Xu Shixiang also saw that if his father put on such a posture today, it would definitely not be easy for their brothers if they had nothing to lose.
But if four families can pool 1,600 yuan, each family will have to take 400 yuan.
Four hundred yuan is not a small amount of money for them. If you take it out all at once, everyone will feel distressed.
So Xu Shixiang thought, let's cry for a while and see what dad means. If it doesn't work, just do less.
"Yes, yes, Dad, look at us, we didn't bring so much money with us when we came back.
Well, this is half a year's pension money, you should keep it first."
Xu Shide quickly took out the fifty yuan he had prepared in advance and placed it in front of Xu Chenghou.
The pension is eight yuan a month and forty-eight yuan for six months, so I might as well give it fifty yuan.
The fourth child gave me pension money, and the others quickly paid for it.
Xu Chenghou collected the money without saying anything, "This is money for retirement.
Don’t even think about fooling me, tell me, will you help pay for Lao Liu’s medical treatment?”
"Dad, we want to help, but you have to understand our difficulties.
The few wages I earned at work were not enough to do anything, so Qiuyan gave the child to my mother-in-law and let her look after her while she worked in the fields to earn work points.
We don't have much money a month, and we have to give our family eight yuan plus food. We don't have much money in our hands, so we can't afford it."
Xu Shide took a look and found that among the brothers, only he and his second brother were doing worse.
My eldest brother and sister-in-law both have jobs, so my life is definitely not bad.
The fifth daughter-in-law also joined Xinglong Commune as a broadcaster a while ago, and both of them earn wages.
Ever since the brothers came in, the second brother had been silent and said nothing. Xu Shide had no choice but to speak first.
"Dad, it's not that we don't want to give it to you, it's just that we really don't have it."
Xu Shide spoke, and Xu Shixian continued.
"Yes, Dad, don't forget that Linzi and I both work in the county. In fact, Linzi's salary is not as good as that in Songjianghe, and there is no forest subsidy.
All three of my children are studying, but they really can’t open up."
Whose family has it easy these days? Aren’t they all living a tight life?
Having two jobs sounds good, but living in the city requires money for everything, and you have to buy everything.
This is just because he can write a few articles every month and get some royalties and so on, so his life is easier.
But if he was asked to take out hundreds of dollars at once, he felt distressed.
Of the four brothers, except for the second one who didn't say a word, the rest of them all cried.
Hearing what the brothers said, Wei Mingrong couldn't help it, and even opened his mouth to cry.
If no one else wants to pay, why should she take it out?
Before Wei Mingrong could speak, Xu Shian quickly tugged on Wei Mingrong's sleeve and shook his head at Wei Mingrong.
Wei Mingrong didn't understand what her husband meant, so she glared at him. Xu Shi'an kept winking at Wei Mingrong.
The couple didn't speak a word, their eyes had been locked in a lawsuit for several times.
Xu Chenghou was sitting on the kang, and he could clearly see the little moves of his sons and daughters-in-law.
The old man snorted in his heart. Look, everyone's appearance changes as soon as they mention money, right?
"Then what you mean is that you don't want to pay any more?"
The old man smoked a pack of cigarettes and knocked the pot on the edge of the kang, knocking out all the ashes inside.
Then he threw the pipe and pot into the bamboo basket on the kang and looked up at his sons.
"Dad, it's not that we don't want to come out, it's that we really have no money and are powerless." The three brothers said in unison.
Xu Chenghou nodded, "Okay, you can't take it out, and I can't force you to take it out.
Come on, let’s leave it at that, I don’t blame you, I blame your father for not having the ability to save a fortune or something.”
The old man's words didn't sound right to him, and he felt sad in his heart. Only he knew that.
"Old lady, have you prepared the food and everything? When the children come back, no matter what happens, we have to take care of the reunion dinner."
Xu Chenghou rarely got angry and turned to ask Zhou Guilan.
"The meat and vegetables are all prepared, but they haven't been cooked yet. You see, I haven't been idle all morning."
Zhou Guilan responded.
"How can such a big family rely on me as an old woman to eat? I have old arms and legs, but I don't have that ability."
Zhou Guilan was also angry, and her words were harsh.
Xu Shi first heard it, but he still didn’t understand? He quickly poked his wife.
"Hurry up and go cook."
The wives all realized now that the old couple was deliberately trying to deal with them today.
Okay, what else can I say? Let’s go cook.
When people like them come back, they can't just talk. They should do the work and don't make their parents-in-law unhappy.
Just like that, the wives quickly changed their clothes, washed their hands and went into the kitchen to cook.
Fortunately, Zhou Guilan had prepared a lot of food, including everything. Several people discussed the menu and got busy.
On the other side, Xu Shiyan was anxious.
Today is the big day for the Xu family's reunion. It's almost twelve o'clock now, and they haven't gone there yet.
It was estimated that all those families should have arrived at this time, but Zhao Jianshe and others on his end were chatting in random directions.
Xu Shiyan couldn't open his mouth and ask people to leave, so he could only be patient and chat with Zhao Jianshe and the others.
Zhao Jianshe and Huang Shengli received Xu Chenghou's instructions and sat at Xu Shiyan's place until past twelve o'clock. Then they shouted that something was going on and left each other.
Xu Shiyan sent his brothers away and hurried back to the house. He and his wife picked up Xu Haiqing and Xu Jinhui, led the two eldest children out, locked the door and went straight to their parents.
As soon as a family of six entered the yard, they saw Xu Haibo, Xu Jinfeng and others playing in the yard.
When the children saw Xu Shiyan and his wife, they hurried over to pay New Year greetings, "Happy New Year to my third uncle, and happy New Year to my third aunt." The children
"Hey, good, good, everything is good."
Xu Shiyan nodded, saying hello to his nephews, and then carried the child into the house.
As soon as I entered the east room, I saw several brothers sitting in the room, talking about something, it was quite lively.
Xu Shiyan and his wife greeted their brothers one by one, put the child on the kang, and unwrapped the quilt.
"Dad, we came here late. We were just building. Shengli and the others went over to play, and they chatted for a long time."
Xu Shiyan was worried that his father would be unhappy and had to explain at least a few words.
"Well, it's okay. You two have four children, which will keep you busy. It doesn't matter, your eldest brother and the others have just arrived."
The old man is very clear-minded, so he naturally won't blame his son.
Su Anying put the child on the kang, took off the child's hat, and took off the big cotton-padded jacket.
"Shiyan, you look after the child, I'll go to the kitchen."
Su Anying felt a little sorry that she came over late and her sisters-in-law were busy in the kitchen.
"Yingzi, you sit here, where are the two children? Who can coax them when they start to make a fuss? The third child, who is clumsy, can coax the children?
Just leave it here, why, without you, can we still have this meal?"
Just when Su Anying turned around to go out, Xu Chenghou spoke.