After finishing the dishes, before walking out of the stove room, Yunxi turned around and smiled at Wang Guihua: "Uncle, although our sisters eat gruel, I am very happy to have you by our side." ”

Wang Guihua was squeezed by her and her face turned blue, but before she opened her mouth, Mrs. Yun knocked on the side of the pot with an iron spoon and said: "Old man, put away your picking, if tomorrow's rice is still so thin, you don't have to drink porridge, just drink well water!" ”

Wang Guihua's body trembled, and she immediately lowered her head and smiled: "Mother, I'll cook another pot of porridge." ”

"It's going to get dark soon, you're cooking porridge now, and you want us to eat in a dark way?" Old Lady Yun asked angrily.

Wang Guihua wanted to say that she could light a kerosene lamp, but when she thought of the old lady's slamming of the door, she swallowed her words back with a sigh of breath, and said with a smile: "Mother, I'll serve you a thick bowl first, and I'll make dry rice tomorrow morning." ”

"What do you eat in the morning? Just put two more handfuls of rice and cook it thicker. ”

Hearing that Wang Guihua was reprimanded, Yunxi felt that tonight's sweet potato porridge was particularly sweet.

However, eating too many sweet potatoes is easy to fart, she sighed, and began to worry about whether she would drink sweet potato porridge every day when she went to the Qin family's old house the day after tomorrow.

She had turned the firewood room upside down, and then regretfully found that the sisters were really poor, and those two rags were the only property of the sisters.

It can be seen from Qin Jianguo's conversation with his grandmother today that he is also in an embarrassing situation, and he is afraid that he is also powerless because of the silver needle she needs for his treatment.

"Sleep, there may be a way tomorrow." Yunxi sighed and urged Laidi to go to bed.

Nothing was said all night.

The porridge the next morning was indeed much thicker, and after Yunxi was full, she took Laidi to dig herbs on the hillside behind the village, which was the only way she could think of to make money.

They passed by the Qin family's old house, and they could hear the little earth dog raised by Qin Jianguo barking, and they also saw a middle-aged woman going to the house.

"Sister, that's my brother-in-law's mother."

Laidi tugged at Yunxi's sleeve and whispered.

Yunxi was a little surprised, looked up, and saw Qin Jianguo coming out of the house to greet the middle-aged woman, and led her into the house after a few words, but he glanced at Yunxi as he stepped into the house.

"Jianguo, what are you looking at?" Li Cuixiang turned her head and asked Qin Jianguo suspiciously.

"Didn't see anything." Qin Jianguo retracted his gaze, stepped into the door, took out the only bench and put it beside Li Cuixiang, "Mother, you sit." ”

Li Cuixiang didn't move, she looked at the room in front of her where there was nothing but a bed, her eyes were a little red, and she choked up and said, "Jianguo, you go back to the new house with your mother to live." ”

Qin Jianguo gently pressed her to sit on the bench, and then said to her: "The new house is small and can't be opened. ”

Li Cuixiang retorted excitedly: "Why can't you live?" When my mother goes back, I will ask your second brother to pack up his daughter-in-law's things, and you will have a room to live in. ”

Qin Jianguo looked at her fixedly and didn't answer.

Li Cuixiang hurriedly explained: "At the beginning, I didn't agree with your second brother occupying your room, but your second brother and sister have a lot ......of things, and your father and your grandmother said that you are in the army all year round, and you may not be able to go home to visit relatives all year round, so I will occupy it first, but they also promised to move things out immediately when you come back."

Li Cuixiang said this, a little unable to continue, the eldest son has been back for a week, but the room has still not been cleaned up...... Her face was full of shame, and she didn't dare to look at her eldest son's eyes at all.

But after waiting for a while and not waiting for the eldest son to speak, Li Cuixiang stood up awkwardly: "The new house was built with the salary and allowance you sent back, you can't have no place to live, so my mother will go back and make room for you." ”

After she finished speaking, she ran out, and Qin Jianguo suddenly spoke a moment before she stepped out of the door: "Mother, no need, I live well in the old house." ”

Li Cuixiang turned around and cried, "How can you live well? Most of this old house has collapsed, maybe one day it will all collapse after a heavy rain, if you are pressed by the wall again, what will you do with your mother? ”

Seeing the tears on her face, Qin Jianguo was slightly moved and comforted: "Don't worry, I will start repairing the house today, and I am not afraid of the heavy rain." ”

Li Cuixiang still wanted to persuade her, but Qin Jianguo said lightly: "Besides, I'm going to pick up Yun Zhaodi and her sister tomorrow, it's inconvenient to go to the new house." ”

Li Cuixiang was distracted, frowned and said, "Why is there still a matter of Yun Zhaodi's sister?" Didn't you just marry Yun Zhaodi? ”

Qin Jianguo was choked up by her words, and exhaled a sigh of relief: "It's not what you think, Yun Zhaodi is not worried about her sister, so she brought her sister over,"

Li Cuixiang patted her chest: "It's okay, now the new society does not allow three wives and four concubines, otherwise they will be dragged to labor reform." ”

Qin Jianguo didn't know how to answer for a while, and after a while, he said to her: "Mother, go back if you're fine." ”

"I have one more thing to ask you, what happened the night before? You and Yun Zhaodi really ......" Li Cuixiang stopped talking.

Qin Jianguo's face turned cold: "Mother, do you believe other people's words, or do you believe me?" ”

"Mother naturally believes you, but you have to tell Mother what happened the night before yesterday."

"Nothing happened." Qin Jianguo said coldly.

Li Cuixiang looked incredulous: "Nothing happened, so why did the person you marry change from Yun Chunhua to Yun Zhaodi?" ”

Qin Jianguo looked at her silently and did not explain again.

Li Cuixiang softened her tone first: "My mother is wrong, my mother said that I believe you." I didn't like Yun Chunhua very much, she was good-looking, but I heard that she didn't work much at home, and she often asked for leave and didn't work, obviously not a good life, but your grandmother said that you like good-looking, and you have a salary every month to support her, so I went to the Yun family to mention the family ......"

Speaking of which, she suddenly realized that it was not appropriate to talk about these things now, so she hurriedly changed her words: "Yun Zhaodi, this girl is good, she is honest and diligent in her work, she will definitely be able to take care of you in the future, and my mother will rest assured......"

Listening to her babbling words, a trace of helplessness and exhaustion flashed in Qin Jianguo's eyes, and he spoke again: "Mother, go back, you will go to work immediately." ”

As soon as these words fell, the sound of gongs sounded in the village, which was to remind the members that it was eight o'clock and that they should hurry to work.

Li Cuixiang was also a little anxious, ran two steps, and then suddenly stopped and turned back and asked: "I heard your grandmother say, you will marry Yun Zhaodi tomorrow, my mother can't help it, I can't come up with the money to make wine for you, my mother will come over tomorrow morning to cook for you, and the two families always have to sit together for a meal." ”

"No need, I'm just picking up Sister Yun Zhaodi, and I'm not going to really marry her."