Chapter 3: Beating the eldest son
The fragrance of chicken soup gradually spread, and suddenly a few girls in the house called her, it turned out that Zhou Ze woke up, Zhou Ze opened his eyes and saw several girls, her body didn't seem to be so heavy, and her breathing was more even. Soon, when I saw my old wife Liu coming, my eyes burst into light, look at Liu, I am also thirty-eight this year, but it looks like I am only twenty-five or sixteen years old. Her character is silent, she doesn't like to fight with others, and the past things hurt her too much, if it weren't for the kindness to her, I'm afraid she would have hanged herself. Look at her, she is fair-skinned and beautiful, her eyebrows and eyes are gentle, she should be a lady, she has never argued with him for so many years, and the friendship between husband and wife is also very deep.
She worked in the field by herself, she embroidered at home, watched the children, and had some money in her own family, and she didn't let him worry about it, but it took about the first few years, plus she was sick for so long this time. He already knows that his time is short, but his three sons are not very filial to his old wife, and the four girls are not married yet, he is not at ease!
"How are you?"
"Much better. I'm worried about you. ”
Pearl didn't say anything more, he took Zhou Ze's pulse, and after Zhou Ze made a difference, he didn't feel anything, his wife had a secret, he knew, but he never asked. This time, I'm worried about myself! He saw two packages on the kang, and he recognized that they were the things she had embroidered in the first few years, and they were going to be sold.
Closing his eyes, Zhou Ze stopped talking, Pearl asked his daughter to pour water, and changed the eight merits water for Zhou Ze to drink. After that, find the embroidery shed. Looking at the meaning, it was intended to embroider the upper, which should be for her husband, but she didn't like it when she looked at it, the fabric was too bad. Zhou Ze's old clothes and shoes are also going to be prepared,
When it was almost good, Zhou Rong also came back, carrying back a lot of branches, which were quite thick. There is no way to compare with the second and third children. But Pearl didn't say anything more. Put salt. The chicken that came over had already lost its bones, and the ginseng slices in it were also fished out and thrown away as ginger slices. I found a large bowl, put a small bowl of white rice steamed by Meng Shi into a large soup bowl, and then put chicken broth in it. Debone the two chicken thighs again. Mix the meat in the soup and rice. put some chopped green onions, and asked the big girl Wei Ji to send it to Zhou Ze with the second girl Fan Ji. After that, pour the rest of the chicken broth into a large pot. Put the cabbage in it, mix it with water, put salt, and when it is cooked, you can eat it, and the chicken in the pot is also broken, and everyone can eat it.
Seeing this situation, Zheng couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Mother, I usually stew chicken soup, don't I give my father a bowl, and the rest will be given to my father-in-law and two grandchildren?" You should also know that my husband studied hard, and your two grandsons are weak......"
"Your son is weak, who is to blame? Don't you and your father-in-law have good inheritance? Why is my eldest granddaughter chubby for nothing. This can only be said that you are not diligent in your husband's four bodies, and you are even weaker. Therefore, the children born are followed by sick seedlings one by one. According to your meaning, except for our sick father-in-law, none of us are as noble as your husband and your son? Is it? ”
"No, ...... usual"
"Since we usually don't eat less, then save this meal for us who are not blessed!" Pearl said angrily, what's wrong with reading, is reading amazing?
Zheng didn't dare to speak this time, but today Meng Erya was very comfortable, holding the fat baby girl and doing it at the dinner table together. Pearl can also see that the family is poor and biased, and it is inevitable that there will be discord. Come to think of it. Seeing that there were still a few open breasts in the pot, he directly took two chopsticks, put five bowls in front of the soup basin, a large bowl, put a lot of chicken breasts, put some cabbage and soup, put them in front of Meng Shi, and said,
"This big bowl is for you and Erya to eat, there is tonic in the chicken soup, give her less meat and soup, and it's okay to eat some cabbage."
"Alas! Mother, I see. ”
After that, there were four girls in the four bowls, and then I filled myself a bowl of cabbage and soup alone, and I didn't care about the rest. The third girl Dingjiang is not stupid, naturally she doesn't speak, the fourth girl Jingjiang is not afraid of things, looking at the appearance of the big brother, she is very happy, Pearl said, "Don't make a sound when eating, especially women, if you eat like this on a blind date, you can't look down on you even if you find a leper." ”
These words are poisonous, but all the women remember that the old lady doesn't like to have a sound when eating, and when it comes to drinking soup, the third Zhou Deng snores and drinks, and the pearl frowned, Zhou Deng didn't dare to touch the moldy head, and drank it in small sips. When Wei Ji and Fan Ji came out, they were a little surprised to see that they had left food for them.
Pearl was really hard to swallow the food in front of her, not to mention how it tasted, but said that the cornmeal and coarse noodles steamed out of the nest were too hard, and there was no sweetness at all. Pearl broke the dry food into small pieces and put it in a bowl, soaked it softly, and ate a small half bowl in front of him as ten thousand. The younger son did not dislike the rest, and poured them into his own bowl.
Look at his two grandsons, Zhou Jixian and Zhou Fengxian. The eldest is five years old, the younger name is Zhuangzhuang, and the younger one is only three years old, and the younger name is Kangkang. However, the two children are not very worry-free, there is meat to eat today, but they are still crying, Pearl looks upset, knowing that this child has anorexia. First, it may be that the digestive system is not good, and secondly, it may be that it is good to eat too much, or it is already full after eating something else. Naturally, I don't eat well, waiting for the adults to get it ready.
"Mother, you see, Zhuang Zhuang and Kangkang don't eat, why don't you give them steamed eggs?" Zhou Rong felt sorry for the child, seeing that the Zheng family no longer dared to speak, at this time, he finally found a reason to vent.
Pearl has a calm face, looking at the fat girl who is eating with oil in her mouth, she looks happy in her heart, and she has a smile on her face, she just likes to watch children who can eat. said to Zhou Rong,
"You love your children, I don't know if it's for people to see, or when your ancestors are offering you. There can only be two reasons why children don't eat, one is that the spleen and stomach are weak, they can't digest it, and their stomach is uncomfortable, so they don't like to eat. The other thing is that before eating, you are full. The third is that I usually eat too many good things, and I can't look down on this meal with chicken and chicken soup. Why your child doesn't eat. Don't you know why? "Pearls-for-tat,
"If my mother doesn't want to give it, forget it, why bother saying that these are useless?" Zhou Rong snorted coldly,
The pearl flew over with a rice bowl and smashed into the rice bowl in front of Zhou Rong, and the soup and water were spilled on his clothes, this move scared people again.
"You ......"
"Go on!" Pearl has already stood up, looking around for a weapon to take advantage of!
The other siblings watched, but did not dare to step forward. Zheng felt sorry for her husband. But the two sons were already so frightened that she cried, and she could only hug her son and didn't dare to say more.
"I feel sorry for the child, as the child's grandmother. Can't bear these eggs? This is the eldest grandson. Lao Zhou's family has these two grandsons. I am not afraid of getting old in the future. Is there no one to worship? Zhou Rong was also completely annoyed,
Without saying a word, Pearl grabbed the burning stick on the firewood pile. kicked Zhou Rong out of the gate with one kick, at this time, no one was watching, Zhou Xin and Zhou Deng came to watch, afraid that the mother and son would do it, and that the eldest brother would hurt his mother.
One hand dragged Zhou Rong's thick neck collar, pressed the person to the stone bench in the courtyard, and the burning stick beat one by one, Zhou Rong's wail spread far and wide, and the surrounding neighbors were also seen, seeing that the pearl was really beaten, he couldn't help but persuade, "Old sister-in-law, what's the big deal?" Look at you, how much more so you are angry? ”
"Zhou Rong is disobedient and unfilial, disrespectful to his biological mother, my father is not dead, he wants to dominate me, several times today, is this what a person who has read a book should do? Reading that he was studying, his father was sick, and stewed chicken soup, and his father drank a bowl, and the rest was cheap for him and his son, and neither I nor his younger siblings could get it. Now the family has made cabbage with chicken soup, which is a good meal for the farmer, but his son actually dislikes the poor food, and this rebel dares to teach me a lesson. Talk to me, don't say to be an elder, even if your peers don't have this? If you raise a child like this, it is better to kill it. ”
Not long after, the village chief came, the village chief was in his forties, and said to Pearl, "Big sister, dissipate your anger, it's hard to say anything, the family is like this, it hurts the harmony, he is a showman, and he also needs to be faced." Doesn't you make him hold a grudge even more? ”
"The Zhou family has such a disobedient and unfilial son, please ask the village chief to come forward and give the county government a note Chen, I will write it and let the village chief send it to the county magistrate, and he will be famous, what a show, it is simply a sven scum, for so many years, how much money did the family spend in order to support him to study, but he is naturally one level higher than his younger siblings, and he even looks down on the lame father and incompetent mother, and even thinks that his son is the ancestor of my Zhou family, one level higher than my granddaughter, and will be one level higher than others in the future, If we don't treat our ancestors like our ancestors, we will have no incense in the future. ”
"Zhou Rong, did you say this?"
"No, I don't mean that, I mean, the grandson is the one who inherits the ancestral incense......"
"His son didn't eat rarely, so he asked me to make steamed eggs. I told him that if the child does not eat well, it is because the spleen and stomach are weak and cannot digest, so it is uncomfortable to eat. I don't want to eat, and the second is that before eating, I have already eaten something else to eat. These three are used to eating good things, and our rare chicken soup stewed cabbage is not liked by other people's pampered children. I said that if he cared about the child, he should find out the reason, but he said, 'I don't want to give it, forget it, why bother saying that this is useless?' ’”
After speaking, he looked at the village chief again and said, "I, Liu, said to do it, tomorrow I will write the paper and hand it to the county government, the village chief feels embarrassed, I will go by myself." ”
After speaking, Pearl threw down the stick and went into the house, and saw that everyone hadn't finished eating, so she said to Meng Erya, "The second child's family, how many eggs are there at home?" ”
"Ten more."
"It's noisy with green onions, and it's rare to improve the food. The third child will borrow a car tomorrow, and I will go to the city. ”
Zhou Deng was also afraid at this time, and said, "Mother, are you going to the town, the county, or the city?" ”
"Is there a difference?"
"If I go to the town, I will borrow an ox cart, and if it is the state capital, I will have to rent a carriage, and I will not be able to come back for a day." The third said,
Pearl said, "I'm going to sell the embroidery I've saved over the years, but they can't afford it in the town or in the county." Besides, we went to buy a lot of things this time, I don't worry about Zhou Rong, the second child, you stay and take care of the family, the third child, you go to find two helpers. Don't worry, ask the people who are going with us, and then set a date. ”
"Okay, I got it." The third child agreed,
Zhou Xin also reassured Pearl that he would take care of his father. In the evening, Pearl moved to the inner room and let the son take care of his father. (To be continued.) )