From Cultivator to Widow

Zhou Xiaoqing didn't want to let the two children see it in her heart, so she brought it out on her face, Zhang Gui touched her chin and said, "You can watch it, but you're not allowed to move, I'll take you there, okay? ?"

To be honest, he didn't touch it very much himself, for fear that it would be damaged, and he would have to pay a lot of money to repair it.

It's not just the two of them who want to take a good look. Zhou Xiaoqing has not been married for a few days, and because they have valuables in their room, the door is locked when they enter and exit. Is there a chance to take a closer look?

The children ran over in a rush. With so many people, how could Zhang Gui alone handle it?

Zhou Xiaoqing also followed in a hurry, and Li Manfen was also afraid that the child would not know the importance and went over together.

Zhao Laidi looked at the back of their departure sourly, and then looked at the radio in Su Hui's arms. The Zhang family was really lucky to have two daughters-in-law, so two of these four items were collected. She was quite skinny. Laughing meat but not smiling: "Aren't you going to see what's new? Our third sister-in-law is precious, she will use it in the future, I don't know if she will let us use it."

Su An: "Next time."

Seeing that she didn't answer, Zhao Laidi glanced at her father-in-law and Zhang Quan who were still there: "Speaking of which, your radio will stay with us in the new year, let's listen to the fun in the new year, you've been listening for so long, you want to come Are you tired too?"

Su An: "Are you joking? As you said, the third sister-in-law's sewing machine is in her own room, and others have to look at it by herself. If you break this radio, will you pay me for a new one? ?"

"How could we break it?" She was righteous, and if it was broken, what else could she do if she had no money to repair it.

Su An: "Oh, it's not impossible. Sister-in-law, if you want it so much, I can sell it to you."

Zhao Laidi laughed: "You are joking, where do we get the money, or you are willing to give it to us cheaply, if it is cheap, it is not impossible." She immediately opened her heart.

Is she trying to exchange money?

It may be that she still wants to send four children to school, and the cost is not small. How much price can she get?

So old, give me ten dollars?

Su Hui smiled slightly: "Since my sister-in-law wants it, I don't want the money."

Zhao Laidi was overjoyed, is there such a good thing?

Su Hui continued, "This house will be given to Wei Guo in the future."

The smile on Zhao Laidi's face stiffened and looked funny: "What house!"

Su Hui looked directly at her generously: "In the past, most of the money for building the house was earned by their father. Now that my parents are still there, of course they live there, but since my sister-in-law wants a radio, she can't afford it. , and this house, it’s almost the same after all, I’m not willing to do the radio, but there’s nothing I can do, the four brothers, I don’t dislike having a lot of houses, you understand this too, sister-in-law, right?”

Zhang Quan: "..."

He opened his mouth, closed it, his face turned a little red, and he pulled Zhao Laidi fiercely: "Your sister-in-law is joking, we don't want a radio, she's joking, joking!"

Zhao Laidi smiled and glanced at Zhang Gen: "Yeah, I'm just kidding, I don't want your radio, I don't buy it, I don't sell it, I'm just kidding."

Zhang Gen cleared his throat: "Don't say such things in the future. This radio belongs to the second family. If you can't take responsibility, don't make up your mind." It's not the first time that this sign has been said inside and out.

As for the house, he drank a big sip of tea, and now he didn't get any tea aroma, only bitterness.

Needless to say, this house was indeed built with the money sent back by the second child. On his own, he could only build a mud brick house.

Logically speaking, he and his wife are still there, and it is undisputed to live in this house. They live with the boss. After a hundred years, the house will be given to the boss. Speaking of it, it is the disadvantage of the second family. The eldest is taking advantage of it, but the eldest daughter-in-law is always teasing the second child.

Ugh.

The third child is also married, so let's go out early, and get quiet early.

When Zhang Gui came back with a group of nephews and nieces, did he find out why he was so quiet and not chatting?

He looked left and right, the second sister-in-law was calm, while the elder sister-in-law lowered her head and wrote dodge all over her body, what happened just now?

Could it be that there was a quarrel, and the sister-in-law was trained by his father?

Zhang Baoguo also thought it was a bit strange, but Zhang Anguo didn't understand it when he was young, so he trotted over and took his mother's hand: "Mom, I just went to see the sewing machine, I can't understand it, but it looks beautiful!"

The smile on Su An's face couldn't tell what had just happened: "It's normal to not understand. I'll make clothes in the future. You can watch it by the side, and you'll know after reading more."

Su An stood up and looked at the sky: "It's getting late, we're going back."

"Wait, there's something else to do." Li Manfen saw that she was going back, and took out the lucky money from her arms: "Everyone take the lucky money, and you will be safe and happy in the future."

She started, and Zhao Laidi took turns with Su Hui and Zhou Xiaoqing.

Zhang Gui got married. He didn't have any lucky money this year, and he still had to give out some lucky money.

All the children were there, and they all seemed very happy.

After taking turns to distribute the New Year money, they went home, and Su An also distributed one to each of them. They took out the New Year money and put it in their secret base.

Last year's Lunar New Year money, Su Hui, was not confiscated, so they took it by themselves. Besides, Zhang Baoguo and Zhang Weiguo, who were already in school, did well in their final exams. Su Hui gave them some pocket money based on their ranking. , which caused the two brothers to have more savings than the younger brothers. After a comparison, the two youngsters couldn't help but ask Su An: "Mom, can we go to school after the new year? We also have to take the exam. !"

After the exam, just like my brother, I can get a little money from my mother!

This is another thing they have in common, they all compare...

If you say it nicely, it means keeping money, if you say it badly, it means being stingy and stingy. They haven't spent a penny of these deposits. They will check and count them every once in a while, and they are very happy just looking at them.

Su An touched their hair, the hair was soft and felt good: "No, it will be another half a year."

Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo sighed in unison.

I have to wait another half a year, a long time.

Zhang Baoguo came over and asked Su An, "The atmosphere was weird just now. Did something happen when we went to see the sewing machine?"

Su An blinked at him: "No, it's just that your aunt is not very good at talking. I'll go back. You are still young, so don't worry about it for the time being."

Zhao Laidi also said that with that mouth, there are thieves who are not thirsty. When they see good things in others, they are jealous, but they will not do anything for their own pink eye. They are timid. There are too many people like this. If you want to care, whoever cares can come over, it's okay to have a good face, and if you make an unreasonable request, go back directly, let her understand the truth, it doesn't matter if she doesn't understand, you can "teach" her to understand.

Chinese New Year means visiting relatives and visiting relatives. The children are all smiling and blooming. The New Year period is the most relaxing day of the year. There is delicious food, and if you do something wrong because the adults will not beat or scold during the New Year, the whole village is crazy. Play.

As soon as the new year was over, Zhang Gui's place started construction, and just like Su An's time, he called his relatives and friends to help.

Su An looked at the arrangements for the day and occasionally came over to help.

As soon as she got busy, Zhou Xiaoqing realized what it meant to be uncomfortable.

Li Manfen decides what to eat at home and how much to eat. After the year passes, the good things will naturally disappear, and the food will be greatly reduced. Then she has to do a lot of work. There are pigs and poultry at home, and the taste is heavy and needs to be set regularly. Feeding and cleaning, and...

Zhou Xiaoqing felt more tiring than working in the fields, but the reason why so much work was on her was because they wanted to build a house and everyone else was busy there, so she could only be patient.

When the house is ready, she will split up!

She shouldn't be responsible for so many people's clothes and meals, how easy it would be for her to only be responsible for the couple.

They only need to buy blue bricks, tiles are produced in their own villages, but because they decided to build the house in a hurry, they had to exchange the order with their acquaintances so that they could get them in advance, otherwise according to the schedule, it would be their turn. In a few months.

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There are a lot of chores after the new year and the spring, so they hurry up, and because they are starting a house, the speed is very fast, and they also open another door to get in and out.

After the house was built, Zhang Gen moved quickly, disregarding Li Manfen's objection, and divided his younger son out.

Li Manfen has always been unable to beat Zhang Gen, the real head of the family, in this kind of major event, and this is nothing new. Parents live with the eldest son, and the other sons are separated after they get married, and they move fast. a little.

Li Manfen could only comfort herself, what about the separation of the family, just across a wall, she could hear it when she shouted over there.

We just split up, and we still eat together. We wait until the kitchen and yard are built one after another, and then start the fire. Now there is not much time to do these things, and the spring ploughing has begun.

Zhou Xiaoqing, who has already split up before she even opened her mouth to say: "Happiness came too quickly and suddenly!"

Zhao Laidi: When will she be able to live a life without anyone pressing her head?

Su Hui also testified when they split up. Just like she did, she first divided the older ones, and then the younger ones moved out slowly.

Su An was just here to be a witness. She had already been separated, and it was none of her business.

But Zhang Gen is still quite fair, almost.

As for whether Li Manfen has private subsidies, that is another matter.

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Su An received a package from the military.

A few years ago, she sent some special products according to the list of money that Zhang Ping sponsored when he died, and asked Zhang Baoguo to write a letter and send it there.

She thought she didn't reply.

She opened the letter first.

The letter was written by Zhang Baoguo. This reply was written to Zhang Baoguo. It was explained above. They went out and only saw it when they came back. Thank you for their special products. They also sent some special products here. Please be sure to accept them.

This specialty is more hardcore.

Two old military uniforms, an old military water bottle, and a wax rabbit.

Now everyone is proud of being a soldier. When one is a soldier, the whole family is honored. Similarly, military uniforms are also in demand, and those made of similar fabrics are very popular, let alone this kind of genuine goods.

But there are very few genuine products in circulation.

Although when you become a soldier, you will have clothes issued, but you have to wear them yourself. It is more expensive to train and so on. It is not easy to save it for your family.

Zhang Ping has been a soldier for so long, and there are not many military uniforms he brought home. Zhang Gen has one, and he is reluctant to wear it during the New Year. The same is true for Zhang Gen and Zhang Gui. Zhang Baoguo also has one here, but that is Zhang Ping's size has not been changed to smaller, it is not suitable, and he was not willing to change it before, but he can't wear it when he grows up.

Later, Su An didn't want to move anymore, and kept it for them to think about.

Now that there are two clothes, Su An will move. It is estimated that this size is also deliberately found to be small, so there is no need to fold it too much. When Zhang Baoguo put on this clothes to go to school, he was surrounded by classmates.

Touch this, touch that.

The chattering around was extremely lively.

When the teacher entered the classroom, he took a few more glances.

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One after another, the kitchen, yard, private plot, etc. were all tidy up. Zhou Xiaoqing and Zhang Gui started the fire on their own and got married. Zhou Xiaoqing finally let go of her heart, so that even if something happened, it would not be implicated. to her.

She carried a basket with eggs on it. There were only ten or so eggs on it. She planned to go to the town to exchange them for the purchase station, and then go to the town to send the letter.

She had no worries, and after she felt relieved, she was worried about her family.

She went to town and met her second sister-in-law Su Hui.

Zhou Xiaoqing was not too impressed with Su Hui.

Compared to the elder sister-in-law, who is always trying to pinpoint her and want to hold her down, the second sister-in-law has a very weak sense of existence.

She seldom appeared on their side. According to what the children said, their mother was either at school, on the mountain or in a private plot.

The father-in-law also mentioned that the output of her private land was very good in the first year, and she praised it several times.

Compared with this second sister-in-law who doesn't show up for anything, the four children appear more frequently.

The eldest is about the same age as Zhang Jinhua, and he is still in the same class, so he can get into trouble, but he basically goes to work in the fields and the mountains and rivers together. The next pair of twins are older and play less, and because they are cousins ​​of the same age, not cousins, they come less often, but in general, they are still more often seen in the village and at home. to their figures.

What is she doing in town?

Zhou Xiaoqing followed curiously, and found that they were actually in the same destination. Who was she sending the letter to?

Quietly following her all the way, Zhou Xiaoqing pondered that she probably didn't notice, so she quickened her pace and followed.

"Second sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, wait a minute."

The person in front didn't seem to hear it and went straight to the post office.

She trotted up and saw her handing a package to the staff, who was no stranger to facing her.

The package is not big, but what is inside?

The package was taken away, she could only ask Su An.

"Second sister-in-law, I called you just now, didn't you hear? What did you send? Who did you send it to?"

Su An continued to fill out the form, filled it out, and gave it to the staff inside, and then answered her: "It's some special products from our side, and the sauce we made by ourselves."

Speaking of the sauce she made, especially the meat sauce, Zhou Xiaoqing couldn't help swallowing.

That sauce is several times better than simply eating meat!

"Then who did you send it to?"

"Baoguo's father's comrade-in-arms, they take care of these children, can't just accept the kindness of others, are you here to write to your parents' family?"

Su An's thoughtful eyes slid around her body, except for the egg, there was nothing else.

Eggs are not something to send.

So it's just a letter?

Su An still remembered what Zhang Baoguo said last time, that Li Manfen gave her dried fish and asked her to send it back to her in-laws.

After all, it was the in-laws who gave a sewing machine as a dowry. If she was willing to give more, it would be her son who would benefit.

Where the things went, Su An didn't even think about it: "I still have work at home, so I'll go first."

She followed behind, Su An of course found out, and excused herself to go home, Su An followed her from a distance, watching her send a letter, then came out and looked left and right, to see if she really went back? ?

Not finding anything unusual, Zhou Xiaoqing went to the supply and marketing agency and bought a pack of biscuits. After coming out, she returned to the village and found a dense place on the road to get in and start eating.

Su An: "..."

After eating, she wiped her mouth, and experienced the tender leaves of the plant to clear the smell, and then continued to walk home.

Su An was a little funny, of course it was nothing to eat secretly by herself, but she laughed a little when she thought of finding out that someone was secretly following behind her to be vigilant.

When she went back, Zhang Jinhua and Zhang Fenghua happened to come over. They came to find Zhang Baoguo and Zhang Weiguo to fish. Zhang Fenghua found a puddle when he was hunting pig grass. He saw the movement inside. The water depth was estimated to be half a meter. Three or four square meters, if there are many people, the water inside can be splashed clean quickly.

They found that this kind of puddles with small water sources are all like this, and the water inside is lost, and the fish inside naturally have nowhere to hide.

Hearing this, Zhang Baoguo and Zhang Weiguo immediately put down the paper and pen in their hands, and took out the bucket and washbasin.

Zhang Fenghua glanced at the book on the table and was speechless.

Zhang Weiguo and her are both in the first grade, but the content in this book is definitely not what was taught in class. She glanced at the newspaper next to her.

Mom is right, the two of them have such good grades, they must have made up for them at home, and she also wants to get good grades. She has a yearning for the outside world that the second aunt said through the newspaper. Wishes that have never been said to anyone: she wants to go outside, she wants to go to their country's capital, to see their Great Wall.

She dared not say it, because she knew that going out would cost money, and her mother would not give her travel expenses. She had to rely on herself. Where would the travel expenses come from?

She still remembered that sentence: there is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is a golden house in the book.

She doesn't want a lot of gold, just enough to spend on the road.

Before going out, she twisted her hands a little embarrassedly: "Second aunt, can I come to your house to do homework together?" Afraid of Su Hui's rejection, she hurriedly added: "I will definitely come here after finishing the work at home. , I don't take a nap at noon every day, I come here at noon, and my homework is not bad, but Wei Guo knows a lot better than me, and I want to be like him, know a lot of knowledge, and I want to be a person like the second aunt, Can you...?" The last sentence was soft and slow, for fear that Su An would refuse.