Jin Liangyu

Chapter 16 This place is quite spacious
  Just when she was bored and the impulsive little person was about to occupy the high ground, she heard heavy footsteps coming from outside, as well as the voices of Zhou Erlang and her mother.

"Erlang, where is your father? Didn't he come back with you?"

"My father went back to pick up my eldest brother, second brother and the others."

"Your home...?"

"Our old lady must ask my father to send her back to Wangjiacun."

Zhou Erlang really couldn't get over that hurdle. He couldn't call her mother.

Liang also noticed it and quickly changed the topic.

"There's a lot of firewood around here. I came out just now and just wanted to pick up a little. Who would have thought that there would be such a big pile in just one stroke."

Zhou Zhoulang was not stupid. After listening to his mother-in-law's words, he continued to speak. "Mom, it's hard enough for you to take care of Ayu and the other two. Let me do the work of collecting firewood."

"It's okay. I won't go far. I'll just look for them nearby. I can pull them as many as I want."

"Mom, just leave it there and I'll come over and carry it later."

"You're still carrying the rocks. I can just carry the firewood back. You'd better put the rocks back quickly. They're quite heavy."

"Eh."

Seeing that his mother-in-law refused to let him take over, Zhou Erlang had to carry the stone back to the cave first.

When he entered the cave, he saw his wife holding her son and looking at him.

"Ayu."

"You're back. You must be tired after carrying so many stones." Jin Liangyu didn't expect that she could say so many words in one breath.

"I'm not tired. I can watch you two take good care of yourself, and I won't be tired no matter how many stones you carry."

"..." These earthy love words made Jin Liangyu's plump little face seem to be covered with a layer of rouge.

Zhou Zuorang was willing to see his wife's shy look. When he saw that his daughter-in-law was blushing with embarrassment and she didn't dare to look at him, he put down the stones in his basket and rushed out with a smile as if he had been given a shot of blood.

Mrs. Liang saw it and wondered what was wrong with this boy, being so happy.

But as a qualified mother-in-law, you can't control too much.

Besides, how happy it is, it proves that the young couple have a good relationship.

When Zhou Lang picked up another basket of stones, Jin's father came with his eldest son and his family of four carrying large and small bags.

"mother."

"mother."

"grandmother."

"Milk."

"Hey, hey, hey, look at what you made one by one..."

Mrs. Liang wanted to say that it was like she was running away from home, but then she thought about it, wasn't she just running away from home, so she didn't say anything further.

She looked behind them again, only to realize that they were missing. "Where are the second brother and the other three? Why didn't you follow?"

"Oh, don't mention it." Jin Sheng was very angry when he mentioned this.

"When I got home, I asked the two brothers to take my daughter-in-law to pack things, and I also went back to the house to pack our things. Who knew that when I was about to leave home, the second daughter-in-law went abroad and insisted that the second brother go back to her parents' home with her."

"The second one responded?"

"Shouldn't it be possible? The second daughter-in-law was standing at the gate of our house crying, as if she was singing a big show. She also said that if the second daughter didn't go back with her, she would go back by herself."

"With the war in chaos, if she is allowed to go back alone, wouldn't that be a suicide attempt?"

"No, the refugees have all entered the city. How can I rest assured that I will go back to my parents' home alone? I can only accompany her back."

"It's really not a worry."

"Oh, it's understandable to miss her parents."

Liang: All that nonsense is in vain.

Fortunately, Ms. Liang was open-minded. After asking her second son, Ms. Liang asked about the situation in the county. “What’s going on in the city now? Are there many refugees?”

"Since the first wave of refugees entered the city, some shops have been closed. When we came here, probably more than half of the shops were closed."

"Many people have hurriedly packed up their soft and edible items and prepared to go south."

"Almost all the rich people have fled. Some ordinary people have a wait-and-see attitude. There are also some elderly people who directly say that they will not leave and will die at home."

"Why bother?"

"It's hard to leave our homeland."

Jin Sheng talked nonchalantly to his wife about the things he met on the road. There were so many situations and so many sadnesses.

Jinshan is a good son. When his father pauses, he will help add a few words, which can make Liang more truly experience the helpless escape.

"Where are my parents and brothers?" If you take over someone else's body, you have to fulfill your filial piety for the original person. Mrs. Liang asked where the Liang family was.

"The second brother and the third brother have been reminded by Erlang a long time ago. The third brother came back first to deliver the letter, and then he and his father took the women and children at home to hide back to their hometown."

"There's no one in the escort agency?"

"Yes, the eldest brother and the younger brother are handling the aftermath. The eldest brother and I told our current hiding place."

"That's good." In this era without mobile phones and the Internet, once we lose contact, it will be difficult to get together again.

The couple led their eldest son's family of four into the cave, and Jin Liangyu looked up.

My sister-in-law is usually clean and tidy, but today her body was completely invisible. The blue coat was wrinkled like an old pickle, stained with grass clippings and dirt, and the knees were worn.

The two children had obviously cried, and their faces looked like the big tabby cat at home.

The eldest brother's gown was also scratched in several places, and he looked no better standing among the refugees.

Jin Liangyu was full of slander, but he did not forget to say hello to them.

"Brother, sister-in-law."

"Hey, lie down quickly."

Ms. Yang is a kind person, and the relationship between her sister-in-law and her aunt is also very good.

Today I learned about my sister-in-law's experience from my father-in-law again. I cursed in my heart that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Zhou family were not human beings, and I felt a little more pity for my sister-in-law.

"aunt."

"Gu."

"Hey, hey."

Four-year-old Jin Liang and two-year-old Jin Ling also called their aunt loudly. On the way here, their grandfather told them that their aunt had given birth to a little cousin.

Four-year-old Jin Liang already knew how to help his mother with his younger sister, so he leaned over with a smile and said to his aunt like a little brother: "Auntie, from now on Brother Liang will play with his younger brother."

Sister Ling was still young and couldn't say so many words about her brother. She patted her belly with her two chubby hands, which meant she was still there.

The childlike innocence of the two children infected their own family, and the anxiety of avoiding the Tatars temporarily subsided a lot.

Jin Sheng didn't want to waste time, and in order for his daughter to live in the hot kang quickly, he told his son and son-in-law: "I will set up the kang, and Xiaoshan and Erlang will come and help me."

"Eh."

"Dad, I'm going to fetch water first."

"Is there any water source nearby?"

"Yes, it's not far ahead." After Zhou Lang said, he went out with two buckets.

After his brother-in-law came out of the cave, Jinshan frowned and walked to his little sister.

"Little sister."

"Big brother."

Jin Sheng could think of what his eldest son would say to his daughter. The old couple had already settled the matter of the two evil women in the Zhou family, and for the sake of his son-in-law, he didn't want his family to bring it up again.

(End of this chapter)