Chapter 36: Harvesting Apricot Kernels (2)
The moonlight was soft, and the meal was ready, and the family ate in the courtyard.
Wei Ran mentioned the matter of doing business with Zhang Hua, and Old Man Zhang refused: "No, Orchid is still in confinement, although there is no heavy work at home, but if you and Huahua go out, how can your mother take care of Orchid?" β
This sentence made her think of orchids all of a sudden, this month's mother-in-law is a major event in the family, how can she be negligent?
Wei Ran thought that this matter was so yellow, but he didn't expect the old man Zhang to say: "But daughter-in-law, you might as well try this business you said first, it just so happens that I have an old friend who has an apricot grove in the village, I don't know how much the apricot kernel is there, if you can receive it, it's best!" β
Mrs. Zhang sighed: "That's what I said, if your father goes out to collect this apricot pit, the road is much wider than those of us, and your father is idle at home, so let your father drive the donkey cart to the villages to shout and collect!" β
Zhang Hua suddenly said: "Grandpa, when you buy apricot kernels, you can collect some herbs, wild vegetables and the like, this time I followed my mother to the big market in the town to take a look, really, everything is sold, as long as the price is right, we will take it back, we will be able to make money if we are so upside down." β
Zhang Qiang laughed: "Okay, Mom, my grandfather's method is good, let my grandfather buy it!" β
Wei Ran put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, and said seriously: "Dad, you are old, we have to be filial to you, how can this make you old and old and drive donkey carts to work for me everywhere, spread it, others will say that we call you?" β
"Nonsense, what's wrong with the call, don't people have to eat when they're old, that's it, you take care of the orchid at home, and when the orchid is out of confinement, what do you do, Dad won't stop it!"
Seeing that his father-in-law was so stubborn, Wei Ran had no choice but to take out three hundred yuan from his arms and hand it to Old Man Zhang: "Dad, this is before buying apricot pits, you take it!" β
Old man Zhang blushed and said: "No need, this money daddy still has, you take it, there are still more places to use money at home?" β
Weiran's 300 yuan was patted by the old man: "Take it, the affairs of the family have not yet reached the time when your daughter-in-law supports it, before, I was at the second child's house with your mother, and I didn't do any work, but in the end, the second child actually burned the coffins of our old couple in publicΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·"
Old man Zhang's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and he anxiously put away the money on the table: "Dad, don't be angry, don't worry, in the future, I will definitely treat you and my mother well!" β
Wei Ran didn't want the old man to think of the sad past, and tried her best to pull the old man's thoughts back.
The orchid's child fell asleep, and the orchid had just squinted, Zhang Qiang brought a bowl of noodles, she didn't eat it, no, she brought it over again: "Mom, the orchid seems to have just fallen asleep, and I didn't eat this meal." β
"Bring it in, wait for your daughter-in-law to wake up in a while, there is millet porridge in this pot, hold a little, and take a small steamed bun over."
Zhang Qiang turned around and left.
In the courtyard, Zhang Hua was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, but the three Zhang Yan sisters stood at the door like benches, their eyes swollen like peaches.
"You guys, what are you still doing, the second uncle has broken off relations with us!" Zhang Hua was very angry when she saw the old man's eyes red just now, thinking that the second uncle had done so much, if they hadn't burned his grandmother's coffin in the first place, would his grandfather be so sad when he mentioned this matter now?
Wei Ran stood up and reprimanded Zhang Hua: "Zhang Hua, what nonsense, believe it or not, I will smash your mouth!" β
Zhang Hua cried and stomped her feet: "Mom, when is it, you are still looking at others, if it weren't for my second uncle who burned my grandmother's coffin so ruthlessly, as for my grandfather who is so sad when he thinks of those things in the past?"
"Zhang Yan, Zhang Li, Zhang Cai, come in, come to the third aunt!"
How pitiful the motherless child is, Zhang Yan hesitated for a moment, and then knelt on the ground: "Grandpa, please forgive my father, my father has regretted it, during this time, my father cooked for us, today we came, just to kowtow for my father to confess, it was my grandmother who pulled my father to grow up, my mother listened to my grandmother's words, and gave everything in the house to my grandmother's house, it was my father's mistake, please grandfather don't be angry!" β
Zhang Li burst into tears: "Grandpa, it was Zhang Li who was blind at the beginning, and didn't see clearly that my mother's heart was always towards my grandmother's family, and now Zhang Li understands, grandma hurts us, and also hurts my father, and now my father regrets it, but my father doesn't dare to come and admit his mistake, grandpa, grandma, please, don't be angry with my father, when I burned the coffin, I was instigated by my mother." β
Zhang Cai was the youngest, and suddenly fell into the arms of Mrs. Zhang: "Grandma, you feel sorry for Zhang Cai the most, my father, my father is so pitiful, no one cooks, he has to go to the town construction site to pick up bricks during the day, and at night, he has to cook for us, beg grandma, spare my father." β
The three children cried, and the adults present also cried.
Wei Ran glanced at Zhang Hua, and then said: "Zhang Hua, there is still noodles on the board, go, below!" β
Zhang Hua wiped her reddened eyes, and she didn't dare to disobey her mother's words, and walked towards the kitchen while twitching.
"Zhang Qiang, you go, invite your second uncle, there are noodles at home, no need to cook!" Zhang Qiang looked confused, glanced at his mother, and then looked at the eyes of his grandparents, sure enough, the hearts of the old couple were still soft, and these children cried like this, no matter how tough their hearts were, they were softened by crying.
"Alright, you guys, get up! It's an adult bastard, so what does it have to do with children? Old man Zhang said this, mainly because he felt that the third daughter-in-law could do this, which required a lot of mind and courage.
Mrs. Zhang helped her three granddaughters up: "Hurry up, it was your father who didn't want us at the beginning, and it was your third aunt who took us in, and now, tell me, what can we do?" β
Mrs. Zhang's meaning is obvious, now, they can't be the lord of Weiran.
How could Wei Ran not hear the meaning of her mother-in-law's words, and said casually: "Mom, now that my second brother is alone with three children, I don't mind letting him come back with the children, but I can't have anything to do with the woman of the Jiang family!" β
No one knows what Zhang Jiande thinks in his heart, and Wei Ran feels that these words can only be said clearly when Zhang Jiande comes.
Old man Zhang had a firm attitude: "No, if the second child recognizes me and your mother, he will live in his house, even if no one cooks, then let your mother cook a meal for the child!" β
"Dad, mother, it's all sons who are not filial, after so many years, I finally see the true face of Jiang Hongxia's woman, as long as my father and mother don't have the anger of Jiande, Jiande will be satisfied!"