On the second day of the Lunar New Year, she was going to her parents' house to pay New Year's greetings. Grandma Li and Uncle Li were in the mountains. It was difficult to walk in the mountains now so they couldn't go there. So Li Guihua asked Tian Shao and Erya to go to Uncle Li's and Uncle Li's house to pay New Year's greetings.
Tian Shao didn't want to go and said directly: "Dad has said not to interact with the second uncle's house. If you ask us to go to the second uncle's house, if we really go there, the second uncle will think that what my father said is useless and will be ignored by outsiders."
He takes it seriously."
Erya said directly: "Mom, if you want to go, you can go alone, I won't go."
Every time she went to her second uncle's house, those people were as guarded against them as thieves. In the past, no matter how angry her parents were, she could only endure it. But now that her father has said that both families are severing ties, she won't be angry.
Li Guihua gasped: "Do you want to make me angry to death?"
Tian Shao did not tolerate her, and said coolly: "Mom, I advise you to relax. Our family's life will get better and better. If you want to be angry, someone will come to play matchmaker for you.
You suffer hardships, but in the end it is the people who come after you who enjoy the blessings."
Erya was shocked. She dared to say this without fear of being beaten to death.
Li Guihua wanted to hit her, but seeing Tian Shao's indifferent expression, she didn't have the guts to do so. She covered her chest and said, "Tian Daya, are you wishing that I died so that your father could marry a young and beautiful woman?"
Tian Shao was unmoved and said expressionlessly: "Dad is not yet forty this year, so it shouldn't be difficult to marry a woman who can still bear children. By then, if I give him a eldest son, we daughters will probably become useless too."
When the time comes when we are abused by our stepmother, no one will be able to recover."
Erya shuddered, she didn't want a stepmother.
Si Ya believed it to be true, ran over and hugged Li Guihua and said: "Mother, mother, I don't want a stepmother anymore. The stupid stepmother beats him every day and even drives him out to sleep outside without giving him enough to eat. Mother, you must take good care of him."
Yes, otherwise we will be kicked out if we don’t have enough food and clothing."
Li Guihua patted Si Ya on the back and cursed: "Why are ghosts crying and wolves howling? Your father wants to marry his stepmother and live out his spring and autumn dream."
Seeing that she was very angry, Tian Shao didn't want to quarrel with her anymore, so he changed the subject and said, "Our family is getting better now. It's not good to go to my aunt's house to pay New Year's greetings empty-handed. Please prepare something to bring to us."
Although Li Guihua was reluctant to part with it, she still went into the house and took two things, a pound of brown sugar and two enamel cups.
Tian Shao felt a little helpless. It was customary to share an enamel cup at home. No one listened to her several times and she could only use a cup by herself: "Mom, it's too little. Get another bottle of wine."
Seeing that Li Guihua was a little reluctant, Tian Shao didn't want to talk nonsense to her: "If you don't go and get it, I will get two bottles."
This time when he went to his aunt's house to pay New Year's greetings, Tian Shao still only took Erya with him. It was so cold that he didn't want Sanya to go with him. It would be too painful. Besides, the conditions of every family are not good now. If they all went there, they would have to eat a lot of food.
For example, my uncle and aunt are both generous and don't care about things. This aunt is also careful about her life and doesn't want to make the other person unhappy.
Sankui said: "Cousin, you go first, I will go to my second uncle's house later, and then I will go to my aunt's house to pay New Year's greetings."
Aunt Li's family is from Niujia Village, which is not the same commune as Tianjia Village. It takes fifty minutes if you walk quickly.
The two sisters took their things and set off on their way. Erya carried the things and said happily: "Sister, this is the first time I have to carry something when I go to my aunt's house to pay New Year greetings."
Tian Shao asked: "What is the conflict between mother and aunt? Why haven't they been in contact with each other all these years?"
Logically speaking, sisters should be closer than brothers. After all, brothers will be affected by the pillow trend if they marry a daughter-in-law. But sisters didn't have so many worries before and talked about everything. It was better for these two sisters, who did the opposite.
Erya said with a smile: "Back then, my aunt was treated harshly by her mother-in-law, and my mother went to stand up for her. She also accused her of making trouble and making it difficult for her in her husband's family. Later, my mother and grandma had a falling out, and my aunt blamed her again, saying that she
If you don't set a good example for the younger generation, your children will not be filial even if they follow suit."
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Well, she wrongly blamed Li Guihua. If it were her, she wouldn't be willing to have more contact with Aunt Li. It would be too painful to get along with her if she doesn't have the same outlook on life.
Erya added: "My aunt's mother-in-law is not a good one either. She is very harsh on her daughter-in-law and doesn't even give her enough to eat. But my aunt was lucky. She gave birth to a big fat boy in the first year of her life."
If she was like her mother and gave birth to so many daughters in one go, her temper would probably be abused to death by the evil mother-in-law.
Tian Shao heard the envious tone, glanced at her sideways and said, "Do you think the girl is worthless, or do you still want to have a son?"
Erya shook her head and said: "Both sons and daughters are born by themselves, so they must be painful. However, if we don't have a son in the family, we will be looked down upon by others, and outsiders will also scold our family for having no children, so I hope that the first child born in the future will be a son."
There is nothing wrong with this. If you don't have a son in the countryside, you will indeed be scolded. Tian Shao said: "Whether it is a son or a daughter, they must study in the future. If they don't study, they will be blind and can only do hard work in the future."
Erya nodded in agreement and said, "Well, they need to study so that they can be admitted to the factory like the eldest sister."
Aunt Li's house is also a mud house, but her house is larger and has six rooms. She has three sons and two daughters. The eldest son, the second son, are married and have children. The eldest daughter is also married, and the younger son Mugen and the second daughter are also married.
It's beautiful, so housing is quite tight.
Aunt Li was so happy to see the two sisters that she came over and took Da Ya's hand into the house. The hand was full of calluses and was very rough, which made Tian Shao's hand very uncomfortable.
Erya handed the cloth bag to Aunt Li and said deliberately: "Aunt, this is what my mother asked me to bring, a pound of sugar, a bottle of wine and two enamel cups."
Aunt Li was a little surprised that her younger sister was so generous today. However, she would not take advantage of her, and thought she would bring back a generous gift when her eldest son went to pay New Year's greetings in two days.
Not long after we sat down, my cousin Ermei ran in from outside. When she saw Tian Shao, she sat down next to her and praised her.
Tian Shao smiled and said: "If they are really envious, they should send their daughters to study. Maybe they will be more promising than me in the future."
Ermei is fifteen years old and has no idea about studying. Now she wants to know about the life of people in the city: "Cousin, what is the textile factory like? I heard it is very big, with six to seven hundred workers."
This little girl asked a lot of questions. After asking how many workers and machines there were in the textile factory, what those machines looked like, and whether it was comfortable to live in the family building...
The second girl was getting tired of hearing so many questions, but Tian Shao told her patiently. Anyway, I was idle, so there was nothing wrong with helping the little girl solve her doubts.
At this moment, I remembered a weak cry from outside: "Mother, mother..."
Hearing this sound, those who didn’t know it thought they hadn’t had enough to eat!
The smile on Ermei's face disappeared in an instant. Tian Shao looked at her and said depressedly: "It's my sister who's back. She didn't have a good time at her husband's house. Every time she comes back, she hugs my mother and cries for a long time."
Her crying made everyone feel bad. The whole family tried to persuade her to be tougher, but she swallowed it because she didn't have the confidence to have a child. This made the two beauties not want to get married.