When she asked, a man and a woman walked out of the model house. They were Li Gang's parents, Li Jianhua and Xiaoqin.
Both of them had injuries on their faces and necks, and they looked even more shocked than Li Gang.
Liang Xiaonan looked at Li Jianhua. This man had a lifeless look on his face and his body was swaying.
Li Jianhua tried his best to cheer up and said sheepishly: "Xiao Liang, I'm sorry, can we stay here with Xiao Gang for a few days?"
"What's wrong with you? Who hit you? Li Gang's grandma?"
Several pieces of skin were missing from his head, which was hot, dazzling, and scary to look at. His clothes were torn one by one, and he was so naked.
An old woman is so brave? Maybe it’s Aunt Li Gang’s work?!
Sure enough, Li Jianhua said awkwardly: "It was my sisters and my nephew who beat me... My mother and I separated."
Xiaoqin cried and said: "They kicked us out. We have no home. They said they wouldn't give us a straw..."
Li Gang was so angry that his eyes were red, and he said to Liang Xiaonan with tears in his eyes: "Sister, no matter what, my parents are free. There is no end to the road. As long as we work hard, we can survive."
Liang Xiaonan did not rush to comfort them, but just asked: "Is the truth clear? There will be no more relations in the future?"
Li Gang took out a piece of paper from his pocket, which was the second piece of carbon paper. It had the signature of Li Jianqun, the fingerprints of the old woman and Li Jianhua, and another witness named Zhang Heshui, the captain of the production team.
The content is very simple and crude: Li Jianhua cleans himself up and leaves home, never returns to Dongtang Village, and gives Li Nie 50 yuan in pension money every year.
She was really cruel. She kicked her son out of the house without giving her a penny, and even gave her 50 yuan in pension money every year!
Damn it, he will never return to Dongtang Village. Where will they go to farm to earn money for her to support her in her old age? It is not popular to hire workers now, and there is no such thing as part-time work.
In the final analysis, this is still based on the little bit Li Gang gave her as a helper.
"Sister, if you don't agree to this condition, my parents won't be able to escape."
Xiaoqin looked at Liang Xiaonan pitifully: "Can we live here? We can go cut the grass and feed the fish. We just want a place to live."
Li Jianhua said breathlessly: "We will find a way to find the mayor, and then we will see where we can settle down and farm. If we find a place, we will leave here immediately."
"Sister, there are a lot of grasses on the mountain. My father can make baskets. Can you ask him to help you make baskets?" Li Gang suggested.
"Yes, yes, I'll go cut the grass and ask Jianhua to make the baskets." Xiaoqin said pitifully, "We will definitely not live and eat in vain."
Liang Xiaonan had a good impression of Li Jianhua. From the first time they met their family, he and Li Gang said they would not take things from others for free.
Liang Xiaonan said: "It turned out that when you were at home, your grandma and your aunt worked together to deal with you. Now you have left. They are bound to have internal strife. Sooner or later, your grandma will find Dakeng Village, and she will still come to rely on you."
Li Jianhua and Xiaoqin suddenly looked panicked again. They really had nowhere to go now.
Liang Xiaonan looked at this poor family, sighed, and said to go to her mulberry garden, help pick duck eggs, eggs, or help plant and dry vegetables.
Li Jianhua and Xiao Qin are so happy that they fell from the sky.
Li Jianhua proposed: "It is enough to take care of food and housing. We don't want the wages. I will make baskets when I have free time. We will pay the original price for the baskets."
He calculated that he could earn the 50 yuan of pension money that Li Nie asked for by making a basket for one year.
Liang Xiaonan said: "Stop arguing, it's settled, food and accommodation are taken care of, 15 yuan per person per month. Remember, to the outside world, don't say that I hired you to work, just say that you are a relative living there."
To help.”
We are not allowed to hire people now.
Li Jianhua and Xiaoqin's family thanked them profusely. Liang Xiaonan asked them: "How many of you have seen you coming over?"
Li Gang shook his head: "It's strange today. There is no one in the field, and we haven't met anyone."
Of course, no one was there anymore. They were all looking at Liang Xiaonan’s harvester and thresher.
Moreover, Li Jianhua and Xiaoqin looked very embarrassed after being beaten. They also deliberately avoided the crowd and got into the model house without coming out.
"Well, you two take a car with me to the mulberry garden. No one knows about you here. When the time comes, your grandma won't be able to find anyone."
The pickup truck was outside the fish pond. Li Jianhua and Xiao Qin were both a little embarrassed because their clothes were too torn.
Xiaoqin's clothes were not even able to cover her body. Li Jianhua was already in poor health. Not only were his clothes torn, but he also seemed to have suffered some internal injuries from being beaten. He kept covering his left arm with his hand.
"The arm is broken?" Liang Xiaonan asked.
"I don't know, it hurts so much." Li Jianhua said. There was a thin layer of sweat on his head. Liang Xiaonan thought it was because of the hot weather.
Damn it, is this Li Nie’s biological mother?
Liang Xiaonan took down three sets of labor insurance suits and three pairs of sandals from the car, handed them to Li Gang and said, "Take your parents inside to change clothes."
Now they don't refuse. It's too indecent to be naked.
The quality of the labor protection clothing was good, much better than the tattered coarse cloth with piles of patches they usually wore. It was the first time for a family of three to wear such neat clothes.
Li Gang wanted to say thank you, but he didn't. He grinned and said nothing.
That's right, thank you for nothing, just do a good job.
Liang Xiaonan took another ginseng fruit from his bag and gave it to Li Jianhua with the spiritual spring liquid: "Eat it quickly."
Li Jianhua ate it without even asking what it was.
Liang Xiaonan said with a smile: "You ate it without asking what was given to you? What if it was poison?"
Li Jianhua said weakly: "What you gave is poison and I am willing to take it."
"Okay, let's go." Liang Xiaonan was very happy with Li Jianhua's trust, "We have to get to the mulberry garden before dark."
She just went to the old house to drive a pickup truck. Grandma Liang didn't know where she went, and she didn't see anyone.
The car started driving and went directly to the mulberry garden.
Cui Aihua, Liu Chengyu, and Meng Hao were all busy in the mulberry garden, while Dongdong was reading and writing.
Dongdong hadn't seen Liang Xiaonan for several days. When he saw her, he ran over and called "Auntie". Liang Xiaonan picked him up and said, "He has grown taller and heavier. Dongdong is very good!"
Dongdong said: "Auntie, I have memorized the Thousand-Character Essay."
"Okay, memorize this stuff to my aunt."
Dongdong recited a thousand-character essay with a squeaking voice, and his articulation was clear and every word was good.
Liang Xiaonan picked up a backpack from the car and said with a smile: "Dongdong, guess what aunt brought you?"
Cui Aihua came back carrying a basket of duck eggs, sweating profusely, and said happily: "Sister is back? I have almost finished picking up the duck eggs today. What do you bring him? He has no shortage of food and drink here.
So happy."
Liang Xiaonan opened the basket: "Dang Dang Dang, look at -"
Three furry dumplings.
A golden retriever, a Tibetan mastiff, and an ordinary little milk cat.
"Auntie, these two puppies and cats are so beautiful, are they all mine?" Dongdong liked them so much that he just wanted to hold them in his arms.
In the 1960s, there was no hype about various pets. Anyway, these small animals were little friends in the eyes of children like Dongdong.
Liang Xiaonan introduced Li Jianhua and Xiaoqin to Cui Aihua and Liu Chengyu, saying that they were his relatives and they were here to help. Liu Chengyu had the final say on how to allocate the work in the garden.
After watching Liu Chengyu and Cui Aihua get to know each other and Li Jianhua and Xiaoqin, Liu Chengyu took them to the dormitory.
Anyway, there were many rooms in the back, so Liu Chengyu arranged a separate room for Li Jianhua and Xiaoqin. They were a couple, and their son might come again in the future. When the family reunited, they would not share a dormitory with him and Meng Hao.
After setting them up, Liang Xiaonan was about to leave when Li Jianhua suddenly ran over and shouted eagerly: "Xiao Liang, Xiao Liang..."