Chapter 58 The Dirty Account of Tong Shiyu's Family

Ma Siqing and Tong Shiyu temporarily lived a simple life at Tong Shiyu's house.

On the morning of the third day, the neighbors came to fetch water again.

Seeing Ma Siqing being so diligent, Aunt Zhang, a neighbor, teased her and said, "Girl, you and Shiyu are a good match. Do you want to consider becoming Shiyu's wife?"

Ma Siqing was not shy and answered openly, "I don't know if we are destined to be together. Everything depends on God's arrangement!"

After that, Ma Siqing cleaned up the yard again.

The neighbors looked at Ma Siqing and praised this girl for being a good housekeeper.

Ma Siqing looked at the yard, thinking that Tong Shiyu's family visit leave was about to end, and some things had to be put away.

Since Ma Siqing came, Tong Shiyu's yard seemed to have more vitality.

Tong Shiyu went to his eldest brother Tong Dabao's house to ask for money.

When Tong Shiyu first joined the army, he received six yuan a month. After becoming the head of the regiment, he received eighty yuan a month. After deducting the food expenses, he sent most of the money back.

But Tong Dabao insisted that he had not left a penny after raising and sending off his parents in these years, but he still owed a lot of debts. He asked Tong Shiyu if he had saved any money.

Give him the money to pay off his debts, or continue to send him the allowance in the future.

Tong Shiyu was furious.

When he went to Danjiang County to apply for the army, he wanted to ask his eldest brother for two steamed buns to eat on the way, but his eldest brother directly kicked him out of the house.

His parents were still there that year, but his eldest brother and his wife were in charge, and they were very harsh on him and his younger brother Tong Sanbao.

There was work to do, but they earned work points but did not let their two younger brothers have enough to eat.

Later, Tong Shiyu could not stand it anymore, and when Danjiang County happened to recruit soldiers, he went to apply.

On the way to apply, he met Ma Siqing.

Tong Shiyu felt that half a cake was the hope of his life.

After successfully becoming a soldier, Tong Shiyu quickly stood out in the army and was promoted all the way up.

He has already reached the position of regiment commander.

The head of the army likes Tong Shiyu's hardworking and enthusiastic character.

During a mission, Tong Shiyu happened to block a disaster for the head. After this home visit leave, he will be promoted again.

The head said that he should stay at home longer this time. After returning to the army and being promoted, he will have fewer opportunities to go home.

But he hasn't told this to his family yet, and no one in the village knows about it.

Originally, he planned to tell them when he left home, but now Tong Shiyu doesn't dare to tell them.

If Tong Dabao knew that he got a promotion and a raise, he would definitely try to defraud him again.

After meeting Ma Siqing this time, he had to plan for his future.

Ever since Tong Dabao knew that Tong Shiyu was doing well in the army, at the instigation of his wife Qiaozhen, he found ways to ask Tong Shiyu for money.

He said that it takes money to support his parents and to build a house. It

was agreed that part of the money would be used to support his parents, and part of it would be used to rebuild the house.

Three brothers, one house each.

The remaining money was to be saved for Tong Shiyu to marry a wife, and when Tong Shiyu needed the money, Tong Dabao would have to take it out.

However, his parents had been dead for three years.

When Tong Shiyu came back from visiting his family, he saw that his own house was the smallest and the worst, while his elder brother's was the most magnificent. He was grateful for his elder brother's hard work in serving his parents for so many years, so Tong Shiyu didn't say anything, because he could only live there for a few days a year anyway. Now

that his parents were gone, he would come back less often in the future.

Tong Shiyu and Tong Dabao were in a stalemate in the house for two hours. Tong Dabao kept repeating one sentence: "I have no money, but I have a life."

His sister-in-law Qiaozhen also fanned the flames: "The few tens of yuan a month are all spent on buying medicine for my parents. The money for my parents' funeral was borrowed."

Tong Dabao heard his wife say this and sang the family debt again: "I still owe a lot of wages for building the house, and you have to send back half a year's wages."

Tong Shiyu was angry: "So you haven't made a penny at home in all these years? You used my wages?" Tong Dabao and Qiaozhen shut up. Anyway, he has no money, and he looks like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water. Tong Shiyu returned home

with his head down and angrily. Ma Siqing had already prepared breakfast. The family had run out of vegetables, and the flour was only enough for two days. Tong Shiyu ate two chopsticks of noodles and then sighed. How could he not worry? He thought that the money was saved by his eldest brother, but he didn't know that, although it was saved, it was all their own money. All other expenses were paid with Tong Shiyu's salary. It would be impossible to get it back. Tong Shiyu wanted to split the family business, so after eating a few mouthfuls of noodles, he told Ma Siqing that he was going to the village chief's house, and left home again. Seeing him like this, Ma Siqing wanted to help, but she didn't know what had happened to him. Tong Shiyu came to the village chief's house and expressed his wishes. Village chief: "Divide the family? When your parents were still alive, they divided it up for you! The things you have in your house now are what was divided up for you. As for the private plots, because you are in the army, most of the private plots were given to your eldest brother, and the rest was given to your younger brother." " Village chief, I don't know about this. I wasn't there, so it doesn't count!" Tong Shiyu roared and punched the table in the village chief's house, which had a small leg missing. The table was shaking, and finally the village chief stabilized it without breaking up. "The elders of your Tong family were all there at the time, and your parents said it in person, and more than 20 people present were witnesses. It can't be changed." "You, you are going too far!" Tong Shiyu ran out the door and went home. Originally, he thought that he had sent all his wages back home for so many years, and now that he had found a woman he liked, he could marry her right away. How could she know that she was not much better than her. Tong Shiyu went home and locked himself in his room to sulk. Ma Siqing went to knock on the door. "Brother Shiyu, come out and tell me what happened. I might be able to help you." Tong Shiyu opened the door.

The two of them sat in the yard, and the air seemed to be still.

After three days of observation, Ma Siqing felt that Tong Shiyu in this life was also a reliable person. In order to make up for the regrets of the previous life, she made up her mind to marry him.

But she didn't know whether Tong Shiyu meant it.

She wanted to ask, but Tong Shiyu was busy running around all morning.

"Sister, I, I really don't know what to say." Tong Shiyu hesitated.

"I know you have no money. The noodles, vegetables, and oil at home are almost gone and you haven't bought any more. I know you have no money."

Tong Shiyu listened to Ma Siqing talking about her pain, but he felt that the blockage in his heart was unblocked.

Ma Siqing's voice has a kind of magic that seems to soothe Tong Shiyu's emotions.

Tong Shiyu: "Siqing, I, I have to go back to the army soon, you see..."

He didn't know how to say it to let Ma Siqing go back to the army with him.

"Brother Shiyu, are you, are you trying to get me to leave?" Ma Siqing felt that she had to drop some golden beans to make the tough guy feel distressed.

"No, no, no, Siqing, I mean, I mean, hey!" Tong Shiyu still didn't have the courage to speak his mind.

"Brother Shiyu, I have money, I can also earn work points, although I have never done farm work, but I am diligent and nimble, you have seen it these days, I beg you not to chase me away. I, I have no home."

Ma Siqing covered her face and cried.