Soon the sun set in the western mountains, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Shumei and Wu Ju, who had been busy all day, packed up their things and went home.

In order to marry Shumei, the Zhang family owed a lot of debts, and Jizong worked harder than before, just to pay off the debts as soon as possible and let Shumei live a good life earlier.

The Zhang family is not rich, plus there is another mouth, and the days are becoming more and more bitter, and there are only a handful of rice in the porridge cooked at night, most of which are sweet potatoes, in order to wrap their stomachs, they can only use sweet potatoes as the staple food.

It was already dark, and Jizong had not finished his hard work for the day, just to burn more bricks and earn a few more cents.

Shumei wandered at the gate anxiously, looking forward to Jizong coming back for dinner, "Auntie, doesn't Jizong come back so late on weekdays?" ”

Wu Ju sat on the rattan chair in the hall, mending his clothes, and returned without raising his head: "I'm embarrassed to ask, my son is working so hard, it's not to pay off the debt I owe you when I marry you." ”

At this time, there were two dog barks outside the courtyard, and then Jizong entered the door, and Shumei stepped forward excitedly to greet him, "Jizong, you are finally back." ”

Jizong used his brick-stained hand to gently wrap his arms around Shumei's waist and entered the hall together. Shumei actively brought water to wash for Jizong, thoughtfully twisted a towel for Jizong, and when Jizong finished washing, the family sat down at the table together, and Shumei served dinner for everyone.

"Auntie, why are they all sweet potatoes?"

Jizong looked at the porridge with clear soup and little water, and he stirred it a few times with chopsticks, except for sweet potato fries or sweet potato fries. It was very different from what they usually ate, he thought it was Wu Ju doing it on purpose, so he slapped the chopsticks on the table dissatisfied, and complained angrily.

"Eat! Some of them are good to eat, the newly harvested millet has been handed over to the public grain, and there is not much left, so that it can barely last for a while, otherwise I am afraid that the pot will not be able to open after some time, and the money will be posted to your daughter-in-law. ”

Wu Ju saw Jizong's dissatisfaction, she was also angry, slapped the chopsticks in her hand on the table, and raised her voice and said.

Jizong was speechless, how could he forget this stubble for a while, his family is now in debt, where is there money to buy food. Isn't this the reason why I go out early and return late? He was a little embarrassed and overwhelmed.

Shumei lightly stepped on his foot and gave him a look. Only then did he pick up the chopsticks on the table again, bow his head and eat in a muffled voice.

When Shumei returned to the room after brushing the dishes, the two sat on the bed, and Jizong took Shumei's hand and said, "Shumei, I have wronged you, let you and I live a hard life." ”

"Jizong, I'm not wronged, I'm not afraid of hardship, as long as you're here, even if you eat chaff, you'll be happy."

Hearing Shumei say this, Jizong was very moved, and he gently took Shumei into his arms, "Shumei, don't worry, I will definitely redouble my efforts in the future and let you live a good life." ”

"I believe in you!"

The two chatted in the house, looking forward to a better future together, although Jizong had been working hard for a day, he was already very tired and tired, but he just liked to chat with Shumei, and always felt that there were endless words to say to Shumei.

After a while, the lights in the house went out, and no sound was heard. The night returned to its supposed silence, and only the faint croaking of insects was heard.

It's a new day......

In the five-story building next to the gas station, Ma Yaoxiang, a man who is running fast, is trying to escape his father's house arrest at the moment.

They are all men with three children, but they are still like teenagers who are ignorant and ignorant, idle, not doing their jobs, going out early every night, getting drunk and dreaming of death, and mingling with some young men and women in dance halls, bars, disco bars, roller skating rinks......

After returning from the hospital that day, Ma Jin wanted to beat this disloyal and unfilial rebel severely, but his wife obstructed it in every way, saying that it was such a big person, and she was afraid that Ma Yaoxiang would not have the face to go out to meet people in the future. He had no choice but to lock Ma Yaoxiang in his room and think about it behind closed doors, sharpening his temperament, lest he cause trouble again.

Today is Sunday, Ma Jin took his three grandsons to play chess in the courtyard, and it was his eldest grandson Ma Zhengfu who played against Ma Jin.

The Ma family is wealthy, and Ma Yaoxiang is the only son of the two elders, and the two elders have always been doted on, he has lived a life of fine clothes and food since he was a child, and has developed the habit of opening his mouth to stretch out his hands when he eats. So that when I grew up, I didn't have the ability to take care of myself at all, and I have been living a dazy life, and I am a 100% gnawing old man.

But such a prodigal son who does not learn and does not do his job, but he has three sons in a row, a virtuous wife and filial piety.

Especially the eldest son Ma Zhengfu, who is smart and wise, has good character and good looks, and is a rare talent. Not long ago, he was admitted to the best university in the city with the first grade in the county.

Ma Jin has always been proud of him, and every time he was half angry with his son Ma Yaoxiang, it was this eldest grandson who came to appease him with gentle words.

At this time, Ma Yaoxiang was practicing his eaves and wall walking technique, he forcibly pried open the window of his bedroom, changed into a set of leather clothes, combed his hair three or seven points and slipped it away, and secretly climbed out of the window. In order to slip out, he was also hard enough.

Ma Jin and Ma Zhengfu are both concentrating on studying the chess game, of course, they will not be distracted from other things. His trick of the golden cicada almost succeeded, but he didn't expect that it was his five-year-old third son who fell short in a desperate plan.

"Dad, what are you doing?"

His youngest son Ma Zhengshou was happily playing with the model airplane in the courtyard, but it was so coincidental that the model airplane fell on Ma Yaoxiang's windowsill, looking at Ma Yaoxiang who was crawling on the wall like Spider-Man, Ma Zhengshou asked curiously in his immature voice.

"Shh

Ma Yaoxiang kept gesturing to Ma Zhengshou and asked him not to speak. But Ma Zhengshou was only five years old after all, how could he not be curious about his abnormal behavior.

"Dad, are you playing Transformers? Dad is so amazing, grandpa, eldest brother, second brother, come here! Dad has become a Transformer, so amazing! ”

Ma Zhengfu kept clapping his hands and applauding, and loudly lured Ma Jin and the three of them over.

"I'll go, I'm really a cheating rabbit cub, but I'll make you miserable." Ma Yaoxiang muttered in an embarrassed whisper, wanting to climb back into the house before Ma Jin arrived. It's a pity that it was too late, Ma Jin and the others had already rushed downstairs. Seeing that Lao Tzu came to catch a positive one, Ma Yaoxiang smirked at Ma Jin with a hippie smile.

"Ma Yaoxiang, you, you, you, you ......"

Ma Jin was furious, he had already "exhausted Jiang Lang's talents", he had scolded all the things he should have scolded, and he could no longer find anything to scold. He thumped his chest and clutched his heart, almost dying.

"Grandpa, don't be angry, be careful of being angry." Ma Zhengfu hurriedly supported him and patted him on the chest to dissipate his breath.