Full of food and color

Chapter 4
In rural areas, it is common for poor families and many children to send off their children. I often hear that a family in a village gave birth to a daughter and gave it away, and a family with too many children sells them. I feel very calm. Now things are about to happen. It happened to her, but Wang couldn't calm down anymore.

Wang suddenly lifted the thin quilt, raised her foot and kicked the two pieces of cloth to the ground, pointed at her mother-in-law Chen Liu with trembling fingers, "I want to sell my child with just these rags, there is no door! "

Chen Liu's expression darkened, and he calmed down and persuaded softly, "It's not like you don't know about our family's situation. There is not much wheat harvest in May, and the time before next year's harvest will be tight. If there is a way, mother I will not agree to send my granddaughter away."

Before she could finish speaking, Mrs. Wang interrupted frantically, "Hmph, you have benefited but want to sell my child. Where did you get this thing and give it away? I won't sell the child!"

"Father, why don't you just say something! Our child will be sold by mother, are you still in a daze?"

Chen Tiegui let out a long sigh, "Mother, return the things..."

Chen Liu's heart was full of sadness. If she is not in charge of the family, she doesn't know how expensive the firewood is. The daughter-in-law only sees her greedy for money, but she can't see everything she has done for the family.This year's harvest was insufficient, so she took out all her belongings—four pennies of money, which she had saved for several years. She originally planned to buy a calf, but God didn't have eyes, and it was a drought year. There is no hope for a family of ten or so people to eat and drink, but relatives who are better off have borrowed one by one, and often suffer from relatives' indifference and meanness, but none of the money has been borrowed. Take it out and buy more food for the family for the winter. If this is the case, if you don't save money, you may not be able to survive until May next year.

Zhao Liushi did give her five hundred dollars, but if you think about it, wouldn't the money be spent on food and drink for a family of ten or so in the future?For her hard work and contribution to the whole family, the daughter-in-law did not understand, and the son did not understand, so Chen Liu couldn't help raising her voice, "It's very good, you have grown up now, you have to watch at home. Can a dozen people starve to death?"

The three were silent for a while, Chen Tiegui couldn't help but begged, "Mother..."

"Don't call me mother! You're a bastard who forgets mother when you have a daughter-in-law! I dragged you so big for nothing!" Chen Liushi leaned against a low wooden cabinet and wiped away tears, "Now that you have a daughter-in-law, you will never listen to your mother again. , you are the boss of the family, mother and father have never done you wrong, now that you have grown up, you are scolding your mother and greedy for money with your daughter-in-law, right?"

"Mom... I didn't..."

"If it wasn't for the difficulties at home, how could mother accept the money! Huh?" Chen Liushi sniffed while wiping tears, and gave Wang a sideways glance, "Anyway, the money is also accepted, and the matter is settled! If you want to blame, you have to blame your daughter-in-law for not having two lives, and she is going to have two in a difficult family! How can the family support? She pointed at her mother's nose and scolded! Oh, I have lived most of my life, and I still have to Look at the face of my daughter-in-law and live!" The more Chen Liu thought about it, the more wronged she felt, and she simply sat down on the ground and cried loudly.

"Mother, what are you doing? What should I say about Xiu'er if someone else hears it?" Chen Tiegui supported his mother from behind, and after holding back for a while, he said, "Sell! Selling is not enough!" Then he turned to his wife, Wang Shi. Said, "Baby, mother, I will take care of my mother this time, and when the days get better, let's have a few more."

Chen Liu's complexion improved a bit, and she continued intermittently, "Your Aunt Zhao's family conditions are good, but she just likes a girl, and she fell in love with Baozhu from our family. After Baozhu left, life would be more comfortable than staying at our house, and we are far away. It’s not far away, and it’s not like we won’t be able to see the neighbors again.”

Chen Tiegui tried his best to comfort Mrs. Chen, while carefully looking at his daughter-in-law Wang's face. He knew that Mrs. Wang had always loved Yaonu Baozhu the most. Seeing that Mrs. Wang's reaction was not violent, he was a little relieved and wanted to have a good talk with Mrs. Wang There is always room.

After a while, Mrs. Chen Liu finally stopped crying, took out her handkerchief and wiped her face, her tone became calmer, she stuck her neck like a puff and didn't look at Mrs. Wang, "Niang Haolai is the head of the family, you If you want to listen to your mother, you will give Baozhu to Zhao's family. Baozhu is a girl's family. What good dowry will you give her in the future? Going to Zhao's family will never lead a hard life. Besides, Zhao's family is not far away, and there is always It’s not like you can’t see it.”

After stopping for a while, seeing that Mrs. Wang didn't say anything, she sighed and left.

Chen Liushi walked forward, and Wang's hind legs exploded. He hugged Xiao Baozhu tightly in his arms and screamed: "Chen Tiegui! Listen carefully, if you are really stupid, you will send our baby away. Don't let your days pass!"

Mrs. Wang had just heard that her mother-in-law, Mrs. Chen and Liu, took out the money she had bought for the calf to buy grain. She wanted three pennies of money, so she still misunderstood her mother-in-law on weekdays; for a while, she thought, wasn't the money originally saved for the youngest son?It's just that I had to take it out because of difficulties at home. For a while, I felt that it was not easy for my mother-in-law, and at the same time I was reluctant to part with my two children. After thinking about it, I didn't have an idea. In those days, my heart was a little loose.

Wang looked at the two daughters with tears in her eyes, and saw Baozhu lying obediently in her arms with her two big round eyes open, neither crying nor fussing; .

After weighing it in her mind for a while, Wang shook her head firmly, "You can't give away the orbs!"

"What mother said just now is not unreasonable. It's not that we won't see Baozhu in the future. Now that the family is in trouble, let's listen to mother first. When the family recovers, how can mother treat us badly?"

"Bah! That sounds good, what kind of rich life do you expect your mother to give me in the future? I figured it out, you just got confused by your mother and insisted on sending the orb away!" Mrs. Wang hurriedly put on her shoes while Say harshly, "I'll take Baozhu back to my mother's house right now, my mother loves me dearly, no matter how difficult the family is, she will never sell my baby like your mother!"

"Oh! What are you doing? You can't get out of bed during confinement!" Chen Tiegui stomped anxiously, stopping his wife while persuading, "Mother is so old, let's not get angry with her, if you don't Agree to send Baozhu away, and I will talk to mother again to see if Baoyun can do it."

When Wang first heard it, she was relieved, but when she turned her head, she saw Baoyun sleeping sweetly. Although she was not as tender as her younger sister Baozhu, she was also her own daughter who was pregnant in October, and she couldn't help but shed tears when her nose was sour. down.

Chen Tiegui hugged his daughter-in-law tightly, one of them was silent, the other was crying mournfully.

(End of this chapter)