As soon as Lu Zhiye put down his bowl, the second daughter of Auntie Hehua grabbed Lu Zhiye's bowl and said, "I'll get you another bowl."
Just when Lu Zhiye was about to say no, he saw the little girl running very fast. She must have inherited this swiftness from Auntie Lotus.
Hehua's heart sank when she looked at her daughter's appearance. After lunch, Lu Zhiye left first.
He Hua pulled her daughter into the house and said, "Second brother, put away your stupid thoughts."
The second daughter felt wronged: "Mom, the ladies outside said that this was the blind date you found for me."
Auntie Lotus pinched her daughter's waist and said, "Those people outside are talking nonsense all the time, don't you know better than me, huh?
Let me tell you, we can’t afford to marry her.”
The second daughter was immediately unhappy. She kicked over a small stool in the room, and the stool hit the door with a clang.
Auntie Lotus was even more angry. She slapped her daughter hard a few times and said, "I, your mother, will not harm you. Why are you losing your temper here?"
"Mother, you are biased. You brought my elder sister to the city, and now it's my turn to look at her, but you are dissatisfied with this and don't want to see that.
I finally found someone I thought was good-looking, but you say you are not worthy of her.
Is the eldest sister worthy of my brother-in-law?"
The second daughter was crying. She was only one year younger than her elder sister, and it was obviously she who chose the boy first, but in the end her mother insisted that the elder sister marry him.
Humph, she must marry someone better than the one in the county!
Hearing the second daughter's question, Auntie Lotus could no longer hold back her tears and said, "The aura of that young man today, do you think he is an ordinary person?
Your mother doesn't want you to live a good life? With your temper, you can still live with an honest man.
Your brother-in-law has taken a fancy to your sister. Can I force you to marry him?
How much favor have you received from your family since you were a child? Your younger brother may not have what you have, and your elder sister's things, you just say a word, what hasn't she given you?
You are jealous of your sister because a man didn't give way to you?"
The second daughter was so jealous that she couldn't hear what her mother was saying.
She went back to the house, packed some clothes, and said coldly, "I'm going to stay at my grandma's house for a few days!"
Then the door was slammed and the second daughter walked out without looking back.
Aunt Lotus wiped her tears and called her youngest son, "Go follow your sister and send her to your grandmother's house."
Da Zhuang looked at his mother with worry in his eyes.
Aunt Lotus felt a little more considerate.
"Go ahead, but go slowly!"
"well!"
Aunt Lotus spent the entire afternoon sorting things in the cellar, writing and drawing in a small notebook.
In fact, it was better for the second daughter to leave. After all, what they did was not allowed to be seen in public. Their daughter's son was raised in a wrong way. If she accidentally let the secret slip, the whole family would go to jail.
As evening approached, Aunt Lotus called her eldest son over.
The eldest son has already started a family and usually helps to dry the vegetables.
This time, the pile of stuff they brought weighed over a thousand kilograms.
According to the price they agreed on, it could be sold for nearly eighty yuan.
Even if a family works hard in the fields for a year, they may not be able to get this much money.
When it was completely dark at night, Lu Zhiye came to the back mountain where the two had agreed to meet.
Looking at the trickling water, Lu Zhiye sighed, the supplies were indeed richer than what they had over there.
After a while, three people came over pulling carts and carrying backpacks.
Lu Zhiye came out from behind the tree.
Auntie He Hua directed her son to unload the things and said to Lu Zhiye, "Little brother, there is another truck. Wait a minute, we will go and get it."
After that, she handed over a piece of paper: "Here are the items in this truck and their prices, take a look!"
Lu Zhiye took out a match from his pocket and lit it. With the faint light, he could clearly see the price on it.
He fished fifty dollars out of his pocket and handed it over.
Aunt Lotus wiped her hands happily and then reached out to take the money.
"Just wait, we'll be there soon!"
After watching the three people walk away, Lu Zhiye put the things into the space.
He looked at the backs of the three people and felt more and more that his guess was true.
As early as when he was at Aunt Hehua's house, he found that there was no atmosphere of laboring life in the house.
Nowadays, many older people like to smoke dry tobacco, and the house will more or less have the smell of old cigarettes.
Under the eaves where the shoes were placed, there were only shoes worn by the woman and Da Zhuang.
The fact that the three of them came to deliver things today further proves that the strong labor force in the family is no longer there.
Lu Zhiye couldn't help but admire Aunt Hehua for raising several children by herself and even building so many houses.
No wonder they started a black market business.
When Auntie Lotus sent the last of the things over and Lu Zhiye paid all the money, Auntie Lotus couldn't help but ask, "Young man, are you married?"
Lu Zhiye was confused by her question, but in order to avoid getting into trouble, he smiled and replied, "My family has already talked to me."
Auntie Lotus rubbed her hands awkwardly, and finally said, "It's dark and the road is slippery, go slowly!"
Lu Zhiye raised his hand, put the things into the space, and walked quickly towards the road.
By the time he got home on his bike, it was almost ten o'clock.
When he arrived at the door of his house, he put his bicycle into the space.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw a person squatting at the door.
Seeing the man's attire clearly, he was startled and quickly stepped forward: "Teacher Zhong, why are you here?"
Zhong Wende, who had been sleeping against the door for a while, woke up when he heard the sound.
Lu Zhiye helped him stand up: "I saw that you didn't come to study today, and I thought something might have happened. Let me come and take a look."
Lu Zhiye looked at Zhong Wende, whose lips were blue from the cold, and felt both pain and anger in his heart.
"If I don't go, you should have a good rest. It's so cold outside, what if you get sick from the cold?"
He supported Zhong Wende, who was a little stiff, into the house and heated up the kang.
Then he brought out a cup of heated spiritual spring water.
"Hurry up and drink some hot water to warm yourself up."
Zhong Wende drank the hot water and then he felt better.
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