Chapter 65 Chapter 65 Chen deliberately called...
Chen wanted to ask him to come over and rest, so she said to her daughter, "Go and ask your second uncle to rest. It's so hot out there, I'm worried he might get a heat stroke."
Su Li and Su Tao were sitting under the eaves shelling beans at this time. Upon hearing this, they put down their work and walked towards the yard.
"Uncle, have some water." Su Li said. She looked at the man in front of her who was tanned from years of hard work. But in her memory was the pair of bright and dazzling eyes he had when he was young. The Chen family all had beautiful eyes, and Su Li and Su Tao had inherited the same eyes.
At that time, the second uncle seemed to have endless energy. He followed the villagers around looking for work every day. Occasionally, he would come to the Su family to see how they were doing. He always brought some fun little things with him. Chen asked him not to bring them, but he didn't listen. So little Su Li and Su Tao loved this uncle the most.
But this uncle's life seems to be the most unfortunate. He has been in much worse health than ordinary children since he was a child. Compared with the tall and strong Uncle Chen, Uncle Chen is often sick. In addition, his family is poor, so when he reached the age of marriage, he could not find a wife. For this reason, Old Man Chen and Mrs. Yu kept him at home and let Uncle Chen become the son-in-law of the Zhao family.
Then the family sold two acres of land and saved enough money for him to marry his aunt Yang.
But after marrying his second aunt Yang, Uncle Chen's life became even harder. Yang loved to be pretty and dress up but didn't want to work, so Uncle Chen was the only one who took care of everything at home and outside. Over the years, Yang hadn't changed much, but Uncle Chen looked older than his peers. However, Uncle Chen still had nothing else to say. He was always smiling and went to work in the fields before dawn every day and continued to work in the fields after dark. He supported his children at home with his diligence and his hands, allowing his two sons to go to town to learn a craft and ensuring that his wife, parents and children had enough to eat.
Su Li felt that such a person should not have ended up like this, but everything in the world could not be changed just because she wanted to. Realizing this made Su Li feel a little uncomfortable.
"Yes, second uncle, you should take a rest." Su Tao said with concern while holding Lian Gu's hand.
Aunt Lian opened her eyes and looked at the person in front of her, and whispered, "Uncle, drink some water."
Uncle Chen finally stopped, and all his strength seemed to disappear at once. He drooped his shoulders and looked a little dejected. The sunlight shone on the ground. He stood in the shadow beside the firewood pile without saying a word, then threw down the axe and went into the house.
This time he didn't slam the door shut, but it felt more like he was slamming it shut.
"Why isn't my uncle speaking? What's wrong with him?" Aunt Lian asked in a low voice.
Su Li explained, "My uncle is tired and he didn't mean to be silent."
Oh, Lian Gu said she understood, after all, she didn’t want to talk when she was tired.
In addition to Uncle Chen, this incident was also a big blow to his two cousins. In the evening, the two of them who learned the news from the county took leave and went home. The two young men, who thought something big had happened at home, were stunned after hearing that their mother had run away with someone. Then they became very angry and shouted that they would go find the adulterer to settle the score.
But they were all stopped by Old Man Chen. It was not that Old Man Chen did not want them to go, but the adulterer was lying in the clinic and could not get up. Uncle Chen had not worked in vain for so many years. When he went there yesterday, he beat the adulterer to the ground, leaving no good flesh on his body. If it were not for his mother, Mrs. Yu, crying and asking him to think about the children, he would probably have beaten the man to death.
"Is that the end of it?"
"yes…"
"I don't believe it. I want to ask mother myself, does she really not want us anymore?" Chen Erlang stood up and was about to go out. He didn't believe that his mother didn't want them anymore. She had clearly said a few days ago that she would go to grandma's house and bring him delicious food. She had clearly said that she would watch him get married. They were all liars, liars!
"Stop, don't you understand? Mother doesn't want us anymore!"
"In that case, we'll just pretend she's no longer a mother in the future." Chen Dalang said with a sullen face.
"Remember this, both of you. From now on, we only have our father, not our mother, okay?" The young man seemed to have made up his mind. He stood up and said to Uncle Chen's room,
"Dad, since mom doesn't want us, we won't recognize her in the future. We are father and son and we depend on each other for survival. We will work hard to earn money to be filial to you. Don't be sad."
After the words were spoken, there was no more sound in the room.
But Chen Dalang's expression remained unchanged. After he finished speaking, he turned to his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, "Did you understand what I just said?"
Chen Erlang nodded, "I understand."
Chen Sanmei wiped her tears and whispered, "I understand."
For a moment, there was only endless silence and sighs in the room.
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Because of Uncle Chen's incident, the Chen family's Mid-Autumn Festival this year was destined to be turbulent. However, due to the Chen family's deliberate concealment, almost no one else in the village knew about it. They all thought that Yang had gone back to her parents' home. Even Chen Sanniang, who married a carpenter in the same village, and Uncle Chen Da only learned about it when they returned home to give holiday gifts.
"Dad and Mom, too. Why didn't you tell us about such a big thing happening at home?"
Uncle Chen said, "Yes, at least let's go together to find the Yang family and ask for an explanation."
"Yes." Chen Sanniang agreed.
"Okay, why ask for an explanation? Let's not mention this matter anymore." Old man Chen said. This was not a glorious thing. Besides, if everyone knew about it, it would be their family that would be embarrassed.
Chen Sanniang shut up, but she felt uncomfortable. Uncle Chen was the same. Only Zhao was watching the fun from the side, her eyes full of gossip. She said,
"But Dad, even if we don't tell others about this, others will know about it."
What Zhao said was unpleasant to hear, but it was also the truth. The countryside was so small that the truth would come out sooner or later.
But Mrs. Yang didn't think so. She looked at her eldest daughter-in-law with a warning, "For the sake of reputation, the Yang family will definitely not tell anyone. If anyone outside knew about it, it would be you who told them."
This was a hint of something. Zhao felt a little guilty and said, "Who would tell others about this kind of thing?"
"It's best if you don't say anything. Anyway, you guys should just pretend you don't know about this matter from now on. Keep it to yourself and don't mention it to the second brother."
"Who should I tell?" Chen Sanniang said.
Chen also said, "I understand, mother."
Only Zhao hummed twice, but she was thinking in her heart that it would be okay if she told her mother about it when she got back.
"Okay, let's get ready for dinner. You can go back in the afternoon. We won't keep you at home for long this year." Mrs. Yu said. A good Mid-Autumn Festival has turned out like this.
Chen Sanniang said, "Then I'll go and ask my second brother to come out for dinner."
"No need to call him. Let him have a good rest. He will come out to eat when he is hungry."
Since Mrs. Yu had spoken, the others naturally followed.
At the dinner table, after everyone was seated, Chen Sanniang suddenly asked, "Fourth sister isn't coming back this year?"
The fourth sister Chen Sanniang mentioned was Chen Siniang, the one who married into the rice shop in town.
"Their husband's family has a Mid-Autumn Festival to worship their ancestors, so they won't be back." Mrs. Yu said, feeling bad. Although she is a married daughter, it is really unacceptable that she doesn't come back for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"It's the same thing every year." Chen Sanniang muttered.
Let Chen Sanniang say that it was because Si Niang's mother-in-law looked down on their Chen family that she did not allow Si Mei to return to her parents' home and never interacted with these poor relatives.
"Okay, eating can't shut your mouth." Old man Chen said.
He was obviously a little impatient about talking about these things. If he hadn't seen his grandchildren present, he would have wanted to get angry.
"I'm just asking." Chen Sanniang shut up.
The meal was extremely tasteless. After the meal, Zhao and Uncle Chen were about to leave. They were still busy slaughtering pigs. There were so many people slaughtering pigs during the festival that they were too busy to handle it.
Before leaving, Chen said to her third sister, Chen Sanniang, "Third sister, remember, go back and tell your third brother-in-law that I will tell you about that matter."
Chen Sanniang waved her hand and said, "I understand. I'll ask your third brother-in-law and your nephew to help you when the time comes."
"OK."
Speaking of which, Chen had another purpose for coming this time. She wanted to ask her elder brother, second brother, sister and brother-in-law to come to her house in a while to help build a house and make two kangs. Last time, her husband and son simply cut some thatch to reinforce it. Now, after a few rains, it started leaking again. This time, Chen discussed with her mother-in-law and decided to replace the thatch on the roof with tiles and reinforce the mud walls again, so that it would not be too cold when winter comes.
You have to know that the Su family really had to struggle to get through every winter, and coupled with the shortage of supplies in winter, they almost couldn't get out of bed one year. If Mrs. Wu hadn't woken up and noticed something was wrong, and quickly lit a fire and boiled hot water, Su Hong, Su Tao and Su Li might really be gone. So this year, after earning some money, the first thing she had to do was to repair the house.
For this reason, after discussing with her parents-in-law, Chen decided to ask familiar people in the village to help. In addition, after Chen returned to her parents' home, she would ask her eldest brother, second brother and third sister to join her. She would be paid as usual. This was considered a default way of doing things in the countryside.
However, Chen did not expect that she would encounter this incident when she came. She did not want to tell everyone about the house renovation at the moment, so she waited until everyone was about to leave before telling them.
After talking to her third sister, Chen went outside to talk to her eldest brother, Uncle Chen, about this matter. When Uncle Chen heard that her younger sister wanted to build a house, he agreed immediately and said, "Okay, you name a date and I'll make it available."
Zhao, who was standing by, also changed her usual attitude and said enthusiastically, "Yes, little sister, we are all relatives. Why are you being so polite? Just tell me when the time comes. I will bring your niece to help you."
The sun was rising from the west, and even Uncle Chen was stunned, not to mention Mrs. Chen. However, she did not think too much about it and said, "Thank you very much, sister-in-law."
"No need to thank me. We are all family and should help each other." Zhao said with a smile.
Only Su Li felt that something was wrong with her aunt. Not to mention that in her memory, her aunt always looked down on her family and never had a good face. But in the past two days, no matter what Su Li did, her aunt always looked concerned about her. Moreover, Su Li often felt that someone was looking at her these days, and when she turned around, she saw her aunt staring at her. It would be okay once or twice, but it was creepy if it happened too many times. And her two cousins, who knew what was wrong with them, came to give Su Li a hair flower. Of course, they only gave it to Su Li and not to Su Tao, so Su Tao kept whispering to Su Li.
"Who cares?"
Thinking of this, Su Li suddenly remembered what her third brother said last time. Her cousin came to the house and looked around, and asked him what the pig intestines were made of. Combined with what happened in the past two days, Su Li gradually had a guess in her mind, but she didn't tell anyone else.
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