Back in Shen's room, there was a thin oil lamp lit in the room, and Zeng Ruixiang and Zifu were there. Shen's eyes were red, as if he had just cried, Zifu and Zilu pursed their lips, very unhappy, only Xiao San stared at his eyes and looked confused.

"Qing'er, come, daddy, my baby girl has been wronged." As soon as Zeng Ruixiang said this, Shen's tears burst out again.

"It's too much of a bully, even the children don't let go. What kind of life are you living? Woo, let's split up. With their own children, I admit whether it is bitter or sweet, don't talk about old hens in confinement, even eggs are not willing to give, and the children also have no mouthful. ”

"It's separated, I'm not by your side, you're a woman with five children, you're still tired, besides, you don't want to be separated as a big brother? They want to divide more than us, isn't it just that my father doesn't agree. If you want to split up, it is estimated that the eighteen taels of silver I earned will be good for us at most. Fu'er is going to school, and Lu'er will be older in two years. It's hard. It's hard to divide, and it's hard not to divide. ”

"After dividing it, there are still a few taels left, and it's not much worse than a year of flowers, and we can't get a copper without dividing it, and if you complain, don't you dislike our children a lot? No matter how much it is, just these two rooms, the children are getting older and older, where do they live? I still have to save money to buy land and build a house. ”

"Hehe, the ambition is not small. Fu'er, you also read well, do you want to talk about it or not? "This dad is quite democratic.

"Daddy, the child also thinks it's better to divide it, the child will help take care of his younger siblings at home, and the child will come home after school. I can also help with some work in the fields. Zifu said.

"And me, I can light a fire, collect firewood, and take care of my younger siblings." Zilu also hurriedly expressed his thoughts, for fear that his father would not ask him.

Of course, Ziqing can't show weakness, "Daddy, Qing'er will fight pigweed, help her mother feed pigs and chickens, and feed ducks and big white geese." ”

"Hahaha, there are still a lot of Qing'er, why do you want to feed the chickens and ducks? Do you want to eat eggs? Zeng Ruixiang's face finally had a hint of a smile.

"Give it to my mother, my brother to eat, and everyone to eat." Ziqing continued to pretend to be tender and cute.

Lian Zifu and Zilu were also amused, and the atmosphere was relaxed all of a sudden.

"Okay, it's still Qing'er who knows to be considerate of her mother. You are all good children of your mother, and your mother has a few of you, and in this life, you are content with hardship. Shen put his arm around Ziqing and said.

"Don't be bitter, our family will get better and better. Mother, don't worry. I will definitely study hard and live a good life. Zifu said.

"But, mother, what am I doing, Xiao San won't do anything?" Xiao San's entangled expression was too joyful.

"Hehe, junior, you can wait for your brother to grow up and play with your brother." Ziqing teased him.

"Oh, then I'm going to grow up quickly." Zishou said with a frown.

A room full of people were amused by the mistress, this is a warm family. Zeng Ziqing made up her mind at this moment to protect the warmth of this home. Poor families mourn everything, and the first thing is to get rid of poverty and become rich.

"Okay, don't go out and talk about the separation of the family first, Dad will deal with it, remember? Fu'er, come, Daddy, see what you've been studying these days. Lu'er, you send your sister to sleep first. ”

"Mother, there are three baked cakes here, given by my aunt, for you to eat when you are hungry." Ziqing remembered the three baked cakes in her hand.

"Mother is not hungry, you can share the food."

"Then save it for when you're hungry." Ziqing handed it over.

"Good boy, then leave one for your mother, and you can eat two of them."

"Okay, let's divide one, mother and father share one, and leave one for mother to eat tomorrow. That's it. Ziqing said.

"Okay, just listen to Qingqing's housekeeper." Shen smiled.

"Mother, you're laughing at Qing'er again."

"Okay, don't laugh at you."

So, under the dim oil lamp, the family quietly enjoyed the happiness brought by the two baked cakes. Not to mention, there are sesame seeds on the outside of this baked cake, and there is a thin layer of sweet filling inside, Ziqing thinks it is better than the moon cakes in the previous life.

Zilu took Ziqing out, and happened to see a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl standing in the hall with a lamp and talking to her aunt, Mrs. Zeng. It's like sending an old lady into the house.

"Ziqing, you're out. Sick and cured? Aunt Xiuying took a look. Today's little face is very clean, yes, your sister Ping hasn't come up yet, or you can sleep with me today. I'm alone anyway. ”

"It turns out that I slept in the same room with my cousin." Ziqing thought silently in her heart, but what she didn't know was that in another room, the conversation between her cousin Ziping and Zhou:

"Mother, anyway, I just don't sleep with her, it's dirty, she sleeps with pigs, it's dirty and smelly, I don't want to sleep with her." Ziping twisted her body and begged Zhou.

"Mother saw that she had washed it, and it was quite clean, and besides, didn't Lang Zhong say that she was cured? Mother, it's okay. Zhou said.

"Then who knows, anyway, my father is not at home, and I will live with you today."

"Good, it's grinding. Then you go tell her. Let her and her brothers squeeze in, and don't stain our bed. Zhou thought for a while and said.

So, Zeng Ziqing and Zilu finally returned to their room, Zilu lit the lamp in the house, and there was actually a bookshelf in the room, which seemed to be used by Zeng Ruixiang, and a wooden table, and then there was only one bed left, the bed was built with wooden boards, supported by two stools, and there was a wooden barrel in the corner. Ziqing took off the cotton jacket and cotton pants outside, and there were cheesecloth clothes and trousers inside, and when she got into the quilt, Ziqing felt that she was lying down and knew that she was soothing, and it turned out that there was a thick straw and a thin mattress underneath, and it seemed that the role of straw was quite large.

In Ziqing's conscious words, she understood the situation of her aunt's family: her aunt's house is in a small village more than ten miles away, very close to her grandmother's house. The old aunt's surname is Xiao is a hunter, and he married his aunt and lived here, this town is called Wutong Town, although it is small, it is very close to the state capital. My aunt gave birth to a lot of children but she had four daughters, the youngest daughter had children, the eldest daughter married Ziqing's little uncle, and the little uncle did a job in the county seat of Linxian County, and brought a whole family with him. My sister-in-law opened a bakery there. Because my aunt has no son, my aunt married a little wife Peng, this little wife gave birth to three boys and three girls, the eldest daughter got married, the eldest son and two sons have reached the age of kissing, the old aunt is sick and died, there has been a while, this time they are going back to their hometown to erect a monument, because the winter solstice is coming. According to local customs, people cannot erect a monument immediately after death and burial, and they must erect a monument when the winter solstice of that year comes, and if there is nothing after the winter solstice, they will set up a monument on the winter solstice of the next year.

It's a headache, it's a big family. Ziqing was still in a daze before going to bed, but how to live, she must move out separately.