Chapter 15: Pretending
Qin Yuecheng didn't like to talk about family affairs outside, and the two met in Pingshui, and they didn't know each other's backgrounds.
It's just that by virtue of his age, people now get married early, so the young man doesn't need to ask, he feels that Qin Yuecheng must be married.
In the past, Qin Yuecheng may be vague in the past, or he may explain it.
But at this moment, he listened to the young man talking about his daughter-in-law, and for some reason, Yi Yan's figure appeared in his mind.
Qin Yuecheng was stunned, and hurriedly shook his head, shaking off his unrealistic fantasies.
After packing up the rope, he was about to say goodbye to the young man and leave, when suddenly, something came to mind.
"You said that the uncle injured his leg and was kicked out by his family because he couldn't work?"
"yes!" The young man sighed, "I was originally strong and capable, and I knew how to hunt like you, but I hurt my leg while hunting." ”
Qin Yuecheng nodded thoughtfully and said, "I'll leave first, you can sell it." ”
The young man smiled and said, "Slow down on the road." ”
Qin Yuecheng came to sell firewood without eating in the morning, and his stomach was already rumbling with hunger at this time.
He didn't go home directly, but went to the street of the steamed bun shop, wanting to buy a few vegetarian steamed buns to eat.
It was always like this, when he was a child, he often starved, and when he was twelve or thirteen years old and was able to go up the mountain to dig some wild vegetables and collect some firewood, he relied on these to barely fill his stomach.
After the age of fifteen, he grew taller and stronger, and could carry a lot of firewood, and every time he sold it, he hid some money, and occasionally treated himself.
Over the years, he has also tried some methods to break away from the Qin family, but due to the limitations of the times and various policies, he has failed in the end.
The current style problem is not only the relationship between men and women, but also the fact that they do not support their parents and do not filial piety to their parents.
Qin Yuecheng took the bun handed by the boss, paid three cents, and was about to leave, when he suddenly found two familiar figures in the shop.
It was Liu Yulian and Qin Dabao.
There was a large plate of steamed buns on the table between the two, and they were eating fragrantly.
Qin Yuecheng still remembered that when he listened to the two of them talking in the morning, he mentioned meat buns, and the two of them estimated that they came out to improve the food yesterday while he was not at home.
This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, Qin Yuecheng is not a fool, and he also understands Liu Yulian's various actions, he didn't look too much, and turned to leave.
On the way back, Qin Yuecheng kept thinking about it.
When he got home, as soon as he returned to his house, he realized that something was wrong, and his house had been turned over.
The bedding has not even been returned to its original state.
This is not the first time, Liu Yulian has been rummaging in his house since he was able to sell firewood by himself.
It can't be called chilling, because Qin Yuecheng has already had no expectations for this family.
It was just this little episode that made him feel that his plan was more feasible.
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Liu Yulian and Qin Dabao ate with their mouths full of oil and round bellies, and then went home.
Qin Ziqiang, who hadn't been home for almost a week, also came back.
It was also a coincidence that the two sides met at the door of the house, and as soon as Qin Dabao saw him, he shouted happily, "Dad!" ”
Qin Ziqiang went to the neighboring village to help build a house in the past few days, and he was paid a salary, one yuan a day, and he worked for six days and settled six yuan and came back.
Qin Dabao knew it, so he naturally scolded his father.
"Dad, are you making money? Give me two! Qin Dabao licked his fat face and Qin Ziqiang was coquettish.
Qin Ziqiang loves to drink the most, and when he earns money, he first beats a few jars of wine, and at this time there are only two yuan left in his pocket.
He waved his hand and said, "Go along, Lao Tzu's money still has to be kept for drinking!" ”
"Mom, look at Dad." Qin Ziqiang switched to Liu Yulian's side to be coquettish.
Liu Yulian glared at Qin Ziqiang angrily and said, "Before leaving, didn't you ask you to go to school to ask Dabao about going to school, how was the question?" ”
"I asked, the teacher said, still don't let Dabao go to school, when he apologizes, the family forgave him, and only then did he go to school." Qin Ziqiang carried the wine bottle in the wine, and there was a clanging sound, and he strode into the courtyard gate.
Liu Yulian followed behind him and said angrily, "Why? Our big treasure is not wrong, why should we apologize to that kid? ”
Qin Dabao is now in junior high school for a year, and a few months ago, he was punished by the teacher and principal for beating a classmate in the same grade with the gangsters in the school, and told him to suspend his studies and go home to reflect.
He was also asked to apologize to the classmates who had been beaten and to promise that he would never again participate in such violence.
Liu Yulian naturally couldn't say anything to apologize to that classmate in a low voice, so she suspended her studies for a few months.
Qin Dabao refused to apologize, and the school did not let him go back to study.
Liu Yulian looked for a school several times, but was resolutely rejected.
Seeing that the winter vacation is coming, Qin Dabao will not go to school again, isn't the tuition fee for this grade paid in vain?
The more Liu Yulian thought about it, the more angry she became, and after following Qin Ziqiang into the house, she said, "You too, why don't you reason with them?" We have paid all the money, why don't we let our family go to school? ”
"The teacher and the principal won't let me, what can I do? Can I still beat them up? Qin Ziqiang snorted, lifted the lid of the pot and looked inside the pot, and found that there was nothing, so he asked Liu Yulian to cook.
"Stir-fry two appetizers for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu wants to have a good meal today."
"Drink and drink, and you will know to drink your broken wine." Liu Yulian didn't have a good airway.
"Mom, since the teachers don't let me go to school, then I just don't want to study, right?" Qin Dabao stepped forward and said with a shy face.
He doesn't like school the most, and he can't learn those knowledge at all, listening to the teacher's lectures is the same as listening to heavenly books, how can he eat meat buns at home and play around chic?
"Anyway, the teachers don't like me, and if I go to school again, they might even make things difficult for me!"
Liu Yulian is not the kind of woman who wants her son to become a dragon, and she doesn't think that reading is important, so she also feels justified when she hears Qin Dabao say this, and said after thinking about it.
"But you have already paid the tuition for this semester, and the ten yuan is a lot, and you have only been in school for a few days, if you don't study, you have to get the tuition back."
"Then you go and come back, Mom!" Qin Dabao hurriedly said.
Ten yuan, how many meat buns can you buy?
"Okay, you wait, Mom will ask for it tomorrow." Liu Yulian agreed.
"Good daughter-in-law, hurry up and stir up some snacks for me." Qin Ziqiang saw that the hard one couldn't work, so he came to the soft one and coaxed Liu Yulian.
Liu Yulian glanced at him, "You know that you drink and make some money, and you drink to make some money, and you don't say that you have to pay some household ......."
As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something, and turned her head to look at Qin Yuecheng's room.
Seeing that the door of Qin Yuecheng's house was closed, she stepped forward, pushed the door open, and went in to see.
Qin Yuecheng had already returned, and at this time he was sitting and lying on the kang, and he happened to meet her sneaking eyes.
Liu Yulian didn't feel embarrassed at all, walked into the house, and said, "Yuecheng, today's firewood is sold, right?" What about money? ”
Qin Yuecheng looked at her, reached into his pocket, took out a few gross tickets, and put them on the kang.
Liu Yulian was like a fly seeing, so she hurriedly pounced on it and grabbed the money in her hand, "Why is there only one piece?" ”
The smile on her face faded slightly, "I saw that you carried ten bundles of firewood, and only sold one bundle for one dime?" ”
"These are all cut from the mountains, and they are not a strange thing, how expensive can they be fold? Who buys it if it's expensive? Qin Yuecheng was not in a hurry, and asked in a cold tone.
Liu Yulian was choked, she had never sold firewood, and she didn't know the market price of this firewood, so naturally she couldn't argue with Qin Yuecheng.
She put the dollar in her pocket and said, "Good work, it just so happens that your dad is back, so I'll cook you something delicious tonight." ”
Qin Yuecheng's face was expressionless and did not answer her words.
Liu Yulian also said this before, every time he came back from selling firewood and gave her the money, she would be happy for a while.
He might also be served a bowl of rice that night.
It's just that the next day it went back to the same way.
Qin Yuecheng didn't believe her words for a long time, and just nodded.
Liu Yulian carried the money and went out happily.
After a long time of work in the kitchen, Liu Yulian made two dishes.
After the dishes were fried, Liu Yulian shouted Qin Yuecheng's name in the kitchen.
After Qin Yuecheng heard the sound, he got off the ground, picked up the wooden cane and crutch prepared next to him, and limped to the next room.
"Mom, what's wrong with Yue Cheng?" Liu Yulian was stunned when she saw him, and she couldn't care about the meal.
"Aren't you okay when you go out in the morning? Why are you still lame? ”
"I hurt my foot when I went up the mountain to collect firewood yesterday, and I didn't feel much pain at the time, so I didn't take it seriously."
"When I woke up early today, although I felt a little pain, I thought that the firewood had to be sold as soon as possible, so I didn't care so much. Who knew that when I came back, it hurt a little and I couldn't walk. ”
"I went to the nearby forest and broke a branch to make a stick, and then I walked back."
Qin Yuecheng explained as he sat down on the edge of the kang and lifted the injured foot, revealing the strip of bread tied with it.
He wrapped the strip of cloth a few times, and the bag was very tight, and Liu Yulian and the others couldn't see how his foot was injured.
Of course, Liu Yulian and the others didn't care about this, and when they heard him say that they couldn't walk the painful road, they frowned, "Isn't it impossible to go up the mountain to fetch firewood anymore?" ”
"It shouldn't work in a short period of time, so keep it first." Qin Yuecheng said.
Liu Yulian's brows furrowed even deeper, and the pleasant faces that had been piled up in the afternoon because of the money were gone.
She took out half a bowl of rice in her hand and put it in front of Qin Yuecheng, without saying a word of comfort and concern.
Next to him, Qin Ziqiang poured himself a glass of wine, took a sip, and sighed very satisfied, not paying much attention to their words at all.
Qin Dabao picked up the bowl early, sandwiched a few chopsticks of vegetables, and took a big bite of rice.
The family is so cold that it doesn't seem to be a family.
Qin Yuecheng looked at them, and there was no superfluous expression, the expectation had long been smoothed out in disappointment again and again, and he was like a stranger to this family.
They didn't care about him, and he didn't care about these people either, so he picked up the bowl and ate in silence.