Xu Shiyan's words from his daughter-in-law Wangfu almost made Su Weizhong cry.
Mrs. Sun contracted tuberculosis after giving birth to Su Anying. This kind of patient was called "Xiehua tuberculosis".
It is said that you will get it if you give birth to a daughter, but if you give birth to a son, you will be fine.
So after Mrs. Sun passed away, many people secretly said that Su Anying had a bad fate and was forbidden to marry.
Especially since the Han family had been married for more than ten years, they gave birth to four daughters one after another and not a single boy. Some people said that this was all because of Su Anying.
Although feudal superstition was officially abolished in those years, people's thoughts were still deeply ingrained.
Su Weizhong naturally didn't believe this, but he couldn't help but think so.
In addition, the situation of the Su family is complicated, with one room in front and one in the back. Many people are afraid, so there are few people who propose marriage to Su Anying.
In those years, Su Weizhong suffered from so many gray hairs because of Su Anying's marriage.
So when others introduced Xu Shiyan, the Su family simply nodded in agreement.
Seeing his daughter's life getting better and better after getting married, Su Weizhong couldn't be happier.
Now Xu Shiyan personally said Su Anying Wangfu's words, which completely broke Su Weizhong's heart.
"Second brother, your Yingzi family is lucky to have found a good son-in-law."
As the elder brother, Su Weicheng was very clear about his younger brother's feelings, so he immediately patted Su Weizhong on the shoulder to express comfort.
"Yingzi got married and had a baby, and then separated and lived alone, and her life got better and better.
You don't have to worry about anything from now on, your uncle will protect you."
"Yes, our Yingzi family is very lucky." Su Weizhong grinned.
The men chatted and laughed and chatted casually. The more they chatted, the more enthusiastic they became, and the more they talked, the more lively they became. In the end, they seemed to be unable to stop.
If Han and others hadn't prepared a meal for them to eat, these people would have been chatting until night.
When the food was put on the table, it was still divided into two tables in the east and west rooms.
Two bottles of wine were brought to the east room, and the men started drinking from cup to cup until dark.
In the end, everyone was stumbling around after drinking. Fortunately, the two houses were close to each other and they were only a few steps away. Feng took Su Weicheng back home.
Here, Su Weizhong also drank a lot and fell asleep directly.
Xu Shiyan was drunk a lot and sat there in a daze.
When Mrs. Han saw it, she simply arranged for the two of them to sleep in the east room. She took the five girls to the west room to sleep, so that her mother could have some intimate chatting for a few nights.
Xu Shiyan accompanied Su Anying and stayed at her parents' house for three days. During the period, Xu Shiyan took his wife to the Zhou family to visit his grandma.
The old man suffered some blows in the early years, and as he got older, his mind became unclear, sometimes sober and sometimes confused.
I did remember Xu Shiyan and Su Anying when I met them, and they even talked nonsense for a while.
Xu Shiyan's eldest uncle and second uncle were both in the camp, and they felt very close to Xu Shiyan when they met. When they learned that Xu Shide was getting married on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, they both said that they would definitely go to the wedding banquet and join in the fun.
On the afternoon of the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, the young couple said goodbye to the Su family and returned by car.
It gets dark very late in winter, and it was already dark when we entered the village.
The big house is located in a remote place and there is no electricity yet, so kerosene lamps or candles are used at night.
Nowadays, most people are very frugal. How can they be willing to stay up at night to light a lamp and boil oil? They usually go to bed early.
But as soon as I entered the village today, I obviously felt something was wrong. Many houses were illuminated by bright lights, and there were militiamen patrolling the village entrance with guns.
"Chunming, Jianshe, what's going on? Why are you all out on patrol?" Xu Shiyan asked hurriedly when he saw it was Yang Chunming.
"Hey, third brother, where are you coming back from? Why are you leading your sister-in-law around so late at night? Go home quickly."
Yang Chunming also recognized Xu Shiyan and hurriedly chased Xu Shiyan home.
"No, what happened? Why do you look like you are facing an enemy?"
Xu Shiyan became more and more strange, why did he look like an enemy?
Is there really something going on? No, what year has it been?
"Third brother, haven't you been at home these days? It's spread all over the place, don't you know?" Zhao Jianshe came over with a curious look on his face and asked.
"I accompanied your sister-in-law back to the camp. I haven't been in the village these days. What's wrong?"
Xu Shiyan was confused and couldn't figure out what happened.
"No wonder, of course you didn't know it if you weren't in the village.
On the Chen family hill, a pack of wolves came in the night before yesterday and took away the livestock raised in the village.
Over at the property, a group of wild boars came in the night before yesterday and caused a lot of damage." Zhao Jianshe quickly told Xu Shiyan what had happened in the past few days.
Chenjia Hill is located to the west of the Dongjiang River Brigade. There is a natural village there with a total of 28 households and 98 people.
Because there is a small hill on the north side of the village, a man named Chen cultivated ginseng on the mountain in 1910, so it was named Chenjia Hill.
The house is located eight miles south of the Chen family hill. There are fifty-seven households with a population of more than three hundred.
In 1910, a family named Yan lived there and later moved away, so people called this place the Yan Family Fangchang, or Fangchang for short.
Both of these places are not far from the Dongjiang River Brigade. They have been attacked by wild beasts in recent days and a lot of property has been lost.
The Dongjiangyan brigade learned the news and arranged for militiamen to stand guard and patrol in order to prevent wild animals from entering the village.
"What's the point of just patrolling? We have to take people to hunt in the mountains." When Xu Shiyan heard this, he shook his head repeatedly.
Just keeping watch is not enough. Who knows where those beasts will go? It's so hard to have people patrolling and standing guard outside in this cold weather.
"If you don't hunt pigs for three years, your baby will cry from hunger. What the elders said is true."
Our commune has not organized hunters to go hunting in the mountains for several years, but now it has become too common."
Xu Shiyan shook his head, this kind of thing must be solved from the root cause, just guarding it is useless.
"Third brother, the hunters in our village are all old. How many of the younger generation are really good at hunting?
In recent years, no one has been able to lead teams into the mountains." Yang Chunming sighed.
Militiamen are different from hunters. Militiamen only know how to shoot, but they are not good at tracking and hunting wild animals.
"My father actually suggested it to the higher authorities, but the commune hasn't come up with a charter yet.
We have no choice but to arrange for people to stand guard like this and wait for a reply from the commune." On the other end, Zhao Jianshe also sighed.
Several powerful gunners in the village are old and can no longer go into the mountains.
Nowadays, the younger generation is thinking about recruiting workers into the city or working in forest farms. There are really not many people who have the ability to lead people hunting.
"Huh? By the way, third brother, don't you know how to hunt?"
Zhao Jianshe suddenly remembered, doesn't the man in front of him know how to hunt? Everyone has heard that Xu Shiyan has been paddling a lot this winter.
"Otherwise, you can lead us into the mountains together. If we really kill those wild boars and wolves, we can celebrate the New Year in peace."
Zhao Jianshe stared, "That's right, why did you guys forget about Brother Xu?"