Seeing her husband returning, Mother Hu was startled, and quickly put the beans in her hand into the basket, wondering: "Huh? Didn't you go out to set up a stall just now? Why are you back now?"
"Haha, I'm back, I'm back... No more showing off, look, who's back?!" Hu's father smiled cheerfully. Hu Pan got off the tricycle and walked to his mother. The smile on his face could not be suppressed.
Unable to stop herself, she shouted sweetly: "Mom, it's me! I'm back."
"Oh!" Hearing Hu Pan's voice, Hu's mother was ecstatic. When Hu Pan came closer, she finally saw her daughter's face clearly. She was so happy that she hurriedly held her daughter's hand, unwilling to let go.
He let go and said cheerfully: "Oh my good daughter, Mom just called you at noon, and I didn't expect you to come back at night. It's so good... It's so good! Come on, come on, outside
It's cold, go back and sit inside quickly. Are you tired from the car ride? Have you had dinner? Why didn't you call home when you were going home? Mom can help you clean up the house..."
The mother was talking naggingly, and it was inevitable that she would be overjoyed when her daughter came back. While greeting Hu Pan, she was also busy cleaning up for Hu Pan...
Seeing his mother's busy expression, Hu Pan's nose felt sore, his eyes were flushed, and he had the urge to cry. He secretly thought that the reason why his parents liked to nag in front of him was because they missed their daughter. After thinking about it,
Next, I finally suppressed the urge to cry in my heart, and hurriedly ran over to clean up the house with my mother: "Mom, please stop moving. Let me do these things! Look how tired you are..."
"Hey, hey... Silly girl, you finally came back today, and you were tired from taking the train. You must have not eaten. How can mom let you do this work? Go, go chat with your dad for a while, mom is here.
Just clean it up."
"mom……"
Hu Pan also wanted to take over the work from her mother, but her mother pushed her out of the house and refused to let her touch the dirty work at home. Seeing that her mother's insistence failed, Hu Pan had no choice but to go out first.
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When I came outside the house, I saw my father sitting on the stone pier smoking a cigarette. I couldn't help but frown and said: "Dad, look at you, how many times have I told you not to smoke? You just don't listen. I should have known it."
I had to grab your pipe just now at the entrance of the village. Even if you want to smoke, at least buy some cigarettes! What does it look like to smoke a dry pipe?!"
When he said this, Hu Pan secretly regretted that when he came home just now, because he was excited and in a hurry, he forgot to sell a few good cigarettes to his father. It was a huge sin.
Hu Pan's father didn't care at all about what Hu Pan was thinking. As long as his daughter could come home, that was the happiest thing in his heart right now.
Since Hu Feng's death, Hu's father no longer has any hope for life. His only wish now is that the whole family is safe and his wife's eyes are cured so that there will be no more root causes of the disease. Then Hu Pan can
Find a better son-in-law and marry him, his career will keep rising, and this life's wish will be fulfilled. There really has to be that time! Even if Hu Dapao is asked to burrow into the ground immediately, he is still willing to do so.
Whenever Father Hu calms down, he likes to sit alone on the stone pier under his buttocks, smoke a cigarette, and then cast his eyes to the place where he is in trouble. His son is buried there.
With.
"Haha... You girl, now you have to worry about your dad! It's as troublesome as your mother... Hey! Your dad will be thinking, when will you get married?! By then I will
I won’t be bothered by you anymore.” Father Hu took another puff of dry cigarette. Although his mouth was full of dissatisfaction, his face was filled with joy. How could he see the slightest bit of displeasure?!
"Yo! I said, Dad, you want me to get married, but I won't get married. I will stay at home for the rest of my life, and my mother will control your smoking and drinking. Do you believe it?!"
"This... I believe it, I believe it, but you girl, don't ever say anything about not getting married, do you hear me?!" Taking another puff of dry cigarette, Father Hu did not forget to tap the stone pier with his pipe.
Knock, glanced into the back room, and said mysteriously: "Silly girl, I can tell you, you should go and find a son-in-law for us two old people. Do you know? Whenever there are a group of little dolls jumping around in front of our house.
When I pass by, your mother's eyes will show an expression of great envy... I know your mother's thoughts very clearly. She is lonely now, and she only hopes that you, my daughter, can give her a nephew."
Speaking of this, a little sadness and hesitation appeared on his originally happy face, and his voice became ethereal: "Hey! This is really a trick of fate! I think if your brother is still alive in the world, he will definitely be with us.
Your sister-in-law named Yaxiu is getting married. Hehe... maybe, your little nephew will call his aunt and grandma so happy that he will crawl on the ground... I miss your brother and your sister-in-law, who are both so handsome.
, the offspring will definitely be beautiful and tight...and...and..."
Speaking of this, Father Hu's heart was filled with bitterness because he missed his son. Tears appeared in the corners of the elder's eyes, and he was choked with sobs and could not speak.
"dad……"
Looking at his father's expression, Hu Pan felt sad and uncomfortable. Unknowingly, his father thought of his brother again. The corners of his eyes were sore and he also shed tears with his father. He couldn't help but walk to his father's side and patted his father gently.
When he was about to continue talking, he saw his father taking a puff of cigarette and said leisurely: "What a good girl! The Chinese New Year will be here in a month. I want to take advantage of this time to go back to our hometown to see
It seems that I can help your brother bring some banknotes, cigarettes and alcohol. You know, although your brother was not a big drinker during his lifetime, he loved smoking the most, which is very similar to your father."
"dad!"
Hu Pan called again and saw that more than three years had passed. Although his parents seemed to be in peace on the surface, the longing for his elder brother continued unabated, sour and astringent. He suddenly said: "Dad, you... you will die this year."
Stay at home! You don’t need to go there, my daughter, I...I...the good news I brought back today is related to my brother’s matter!"
"Is it related to your brother's matter?!"
Father Hu frowned, sighed slumped, and said softly: "Hey! Let me tell you, is the government going to give your brother some messy title again, and then seeing that our family is having a difficult life, does it need to provide some subsidies?
!”
"That's not true. Anyway, after mom finishes cleaning up, I'll tell you all."
Hu Pan didn't answer. Hu's father didn't ask too many questions. In his mind, he thought he was right. Apart from those subsidies with nice names, what else could the government give him?! The money was not enough for his wife to go to the capital for medical treatment.
There is no difference between the travel expenses of the eyes and scratching the surface.
I thought that this time my daughter would come back with good news such as having a boyfriend, and I was a little full of expectations. But as soon as I mentioned that it was related to my son, my interest immediately disappeared. I only used the pipe in my hand to gently
He knocked on the stone pier and took a long puff of smoke.