With the tough-minded Chen Hongxing around, the Meng family's plan for the old house failed.
After having a hearty but tasteless lunch here, my cousins and their wives left dejectedly with a group of children.
After the people left, Chen Hongxing pinched Meng Chenglin twice in anger, blaming him for having a bunch of relatives who only wanted to take advantage of her family.
Meng Chenglin had nothing to refute. After being pinched, he smiled for a long time, and the matter was finally over.
People visit their elders on the first day of the New Year, girls go back home on the second day, and people only visit friends and relatives to pay New Year’s greetings casually after the third day.
This Spring Festival, there are not many families in the village where Meng Sheng's family can visit to pay New Year's greetings.
After all, those who were close to them in the past were either killed by Feng Yijia and Meng Sheng, or left Mengjia Village.
The family took some things and went to the homes of several village cadres to sit down and chat, and the New Year greetings in the village were over.
On the fourth day of the New Year, at Chen Hongxing's insistence, the family went to the county.
Her reason was very good: "On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, we welcome the God of Wealth, and we have so many shops.
We have to open the doors anyway to welcome the God of Wealth in, so we can continue to make a fortune this year."
Since it was about making money, everyone in the family, except Meng Sheng and his wife, was extremely concerned about it.
It’s not okay to welcome him at home, for fear that the God of Wealth will only recognize the door and not the person.
Mengjia Village is a poor and remote place, so no matter how much wealth it has, it is limited.
His parents and brothers were all going to the county, so Meng Sheng discussed with Feng Yijia about going together.
“Put all the valuables in your storage bag, and you won’t have to worry about people coveting your mud-walled houses.
There must be a lot of activities in the county during the Spring Festival. Let’s go and see the excitement.
There are a few new employees in the store who have to meet the boss lady, Lao Tao who collects the medicine, Director Ge, and Xiao Chen.
You haven't been to the county for a long time, and you haven't even seen our new yard. Can we stay out for a while before coming back?"
A few months passed, and the psychological trauma of being kidnapped in broad daylight was almost gone. Thinking of her father who was sleeping most of the time due to the cold weather, Feng Yijia nodded in agreement.
So early in the morning on the fourth day of the New Year, the whole family went to the city together.
The weather has been rare and good these days. The sun is shining every day. Although the temperature has not risen yet, a lot of snow has melted everywhere.
However, the road became more difficult to walk on, as if it had been soaked by days of rain. Every step would bring up a thick layer of mud.
The mountain road was slippery and rugged, and it was still difficult to use ox carts, mule carts, bicycles, etc. This time, I had to travel on foot.
Passing by the vegetable fields outside the village, Chen Hongxing looked at the radishes, cabbages, green vegetables, coriander, etc. standing in the snow, her eyes full of heartache.
The meat can be stored, but it is inconvenient to buy it in the village, so she leaves it all at home for her son and daughter-in-law to eat. She doesn't feel reluctant to do so.
But the two of them could never finish eating all the vegetables they had grown to feed the livestock. The prodigal son even slaughtered all the chickens and ducks, not to mention that he would catch piglets to raise. In the end, the large area of vegetables would probably only be left to rot in the fields.
But when they went to the county town, the whole family would have to pay for food, which made her feel so sorry for herself.
With money, Chen Hongxing's stinginess has improved a lot, but she still can't stand waste.
Finally, in addition to the packages brought from home, everyone carried an extra bag of vegetables in their hands before continuing their journey towards the county.
Of course, Feng Yijia was an exception. Meng Sheng was hung with packages but he didn't let his wife carry anything.
If he hadn't been concerned about his parents and brothers who were traveling with him, he would have carried them out of the mountain on his back.
Now I can only watch my daughter-in-law walking with difficulty in the mud.
The mountain road was difficult to walk on, and there were more than just them leaving the village that day.
Along the way, I met two groups of people visiting relatives and friends, and two groups of people who were in a hurry to go out to do business with large and small bags like them.
After Mrs. Meng and her family went to the provincial capital a few years ago, many people in the village became full of confidence and were eager to run away.
Some people actually managed to gain a foothold outside.
Feng Yijia, who seldom went out, heard that the son and daughter-in-law of Zhang Pozi, the matchmaker they hired for their wedding, went to the city to fry Sanzi and pea cakes and sell them, earning more than ten yuan a day.
There is also the eldest son of Chen Feng's family in the village. He sells rice cakes in the city and his business is said to be very good.
Feng Yijia and his friends met two waves of people going to the county town. One wave was Chen Feng's son and daughter-in-law, and the other wave was the adults and children left behind by the eldest branch of the Meng family.
Meng Chenglin looked at the group of people ahead of him, the older ones dragging the younger ones along in a panic as they hurried along. He frowned and hurried over to greet them, "Nephew, where are you going with your family?"
Nephew Meng Jie had already noticed his second uncle's family catching up from behind. They were walking slowly with their children and were getting impatient from the rush. When he heard the question, he tightened the backpack straps on his shoulders with both hands and replied in a gloomy tone, "We have to go to the provincial capital, right?
There's no one to take care of the child, and we can't rely on our uncle, so we have no choice but to take him to the city."
Meng Chenglin felt a little guilty for not being able to help his nephew. Hearing this, he stammered and didn't know what to say.
Chen Hongxing couldn't stand her husband being like this, and was about to say something when she saw her niece-in-law shaking her little son up on her back, and came forward and said with a smile, "Uncle, Aunt, Meng Jie is not a man of his words.
Please be magnanimous and don't bother with him."
After that, he said enthusiastically: "Uncle, aunt, are you going to the county town?
Tomorrow is the fifth day of the New Year, and Meng Chao may have to go to work. Why are the others rushing into the city at this time?
It's only been a few days since the New Year and the roads are still difficult to travel on. It would be a real torture to go out at this time.
Look at our family. Damao just fell down and his clothes and pants are covered in mud.
If it weren't for our parents pressing us hard, and a bunch of kids rushing to find a school so as not to miss the start of school, we would have had to wait a few days before leaving."
When Meng Chenglin heard this, he asked hurriedly, "Why did you leave without telling me?
Is your home settled?
What about the fields?"
Meng Jie's wife felt that her honest second uncle had changed. She wanted to know what the family was doing in the city now, but from what he said, it seemed that he didn't want to help but wanted to take advantage of his family?
Thinking of this, the smile on his face faded a little, and he replied, "I've asked my neighbors to look after the house, and I've asked someone to cultivate the fields.
Just collect some food when the time comes.
I originally wanted to entrust all of this to my second uncle, but since he's so busy at home that he doesn't even have time to cook for the children, I won't bother you anymore."
After saying that, he turned around and strode forward with his back to the person.
Meng Jie led the child to follow without saying a word.
Meng Chenglin stared at him, his face gradually becoming tense.
His parents are estranged from him, his brother looks down on him, and now his nephews and their wives are all disrespecting him.
Chen Hongxing and her children saw that he looked unhappy, but did not try to comfort him.
I wish I could come more often so that people will completely lose their trust in the first wife.
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