On the second day, Zeng Ruixiang came back from the school with a heavy expression, and asked Shen as soon as he entered the door: "Have you ever been to the eldest brother during Zilu's exam?" ”

Shen said: "No, you don't know the temperament of the eldest brother, it's cold and hard, it's been three years, and even my father and mother haven't come back to take a look, aren't we uncomfortable when we go?" What, what's wrong? ”

"Today, I seem to hear a child in the village say that the eldest brother's Zihe is gone. I don't know if it's true or not? ”

Shen was startled when he heard this, and said, "Can't it?" When was this? For such a big thing, my father and mother didn't notify me, how can I take it seriously? Daddy and mother want to know if we can still know, you must have listened to it. ”

Zeng Ruixiang thought for a while and said: "It seems that there was an accident with Anzhou acne some time ago, and it was from my sister-in-law's mother's family, and most of the time it was true." If you don't have lunch, let's hire a car to take a look, although he does things absolutely and doesn't look like a big brother, but we have to know such a big thing, and I can't feel at ease if I don't go on a trip, so you should accompany me. ”

"It's okay to go and see, it's your big brother. Don't be sad, it's not necessarily true, besides, some time ago, we had two children with acne, where can we take care of others? Shen comforted.

Who knew that when it got dark, Zeng Ruixiang and Shen didn't go home, everyone was very anxious, when it was almost ten o'clock, Zilu said that he wanted to go to the old house to have a look, and as soon as he opened the courtyard door, he saw Zeng Ruixiang helping Shen back.

Ziqing saw her parents' hard work, she felt very bad, she hurriedly made some food, boiled hot water, and waited for them to freshen up, Ziqing just wanted to ask something, Zeng Ruixiang waved his hand and said, "Let's go to sleep, Daddy is tired today, if you have anything to say, you will talk about it tomorrow." ”

Ziqing and Zilu had no choice but to go back to the house. Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Zeng Ruixiang had gone to the school, and Shen had not yet gotten up. Ziqing felt that it was rare and hurriedly went into the house to visit, and Shen was lying on the bed crying silently. Ziqing was so panicked that she didn't know what to do. Hurriedly asked: "Mother, what's wrong with you?" Don't scare me. If you have anything to say, don't be angry with your body, have you forgotten how your second aunt got sick? ”

Shen raised his hand to wipe his tears, Ziqing hurriedly found a handkerchief and handed it over, at this time, He and Zilu heard Ziqing's shout and hurried in. Ziqing brought a glass of water, and Shen took a sip. That's what happened yesterday.

It turned out that yesterday Zeng Ruixiang and his wife rushed to Zeng Ruiqing's house, Zhou's eyes were red when they saw them, and they didn't even say anything, and they were about to close the door and drive them away, Shen was pushed, Zeng Ruixiang helped her to stand firm, and hurriedly asked: "Sister-in-law, why are you chasing us, there should always be a reason?" You don't go home for three years. We have come to see you sincerely. ”

Zhou Shi heard this and shouted angrily: "What the hell do you need, your Ziyu finally killed my Zihe, your Ziyu is hard, my Zihe still can't hide around." My Zihe is so well-behaved, she is less than six years old, and she is gone, what kind of sin is this? How do you tell me to live, my son... Zhou sat down on the ground as he spoke, patting his thighs and crying.

Shen listened to Zhou's howl, and asked angrily: "Sister-in-law, what happened, you said it, Zihe is gone, when did it happen?" Why don't we all know? A few days ago, I had a pox rash, and my two children at home were infected, and I have been busy taking care of them and have not gone out. ”

Zhou heard it and began to cry, it turned out that Zihe was infected with pox outside, Zhou was afraid that his only son would be infected, so he had to lock Zihe alone in the side room, because Ziqing was put in the pigsty by them because of pox in the past, and he sent some food every day, and released it a few days later, and he was still alive, so they didn't care too much, after all, Zhou was alone, and he couldn't take care of it at all. Zihe lasted for three days and left.

Zhou's held his son for a few days, and he didn't dare to go out, his tears were dry, Zeng Ruiqing buried Zihe, who knew that the things were not cleaned up, Ziquan was still infected, Zhou's clothes were untied and waited for more than ten days, Zeng Ruiqing was busy asking for medicine, and no one thought to inform the old man and Tian. When the son came back from the ghost gate, Zhou was busy going to the temple to thank the Buddha, who knew that he was dragged by a fortune teller passing by, saying that there would be a bloody disaster in Zhou's house, and he had a way to crack it.

Zhou listened like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, scared three souls to two souls, half a day before thinking of asking the way to crack it, and finally sent a full tael of silver, the fortune teller said: "Your close relatives of the Zeng family, the fortune is too prosperous, has been suppressing your room, if you want to crack, for the sake of today, the only way to cut off contacts, stay away from them, and wait for your son to get married, can you move around again." ”

Zhou returned home and cried to Zeng Ruiqing repeatedly, both of them agreed not to associate with Zeng Ruixiang's family anymore, Ziyu was hard to resist Zihe, in case Ziquan had a good life, the two of them would not be able to live.

Zeng Ruixiang and Shen were silent when they heard this, and after a while, Shen reacted and said: "Sister-in-law, it's not right if you want to say that, your family moved to the city and haven't been home for three years, and we Ziyu have never seen Zihe again, how can it be that Ziyu died?" Besides, in the past three years, there has been no contact, what else do you need to cut off contact? Can't you have anything to do with your family to blame us, for so many years, we have worked hard to serve our parents, you don't say thank you, but you have fallen into complaining. ”

"It's not that your family's fortune is too prosperous, you married into the Zeng family, and the children were born one after another, what about me, only Ziping, didn't they all run to your house, Ziqing got acne rash, and he could survive in the pigsty, but my family's Ziyu only lasted three days in the side house, and it was easy to split up, your family has bought land and built houses in recent years, we still rent a broken house, but the luck of the whole family has run away from your family, and you should not share it with your father. If I had your good fortune, our family would be willing to raise my father and mother. Zhou was still sitting on the ground and patting his legs.

"Sister-in-law, we have been separated for the past three years, there is no contact, and I don't see your family's fortune getting better, but it is getting worse and worse, why don't you think about this? My family Ziqing was imprisoned in the pigsty by you, and luckily survived, we didn't blame you, but you complained that my family Ziqing had a big life, you can really mess around! Whose money isn't hard-earned? Could it be that the wind is blowing and it falls right in my yard? The light has seen that my family's life is better, why can't you see when we are working hard? Everything comes first, fields, fields, houses, things, and in the end, your life is not good, but it is still ours? We can't tell you, what about big brother? Zeng Ruixiang argued.

At this time, the three-year-old Ziquan ran out, and Zhou quickly got up from the ground when he saw it, picked up Ziquan and entered the house. Before entering the house, he also spat at the two of Shen three times to get rid of the evil spirit. Angry that Shen couldn't speak, Zeng Ruixiang saw that he was about to leave with his wife, turned around and met Zeng Ruiqing, Zeng Ruixiang saw that he was just about to call "big brother", Zeng Ruiqing didn't even look at him, and closed the door when he entered the house.

Zeng Ruixiang glared at him with anger, and Shen had no choice but to comfort him, after all, it was his relative, and the pain in his heart was even deeper. Zeng Ruixiang didn't say anything, just grabbed Shen's hand tightly.

Zeng Ruixiang and Shen came back, went to the old house first, and told the old man and Tian about the matter, the two of them were shocked when they heard that Zihe was gone, and they didn't react for a while, and after a long time, Tian jumped to his feet and scolded: "What's the use of raising a son?" I haven't gone home for three years, and I don't know how to tell my father and mother when my granddaughter is gone, what kind of sin is this? The heart is too hard, we will be gone one day, and I don't know if we will come to the pillar incense and kowtow... ”

Tian was still chattering there, and the old man snorted: "Shut up, is it time to talk about this?" Don't you listen to the second child, do you see the boss in the back? What did they say? Do you want this home? ”

Zeng Ruixiang listened, so he had to move Zhou's words out, "Listening to the sister-in-law's meaning, the eldest brother also agreed not to come back, and it is estimated that he will not come back until his son is married." When the eldest brother saw us, he didn't even say a word, and closed the door directly. ”

The old man was noncommittal, Tian clapped his hands and said: "That's not the case, this fortune teller is really accurate, the fortune of a big family has fulfilled your family, so the second child, it's not my mother who said you, since the fortune of a big family makes your family's life better, you should help this family to live a better life." Especially Chunyu's family of nine, they are still crowded into half a house, since you can help Xia Yu build a house, it is not bad for Chunyu's family, they are all born from a mother's womb, and you can't treat any of them lightly. ”

Shen couldn't bear it anymore, watching Tian's mouth open and close, like countless mosquitoes circling around him, taking advantage of Xia Yu's kung fu to shout Tian in the house, he hurriedly ran out, and didn't even say hello, Zeng Ruixiang also ran out to catch up with his wife on the grounds that it was too late to worry about Shen.

When Zilu and Ziqing heard this, they were speechless with anger, after all, He had experienced a lot, and said: "When the child was born, I thought of this, and I still couldn't hide from it, this is fate, God has already arranged it." You don't have to be sad and tired, how to live your life and how to live, God looks at it, no one can snatch it away if it's yours, and if it's not yours, it's in vain. As the old saying goes, it's not bad at all. ”

"Mother, this is called karma, back then they put my Qing'er in the pigsty, and when they saw that she was okay and survived, they locked their daughter in this time. Who knew that Zihe was not as big as Ziqing's life. So, don't do bad things, you will pay them back one day. Mother, then I can't give the money to build a house for the child and his aunt's house? Shen said.

"Mother, what's wrong, you're going to come out, grandma, they still think we are empty-hearted, don't come out. This is our family's hard-earned earnings, and it is not caused by strong winds. Ziqing listened and hurriedly said.

Zilu also disagreed, He Shi thought for a while before saying: "What Ziqing said is not unreasonable, this person wants to be greedy together, and a house is not satisfied." In the future, it will be enough to pay more respect to the two old men. ”

Shen Shi looked relieved when he heard this, and said, "Mother, I'm afraid that you will persuade me to give silver." Actually, I didn't want to pay this money, so I did it to her aunt, I want to build her house again, it's too embarrassing. When I turned around, I told the child's father that I love to squeeze wherever I want, it's my business. ”

He Shi listened to the reprimand and said: "The older you are, the more you don't pay attention to it, and even the swear words come out in front of the children." ”

"Am I also confused?" After saying this, Shen's mood also improved a lot. (To be continued)