Zhang Jinyou helps Xu Sanniang feed the chickens and ducks every day, and also cleans the yard. Before the snow this year, thanks to Zhang Jinyou taking Song Yu to the mountains to collect firewood every day, the family had just enough firewood.
But the snow had been falling for so long and a lot of firewood had been used, so Xu Sanniang thought about going to the mountain to pick up some more. However, Zhang Jinyou said that the snow water had almost submerged all the dead branches and it would be useless to pick them up, so Xu Sanniang gave up.
As the end of the year is approaching, many families in the village have started hanging lanterns. The continuous snowstorms have not dampened their passion for celebrating the New Year.
Zhang Jinyou felt uncomfortable seeing every household having a lively reunion. He hadn't been back to see his parents for a long time, so he wanted to take advantage of the New Year holiday to go and see them.
Zhang Jinyou has been living with Xu Sanniang for such a long time, and he feels a little embarrassed. He thinks that the broken thatched house at home should have been repaired after such a long time. He should keep a record of it and pay it back one by one when he grows up!
Zhang Jinyou talked to Xu Sanniang about it, and Xu Sanniang naturally agreed. However, the road was slippery due to the snow, so Xu Sanniang wanted Song Qiangdong to accompany him, but Zhang Jinyou refused!
Zhang Jinyou said he could do it alone. Seeing that he insisted on going alone, Xu Sanniang let him go, but asked him to come back early!
However, Zhang Jinyou did not tell Xu Sanniang that he wanted to go back and live there. Zhang Jinyou thought about going back and taking a look first.
Zhang Jinyou bought some paper money and went to his parents' grave. The grave of Zhang Jinyou's parents was behind the top of Lihua Village. Zhang Jinyou was afraid of running into Niu Xiaobao and his group, so he took a detour.
When he got there, Zhang Jinyou took a branch and drew a circle on the ground, then used a fire starter to light it and burn paper money for his parents.
Zhang Jinyou burned handfuls of firewood, and seeing the fire burning vigorously, he thought that his parents were watching him!
Zhang Jinyou told his parents word for word everything that had happened to him recently, and tears began to flow as he spoke. After all, Zhang Jinyou was only a thirteen-year-old child!
After crying for a while, Zhang Jinyou felt much better. Seeing that the fever was almost gone, he kowtowed four times and prepared to leave.
"Hey, isn't this Niu Wa? I haven't seen you for a long time. I even went to your shabby hut to look for you! But I couldn't see you..." A mean voice came from the side, gloating at the sight of Zhang Jinyou crying.
"I didn't expect you to be so comfortable after not being home for so long! Look at your face, it's gotten a lot fatter! Where did you go to beg?!"
The person who spoke was Niu Xiaobao, the one who had led a group of people to beat up Zhang Jinyou before. Today he came with his family to worship his ancestors, and unexpectedly met Zhang Jinyou.
Zhang Jinyou recognized the voice from the beginning, but he didn't want to pay attention to him and just wanted to pack up and leave.
But someone was unhappy. Seeing that he ignored him, Niu Xiaobao instantly became angry and stepped forward to grab Zhang Jinyou, "What do you mean? I'm talking to you and you dare to ignore me? Believe it or not, I'll beat you up again!!"
Niu Xiaobao raised his fist and shook it in a demonstrative manner.
"I don't want to argue with you today, just let me go!" Zhang Jinyou sighed and said calmly.
In front of his parents' grave, Zhang Jinyou didn't want to do anything bad, he just wanted to keep the peace!
"Hey! Why does the tone of your voice make me so angry? I won't let go!" Niu Xiaobao held on tighter.
"Let go!" Zhang Jinyou pulled hard and it was free. He had no worries about food and drink at Xu Sanniang's house and had become much stronger. He was much stronger than before.
"You..." Niu Xiaobao was pushed away and felt embarrassed. Just as he was about to step forward to argue, he was stopped!
"Xiaobao! What are you doing!" Niu Er's voice came from behind. Zhang Ermei was following beside him, and she was holding Anmei in her arms!
It is a coincidence that Niu Er is Niu Xiaobao's brother, and Zhang Ermei is Niu Xiaobao's sister-in-law. They just happened to be together.
"Brother, I just want to teach him a lesson! He doesn't know what's good for him, he..." Niu Xiaobao was afraid of his brother and argued cunningly.
"Okay, I don't know what kind of person you are, come back! Today is the day to visit the graves, don't make trouble!" When Niu Er saw that it was Zhang Jinyou, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, but he still let Niu Xiaobao come back for the sake of the overall situation. He couldn't disturb the peace of his ancestors!
"Brother..." Niu Xiaobao was unhappy.
"Okay, let's go!" Niu Er walked straight forward and pulled him away without even giving Zhang Jinyou a glance.
"Brother, he's just the son of a traitor, why are you so biased towards him?!"
"Alright, traitor or not, stay out of my business! Go!"
Niu Xiaobao followed Niu Er, but the faint sound still reached Zhang Jinyou's ears. He couldn't help but clenched his fists, then loosened them, glanced at them, turned around and left.
Zhang Ermei followed the two brothers and listened to their conversation. Since she came back, Niu Er thought that she had let go of her worries and no longer avoided talking to her.
After hearing those words, Zhang Ermei couldn't help but tighten her arms around Anmei. She stopped and turned to look at Zhang Jinyou's back, then followed him before Niu Er noticed.
After paying his respects to his parents, Zhang Jinyou went back to look at his thatched cottage. When he got there, he found that apart from the renovations on the outside, the inside had hardly been touched.
Zhang Jinyou immediately guessed what Xu Sanniang was thinking and sighed in his heart. He owed Song Yu's family more and more.
Seeing that it was getting dark and Zhang Jinyou had not returned yet, Xu Sanniang wanted Song Tao to go out and look for him. Not long after Song Tao left the hospital, he met Zhang Jinyou.
The weather was not very good, and Zhang Jinyou was holding something in his arms. Song Tao walked closer and saw that it was a pheasant!
"Where did this come from?" It was so cold that all the animals were hiding. How did Zhang Jinyou find it?
"I was lucky enough to come across a stupid pheasant foraging for food, so I thought of catching it and bringing it back for everyone!" said Zhang Jinyou.
"Okay, okay, you are lucky! Your aunt is so worried at home! Let's go back quickly!" Song Tao pulled Zhang Jinyou to go back quickly, as it was still quite cold outside!
After Zhang Jinyou arrived, Xu Sanniang was happy to see the pheasant, but when she felt that Zhang Jinyou's hands were cold, she asked Song Yu to bring the hot water bottle to warm him up.
Xu Sanniang brought out the meal and asked the whole family to come and eat. After eating, they felt better!
It’s really cold today! When will winter be over?
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