After Xia Lan entered the house, she closed the door, asked their mother to sit down with her brother, and said to her mother and her brother, "I bought a lot of things. ”

"Little sister, ...... you" her brother was interrupted by her mother before she could ask.

"Yikes! Where did you get the money to buy so many things? Wang Xiuyun looked at the flour, rice, pork and a piece of blue cotton cloth on the table and asked in surprise.

Xia Lan glanced at her mother and her brother, sighed and said, "Alas! I picked up a dollar today, and when it was almost dark and no one came back to look for it, I bought something, so I came back late. Xia Lan, who had no way to explain, had to lie to dispel their doubts, the meat was mostly two catties of lean meat she bought on the black market, and it just so happened that she didn't like to eat fatty meat, and besides, their family didn't eat meat for a long time, and they would have diarrhea if they ate a lot of oil and water.

Wang Xiuyun put away the things and hid them, and said to Xia Lan, "Are you hungry?" Have you eaten? ”

"I've eaten," she said on the way back.

"Mother, little sister, I'll go back to the house and sleep first" Meng Xiaolei saw that he had nothing to do and got up and went back to the room.

Xia Lan sensitively felt that her brother was a little abnormal today, his mood was very low, and he didn't leave in the morning, so it must have happened today.

"Mother, what's the matter with my brother?" Xia Lan watched his brother enter the house and asked softly in her mother's ear.

Wang Xiuyun pointed to the back room, meaning to go back to the house and say, after entering the house, she pulled Xia Lan to sit on the bed and sighed and whispered: "This is not the second girl of Liu Youcai's family in the north, today I booked a family surnamed Wang in Xiawa Village next door, and she will get married next month, and the bride price she wants is high, and our family can't take it, isn't your brother sad to know." ”

Liu Erniu is in the impression of the original owner, the same age as her brother, with a goose egg face, big eyes, a very beautiful and quiet girl, the key family geography can be done, Liu Erniu smiled at her brother and her brother can be happy for a long time, even with it, she also likes to laugh at her, and occasionally she will take the initiative to say a few words to her.

Xia Lan has no way to comment on anything, she also understands the choice of Liu Erniu and her family, no one wants to live a hard life, the family can't open the pot, and she has to support a sister-in-law to go to school, the sister-in-law is still weak, and marrying is a burden.

"Mother, I have a way to make my brother happy, you wait" and then got up and went to her to find her brother.

When she walked to her brother's door, she shouted, "Brother, are you sleeping?" I'm looking for you. ”

Meng Xiaolei felt very uncomfortable today, he didn't drink much of the food for dinner, thinking that Liu Erniu was going to get married in the future, the groom was not him, and he couldn't sleep when he was lying on the bed, and when he heard his little sister calling him at the door, he got up and dressed and went out.

After coming out, I saw Xiaomei holding a piece of paper in her hand and handed it to him, he took it and opened it, he also went to school for a few years when he was a child, so he basically knew the words, and said excitedly after reading it: "Little sister, this, this, this, this is true?" ”

"What is really fake," Wang Xiuyun heard her son's incoherent voice and came out to take a look.

Xia Lan said, "Of course it's true, the seals are all covered on it," and then took the kerosene lamp and approached it: "Look"

Meng Xiaolei said happily: "Mother, my mother has a job, I have a job, the food factory in the county, this is the acceptance certificate, you see" said and took the acceptance certificate to Wang Xiuyun.

Wang Xiuyun's father, Meng Xiaolei, Meng Xiaohua's maternal grandfather, was a scholar who taught his children to read and write since he was a child, so Wang Xiuyun was also literate.

After reading the certificate, he asked Xia Lan, "What's going on?" ”

Coughing, Xia Lan said: "I saved a child today, the child's father is the director of the food factory, and their family gave birth to four girls to get this baby egg, so I gave this job to ,............ in order to thank me."

"Then why don't you go by yourself? Why for your brother? Xia Lan was interrupted by Wang Xiuyun before she could finish speaking.

"Yes, little sister, go ahead!"

Xia Lan waved her hand to listen to her: "Mother, brother, listen to me, this job is not suitable for me, and I want to continue high school and college, my brother has this job, our family will have no pressure, and when I graduate from college, I can find a good job and a high salary." Do you think it's okay? After speaking, Xia Lan looked at her mother and her brother.

"Little sister, I'm ......"

"Brother, don't you want me to study, do you? You've got eighteen dollars and a half a month's salary. Before Meng Xiaolei finished speaking, Xia Lan interrupted him and asked mischievously.

Meng Xiaolei hurriedly explained: "No, I'm not the little sister who meant that." ”

"Okay brother, hurry back to the house and have a good rest, and recuperate enough to report to the county seat tomorrow." Xia Lan pushed Meng Xiaolei and put him in the room.

"Hah...... Ah~ I'm so sleepy, mother, you go back to the house to sleep first, and I'll wash up," Xia Lan went out after speaking.

Wang Xiuyun looked at her daughter's appearance, chuckled, shook her head, and went back to the house.

After washing, I went back to the room and saw that her mother hadn't slept yet, so I blew the lamp and lay on the bed to chat with her mother, I ran for a day today, the original owner's health was too bad, and Xia Lan fell asleep after a while.

After Wang Xiuyun finished speaking, she saw that her daughter did not respond, and turned her head to find that her daughter was asleep, thinking that the days were finally a little hopeful, if the child's father was still there, it would be much better, and I don't know if the child's father is still there............