Volume 1 Chapter 22 Loss of Face (1)
In summer, storms come and go, never too late; In winter, the snow is waiting for a long time.
Steep and gentle are stacked on top of each other, forming a unique landform of Qingyun Bay. Snow-capped, illuminating the cliffs. Standing on the top of the highest mountain in Qingyun Bay, the sky and the earth are clear and quiet, wrapped in silver, and the breeze blows by the ears, making everything more quiet and mysterious;
It is like a divine painting under the pen fairy, and it is like an eternal quatrain recited by a poet fairy...... It is so subtle that no word or brush in the world can vividly express its god; The scenery is unforgettable, like sleepwalking into a candy-like fantasy world at night, and waking up during the day.
Such a wonderful dream scenery is very common in the winter of Qingyun Township. On snowy days, people would gather around the fire to do needlework, or roast potatoes and sweet potatoes to satisfy their hunger.
Keluo Yingchun does not have such freedom and treatment!
Almost every winter, she would be driven by Yue Fengyi to pull radishes in the field, or under the pretext that there was no firewood, she would be sent to the snow-covered woods to pick up dry firewood. However, it was freezing outside, and the icicles between the eaves were bright and sharp, and every time I opened my mouth, cold air would pour into my throat, and with every step, my shoes and socks would be wet by an inch until they were soaked and my toes were unconscious! At the slightest touch of the treetops, the snow on the branches sprayed down like a hungry bird seeing an insect.
Fortunately, this winter, Luo Yingchun boarded at school, and Yue Fengyi did not have the opportunity to torture her.
Yue Fengyi sat by the fire with Luo Yinghui, who was babbling in his arms, and the fire in the fire pit was blazing, making the whole room extremely warm, in stark contrast to the ice and snow outside the house. The fire was very strong, but Yue Fengyi was angry, and her anger came from Luo Yingchun. In previous winters, she could take the opportunity to torture Luo Yingchun so that she could vent happily; She looked out the window at the snow, her anger mounting.
"I shouldn't have let her go to school!" Yue Fengyi choked his heart and complained to Luo Shiliang.
Luo Shiliang was weaving a basket with fresh bamboo strips, ignoring Yue Fengyi.
"I talk to you, are you deaf or dumb?"
Yue Fengyi grabbed the wooden comb on the side of the bench and hit Luo Shiliang's forehead impartially; Luo Shiliang covered his head and glared at Yue Fengyi, still silent, just like a puppeteer.
"Oh my God! Look at the man I married! It's even more stupid than a stuffy gourd! You are a dead gourd, you only know how to do rough work with your head stuffy every day......" Yue Fengyi's mouth was like a machine gun, crackling and chattering; "Can't you be like other men, trying to make more money? Can't you go to your dad and ask for your pension? Useless man! ”
Luo Shiliang was still silent, he looked at Luo Yinghui, who was playing by himself, and his fatherly affection was vivid.
"Look at it, your dad hid his pension and used it to study for your daughter, ouch, so much money, if you saved it all for Huihui, how good it would be! You say, you say, if you don't earn a way out for your son, then what are you doing with all the hard work to give birth to your son? Can't let him not be able to please a good daughter-in-law in the future, if he can't please a daughter-in-law, your Luo family will be extinct! ”
This remark is in Luo Shiliang's arms! He glanced at Yue Fengyi and said slowly:
"I know that of course our son wants the best for him. As for the pension, I will definitely ask my dad for it, and ask him to give me the fold! ”
Yue Feng smiled with her eyebrows, "What about your daughter's study?" ”
"When she finishes this semester, she won't be allowed to study again!"
Yue Fengyi was extremely happy, "Then your father doesn't agree!" ”
"Don't worry, I'm Chunwa's father, and I can only be the master of her life!" Luo Shiliang was full of words, and that tone was as if Luo Yingchun was his personal property, and he could dispose of it at will; "Besides, when I take Dad's fold, the money will be at our disposal, and where will there be money for her to study."
"Yes! Yes! Yue Fengyi hurriedly agreed, and her exaggerated smile made her cheeks bulge, like a toad; It's useless for a girl to read so many books, sooner or later she will marry someone else, be a cow and a horse, and pass on the ancestry! ”
"That's what it means! My dad turned his elbow outward to raise his daughter-in-law for someone else! It shouldn't be, his money should be left to my son, only my son is my blood! "Luo Shiliang teased Luo Yinghui dotingly;" Isn't it, my son, when you grow up, you will beg for a daughter-in-law, and you must also give birth to a son, so that the incense of our Luo family will not be broken! ”
Luo Yinghui seemed to understand, and nodded as if a chicken pecked rice, which made Yue Fengyi and Luo Shiliang extremely happy.
For dinner, Yue Fengyi was unusual, prepared several meat dishes, and diligently poured wine for Luo Chaoqian and served a good meal. Luo Chaoqian noticed Yue Fengyi's abnormality, he knew very well that he had nothing to do to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, and Yue Fengyi set up a "Hongmen Banquet".
After three rounds of wine, Luo Shiliang's words gradually increased, from this year's harvest to what kind of crops to plant in the coming year, twists and turns, and finally, the conversation turned to the topic.
"Dad, are you planning to send Chunwa to college?" Luo Shiliang asked;
Luo Chaoqian glared at Luo Shiliang, and his impatience was all in his eyes.
"If she can pass the exam, I will provide it!"
Luo Shiliang and Yue Fengyi looked at each other, and Yue Fengyi made a look.
"It's useless for a girl to read so many books! It's not that you want to marry someone else's family as a daughter-in-law, don't you want cheap outsiders, don't you say? Luo Shiliang continued to lobby; Hui Hui is your own grandson, you should leave his pension to him! ”
"That's right, Dad, why do you only like your granddaughter and don't like your grandson?" Yue Fengyi hurriedly agreed.
Luo Chaoqian sneered. "I know that you are so diligent tonight that you have a purpose!"
"What purpose can we have! I'm Chunwa's father, so I can only make decisions about her affairs. ”
"You know you're his father? I thought you didn't know, but when you look at you, you don't look like a father at all. ”
Luo Chaoqian was already very disappointed in Luo Shiliang.
"Of course I'm his father, so I'm the master, and I'm her guardian, so I don't agree with her going to school again!"
Luo Shiliang held his head high and his attitude was resolute, like a bull.
Luo Chaoqian was tepid and tried his best to maintain his views.
"If she doesn't study, what can she do? She has excellent grades, and in this midterm exam, she is in the top 50 in age! ”
"Do farm work at home, feed another sow, and sell the sow's litter to Huihui for saving! More corn, when she is older, she can go out to work, save money for Huihui, or marry, and ask for bride price......"
Luo Shiliang was full of interest and talked endlessly, and he had arranged a lot in his mind for Luo Yingchun's tragic life in the future.
Luo Chaoqian gradually became angry.
"Are you trying to make her a cow and a horse?"
"This is her responsibility as a daughter, it is her responsibility to support her family and support her younger brother!"
"You fart! She is your own daughter and your blood! Don't be so foolish, sons and daughters are the same! ”
Luo Chaoqian became more and more impatient, and he often wondered why he gave birth to a pedantic person like Luo Shiliang?
Yue Fengyi hurriedly interjected:
"That's different! Dad, my son will inherit the lineage! So, you give us the folds, we will keep them for you, you will only enjoy the happiness in the future, and we will take care of other things, so you don't have to worry about it! ”
"I think you did it on purpose!" Luo Chaoqian's lips trembled with anger; "My own money, I use it myself, I can spend it whenever I want! The food and clothing in this family are all my pension, and you are embarrassed to take it for yourself? ”
"I'll tell you well, you still don't appreciate it?" Yue Fengyi could no longer continue to act amicably; "I'll make it clear today, if you don't keep your pension for us, we won't take care of you when you're old!"