When Mrs. Liu wanted to catch the sixth steamed bun again, Yang Huazhong came back.
Mrs. Liu quickly took back her hand and stood up with a burp.
"Third brother, are you back? How are you? Has the old lady been persuaded?" Ms. Liu asked.
Yang Huazhong nodded, "I have persuaded you to stop now, but the old lady said that no matter what happens tomorrow, she will come to see the show, and she will crawl to see the show. She said that she was suffocated in the room alone!"
Mrs. Liu curled her lips and said to Mrs. Sun: "What's going on? I didn't lie, did I? This old lady just doesn't worry..."
Mrs. Sun ignored Mrs. Liu, but said to Yang Huazhong: "The old lady has been staying in bed these days. She is really bored. She has never had any extra hobbies in her life. She just likes to listen to big plays."
"Father Qing'er, what are you going to do?" Sun asked again.
Yang Huazhong said: "My father, my fourth brother, Yongxian Yongzhi and I have discussed it. If it doesn't work out, we will find a piece of land for her behind the curtain of the stage tomorrow."
"Put a blanket on the ground, and before the show starts, I'll carry her there and let her get into position first," he said.
Before Ms. Sun could say anything, Ms. Liu said first, "Oh, Third Brother, it's easy for you to say that. Not to mention that the old lady has a lot of things. When she listens to a play, she will have to poop and pee at the same time. "It's hard to take care of."
"And the theater troupe, why did they agree to let an old lady like us lie in the back and listen? The back is where the theater troupe people work!"
After hearing what Liu said, Yang Huazhong said: "As long as you give me money, there's nothing you can't do."
"Besides, I am Li Zheng of Changping Village. When a troupe comes to our village to sing a big opera, they have to get my nod."
"How about I give them some money and let them help the old lady at home?"
"As for the old lady's feces and urine, we, the juniors, can go over and take care of it. Fourth brother and sister, why don't you pick on the old lady in front of me?"
"In this world, there are only bad parents. You'd better correct your problem. Parents are the best role models for children. If you treat the elderly kindly now, your children and grandchildren will not take advantage of you when you are old in the future. Take it seriously, I’m going to put this aside now, believe it or not, it’s up to you!”
After saying these words, Yang Huazhong left the house angrily and went to talk to the troupe leader.
Here, Madam Liu said to Madam Sun with an aggrieved look on her face: "Third sister-in-law, look at Third Brother, what did I say? You're going to give me a lesson!"
Sun smiled bitterly, "Your third brother is the most dutiful son in the world. It's not like you don't know him well, but you still scold his mother in front of him. Don't you think you are deliberately making yourself uncomfortable?"
"I'm telling the truth, that old lady is really difficult to take care of..." Mrs. Liu said.
Mrs. Sun raised her hand to stop Mrs. Liu: "Okay, no matter whether it is difficult to take care of her or not, we have been her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for the rest of our lives."
"In the future, you'd better say less of your complaints. As a human being, we still need to be more lenient, especially to the elderly."
"What your third brother said makes sense. Everyone gets old and gets sick and can't help themselves."
"Think about the last time you were sick and lying in bed, did you think that the sky and the earth were not working? Do you think that it would be great if there were juniors to take care of you?" asked Sun.
Mrs. Liu nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, the third girl is not in the house, and I can't even drink water. At that time, I wanted to die."
Sun said: "That's right. So, when we can run and move now, we can't despise the old man. Even if it is to set a good example for ourselves in the future, what do you think?"
Ms. Liu thought about it for a moment and said, "Well, that makes sense, that's all. I'll go back tonight and ask the old lady if she's hungry. If she is hungry, I'll cook her a bowl of brown sugar poached eggs!"
Yang Huazhong quickly made an agreement with the troupe leader. Then he went to the old house while the iron was hot and told Lao Yangtou and Tan about the matter.
When she heard that she would be able to sit behind the stage and listen to a play tomorrow, Ms. Tan was very excited.
She was stingy with praise, but this time she named Yang Huazhong and praised him from head to toe.
Old Yangtou was also very satisfied with Yang Huazhong's arrangement and asked the old woman to go to the stage to listen to the play. Old Yangtou also felt that it was very good.
However, Old Yangtou thought of another thing and hesitated a little.
"Old woman, what will you do when you have to poop and pee?" the old man asked.
Yang Huazhong said: "It's okay. Mom will go to the theater when the time comes. We'll go around in a while. Whatever she wants to do, we'll just take her down."
Ms. Tan waved her hand and said, "Hey, I won't eat or drink until midnight tomorrow. It only takes more than an hour for me to die from listening to the show. I can hold it in!"
Old Yangtou said: "Okay, since you said you can hold it in, let's make an agreement first and take you to the theater tomorrow!"
…
The next day, Tan really fulfilled his promise and started fasting from mid-afternoon.
When the sun went down and the sound of gongs and drums began to be heard from the village entrance, Mrs. Tan couldn't sit still.
"Where are the third child and the others? Why haven't they come to pick me up yet?" she asked towards the door of the house.
Mrs. Liu, Zhao Liu'er and Cao Bamei were all in the room. After hearing this, Mrs. Liu said: "Old lady, don't be anxious. The third brother will definitely come back as soon as he says he will come. Is it possible that he still deceives you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Huazhong came, followed by Yang Yongxian and Yang Yongzhi.
"Mom, I'm here to pick you up. Qing'er's mother has already taken the blanket to the stage to lay the floor for you." Yang Huazhong said as he entered the door.
Mrs. Tan was very happy, lifted up the quilt and said, "I've already prepared it. I'm waiting for you. Let's go, let's go!"
…
Mr. Tan was listening to the play there, and below, people from the old Yang family were milling around, escorting them at any time.
This scene really made the other old people in the village who were about the same age as Tan who came to watch the show envious.
"Sister Tan is really lucky. Look, this blind and lame person came out to watch a show, and the whole family came out to protect her like a queen!"
"Yes, Sister Tan knocked too many wooden fish in her last life, and that's how she got the blessings in this life!"
"Ever since she was young, she has had the final say in the inner house of Lao Yang's family. Later, she married several wives, and she can control the situation!"
"I can only say that the daughters-in-law of the old Yang family and the grandson's daughters-in-law, like Mrs. Sun and others, are all good people with kind hearts. Otherwise, with a temper like Sister Tan's, other people's families would have quarreled every day..."
These conversations under the stage also reached Mr. Tan's ears from time to time.
Mrs. Tan squinted her eyes and sat there with a really comfortable look on her face, with a confident and proud smile on her lips.
An old woman came over to say hello to Mr. Tan.
She is Yang Huamei's mother-in-law, Wang Hongquan's mother-in-law, and Wang Shuanzi's mother.
"My mother-in-law, is it comfortable for you to sit here and listen to the opera?" Shuanzi asked enthusiastically.
Mr. Tan smiled, nodded like an old Buddha and said, "Yeah, not bad."
"You're here to see the show, where's Mei'er? You're not going to leave my daughter at home to take care of the home, right?" Ms. Tan asked.
