It’s true that no one knows Mrs. Geng’s skills. The Geng family relied on their own efforts, so Mrs. Geng always kept a low profile.
Including Geng Renhe, Geng Nianyu, and Jiang Qin, none of them are particularly high-profile, so although Mrs. Geng has accumulated a lot of wealth, she will not talk about it everywhere.
As she often said, everything should be low-key. Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, no one knows what the future will be like. The more low-key you are, the less others will know what cards you are playing.
Therefore, the Huang family feels that it is not easy for Mrs. Geng. There is also a saying they recently heard that the Geng family is so poor that they have begun to sell their houses and shops.
This is something, so Huang Zhiming felt uncomfortable: "Lianlian, it's not necessary. I heard that you have started selling shops and houses. What do you think?"
Mrs. Geng looked at her brother and said, "Don't worry about me, I still have the money, but I always have to follow Renhe, so I plan to sell the house here."
Huang Zhiming felt uncomfortable: "I want to trouble you again..."
"We are all a family, why bother? I saw many people in the village wearing single clothes today. After a while, let them go back and bring clothes and meat to have a good New Year." Mrs. Geng had a tough look on her face. , Huang Zhiming stopped talking.
I originally wanted to stay for dinner, but this house only has food. Mrs. Geng waved her hand and said, "I'm going back first. You can go to our house for dinner tomorrow. I'll ask the driver to pick you up."
Huang Zhiming could only send them to the entrance of the village. Mrs. Geng still felt quite uncomfortable when she returned home. With her brother living like this, she naturally felt uncomfortable.
Mrs. Geng was sorting through the warehouse, and finally she picked out a lot of things and had them delivered to them, which made her feel a little more comfortable.
After dinner in the evening, Mrs. Geng told Geng Nianyu and Fubao about the Huang family:
"My brothers were all under your grandfather's command, and they all died at that time.
My second brother was directly killed by a shell in order to protect me. He protected me tightly when he died...
At that time, I was still pregnant with Renhe..."
This also became a hurdle that Mrs. Geng couldn't get over: "You don't know how cruel war is. When I woke up, there were corpses everywhere around me. My second brother was blown to pieces and his body was bloody..."
Mrs. Geng wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said: "My brothers have loved me since I was a child, but in the end there was only one fifth brother left."
Geng Nianyu quickly patted her shoulder and said, "Nai, don't be sad, be careful not to break your body from crying."
Fu Bao also quickly poured a cup of tea and said: "Milk, drink water..."
Mrs. Geng smiled with relief and said: "After so many years, there is nothing I can't do to get out! I just feel that compared with the Geng family, I feel sorry for Huangcun."
Mrs. Geng meant to spend money and efforts to train people in Huangcun, so the next day, when Huang Zhiming came to her door, she opened up about the matter: "Who is not training? My family will also need help after they are over 10 years old, not to mention ours." The Huang family is more trustworthy than the Geng family."
Huang Zhiming quite agreed with this: "Yes, this is true. There are very few villages like ours. Little sister, what do you want to do?"
Mrs. Geng smiled and said:
“I will not only let the children in Huangcun have food to eat and clothes to wear, but I will also let the children in Huangcun have books to read.
But when they grow up, they have to work for our family. "
Huang Zhiming was stunned and said: "Effectiveness?"
Mrs. Geng said: "That's right! Now that you have mastered reading in the future, you have to help me with the work. I still have some properties and I need people to help me take care of them. What do you think?"
Huang Zhiming thought for a moment and said, "Sure, this is a good thing! I'll go back and talk to them."
Mrs. Geng nodded and wanted to take Huang Zhiming to eat, but Huang Zhiming shook his head and said: "No, I'll go back. There are still a lot of things to do at home!"
Mrs. Geng took his hand and said, "Fifth brother, are you still blaming me..."
Huang Zhiming shook his head and said, "No, don't think too much. What do I blame you for?"
"Hey!" Mrs. Geng sighed, Huang Zhiming smiled, turned around and left.
After leaving, Mrs. Geng said:
"Actually, I know that he has always blamed me. At the beginning, the fifth brother complained that I should not take all the brothers out to fight.
I thought so too at the time, but those brothers refused to listen to me.
I have argued and argued with them about this matter, but they also have a patriotic heart, which I can't change. "
Thinking of these, Mrs. Geng had mixed feelings in her heart. She was indeed worried about Mr. Geng and planned to go to the battlefield. How could she know that all her brothers were following her secretly to protect her.
When she arrived on the battlefield, she realized that everyone was here except Fifth Brother.
She also didn't expect that in just five years, all four brothers would die in battle.
When she sent all the ashes of her brothers to the Huang family, Huang Zhiming could no longer hold back her tears: "It was all you. If it weren't for you, our brothers wouldn't have gone to the battlefield, let alone die young. If you die, how can you let mom and dad live?"
Mrs. Geng was really desperate at that time, and she couldn't help blaming herself. If she hadn't insisted on her own way, none of her brothers would have died.
This was the calamity she couldn't let go of, so she rarely went to Huang's house later on, for fear of facing Huang Zhiming's resentful face.
But who doesn’t want their family to be safe? Just like what the second brother said in her ear before he died:
"Little sister, don't resent yourself, even without you, we are still preparing to go to the battlefield.
If we don’t go up, our juniors will have to go up, it’s all the same!
I still want us to go there. From now on...if we win in the future, you...must come to my second brother's grave and say something to me..."
As Mrs. Geng spoke, her tears kept falling. Fu Bao suddenly touched her head and said, "Grandma Geng, don't cry. This is not your fault, and they sacrificed their lives for the country. In such troubled times, , no one can stop it.”
Fu Bao sniffed. If she was asked to go to the front line if there was a war now, she would definitely go there without any excuses or hesitation.
For the country, for future generations, and for the countless martyrs who sacrificed their lives to defend the country.
Mrs. Geng hugged Fu Bao and said, "I blame myself! Wuwuwu... I'm thinking that if they didn't go to the battlefield with me, they might have a house full of children and grandchildren by now, Wuwuwu..."
Fubao suddenly saw several young people walking in from outside, wearing military uniforms and looking heroic.
They looked at Mrs. Geng with smiles, and standing next to them was Mr. Geng...
