After staying with the old man for a few days, everyone was ready to go back. It was not safe for An An to be alone at home.
I wanted to take the old man away with me, but he refused, "How can I leave the mountains in my lifetime?"
The mountain god does not have an endless life.
The lifespan of an ordinary mountain god is about 1,000 years. The old man is really dying.
He wanted to spend his last moments with this mountain.
Born in the mountains, raised in the mountains, and of course will die in the mountains.
"Don't worry about me. If I miss you, I will come to see you. If you have time, just come and see the old man."
His life has come to an end and his spiritual power has almost dissipated.
I don’t know how many more years I can go on.
"Old man, you are so stubborn. I will come to see you once every two weeks from now on. If you feel unwell, just send someone to send me a letter. Don't wait until the last minute. If you send me a letter when you are no longer able to do so, will I still be your biological son?"
Song Weiguo was furious, putting his hands on his hips and spinning around in circles.
"No," the old man answered very simply, "We are not even godparents."
Song Weiguo: “…”
Okay, since you are so naughty, old man, I will leave first.
Early in the morning, I took my two daughters and wife down the mountain.
The mountain road is difficult to walk on, especially going downhill.
I accidentally cut a big hole in my clothes.
Lin Wanwan had no choice but to stuff cotton into her clothes. The cotton fell off as she walked, and by the time she got back, it would probably have all fallen off.
"Forget it, this piece of clothing is probably useless." Half of the cotton fell off when I went up the mountain, and it would probably be all off when I go down the mountain.
Wang Zhaodi followed behind and was very excited when she heard this. "If you don't want it anymore, can you give it to me?"
Isn't the cotton all on the ground? Pick it up, sort it out, and you'll have another good cotton coat.
"all right!"
Nod, what's wrong with that?
But life here should be pretty good, as it's close to the mountains and water, and there's plenty of land.
Life shouldn't be this difficult.
"Daughter-in-law Dawei, are you having trouble making ends meet at home? Take this ten yuan, and don't be polite to me."
Wang Guifen took out the ten yuan she had prepared long ago and stuffed it in without saying anything. "The old man is sick, and I can't let you pay for it alone. The money has to be divided equally between the two families."
"No, no, the old man only spent a dozen dollars in total, he doesn't need so much." Wang Zhaodi was really reluctant to return the money, but it was too much, five or six dollars would be enough.
She and Dawei could only earn about ten yuan a year by working in the fields.
This is only in good years. If it is a bad year, we will have to owe money to the brigade.
"Here, we, the elders, are giving you some money to spend. You can't spend it all."
Wang Guifen stuffed the money directly into her pocket and asked, "I heard you talking about your child this morning. How old is he?"
"The oldest one is eight years old, the youngest one is three years old, and the younger one is just over one year old." When talking about the children, a long-lost smile finally appeared on Wang Zhaodi's face.
"It's good." Wang Guifen really thinks it's good. In this era, isn't it all about having many children and good fortune?
If three children are within the couple's ability to cope, then they can have them.
But she looks down on those who give birth to seven or eight children in their lifetime. You say that if you can afford it, you don’t have to worry about having enough clothes to wear and good food to eat. As long as they can eat half full, I won’t say anything. But the children are starving like refugees, and you keep giving birth. It is a sin for the children to be born into your family.
Isn't it just thinking that if I give birth to a promising child, the whole family will live a good life and I will have something to look forward to in my retirement?
Nor will they be like their own parents, who gave birth to three or four children, suffered a lifetime of hardship, and in the end, none of their children were successful and could not provide for them in their old age, and in their seventies and eighties, they were still busy working in the fields.
Anyway, they have eight or nine children, so as for how they grow up, as long as they don't starve to death, that's all that matters.
Anyway, if we feed them when they are old, they won't starve to death. If one of them is promising, that's even better. If he is not, it doesn't matter. There are so many people, we can't starve ourselves to death.
"Yes, I've also thought about not having more children. I can't afford to raise more children. They'll all be hungry and skinny. I don't want to live with a pair of cotton pants that several children have to share. Whoever goes out wears it. I don't want to live like this."
When I was young, not to mention having a pair of cotton pants to share, there were no cotton pants at all.
I only wear one pair of pants a year. I wear them during the day and wash them at night once a month or so, otherwise they will easily get damaged.
In winter, my legs turned purple from the cold.
They dared not go out, but this wasn't the Northeast, so how could they stay out in the winter? There was still work to do in the fields, and they had to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and gather firewood.
My skin has become thicker due to the cold and I am not so afraid of the cold anymore. But I can’t let my children be like this.
"Very good, very good. If you have any difficulties, just look for your Uncle Weiguo. We are both in a good position. If you have any difficulties, please don't hide them. What's the point of saving face? The most important thing is that the children live well."
What Wang Guifen hates most is poor children, otherwise she would not have been so eager to show her concern for them even though the original owner rejected her in everything.
Lin Wanwan felt that if it were her, she could tolerate you rejecting her once or twice, but if you reject her eight or ten times, I don't care who you are! Get the hell out of here!
After walking down the mountain, the four people took off their clothes and put on new ones.
This dress is really terrible. There are several holes and the cotton is falling out.
It's already more than half lighter.
All four pieces of clothing were given to Wang Zhaodi, who took them home to mend them. She should be able to make two new cotton-padded jackets out of them.
"Thank you, thank you for being such nice people." Wang Zhaodi happily prepared to go back with her clothes.
I'll go pick up some cotton on the road later and make a new cotton coat for each child. Thick ones won't work, so if I make them thinner, they can also make extra pants.
Nowadays, every family with so many children can have a set of cotton-padded clothes. Her children have one!
pride!
Now I have to buy another cotton-padded jacket, tsk.
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