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. He couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
Stop and shout 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 relaxed 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, it's sunny outside.
It's cold, hurry up and go back to the house and sit down. 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. When she saw her daughter coming back, she was naturally overjoyed and greeted Hu Pan. At the same time, she had to be busy cleaning up for Hu Pan...
Seeing his mother's busy expression, Hu Pan's nose felt sour and the corners of his eyes were flushed. He actually had the urge to cry and thought to himself that the reason why his parents liked to nag in front of him was because he missed his daughter too much.
I finally resisted the urge to cry in my heart, and hurriedly ran over to clean up the house with my mother: "Mom, please stop doing these things and let me do it! 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. However, due to her mother's insistence, Hu Pan had no choice but to go out first.
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 at the entrance of the village just now. 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 so excited and in such a hurry, he forgot to sell a few good cigarettes to his father. What a huge sin.
What Hu Pan was thinking was that Father Hu didn't care at all. 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, his wife's eyes are cured, and there is no root cause of the disease. Then Hu Pan can find a doctor.
A better son-in-law is married off, and his career is rising steadily. Even if this lifelong wish is fulfilled, there must be that time! Even if Hu Dapao is asked to immediately burrow into the ground, 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 his son is buried.
"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 filled with 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 and 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, hurry up and find a son-in-law for us two old people, you know? Every time a group of little dolls jump by at the door of our house.
At this time, your mother's eyes will show a look of great envy... I know very well what your mother is thinking. She is lonely and lonely now. 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 that if your brother is still alive in the world, he will definitely be with us.
Your sister-in-law named Ya Xiu is 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 full of bitterness because he missed his son. Tears actually appeared in the corners of the eyes of the old man, and he was choked and speechless.
"dad……"
Looking at his father's expression, Hu Pan felt sad and uncomfortable in his heart. Unknowingly, his father thought of his brother again. The corners of his eyes were sore and he followed his father in tears. He couldn't help but walked to his father's side and patted his father's back gently.
Back, when he was about to continue talking, he saw his father taking a puff of cigarette again, 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 visit.
It's also a good idea to help your brother bring some banknotes, cigarettes, alcohol, etc. You know, although your brother was not good at drinking before he was alive, he loved smoking the most. In this way, he 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 eldest brother continued unabated, sour and bitter. 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 what to do."
Hu Pan didn't answer Hu's father and didn't ask too many questions. In his mind, he thought that he was right. Apart from those well-named subsidies, what else could the government give him?! The money was not enough for his wife to go to the capital to treat her eyes.
There is no difference between the travel expenses and the travel expenses.
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 when I heard that it was related to my son, my interest immediately disappeared and I just smoked gently with the pipe in my hand.
He knocked on the stone pier and took a long puff of smoke.