Chapter 65 Brother Dongsheng is back
Song Zhi was not very happy to receive Bai Taotao's praise.
He stared at her bright red lips for a while...
She thought, if she really wanted to praise him, she would have to show some substance, right?
Like, take a bite of him or something?
But this was on a busy street.
Song Zhi sighed softly.
Well, I can’t eat it anyway.
"Do you want me to wait with you?" Song Zhi asked Taotao.
Taotao nodded.
Song Zhi thought for a moment, "Has your sister encountered any difficulties?"
——After spending almost a year together, he knew Taotao’s personality very well. If it wasn't necessary, she didn't want to stay by his side all the time. Now she asked him to wait together, probably because something happened to her sister.
Tao Tao did not hide it from him and told him in a few words, then said angrily: "How can this man be so mean! He even has the nerve to pester my third sister! Song Zhi, let's wait here. If he knows what's good for him, he can just explain it to my sister and let it go... If he dares to pester my sister, we will beat him up!"
Song Zhi frowned.
After a while, Bai Lili rushed out from the corner crying. Suddenly she saw Taotao and Song Zhi standing at the door of the guesthouse. She was frightened at first, then without saying a word, she lowered her head and rushed into the yard of the guesthouse.
Xu Jianhua caught up with her, "Li Li——"
Song Zhi stopped Xu Jianhua.
Xu Jianhua was stunned.
Tao Tao stared at Xu Jianhua and said coldly: "Wang Huixin is back, you should go find your real partner!"
Xu Jianhua said anxiously: "Taotao, I, I know I'm a bastard, I want to explain to your sister..."
"No need," Tao Tao said loudly, "If you don't want to be beaten, you'd better leave immediately! Humph! You didn't see with your own eyes how my mother taught Xu Fengjuan a lesson... I'm doing this for your own good, and I advise you to leave now. Otherwise, when my mother comes back and knows that you bullied my sister like this, she won't let you go. Get out now!"
Xu Jianhua, "Taotao, I, I really like your sister! I, I have no relationship with Wang Huixin anymore!"
"You have nothing to do with Wang Huixin anymore? Then why did you name my sister 'Huixin'? You like my sister? What do you like about her? Do you like that she looks like Wang Huixin? Xu Jianhua, you are disgusting!" Taotao said angrily.
Song Zhi also said to Xu Jianhua: "Go away quickly, Bai Lili doesn't want to talk to you or see you."
Xu Jianhua's eyes were red.
Taotao pushed him, "Go away! Go away! Don't show up in front of my sister!"
Xu Jianhua was pushed and staggered.
At this time, Bai Lili had already run up the stairs...
Xu Jianhua raised his eyes and stared at Bai Lili running in the corridor on the third floor for a while, then she opened the door, entered the room, and closed the door heavily.
He just stood there stupidly.
Song Zhi said to Tao Tao: "Let's go and ignore him."
Taotao glared at Xu Jianhua and went upstairs with Song Zhi. As soon as she opened the door, Taotao saw Lili lying on the bed, hugging the pillow and crying loudly.
Taotao sighed.
My third sister's love life has indeed been a bit bumpy.
First, she had a crush on Jiang Hongzhi but it didn't work out. Then, when she came to the city, she met a scumbag like Xu Jianhua...
Taotao sat next to her sister and, without saying a word, gently stroked Lili's back over and over again.
Lili burst into tears. It was getting late, the light was getting dim, and there was no light in the room. She started to choke up while crying, and finally fell into a deep sleep.
Taotao waited for a while and made sure her sister was asleep. Then she gently pulled the quilt over her sister and covered her with it. Then she picked up the braised pork head, braised duck, braised eggs and other things that she and her sister had packed back and tiptoed out of the house.
She stood in the corridor and looked down, and Xu Jianhua was no longer at the door of the guesthouse.
Song Zhi's door was open and the light was on. Taotao walked over with the lunch box and saw her mother Tang Liren standing in Song Zhi's room. The two were talking and Tang Liren's expression was not very good.
Seeing Taotao coming over with a lunch box, Tang Liren asked, "Where's your sister?"
"She's asleep." Tao Tao said, "Let her sleep for a while. Maybe she won't be in such a bad mood when she wakes up. Mom, let's go eat first, and then I'll get some food for Third Sister to eat."
Tang Liren, "Manager Xu's son came to see her just now? And he deceived her feelings?"
Taotao nodded.
Tang Liren cursed, "Just don't let me see him!"
Song Zhi stood up and said, "Aunt, let's go eat first!" As he said that, he took the lunch box from Taotao.
The three of them went downstairs to eat.
They bought rice and vegetables in the canteen of the guesthouse, and ate them with the braised meat in big mouthfuls. They could taste the aroma of meat, but they felt unhappy knowing that Bai Lili had met such an emotional cheater.
Tao Tao suddenly remembered something and asked Tang Liren, "Mom, did you and Xiao Zhuzi gain anything today?"
Tang Liren, "That was very smooth! Who would buy a house now? So when the people from the Housing Authority heard that Zhujun wanted to buy a house, the whole unit was shocked! They also basically understood Zhujun's situation. After all, Song County is not that big! I lied and said that Zhujun is my distant niece... Then they introduced several houses to her. Zhujun and I went to see them. She liked a small courtyard with a private entrance and a courtyard. It had a total of three rooms and cost 750 yuan... Zhujun could only afford 600 yuan, so I simply lent her 200. She was so happy that she pulled me and almost called me mom!"
Taotao was also very happy, "Mom, when our family has money in the future, we can buy a house in the city, so we don't have to stay in a guesthouse every time we come!"
Tang Liren scolded, "You are the one who eats the meat in the bowl, but drools when you see others swallowing the chaff! Zhujun and her brother have no place to live, and now they are... to put it bluntly, they are sleeping on the street! It was the urban management who felt sorry for them and didn't drive them away! They had no choice but to buy a house! They are still in debt!"
When Song Zhi heard the first sentence, he immediately picked up a piece of braised pork head with chopsticks and put it into Taotao's bowl.
Tang Liren continued to nag, "You still want a house here and a house there, don't you have a place to live? Isn't our house big enough for you to live in?"
Taotao pouted, unhappy. "Why can't I buy a few more houses and live wherever I want? It's so nice to live in the countryside in the summer, it's so cool! I also want to live in the city in the winter, it's so comfortable to take a hot shower!"
Tang Liren: ...
"Oh, you're the one who told me that... That's true. It's so comfortable to live in the city in winter!" Tang Liren sighed, then thought about it and felt that something was wrong. "But where can I find money to live in the city? Living in the city is not like living in the countryside. You drink well water and eat vegetables grown in your own garden... In this city, you have to pay for water and buy vegetables..."
Song Zhi whispered to Tao Tao: "Let's go to Kyoto and buy a house, a bigger one, and bring your parents over too..."
Taotao, "How much does a house in Kyoto cost?"
Song Zhi thought for a moment and said, "If we want to buy a house as big as yours, it will probably cost several thousand dollars...or we can buy two small houses next to each other."
Tao Tao did some calculations. "Xiao Zhuzi and I usually only make a dozen or twenty yuan a month. Selling clothes is our biggest income this time, but we can only make more than five hundred yuan in three months! Oh, it's so hard to make money!"
Song Zhi smiled, "Don't worry."
Taotao glanced at him sideways.
——Something seems to be wrong? !
She saw that the boss's face was suspiciously flushed, his eyes were a little wandering, he didn't dare to look her in the eye, and his lips were tightly pursed... as if he was trying hard not to laugh?
After the three of them finished their meal, they made another portion of hot rice and a vegetarian dish for Lili, and then returned to the room.
Lili had already passed her most tired time. When Taotao and Tang Liren came back, she woke up, hugged the quilt and sat up, calling for her mother and sister in a hoarse voice...
Tang Liren felt so distressed when she saw Lili’s red and swollen eyes.
But just now in the cafeteria, Taotao advised her mother not to mention Xu Jianhua's matter at this time... when Lili was feeling the most uncomfortable, and to wait until she calmed down.
So Tang Liren tried hard to pretend she knew nothing and said, "Lili, get up and eat!"
Taotao handed over a cup of warm water, Lili took it and drank it, then held the lunch box and ate slowly.
Cheng Zhujun came over to Taotao excitedly, carrying a backpack on her back. "Sister Taotao! Sister Lili... Look! What did I bring for you!"
Tao Tao smiled and said, "The little rich lady is here!"
Cheng Zhujun blushed, "What rich woman? If it weren't for my aunt helping me today, I, I wouldn't be able to buy the house directly!"
Lili was surprised and her attention was immediately diverted. "You bought a house?"
Cheng Zhujun nodded happily, wanting to laugh, and her eyes turned red again, "My brother and I will move in tonight..."
Tang Liren asked quickly, "Are you a little anxious?"
Cheng Zhujun, "We won't move our stuff yet, we'll just go over there and sleep for a night. We're living in a shack now, with no walls to protect us from the wind and rain, and we're always woken up by the bone-chilling cold in the middle of the night by those asbestos tiles. Even though the house over there hasn't been cleaned up yet, at least it has a wall, a door, and a bed frame. It's much better than sleeping on the floor!"
Lili was really happy for Cheng Zhujun, "That's great, is your house nice?"
Cheng Zhujun's eyes lit up. "It looks great! There are three rooms in total. One is used as a living room, and my brother and I can sleep in one room each! But my brother is still young, so we can just sleep in one room, and then free up one room to store the goods I bought..."
"Sister Lili, my yard is not big, but I have thought about it. I will open a small vegetable garden in the corner of the yard and grow some onions, garlic, peppers, tomatoes and so on. I will also raise two chickens and two ducks... Too many won't do. I can't take care of them all. Two chickens and two ducks are just right. As long as my brother can have a boiled egg every day, or the two of us can have a bowl of scrambled duck eggs with chives, that's enough!"
"Why do I feel like the days are getting more and more promising?" Cheng Zhujun became more and more excited the more he spoke.
Lili, "It's a pity that we have already bought tickets to go home tomorrow, so we can't stay and help you clean up the house..."
Cheng Zhujun smiled and said, "It's okay. Wait until after the New Year, then you can come to the city. Don't spend money to stay in a guesthouse! Just stay at my house! I will have packed everything by then... Hey, you see, I was so busy showing off that I forgot I had something important to do with you! Sister Lili, look..."
As she spoke, Cheng Zhujun dumped her backpack on the ground, and out rolled out a lot of things tied up with old newspapers.
Lili asked curiously, "What are these?"
Cheng Zhujun, "Didn't you give me a list last night? I went to find the ingredients you wanted. There was a peddler who stocked up a lot of these things. He said, he will give you everything on your list! In addition, he has these things... He has tied them up and written his name on the newspaper. Take a look at these things and see if you want them. If you do, he will pack them tonight and send them to the bus station for you tomorrow morning!"
Cheng Zhujun then explained, "It's the New Year's Day now, and many peddlers are in a hurry to clear out their inventory, so they are desperately trying to ship out the goods. Lili, if you want these, don't worry, I will help you lower the price."
Lili became interested. She finished her meal in a few bites, squatted on the ground and looked through all the ingredients carefully. Then she discussed the quantity and weight with Cheng Zhujun. The two of them were busy until after 8 o'clock in the evening before they finished.
Cheng Zhujun said she was leaving, and Tang Liren was worried, "Zhujun, let me take you there!"
Cheng Zhujun declined quickly, "No, no, this is all my territory. Besides, it's almost the New Year, there are night markets in the city every day, and there are a lot of people outside, don't worry about me, auntie, thank you very much... I'm leaving! Tomorrow morning, I have an appointment with the butcher's wife to deliver the goods to the bus station, auntie, don't be late!"
Having said that, Cheng Zhujun ran away quickly.
Tang Liren sighed, "This motherless child has already become the head of the family!"
Taotao was very envious of Cheng Zhujun, "Mom, I want to buy a house too!"
Tang Liren: Come again?
Just about to scold——
Lili also said, "Yes, I also want to have my own house... like ours, with a yard! Planting some melons, fruits, vegetables, flowers, etc. in the yard would be so comfortable!"
Tang Liren couldn't bear to scold him anymore, and after a long while she said hesitantly, "Well, I also want to buy a house in the city!"
The mother and her two daughters laughed.
Tang Liren and Taotao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that Lili's mood had improved.
The next morning, the mother and her two daughters and Song Zhi got up early and packed their luggage. Song Zhi went to check out, while Tang Liren took the time to buy breakfast at the canteen of the guesthouse.
Seeing a large basket of fresh fried dough sticks just out of the pot in the canteen, and thinking that she couldn't bear to use oil to fry the dough sticks at home... Tang Liren waved her hand generously and took all the fried dough sticks in the basket, and also bought a few meat buns and other things.
Everyone hurried to the bus station.
Song Zhi brought the ugly cart he had put together.
Arrived at the bus station——
Cheng Zhujun was already here, and standing next to her were the butcher's wife who was waiting to pay the bill, the grain and oil merchant's wife, the peddler selling dry goods and food ingredients from the north and south, and so on.
At Cheng Zhujun's feet, there was a mountain of goods piled up!
Two large bags of rice, two large bags of flour, and a tightly tied sack... Anyone with discerning eyes would know that there was half a live pig inside! In addition, there were seven or eight sacks of various sizes! Let’s also look at the things Taotao and Lili bought on the street yesterday…
It looks like it can fill up the entire bus!
At that moment, Cheng Zhujun gave Tang Liren a quote on the price of rice, flour, and live pigs.
Then she explained everything to Tang Liren: she asked the grain and oil shop owner for two catties of millet, two catties of glutinous rice, and two catties of yellow rice as a gift; she also asked the butcher for a whole set of pig offal as a gift; as for the northern and southern dried goods, she asked the peddler for a catty of red dates, a catty of longan, and a catty of kelp as a gift...
And the price is quite fair!
Tang Liren was extremely happy, and the small business owners who received the money were also very happy - it was rare to see someone so generous.
While Tang Li was calculating the bill and paying the money, Song Zhi was moving the goods onto the roof of the bus one by one. It took him almost half an hour to finally tie all the things firmly to the roof and cover them with tarpaulin.
However, the bus conductor was quite unhappy. He stared at Song Zhi with his eyes wide open and made some indirect accusations, saying that your luggage is too much and too heavy, and it costs a lot of gas, blah blah blah...
Song Zhi pretended not to hear and sat in his seat with a calm and steady mind, as steady as a rock.
Tang Liren finished her work and said goodbye to Cheng Zhujun with her daughters. After getting on the bus, she heard the conductor's muttering. She quickly handed two fried dough sticks to the conductor and the bus driver, and said a lot of nice things...
The conductor and the driver finally shut up. After eating the delicious greasy dough sticks, the bus started and slowly drove out of the bus station.
Bai Lili sat by the window, looking at the scenery out the window.
She suddenly saw the haggard Xu Jianhua? !
——He stood at the exit of the long-distance bus station, staring at Bai Lili who was sitting by the window. His eyes were red and he seemed to have a thousand words to say.
Bai Lili turned her head away, unwilling to look at him.
Xu Jianhua ran after the bus for a few steps, and seemed to be shouting "Bai Lili" loudly...
Bai Lili didn't want to look back.
Xu Jianhua stared blankly at the bus going farther and farther away.
He squatted down dejectedly, holding his head and crying.
As the weather was cold, everyone squeezed into the bus without opening the windows, so the carriage was a bit stuffy.
Taotao felt so greasy and bored after eating the fried dough sticks that she leaned on Song Zhi and fell asleep. Tang Liren and Lili, who were sitting in the back row, snuggled up to each other and fell asleep.
The bus was shaking until about five in the afternoon, when it finally stopped near Ruyi Village.
Song Zhi got out of the car first, said hello to Tan Fenghui and Xing Xing who were already waiting on the roadside, then climbed up the ladder from the back of the car to the roof and threw all the sacks of various sizes on the roadside...
The shuttle bus then shakily left again.
Tan Fenghui and Xingxing received the news one day in advance and brought a total of three empty baskets.
As soon as they saw Lili, they asked her what had happened. Lili didn't want to talk about Xu Jianhua, so she just talked about what happened in the state-owned restaurant.
Tan Fenghui and Xingxing were both angry and distressed, and they comforted Lili for a long time...
Then, they saw that Song Zhi had unloaded so many things on the roadside? !
It makes people happy and worried at the same time!
Tan Fenghui, "Oh my God, Mom! What did you buy? So much!"
Xing Xing, "Is this rice? And this one... oh, it's soft, is it pork?"
Tang Liren smiled and said, "Okay, okay, quickly divide it up and we'll carry it back on our shoulders! Everyone is a little tired today, but we can have a prosperous new year!"
On the other side, Song Zhi had already finished his two-wheeled cart and was putting the heaviest 100 kilograms of rice, 100 kilograms of flour and half a live pig on the wooden tray of the cart. He said to Tang Liren, "Aunt, I'll leave the rest to you and my sister-in-law."
As he said this, he tied up the goods with a hemp rope and tied them tightly. Then he became a boatman, put one end of the rope on his shoulder, and walked forward while shouting, "Taotao, Xingxing, stop carrying the things. Hold on to me from behind and keep your balance. Also, turn on the flashlights!"
Taotao and Xingxing responded and jumped after him.
Tang Liren, Tan Fenghui and Lili divided the remaining goods equally on the shoulder poles and baskets, and the three of them each carried a load and followed.
Song Zhi struggled forward while pulling the cargo weighing three or four hundred kilograms.
It was particularly hard when going up the mountain. He gritted his teeth and pulled in front, while Taotao and Xingxing pushed desperately at the back. When going down the mountain, the three of them had to work together to pull the rope and follow the cart to prevent the cart from overturning due to the heavy cargo... At the same time, they had to pay attention to the bumpy mountain road. Sometimes the wheels got stuck in the cracks of the rocks, and the three of them had to push hard to overcome the difficulties.
Tang Liren, Tan Fenghui and Lili were not much better.
Each of them was carrying something weighing at least 40 to 50 kilograms. Song Zhi and his team were in front, running faster than them, and had flashlights in their hands. It was pitch dark on the mountain, and it would be very unsafe if they fell behind, so they had to chase after them with all their might.
Just like this, everyone was competing with each other, although it was very hard work, but when they thought about buying so many things for their family, they would not only be able to have a prosperous New Year, but also live a good life with enough food to eat in the coming year!
Everyone was sweating profusely, and everyone was smiling.
In this way, when everyone arrived home, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening.
Bai Zhenggan ordered Huang Dou to go to the foot of the mountain early in the morning to invite Aunt Bai Er to come and cook dinner. The dinner was ready, but it was cold. He called on Hongdou to light the lanterns, illuminating the main room and the courtyard. Thinking that the time was about right, he slowly, with the help of his crutches, took his grandchildren to the kitchen and instructed them to boil water.
——When the weather gets cold, it will be so comfortable for our family members to wash their faces with hot water when they come back!
At that moment, Song Zhi took the lead and pulled the cart to the door of the house. He then untied the rope and breathlessly unloaded bag after bag of rice, flour, live pigs, etc. into the yard.
Next, Tang Liren, Tan Fenghui and Lili also came into the yard, sweating profusely, carrying their loads on their shoulders.
Bai Zhenggan looked at the pile of supplies in the yard and was stunned. "Are you... moving the supply and marketing cooperative back here?"
Taotao screamed excitedly, "Dad! We bought a lot of things! Rice, flour, and even half a pig!"
Lili was also excited, "Dad! We also bought a lot of other things, including food, clothing and daily necessities!"
Bai Zhenggan looked at Lili and asked with concern, "What kind of injustice did you suffer in the city?"
——Originally he thought his daughter was sick or something, but now he saw that Lili still had the strength to carry the load! It can be seen that it is not because of illness, but because he was wronged.
Lili's eyes turned red, "I, I..."
Tang Liren, "Boss, is there any hot water?"
Bai Zhenggan said, "Yes! There is hot water...hot water made from red beans and yellow beans! Who should wash their faces first, or who should take a bath first? Hey, I'm going to heat up some food!"
Tan Fenghui said quickly, "Dad, don't go. I'll heat up the food! Lizi, go take a bath first! Let's take turns bathing and eating!"
Lili lowered her head and walked away.
Tang Liren winked at Bai Zhenggan, and the couple went back to the house.
Over there, Xing Xing called out to her nephews, "Red beans and yellow beans, pour us a glass of water and eat them!"
Hongdou responded sweetly, "Okay!"
After everyone had rested enough, drank some water, and took turns taking a bath...then they sat together on the kang bed and had dinner in a lively atmosphere.
Tang Liren was full of energy. "Now our small storehouse is packed to the brim! After the autumn harvest, we received 500 kilograms of rice, and gave 100 kilograms to your uncle. Now we have another 100 kilograms of flour. With these, our family will have enough to eat next year!"
Bai Zheng smiled dryly.
There are many people in the family, and five or six hundred kilograms of food...is enough to last for a year, but it is still a little bit insufficient. But I will still go to work next year. I can get some food rations while working and do some side jobs. I will definitely live a prosperous life!
Tan Fenghui also laughed, "My uncle gave us 100 kilograms of rapeseed oil! Next year, we don't have to save oil when cooking. This is enough oil, and the food will be delicious and filling!"
Xing Xing, "Let's expand the vegetable garden and plant more vegetables! Next year, we will not only have enough rice to eat, but also enough vegetables! By the way, there is a bamboo forest behind our house. When spring comes next year, we can harvest at least several hundred kilograms of sweet bamboo shoots! We can keep enough for ourselves, and dry them and take them to the town to exchange for other vegetables to eat..."
Tao Tao, "I also bought a lot of rare rapeseeds. I'm going to try planting one in the spring to see what they are!"
Lili couldn't help but say, "Flour is a good thing. It can be used to make cakes, noodles, and dough balls. It's best for breakfast, but you have to get up an hour earlier every day... knead the dough for fifteen minutes, let it rest for half an hour, and then roll it out... It's a bit time-consuming!"
Song Zhi held the bowl and ate without saying a word, but he was already secretly thinking about how to make a noodle machine.
After everyone finished chatting and laughing, it was already late at night.
Taotao is a delicate girl. After running around all day, she was so tired that she fell asleep before finishing her meal.
Tang Liren asked Taotao and Xingxing to go to bed.
She took Tan Fenghui and Lili with her to deal with the half-baked pig and pig offal overnight...
The next day when Taotao and Xingxing woke up, they saw Hongdou and Huangdou guarding the dryer, rowing the boat?
During the rainy season, Taotao complained that her clothes could never dry on rainy days, so Song Zhi built a dryer for her. At this moment, the air is filled with a strong aroma of meat, so this dryer can also be used to dry bacon?
"Is this bacon from the kang?" Taotao asked.
Hongdou nodded, "Fourth aunt, grandma said that Huangdou and I's task these days is to stomp on this shelf of bacon and sausages. If we watch over it every day, Huangdou and I will get a candy every day!"
Taotao smiled, rubbed Hongdou's head, then pulled up the cloth to look inside - hung on the shelf were sausages stuffed with meat, they looked to be different colors, they should be meat sausages, pig liver sausages, glutinous rice pig blood sausages. In addition, there are also hangs of bacon, pig intestines, pig lungs and so on.
Taotao asked Hongdou again, "Where's your mother?"
Hongdou, "Grandma, my mom, and my third aunt went to bed at dawn. I told them not to wake them up for breakfast, but to wake them up for lunch."
Tao Tao asked with a smile: "What do you want to eat in the morning?"
Hongdou, "Grandma said don't bother with breakfast. She bought youtiao in the city yesterday and gave us two youtiao each with a cup of hot milk... This is the breakfast of city people! Fourth Aunt, I want to eat the breakfast of city people too!"
Taotao forgot about the fried dough sticks.
She immediately went to the kitchen, boiled a pot of water, and made a bowl of milk for each person who hadn't gotten enough sleep, and gave each person two greasy dough sticks...
White sugar is added to the milk powder, making it extra thick and sweet; the fried dough sticks are salty and very oily. Taotao felt sick of the two fried dough sticks before she finished them, so she gave the remaining half to Song Zhi.
It’s almost the New Year and there’s nothing much to do. After Song Zhi finished his breakfast, he went to his blacksmith shop. Taotao and Xingxing opened the storeroom at home and counted the woolen trousers, autumn trousers, outer trousers, socks and other things she bought from the city, sorting them out one by one...
The two sisters were busy and whispering to each other.
Taotao told Xingxing about what happened between Sister Li Zi and Xu Jianhua.
Xing Xing was so angry that she gritted her teeth. "If I were here, I would definitely beat him up! How could he be so mean!"
Taotao: "..."
Before she could speak, she suddenly heard a familiar voice——
"Hui'er? Hui'er! I'm back!"
Everyone in the yard was stunned.
"Red beans and yellow beans? Is anyone home? Open the door! I'm back!"
Hongdou laughed and shouted, "Dad! My dad is back!" Then she jumped and ran to open the gate.
Taotao and Xingxing also hurried out of the small warehouse.
Sure enough, Brother Dongsheng came into the house exhausted, carrying a shoulder bag and a sack.
——He was wearing leather shoes, black trousers, a white shirt, and a black jacket. His overall demeanor was no different from that of the educated youth from the city, except that he had lost a lot of weight and looked more gentle and elegant, but he still looked rather haggard and tired.
Bai Zhenggan came out wearing his clothes and leaning on a cane.
Dongsheng was very excited when he saw him, his eyes turned red, "Dad!"
"Are you back? Oh, why didn't you tell me in advance? So that we can pick you up!" Bai Zhenggan's eyes were red.
Dongsheng put the sack on the ground and said with a sob: "I, I'm fine, no, no need to answer it..."
Taotao and Xingxing ran over, "Brother, you're back!" "Brother, why are you here at this time? The shuttle bus usually arrives at night!"
Red beans and yellow beans have already entangled Dongsheng.
Dongsheng held his son in one hand and his daughter in the other, kissed them tenderly, and then answered Xingxing, "My classmate and I took the train to the county town. We arrived last night. Someone drove to pick him up, and I hitchhiked halfway... We spent the night in the town, and came back in the morning on a fellow villager's ox cart."
Then he asked his son and daughter, "Where is your mother? And where are your grandma and your third aunt?"
Hongdou said in a baby voice, "Grandma, Mom, and Third Aunt worked all night, washing pig intestines and stuffing bacon... We didn't go to bed until after six in the morning... Dad, our family can have a prosperous New Year this year! We have lots of rice, and lots of bacon and sausages!"
At this time, Taotao and Xingxing had already gone their separate ways.
Taotao went to make breakfast for her elder brother, a bowl of hot milk with two fried dough sticks; Xingxing got hot water for her elder brother to wash his face.
Hongdou pulled Dongsheng to see her own small warehouse as if she was offering a treasure.
Looking at the small warehouse filled with all kinds of food, Dongsheng was stunned.
During the six months he was away from home, we obviously lost a strong laborer, so why...
Think about it again, when he went to the provincial capital to study, he took away twenty yuan from home!
For a moment, Dongsheng felt both ashamed and guilty!
After looking at the small warehouse, Huang Dou took him to the main room to see his little brother.
Little Green Bean is already seven or eight months old. He has grown very strong and can crawl very fast. Usually Bai Zhenggan is the one who looks after him, but Bai Zhenggan has a bad back and can't do anything. His family was afraid that he would fall off the bed, so they made a bamboo fence and tied it to the side of the bed to block Green Bean and prevent him from falling off the bed.
Taotao was afraid that the fence was too sharp and would hurt the baby, so she tore an old piece of clothing into strips and used them to wrap the fence.
At this moment, Green Bean was holding the fence, walking slowly and unsteadily, looking at Dongsheng curiously.
He didn't know his father at all.
However, the father and son looked strikingly similar, and coupled with the natural closeness of their blood -
Green Bean grinned at Dongsheng and giggled.
Dongsheng reached out and held his youngest son in his arms, exclaiming: "Mung Bean has grown so much! It's so strong!"
Green Bean likes to be hugged by others because it can broaden his horizons and make him smile even more happily.
Bai Zhenggan laughed out loud and told Dongsheng some interesting stories about mung beans.
At this time, Taotao and Xingxing brought breakfast and water for washing their faces. Dongsheng handed the mung beans to Taotao, wiped her face, and ate breakfast. Bai Zhenggan said to him, "Just go back to your room and have a rest. Don't bother your mother. She is old. She just got up all night. I'm afraid she will get sick from being tired during the New Year... Let's meet again at noon and have dinner together!"
Dongsheng responded and looked at Ludou again.
Green Bean's attention has been attracted by Taotao——
Bai Zhenggan cursed, "We'll take care of your son! You should take care of your wife first... She's so pitiful. You're living a good life in the city, but you've left her and the child at home, playing both the father and the mother, and taking care of the two of us old people and those sisters-in-law!"
Dongsheng nodded and turned to go into the east room.
Bai Zhenggan instructed Taotao and Xingxing again, "You both worked hard yesterday. Today your big brother is back again. Put down the mung beans and think about what to eat for lunch... Don't skimp!"
Tao Tao agreed, put Green Bean on the kang bed, and closed the fence again, "Little Green Bean, be good, Fourth Aunt will make you something delicious!"
Green Bean smiled and imitated her words, "Awoo...Awoo!"
Taotao and Xingxing walked out of the main room, discussing something as they walked.
"There are still some pig intestines left on the stove. Mom and the others have already processed them. Why don't we make some stir-fried pig intestines with chopped peppers?"
"Good! This is great. I'm drooling just thinking about it!"
"Stew some bone soup?"
"Let's cook the bone soup at night. Cooking it now will waste firewood and occupy the stove, so we won't be able to cook other dishes!"
"Okay, let's make pork bone soup tonight! Let's chop the pork into paste and steam it with eggs. Red beans, yellow beans, and mung beans all love this!"
"Okay! Let's cook some eggplant with sauce. Song Zhi loves it!"
"What's the big dish?"
"Do you even need to ask? Braised pork! We'll use dried bamboo shoots this time, it should taste just as good!"
While they were talking, the two sisters suddenly heard strange, subtle noises coming from the east room - there was the eldest sister-in-law's soft singing that sounded like resentment and sobbing, and there seemed to be the eldest brother's gentle and affectionate coaxing voice, and even a rhythmic sound?
Taotao and Xingxing looked at each other, covered their mouths with their hands at the same time, laughed muffledly with red faces, and ran away quietly.
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