If you want to eat, I'll find it for you. ”

"Fourth brother, do you still need to ask? I definitely want to eat, you're fine, eat and drink spicy food outside every day. Ruisheng's tone was sour: "Brother, I have a hard time, today the melon is dry, tomorrow the stick noodles, gnaw pickles every day, and I want to eat the rats when I see them lightly." ”

Shi Dayong sneered: "It's just you, you don't want to make money at a young age, you play cards every day, and you still want to eat delicious food?" ”

"Big brother, it's not right for you to say that, I wasn't idle at all when the farm was busy, but now the farm is idle, there is no work in the field, and there are many people in the village who don't work, why don't you look at me unpleasantly?"

"Why do you just tell me to look at you unpleasantly, does someone else's family have anything to do with me? I'm fucking other people's hearts, I'm full! If you're not my brother, if I don't want you to be good, I'll take care of you? ”

When he came back, he was hit by the bear, and Ruisheng felt uncomfortable: "Okay, okay, don't bear me as soon as you come back, mother, I'm hungry, is the meal ready?" ”

The son was hungry, and the mother was distressed, Sun Xiufang hurriedly went to the kitchen: "I'll go and see if your sister-in-law is cooking?" ”

Everyone was hungry, Wang Yingtu was fast, first boiled water and slipped the bun, and when the bun was hot, he directly put the stick noodles in the pot and burned a big pot of stick noodles.

The meals were all set, and before Ruifu could go home, Shi Dayong wrinkled his brows and asked, "Fifth, sixth, where is your third brother?" ”

Ruisheng didn't want to nibble on the mixed bread, he wanted to eat fritters, and touched Ruimin's arm: "Fourth brother, it's time to eat, you take out the fritters and dim sum." ”

Ruiquan also wanted to eat, sat at the table and watched the fourth brother go to the luggage pile to find it, listened to the eldest brother ask, and replied: "I don't know where the third brother went, he went out after breakfast every day, and came home at night, and he didn't come back for lunch. ”

Although Ruifu can make some money by picking up rags, he subconsciously feels that picking up rags is a shameful thing, and he is afraid that others will know and laugh at him, so he never dares to say that he is picking up rags outside.

The brothers just know how to guard the land at home one by one, Shi Dayong is also very worried and panicked, the family is so poor, can't he think of ideas to make more money?

There are many saline-alkali lands in my hometown, every morning, there is a layer of saline on the ground with white flowers, and the diligent people go to the field early to sweep back, save more, boil into nitrate, although it is only eight cents a catty, but a month can also save a hundred and eight two hundred catties, that is, a small twenty yuan, Shi Dayong has long told his younger brothers, but they are too hard and unwilling to do it.

If you don't want to do it, there are so many large and small river forks near the village, there are no nets and fish, and selling them in the city is not also income, these are all without capital, so you can contribute. But you see, let them catch fish and touch shrimp to play, serious as a business to do, can't do it, I think the hands are soaked in the water every day, and the fish are disobedient, can't net the fish don't say, sometimes a net can't go down the net a few small fish, and have to work hard to transport it to the city, the stall is not good, the fish stinks and can't be sold, in short, what is it to do.

In winter, it gets dark early, the sun sets at five o'clock, and Ruifu comes back in the evening, and the business is much better than usual, if it is not for the night, he is reluctant to come back. Rich is now able to learn how to open an account for himself in a city bank, and every day he finishes work and puts his money in the bank, just keep a small notebook for himself, which is much safer than hiding money everywhere.

The small courtyard of his house has been lit up with dim lights, and the sound of laughter is faintly heard, and there are guests at home? Otherwise, it's the mother and they are back, Ruifu guessed, and his steps couldn't help but speed up, and sure enough, it was the mother's voice. It's my mother, big brother, they're back, it's great, they don't even have a New Year's flavor when they don't come back.

"Mother, eldest brother, sister-in-law, I'm back."

Everyone had just finished eating, and the table had not had time to be cleaned up, Sun Xiufang saw that it was the third son, and hurriedly stood up and asked, "Third child, why did you come back, are you hungry, my mother will serve you dinner." ”

It's still good to be a mother, I know that I care about whether he is hungry or not, usually at home, I take care of each other, I haven't heard anyone care about him, Ruifu has a warm current in his heart: "Mother, I'll just be good for myself, you rest, I'll wash my hands first." ”

After a day outside, his hands were blackened and he couldn't let the eldest brother see it, so Ruifu took a basin of water and washed it several times, and then wiped it on his body with satisfaction.

Sun Xiufang had already helped her son cook the meal, the embers in the stove had been warm and confused, and the rice was still hot, Sun Xiufang handed the chopsticks to her son, and pushed the fritters in front of her son: "Third child, eat it while it's hot." ”

"Oh, there's something delicious!" Ruifu picked up a fritter and soaked it in the porridge bowl, and ate it in two bites.

The children eat fragrantly, and the mothers are also happy, Sun Xiufang has been looking at the children gently, and her face is full of the pride of being a mother.

Shi Dayong saw that his brother had almost eaten, so he asked slowly: "Third child, what are you busy with every day, you don't go home all day long." ”

"Oh." Ruifu was thinking about how to answer, and forgot to chew for a while: "That, I didn't do anything, foolish." ”

"Tell me what is there to slip around every day?"

"It's nothing, hehe, it's just a fool, what's that, eldest brother, sister-in-law, what about my little nephew, did you bring it back?" Rif hurriedly changed the subject.

"What nephew? Or a niece, that doesn't? If you fall asleep in bed, it's time to wake up and sleep for a while. Shi Dayong pouted in the direction of the bed.

"Didn't you say it was a boy?"

Shi Dayong glared: "It's a boy who says it's a boy?" If you don't meet, who knows if it's a man or a woman. ”

While talking, thinking about it and starting to talk, seeing that it was about to cry, Wang Ying hurriedly picked up the child and hid to the side to breastfeed.

When the child was full, Rui Quan also helped to clean up the dining table, and the family talked around the table, seeing that it was dark, Rui Cheng's family had not come back, thinking that they had stayed at their mother's house, and after sitting in the car for so long, everyone was very tired, and they simply washed and went to bed.

Dayong thought about it again before going to bed, Wang Ying's gift has not yet been sent, the day after tomorrow will be thirty, tomorrow will not send the first year there will be no days, tomorrow to go to the father-in-law's house to bring something, that set of small stoves must be brought, but also have to buy two chickens, this family has, save trouble, catch two is, and bring back the snacks, the same packed out of a catty, not good black dates also poured half a basket, not enough to go to the town to buy some, the New Year is coming soon, it seems that the family has no New Year's goods at all, and you have to go to catch a set when you have time, Chicken, duck, fish and everything have to be prepared? After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't know when he fell asleep.

Ruicheng's family didn't come back last night, the four of them slept on the bed of the second child for the time being, this sleep was a little heavy, when I opened my eyes, the sky was already bright, and my mother's ** illness was committed again, this time back to her territory, the old woman stood up again, and I heard that she had been coughing dry under the window, and kept muttering: "What time is it, and I haven't gotten up to cook." ”

Shi Dayong knew that his mother was talking about Yingzi, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, his mother didn't know that he was distressed about his daughter-in-law, Yingzi had to take care of two children at night, and he had to breastfeed the third child, and he didn't sleep enough at all, Shi Dayong looked at his wife sideways, and sure enough, Yingzi was sleeping with the children in her arms.

Shi Dayong hurriedly crept up, if his mother coughed, he would have to wake up Yingzi in a while, who would hurt if his wife didn't hurt herself?

"Mother." Although Shi Dayong was dissatisfied with his mother's approach, he couldn't bear to say words that complained about his mother: "Yingzi didn't sleep well last night when she took care of the child, let her sleep more, I'll do breakfast." ”

Sun Xiufang's typical husband-and-death thoughts, her son said so, where would she say no, she just muttered unwillingly: "You have six brothers, and I don't know how I came here." ”