Zhou Lanxiang ate a bowl of fragrant and sticky millet porridge and two boiled eggs, washed it with the warm water brought to the kang by Xiaoshan, and lay down comfortably in the quilt, smiling and praising him for being good at cooking and caring.

Xiaoshan blushed a little, but when he was praised by his sister, he couldn't help but be happy: "Aunt Zhao taught me that it is not difficult to boil porridge." "His bowl of polenta in the morning was still boiled, and now he can boil it so well, he also thinks he is quite good.

"Sister, when you were asleep, Aunt Zhao Si and Aunt Pole came seven or eight people before and after, and they all brought things. I know that you didn't come into the house when you fell asleep, and I kept the account, and I will read it to you tomorrow. "This is the custom in the tunzi, whoever has a daughter-in-law in confinement or has a miscarriage, the neighbors who have a good relationship will bring something to see.

In the past, everything was collected by Wang Xu's family, and she didn't see it either, and when she returned the favor, she didn't know who she wanted to repay, and she didn't know how much she owed, which also made everyone think she was stingy, so after two miscarriages, there were fewer neighbors who walked around with her.

Looks like we'll have to find a chance to talk to everyone about this. Zhou Lanxiang nodded to Xiaoshan while thinking, and then remembered that she was still illiterate.

Because of her mother's strong opposition, she didn't go to school for a day, and later came to the city to work as a nanny, so she learned to read and write with Teacher Sun: "Xiaoshan, when you finish the exam, teach your sister to read and write." "Not only do you learn it yourself, but Han Jin also has to learn it.

This kid didn't study well when he went to school, and when he got to the fourth grade of primary school, he said that he wouldn't go to anything, so angry that his grandfather chased him with a cigarette bag and pot, but that didn't beat him to school, and he still watched helplessly as he dropped out of school.

Later, he was released from prison to do business, because his education level was too low, he couldn't read all the words, and he had to do a lot of things hard at first, and he was almost deceived several times.

That was when he had already found them with a small achievement, and I don't know how much he suffered from being uneducated when he was just released from prison.

Xiaoshan was very happy, and also thought of his mother's refusal to let his two sisters go to school: "I will teach you secretly, and I won't let my mother know!" Then I remembered what happened in the afternoon, "The eldest brother came in the afternoon, and my mother just wanted to scold you, so I let the eldest brother carry it back!" ”

Zhou Lanxiang was surprised: "Carried it back?" "Her big brother who is as honest as a lump of wood, also has such a time?

Xiaoshan was happy to say this: "Hmm! The mother walked halfway to let the eldest brother catch up, and if she couldn't stop it, she carried it back! Sister, the eldest brother told me, let you take care of your body with peace of mind, don't worry about your mother, he won't let your mother come to you. He also said that he would come to see you when you were better, and gave me two yuan to go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy you canned food to eat! ”

The canned oranges and canned yellow peaches of the supply and marketing cooperatives do not require tickets, which is the best thing that the elderly and children in rural areas can eat.

Zhou Lanxiang was moved in her heart, her eldest brother has been honest and diligent all her life, and everyone wants to take care of her, but in the end, he didn't take care of anyone.

His parents scolded him for having no conscience, his sister-in-law scolded him for having no ability, and even their sisters and brothers finally felt that the eldest brother was afraid of his daughter-in-law, and he couldn't count on it.

But in retrospect, the eldest brother didn't take care of them in the first few years, but then the family situation got worse and worse, the parents made the family poorer and poorer, the relationship between the eldest brother and the sister-in-law couldn't be worse, and the children took medicine all year round, and the eldest brother really couldn't take care of anyone.

Now although she feels that her eldest brother can't stop her mother, Zhou Lanxiang is very happy with his heart: "Xiaoshan, you return the money to the eldest brother tomorrow, and then give the eldest girl and the second girl a chicken leg." ”

The eldest girl and the second girl are the two little nieces of the eldest brother's family, the two children can't eat enough all the year round, Zhang Guirong is patriarchal, so they don't work less, the two little girls are thin and small, and they don't grow up when they grow up, and then the big girl is seriously ill and delays treatment......

Zhou Lanxiang felt distressed when she thought about her two little nieces.

Xiaoshan also felt sorry for his little niece, but he was unwilling to give the chicken legs: "That's for you!" No one can eat it! Then he added, "If Brother Jin knows, he will definitely be angry!" ”

Zhou Lanxiang is right to think about it, Han Jin's stubborn temper, she still don't provoke it: "Then you give the money to the eldest brother first, and tell him that I don't lack it now, and then ask him when I am lacking." ”

Xiaoshan thinks about it, if he doesn't let his sister-in-law know, the family will have to make trouble again.

The sister and brother talked for a while, Zhou Lanxiang was sleepy again, before going to bed, she watched Xiaoshan reading under the dim kerosene lamp, the thin little boy, his nose and eyes were beautiful and vibrant, and he was not stained with the decadence and sorrow of his previous life, she closed her eyes softly in her heart: "Xiaoshan, sleep after watching for a while, don't be tired of your eyes." ”

The next day, Zhou Lanxiang really lived the life of sitting in Xiaoyuezi, Xiaoshan insisted that she eat millet porridge and two eggs at every meal, and she had to eat a few pieces of chicken and drink a bowl of chicken soup.

Fortunately, it was already frozen, and the chicken they stewed yesterday could sit for several days.

And she was not allowed to touch any coarse grain: "Aunt Pole, they all said that you lost a lot in the past, and if you don't raise it well, you will definitely be the root of the disease in the future!" ”

Zhou Lanxiang thought about it, in her previous life—after a few days of digestion and confirmation, she had confirmed that those in her dream were her past lives—she had never been in good health, or she couldn't have been angry in the end and never got up again.

The doctors who rescued her said that she was too bad to bear the blow. If she thinks about it carefully, there are reasons for being drugged, and the most important thing is that her body has lost too much.

Zhou Lanxiang simply listened to Xiaoshan's and honestly raised her body at home.

Zhang Guirong really didn't come to her to settle accounts, her father Zhou Baotian came to visit, went to the room for a long time, and when he came out, he was angry and wanted to clean up Zhou Lanxiang.

When Zhou Lanxiang heard that he was coming, she asked Xiaoshan to plug the door, her father scolded her outside the door, shouting that she wanted to go into the house and drag her to kneel down to her in-laws to admit her mistake, but she just didn't open the door: "Dad, I'm sitting in Xiaoyuezi, why do you have to come in?" How bad it is for people to see! Let's talk about what to do when I'm out of confinement! ”

Zhou Baotian's face was so red that he couldn't scold her anymore, his head was so low that he almost stuck it in his crotch, and ran home covering his face.

Xiaoshan laughed in the room, laughing and giving his sister a thumbs up, this trick worked too well for their old-fashioned father!

Zhou Baotian didn't clean her up, Wang Wufu jumped in the yard and scolded, and he was dragged back by Wang Xu's just two sentences.

It's finally gone!

But Han Jin still didn't come, Xiaoshan ran to find him in the afternoon, but he didn't find it: "Aunt Han is scolding Brother Jin at home, saying that he hasn't come back since he ran out yesterday, I inquired, he hasn't been working since yesterday afternoon, and no one in the tunzi knows what he's doing." ”

Zhou Lanxiang began to worry, this child had a bad temper and was too stubborn, she was really worried that something would happen to him.

Han Jin didn't come back until dark, and he heard that his eldest brother couldn't sit still either, so he wanted to take a few brothers and nephews in the family to find him.

Zhou Lanxiang was so worried that she couldn't sleep well, and she didn't hear any movement after waiting for half a night, and she was in a daze, when she suddenly heard someone knocking on the window gently: "Xiangxiang." ”

Zhou Lanxiang sat up suddenly: "Cub! When I sat up, I woke up, and I thought I was dreaming, but when I raised my eyes, I saw a tall black figure outside the window.

"Xiangxiang!" Han Jin's young voice was full of joy and was low, "Open the door for me, I'm starving!" The last half of the sentence is still a little nasal, like being coquettish with her when she was a child.

Zhou Lanxiang didn't care about waking up Xiaoshan, she didn't know how she got off the ground, she couldn't wear her shoes, and ran to open the door for him barefoot.

As soon as he opened the door, he was greeted by a burst of cold air, and Han Jin stood outside the door like a big bear, blocking the entire door tightly.

Zhou Lanxiang sneezed violently in the cold wind, and before she could speak, the big bear shook her arm, and a hemp bag was thrown into the house with a thud, and then a big fur jacket wrapped her in the head, Han Jin clamped Zhou Lanxiang under her arm with one hand like a child, and strode into the house to put the kang on it and covered it with a quilt.

Zhou Lanxiang's black body was vacated in front of her, and when she struggled out of the big leather jacket and quilt, Xiaoshan had already lit the kerosene lamp.

Han Jin stood beside the dim oil lamp and smiled at Zhou Lanxiang with a mouthful of neat white teeth, his face full of joy: "Xiangxiang, I'm back!" ”