After a busy morning, Ling Xiaowei couldn't wait to run home as soon as the school bell rang at noon. Today was the day when the beams of her family's cabin were being scorched, and she had to rush back to help her father.
What’s more important is that there is meat to eat today!
She hasn't eaten meat for almost a week. She's so greedy that she can even hallucinate when she sees the chickens at home.
She ran back home at a trot. From a distance, she saw many neighbors surrounding her door. Ling Xiaowei ran home and saw that the yard was very busy. Four or five workers were preparing to put a large piece of wood wrapped in red cloth.
Transported to the roof.
"Come on, get ready." Someone shouted.
"Old Ling, when the wood is on the beam, you can set off firecrackers!" the foreman shouted to Ling Guoqiang.
Ling Guoqiang nodded happily: "Okay!"
"Obviously, come in quickly." Zhang Cuifen wiped her hands on the apron in front of her, and then said to Ling Guoqiang: "I'll set off the firecrackers! It's inconvenient for you." She said and took the match from Ling Guoqiang's hand.
"Dad, I'm back!" Ling Xiaowei happily ran to Ling Guoqiang's side and watched as the beams of her hut slowly moved up to the roof. Zhang Huzi, the contractor on the roof, shouted to Ling Guoqiang: "You can set off firecrackers!
"
Zhang Cuifen looked happy and couldn't help but took the match and lit the firecrackers placed at the door of the house.
Ling Xiaowei thought of the chickens in the chicken coop and hurriedly said: "If there are chickens in the chicken coop, they will be scared to death."
"I have brought the chicken back into the house. Xiaowei, you and Mingming come in quickly." Zhang Cuifen said to Ling Xiaowei.
Ling Xiaowei nodded, then pulled Mingming into the house. After entering the house, she worriedly went to the bed to get a military coat and covered it in the box with the chickens.
The sound of firecrackers can really scare chickens to death. In her previous life, she remembered that there was a chicken farm in a neighboring village with tens of thousands of chickens, but half of them were frightened to death by a firecracker in the same village.
As the crackling firecrackers sounded, Ling Xiaowei couldn't restrain her inner excitement. Their family was about to usher in a new era, and a better life beckoned ahead.
After the firecrackers were set off, all the neighbors came to congratulate. Zhang Cuifen distributed candies to everyone with a smile on her face. After distributing candies, everyone dispersed.
The workers continued to work. After putting up the beams, they put up the mats, then put up the haystacks, and finally put up the tiles. This work was very fast and could be completed in half a day.
Today is the day of Liang Liang, and grandma also came to help make lunch. When it was time to eat at noon, the uncle and aunt were invited without any hurry. Two tables were set up in front of the door, one for the workers and one for the family.
The children all held bowls and stood aside to eat.
The uncle kept a straight face, while the aunt had a stinky face, and would say a few sarcastic words from time to time. At the end of the meal, the aunt suddenly said: "Mom, you like running to the second child so much, why don't you just live here from now on?"
!This house has been built, there won’t be no room for you to live.”
As soon as grandma heard this, her face suddenly became very ugly, and her hand holding the bowl paused.
"Fourth, Mom has given you all of her heart and money. Look, how well-built this hut is! It's unreasonable not to let Mom live in it!" The aunt was so upset.
Said a few.
The uncle still had a straight face, pretending that he didn't hear anything.
His father, Ling Guoqiang, knew that the elders were pushing back on the task of supporting his grandma. Of course, as a son, he also had the obligation to support the elderly, but now he was really powerless due to personal reasons.
Moreover, when dad was still alive, he had already pointed out that the position of teacher should be given to the eldest brother, and from now on the eldest brother would be responsible for supporting them. My sister-in-law also fully agreed at that time.
There was silence at the dinner table, and no one said anything to the sister-in-law. Zhang Cuifang was a little smiling at first, but now she can't smile at all. This old man has really gone too far. The old lady should be raised, but she has to wait for their family.
Have a better life!
Today's meal has been finished, all the money has been spent, and what to eat tomorrow has not yet been settled.
"Hey! Your eldest brother and I are not living as good as each other day by day. We have three children to support, the eldest is going to college, and the tuition fees have not been paid yet. Our small house leaks every time it rains...Mom
, you should move to my second brother's place!" The sister-in-law said and glanced at grandma, her tone was a bit serious and a bit angry.
There was something in the aunt's words. She was angry because the one thousand yuan was not given to her.
She even suspected that there was more than a thousand yuan in it. She found out that the old Zhang family came to snatch the child that day and finally spent 600 yuan on it.
It costs at least five to six hundred to build a small house, plus the money given to the old Zhang family, it starts and ends at one thousand. It must be this old woman who secretly gave a lot of money to the second son.
Why should my own family support her when all the benefits are given to the fourth family?
Aunt Zhang Aimei became more and more angry as she thought about it. She threw away her chopsticks angrily and said: "Mom, don't blame me for being cruel. You favor the fourth family to the point where there is no bottom line. If you didn't give them money, they could afford to build such a house."
It’s a good house. I don’t want to suffer this loss.”
After hearing this, grandma gasped in anger. Since the old man left, she has been working diligently at his house, taking care of the children and cooking. There is no shortage of work in the fields. She
She glanced at her eldest son and saw that he was only focused on eating and didn't even look at her.
Grandma feels so cold!
"Boss, do you also think that Mom is partial? I have always been very devoted to your family. Didn't I make it clear about the money during the Chinese New Year? One thousand yuan is the compensation for the fourth child. I am an old woman.
What other money can you have?" Grandma asked the boss, Ling Guowei.
The uncle raised his head and looked at his mother and said: "Mom, you are not partial or not, you know in your heart that what Aimei means is also what I mean." As the uncle said, he turned to look at Ling Guoqiang and said: "Old
Four, I don’t plan to go to school, so it’s better for mom to follow you.”
"What! You're not going to school. That's a good job that your dad worked so hard to get for you. How could you just say you won't go?" Grandma shouted excitedly. The boss didn't want to support her, and she didn't want to go.
She just accepted it and now she doesn’t even want a job anymore. She feels like the sky is going to collapse!
"Son, you can't lose your job!"
"What's so good about that job? You can't make much money in a month. You have to be reluctant to let the fourth go. Guowei won't go." Zhang Aimei shouted, then pushed Ling Guowei and said: "You said
ah!"
Ling Guowei looked troubled, but finally said: "Actually, I originally planned to wait until we talk about this matter. Now that it's brought up today, let's make it clear!"
"In a while, we will move to the town. Aimei's brother has opened a factory in the town and needs someone to manage it. I agreed to go." Ling Guowei had just finished speaking.
The smile on Zhang Aimei's face was so bright that it was even more dazzling than the noon sun.
