"Wow"

With a loud bang, the poplar tree with the thick lid of the pot fell down with a bang, and the dust flew up.

At this moment, in the courtyard of the Qu family in Huaimao Township, the length and length of the planed wood are piled full, and there is no time to walk. In one corner of the side of the house, seven or eight commonly used furniture are already neatly arranged, and the unpainted wood still exudes the fragrance of logs.

Qu Dashi, who was sweating profusely, pulled the saw in his hand, and the sound of snorting was very rhythmic. A few villagers beside him, you nailed me and planed, enthusiastically building furniture, and the scene was hot.

Li Xiumei held the teapot with a smile on her face, and in the limited slit, like a cheerful magpie, she deftly shuttled back and forth, diligently pouring water and handing cigarettes to the busy villagers. Qiao Chunmei, who looked relieved, sat at the door, pulling her granddaughter Qu Xiaomei to look at this joyful scene.

"Come on, come on, third brother, drink some water...... His native brother, you also work hard, smoke a cigarette! Li Xiumei's hearty voice resounded throughout the courtyard.

The villager who was called the third brother said innocently: "It's okay, sister-in-law Xiumei, our big brother Shi greets us, we don't dare not come." If you see our hard work, you can turn around and give us a whole bowl of noodles and put more spicy noodles! Hehe! ”

Li Xiumei responded happily: "Okay, I'm all reconciled, I can serve it at any time, and the spicy ones are enough!" ”

On the other side, Qu Tusheng, who had been the captain of the militia, said with a smile: "Xiumei, don't listen to his nonsense, he is not here to eat." This is not only to help you, but also to help Xiulan, this Xiulan has finally returned to the city, we have to express it. ”

The third brother replied stupidly: "Hehe, yes, yes, yes!" ”

"Then I have to thank you for my sister!" Li Xiumei walked up to Qu Dashi with a smile and handed over an enamel cup: "Come, his father, drink some water and rest." ”

Qu Dashi pulled the saw and said busily: "I'm not thirsty, you go to the back room to find a pencil for a plum, I'll draw a line." ”

Li Xiumei agreed crisply, hurriedly went back to the house to find a pen, and asked Xiao Meizi, who was obediently accompanying Qiao Chunmei, "Grandma, what are they doing?" ”

Qiao Chunmei squinted her presbyopia, leaving wrinkles on her weather-beaten face, and said with a smile: "Your dad and them, are they making furniture for your aunt?" ”

"Auntie?" Meizi blinked her bright eyes and tilted her head as if she was thinking seriously: "Is it the aunt in the photo?" ”

"yes!"

Qiao Chunmei's skinny palm touched Meizi's petite head, and said with emotion: "Speaking of which, we haven't seen my aunt yet, go back, let your father take you into the city to take a look, your aunt still has two boys at home." Well, one is Brother Jiang He, and the other is Brother Jiang Hai. ”

Meizi looked at Qiao Chunmei expectantly, with starlight flashing in her eyes: "Then can I play with them?" ”

Qiao Chunmei's eyes narrowed into crooked crescents, and the corners of the old man's mouth showed a trace of kindness: "Of course you can, we are all a family." ”

Before the words fell, Qiao Chunmei's youngest son Li Guoqiang brought a few villagers to carry the freshly cut poplar tree, and before his feet stepped into the threshold, he began to open his mouth and shout: "Sister, brother-in-law, the trees have been cut down, where to put them?" ”

More than ten years have passed, and Li Guoqiang has also changed from a thin and dull little ghost to a strong and tall young man, and his body has long lost the skinny appearance of those difficult years. Last year, under the control of Qu Dashi and his wife, he also married a pretty daughter-in-law from a neighboring village, and the day was the time to mix oil in honey.

I no longer worry about food and clothing, and the most grateful person in my heart is my eldest sister Li Xiulan.

Without her continuous help year after year, I don't know how bleak life is, let alone being able to get a daughter-in-law I like.

The simpler the mind and the simpler the thought, the more we know that gratitude is not something to be nagged about. The more they thank each other in person, but the more they do nothing behind the scenes, the less they care about the weight of kindness.

Listening to the little brother's babbling shouts, Li Xiumei came out of the back room, frowning and reproaching: "Oh, I said that there is enough wood, why did you cut down so many trees?" ”

Li Guoqiang smiled innocently, his dark cheeks were straightforward: "I don't have the skill of my brother-in-law, so I can only provide some materials." Tell me, where do you put it? ”

Li Xiumei hurriedly beckoned: "Come on, come on, put it under the eaves." ”

Several people carried the wood and placed it under the eaves on Qiao Chunmei's side, Li Guoqiang patted the crumbs on his hands, and walked forward with a smile and said to his mother: "Mom, what do you think of these woods?" ”

Qiao Chunmei trembled and touched the wood under her feet, which she had grown up watching, and her cloudy eyes showed a hint of nostalgia: "Okay, okay!" You're cutting down everything in our ancestral house, aren't you? ”

Li Guoqiang nodded innocently: "Well, it's all cut, I'm afraid that there won't be enough materials to make furniture for my eldest sister!" ”

Li Xiumei came over and complained: "You, say okay, let's not move the tree next to the ancestral house, it's enough for your brother-in-law to cut down our side." If you cut it down now, you won't have to dry it for ten days and a half months, and you won't need it for a while. ”

Li Guoqiang glared at him and said with a grin: "Why can't you use it!" This batch is done and sent over first, and if there is anything missing, you can make up for it when you go back! The eldest sister is back in the city, there is nothing at home, we are younger brothers and sisters, who will help, right, Mom! ”

Qiao Chunmei nodded happily and agreed: "With this nun (right), with this nun!" Xiulan has brought up your sister and brother with one hand, if you have no conscience, I, as a mother and son, will be the first to beat you! ”

"Huh!"

Li Guoqiang smiled straightforwardly, revealing his big white teeth, and waved his hand at Li Xiumei: "Sister, look, my mother said so, just do as I say!" ”

Li Xiumei glared back with disgust, pursed her lips and said helplessly: "Okay, go, give your brother-in-law a hand!" ”

Li Guoqiang went to the side with a smile, Li Xiumei sat down next to Qiao Chunmei, looked at the furniture in the courtyard, and said in pieces: "Mom, my sister said in the letter, when the city is settled, I will take you over to support the elderly, what do you mean?" ”

Qiao Chunmei's eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if she was very embarrassed, and sighed: "Hey, I don't have a bottom in my heart, you said that I am an old woman, going to live in the city, will it affect the life of your sister's family?" It's a city after all, and I don't even know what it's like! ”

Li Xiumei hooked the ends of her hair, and comforted her mother with a peaceful smile: "Don't worry about this, it's good in the city, you can go around if you have nothing to do, it's better than staying in our place full of dirt." Sister has said that she will let you go to the city to retire no matter what. ”

"Hey, your sister is just a stubborn temper, she can't change it, and I can't object to what she said!" Qiao Chunmei shook her head with a wry smile, and then happily agreed: "Then listen to her and go to the city to retire, hehe!" ”

"That's going to be blessed!"

Li Xiumei massaged her mother's knees, smiled and pointed to the furniture beside Qu Dashi and said, "Mom, look! Now the big stone is made of a single bed for you, and there is no kang burning in the city. ”

On the other side, Li Guoqiang came to Qu Dashi's side, rubbed his palms and said, "Brother-in-law, is there anything I can do?" ”

Qu Dashi pursed his lips, picked up the wood and looked at it, and said with slight disgust: "You can't get started with these jobs, they are all fine, and you can't make an inch." ”

Li Guoqiang twisted his face and said in disappointment: "Well, there has to be something to do for me!" ”

Qu Dashi raised his head, looked at Li Guoqiang's bitter gourd face of "heroes are useless", and said tangledly: "That's it, the lacquer will be won, right?" ”

Li Guoqiang suddenly looked overjoyed, and said again and again: "This is successful, this is successful!" Then I'll go paint! Brother-in-law, when will these pieces of furniture be sent to the eldest sister? ”

"Of course, the sooner the better, and I'm thinking that in a day or two, it will be done."

Li Guoqiang responded happily: "Okay, okay, I'll get in the car when the time comes, let's send it together, hehe!" ”

While the countryside is lively, the new house of the Cheng family in Jiuzi Lane is also a busy scene. The luggage brought back from Longyou could not be split, and it was stacked at the entrance of the building, leaving only a passing gap.

On the second day of his arrival, Cheng Jia'an was busy implementing Cheng Jianghe's transfer. The house can be cleaned up slowly, and the child's school cannot be delayed for a day.

Children from poor families can only rely on hard work, and maybe there is a chance to get ahead.

Life can be changed, but the only person who can change fate is himself, relying on knowledge.

took advantage of Cheng Jianghe to go to school and told Cheng Jianghai well. The couple folded the newspaper into a melon-skin hat and fastened it to their heads. Then find some sandpaper, polish off the adult dirt on the wall, and mix some lime to smear, so as to cover the traces of those years, and the new home will become more "new".

At this moment, the house was already in a mess, with a thick layer of white ash on the ground, and a choking smell was permeated.

At the end of the day, the husband and wife were like people rolling out of a pile of flour, their eyebrows and beards were white and tired. This is going to renovate the new home, even if the two of them are tired and tired, their hearts are sweet.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back!"

Cheng Jianghe, who got out of school, put down his schoolbag, picked up the broom and had to help his parents clean the house without saying a word.

"It's back!" Li Xiulan turned her head, frowned her "white eyebrows", and asked curiously, "How is the new school?" ”

"Good, very good!"

Cheng Jianghe's face was excited, and he excitedly gestured to his mother: "Mom, let me tell you this, if the middle school of the children of Tuanchang is a chicken farm, then Ganquan No. 1 Middle School is a zoo." ”

Li Xiulan glared, the white ash on her eyelashes fell, and she was stunned: "What do you mean by this kid?" ”

"Great!"

Cheng Jianghe's eyes widened, and his radiant face bloomed with a big happy word: "There is everything in the school, the table tennis table, the basketball court, the football field, and the most important thing is that there is a library." ”

Cheng Jianghe hurriedly took out a library card from his schoolbag and handed it to Li Xiulan triumphantly.

"Mom, look at it, this is my library card, I'll get it when I go, it's amazing!"

After receiving the library card, Li Xiulan looked at it happily for a long time, and said to her happy son: "Yo, this relationship is good, you don't have to spend money to read books in the future!" ”

Cheng Jia'an stopped what he was doing, turned his head and said with a smile: "This Ganquan No. 1 Middle School is originally a good school with a good ranking, and there must be a library, so the river can satisfy your wishes." ”

Li Xiulan nodded happily and encouraged: "Jianghe, with such good conditions, you should study hard and get a college student back for your mother, do you hear?" ”

Cheng Jianghe said confidently: "Mom, don't worry, I promise I won't let you down!" ”

"Huh!" Cheng Jia'an said happily: "This river, I'm still more relieved!" ”

Li Xiulan glanced at her husband and said very confidently: "Jiang Hai will be the same in the future!" Well, by the way, what about Jiang Hai? Where did it go in a blink of an eye? ”

"Mom, it's okay, I'm playing with a few little kids downstairs!" Cheng Jianghe responded.

Li Xiulan frowned, and said angrily: "This stinky boy is more familiar than us!" ”