stonecrandall Chapter 124, passing the chapter
Chapter 124, passing the chapter
Before the sun set, the women who had been busy in the kitchen for a few hours prepared their dinner.
"The meal is ready. Dad, Uncle, Uncle, you guys are all here to eat." Aunt Wu took the food outside and shouted to a group of elders sitting there.
"And your group of little ones are all here to eat."
"It's going to be so soon, come here. Dad, let's go eat."
"Father, it's time to eat."
Uncle Qiao and Uncle Qiao got up, and the two brothers reached out to help the old man, and called the brothers and the children and grandchildren who were playing over there to eat.
Two large tables were set up in the courtyard, and the women served the prepared dishes.
Usually, it is rare for so many people to eat together. Several families get together, there are old people and children, men and women, and it is lively.The two big tables are not big enough to sit on, so everyone gets closer to each other to squeeze out a space, and everyone sits down and eats together.
"Father, you are the head of the family. On such a good day today, come and say a few words to us all." Uncle Qiao poured half a bowl of wine for the old man, and pushed the old man out to talk.
"What can I say, no no no." The old man waved his hands with embarrassment on his face.
"Yes, Dad, what do you have to say to us people, tell us." Qiao Chunfu booed and asked Dad to speak.Mrs. Qiao and the women also booed, asking the old man to talk.
None of the grandchildren dared to make a fuss, they were all watching the fun, waiting for their grandpa to speak.
Finally, the old man couldn't hold back the sons, so the old man reluctantly said this, saying: "Today is August [-]th, the Mid-Autumn Festival. Since your brothers got married and lived separately, each has its own house and does not live in the same place. It was the first time that so many of us spent Mid-Autumn Festival together and had dinner together."
"To be honest, I'm also happy in my heart."
The old man looked at the children and grandchildren in front of him. He still remembered those famine years, when the family ran out of food, a group of children screamed with hunger.In the blink of an eye, decades have passed, and the children are all over half a hundred years old. He, an old man, has one foot in the coffin. I don't know how many days are left to live.
Today, seeing that the lives of the children are getting better day by day, and the grandchildren are growing up day by day, the old man feels very comforted.
"You brothers, live a good life. As a father, I am happy for you. My father hopes that your family, whether it is now or in the future, you brothers will be of one mind, and your family will be united. If you are in harmony, father will be relieved."
The old man picked up the wine bowl and said to his son and grandchildren: "We don't have much to say. Today is the holiday, and we will have a drink happily."
"Yes, today is the holiday, let's celebrate the holiday, let's have a drink happily." Uncle Qiao picked up the wine bowl and said in agreement.
Everyone picked up their wine bowls one after another and had a drink with the old man.
Qiao Minglang was the youngest at this table. He was dragged to sit here, so he couldn't avoid drinking with the adults.Qiao Mingshan knew that his cousin's drinking capacity was not good, so he reminded him in a low voice, "It's okay to drink less."
Qiao Minglang nodded, but he didn't dare to drink too much.
The elders were talking at the dinner table, and they, as the younger generation, listened.
After they had eaten, the sun was about to set in the west, and everyone helped to clean up the table.After dinner, everyone was not in a hurry to go home. The women were still washing the dishes in the kitchen, and the men were drinking tea and talking outside.
"I went to your tenth grandpa's house this morning and asked about the land next to their house." The old man mentioned the land to his grandson. Yesterday his grandson came to tell him that he wanted to buy land, so he went to his brother's house this morning. Come on, I want to find out what they say
"At first they were not willing to talk about selling the land, but now that everyone in the village has food to eat, no one is willing to sell the land. Later I sat with them for a while and talked about your family. It's kind of loose."
"Abba, what's the matter? You mean the land next to us?" Uncle Qiao didn't know what was going on, so he asked, "Who wants to buy it?"
"It's Minglang who wants to buy the land of your tenth uncle's house and build the house to live in your side. I just thought that's fine. If the brothers live in your side, everyone will be able to live here in the future." There is a care for each other." Only then did the old man realize that he forgot to tell his sons about it, and while all his sons were here, he mentioned his grandson to his sons.
"Well, that's fine." Uncle Qiao nodded and said, "If they are willing to sell, we can buy this land. If they were willing to exchange land with us before, we would have exchanged this land. .”
In the past, they talked about exchanging land, but other people refused to exchange it, only willing to sell it. At that time, they had no money to buy it, so the matter of exchanging land was left alone.Now they have some money in hand, if the other party is willing to sell the land, they can buy the land first.
Uncle Qiao naturally felt good when he heard his father say that his nephew wanted to buy the land and build a house on their side.The brothers discussed this matter, and everyone agreed that it would be better for the nephew to build the house on their side.
The women came out after finishing their work in the kitchen.
Hearing men talking about buying land, I found out that my nephew wanted to buy land and build a house on their side.
The second aunt, who never talked much, said: "We still have two vacant rooms in our house. If you don't mind the trouble, you can move to our house. Xiaoyi and the others are all married, and they rarely see each other. Come back to live, the room at home is empty and empty, you can live as long as you want."
The three daughters were all married, and the rooms where the daughters used to live were all vacant, so Chen Chunlan asked her nephews to live in their house.
"That's right." Aunt Qiao thought it was a good idea, and said, "If Xiaoyi and the others come back, let's see which house is convenient, and we can just stay in any house for one night."
Several women started discussing, and Aunt Wu interrupted and said: "If you don't mind, you can also live in our house, let your two cousins live in the same room, and you can also spare a room. .”
There are only three rooms in their house, the husband and wife live in one room, and the two sons live in one room.But if the nephews and nieces are willing to live in their house, we can live in a crowded place.
The houses of the three of them are all on this side, only the nephews and nieces live on the other side. There is not even an adult in the house, so they are not at ease.
Hearing what the elders were saying, Qiao Minglang asked his younger brothers and sisters what they meant, "Do you want to live in my aunt's house?"
"We all listen to you, brother." Qiao Xiaohui said.
"If the second aunt and the fifth aunt don't think we're bothering you, I think so, the second sister and the third sister will bring the younger sister to live with the second aunt, and the fourth brother will bring Xiaobao to live with the fifth aunt. " Qiao Minglang thought about it, and felt that he was more assured that the children would live in the homes of several uncles than letting the children live in their own homes.
The second aunt didn't say this before. He knew that the cousins would occasionally come back to stay at her mother's house for a few days, and wanted to set aside a house for the daughters to come back to live in.There are so many children in their family, it must be inconvenient to live in one family, if that is the case, then let them live in two uncles' houses separately.
They only borrowed it for a year or a half at most. After the Chinese New Year, if he had money in his hand, he could consider building two houses, which didn't cost much.
"You don't dislike it, you don't dislike it, you can come and live as long as you want." Huang Yan likes Xiaobao very much, and she wanted to take one of them back to their family to raise him. Now if the children come to live with them, she is naturally willing .
The daughter-in-law of the two sons has not yet been seen. When the son marries a wife, maybe they will build a house again.
"I think you will stay at our house to worship the moon today, so you don't need to go back." Aunt Qiao asked the two daughters-in-law to take out the melon and fruit mooncakes and put them on the table, and asked the two sisters-in-law to stay at their house to worship the moon.
"Haha, our family also has mooncakes. I bought two boxes myself, and the two children Mingshan and Minglang sent two boxes to our family. The same goes for you two boys. Come back when you go out, and bring us something. Yes, really." Huang Yan talked about the two nephews sending moon cakes to their family, telling the two children not to spend money when they go out in the future, and there is no need to buy them such things when they come back.
It was getting dark at this moment, everyone sat together and talked for a while, and then several families went back to their own homes.
"Minglang, you guys go back too, why don't you play here for a while?" Seeing that the little nephew was going back too, Aunt Qiao grabbed him and refused to let him go, "You guys play for a while, eat something Go back with Mooncake Fruit, and I will ask your cousin to take you back later."
Qiao Minglang couldn't refuse, so he had to take their children to stay at his uncle's mother's house for a while.
Seeing her brother nodding, Qiao Xiaohui took her younger sister to play with her sister-in-law. The two little girls had a very good relationship with her sister-in-law.
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Today is the holiday, the family is eating, the children are very happy, running around the table.
Qiao Minglang sat beside the old man, talking to his uncle and a few cousins about their opening of a shop in the city.They have hired one person to help with the work now, and there are not enough people when they are busy. If there are two more people in the family to follow them, it must be better than asking outsiders to help.
It's just that everyone at home has work to do now, so I don't know if anyone is willing to follow them outside.
"If it weren't for the fact that there are still a group of elders serving you, I would like to go with you." Aunt Qiao wanted to go, but there was such a large group at home, old and young, none of whom she could take care of. Let go.
"I think it's better for Xiaoyong to go with you?"
Aunt Qiao looked at her youngest son, and felt that the youngest son was also young, and it would not be too late for him to go out and get married in two years.
"Brother, Minglang, I want to go with you." Qiao Mingyong expressed eagerly that he wanted to go to the city with him. Now he goes to the town with his father to sell things every day. A place, he wants to go out to have a look.
"Father, I want to talk to the owner of the store tomorrow, quit my job in the store, and go to the city with my elder brother and the others." Qiao Mingliang had the idea of quitting his current job in his heart, and followed his brother. Go out and venture outside.
There are several brothers in their family, and he is the only one who still works in the original restaurant and works for others.If their boss hadn't persuaded them to stay, Qiao Mingliang would have wanted to leave a long time ago, but he couldn't make up his mind before, and now he finally made up his mind.
"You have to think about it yourself and make your own decision. Whether you want to go outside or stay at home, I support you. You quit your current job and come back to our house to help. Alright." If Uncle Qiao was still a little worried before, then the business at home is getting better every day, so he doesn't have to worry that their business can't be done, and the family will have no money to eat.
The father and son discussed this matter for a while, and Uncle Qiao wanted both sons to go with him, "Tomorrow I'll go and ask your fifth uncle's family, and see if Mingjing and Mingzhong want to go with them. That's right. If you all leave, we won't be able to make tofu balls at home."
He felt very distressed for not doing a good business. Since he could make money at home, Uncle Qiao actually didn't want his children to be too far away from home.
"Hey, our business is nothing. If the children can go outside to do big business, they must go outside. At worst, let's ask my aunt and them to see if your aunt and the others are willing Come to us to help." Aunt Qiao felt that it would be better to let the sons go far away, and it would be better for their parents to stay at home, and it would be better for the children to go out and make troubles outside.
"That's what you said." Uncle Qiao had forgotten that there were other people.
Everyone sat together and always had endless things to talk about. They stayed at the uncle's house for a while, and seeing that it was already dark outside, Qiao Minglang informed the elders, and then prepared to take a few children home.
This time, Mrs. Qiao didn't hold back her nephew, and asked her two sons to send him back.
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Jiangcheng·Zhoujia
A car drove in slowly from outside and stopped at the door.
Zhou Xing stood on the balcony upstairs and looked down coldly. After the car stopped, his father helped Xu Haimei, mother and son get out of the car.
"It's all my fault for not being optimistic about Ruirui, otherwise I wouldn't have caused Ruirui to sew these stitches." Xu Haimei's heart was full of self-blame, she lowered her head and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, thinking of how many stitches her son had sewed, There may be a scar left in the future, and she feels uncomfortable in her heart.
Zhou Jianguo went to the hospital to pick up his wife and youngest son, and when he saw his youngest son wilted after a visit to the hospital, he felt distressed as a father.Seeing his wife crying all the way, he finally endured the irritability in his heart. The man patiently coaxed his wife a few words, "Okay, don't cry too."
"Rui Rui didn't cry anymore, why are you still crying?" Looking at the youngest son who has been crying for so long, he has stopped crying when he comes back.
"Yes, look at me, we are not as brave as our Ruirui." Xu Haimei glanced at her son, hurriedly wiped the tears off her face with the back of her hand, and forced herself to show a nice smile.
In the eyes of a man, this appearance of a woman makes it even more obvious that she has paid a lot for the child and the family, and is still trying to be strong.Zhou Jianguo held the woman's hand, his eyes were full of distress for the woman, he patted the back of the woman's hand lightly, and said, "You."
Seeing the three people below, Zhou Xing stood on the balcony and glanced down, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he went inside.
"Let's go in." Xu Haimei took her husband's hand with one hand and her son's hand with the other and went up the steps. Feeling that the eyes that fell on them disappeared, she raised her head, and the corner of her eyes caught some black clothes. horn.
Not long after, the family sat on the chairs at the dinner table.
Other people's houses are lively during the festival, but here at Zhou's house, the whole family sits together, there is no laughter, and everyone is silent.
On weekdays, Xu Haimei would say a few words to brighten the atmosphere, but today she was not in the mood to say anything.
"From now on, you should be more peaceful at home. Don't mess around all day. It's not good for you or your children. What do you think?" Mr. Zhou has been in charge of the Zhou family for decades, even at a young age. The majesty that should be there is still there.
What happened at home couldn't be hidden from him. He didn't like his grandson's mother. The grandson was still from their Zhou family. That's why he let his son bring the mother and son into the Zhou family's door.The descendants of their Zhou family will return to the Zhou family.
"Abba, what you said is true." Zhou Jianguo knew that the youngest son had caused this incident today. The old man sounded like he was concerned about his grandson, but he actually said it for their adults, "Abba, it's time to eat."
"Well, eat." The old man picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and put it in the bowl of the grandson, without ignoring the grandson, "Eat, you like this."
"Thank you, grandpa." Zhou Xing lowered his head and ate the food, the food in his mouth was like chewing wax, and he couldn't taste what he liked or not.
On this rare day, Zhou Jianguo didn't bother his eldest son, but the man's complexion was not very good.
The woman coaxed her son to eat, but the son's injured hand took chopsticks, and he was throwing a temper tantrum because of the pain in the wound. Xu Haimei took the spoon and fed the son mouthful, coaxing the child to eat more, wishing she could suffer this pain for her son.
In the end, seeing that her son really refused to eat, she was afraid of making the old man unhappy, so she had no choice but to take her son down first.
A bright moon rose from the east, hanging in the sky like a big disc.
I don’t know where the fireworks are set off in the distance. The fireworks exploded in mid-air, colorful and colorful.
This beauty is only for a moment, and it will soon fall.
The person standing on the top of the building took out the red gemstone necklace from his pocket. Zhou Xing still remembered seeing his mother wearing this necklace when he was young. At that time, he thought his mother was the most beautiful woman in the world.
Until now, he still remembers the boy hiding in the corner, watching his mother pull the box and leave, get into a car at the door and leave, never coming back.
The hand holding the necklace was raised high, Zhou Xing wanted to throw the necklace away, but in the end, he slowly put his hand down...