My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 105 Photography

   It wasn't that there was a problem with the letter. The envelope was well sealed, and he couldn't see the contents. The key was that after seeing the "sender's address and name" in the last column, Chen Ling was a little stunned.

   was actually written by my sister-in-law Wang Zhenzhen.

The old man has a daughter. When he married Wang Susu, his sister-in-law was only eight years old, and now she is only ten years old. The writing is crooked, and I don't know what to write in the letter.

However, touching the thick envelope, Chen Ling subconsciously frowned. He didn't suspect him, so he held the letter and walked home. Liu Ni'er and a few dolls were spending Sundays and ran wild outside for most of the day. At this time, they also played When I got tired, I jumped behind his **** and went home.

At this time, Wang Susu was doing laundry in the yard while the sun was better in the afternoon. When he saw him leaving and returning, he asked casually, but then he heard from Chen Ling that a letter from her parents was written by her sister. stunned.

   "Really believe?"

   "Can you really write letters?"

  Wang Susu was stunned for a while, then quickly ran to Chen Ling, not bothering to wash her hands, just rubbed her body in a hurry, took the envelope from Chen Ling's hand and opened it.

   As a result, the dismantling was too hasty, and a stack of scattered coins slipped out: one cent, two cents, fifty cents, one piece, two dollars...

  Wang Susu carefully picked up the money, held it in his hand, and gently opened the letter.

What caught my eye was the twisted lines, which were a little naive and childish, but the words were full of concern. Before she could read a few sentences in full, Wang Susu's eyes were blurred with tears. Seeing the little dolls were still in the yard, she turned around and ran quickly. into the house.

Chen Ling followed behind without saying a word, and when he entered the room, he saw Wang Susu hiding behind the door holding the letter and crying while reading, especially when she saw the last sentence "Sister, I miss you", Wang Susu couldn't bear it any longer. He threw himself into Chen Ling's arms and burst into tears.

   "A Ling, I want to go home."

   "Go back, go back tomorrow."

  Chen Ling nodded vigorously and hugged Wang Susu tightly in his arms.

He also saw the content of the letter. It was written by Wang Zhenzhen in pencil. Many words in it were not written, and were replaced by pinyin, but the strokes were written extremely carefully. I wrote this letter over and over again.

And the money was not even fifty yuan. It was the money from the little girl who caught the scorpion and sold it. She had saved it for more than a year. She was afraid that Wang Susu would be wronged here, bullied by the bad brother-in-law and had no money to spend, so she secretly sent it to the mail. coming.

It is difficult to send money in these days. If the amount is too large, it will not be sent unless you go to a larger post office and issue a remittance slip, which is similar to sending a telegram. Type it out, send it to the recipient, and use the slip to collect the money.

   But it doesn't matter if the number is small, plus one or two yuan for postage, it will be sent in an envelope.

   "I miss my parents, my big brother and my second brother, I miss my grandmother, I miss my grandmother, I miss it so much..."

Wang Susu was still sobbing and muttering. She didn't think much of it when the elder brother came, but after seeing the letter from her sister today, she was overwhelmed by the childish words, and she had accumulated two years of thoughts. Was vented out by this letter.

  Chen Ling hugged her silently and waited until she calmed down before talking softly about going home with her.

   "I'm fine, A Ling, wait until next month to put our father on the grave and come back."

  Wang Susu wiped the tears from her face and choked softly.

   She calmed down after crying.

She knows that some things can't be left to her temper. Even if the parents and the eldest brother and the second brother don't care, but the eldest brother and the second brother are married, the two sisters-in-law are not easy to get along with. Think about it for the parents. Parents spend much more time with their daughter-in-law than her daughter who is married outside. They cannot make it difficult for parents to do things in front of their daughter-in-law and cause trouble to the second elder.

  Every family has a hard-to-read scripture, and Chen Ling can only sigh twice about it. This is not something he can mix with as a son-in-law, but considering Wang Susu's longing, an idea suddenly popped into his heart.

   "Susu, since I really sent you a letter, you should also send a letter to your family."

"I won't go to the mountains in the afternoon, so I'll find Du Juan and take some pictures for us, and then I will put it in a letter and send it to my parents, so that they can see what our family is like now, you say OK?"

  Wang Susu's eyes lit up when she heard this, but she didn't feel so uncomfortable anymore. She said yes again and again, and told Chen Ling not to forget to buy envelopes, letter paper, and ink, so she happily went out and washed the clothes.

Just walking out of the house, Liu Nier and the others are gone, and Chen Ling doesn't bother to care about them. These skin monkeys are going crazy all day. Anyway, after Xiao Mori's lesson, they don't dare to go to the water and play. There are not many dangerous places around the village, and other places like to play where they want to play.

Afterwards, he went to the primary school and called Du Juan over. Du Juan was the first to know Chen Ling's family in Chenwangzhuang, and he spent the night with Wang Susu at Wang Jusheng's house last time. Wanting to take a picture, without saying a word, he put on the camera and went home with Chen Ling.

  Due to Du Juan's frequent wandering in and out of the village, Wang Susu really didn't expect Chen Ling to bring people over so quickly, "Sister Cuckoo, wait a moment, I'll clean up the yard first."

   "Haha, it's okay, Susu in no hurry, you can take pictures whenever you want. I'm fine when I'm idle."

Du Juan squinted and smiled and said, she is very fond of Chen Ling and Wang Susu, the young couple. Every day she has a good life and she has time to spare, which makes her gradually envy this kind of life. .

  Although Du Juan said so, Wang Susu still cleaned up the clothes, laundry tub, washboard, etc. in the yard. Chen Ling also helped to clean up the sundries and put them in the backyard together.

   "Come here, A Ling, hurry into the room and change into new clothes."

In order to show a good side to her parents and family, Wang Susu had to ask Du Juan to wait, and then dragged Chen Ling into the house, changed clothes, combed her hair, and dressed up, only to make Chen Ling two or three years younger. Nodding with satisfaction, he also began to wash his face and comb his hair, and put on new clothes that he was usually reluctant to wear.

   After finishing their busy work, the clean and tidy two people were like taking a wedding photo. They sat side by side on two stools in the courtyard with bright smiles and took a group photo.

Then he called Heiwa Xiaojin over again, and the two squatted on one side and another, followed by the grape trellis, lotus pond, chicken coop, duck pen, and almost every place in the yard. The two took pictures. The group photo of Chen Ling and Wang Susu is also alone.

  …

   "The rich family took pictures, and the rich family took pictures."

  I don't know which good-looking woman passed by the gate of the courtyard and saw this scene, and started shouting outside. After a while, everyone who was at home nearby ran over.

   "If you don't have a year or a festival, what kind of looks are you looking for? It's like getting married."

   "Isn't it true, the dog has horns, and it cleans up foreign affairs."

"What kind of foreign affairs, you don't know how to talk nonsense, I heard the little kids shouting in the village before, it was the family of Susu's mother who sent a letter, this kid Fugui must be afraid that the big brother will run over and beat him again. , hurry up and take two pictures to show to my mother's family."

As soon as    said this, there was a burst of laughter.

   Chen Ling did not refute it after hearing it, so he went to the backyard to bring the little white cow over, and he and Wang Susu both rode up to take two pictures. After that, chickens, ducks, quails, and rabbits all called to his side, and none of them fell.

   "This guy, the six animals are prosperous and rich. Your father-in-law and mother-in-law have watched it, and you must be at ease, and you will not let your brother-in-law beat you again."

   "But if we really want to talk about six animals, we are still short of pigs and sheep."

   "Hahahaha, why don't we lead the pig and two sheep for you?"

   A group of people watched and booed, but they were all kicked out by Chen Ling.

   "Let's go, let's go after watching the excitement, are there no work in the fields?"

These people were not annoyed when they heard it, but laughed even more happily: "Look at Fugui, this baby is still blushing, grandma's, I didn't see him blushing when I married my daughter-in-law, and I was ashamed when I was about to give birth to a baby. already."

  Laughing and laughing, and making trouble after making trouble, someone really hugged a big goose for Chen Ling and brought two sheep over.

When Chen Ling could not laugh or cry, seeing Wang Susu in high spirits, he didn't say much. He put the big goose and the sheep in the yard and put them together abruptly, but these two guys kept looking back after taking pictures Hiding, in the end it is natural and cordial without the things that are raised at home, and it is estimated that the photos taken will appear blunt.

   But these are not important, as long as Wang Susu is happy, then there is no problem.

After taking the photo and everyone dispersed, Du Juan took out the film and handed it to Chen Ling, who would then go to a photo studio in the county to get it printed, but it was impossible to get the photo right away, and I had to wait. last few days.

  Chen Ling put away the film, Wang Susu had already poured tea for Du Juan, and they got together to talk. Since they came to help take pictures, they naturally had to entertain them. But it was enough to have Wang Susu with him. He got up and went out of the house to buy some envelopes, letter paper and a bottle of ink.

  I have fountain pens at home, but I don’t use them often, but the quality is quite good. After many years of use, after cleaning the waste ink, they still work very well. Writing two letters is not a problem at all.

He tried the pen, put these things in the drawer, and waited for Wang Susu to use it when he was writing a letter. Then, he collected the sundries that had been moved to the backyard. He was busy when he saw Liu Nier and the little dolls in the backyard. Outside the courtyard, they probed their brains, muttering something in a low voice.

   Seeing him look over, he smiled and pushed Kiko to the front.

   "You little skin monkeys, sneaky, what do you want?"

  Xiko is an introverted little girl with thin skin. Seeing Chen Ling staring at her, she trembled and said, "Uncle Fugui, I'm here to find Aunt Susu."

   As soon as the little girl finished speaking, Wang Susu heard the movement and walked out of the main room. She saw that the little dolls in the courtyard were a little bit wrong, and asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

   "Aunt Susu, don't cry in the future, this is for you, buy something delicious."

  Xiko took out a canning bottle from behind, which was filled with colorful cash receipts, and carefully handed it to Wang Susu.

Wang Susu was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that the little dolls must have heard her crying in the house just now, but she could not have imagined that the little dolls still had such thoughts, and her eyes couldn't help but feel a little hot, and she squatted down. He touched Xizi's little head and said, "Xizi is really good, but my aunt is an adult. If you don't need these, Xizi should keep it for herself to buy delicious food."

   "Does Auntie think it's not enough? We have more."

  Xiko pursed her lips lightly and said in a low voice.

   Then he saw Liu Nier and several little dolls walking silently, holding jars or wine boxes, and handed them to Wang Susu one by one.

   (end of this chapter)