"What are you thinking about? What are you thinking about? Look at you, your face is as red as a monkey's butt!"
There was a young daughter-in-law who tickled Yan Zhen with her hands, and the group laughed. Yan Zhen almost choked with laughter. He held his waist and laughed for a long time before saying, "You are really not ashamed!"
"We're all here, why are you so embarrassed? There are no outsiders here."
One after another asked: "It is said in the city that firewood is not needed for cooking, right?"
"And the water comes right away with just a twist! It's so convenient!"
"Still in the house, going to the latrine." The village chief's wife added another sentence.
"That room must not stink to death!"
The group of people started laughing again.
The village chief's wife and the village chief were busy preparing a large table of food, and a group of people started talking and laughing at the dining table again.
"Eat more!" The village chief's wife stuffed a chicken drumstick into Yan Zhen's rice bowl.
Yan Zhen quickly gave the chicken legs to the two children of the village chief's wife's family, "If you give them to the children, what can we adults eat?"
Although I am not hungry anymore, no one has the conditions to eat meat regularly.
The two children had eaten meat today, and their mouths were filled with oil.
Wen Bin and Wen Juan are also working hard. They know that these days are numbered, and they are not sure what they will live in the future.
After dinner, the village chief asked the village secretary. The group first went to the home of Wang Yaozong, the eldest member of the Wang family, who was Wen Bin's uncle.
Wang Yaozong heard early in the morning that Yan Zhen had returned with Wen Bin and Wen Juan, and also heard about what happened to Wang Wenzhi and the others.
Originally they didn't want Yan Zhen to come in, but when they saw that he was brought here by the village chief and secretary, they had to give him face, otherwise he would live in the same village and be a village cadre, which would make it difficult to do things in the future.
As soon as he entered the door, Wang Yaozong asked someone to call Wang Yaozu, the third child, to come in. He couldn't be the bad guy first for this kind of thing.
Wang Yaozu cursed his eldest brother in his heart and came over reluctantly.
As soon as everyone arrived, the village chief spoke first.
"I don't think you are too Qin Chu about what happened at the Wang family's second son's house, so I will briefly explain it."
"Liu Dahua is dead, Wang Wenzhi is crazy, and their sister-in-law Yanse has gone in. In short, these two children have no one to care about and have nowhere to go."
"After all, they are the children left behind by your brother. The children are now grown up. They don't have to worry about you and can help with the household chores. All you need is an extra pair of chopsticks."
The village chief looked at the two brothers and said, "Do I understand what you mean?"
Wang Yaozong nodded and said nothing, but his wife muttered, "It's so easy to talk about having multiple pairs of chopsticks."
"Tsk, you're the only one who talks a lot." Wang Yaozong glared at her, but still didn't express his opinion.
Yan Zhen knew that the couple planned to make one a good person and the other a bad person. They would never take Wen Bin and Wen Juan in anyway.
The village chief added: "I know it's not easy for everyone these days, but it's better than before, right?"
"Wen Bin has grown up, and he will be able to make money for the family soon. All you have to do is provide food for the children." The village chief patiently persuaded, "Wen Juan is also good-looking, and she will be out in a few years." Now that we're gone, maybe Wenjuan can find a good partner with her appearance and help you in the future?"
Wen Bin heard this and understood that it meant giving them a bite of food. As long as he could survive, he might just graduate from elementary school or junior high school and they would not be allowed to continue studying.
After all, studying costs money and delays making money. They will not care about his future. Wenjuan will only be in a worse situation, waiting for the bride price when she grows up.
Wen Bin hoped that the uncle and his third uncle would leave him alone. The worst thing would be if he stayed here.
Of course, the best way out for him and Wenjuan is to go to the orphanage, but it seems that this is impossible.
After listening to the village chief's words, the eldest daughter-in-law rolled her eyes and looked back at her man.
She was a little moved by what the village chief said. Wen Bin and Wen Juan were old enough to work. They could cook, wash clothes, work in the fields, feed pigs, cut pig grass, and leave everything they could do to them. She could relax herself. few.
It was impossible to go to school, so I was working at home.
When the children are older, Wen Bin will go out to earn money to support the family. If you find Wenjuan a family with a lot of betrothal gifts, you can still earn some money as a betrothal gift.
As for whether Wen Bin can marry a wife, it is not something they should consider. From this perspective, it is beneficial to them.
Wang Yaozu remained silent. He didn't want to be blamed for neglecting his brothers' orphans, but he also didn't want to wade into this muddy water. It would be great if the boss could take Wen Bin and Wen Juan in.
If they don't take her in, they will still argue.
Seeing that no one kept saying anything, the village chief looked up at Wang Yaozong and said, "Boss, what do you mean?"
"You are the eldest son of the family. Wenjuan and Wenbin are the children left by your brother. You have to express your position, right? You are the backbone of your old Wang family."
Wang Yaozong slowly raised his head and said with embarrassment: "It's not that I don't want to take care of my brother's children. You have also seen the situation of my family. One of my four children, three young men, is married. We don't need to I’m worried about it, but where are the other two?”
"You have to build a house for someone to get married now, right? Do you have to give the girl a bride price?"
"If my second son and third son are old enough and can help the family, I can take in Wenbin and Wenjuan. But they are in high school now and can study well. I just thought, the children can do anything. Going to junior college and going to school are another expense.”
Wang Yaozong spread his hands and said helplessly: "What do you think I can do to take in Wenjuan and Wenbin?"
"My wife and I can't even make enough money by sticking our butts out. From the harvest of a few acres of land at home, my family really doesn't have any extra money."
Wang Yaozong sighed and said about his difficulty, "Yes, I am their uncle and I should take care of them, but my family's situation is here, and I can't even take care of it myself. I am really powerless."
"Yes, yes." The village chief nodded repeatedly, "Your family is in trouble, I know, but you are the children's parents after all, so you can't say you don't care at all, right?"
"I also want to take care of it." The eldest daughter-in-law followed her man's footsteps and looked at the village chief pretending to be helpless. "You also know that it is my man's business to be the master of the house."
"You said that the child has lost his parents. I feel heartbroken when I see him. My brother has become mentally ill again. I don't care about it and I feel bad about it." The eldest daughter-in-law began to wipe her tears as she spoke.
"But there's really nothing we can do."
No matter who cares about this matter, no one can get it right.
The whole village is watching, and everything is a problem, and the wind is the rain. This child is not his own, he cannot be beaten or scolded, and no matter what he does, someone is watching him. After all, it is not his child, so there must be a difference. In the end, he may get a reputation for treating children harshly.
Who has nothing better to do than wade through this muddy water?
It's better to just ignore it from the beginning and check it out from time to time, so that you can still get a good reputation.
The third child's family was even more confident. His wife said: "The eldest brother and sister-in-law are the eldest brother and the backbone of the Wang family. They don't care about it, let alone us."
"It's not easy for their family, but it's easy for our family?" The third daughter-in-law began to cry, "My eldest brother also has to go to school, and the second child is not in good health and will get sick one after another. Isn't this money?"
"The third child is a girl. She has not made people worry about her since she was a child. She fights with people every day. His father and I carry things from house to house to apologize. The child is not worried! You saw it too, the fourth child, he is still young."
"I really don't have the energy! It's not easy for their family, and it's not easy for my family either! How can my family have the child who has spare money and time to take care of other people's families?"
Yan Zhen looked at Wen Bin and Wen Juan, who were just standing aside. Listening to the adults' respective words, Wen Juan's eyes turned red.
Wen Bin breathed a sigh of relief, it was great that no one wanted to care about them.
