Chapter 42
Sister, don’t be so gloomy. Be careful not to do harm to the child in your belly. The famine years will pass in just a few years. The days will definitely get better and better in the future. Besides, our family’s life is better now. You
My brother and I have also made money, and we will help each other in the future.
"Oh, by the way, your family is now the fourth generation. My brother-in-law and his father have three brothers. There are eight cousins in my brother-in-law's family. They have all started to get married in recent years. I think your family's yard is better.
We are not much older, we will definitely not be able to live together when we are both married, and there is no talk of separation at home," Li Wen asked doubtfully.
Li Wen's family, the old lady, is still alive, and Li's father and brother are still young, so they have not separated their families for the time being. When Li Wen and the next generation get married, Li's father said that they will definitely separate their families; there are too many families.
It was difficult to manage, and they lived together in a crowded place, and it was difficult to manage the public accounts of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law involved, so my father and second uncle had discussed it in advance, and they would start to separate the family as soon as the eldest brother Li Wu got married.
"I told you, why didn't you tell me? In the past few years, the eldest and second son of my eldest uncle's family have gotten married. Your brother-in-law and I have gotten married in my father-in-law's family. Your brother-in-law's two younger brothers are not too young. The eldest son of my third uncle's family just got married this year.
Dear, I still have two children who are about the same age as you. We are going to get married in a few years. The place to live is no longer enough. Every few days we are arguing about the separation of the family. I get a headache when I talk about it.
"Li Li rubbed her head and complained.
"Yes, when there are more brothers, it is really a headache to separate the family. Fortunately, our family is relatively small. Our father has already agreed that we will separate from my second uncle as soon as the eldest brother gets married," Li Wen said with a smile.
"Ah, our family needs to be divided too. The relationship between my father and my brother, as well as between my mother and my second aunt, is pretty good!" Li Li said in surprise.
"I agree to split the family. It's good. We have a lot of people in our family now. My eldest brother and I have all grown up. We each have our own affairs and relationships. It is inevitable that it will be inconvenient for us to be together," Li Wen explained with a smile.
road.
"That's right, it's okay to split up and live each other's lives behind closed doors. Your brother-in-law has too many family members, as well as many mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, and many relatives. In the past, our relationship was pretty good, but it's inevitable that people will come and go.
Come on, my father-in-law and his brothers have been discussing splitting up the family for the past few years. However, in the past few years of famine, the income has been very low, and there is not enough money to build a new house after the split. Living in the same courtyard is like having no split.
, so the family separation matters have been left alone," Li Li said with a sigh.
After hearing this, Li Wen started to worry; Sister: "We'll see after you give birth to the baby. If it doesn't work, your brother, I and our family will support you and your brother-in-law."
"You kid, you open your mouth and talk all day without thinking about it. Even if the labor is free to build a new yard, eating, drinking, eating, and some necessary items will cost more than 200 yuan. There is also food. It is not easy to separate the family. Li Li
He touched Li Wen who was sitting on the small stool and said with a smile.
Li Wen knew that he was still a young child in his sister's heart, so he didn't continue to argue and smiled.
"Awen, come and have dinner with your sister," said brother-in-law Song Chaoyang, opening the door curtain and walking in.
"Sister, I'll help you and let's go eat." Li Wen stood up and helped Li Li from the bed.
"Awen, let's go, I'll help your sister," Song Chaoyang said with a smile.
"It's okay, brother-in-law, I just need to support him," Li Wen waved his hand.
When he came to the yard, Li Wen was also shocked. He had never had a meal at his eldest sister's house before. He always left before meal time. He knew that people are not rich nowadays and they usually don't leave anyone to eat.
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Four large tables were set up in the yard, and they were all crowded with people. He counted a total of twenty-three people.
The old lady and her two daughters-in-law and grandson-in-law sat at another table, the sons and their adult grandsons sat at two tables, and the rest were occupied by some older girls at one table.
Maybe Li Wen came today. The eldest brother-in-law and his family sat at a special table and reserved a seat for Li Wen. Li Wen came to the yard and said hello under the introduction of the eldest brother-in-law before returning to his seat.
"Hello, Uncle Song, hello, Auntie," Li Wen said hello hurriedly while looking at his eldest brother-in-law's parents who were sitting in the chair.
"Sit down, sit down. The last time you came to see your sister, Xiaowen was still a child. She hasn't grown up in the past half a year," Song's father said with a smile.
"Uncle, I am still a child now, but I have grown older and have started to grow in the past six months," Li Wen explained with a smile.
"Come, Xiaowen, let's eat. Today you brought two big fish, and aunt cooked them for you. The meat of these big fish is really fat, and it's very good. We're in for a treat today, so come and eat quickly. You're welcome," Mother Song
said with a smile.
Li Wen politely took the bowls and chopsticks. There was half a fish on the table, as well as a plate of scrambled eggs, a plate of tomato and tofu soup and two cold dishes. The staple food was steamed buns with Erhe noodles, two for each person. He ordered them lightly.
Nodding, he was treated well today; he just saw that the other tables were filled with cornmeal steamed buns, and there were only two dishes on the table.
"Okay, everyone is seated. Let's start eating. Would you like a drink, Xiao Wen?" Song's father said with a smile, raising the wine glass in his hand and asked; Li Wen smiled and waved his hand.
"You damn old man, you know how to drink when someone comes. Xiaowen, if you don't want to drink, just eat quickly," Mother Song put some vegetables in Li Wen's bowl and said with a smile.
The eldest brother-in-law, four brothers and sisters, there were eight people at this table including Li Wen. As soon as Father Song said it was time to eat, everyone put their chopsticks directly on the fish. It seems that life at home is quite difficult. Seeing the eating behavior of several children
, Father Song felt slightly embarrassed, and then started eating fish.
Li Wen has been tired of eating fish recently. Mother Song made good cold dishes and ate a lot. The Song family saw what Li Wen came to bring today and saw that Li Wen looked good. They knew that the life of Li Wen's family must be better than theirs.
Didn't say anything.
The meal ended in less than twenty minutes. Father Li and Li Wen chatted for a few words and then went back to the house to rest.
Back in the room, Song Chaoyang poured a glass of water for Li Wen, sat down and said with a smile: "Xiao Wen, these two fish today are really not small, and they have a lot of meat. Where did you get them?"
"I caught this in the river some time ago." Li Wen told Song Chaoyang and his eldest sister Li Li about his fishing in the past few months. They were so surprised that they said wow!
After chatting for a while and watching the eldest sister huffing and puffing, Li Wen knew that this was a natural phenomenon that pregnant women tended to drowse more, and it was not a matter of driving him away.
"Sister, brother-in-law, I won't stay any longer. It's almost three o'clock in the afternoon and I have to go back before dark." Li Wen stood up and said goodbye with a smile.
"Okay, brother-in-law won't keep you. Your sister will give birth in a few days. Then come back to tell the family the good news." Song Chaoyang stood up and said with a smile.
Li Wen did not ask his eldest sister to go out to see him off. The Song family had already gone to work, and Song Chaoyang sent Li Wen to the door.
"Brother-in-law, let's go. You go back and take good care of my sister. If you need anything, ask someone to call home." Li Wen waved his hand and left Qingshui Village.
When we returned to the town, the market had already dispersed, leaving only scattered villagers in the countryside still setting up stalls, and not many people coming and going.
Li Wen passed by and bought some bran and a few small wooden barrels, and then wandered towards his home.
"You bad guys, don't beat my brother, I'll beat you to death." Far away, Li Wen saw a little girl of five or six years old shouting loudly behind four or five children of about ten years old, who was occasionally pushed away and fell down.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" Li Wen hurried forward and shouted.
Several children were stunned when they heard this, and looked at Li Wen. After seeing that Li Wen was only a few years older than them, one of them, a stronger boy about twelve years old, cursed: "You are nosy, get out of here."
Be careful to beat you up together."
Li Wen walked up and saw that several people were beating up an eight or nine-year-old boy. He was stunned when he heard this. This kid must be too arrogant.
"Hey, you're still cursing people. I'm not ashamed to beat a small one. If you have the ability, go home and beat your dad." Li Wen scolded in amusement.
The brothers beat him up. The strong boy saw Li Wen scolding him and rushed towards Li Wen.
Since Li Wen was reborn, for some reason, his strength has become very strong. In addition, he has been eating well and drinking well recently, and his physical condition has recovered well. He can work more energetically than his elder brother.
Seeing the boy shaking his fist at him, Li Wen kicked the boy into a smelly ditch on the roadside. The other four boys also attacked Li Wen when they saw him beating him.
Li Wen punched two of the little brats with bloody noses with two fists, and the remaining two were so frightened that they ran away from the fighting circle.
"You wait on horseback, I'll call my brother and let him kill you," the little boy who came out of the stinking ditch, his body covered with smelly water and mud, shouted to Li Wen.
"You little bastards, I'll be waiting for you, sir, hurry up," Li Wen picked up the bricks and prepared to throw them at the little boy with disdain, which frightened several people and ran away.
"Are you okay?" Li Wen helped the crying little girl from the ground beside him, looked at the little boy sitting on the ground and said with a smile.
"Brother, you are so powerful. You beat them away in just a few strokes. Xiaohua likes you." The little girl wiped her tears and said to Li Wen with a smile.
"Your name is Xiaohua. You're so cute. Here, brother, let me give you a candy." Li Wen rubbed the little guy's head, smiled and handed over a white rabbit toffee.
"Wow, thank you big brother, it's milk candy. I haven't eaten candy in a long time. The little guy immediately opened the package and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Thank you for helping us fight off those bad guys, big brother," the little boy sitting on the ground stood up holding his stomach and thanked Li Wen.
"Are you okay? Is your stomach okay?" Li Wen looked at the little boy holding his stomach and asked with concern.
"It's okay. I was lying on my stomach holding my head just now. It's just that my stomach hurt from the dirt," the little boy said, rubbing his stomach.
"Why did they beat you," Li Wen said.
"Those bad guys ate our apples without paying us. My brother asked them for it, but they beat us if they didn't give it," the little girl said angrily, like an angry bird.
Only then did Li Wen see the small apple stall in the corner. There was a small basket with twenty or thirty apples on it.
"What are your names? These apples are quite valuable. Why don't you come with the adults?" Li Wen rubbed the little girl's head and said with a smile.
Chapter completed!