Chapter 397: The Third Grandmother Dies
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"This is also a little bit of the children's own mind, and it is not a valuable thing, what is good or bad, what you said is too serious, they just want to do their part, they don't want to take advantage of others in vain, and be poked in the backbone." Xie Xiaonian said sarcastically.
"My family doesn't have that much money to prepare gifts, and with that money, I might as well buy one to eat at home!" Luo Li saw that she couldn't take advantage of it, so she pouted and said.
"Then you can go to the county seat to buy it, and I won't delay your time." After speaking, Xie Xiaonian took the children to the master's house.
As for what Luo Li said unrelentingly in the back, Xie Xiaonian didn't pay attention to it at all, this kind of jumping clown is not worth her care about at all.
"Did you just talk to Lori outside? I seem to hear her voice, what's wrong? Did she say anything sour again? After entering the door, Zhu Yufang asked.
"Didn't Apple celebrate a birthday a few days ago and give some cake to the kids? Her children didn't get it, so they turned red and stopped me from taking advantage. Xie Xiaonian shrugged and said.
"She's like that, she wants to get a piece of the pie to see who has something good, just ignore her."
"yes, I know." Xie Xiaonian smiled and continued.
In a blink of an eye, the day came to the beginning of the lunar month, Xie Xiaonian thought that he didn't go home for the New Year last year, so he asked Xu Zhongjun: "Can you have a holiday for the New Year this year?" Can we go home for the New Year? ”
In June, Zhongjun was injured and recuperated for a period of time, and Xie Xiaonian was really not sure if he was still on vacation at this time.
"Yes, I haven't taken my vacation this year, and I've already reported going home for the New Year." Xu Zhongjun said affirmatively.
"Really? That's great! Xie Xiaonian said happily.
Compared with being in the army, Xie Xiaonian still likes to go home for the New Year, how good it is for the family to be lively together.
"Of course it's true, the time I took off before was because I had to recuperate from my injuries, and the army gave me a vacation, which was not included in my vacation, I still wanted to surprise you, you yourself asked first, but I can't take a complete vacation until the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month."
"Twenty-four is twenty-four, as long as you don't delay going home for the New Year." Xie Xiaonian said indifferently.
"This year, not only are we going home for the New Year, but the chief's family is also going home for the New Year."
"His family really should go back, I heard Shuqin's sister-in-law say that they haven't been back for two years, but Chunping's sister-in-law's house shouldn't go back, this year He Hongmei came to the army to make such a fuss, they definitely don't want to go back to their hometown." Xie Xiaonian guessed.
"It's true that they won't go back, but it's just right that no one in our team is watching."
"Can Dabao go back? If we could, we would go back together, so that he would be alone. Xie Xiaonian then asked.
"Dabao can't go back for the Chinese New Year, but he will have a holiday in the spring next year, and he can go home. It doesn't matter if he celebrates the New Year in the army, there are so many people in the army, and it is very lively to celebrate the New Year together, and he is not alone. Xu Zhongjun comforted.
"That's okay, anyway, he lived in the army last year, so he should be able to get used to it."
"By the way, today I received a letter from a subordinate from before, saying that Lin Min was on the farm, and because he couldn't eat enough, he made another mistake." Xu Zhongjun said.
"What's the matter? Isn't someone like her supposed to be watched? What could she do? It can't be stealing the country's food, right? Xie Xiaonian asked suspiciously.
"How can the country's food be stolen when she says she will steal, she exchanged her body for food and was caught." Xu Zhongjun whispered to Xie Xiaonian.
"In order to have enough to eat, she really went out." Xie Xiaonian said disdainfully.
But this is exactly the result she wants, the more miserable Lin Min is, the happier she is.
"Isn't it? And no matter how you criticize her? She has been taught repeatedly, as if she is addicted, and she is completely ruined. ”
"That's what she deserves, there are so many female prisoners over there, how can she do such a thing, it can only show that she is not ashamed, what? Do you still sympathize with her? Xie Xiaonian glanced at Xu Zhongjun and said in a strange manner.
And she absolutely doesn't admit that Lin Min's approach is related to her medicine, Lin Min is in this situation now, it is completely her own choice, and no one forces her.
"Of course not, how could I possibly sympathize with her? I'm not fed. Xu Zhongjun hurriedly explained.
"That's good, by the way, how is her brother, her brother reported so many bad things to her father, it can be regarded as a meritorious service, there should be a reward, right? She is living like this now, does she also have the credit of her brother? Xie Xiaonian guessed.
"That's not true, originally I wanted to reward her brother, but maybe her brother was tired of that kind of depressing life, so he only received some monetary rewards, and went back to his hometown to farm, saying that he wanted to guard the graves of his grandparents and his mother, so that he could feel comfortable."
"Ah, it's a pity, if someone like her brother becomes an official, maybe he can really do something to benefit the people. By the way, didn't you say that her brother was married? is also married to her mother's niece, this woman is willing to go home with him to farm? Xie Xiaonian said in disbelief.
"As soon as Lin Min's father was sentenced, this woman was afraid of being implicated, so she divorced her brother, fortunately the two had no children, otherwise it would be troublesome."
"It's okay to leave, this woman is a pawn of Lin Min and her mother, even if there is no Lin Minniang, they should not be able to become a normal husband and wife, now Lin Min and her brother are in their thirties, but they have money in their hands, and they should be able to find a daughter-in-law in the countryside, and when the time comes, they will have a few more children and live a peaceful life in their hometown, which is also a good ending."
Although some people will say that it will be a little unworthy to take their lives in order to avenge their mother, and his mother will be unhappy when she sees it underground.
But when he is in that position, if he doesn't want to avenge his mother and enjoy everything his father gave him with peace of mind, it is no different from a white-eyed wolf.
On the contrary, such flesh-and-blood people are even more admirable.
As the saying goes, after Laba is the New Year, after the family happily finished eating Laba rice in the space, Xie Xiaonian packed up a bunch of New Year's goods and asked Xu Zhongjun to send them back to his hometown, saving money for the family to buy them when the time comes.
Especially things like kelp, seaweed, and dried shrimp can't be bought by the hometown supply and marketing cooperative.
"Mom, is this the dress you made for grandma? It's so beautiful. Pancake looked at Xie Xiaonian's hand, embroidered with leaves, and said enviously.
"That's right, this is for your grandmother, and after you've finished making the clothes for your grandfather, uncle, third grandmother and other elders, your mother will make it for you." Xie Xiaonian said with a smile.
With her current craft, simply embroidering something on her clothes is no problem.
"Really? That's great. Pancake said happily.
"Mom, why do you embroider all the leaves, no flowers? Haven't you learned to embroider yet? Pancake asked, confused.
"I learned, but your grandmother and her sisters are older, and the embroidery is not suitable." Xie Xiaonian explained simply.
In fact, Xie Xiaonian was afraid that people would catch something, so he didn't dare to embroider.
After all, at this time, the flowers planted in front of and behind every house were eradicated by the Red Guards, and who dared to go out in clothes with flowers, that is the style of capitalism.
"Is that a child's clothes able to have flowers, I see that Huanhuan's clothes have flowers on them, Mom, can you also make me one with flowers?" Peace asked.
"Yes, mom will embroider a flower for you when the time comes."
Xie Xiaonian felt that peace was very warm and sunny, and it was perfect to embroider sunflowers on his clothes.
And like sunflowers, as well as chrysanthemums, leek flowers, dandelions, etc., they are often exposed to poor and middle peasants, and there is nothing for children to wear out.
"Mom, I want it too, I want it too." Not to be outdone, Pancake said.
"Okay, Mom will make one for you when the time comes." Xie Xiaonian said with a smile, and then lowered his head and went to work on himself.
"Xiao Nian, do you know? There are rumors out there that if you want to be friends with your child, you have to give your child a gift. ”
On this day, when Xie Xiaonian was practicing embroidery at home, Chen Xiuhong said angrily after entering the door.
"What do you mean?" Xie Xiaonian is now learning embroidery with his master all day long, and even has fewer gatherings with Wu Shuqin, Zhang Chunping and others, and he really doesn't know what gossip is in the compound.
"It's not that Luo Li who passed it on, she also said that you said it yourself, you still want her family's seven children to give gifts to Heping, and you don't look at her family's poverty like that, who can look at her family's things." Chen Xiuhong said indignantly.
"Oh, that's what happened."
"What the hell is going on? She said bad things about you to many people, and said that your family's family style is not good. ”
"Didn't I make a cake for Apple's birthday before, and she found out and asked me why Apple didn't call her children for her birthday, and wanted me to give her some cakes for her to take home for the children to eat. I saw that her tone was very bad, so I said no, and when Apple celebrates Apple's birthday next year, I can call a few of her children, but when others come to my house to celebrate Apple's birthday, they all give small gifts, so I asked what she is going to give at that time. Xie Xiaonian explained nonchalantly.
"I knew she was taking advantage of you and deliberately ruining your reputation."
"Forget it, leave her alone, anyway, what kind of person I am, what kind of person she is, everyone knows, I just have a clear conscience."
"But there are a lot of people out there who have heard her!" Chen Xiuhong said with some worry.
"People just want to see jokes, so they don't debunk her, if I really go to reason with Luo Li, then let others see jokes, it's better to ignore them, the rumors stop at the wise, everyone has a pole in their hearts, we don't care about her, this kind of person, the more she cares about her, the happier she is."
Xie Xiaonian felt that with that time, she might as well practice her embroidery.
Just as the two were talking, they saw Xu Zhongjun suddenly come back.
"Xiao Nian, the third grandmother has passed away!"