"Big brother and sister-in-law, let the words go before you go, who calculates whom? Zifu is my own son, the meat that fell from my body, from the tenth month of pregnancy to today, is it easy for me? Can I give to others? Besides, with the conditions of my family today, you have all seen it, and I can't afford to raise my son, and I still need to calculate you, what clouds do I expect from you? To put it mildly, how much rain can it fall on your clouds? What do you have to count on me? Isn't my life much better than yours now? If I hadn't been separated, I would have been as poor as before, and you wouldn't know how to arrange and knead me. Shen shouted.

"Shut up. Sit down and talk well, the more you say it, the more ugly it becomes, what calculations and what kneading, I put this forward in succession, and no one knows in advance. I have an opinion coming to me, and since I have put it forward, I will talk about it today. The old man glanced at everyone after speaking.

Ziqing was anxious when she heard this, this year's relationship, she really regarded herself as a member of the family, and she had been integrated into the blood and family, and since she came, Zifu has been taking special care of her, washing her hair, dressing her, coaxing her when she is in a bad mood, and holding her when she cries, she is really reluctant to let him go, Ziqing walked to Zifu, grabbed his hand tightly, and looked at him with tears in her eyes.

After the old man finished speaking, he said to Zeng Ruiqing: "You don't agree with Zifu, is that someone else's child?" That's your brother's child, what's the difference between it and your own? ”

"It's not crawling out of your own stomach, how can it make no difference? I'm not yet thirty years old, and who says I won't be able to give birth in the future? There are still people who have children at the age of fifty. Zhou cried.

The old man turned his head helplessly and said to the Shen family: "The child has not been given to outsiders, you can see it every day, such cases are not uncommon, do you want your eldest brother to be the last in the family?" ”

"Who says my family is going to be doomed? I didn't say that if you want to take Ziping and her mother to the doctor, you have to let us have some time. I don't agree with the adoptive, at least not for now. Zeng Ruiqing said.

Seeing that Zeng Ruiqing and Zhou were so strongly opposed, Shen's heart was a little relieved, looking at Zeng Ruixiang, Zeng Ruixiang had not squeaked, and he could see that he was also very angry, but the word filial piety was the first, and he couldn't refute it, and it should be the case according to custom.

The old man asked Zifu's opinion again, Zifu pursed his mouth, his eyes were full of tears, and he said a sentence for a long time: "I have a father and a mother." ”

When Shen heard this, he hugged Zifu and cried bitterly, and Zilu, Ziqing, and Zishou surrounded him and cried together.

The old man sighed, and finally agreed to take ten years as the deadline, if Zeng Ruiqing has no son after ten years, he will marry a flat wife or a step, and then said: "Ruiqing, Dad is for your good, now you take Zifu over, it can be regarded as a parenting grace, after a long time, it will become a family, you don't know how good the child is, if you are not the boss, take advantage of this, such a good son, how can the second child be willing to give you?" When you get old in the future, he won't ignore you, why don't you understand your father's hard work? ”

"How many biological ones don't want their parents, let alone those who are raised later. Isn't my aunt's family an example, don't you and your mother force us to make a note because of this, you won't forget, right? Besides, Zifu is so old, no matter how good and outstanding he is, he is also someone else's child, and he can't take it with him. Zeng Ruiqing's words were still choked.

After Zeng Ruiqing finished speaking, he took his wife and children to leave, and Ziping said stupidly: "I haven't taken a bath yet, I'll leave after I finish washing." Zhou Shi dragged her away, and Ziping staggered out.

After this incident, everyone was in no mood to speak, so the old man had to take Tian and them home, and Qiu Yu also muttered to himself: "I didn't take a bath last time, and I can't wash it this time." ”

Ziqing and Zilu sent them out, and heard Tian complain to the old man: "Okay, I have to say this today, I originally wanted to take advantage of everyone's happiness today and tell Ruixiang that what kind of Nanmu screen is going to be used as a dowry for the second girl, but as soon as you stir it up, they are angry like that, how can I mention it?" It's a pity. ”

Ziqing thinks that her grandmother is really big-hearted, no wonder Zhou said that she only has three daughters in her eyes, and at this time, she is not worried that her two sons will turn against each other, but are still calculating the things of her son's family.

"Mother, don't ask for it anymore, the second brother and sister-in-law have given a lot, really, look around our house, how many families can spend six taels of silver to marry a daughter-in-law? The second brother and sister-in-law have been very good at the family over the years, especially the second brother, who has no selfishness at all, and gives you a lot of silver, unlike the eldest brother who still hides a little heart. After Xia Yu finished speaking, the old man immediately criticized Tian for not being as sensible as his daughter.

Ziqing also felt that this second aunt was still more reasonable, and relatively kind. Unlike the Tian family and the Zhou family, when it comes to the Zhou family, Ziqing sympathizes with her on the one hand, and on the other hand, she feels that she is really mean when she speaks, and the relationship between the two families is not good in the first place, and I am afraid that even the superficial harmony will be difficult to maintain in the future.

Back in the house, Ziqing saw that her mother was still wiping her tears, Zeng Ruixiang was explaining to Shen that in this case, he really had no position to speak, and if he didn't give it, it hurt his brother's feelings, and besides, the custom was like this, if he didn't agree, he would be infamous on his back.

Indeed, there are two families that share a son. What's more, Zeng Ruixiang has four sons here, and there is no reason not to continue.

"Don't talk about the far, just say Siniang if it's close, she doesn't have a son in her family, isn't it the third Ruiyu of Sanniang's family. The fourth father fell ill very early, and he pulled a bunch of famines, so the fourth mother's family was very poor, and Ruiyu succeeded him, so he could only live on the side of the fourth mother's family, and he had no share in the property of the third mother's family. Sanniang felt sorry for her son, but she couldn't do anything, there was no way to take care of the fields and the ground, so she could only steal the money in private, which was also counted. And since our family hired Ruiyu, at the very least, Ruiyu can also tear cloth to make clothes for the child with a little more money in his hands. Or Sanniang will praise you when she can see people? Say that you are a nostalgic person who knows how to take care of your family. Zeng Ruixiang patiently said this chase.

Shen sighed when he heard this, and didn't say anything more. Shen has always remembered the love of their cousins, and they have helped a lot to build a house and have not asked for a copper, so a few years ago, Shen went to send a basket of potatoes to each of the sons of the third mother-in-law's family, and told them how to plant them, how high the yield is, and Shen also sent a piece of cloth to the third mother-in-law and the third cousin. The third mother-in-law praised Shen for being good, knew how to pity the poor and respect the elderly, and cared for the old feelings.

Ziqing saw that her mother's mood was a little better, so she pulled Zilu to boil water for everyone to bathe, Ziqing knew that it would be much easier to cry and take a hot bath. After washing, everyone moved back to the East House, today is Chinese New Year's Eve to keep the New Year, Zixi can't help but go to bed first, then Zishou, and then Ziqing is also confused and doesn't know what everyone said, she climbed to the West House and slept, since her father came back, Ziqing had to go back to the West House to sleep by herself, fortunately, this bed is big enough, and the four little radish heads are still full enough.