167. Maintenance (1)

Saying that, Zeng Ruixiang stood up and said that he had something to say, and his face was solemn, and the old man couldn't help but be a little surprised, for fear that Zeng Ruixiang would say something unhappy, as in the past, he broke up unhappily again, and hurriedly stopped: "Xiang'er, today is the day of reunion, everyone is here, what can't you say later?" ”

"Dad, just because it is the day of reunion and the people are complete, I will talk to my eldest brother and sister-in-law together. Dad, mother, just now the eldest brother also said that he has not done everything to his father and mother in the past few years, and the eldest brother also admitted this. After all, my father and mother are the father and mother of the two of us, in the years of separation, I have been raising my father and mother, and the little sister will not talk about it before she gets married, after the little sister gets married, I still give my father and mother twelve taels of silver a year, and take away a year's festival and four seasons of clothes, and there should be fifteen or sixteen taels of silver, and the eldest brother is only responsible for two stones of rice. Later, because of Ziping's incident, the eldest brother went to the city for five years, and my father and mother were supported by me alone. Right, big brother? Zeng Ruixiang asked Zeng Ruiqing.

"I know all this, just say whatever you want, the eldest brother is ashamed of his father."

"Okay, big brother, it's good to have your words, now my requirements are not high, I have raised my father and mother for five years alone, not counting the previous ones, this time, it should be you to support my father and mother for five years, as for my father's current expenses, you look at it, I will not participate, and you will not be hungry for your father. My father and mother also grow some vegetables and raise some chickens and ducks every year. I know you may say that the situation at home is a little worse, so let's do it, we will still prepare the clothes for my father and mother for the New Year. Big brother, sister-in-law, do you think it's feasible? ”

"What are you going to do? You don't know how many taels of silver your eldest brother can come up with in a year? What is enough? Ah, it's only been a few years, you're tired of us, and you're going to push us out, you have no conscience, I worked hard to pull you to grow up, in order to provide you with education, even Xia Yu's illness was delayed, you are good. I don't even want my father and mother, who else do you have in your eyes? Tian shouted and stepped forward to slap Zeng Ruixiang's back a few times, and was pulled away by the old man.

Ziqing thought, it's the same old thing again. It's really not new, let alone creative, poor my father, how long do you have to carry this heavy burden?

"What are you talking about? What do you know? The old man drank Tian's and thought to himself, the second child has also paid for so many years, if it weren't for you looking for things all day long. Can the dick do this? This time it's good, I really pushed this son out. Thinking of this, the old man glared at Tian.

Shen and Zifu didn't expect Zeng Ruixiang to say this today, this is too unexpected, too surprised, finally hardened once, no matter what the result is, at least Zeng Ruixiang's performance today made them see hope.

Zeng Ruiqing was silent. However, he had a straight face, making it impossible to guess his thoughts. Zhou was a little stunned when he heard this, and the meat of a chopstick had just reached his mouth, but he hadn't delivered it to his mouth, as if he didn't understand Zeng Ruixiang's words, and asked: "Second brother, what did you mean just now, my father and mother want our family to raise them in the future?" Why? Haven't you been raising it well? ”

"Sister-in-law, I'm not saying that you will always be raised in the future, but we have been raising it for five years, and it is your turn. The eldest brother is still the eldest son. Didn't the eldest brother also say, are you ashamed of your father and mother all these years? No, go home to make up for it, you are also people with sons, I don't want Ziquan to do this to you in the future, right? ”

"Hell, I said how to call us over for dinner. Beat us home, I haven't given us a good face in the past few months, and suddenly asked us to come over for a reunion dinner, dare to wait for us here, we might as well not go home. Zhou put the meat into Ziquan's bowl and shouted.

"Sister-in-law, it's not right for you to say that, it's my father's intention to ask you to come to dinner, besides, even if you don't come to eat this meal, I will also talk to my eldest brother about it, is it possible that my sister-in-law doesn't even want a home in order not to serve my father? Aren't you afraid that when your son grows up, you will be poked and scolded by the people in the village? Could it be that you are planning not to go home for the rest of your life? Ziquan doesn't plan to enter the family tree anymore, do you really want to be alone? Zeng Ruixiang asked.

"Okay, you don't have to say it anymore, I know what you mean, you don't have to force your eldest brother, this matter, it's not right to say that your eldest brother, but your eldest brother can't do it, I said, you don't need to mention the previous things anymore, eat, you have to give your eldest brother a few days to think about it, what should I do?"

"What do you think, it's the same as before, the second family gave twelve taels of silver, and the old family gave two stones of rice, so many years have been good, who is instigating trouble in the back, bad things, instigating you to not even raise your father and mother, what else do you want to do? Leave us all the eyesores, your family has a good birthday, you can think well, make a good calculation, there is no door, I will rely on your family in the future, if you don't give me money, I won't leave, your books are all in the dog's stomach, even your father and mother are not filial. Tian cried.

"Mother, when did I lose my filial piety? After all these years, when did I not come first with you? A year of bondage, I have a decline, I would rather have wronged a few children, than wronged you, that's it, so many years to take my silver to make up for the Chunyu family, that's it, you know, after the separation, Zifu spent a few of my silver at all, all pasted to the mother, but the mother never said a good word about me, the mother is not satisfied, and helped the Chunyu family to calculate me, the son will also be sad, when will such a day be a head? Although your son was not raised by you, he was also born to you? ”

"You have no conscience, can you blame me? If it weren't for the ghost book you read, would our family be poor? But when have you ever heard of me, you don't have to listen to your grandma, you don't rely on the old woman to like you, raised you for a few years, and forgot about me, you don't even listen to your mother's words, she lets you do whatever she wants, and pampers us for so many years, although you are out, you also came out of my belly, you don't know how Chunyu married? What's wrong with pulling your sister? ”

Ziqing was stunned when she heard this, it turned out that her father was not brought up by her grandmother, but brought up by her grandmother, no wonder her grandmother didn't have deep feelings for her father, but every time she got angry and quarreled, didn't she say that she pulled it up? What's going on?

"Okay, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes, you are embarrassed to rummage through the matter of Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds, and you are not afraid of a few junior jokes, shut up for me. Xiang'er,

This thing is what you did wrong, your eldest brother just came back, and he didn't say that he didn't support the family, you have to force us like this, if in the future, when you get old, Zifu will also push you to the outer wheel, how do you feel? The old man said.

"Grandpa, this is a little wrong, I am the eldest son, I am the eldest in the family, I said when I split the family, I want to take on the responsibility of the family, but my father and mother said that it is not needed at present, give us a few brothers the opportunity to break through, so as not to squeeze together and give birth. In the future, if my father and mother are old and need me, I will definitely have the responsibility to take up the burden of service first, and the younger brothers and sisters here are all witnesses. Zifu stood up and said.

As soon as Zifu finished speaking, Zilu also stood up and said: "Daddy and mother are not the eldest brother alone, we must each do our best, the parenting grace of our parents is greater than the sky, how can we leave our father and mother alone?" ”

"Reasoning, this is not something that one of my juniors can say, but over the years, my father and mother have been paying, and my father just said it, so I don't need to say it to my grandfather and grandmother, but my grandmother has never said that my father is good at all; For the eldest father, it can be regarded as fulfilling the obligation of being a younger brother, my father picks the big head to support the grandfather and them every year, isn't it just thinking of the brotherhood with the eldest father? But what about my father, I won't talk about it, in such a relationship, my father and mother still want to take care of Sister Ping's family, every time they come, they have a big bag, food and clothing, all of which are complete; For a few aunts, not to mention, but, just like that, no one said that my father and mother were good, everyone thinks that my father's and mother's efforts should be shared, don't you think that my father and mother are honest and kind, and don't care about it? Zifu stood up and said.

"You know what, if it weren't for your father, would this family be like this? Your old grandfather left early, when your old grandmother was alive, she had to carry your father over, and all the good things in the family could be with your father, so tight days, you had to send these two grandsons to study,。。。 ”

"Mother, this is biased, and then I became poor, and I didn't use the family's money, if it wasn't for my aunt's supplement, I would have been able to take the Xiucai exam?"

"You have no conscience, where did your aunt's money come from, don't you know? Do you still have the face to say that? Tian scolded.

"Shut up for me, the more I talk, the more unpleasant it becomes. We'll talk about that later. The old man stood up and tapped his chopsticks and said.

"Forget it, don't talk about it, if you keep talking, maybe it's the junior's turn to stab me. The second child is right, I should also support my father, so it's decided. It's just that, father, mother, I don't have the financial resources of the second child, I can only give you two stones of rice a year, three taels of silver, if you think it is not enough, you will eat with us, we are also in the same house, what we eat, you also eat, food and clothing can always be guaranteed. Zeng Ruiqing finally opened his mouth to express his position, Zhou glared at him angrily when he heard this, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Zeng Ruiqing.

Tian looked at the old man anxiously, and when he saw that the old man didn't squeak, he still asked: "Then the second child won't give us expenses in the past few years?" What is this money for? And what about five years from now? ”

"In five years, we will take turns to raise, and in the past few years, we have been responsible for a set of New Year's clothes for my father and mother, as well as three festivals a year, plus two stones of polished rice and three taels of silver given by the eldest brother, which is enough for you to live." Zeng Ruixiang said.

"What is enough, your family has delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, but your father and mother want to eat bran vegetables, can you eat them?" Tian's heart is still unbalanced. (To be continued)