farmer's little girl

Chapter 122 Children Are the Debts of Their Parents

The second and third families provided support to Cui's family according to the usual rules in the village.

Generally, food is given, and some money is given to those who have more money to meet the daily expenses of the elderly.At the beginning, Lu Minghai and Lu Mingshan discussed it, and the two families would give Cui a stone of rice and a tael of silver every year, and they would make a suit of clothes during the Chinese New Year.

A stone of grain is 120 catties, a total of more than 200 catties of grain plus two taels of silver, enough for Cui to live comfortably in a place like the countryside.However, because Mrs. Cui lived with Dafang, and Dafang had no business, and only Lu Mingchuan worked hard outside to earn money. Lu Guangren also went there, fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, so Cui still had to It is enough for the whole family to eat their own food, and it is only enough to eat dry food.

After Lu Guili returned to her natal family, she spent a lot of money on Cui's family, and she ate and drank for nothing at home. Hu's family had long been unwilling.Now that Mrs. Cui is using food to post Lu Guili, it's no wonder she doesn't make a fuss.

"Is that enough food?" At the beginning, it was the middle of the year that the support was proposed, so the second and third families only gave half a year's money and food, that is to say, there were only more than 100 catties of food, and the food Cui's old woman could not eat in the first half of the year. Question, don't forget that there are three people in the Du family.

"So your grandma went to your third aunt's house yesterday and proposed to advance the money and food for next year."

Well, now Lu Jiaoyue finally understands why her mother suddenly mentioned this matter to her, even if the third room asks for money and food, the second room can't escape naturally.

As for why Cui Shi didn't come to the second room, Lu Jiaoyue probably guessed that she was embarrassed. Although her grandma was a little confused and partial, she didn't have any bad intentions after all.It's just that there are too many children, and the five fingers still have different lengths. Parents always love the weaker one.

When her sister-in-law was at home, her grandmother favored her sister-in-law. When her sister-in-law got married, her grandmother favored her uncle.Probably because she felt that her uncle's family would support her in the future because of the three sons, her uncle was the only one with little ability.

"Did the third aunt give it?"

Mrs. Mei shook her head, "Your third aunt came to discuss with me and asked me what to do."

What can I do?If you don't give it, look how pitiful the Cui family is, the poor mother came to ask for food, can the son say what he won't give?If you don't give it, the spittle of the villagers can drown them.But if you give it, it will make people feel uncomfortable.He Ze still wants to help raise the Du family?

Mei Shi was always worried.Regardless of the estrangement between Lu Minghai and Cui's mother and son, after all, the old man Lu is gone, and now Cui is left alone, Lu Minghai is still soft-hearted.Including Lu Mingshan, or else when discussing about providing support, it was clear that the two families would be enough to give a few dozen catties of food, but the two of them directly pooled the whole number to give a stone, and gave another silver.They even knew that Cui Shi would definitely post it to Da Fang's family, since she was willing to do so, everyone just pretended not to know.

To put it bluntly, how many years she can live is a filial piety for her son.They are already parents, and I can understand the feelings of being a parent. Parents want all their children to be well, so they will inevitably "rob the rich and give to the poor" or take sides, and the younger ones start their own families again, and the conflicts arise from this And born.

However, being able to understand does not mean that you can accept it, which is why the second and third families drift away from the old couple.

"It's just a hundred catties of grain, mother, you can give it to me. Our family is not short of this now. My father is busy working outside every day to earn money for the family. Why make him feel bad, thinking about it all day long?" It's a little thing. As for what my grandma does with it, it has nothing to do with us, we just don't think about it."

There is one more thing that Lu Jiaoyue didn't say, that is, Mrs. Hu can let Mrs. Cui use food to support her daughter?Dafang had eaten his last meal, and he was afraid that there would be another commotion.

"Success, you're right. Anyway, our family will only give this little, nothing more. It's up to her how she wants to spoil it." Mrs. Mei said with a long breath. After her daughter's advice, she It can be regarded as figured out.In fact, speaking seriously, apart from the fact that the Du family had played the main role on Lu Jiaoyue at the beginning, there was really no conflict between the second room and the Du family.But Mei Shi has always been a person who can't rub the sand in his eyes, so he doesn't like to see the Du family, and with Lu Jiaoxing's incident, Mei Shi naturally hates Sanfang even more.

"By the way, when will Jinzi come back, can he catch up with the little one to celebrate his first birthday?" Mei asked.Xiaobudianer is Diandian's nickname, and it is also the pet name of the second-bedroom couple's granddaughter.

Lu Jiaoyue was not sure: "It should be possible."

When Zhou Jin left, he said that he would come back when Dian Dian was one year old, but what happened outside was not accurate.

When Zhou Jin passed away, Diandian was only less than eight months old, almost one year old.

He was gone for four months.

Missing rushed over like a tidal wave, drowning Lu Jiaoyue.

Why don't you come back?

Just as Lu Jiaoyue guessed, Dafang did have a few quarrels because of Cui's subsidy to Lu Guili.

However, Mrs. Cui has the common problem of many old people, that is, she does not want to offend her son and daughter-in-law, but also wants to help her youngest daughter.That's why she didn't make it clear that she wanted to use food to feed Lu Guili. Instead, she told the couple with a frowning face about the difficulties of her little daughter. Whether they agreed or not, she secretly took some food when they were gone. Send it to Lu Guili.

Mrs. Hu has seen this incident with her own eyes, but Mrs. Hu has changed a lot now, she is very silent in normal times, and only cares about eating, drinking and messing with herself and Xiao Niuniu every day, and doesn't ask about other things.That's why she clearly saw it, but she didn't talk to Mrs. Hu.

Hu discovered it by herself, and she had been guarding against it for a long time, so she marked it in the grain tank.So when Cui moved the food, she found out.

A quarrel broke out between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, mainly because of Hu's quarrel, and Cui's just sat there wiping tears.

After Mrs. Hu finished venting, Mrs. Cui began to cry again for her poor daughter.After crying and arguing, life went on as usual, and while Hu Shi was not paying attention, Cui Shi still secretly delivered food to the little daughter.

She didn't dare to give more, and she gave a small bag every time, which looked like a few catties, which was enough for the Du family to eat for three to five days, and they couldn't starve to death.

It's a pity that Dao is one foot tall and devil is ten feet high. Hu's rank is obviously beyond Cui's ability to deal with. Every time Cui goes to deliver food, he will be discovered by Hu when he comes back.

Then they continued to quarrel, and the other one continued to cry.Lu Mingchuan didn't get involved in this matter. In his opinion, the Hu family made a big fuss, but they only sent a few catties of food. As for making such a fuss?For this, he also scolded Mrs. Hu twice.

Hu's heart is so angry, so it is said that men are careless, and it is easy to think about problems.Seeing that every time a few catties are less, but it can't stand the accumulation of time and time, the family is not well-off, I guess the man has forgotten the days of eating bran swallowed vegetables last year.Moreover, she also understood Cui Shi's mind, and felt that she could not be spoiled.

Therefore, when Mrs. Cui secretly delivered food to the Du family again, Mrs. Hu completely broke out, insisting that Mrs. Cui promise not to do this again in the future.

Cui Shi is gentle, but it doesn't mean she has no opinion. Seeing that the eldest daughter-in-law refused to budge, she also stiffened.She said that the food was supported by her two sons, and it was said that the big house was supporting her for the elderly, but she didn't eat a single piece of food from the big house, and she still subsidized the family every day.She has the right to make decisions about her own food, so why should Hu want to dictate here.

These words blocked Hu's breath, and his heart hurt for several days before he got better.But she is also a strong one. At the beginning, Cui's food was eaten directly in the stove, and Cui didn't store it herself. She took a big lock and went to lock the food cabinet in the stove. If it is locked, only she has the key, which means that no one else can open it except her, so naturally Cui can no longer steal food.

Cui was so angry that she stood in the yard and scolded Hu several times, but unfortunately Hu didn't pick up on her and just regarded her as farting.

Therefore, Cui's rank is not as high as Hu's, because his daughter-in-law has found out that he is not too obsessive. If it were a mother-in-law like Chen's mother-in-law, she would have gone to the village to scold the street, and Hu would have to give in in the end.However, Mrs. Cui was not helpless. After thinking about it for a day in the house, she turned to look for her third son to advance money and food for next year.

This time she made up her mind that from now on, she would lock the food in her closet, and eat and take whatever she wanted, so as not to be restrained by her eldest daughter-in-law.

Mrs. Mei told Mrs. Qiao what Lu Jiaoyue had told her.

Joe thinks about it too. Although Lu Mingshan has some minor problems, such as being lazy (he doesn't like to work in the fields), he likes to urinate on horses. If he drinks too much horse urine, he is no longer him, and he can't wait to jump on the roof.But he doesn't like to work, but he is very good at making money outside. Without Erfang and his family and Zhou Jin to set off, Lu Mingshan's ability to make money in Daxi Village is one of the best.

Although he loves to drink, he talks too much when he drinks too much, but he never takes revenge on his wife when he is drunk like some men in the village.Moreover, he never messed with the money he made, and he took it back for Qiao's savings, so compared with so many women in the village, Qiao's life can be regarded as very nourishing.

When men treat themselves well, women tend to soften their hearts.Thinking about the fact that a man is just such a biological mother, and it's not too much to ask, so let him be.In order not to cause a estrangement between the couple because of this matter, a small loss makes a big difference.

So the next day, Lu Mingshan went to Da Fang's house and told Cui about giving her money and food, not only the third house but also the second house.

Cui sat there and cried for a long time, wiping away her tears and said that she and the old man were confused before.Facts have proved that the two sons who were once white-eyed wolves in her mouth, and the two daughters-in-law who always provoked the sons to disagree with the family, are better than the sons and daughter-in-law she always protects.

You can cry, you can cry, and you can regret it, but this does not hinder other things.Just like Cui's lamenting that her two sons are good now, this does not prevent her from using the food given by her two sons to subsidize her daughter after crying.Even if this behavior disgusts the two sons.

And let her choose who to live with now, she will still choose Lu Mingchuan.One is that Lu Mingchuan is the eldest son, and the elderly have the habitual thoughts of elders taking care of themselves, and the other is that Cui is worried about the eldest son's family.Besides, she now also understands that she can still help some elder sons. If she really lives with the second or third wife, without the support of the family, the life of the elder son's family will be even more difficult.

In Cui's heart, she is not someone who only cares about her daughter and ignores her son.

It's a pity that the reality will disappoint her, because there is no such thing as the best of both worlds, and it is impossible to have both. It can be predicted that her life will not be too smooth in the future.

In order not to cause conflicts, Cui thought of a compromise.She divided the food from the second and third bedrooms into two parts, one for Lu Guili and one for home.The one for Lu Guili was sent over by her without even entering the house.

Now Lu Guili's life is very hard, serving two patients, both of whom can't move, and serving them to eat and drink in the daytime is enough for her.

When Cui arrived at Du's house, Lu Guili had just come out of Widow Du's room.

She looked a little messed up, unkempt, with stick porridge splashed all over her clothes.

Widow Du hated Lu Guili. Without her, her son would not be disabled. Without her, his son might have been admitted as a scholar by now.When something happens to many people, they never find the reason on themselves, but only blame others.

Maybe it will make me feel better, but who knows?

Seeing her daughter like this, Cui burst into tears.

"Tell me what you are doing this for. People don't appreciate you, and they wish they could kill you."

Lu Guili lowered her head and said nothing.In the past, she would have cried a long time ago. I don't know if she was numb by the temper of life, or what, but she didn't cry.

After Cui finished crying, she whispered: "Mother, even if I leave here, the family won't be able to accommodate me anymore, why don't you just live like this. If you can live a day, if you can't, everyone will die together." .”

These words made Cui even more sad, she wanted to hit her daughter but couldn't do it, wanted to refute her words, but really didn't know how to refute.

After crying for a while, she wiped away her tears and said: "I brought you some food, you should eat it quickly, don't mess around, I got it from your second and third brother's house. Your sister-in-law complained I'll stick to you, but I can't just watch you do this, by the way, there is still some money, you keep it, if the food is not available, spend money to buy some."

Lu Guili tightly grasped the silver dime that Cui Shi had stuffed in, and trembling her lips, she said, "Mother, what are you going to do? My sister-in-law is definitely going to make trouble with you again."

Cui pretended to be relaxed and smiled: "What is she making trouble with me? I am her mother-in-law. Besides, your elder brother's family is having a hard time now. I can help them at home. If it really bothers me, I will go to the third son's house." Pass."

As for why he didn't go to the richer second child's house, Cui always felt that the family had the cheek to ask for the land allocated to the second child back, and the second child had no responsibility for the old couple.If she hadn't wanted to subsidize the boss at the beginning, she might not have asked for the money and food from the second family's family at all.Now that there is another Lu Guili, she won't bring it up anymore, just treat her as sorry for her second child, and ashamed of her conscience.

Cui talked a lot to Lu Guili, asked her how Du Lian was treating her now, and taught her that if Widow Du was still tossing around like this, let her not come to her room, she had already done her best to her.

Lu Guili has been listening silently without making a sound, and she doesn't know if she listened or not.

After helping her daughter with some trivial work, Cui was ready to go home.

"It's getting late, I have to go home, mother will come to see you later."

Lu Guili nodded, sent Cui Shi away, and then turned to look at the Westinghouse, which was empty like a bottomless abyss.

There lived Du Lian who hadn't said a word since she came back.

Soon it will be the day when Dian Dian turns one year old.

Zhou Jin never came back, and Lu Jiaoyue didn't plan to make a big deal, so she planned to take her natal family and a few relatives to have a meal at home.

On this day, people from Erfang's family, Mei's family, Sanfang, Uncle Lu and Uncle Lu's homes all came.Lu Jiaoyue entrusted her father to order the noodles in a restaurant in the town, and the family was short of staff, so they couldn't let relatives come to eat and cook for themselves.And there are not many people, it is enough to order three tables.

It's also because Lu Jiaoyue felt a little resentful in her heart that if you don't come back, I will spend your money hard at home with my daughter.If Zhou Jin was outside, knowing his daughter-in-law was careful, he would probably be grinning from ear to ear.Isn't he spending money outside for his daughter-in-law? Could it be possible to spend it on others?This woman is small-minded.

Not to mention, in the center of the main room of the Zhou family, two large square tables were combined to form a rectangular table, covered with a layer of bright red silk, and many small things were placed on it, most of which were liked by girls. .

There are combs, mirrors, beaded flower hairpins, and some needlework sachets. Lu Guangyi also made a small wooden spatula for his niece with his own hands. soup.

Because Lu Jiaoyue had lived two lifetimes, she naturally had a lot more knowledge than the country women, and she even placed piano scores, chess pieces, and writing brushes on it.She hopes that her daughter can be like some great ladies in the future, who can also be good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.Although this seems to be a hypocrisy for the country people, such things as grasping the week are the expectations of the parents and elders for their children. It is a kind of life attitude and worthwhile to have good hopes for the future. Encourage.

Lu Guangzhi also joined in the fun, took out a book of Analects and put it on the table.

Since then, the things that have caught the week can be considered complete.

Dian Dian was dressed in a small red padded jacket and small cotton trousers embroidered with the word "Fu", with a silver cleat around his neck, and tiger-toed shoes on his feet.She sat on the table, looking at her grandma and then at her mother.

"Mother." She called out in a childish voice, pointed at the gadgets in front of her, and looked at Lu Jiaoyue suspiciously.

Talk a little bit early, and you will be called a mother when you are ten months old.Not only can she be called mother, but also mother-in-law, father-in-law, uncle, and grass.These correspond to the second family and the family, as well as Mrs. Cheng and Xiaocao.The second-bedroom couple often hugged her, and several uncles often hugged her to fly high, and Xiaocao often played with her, so none of her was left behind.

It's just that she still doesn't know how to call her aunt, which makes Guiya feel very gloomy, but who calls Diandian can only speak one word now, and she can't say two words.

Lu Jiaoyue gestured to her daughter, "Dian Dian, take whatever you like, go and get it yourself."

Diandian blinked her big eyes and looked at the things on the table.

When it comes to eyes, one thing has to be said.Three or four months after she started to grow, you can tell which of Zhou Jin and his wife she looks like.No matter from the white and tender skin, or the delicate facial features, Diandian and Lu Jiaoyue have seven or eight images.The only thing is that her eyes are not like Lu Jiaoyue's.But it's not like Zhou Jin, but a combination of the advantages of the couple.

Lu Jiaoyue has almond eyes, big and watery, while Zhou Jin's eyes are slender, with slightly raised eyes, a pair of authentic red phoenix eyes.This kind of eye shape can be seen only when Zhou Jin's facial features are three-dimensional and the bridge of the nose is high. If it is placed on a shoehorn face or a round face, it will be squinted.

Lu Jiaoyue laughed at him more than once for his small eyes, saying that when he smiled, his eyes narrowed, no wonder he didn't smile when he saw outsiders before, it turned out he was hiding his ugliness.Naturally, this is the joke between the couple before, and the love between husband and wife is not as humane as they are.

Back to the topic, Diandian's eyes took advantage of Lu Jiaoyue's large and round eyes, but when the corners of the eyes were closed, they were tilted upwards.With just this pair of exquisite and beautiful eyes, everyone will say that she is a beauty embryo after seeing Diandian, and she will definitely be a great beauty when she grows up.

In fact, she was originally a beauty, and her mother was a great beauty, but her daughter got more compliments than her mother.Even Mrs. Mei said that Lu Jiaoyue was not a little bit good-looking when she was a child, but she was depressed when she thought of her as a mother.

But this depression is only for a short while. Everyone hopes that their children will be better and happier than themselves, so whenever someone praises their daughters, Lu Jiaoyue always looks like she can't hide her pride. is exactly the same.

The little beauty glanced at the things on the table, then propped up her little hands and wanted to stand up.She can now be supported by an adult, or she can walk two steps on a bench. Unfortunately, because the clothes are too thick, she pouted her little butt a few times and couldn't stand up. She could only sit on the table in frustration, making a sound of regret exclamation.

But if you are a little bit, you will not be discouraged, and you will climb forward with your little hands, climbing fast and steadily.When she got close, she sat down, looked around, looked in front, and then went to see Lu Jiaoyue.

She ahed twice, then pointed to the things on the table, which meant she was telling Lu Jiaoyue that they were all for me.

Seeing this scene, people from Sanfang and Uncle Lu's family said that the little girl was smart, and she was so sensible at a young age.

"I can only take one." Seeing that her daughter seemed to be reluctant, the mother's heart softened, "Then take two."

Diandian was very happy after successfully haggling with her mother, raised her little hand and said "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"At this moment, the cotton curtain blocking the door was lifted, and a gust of cold air rolled in from the outside.Immediately afterwards, a figure strode over and said as he walked, "Oh, my little darling, uncle and grandpa will add another one to you."

This person was wearing a thick fur, wrapped like a bear, it was Mei Zhuangyi.

He took out a shiny golden object from his pocket, and after putting it down, everyone could see clearly that it was a small abacus made of gold.

"Third! Jinzi!"

"Brother Jin!"

Well, now those who recognize their son recognize their son, those who recognize their son-in-law recognize their son-in-law, those who recognize their husband recognize their husband, and today's protagonist, Xiao DianDian, is forgotten.

When everyone finished talking and turned to look at her again, they were already playing.

In his left hand he held Mei Zhuangyi's golden abacus, in his right hand he held Lu Guangzhi's Analects of Confucius, and there was a purse and the small wooden shovel between his folded fat legs.

Everyone praised one after another, this is four things in one go.Of course, the main thing is to talk about the purse and the small wooden shovel. After talking a little bit, I will definitely have good needlework and handles on the stove when I grow up. At that time, there must be a family with a hundred girls.As for the abacus and the Analects of Confucius, everyone didn't mention it, because everyone didn't know what to say, how could a girl use an abacus to settle accounts, and the Analects of Confucius, many girls in the countryside couldn't read a single word, and they needed books to do it. Well.

Only Mei Zhuangyi was very upset, thinking in his heart that he must teach his niece and granddaughter how to count in the future.

(End of this chapter)