At the end of the month, Wu Shufang took Shi Song's family of four to Dongshi.

Zhou Shisong and his family are not tall, thin, with withered grass-like hair, and although the clothes on their bodies are shabby, they are also cleanly washed.

The two children were as thin as babies in the years of the Great Famine, hiding behind their parents and not daring to look at people.

Wu Shufang said gratefully: "Shufen, I'll trouble you in the future." ”

"Eldest sister, you're out of the way." Wu Shufen looked at Zhou Shisong, who was half gray at a young age, and her heart was a little sour, "It's good to come, sit down and eat something first." ”

Zhou Shisong pulled the restrained Li Xiaofeng and saluted Wu Shufen: "Thank you, second aunt." ”

Wu Shufen looked at him with disgust: "What else do you thank for your second aunt." ”

Zhang Xiuqing and Zhao Xiaohui scooped bean curd rice, braised fat sausages, stewed pig's trotters, and steamed vegetables for several people, and the two children kept swallowing when they saw the food on the table.

Zhou Shisong and his family watched all this, excited and uneasy, and felt that the city was really good, much better than Dashiqiao Commune, they were well dressed, they were riding bicycles, and even there were more cars than in the town.

Can mountain people like them really find food to eat when they come to the city? Can you really feed two children? And every month to the mother-in-law, can the father-in-law earn five yuan?

The food on the table was so fragrant, they had never eaten such white rice during the Chinese New Year.

The two of them glanced at Wu Shufang nervously, and saw that she was leading the two children to sit on the stool, and the two sat down with restraint.

"Eldest sister, Shi Song, Xiaofeng, you eat slowly, you can't eat enough in the kitchen." Wu Shufen said that she took her two daughters-in-law to the side, saving a few people from letting go.

Wu Shufang handed the rice to her two grandsons, "Eat, your second aunt and they still have something to do." ”

"Got it." The two children whispered.

A large pot of food was eaten cleanly, and after eating and drinking, the two children snuggled up to Wu Shufang with a satisfied face.

Li Xiaofeng rushed to help clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Zhou Shisong also helped wipe the table and sweep the floor.

Zhang Xiuqing and Zhao Xiaohui smiled and put things in the kitchen, and then the two sat down with red faces and picked up the two children.

Wu Shufen looked at Wu Shufang embarrassedly: "Eldest sister, I'm not sure if you can come, so I didn't go to Uncle Xiaolan to talk about renting a house, and when the chief comes, I will ask him to go to Xiaolan." ”

"I know, I wasn't sure if I could get them out." Wu Shufang looked at her gratefully: "Shufen, I'm causing you trouble." ”

Wu Shufen shook her head with a smile, and looked at Shi Song, who was sitting in the two of them: "It's good to come out, as long as you are diligent and work hard, you will have a bowl of rice to eat." ”

Zhou Shisong raised his head and looked at her worriedly: "Second aunt, can we really come here?" ”

Li Xiaofeng also looked up at her.

"Why not?" Wu Shufen smiled and said, "Look at your second aunt and two cousins-in-law, aren't we also from the mountains!" We also have a pair of hands. ”

"Compared with the people in the city, in addition to not reading as many books as they do, we also have what they have, but we can endure hardships more than them."

"We don't know anything else except farming, my mother said let us come out to sell food, we can't cook well......" Zhou Shisong's voice became smaller and smaller, and even he didn't know what to say later?

He felt that his family and his second aunt's cousin and cousin could not be compared at all, and he had no confidence in coming here to beg for food.

can stay at home and farm, his mother-in-law is too fierce, and his wife is too weak, he is worried that if he continues to stay in Shishanling, even if they are separated, they will not be able to live.

Wu Shufen said with a smile: "Your cousin-in-law found a stall for Guoliang and Guodong in the alley of the garment factory, planning to sell fried potatoes, dried tofu, stinky tofu ......"

"They have only been doing business for two days, and business is good. If you're willing, go and follow them for a few days, help you peel the potatoes and dry some groceries, and see if you can do it? ”

Zhou Shisong took a deep breath and nodded, "Thank you Second Aunt, we are willing to try." ”

Wu Shufen looked at him with satisfaction: "Okay, you sit down for a while, and when your uncle comes, let him take you to Lexing to wash and get a good night's sleep." ”

"Okay." Zhou Shisong hugged his son who wanted to sleep after eating, and Li Xiaofeng went to the backyard with his daughter.

Zhang Xiuqing asked the family to sleep on the bed in the warehouse.

Wu Shufang saw that her son and daughter-in-law were gone, so she said angrily: "I originally thought that when I went back, I would make a fuss with the old pious woman of the Li family, thinking about what Xiaolan said, and I couldn't help but find the elders of the Li family, the uncle's family, the elders of the Zhou family, and the captains of the two brigades to talk about things.

The second child and Xiaofeng told everyone about the situation in the family over the years, saying that they did not want to help raise married sisters anymore, and proposed to split the family.

Mrs. Li disagreed, saying that she recruited her son-in-law because they couldn't move when they were old, and someone served them with tea and water, and wanted to split the family unless they died.

The second child said that it was okay not to divide the family, and the things at home would be taken care of by the two of them in the future, and Mrs. Li could no longer give the things at home to the two younger sisters.

Mrs. Li said that she would give whatever she wanted to give her family's things, saying that the second child was her family's son-in-law, and it was not his turn to be the master of the house.

Li Xiaofeng saw that she was quite unreasonable, and she was stubborn once, and asked Mrs. Li in front of the clan elder and the captain, is she her own daughter? Why is she so biased?

asked her that since she thought her sister was good, why didn't she leave them at home to recruit sons-in-law and honor them? said that Shi Song is the son-in-law of the door, not the Li family, and the two children's surnames are always the Li family! Why didn't you see that the two elders were nicer to the two children?

Over the years, she and Shi Song poured tea and water in front of the two elders, washed and cooked for them, never heard them say a good word, and often said that they were disobedient and unfilial.

They were tired of raising chickens, ducks, and livestock, and Mrs. Li sold them for money, and never made a single dress or pair of shoes for the two children. The new clothes and shoes are kept for the children of the two younger sisters.

The elders of the Li family and their uncles all said that Mrs. Li's approach was wrong, and asked Mrs. Li to either hand over the family to Xiaofengdang, or split the family and let them live their own lives.

Mrs. Li said that it was okay to divide the family, not to give the house to Xiaofeng and Shi Song, and to give them ten yuan of pension money every month, once a quarter, otherwise they would not be allowed to leave the Li family and come out to beg for a living.

The clan elder and captain, Xiaofeng's uncle's family were all stunned, saying that the pension money of one hundred and twenty yuan a year had never been heard of in the entire Shishanling. At most, it's only thirty-six dollars a year.

Later, I agreed to give 60 yuan a year.

Mrs. Li asked the two of them to immediately give the first quarter's pension money, Shi Song and Xiaofeng were penniless, or I helped advance the first quarter's pension money. divided the homestead, asked the captain to open a letter of introduction, and then brought them out. ”