Hard times have room

Since the separation of the family, the old couple has lived a very unrestrained life. The couple do simple tasks such as weeding and catching insects every day, and they can earn eight or nine work points a day. There is absolutely no problem in supporting themselves.

When the family was not separated, the old man Wang had to carry a hoe every day, work hard and earn seven or eight work points. After the separation, the old lady Wang did not allow him to do heavy work. The two old men had worked hard all their lives for the rest of their lives. , it's right to have a good time.

She doesn't want to be a bull and a horse for her children and grandchildren and work hard all her life. It's too tiring.

At the end of [-], the day before New Year's Eve, Su Hongying and Wang Jiandang brought [-] catties of grain and [-] yuan to the old couple's house. Those who kept their promises brought the old couple's pension food and pension money.

Now that the old couple are in their [-]s and a lot of age, it should be given to them to have a good year. Although they are not lacking in this, these things are what they should give as their descendants. It doesn't matter that it's not lacking.

The old couple is very rich. The 200 yuan they split up at the beginning, and the 100 catties of grain. In addition, the old couple can share three to four hundred catties of grain every year, and the red envelopes given by the children and grandchildren during the festival. All in all add up, not a lot.

The day before the old couple went to the old house, Su Hongying and Wang Jiandang went to the old house. They still live there and have not moved.

Of course, this kind of thing must be discussed in advance, otherwise the other two rooms may gossip.

Su Hongying also accidentally heard Xu Qing say those sour words, saying that the people in their second room used to coax two old people, and they were loyal and wicked, and they wanted to coax the pension money of the two old people, including the two old people. current house.

But they really didn't mean that. If they really wanted their money, they should have accepted the 150 yuan that the old lady wanted to distribute to their family when they separated. , At that time, just open your mouth and answer, and the money will be in your hand, how simple it is!

Except for the second room, the big room and the third room all refused. The reason given was that there were many children in the family, and the food rations of their own family were tight. The children were too thin. How could there be extra food for the elderly, not to mention, the two old people The conditions are good!
Besides, Li Tao and Xu Qing are still secretly complaining in their hearts that the two old people will not think about their children and grandchildren. How much private money the old lady hid behind their backs, the more she said, the more dissatisfaction she felt in her heart.

Of course, the most important thing is that they know that the old couple has not yet reached the point where they need to take care of them. Now the two of them are living more comfortably than their children and grandchildren. There is no reason to give them more money for the old age. They will not save face. Lost the lining.

Since the second child and the others are willing to give things, the old couple also keep them. Again, the second child and his family do not lack this 01:30 point, and the eldest and third child are more stressed. These food can also make A few small ones, here they are, let's get a few more bites to eat.

It's not that Su Hongying and Wang Jiandang didn't know about the eccentric behavior of the old couple, but they didn't care too much. Anyway, things were given to them, according to the village's pension standards. The two old people have the right to control those things, so let them go. !I don't care about that anymore.

In the first two years, the old couple was relatively wealthy. The four children in the big and third rooms would come to the house for dinner every three or five years. Although it was noisy, the two old people enjoyed it. However, later, their pressure It's a little bigger.

As the saying goes, if half a child eats a poor old man, these four little ones will be like a bottomless pit. No matter how much you give them, there will be nothing left.

After a few years, the little ones have gotten used to it. They eat at home first, and then go to their grandparents to find something to eat and fight their teeth.

Xu Qing and Li Tao deliberately indulged, and in the end it evolved into that as long as the old couple had a meal, as long as they were met by a few young people, they habitually took a bowl and ate it. In order not to starve, the two old people must be Need more food.

As a result, the old couple went from eating with two people to eating with three or four people. If it happened that all four grandchildren were there, it would be six people eating together. The two of them couldn’t afford the food for so many people. up.

If at the beginning, they had the mentality that the eldest and the third were having a hard time and subsidizing a little, then they would be dragged down later. The two of them could no longer afford the subsidy, but looking at the pitiful appearance of their grandson, they would still soften their hearts.

This subsidy lasted for several years, until the old man Wang accidentally stepped on the air and fell off the field ridge when he was working one day. The bones are already brittle, and a little bump is a big deal.

The first time he fell, the people around him had already walked over, watching him fumbling around in the fields, trying to find a support point, stood up, and immediately went to help.

The old man fell on his leg, and even if someone supported him, he could not stand still, and he was staggered and helped to sit on the ridge.

It didn't hurt much at first, but it seemed to be slightly swollen. The old man didn't take it seriously. When he was young, all kinds of wind and waves came over, thinking that he just fell on the ridge now, what could be wrong , rest for a while without pain, you can continue to work.

But after half an hour, he didn't think so much. Originally it was just a slightly swollen ankle, but now it's so swollen that it still hurts. Can't move.

When the barefoot doctor in the village, Wang Boqing, came to see him, he could see at a glance that his leg had fallen. The bones of the old man are brittle, and a fall is likely to hurt the bones. This is about bones, how can he, a barefoot doctor, manage. Yes, immediately let the Wang family send him to the hospital, and let the doctors in the regular hospital treat him.

Wang Jiandang carried the old man behind his back and went directly to the town's health center.

There was an old Chinese medicine doctor who was sent down from the provincial hospital. I heard that his medical skills were very good.

Madam Wang was not at ease and followed behind, but her speed was much slower.

Walking on the road, the old lady burst into tears because she was worried about the old man. She couldn't imagine the days when she was alone without the old man.

After seeing the doctor, he said that the problem is not a big problem. It was a small piece of bone that came out a little bit at the joint of the ankle. Although he was pressed back, the muscles and bones were injured for [-] days. The recovery ability of the old man was even worse. , Don't work for three months, and finally, put a splint on his leg to fix him.