As the saying goes, "To injure the enemy a thousand, you will also lose eight hundred of your own." Grandma Zhou looked at the injuries on her two grandsons, and tears streamed down her face.
They have many children in their family, and they have all the necessary medications. The grandmother seems to be quite good at making these things.
First, clean the wounds of the two older brothers with mercurochrome, then sprinkle on the medicine powder, and then wrap them with gauze.
Since no alcohol was used, it didn't hurt much, and neither of them changed their expressions throughout.
Bleeding areas can be bandaged up, but many areas that have been cleared of bruises may have internal injuries.
Once the clothes were off, both new and old wounds were on full display.
She was young, so they didn't try to hide it from her. Because of this, they saw the old scars on the two brothers' bodies, including dog bite marks.
No wonder she refused to take off her clothes at first. Now that the clothes were off and the wound was exposed, Grandma Zhou cried even harder.
"Why are there still dog bite marks? Those can cause rabies! How did you two get yourselves into this state?"
Zhou Xing said expressionlessly, "Ever since my dad married my stepmother, neither of us has ever had a full meal. He would rather use his own money to support the children my stepmother brought with her than have us. We had no choice but to leave, penniless, begging all the way. We were bitten by dogs because we stole their food. We weren't full, we didn't have the strength, and we couldn't outrun them. Although we were bitten, we killed those two dogs together. We got our revenge. Grandma, don't cry."
"Then...did you see a doctor? Just in case..."
Grandma Zhou gently stroked the ugly scar with a heavy heart, feeling guilty, remorseful, and heartbroken. She was overwhelmed with a mix of emotions.
"Grandma, we were lucky. We were rescued by an old Russian. He took us back to the clinic, cleaned our wounds, applied medicine, and gave us some oral pills. We don't know what they were, but look, so much time has passed and we're fine. Don't worry! It's all over now."
Seeing Grandma Zhou crying so sadly, Zhou Yue quickly comforted her.
Ajiu felt some sympathy for the two brothers as they awkwardly tried to comfort Grandma Zhou. This explained why they were so capable of fighting so fiercely.
Losing your mother is equivalent to losing all family ties.
Although they came to stay with their maternal grandparents, they were probably also afraid of being abandoned again.
When they arrived, they found that their maternal grandparents not only did not despise them, but also changed their surname to their mother's and sincerely accepted them.
We tried every means to register their household registration. Although they didn't get the land, at least the household registration was transferred, which relieved a worry.
Of course, the brothers had already begged the local household registration office to process their relocation when they were preparing to leave the forest farm, which is why the process went so smoothly.
Now they have truly settled down here.
Since I am a member of this family, I absolutely will not allow anyone to trample on me.
The brothers' actions today were aimed at eliminating any future troubles, as Zhou Xing was already planning to join the army.
He can wait at most two more years, and when he turns fifteen, he will join the army. Zhou Yue is still young and can wait at home for a few more years.
Grandpa and the others didn't finish their meal until two or three in the afternoon. They were all slightly tipsy when they went to the backyard.
Grandma rushed forward anxiously and asked, "How is it?"
Grandpa nodded, "Don't worry, the Zhou family's third branch won't be able to bother them anymore."
Before leaving, he specially asked Tao Ran and Tao An to send over two jars of wine. If you do people a favor, what can't you do?
"Brothers, we owe you a debt. If you ever come to our village again, we definitely will,"
Grandma Zhou was reminded of something by Grandpa Zhou.
“Sister-in-law, the house behind my house isn’t small. There are three main rooms, two rooms each in the east and west wings, and the yard is quite large. The backyard is also quite big, enough to grow a lot of vegetables, enough for your whole family to eat. It’s just that the house is too dilapidated and has been neglected for many years. If you think it’s dangerous, you can tear it down and rebuild it. The old man of this house just passed away two years ago, and the family is completely gone. The money for his medical treatment was paid by the village, so after he passed away, this house was mortgaged to the village. You can definitely get it for two million yuan. Do you want to go back and take a look?”
Three days later, her father followed Grandpa Zhou, who then took her, and the group rode in an oxcart to Xihe Village, which was about ten miles away from Donghua Town.
Xihe Village truly lived up to the sister's description of it as a poor place, just like Taoyuan Village. The village was filled with mud-brick houses and thatched huts, and there were even many collapsed houses. The owners of these houses were mostly gone. The village was small, with only about a hundred people.
It rained a bit these past two days, and the roads are muddy and very difficult to walk on. Even the village chief's house is just a relatively sturdy adobe house.
After explaining their purpose, the village chief frowned and said, "Old man, you can buy a house and register your household, but it's probably not easy to transfer this land. The main problem is that all the land in the village already has owners. Your land is around the town, so who would travel that far to farm it?"
“The village chief has misunderstood. We are only buying houses to register our household registration. As for the land in town, we will continue to cultivate it as usual and deal with it later.”
They had all heard Cuihua say that in a few years all this land would be taken over by the collective and managed by the collective. At that time, what would matter would be the household registration, not who cultivated the land, but how many work points were used to obtain grain.
It's just a few more years, they can wait.
Upon hearing that they only needed to register their household registration and not acquire land, the village chief immediately led them to see the house.
After careful consideration, Grandpa decided not to demolish and rebuild the house, because the foundation was quite solid. It was just that the roof was dilapidated. The roof could be repaired, the surrounding area of the house reinforced, the interior painted white, and with some careful planning, the house could be moved into directly without costing much money.
However, the courtyard wall and gate are no longer usable and will have to be rebuilt later.
Ah Jiu, who had been following without saying a word, took advantage of a moment when no one was looking and tugged at her father's hand.
"Dad, could you ask for my eldest sister if women can live in their own households? If so, could you buy a house like this for Sister Cuihua? It doesn't matter if it's small and run-down; they just don't want to go back to their old home."
Father was taken aback at first, then patted Ajiu's head.
“You’re so young, yet you worry so much. Your sister is already fifteen. If she lives separately, how will she ever get married? Let’s go back and discuss this properly. Don’t rush it.”
In the eyes of my father and mother, a girl should be married by the age of fifteen. Once she becomes the head of the household, who would dare to marry her?
The key issue these days is that as long as you can make ends meet, nobody wants to be a live-in son-in-law.
Moreover, Tang's parents are a potential problem; when it comes to such a major event as marriage, they can't possibly bypass their own parents.
Buying a house is a necessity for the Tao family, but to be honest, the three Cuihua sisters haven't reached that point yet. Even if they don't go home now, aren't they living quite well?
Why not just figure out a way when we need household registration?
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