In the evening, when Qiao Jiuwang came, Lei Hongyu kept complaining.
"We just built a new house and are going to marry a new wife soon. All the money was spent on us.
They say everywhere that we exploit them. We get all the bad reputation, while they get all the benefits.
They are such ungrateful and heartless people. They have been raised to this age in vain. Now they live in a new house, have a new wife, and eat and drink the best food without even thinking about their old father at home.
Look at you. You always blamed me for being harsh on them. Do they take you seriously? ”
Qiao Jiuwang's eyes were filled with darkness. "Come on, come on, why are you staring at me all day? If you have so much free time, follow me to the fields tomorrow. I'll see if you still have the energy to chatter here in a day."
Lei Hongqi's neck stiffened. "Do I want to keep an eye on them? Do you think I want to? The whole village is talking bad about me. When I go out to pick some vegetables, people point fingers at me.
Tell me honestly, where did they lose?
Now I have a wife and a house, but Jianhua is still living with others in Lijiagou. We two old men need to be independent. Which man would be willing to suffer such an injustice?
Forget about Jianhua, there’s no sign of my Jianguo’s wife, so what can I say?
Who is the one who suffers the loss in this family? I am so angry and my reputation has been ruined. Won't it be even more difficult for me, Jianguo, to find a wife in the future? ”
The more he thought about Lei Hongqi, the angrier he got. He slammed his chopsticks and couldn't eat anymore.
Qiao Jianguo seemed not to have heard Lei Hongyu's complaints. He just wanted to live a life of idleness and wait for death, and didn't consider anything else.
I practiced picking food here and there with the chopsticks, but once I put the chopsticks down I didn't want to eat anymore.
"What are you eating today? I'm still a patient. I'm eating sweet potato rice today. Forget about the sweet potato rice. Look for yourself, it's mostly sweet potatoes.
It's been a long time since I last had meat, and you still blame me for not being good enough. I eat this stuff all day long and my face has turned green. How can I keep my body healthy? ”
Lei Hongqi snatched his chopsticks away and said, "Eat it or not, I don't think you are hungry. If you are really hungry, you will even rush to eat rotten water!"
Qiao Jianguo was not angry. He said to Lei Hongqi, "Mom, stop staring at other people's houses. We haven't sorted out the things in our own house yet. If you don't have anything to do, quickly catch some chickens and ducks to raise. At worst, you can pick up a few eggs to smell the scent."
Lei Hongqi glared, "It's easy to say, but where's the money? Are you going to pay for it? You don't want to eat sweet potato rice? All the millet in this house has been sold out. If you don't eat sweet potato rice, what else can you eat?"
Qiao Jianguo didn't believe that his parents had no money. If the family was really poor, when Qiao Jiuwang first came home, he would have asked the eldest and second sons to take out the money.
With a roll of his eyes, he quickly came up with a solution.
According to the local custom, a married girl cannot give birth or recuperate at her parents' home, otherwise her parents' home will suffer bad luck.
He said with a playful smile, "Mom, I'm not doing this for myself, you see, my third sister-in-law is going to give birth after the New Year, right?
You are going to move in before the New Year. If you don’t raise some chickens and ducks now, what will you eat during your confinement period? What will your grandchildren eat?
If the Li family knew that you had no preparations, they would make things difficult for my brother, and in the end, it would be my brother who would suffer. ”
Qiao Jiuwang agreed with this, "Given the current situation at home, we can't let anything go wrong with Jianhua. Jianguo is right, let's buy a few cats to raise tomorrow.
These few years are a critical period for Jianhua. The family will be counting on him in the future. He is also counting on Li Sanfadai now, so we can't hold him back. ”
Qiao Jianguo said quickly, "Yes, yes, yes, my dad has a long-term vision. It's better to buy two or three pounds of the kind that can lay eggs as soon as you buy it. It's just right for me to supplement..."
Qiao Jiuwang ignored Qiao Jianguo and with his eyelids drooped, he warned Lei Hongqi, "You should be quiet these few days and don't make any more trouble, otherwise the spit of Gaoshi Village will drown people.
After all, we are the elders. When the eldest son's wife comes into the family, they have to come and sit with us. We should do whatever we want and are not allowed to come to our place.
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