"After dinner, I'll move my brother's things over. Tomorrow afternoon, you and Dad will take my second sister home. When my second sister starts school, we'll go to the school and ask them to give her this year's diploma. Otherwise, she'll have to go to class.
My third brother wants to play here for two days, and I happened to be going to the city to find the person who helped Zuo Heng with his schooling, and I can also help him transfer to the fifth primary school here."
"Okay, you take care of your third brother first, and we'll take your second sister back first. Will you live with her?"
"It's up to her. She can live wherever she wants, as long as she doesn't take over too much."
Mother Zhou snorted, "How dare she? You're the one running the household. If she gets lazy and doesn't work after you go back home, don't bother with her. She has to do what she's supposed to do."
Zhou Xiang felt warm inside when he saw his mother defending him, "Okay."
The mother and daughter prepared the meal and asked the three people to come and eat. When the three people entered the house, Zhou Hua was obviously a little more cheerful, and was talking and laughing with Ling Ran and Zuo Heng.
"Brother, what are you so happy about?"
"Sister, they're both really good. They know everything I can't do. Zuo Heng even said that after school starts, he and I will be in the same class, right?"
Zhou Xiang nodded, "Yes, you two are in the same class. If someone dares to bully you, you can go together."
"Okay, I have a friend with me, so I'm not afraid."
The dinner was very rich, with braised chicken, pork ribs and kelp, duck stewed with radish, steamed salted fish, shredded pork with black fungus, and stir-fried kelp, each served in a large bowl.
At the dinner table, Zhou Xiang asked his brother to pick up some food. "Brother, you don't have to be afraid here, so take whatever you want to eat. No one will block your chopsticks, and no one will knock down the food you pick up."
Zhou Hua nodded, "My sister is eating too. I'm not afraid. I'll pick it up myself."
After saying that, he picked up his favorite ribs and chicken nuggets.
Zhou Xiang felt relieved when he saw that he dared to pick up the food boldly.
Although Ling Ran was jealous that Zhou Hua received all the love and care from Zhou Xiang, he did not dare to act up. It would be bad if he was excluded from this small family. He had just spent a lot of effort to make his brother-in-law happy.
After dinner, Zhou Hua said he wanted to move his brother's bedding. Ling Ran and Zuo Heng both wanted to help. Zhou Hua also wanted to go, but was afraid.
"Brother, you stay home with mom, the three of us can go."
Zhou Hua nodded, "I'll go do my homework and wait for you to come back."
"good!"
The three of them first went to the gate to find the gatekeeper and said, "Uncle, Happy New Year!"
"Ah! It's you! Little girl, what's wrong?"
Zhou Xiang thrust a pack of cigarettes into Zuo Heng's pocket. "Uncle, we need to move the bedding back. Can you think of a way? Even a cart or push cart will do."
The old man squeezed the cigarette in his hand and said, "Look! There's a row of wheelbarrows along the wall. If you can push them, go push them!"
Ling Ran and Zuo Heng each picked up a wheelbarrow, but unfortunately neither of them knew how to push it, and Zuo Heng was too thin, so he had no choice but to put the cart down.
Ling Ran persisted. The small unicycle was not difficult for him. After pushing it for a few minutes, he mastered the technique.
Zhou Xiang gave him a thumbs up and said, "Great! Now you're pushing it properly. Okay, let's go. We can just use one cart."
When they arrived at the gate of Old Lady Liu's courtyard, it was already dark. As soon as Zhou Xiang stepped into the courtyard, he saw Xiao Hou. Humph, he must have known that his family was coming at noon, so he hid in the store to eat lunch instead of going home.
Zhou Xiang pretended not to see her and planned to go straight into the house.
"Hey! Is this Xiang Xiang? Why don't you recognize your aunt?"
Helpless Zhou Xiang immediately put on a smile and said, "Happy New Year, cousin! I came here at noon and didn't see you. I thought you went back to your parents' home. If you hadn't called me just now, I wouldn't have recognized you. Your dress is really beautiful."
You are like a butterfly. You are forty years old and still wear clothes made of pink floral fabric. How can you wear them out, old man?
"It looks great, doesn't it? I just made this and it cost me several dollars!"
"Well, it looks good, cousin mom, I'm going to go in to see grandma, I'll talk to you next time."
Zhou Xiang turned around and went into the house, no longer paying attention to Xiao Hou.
Entering the room, I saw Old Lady Liu sitting there blankly. "I'm here to sort out my third brother's things. I just heard the conversation outside. Do you have any thoughts? Humph, that's an ancestor. You'd better kick them out as soon as possible so that you can have some peace and quiet."
After saying that, he folded up the quilt and mattress on the third brother's bed. Touching the hard quilt and mattress, Zhou Xiang sighed. After packing them up, he sorted out the third brother's clothes. There were not many good clothes, and they were all very worn out.
After packing, Zhou Xiang called out to Ling Ran and Zuo Heng loudly, and the two of them came in and carried the package. No one paid any attention to Old Lady Liu. This was a cancer left over from the old society, and everyone living under her was miserable.
Zhou Xiang took the bundle of clothes, opened it in front of Old Lady Liu, and showed it to her. "Is your heart made of stone? Look at these clothes, and the quilt that was just taken out. It's almost as hard as iron. Are you blind, and blind in your heart too?"
Zhou thought about leaving the yard, put the package on the cart, and said, "Let's go!"
With Zuo Heng and Ling Ran supporting him on both sides, they pushed him away and left this heavy and silent small courtyard.
Old Mrs. Liu looked at the two empty beds in the room and felt empty inside.
The dream that my little granddaughter told me kept replaying in my ears. I realized that all the misfortunes that happened to my eldest daughter's family were caused by me.
And in his old age, it was his eldest daughter who took care of him. Not only did Liu Shan not take care of him, he even asked him to pay a toll. Haha, he even had to pay to move into his own house. Did all the money and things he had spent all these years go to waste?
Zhou Xiang didn't care what would happen to Old Lady Liu! If she kicked Liu Shan out and Liu Shan asked his employer for a house, he wouldn't be grateful to her when he got the resettlement house later.
If she didn't drive Liu Shan away, Liu Shan and Xiao Hou would still treat her the same way as in her previous life, and she should just accept it. She was the one who invited the ancestors back.
After returning to the yard of the Water Conservancy Bureau and unloading the things from the cart, Ling Ran went to return the cart. Zuo Heng wanted to help sort things out, but Zhou wanted to stop him.
"No, I'll sort it out. There are many things that can't be taken anymore."
Zuo Heng stepped back and watched Zhou Hua doing his homework.
Zhou's mother sorted out the things she had brought back with her daughter. Touching the hard quilt, Zhou's mother's eyes were red. "Last year, I went to several places to buy cotton seeds and finally got a quilt. I planned to replace your quilt for you."
Your grandmother said your third brother's quilt can no longer be used, so I had to bring it over here, but where is the quilt?"
"Humph, she's been coaxed by Xiao Hou again! After a few words of coaxing, she loses all sense of the world. The things are leaving, and she doesn't say anything nice to her, but she just endures it. Next time there are good things, Xiao Hou will coax her again, and she will be willing to accept it. From now on, just send the gifts during the holidays, and don't worry about other things, you won't get any good things."
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