When Zishou and them entered the door, Shen's longevity noodles were also ready, and after the meal, everyone sat and talked, mainly to ask Zhou why they came back suddenly.

It turned out that a few days ago, Ziquan was seriously ill again, it was very dangerous, Zhou went to Qingyuan Temple for the child again, the master of the temple said that the child has not entered the ancestral hall since he was born, worshiped the ancestors, and is naturally not blessed by the ancestors, and the people who are too far away from close relatives will not rely on in the future, and life will be very miserable. Zhou was frightened when he heard this, and went home to discuss with her husband, can the master's words be wrong? After listening to the ghost's fortune-telling over the years, life has not been any better, and there is a reputation for unfilial piety in the hearts of my father and mother, which shows that fortune-telling is to fool them with money. The two of them only repented at this moment, no, before the winter solstice, they came back to worship their ancestors.

"Daddy said, he should arrange the matter of worshipping the ancestors tomorrow, let's just go with it, the eldest mother also said, come and see the mother when you settle down. I also want to stay to attend the wedding of my second brother, and I want to celebrate the New Year at home this year, and I want to give my son a family tree on the first day of junior high school. Zishou said.

Zeng Ruixiang was silent for a long time, Shen knew that he was uncomfortable, and he must have remembered the incident of going to Anzhou to find Zeng Ruiqing that day, Shen thought about it and asked, "Big brother is coming home, do you still plan to go and see him?" ”

Zeng Ruixiang shook his head and said: "I have been worthy of him all these years, the relationship between the two families has become like this, I still take care of Ziping for him, don't say if I appreciate it or not, Ziping is still his own daughter, and my father and mother, I have been serving alone for the past few years, I have to think about these things, how to tell him." ”

"Dad, if you want me to say, don't go yet, Aunt Hengzhu also said that she wants to come to see her mother at home, she should know about Sister Ping. Besides, tomorrow we will go to worship our ancestors together, and we will see my father. Didn't Big Daddy say that Daddy had a soft temperament before? Maybe. He will be sure that you will go to see him, and he will not worry about the past affairs. Zishou said.

"That is, the big dad will definitely forgive him when he is sure of it, and he can be the same brother and brother as before. This is not a bully? Ziqing added.

Shen Shi also said, "You want me to say." You don't have to go, I can see it, just because of our soft nature as fathers and mothers over the years, we have suffered so many grievances with our children, you listen, the children have a stomach of opinions. Ziqing's matter, change Zipingna. Do you think Chunyu dares to calculate like this? The eldest brother still doesn't discount Da Mao's legs. This persimmon is all a soft pinch, besides, the previous things are not your fault, we can't be weak anymore for the sake of the children, I always think that I have poured out my heart and lungs to others, and everything has been considered for others. Others should do the same to themselves, really confused. ”

"No, Kangping made it clear to our father that day. If the reason is to let your family suffer and not resist, then you don't want to be reasonable. The books I have read in the past few decades have been read in vain, and they are not as transparent as a child. Zeng Ruixiang sighed.

"Daddy, great, you finally figured it out, my sister's matter, you did not do it right, let my sister suffer this humiliation in vain, and you should have swept my aunt out of the house a long time ago. If I'm going to be at home that day, I'll definitely help my eldest brother beat up the big hair. Even if I can't beat him, I'll have to bite him a few times. I'm a little younger, wait a few more years, this is fair, one day, I have to find it back for my sister. I heard that my aunt was cheeky and begging for work on my sister's birthday, according to me, sister, you still hired them, or didn't give them money, let them work for nothing. Zixi said.

"What do you know, I watched a few such people at home and didn't add to the blockage, not to mention that I didn't dig the pond mud before, and there was nothing at home. When I'm passing by, I'm going to hire them and a few people to watch the thieves, am I tired? Spend money to find guilt for yourself. Ziqing said.

"That's just as well. I didn't expect this layer. Zixi was a little frustrated.

Seeing this, Ziqing took out the shoes she made for Zixi, touched Zixi's head, and said with relief: "It seems that you have grown up again, you are eleven years old, and you have really grown up, you know that you are worried about your sister, and you know that you have to seek justice for your sister, are you still used to it in the school?" Got homesick? ”

"Sister, why do I think something is wrong with you, why do you speak like a mother? Don't scare me. Zixi raised his hand to cover his face.

"You stinky boy, care about you, you don't know how to be grateful, but arrange me, and I even made shoes for me to see that I don't screw you." Ziqing was so angry when she heard this, so she stepped forward to pinch him.

Zixi hurriedly hid and said, "This is just like you, the dominatrix." Everyone laughed, and it was a little easier, and Zeng Ruixiang was no longer entangled.

The next day, the old man took the man to worship the ancestors, Zhou came to sit for a while, at first there was some sneering, said: "Brother and sister, it was really not our intention that day, it was all the damn fortune teller, not to mention that I lost a tael of silver, and we didn't go home for a few years, even my father and mother didn't dare to come back to take a look, people who don't know, maybe how to scold us for not being filial, but who knows our difficulties?" I only have one child left, where do I dare to make a mistake? After saying that, he began to cry.

Shen could only persuade him when he saw it, and after a while, Zhou asked if there was news of Ziping over the years.

Shen Shi was a little strange when he heard this, and asked, "Didn't my father tell you?" And Qiuyu, didn't they all see Ziping? ”

Zhou listened a little unnaturally and explained that he didn't know in detail. Shen didn't care, so he told Zhou about Ziping's situation.

Zhou sighed when he heard this: "This short-lived ghost is really disobedient, it was like being bewitched by a ghost back then, and he was really unlucky." is living such a hard life, it is really a child without a father and no one cares. Well, now I will persuade your eldest brother to see if you can recognize the child first, the child is four or five years old this year, and I pity my good grandson, I haven't seen it at a glance. As he spoke, Zhou cried again.

Ziqing frowned when she saw it, how could this aunt's tears be like tap water, she opened them when she wanted to, and she came to deceive her mother's sympathy, how could she call no one to care, could it be that all those things in her house were fed to the dogs?

"If you want to see it, I'll send her a letter tomorrow, it's been five years, and the eldest brother should let go of it, Ziping, this kid, these years have been really hard enough, I'm afraid that I will regret not listening to you back then." It's just that it's too late to regret it now, and it's useless to say that, the important thing is to be able to live better in the future. ”

"Well, let her come to you first tomorrow, I'll sneak a look at it first, and see her father's attitude tonight. If it's good, I'll take her home, if it's still awkward, I can only wait for Zilu to get married, for the sake of your family's happy event, he can't make a noise, can there be room for turnaround? ”

Shen could only agree when he heard this, and when Zeng Ruixiang and the others came back, as soon as Zhou left, Shen asked Zishou to go to the street to deliver the letter.

The next morning, it was almost twelve o'clock, Ziping brought the child over, the clothes he wore were still very shabby, Shen sent Zishou to invite Zhou, and here he was busy looking for some old clothes from Zixi's childhood, Ziping's figure was taller than Ziqing and Shen's, and the skeleton was larger, Shen couldn't find a replacement for a while, so he pulled two pieces of flower cloth and said to Ziping to take them back to make two clothes, one is that Zilu will come over when he gets married, and the other is the New Year, and he wants to go back to his parents' house.

"If your father and mother see you like this, I don't know how sad it is, good boy, listen to your aunt, go back and make new clothes, Huihui and his father will not bring it for the time being, your father has to dispel this breath, forgive you and the child first, and then try to do anything else." Ziping just cried when she heard this, and was crying, when Zhou came over with Ziquan.

As soon as Zhou entered the house, he heard Ziping's cry, stumbled towards Ziping, and kept beating Ziping when he stepped forward, "Call you disobedient, you dead child, you short-lived ghost, look at what kind of life you are living, I worked hard to raise you, just to accompany him to endure hardships?" Make him a cow and a horse, you dead child, you have to listen to your mother's words, beat that child, where is the difficulty today? ”

Ziping hugged Zhou's and would only cry and call "mother", Ziqing saw that her heart was sour, and Shen took her children out and let their family talk about it. Shen went to the stove room to prepare the meal.

"Mother, my sister Ping is really, didn't she give her fabric? Won't you change into a better outfit? Thoughtful, right? When the eldest lady saw it, she thought that we had never taken care of her, but wasn't that what she meant in and out of her words that day? Ziqing asked.

Shen Shi sighed when he heard this, and said: "I also wanted to ask her a few words just now, forget it, I don't often say it, people are doing it, the sky is watching, God just knows our sincerity." ”

"And that day, my aunt knew about Sister Ping's situation, but she had to ask again, didn't she just pretend not to know and didn't want to appreciate it? After I look at it, Sister Ping, we don't have to worry about it, didn't the eldest mother say it, the child without a father and a mother is pitiful, is it possible that we all feel sorry for her in vain, which time is it not a big bag? Even food and clothing. Ziqing muttered.

Zishou and Zixi both agreed, and Shen was silent.

That day, Zhou finally didn't dare to take Ziping home, it is estimated that Zeng Ruiqing still did not let go, and Ziping had to take the child away with tears in her eyes. In addition to the fabric, Shen prepared a lot of rice, noodles, eggs, pork, etc., and Zhou thanked him when he saw it.

Ziqing, Zishou, Zixi and others were not happy, Shen said: "Don't worry, this is the last time, show your aunt, in the future, she has her own father, I want to see, what step can her father and mother do?" ”

Ziqing and the others couldn't hear it, and admonished: "Mother, you have to remember what you said today, don't forget." ”

A few days after the winter solstice, the shopkeeper brought people to pull away the oranges and a small number of oranges at home, this year's orange income is more than 1,000 taels, and the selling price of an orange is still 6 Wen. The steers at home were also taken away, there were five or six hundred, this one had almost fifty taels of silver, Ziqing's orange orchard was also sold for six or seven hundred, plus the income from eggs in the past few months, it was almost a hundred taels of silver.

Ziqing was overjoyed, this was her own silver. (To be continued)