Today's sunset is particularly red.
When Su Youfu got home, the broken wall at the door was illuminated red.
So did his face.
Sheng Juanhua, who was feeding pigs in the backyard, heard someone coming into the house. She turned around and saw the head of the household coming back.
Seeing that he was holding a sack in his hand, she was shocked. Didn’t he sell the things?
Her husband has been working on making those things lately, and has been going to bed lately. He's lost a lot of weight and his leg pain has recurred. If he can't sell these...
Sheng Juanhua returned to the house carrying the pig feed bucket with a smile on her face.
Life must go on, whether it is bitter or sweet, never look sad.
As soon as she entered the house and hadn't put down the bucket yet, she didn't expect the head of the household to come over and put his hand on her.
It scared her, in broad daylight.
"Have you been drinking?"
"I drank a little." Su Youfu said naively.
On the way back to the village, he was inevitably ridiculed again. Su Youfu's limping appearance was the object of ridicule in Gumula Village for many years, not to mention that he only had one daughter, who was also the focus of ridicule.
He was used to it, but today he was very happy, extremely happy, and he didn't tell anyone else about it. He only showed it when he got home and saw the child's mother.
He hugged his wife tightly, because he was actually not as tall as her and he had been working a lot recently and was very thin. The action was a bit funny, and it looked like a delicate woman snuggling up to a tall man.
Sheng Juanhua is taller and stronger.
I felt embarrassed to be hugged by my husband in such an emotional way, even though no one was around. We were in the kitchen, and the windows were not tight. There were people walking outside, and it would be embarrassing if the neighbors saw us.
"They were sold, all of them were sold. The price was very high. One basket could be sold for the price of ten winnowing baskets." Su Youfu choked up after saying this.
Life did not knock him down, nor did it make him cry easily, but at this moment, tears burst out and wet his wife's shoulders.
Sheng Juanhua didn't expect it to sell for so much money and was stunned.
"real?"
"Yes, really. My daughter went with me. She was waiting for me at the bus stop early in the morning. She asked me to buy a cell phone so the boss will call me next time. She can cook now and is living a good life in the city."
Sheng Juanhua took the phone her husband handed her, looked at it carefully, and said excitedly, "Can I call Xiaoqi?"
"Let's set a time to play. She's probably busy right now. I think she's doing well with her aunt. She now has seven students and has joined the swim team."
"Swimming is dangerous. Many people drown in the Lu River every year." Sheng Juanhua became nervous again when she heard about swimming.
"No, we were swimming in the pool inside the house. There were people everywhere. Her aunt said it was okay. Kids nowadays are different from when we were kids."
The couple was talking when they heard footsteps outside the living room.
The two of them moved a little further apart, and Sheng Juanhua put her phone in her pocket.
The visitor didn't knock on the door, he just pushed it open and walked in.
“Boss, Boss!”
Hearing the voice, you can tell it’s Grandma Xiaoqi, Su Youfu’s biological mother. She’s the only one who calls Su Youfu like that.
Su Youfu is the eldest in the family. He has two younger brothers and three younger sisters. All three younger sisters are married. One of his two younger brothers is married, and the other is still single.
The old lady seldom visited, and in the past few years they lived as a large family without splitting up the family. However, since Su Xiaoqi was about to go to junior high school and Su Youfu was no longer useful at work, the old lady decided to split up the family. In fact, she separated the eldest son's family, while the others remained together.
Su Youfu had to give him a living allowance and food every year, but the daily social interactions and the old lady's illness had to be shared equally by the three sons.
The old lady likes her youngest son, but the second son is more promising, smart and makes more money. She dislikes the eldest son the most. The eldest son has physical defects, is stupid, and has no sons. The old lady feels that she cannot be relied on. She usually gets as much money as she can and often makes trouble. She feels that she is justified. She thinks that it is better to respect her mother than to send her daughter, who loses money, to school.
"Mom, why are you here?"
The old lady walked quite fast and walked in quickly and sat on the bench in front of the dining table.
"Your uncle's family is looking for a daughter-in-law this Saturday. Each of you three brothers will give me 500 yuan. As your aunt, I have to give you a red envelope."
Five hundred yuan per person, fifteen hundred yuan for three brothers together. Sheng Juanhua immediately became unhappy. Her mother-in-law must have gone crazy. Her husband's uncle was unwilling to come to their house when they got married and left ten yuan. It was still early at that time, but a few years ago when her second uncle got married, that uncle only gave 200 yuan. He came to their house and ate and drank for many days, saying that people in the city couldn't get used to greasy food, but he ate more than anyone else during the meal.
Su Youfu also felt that it was a bit too much, but when the family split up, his mother had agreed that she would pay for the favors.
"Mom, is five hundred too much? I didn't make that much money by carrying a winnowing basket into the city today." Su Youfu said stubbornly.
The old lady hurried over when she heard that her son had returned from the city selling winnowing baskets. She had washed down the half-cooked meal, and she would have money if she sold the winnowing baskets.
"Didn't you sell other things as well? When we split up the family business, we agreed that you would pay for this. Your uncle loves you so much that he's looking for a daughter-in-law and he even sent me an invitation, asking all three of you brothers to attend. It's a city feast, different from our country feasts. It's very expensive. Fifteen thousand yuan is still considered too little."
"This money is reserved for Xiaoqi's tuition. I heard that in the city, the normal gift money is only 200. Isn't that what my uncle said? He gave this much to my second brother last time, saying that extravagance is not popular in the city." Su Youfu retorted.
He is honest and filial, but still a bit cunning like a small farmer. He is not foolishly filial, otherwise he would not have split up the family and lived on his own. Although life is a little harder, it is much easier.
The old lady naturally couldn't agree. She glanced at Sheng Juanhua and saw the red plastic slippers on her feet. She then rummaged through the sack that Su Youfu brought back. There was no food in it, only a few tattered books. She started cursing.
"You have money to buy shoes and clothes, but you don't even have money to treat your uncle to a feast. You have no conscience, as if it's been eaten by a dog. You'll be hit by a car if you go out..."
This is the old lady's usual trick. She curses when she scolds and doesn't care at all what others think.
Su Youfu had no choice but to take out the 370 yuan he had in his pocket and send his mother away.
He said he would borrow the remaining 130 yuan from someone else.
The old lady took the money and turned to leave. Before leaving, she said, "Isn't Xiaoqi in the city this Saturday? She can just go to the banquet. I'll ask the second son to bring the money. Banquets in the city are not cheap, so two representatives from our family will be enough."
The two people left in the room had all their original joy wiped out.
Su Youfu had no choice. His mother was just like that. She scolded her own family the harshest and only dared to scold her own family.
His uncle lives in the city and is a city dweller. His mother always feels that she married into the countryside and her son has no future in the countryside, so she tries every means to send things to her uncle. During festivals and when pigs are slaughtered, she always asks her son to send fish, meat and vegetables to her uncle. In fact, her uncle doesn't look down on them at all.
He always took things for granted and didn't even leave any food for them, for fear that poor relatives would come to ask for money.
"I'll light the fire and you cook. After dinner, I'll start work early." Su Youfu sat in front of the stove.
Sheng Juanhua said nothing, stood in front of the sink and started washing vegetables.
The phone felt heavy in her pocket.
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