The New Year is coming soon and there is nothing at home. What will it be like? Let's just get through this period first. After the New Year, let the second son go to town to find a job, and the eldest son can also go to the city to teach. Then the money will come, and they will be able to ease their life.
The village chief looked at Zhao Dashu and said, "Well, the old man has said so much, I have no choice but to take the loss."
Zhao Dashu was silent for a moment. "Okay, Dad has said so, so why not. Let me take out 100 kilograms of coarse grains. Is that enough for Dad?"
The old man closed his eyes. During the New Year, there was only coarse grain at home. No, the third son also brought them some tonic food. "Okay, just one hundred kilograms."
"Village chief, since you are here today, please bear witness to my words. I have given them 100 kilograms of food. No matter how they live in the future, they cannot ask me for food again."
"Well, if you're scared, I'll write you a note later."
"Thank you, village chief."
Old man Zhao closed his eyes. He felt very upset about having to take these hundred kilograms of food. At that time, he and his wife still had some silver in their hands. When they returned to their own room, they would take it out and let the second son go to buy food.
This year, the family has bad luck. Next year, he will go to the City God Temple to worship and pray to the gods and Buddha to bless their family with good fortune from now on.
The deal was settled, but Zhao Dashu did not move. Today, he could not leave the old house. The two old men and three brothers took turns guarding it.
Zhao Dayong saw that he had nothing to do sitting there, and the room was cold, so he said in a pleading manner, "Third brother, there's nothing to do now. Dad and mom are being looked after by your eldest sister-in-law and your second sister-in-law, and my eldest brother and I will be looking after them at night. Why don't you go first?"
Zhao Dashu really wanted to do that. He was so cold and stuffy sitting there. There were so many people around, but no one was talking. It was really suffocating.
"My dear sisters-in-law, you have worked hard. I will leave first and come to see my parents in the evening."
Old man Zhao didn't even open his eyes. What an unfilial son! Look at how impatient he is. He's so unhappy even before I've served him. What a bastard!
He lay on the kang, keeping warm, and forgot how cold the room was.
After Zhao Dashu and the village chief left, everyone else left too. In order to suffer less, Wang and Li lit two stoves in the house and lowered the door curtains, only then did they feel alive again.
Old Mrs. Sun felt sorry for the firewood and wanted to scold them for being a spendthrift, but when she saw them taking her cotton-padded jacket to roast it, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
"My daughter, I'm a spendthrift again."
"What happened? Was grandpa cheated out of money?" She knew that the old house would never let her father go.
"I was cheated out of 100 kilograms of food, and the food rations for the old couple for the next year."
That’s quite a lot.
"Forget it, if it's gone, it's gone. Just consider it as a way to ward off bad luck." Zhao Xiaoyu gritted his teeth, wondering which bastard had done such a bad thing.
"I think so too. They don't know what bad things they did to keep getting robbed. I think it's all my eldest brother's fault. Wasn't his house also robbed? But the old man still treats him like a treasure and refuses to kick him out."
"Who cares about them? Why are you here? Didn't you say they would have a fever?"
"The fever also occurs at night. I'll go at night. It's too cold. It's warmer at home."
My dad is really pitiful. Not only does he lose money, but he also has to serve others.
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