Chapter 239
"Mom, why hasn't my sister-in-law come yet? What time is it?"
Chen Changhai frowned. It was a rare holiday for their company on New Year's Eve, so he brought his three older children back early in the morning to pay New Year's greetings.
Leave the wife and little daughter at home.
He was anxious to have lunch so that he could go home in the afternoon, but it was almost ten o'clock and Shi Lanhua still hadn't come.
"Sister-in-law isn't coming, brother isn't coming, why aren't Shengnan and the others coming?"
"It's New Year's Day, and you and your third sister-in-law are the only ones busy?"
Chen Qingzhi and Chen Qingli paused while washing mushrooms. They had been busy all morning.
Is your eye failing?
Chen Qingli yelled at the top of her voice, "Grandma, are these mushrooms enough for the two of us to wash?"
"Enough." Old Mrs. Chen rolled her eyes at Chen Changhai.
"Why are they here? We're not spending the holiday together this year, so just help out a bit since we're in a hurry to eat."
"Why don't you just go inside and stay out of the way."
Old Mrs. Chen poured the chicken into the pot and added some firewood to the stove.
He rolled his eyes again and just listened to the radio in the room.
The three little grandchildren didn’t even help to peel the garlic.
If sighing on New Year's Day wasn't considered unlucky, she really wanted to let out a long sigh.
The old man is worried.
The three children from the fourth brother's family were not warm when they entered the house. They just called out "Grandpa" and "Grandma".
He didn't say another word, just sat there eating melon seeds, frozen pears and listening to the radio.
He had a stern face and was obviously unwilling to come and was not close to them.
The third brother's two daughters are good, but they need to get married. You can count them on your fingers.
Only Qingsong and the others are really reliable.
The old lady's heart seemed to have been caught.
What’s the point of having too many children?
The more I thought about it, the worse I felt, so I poured the washed mushrooms into the pot.
Chen Changhai scratched his head and asked tentatively, "Mom, has Big Brother's family...really severed their relationship?"
He was stunned when he heard it.
Everything was fine, how could it turn out like this?
Aren’t the eldest brother’s family stupid?
Who knows which cloud will bring rain? What if Qingsong and his four children become rich one day?
How can I benefit from this?
Old Mrs. Chen answered irrelevantly, "Fourth Brother, your father and I are now living with your third brother and his wife in our old age.
If you come back, it will be like eating your third brother and his wife's food.
How can you have the nerve to come back empty-handed with three children?
As parents, you can do whatever you want, so why should your brother and sister-in-law give in to you?
And this year's pension is due. It's the end of the year, shouldn't it be paid?"
The old lady was becoming more and more unrestrained, and Wu Xifeng felt embarrassed so she pretended to go out with some firewood.
Qingzhi and Qingli eavesdropped through the crack in the door.
Even so, Chen Changhai wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
He wanted to buy two pounds of meat.
Xiang Hong refused, saying that the old lady had asked for several dollars when they went to the market a few days ago.
Looking at his expression, Old Lady Chen guessed a thing or two, and the anger that had been suppressed for the past few days suddenly came to the surface.
He took the firewood and threw it at Chen Changhai:
"Take the children and leave quickly before noon. There will be no food for you today."
"Mom?" Chen Changhai was stunned. He couldn't believe his ears.
During the Chinese New Year, his own mother chased him away.
"What do you mean by mom? Food is so precious these days. Qingwei is eleven years old, and Qingqi is eight.
Which one can’t be eaten?
A whole small basin of frozen pears was filled with dried fruit.
Go away quickly. Just looking at you makes me upset. None of you are filial. It's all in vain to raise you.
You've been here for so long, but you can't even chat.
If you don’t want to come, don’t come. Who cares? I have plenty of wives, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Look at my eldest granddaughter Xiaoyi.
That's what true filial piety is. He bought it for me immediately after knowing that I liked the radio.
Humph, let me look at you again? I see through it all. You can't rely on me. Hurry up and leave, hurry up and leave...
There was only a small amount of chicken and the fish wasn't very big, so with four people sharing it, I could still have one more bite.
This is considered filial piety.
I think I understand now. No matter how much I feel sorry for you, it's useless because you don't have me as your mother in your heart.
As soon as you enter the door, they will ask you in a roundabout way how much money you will get before the New Year. It has nothing to do with you.
From now on, I will leave it to Xiaoyi, Xiaozhi and the other sisters.
You still want to buy vegetables from the brigade and want to know if it’s cheaper, right?
You want to flatter your father-in-law, mother-in-law, do you think I'm stupid?"
She was the only granddaughter who was as filial as her whole family. The more the old lady thought about it, the more she couldn't control her temper.
This makes me feel so cold.
Who can remain calm if they find out that half of their grandchildren are disabled?
The old saying that partiality will not help is true.
In the past, she favored her eldest son the most and felt that he was the closest to her, so she gave him all the good things.
Now I see, they are all useless.
Can't count on it.
Old Mrs. Chen's voice became louder and louder, and Chen Qingwei and his two siblings in the room heard the noise.
His face suddenly fell.
Chen Qinglu spat out a mouthful of melon seed shells and muttered softly, "Who cares to come here? The house is so shabby."
Old man Chen raised his eyelids, took out his pipe, knocked on the edge of the kang, and shouted.
"Chen Changhai, get in here!"
Five minutes later, Chen Changhai returned home in the wind, dragging his three children with him without even having a meal.
Xiang Hong never dreamed that her parents-in-law would be so embarrassed.
If I didn't take the things, I would be chased back. It was Chinese New Year, and I was so angry that my eyes turned green.
When she looked again, she saw that Chen Changhai hadn't even brought back a piece of lettuce leaf, and she thought of the bold promise she had made at her mother's house.
His face was as long as a donkey's, and he didn't show any good expression to Chen Changhai.
Chen Changhai was having a hard time this year.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Changfeng, Chen Changhong, and Chen Changyan returned to their mother's home.
When he saw the radio, he grumbled jealously.
Chen Changfeng was a snob, with a stiff face, and he praised Chen Qingsong a few times.
In the past, she thought she was superior to others because she married into the county, so she always came back to preach.
Chen Changhong also went to Chen Qingyi's house and said a few good words to Zhao Xiangmei.
Want to take advantage of something.
Unfortunately...I am already full of anger.
In short, this New Year was very lively in every aspect, and Chen Qingyi even made a special call to Chen Changbo.
They were very affectionate and talked about joining the army after the New Year.
He also emphasized that he bought a radio for Old Mrs. Chen.
Chen Changbo felt relieved, but Shui Xingyanghua was unhappy throughout the year.
And when Zhao Chuande's family came.
Ouch, that's sour.
It was as if every corner of the brigade was sprinkled with Shandong Province's aged vinegar.
It is worth mentioning that when Zhao Chuande and his friends came, Old Lady Chen ran happily to the Zhao family to assist.
Unfortunately, Zhao Chuande's family was too shameless and even a needle couldn't penetrate them, so they didn't have a penny.
After dinner, he patted his butt and left.
Chen Qingyi was speechless and couldn't help but grumble to her three brothers.
"Tell me, how could our uncle be so weird?"
"Who knows?"
Chen Qingsong just kept shaking his head. After the New Year, he started to get anxious.
It is said that conscription will begin on February 20th.
There are only a few days left, and Zhao Xiangmei is worried that he won't be eating as well in the army as at home.
Try doing it in different ways during this time.
Time passed quickly, a few months went by in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, spring came and flowers bloomed, and the brigade began spring sowing.
Chen Qingyi also found a reasonable excuse to take out all the seeds in the space.
Of course, we have to pay for it. It is impossible to give away so many seeds for free.
"Uncle Captain, are you looking for me?" Chen Qingyi had just pulled back the last truck of corn seeds.
At the beginning of this spring, she and Chen Qingbai were very busy, pulling seeds and preparing fertilizers.
The captain was so busy that he was banging his head on the ground.
As soon as spring comes, we are busy building a farm, buying piglets and breeding rabbits, and asking the women in the brigade to hatch chicks.
They also organized people to dig ponds and catch fish fry in the river.
The whole team was busy.
Following Chen Qingyi's suggestion, Chen Qingbai took the initiative to prepare fertilizers and buy breeding rabbits.
The breeding rabbits are all in Chen Qingyi's space.
Now Chen Qingbai has some say in the team.
"Ah, nothing, your dad just called and said your eldest brother has finished his recruit training.
Assigned to the reconnaissance company.
I'll be able to write home in a couple of days, so don't worry.
He also said that your eldest brother performed exceptionally well and achieved outstanding results in all aspects, which made him very proud.
Feng Changxi's face was full of smiles. He was naturally happy that the young people in their team were promising.
The whole team was beaming with joy.
"That's good." Chen Qingyi took a sip of tea and smiled with her eyes curved.
Before her elder brother left, she gave him some more powerful pills.
When the whole brigade thought about the recruitment quota for his elder brother coming out, the whole brigade was in an uproar, especially those who had young men of military age at home.
He ran to Feng Changxi to ask for an explanation.
When they found out that the quota they were leaving for was not from the brigade, but was arranged by their own father, they were all devastated.
Chen Changjiang's family was the one who could not accept it the most.
Shi Lanhua somehow thought of what the old woman said on the ox cart.
He regretted it so much that his intestines turned green, and he lay on the kang groaning in discomfort.
Chen Qinggui was also depressed for several days.
Chen Qingliu locked himself up at home.
Just as I was thinking about it, Wu Fenfang passed by the door and howled loudly:
“Hurry up and go to the educated youth site to watch the fun.
Zhao Jiarou started fighting with them."
Damn, after being quiet for a whole winter, he just got upset because of a broken bone.
Chen Qingyi suddenly became energetic, her waist and legs no longer hurt, and she ran directly to the scene of eating melons.
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