life is sweet

Chapter 297 [297] Family affection in the countryside
On Saturday, Su Qingchun returned home after checking the house early, but it was already past 10 o'clock when he arrived home. He bought the train ticket back to his hometown county at 1 p.m., and He Meizhen made lunch early in the morning. After lunch, I took a taxi to the station.

I don't know if I answered that sentence. When a patient knows that he is terminally ill, his condition will take a turn for the worse because he can't bear the blow psychologically.

Su Tiejun was like this. Ever since he knew he had stomach cancer, even though Su Qingchun had explained that it was not very heavy, he hadn't eaten much since that day.

Now I can only eat a little noodles for every meal, and my mental state is not very good, and I don’t want to talk much, but fortunately, I can still walk.

Otherwise, you can only take a taxi to go home.

In the past two days, He Meizhen was afraid that Su Tiejun's condition would deteriorate and he would not be able to take the car, so she was eager to go home early. Finally, they got on the car safely. On the way, Su Tiejun encountered abdominal pain again. Fortunately, Su Qingchun was there , taking painkillers in time, it can be regarded as relief, and He Meizhen felt at ease.

At around 4:[-] p.m., they arrived at the county seat. Originally, Su Qingfu promised to pick up his friend's car to pick them up at the station, but he changed his mind temporarily, saying that his friend's car had not been picked up, so he simply didn't come. There was no other way. , Su Qingchun temporarily called Didi and chartered a car to go home.

This trip finally brought my father home safely.

After settling his father, Su Qingchun originally wanted to go back by car early the next morning, but his aunt heard that Su Tiejun was ill, and said she wanted to bring those cousins ​​to see his father.

My aunt has three sons. If my cousin, sister-in-law, aunt and uncle are together, there will be a lot of people with just one child. Plus the people in my own family, there will be a lot of people, and they will have to eat. Su Qingfu didn't know how to cook either, which would tire his mother again. Su Qingchun felt sorry for his mother, so Su Qingchun decided to change the ticket to the afternoon and receive relatives at home at noon.

On Sunday morning, in the rented house in Su Tiejun Town, for some reason, seven aunts and eight aunts were crowded one after another. In fact, many people did not know how many years Su Qingchun had been gone, and some even just heard about it. Some came with live chickens and eggs, some with a carton of milk.

Mother was also very surprised to see them coming, because she never told them about her father. When she asked, some said they heard it from others, and some said it was from her aunt, but no matter who said it, since they wanted to come, That is the whole heart of the family, so of course they have to treat them well, but after they came, most of them went to the father's room and came out, and finally surrounded Su Qingchun, and brought all kinds of inspection reports to him. He sees.

Many checklists were made a few years ago, and some of them were folded so long that the handwriting could not be read clearly. Su Qingchun couldn't get out of it because of what you said.

He Meizhen was puzzled at first, since she never saw these relatives walking around, why did she hear that Su Tiejun came to visit so kindly when she was ill?

Anyway, the chickens raised at home, or a carton of milk, don’t cost much. There’s still a meal to eat, and you’ve got a Shanghai expert’s illness, so why not do it.

But it was hard for He Meizhen. At first, she thought that her sister-in-law and some nephews would come, but unexpectedly, there were more than a dozen relatives who didn't move around very much, and some of these people had festivals with He Meizhen before.

This holiday was actually caused by Su Qingchun. When Su Qingchun was studying, his family was poor, and he had no money when school started. It was often because his family attended classes for a few days, and Su Qingchun was still working in the field, so the teacher came to remind him. It was not because He Meizhen didn't let her children go, but because she had been raising money.

At that time, the income in the countryside depended on the harvest of crops, but the time for studying did not follow the harvest of the crops, so He Meizhen had to find a way to pay for the tuition before school started, borrowing money everywhere, thinking that she would pay back the crops in the field.

She asked them to borrow money from these people, and He Meizhen remembered it very clearly, but with so many relatives, no one was willing to lend her money. I can’t read anything, and I didn’t become a farmer in the end, and, as far as your family is concerned, don’t say you don’t have money, even if you have money, you won’t lend it to you, can you afford it?”

These words are engraved in He Meizhen's heart, as painful as if pierced.

Now, however, He Meizhen was not very happy when she knew she came to look for her when she was sick.

In addition, the dishes originally prepared at home were simply not enough.

Not to mention the dishes, even the prepared melon seeds and peanuts were quickly eaten up.

From He Meizhen's point of view, these people are the kind of women in the countryside who love to take advantage of small things, let alone eat, and probably put something in their pockets while eating.

He Meizhen didn't really want to entertain them at all, so she yelled, "Qingchun, the dishes we prepared here are gone."

She actually didn't want to keep these people for dinner, it was true that their friendship and behavior with her was not worth the meal, but Su Qingchun who was surrounded inside could not hear her mother's voice.

Seeing this, He Meizhen squeezed to Su Qingchun's side after a lot of effort, and she shouted: "Qingchun, don't be too busy, let's go buy some food first, there are not enough food."

It stands to reason that ordinary people with sense of interest would say: "Don't be busy, let's just sit down and leave!"

But no one said.

Instead someone said:

"Hey, Meizhen, you can go shopping for vegetables by yourself, Qingchun is not bothering you."

"Yeah, if we don't let Qingfu go, Qingchun will finally come back, so we can see him."

"That's right, Meizhen, go about your business."

In this way, the seven aunts and the eight aunts said something to you, and I said something, and for some reason, He Meizhen was quickly squeezed out again.

He Meizhen looked helpless.

Looking at the situation, Su Qingchun also knew that even if her mother was shopping for vegetables, she couldn't handle so many people.

He shouted loudly: "Mom, don't buy it, let's find a restaurant for lunch."

Naturally, He Meizhen actually heard this, but she also pretended not to hear it. He Meizhen knows how expensive eating out is with so many people.

She didn't stop and walked outside. One of the women, about 60 years old, saw that He Meizhen was still walking, so she pulled He Meizhen and said, "Meizhen, don't go, you didn't hear Qingchun say that you should go to the restaurant, why don't you go?" What kind of food should I buy?"

Only then did He Meizhen see clearly the person pulling her.

"Hey, isn't this the third sister-in-law? I haven't noticed you coming yet. Why do you have time to come?"

"Didn't you hear that Tie Jun was sick? Naturally, I wanted to take a look."

"It's really rare that you still have time to visit our Iron Army."

"Didn't I hear that Qingchun is here? I happened to have a medical examination in the hospital a while ago, so I asked Qingchun to take a look."

"How do I remember who said that Qingchun, my family, will be the life of a farmer all his life, that he will not be successful, and that he will not borrow money if he has money?"

"Hehe, Meizhen, you see what you have been doing for so many years, why do you still remember, then I am joking." The other party said with a smile, "Hurry up and take a rest, don't be busy."

With so many people, there must be at least two tables. He Meizhen knows that she can't cook alone. Since they didn't plan to leave just now, there is nothing they can do. Although she feels reluctant, she can only eat outside at present up.

(End of this chapter)