"Don't worry, your brother-in-law paid for two tickets to Beilin City. If Tianshun can't eat meat at school, he can go to a state-owned restaurant for a meal." Song Jiayu was also worried. The letters Tianshun sent always said that everything was fine and that the professor liked him very much, but how could it be fine for him when he was alone outside and lacked food and clothing?
"Thank you, brother-in-law. You are so nice." Song Beiwang praised casually.
Jiang Baizhou nodded: "Just don't take your sister home and thank me."
Song Beiwang, who had eaten meat today, also brought the news that his elder sister wanted to know most. He immediately imitated the storyteller in the opera and told it one by one.
"Sister, you don't know how lively your uncle's family was after you went home and made a scene during the Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Don't give me empty words, get to the point!"
Last Mid-Autumn Festival, I told her not to invite her to the wedding banquet. It has been more than a month, and no one from her family has come to invite her. I don’t know whether she and the Zheng family have gotten married.
I'm really anxious to know what happens next.
"Well, let me tell you, my uncle's family couldn't borrow money, so Song Chengjiu moved directly to the Zheng family. This pissed off my uncle and his wife, but my uncle didn't care and simply said he didn't have this son.
Song Dongchang, who is a year older than me, is kept by his uncle all day long. He says he wants to educate his youngest son well, but I see that all he does is either beat him or scold him for being unfilial. This seems to be driving him towards an unfilial state.
Indeed, Song Jiayu nodded.
"My aunt went to the Zheng family several times to persuade him, but Song Chengjiu refused to come back. Later, my aunt went to ask Song Xiulan for help. Unexpectedly, Song Xiulan was kicked out by the Zheng family. They also said that a daughter who is married off is like spilled water. What is a daughter-in-law of the Sun family doing to interfere in the affairs of the Zheng family? This made Song Xiulan so angry that she didn't go out for several days."
"Then what?"
Song Jiayu excitedly grabbed a handful of melon seeds and put them on the table.
Song Beiwang picked up some melon seeds and continued, "I don't know how it happened, but Song Chengjiu and his wife came back and wanted to hold a wedding banquet. They also asked for a ten-yuan betrothal gift. My uncle didn't want to give it, but my aunt wanted her son back, so she gave it in the end. The banquet that day was quite lively, but my uncle had a cold face, and my aunt didn't smile happily. And my grandparents didn't come out at all, thinking that our cousin was embarrassing."
"Isn't it embarrassing enough? The Zheng family probably had their eyes on Song Chengjiu a long time ago. That kid just jumped down without caring about anything. Haha, it would be better to send him to the police. The two of them had an affair without a matchmaker. Both men and women will be punished. Only Song Chengjiu will be in trouble." The melon seeds in Song Jiayu's mouth made a "crunching" sound.
Song Beiwang and her elder sister had the same gesture of holding melon seeds and ate melon seeds at the same frequency. Jiang Baizhou, who was standing beside them, saw this and sighed that they were indeed siblings!
"My second cousin's wife even asked me about you!" Song Beiwang said angrily.
Song Jiayu became interested and asked, "Why are you asking about me?"
"She asked why you and your brother-in-law didn't come back on the day of the wedding, and she even brought her third, fourth, and fifth sisters over, saying she wanted to introduce you and your brother-in-law to some new people. She also asked if you knew any unmarried men who worked at the factory. She was even planning to pair her fifth sister and me up!"
"Did you agree?"
Song Beiwang shook his head: "No, I don't like it. She's not as pretty as me."
Hearing this answer, Song Jiayu laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her waist. She touched her little brother's forehead and gave him a thumbs up in her heart: You are worthy of it! Little brother!
"The wedding was only a few days over, and my eldest aunt is cursing and swearing at home every day, while my second cousin's wife doesn't do anything. Song Chengjiu is even helping the Zhengs with farm work to earn work points. Before I came here today, Song Chengjiu was clamoring for a division of the family property. He just wanted money, and if I didn't give it, he would bang his head against the wall and threaten to die. He was even more noisy than Song Xiulan back then."
"A bloodline inheritance!" If Song Xiulan hadn't been desperate to change her marriage, there wouldn't be Song Chengjiu who is desperate to share the money now. The previous one succeeded, so how long will the next one be far behind?
When he was about to finish, Song Beiwang leaned close to his sister and raised the corner of his mouth. He still had something to say.
"I still remember what happened with my eldest cousin."
"She had a fight with Sun Changlei and went back to her parents' house, but she found there was no room for her there. Then she had another fight with Zheng Li and refused to go back to the Sun family. She came to ours and wanted to live in your house, big sister!"
"My parents directly refused. I even asked them how dare you live in my sister's house. Don't you feel guilty about what you did back then?"
"Let me show you, this is what her face looked like."
Song Beiwang looked down with his big eyes and the corners of his mouth turned down, looking like he had been bullied to death.
Song Jiayu has seen this expression on Song Xiulan's face many times.
He often has an expression of being bullied, which makes people feel that he has suffered a lot of injustice and arouses pity.
"What's behind?" Song Jiayu asked.
"Our family refused to agree, and she refused to leave. She just sat there awkwardly. Our mom left out of frustration, and our dad was fidgeting. Luckily, Sun Changlei came and took her away. I was so embarrassed for my eldest cousin."
According to Song Beiwang's description, Song Jiayu could imagine what happened in the house that day.
What do you call this? Bullying? Bullying the weak and fearing the strong?
It's funny to hear that an entire family was controlled by an outsider.
After recounting the recent drama of the Song family, Song Beiwang drank a large glass of water thirstily. "Sister, Mom asked me to bring you a sweater that was just made this year. She also said that you have to wait a few days for your brother-in-law's. Dad also went to catch some fish. I'll bring it back after we dry them at home."
The sweater felt very comfortable to the touch, and Song Jiayu took it out and put it down again with care.
It is very heartwarming to see Mr. and Mrs. Song caring about you.
"I have some cotton here. You can take it back later and ask Mom to mend the cotton-padded clothes at home so that we don't have to wear them cold during the winter. And don't worry about Tianshun. I will send something to Tianshun when I have it."
"Hey hey!" Song Beiwang agreed, but couldn't help complaining, "Why are you saying the same thing as our parents? They told me to tell you to wear more clothes when the weather gets cold, and not to try to look pretty, or you'll get sick. They also told you not to send too many things to our second brother, and everything will be fine."
Song Jiayu smiled. Isn’t this what care between family members is like?
I can't see you anymore, but I think about you every day.
I've seen it so many times, and I can't help but feel disgusted and quarrelsome.
The phrase I always say is "Everything is fine."
Song Beiwang was carrying a basket of things when he came, and he was also carrying a basket of things when he left.
Song Jiayu personally rode her bicycle to send her younger brother to the bus stop, and only returned after seeing him get on the return bus.
The wind rustled against her face, but her heart burned. Her past life seemed to slowly fade from her memory. There was endless work to do, a packed life to plan, and endless interpersonal relationships to deal with...
She rode her bike back to Tianwen Lane.
At the entrance of the alley, Wang Jianye, the youngest son of the Wang Mao family in the compound, was eating candy given by his uncle Dazhu from the neighboring compound. A passerby happened to walk by and said: "Hey, you two father and son eat alike, and you look alike too."
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