414. Chapter 414 Relatives in the mountains(1/2)
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Although I haven't seen each other for many years, the old man still recognizes Ye Qing at a glance.
Ye Qing was very moved and nodded, "It's me."
"Qingzi, it's really... it's you..." The aunt was overjoyed and held Ye Qing's hand, unable to help crying. She is old and always wants to see younger children, and she is no exception.
After saying a lot to Ye Qing, the old man came to his senses, looked at the two behind Ye Qing and said, "Qingzi, are these two?"
"It's my friend." Ye Qing hurriedly introduced Dafei and Lin Tianyou.
The old man was very happy and quickly invited the three of them to the house, boiling water and pouring tea, and was very enthusiastic. Even Dafei, who was like this, was at a loss by the old man and waved his hands and said no more.
After greeting the three of them, the old man sat next to Ye Qing with great joy and asked about Ye Qing's situation in the past few years. Ye Qing did not hide it, and told him about his school-going army and going to Shenchuan City.
I heard that Ye Qing is living a good life now, and the old man is very happy. After talking about his situation, Ye Qing asked about the old man’s situation in the past few years.
"Oh!" When talking about his own affairs, the old man couldn't help but sigh and said, "Your uncle worked in a coal mine a few years ago, and one of his arms was broken. He has been in the gold mine next door for people to watch over the years, but he has never left the house. Your sister-in-law really can't live at home, so she ran away with the village alone. Now she doesn't know where she is. She left a young daughter, who is still in school in the city, mainly living in your second aunt's house. However, the situation at your second aunt's house is not very good. This child is so poor that he has to live under the house and will lose a lot of weight every time he comes back!"
Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help but wipe his tears, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, let's not talk. Qingzi, you haven't eaten yet, are you? Come, I'll make some for you first!"
As the old man said, he went to the kitchen to work hard. Ye Qing sat in the living room, sighing in his heart. The uncle and second aunt mentioned by the old man were her son and daughter. Ye Qing had seen them when he was a child. The uncle was an honest farmer. Such a thing would probably have a great blow to him. As for the second aunt, although she was also in the county town, Ye Qing had never seen her at all in recent years, nor had her father mentioned her, which was a bit strange.
The old man made some trouble in the kitchen and quickly prepared a meal. Of course, there were no dishes, but the old man made all the dishes he could cook at home to entertain Ye Qing and the others.
Ye Qing and the other two were indeed hungry. They had served their jobs and were about to eat, but two people came to the yard, a woman in her thirties and a little girl in her 14 or 15 years old.
The little girl lowered her head and followed the woman's back, with a very aggrieved expression on her face. The woman didn't look very good either. She parked her bicycle at the door and went straight into the house. Seeing three people in the living room, the woman was obviously stunned. She didn't expect that there would be guests at home.
"Second Aunt." Ye Qing stood up. He still remembered the appearance of this woman, which was his second aunt Feng Xuehua.
"You... are you Qingzi?" Feng Xuehua was obviously very surprised. He hurried into the room and pulled Ye Qing to sigh. Although he hadn't seen each other for many years, there was still family affection between them.
At this time, the old man also came out of the room and saw Feng Xuehua and the little girl. He was obviously surprised and said, "Xuehua, why are you back? Yingying, won't you go to class today?"
The little girl behind her lowered her head, rubbed the corner of her clothes with her hands, and didn't say anything. Feng Xuehua was a little embarrassed and whispered: "Mom, Yingying... Yingying said she doesn't want to go..."
"Ah? Why? Why don't you want to go to the girl?" The old man looked at the little girl and said anxiously: "Yingying, didn't you say you have to go to college and find a good job? Why can't you go to the school if you can't?"
Feng Xuehua said: "Mom, Yingying is studying in the city, and the expenses are really too great. She goes to high school there and eats at school every day. The monthly living expenses are about seventy or eighty yuan. In addition, the money for buying books and stationery is not enough for a month. The little food in our family will be enough for her to pay the tuition after selling it. My brother's salary is not enough for her to go to school. Mom, I told me, don't let her go to school. What's the use of going to girls' homes? After all, you have to get married. It's better to come back early and help the family work. After two years, you'll have to work for two years, earn some money to subsidize the family income, and then find a good person to marry!"
The old man didn't even look at her, but only looked at the little girl and said, "Yingying, tell me, why don't you want to get on? Tell grandma, no matter what trouble you have, grandma will help you solve it!"
The little girl lowered her head and was silent for a while before whispering: "Grandma, I...I don't want to get on!"
"What did you say!" the old man shouted angrily: "You don't want to go to? Then what do you want to do? Do you want to come back to farm? Do you want to stay in this small mountain village all your life? Yingying, you forgot, you told me that you will definitely get into the best university and find the best job. Like the people in the city, you have white flour every day and wear good-looking clothes. How can you...you give up halfway?"
"Mom, don't blame the children." Feng Xuehua said: "Studying outside is not as simple as you think. Yingying is really different from those children in school. How many of the children in the city are wearing patched clothes? Oh, let's not talk about these, but the child is just when he grows up. The living expenses of seventy yuan per month are the minimum standard. Yingying now has a lot of appetite, and seventy yuan is not enough for her to eat. If this continues, if she fails to get a successful student, she will collapse first. It will be difficult to find a good husband's family in the future!"
"Don't talk!" The old man said angrily: "Xuehua, don't think I don't know what's going on. Zhao Bin was angry with you again, and wanted to drive Yingying back, but didn't want Yingying to go to school there, right? Xuehua, did you forget that you got sick and had a high fever that year. Your elder brother ran for more than twenty miles of mountain roads on your back and went to the town to see a doctor for you. Have you forgotten that when you got married, your elder brother bought you a bicycle as a dowry, and went out to sell blood for you to exchange for money and bought you those things. What's your elder brother's body at that time? He broke one arm, and he almost crawled back with the money for selling blood. Oh, now that your life is better, can't you pull Yingying? How much can Yingying eat in your house? Even if you don't think about your elder brother's kindness to you, you should think about it. Yingying is your niece!"
Feng Xuehua blushed and lowered her head and was silent for a while, and whispered: "Mom, I really have no choice. You know Binzi's temper. He insisted on letting me drive Yingying away. What can I do? If I don't send Yingying back, he will divorce me. Mom, I can't divorce Binzi, what should I do if I divorce?"
Hearing this, the old man couldn't help but burst into tears, covering his face and crying bitterly.
"Grandma, grandma, stop crying." The little girl Yingying came over and hugged the old man, and said sobbingly: "I can go out to make money without going to school and support you and dad. Grandma, don't be angry, I won't blame my aunt!"
Feng Xuehua finally couldn't help it, turned her head and kept wiping the tears at the corners of her eyes.
Inside the house, Dafei and Lin Tianyou watched all this in a daze, and couldn't eat anymore, so they put all their rice bowls on the table.
Ye Qing felt a lot of emotion. He didn't know that his aunt's family lived like this. If he had known, he would have come here long ago and would have helped them no matter what.
Ye Qing sighed, stood up and was about to speak, but someone staggered in from the yard. Ye Qing looked carefully and found that the person who came was his uncle, Feng Jianshe.
"Brother?" Feng Xuehua looked at Feng Jianshe in surprise and said strangely: "Why are you back?"
Feng Jianshe was also surprised when he saw Feng Xuehua. However, he had no time to say anything. He hurried into the living room and handed a bag to his mother, saying, "Mom, hide this, and when you have time, take it out and sell it to Yingying to go to school. I'll leave first, remember, no matter who asks, don't say I've been back!"
After Feng Jianshe said that, he turned around and left, looking very anxious.
"Uncle!" Ye Qing hurriedly chased after Feng Jianshe, and said, "What happened?"
"Are you Qingzi?" Feng Jianshe's face flashed with a hint of surprise, but then shook his head again and said, "Qingzi, I don't have time to say it, I'll leave first. Remember, don't tell anyone that I've been back!"
Feng Jianshe bypassed Ye Qing and left straight away.
Ye Qing didn't know what was going on with him. Seeing his hurry, he could only wink at Dafei and let him go out to follow Feng Jianshe.
Inside the house, the old man opened the bag given by Feng Jianshe and saw a golden light flashing, which made the old man stunned.
"This... this is gold!" Feng Xuehua was also very surprised. There was a bag of gold in the bag.
Although the bag is not big, this bag of gold is at least more than two kilograms. Where did Feng Jianshe get so much gold?
Feng Xuehua and her mother looked at each other, and without thinking too much, they knew the origin of the gold.
"Jianjian, how could you do such a thing?" the old man shouted loudly, turned around and wanted to go out to chase Feng Jianshe, but was hurriedly stopped by Feng Xuehua.
Feng Xuehua said anxiously: "Mom, you are old, don't be too angry!"
"This... this is stealing. If he is caught, he will have to go to jail. No, you have to send the gold back quickly, or your elder brother will be finished!" The old man's parent panted and said anxiously: "Hurry, take me to the gold mine in the front village. You can't let your elder brother make mistakes, you can't let..."
The old man's voice became weaker and weaker, and finally collapsed to the ground.
"Mom! Mom!" Feng Xuehua was shocked, and Ye Qing was also startled. He hurried over to help the old man up. Lin Tianyou came directly and grabbed the old man's wrist and began to take his pulse.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, I wish you all a happy holiday, today’s ten updates.
Although I haven't seen each other for many years, the old man still recognizes Ye Qing at a glance.
Ye Qing was very moved and nodded, "It's me."
"Qingzi, it's really... it's you..." The aunt was overjoyed and held Ye Qing's hand, unable to help crying. She is old and always wants to see younger children, and she is no exception.
After saying a lot to Ye Qing, the old man came to his senses, looked at the two behind Ye Qing and said, "Qingzi, are these two?"
"It's my friend." Ye Qing hurriedly introduced Dafei and Lin Tianyou.
The old man was very happy and quickly invited the three of them to the house, boiling water and pouring tea, and was very enthusiastic. Even Dafei, who was like this, was at a loss by the old man and waved his hands and said no more.
After greeting the three of them, the old man sat next to Ye Qing with great joy and asked about Ye Qing's situation in the past few years. Ye Qing did not hide it, and told him about his school-going army and going to Shenchuan City.
I heard that Ye Qing is living a good life now, and the old man is very happy. After talking about his situation, Ye Qing asked about the old man’s situation in the past few years.
"Oh!" When talking about his own affairs, the old man couldn't help but sigh and said, "Your uncle worked in a coal mine a few years ago, and one of his arms was broken. He has been in the gold mine next door for people to watch over the years, but he has never left the house. Your sister-in-law really can't live at home, so she ran away with the village alone. Now she doesn't know where she is. She left a young daughter, who is still in school in the city, mainly living in your second aunt's house. However, the situation at your second aunt's house is not very good. This child is so poor that he has to live under the house and will lose a lot of weight every time he comes back!"
Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help but wipe his tears, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, let's not talk. Qingzi, you haven't eaten yet, are you? Come, I'll make some for you first!"
As the old man said, he went to the kitchen to work hard. Ye Qing sat in the living room, sighing in his heart. The uncle and second aunt mentioned by the old man were her son and daughter. Ye Qing had seen them when he was a child. The uncle was an honest farmer. Such a thing would probably have a great blow to him. As for the second aunt, although she was also in the county town, Ye Qing had never seen her at all in recent years, nor had her father mentioned her, which was a bit strange.
The old man made some trouble in the kitchen and quickly prepared a meal. Of course, there were no dishes, but the old man made all the dishes he could cook at home to entertain Ye Qing and the others.
Ye Qing and the other two were indeed hungry. They had served their jobs and were about to eat, but two people came to the yard, a woman in her thirties and a little girl in her 14 or 15 years old.
The little girl lowered her head and followed the woman's back, with a very aggrieved expression on her face. The woman didn't look very good either. She parked her bicycle at the door and went straight into the house. Seeing three people in the living room, the woman was obviously stunned. She didn't expect that there would be guests at home.
"Second Aunt." Ye Qing stood up. He still remembered the appearance of this woman, which was his second aunt Feng Xuehua.
"You... are you Qingzi?" Feng Xuehua was obviously very surprised. He hurried into the room and pulled Ye Qing to sigh. Although he hadn't seen each other for many years, there was still family affection between them.
At this time, the old man also came out of the room and saw Feng Xuehua and the little girl. He was obviously surprised and said, "Xuehua, why are you back? Yingying, won't you go to class today?"
The little girl behind her lowered her head, rubbed the corner of her clothes with her hands, and didn't say anything. Feng Xuehua was a little embarrassed and whispered: "Mom, Yingying... Yingying said she doesn't want to go..."
"Ah? Why? Why don't you want to go to the girl?" The old man looked at the little girl and said anxiously: "Yingying, didn't you say you have to go to college and find a good job? Why can't you go to the school if you can't?"
Feng Xuehua said: "Mom, Yingying is studying in the city, and the expenses are really too great. She goes to high school there and eats at school every day. The monthly living expenses are about seventy or eighty yuan. In addition, the money for buying books and stationery is not enough for a month. The little food in our family will be enough for her to pay the tuition after selling it. My brother's salary is not enough for her to go to school. Mom, I told me, don't let her go to school. What's the use of going to girls' homes? After all, you have to get married. It's better to come back early and help the family work. After two years, you'll have to work for two years, earn some money to subsidize the family income, and then find a good person to marry!"
The old man didn't even look at her, but only looked at the little girl and said, "Yingying, tell me, why don't you want to get on? Tell grandma, no matter what trouble you have, grandma will help you solve it!"
The little girl lowered her head and was silent for a while before whispering: "Grandma, I...I don't want to get on!"
"What did you say!" the old man shouted angrily: "You don't want to go to? Then what do you want to do? Do you want to come back to farm? Do you want to stay in this small mountain village all your life? Yingying, you forgot, you told me that you will definitely get into the best university and find the best job. Like the people in the city, you have white flour every day and wear good-looking clothes. How can you...you give up halfway?"
"Mom, don't blame the children." Feng Xuehua said: "Studying outside is not as simple as you think. Yingying is really different from those children in school. How many of the children in the city are wearing patched clothes? Oh, let's not talk about these, but the child is just when he grows up. The living expenses of seventy yuan per month are the minimum standard. Yingying now has a lot of appetite, and seventy yuan is not enough for her to eat. If this continues, if she fails to get a successful student, she will collapse first. It will be difficult to find a good husband's family in the future!"
"Don't talk!" The old man said angrily: "Xuehua, don't think I don't know what's going on. Zhao Bin was angry with you again, and wanted to drive Yingying back, but didn't want Yingying to go to school there, right? Xuehua, did you forget that you got sick and had a high fever that year. Your elder brother ran for more than twenty miles of mountain roads on your back and went to the town to see a doctor for you. Have you forgotten that when you got married, your elder brother bought you a bicycle as a dowry, and went out to sell blood for you to exchange for money and bought you those things. What's your elder brother's body at that time? He broke one arm, and he almost crawled back with the money for selling blood. Oh, now that your life is better, can't you pull Yingying? How much can Yingying eat in your house? Even if you don't think about your elder brother's kindness to you, you should think about it. Yingying is your niece!"
Feng Xuehua blushed and lowered her head and was silent for a while, and whispered: "Mom, I really have no choice. You know Binzi's temper. He insisted on letting me drive Yingying away. What can I do? If I don't send Yingying back, he will divorce me. Mom, I can't divorce Binzi, what should I do if I divorce?"
Hearing this, the old man couldn't help but burst into tears, covering his face and crying bitterly.
"Grandma, grandma, stop crying." The little girl Yingying came over and hugged the old man, and said sobbingly: "I can go out to make money without going to school and support you and dad. Grandma, don't be angry, I won't blame my aunt!"
Feng Xuehua finally couldn't help it, turned her head and kept wiping the tears at the corners of her eyes.
Inside the house, Dafei and Lin Tianyou watched all this in a daze, and couldn't eat anymore, so they put all their rice bowls on the table.
Ye Qing felt a lot of emotion. He didn't know that his aunt's family lived like this. If he had known, he would have come here long ago and would have helped them no matter what.
Ye Qing sighed, stood up and was about to speak, but someone staggered in from the yard. Ye Qing looked carefully and found that the person who came was his uncle, Feng Jianshe.
"Brother?" Feng Xuehua looked at Feng Jianshe in surprise and said strangely: "Why are you back?"
Feng Jianshe was also surprised when he saw Feng Xuehua. However, he had no time to say anything. He hurried into the living room and handed a bag to his mother, saying, "Mom, hide this, and when you have time, take it out and sell it to Yingying to go to school. I'll leave first, remember, no matter who asks, don't say I've been back!"
After Feng Jianshe said that, he turned around and left, looking very anxious.
"Uncle!" Ye Qing hurriedly chased after Feng Jianshe, and said, "What happened?"
"Are you Qingzi?" Feng Jianshe's face flashed with a hint of surprise, but then shook his head again and said, "Qingzi, I don't have time to say it, I'll leave first. Remember, don't tell anyone that I've been back!"
Feng Jianshe bypassed Ye Qing and left straight away.
To be continued...