Chapter 223 Zhou Yong encountered a car accident...
Zhou Gang has not given his parents living expenses this month because their child is sick. Cui Shufen is unhappy and goes to her son's house to ask for money.
The mother and son quarreled over two dollars, so Zhou Gang's child went to find Zhou Ling.
Li Caiyun frowned: "Is Zhou Gang's family so poor that they can't even afford two dollars?"
Nowadays, there are very few poor families in Huaixi Village. Most families have some savings, and those with a large labor force even have savings of several thousand yuan.
The main thing is that you can sell the products you pick from the mountains and hunt for money, and you can also earn work points from collective labor. If there is someone in the family who works, as long as you can endure the hardship, life will not be too bad.
Zhou Ling sighed: "Sister-in-law, my second brother has seven children, two of whom are working, and three are students. The money they earn in a year is only enough for their annual food and expenses..."
In fact, if the village hadn’t raised funds to build a house, Zhou Gang’s family wouldn’t have lived such a tight life!
Li Caiyun shook her head helplessly: "I actually ignored these problems."
"Sister-in-law, let's not talk about these things. You go to Sun's house, I have to go home..."
The aunt and sister-in-law separated, and Li Caiyun went to Sun's house. She sat there for a while and then went home.
When Li Caiyun got home, Zhou Keyin and Li Jingchu had finished their homework, only Li Jingen was doing his homework under a candle!
"Hurry up and do your homework. Why are you still looking outside?"
Zhou Kexin, Li Jingchu and Zhou Kerou were all playing at the gate of Li's house. How could Li Jingen have the mood to do his homework?
He looked up at the gate from time to time, and Li Caiyun was so angry that she wanted to beat him up.
After dawdling for more than ten minutes, Li Jingen finally finished his homework. He didn't even put his books in order and stuffed them into his schoolbag like garbage.
"Gousheng, come back here."
Li Jingen looked at his mother with a smile. Seeing that Li Caiyun looked unhappy, the boy hurriedly took out the books from his schoolbag, sorted them out and put them back.
After he went out, Li Caiyun showed an expression that was neither amusing nor helpless.
Li Caiyun picked up a feather duster and swept the kang. She took off her shoes and went up to the kang to spread the bedding.
After finishing her work, she went to the east room. Li Baotian and Zhang Guifang were coaxing Li Jingan on the kang, and the couple were chatting.
Li Caiyun picked up her son, and Li Jingen hugged her neck with a smile.
Li Baotian smiled and said, "You see, no matter how you try to coax him, it's all in vain. He got so excited when he saw Caiyun..."
Zhang Guifang takes care of Li Jingan during the day, and Li Caiyun puts the child to bed at night.
Zhang Guifang smiled and said, "You little ungrateful bastard, your grandma loves you in vain."
When Li Jingan heard this, he turned around to look at his grandmother. The kid was screaming and jumping in Li Caiyun's arms.
Li Baotian was amused and he hugged Li Jingan in his arms.
"What are you yelling for, little brat?"
Li Jingan chuckled, drool flowing down the corners of his mouth.
Zhang Guifang took out a handkerchief from her trouser pocket and wiped Li Jingan's drool.
At seven o'clock, Li Caiyun took Li Jing'an back to the west room. Zhang Guifang washed her feet and went to bed early with Li Baotian.
Li Jing'an didn't go to bed until after eight o'clock. While he was sleeping, Li Caiyun read a book. When she felt sleepy, she extinguished the candle and went to sleep.
A few rumbling sounds in the early morning -
There was a burst of lightning and thunder, and Li Caiyun sat up suddenly in shock.
She went to the window, lifted a corner of the curtain and looked out. Seeing that it was going to rain, she closed the curtain and lay back down.
In an instant——
Rain fell from the sky, and the raindrops gently hit the window, making a crisp sound.
Gradually the sound of rain grew louder. Li Caiyun, who was sleeping in bed, closed her eyes, frowned slightly, and turned over. She felt inexplicably stuffy in her chest and couldn't breathe.
She sat up and wanted to open the window to get some fresh air, but because of the heavy rain, Li Caiyun went downstairs.
She came to the door of the outer room, unbolted it, and opened the door to get some fresh air.
Zhang Guifang got up at night and heard the door open. She walked out of the east room with a flashlight.
“Colorful clouds?”
Li Caiyun looked at her mother while putting on her clothes. Zhang Guifang saw her daughter's face clearly and couldn't help but glare at her.
"What are you doing standing at the door of the outer room and scaring people in the middle of the night?"
Having said this, Zhang Guifang came to Li Caiyun's side.
"Mom, the thunder woke me up. I don't know if I was scared, but I felt uncomfortable in my chest..."
Zhang Guifang listened to Li Caiyun's words and said, "Why should I be afraid of thunder?"
She said this, and then stood at the door muttering to herself, calling back Li Caiyun's soul.
"Mom, I'm not a child."
Zhang Guifang glared at Li Caiyun: "Even if you are in your seventies or eighties, you will always be a child in my eyes..."
Li Caiyun smiled. She took her mother's arm and leaned her head on Zhang Guifang's shoulder.
Zhang Guifang glanced outside and said, "Caiyun, it's raining so hard, don't come back at noon..."
The roads are muddy on rainy days and I can’t ride my bike, so I have to walk to work.
Li Caiyun looked at the rain which was getting heavier and heavier, she responded softly, and Zhang Guifang yawned.
"Mom, if you're sleepy, go back to the room. I'll be alone for a while."
Zhang Guifang responded and said a few more words to Li Caiyun before turning around and going back to the house.
The sky gradually brightened, and Li Caiyun, who had not slept much in the second half of the night, got up early.
When she came out of the west room, Li Baotian had already gone to fetch water, and Zhang Guifang was squatting in front of the stove door, collecting ashes with an ash rake.
Li Caiyun washed her face and brushed her teeth. After washing up, she picked up the rice bowl and went to the warehouse in the rain.
First soak the millet seeds needed for cooking porridge in water, and knead the dough for a second proofing.
After finishing these things, Li Caiyun took a rag and started to clean the house as she did every day.
The five children woke up before five o'clock. After they got up, Li Caiyun folded the bedding on the north and south kangs and placed them on the quilt pile.
"Gousheng, come into the house quickly."
It was raining outside. Li Jingen was walking back and forth in the rain, and his body was soaked by the rain.
Li Jingen ran into the house with a smile on his face. Zhang Guifang lowered her voice with a smile on her face: "If your mother sees you, she will scold you."
He scratched his head, happily went to the east room, waited for breakfast to be ready, and the family sat around the dining table to eat.
The Li family's daily life is simple and repetitive, full of trivialities and ordinariness.
These little things that happen day after day, although seemingly monotonous and boring, show the true face of life.
After dinner, Li Caiyun went to work holding an umbrella. It was a long time after she left that Zhou Kexin and her two siblings went to school.
Li Baotian dawdled and went to the brigade at eight o'clock, while Zhang Guifang was at home with her two children.
After walking for more than an hour, Li Caiyun arrived at the brick factory, where workers gathered in groups of three or five, bragging and chatting.
The brick factory can't work in this kind of weather, but they can't be absent from work, so everyone comes to work just to kill time and get paid.
Li Caiyun tidied up the office. Having nothing to do, she picked up a book and started reading.
She had lunch in the brick factory canteen at noon, and the rain subsided in the afternoon.
When it was time to get off work, Li Caiyun left the brick factory with everyone else. A group of men walked in front of her laughing, and she followed them slowly.
After entering the village, everyone went back to their homes, and Li Caiyun walked slowly towards the direction of the Li family.
"Sister-in-law, wait for me."
Li Caiyun stopped when she heard this, and Liu Juan came up to her with an umbrella.
"Juanzi, what have you been doing?"
Since Liu Juan didn't come from the brigade, Li Caiyun asked about it.
"Isn't Accountant Sun sick? I just came out of Sun's house..."
The two walked forward while talking, and Li Baotian appeared in front of them.
"Caiyun, hurry up and go to the county town with Dad. Zhou Yong was in a car accident..."
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