Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty

The accountant came to Liang's house again.The cart stopped at the gate of Liang's house.The accountant jumped out of the car and slammed on the door: "Are you at home?" Dandan came out, and she recognized the accountant, and shouted happily into the room: "Father, mother! Come out quickly, the distinguished guest has arrived!" Liang's father and Liang's mother came out of the door. When they saw the accountant, they were both surprised and happy. "Hey, Mr. Cao! Oh, why are you here? Hurry up! Sit in the room! Sit in the room!" Just in time for the Liang family to eat, the accountant took out food from his bag, "I brought the food from the county, and it was all ready-made." The accountant put a package of cooked food on the table, including beef, Baozi, and a bottle of wine.

Dandan said: "It's already at the door of the house, why do you still bring your own food? No matter how difficult it is for us, we can't afford to take care of your meal?" She saw that the accountant had opened all the deli bags and said, "Then you Please use it slowly, I have to go back to serve my mother and Qingqing." The accountant stopped Dandan, and handed the package that Douhua gave him to Dandan, "This is what your brother and sister-in-law brought to you three. After I have eaten here, I will go to see you. Now I will drink two cups with uncle."

As soon as Dandan got home, he opened the bundle and asked his mother to put on the leather jacket to show her. "Mom! It fits so well, as if it was tailor-made for you." "This bean curd heart is quite thin." Shuzhen took out a plain flower cheongsam from the package, "Dandan, do you want to try wearing it?" "I cook, collect firewood and herd sheep all day long. What do I do in a cheongsam?" "Douhua was brought all the way for you, put it on quickly and let me have a look." Just as Dandan was about to try on the cheongsam in his hand, he suddenly coughed.She covered her mouth with the back of her hand and coughed.Shuzhen beat Dandan on the back and looked at her worriedly, "Why do you keep coughing lately?"

Dandan stopped coughing, "Maybe I caught a cold." She shook off the cheongsam and put it on. While helping Dandan button her button, Shuzhen looked at her worriedly, "How can you catch a cold for several months? Don't be stiff if you don't feel well, you have to see a doctor when you need to see a doctor." "Mother, you are really serious. If you have such a minor illness, you should go to the doctor. I'm not just a piece of paper." "Just be stubborn." Shuzhen helped Dandan fasten the buttons of the cheongsam, and stretched it with her hands, "It's clipped, it fits right now, but it's a little fat. Douhua must have made it according to your previous body I bought it according to the quantity. Dandan, I see that you have been getting thinner and thinner for a while. The rice is not delicious, it’s like counting grains of rice.”

Qingqing was playing with the Four Treasures of the Study, and suddenly raised her head, "Yes. I saw it too. Auntie doesn't eat well." Shuzhen and Dandan couldn't help laughing at Qingqing... The accountant who was eating at Liang's house also saw that Dandan's face was not looking well, so he asked about the two elders of Liang's family. "She is tired of serving the old and the young of the two families, and she is restless. Alas! Dandan is really suffering. She is a widow at a young age, and she has to take care of us two old gangsters. The burden is not calm. Even gods have to get sick." Liang's wife said.

"Sir, the last time our old couple was driven back from Baotou by Mandun and his wife, we didn't want to live anymore. It was Dan Dansheng who pulled us back from the gate of hell. This child is affectionate and righteous! More than our own Sons are strong." The accountant hurriedly explained his reason for coming, "Everyone gets confused. At that time, Qiu Ji Cobbler Shop was headed by Qiu Qiaoqiao, and Boss Liang couldn't do anything about it. I was ordered by Boss Liang to pick you up to Baotou this time." of." When Father Liang heard this, he threw his chopsticks on the table, "I won't go! I don't have such a son!"

"Old man, why are you so angry with the gentleman?" Mrs. Liang said to the accountant, "Look, I trouble you to make a special trip all the way. But you can also see that we can live without a son now." It's good. Dandan has been taking care of us." "It's not easy for Dandan to take care of your two families, both of you are exhausted and sick. Anyway, Liang Mantun is still your own son!" "Don't mention him! I will get angry when you mention him. Last time, ah, he took us to Baotou, he, he, Liang Mandun, even if he becomes the emperor, he has to go to the court early and meet the officials? How is he? , Treat our old couple as salted radishes—dry it up! I still go to Baotou to look for sun? You go back and tell Liang Mandun, you tell him that Qi County doesn’t have his parents anymore, let him talk to his little mother Qiu Qiaoqiao, let's go there in Baotou! This heartless white-eyed wolf! Divorce your messy wife and don't support your father and mother!"

"Uncle, calm down and drink." The accountant handed the wine glass to Father Liang, who took the glass and drank it down. "Listen to me to tell you in detail." Mr. Accountant told Man Tun's current affairs. Father Liang asked in surprise: "Ah?! You said Mandun dared to beat Qiu Qiaoqiao?" "If I hadn't pulled it, Qiu Qiaoqiao would have definitely smoked Big Ear Leizi." "Yeah? Fresh! Does the sun come out in the west? Sir, did you just say that the hag Qiu Qiaoqiao is pregnant?" "They're all about to give birth."

Liang's mother was in a hurry, "Hoard these two tigers! Isn't Qiaoqiao a double-body board? What if the child is aborted? Thank God, our Liang family has a child!" "Fart! Man Tun is someone's son-in-law. If you have a child, you have to be named Qiu! Not Liang!" "That's full of flesh and blood!" Mother Liang retorted her husband. "That's even worse. Dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and bastards feed turtle bastards! The son born to Man Tun and that hag will not get better!" Father Liang still couldn't forgive his son.

The accountant laughed, "Don't tell me, Qiu Qiaoqiao has changed a lot since Boss Liang made a big show. This time I want to pick up your second elder, it was Qiu Qiaoqiao who first proposed it! Qiu Qiaoqiao I also said that she has no father or mother, and she really gave birth to a child, and she will not be able to take care of it, let your two elders help take care of it, as a next-generation relative, you can't go wrong." "Did she really say that? Old man, if that's the case, shall we go out of the mouth?" Father Liang shook his head like a rattle. "Don't go, don't go, we haven't had enough last time? How cheap? I only recognize my daughter-in-law Tian Dandan, and I don't recognize Liang Mandun, a rebellious son! The child he had with a dominatrix is ​​not named Liang, and he loves to find her." Whoever will take it with him. Do you want to go? If you want to go, go yourself! I won't go! I'm not that cheap!" Father Liang said angrily.

Mother Liang murmured, "Look at your donkey temper, who said I'm going." Shuzhen also guessed this case, she asked her daughter if Liang Mandun had changed his mind and wanted to take his parents out of the mouth? "Hey! I think the old couple of the Liang family are getting weaker and weaker. If Liang Mandun changes his mind and takes them to live together, that would be great!" Dandan put down his job, stood up suddenly and went out. Run, ran to the outhouse and crouched in front of the stove and retched, Shuzhen and Qingqing also ran out.Qingqing stood behind Dandan, clenching her small fists and beating her back. "Dandan, you just ate such a small mouthful of rice, and you vomited it all up. You, pack up quickly, and I'll take you to see a doctor." Shuzhen was really anxious this time, "Qingqing, you stay at home and take care of the house. I'll take my aunt to see a doctor." Qingqing nodded sensibly. Dandan broke away from Shuzhen's hand, "Mother, it's okay, I'm fine. The accountant who came from Baotou said that he will come to see you in a while. It's impolite for us to leave. Besides, you don't want to ask Inquire about the situation of Tian Qing and Douhua outside the mouth? Mother, I will see the doctor tomorrow." Father Liang's knock came from the gate: "Mother-in-law! Dandan! Mister sees you coming." The mother and daughter went out to meet her. Dandan put her hands on her chest, gritted her teeth and stood up. Father Liang was still furious, "Anyway, I'm not going! I'll just follow my daughter-in-law Dandan! He broke up with Liang Man and went into the water and slept with Dandan, but our Liang family didn't sleep with Dandan!" Shuzhen and Dandan glanced at each other. "In-laws, don't be so angry, no matter what, it's the meat that fell from your body! His wife is pregnant, so it's reasonable to want to take you over to take care of her." Shuzhen thought to herself Really guessed right. "Our old couple are the two old dogs raised by Liang Mandun and Qiu Qiaoqiao? If they get in the way, they use the dog-beating stick and beat them out with one stick. This time we are needed again, Throwing two bones at us, we just wagged our tails and went back? No way!" Father Liang said loudly. Liang's mother wanted to say something, but seeing that Liang's father didn't dare to say it, she swallowed it back. Dandan persuaded: "Father, from what you said, Mandun's wife is pregnant. Doesn't our Liang family have a child? How many years have you been looking forward to it? It is also necessary to take care of the little grandson." "The cub they gave birth to is not Liang, but Qiu!" Shuzhen quickly changed the subject and poured a glass of water for the accountant, "Sir, drink some water. Are Tian Qing and Dou Hua okay?" "Okay, okay. These two are smart, capable, and willing to endure hardships. Apart from being in Baotou, they also go to Guihua, Dongsheng, and Qiaktu. They have been struggling with capital recently, so they didn't send money home this time. " "The money he sent before hasn't been used up yet, as long as they are safe and sound." Shuzhen was relieved. "Every time Tian Qing brings money home, he even takes care of our old couple. The son born by himself is not helped, but Tian Qing and Dandan are helped." Liang's mother sighed. "Mother, although I'm not a full-fledged daughter-in-law, I'm still your daughter. Why are you talking nonsense?" After Dandan finished speaking, she suddenly retched violently, with cold sweat breaking out on her face. Mother Liang was startled: "Dandan!" "This child is just disobedient. Let her go to see a doctor. She delays today and tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. I almost make her anxious to death. Dandan, if you have something good or bad, we three old and one young, what can we do?" What should I do?" Shuzhen's eyes were red... "Dandan, I said something that didn't please you. You don't seem to be okay. You need to see a doctor!" The accountant also saw it. Liang's father took a look at Dandan, and suddenly got off the kang, "Mantun his mother, we will go out of the mouth tomorrow, and we can't drag Dandan down anymore! If Liang Mantun and Qiu Qiaoqiao are filial, we will enjoy it out of the mouth." In the past few days, if they are not filial, I think we will just throw our two old bones out of our mouths!" "father!" The next day, Liang's father and Liang's mother bid farewell to the Tian family's mother and son, and embarked on the road to the west entrance again. When leaving, Dandan took out a pair of beautiful tiger face baby shoes from his pocket and handed them to Mother Liang, "Mother, the Liang family has a descendant. Although the surname is not Liang, it is full of blood after all. I rushed to make it for the child overnight." I bought a pair of shoes, please give them to Mantun, don't say I made them, just say you made them." Liang's mother grabbed Dandan's hand, "Dandan, mother is so good Dandan. Our Liang family owes you!" "Don't say that. In-laws, in-laws, it's getting late, let's go on the road. When you arrive in Baotou, if you can see Tian Qing and Douhua, send them a message, and tell them that we are doing well, and Qingqing is getting more and more sensible. Now, let them work hard, don’t worry about home, and don’t need to send money home, it’s enough.” She took out a letter from her bosom, handed it to the accountant, and said, “Sir, this is what Qingqing wrote to his parents. Letter, please forward it to them." Qingqing waved her little hand: "Grandpa, grandma, I wish you a safe journey!" The Liang family couple waved their hands movedly and wept. Dandan couldn't hold her back, so she went to see the doctor after the two elders of the Liang family left. Doctor Hu with white hair and silver beard gave his pulse.He looked at Dandan's face and took a breath of cold air: "Girl, you have stagnated Qi and blood for a long time, and it has gathered in your stomach. Feel it yourself, press it, is there a hard thing?" Dandan pressed it himself, and there was a hard thing. "Girl, let me prescribe you a medicine to relieve blood and disperse stasis first. If you have a chance, you'd better go to Taiyuan to see a western doctor. I have to tell you the truth, your illness can only be treated by taking my traditional Chinese medicine. Relief, it's not easy to dissolve this thing. Do you understand?" "Doctor, please tell me the truth, am I suffering from some terrible disease?" Doctor Hu pondered for a while, then looked at Dandan sympathetically, "Girl, why didn't you come to see the doctor earlier? If..." "Thank you, doctor." She resisted to stand up and walked out. Doctor Hu stood up, "Girl, I haven't given you a prescription yet." "I don't need to trouble you." Dandan staggered out of the door, clutching his stomach.At the door she ran into Mr. Huang from the private school, and the two said hello, Dandan pretended to be okay and left quickly. Mr. Huang looked suspiciously at Dandan's back, turned around and walked into the pharmacy, "Doctor Hu, may I ask you, did a girl ask you for medical treatment just now? Oh, she is the sister of a former student of mine. What's wrong with her?" Dr. Hu shook his head regretfully, "There's a hard thing growing in my stomach. It's a terminal illness, and I'm hopeless. To put it bluntly, she won't live for two years." "Ah? This... oh! Why is this girl's life so hard!" Mr. Huang shook his head. Dandan entered the house pretending nothing happened.Qingqing was squatting on the ground and watching the ants move intently.He lifted his small face and asked Dandan: "Auntie, these little ants are really hardworking. Just now, a little ant took a grain of rice in its mouth, which is several times bigger than it. It's amazing!" "Yes. We Those Shanxi people who walked to the west entrance, like your father and mother, they are all like hardworking ants, they moved their homes bigger and bigger, and some even built large courtyards..." Dandan thought of himself Liang Mandun, the younger brother who went to the west exit, couldn't help but feel sad secretly when he thought of his illness.She knew in her heart that she was afraid that she might not see them. Dandan concealed her illness from her mother. Liang's father, Liang's mother and Mr. Accountant entered Baotou City in a cart. Father Liang accidentally saw Tian Yaozu who was drinking tea in the tea shed. He was stunned for a moment, rubbed his eyes and looked hard, and quickly waved his hand to stop the handlebar, "Stop! Stop, stop!" The handlebar braked Live in the carriage. Tian Yaozu also saw Father Liang sitting in the carriage, and couldn't help being startled. "The tea room! Money!" He dropped the tea money and left. Father Liang hurriedly got out of the car. "Wait for me first!" He chased after Tian Yaozu. Tian Yaozu hurried into the coffin shop, and said to a clerk, "Stop the man behind! If he asks, tell him my surname is Qian! Remember?" The guy nodded inexplicably. Father Liang chased into the coffin shop, and the clerk stretched out his hand to stop him, "Oh! You're here? I happen to have a red pine coffin that I just dug out, and it's been painted several times. Who died in the family?" Father Liang stared angrily: "What are you talking about, young man? Who's dead? I'm here to find someone!" The clerk laughed: "Looking for someone? You go to the coffin shop to look for someone? Besides the coffin and me who can breathe, how can there be any living people here? If you want to find someone, go look elsewhere." "I saw a person coming in just now." "Ah? You mean our boss Qian?" "Boss Qian? Isn't your coffin shop called Tian Ji Coffin Shop? Why is the boss's surname Qian and not Tian?" "Surnamed Tian? No, no, how can a farmer be rich enough to make a coffin? His surname is Qian! Let's go." The man interrupted. "No, you asked me to meet him. I just want to ask if his surname is Tian." "Are you looking for a smoke? Just change someone's surname casually? Go away!" The man pushed Father Liang out. Father Liang shook his head and left reluctantly... As soon as Liang's father left, Tian Yaozu packed his bags and said to the clerk, "You can watch the shop for me for a few days. I have something important to go to Datong." He quietly left Baotou that day. As soon as the cart entered the yard of Qiuji cobbler shop, Liang Mantun ran out of the house and saluted the elders: "Father, mother! Did you have a hard time on the road?" Qiu Qiaoqiao also came out with a big woolen scarf on her head. . "Father, mother, you've worked hard all the way. Come in and see your grandson." Qiu Qiaoqiao said. Liang's father and Liang's mother were stunned for a moment, they looked at each other, a little flattered, and didn't know how to talk to Qiu Qiaoqiao. Liang Mandun pushed Qiu Qiaoqiao into the room, "Qiaoqiao, you are in confinement, don't get windy, go in and lie down." Liang Mandun pushed Qiu Qiaoqiao into the house, and suddenly turned around and plopped at Liang's father and Liang's mother, kneeling down: "Father, mother, in the past, it was the son who was unfilial and made the two old people suffer. Qiaoqiao and I decided to change our past. No, be filial to your parents." Liang's father and Liang's mother looked at each other, their noses were sore. With tears in her eyes, Liang's mother went to support Liang Mandun, "Mandun, get up quickly! Just know you're wrong." Liang Mantun knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly and said: "Father, mother! If your elders don't forgive Mantun, I will keep kneeling. My son is not filial!" Father Liang sighed, and two lines of muddy tears ran down his cheeks. And down.He knelt down and helped Liang Mandun up, and Liang Mandun hugged his father, "Father!" Father Liang was also in tears. As soon as Father Liang saw his grandson, he lost his joy, "Look at this kid's nose, it looks like it was picked out of Mandun's face and put on it." "Huh? Is it that big?" Father Liang glanced at his wife, "Arguing! I mean they look alike. With such a small child with a nose as big as his, isn't he really an elephant?" Qiu Qiaoqiao couldn't help bursting into laughter, and Liang Mandun laughed too. Liang Mantun arranged his parents in the front cabinet room.In the first two days he had the clerk clean it up.It turned out that this was the house where Qiaoqiao's father lived.Liang Mantun plans to sell the workshop later and buy a smaller yard, where the family will still live together. Mother Liang asked where the kitchen was. She wanted to cook some eggs and millet porridge for Qiaoqiao; "Then you don't need to go. I'll tell the master and let him cook. You two are very tired all the way, so you should take a good rest and sleep on the kang. In the evening, I will ask the kitchen to cook a few more dishes for you. Your two elders will take over." Liang Mandun was so happy, after all, he was his own parents. The Liang family felt very at ease. They saw that Man Tun's heart was good. Doing business is like fighting a war. Winning or losing is a common matter in the military - if you win, you will lose.As long as you don't lose your temper, you can make a comeback! The table is full of sumptuous meals.Liang Mantun sat around with Mr. Accountant, Liang's father and Liang's mother. Liang Mantun poured the wine, raised two glasses, stood up, and said to Liang's father and mother: "Father, mother! Son is not filial!" He choked up suddenly. Liang's father and Liang's mother's eye circles were also red, "It's full!" Liang Mantun breathed a sigh of relief, "In the past, I felt sorry for the second elder, and made the second elder sad, and I also suffered retribution. You can probably see that my workshop is not because I don't want to do it, but because I have lost my reputation! When encountering difficulties, I think of my parents, it’s good to have parents at the age of eighty! Father, mother!” He knelt down again with a plop. "Oh, man, why are you kneeling again? Get up, get up!" The mother felt sorry for her son. "Father, mother! The son's crime of disobedience, even if you kneel down eight hundred times to your elders, it will not be able to redeem your son's crime of disobedience! My son has made amends to your elders! If the elders forgive their son, they will drink this cup." bar!" Liang's father did not speak, took two glasses of wine from Liang Mandun, and handed one to Liang's mother, "Drink!" He drank the wine in one gulp, and said to Liang's mother, "Quick!" Liang's mother also drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, closing her eyes and grinning because it was so hot. "Get up, son!" Father Liang said. Liang Mantun raised his glass again and said to Mr. Accountant: "Mr. Cao, you are the veteran of this Qiuji workshop. You watched me step by step from getting my buttocks on the board to emptying the master's urinal. He is my elder." "Don't dare!" "It was I, Liang Mantun, who was incompetent and immoral, and brought the workshop down, causing you to have to move. This glass of wine is my apology to you!" "Ah, no, no, I still wish Boss Liang to revive his family business and make a comeback!" As he spoke, the accountant also raised his glass. Liang's father persuaded his son, "Man Tun, our family is reunited again, and there is a new addition. Your mother and I are happy! But your boy and I are quite upset to let you sing such a song. Let's stop here, and no one is allowed to talk about unpleasant things! Let's talk about something else. I saw an acquaintance on the road today!" "Dad, who did you see?" "Tian Yaozu!" Mother Liang was startled, "Huh? Tian Yaozu? You mean Tian Qing's father? Didn't he starve to death on the grassland?" "Yes. But when I chased Tian Ji's coffin shop, he disappeared as if he could escape from the earth. I asked the guy in the coffin shop, and he said that the owner's surname is Qian, not Tian." Liang Mantun sneered, "Surnamed Qian? No, his surname is Tian, ​​and Tian Yaozu changed his name to Tian Guangzong." "Mantun, do you know him?" Father Liang asked strangely. Liang Mantun narrowed his eyes, "I know him too well. No wonder when he knew I was brother-in-law Tian Qing, he lent me money and recognized me as his son-in-law, but I... I became the son-in-law of the Qiu family After that, he didn't talk to me anymore, and went against me everywhere!" The accountant nodded, "Then he must know that Tian Qing is his son?" "I must know. When Tian Qing came to Baotou stall to sue for beheading, I went to his coffin shop to buy coffins for Tian Qing and Douhua. He only counted the cost of one coffin. The one he gave must be for his son. !” Liang Mantun remembered everything. "Really? Does Tian Qing know that he is Tian Yaozu?" Liang Mantun shook his head, "Absolutely not. He only knows that the owner of the coffin shop is Tian Guangzong." Father Liang stood up and was about to go outside. "Mandun his father, what are you doing?" "Go find Tian Yaozu!" Liang Mantun grabbed Father Liang, "Father, when is this? I'll accompany you tomorrow. I still have a bill to settle with him!"