168. Maintenance (2)
"What nonsense? How do you eat bran vegetables? This silver is enough for the two of us to live, we don't have to buy rice, noodles, vegetables and vegetables, and the clothes have been honored a lot by the second child, and they are all new. Don't you just like to drink a meatloaf soup, three taels of silver is not enough for you to buy meat for a year? If you weren't making trouble all the time, would the second child be like this? Are you still not satisfied? The old man drank Tian's nonsense, afraid of embarrassing Zeng Ruiqing, and when the time came, the two sons passed the buck, and they had no face.
"Father, mother, then let's say it, in the past five years, the eldest son and I will support you. Do you want to live alone with silver or live with us, you choose by yourself, and say yes today, so as not to be forced to be ugly by a few juniors, you can rest assured, my words will definitely count. Zeng Ruiqing said.
Tian looked at the old man, and the old man said: "We still want silver, we want to eat something ourselves, and it's convenient." ”
"What are these three taels of silver enough for? What's the use of raising two sons? Didn't you marry a daughter-in-law and forget your mother? I still disagree. By the way, at the beginning, you signed it, how many taels of silver do you want to give us a year? It's only been a few years, and you've repented? Tian suddenly remembered the contract, and his expression was overjoyed, but fortunately he kept a hand.
Zeng Ruixiang looked at Shen and a few children, and said: "Mother, I signed the contract at the beginning, but the eldest brother repented first, the eldest brother was the eldest son when the family was separated, and the eldest brother could pick anything first, could it be that the eldest brother couldn't support you for a few years?" Mother, if you do this, it will be difficult for the eldest brother to be a man in the village. What you know is that you feel sorry for your eldest brother's silver, and you don't know that you think it's because your eldest brother is unwilling to fulfill the responsibility of the eldest son? Isn't this a smear on the reputation of the big brother? What will Ziquan do in the future? ”
"That's it, the old woman has long hair and short knowledge, what do you know? It's still up to the two sons, and this matter is settled. The old man patted the table and said.
Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, this time Dad also got to the point, and Daddy can really take over this burden, and his family can save a lot of things. After seeing it, can Grandma still squeeze her own family without knowing how to do it? Look at what else she has to make up for her daughters this time, doesn't she keep saying that her family is not good? This time find a good repair to fix her.
"Ziquan is his father, is our family really going to support his father and mother in the future? Since then. How are we going to live? Zhou asked with a bitter face.
"No matter what, I won't let you hang yourself by the neck. How to live it? Eat your food and you'll be done. Zeng Ruiqing shouted.
Each meal has its own thoughts, Ziqing and a few people eat with relish, as for the Tian family, it seems that it should be tasteless.
"On the second day of the Lunar New Year, do you still have a treat? A few girls finally came back and got together, is it possible that you are not willing to take care of a meal? Tian asked suddenly.
"This time it was the second day of the Lunar New Year. We still invite the family to get together, it is estimated that the eldest brother has not prepared anything, and in the future, it will depend on whether the eldest brother is willing or not? Otherwise, we will also come in turn, just like the second sister's family, I think this is better, brother, put the words in the clear, the province always says that whoever suffers will take advantage. Eldest brother. Do you say okay? ”
"What's not to do? I can say okay, what you eat, and besides, I'll be in charge of the day. Don't think about anything else. Zeng Ruiqing said in a sullen voice.
"Okay, let's get it. Daddy, Mom, do you have anything else to add? Zeng Ruixiang asked.
Tian looked at her youngest son with some unknowing, she really didn't understand, in the past, she said that she would never dare to say that the second son, but today not only pushed them out, but even a reunion dinner once a year was reluctant to give a few girls to eat, even if he didn't like Chunyu anymore, wouldn't there be Xia Yu and Qiu Yu? Why is it so ruthless all of a sudden? According to Zhou's harsh temperament, how will you live in the future? She really didn't have any confidence in Zeng Ruiqing. She looked at Zeng Ruixiang, and then at the old man, who was silent, not knowing what he was thinking at this moment.
According to the usual practice, the old man is going to play mahjong for a while after eating, this time, he didn't say anything, he was going to leave with his hands behind his back after eating, Zeng Ruiqing naturally wanted to take his wife and children away, Zeng Ruixiang was not forced to stay, Hengzhu's purpose today has been achieved, and he knows that they all need time to straighten out and digest all this.
Zeng Ruixiang and Zifu personally sent them out, and on the way back, Zifu said: "Dad, the child really thinks that you have changed in the past few years, and if you want to change before, you will never be able to say these words." ”
Zeng Ruixiang was stunned for a moment, probably because he didn't expect his son to ask like this, he didn't know what to say for a while, he thought about it and said: "In the past, I always wanted to be good to everyone, my father's feelings, my brothers and sisters' feelings, I had to take care of it, so that I have been ignoring your mother's feelings, my own children's feelings, I would rather lose my own children, than let my father and mother be sad, saying that I am not filial, that I have no conscience." But then I found out that the more I did this, the more they took it for granted, and the more they got an inch, and I, in the end, couldn't even protect my own children. Qing'er's matter has always been like a thorn in my heart, doesn't your father keep scolding me for being soft? So, I also figured it out, if I want to go on like this, maybe there will be children who will suffer, I can't make mistakes again and again, so that your mother and you will continue to be wronged. ”
The two had already entered the door while talking, and heard Ziqing asking, "Mother, why didn't my father grow up with grandma?" What do you mean? Every time my grandma doesn't say that she worked hard to pull up her father, what is going on? ”
"I don't know much about this, it seems that my third sister-in-law said that it was because the old grandma didn't get along with your grandma, and your grandma thought that your old grandma would only favor her daughter, so she moved her family over there, and then ,。。。"
"Let's talk about it, I think you will be a little curious when you listen to your grandma's words today, a few of you are also older, you should be able to distinguish between right and wrong, Daddy will tell you the cause and effect of the matter, save you and ask others." Zeng Ruixiang said.
It turned out that Zeng Ruixiang told Ziqing that the relationship between Tian's mother-in-law and the old grandmother's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was not good, because Tian's was pampered at home, and he didn't do anything in his mother-in-law's house. Of course, this is Ziqing's guess, Zeng Ruixiang's original words are that he is not in good health, and he faints when he is excited. So, of course, the old man is more and more partial to his wife.
When the old grandpa was alive, she could still say a few words, and when she saw that her little grandson was well-behaved and cute, she hugged her, and raised her carefully for a few years, and she also tried her best to let her two grandsons enter the school, and the life of the family was naturally tighter. Zeng Ruixiang did enjoy a few years of happiness because of this, and there were good things that naturally came to him first, but unfortunately, the good times did not last long, after the old grandfather was gone, because of the support of her husband, Tian's life was getting better and better, but the old grandmother could only rely on her daughter and son-in-law to help one or two.
Later, there were more children in the family, and life became more difficult, Tian asked Zeng Ruixiang to drop out of school, Zeng Ruixiang and the old grandmother did not agree, the old grandmother asked for some silver from her son-in-law to continue to provide for Zeng Ruixiang, the relationship between Tian and the old grandmother became more and more tense, and even Tian did not like to see Zeng Ruixiang.
Zeng Ruixiang was admitted to Xiucai, just went to the state to study, but unfortunately the old grandmother was gone, Zeng Ruixiang was seriously ill in the school, it is said that what is the stomach bleeding, plus Xia Yu's illness, it is even worse for this poor family, fortunately, Ziqing's third uncle has always been good friends with Zeng Ruixiang, not only subsidizing him to see a doctor, but also introducing his sister-in-law to marry into the Zeng family.
She always thought that one day Zeng Ruixiang would be able to pass the exam, so she wanted her sister-in-law to marry and help take good care of Zeng Ruixiang for a few years, because she also knew that the Shen family had a good embroidery job and could support Zeng Ruixiang to go to school. Probably the old man and the Tian family also agreed to this marriage for the sake of the dowry, of course, this is Ziqing's speculation.
Who knew that the next things were all out of the orbit they expected, Tian naturally didn't like Zeng Ruixiang and the Xiao family to get close, so they had to let Zeng Ruixiang go out to find a job to do in order to feed the family, so Zeng Ruixiang's life entered the route designed by Tian. It can only be said that creation has made people.
"Daddy told you this today, and I also hope that you don't blame your grandma too much, the rights and wrongs of the older generation, we as juniors can't judge who is right and who is wrong. Actually, I don't have to push your grandma and grandfather out, mainly in the past few years, your grandma and your aunt have been too stupid, and your aunt has lost her conscience for the sake of money. ”
"I think, I'm afraid that Grandma doesn't know how to reflect, and will only complain that we have mistreated her. There is only one cognition in her consciousness, that is, our family's life is better, and there is no shortage of this bit of money, why can't we pull my aunt along? Aren't you brother and sister? She won't think about what is wrong with the aunt's calculation of us, if we want to say that it is not right, it is also that we did not give the aunt the money first, we have to wait for the aunt to calculate, how tired, we should give the money to the aunt. Ziqing said that she couldn't help laughing at the back.
"I also agree with Ziqing's opinion." Lin Kangping and Zifu expressed their positions one after another.
Zeng Ruixiang sighed and said, "I can only take one step at a time, as for your aunt, when it comes to flowers, I won't pay for it." ”
"That's right, Dad, why didn't you take advantage of the situation today to let Daddy sign the contract, in case Daddy regrets it, how can I live? finally forced the eldest father to agree to support Grandpa and them. Ziqing suddenly thought of this question. (To be continued)