When their son, who had been away from home for ten years, returned home, the old couple were very excited. In the middle of the night, they made a fire, cooked several bowls of noodles, and cut a small piece of bacon.
Yun Fei tried to stop him, but he cooked the noodles himself.
How could we bother the old man to greet them in the middle of the night?
Zhang Tieniu, with his back bent, was chatting with his grandson in the house. There were many grandsons in his family, but he felt that the son of the fourth family was the most upright.
There are many children in the family, and all five fingers are long and short, let alone six children.
Naturally, they prefer the eldest son who is with them all year round and works at home farming.
When the original person was born, the old couple were busy working every day, and the children who followed were basically raised by the first three children.
It's not surprising that the feelings are lighter.
But after all, the child is his biological child, and his blood is the same, so how can he really not care.
So when the original body was clamoring for travel expenses to go to the Magic City, they sold the pigs they raised at home even though they were in trouble.
After the three of them ate it, Zhang’s mother couldn’t help mentioning it and complained: “You kid, this is the sin I committed in my previous life.
You said you haven't been home for ten years, why are you coming back at this juncture?
Your father and I are both very old, and we still need a few to be buried with him? "
"Pfft, cough~" Grandma said so directly, Zhang Qingsong was shocked.
Why doesn't it look like the image of a woman described by his father who has suffered a lifetime and been harmed by feudal society?
"Old man, go get the things."
Zhang Tieniu smiled and took out an iron box from his arms and handed it to her, "I brought it here a long time ago. I guessed you wanted to use it."
The old couple have known each other's nature all their lives.
Zhang’s mother handed the iron box to Yunfei, “This is the money you have sent home over the years, we have no use for it.
Take it and leave here. I heard that the train station is gone. You can take the train somewhere else and go back to the Magic City.
The big city is safe. I also asked your brothers to leave first. Everyone said that our land cannot be saved. "
I started sending money after Yunfei came here, every year, along with a letter from home.
Neither the old couple nor his family can read, but they can ask the villagers to help him read the words, so he always reports that he is safe.
At this moment the money was back in his hands.
"We don't lack anything. This money hasn't been touched much. It's just that your father was sick and used some of it. Your brothers also chipped in some money."
Yunfei handed the box back, "It's for you to use. What are you doing here? I'm not allowed to honor my parents anymore?"
"It would be great if I really didn't return it to you on a normal day, but kept it for food, and then held a decent funeral.
My son gave it to me, but I don’t dare to use it. Isn’t this the way it is now? You must not have travel expenses?
They say that a poor family is rich, but I don’t know how you can go back to the devil’s capital. Don’t let your wife and baby suffer. "
"Brother, are they all gone?"
The old lady wiped away her tears and said, "I'm leaving, going to the south, following the villagers.
We have contacted all of your brothers who can be contacted. Whether your sisters can leave depends on the wishes of their in-laws.
Just rest tonight and leave early tomorrow morning. If you can't go back to the Magic City, go to the south. You can go anywhere, just don't stay here. "
"Mother." Huang Xiaoyan couldn't help crying.
"Yanzi is a good person. Live your life well and give Songwazi a companion. When we are old, we have lived enough."
Zhang Tieniu couldn't help but start wiping away tears. He and the old lady were fine. After all, at such age, they had experienced everything, so if they die, they will die.
But their grandchildren, all of whom are still young, will have to experience war and be forced to leave their homes at the beginning of their lives.
"Fourth child, work hard and raise your children. Don't just think about pie in the sky like before."
Yunfei answered them one by one and chatted for a while. After seeing that the two old men were a little nervous, they dispersed to rest.
There are only two rooms on the left and right in the house, both of which have a big Kang.
The original brothers and sisters grew up in this small room.
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The next day, before dawn, Huang Xiaoyan heard the noise in the house and quickly got up and went out.
Zhang's mother was lighting a fire in the kitchen with her hunched waist, while Zhang's father was helping to bring in the firewood.
Not caring to wash up first, she hurried forward to help carry firewood, "Dad, please rest and let me do it."
"No, no, you go back to the house and sleep for a while, and I'll just fix it with your mother."
How could Huang Xiaoyan lie down with peace of mind? During the first two years of her marriage to Zhang Shiqiang, she had been taken care of by the old couple.
Strictly speaking, she is actually equivalent to a child bride.
After her biological mother died, she found a stepmother. After the stepmother came home, she gave birth to three more children. She and her brothers were very embarrassed.
Male babies are rarely given away.
She had no choice but to give her away. The stepmother collected some grain and sent the teenage girl to the Zhang family.
When she grew up, she married Zhang Shiqiang, who was of a similar age. During those years in the Zhang family, she still had to work.
But at least the treatment is the same as that of the children of the Zhang family. The reason why they took her back with so many children is because Zhang's mother and her mother grew up together when they were young.
The relationship between the two is very deep. When the Zhang family was in trouble, Huang Xiaoyan and her mother helped.
Two years after their marriage, she failed to get pregnant, and there were many rumors in the village, but her mother-in-law never felt sorry for her.
Instead, she was more caring and comforting, which made her sisters-in-law often make sarcastic remarks to her.
So she really felt that the old couple were her parents, her last relatives in this world.
With a stepmother, there is a stepfather. Her brothers and sisters did not have a good life in the Huang family. They left for the south when they were young and have not contacted each other for many years.
They never sent a reply. Everyone said that they were afraid that they would become prosperous outside and would not come back.
Sad? It must be sad.
But at the same time, I am happy for them. As long as they are well, then what does it matter whether they remember her as a biological sister or not?
It's better than living under the stepmother.
Yunfei was in the room and came out after giving himself medicine.
Among the three, only his injury has not fully healed, and the injuries on the mother and son are no longer in the way.
He consciously walked to the firewood pile to chop firewood, and Huang Xiaoyan helped make breakfast.
Zhang's mother probably thought that they would leave after finishing the meal, so she was very willing to take the food.
I baked a lot of big pancakes, boiled eggs, cooked a pot of millet porridge, and cut some bacon and cooked it.
The pancakes were prepared for them to take with them as dry food. After serving breakfast, she was still making pancakes.
"After breakfast, you should quickly pack your things and head south first. In short, we can't stay here any longer. The little devils will probably come here in the next few days.
Mom went to ask specifically this morning. Erwa and the others are also leaving. You follow them out first. "
"Mom, we are not leaving." Huang Xiaoyan was very sad. She didn't expect that she would see her for the last time when she came back.
(End of chapter)
