Chapter 50: Speechless
"What? Second brother, my sister is poor, don't you look down on it? Can't build a house and prop up a faΓ§ade? β
"With my eldest brother here, what kind of faΓ§ade do I support."
This is Qian Xiancheng's idiomatic expression, when he heard Qian String in his ears, he shirked it, only to see her holding an old and dirty broken handkerchief, covering her face, and crying with a sharp voice: "Why am I so miserableββ"
"Okay, okay, I can't go?"
As soon as the handkerchief was withdrawn, there was no moisture in her eyes, and she grinned: "It's about the same, your sister has built a house for the first time in her life, and you don't help as a younger brother, who am I counting on." β
Qian Xiancheng had no choice but to explain a few words to Wei, and then went out of the house.
Qian Xiangui was still at home, he saw his younger brother, bent his elbows and shook the sleeves of his poplin jacket, revealing his wrists with jade beads, and said in a pinch tone: "I will go to the county government tomorrow, and his aunt's construction of the house will be entrusted to you." β
Qian Xiancheng has always been a headless, as soon as he heard his eldest brother speak in such a big breath, he was immediately frightened, looked modest and cautious, and said honestly: "The big matter of building a house is the brother-in-law's decision, if you want me to do something specifically, if I am fully responsible, I can't afford it." β
Qian Xiangui was very angry, he felt that the second brother was getting more and more slippery: "So, you don't want to contribute?" β
"Where? Am I not here? Qian Xiancheng was very aggrieved.
"Then, you can do whatever you want, all right?"
"Oh, okay!" Qian Xiancheng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this could be done.
Qian Chuanchuan grinned, smiled so much that his crimson gums were exposed, and his mouth was full of stench: "Second brother, you have to give the craftsman something better to eat for this house, you can bring some duck eggs for the old lady." β
"Okay!"
"Also, bring some of your family's rice, don't be stingy, eighty pounds is not enough to stuff your teeth, at least six or seven hundred pounds."
Qian Xiancheng was taken aback: "There are not so many at home, Wen Jin has sold them." β
Qian Chuan's blowing eyes immediately widened: "How is it possible?" Don't eat at home? β
Wen Jin said that the grain borrowed by many neighbors has been repaid, which is enough to eat for a year. He lowered his voice embarrassedly, "I haven't paid it back yet." β
"You go and ask for it!"
"How? No, no! β
Yang Shanwa came over very unhappily: "Xiancheng, this is your fault." Who lives in our good house? Let us live in a thatched hut for two years, and now it's easy to build a tiled house, why don't you reach out and help? β
Qian Xiancheng was angry when the two were replaced, and his face immediately turned red when he heard it: "Who changed it behind my back?" I'd rather live in my thatched hut and plant my wheat fields, who changed me to Shanwo Village? Bullying is not like that! β
"Shout! Second, is it out? Dare to lose your temper with your brother and sister? Changing land is also for your good, who is living a rich life now? If you get cheap, you can sell well! β
Qian Xiangui was annoyed, raised his face domineeringly, and lectured.
Qian Xiancheng couldn't stand it even if he faced melons again, he trembled his hands, pointed at Qian Xiangui, and was immediately stared at by the other party's fierce eyes, but the words in his mouth still couldn't help but gush out: "I'm having a better life now?" Do you know how much Wen Jin and Wen Han have suffered? Two children, they are still children, their hands are calloused, their shoulders are worn out without knowing how many layers of skin, and they risked their lives to go to the back mountains to pick. β
"Second brother!" The energy of the money strings came up, "I don't like to hear you say this, but your children are desperately driving the mountain and suffering from hardships?" If I hadn't changed your shabby house, would I be so tired today? Since you arrived at the mountain nest, your family has been up and down, whether it is food or clothing, fish and duck, it should have been mine! Hmph, what two children are fighting for their lives, two little ones, plus the younger siblings who fall down as soon as the wind blows, what can they do? β
Jiao Shi took the opportunity to help: "Second brother, you have to speak according to your conscience, just your women and children, how much strength do they add up?" What can you do? If you take advantage of his aunt, people don't say anything now, as long as you take out some of the benefits and share them with everyone, what kind of merit are you still here? Who doesn't work at home? Didn't my nephew just go up the mountain for a few days? How much power can you make? When you say those words, you are not afraid of the wind flashing your tongue. β
"I, I ......" The more angry Qian Xiancheng became, the more speechless he became, only the green tendons on his neck, which rose up. Thinking of the year before last and his son rushing to the mountain together, the two little guys gritted their teeth and didn't say a word, so tired that they didn't even have the strength to speak all day long, Qian Xiancheng's tears, drop by drop, flowed down the wrinkles on his face, he was just kind, he didn't expect that his relatives who pleased him with his heart and liver would take him, and they would accuse him, accuse him of could, and even let go of his wife and children, even his nephew who has no parents, this time, he was really sad.
He's sad every time, but he doesn't have a long memory, and he forgets the pain when the scar is good!
Qian Xiangui's eldest daughter, Qian Wenqian, has been married, and she went back to her parents' house today, she sat in the thatched house, heard the words outside, quietly slipped out, ran to the next door, and told Lao Jiao's 1510: "Grandmother, the second uncle is becoming more and more disagreeable now, not only contradicting the aunt, but even listening to my father's words." β
"Humph! See how grandmother taught him! β
Lao Jiao angrily slammed the armrest of the couch, stood up and walked two steps, turned around and picked up the crutches, twisted his fat body, and came to the next door.
If there was a surveillance video for Qian Xiancheng to see, he would definitely be shocked that such a big change could occur in just a few seconds. The old Jiao family who came in, trembling under his feet, like an old man who was about to die.
"First of all, let you discuss with your younger brothers and sisters, how to help build the house quickly, why don't you give me a reply after half a day?"
"Mother, why are you here, I'm going to tell you." This mother and son, pretending to be forced, is comparable to the actor and the actress.
"Mother, woo, you don't know, the second brother is also black-hearted now, I only asked me to help me with some food, he didn't say anything, and complained about how much his son and daughter-in-law suffered, saying that we hurt him."
"I didn't say it!" Qian Xiancheng has never been submissive in front of Lao Jiao's family, and he didn't dare to say much, and today's anger only made him come out with these three words, and his voice was as small as a mosquito.
Old Jiao sneered slightly, and assigned arrogantly: "Since you didn't say it, then hurry home and send some food and duck eggs here, and start demolishing the house in the afternoon, and tomorrow the craftsman will enter the house, and it is not good for others to eat." β
"Oh!" Qian Xiancheng habitually agreed, bowed his head and walked out, he was very aggrieved, he felt very uncomfortable, but he couldn't say a word, he couldn't figure out what he did wrong, why he always carried it like this.
Wen Jin and Wen Han are at home at the moment, but they are overjoyed, just because Wei Chenglan is here.
Wen Jin lent rice to the people in Weijiawan, there was not enough food to eat, how could he be willing to give up such a luxury of rice and white noodles? They're going to change it to millet and bread noodles.
All the rice was given to Wang Jishan, and then exchanged for coarse grain from there, Wei Chenglan came to the town to transport grain today, and by the way, he looked at his wife and son, as well as his sister's family.
Looking at the man's resolute face, the stubble on his chin was so high, and his cheekbones were so thin that he was protruding, Ge's heart was uncomfortable.
Several children still don't understand this, Liangxi lay in his father's arms, Liangqing snuggled up to his father, Lianggong took the words he wrote, and turned them page by page to show his father, Wen Han and Wen Jin stood not far away, watching all this with a smile.
Webster quietly wiped a handful of tears, had to stop, took a cloth towel to wash his face.
Qian Xiancheng walked into the house and saw such a scene, if he wanted to send something to the Yang family, he couldn't say it anyway.
Wei Chenglan didn't leave until lunch, and his children were tired of him for a while, so he was coaxed to play with him, and he talked to his brother-in-law very seriously.
Qian Xiancheng is kind to everyone, and he cares about his brother-in-law's recent life.
"We went to Erdaoliang, where few people went, we picked a lot of walnuts, and now we have gone to the skin, and we have dried it for these days, and we have carried it back in the past few days."
"Two beams? It's a jackal, a tiger and a leopard, it's too dangerous. β
"It's okay, we're all fine."
"Okay, let's quickly carry out the walnuts, change the food, and you won't have to worry about winter."
"yes!" Wei Chenglan's tone was very emotional, "There is food to eat, don't panic." β
Wen Jin saw that the second uncle looked like he wanted to talk and stopped, and wanted to say goodbye, knowing that he would definitely not have anything good if he went to Linjin Town, she found a conversation and interjected: "Second uncle, last year, my aunt said that my uncle didn't give them enough food, will it be like this this year?" β
She bit the uncle very hard, and wanted to remind Qian Xiancheng that they had no responsibility for the money.
Sure enough, Qian Xiancheng couldn't help but sigh, but as soon as the voice came out, he immediately held back.
"What else can't be said in front of my uncle? Does the second uncle still want to cover up the ugliness of the Qian family? The list of separations is clearly written, the uncle planted his aunt's girl's field, what is there over there, we are willing to contribute, that is benevolence and righteousness, unwilling to contribute, that should be, what else do you have to worry about? β
"Your aunt, let us give them some duck eggs to eat for the people who built the house."
"It's easy, I'll send it over with my brother in a while, you can help your uncle carry the mountain goods."
Wei Chenglan just wanted to say no, but when she saw Wen Jin glaring at him, she quickly changed her words: "Yes, brother-in-law, we picked a lot of walnuts, if you can help, it would be great." Qian Xiancheng nodded and agreed: "Okay, okay!" "He didn't know how to refuse, what's more, Wen Jin said that he and Wen Han went to the town to deliver things, what else did he have to worry about?
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