"I'm sorry! It's my sense of responsibility, in fact, I also know that they have grown up, and they are no longer the little ones who follow me all day long, shouting big brother all day long, waiting for my little daughter-in-law! It's not good for me to take care of this self-blame, so I ignored you, I'm sorry! After saying that, he hugged her tighter.

Lu Caiqing listened to it and knew that he had come to his senses, and said, "That's if you figured it out, you're not self-harming, aren't you?" ”

"You heard it, I just suddenly felt that the family was deserted all of a sudden, a little sad, and the second brother's life and death are uncertain, I wonder if my parents who have spirits in heaven will blame me." Song Ziyu said what was in his heart.

"No, it won't! Brother Song! Ziwu is a blessed person, he has his own natural appearance, this trip may not be able to build miraculous feats, our Ziwu is originally burly, and he has also been assigned by Uncle Heizi, maybe he will be reused in the army, so don't worry. Lu Caiqing comforted.

"Really? Maybe I don't have enough information about him, and I hope that by your good words, he will make a name for himself in the army. After Lu Caiqing's persuasion, Song Ziyu finally stopped worrying, and felt a little relieved.

"Little daughter-in-law! Wait, I'll move the quilt back. After Song Ziyu finished speaking, he was about to do it.

Lu Caiqing stopped him and said, "Brother Song! Forget it, let's burn the fire a little more here and sleep here! I know that no matter how much I enlighten, you still miss him in your heart, so let's sleep here tonight! ”

With gratitude in his eyes, Song Ziyu happily added a few more charcoal fires to the kang in the outhouse, and the two of them laid out the futon here and slept down.

Lu Caiqing lay on Song Ziyu's arm and read: "I remember the first time I came to Song's house, I slept here, Brother Song was afraid that I would be frozen and covered me with a quilt, sleeping on the kang, causing me to wake up in the middle of the night, kick the quilt, and have a fever the next day." ”

"I was thinking at the time, this girl has such thin bones, her legs are discounted but she doesn't even make a sound, she is a girl with strong willpower, she wanted you to leave when you are injured, but she didn't control her heart, and left you to suffer with us!" Song Ziyu continued.

"Suffer! If you have something to eat, give me something to eat first, and find a doctor for me! I'm not used to buying food and buying mountain goods for me, I'm here to enjoy happiness. Now Zifei is learning and progressing, Ziwu is going to join the army, and he will come back to find a fame in the future, that is to give our Song family glory ancestor, and you, a meritorious hero, will have an explanation to your father. Lu Caiqing said a lot of words, still to relieve Song Ziyu and make him no longer so sad in his heart.

Lu Caiqing slowly heard even breathing from the top of his head, and knew that he was sleepy, it must be because Ziwu was leaving, and he didn't close his eyes all night, and now he was enlightened by Lu Caiqing, so he fell asleep with sleepiness all of a sudden.

She tucked up the quilt behind him, and fell asleep beside him.

Early the next morning! Aunt Xia asked Yun Ge to call them to eat, and they got up, Aunt Xia looked at the two of them with red eyes, and comforted them a few more words: "Ziyu! Our family Ziwu is going to make a contribution, don't think too much, you take Yunge to the lotus pond to help during the day! Do something and don't think about it. ”

Lu Caiqing heard this and stopped: "Mother! Why do you want Yun Ge to work, there is Brother Li and his wife in the lotus pond, plus Brother Song is enough, and I can also help, now there are lotus roots and ducks in the lotus pond, when Yun Ge is not used, just let him accompany you at home. ”

"That won't do! Yun Ge is a half-grown child, what to do with me all day long, let him exercise, go down to the river to dig some lotus roots or something, he is the same age as Zifei, and he can do what Zifei does. Aunt Xia said insistently.

"Mother! This is not good, our Yunge is our family's treasure, but I haven't done this rough work, if I have a headache and brain fever, I can't help it, and there are still Shuangzhu and Brother Li's brothers at home? Just have enough people. Song Ziyu analyst said.

"Then you can't keep him as a treasure, he is still young, and when he grows up in the future, you always protect him like this, and he can't do anything. Now that Ziwu has gone out to be a soldier, he is a member of the Song family, so he should find some work for him. Aunt Xia said a little anxiously.

"Mother! Our Yunge is not the material to do these things, don't worry, Brother Song also said just now, the family has enough manpower, you don't want to work on Yunge, when Yunge is a little bigger, I think about what kind of shop to open in the city and let him take care of the accounts, the most important thing in the shop is the exchange of money, let me rest assured that our own family will take care of it. Lu Caiqing said what he thought in his heart.

"What? You're still going to open a shop? Pick green! Our life is enough to eat and clothe now, can't you stay at home and stay at home for a winter? Opening a shop is the work that men should do, so let's not be tired, okay? Aunt Xia looked at Cai Qing, who was getting thinner, and said distressedly.

"Yes! Little daughter-in-law! Don't think about anything else, just say what you have in mind, let me do it, you see that you don't have any flesh now, and your body is still the same slender, not only my mother is distressed, but I am also distressed. Song Ziyu also said with concern.

"I see! This is just my idea, and there is no plan to implement it yet, but although we have money now, I still have one thing in mind, when I bought this barren mountain, I used the silver money of Brother Song's tiger skin, and it is not enough to redeem the silver until now, and I have just terminated the contract with Bai Xiaoran, so I still want to do something to redeem the skin. Lu Caiqing said unhurriedly.

"And this one, it's really hard for you, it's all our Yunge that is not good! Otherwise, one yard will be one yard, and Boss Bai's business can continue. ”

Aunt Xia wanted to say something, but was cut off by Lu Caiqing: "Mother! Talking and talking, how to get involved with Yun Ge can only show that Bai Xiaoran is not worthy of our deep friendship, and it is okay to break it, lest he come to harass us. ”

"Little daughter-in-law! It's just for that skin that you're like this! Don't do it, it has already contributed to our family, it doesn't matter if you redeem it or not, don't think too much about it! Song Ziyu said comfortingly.

"Sneeze......! It's not that I think too much, it's that the tiger skin has commemorative significance, I remember that Brother Song said that this tiger skin was obtained from hunting with Ziwu, so Ziwu was also injured, and now Ziwu is no more, we should redeem the tiger skin. Lu Caiqing sneezed and said.

Aunt Xia suddenly realized: "So that's the case, then we should redeem it, Cai Qing!" Your little blushing face is not uncomfortable today? Do you want your mother to boil you some red date syrup? ”

Lu Caiqing's face turned even redder when she heard this, she knew that Aunt Xia had misunderstood, she had come to menstrual affairs, in fact, she felt that her throat hurt when she got up in the morning, and it was estimated that she had a cold.

She hurriedly said: "No, mother, no! It's just that I got up a little dizzy this morning, so it's good to lie down. ”

Song Ziyu hurriedly put his hand on her forehead, and blamed himself in his heart: "It's all my fault, I must have frozen in the main house last night, if you don't accompany me, you won't be uncomfortable." ”

"Ziyu! It's not hot! If you have a fever, please invite Dr. Li Cun! Aunt Xia said a little anxiously.

"Hmmm! I'll go! Mother, you are watching the little daughter-in-law at home! ”

After speaking, he rushed out of the hospital and invited the doctor from Li Village after a while. Lu Caiqing's illness only improved after lying for three days, and the days went on as usual, but the weather was getting colder day by day.

Zifei still went home to help his eldest brother work during the holidays, and seeing that it was almost the end of the month, Lu Caiqing's body was also healed.

On this day, Lu Caiqing's family of four had dinner, waiting for Brother Li and his three to come to work, but before they came, they saw Aunt Liu's mother and son hurrying over.

Lu Caiqing saw that they were in a hurry, so he hurriedly let them into the house and asked, "Aunt Liu!" What's wrong? In a hurry? Don't have any work at home now? You don't have to rush like this. ”

"Cai Qing! On the way here, we heard that Qingyuan and his family had an accident, so you can go and see if you have time! Aunt Liu didn't sit down yet, so she said hurriedly.

Shuangzhu hurriedly pulled Song Ziyu and said, "Brother Ziyu! Come with me! I'll tell you on the way! ”

Lu Caiqing and Song Ziyu hurriedly put on their padded jackets and followed Shuangzhu to Brother Li's house.

On the way, I learned that Brother Li's family of three went home at night, so they went to Li's house to report, and the old lady uncharacteristically praised Duo'er with pastries and maltose to praise the child for growing up and being sensible.

Brother Li was carried away by the excitement in his heart, this was the first time his mother looked at her daughter, and the old lady left Duo'er there for the night, saying that she wanted to be close.

Brother Li thought that the child also spent the night there when he was a child, so he agreed, and the meaning of the divorce was to take it back, the old lady liked to go back in the morning, the child had not gotten along with the old people at home for a long time, for fear that his daughter would suffer, but Brother Li was very sure that his mother was different, so that the child's sharp teeth and the old man were close and close, and said something good, maybe it would ease the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and Sister-in-law Li agreed.

Early in the morning, Brother Li and his family happily went to pick up their daughter home, but they saw his father, mother, brother and sister-in-law, and a family of five happily eating there, except for his daughter Duo'er.

Sister-in-law Li couldn't see her daughter at this time, so she asked her daughter excitedly, and at first the old lady also prevaricated that the child went out to play by himself, and the two really believed it, and when the old man didn't see the child come back for a long time, he was worried, and under the questioning, he knew that it was his own brother, and the child's second uncle was sold.

Li Qingbao didn't work long hours in Lu Caiqing's place, he got 200 wen a month, and when he had money in his hand, he made the same mistake again, and took the money to gamble, but his bad luck was not a star and a half, and he owed the casino a lot of silver, and at the end of the year, he was delayed again and again, and the casino was not used to him, and people said that they would either pay back the money or chop their hands.

As a last resort, the second old man paid off part of the gambling debts, which was far from enough, Li Qingbao teamed up with the people in the casino to play a bitter trick, the old lady saw where she was willing to give it, although she hated iron and steel, but after all, she was her own flesh and blood, so under the prodding of her daughter-in-law, she started the idea of Duo'er.