Du Xiaoying raised her eyebrows and watched quietly to see what tricks her selfish and hypocritical nephew was trying to play.
Song Zilong limped in with the help of a crutch. Unlike the other tanned and simple-looking villagers in the brigade, there was a hint of sadness on his fair face.
"Uncle, I heard you bought a new bicycle."
Song Guoliang nodded and hummed softly. His eyes noticed the wary and disgusted expressions of his wife and daughter, and his brows furrowed slightly.
Song Zilong's eyes were full of envy, and he said in an admiring tone, "Second Uncle, you are the most capable person in our family. Longlong has admired Second Uncle the most since he was a child. He has always hoped to become someone as powerful and capable as you in the future."
Song Zilong finished talking to himself, then lowered his head dejectedly, his tone becoming more and more sad.
"Uncle, you know I'm dating someone from the city now. Her parents are asking for a 200 yuan betrothal gift, which is something we ordinary people who rely on the weather for our livelihood can't afford. I really have no other choice but to come here shamelessly. Uncle, can you lend me your rickshaw for a while?
Don't worry, Uncle, I will return the rickshaw to you as soon as I get married."
"How can you be so shameless? You failed to sell my elder sister, and now you are setting your eyes on my rickshaw. I have never seen such a shameless person." Erya glared at him, with rage burning in her eyes.
Du Xiaoying held Erya's little hand, which was trembling with anger, and did not speak in a hurry. She waited with a cold face to see what the man would say.
"Uncle, you certainly won't have the heart to see my marriage fall through, right?" Song Zilong looked at his uncle pitifully.
"Uncle, I am your nephew. Your family has no boys. You, Aunt, and your sisters will have to rely on us for your retirement in the future—"
"no!"
"W-what?" Song Zilong stared with disbelief on his face.
Song Guoliang pointed out mercilessly, "It's not that our family can't afford the 200 yuan betrothal gift. You don't have to blame me, your second uncle, for this little trick. If you nephews want to honor us in the future, I'll be happy. If you don't, I won't complain. We have our own daughter, so we don't need anyone else to take care of us in our old age."
"Second Uncle! Can you really bear to ignore the family?" Song Zilong's eyes were full of disappointment.
"You have no idea how sad grandpa and grandma have been lately. Grandma has been crying all day long, and I have been sighing and groaning. Today, someone bullied us and extorted fifteen dollars, but you didn't help us. Grandma even got beaten by me because of this."
“Serves you right!”
Du Xiaoying was so happy that she wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate immediately.
Song Guoliang's face darkened. "You've read so much that you've lost everything! You should bear the consequences of your mistakes. Don't you understand that?"
Being scolded mercilessly with a dark face by his second uncle, Song Zilong felt ashamed and annoyed. He was also afraid that he had really offended his second uncle and would not get any benefits, so he ran away in shame with a breath held in his throat.
"Of course, Comrade Song Guoliang. I thought you would be fooled by your eldest nephew's sweet talk."
Song Guoliang shook his head and sighed, "This child has evil intentions. At such a young age..."
Du Xiaoying thought to herself that it was more than that. Your four nephews were descendants of your Song family. They are mean-spirited and ungrateful.
This man is the only one who can be said to have good things come out of bad things.
"Oh, by the way, wife, the rickshaw is 160 yuan, the company will record it first."
Du Xiaoying was so shocked by the price that she couldn't help but click her tongue. "Then tomorrow you should take your passbook, withdraw the money and pay for the rickshaw."
Song Family Mansion
Song Zihao, who had just finished using the bathroom, vaguely heard some noise coming from his grandparents' room. Curious, he leaned over the window to eavesdrop.
"Old man, I miss my son... If it weren't for you... I wouldn't know where my son is..."
"Shut up, don't force me to slap you in the middle of the night..."
Song Zihao was confused after hearing this and scratched his head. He thought, if grandma misses her uncle, she can just go and see him. Anyway, her uncle has retired from the army now.
"That's strange. Could it be that grandma is getting old and confused?"
.....
From that day on, when Song Guoliang came home from get off work, he would take Da Ya and Er Ya to learn how to ride a bicycle whenever he had time.
For a time, the five sisters became the most popular children envied by all the children in the team, and they were the focus of flattery wherever they went.
"Da Ya and Er Ya, come quickly. There are lots of fresh wild vegetables and mushrooms here."
"Come over to my place. I have a lot of wild vegetable branches here too."
"Saya, you can eat wild fruits..."
Erya curled her lips and snorted coldly at the teenage boys who used to follow her four cousins around.
"I haven't forgotten how you followed those four ungrateful bastards from the Song family and bullied us."
The ingratiating smiles on the children's faces froze, and they lowered their heads guiltily.
"We didn't do it on purpose. It was Song Lao Er and Song Lao San who asked us to do it..."
The little boy sniffed and asked timidly, "Erya, I've never bullied you. Next time your dad teaches you how to ride a rickshaw, can you let me touch it?"
Erya raised her chin and nodded amidst the envious and expectant eyes of the group of children. She said in a clear voice, "Since you haven't bullied anyone, I can let you touch me once."
.....
Du Xiaoying did not interfere in matters between the children and respected the children's right to make their own decisions.
Listening to the chattering and laughter of a group of children, I accidentally caught a cautious and envious gaze from the corner of my eye, and was stunned for a moment.
The child's cautious and timid look gradually overlapped with the image of her daughters in her previous life, who were pale, thin and timid. Du Xiaoying's breathing stopped and she felt extremely heartbroken.
While no one was paying attention, she walked quickly past the thin little boy with unusually large eyes and loosened her hand hanging by her side.
Xiao Yi looked at the several candies that had fallen at his feet, and suddenly looked up, his big eyes flashing. He stepped on them, and vigilantly observed that there was no one around, then he quickly squatted down and picked them up and put them in the backpack.
He pursed his cracked lips tightly, his heart almost jumping out of his throat, and he wanted to give it to his grandfather immediately to replenish his body.
.....
"Don't be afraid, just push your feet in half circles..."
Daya's little face was tense. She followed her father's instructions and tried hard to control her center of gravity.
The sisters watched with bated breath, and only cheered happily when their eldest sister started pedaling the bicycle.
Listening to the cheers of the children around her, Daya's rosy face showed an unprecedented confident smile, "Dad, I can pedal."
Song Guoliang's eyes were gentle, and he encouraged softly, "Daya is great, control your center of gravity."
"Uncle, we also want to learn how to ride a bike." The third brother Song Zihu ran over and shouted.
"You're paying for it, get down here now and get out of our way." The fourth brother, Song Zishan, said as he reached out to pull Daya's clothes.
“Ah~”
Daya was pulled so hard that she lost her balance and fell down.
Song Guoliang quickly picked up Daya, his face solemn, and coldly shouted, "Xiao Hu, Xiao Shan!"
"Assholes! How dare you bully my elder sister!" Erya rushed over angrily, knocking the two brothers to the ground with her head.
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