Chapter 466 Dark History
The three siblings and their nieces and nephews all shook their heads.
Because in their memories, Dad (Grandpa) has always been very hardworking. He gets up before dawn, and even if he can't get up himself, he will wake up their brothers (parents) and then assign various tasks to them.
In their memories, except for the New Year holidays, the adults in the family never stopped working for a single day.
"Oh my," Aunt Lai slapped her thigh and said happily, "Zhou Jin now looks nothing like he did back then. Back then, he was really lazy. Your grandparents only had this one son before your uncle was born, and they doted on him. This half-grown boy looks stronger than Liu Lang, but he complains of leg pain as soon as he gets to the fields. He's even afraid of leeches when he goes to plant rice seedlings. A grown man is crying in the fields..."
Uncle Lai couldn't help but say to her, "Don't bring up these old things. It's been so many years, it's not worth it for you to talk about it for so long."
"Why not? When I think of Zhou Jin, this is the first thing that comes to mind."
At that time, Aunt Lai had just been married to Qili Village for two years, and the fields of the two families were close to each other. The seven or eight-year-old children of the other family worked in the fields and got tanned. When it was time to plant rice, they went forward happily.
Zhou Jin was only thirteen or fourteen years old at that time. When he was in the field, he was hit by a snail and thought it was a leech bite. He screamed in the field.
It's hard for Aunt Lai to forget him.
Manbao's eyes lit up when she listened, and Aunt Lai became even more excited when she saw her eyes shining. Storytellers love listeners like Manbao the most.
Manbao asked, "Was my father lazier than my fourth brother back then?"
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang were also curious.
Aunt Lai laughed and said, "How can he compare to your fourth brother? Compared to your father, he is a top-notch hardworking man."
"Everyone says your fourth brother is lazy, but I'd say he's not that lazy. At least he went to the fields to farm. Back then, your grandparents went to the fields, and your father stayed at home. He's so white, even whiter than that girl who's about to go out."
The three siblings imagined it and shuddered at the same time. It was really hard to imagine. Now their father had a black wrinkle on his face.
But even if it is a wrinkle, it is more handsome than other wrinkles.
Not to mention the three siblings, even the older ones were stunned. They couldn't imagine that their grandfather could be like this.
Datou looked around, pointed at Manbao and asked, "Great-grandfather, is he whiter than my aunt?"
Aunt Lai squinted her eyes and glanced at Manbao, saying happily, "Almost, almost."
Manbao was very curious, "Then how did my father learn it?"
"Oh, that's difficult. In the end, it was all your grandparents who beat him," Aunt Lai said. "So, if a child doesn't obey, he will become a useful person. If he doesn't obey, he should be beaten. It doesn't matter how old he is. Look at your father. He got married and became a father before he was beaten. Look at your fourth brother. He learned his lesson after a good beating."
The old woman always spoke her mind. She said to the young men, teenagers, older children, and younger children gathered around her, "So I say, Ade should have caught his son and given him a beating, then driven him out and starved him for two or three months to see if he still remains lazy."
Manbao asked, "Who is Ade?"
"It's the lecher's father."
Manbao lost interest and continued to ask her father, "What about my father? What about my father? Let's talk about my father."
"What's there to say about your father?" Aunt Lai lost interest and said, "Your uncle is better. Oh, he's such a smart kid. He's picked up your grandparents' wisdom and grew up with it. His eyes, yes, they're like Manbao's eyes. He's the most well-proportioned child in our Zhou family. His nose is like your grandmother's. His intelligence is so amazing that it's enough to make your family's ancestors' graves smoke."
Uncle Lai couldn't help but say, "Qian is still a good teacher. She has taught all her children well."
Aunt Lai thought about it and nodded, "That's right. Alas, it's a pity that the Qian family has no suitable daughters in this generation. I originally wanted to marry a Qian family wife for the third son, but they are not suitable in terms of age."
Aunt Lai rambled on for a long time before returning to the main topic. "Don't be fooled by the many rules your family has now. Those were all set by your mother. When she first got married, she was so pitiful. The Zhang family members all had bad tempers, including your grandmother."
Because they were of the same generation, Aunt Lai spoke of her cousin-in-law in a very rude manner. "Back then, your grandparents were attracted by your grandmother's ability to give birth to a son, and they thought your mother would be able to do the same, so they wanted to marry your mother. But what did your family have? Zhou Jin was lazy, and the Qian family didn't like her from the beginning and turned her down twice."
Manbao cried out, "I almost died."
Aunt Lai choked, glanced down at the child squatting in front of her, and thought to herself: No one can be without you.
Manbao asked happily, "Then how did my father marry my mother?"
Manbao thought about the storybooks he had found from Bai Erlang and asked, "Did he send something to my mother? My father can't even recite poetry..."
"Isn't it a gift?" Aunt Lai slapped her thigh and said, "Everyone says that the Qian family is greedy for the betrothal gift given by the Zhou family. At that time, your grandparents were also in a difficult situation. They had just married your second uncle, and your third uncle also wanted to propose marriage. The family's wealth was suddenly depleted. Then, when your mother married, your third uncle could propose marriage."
"But," Aunt Lai smacked her lips, "I think it's because your mother is attracted to your father's face."
Aunt Lai had reasons for saying this.
Even before Qian got married, she was already very famous in the surrounding villages. She was a well-known hardworking person in these villages who could handle everything inside and outside the village.
Even though the Qian family asked for a high dowry, wealthier families could still afford it. According to Aunt Lai, many people came to propose marriage at that time, but the Qian family rejected them all.
She chose to marry Zhou Jin, such a lazy guy.
Before this year, although Aunt Lai didn't say it, she actually felt very sorry for Qian in her heart, because she felt that all her illnesses were caused by working too hard when she was young.
If she had not married Zhou Jin, she could still have many children and grandchildren, and she might not have developed so many health problems. Her life would be much better than it is now.
But now all his problems were gone, and Aunt Lai's regret was gone.
Aunt Lai really likes Qian. The good relationship between the two families over the years is also because she has a good relationship with Qian.
Otherwise, Uncle Lai wouldn't have signed the guarantee for their family so readily.
Of course, during their interactions, Qian also helped Aunt Lai's family a lot.
What she liked most was Qian's character. As long as she got something, she would give it back double without being a burden to others.
So looking at the two boys who have not yet married and the most promising little girl in the Zhou family, Aunt Lai couldn't help but talk about the difficult times that the Qian family had gone through.
At the same time, he was also teaching Manbao, "Don't learn from your mother. When choosing someone, you can't just look at their face. You have to look at their character and their ability."
(End of this chapter)
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