Chapter 3 Section 3

This sleep lasted until the sky fell apart, from the beginning of chaos to the end of chaos.When I opened my eyes again, the sunlight outside the window strongly stimulated my eyeballs, my ears were buzzing, and I sniffed, oh my god, I caught a cold.As soon as he raised his head, he saw a pair of black eyes staring at him intently. It was Chuanzhi's daughter, Zhaodi.Brother Zhao wore two braids in the sky, his little face was flushed, and he stared at He Lin like a fairy. "Aunt Hua." The little girl suddenly called out timidly, revealing her missing baby teeth. "how old are you?"

"Eight years old." "Why do you call me Aunt Hua?" "Grandma is calling." "Why do you call Zhaodi?" "I want a younger brother." "How?" "add." "Is Aunt Hua pretty?" "Beautiful—good clothes..." "Is the person more attractive than the clothes?" "The clothes look nice." "Where's your Uncle Hua?" "I don't know - went to drink." "What is grandma doing?" "Cooking, killing chickens. My chickens." Seeing that she was neatly dressed and her belt hadn't been moved, He Lin knew Chuanzhi didn't hurt her much last night.Looking at the watch, it was almost eleven o'clock, and I couldn't help but feel ashamed. I'm afraid the "lazy daughter-in-law" is about to fall on her head. Thinking about uploading a blog on the train and begging her to make her logistics faster when she gets home, she should show some performance and give him face.Thinking of this, the city girl hurriedly got out of bed, and suddenly her foot came back. Why is the right shoe sticky?When I lifted it up, I almost felt sick, two shit sticks were lying in the shoe holes.She quickly knocked on the floor in reverse, and finally shook it off, took out a tissue and wiped it vigorously!Only then did I put it on reluctantly, and the tone of my mood was set for the day, and my prejudice against that Pekingese was unforgettable. Not only was it a "pervert", but it was also terribly sloppy.

"Where did this dog come from?" "Second uncle brought me back from Beijing during the winter vacation." "Stole it?" "The one who steals someone's hug." Hmph, I can't tell. The kid, Zhaodi, hurried out and reported the new discovery to the grandma who was washing the chicken feathers on the washbasin with hot water: "The dog pulled the poop into Aunt Hua's shoe!" After saying it twice, her grandma finally realized , replied: "It's fresh for a puppy to meet a stranger!" Seeing He Lin getting up, the future mother-in-law called out: "Let's cook!" He opened the big black iron pot, filled a large plate of steaming meat, and handed it to the middle-aged woman who had been washing in the kitchen, "Go, Give them some food and drink."

The woman is probably a sister-in-law, with disheveled hair, flushed cheeks, and low eyebrows that are not peaceful in her stubbornness.I heard Chuanzhi say that a very honest and hardworking person just can't give birth to a boy, which keeps the mother-in-law up at night.The sister-in-law kicked the dog with the plate, turned around and went out, not knowing where it was sent. The old lady put another big plate full of high-quality meat, and brought it to He Lin, "Eat it, there is no good food at home, and the chickens raised at home eat meat without laying eggs. This is home, don't be shy." , the principle is to eat enough (then: zei, softly)."

The little girl Zhaodi was very greedy, so she immediately took the chopsticks, but was held down by the old lady, who insisted on letting He Lin pick up the first piece before letting go.He Lin was grateful—the so-called big family and small family are nothing but the difference between a chicken head and a cow—and put a small piece into her mouth, almost throwing away her chopsticks, it's not ordinary salty!According to her aunt's words: Beat the salt seller to death.But still bite the bullet and swallow.After a while, the sister-in-law came back, and the old lady put another bowl in the pot, including cabbage, carrots, chicken heads, chicken feet, chicken feet, and chicken necks, and put it in front of the eldest daughter-in-law, "Spit out the bones to the dog."

The sister-in-law didn't even roll her eyelids, she squatted at the corner of the table, holding a steamed bun and gnawed on the chicken feet.He Lin felt embarrassed. From the moment she appeared as sister-in-law, she had a natural closeness and --- hostile feeling towards her. They had the same identities and were both daughters-in-law of the Wang family, so they got close; Involuntarily derived a kind of comparison and competition.Of course, the latter feeling is very weak, faint.The moment the future mother-in-law lowered her head to feed the dog, she calmly pulled the two plates closer so that the sister-in-law could eat the chicken here, and she could eat the radish and chicken feet there.But the mother-in-law raised her head and pulled the two plates apart as if nothing had happened. She and the eldest daughter-in-law ate chicken heads and chicken feet, while He Lin and Zhaodi ate the top-quality chicken on this plate.

Halfway through the meal, the elder brother called in the yard, and the old lady went out and muttered outside for a while. The child's grandmother said to the eldest daughter-in-law at the door: "I have something to go to Liuzhuang, and I will clean it up after eating. Let's go!" Then he turned to He Lin, and his tone became gentle all of a sudden, "Girl, after you eat, let Zhaodi take you around, so that you can get to know each other well. Don't be biased, eat openly, and the principle is to be full." gone. He Lin eats little, is afraid of thirst, drinking water, and going to the toilet, so she finds a way to talk to her sister-in-law.I don't know if the sister-in-law is being honest or something, but she just hums and responds, and doesn't answer or look at her.

He Lin thought that maybe her mother-in-law was too kind to her, and remembering that she brought her a pair of thermal underwear, she immediately went back to the main room to look for it.The gift seems to have been put away and cannot be found.Returning resentfully, the sister-in-law had already left and only washed her own dishes.Brother Zhao had already burped, picking up the bones he had eaten and feeding them to the dog piece by piece. Oops, I have to wash the dishes, but no one is doing it.He Lin rolled up her sleeves and threw the plates and bowls into the washbasin—there was no other basin, and she was worried again. In the cold weather, cold water was enough, but she couldn't find washing spirit or water everywhere. to the water.Zhaodi still had a wink, and helped Aunt Hua move the washbasin to the pool in front of the pressurized well outside, fill it with diverted water, press it repeatedly, and a gurgle of cool cold water came out of the ground.It doesn't matter if there is no washing spirit, if there is alkali noodles, Zhao brother turns around and grabs a handful of white alkali like a magic trick, and washes the oil on the plate.Of course, the main force washing hands is to recruit younger brothers, and their hands are flushed from the cold.

"Brother Zhao, you are very good at working!" "I wash up after dinner." "which grade?" "First grade," the words continued, "In the future, I will definitely work hard to get into college and live in the city like my second uncle!" He Lin smiled. "Is your grandma on good terms with your mother?" "Not good. Hit." "Who hit whom?" "Hit them all." "Who is more responsible?" Another sentence changed, "Who is to blame?" The girl does not speak. Nothing happened in the morning, and He Lin carefully looked at the place where Chuanzhi grew up. The house was a bit old, and it was refurbished with compensation money when Chuanzhi's father passed away seven years ago.My mother-in-law is really a capable woman. After her husband passed away, she could support a family alone and support two students.Chuanzhi was the second child among the boys, and he had a younger brother who had just been admitted to a university in Wuhan.There is also the youngest sister, who went to work in Shenzhen after her father died and never came back.

He Lin looked at the West Wing from the crack of the door. In the mottled light and shadow, there were branches and straws, and it seemed to be covered with a coffin. "Ah, what is it? It's so well hidden?" "Wood! My daddy (note: daddy is my father) helped to cut it secretly, and the government won't allow it to be cut." Brother Zhao said, covering his mouth. He Lin remembered the lush forest. The poplars, willows and locust trees grew very well. It is rare to have such a good green space in the countryside. At least half of the good impression of Wangjiadian at first glance is due to this forest. "If you don't let it be cut, you still cut it? How nice it is to grow."

"If we don't chop it up, the public will chop it up. The whole village will chop it up secretly." Then Zhaodi took her for a walk in the alley.Walking to the third house, Brother Zhao pointed to the yard with rotten cauliflower on the roof and said, "This is my house." He Lin was startled, "What happened to your roof?" "Planned Parenthood, it was picked up." He Lin continued to be amazed, "Aren't you the only one, and the other is still picked?" The little girl lowered her voice, "There is another sister." "Where's my sister?" "died." "died?" The girl smiled, and immediately changed her words slyly, and said in a smaller voice, "Give it away." "Give it away?" "My aunt's family is helping." "Helping? Oh." The girl quickly said: "Grandma said that she only expects you to have a little boy." He Lin couldn't help but feel a shadow in her heart, what kind of family, no wonder her mother-in-law treats her and her sister-in-law so clearly, it turns out there is a purpose.It is up to a woman to decide whether to have a boy or a girl! The two continued to walk, and the little girl told her that her mother had had a miscarriage, and she was dragged to the hospital by the public family before she had a miscarriage. The grandma said it was a pity, it must be a grandson!The family was fined for giving birth to a younger sister...Maybe adults don't shy away from children, this villain knows everything. "Where do you live tonight?" "In the kitchen." "Eat and live in the stove house?" "The two of them are here, so I just want to sleep on grandma's bed, and I can't get rid of them!" "Why did grandma go at noon?" "I went to my aunt's house." "Are you in such a hurry?" "My aunt and her husband got into a fight." "real?" "Guess." "Can you guess right?" "Certainly." The little girl said with certainty, "They often fight, and last time I beat my aunt's nose to bleed, and my grandma blocked the door of my aunt's house and scolded her all afternoon." Ha, He Lin found it interesting and unbelievable, "Why are there so many things going on?" "If there are too many people, there will be too many things!" While talking and walking, suddenly a basin of cold water fell from the sky and landed in front of my feet with a splash.He Lin was taken aback, Zhaodi pulled her away in a hurry.Then the little girl introduced, "This family is our second grandfather's family, our family's 'revenge'! I often ran to the street with my grandma to scold and even beat me, because there were not as many people as us, so I could only secretly hate us. You guys, you can't see our kindness at all!" Hey, at such a young age, I still know a lot about the world. After walking around and returning home, feeling top-heavy, He Lin felt that her cold was getting worse. She wanted Chuanzhi to buy some medicine, but she couldn't find anyone. She drank from morning to past three o'clock in the afternoon.Zhaodi went to look for him, and when he came back, he said that the second uncle was drunk, swearing, and couldn't walk.He Lin had no choice but to lie down on the bed. She was so thirsty that her teeth ached, but she didn't want to drink water. In the evening, my sister-in-law came back and made dinner. I added the leftovers from noon to half a pot of cabbage and cooked them together. I also boiled a half pot of noodle soup and distilled steamed buns.A little later, the old lady came back and brought the eldest daughter and the son of the eldest daughter, a five or six-year-old boy with a thick head and a dirty face.As soon as I came back, I hid in the kitchen and spoke in a very fast dialect, intermittently, and I couldn't understand.Then Zhaodi came over and called Aunt Hua to eat.He Lin said she wasn't hungry, so don't worry about her.The little girl seemed to have said this to her mother. After everyone had eaten and left, her sister-in-law, who had always been taciturn and dissatisfied with her mother-in-law's partiality, brought her a bowl of egg soup and placed it in front of He Lin's bed. On the small table, he went out without saying anything. He Lin felt aggrieved, and began to miss home. In addition, she didn't take a bath for a few days, and complained in her heart. She was especially angry at Chuanzhi's neglect of her. Did she come to her mother-in-law's house?Obviously exile!No one cares and no one asks.I drank the whole bowl of soup. I was so thirsty that my throat was dry and cracked. Then I subconsciously checked to see if there were any spiders on the wall, and fell asleep again. I don't know how long it took before I heard the sound of banging on the door, and then the sound of glass falling down.He Lin woke up suddenly, not knowing what happened, and then heard the sound of quarreling in the yard, men and women, hurried and sharp, accusing each other fiercely, and more people joined in. He Lin got out of bed secretly, went to look out the window quietly, blowing the cool breeze, and saw that the yard was divided into two factions, the leader was pointing at each other, almost to the other's nose, one of them was the future mother-in-law, she He is not tall, but his aggressive nature suddenly became very clear, his voice was high-pitched and forceful, and he was blatantly intimidating.I don't know where the old lady is pointing at. He seems to be a middle-aged man, very tall and straight, but due to the large number of opponents, he has the intention of fighting and retreating. Key words such as "compensation window", "Qingxia", "your mother x", "beaten", "mother's family" and "in-law's family" were repeated several times, and the quarrel lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour, and the voice suddenly became quieter, and then The two teams walked away slowly. The yard suddenly became very quiet.After a while, He Lin heard a small knock on the door, and someone called Aunt Hua in a low voice.She quickly opened the door and let the omniscient Zhaodi in. "What happened just now?" "The eldest uncle brought people to look for the eldest aunt." "Why bring so many people?" "Let's fight!" "Hit your grandma?" "Hit my father!" The little girl was very straightforward, "A few days ago, my father led someone to beat my uncle into a ditch." "why?" "He lost money playing cards and even beat his aunt." "Where's your aunt?" "Grandma hid my aunt." "They're gone now?" "Let's go, grandma said that I am also looking for my aunt. If I find her, I will let her go back." Then the little girl went on about who swung who with a stick last time, and who beat who on the bed. A meal... seems to be a backlog of old accounts, with no beginning and no end, and a long history. The people involved include uncles, uncles, cousins, cousins, cousins... Oh, what a mess, like bandits in a cottage , He Lin felt dizzy when she heard this, and suddenly said, "Why didn't you call the police?" The omniscient little girl was stunned, as if she didn't know what "calling the police" was. The two were chatting when Chuanzhi came back, so drunk that he couldn't walk in a straight line, fell headlong into it, threw himself on the bed, pushed his niece to the grandma's bed outside, and dragged He Lin to kiss her. He Lin knocked off his hand, told what happened just now, and asked, "Why didn't you call the police? How dangerous it is for so many people to fight!" Chuanzhi laughed twice, "Calling the police is useless, this is not a city, the police care about your shit!" "Who's to blame for the fight?" "It's hard to be a boxer. In the countryside, whoever has no one will suffer...There are people who are justified." "You don't know how dangerous your mother was just now!" "Hmph, let him have the guts, dare!" He Lin was stunned, is this still a gentle boyfriend?How is it like a ruffian!Can't help but sigh, "I have a cold, please buy me some medicine tomorrow." Chuanzhi drank too much, his red eyes didn't even roll over her, and he lost his mind. Not reconciled, He Lin pushed him, "When are you going? Let's go back tomorrow!" It's already sleeping like a pig over there. After finally surviving until dawn, He Lin planned to formally warn her boyfriend: I'm leaving, if you don't leave, I will leave! But before she could speak, someone had already taken Chuanzhi off the bed before her. It was a village cadre who said he wanted to exchange feelings with the college student's nephew.The future mother-in-law was very happy and sent them out of the gate. He Lin is depressed, feeling that she is ignorant, a burden, and forgotten.Just at this moment, my throat became hoarse, my throat was burning, and my teeth ached.He just lay on the bed and resisted speaking, sulking. No one called her for breakfast.I only heard the future mother-in-law ask: "Where is your aunt?" "Aunt Hua said she has a cold." The granny seemed to say something like "delicacy", and there was no one in the yard anymore. I need to eat something, He Lin was so hungry, she remembered the bucket of chocolates she brought, she got up and looked around, alas, I was afraid that my younger brother would steal it, I don’t know which mouse hole I hid it in, I was stunned One piece was not found.He Lin bitterly sent a text message to Chuanzhi's mobile phone: "I'm leaving tonight, let's figure it out! You're already at your fingertips, and you don't care about my life or death!" Before evening, Chuanzhi came back, along with his mother, brother, sister and her children. He Lin thought to herself that the threat still worked.The four of their mothers were talking in the yard, and the mother-in-law said: "I can't leave tonight, it's too late, I haven't had time to clean up anything, and I haven't said some things to He Lin!" Boyfriend's voice: "She has a childish temper, she has never suffered, she is spoiled and spoiled." The eldest sister's voice: "You will suffer in the future, marry a porcelain doll and come back!" Future mother-in-law: "What do you say about your house? Houses in Beijing are so expensive that it's not worth a toilet!" Boyfriend: "Don't worry about it. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. He Lin and I will settle it ourselves." Future mother-in-law: "When do you plan to have children?" "Not married yet!" "When are you going to get married?" Big aunt: "What's the difference between this and getting married?" Boyfriend: "I have to discuss it with He Lin and He Lin's parents. I can't make a decision." Future mother-in-law: "I'll find someone to count on a good life, and I'll be safe when I get married. I'm in my twenties. A man should marry in college and a woman should marry in college. Getting married is the way to live!" Elder Sister: "Now you have graduated and found a job to earn money. You have not been filial to our mother and you are going to marry a wife. It is not easy for our family to confess you. Don't marry a wife and forget your mother! Think about it." For all the hardships and sins our mother suffered for you, you must have a conscience!" Boyfriend: "How can it be, where are you going?" Future mother-in-law: "Imagine that you can marry a daughter-in-law and settle down in the city. Even if I die, I will close my eyes. The days are not in vain. Drinking cold water now is as sweet as honey!" Boyfriend: "Hey." He Lin thought, should I go out now?Doesn't the future mother-in-law have something to say?Now that their whole family is here.She climbed out of bed dazedly, kicked her shoes and pushed open the small door. As soon as she reached the door of the main room, she heard the voices outside subsided, rustling and whispering.She is right behind the door, neither going out nor going back.Just hear the future mother-in-law say in a low voice: "Give your nephew two hundred, your sister is living a tight life, and let Liu Changsheng, a careless bastard, have a hard time in the future!" Under the distant shadow of the moon, Wang Chuanzhi took two cards out of his wallet and handed them to a small hand outstretched in the arms of the elder sister. "I want to..." Zhaodi's voice was low in the night.She sat opposite grandma and Chuanzhi with her hands crossed on her knees, with her face upturned. But her father slapped her in the face: "What do you want! Go away! You can eat or wear whatever you want!" Her second uncle, who went to college and worked in the city, took out two and handed them to her.When the little girl reached out to pick it up, she was snatched away by her grandma, "What are you doing with so much money, kid? You have to let your money-obsessed mother get lost if you don't waste money!" An old man's ticket is enough, and Zhaodi immediately gets up and stays away from his father and grandma. The old lady spoke again, "Your younger brother just passed the exam this year, money is tight at home, and you just graduated, so you haven't earned any money, so I haven't told you..." Her son immediately stuffed a wad of money in the wallet to his mother, "One thousand and six, you can take it, the wages of these two months, except for my meals and pocket money, are all here... just started working, less money , and no bonus—and I saved some to buy train tickets.” The old lady continued to sigh, "The third child has to live for four years, and it costs a lot of money. Think about how you have burdened your family. The things in our field are becoming less and less valuable. I work greedily from morning to night, and my waist and muscles I was so tired that I couldn't sleep well all night, I am old and useless. The stick is not worth much, and this year's peanuts are cheap..." Chuanzhi was a little excited: "Mother, don't worry, I have made money anyway, and I will pay for Chuanlin in the future." The eldest brother said for the first time, "Well, I didn't give you in vain, and the baton is only up to you!" Future mother-in-law: "How much does He Lin earn a month?" Boyfriend muttered: "It's about the same as me." Future mother-in-law: "It's all her own family, so help if you can. I won't say that, you say it's appropriate!" Boyfriend: "Not married yet." Future mother-in-law: "How is it different from getting married?" The boyfriend is vague: "Okay...okay..." Eldest sister: "There are two college students coming out of our family, and our mother is worth it! It doesn't matter whether we are worth it or not, we have to let our mother be worth it! In the future, you and the third child should treat our mother better." He Lin felt weird. She couldn't understand the last few sentences intermittently. She couldn't figure out whether the above words were intended for her to hear?This family is really sincere, united and hardworking. The next day, the future mother-in-law prepared a rich enough breakfast: half a bowl of clear egg soup, six salted duck eggs, half a basket of steamed buns, and ten eggs, five of which were wrapped for Chuanzhi He Lin to take to the train to eat.Because the food on the train is too expensive, you can’t eat anything for eight yuan a box, but you can buy three catties of eggs.Then the whole family—the old lady, elder brother, elder sister, Chuanzhi, Chuanzhi's nephew Huzi, Zhaodi and He Lin, gathered around a small table and enjoyed the egg meal. Why don't you see my sister-in-law?He Lin only thought for a second. "He Lin," the old lady looked kindly at her future second daughter-in-law opposite the low dining table, "it's the first time you come home, so let me know who you are. Anyway, I don't treat you as an outsider, and don't go to places where the hospitality is not good. In my heart, the countryside is no better than the city, and I don’t pay much attention to it, not to mention that I’m an old woman who has never seen the world, what others have, we also have, it’s just more or less—don’t think too little!” The lady's fingers, covered in plaster under the nails, held a small wad of money over the soup bowl. Well, this is the legendary meeting ceremony?He Lin was curious, was it part of the biography handed in to her last night?But immediately said obediently: "Auntie, you can put it away, it is not easy for you to earn a little bit. I also go to work anyway, and I earn enough. It is too difficult for you to be at home..." The old lady was very satisfied and smiled, "He Lin is really sensible! The children in the city are sensible! Take it, it's not much, it's a little bit of my heart to be an old man." The eldest aunt knocked on the bowl to chime in: "People who have gone to college are different. They are not like country girls who are snobbish. Whoever has more money and whoever has more money is all in the eyes of money! There is no quality at all." Uncle: "Oh, rural people, customs!" Eldest sister: "Hurry up and put it away, mother gave it sincerely, only if she likes you! Just treat my brother well in the future." He Lin had no choice but to take it. Zhaodi immediately whispered, "Five hundred yuan." He Lin changed hands and stuffed the five tickets into Chuanzhi's trouser pocket. The old lady continued: "He Lin, you are not a child of ordinary people in the city. You are handsome and kind-hearted, and your parents are big intellectuals and leaders; my family's biography is honest and has no bad intentions. , eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. I have never done any work at home since I was a child, so I know how to study, and I study well! Every teacher likes him, and they say he is a good seed since he was a child. The scores in the college entrance examination are always high. The first college student in the area, our township head came to my house in a car..." Chuanzhi interrupted his mother: "What are you talking about? The old emperor's calendar, really." His mother looked at her son incredulously, "Why don't you let me tell you? It's not a bad thing. Now Qianqian Village often uses your example to educate children: study hard, make progress every day, go to Beijing to go to university like Wang Chuanzhi, Marry a girl from the city and live in a house in the city..." After the last two sentences, He Lin felt a little embarrassed, "Don't laugh at me, the countryside is no better than the city, carp jumps over the dragon's gate, high tables and low benches read ten words It's been so hard to be a college student for many years. My Chuanzhi family is also one of the best kids in a hundred miles. When they were young, I asked my husband to do a fortune telling. Among the five of them, Chuanzhi's life is the best: born with talent, Your Majesty, after ten years of hard work, you will be able to get the best out of it, and you won't be bothered in the future..." "Mother, can you stop talking?" Facing his mother's brazen bragging, the son felt embarrassed again. The eldest aunt laughed: "Why are you ashamed, if you don't have a girlfriend now, girls from miles around come to our house to be a matchmaker, and the queue can be as long as miles!" Brother Zhao answered softly: "But it's not as good as this Aunt Hua who went to college." "That's right, your second uncle is only suitable for those who have studied in college." The future mother-in-law didn't finish talking, so she went over the dinner table and continued: "He Lin, my second child is honest, you should take care of him, and don't bully him in the future. The house is at the door of your natal home, and everything is close to your natal home. Take care of him, a family Is there a person, come here with a discussion, and live a good life when the two of you are united and work hard in the same place! If he has something to do, help him, we are far away from you, and you can't reach it. Sigh , raising a son, he can't stay by his side when he grows up, so what if he is promising? Even if he is raised by someone else, don't treat him as an outsider!" He Lin finally said: "My parents like him." Everyone around the dinner table smiled. Big aunt: "Chuanzhi looks good, he is the best among our five brothers and sisters, especially big eyes, double eyelids, single phoenix eyes! Look carefully, Andy Lau is like this." Uncle: "It's just that the mouth is stupid, and dessert will be fine." Future mother-in-law: "The second child is special because he has a special mind (special: tui, four tones, accent), so he is good. He has been like this since elementary school. Every teacher praised him, saying that he must be a good seedling in the future..." When going to the train station to buy tickets that day, He Lin was depressed again.Wang Chuanzhi is not a poor man, he has been carrying the salary of the past two months in his pocket, more than 2,000 yuan, which was generously distributed to his family, and even asked her to advance more than 100 yuan when buying tickets, even the future mother-in-law The five hundred yuan meeting gift for the future daughter-in-law was also returned.Back to Beijing, drink northwest wind? ? ?