The day after Liu left, Xiao's mother picked up eight eggs from the jar early in the morning, put a bag of cornmeal and a small bag of homemade flour in a cloth bag, and asked her third son to take them to Liu's side.
Although Xiao Yi was still angry, he listened to his mother and took the things to deliver them.
Just as Xiao's mother had expected, after he arrived there, the Liu family wouldn't even let him in. Their nose wasn't a nose, their eyes weren't eyes, but they accepted everything that was sent to them.
People from both villages saw it. Xiao Yi took a lot of things to send to his mother-in-law's house. For a while, everyone's tone changed, and those stories also changed.
But the Xiao family doesn't care what they say, they just want to live their own lives.
Father Xiao has already decided to go to the county with his eldest and second sons to find work. The thing they have the most of is strength. Except for the busy farming season in spring and autumn, they basically work outside and use the money they earn to subsidize the family.
Now the children have their own families and the money earned in the past was used for them to marry wives. There is still some debt outside, which was borrowed when Xiao Hechuan was sick for medical treatment. He pays back a little every year, and has not paid it back yet.
Xiao Yi also wanted to go, but Xiao's mother told him to take it slow and solve his wife's problem first. He must go to deliver gifts the first few times to show his sincerity.
So, Xiao's father, Xiao Qin, and Xiao Mian began to pack their things, planning to leave first.
On the night before he left, the second son, Xiao Mian, was washing his feet and getting ready to go to bed. Zhou couldn't help but say out loud what she had been holding in her heart for days.
"Xiao Mian, I have something to discuss with you."
Zhou sat on the edge of the kang, biting her lower lip, twisting her hands nervously, looking very nervous.
Xiao Mian knew her very well, and her appearance must be related to having a baby.
"Are you coming up with some folk remedy? I'm telling you, I won't drink it, so just forget it."
He was really scared, and was afraid that he would get some problems with his body again. That guy was just making things worse.
"I don't have any folk remedies. I have been staying at home all day recently. You know that I have an idea in my mind that I want to discuss with you."
Zhou lowered her head and spoke in a low voice. It seemed that she herself felt that her thoughts were unreliable, so she went to discuss it with Xiao Mian.
Hearing that there was no folk remedy, Xiao Mian breathed a sigh of relief:
"Tell me what's going on. I want to hear what's going on."
Zhou took a deep breath and said:
"I want to borrow some money from my fourth brother's wife so that I can go to the county to see a doctor. In the past, I could only see doctors in the town, and those doctors were all unreliable. We don't have the money to find a better doctor. I thought, I heard from mother that there is a charity hall in the county, and the doctors there are very good at treating illnesses, so I want to give it a try.
It just so happens that my fourth sister-in-law has some money. I want to lend it to her first, and when we make money in the future, we can slowly pay her back. But I can't bring myself to ask her about this. She just got married not long ago, and we are not close. But you brothers have a good relationship. Can you talk to mom and ask her to help persuade my fourth sister-in-law? We are here to see a doctor, not for anything else. My fourth sister-in-law is so reasonable, she should agree."
It turned out that Zhou had this idea in mind. She wanted to talk to Jiang Sui, but she had an average relationship with her and was afraid of being rejected, so she wanted to instigate Xiao Mian to talk to his mother.
Xiao's mother and Jiang Sui have a good relationship as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. It can be seen that Jiang Sui also respects Xiao's mother as a mother-in-law, so if Xiao's mother agrees, there will be no problem on Jiang Sui's side.
Don’t mention it, actually after hearing what Zhou said, Xiao Mian was actually a little moved.
But, aren't they being too calculating? The third sister-in-law wanted to borrow money but failed. If they ask for it right after, if Jiang Sui agrees, they are afraid that the third sister-in-law will think too much. If she doesn't agree, the relationship between the sisters-in-law, which is already average, will get worse.
Because of this incident, as soon as people had some money in their hands, they started to think about it.
Xiao Mian was pondering in his mind, but there was no movement, and Zhou became anxious.
"Hey, come on, tell me something. What do you mean by keeping silent?"
Xiao Mian looked at his wife's anxious expression. He could understand her desire to have a child. She was already twenty years old. Others of her age would have children running around.
He is the same, he wants a child, but he just can't get pregnant.
Finally, Xiao Mian thought for a while and said:
"Wife, I think what you said is feasible. Fourth brother's wife is a reasonable person. If you tell her that you want to borrow money for medical treatment, she will definitely agree.
But we can't talk to her about it now. We need to wait. We just had that incident with the third brother's wife. It's not appropriate to talk about it now. We can't let the fourth brother's wife be in a difficult position. If she lends it to us and not to the third brother's wife, she will be furious if she finds out. She's pregnant now, so this is not the time for her to get excited. If something happens to her, we can't afford it. We've been through this for several years, so a few months won't make a difference.
It just so happens that I will go to the county to look for work tomorrow, so I can ask around there first, so that I won’t be running around like a headless fly in the future, don’t you think? ”
The brothers of the Xiao family are just like this. They always think about family harmony first, because their parents have taught them since childhood that the family must not be broken up under any circumstances.
Zhou was very happy to hear that her husband agreed with her idea, but she became anxious when she heard him analyze it so much and told her not to bring it up now.
"But if we don't tell you now, what if something happens later and you spend all your money? What shall we do?"
She was also afraid that the plan could not keep up with the changes. She agreed with what Xiao Mian said, but she was just afraid.
"Pooh, pooh, pooh, you crow's mouth, what are you hoping for? Everyone in our family must be fine, everything will go well, and there will be no accidents.
Wife, just relax and don't think too much. You look at how worried you are every day. In the future, talk to your fourth brother's wife and Lanlan more often, go out for a walk, and don't keep yourself depressed. I'm making money outside, right? If anything happens, we can rely on ourselves in the future. What else can we do? "
Xiao Mian was very optimistic. As a grown man in the prime of his life, he had no worries about making money.
Zhou felt aggrieved, but she was not completely ignorant, so she nodded and agreed.
The next morning, early in the day, the father and his two sons went out with their bags on their backs.
Xiao's mother prepared dry food for them, and repeatedly told them to take good care of themselves outside, and that the father and son should support each other and work together.
Xiao Yi was delayed in finding a job because of his wife's affairs, and he felt very upset, but he was not idle. After breakfast, he went to the mountain to chop firewood. Anyway, he tried his best to do some work for the family so that his mother would have to work less in the future.
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