The third sister of the old Zhang family in Danmei Village, Li Dong's grandmother lives here now, and Zhang Chunling, the third sister of the Zhang family, is waiting.

Zhang Chunling, the third sister of the Zhang family, cut watermelons in the kitchen.

The eldest sister Zhang Chunlan knocked the melon seeds at the door, and when she saw the third sister's courteous appearance, she couldn't help but say:

"Chunling, what do you say you are doing so hard, they can't eat it if you cut so much. ”

Zhang Chunling wiped a handful of sweat, and her voice was warm: "How long will Xiaodong and his brother-in-law not come back, it's hot this day, eat some watermelon to relieve the heat." ”

The second sister Zhang Chunhua swept the floor in the kitchen and put the garbage into the dustpan, and then the third sister glanced at her behind her, and said angrily: "Cover them quickly after cutting them, people don't know when they will come, and let the flies crawl!"

Zhang Chunling didn't say anything, and the cover covered the cut watermelon plate.

As soon as the broom was put down, the second sister pulled a chair and sat at the door, patting her thigh and chirping: "This little brother-in-law too, don't call the eldest sister, don't call me, a call to the third sister, this doesn't seem like words." ”

The eldest sister interjected: "Chunling, didn't the little brother-in-law say when it will come?"

Chunling glanced at her old man's machine: "It should be soon." ”

"But come early, don't stay here when you're done, hurry up, we don't have the strength to entertain them, and we have to be busy with a bunch of work at home." The second sister snorted.

The eldest sister snorted and slapped the second sister's thigh.

The second sister stalked her neck, looked at Zhang Chunling, snorted coldly, don't look over her head and don't speak.

Zhang Chunling's action of cutting melons stopped, and then the knife fell again.

"Chunling, the old lady seems to be humming, as if she wants to pull. The eldest sister who knocked melon seeds at the door tilted her head and said to Zhang Chunling.

Zhang Chunling sighed, hurriedly put down the knife, and then ran to the back room in a hurry.

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got out of the car and pushed open the iron door of the third aunt Zhang Chunling's house, and the first thing that caught Li Dong's eye was the aunt and second aunt who knocked melon seeds at the door in front of the brick path.

Seeing Li Dong and Li Dashan walking in with a big bag and a small wrapper, the aunt stood up first, threw the melon seed skin in her hand to the ground, and said with a dry smile: "Little brother-in-law, are you here?"

The second aunt also stood up and shouted "brother-in-law".

The aunt looked at Li Dong and said with a smile: "Oh, Xiaodong, you have grown taller again." ”

Li Dong smiled back.

Li Dashan and Li Dong put down the things in their hands, and Li Dashan greeted the two of them, their tones were very rusty, and they didn't look like a family talking.

Hearing the sound outside, the third aunt Zhang Chunling rushed out from inside, saw Li Dashan and Li Dong, the expression on her face was very happy, she went up to say hello to Li Dashan, and then touched Li Dong's arm very closely: "Xiaodong has grown up again!"

Seeing Zhang Chunling's closeness, the eldest aunt and second aunt felt a little disdainful in their hearts.

After the little sister left, the little brother-in-law was beaten to a broken leg, not to mention, and was fired by the restaurant, and Li Dong's family has plummeted since then.

At the beginning, the eldest aunt and the second aunt were afraid that their family would entangle them, so they avoided it if they could, but it didn't work out, this Li Dashan was just and opened a small restaurant in the county.

However, they also knew that this small restaurant didn't make much money at all, and they didn't earn as much as their men working outside, so they looked down on Li Dong's family even more.

Some poor people look down on the poor.

A few people entered the house, and Li Dong went to see his grandmother.

On the kang head, a skinny old lady was lying on it, with a few taels of dry meat on her body, and when she heard the human voice, she raised her head with difficulty:

"Xiaodong......" patted the kang beside him, and the old lady said, "Sit." ”

"Eh!" Li Dong sat beside his grandmother and touched her withered hand.

The others stood by and watched, and couldn't help but sigh.

WeChat came with a message, and Li Dong sent a location to the other party.

After a while, the eldest uncle took square steps and came to the third aunt's house with his hands behind his back.

Li Dong's second and third uncles have gone to work in other places, and only the eldest uncle is still in the village.

He is the head of the village party secretary, has a high prestige in the village, and now belongs to the head of the old Zhang family.

Squinting his eyes, his uncle Ma Zhigang looked Li Dashan up and down, and when he opened his mouth, he was very confident: "What's going on, Dashan, how have you been doing in the county recently?"

Li Dashan replied: "It's okay." ”

"No, or don't do it, go out and do some work, you see your second brother-in-law and third brother-in-law, they earn a lot a year, which is much better than your small restaurant." Uncle Ma Zhigang said loudly.

Before Li Dashan could speak, the second aunt interjected first: "I look at Dashan's shop, it looks very good-looking, and I don't make money after a year of busy work!"

Li Dashan said in a deep voice: "It's not a problem to support Xiaodong after finishing college. ”

As soon as she heard Li Dashan's rebuttal, the eldest sister turned the spearhead to Li Dong: "Xiaodong, did you hear what your father said, you have to study hard, you can't live up to your mother anymore, don't make some useless things all day long, put your mind away, and you will be admitted to university next year......"

Zhang Chunling took Li Dong behind him to protect him: "Xiao Dongxing, Xiao Dong has a good brain!"

The second aunt said in a strange manner: "The brain is good, he doesn't use it in the right place!"

When Li Dashan saw this crowd, he came out like all beings like in previous years, and he was angry in his heart, and said in his heart, "My son is still what you can evaluate casually?"

His tone was also a little sideways: "Xiaodong did very well in the midterm exam this time......"

Before he finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Ma Zhigang: "Dashan, don't always get used to children, boys can't indulge him like this!"

Li Dashan wanted to say something, but the aunt saw that the atmosphere was a little solemn, and interrupted: "Is the time almost up, let's go." ”

The second aunt sat down on the kang: "Go ahead, I'll watch the old lady at home." ”

A few people stopped talking and walked outside in a muffled voice, leaving the second aunt alone at home to watch the old lady.

"Xiaodong, I'll help you carry it. After Zhang Chunling finished speaking, she was about to snatch the flower that Li Dong was carrying.

Li Dong dodged, smiled at Zhang Chunling and said, "Third aunt, don't use it." ”

Zhang Chunling looked at Li Dong's smile and smiled: "Young man, I have really grown up, and I am so much taller than my aunt." ”

The aunt and uncle walked in front of them with their hands behind their backs, and did not talk to the three people behind.

The villagers passing by greeted Ma Zhigang respectfully: "Branch secretary, come out for a walk!"

Ma Zhigang nodded with a smile on his face, with a big belly, and he didn't look like he was going to sweep the tomb.

The aunt also stopped and walked on the side of the road, from time to time with some women to talk about his wife's tongue, laughing and walking towards the cemetery in the back mountain.

Back mountain, in front of Li's mother's tomb.

"Alright, Xiaodong, hurry up. The aunt looked at the name on the tombstone, and couldn't help urging Li Dong, but when she said it, she seemed to feel that something was wrong, so she quickly shut up.

Ma Zhigang stood beside him with his hands behind his back and didn't say anything.

"Wait a minute. Li Dong looked at the photo of his mother on the tablet and said lightly.

Li Dashan couldn't help but glance at his son, what are you waiting for?

"What are you waiting for?" said the aunt.

Ma Zhigang couldn't help frowning, but he thought that Li Dong was missing his mother, so he didn't say anything.

After a while, Li Dong was still standing in front of the tomb speechless, Ma Zhigang's mouth moved, ready to urge Li Dong, he was also anxious, he didn't want to stay here for too long, he felt uncomfortable.

At this time, three Land Rovers came from a distance, bumping very much on the potholed ground, and the driving state made people feel sorry for the expensive tires.

Under the surprised gaze of Ma Zhigang, Aunt and Li Dashan, the Land Rover slowly stopped beside them, the door opened, and a tall man in a black suit stepped out of the car.

The first person had a thin face and a cold face, he stepped out of the car, his shiny leather shoes stepped on the dust of the mountains without any scruples, and surrounded by a group of men in suits, he walked towards Li Dong and others.