Xia He's father heard that Xia He had some money from selling medicinal herbs, so he came to ask for silver taels.

Xia He looked at his father's pitiful appearance, and reluctantly gave his father silver money to send his father home.

It was very sad to see the back of my father leaving, and I shed tears when I stood in front of the room, and wiped it silently.

I went back to the house and touched the only bit of loose silver in the yellow cloth trouser pocket, and I didn't feel that I was in trouble, there was not much left, and how should I spend it in the future.

It suddenly occurred to me that I still had some broken silver in my sleeve, so I took it out and put it in my pocket and hid it.

Let's hurry up and reclaim the wasteland and farm.

So, how did Xia He's father Xia Xueli know that Xia He had money here?

It turned out that in order to avoid gambling debts, Xia Xueli often did not dare to stay at home, and spent most of the year outside.

On this day, Xia Xueli was lying in a gambler's house, and the gambler came back from outside, looking tired, looking at Xia Xueli and chirping: "You are lying here with me every day, and you don't go home to take a look, see if your mother-in-law has brought you a green hat, go home quickly!" After saying that, he laughed.

Xia Xue politely picked up the pillow and skimmed it on the gambler's head, and scolded in his mouth: "Close your crow's mouth, come here, I'll touch your back if it's wet, your mother-in-law won't come back when she goes back to her parents' house, is it a little green hat for you a long time ago?" After saying that, he laughed.

The two of them are each other, and they even have to break up their homes for gambling, and they still use it as a joke to have fun!

Laughing, Xia Xueli said: "I haven't been home for a long time, I spent my day like this, I wasted the name my father gave me, I didn't learn anything good, I secretly went home tonight to have a look, you also go to your father-in-law's house to pick up your mother-in-law!" ”

The gambler smacked his lips and said, "That's right, I'll pick up the child and his mother back tonight." ”

At night, Xia Xueli dressed up and secretly sneaked back to Xiajiazhuang and returned to his home.

When he returned to the house, he saw his son crying on the kang, and when he saw his father coming back, he hurriedly got up, ran to him and shouted, "Dad, why did you come back?" I'm hungry! ”

Seeing his son's situation, Xia Xueli couldn't hold back his tears anymore and burst into tears in an instant.

They all blame themselves, they can't take care of their children, and they don't do their jobs all day long.

hugged his ten-year-old son and choked up: "Don't cry son, isn't Daddy coming back?" I'll cook for you later. ”

The child slowly stopped crying, and Xia Xueli asked, "Where is your mother?" ”

"My mother hasn't been home for a day, and she took the two big roosters at home to the town to sell them, and said that she would come back and buy me something delicious, but she hasn't come back yet!" Xiao Xia Qiang stared at his father and said.

Xia Xueli understood, it turned out that her mother-in-law went to the town to sell roosters, why hasn't she come back yet? Thinking in his heart, he touched the kang with his hand: "Oops! Why is it so cold? Don't you burn a fire? Xia Xueli asked his son with bared teeth.

"My mother said that the firewood at home should be saved, and there is not much left!" Xiao Xia Qiang said.

Don't ask anymore, I didn't do my duty as the head of the family in the first place, and I still asked this and that, I was outside all day long, and I didn't care about the life or death of this girl, is it still called a man?

After thinking about it, quickly go to the front and back of the house to draw some firewood, fill it in the stove and light the fire.

When he was lowering his head to light the fire, he heard his son shouting happily: "Mother is back!" What to buy? ”

Looking up and seeing his mother-in-law coming back with a small basket on her arm, Xia Qiang ran to the yard to take the small basket and couldn't wait to rummage through it.

Xia pulled the basket in his hand and coaxed his baby son: "Son, give it to my mother, go back to the house, and my mother will find you something to eat." Mother and son entered the house hand in hand.

Xia Qiang told his mother as he walked: "Mother, my father is back and is burning the fire." ”

As soon as he heard that his gambler husband was coming home, Xia walked into the house in three steps and two steps, put the basket on the kang, turned around and came to the outhouse, and saw Xia Xueli squatting there burning the kang, raising his foot and kicking him.

kicked twice and scolded: "You guy with no conscience, you gamble outside all day long and don't go home, you come to the house every day to ask for accounts, and our mother and wife can't support it anymore, do you still have the face to come back?" The more he talked, the more angry he became, and he raised his hand to beat Lao Xia.

"Don't drop, isn't this coming back? The loser's mother-in-law is angry, I won't gamble anymore, don't you two miss it! Come back and see you guys. After saying that, he pulled the woman into the house.

As he walked to the house, he asked, "What are you doing so late?" ”

Hearing the head ask himself like this, Xia's face was mysterious, and he quietly said to Xia Xueli: "I went to Liujiazhuang for a walk, and I heard that the people in Liujiazhuang said that Xia He moved out of Liu's house." He lives at the foot of the back mountain, and in the first two days, Xia He found a way to make money, and took several people to dig medicinal herbs on the mountain! Yesterday I went to the town to deliver the goods. People talked about it, saying that this time Xia He must have it in his hands. ”

Xia's eyebrows fluttered to her husband as she told her husband the news she had just heard, as if she had discovered a new world.

Xia Xueli was also overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "My daughter is capable, and her brain is also bright, follow me!" After speaking, he looked at his son and smiled and asked, "What delicious food did you buy for your son?" ”

"What to buy? You have to think of a way to buy some rice to deal with starvation, and the family has no money! As he spoke, he took out a little biscuit from the basket and handed it to his son.

Looking at his son's eating with relish, Xia Xueli couldn't help but feel ashamed, knowing that he couldn't stand the child.

"Then why don't you go directly to Xia He to have a look, after all, it's your own daughter." Xia Xueli looked at her mother-in-law and asked.

"I'm not going, Shunzi died in the first few days, I gave Xia He a good beating at Liu's house, I guess I won't pay attention to me when I go to Xia He, I don't want to look for that boring." Xia said with a pinched throat.

Silently turned around and continued to light the fire, Xia followed, scooped up the newly bought rice, and began to cook.

While cooking, he said: "You go to Xia Hena tomorrow, after all, you are her own father, and you haven't beaten her, go to the pitiful point, find out the torn clothes, pants and shoes at home and put them on, I don't believe that she won't give you money!" ”

Xia Xueli didn't say anything and continued to light the fire.

After a night of nothing, he got up early the next day, and Xia Xueli was about to leave Xiajiazhuang, afraid that the account would be blocked at home.

Xia Shi cried and said: "The child is his father, you should go to Xia Hena, how can you live if you leave us alone?" ”

Seeing her mother-in-law crying and crying, Xia Xueli was heartbroken.

Put on the tattered clothes that Xia found and came directly to Liujiazhuang from the mountain road.

On the mountain, I saw my daughter and Liu Feng repairing the house.

Seeing that Xia He was still working with a big belly, he couldn't help but be condemned in his heart, hating himself for not fulfilling his responsibilities as a father!