Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 48
The meal in the evening is really rich, braised carp in brown sauce, stewed pheasant with pine mushrooms, stewed rabbit with potatoes, fried beans with pork, cucumber mixed with fungus, stuffed peppers, six dishes, all served in small pots, the staple food is rhubarb rice .The Tong family seldom serves such dishes, and everyone was overjoyed, so they quickly sat down.The old man asked his sons to pour wine, "Come on, pour them all, this year is a good year, look at the crop growth, it is really rare, farming, besides being diligent, God also has to take care of you. Come on, men Do one." The old man led his sons to drink.

For the children's table, Junjie and the others rushed to grab such a good dish as soon as they saw it.Da Lang glared at them, then picked up the bowls of his younger brothers and put some of them into the bowls, and then let Junjie and the others start eating.Mrs. Liu was not happy when she saw it at that table, "Jun Ye, what do you mean by that? Why do you serve it for Jun Wei and the others before letting my Jun Jie and the others eat it? That's how you treat yourself as a big brother." ?”

"Second Aunt, if you don't share some of it first, Junjie and the others eat too fast, and they will steal all the meat." Da Lang said.

"What did you say? You mean that Junjie stole your food, right?" Mrs. Liu stood up and came towards Dalang. "Why do you say that? You kid, you'd be talking nonsense. My Junjie is sitting here honestly. When did he snatch it?"

"Second Aunt, if my eldest brother didn't let me just now, Brother Junjie and the others could have brought the basin to you. We all have dinner together. What's wrong with Brother Junjie and the others, who doesn't know? At this time you It's too late to remember to put powder on their faces." Yuxian's small mouth was like popping beans, and before Liu Shi could react, she finished speaking.

"Yuxian, what are you talking about? Junjie and the others are your elder brothers, so you just say that about your elder brother?" Mrs. Liu was a little dazed.

"They didn't treat me as a girl? When did they steal something good at dinner? Why didn't they remember that it was my brother, so they should save some for me? When we were working, why didn't they steal something?" I remembered it was my brother, help me with some work? At this time, I remembered it was my brother?" Yuxian was not used to it, so she said what she had to say. "Besides, the chickens, fish, and rabbits on the table were all brought back by my brother and my father. What's the matter, can't we eat some? There is still a big one left in the basin, which is not enough What do they eat? What are you looking for?"

Mrs. Liu made Yuxian choke for a moment, but she hadn't realized it yet, "Why are you talking to the elders? I'm also your aunt after all, so you just talk to me like this, and my sister-in-law taught you like this? "

"Second Aunt doesn't need to worry about things. This matter has nothing to do with my mother. I just can't understand that you don't ask indiscriminately, but just blindly protect. Brother Junjie and the others can't always be eight or nine years old, they have grown up too. At that time, when they grew up, they would still look like they are now, and when they went out to sit at a table, they would pick out all the good dishes, and who would be ashamed when they saw it?" Yuxian's small mouth was not for nothing.

"It's not like what you said. Aren't they still young now? When they grow up, they will be sensible. They can't be like this." After hearing this, Liu hurriedly argued for her son, but she didn't know that Yuxian had already been detoured into the ditch. in.

"What's it like now? You can't do anything now, and you can eat whatever you want. It's said that you are old at three years old. Brother Junjie is twelve years old this year, isn't he still young? In a few years, I can marry back my sister-in-law It's gone." Yuxian glanced at Junjie.

"Okay, I don't eat a good meal, I just sit down and eat, second daughter-in-law, you really should take care of Junjie and the others. When I was a child, someone pushed me because of something, and I didn't grab food from others. They were sneaky and sneaky when they were working, and they stared at them when they were eating, and Yuxian was right when she said they were." Mr. Tong couldn't see it over there, and he gave Liu a few words .

Mrs. Liu glared at Yuxian, sat down with some resentment, ate with her head sullen, and vented her anger with the food.

After dinner, everyone sat in the yard, watching the moon and chatting.Tong Yunsong moved out the table from the house, and Fang put some fruits and moon cakes bought from the town on the table for everyone to taste, and made a pot of tea for the old man, and put it in front of him.

"Boss daughter-in-law, don't be so busy. We'll just sit and chat. This August [-]th is a day to enjoy the moon. The moonlight tonight is really good." Mr. Tong watched Fang's belly bustling around. Yes, let her also sit down for a break.

"Hey." Fang replied, and found a place to sit down.

The old man is happy today, and he just drank some wine, and now he is sitting with his four sons, drinking tea and chatting. "Boss, this year's crops are really good. Tomorrow, let's thresh the beans first. I think the bean stalks are dry enough. After the beans are threshed, we will pick up the corn. While the weather is still good, hurry up and get them out. Next time In the next month, the fourth child will have to get married, so how busy will you be then?"

"Father, don't worry, we will crack beans tomorrow, and let Da Lang Erlang lead the children to peel the corn, so that there will be no delay." Tong Yunsong hurriedly told his father about his plan.

"Well, okay, Dalang and the others are good boys, and I don't worry about their work. Boss, you have raised five good sons. These children have been educated since childhood. Look at Dalang and the others. The time is not ambiguous at all, and there is no lack of work. The second child, it’s not that my father said you, the three of your family, let his mother and his grandma get used to it. I always want to do foreign work when I work, and I don’t work honestly. work, our farmer can do without work?" The old man didn't know what happened today, but he praised Da Lang and the others.

When Tong Yunbai heard his father talking about his child, he was a little unhappy, "Father, Junjie and the others are still young, so that's not bad. When they grow up, they won't be worse than Dalang."

"You, what I said, don't be unwilling. Junjie and the others are not young anymore. They can take care of them now, and they can take care of them again. After a few years, they will settle down, but it will be difficult to take care of them." Mr. Tong said in a heavy tone. . "Back then, your grandma loved me very much and didn't let me do anything. I didn't do my business all day long. I just went out to mess around with people and fought fiercely. I was also a tyrant in this area. Later, I went to Fucheng as a I was a prison boss, although it was not a decent job, but there was a lot of money. At that time, our Tong family was a big family here, with more than 200 acres of fertile land, but my father didn't pay attention to it at all. Later, because of some things, we had to When I returned to the village, I was idle every day, and I didn’t go to work in the fields. At that time, I already had your eldest sister, and your grandpa persuaded me, but I didn’t listen. I also sold a lot of the land at home. I became seriously ill with anger. Your uncle and second uncle beat me up and made me kneel in front of your grandfather’s kang for three whole days. Only when you get older can your heart be considered stable. Second child, how much wealth do you have that your three sons can harm?" The old man told his sons what happened in the past.

"Father, why did you come back from Fucheng at that time? It would be great if you were always in Fucheng." The second child asked.

"At that time, the old man was just about to say something.

"You old man, you didn't know how to drink some wine, did you? What time is it, why don't you all go back to sleep? You won't be working tomorrow?" Qin interrupted the old man's words, not letting him continue.

"Hey, yes, there are too many, it's getting late, it's all written as nothing, and I have to work tomorrow." The old man got up and went back to the house.

When the people in the courtyard saw that the old man had returned to the house, they all went to sleep in their own rooms.

"Da Lang, you should go to bed early, tomorrow you will lead your younger brothers to pick up corn." Tong Yunsong said to his son.

"Understood, Dad, you should go to bed earlier." Da Lang led his four younger brothers back to the house.

At night, Tong Yunsong and his wife lay on the kang and chatted. "Sister Yun, what do you think happened to our father today? Why would he talk about the past? Ever since I was a child, I haven't heard my father talk about the past. I didn't expect our father to work in Fucheng before?"

"Yeah, I'm also wondering, maybe I know people old, and this person likes to tell some old stories. But I really didn't realize that our father was also a powerful person before." Fang whispered said.

"That's right, if you don't talk about anything else, just talk about the head of the prison. It's really not something ordinary people can do. I don't know how our father became the prisoner in Fucheng." Yun Song Also very curious.

"Yeah, it seems that our family was really not simple before. Not to mention anything else, this house alone is not something ordinary people can live in. When I got married, I was surprised. I also asked my mother, but she said Well, my father has been in the capital for many years, and she doesn't know much about the affairs in his hometown. Now it seems that someone from Tong's family must have been an official in the past, so that they can buy so much land, more than 200 acres of fertile land. Now we No family in the village has so many fields." Fang also expressed her doubts.

"That's right, I just don't know why our father didn't work in Fucheng, but returned to the village. Today, my father wants to say that our mother won't let me. Maybe something is involved." Tong Yunsong guessed.

"Okay, no matter what it is, if dad wants to say it, we will know sooner or later. If he doesn't say it, then don't ask, and don't make people feel uncomfortable." Fang is unwilling to pry into other people's privacy.

"Well, it's getting late, go to bed, I have to work tomorrow." Tong Yunsong was a little sleepy, and fell asleep after a while.

Yuxian listened to her parents' conversation, but she was thinking over and over again in her heart. No wonder the old man was cruel enough sometimes. It turned out that there is still such a past. The prison boss in the prison is not ruthless.Ordinarily, the old man should have made a lot of money, but why does this old lady act like she has never seen money?Even a little money can be seen in the eyes.I heard that the old lady used to be an embroiderer in the embroidery workshop. It seems that she is in the embroidery workshop in Fucheng. It is estimated that the old man met the old lady in Fucheng, got married, and later returned to Yanjiang Village.

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