"Old man, let that little hoof go to the fire, wash this piece of pork at noon, remember not to let them pour the salt water, I see there is a lot of salt on it, maybe I can scrape it down and save it for the evening!" Sun Wanniang was anxious to eat meat, and she didn't like the dirty meat that fell on the ground, so she took it and went home.

She hated to take two bites of chicken and meat at the moment.

Qin He thought of the salty meat, it was a fragrant, it was the best taste in the world, I hadn't seen meat for a year or two, as if I would taste it in a dream.

"Yes, yes, go and let your two daughters-in-law go to roast meat, let's eat meat at noon!"

As soon as he thought of the smell of salt in the meat, Qin He's mouth couldn't control his drooling, and he missed that taste too much.

A few people rushed home with the meat, completely forgetting Qin Lan and Liang Xia on the ground.

"Dad, mother, eldest brother, second brother!" At this time, Qin Lan spoke.

The old couple of the Qin family heard the sound, and when they turned around, they saw Qin Lan and the eldest daughter-in-law who had just been beaten.

Sun Wanniang and Qin He saw their daughter for a moment, they were not happy, but their faces sank, thinking that every time she used to borrow money or food, she had already broken off the relationship with them, and now what are you doing here?

But when she thought of the meat and chicken she brought, if she immediately turned her face, what would she do if she took the chicken and meat away, no matter what happened, they ate the meat first.

"Why are you here?" Sun Wanniang's eyes were full of chicken and meat in her hands, and she couldn't wait to go back and burn it first: "Anyway, it's nothing good for you to come, just go to the house and talk!" The second sister-in-law didn't come back, so you and the eldest sister-in-law went to cook first. ”

Qin Lan responded pleasantly surprised, thinking that her father and mother didn't even let her enter the house before, but now they can let her enter the house and allow her to cook for them, and she is still happy in her heart.

She helped Liang Xia up and wiped her tears, "Come, sister-in-law, let's go home together!" ”

Liang Xia was helped to stand up, and said timidly: "Hmm! ”

Thinking that Qin Lan lived in Yaoshan Village, she saw that she was beaten today, her tears did not wipe away, and she said worriedly: "Xiaolan, don't tell my father and eldest brother about this when you go back, your brother just ...... Didn't take a heavy hand. ”

Qin Lan saw that she was covering her sleeves, the bruises and purple marks on her arms and neck, old injuries and new injuries, and every piece of good land as far as her eyes could see, but she could only nod silently: "Hmm!" Sister-in-law, don't worry! ”

She won't tell the people of Liang Dazhu's family, no matter how bad it is, life always has to pass, after all, they are her mother's family, and they can't see this family separated.

It's just that the eldest brother continues to fight like this, what if he beats his sister-in-law to death?

Qin Lan thought, let's go home and talk to my mother about this matter, maybe my mother has a way.

After all, Liang Xia's mother-in-law pulled the thread, after she and her brother got married, her mother-in-law has always regarded her as half a daughter, but I don't know if the stepmother will take care of this matter, and the mother doesn't seem to like to take care of other people's private affairs.

Just thinking about it, the two helped each other to go home.

Qin Lan made a table of meat dishes for the Qin family, and the people of the Qin family were full of food and in a better mood.

Seeing that they were in a good mood, Qin Lan told her father and mother and her two brothers about the purpose of this trip.

……

At the end of noon, Qin Lan took Qin Qiao back to her in-law's house.

Qin Qiao asked repeatedly along the way: "Xiaolan, do you really have money to harvest dried cornwood fruits?" I just finished eating, and I ran so far with you, you can't fool me, otherwise you won't want to enter the door of the Qin family again in the future. ”

Qin Lan was silent, when she was at home, her mouth was worn out, and she said that her mother would give them at the price in the county, two pennies per pound of dogwood dried fruits.

But my father didn't believe it, and asked the eldest brother to carry most of the bamboo basket to try it first, and if there was one, then I would carry more next time.

Daddy and eldest brother looked like this, she was so angry that she didn't want to say anything, but she thought that her father and mother and the family were about to run out of food, and she was worried about the second elder's body, so she silently endured the eldest brother's nagging and irritability along the way.

"It's your village in front, do your families still live in the village? I've heard if your family has been driven out of the village? Why don't you give me the dogwood's money first, and you can carry it yourself? I won't go into the village. Qin Qiao was tired of walking, for fear of being embarrassed by following Qin Lan into the village, knowing that he was a relative of Qin Lan's old Qiao family.

What's more, there is still his brother-in-law and father-in-law in this village, and he doesn't want to see him at all.

Qin Lan brought more than a dozen dollars with her, and she gave it all to her father and mother just now, where did she give him the money?

"Brother, my family lives in the village, let's walk a few steps away." Qin Lan said softly.

When Qin Qiao heard that their family was at the head of the village, the irritability in his heart decreased slightly, fortunately he didn't have to enter the village, otherwise he would definitely be annoyed to death by Lao Liang's family.

She followed behind Qin Lan casually, drooping her head, afraid that the villagers passing by would see them together.

When Qin Lan came to the courtyard with Qin Qiao, she whispered, "Brother, here...... That's where I live now! ”

Qin Qiao looked at the "home" she said along Qin Lan, and his face suddenly sank.

He saw that Qin Lan sent chickens and meat and money to his father and mother, the meat was still salted, and the worst thing in the house was a mud tile house, and it was reasonable to say that those who could eat meat and chickens in the past few years were either Fangjia Village or Yaoshan Village, like the villagers who lived on the land, not to mention meat, the game was not their turn, let alone given to others, they couldn't eat it at home, who would give it to others?

Qin Qiao also thought that if Lao Qiao's house was surrounded by a yard, and there were meat and chickens in the yard, maybe when he left, he could take a few pieces of meat home to eat.

It's just that he never expected that there was a desolation in front of him, the grass hut was the same color as the grass on the ground, two simple and dilapidated grass huts, standing here, even a big fat man sleeping in the house could be seen, at a glance, there was a grass shed next to the grass hut, there was no shelter from the wind and rain, only with wooden planks around the surrounding to shield the wind and dust!

Is this called home?

Is this home?

A family of more than a dozen people, crowded into these two broken grass houses, is still called home!

Poorer than his family, and counting on him to sell them dogwood!

"Xiaolan, your mother-in-law's family is so poor, and you still want to pay for the dried dogwood, are you deliberately playing with your brother? Yes? The anger in Qin Qiao's heart suddenly came up, and his voice immediately became louder.

"Big brother, be quiet, my mother is still sleeping." Qin Lan lowered her voice and persuaded.

Qin Qiao slapped Qin Lan's arm angrily: "Get out, I'm not your brother, let me carry such a heavy dogwood, and run a few villages, just to see that your poor family can't open the pot, and send you dogwood to eat?" Your mother, can that fat man become a mother? You are seven or eight years older than her, you don't know shame, call someone else's mother! ”

He thought about it and felt that something was wrong, so he glared at his nostrils angrily and asked, "Did you give our chicken and meat to catch them on Yao Mountain in the past two days?" ”

Qin nodded: "Yes, but it's ......"

Qin Qiao felt that he knew the truth at once, it turned out that this was the case, and he asked their family to borrow money in a different way!

(End of chapter)