Xu Zhenhua felt a little sad in his heart, at the beginning, his mother and their family worked together to plan to marry their own wife, and they all made trouble in the army......

If it weren't for the protection of him at that time, he would have been forced to retire from the army, just because of this incident, he had worked hard for seniority over the years, and he could have been promoted but had been shelved many times because of his style problems, otherwise, with his current military merits, he would not be able to rise one step now.

Since the death of Xiao Nian's mother, he has not come back, but he heard that the family had a falling out with that side, and he didn't like it at first, but his father-in-law sent a letter and scolded his mother and two younger brothers, which made him quite upset.

Now, my mother has put the blame on that side......

"Mom......" he interrupted his mother's words, "Anyway, it's also Xiao Nian's grandfather's house, and it's almost the New Year, Xiao Nian now has a new mother," Speaking of "new mother", Xu Zhenhua paused, his face was not good-looking, but his tone was consistent and light, "I haven't been back for several years, so I have to go over and have a look, lest they say that we are ruthless and unjust." ”

Mother Xu was silent for a while, went to the cabinet with a gloomy face and turned out a small handkerchief that was a little yellowed, opened the handkerchief, and there were some money neatly inside, ten yuan, five yuan, one piece, and many five cents and one dime.

She took out a ten-yuan one, thought about it and put it back, took a five-dollar one, and handed it to him, "Give you ten yuan, buy a piece of cloth for your daughter-in-law, she is skillful, just let her come back and make clothes." Spend another piece of eight cents to see Grandpa Xiao Nian. ”

Xu Zhenhua took the money, "Mom, these are too little, to see Grandpa Xiao Nian, how can I get five yuan, you can give me another five yuan!" ”

It's not that he and his wife are arguing, if he lets his mother know that he still has private money, he will definitely ask him to hand it all over.

"You don't have any money?" The old lady wrapped the handkerchief and put it back in the cabinet, "Where do we have any money at home?" If you have it in your hand, you can pay for it yourself! ”

muttered in a low voice, "You are poor and generous, what's wrong with a dollar, I haven't seen them for so many years, let alone a dollar, even a penny." I don't even want to give this dollar. ”

Xu Zhenhua didn't hear her muttering, and said: "When I came back, I asked my comrades-in-arms for the money I borrowed, in addition to the round-trip fare, it was only five yuan, and I also wanted to buy a piece of cloth for Xiao Nian to make a new dress, it's the New Year, I rarely come back, why do I have to buy something for the child!" ”

When the old lady heard this, she hurriedly said: "Then you can also pull a piece of cloth for the iron pillar and the small pillar, you will be the uncle, and you will also leave a good thought for the children." ”

Xu Zhenhua listened to the old lady's words as a matter of course, and his brain twitched angrily, "Mom, my salary is mailed back to support them, I won't buy it, and they should remember me well." Besides, where did I get the money and the tickets? ”

Mother Xu was stunned, heard her son's anger, and said a little sneeringly: "Mom doesn't mean anything else, Mom just wants to make the relationship between your buddies better." ”

Xu Zhenhua took a deep breath and didn't argue with her, his voice was low and disappointed, "Mom, I'm going back." ”

Regardless of whether the old lady's face was ugly or not, she went straight out of the East House.

He stood in the dark courtyard, lit a cigarette, listened to the laughter of the West Inghouse adults, the lively screaming of the children, and listened to the mother's loud scolding, and asked the men to go to the East House to squeeze in.

And in the hut where Lin Tong was, it was dark, there was no light, no sound, like his heart at the moment, dark and could not see a trace of light.

All the excitement and warmth of this family have nothing to do with him, since he went out to serve as a soldier, every time he comes back, he feels that his mother's care and nagging are too polite, and his younger brothers deliberately flatter, so that he is tired and clearly understands that what they need is not him, but the salary of dozens of yuan that he mails back every month.

This kind of cognition made him helpless and sad.

It's all poor!

He viciously snuffed out the half-smoked cigarette, carefully put it in his jacket pocket, and strode back to the dark room.

"Why don't you light the lights?" He went in, felt on the table, took out a match and lit the kerosene lamp.

Although the kerosene lamp was dim, it could make him feel a glimmer of light and a glimmer of warmth in this darkness.

Lin Tong didn't know what to think when she was lying on the hot kang, Xu Nian was already lying next to her and fell asleep, hearing him speak, Lin Tong came back to his senses, a little aggrieved, "I don't have a match." ”

Xu Zhenhua choked and said helplessly: "You won't get it to the stove pit?" ”

Matches also cost money, and of course it is impossible for the family to buy this.

Lin Tong was stunned for a moment, and then smirked embarrassedly, "Oops, I forgot." ”

Although she is already Lin Tong, there are some things that are not so easy to do, and the memories of her and the original owner still need to be run-in.

She came in in the dark before, faintly touched the kang through the moonlight outside, spread the futon, and lay down stupidly with Xiao Nian in her arms, because she couldn't see clearly, and she didn't wash the child, hearing him say this, she was a little remorseful, and muttered, "You didn't come back early, I didn't even wash Xiao Nian and went to sleep." ”

Xu Zhenhua didn't hear her muttering, he had been outside for so many years, and his hygiene habits were much better than those in his hometown, so he took the washbasin and scooped up cold water in the water tank, bent over and washed it.

Lin Tong listened to this voice, pursed his mouth, and thought a little unpleasantly in his heart: This man doesn't care about people too much! I don't even know how to take care of her.

Xu Zhenhua washed his face a few times, but he didn't wipe it, wiped it with his big hand, looked back at the woman lying on the kang, opened the door and went out to pour the water, and when he came back, he scooped up the cold water again, went to the pot to mix hot water, and asked her: "Do you wash your face?" ”

Lin Tong hurriedly sat up and nodded, "Wash, wash!" ”

Seeing that the hot water was ready, she suddenly smiled like a flower, jumped off the kang, hugged the man's arm and jumped to her feet, and smiled sweetly: "Xu Zhenhua, you are so good!" ”

Xu Zhenhua's body stiffened slightly, he took a step back quietly, Lin Tong was happy, and he didn't feel the surging of his mood, this was just a way for her to express her feelings, but as soon as she clicked, she had already let go of her hand, and muttered quietly while washing her face, "There is no facial cleanser, not even soap, can this soap be used?" ”

Xu Zhenhua didn't pay attention to her self-talking, looking at her with a dim eye, but one hand involuntarily touched the arm she had just held.

Thinking that she was smoked and ran out to vomit before, she was happy and jumped to her feet with joy just now, and her heart was a little weird.

She was so happy and her expression was so exposed, was it just because she poured hot water for her?

Such a pampered feeling is not like a rural girl with a difficult life, but a bit like a girl who is pampered and raised by those who live in good conditions in the city.