Dashan Makes a Living 1984 Chapter 20

  Chapter 20 020: Mother and Child

   "I don't know you anymore." Li Yali pursed her lips and smiled, "Why are you so powerful? I didn't see it before. I think the way you spoke just now is very majestic."

   "That's right, it's because you don't understand your man anymore, and there are still many things I'm good at." After Wang Tianxiao was reborn, he was very mature and experienced in front of others, but he laughed and unruly in front of his wife.

  In his previous life, he was not good at words. Although he had a good relationship with his wife, he rarely had such a natural and warm daily life as a couple. The pressure of life was overwhelming, and the pressure was naturally passed on to his wife.

   "Hey, hey, it's started again. It's really not a compliment. If you praise it, your tail can go up to the sky." Li Yali smiled, her eyes were full of affection.

  She saw and heard what happened in the yard just now through the window, and she was proud of her husband in her heart. I feel that my man has a gentle temperament at home, knows how to care for others, and is upright and awe-inspiring to the outside world, without giving an inch.

   That's great.

  Wang Tianxiao smiled and did not refute his wife. He untied the bag, took out the bought cloth and handed it to his wife. Li Yali was very surprised when she saw it.

   "This is for me, where did you get so much money?"

   "Didn't you sell the rabbit?"

   "How much can the rabbit be sold for? I think this cloth is so good, it feels really comfortable to the touch, and the color is also very positive. I'm afraid it will cost several cents per meter."

   "Well, almost."

  Actually, this cloth costs a few cents per foot, which is quite a few yuan.

  But fearing that his wife would be reluctant to use it, Wang Tianxiao did not tell the truth. A sudden change in spending habits may not necessarily make your wife particularly happy, but may increase her anxiety, so take it slowly.

  He left a portion of the oil cake he bought for his wife, and took the rest to his mother's cave.

   "Mom, I'm lying down."

  Wang Tianxiao went in and saw his mother lying on the kang with his eyes slightly closed.

  Sister Wang Xiaozhu went to school and hasn't come back yet.

  Zhang Meifeng opened her eyes and looked at her son, and asked, "What's the matter, second child."

"I went to the city to sell things today, and I brought you some oil cakes. They are soft and delicious. You can eat them." Wang Tianxiao put the oil cake bag on the railing, took out one for his mother, and sat down on the Kang by himself. along.

  Zhang Meifeng hesitated, then sat up, took the oil cake and ate it.

"How is the taste?"

   "Very sweet and delicious."

   "That's good." Wang Tianxiao lay down in front of his mother.

  Thinking about it, the mother in the previous life has passed away for more than 20 years. Although she has a bit of a temper and a stubborn temper, it is not easy to take care of nine children by herself.

  Maybe she wasn't that strong in the first place, but the burden of life was all on her body. To be a good mother, she had to become tougher.

   Zhang Meifeng looked at the face of her second son, took out a small key from her pocket, and handed it to Wang Tianxiao.

   "What's this, mother?"

"Open my box next to the stove. There is a bracelet at the bottom of the clothes. It is a gift from my mother-in-law. You can take it. You said that you want to separate, but mother has no money for you now. What do you do? points."

  Wang Tianxiao's eyes warmed up slightly. Seeing that his mother's eyes were filled with worry, he gently put the key back into her mother's palm, "Mother, don't worry, I'm sure I can do it. Your son is a public servant."

"What kind of public food?" Zhang Meifeng sighed, "Nothing tastes good. You don't have to work hard and don't look at people's faces. Mother knows that it is not easy for you to be alone in other places, and also knows that the third wife is not a fuel-efficient lamp. My mother is old, and there are many things I can't do..."

   "It's okay, I understand."

   "Do you really understand?"

   "That's not it, how smart your son is."

  Zhang Meifeng froze for a moment, and suddenly realized that something was wrong with this son today, how could he be glib and glib, and thinking about it again, it seems that since he came back this time, he has changed.

   But if you look carefully, it's clearly your own son.

   Whether it is a real child or not, the mother can tell at a glance.

   She smiled slightly.

  At this moment, I felt that there was another man in the family who could withstand the situation. His second son had really grown up.

  After Wang Tianxiao came out of his mother's cave, he felt much more relaxed. He knew that his mother still had a lot of feudal ideas, such as patriarchalism, dislike of granddaughters, dislike of wives because of the two villages, etc.

   But that's just part of being a mother.

   And the motherhood part, she's never been good.

  As a mother, I don't owe my children anything.

  It was getting late, and the chimneys of the houses began to smoke.

  Wang Tianxiao and the third and fourth family all cook for themselves. The fifth and sixth children eat with their mother because they have no family.

  Wang Tianxiao left a hare in the morning, so he squatted by the seepage pit in the yard to handle the rabbit, and several children and Xiao Jiu watched it.

   "Erda, what is this?" Xiao Hongwei had just learned to speak, but he was already very mischievous, squatting beside Wang Tianxiao, staring at him with interest.

   "This is to pluck rabbits." Wang Fang explained to his cousin.

   "Why pluck hair?"

   "Of course I eat meat, brother." Xiaotian is a boy, but he is very delicate. When he grows up, he will also be the best-looking boy in the whole family.

  Unfortunately, he died in a traffic accident.

  Because Wang Tianxiao is an old man, even though these are nephews, they seem to be relatives from different generations.

  He chatted tirelessly with a few children, making everyone laugh.

   "Hongwei, come back, don't you have a home?" Yu Xiaofeng shouted from inside.

   "No, I want to play with Er Da, and I want to eat rabbit meat."

  Yu Xiaofeng came out in a hurry, grabbed Hong Wei's arm, and hit him on the **** a few times, making the child cry.

   Then, regardless of what happened, he dragged the child back to his cave, and closed the door firmly.

   There were crisp slaps and majestic cries from inside.

  This hanged ghost!

  Wang Tianxiao never hits children, and he hates parents who impose their own incompetence and unhappiness on their children.

  Thinking of her previous life, Wang Hongwei finally settled in another place and left Yu Xiaofeng at home, probably because she had been punishing him physically when she was a child.

  After Hongwei was dragged back, Tian'er was also called in by the fourth child, and only Wang Fang and her younger sister Wang Xiaozhu were left watching.

   "Brother, can you give me some food later?" Wang Xiaozhu swallowed greedily.

   "Okay, why not, if you are obedient and study hard, I will buy you whatever you want."

"whee."

  Wang Xiaozhu was very excited.

   After tidying up the rabbit, Wang Tianxiao chopped the rabbit meat into pieces, put them in the pot and started cooking.

   Rabbit meat has no special taste, and it is usually stewed with other meat, but now there is no other meat, so we have to make do with seasoning instead.

   Rao is like this, and soon the aroma spreads all over the small yard.

  After the meat was stewed, he first went to send some rotten meat to his mother, and then gave his sister a rabbit leg. The remaining three rabbit legs were torn off for Wang Fang to take one by himself, and the other to Xiaotian.

   Then I and my wife began to feast on the cornmeal pancakes, and ate very happily.

  (end of this chapter)

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