"Cheng Jingmo, what did they mean by what they said just now about you and Cheng Shuanchun?"
No wonder Cheng Shuanchun was so hostile to her when he saw her for the first time yesterday.
It turned out to be because of Cheng Jingmo!
Yu Xiangnian believed in Cheng Jingmo.
It's impossible for him to do something that violates morality. It should be Cheng Shuanchun's problem.
Cheng Jingmo's answer was simple, "My family asked me to marry her, but I didn't agree."
This time, Yu Xiangnian was even more shocked!
Even if Cheng Jingmo and Cheng Shuanchun are not related by blood, they are still brothers and sisters. How can they be together? !
She still wanted to ask, but Cheng Jingmo quickly walked up to an old woman and said, "Third uncle, grandma."
The third uncle looked at Cheng Jingmo for a while, then suddenly smiled, "You're picking up a baby! The third uncle almost doesn't recognize you!"
"Third uncle, why didn't you come to dinner yesterday?"
The third uncle said regretfully: "Something happened at home and I couldn't get away from it. I heard your third uncle talk about what happened yesterday. He's picking up babies to make a living!"
Cheng Jingmo took Yu Xiangnian's hand and said, "Third uncle, this is my wife."
Yu Xiangnian smiled and nodded, "Third uncle's milk is good."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" The third uncle looked at Yu Xiangnian with a satisfied expression, "The wife who picked up the baby is so handsome! You are lucky to pick up a baby!"
The corners of Cheng Jingmo's mouth curved slightly, "Third uncle, I have brought you some specialties from Nancheng. I will deliver them to you in the afternoon."
"Why are you so polite?" said the third uncle. "Yesterday, your third uncle asked you two to come to our house for a meal. When will you have time?"
Cheng Jingmo replied: "Is this afternoon okay?"
"What's wrong with this! I'll go back and cook later." Third uncle looked at Yu Xiangnian and asked, "Baby-picking wife, what do you want to eat?"
Yu Xiangnian smiled and replied: "I won't pick."
The main thing is that there is nothing to choose from!
Along the way just now, I have seen the situation in the village.
It seems that the conditions of every household are similar to those of Cheng Jingmo's family.
Cheng Jingmo said: "Sanshu Nai, she likes to eat noodles. She will definitely like to eat the braised noodles you made."
"Okay, okay, let's make braised noodles."
Cheng Jingmo originally planned to visit his third uncle and his companions in a few days, but now he decided to do so at the last minute.
He went back to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought two bottles of wine and four kilograms of cakes.
In the afternoon, Cheng Jingmo brought Yu Xiangnian and Xiaojie to his third uncle's house.
They also brought some dried fish and shrimp.
The third uncle and his children separated, and the old couple lived in an old house.
The third uncle criticized: "You bring so many of such precious things!"
Yu Xiangnian said with a smile: "My third uncle didn't have any milk yesterday, so I brought it specially for her. We don't have anything else. It's just such a small offer that my third uncle can't refuse."
The third uncle glanced at Cheng Jingmo and said, "Your wife is better at talking than you, so learn from her."
The meal is very simple, each person has a bowl of braised noodles, and there is a dish of fried shredded potatoes and a dish of pickled radish on the table.
Braised noodles are made with bacon and some sauerkraut is added. It tastes like bacon and has sauerkraut as an appetizer. It is much more delicious than the food at Cheng Jingmo's house.
In this poor mountain village, apart from having meat during the Chinese New Year, no one is willing to eat meat on weekdays.
Moreover, today’s meal was a last-minute decision, and we couldn’t buy meat at that time.
This should be the only meat in the third uncle's house. I usually don't want to eat it, so I took it out and ate it today.
The third uncle revealed the two bottles of wine Cheng Jingmo had brought, poured two glasses, and the two chatted while drinking.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Jingmo and his third uncle got along quite well.
After the two of them finished eating, they carried their wine glasses into the main room and continued chatting.
This should be the second person besides Yu Xiangyang who can chat with Cheng Jingmo until he loses track of time.
Yu Xiangnian said to his third uncle, "This is the first time I've seen Cheng Jingmo speak so well!"
The third uncle glanced at the two people who were concentrating on chatting and said, "It can be regarded as a pick-up baby and your third uncle's fate."
Yu Xiangnian began to ask about Cheng Jingmo's past.
I learned from the third uncle’s mouth:
Cheng Jingmo was picked up by Cheng Huazi on a snowy day.
That day, Cheng Huazi went hunting in the mountains and got lost. When he encountered a wolf holding a child in its mouth, he shot it.
The wolf abandoned the child and ran away, but Cheng Jingmo was picked up.
At that time, Cheng Huazi and Mu Huanzhen had been married for more than three years and had no children, so they took Cheng Jingmo as their own.
"It's strange, you say. Just two months after picking up the baby, your mother-in-law got pregnant, and then she gave birth to six babies in succession. Cheng Huazi can find prey wherever he goes in the mountains."
"Picking up babies is the lucky star of the Cheng family, but the Cheng family..." Third uncle sighed.
Yu Xiangnian didn't know why his heart tightened because of his third uncle's sigh.
Third uncle said: "Cheng Huazi's family was so poor before. They didn't even have a house. The couple lived in a side house."
Yu Xiangnian felt that it should be the room where Cheng Shuanqin and Cheng Shuanqin stayed.
"When the couple had their own children, they felt that the baby was a burden. When the baby was seven years old, the couple sold him."
"Back then, your third uncle scolded the two of them for being heartless, saying that picking up babies is the lucky star of the Cheng family. If the picking up babies are gone, the Cheng family will collapse!"
"Sure enough, your third uncle was right. Within two weeks of picking up the baby and selling it, Cheng Shuansuo fell ill, and the doctors asked him to prepare for the funeral. Cheng Huazi broke his leg when he went into the mountains, and Mu Huanzhen almost broke his leg while cooking. The house is burning!”
"This couple believed your third uncle's words, and together they bought the baby back. But there were already three children at home, and they didn't even have a place to sleep, so the baby was sent to sleep in the cowshed."
"At that time, Cheng Huazi was responsible for raising two cows in the village. When he picked up the baby, he would sleep with the two cows. We were all worried that the cow would accidentally step on him!"
Yu Xiangnian felt a little out of breath. How could Cheng Jingmo's life experience be so miserable!
The third uncle's grandmother added: "Zhou Wa is a sensible boy. He can go into the mountains to hunt and find wild vegetables by himself at the age of seven or eight. During the famine in those years, even adults might not be able to find food when they go into the mountains. He can turn up."
"Later, when the baby grew up, he signed up for the military recruitment in the village one year, and was selected. But there was a problem when registering his name. He didn't even have a name."
"Your third uncle knows a few words. He was also present during the conscription. He temporarily named the baby picker Cheng Jingmo."
"Your third uncle said that Qianba has not been talkative since he was a child, so he gave him the word "mo". He also hoped that he would have a bright future in the future, so he added the word "jing".
The more Yu Xiangnian listened, the more uncomfortable he felt. From the tightness in his chest at the beginning, to now it hurts as if his heart was being grabbed.
Cheng Jingmo’s childhood was too gloomy!
No, he didn't even have a childhood!
She looked at Cheng Jingmo with pity in her eyes.
He was chatting animatedly with his third uncle, his deep eyes slightly curved, and his face showed a rare happiness.
Third uncle said: "However, when the soldiers returned home, something happened to the Cheng family again!"
