"Dad, you just accept your fate, your son and I will be like this for the rest of my life, just leave the matter of earning back the Xu family's family business to my son."

Father Xu was not angry when he heard this, and looked at him twice, "You are definitely my species, and what you say is exactly the same as I used to be, and I said the same thing to your grandfather." ”

"As a result, my son not only did not earn back the Xu family's family business, but also tossed the rest of the family business."

As he spoke, he stretched out two dry fingers and laughed at himself: "The Xu family has two losers." ”

Then he turned his two fingers into three fingers, "When your son grows up, maybe the Xu family will have a third loser, but unfortunately there is no family business to give him defeat." ”

Xu Fugui shook his head like a rattle, and said loudly: "My son will not be like your son, he will definitely be capable in the future." ”

Xu's father smiled dumbly, walking on the dirt path with his hands on his shoulders, and Xu Fugui held a kerosene lamp in his hand to help him illuminate.

When they came to the entrance of the village, perhaps because of the cold weather, there was no one around, and the cold wind was bleak, and the two couldn't help but shiver.

"Dad, why do you have to come here to squat in the pit, not afraid of your ass freezing hard? It's not that the toilet at home can't be used, besides, you used to be a good man, and you squatted in the pit at the entrance of the village, which was simply vulgar. Xu Fugui complained again.

"Hey, I'm not a master anymore, I can squat in the pit if I want, I didn't beg you to follow, I'm afraid of the cold and go home, I'm squatting alone is smoother."

Xu Fugui pulled down the melon skin hat, put his hands into the armpits of his clothes, squatted under the plum tree not far away, and quietly watched the black and hemp sky.

A strong wind blew, and the clouds in the sky seemed to be blown away, and the western sky actually revealed the last sunset, dyed half red.

Xu Fugui searched in his mind for a long time, trying to find two poems to describe, but he racked his brains and didn't get along with half a word.

"What is the sunset, and it is still beautiful like this." In the end, that's all he could say.

Father Xu next to him suddenly let out a hard scream, the cry was extremely loud, I am afraid that everyone else in the village can hear it, it is very ugly.

Xu Fugui's attention was attracted back, and he glanced at Xu's father, "Dad." ”

"Huh?"

"Don't keep things in your heart."

Father Xu was stunned for a moment, "What is the matter hidden?" It's almost as good as hiding my few golden beans. ”

Xu Fugui grinned, "I'm afraid I'll you off." ”

Father Xu grabbed a stone next to him and threw it over, "You beast, curse me to death, you are so clean when you die, right?" ”

"I don't want to die, my baby grandson hasn't seen me yet, and I have to give a daughter-in-law to Youqing in the future."

"yes, Dad, that's what you should think."

The red glow disappeared after a while, the sky was completely dark, Xu Fugui was bored, so he simply found some hay and branches nearby, lit a fire with a kerosene lamp, and stretched out his hand to bake the fire.

"Brute, you really don't plan to expand the lo-mei business?"

Xu Fugui shook his head, "I don't have this ability." ”

He nodded, "I'll go to the county seat with you tomorrow." ”

"What are you doing in the county seat?"

"Lao Tzu will report to you at 1510 when he goes to the county seat?"

Xu Fugui pursed his lips, and Xu's father took out a bamboo chip and scraped it on his buttocks, "I'm going to contact those old friends tomorrow, and I don't know if they still look down on me." ”

Xu Fugui sighed, and looked at the bamboo piece in his hand with disgust, "Dad, isn't there straw paper at home, why do you still use this bamboo piece." ”

These bamboo pieces are small, not long, and polished very smooth, which are used by poor people to wipe their buttocks, after all, they don't need money.

But Xu Fugui has not been used to this thing since he was a child, firstly, because he has a bad buttocks, and secondly, he feels that he can't wipe it clean.

Although straw paper is not as comfortable as white toilet paper, it is at least much better than bamboo chips, and the price is not expensive.

Father Xu buttoned the waistband of his trousers, didn't look at him, spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, and walked slowly towards home.

Xu Fugui was helpless, unbuttoned his trouser belt, poured urine on the fire, and followed with a kerosene lamp.

When they got home, Lai Shun and Changgen had already slept, and there was a brazier next to the bed, and Mother Xu was sitting in the house waiting for them to come back.

"Fugui, the cloth shoes are ready, this is Jiazhen's, this is Fengxia's, this is your father-in-law's, and your Jiaming's, I don't know if the size is suitable, bring them over tomorrow." Mother Xu took out four pairs of cloth shoes.

Xu Fugui first closed the wooden door tightly, sat in front of the brazier and roasted his hands, took the cloth shoes and touched them, "Mother, your skills are still so good, and you also taught Jiazhen's needlework." ”

Mother Xu smiled: "That's not it, Jiazhen is ingenious, and it won't take two days to learn." ”

After roasting for a while, I got up to look at the lo-mei, then took out a wooden bucket, poured the remaining hot water in the iron pot into it, and began to burn my feet comfortably.

The next day, Xu's father got up early in the morning and followed them to the county seat.

Although Xu's father is only in his fifties, he has always had a cough, gasping for breath when he takes two steps, and his chest is like a bellows.

Halfway through, Xu Fugui simply took the lo-mei to Lai Shun, and squatted down to carry Xu's father on his back.

Of course, Father Xu was not happy and wanted to come down and go by himself, but Xu Fugui just didn't let him down, and after a while, he stayed on his back with peace of mind.

Father Xu looked at his side face and suddenly said, "My face is a lot darker, my muscles are strong, and I look more like a man." ”

When he came to the county seat, Xu's father was not busy visiting old friends, but sat next to the lo-mei stall and watched them sell.

It is worth mentioning that when the shopkeeper Zhou of Wang's Restaurant passed by, after seeing Father Xu, he respectfully shouted Mr. Xu.

Father Xu waved his hand, "Don't call it that, it's not Mr. anymore." ”

Shopkeeper Zhou shook his head, greeted him a few words, and invited him to sit in, but Xu's father refused, saying that he had set a time with someone else and that it was time to go.

The time has come to noon, and Xu's father happened to come back from visiting a friend, with no expression on his face.

"Fugui, are you sure you don't want to expand your business? Those old guys also gave me some face. He said.

Xu Fugui shook his head, not to mention expanding his business, after two or three years, he was going to say that the business could not continue, so he withdrew the lo-mei stall and concentrated on going home to farm.

When the three of them came to Chen's house, Xu's father didn't go in, saying that he had no face to see his in-laws, and his thoughts were similar to Xu Fugui's.

Xu Fugui was thick-skinned and knocked on the door.

"My lord said that he wouldn't let you in." The subordinate opened the door, and when he saw that it was him, his face immediately turned cold.

Xu Fugui didn't care, and took out the cloth shoes, "If I don't go in, will you help me transfer the things to Jia Zhenxing?" ”

The subordinate was about to speak, but a voice suddenly came out, "Brother-in-law, you are here, come in, leave my father's old antique ...... alone"