Chunya was caught by her grandmother as soon as she ran back home.
Old Mrs. Wang narrowed her eyes and asked, "Where have you been so late?"
"I didn't go anywhere." After saying that, Chunya ran back into the house.
Old Lady Wang scolded from behind: "You little bastard, you have no manners. Your elders didn't ask you to walk, but you ran away so fast! I think you should have your feet bound. Let's see if you can still jump up and down in the air..."
Scolding her granddaughter was not enough to vent her anger. Old Lady Wang threw her energy at Liao Sanmei who was washing dishes. "You raised such a good girl, but she doesn't even take me, her grandmother, seriously! Send her back to her hometown to raise her, and let the second son's family discipline her for you!"
Liao Sanmei said nervously, "Mom, that won't do. Chunya is only four years old and can't leave me."
Old Lady Wang: "Then send the eldest daughter Chunhua back. It's just right. Her aunt will teach her a few lessons and then she can go to her husband's family."
Going to the countryside to talk about your in-laws?
Liao Sanmei didn't even bother to wash the dishes and ran out, "Mom, Chunhua is twelve years old and just started junior high school!"
Old Lady Wang snorted coldly, "So what? I married Heping's father when I was only fourteen! And what's the point of a little girl studying so much? Let her drop out of school! If you have too much money to spend, just send it back to the second son's family. The second son's family has many sons, and they will need money to marry a daughter-in-law and build a house in the future!"
Liao Sanmei said hesitantly: "It was Heping who allowed my daughter to study..."
Old Madam Wang glared at him and said, "Men don't understand, why don't you try to persuade them?"
At this moment, Wang Heping came out of the house and said with a bitter face: "Mom, why are you quarreling again? I can't even read a document at home in peace."
Old Mrs. Wang immediately put on a smiling face and said, "Look, look, mother is no longer making noises."
Wang Heping sighed and went back to the house.
Old Mrs. Wang was considerate of her eldest son and didn't nag any more.
Chunya, who was lying by the window listening to the noise outside, patted her chest and said to her sisters, "Grandma didn't say she would send us back home."
The Wang family has three daughters. The eldest, Chunhua, is twelve years old, the second, Chunliu, is ten years old. In between, they had a son who died at birth, and the last was Chunya.
Both sisters are honest, dull and go with the flow, but Chunya, the youngest, is the most opinionated.
Chunhua said softly: "Actually it doesn't matter if we go back to our hometown. It's the same wherever we are."
Chunya shook her head. She felt something was different, but couldn't tell what was different. After a long groan, she just said, "I don't want to break up with my elder sister."
Chunliu also nodded.
Chunhua smiled gently, "Did you send the lotus pods to Dongdong's mother?"
Chunhua picked those lotus pods in the afternoon. My little sister said she wanted to give them to Dongdong’s mother, so she picked out the biggest ones.
"Yeah." Chunya nodded, then took out the biscuits that Anhua gave her and gave them to her sister.
In fact, before Old Lady Wang came, Chunhua and Chunliu spent a few comfortable days with their parents. At that time, they enjoyed the same things as other children in the family compound.
Only Chunya had her grandmother come as soon as she was born.
Chunhua refused to eat the biscuits and wanted to give them to her sister, and Chunliu followed suit.
In the end, Chunhua and Chunliu couldn't resist their sister and each ate half a slice.
Chunya felt warm in her heart, but she didn't eat much and left some for her mother.
When Chunya goes to bed at night, her mouth is filled with the taste of scallion biscuits. She sips them carefully and falls asleep happily.
***
It was another day off, and Xiao Zheng happened to be at home.
Xiao Zheng pulled a pile of wood from somewhere and started doing carpentry work in the backyard.
An Hua asked him, "What is this for?"
Xiao Zheng said: "Didn't I promise Dongdong that I would make him a bunk bed?"
An Huan then remembered that this was the promise she made to her child on the first day she arrived. To her shame, she had forgotten all about it.
"Luckily you remembered, otherwise I would be a dishonest mother."
Xiao Zheng smiled at her.
An Hua watched him work with great interest, and said, "You are quite good at learning the craft. You learned it when you were a child, and your hands are still as good as before."
Xiao Zheng said: "When I first joined the army, I was the one who fixed the broken tables, benches and beds, but I rarely did anything with these."
An Hua suddenly thought of a question, "I remember you said you joined the army because you couldn't get enough food, but you have a skill. Do craftsmen also have such a hard life?"
"My kid was only fourteen years old and hadn't started out yet to earn any money. My family couldn't afford to support three sons, so I signed up to join the team. I was afraid the team wouldn't want me, so I reported my kid's age as two years older," Xiao Zheng recalled.
An Hua asked curiously, "You have three brothers? What's your ranking?"
Why is she suddenly interested in his family?
But Xiao Zheng was quite happy, because it showed that she cared about him! Want to know more about him!
"I have two older brothers, two older sisters, and a younger sister. I am the youngest among my brothers and the second to last. But my two older brothers are not much older than me."
An Hua frowned and said, "Then why didn't your two brothers join the army? Why did you, who were only fourteen years old, join the army? You have skills, isn't it a pity for you to join the army?"
Don't be fooled by Xiao Zheng's current success, but he had survived many life-threatening situations. When you can't predict the future, joining the army means risking your life for a living.
The family cannot support so many people, so it stands to reason that the older brother, who is more mature physically and mentally, should go out and explore the world.
Xiao Zheng lifted the towel from his neck and wiped the sweat off his face before saying, "Why so many reasons? Maybe it's fate."
An Hua didn't understand what he meant, but her intuition told her that there might be some reason behind it. She didn't ask yet.
At this moment, the shrill voice of Old Lady Wang suddenly sounded outside.
"Dongdong, come out!"
An Hua walked out and saw Old Lady Wang holding Dong Dong with her left hand and Chun Ya with her right hand, pushing the two children in front of An Hua.
An Hua frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"
Old Mrs. Wang's eyes rolled around as she looked at the furnishings in An Hua's home with sparkling eyes.
"Dongdong's mother, your son pulled my granddaughter's hand. This is a hooligan. What do you think we should do?"
"How about this? I see your family is well off, so why not arrange a marriage for them? I don't ask for much in terms of betrothal gifts, just 500... 800 yuan!"
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