They had dinner early, and everyone looked at the radish and bone soup, the stir-fried cabbage with lard, and the bowl of white rice, and they all looked at Tang Youyou at the same time.
Tang’s mother: My daughter is really upset today. It’s not Chinese New Year, how can the food be so good?
Old Man Tang: Oh! Let me stay here for a few more days. Seeing my daughter like this, I am afraid she is still sad.
Tang Wen: Is my sister crazy? To comfort us, she actually ate this white rice?
Lin Huahua: My mother-in-law is so sad. I can’t disobey her in the future. If she can’t figure it out one day, our family will break up.
The other children asked: "Mom, are you planning to have a feast? After this meal, are you going to have to drink cold water again?"
Xiao Si asked weakly, "Mom, can I have a piece of meat?"
Tang Youyou looked at him with some distress: "Of course, you can eat a lot!"
Xiao Si was very happy, but did not pick up her chopsticks and looked at Old Man Tang.
Old Man Tang sighed and waved his hand: "Eat it all!"
After I started eating, the children also started eating.
"It smells so good!" Xiao Si exclaimed.
After a while, the only sound at the table was the sound of eating. Tang Youyou sighed, it was all caused by poverty.
He looked at the broken table with one leg broken, at the bumpy dirt floor, and then glanced at the main room.
There are so many things to buy: beds, clothes, quilts, pots and pans, tables...
I am so tired, physically tired and even more mentally tired.
Suddenly there was a piece of oil residue in the bowl.
Tang's mother smiled and said, "What are you thinking about? Come and eat!"
"Mom, please have some meat!" Xiao Si also picked up some meat for her.
The other children looked at each other and started to pick up some meat for her.
"Okay, okay, the bowl is full."
Looking at the pile of lard residue in the bowl, my eyes became moist.
Tang's mother nudged her with her elbow and said, "Don't cry while eating. The children are watching us."
Tang Youyou nodded, lowered her eyes, picked up the lard and took a bite. The aroma of lard filled her throat and her taste buds were satisfied.
She had never thought that lard residue was so delicious. You know, in her previous life, after she started working, she never ate fatty meat in order to maintain her figure.
Tang's father also picked up a piece of food for her with his chopsticks and said, "If it tastes good, eat more. You look so skinny."
Tang Wen also picked up a piece and put it in her bowl: "Sister, it's nothing to worry about."
Tang Youyou looked at the people at the table, and the fatigue in her heart instantly dissipated. She felt a beam of light shining into her heart, making her feel warm. She truly felt the love of her family.
A seed was planted in her heart that she must work hard to feed her family and stay by their side no matter what difficulties they encounter.
Then, he ate his meal quickly.
A quarter of an hour later, looking at the bare basins and bowls, everyone looked at each other and burst into laughter.
Old Man Tang sighed: "Hahaha...it's so comfortable!"
Tang's mother gave him a look of reproach: "Look at you, little brat! Hurry up and get the roof covered. We have to go back home tonight."
Tang Youyou stopped him: "Mom, don't leave today. It's not safe to travel at night."
Tangjia Village is three hours' walk from here, and even if we leave now, we won't get there until midnight.
Old Man Tang waved his hand: "It's okay. There's a moon at night, so you can see the road clearly."
If you don't leave now and eat this white rice every day, how can you live like this?
Looking at Tang's mother: "Just stay for two more days!"
The latter nodded, understanding what his partner meant.
After much persuasion, Old Man Tang still wanted to leave.
Tang Youyou had no choice but to take out two taels of silver and hand it to him.
"What are you doing, kid?"
"Dad, you misunderstood. I wanted you to help me buy some rushes and the wild vegetables for this morning's meal!"
Old Man Tang's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in surprise, "You want to?"
She nodded: "Dad, I need fresh ones. I will use them and try to deliver them by ox cart!"
"Okay, don't worry, I'll leave this matter to Dad."
Old Man Tang had lived for most of his life and it was no wonder that he could see the changes in his daughter. Thinking that his daughter had been to the King of Hell, the King of Hell not only did not take her away, but also gave her a magic medicine. He must have also taught his daughter some skills.
Looking at her with burning eyes, this child really lived up to the saying that those who survive a great disaster will be blessed in the future.
"father?"
Old Man Tang recovered and only accepted one or two taels of silver: "How can we use so much wild grass? One or two taels is enough!"
Tang Youyou pushed his hand back: "The rest is my hard work fee to my father!"
"You kid, your family is so poor that they can barely afford to eat. What do I need your money for?"
Tang Youyou's attitude was very firm: "Dad, Mom, I was young and ignorant before, and I made you two angry for so long. From now on, I will definitely be filial to you."
Mother Tang and Old Man Tang were stunned. They couldn't believe that this was what their taciturn daughter could say, and their eyes were a little cloudy.
"Okay, okay! As long as you three siblings live well, your mother and I will die without regrets."
"Pah, pah, pah! What are you talking about? You old man, why don't you go and put up thatch? If you keep talking, it will be dark!"
Old man Tang pursed his lips. The old woman's temper was getting worse and worse.
Just as it was getting dark, the head of the village came back and took out two deeds and handed them to Tang Youyou.
"Tang, here! You must keep it well!"
"Thank you, Uncle Village Chief!"
The village head waved his hand and walked away staggeringly.
The whole village knew that Tang Youyou's family had completely broken up with Lao Bai's family in one night.
Several women were enjoying the cool air under a big tree in the center of the village, chatting in a flurry.
"God, this old white-haired guy is such a jerk. How is the Tang family supposed to survive?"
"If you ask me, it's a good judgment. When Old Master Tang was alive, this old white-haired family was one of the most prominent families. I never thought that such a shameless person would appear."
"That's right. Bai Hansong has been dead for so many years, and he's still getting divorced? Could it be possible that this dead man can come back to life?"
"I really don't know what Old Bai was thinking. Even that taciturn Tang agreed. How foolish! Even if the engagement is severed, we must ask for what is due to the children."
"Hey! I saw that Old Whitehead's family was in a tough spot today. They were beaten black and blue by Tang's father and his men. I heard that it was Tang Hanfa's gambling addiction. It's better to break up such a family!"
"This is true. Their family sold ten acres of good farmland yesterday to raise enough money."
"Oh my god, this old white-haired man must have a pig's brain, right? The rice has already eared, and we can harvest it in a month or two."
A woman fanned herself with a fan and complained, "Why is the weather getting hotter and hotter? It's the rice heading season, and if there's no water, the rice husks will shrivel. God, this is killing us!"
"Who says it's not? Oh! Let's go, go to bed early. Tomorrow we have to fetch water to irrigate the rice."
Everyone was worried and dispersed in a hurry.
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