On the embankment opposite the bridge, there is a resident of Linli Village Group 3 who has opened a small shop. The dim lights guide the direction. Across the embankment is Linli Village Group 3.
The ancestral house of the Sun family in Group 3 of Linli Village is a three-room mud-brick house rebuilt by Sun's father more than ten years ago. It consists of a bedroom, a main room and a side room (kitchen and pigsty). Behind it is a weir pond. Sun Jian also fished and swam in the pond; later, after his younger brother Sun Zhangyun got married, his father helped him build three adobe houses nearby. Sun Zhangyun was responsible for taking care of his old mother, so his father moved these three houses. He also gave it to his younger brother. The old mother and her three grandchildren lived in a room. When the grandson's father and his family came back to visit relatives, the younger brother and his sister-in-law vacated the room where they lived for the older brother and his family.
When Sun Jian was a child, he felt that the old house had a strong musty smell and a smell of urine. Now he is even more unaccustomed to it. The second aunt knew that he was very particular about hygiene, so she vacated the room where the fourth sister and fifth sister slept, towels, toothbrushes, and washbasins. , quilts and sheets are all new.
Later, Qinghe Town built a township-level highway from Linhe Township Government to Qinghe Town Government. The residential buildings in Linli Village were unifiedly planned, and scattered farmers were concentrated on the embankment and south of the road. My uncle's family moved there On the north side of the road, when the children grew up, it turned into three large brick houses. One room was divided into two rooms at the front and back. There was a kitchen, a pigsty and a toilet at the back. The three large rooms were unpainted inside and outside, and they were bare. , it was not until their son Sun Jingjun got married that they spent money to paint a new house. Until their death, the room they lived in was not painted.
Sun's father's eldest uncle's family has two sons, the eldest son Sun Zhangwen and the youngest son Sun Zhangwu. They live under the embankment with the fifth uncle's only son Sun Zhangpin. You have done something wrong and you have disgraced the Sun family ancestors!
Sun Zhangpin used to be a worker in the Zhucheng Coal Mine, but was later demoted. Because his two sons were admitted to technical secondary schools and became officials in the city, his family was one of the top three in Linli Village. He had the first black-and-white TV in the village. The machine came from his home and was placed at the door in summer. The two brothers Sun Zhangwen and Sun Zhangwu did not go to see it. Sun Zhangpin looked down on the two brothers Sun Zhangwen and Sun Zhangwu a little. Sometimes even Sun Zhangyun looked down on him, but he was very enthusiastic about his father who went out to work as a worker with him. I always lamented that if they had not been devolved, the family would still be urbanites in the city now. Grandson's father would go back to his hometown to visit relatives and bring out the best things in the house to entertain guests.
Sun Jian would not get involved in the personal grudges of the older generation, as they were all elders, but his uncle was definitely ranked ahead of his three cousins.
The younger generation cannot visit the elders in the countryside as they please, but they are also very particular. The elders and younger ones are in order. Sun Jian went to the door of his uncle Sun Zhangwen's house first.
"Uncle, Brother Sun Jian is here to see you!"
There were still lights and voices in the house. Sun Jingfang shouted loudly outside, firstly to tell the neighbors that his uncle Jiangcheng's eldest son who was in college was back, and secondly, to tell Sun Zhangwu and Sun Zhangpin not far away not to go to bed. Be prepared to welcome guests.
"Jianjian, Jingfang, come in quickly, it's cold outside!"
Aunt Li Guiping opened the door, warmly welcomed the two of them into the room to sit down, and ordered the girl to prepare tea.
"Uncle, I didn't bring you anything good. I brought a cigarette from Jiangcheng to honor you!"
"Jianjian is so polite!"
When Sun Zhangwen saw the Yongguang cigarette handed over by Sun Jian, he felt happy. Sun Jian regarded him as an elder. He heard Sun Zhangyun boast that only the factory director and manager in Jiangcheng could afford to smoke this kind of cigarette. He also knew that Sun Sun Jian provided all the money for the Jiansan siblings' business. His father only found out after he returned to his hometown.
"Thank you, Sister Jingfen!"
The only girl in the uncle's family is Sun Jingfen, who is three years older than the youngest Sun Zhanglian. She hired a son-in-law and gave birth to four sons and a girl in one go. The family is prosperous, but the burden of life is heavy. Fortunately, the son-in-law is Wan Zhongqiang. The famous local masons, together with my uncle and aunt and Sun Jingfen, were able to farm, raise pigs, chickens and vegetables. Although they could not eat one meal of meat a month, the whole family did not go hungry.
As the children grow up, the burden on the family gradually lightens. After the household contracting is completed, now in the winter leisure season, the two sons who have graduated from junior high school are helping their father to build a house. There are still three children in school, and there are still three adobe houses. We cannot afford a black-and-white TV in the house. In winter, the weather is cold. Apart from the children doing homework, the two old people go to bed as soon as it gets dark.
Sun Jingfen's eldest son, Sun Zeqing, is two years older than Sun Jian, but he calls Sun Jian uncle.
In rural areas, seniority matters!
"Uncle and aunt, I will treat you two to a simple meal at a simple restaurant tomorrow afternoon. I have important things to discuss with you two. You two, please rest. I also want to visit the second uncle and third uncle's home!"
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"Second uncle, this is a cigarette I brought from Jiangkou as a tribute to you!"
"Thank you Jianjian!"
Sun Zhangwu went to the Korean battlefield, transported troops, and never fought. He saved his life and did not perform any meritorious service. He was demobilized and returned to his hometown to become a farmer.
In the previous life, when the country's economic conditions improved, these veterans who participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea were given a subsidy of more than ten yuan a month, and they could go to the fields to plant rice and cut grain.
The second uncle and second mother, Zhang Wenxiu, were also very hard-working and their family background was not bad. When the grandson's father returned to his hometown to visit relatives during the Spring Festival, there was a big table of chicken, duck and fish. The eldest daughter, Sun Jingfeng, got married, and the second son, Sun Jingsong, unfortunately encountered a car accident. The daughter-in-law remarried with her granddaughter.
The younger son Sun Jingdong had a bad relationship with his father. The second uncle had a bad life in his later years. He once suffered from an indirect hernia. Not wanting to drag down his family, he committed suicide by drinking pesticide!
It is not news in rural areas that elderly people commit suicide due to illness or life difficulties!
When Sun Jian heard the news, he sighed!
Only with money can you have a happy old age!
After rebirth, this kind of human tragedy will never happen again. With Sun Jian here, these cousins will all be able to take care of themselves in old age!
"Second uncle and second mother, I will treat you and your elders to a casual meal at a simple restaurant tomorrow afternoon. I have important matters to discuss with you and your elders. I also want to visit the third uncle at his home!"
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"Uncle San, this is a pack of cigarettes I brought back from Jiangkou. I respect you. I was worried about the inspection by the Tobacco Bureau of Hunan Province on the way, so I didn't dare to bring more. I also didn't expect that there was no Furong Wang sold on the street facing the river. I could only buy five packs. Bai Shayan's filial piety to the five Yaoyao is not respectful, please help me pass it on to them!"
"Jianjian, you are too polite! Courtesy is light but affection is heavy. As long as you think of the five Yaoyaos and buy a pack of Baisha cigarettes, they will be extremely happy!"
"Third uncle, I will invite three cousins to have a light meal at a simple restaurant tomorrow afternoon. If you can contact a few of the young ones, ask them to come with their boys and girls tomorrow afternoon. I have important things to share with my grandson. Let’s discuss this with the family!”
