Wu Sifu's second cousin's surname is Tang, and his mother is the sister of Wu Sifu's grandfather, and Wu Sifu's father is a cousin, and the relationship has always been good. When Wu Sifu's father was alive, their family was close to the second cousin's family, and they were very affectionate during the New Year's holidays and birthdays.

When Wu Sifuniang was sick, the second cousin saw that their family was stretched, so she lent them her family's savings of 30,000 yuan. When Wu Sifu's father died, he specially explained to Wu Sifu, saying that the second cousin's family had a debt of 30,000 yuan, and if he had the money, he should return it to the second cousin in time.

Seeing his second cousin today, Wu Sifu felt a thrill, could it be that his second cousin came to ask him for money?

The second cousin didn't want money directly, so she had to take Wu Sifu's words: "Now they all use plastic baskets and cantones, who still uses bamboo products?" ”

Wu Sifu chatted with his second cousin without a match, thinking to himself, his family borrowed the money from his second cousin, and if he has money to pay it back, he should have an attitude if he has no money.

Thinking of this, Wu Sifu said to his second cousin: "Second cousin, our family borrowed 30,000 yuan from you, and you have to give two years of grace." At the moment, I don't come out yet. ”

As soon as the second cousin heard Wu Sifu say what he wanted to say in his heart, she saved herself the embarrassment of saying it, and said bluntly: "I came to you today to talk about this money." I know your family's situation, and as such, I shouldn't have rushed you. However, your cousin Zhu recently bought a house in the provincial capital, and the down payment is still very short. I have to ask you. ”

"Cousin Bamboo wants to buy a house?" Wu Sifu repeated.

The second cousin saw Wu Sifu frowning, and couldn't bear to ask again. I had to say: "Sifu, see if you can think of a way." If you can raise money, you call me, I'll call your cousin Bamboo to pick it up, or you can go to the bank and transfer it to her. ”

"Ugh." Wu Sifu replied.

Looking at the back of the second cousin, Wu Sifu muttered: "Thirty thousand, thirty thousand." "Where did these 30,000 come from? I'm scared to death.

Wu Sifu stored the unsold bamboo baskets and bamboo sieves in Boss Zhang's restaurant in the town and went home happily.

When he returned home, the house was deserted, and Wu Sifu was in a sad mood. He sat down on the bamboo chair, took out a cigarette and sucked it up desperately, and circles of smoke spread out in the room. He was too lazy to cook, and he didn't have the heart to cook, and the "cluck, quack" chickens and ducks that came back outside surrounded him and barked. Wu Sifu was distraught and took out a bamboo pole from the corner of the door to drive the chickens and ducks out of the door.

After smoking a cigarette, Wu Sifu felt his stomach croak. People are iron and rice are steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic. He had to get up and go to the stove to make a fire and cook.

At this moment, the phone rang. Wu Sifu took out the phone and saw that it was the phone number that made him excited. He hurriedly connected, and a joyful voice came from the other end of the phone: "Sifu, I will come back on New Year's Day after the end of December." ”

When Wu Sifu heard that Pingping was coming back, the haze in his heart disappeared in an instant. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and hurriedly told Pingping: "Okay, good." Train tickets must buy sleeper tickets, it is not yet the Spring Festival, it should be good to buy tickets. You buy a ticket and tell me the specific time, and I will pick you up in the county seat. ”

As soon as she heard that Wu Sifu was going to pick him up in the county seat, Zhang Pingping on the other end of the phone was happy in her heart, and the emotions of the years were intertwined in an instant, and the feelings of the old husband and wife were really strong.

Wu Sifu said to Pingping again: "I will kill the New Year's pig at the end of the month, you came back just in time, there are delicious things waiting for you." By the way, are you waiting for you to come back to marinate the bacon, or will I ask the third aunt to help marinate? ”

Pingping said: "If I come back, it will take too long." Let's ask the third aunt to help you get it. ”

Wu Sifu originally wanted to pour out the bitterness of his second cousin's asking for money with Pingping, and wanted to talk about the distress of not being able to repay the money, but when he thought of Pingping, it was because of the borrowing of money that he had a conflict with himself.

Forget it, let's figure it out for ourselves. Who calls himself a man?

After Wu Sifu answered Pingping's call, he was full of strength. He quickly cooked the rice, fried the vegetables, and cooked the pig food while eating, and after a while, all the household chores were done.

In the afternoon, Wu Sifu was idle, so he came to Uncle Wu's house and discussed with Uncle Wu about killing pigs at the end of the month.

As soon as he arrived in the courtyard of Third Uncle Wu, Wu Sifu saw Shen Jun, the third brother of Shen Jun, whom he hadn't seen for several years. Shen Jun has a melon seed face, a tall and thin man, not a few years younger than Wu Sifu, and is the son of Shen Boniang who was born at the age of forty.

When it comes to Shen Jun, it's a long story. In the later work of poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation, he used his wild strength to play tricks and tricks, which made Tang Xiaohong suffer a lot. That's an afterword.

Shen San is not Shen Boniang's biological son. In the 60s, there was a famine, and Shen San begged for food from the neighboring county to Zhu County. Begging all the way along Zhuxian County to Zhulin Village. At that time, Shen Boniang gave birth to 4 daughters in a row and did not give birth to a son, and the neighbors were very disdainful of Shen Boniang.

Shen San was not called Shen San before, and he himself didn't know who his previous surname was. Someone on the team saw Shen San who was dying of hunger by Shen Boniang's bamboo forest, and saw that he was a boy with a well-behaved appearance, so he asked Shen Bo to take him home and feed him. Shen Bo then named him Shen San.

When Shen San went to Uncle Shen's house, he was about 10 years old, with a well-rounded appearance, a tall and thin body, and a spiritual light shining in his eyes. Although Shen Sanniang wanted a son, she didn't want to see Shen San, who was not her own.

Although she didn't scold Shen San, she never gave him a good face, and she kept a straight face when she was a little unsatisfactory, and the ten-year-old Shen San was ridiculed in Uncle Shen's house, wearing the old clothes that Uncle Shen wore naturally, and eating leftovers, a piece of clothing that was hot in winter, and he could be bareback in summer, and he washed and dried quickly. There is no way to do it in winter, so I have to wear it for a winter. But Shen San felt that it was better than him wandering outside begging for food.

What's more, when Shen San was growing up, he wanted to eat salty meals. He often added a little salt to the tasteless corn paste and porridge, and even if there was no vegetables, it took a little effort to eat them.

Shen Boniang discovered Shen San's secret, so she quietly replaced salt with laundry detergent. Shen San accidentally ate laundry detergent, and the diarrhea did not stop, almost killing him. Shen Boniang said in a weird manner on the side: "I like to eat it, is it good to eat now?" ”

Strange to say, a few years after Shen San went to Uncle Shen's house, Uncle Shen actually got pregnant again and gave birth to her son Shen Jun at the age of 40. At that time, Uncle Shen and Uncle Shen were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, Uncle Shen was in tears, and the old Shen family finally had a future.

Shen San knew that his good days were over. He thought that Uncle Shen and Uncle Shen were going to drive him away, so he worked more diligently. He felt that as long as he could stay in this house, he could be a cow or a horse.

Shen San understood that he was not Shen Jun's own brother, so he kept his distance from Shen Jun since he was a child. In addition, the family treats Shen Jun as a baby bump, and he has no chance to take care of his younger brother.

Shen Jun has become the heart of Uncle Shen and Uncle Shen, what he wants to eat and want, Uncle Shen and Uncle Shen should be satisfied.

Shen Jun has lived in carefree since he was a child, arrogant and savage, and never regards Shen San as his brother. Fighting and playing with his companions, every time a neighbor or aunt came to complain, Shen Bo always had to beat Shen Jun's ass with bamboo strips. At this time, Shen Boniang stopped in front of Shen Jun and always scolded Shen Bo in a procrastinating tone: "Think about it, how many people are in your old Shen family?" ”

Uncle Shen threw away the strip, trembled his hands, pointed at Uncle Shen and said, "The good son you taught will become a loser one day." Since then, Shen Jun has developed the problem of idleness, not learning and no skills.

Shen San grew up and married his wife Li Dacui, but fortunately, Li Dacui did not dislike it; When the family was separated, only one pot, two bowls, and half a room were given, and life was almost unbearable. Fortunately, thanks to the help of the neighbors on the left and right, coupled with Shen San's hard work and willingness to work, life gradually improved. Li Dacui was obsessed with this, and until Shen Bo and Shen Boniang died, Li Dacui refused to forgive them. Of course, Shen Jun is not welcome.

Later, Shen Boniang and Shen Bo died one after another, and Shen Jun, who was in his twenties, suddenly lost his support, guarding two wooden houses, and lived a lonely life alone.

At the end of the 90s, Shen Jun bid farewell to the mountains, left the lonely wooden house, and went south to Guangdong with the army of migrant workers, and he went for many years.

One year, in the lunar month, he suddenly returned to his almost dilapidated wooden house with a beautiful woman with a Liujia accent and a Hunan accent. Uncle Wu and other neighbors were busy cleaning up the house for him, and gave him rice, flour, oil, and quilts, so that he could live his life first. Li Dacui saw that he was going through the days, and he also helped.

In the spring of the following year, a Hunan woman gave birth to a white and chubby daughter. During confinement, it is common for young women to do laundry and take care of children. Aunt Wu took care of the young woman, saying that the woman should have a good life and rest during the confinement period, eat well, dress warmly, and do not use cold water.

The young woman heard Aunt Wu's concern, and the two lines of tears fell straight down like beads of broken threads, choking and choking. Aunt Wu hurriedly comforted. The young woman said, "There is no meat or eggs at home, and there is no meat to eat. Aunt Wu said angrily: "Tell Shen Jun to go to Shuangjiang Town to buy it." ”

"He has no money in his pocket, and he fishes all day long, how can he be counted on." The young woman cried hopelessly. Aunt Wu was soft-hearted, and after sighing, she gave the young woman noodles and eggs.

After Shen Jun came back, when he saw the noodles and eggs, not only was he not grateful, but he stood in the yard and scolded, saying that his own girls don't need you to pretend to take care of them; If one day, my mothers believe that you provoke and run away, they will definitely not be able to spare you.

The people in the courtyard no longer dared to approach the young woman; The young woman had no face to see people, and she didn't dare to engage with the people in the courtyard, and since then she has lived a semi-solitary life.

And suddenly one day a great crowd came to the courtyard. Everyone was busy greeting, and it turned out to be the young woman's Hunan mother's family who came to the door.

The young woman's father was menacing and scolded, saying that Shen Jun had abducted his daughter and put her under house arrest in the mountains. Today, in any case, the daughter and granddaughter will be taken away.

Shen Jun crossed his hands on his waist, blocking in front of the paint-mottled door, with a fierce spirit, and let out cruel words, whoever dares to walk into this house today, either you die or I die, I will see which one dares to take them away.

This matter spread quickly, and Shen Jun's sister and brother-in-law somehow got the letter and rushed over quickly. Everyone persuaded each other with good words, and went to Li Dacui's house to cook mash eggs for the guests from afar as snacks. But the young woman's father did not eat oil and salt, did not eat a mouthful of food, did not drink a drop of water, and said that he would take away his daughter and granddaughter.

"What do you think Shen Jun looks like, he doesn't do his job all day long, his family is so poor that he can't open the pot and doesn't go out to find food and drink, and my daughter can't starve to death with him?" The young woman's father said loudly in a thick lake accent.

The young woman hid in the hut and did not dare to come out, so she had to wash her face with tears.

Uncle Wu saw that the two sides were arguing, so he had to mediate. He summoned the young woman's father and relatives to his house, and called the young woman over and asked her if she would like to live with Shen Jun. The young woman was silent and burst into tears.

Uncle Wu felt that the young woman's father was reasonable, they were all parents, who didn't feel sorry for their children? called Shen Jun and persuaded: "Shen Jun, what people say is the truth. Well, you let them go back to their parents' house. You can do something at home, or go out to work, earn some money on your body, and then bring the mother and daughter back. ”

With nothing to do, Shen Jun had to let his wife and children follow his father-in-law back to his parents' house. But this time, the young woman and her daughter never returned.

After Shen Jun stayed at home for a while, he had to go to Guangdong to work again. Later, he brought back two women one after another, but they didn't stay with him long before leaving. His two wooden houses just stood alone in the wind and rain, bearing the baptism of vicissitudes of time.

Wu Sifu and Shen Jun stood in the courtyard, looking at the crumbling wooden house, sighing.