Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 24 Disaster
Chen Xuehua gestured with his hands as he spoke, but the circle of his hands didn't have much volume at all, "After it's cooked, use a knife to divide it into four pieces, and each of us will have one piece, that's what we eat for a day. It hurts to scratch, but at that time, no one disliked it, and we had to save food, and only took a bite when we were hungry. In spring, we would lead us to dig wild vegetables on the mountain, mix them in, and eat better than a single sorghum rice husk. I ate too much." Chen Xuehua's eyes slowly turned red as he spoke.

She paused for a while, sighed, raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, "Later, your aunt married herself to a pockmarked man in her fifties. Mazi was skilled, and the family was well-off, at least she could fill her stomach. Then you My aunt worked so hard for us to study, your father didn’t understand at that time, and had an awkward fight with your aunt, and the quarrel was quite fierce... He thinks he is a scholar, huh! If there is no your aunt, We might all have to starve to death, but unfortunately your aunt...was exhausted from illnesses all over her body, but your father started to be stubborn and couldn't understand why your aunt disappeared even with illness and depression. Your uncle thinks it's you Dad is mad at your aunt."

Qiao Miwei didn't know that the past of her family was so bizarre, she asked in a low voice, "What about uncle?"

"Your uncle? Your uncle was even more worried when he was a child. Your father knew how to study. He knew how to cause trouble since he was a child, and he didn't read well. If you want to say it's annoying, even ten Qiao Bin can't catch up with him. I'm dissatisfied with him. It is said that your aunt is mad at our family, but it is useless to worry so much, your uncle has moved away since your aunt was gone, and has the same temper as your father, stubborn, and no one contacts anyone. " Chen Xuehua sighed, "If I had relatives, I would have contacted them a long time ago and moved around. The two of them are brothers."

Qiao Miwei asked again, "Then who else is at my aunt's house?"

"Your aunt's son, named Sun Ying, seems to be married the year before last, but he didn't send us a letter. Your father is better. We heard this letter from someone else. Your father is an uncle, so it stands to reason. You should go, hmph, Leng didn't go, the ceremony is still the top of others' names."

Qiao Miwei thought of her father who was like a friend to her since she was a child. She really didn't expect him to have such a side, but after hearing Qiao's mother's words, she grasped the point sensitively, "My elder brother has problems with our family?"

Chen Xuehua nodded, "He was still young when your aunt died, but he was sensible for a long time. He must know something about your father and your aunt. At that time, because he was young, he said some excessive things to your father. Your father Even remembering it until today, it’s so hard not to let him make a phone call.”

"Then what about my... uncle?"

"You mean Sun Dazi?" Chen Xuehua asked, seeing Qiao Mi nodding slightly, she thought for a while and said, "He, don't look at him ugly, he might live to be more than 70." She sighed, Then he shook his head and said, "It's not been a few years since I was able to live again, but Sun Dazi is not a thing, and it's not just because of being ugly in his 50s that he can't get married. Irritable, I didn't do any work during the years when I married your eldest aunt. It was all supported by your eldest aunt. If he drank, he would beat your aunt. When he had Sun Ying, he would even beat the child together. But I have suffered a lot, your aunt never told us these things, it was Daying who said it when she was gone, and your father felt uncomfortable because of this."

After hearing these old stories, Qiao Mi was slightly silent. She seemed to be able to think of how Brother Daying took over her courage during the years when her aunt was away. Those who lived in that family were blood relatives, even if they had never met. But after hearing about the elder brother's life experience, she has already begun to feel distressed. According to the time that the eldest aunt and uncle don't have, the elder brother has become a lonely family in his 20s. I don't know if the phone call from my father can ease the relationship between the two, no matter what. , if she can help in the days to come, she will definitely find a way to help.

Having said so much, Chen Xuehua's thoughts seemed to return to that time, his eyes slowly became straight again, and he sighed from time to time.

And Qiao Bin in the room hung up the phone with tears in his eyes. Although Sun Ying's attitude towards him was unfamiliar, it was not as indifferent as it was a few years ago. How many times did he know that the eldest sister died because of illness, but he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart. If he hadn't fainted back then and served the eldest sister well, wouldn't she have lived two more years?

Now his family is happy, his life is comfortable, and there are so many delicious, fun, and useful things that his elder sister has never seen or tasted. When he thinks of this, he can't help getting emotional. Qiao Bin sniffed and blinked away his eyes. After reorganizing his expression, he turned around and went out. Anyway, Sun Ying's tone of talking to him has eased. He should be content and make another call tomorrow. Thinking of this, he even wiped his face with his hands. Make your expression more vivid.

Don't let the women outside the door worry, this is a matter of face as a man.

The sound of pushing the door interrupted Chen Xuehua's memory, and she quickly turned her head and asked, "How is it? Is the living conditions in Daying okay?"

Qiao Bin's expression was almost broken, he hesitated for a long time and said, "Da Ying didn't say anything to me, I asked him, and he said it was okay, I don't know the specifics, but he talked to me much better. With that said, the expression on his face gradually warmed up.

Chen Xuehua knew how guilty Qiao Bin felt because of what happened back then, and how hurtful what Daying said when the elder sister was dying, and how excited he was that Daying gradually changed his attitude towards Old Qiao, "That's good I'll call again in two days to see what they are missing, I don't know if their hair is watery, and if there is any food at home, I'll bring them some when the vegetables in the garden are ready."

Qiao Bin nodded, "Yes."

Chen Xuehua hesitated for a while and still asked, "Did you call my brother?"

Qiao Bin snorted, "No." Qiao Bin was not polite to his younger brother. When he was young, his mouth was usually sweet. At that time, although the elder sister worked hard to help him study, in the final analysis, the younger brother was the one who loved him the most. It's a pity that he didn't Struggle, refused to study hard, and caused trouble every day, causing trouble for the eldest sister, when Qiao Bin was stubborn, the younger brother tried his best to act coquettish and pretend to be obedient to the eldest sister, but when he turned around, he still caused trouble, and he still asked the eldest sister for help afterwards, and the eldest sister was gone. Daying is qualified to speak of him, but my younger brother is not!
But not only did he say that, but he packed up his bags and left his hometown, acting as if he, Qiao Bin, was the worst human being. Call him?no way!

Chen Xuehua said inadvertently, "Hey, when it rains heavily, the whole country floods. According to the fact that the south has more rain than the north, I don't know how much water will be flooded in the south this time, and I don't know how many people will be affected. Once In the event of a flood, let alone houses and money, people may lose their lives.”

Qiao Binming knew that Chen Xuehua was speaking to him, and even though it was raining heavily, living in the building would be dangerous as long as there was food, but he couldn't calm down in his heart, and kept thinking about the things that were broadcast on the news network. The scene of the flood suddenly became a little disturbing.

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Because Qiao Miwei went to Fang County to buy a lot of ingredients before, when Chen Xuehua was cooking today, he found that some vegetables had begun to wilt after being stored for a long time, so he proposed to make all the vegetables into small pickles and store them for breakfast.

The dinner table in their family is relatively simple now, and Qiao's mother is very good at making small pickles. This proposal was supported by the father and daughter as soon as they were mentioned.

After the meal, the dishes and chopsticks were cleaned up, and the three of them split up. Qiao Bin went to the warehouse to take out the small jars left by the family and put them in the yard to clean them up. Qiao Miwei and Chen Xuehua took all the dishes out of the kitchen. Half a bag of wilted eggplants, cucumbers, a few kohlrabi, a bundle of celery, etc., the two of them moved a small stool and sat on the concrete platform in front of the house to start tidying up.

I bought a lot of eggplants, and I haven't eaten much in the past few days. Now they are wilting, and if I don't deal with them quickly, they will be wasted. Chen Xuehua divided the eggplants into two parts, and handed the big one to Qiao Miwei to ask her to wash it. To make garlic eggplant, Qiao Bin over there has already lit a large pot, and when the eggplant is washed, he puts it in the pot and steams it. Here, Qiao Miwei took out a large cardboard box from the warehouse, which contained all Dried garlic, peeling garlic is a technical job, but Qiao Miwei has never learned it, so he can only peel it one by one in a stupid way.

Mother Qiao said while handling the little eggplant, "Go to the supermarket and buy some coriander."

Qiao Mi paused for a while, "Oh, I'll go and see, it might not be there." After speaking, he got up and wiped his hands, then went to put on the rain poncho.

Mother Qiao patted her forehead, "Look at me, I thought I was in the city, Wei Wei, where do you go to buy it?"

"There is a supermarket in the village. I remember it selling vegetables, but it may not be available in rural areas." Qiao Miwei said.

Qiao's mother warned, "It's raining too much outside, you can go to a safe place, and come back quickly if you don't."

"Understood." As he spoke, Qiao Miwei had already left the house. Because their village was originally on a high terrain, and now the waterway has been expanded, no matter how heavy the rain is, there is basically no danger.

Now, apart from the heavy rain that would cause some inconvenience, the village has basically returned to its old life. She walked on the harder road and stepped on the muddy water. After finally entering the village, she found many people sitting around the village. Chatting under the awning.

When those people saw Qiao Miwei coming over, they all said hello, Qiao Miwei also went to say hello, and inquired about the situation in the village by the way. Nowadays, everyone's topic is basically inseparable from the rainstorm and flood. Before she came, these people were talking about it. It turned out that because of the heavy rain, two families in the village were affected. Because it was an old house, it was a bit dilapidated. After being washed away by the heavy rain, one of the houses leaked seriously, and the other house has half collapsed now. No, this The two families went to the village head to ask for help, and they were discussing specific measures inside at this time, to see how to solve this matter.

(End of this chapter)