Chapter 137 Chapter 137 In short, all...
In short, everyone in the village who saw Chen's mother and daughter warmly invited them to their home. However, Chen had other things to do today, so she smiled and refused them all. She took Su Li home first and prepared to clean up the house so that she could come back and live there when her husband and son came back.
However, what she didn't expect was that the house was very clean without much cleaning. It was obviously the help of Zeng Laoer's family, because before leaving, Chen gave the key to Lu and asked her to help look after it.
Secretly making a note of this matter, intending to thank the other party later, Chen took Su Li, Su Hong and a few others to give gifts to the people close to her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wu, and Old Man Su. There were not many families, all of whom had dealings with her in the past. Su Li and Su Tao each came out with a red envelope in their hands. There was nothing they could do, they were too enthusiastic. They refused many times but they still insisted on giving it to them.
In addition to the red envelope, Su Li and Su Tao also had melon seeds and peanuts stuffed into their hands, which they really couldn't finish.
After visiting relatives, Chen took Su Li and others to the home of someone they knew in the village to sit and chat for a while.
Over there, Chen was chatting happily, so Su Li and Su Tao took Lian Gu and Hei Hu to play on the hillside nearby. Actually, there was nothing fun to do in the middle of winter, as the mountain was covered with snow. However, there was a persimmon tree there, with a few persimmons covered by ice and snow on it. The sharp-eyed Su Tao saw it and suggested going over to pick some and eat them.
Su Li wanted to go to the hillside to see if there were any winter bamboo shoots, so she agreed to the suggestion. Chen listened but did not stop her.
"It's snowing, be careful, the road is slippery and don't fall."
"good."
When Mrs. Lu learned that Su Li wanted to look for winter bamboo shoots, she specially gave her a small backpack for collecting pig grass and a small hoe for weeding. She also asked Zeng Dalang and Zeng Erlang to go along to help, and asked them to keep an eye on Su Li and the others so that they would not fall.
"Don't worry, mother. We won't let the little boss fall if we fall ourselves!" Zeng Erlang said with a smile. Now he and his elder brother are both waiters in the restaurant. Since Su Li is in charge of most of the things in the restaurant, they all call Su Li the little boss.
Mrs. Lu rolled her eyes at her youngest son, the meaning of which was obvious: you are just poor.
"I'm glad you know."
He was about to get married, but he acted like a child, saying and doing things in such childish ways. Mrs. Lu was simply at a loss as to what to do with him. Thinking this in her mind, she started chatting with Mrs. Chen.
Chen knew Zeng Erlang was engaged, but she didn't know whose daughter it was, so she asked, "Whose daughter is it?"
"She's not from our village, she's the daughter of the Wang family in Dawang Village. She's two years younger than my boy. It seems the couple are honest people, but the son and daughter they raised are both smart." There was one more thing Mrs. Lu didn't say, which was that the family was good-looking, and she liked good-looking people.
"That's great," Chen said sincerely, feeling a little envious. Lu and her good sister Mo's children were both settled, but her two daughters were still without a clue. How could this not make her worry? She had originally thought that Lu's two sons were quite good, honest and dutiful, and most importantly, they were very down-to-earth. Unfortunately, the fourth and fifth daughters didn't like them, saying they were too familiar with each other. Chen didn't understand. What's wrong with being familiar? Isn't it good to know each other well? They grew up in the same village and knew each other from the beginning. That's what you want, so why don't you like them?
All I can say is that children are a debt to their parents. From the moment they are born, they are destined to worry about them for the rest of their lives.
On the other side,
In the vast white mountains, Su Li and his group were walking on a small path. Boss Zeng was walking in front, and the people behind him were walking in his footprints. It looked like there was only one person, but he didn't know that there was a long line of people following behind him.
The small hill was not far away, and they arrived there in about a quarter of an hour. Su Tao wanted to pick persimmons, and Su Li wanted to find winter bamboo shoots, so they split into two teams. Those who wanted to pick persimmons picked persimmons, and those who wanted to dig winter bamboo shoots dug winter bamboo shoots.
In the end, Su Tao, Lian Gu, Zeng Dalang and Su Xun stayed where they were to pick persimmons, while Su Li, Su Hong and Zeng Erlang went to look for winter bamboo shoots.
The winter bamboo shoots in this season are hidden in the snow, so a lot of patience is needed. A few people came to a bamboo forest, bent down, and used sticks or sickles to lift the snow and withered grass and start searching.
At first, no one found it for a long time, so Su Li thought it was gone. Suddenly, Zeng Erlang exclaimed, "I found it."
When Su Li heard this, she hurried over and found that, as expected, a winter bamboo shoot was found at Zeng Erlang's place. It would be easy to deal with if someone found it, at least it proved that it existed there.
Su Li instantly felt hopeful again and continued to expand the scope of her search. Sure enough, she and her elder sister Su Hong found them after a while. After they finished searching, they found a total of 12 bamboo shoots. The two of them looked at the bamboo shoots in the baskets with joy of a good harvest in their eyes. In the middle of winter, bamboo shoots are not cheap in the county, but they did not expect to find them today.
Su Tao also picked some persimmons, but unfortunately, only one side of the persimmon was good, and the other side was damaged by birds. It was really disappointing, but this was quite normal. If they were really good persimmons, they would have been picked and eaten by the children in the village long ago, and there was no way they would have been left until now.
Fortunately, the winter bamboo shoots had a good harvest, and everyone felt better.
It was already noon. We had lunch at Zeng's house today. Zeng Laoer had just come out to call us to eat, so we returned along the original route.
It was also a coincidence that on the way back, Su Li and her friends met a member of the Huang family who were going somewhere. It was none other than Huang Lao Er, Aunt Mo's ex-husband and his current wife.
It's a sad thing to say. This man cheated on his wife with a widow in order to have a boy, but in the end the widow gave birth to a daughter. It is said that Huang Laoer was almost depressed to death when he learned the news on the spot. He did not go to see his wife who had just given birth, nor did he go to see his newborn child. He just squatted at the door alone. The midwife called him for a long time before he remembered that he had not paid the delivery fee. It was originally agreed to give 5 cents, but because he gave birth to a daughter, he insisted on giving only 2 cents. In the end, the midwife was so angry that she said she would not come to his house to deliver a baby next time.
This incident caused quite a big stir in the village. The next day, Mrs. Lu came to the restaurant and told them the story in vivid detail, which made everyone feel relieved.
More importantly, everyone said that Huang Laoer did not do good deeds in his previous life, so he had no son in this life.
From Mo Zhong's perspective, this also helped Mrs. Mo get rid of the gossip that had been surrounding her for all these years. After all, in those years, all the gossip was about Mrs. Mo, with all kinds of nasty words, such as a jinx who would make the Huang family extinct, a hen that didn't lay eggs and only gave birth to money-losing goods. Now, Huang Lao Er finally understood how Mrs. Mo felt back then.
Don't say it, Huang Laoer really felt it. Not only did he feel hurt by gossip, but he also felt endless regret. Ever since Mrs. Mo left, his family members have been sneering and glaring at him. Except for his mother, even his sister-in-law and brother's wife looked down on him. You know, they were the ones he treated the worst in the past. Huang Laoer couldn't understand when their relationship became so good.
In short, ever since Mrs. Mo passed away, no one in the family has been kind to him, including his nephews and nieces. His father even threatened him that if he dared to marry the widow, he would no longer recognize him as his son. But at that time, Huang Laoer was bewildered. After listening to the widow and the witch, he believed that the widow was pregnant with a son. For this reason, he was willing to break up with his family to marry her. In the end, the girl was married in the first day, and the house was divided up the next morning when Huang Laoer asked the village chief to come.
Huang Laoer felt extremely aggrieved. Didn't he just want a son? Didn't his parents really care? Hadn't they told him every day that having a son was the best thing? Now that he had a son, why did everyone treat him like this?
Huang Laoer didn't understand. He felt that the whole world bullied him and looked down on him because he had no son. If he had a son, this would not be the case. He placed all his hopes on the baby in the widow's belly.
However, his hopes, everything, were shattered on the day the widow gave birth to a daughter. The midwife's smiling congratulations turned into a nightmare that haunted him in the middle of the night, entangling him tightly and making it difficult for him to breathe. His dream was completely shattered.
It was from that day on that he gradually regretted it. If he had known that after all his efforts he would still have a daughter, he would not have divorced Mo. If he had not divorced, his parents would not have been disappointed in him, and he would not have ended up in the situation he is in now. Especially when he learned that Mo had bought a house in the county town and her life was getting better and better, he felt that he was really stupid. Why did he do such a stupid thing, leaving behind a good and respectable wife and marrying a widow who had been with who knows how many people.
He was fully awakened and regretted it completely, but it was too late. No one would wait for him. Time was passing by step. It was destined that the two of them were not destined to be together and could only go hand in hand.
Zeng family,
"Oh, you guys really found it." Mrs. Lu was quite surprised when she saw the winter bamboo shoots in the basket on her son's back. There were enough for stir-frying a dish.
Chen also saw it and asked, "Where did you find it?"
Su Li told them the location, and then it was time to prepare the food. This step had nothing to do with Su Li and the others. Since they were guests today, the host naturally cooked. Fortunately, many fried foods were prepared years ago, and there was no need to cook them. You just had to boil water to make them. For example, meatballs, crispy pork, etc., and add a handful of fresh and tender green pea tips. The taste was more comfortable than anything else.
The room was steaming hot, and everyone was chatting and eating in a lively manner. Smoke filled the entire room. Mrs. Mo's figure was moving back and forth in it, and from time to time there were voices of "Be careful, it's hot", "Eat this", "This is delicious", and the sound of the neighboring children coming over to eat, and the adults outside pretending to scold them.
"Eat more, you're welcome."
"When Brother Su comes back, you must ask him to have a few drinks."
"After you finish eating, go to the side..."
"Ha ha ha ha…"
This lunch was exceptionally long, yet exceptionally satisfying.
After lunch, the afternoon plan was to go to Chen's house and say goodbye to Mrs. Mo. Then Chen and his friends left in a carriage again.
Chen's house is a bit far away, so we have to set off early, otherwise if it snows along the way and we have to walk on the snowy road, it would be extremely unsafe.
Fortunately, the weather was good today. It didn't snow all afternoon and the road was not slippery. We arrived around dusk.
When they arrived, Old Man Chen was already waiting at the village entrance. He told them to come up quickly to pick them up.
"Your eldest brother, third sister, fourth sister and the others are all here, waiting for you."
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