Chapter 56: Going to Yancheng On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the family boarded a borrowed taxi...
Chapter 56 Going to Yancheng
That day, the family sat together after dinner to check for any deficiencies and fill in the gaps.
Yan Jiuru looked at his family, all but one missing, and sighed, "It's a shame I can't bring Ruchun with me this time. I can't bear to leave my eldest sister behind."
Yan's father rolled his eyes and said, "If you have to fart, just fart!"
How could he not know what his own son was doing when he raised his butt and took a shit?
Yan Jiuru: No matter what achievements or fame I have, they are of no use in front of my parents. I will be scolded and beaten if I deserve them. . . . .
"Well, besides me, Ruchun is the oldest in the family. She's done the most housework since she was little. Which of these younger brothers and sisters wasn't raised by Ruchun?
During the years of famine, he followed me to climb mountains and cross rivers to find food, and he was always thinking of leaving some for his younger brothers and sisters, even going hungry himself.
Now that her family is well off, she doesn't have to borrow any money.
This is unfair to my elder sister."
That’s right, no one in the family said anything against it.
Yan Jiuru looked at everyone and continued, "I won't get involved in how the family's money is allocated, but I plan to give this house to my eldest sister."
Both mothers-in-law looked at Chen Yin.
Chen Yin said hurriedly, "Jiuru is right. If they weren't not registered in the same household registration book and people wouldn't allow us to bring them, we would have brought our eldest sister and her husband with us no matter what."
Grandpa Yan nodded. "It's all good that you're willing to do so. Jiuru earned the house, so it doesn't count as an heirloom. You can decide how to use it."
Rushan and Rusong also nodded repeatedly, "Give it to Big Sister, we don't want it."
Ruyue also nodded, "I don't want it either."
"Well, let's transfer Ruchun and his wife to our brigade before the New Year, so we can celebrate the New Year together here. Otherwise, after we leave, the Wen family might interfere, and there will be no one to support Ruchun."
"Okay, I'll go to the Liutiaoweizi Brigade and tell them tomorrow."
Yan Jiuru: "I'll go with you."
Yan's father said disdainfully, "You don't have to go. I can take your second brother with me. He's grown up now and needs to take on some responsibilities like a man."
***
night.
Yan Jiuru and Chen Yin sat on the kang and whispered to each other.
Chen Yinxian said dissatisfiedly: "Look at you today, you didn't tell me anything in advance. Are you afraid that I'm petty?"
"How could that be? I just told you what I thought of because I knew you wouldn't be petty. What's the matter?"
"What else?" Chen Yin was furious. "Do you know that if I hadn't reacted slowly, my parents and grandparents might have thought I was unhappy?!"
"That's impossible. The four of them have high hopes for you." Yan Jiuru disagreed.
Chen Yin was so angry that she went up to him and pinched his waist, "Only you would think that."
"Hiss~ Ouch, stop pinching, it hurts, it hurts~"
Chen Yin pulled his ear again and warned him: "Next time if you have something to say, tell me in advance, otherwise, hmph!"
A careless man, a self-righteous man, Chen Yin was still cursing him in her heart before going to sleep.
***
Ruchun and his wife were overjoyed to hear the news!
"Isn't this bad?"
Ruchun is a really good girl. Although her entire family has moved to Yancheng and become city dwellers, she is the only one left alone in the countryside. One can imagine how she feels.
But she comforted herself after a while.
After all, she is married and not a child anymore, so she can be taken wherever her parents go.
Yan's father stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the small house built by Wen Weidong with dissatisfaction, "What's wrong with it? If you were not registered in the same household registration after you got married, you would have gone with us. I should have known not to find a husband for you so soon."
"Dad, well, please sit down and have some water." Wen Weidong was so scared in the cold weather that he broke out in a sweat.
Fortunately, he got the marriage certificate, otherwise, his father-in-law would have dumped him and taken his wife back.
Yan Tieniu gave him a disdainful look and said, "I'm not going to sit here anymore. I just came to tell you that you guys should pack up and follow me to the Liutiaoweizi Brigade to complete the transfer procedures."
"So urgent?" Wen Weidong was a little unsure.
"Isn't it urgent? The whole team will be on holiday in a few days. What's the point? After all the busy New Year activities, we'll be gone. Who will take care of Ruchun?"
The Liutiaoweizi Brigade was hoping to have fewer people to share the food, so they settled the work points and debts between the two people and just issued a note, and the Xinghua Brigade would take over.
Before leaving, Yan Tieniu instructed, "Pack your things. Your brothers and I will come to help you move tomorrow. You can spend the New Year at home this year."
***
After Wen Weidong saw his father-in-law off, he had to go to the Wen family to say hello.
I thought his parents would scold him, but unexpectedly, his father praised him.
His mother even started to worry that the big house would belong to Wen in the future.
"Mom, you're so bold.
That’s my eldest brother-in-law’s house, who dares to occupy it?
They let us live there because they were afraid that the house would deteriorate if it was empty for a long time.
It’s not like Ruchun’s parents won’t come back. Besides, Second Uncle Yan’s family is still here…” How dare his mother think that?
After he said this, the Wen family's fiery hearts slowly calmed down.
Yes, Uncle Yan’s family is still here, so it’s never the Wen family’s turn.
It's a waste of time to be happy.
***
Xinghua Brigade.
The atmosphere in Uncle Yan's house was not very good.
Aunt Yan was struggling with her nose not being a nose and her eyes not being eyes.
Uncle Yan didn't say anything and just did what he had to do.
Finally, Aunt Yan couldn't help but spit fire at the man: "You are like a dead person."
Uncle Yan turned around and ignored her.
"What's the difference between you and a dead person? Ah? Are you still the old man's son?" Aunt Yan scolded the man.
Uncle Yan was calmly blowing away the welding smoke, but he just didn't respond.
Second Aunt Yan was so angry that she snatched the cigarette and threw it into the basket, yelling at him: "Did you hear what I said?"
"I'm telling you, Cheng Erni, the New Year is almost here. I don't want to argue with you, so just be quiet." Uncle Yan glared and warned.
Just because he is not like a woman doesn't mean he has no temper.
"Why should I be quiet? Such a big thing happened, and you didn't even say a word. You just gave that big house to outsiders... Wuuuuu. Who treats me as a human being? Wuuuuu~"
Seeing that her husband had lost his temper, Aunt Yan didn't dare to scold him. She felt unhappy and started crying.
Second Uncle Yan was very upset and cursed, "It's New Year's Day, your father died a long time ago, why are you crying so hard now?!"
Second Aunt Yan went crazy: "Yes, it's because my father died early, so you all don't even care about me. Woohoo, why is my life so miserable... I gave birth to children for your Yan family, but what good is left behind~"
The children in the family had sneaked out as soon as their mother started swearing.
It's because their mother always keeps cursing for no reason.
Uncle Yan was fed up with what he heard. He slammed the table and cursed, "Cheng Erni, if you don't want to spend this New Year, go back to your mother's house! I won't stop you. You can stay as long as you want.
You don't need to do all this useless stuff, don't you just want Jiuru's new house?"
Second Aunt Yan stopped crying and yelled at the top of her voice: "What should I do? Why can the Yan family's house be given to an outsider and not to us?"
"Pfft! Don't say such nice things!
Don’t you think about it? Jiuru built the house with his own bonus, so he can give it to anyone he wants.
Besides, is Ruchun an outsider? She is his biological sister."
Second Aunt Yan sneered, "A married girl is an outsider!"
Second Uncle Yan glanced at her and said, "Oh, then why are you, an outsider, still thinking about your mother's family?"
"Don't think I don't know what you're planning."
"I, what can I do..." Aunt Yan turned away in a panic.
Uncle Yan snorted heavily.
***
There are basically no secrets in a village.
It didn't take long for Grandpa Yan and the others to know about the quarrel in Uncle Yan's family.
The one who came to visit specially was Aunt Li, a neighbor of Uncle Yan.
Aunt Li and Grandma Yan were chatting with each other: "...that guy is making so much noise."
"That Cheng Erni said on the left that they have a share of the house, and on the right that she doesn't take your second son seriously."
After saying that, Aunt Li glanced at Grandma Yan, then leaned closer and said, "I heard what your second son said. Does Cheng Erni have any other ideas?"
Grandma Yan took a walnut and put it in the hole on the edge of the wooden kang. She hit it with a small wooden hammer, picked out the walnut kernel and put it aside.
Grandma Yan thought to herself, what does that mean? Isn't it that he just wants to occupy this place and let his younger brother from his mother's family live in the original house?
She is from the second family, and after all these years, this is all she has achieved.
The eyes can only see such a small area.
But after all, she is my daughter-in-law, so I still have to distinguish between the inside and the outside.
"She's just like that. If she doesn't get scolded every once in a while, she'll feel uncomfortable all over. Let her be. His father and I are too lazy to pay any attention to her."
***
Aunt Li was stuffed with a handful of Yancheng candies and went back satisfied.
Grandma Yan muttered to her eldest son, "Jiuru is such a reckless kid, he's not thoughtful at all."
Grandpa Yan was unhappy and crushed the walnuts in his hand. "How can you call her considerate? Even if you give her a chicken coop for free today, she'll still be thinking about your pigpen tomorrow. Do you believe it? You can't spoil her!"
Chen Yin and Ruchun both tried to hold back their laughter, thinking that the old man's description was so vivid.
The old man raised his voice: "If you have the guts, let her come to me and talk!"
No one else responded. Ruyue said crisply, "Second Aunt wouldn't dare! She's afraid that Grandpa will divorce her and send her back to her parents' home."
Aunt Yan asked curiously, "How did you, a little girl, know that?"
Ruyue leaned against her mother and said proudly, "I remember the trouble Second Aunt made that year."
"How old were you then? Four years old, maybe? What can you remember?" Yan Niang poked the little girl's forehead with her finger.
Ruyue straightened her neck and said, "Why don't I remember? I still remember Grandpa pointing at the door and telling Second Aunt to go back to the Cheng family and have Second Uncle write her a divorce letter and put his fingerprints on it."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment: This girl, she was only a little old, and she actually remembered it! ?
Yan's father muttered, "You have such a good brain, why don't you study hard? You just memorize useless things."
Kisaragi: "I didn't remember it on purpose~"
Everyone: “…”
***
Yan Jiuru discussed with Ruchun: "This house is too empty for the two of you. People are going to keep an eye on it.
Your sister-in-law and I are thinking about renting out one end of the house.
When the child is born, we uncles and aunts will not be around, so the rent will be considered as our subsidy for the child."
Although it is not much, it can be used to collect rent continuously, which is also income.
Ruchun was not stupid at all. She looked at Wen Weidong and nodded, "That's fine."
Otherwise, not to mention others, just dealing with Second Aunt is troublesome enough.
Within two days, Yan Jiuru rented three rooms, two large and one small, on the west side of the house to the Qian family in the village, preparing to use them for his son's wedding after he was discharged from the army.
"He said he married a city girl, but the mud house is not good enough for her, and he's worried."
"It's two dollars a month. Qian Lao Er is not short of money, so he paid for a year at once."
"Two dollars? Well, the Qian family doesn't think it's too expensive?" Ruchun couldn't believe it.
"What's so expensive about it? Our brand new three-room brick house has a first-class west wing and a newly dug well. It's better than the commune."
Yan Jiuru handed the agreement and rent prepared at the brigade headquarters to Ruchun, and would collect the annual rent every month thereafter.
"Just collect the money. If you have any problems, go to my father-in-law. He wrote the agreement and served as a witness."
***
Leaving one's hometown is really not an easy thing for Chinese people.
Even if you know that you are heading towards a higher place, you cannot avoid the fear and reluctance in your heart.
The following days were basically spent in farewell, either treating relatives and friends to food and drinks, or being treated.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the family boarded several borrowed ox carts and set off early.
Chen Yin's parents and younger brother, Chen Yin's uncle, Uncle Yan and his wife with their two sons, and Ruchun and his wife, were reluctant to leave their relatives and sent them to the county town.
Even if Aunt Yan was unhappy, she didn't dare not come, and she didn't dare to show any anger, otherwise the villagers would spit at her to death.
Chen Yinniang wiped her tears and hugged her little grandson. "Aren't you going to work on the eighth day of the first lunar month? Why don't you leave a few days later?"
Chen Yin repeated helplessly, "It's getting late. It's already the fifth day of the New Year no matter where we go. We still have to clean up the house and put our things in place. There are many things we don't have and we have to buy them now. It's too late to leave now."
"Oh." Chen Yinniang understood, but she just couldn't bear to let go.
It's so far away, and there are no relatives from my mother's family around me. Relatives are good, but who wouldn't love their daughter?
Yan Jiuru had telegraphed someone to buy the tickets earlier. A group of people stayed at the Dongfeng Hotel for one night and sent the Yan family on the train the next day.
“Woo—”
Amid the train's "what's more, what's more" sounds, the Yan family bid farewell to their hometown.
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