It snowed heavily during the Chinese New Year.
The happiest thing is for the whole family to spend the New Year together.
The room was full of thirteen people, ten adults and three children.
"Good mother-in-law, tell us a story!"
Liang Guoguo led Xiaoxiao to lie on Qiu Zhen's lap together.
She was folding gold ingots in her hands and teased him, "You can tell me stories, but you have to use your lucky money to buy them. One story costs fifty cents."
Guoguo thought about it and said proudly, "Okay!"
Then he took out a dollar and said, "Let's listen to two!"
Haopo smiled even brighter, the light reflecting on her protruding cheekbones.
"Once upon a time, there was a family whose mother and father both went to work..."
Children in almost every household have been frightened by the horror story of the wild man eating children.
Qiuhua walked around with Fanfan in her arms. This year, Xiaojuan took over the job of making egg dumplings.
Everyone in Hetou Village knew that Qiuhua had a child named Fanfan.
They also knew that Qiuhua's belly had never been big.
Everyone tacitly kept silent about this matter, just thinking that this was Liang Genfa and Qiu Zhen's granddaughter.
Dinner hadn't started yet, and everyone gathered together to eat melon seeds and drink tea.
Liang Genfa took out a cigarette from his pocket and sniffed it. The faint smell of smoke entered his nose, refreshing his mind.
"Dad, I don't want to take over." Xiaohua said.
It was snowing quietly outside the house, and Liang Genfa felt a chill in his heart. He looked at the children having fun and coughed lightly to ease his mood.
"Why don't you take over?" he asked.
"I just don't want to take over!" Xiaohua turned his head away.
Liang Genfa looked a little embarrassed, and Guoguo happened to come over and put winter melon candy into his mouth.
"Dad, I don't eat cigarettes, I eat winter melon candy."
He touched Guoguo's head, his expression relaxed, and he nodded: "Okay, eat winter melon candy, you too."
"Xiaohua, why don't you take over? Dad certainly can't accept your incoherent words. Tell me what you think clearly." Wu Xin said.
Xiaohua has always respected his brother-in-law. He thought about it and seemed to muster up the courage.
"Dad, I want to give the job to Xiaowu."
As soon as the words were spoken, the whole family fell silent. The quiet in the house was only enhanced by the sound of falling snow outside.
Liang Xiaohua is eighteen years old this year, and his life began at the age of nine.
Before the age of nine, you are ignorant. After the age of nine, you become mature.
The sound of firecrackers that year was like a vicious dog chasing and biting him. Xiaohua ran year after year, and simply stopped to look into those sharp and ferocious eyes, unable to let go.
Guoguo broke the bowl in his hand with a "bang", breaking the silence. His little mouth pouted as if he was about to cry. Xiaojuan and Qiuhua were busy cleaning up, adding to the panic for a moment.
Liang Genfa cleared his throat and said, "Can I just give up my job? Xiaowu is not my son, how could the factory agree to this?"
Xiaohua seemed to have anticipated this result and understood what his father said, but he just wanted to be stubborn.
Wu Xin patted his shoulder. He shook himself and wiped his hair with his hand in annoyance.
"What about Xiaowu?" he asked.
"Xiaohua, you are not responsible for his life. Some things are in the past," said Wu Xin.
"No, brother-in-law, this matter has not passed. It can't be over." He looked at Wu Xin, his eyes filled with heaviness, forbearance and pain.
"Every time I see his face, I get scared, not because of the face itself, but because it reminds me that I ruined Xiaowu's life.
That’s right, if Xiaowu’s face hadn’t been burned, he wouldn’t have been so successful. But now that his face is ruined, he’s definitely going to have a hard time!
"Xiaohua," Luo Zhen, who was sitting at the side and listening attentively, finally couldn't help but speak, "Having a good life doesn't depend on one's appearance. There are too many disabled people in this world.
You are a good child. This happened so many years ago. You don’t have to keep getting stuck in it. You were just a nine-year-old child back then.
It's right that you want to help Xiaowu, and we all understand that. But what Dad said is that without blood relationship, the factory will not agree to Xiaowu taking over.
There must be other ways to help him. Have you asked him what he thinks?"
Xiaohua blinked his eyes. This reminded him that he had always indulged Xiaowu over the years, thinking of ways to compensate him, and now he was even worried about his work without even asking for his opinion.
"Silly boy, it seems you know nothing." Erhua slapped him on the forehead.
"Alright, let's talk about it after the New Year. What's the point of making such a heavy statement today?"
At this point, the whole family stood up to help serve the dishes. The lid of the pot was opened, and the hot steam rushed to the roof, making the New Year atmosphere a little stronger.
"Eight Treasure Rice! Eight Treasure Rice!" Xiaoxiao clapped her hands and shouted.
The little fish suddenly jumped onto the table and stared at it eagerly.
She stretched out a finger and wanted to poke it, but Luo Zhen took her little hand away. She giggled and looked expectant.
Qiuhua mixed the eight-treasure rice with chopsticks, scooped two spoonfuls into a small bowl and handed it to her.
"Aunt is the best, the best!" Xiaoxiao called sweetly.
"What about me?" Chunhua pretended to be angry.
With her mouth stuffed with sweet eight-treasure rice, Xiao Niangyu said crisply, "Auntie, please give me some New Year's money!"
"You are so sweet-talking!" Chunhua pinched her little nose.
After dinner, Erhua drove his Santana to take Luo Zhen and Xiaoxiao home, and Qiuhua and his wife stayed there.
Qiu Zhen carried Fanfan back to her room, and the little guy was sleeping soundly.
Liang Gen got on the bed with his feet burning, and only lay down after looking at Fanfan.
"What do you think we should do about Xiaowu's problem?" asked the old man.
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