They passed by Ye Li while talking.
When they passed each other, the young man's gaze stayed on Ye Li's face for a few seconds.
"Okay, stop talking so much." The man in his fifties who was walking in the front suddenly stopped and scolded, "When we get home later, you have to know what to say and what not to say."
After being scolded, the two young men looked embarrassed, and they shut their mouths without saying a word.
Only after they disappeared around the corner ahead did Ye Li retract his gaze.
"Ye Li, stop looking and leave quickly. If your mother finds out that you are here and not going home, she will definitely go crazy again." Second Aunt reminded her.
"Why do I..." Ye Li paused slightly, "Why do I feel that these two elderly men look familiar?"
"Look familiar? Do you have any poor relatives living in these mountains?" asked the second aunt.
This sentence reminded Ye Li.
...
...
"Yes." Her eyes suddenly lit up, "I have poor relatives in my family..."
I have a vague memory that my father left home when he was very young and never came back since then.
Mother Zhuang Shihong said that her father was dead and would never come back.
Later, her mother remarried her and brought her to the city, marrying Ye Jinshan.
It seemed that one year, when she came home from get off work, she saw relatives at home.
She asked her mother, who are these people?
The mother said coldly: "Stay away from your dead father's elder brother and younger brother!"
"What are they doing here?"
The mother said with disgust: "Begging for money! What else can you do besides begging for money?"
Before her rebirth, she was obedient to her mother and did whatever her mother said.
My mother hated my uncle and my uncles, so naturally she stopped contacting them.
After that, I never heard any news about my uncle again until one year when my uncle died. When our family received the news of his death, my mother didn't know what happened, but she sent fifty dollars back home.
The next year, people from my hometown sent me a lot of mountain products, including walnuts, sour dates, dried sweet potatoes and so on.
Two years later, she vaguely heard her mother complain: Why do you send these junk every year? Don’t I need those few sour dates?
Thinking of this, Ye Li felt that this group of people were most likely his uncle, aunt, and cousin.
The timing seems to match!
"Second Aunt! Can I go to your house for a while?" Ye Li asked.
"Of course you can! If you're not afraid of your hag-like mother causing trouble for you, you can go to my house anytime you want!"
"Thank you, Second Auntie!"
"Don't be polite, let's go!"
Ye Li followed the second aunt into the slum. There were many slums along the way, and Ye Li's family lived in the one closest to the innermost one.
It was not the time to get off work, so there were not many people in the alley, and not many people in the yard either.
The second aunt went into the yard first and looked around to see if there was anyone there, then she called Ye Li in.
"Second Aunt, can you help me check if the group of people just now went to my house?"
"Okay, wait here for a while."
The second aunt poured a jar of water for Ye Li and placed it on the table. Then she closed the door and went to look for Zhuang Shihong.
"Zhuang'er! Zhuang'er!"
It was bustling in Zhuang Shihong's house.
She no longer goes to work and has given her job to her daughter Ye Mei.
It was originally intended for his son Ye Chunwang, but his son has been in poor health and mood these days and has no intention of going to work.
She had to stay at home to take care of her son, so this job had to be given to Ye Mei.
Zhuang Shihong felt that it was too much of a loss, as he only earned more than 30 yuan a month!
After much thought, she decided to give the job to Ye Mei temporarily, letting her go and earn some money first and then give the money home. When her son recovered, she could take over the job.
So, she didn't go out and stayed at home to take care of her son Ye Chunwang.
Ye Chunwang has been half dead these days. He doesn't eat or drink water. His eyes are sunken and he looks like a skeleton. It's extremely scary!
She was holding her son's hand and crying when guests came to her house.
Zhuang Shihong was wondering who they were, but when he looked over, he found that it was the Guan family.
These days when relatives come to visit, it’s always bad news. One person wasn’t enough, five people came!
Ever since Guan Shipeng disappeared for no apparent reason, she remarried to Ye Jinshan with her daughter and has lost contact with Guan's family since then.
More than ten years have passed in a flash, and Guan's family has come to the city to find her with their entire family.
Zhuang Shihong was very unhappy. Her life was very peaceful now and she didn't want to have any contact with her ex-husband's family.
But, since everyone had arrived, even though she was unhappy, she still put on a stern face and poured a cup of water for each person to drink.
"Sister-in-law..."
The first person to speak was Guan Fuan, who was already in his fifties. The sun and breeze from the fields had worn him down so much that he looked older than his actual age.
"Big brother..." His younger brother Guan Ningquan realized that his address was wrong and reminded him in a low voice.
Guan Fuan reacted: "Oh, I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I'm old, and my brain isn't very sharp anymore. Have you received the things?"
"What?" Zhuang Shihong asked back.
"It's the dried sweet potatoes, cornmeal, and other things I sent to you! Last time, your sister-in-law made a pair of shoes for Li Li. I wonder if you received them?"
"Got it." Zhuang Shihong replied indifferently. She didn't want to chat with the Guan family and wanted to send them away quickly, so she asked directly, "What are you doing in the city with so many people? You are not here to see me, are you?"
"We haven't seen each other for several years. I wonder how you and Li Li are doing. We really wanted to come and see you." Guan Fuan said with a smile.
After saying that, he picked up the woven bag at his feet, brought it to Zhuang Shihong and opened the bag.
"Look, we don't have anything to bring you this time. Now the village allows people to raise chickens, so we brought two chickens with us!"
Guan Ningquan also opened his woven bag, which contained half a bag of sweet potato chips: "You know we don't have much to eat in our hometown. These sweet potato chips were dried last year. I brought them over for you. You can put some in the porridge later."
Zhuang Shihong's expression changed after seeing the two fat roosters, but he was still not that enthusiastic.
"It's not easy for you to bring this thing here from far away, so I'll accept it. If you have anything else to say, just tell me. I'll help if I can, but there's nothing I can do if I can't!"
Guan Fuan and Guan Ningquan looked at each other, and finally, Guan Fuan cleared his throat and spoke: "Shihong, we are here this time because we need your help with something! And we may have to bother you for two days..."
When he heard that they would be disturbing him for two days, Zhuang Shihong's expression suddenly changed: "What do you mean by two days? Are you going to stay here?"
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