Seeing that they had no objection, Li Guangzheng expressed his thoughts to the others present, "What do you think? Do you have any comments to make?"
Everyone feels that they are very satisfied if they have meat to eat, so how can they dare to raise any opinions, "I can do it! As long as there is pork to eat!"
"Me too……"
"I have no objection. There are five people in my family, so why not bring five corn cobs? Is that okay? Or should I bring ten?"
Li Guangzheng lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then decided immediately: "The adults will bring two corns and six peanuts, and the children will be halved. They will be brought to Jiang's house today. I will be responsible for registration! If you don't bring anything, you will not be allowed to eat meat on the table tomorrow." ah!"
When everyone heard this, they rushed home to get corn and peanuts without saying a word.
At this time, Dadongzi had already set off for his grandfather's house.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, he found his grandfather's house based on his memory. Seeing that the door was unlocked, he walked into the yard.
"Is there anyone? Grandpa? Uncle? Third uncle?" Not seeing anyone, Dadongzi poked his head into the house and asked, "Is anyone at home?"
The last time he came here was because of his grandma's funeral, and it had been eight years. Now he felt a little unsure, thinking that he had gone wrong, right?
Just when he was hesitating to walk into the house, a woman's voice came from behind him, "Okay! I've caught you this time, you damn thief, let me beat your legs." You dare to come to my house and steal things..."
As she spoke, she picked up the shovel by the wall and shouted loudly: "Chunmiao, come out quickly, the thief came again a few days ago, and he is so brave!"
Dadongzi turned around and saw a short-haired woman in her twenties holding a shovel, as if she was about to swing it in his direction the next second.
He was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he hurriedly dodged to the side, "What kind of thief are you? I'm not a thief. You got the wrong person!"
The woman called "Chun Miao" hurried out the door.
When she saw Dadongzi at first sight, she felt that he looked strange and was not from the village. She ran to the woodshed in a panic, picked up the ax and said, "Sister-in-law, I stopped him. You go outside and call someone! Call Brother and Baosheng." return!"
Hearing the familiar name, Dadongzi said eagerly: "Baosheng is my cousin. I am his cousin. I am his aunt's eldest son Jiang Dong!"
He was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, and he kept explaining, "His aunt, their father's eldest sister, my mother...my mother's name is Shen Su'e. You can't even know my mother, right?" She came here two or three years ago."
"Are you my aunt's son?" Wang Chunmiao was surprised.
"Yes!" Dadongzi nodded hurriedly.
Wang Chunmiao looked at him for a while, doubtful about his words, turned to Liao Guifen who was standing not far away and asked: "Sister-in-law, have you seen him?"
"No," Liao Guifen shook her head, "but it's normal that we haven't met each other before. I've only met my eldest aunt once. She came to see my grandpa three years ago and talked about my uncle's affairs. The conversation was not very happy. She never came again."
After hearing what she said, Wang Chunmiao also remembered, "Oh, yes, it was three years ago. I remember that I just got married a few months ago."
The two chatted for a while, then looked at Dadongzi and felt that he didn't seem to be lying. Liao Guifen apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I just came in and saw you sneaking around, so I thought you were a thief."
"It's because I haven't been here for a long time and I'm afraid I might go to the wrong house..."
"Anyway, you go in and sit down for a while," Liao Guifen said. "Chunmiao, give him some water. I'll go get Dad and Guisheng back."
Wang Chunmiao said "OK" and went to the kitchen to fill the hot water.
Her eldest sister-in-law came out of the yard and ran into the bamboo forest. She saw her husband, brother-in-law and father-in-law digging winter bamboo shoots with hoes. She ran forward panting and said, "Phew! I found you. Go back quickly, my aunt's eldest son." Come to our house!"
"Who?" Shen Guisheng put down his hoe, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in a surprised tone, "My aunt's eldest son?"
Everyone else gathered around now. Liao Guifen and her father-in-law, Uncle Shen, asked: "Did he come with your aunt? Or did he come alone?"
"He came alone. I've never seen him before, so I thought he was a thief."
"That's weird," Uncle Shen wondered why Dadongzi came to him alone. Suddenly, as if something occurred to him, he patted his thigh hard, "Oh, I understand, it's probably his father who left. You want me to go to the funeral."
When his two sons heard this, they exclaimed, "It must be true. My eldest uncle fell off a cliff before and was paralyzed in bed for so many years. He is probably gone."
"Oh, it's just the New Year..."
Several people sighed, and Uncle Shen asked in a worried tone: "Did he tell you anything? It's not because he doesn't have enough money for the funeral, and he wants to borrow money from us, right?"
"I didn't say anything," Liao Guifen frowned and recalled for a while, "but he did look quite sad when he looked like that. His eyes were a little red, and the eyeballs were bloodshot. He must have cried, and he didn't sleep last night. Have a good sleep."
"His father is gone. As the eldest son of the Jiang family, he must not be able to sleep well. He has a lot of things to take care of." Uncle Shen said.
Having said this, he was even more convinced that Dadongzi was here to borrow money.
"Your eldest aunt came to see your grandpa before and just wanted to borrow money. She said that it was too expensive to go to the health center every month to get medicine. But we didn't lend her the money. Your eldest aunt has a very tough temper and just vented her anger on us. Well, we haven’t had any contact in these years.
This time she asked her eldest son to come to us, probably because she couldn't bear it. I think it's definitely about money."
Liao Guifen frowned, "What should we do? Our family doesn't have any money now."
"I think we have to express our opinions, otherwise it will be too much. After all, they have come to the door in person," Shen Guisheng said, "How about we discuss it with the third uncle and the fourth uncle? Let's see how much money they offer. ?”
"Okay, then let's go find your third and fourth uncles first."
Shen Baosheng held up a dustpan and asked: "What should we do with these winter bamboo shoots? Don't we dig them up?"
His father threw the hoe in his hand to him, "You dig slowly here, remember to dig deeper and don't break the bottom part."
In the Shen family, Dadongzi waited for a long time and asked: "How come my cousin has been gone for so long? Where are my uncle and the others going?"
"Dad and the others went to dig bamboo shoots in the forest. Mom is probably chatting at Aunt Li's house at the end of the village right now." Wang Chunmiao said while heating water in the bowl.
"What about my grandpa?" Dadongzi asked.
"Grandpa followed his second uncle to live in a factory workers' building in the county, because the hospital in the county is good and it's more convenient to see a doctor. My second uncle got him some kind of insurance. Anyway, now grandpa doesn't have to pay for medical treatment."
Dadongzi remembered that his second uncle worked in the county pastry factory and sighed: "Well, it must be better to live in the county town."
Glancing around, he asked, "What about the third and fourth uncles? Why are they all not here? I remember that the third and fourth uncles also lived here."
"Before grandpa went to the county seat, we separated."
Afterwards, Dadongzi and his second cousin-in-law chatted incessantly.
It took almost an hour before his uncle and the others came back. Not only his uncle's family, but also Third Uncle Shen and Fourth Uncle Shen also came.
"Oh, Dongzi," when he saw the big Dongzi, Uncle Shen grabbed his hand tightly and said, "I haven't seen you in many years, you are so big!"
Finally waiting for them, Dadongzi said hurriedly: "Third uncle, you are here just in time, so that my family will not run away one by one. I am here to..."
"We have heard about your family's affairs. Hey, Dadongzi, don't be too sad. This guy will have to go through something like this sooner or later. People have to look forward, right?" Third Uncle Shen As he spoke, he patted Dadongzi on the shoulder.