At this time, the men who were working in the fields also returned.

Tan Shiguo introduced to everyone again, Father Tan is a very honest old man, Brother Tan and Father Tan's demeanor and tone seem to be carved out of a mold, and Second Brother Tan is going to be more shrewd.

Tan Shiguo frowned and said to Father Tan: "Dad, didn't you let you go to the ground, and there is no shortage of you in the family to earn that share." ”

Father Tan only grinned and didn't say anything.

Tan's second sister-in-law wiped her son's nose, and echoed when she heard this: "It's not, I also persuaded your second brother, but our father's temperament is twisted, saying that he is uncomfortable staying at home, and he has to work in the field." ”

"Dad, listen to my son, don't go to the field in the future, the money I sent back and the food distributed by you two elders every year are enough to eat."

In fact, the Tan family has long been separated, but they are still living in one place, so outsiders don't know the situation, but they all have their own gangs, except for the fourth Tan Shijun, the two of them also eat with the two elders, and pay food and money every month.

Tan Shiguo's words made the second brother Tan Shihu feel a little uncomfortable, his father earned more centimeters to subsidize his family, his family has many sons, and two of them are in junior high school, which is the most expensive, if his parents no longer subsidize, how can he support a large family with his own centimeters? At that time, I am afraid that his family will become an upside-down household.

The method of distributing grain is divided according to the people's seven labors and three, that is to say, seventy percent of the rations are divided according to the head, three percent are divided according to the centimeters, and the newly born milk baby can also be divided into grain, but don't think that the baby can be divided more, if the centimeter is not enough, the money will not be distributed at the end of the year, and maybe it will be owed to the production team, this kind of person is called an upside-down household, of course, hunger is not starving.

Tan's second sister-in-law turned Tan Shihu with her arm and motioned for him to say something.

"Ahem, big country, you don't know the situation all year round, your father is an idle person, you have to let him stay at home and do nothing, he feels uncomfortable."

Zhou Xiaoran saw Tan Shiguo's face sinking, so he pulled his sleeve and reminded him not to lose his temper, he would stay at home for a day, there was no need to conflict with his brother over this matter.

Tan Shiguo took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said: "Dad, you must pay attention to your body, don't do it if you can't do it, you have four sons to raise, what are you worried about?" ”

Brother Tan is an honest man, his face turned red when he heard the words, he never honored his parents all year round, and the third child sent money home. But Second Brother Tan doesn't think so, shouldn't he send money to the third brother? He didn't go home for a few years at every turn, what was there at home that wasn't in the hands of his brothers? In his opinion, the third child is still missing, and each of these brothers should be given more subsidies.

Sister-in-law Tan came out of the kitchen and called everyone to eat, because today was the first time Tan Shiguo brought his daughter-in-law home, so several people in the main room were eating.

"The fourth child hasn't come back yet, Jiaxuan told him to go, don't wait any longer." As soon as Tan's second sister-in-law's words fell, Tan Shijun came back.

The name Tan Shijun has long been familiar to Zhou Xiaoran, just because of his relationship with Liu Mei, there is nothing that the neighboring brigades don't know.

But Tan Shijun is a little different from what Zhou Xiaoran imagined, he looks too similar to Tan Shiguo, but his temperament is very different, he knows that he is a reader at a glance.

"Third brother, I don't know if it's inconvenient for you, but I think I should tell you, I'll come back if I can come back, my mother misses you." Tan Shijun and Tan Shiguo are very close, Tan Shiguo is not like when he was facing his two brothers, he smiled on his face, and said: "I have to leave early tomorrow morning, your sister-in-law will stay at home for a while, and pay tribute and filial piety to my mother for me." ”

Everyone was surprised as soon as these words came out, and they came back all the way to rest for a night? But they all knew the nature of his work, and at the same time they were used to it, so they didn't ask much.

I don't know if it's because Tan Shiguo is in a good mood when he comes back, Tan's mother was able to go down to the table to eat.

The meals cooked by Sister-in-law Tan were extremely simple, and the things Zhou Xiaoran and the ones they brought back didn't move at all, and they usually cooked whatever they ate.

Second sister-in-law Tan originally thought that she would be able to sacrifice her teeth today.

"Sister-in-law, the first time the third brother brought the third brother and sister back, you let the family eat pickles and pickles?"

Sister-in-law Tan said it sneeringly, she saw the meat brought back by the third brother, but without her mother's words, where would she dare to move.

Mother Tan said to Zhou Xiaoran when she heard this: "You came back suddenly, and you didn't make any preparations, let your eldest brother go to the commune to buy some meat in the afternoon, and let's make dumplings to eat in the evening." ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to eat dumplings at night, Tan Jiasong jumped up excitedly, and the other three girls also smiled with joy.

Zhou Xiaoran hurriedly said: "Mother, didn't we bring back some meat today, why did we let the eldest brother buy it." ”

Mother Tan shook her head, "Eh, how can it be the same, when the new daughter-in-law arrives home, how can she have to rectify a decent table." ”

Zhou Xiaoran didn't say anything anymore, it was a big deal to give more subsidies to the elderly, so he should calm their hearts.

"The fourth daughter-in-law still refuses to come out for dinner?"

As soon as Tan's second sister-in-law heard Tan's mother's inquiry, she immediately said: "No, it's still our Jiasong who sent it in, and I don't know what happened to her." ”

Mother Tan was not very happy immediately, what Second Sister-in-law Tan said was right, there was nothing to do, her attitude like this, outsiders would think that there was something.

"Go, call her out for dinner." These words were said to Tan Shijun.

Tan Shijun stood up obediently, and came back after a while, followed by Liu Mei.

It seems that this Tan Shijun still has a way, how can he listen to that talk, it's not the first time that Liu Mei has been like this?

Zhou Xiaoran said hello to Liu Mei, but Liu Meili ignored her, and sat down and buried her head in gnawing on her nest, as if she wanted to hide her face.

Afterwards, Zhou Xiaoran knew the whole story from Tan's second sister-in-law's mouth.

Liu Mei originally went to the provincial capital with Liu's mother, but Liu's mother didn't know why she was arrested by the public security bureau, so Liu Mei came back alone, who knew that she met a trafficker on the train.

I don't know whether to say that Liu Mei is stupid or naïve, the traffickers told her that they can help her introduce jobs, they are regular workers in a certain factory, and they can become cadres in a year, and they will get as much as they get paid, Liu Mei left with people, until she was locked up with other abducted women, and she learned from others that she was abducted, but her luck was excellent, and when their group of abducted people had not had time to be sent to the mountainous areas in the south, this group of traffickers was arrested by the public security in one fell swoop, and Liu Mei was rescued.

After Liu's mother was put back, she had a premonition that something was wrong when she learned that Liu Mei had not come back, but she did not find a way to find her daughter in the first place, but ran to Tan's house to make a big noise, asking the Tan family to compensate her daughter, the implication is that the Tan family wants to take the money, and if you don't take the money, you will go to sue the Tan family.

After Liu Mei came back, she felt that she had been abducted by human traffickers, and she had no face to see anyone, so she locked herself in the house every day, and even sent her food in.

Zhou Xiaoran glanced at Tan Shijun, didn't he unravel Liu Mei?

In the afternoon, the eldest brother Tan Shilong listened to Tan's mother and went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy things, and Zhou Xiaoran also took out a few red envelopes to distribute to the children.

Brother Tan's three daughters, the eldest Tan Jiaxuan is fifteen years old, the second Tan Jiafang is twelve years old, the third Tan Jiaqian is only six years old, and the second brother Tan's family is three sons, the eldest Tan Jiadong is also fifteen years old, the second Tan Jiabo is thirteen years old, and the third Tan Jiasong is nine years old.

Each of the red envelopes is wrapped in five cents, which can be said to be a huge amount of money for the children, and each child's face shows great joy, although Jiadong and Jiabo are in junior high school in the county, but Zhou Xiaoran did not leave theirs.

But soon the children were not happy, because the red envelopes were confiscated by the parents, and the name was keeping.

Sister-in-law Tan was a little uneasy when she saw so much money in the red envelope, how could she return it in the future? Tan's second sister-in-law was happy and kept saying good things about Zhou Xiaoran.

Zhou Xiaoran regretted it a little, and bought some food for the children if he knew it earlier.

"Third aunt, are you from the city? My mom said you're from the city. ”

Tan Jiaxuan can be said to be the most lively of several girls, and took the initiative to talk to Zhou Xiaoran.

"Well, I grew up in a provincial town, but I've also cut the queue."

Tan Jiaxuan was suddenly a little excited, "Is the provincial capital bigger than the county seat?" I've been to the county seat, and the county seat is better than Tanjiagou."

Zhou Xiaoran touched Tan Jiaxuan's head, "It's much bigger, if you have the chance, you can go and see for yourself." ”

Tan Jiaxuan looked a little lost, "I don't know when I will go." ”

Zhou Xiaoran suddenly asked, "Why didn't you go to school?" "She is the same age as Tan Jiadong, so she should be in junior high school.

Speaking of going to school, Tan Jiaxuan's expression was even lower, her toes rubbed against the ground, and she said in a slightly aggrieved voice: "My mother said that it is useless for the girl to study, so why waste that money, so I stayed at home to help take my sister after I went to elementary school." ”

Zhou Xiaoran was a little surprised, but as if she was expecting, she then asked, "What about Jiafang?" ”

As expected, Tan Jiafang only went to elementary school.

"Do you want to go to school?"

Tan Jiaxuan nodded busily, she likes to study and wants to go to school to read more books, but Tan Jiafang shook her head, going to school is not as comfortable as being at home.

Zhou Xiaoran asked Sister-in-law Tan, why don't you let the child continue to go to school, Sister-in-law Tan's expression is very natural, "It costs money to go to junior high school, and it's useless for a girl to read so many books, it's better to help me more at home, I can also earn more work, and I should get married in two years." ”

After a while, Zhou Xiaoran knew that he couldn't reverse Sister-in-law Tan's concept, so he didn't say anything anymore.