Chapter 50 Mian Mian said to his brother and daughter-in-law

One

This night, the two brothers continued to talk until dawn. The two talked a lot about their poor family and unforgettable childhood. Xiao Yong said that he and his father lived a very difficult and difficult life, the poverty of the days was very helpless, every day bran vegetables for food, small fish and rotten shrimp as supplements, all day long life is hard, when I was a child, I almost grew up in water. Touch fish and shrimp in the water, touch snails, and make a living from it. The eldest brother heard this and said, "Why am I not? The family lives by the canal, and I grew up eating small fish and rotten shrimp. The ancestors of the family were poor, and the reason why I was recruited as a door-to-door son-in-law to change my name and surname was just to listen to my grandmother's narration and teachings, and my grandmother said: 'It's good for the child to have a home, what to change the name and surname without changing the name and surname, my eldest son because of the poverty of the family back then, no one proposed to marry, so it was easy to come to a matchmaker, and asked my eldest son to be the son-in-law, I was reluctant to let my son leave him; The second is that under the influence of feudal ideology, he felt that it was disgraceful for his son to change his name and surname, which was also a manifestation of his parents' incompetence, so he politely declined this family business. But now that the eldest son is getting old, and the eldest son, who has no hope of marrying a wife, is still beating a single, I feel sad to see my son being single! If he had let his eldest son be his son-in-law back then, he would not have been a descendant around his knees? Isn't it a happy family? Alas, regret it! Grandma said. So, when my marriage was hopeless, my grandmother supported me as a son-in-law. My mother listened to my grandmother's narration and expressed her firm approval of me being my son-in-law. In this way, with the support of the whole family, I was able to have my own wife and children, and I was able to have my own home. When he met a confidant who listened, the more he talked, the happier he became, and then continued: "The family is poor, and having a mother is a blessing." Mom will be responsible for each of her children, and I am much happier than you on the road of life. Like my second brother, my mother knew that her family was poor and there was no hope of marrying a wife, and once my mother picked up a daughter-in-law for her second brother when she was picking wild vegetables by the canal. "Pick up a daughter-in-law?" Xiao Yong listened curiously and felt that this was a meaningful story, so he couldn't wait to say, "Can you still pick up your daughter-in-law?" Strange things, let's talk about it. So he recounted the scene with affection: "This is the thing, my family lives on the bank of the canal, and the people on the bank of the canal make a living from the canal, and people touch fish and shrimp in the canal, and the canal bank picks wild vegetables and stacks tree buds, and the canal is a river that saves the lives of the poor." That day, my mother was picking wild vegetables when she saw an eight or nine-year-old girl unkempt and eating wild vegetables by herself. The mother was curious, thinking about how a little girl came out to pick wild vegetables by herself, without a basket in her hands, and ate wild vegetables with her bare hands, was she very hungry or ...... Mom thought, and approached her. The girl was a little panicked when she saw her mother and turned to leave. Her mother was surprised to see her unusual behavior, so she called out to her, 'Little girl, don't go, don't be afraid, I am a good person and will not hurt you.' May I ask why you are so young and come out to pick wild vegetables by yourself? And he didn't bring a basket, nor did he bring tools for digging wild vegetables, and he also picked wild vegetables and ate them himself, which is not clean! The girl's pain was caused by her mother's questioning and concern, and she looked at her mother with teary eyes and said nothing. Mother looked at her silently, and saw her full of tears, knowing that she was full of sourness and unspeakable suffering. Then he asked, 'Son, where are you from?' You must have unspeakable pain, let's talk about it, although I can't help you solve it, but at least I can listen to you pour out your grievances, and you can pour out the pain in your heart is also comfortable, let's talk about it. When the little girl heard her mother say this, she cried "wow" under her mother's repeated questioning, and the cry was sad and heartbreaking. Then he said with tears in his eyes: 'I am the only one in my family, my father died early, I live with my mother, my mother is crazy, she can't do anything, she lives by walking around and picking up garbage every day, because there is no home of her own, my mother and I live on the streets all day and night by begging for a living, and it is often a matter of hunger. Just a few days ago, my mother was running around in a serious madness, because it was night, and she unfortunately fell into the water and died. My mother died, I was left alone, I had no relatives and no reason, I picked wild vegetables by myself during the day, and curled up in a hidden corner at night, afraid and hungry, I always looked forward to the dawn in fear. One is that I can pick wild vegetables to satisfy my hunger in the morning, and the other is that I am not so scared in the morning. When the mother heard the little girl's cry, she felt pity and said, 'Son, don't cry, go with me, be my daughter, will you do it?' The little girl didn't respond, she was hesitating. Seeing that she did not reply, her mother said, 'Are you a girl walking around alone?' Go with me, be my daughter, you won't be hurt with my protection, think about it, are you willing to go with me and be my daughter? When the helpless little girl heard her mother's words, she looked at her with blank eyes, and she thought for a long time and said timidly: 'Yes! Before the words fell, she threw herself into her mother's arms and wept bitterly, and then cried out: 'Mother! In this way, the little girl was brought home by her mother, and later married her second brother, who had no hope of marrying a wife. My brother-in-law and mother are very emotional, she is grateful for her mother's rescue, and second, she is grateful to her mother for her care and raising. Her own mother was insane, and she did not enjoy maternal love. Mother is kind-hearted, especially for this daughter-in-law picked up, in her mother's side, she enjoyed the warmth, mother's love, but also enjoyed the true feelings of the brothers and sisters in the family. The mother and her old man did the best of both worlds, helping the little girl and finding a daughter-in-law for her son, who had no hope of marrying a wife. ”

Two

Xiao Yong listened to the eldest brother's narration and was amazed and said, "Big brother, this is really a great good thing. not only saved the girl, but also picked up the daughter-in-law for the son, which can be described as the best of both worlds! ”。

"Yes, good things are everywhere in the world. My mother looked at the daughter-in-law who picked it up and said, 'I didn't expect the daughter-in-law to be a flower, but I didn't expect the flower to fall into my poor family, I'm so happy!' Mom often said contentedly. Xiao Yong listened and said: "This beautiful thing, strange thing sounds moving and happy." The little girl is also considered lucky, she has a home, she has a mother who loves her, she no longer picks up garbage everywhere, no longer walks around, no longer sleeps on the streets, she has a home, and she can live a normal life, which is really worth celebrating! ”

"Yes, for my family, it can be said to be double happiness." Dong Wanxiang said happily. Then he said: "The men in my family are all blood relatives, and the women are all outsiders. Xiao Yong was puzzled when he heard it, and said with a smile: "This is interesting, let's listen to it!" Dong Wanxiang thought for a moment and said.