At dawn the next day, Mrs. Qin did not dare to delay. While Man Bao was still asleep, she left her house early and walked to the south of the village.
Mrs. Li, the second daughter-in-law, had just finished making breakfast and was about to feed the chickens when she saw a person coming from a distance outside, heading in the direction of her home.
"Who is this so early in the morning?" She put down the chicken feeding bucket and took two steps toward the courtyard door to take a closer look.
The pile of patched coarse gray linen shirts, the slender figure, and the way he hurried away with his head lowered coincided with the figure in his memory who was always resigned.
"Oops! This isn't it! This isn't it!!"
Dropping the food bucket with a "thud", she turned around and headed back into the house.
The old lady who was having breakfast in the house heard the sound of the food bucket being thrown on the ground. She frowned in dissatisfaction and opened her mouth to scold: "You are so frivolous in your work that even the chicken food will be spilled! I really saw it back then.
Oh, you married your second son to such a loser!"
The old man beside him only slurped his porridge and showed no reaction to the old lady's words. When Zhuang Er heard his mother talking about his wife, he felt a little uncomfortable, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just silently ate the pickles stir-fried with his chopsticks.
Start chewing. The grandson and granddaughter-in-law are used to their grandmother's dominance. At this time, they dare not say anything and just immerse themselves in drinking porridge.
"Ouch, son, drink some porridge quickly, it's salty!" The old lady said she disliked her daughter-in-law, but she still felt sorry for her son in her heart. Seeing that her son was not happy, she also shut up about scolding her daughter-in-law.
At this time, Mrs. Li entered the main room and said hurriedly: "Dad, mother, sister-in-law is here!"
"What?"
The people who were eating around were holding bowls, and their eyes invariably focused on the second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Li, as if to confirm whether the other party was lying.
"It's really my sister-in-law!" Mrs. Li could see clearly. Although she hadn't seen her sister-in-law for many years, she would never admit her mistake.
"What is she doing here!" The old lady said with a serious face, about to get angry.
At this moment, shouts came from outside the hospital.
"Dad, Mom, are you at home?"
It's Qin's voice.
When the old lady heard this, her eyebrows stood up. She slapped the bowl on the table with a bang. She stood up and stretched out her hand to push away the second daughter-in-law who was standing in front of the door. Before anyone could react, the old lady came out.
Room.
Qin Manzhi is still waiting outside the hospital.
She raised her head and looked at this large blue brick house, which was relatively rare in the village. It was built before the family was divided. At that time, Mr. Zhuang was still a farmer who worked hard in the fields, and he did not have any bad habits at all.
The whole family is good at farming and is hard-working, so they built a big house here early. She still remembers how everyone was beaming when the rice was being harvested, and those who congratulated said that life would be prosperous in the future.
But who knew it would be like this now.
The house in front of me has not changed much from before. It has the same blue bricks and black tiles. It is well maintained. The chicken pen has been widened and a new pig pen has been built next to it. I think life will be good in the future.
Qin Manzhi felt a little envious, but she was not that jealous. She still remembered the purpose of coming here, and at the same time, she also reminded herself to position herself correctly and not to make the old lady unhappy.
Just as he was thinking about it, the old lady came out angrily. When she saw Mrs. Qin outside the courtyard, she refused to let her in. Instead, she started yelling and scolding her.
"You loser! You're a chicken that doesn't lay eggs. You made my eldest son addicted to gambling when you married him. Now you've killed him! Do you still have a face?"
This splash of dirty water directly confused Qin Manzhi.
She had expected that coming here today would not be so smooth, but she did not expect that her mother-in-law, who used to be easy to get along with, had become so strange.
"Mom, no..." Not knowing how to defend herself, Qin Manzhi spoke hastily, but was interrupted by the old lady's loud voice before she could finish speaking.
"It's not what it is! Don't call me mother! Look at your sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked expression! You've caused trouble to my older son, and now you're going to cause trouble to our elders again?" As he spoke, he started to cry.
Qin Manzhi was speechless.
She clearly still remembers what the old lady said when the family was separated.
"Ms. Qin, I know I have wronged you, but if Zhuang Da has this problem, if he continues to gamble, the whole family will suffer, and the gambling debt will not be paid off! Just treat us two old people as pitiful, and divide them up.
Let’s divide the family!”
At that time, the old lady was also in tears. Zhuang Er and Zhuang San stood aside and said nothing. Zhuang Da licked his face and asked for a silver car, and the family was divided. In the end, the old man made the decision and allocated two acres of paddy field to his family.
, otherwise, I don’t know how to survive these years.
"Mom, it's Zhuang Da's funeral in a few days. I just came to invite you..."
"Don't call us! He caused that bad habit and has already tarnished the banker's reputation. Over the years, we have been unable to hold our heads high. If he dies, he will die."
Qin Manzhi didn't expect that the old lady would be so indifferent to the death of her own son after changing the topic. She didn't know how to express herself for a moment. She thought that the relationship that was neglected by Zhuang Da would be restored because of his disappearance, but now
It seems that she is overthinking.
"Mom, sister-in-law, she..." Zhuang Er had left the house early. At this time, he felt that his mother's words were a bit too much. After all, he was his eldest brother.
"Shut up, you know nothing!" Turning around to scare off the second son's next words, the old lady said again: "Go back. Since we have separated, we have nothing to do with each other. You can do whatever you want.
No need to notify us!”
After saying these words, the old lady winked at the people standing in the yard and returned to the house. The others either left or stayed. Her eyes hesitated between the house and the outside of the yard for a while, and then sighed,
In the end, he ignored Qin Manzhi and left her standing alone outside without even entering the yard.
After everyone entered the main room, the old lady closed the door and came out of sight.
"Mom, that's my eldest brother after all, your own son, why are you doing this!" Zhuang Er didn't understand his mother's actions at all, and he sounded a little complaining at this time.
The old man sat aside and said nothing. He took out a bamboo clay pipe from his trousers, pinched a handful of clay tobacco leaves, lit it with a flint, and started to smoke.
"Son, it's not all for our family!"
The old lady sat down and wiped tears at her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren: "Don't you think that a mother like me has no intention?"
"Boss has been gambling for all these years, so what is left in the Qin family? Have you forgotten how many times people from the casino came to our house and how much money they robbed?"
Having said this, Zhuang Er turned off the fire. He thought of the ferocious looks of those casino thugs before, and he still felt very embarrassed.
"And I heard yesterday that Mrs. Liu went to the Qin family to cause trouble."
Zhuang's second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Li, couldn't figure out the situation, so she asked, "What is she going to do?"
"The boss died in her family's paddy field. He said he had ruined her family's feng shui and wanted money!" Speaking of Mrs. Liu, the old lady was also very angry. None of the robbers were so unscrupulous. "She said she wanted money.
Two taels of silver!"
"Two taels?!" Everyone gasped, maybe they were here to steal money!
"You all know how arrogant Mrs. Liu is. How can Mrs. Qin be able to quarrel with her? I think she will have to pay a lot of money. You said, her family has no wealth, where does the money come from? At this juncture, to
What kind of intention does our family have to settle here?"
The old lady's words silenced everyone.
Zhuang Er thought about it, indeed, his eldest brother was dead. He originally wanted to help his sister-in-law a little bit in the future. It would not be easy for her to be an orphan and a widowed mother. But now, as soon as something happened, he wanted to rip off his own family. Then
But two taels of silver is enough for a year's service, but it's just this little money. I still have sons, and I will have grandchildren in the future, so how can I spend money on them? When he was alive, Zhuangda was a drag on the whole family.
Son, do you want to help them again even if they are dead?
Absolutely not!
Thinking of this, Zhuang Er also softened his expression: "Mom, you are planning for your son, but your son has misunderstood you."
After hearing this, the old lady laughed again and said, "Just don't have any contact with her family in the future. Let's go back to our own way, close the door and live our own lives."
Qin Manzhi was so humiliated by the old lady that she was heartbroken. She originally planned to go to the third room, but now she didn't think about it.
She didn't expect that she was the only one who cared about the family's old relationship, but the other party was afraid of being attached to her and avoided him, and could even say such heartless words. Thinking of Man Bao at home, who was not yet one month old, Qin Manzhi only felt that her life was miserable and that she was dragging her daughter down.