Lao Chu and Lao Meng were both from rural areas. Due to some historical reasons, the land assigned to Lao Chu's family was the poorest, so in that natural disaster, Lao Chu's two sisters starved to death.

Chu Chengmu's grandfather was an only son. Because of his status as a scholar, he suffered a lot later on and suffered from joint diseases. The most obvious one was a problem with the cervical spine. In severe cases, the whole neck could not be straightened at all.

The root of the disease that falls when wearing a hat.

Lao Chu's eldest sister is more than ten years older than Lao Chu. They broke off the relationship early and went to normal school to earn money and work. Rather than leaving early to earn money to support the family, it is better to say that she is eager to escape the suffering in the family.

Chu Chengmu heard Lao Chu say that after his aunt went out, she rarely came home and rarely sent money home. Lao Chu had complaints about this, but he kept it in his heart.

Compared to the selfishness of the eldest sister and the weakness and kindness of the younger sisters, Lao Chu's character and temper are more fiery than ordinary people.

Because in that era, when the most important labor force in the family could not be counted on, a room full of mouths were crying for food. If they did not show off their cruelty and fight ruthlessly, not only would they starve to death, but so would their sisters.

Therefore, after all, Lao Chu has shouldered the responsibility that his eldest sister should have borne.

My aunt often laments that the sisters in the family don't listen to her, but listen to her younger brother. After all, people's hearts are made of flesh, and you can get what you pay for.

When Lao Chu was more than ten years old, he was very tall. He dropped out of school in the first grade of junior high school and went to the train station to carry rice. He followed the so-called Pao Ge and traveled across the rivers and lakes. Except for keeping a few for himself to eat, all the money he earned every month was sent back.

At home.

Later, I realized that these were not serious ways out, so I gritted my teeth and returned to my hometown. I knelt in front of the principal of the junior high school for a whole day before I became an auditor.

While listening in, Lao Chu got to know Lao Meng.

Compared with the sufferings suffered by Lao Chu, although Lao Meng is only two years younger than Lao Chu and is also a rural girl, he seems to be from two different worlds.

Later, the two of them entered a normal school together, worked together, and finally lived together and had Chu Chengmu together.

The fiery nature of Lao Meng's character is more a characteristic of Yuzhou people than a mark given by the times.

Lao Meng is the eldest, and from her down, there are the second sister, the third brother, the fourth sister, and the youngest brother.

Compared with Lao Chu's younger sister who is unwilling to cause trouble to her elder brother, Lao Meng's younger brothers and sisters, especially the fourth child, are more willing to come to the house to eat and drink whenever they have nothing to do.

Chu Chengmu's weight has been controlled at around 148 pounds, and his morning exercise has been changed from rope skipping to morning jogging.

The town of Six O'clock was very quiet. There were not many cars in this era, and there were not many pedestrians on the road.

The sun has not yet come out, but the sky is already bright. Both sides of the road are densely planted with eryngium, which is the result of decades of road workers.

Even when it is the hottest time at noon in summer, the Erythrina on both sides will form an arch wall of leaves directly above the road. This arch wall is nearly ten kilometers long. Under the protection of the shade of the trees, the road becomes a cool place.

Passage, sunlight can hardly shine down.

The air in the countryside is very fresh, and the breeze blowing from nowhere makes the leaves rustle.

In the paddy fields on both sides of the road, the seedlings have grown to more than a foot high, and they are green and make people feel happy.

There are early-rising farmers wearing blue coarse cloth, carrying hoes and inspecting the field ridges to see if water needs to be diverted into the rice fields. They step on the dew-stained weeds and are surprised to see the dry shrimps (a kind of brown).

(little frog) jumped into the water with a splash.

Occasionally, the "croaking" of frogs comes from deep in the rice fields, which is the courtship of big green toads. Along with the tinkling sound of the endless flowing water in the ditch beside the fields, it is like the most beautiful pastoral concerto.

Chu Chengmu, who was sweating all over and in a happy mood, had just returned home when he heard a burst of sharp laughter coming from the living room. Needless to say, the fourth aunt came again, and Chu Chengmu felt that the good mood of the day was gone in an instant.

The fourth aunt is Lao Meng's biological fourth sister. She looks almost exactly like Lao Meng, more similar than most twins.

But compared to Lao Meng's intellectual temperament, the fourth aunt was like a shrew in the market. Many times, Chu Chengmu felt panicked because of his own mother.

"Oh, Xiaomu is back? Yeah! He's so handsome. I tell you, eat less and exercise more. He'll be as fat as a pig and panting when he walks."

Fourth Aunt's voice is still so ugly, and her words are still so ugly.

"That's what the fourth aunt said."

Chu Chengmu smiled, took the towel from Lao Meng and wiped his sweat.

"I am also taking advantage of my parents, and I still have to eat. My grandma said that when you were a child, you often went to the kitchen to steal oil residue to eat in the middle of the night? That food is very fattening. It must be difficult for my fourth aunt to lose weight, right?"

At this time, you could clearly see the corner of Fourth Aunt's mouth twitching. Chu Chengmu saw the opportunity and did not let her have time to continue taunting him. He told Lao Meng that he wanted to take a shower and slipped into the bathroom.

"Sister, look at the baby you raised. If the adult says something to him, he will respond ten times." The fourth aunt's dissatisfied chatter came from outside the bathroom.

"I think you two have a very good relationship! It's not like two people from two generations, each of whom just said a word and immediately started to argue with each other." Lao Meng was not fooled and said with a smile, which means that you, Lao Meng, fourth brother, don't act like an elder at all.

Are you embarrassed to talk about my son?

Chu Chengmu smiled when he heard this. If my mother really wanted to curse someone, she would not use curse words. When she did use curse words, she was usually not cursing.

After coming out of the shower, Lao Meng had already made a large bowl of noodles using the leftover shredded chicken, pig ears and other snacks from last night as base ingredients.

At this moment, the fourth aunt and her daughter were eating happily around the dining table while holding a sea bowl.

"Chu Yunrui, we went out to eat. My son has finished taking a bath." Lao Meng put down his family's dishes and chopsticks and greeted.

At this time, Lao Chu slowly walked out of the bedroom, rolled his eyelids, and without saying a word, he picked up the big bowl and started to prepare it.

Lao Meng knew that her husband didn't want to see her sister, so he didn't take it seriously.

Chu Chengmu changed to a small bowl, looked at his fourth aunt's bowl with a smile, and then looked at his own small bowl. Now his stomach had contracted and he didn't eat much.

Meng Laosi suddenly discovered that the mother and son looked exactly the same when they laughed. He was so angry.

In fact, no one is short of food these days, and Fourth Aunt has developed a habit of doing this. For her, if she doesn’t pick up something when she goes out, it’s considered lost.

"Xiaoyue'er is here too? Why didn't I see you just now?"

Wu Lanyue, the child of the fourth aunt's family, combined her father's handsome appearance and her mother's beautiful appearance, and already had a good appearance at a young age.

What's more important is that this child is like the Wenqu star in ancient operas who descended to earth. He is the only child Chu Chengmu has ever seen who finds school, listening to lectures, and doing exercises more interesting than playing.

"I was doing questions in Brother Mu's bedroom just now!"

Wu Lanyue smiled, showing a small tiger tooth, and her voice was a little timid.

"Have you finished eating? After eating, go inside and do your homework. Your day's plan is in the morning. Don't be like your brother who doesn't study early in the morning and goes for a run instead. He is about to take the college entrance examination. You

He’s not even in junior high school yet!”

The fourth aunt interrupted the conversation between the two with an unkind expression.

"Oh, Brother Kemu is very..." Amazing!

Wu Lanyue shook her little head, not angry, but instinctively felt that what her mother said was not nice, and wanted to say a few words to help Chu Chengmu. Before she could finish her words, her mother waved her hand impatiently,

He motioned her to go back into the house.

Lao Chu and Lao Meng looked at each other and pushed the child away. They had something to say.

"Sister, brother-in-law, I came down from the mountain this time just to discuss something with you two."

Meng Laosi didn't care whether Lao Meng and Lao Chu had finished eating, and he started talking. Chu Chengmu made a gesture of covering the mouth of the bowl, as if he was afraid that his saliva would splash into the bowl.

When Meng Laosi saw this, his nails almost dug into his palms, ahhhh, so angry!

"you say."

Lao Meng patted his son gently, and Chu Chengmu blinked with a smile.

Then Meng Laosi complained, saying that the school where her husband and she went to the mountain did not have good teachers. Now that her daughter was in junior high school, she was afraid of being delayed.

And he also said it beautifully, saying that when my daughter becomes successful in the future, she will definitely be asked to be filial to her aunt. What she said is, eldest sister, you have lost your own account, so why not come together to help me practice my trumpet?

But after talking for a long time, the saliva was almost dry, but he never mentioned that he wanted to stay with his daughter at his sister's house. Instead, he waited for Lao Meng to take the initiative to speak.

Lao Chu frowned when he heard this. He finished the noodles in the bowl a few times, packed up the bowls and chopsticks, threw them into the sink, and planned to go back to the house.

"Dad, come here and listen and see what the fourth aunt wants to say. After all, this home is the home of the three of us."

Chu Chengmu said with a smile, he was sure that if Lao Chu was not here, Lao Meng might take the initiative to let Mr. Meng live with his daughter because of his mentality that the eldest sister should help her younger sister.

Lao Chu is not a person who likes to speak out. If Lao Meng agrees without consulting him, Lao Chu will definitely not be happy in his heart without saying anything. A little unhappy here, a little unhappy there, both.

The days when I was good at my mouth were gone like this.

Lao Chu glanced at Chu Chengmu strangely, but didn't say much, and sat down patiently.

Lao Meng originally planned to ask Mr. Meng to let his daughter live in his home, but was interrupted by Chu Chengmu, so he closed his mouth thoughtfully.

Meng Laosi saw that the eldest sister suddenly became silent, and couldn't help but stare at Chu Chengmu with hatred.

Are you still staring at me in front of my parents? Chu Chengmu was not polite and stared back as if he was mentally retarded.

"Chu Chengmu, my lord, what are you doing here as a kid standing in the way? Why don't you go read your book and look at your behavior? Are your grades worthy of your parents?"

Meng Laosi's mentality was a bit broken. In the past, as long as he spoke, the eldest sister would always agree. Today, no matter what he said, it didn't go well, and he said angrily.

Lao Meng grabbed her husband's hand under the table. At this time, Lao Chu's face was already very ugly. When did it become his son's turn for outsiders to make irresponsible remarks, especially her son, Lao Meng!

Lao Meng coughed and glanced at his sister. Then Meng Laosi, who was already in bed, didn't look at her at all.

Lao Meng had no choice but to say: "Our family's own affairs are usually settled at home, and if anything happens, we don't avoid our children."

With his own sister on one side and his own son on the other, Lao Meng was caught in a dilemma. However, he was still very dissatisfied with Lao Meng's approach of stretching his hands too far and couldn't help but click on it with words.

she.

The implication behind the words is, as an aunt, are you being too lenient?

Before yesterday, it would have been impossible for Lao Meng to say this, and even if he had said it, he would not have been so obviously biased towards his son.

So! Grades are really important.
To be continued...