Chapter 5 Paper-cutting
Unexpectedly, when Xiao Xichun heard that she couldn't sleep with Lin Miaoxiang, she suddenly cried aggrievedly. No matter how Wei Chunhua comforted her, she couldn't be coaxed.
Seeing this, Lin Miaoxiang put down her chopsticks dissatisfiedly and glared at Zhang Longfei angrily. "What about the child's dinner, why are you talking about this?"
"I..." Zhang Longfei didn't expect Xiao Xichun to react so strongly, not at all like her three sisters, so he had to smile helplessly and drink by himself.
Zhang Yuanchun seemed to hear Xiao Xichun's crying and hurriedly ran in. She saw that Xiao Xichun was crying a lot, so she hugged Xiao Xichun from her grandmother Wei Chunhua's arms and whispered a few words in her ear. Zhang Xichun stopped crying, broke into laughter, and walked out with her sister.
Wei Chunhua saw that Xiao Xichun followed her sister, and she had time to start eating. She raised her eyes and looked at Zhang Longfei opposite, and her heart moved, so she said: "Xiaofei, now that my grandson has also landed, it is finally a major event for our family." It's just that with more people comes more mouths, have you ever thought about what to do next? ”
"What to do? Farm well and go up every day. ”
"Don't be poor, talk to your mother well." Lin Miaoxiang saw Zhang Longfei's flamboyant tongue, and hurriedly stopped.
Zhang Longfei picked a piece of fat meat and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it with satisfaction. After a while, he said intermittently: "Mom, you don't have to worry about this, as long as I am here, I won't let you go hungry." ”
"It's not me, it's the kids. The children are getting older day by day, and there are more places to use money. Tanchun is going to elementary school next semester, and the tuition and miscellaneous fees of the three sisters add up to a lot of money. ”
Hearing Wei Chunhua say this, Zhang Longfei suddenly stopped talking, frowned slightly, and slowly chewed the fat in his mouth, as if thinking about something.
Wei Chunhua glanced at Zhang Longfei and continued: "I think so, why don't you go to the town to find your brother-in-law." Let's bow our heads and accompany him, and continue to work on his construction site, then at least the tuition fees for a few children are enough. ”
"If I don't go, it's not me who is wrong, why should I compensate him?" Zhang Longfei looked indignant.
Lin Miaoxiang saw it on the side, for fear that their mother and son would quarrel, so she whispered: "Mom, let's eat first, the food is going to be cold." Let's go back to that. ”
Wei Chunhua saw Lin Miaoxiang say this, so she didn't say anything more. She sighed slightly, stunned for a moment, and then slowly began to eat.
Xiao Xichun was coaxed by her sister Zhang Yuanchun to go to her grandmother's room to sleep after all. Zhang Xichun's milk voice was missing in the room, and Lin Miaoxiang was still a little unaccustomed.
Not long after, Zhang Longfei also walked into the bedroom with a full burp. At a glance, he saw Lin Miaoxiang half-lying at the head of the bed, frowning slightly, as if she was thinking about her mind faintly.
Seeing this, Zhang Longfei walked over with the pu fan and lay sideways beside Lin Miaoxiang. He shook the fan gently, and a gust of wind blew slowly. Zhang Longfei didn't speak, just stared at Lin Miaoxiang beside him leisurely.
Lin Miaoxiang knew Zhang Longfei's thoughts, and after a little sum of her heart, she said softly: "Husband, I think what my mother said is also right." Anyway, it's all for the sake of the child, why don't I accompany you to find your brother-in-law another day? ”
"What are you looking for him? How so? Do you want me to tell him that you, Wei Zhongsheng, did the right thing? You are a rich man, it is natural to keep a lover? Speaking of this, Zhang Longfei couldn't help but sneer, and his face flashed with a look of disdain.
"Hey..."Lin Miaoxiang sighed slightly, "My sister is a divorced person, and her psychology is already very fragile." If this marriage fails again, what would it be? ”
"How is it good? Away from the best. ”
"Alright, alright, don't raise the bar with me." Lin Miaoxiang suddenly became a little impatient, "Hey, my sister really doesn't know what kind of evil she has created, touching these people?" ”
"What iniquity is made? I think you should give your sister a mirror. Zhang Longfei said suddenly.
"Are you finished? How to speak? Lin Miaoxiang suddenly became angry and pushed Zhang Longfei beside her fiercely.
Zhang Longfei saw that Lin Miaoxiang was really angry, and hurriedly said with a smile: "It's over, it's over, don't say it, don't say it." After a while, Zhang Longfei said coldly: "If your sister had half of you, she wouldn't have fallen to the point where she is today." ”
"You still say?"
"I'm complimenting you."
"It's not okay to praise me."
"Okay, okay, I'll shut up, I'll shut up." Zhang Longfei hurriedly snorted, perfunctory to Lin Miaoxiang.
At this time, Zhang Longfei moved his body and suddenly found that he still had something in his trouser pocket. He reached out and saw that it was the empty can. I've been so busy these past few days that I've forgotten that it's still in my pocket.
Zhang Longfei did nothing to do and gently turned the can in his hand, looking at it carefully. At this time, he seemed to have a heart move, jumped up suddenly, and laughed stupidly at Lin Miaoxiang on the bed.
Lin Miaoxiang was taken aback by Zhang Longfei's cold move. She glared at Zhang Longfei angrily and didn't speak, wanting to see what kind of crazy he was smoking.
Zhang Longfei looked for a pair of scissors, and cut open the can after dividing it by two. He cut off his head and tail in a hurry, and the crumpled can turned into a thin sheet of iron paper.
"Say, wife, flowers, birds, insects, and fish, you can choose one." Zhang Longfei said proudly at Lin Miaoxiang.
Lin Miaoxiang understood Zhang Longfei's intentions. She knew that Zhang Longfei cut a good piece of paper. After the paper-cutting by his hands, all of them are vivid and lifelike.
"Hurry up, wife, I can't wait." Zhang Longfei squeezed his eyebrows and teased his eyes, and urged with the scissors dancing with a click.
"You'd better cut me some money." Lin Miaoxiang deliberately bluffed her face, frowned slightly, and didn't look at Zhang Longfei's smugness.
Zhang Longfei was stunned for a moment. His originally smug smile instantly froze on his face. He looked at Lin Miaoxiang in surprise, his mouth was wide open, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
Early the next morning, the sky was bright, and Lin Miaoxiang opened her eyes leisurely. She saw that Zhang Longfei had already gotten up and left, and knew that he had gone to work in the fields, so she couldn't help but sigh slightly.
Lin Miaoxiang turned over lightly and looked sideways at the baby beside her. The baby was asleep, and his long eyelashes drew two graceful arcs on his chubby face. The red lips twitched from time to time, as if to savor the sweetness of the milk. After a few days, the baby in front of me has completely changed. The wrinkled skin has become plump, and the body that was a little deformed has gradually returned to normal and looks better. Lin Miaoxiang lowered her eyes and stared at the baby quietly, her heart was full of love, and she couldn't help but gently caress the child's face with her hand.
At the age of 19, Lin Miaoxiang ignored the opposition of her parents and resolutely married Zhang Longfei under the guidance of others. In the spring of the second year, she successfully gave birth to her daughter Zhang Yuanchun. Lin Miaoxiang, a first-time mother, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and took care of her own flesh and blood in every possible way. It's just that after a long time, Lin Miaoxiang realized what a wretched thing it was to give birth to a daughter in the small village of Zhangjiakeng.
But God didn't fulfill people's wishes, and the second, third and fourth daughters squeezed into the house one after another, which made Lin Miaoxiang very annoyed. Although it is impossible for Zhang Longfei to complain about her, and her mother-in-law Wei Chunhua is also very open-minded, saying that male and female babies are treasures, but the gossip of the people in the village still makes Lin Miaoxiang depressed from time to time.
Now that Lin Miaoxiang finally gave birth to a son to Zhang Longfei, it stands to reason that she should be relieved and unload the burden on her heart, but Lin Miaoxiang looked at the sleeping baby, but a faint worry flashed in her heart.
"Mommy, Mommy." Xiao Xichun's voice suddenly came in from outside the door. Just before Lin Miaoxiang could respond, she only heard a "bang", and her youngest daughter Zhang Xichun slammed the door in.
"Tap, my brother is sleeping." Lin Miaoxiang hurriedly turned around and said softly.
"Oh." Xiao Xichun just answered softly, then turned over to the bed, lifted the mosquito net and got in. She lay quietly beside Lin Miaoxiang, constantly rubbing her mother's arm with her hand.
"Mom, I dreamed of you last night."
Lin Miaoxiang laughed when she heard this, quickly turned around, gently touched Zhang Xichun's hair, and asked softly, "Oh, is it?" What is my little beauty dreaming of her mother? For the little daughter in front of her, Lin Miaoxiang loves her very much, and always feels that she can see the shadow of her childhood in her.
Xiao Xichun lowered her eyebrows, pouted, and said in a low voice: "Mom, you and Dad have a younger brother, don't you want me?" Zhang Xichun looked very sad, not at all like a four-year-old child.
"How so? Why doesn't my mother want me to cherish spring? You'll always be my little cutie. With that, Lin Miaoxiang stretched out her arm and hugged Zhang Xichun in her arms.
"The second sister secretly whispered it in my ear when she was sleeping last night. She said that if your mother has a younger brother, she doesn't want me to sleep with you, and you won't want me anymore. The more Xiao Xichun spoke, the more sad she became, and her tears almost flowed.
"The second sister is talking nonsense, and my mother will criticize her later. Xichun will always be my daughter, how could I not want you? The reason why I take my younger brother to sleep is because I hope that my younger brother will grow up sooner so that he can play games with you. ”
Hearing her mother say this, Zhang Xichun suddenly burst into tears and laughed, shouting happily, saying that she wanted to watch her younger brother sleep.
At this time, Lin Miaoxiang raised her eyelids, but inadvertently saw that there were 5 copper coin-sized things on the bedside table. Lin Miaoxiang was very curious, she clearly remembered that the bedside table was empty when she slept last night. Thinking of this, she rolled over and got up, reached out and grabbed it to take a look.
It turned out to be five paper cutouts in the shape of ancient coins, all of which were cut out of tin sheets of cans. When Lin Miaoxiang saw it, she immediately smiled. She knew that these must have been cut by Zhang Longfei last night while she was asleep. When she carefully looked at these paper cuts, Lin Miaoxiang's face was full of happiness.