Xiao Weinan couldn't recognize Zhang Wuyang's feelings. It had been two years since the last time we met. The little guy was only six years old at that time, but he was actually four and a half years old. How could he remember this strange uncle Zhang Wuyang.

Zhang Wuyang couldn't recognize Jiang Gui and Xiao Weinan, he could only say that the two had changed too much. But no matter how big the change was, the facial features were there, and after looking at it, the doubts in Zhang Wuyang's eyes became less and less, and he tentatively called out, "Second sister-in-law?"

Jiang Gui said indifferently: "It's no longer the case."

Zhang Wuyang was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of incredulity, it was really her! Zhang Wuyang looked at Jiang Gui in shock, it was really difficult to connect this energetic, calm and confident woman in front of him with the second sister-in-law Jiang Hui in his memory. In his memory, the second sister-in-law Jiang Hui was always full of exhaustion. Everyone is a little listless.

"Mom?" Xiao Weinan pulled Jiang Gui's hand in confusion, "Do you know the uncle of the People's Liberation Army?"

mother! Zhang Wuyang looked down at the little boy, at this age: "Is he a dog?"

Xiao Weinan quickly corrected: "I'm not called Goudan'er now, my name is Jiang Weinan!"

It's really a dog. In my memory, the little boy who was filthy, yellow, and skinny became clean and decent. Although he was still thin, he was no longer the kind of malnourished thin, full of health and vitality. Obviously, the second sister-in-law and mother and son had a better life after leaving Zhang's house. This kind of cognition made Zhang Wuyang have different tastes.

Xiao Weinan grabbed Jiang Gui's arm and shook it, looking at Zhang Wuyang with a complicated look, "Mom, why is the uncle of the People's Liberation Army looking at me, it's weird."

Jiang Gui touched his face and handed him a white rabbit toffee. Jiang Min gave a big bag of this candy to bring back to the children at home.

With the sugar, Xiao Weinan's attention immediately turned away from that strange uncle of the People's Liberation Army.

The uncle of the People's Liberation Army couldn't help but pay attention to Jiang Gui and Xiao Weinan without a single glance. The changes were too great.

Jiang Gui got off the bus one stop earlier than Zhang Wuyang. She picked up the little guy who was successfully hypnotized by the wobbly car and got off the bus. When she turned around, she found that Zhang Wuyang also got out of the car with a bag.

Jiang Gui raised his eyebrows.

"Second sister-in-law."

Jiang Gui interrupted Zhang Wuyang, "Don't call me second sister-in-law, I have divorced Zhang Erhe."

Zhang Wuyang was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "You and my second brother are really separated like this. You have been married for nearly ten years and have three children."

Jiang Gui snorted, co-author wanted to be a peacemaker, and persuaded her to continue to go back to their Zhang family as a cow and a horse to serve his giant baby mother.

"Do you think I've grown a cheap bone?" Jiang Gui asked rhetorically.

Zhang Wuyang was choked.

Jiang Gui sneered: "How cheap I must be, let's just leave the good days now, and then go back to your Zhang family to be a slave."

Zhang Wuyang was speechless, walked silently beside Jiang Gui, saw Jiang Gui put one hand around the dog, and said, "I'll hug it."

"No." Jiang Gui coldly refused.

"You've changed a lot." Zhang Wuyang said suddenly, not only in appearance, but also in speech and deeds.

Jiang Gui sneered, "If I don't change, Yaya will starve to death."

Zhang Wuyang was choked again. He also learned from Du Aihua's mouth that his mother robbed the milk powder and eggs that Jiang's family sent to his little niece Yaya. There was no breast milk. These are just a few months old baby. life-saving food.

In his place, his mother used Junjun's milk powder for Tiantian to eat, but their family did not lack these few mouthfuls of milk powder, and eating them had little effect. If you eat milk powder, you will like it. But Xiao Yaya's situation is different, Zhang Wuyang can't say in his conscience that there is nothing wrong with his mother.

"My father died before Tiantian was born. My mother loves her very much. Some things are not right."

Jiang Gui glanced at Zhang Wuyang. Speaking of which, Zhang Wuyang was the smartest of the Zhang brothers, and because he was outside all year round, he knew the least about Chen Jinhua's actions.

Jiang Gui thought for a moment and snorted, "It's not quite right, but he is really a dutiful son. Your mother will spend all the money you sent back on herself and Zhang Sitian. Don't talk about us, other people are Zhang Erhe and Zhang Sihai. If you haven't touched the light, it's all like this. I have to rob the milk powder and eggs that my mother's family gave to Yaya to survive. It's just not right if it comes out of your mouth. Go back to the village and ask what other people say about you. Damn, no one said your mother was right, and everyone couldn't understand it, your mother is also very good."

Zhang Wuyang was silent, he didn't know what the villagers said, but he already knew how the people in the compound talked about fucking, lazy, inconvenient, indifferent, partial...

After the divorce, from his comrade-in-arms to the old chief who promoted him, he was directly or indirectly telling him: your mother has a problem, you have a problem, and both of your brothers have a problem.

If a person said this, it may be that the person who said it was wrong, but when everyone around him said this, Zhang Wuyang thought that there must be something wrong with them.

For a while, Zhang Wuyang thought about it a lot, and what he thought the most was the sentence of Chief Staff Officer Huo: It's not that you are not allowed to be filial, but you have to balance everyone and the family, and you can't be too biased and cold.

His mother was partial to the little sister Tiantian, he had always known this, the little sister was born without her father, and it was natural for her to feel distressed.

But his mother's eccentricity is too eccentric to grab the little niece's life-saving food to nourish Tiantian. And the second brother's inaction has chilled the second sister-in-law's heart, so that the so gentle second sister-in-law resolutely divorced.

His mother beat Da Ya because the eldest niece didn't take good care of Tiantian, and she was angry and pushed Da Ya. Da Ya almost died, and the fourth brother didn't do anything, which chilled the fourth sister-in-law's heart, and the fourth sister-in-law also resolutely divorced.

His mother only cared about Tiantian and didn't take good care of Junjun. He didn't take it seriously, and it broke Du Aihua's heart. The couple quarreled for the first time and buried the trouble of divorce. Later, he borrowed money without the knowledge of Du Aihua. Du Aihua thought that he only had his mother in his eyes and didn't think about Junjun, and divorced her.

One, two, three got divorced because of their mother, because they were too filial to their mother.

Chief of Staff Huo said that it was not that he was not allowed to be filial, but that he had to balance everyone and his family.

Zhang Wuyang couldn't understand how that would be considered a balance.

Jiang Gui changed hands again, the little guy was still blaming Shen, looking at Zhang Wuyang as if he was listening, Jiang Gui continued: "Your mother's best ability is to brainwash your three brothers, your three brothers open their mouths. It's not easy to shut up about your mother, so you have to follow her, not only you, but also forcing your wife and children to follow along.

But in this world, who has an easy life, it is even more difficult for your father to raise you both in the wind and the rain. Does your father ask for it blindly like your mother? The old man was afraid that you would have a bad life outside when you were young, so he asked you to keep your salary and spend it yourself, and let you buy cigarettes and alcohol to have a good relationship with your comrades. For the old man, it is more important for you to live well than for him. When the old man was there, a bowl of water was even more flat, and an egg had to be cut according to the head and divided equally. Sometimes I felt bad that my grandchildren didn't have to eat, and I even saved my share to my grandchildren.

But to your mother, the most important thing is that she and Zhang Sitian have a good life. She doesn't care at all that you are married and have children and need to support your family. She asks you for money and things every three days, and the food and drink at home is better than yours. It's all like this, and we have to grab food from our mouths, and don't care about the lives of our grandchildren, even the two sons who do heavy physical work don't feel bad. "

Zhang Wuyang's face turned pale.

Jiang Guiyi sighed, everything is the most afraid of comparison, "Which mother is like your mother, let alone the whole village or the entire commune, you can't find a second one, you have seen more people outside. , you have seen the second one like your mother, enjoying yourself first and enduring hardships first. Look at how other mothers, children, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law get along with each other, and then look back at your Zhang family. "

Jiang Hui laughed twice, "As the old saying goes, if the father is not kind, then the son is not filial, and this is the case between father and son, why should you ask a daughter-in-law to treat a mother-in-law who is not kind to herself and her children as her ancestor. It's just because of marriage. You brothers, so you have to obey your mother unconditionally, your mother herself didn't obey her mother-in-law back then, how could she have the face to ask others to do it."

Zhang Wuyang's pupils were trembling violently, and he was a little lost. When he returned to his senses, Jiang Gui was long gone. Zhang Wuyang was in a mess, like a ball of wool that could not find his head. He stood there for a long time and walked home with heavy steps.

Compared to Zhang Wuyang's heaviness, Jiang Gui was much more relaxed. If Zhang Wuyang wants to understand and stop being a filial son, Chen Jinhua will be half dead. Ninety percent of Chen Jinhua's good days are based on Zhang Wuyang's blood supply.

If you don't understand it, it doesn't matter if you continue to be obsessed with it. She saw that Zhang Wuyang must have encountered a major event, and at this juncture, she suspected that it was because the sum of money and Du Aihua had collapsed, and the collapse was not serious, to the point that Zhang Wuyang suddenly returned to his hometown. . Maybe they will leave, even if they don't, with the current situation of the Zhang family and Chen Jinhua's efforts, they will have to leave sooner or later. She tried every means to block Zhang Wuyang's Qingyun Road. Even if Chen Jinhua had this filial son, she would not want to be the old Buddha like before.

When he got home, the little guy on his shoulder woke up on time. Jiang Gui had reason to suspect that he was pretending to be asleep, but the little guy smiled innocently and asked, "What about that strange uncle of the People's Liberation Army?"

Jiang Laosan was curious and asked what the uncle of the People's Liberation Army was.

Jiang Gui said that he met Zhang Wuyang in the car on the way back.

"Hey, why did he come back? Come back to support his mother." Jiang Laosan's tone was a little contemptuous. Zhang Laowu was able to be a soldier or entrusted his eldest brother's relationship. At that time, the Zhang family was still very good to the girl, They help Zhang Laowu, but it's not the stamp family who treats girls kindly. But after Zhang Laowu became the son-in-law of the Du family, the face of the Zhang family changed, and they were ungrateful things. To put it bluntly, I used to rely on his sister, but now I rely on Zhang Wuyang's wife, and I am proud of eating soft rice.

Jiang Gui smiled: "I can't say for sure, he took out more than 1,300 yuan all at once, his wife can't have no opinion at all, their conditions are good, but it's not as good as 1,300 yuan. To the point where a lot of money doesn't matter." From what she knew about Du Aihua, this is not a person who treats money like dung, let alone a bun. Du Aihua does not like to suffer because of the family environment is a more competitive character.

"Could it be that he was driven back by his wife to ask for money?" Jiang Laosan casually guessed.

"Who knows, since people come back, there will always be rumors, and then we will know." Jiang Gui took out sugar and a bag of noodles, "This is what my sister asked me to take back." Then he took it out of his pocket. I found two cloth tickets and two shoe tickets. Money is important these days, and all kinds of tickets are more important. If you have money without tickets, you can't buy anything. You can only buy it on the black market, which is high price. Part of the reason why Zhang Wuyang couldn't help spending the money he sent back was because Chen Jinhua asked Zhang Erhe to buy things on the black market.

"I took some meat in exchange for it." Jiang Gui gave it to two sisters-in-law, one for each.

The two sisters-in-law pushed it twice and then cleaned up, with smiles in their eyes. After Jiang Gui was able to earn wages and handed over half of the wages to Jiang's mother for household use, and from time to time he could get some meat and tickets, after returning, the two sisters-in-law of Jiang's family were not at all dissatisfied.

Jiang Gui also laughed, the two sisters-in-law are not bad people, but everyone has selfishness. If she eats and drinks for nothing, the Jiang family will be the next Zhang family.

On the other side, Zhang Wuyang also arrived at Nanqiaogou after walking for more than an hour.

"Hey, Wuyang is back?" Someone immediately recognized Zhang Wuyang. After all, Zhang Wuyang is a famous person in the village, especially the more eye-catching the military uniform, it's hard for everyone to not pay attention.

Zhang Wuyang cheered up and said hello all the way.

"You came back alone, your wife and children didn't come back."

Zhang Wuyang smiled for a while, then returned to normal immediately: "She's busy with work and can't find time, and the child is too young to travel far." Both brothers in the family have left, and if anyone finds out that he is also divorced, Zhang Wuyang didn't dare to imagine what these people would discuss.

"Yes, the hospital is busy." The villager asked with a smile, "How long can you stay here this time?"

Zhang Wuyang greeted him all the way and saw Xue Fangcao drying millet on the paddy field. Xue Fangcao also saw Zhang Wuyang, she pouted and continued to work.

Zhang Wuyang stopped and took a closer look. Xue Fangcao's change was not as great as that of his second sister-in-law, Jiang Hui, but there was also an obvious change. His spirit and energy were different, and he looked more alive than two years ago. After the divorce, they seem to be better off.

Zhang Wuyang felt as if he had knocked over the condiment bottle, and he raised his feet and continued to walk forward.

Chen Jinhua is taking Zhang Sitian to turn the flower rope in the house. Chen Jinhua can't stand the yin and yang of outsiders and doesn't want to go out, so that Zhang Sitian can't go out to find children, and there are no nephews and nieces at home who can play with her, making trouble all day. Temper, making Chen Jinhua exhausted.

Chen Jinhua, who was playing impatiently with the flower rope, heard chaotic voices in a trance. She listened carefully, and she was overjoyed. Her youngest son came back.

Chen Jinhua sat up abruptly and picked up Zhang Sitian who was dazed: "Your fifth brother is back."

"Fifth brother?" Zhang Sitian was carried out of the room by Chen Jinhua while still ignorant, and then saw Zhang Wuyang in the yard. He was surrounded by a group of children, and the little guys looked at Zhang Wuyang's green uniform , even more rare Zhang Wuyang took out the fruit candy.

The fruit candy was bought by Zhang Wuyang for Zhang Sitian. Surrounded by the children, Zhang Wuyang subconsciously took out the candy to share.

When Chen Jinhua came out, she felt distressed and proud at the same time. She felt that her face was full of face. Thinking about the useless air for a while, Chen Jinhua endured the distress and did not stop Zhang Wuyang from sharing the sugar. She could hold back her distress, but Zhang Sitian couldn't. Seeing that her fifth brother was giving out candy one by one, but not giving it to her, Zhang Sitian struggled with her hands and feet and rushed out: "Fifth brother, sugar, sugar, fifth brother. ."

Chen Jinhua hugged Zhang Sitian and walked towards Zhang Wuyang: "I'm back, are you tired on the road?"

"Mom, you're not tired." Zhang Wuyang called out and stuffed a handful of candy for Zhang Sitian. Zhang Sitian finally stopped making trouble, and grabbed a candy to signal him to open it.

Chen Jinhua hated her daughter: "I know how to eat candy, but I don't even know how to call someone, and I don't even know how to call me Fifth Brother.

Only then did Zhang Sitian call out the fifth brother, but his attention was on the candy, especially seeing the other children watching, he was even more anxious, and shrank the candy in his hand into his arms, fearing that others would take it away.

Zhang Wuyang fed the sugar into Zhang Sitian's mouth.

"Come into the house." Chen Jinhua greeted Zhang Wuyang to enter the house, and a group of children also came in. Chen Jinhua was a little unhappy, but she really couldn't care about the children, so she had to pick up the bag of candy and share two pieces per person to send them away. I sent two more to my grand-nephew and asked him to call Zhang Erhe and Zhang Sihai back.

Zhang Wuyang sat in the room and looked at Chen Jinhua and Zhang Sitian. The first feeling was that Chen Jinhua was a little haggard, the second feeling was that Zhang Sitian's clothes were dirty, and the third feeling was that the house was a mess.

Obviously, after the two sisters-in-law left, life at home became very bad, Zhang Wuyang was a little distressed, and had other emotions that were indescribable.

"Old fifth, you're back, you don't even know what mom's life is like now." Chen Jinhua began to complain, "Mum really didn't do it on purpose, how could mom do it on purpose, that's my granddaughter? , how could I hurt her, I was just a careless person, I never thought it would be so inch. Xue Fangcao is still blackmailing our family, she just wanted to get a divorce and take the opportunity to do things. "

His mother didn't do it on purpose, Zhang Wuyang believed it. No matter how eccentric his mother was, it was impossible to deliberately harm Da Ya. It was purely an accident, but that accident became the last straw that bent the camel's back. In the cold, the fourth sister-in-law Xue Fangcao has long been full of grievances, and with the divorced second sister-in-law Zhuyu in front, it is difficult for Xue Fangcao to remain calm. Just like Du Aihua, her divorce was more or less affected by the fact that both sisters-in-law were divorced.

"Xue Fangcao made such a fuss, it seems like I did it on purpose. The village is chatting, and Mom has no face to go out to meet people." Thinking of this grievance, Chen Jinhua felt sad and wet her eyes.

Zhang Wuyang can only comfort: "It will be fine after a while, everyone will forget it."

Chen Jinhua also thought so, otherwise what else could she do, she couldn't stop everyone's mouths: "Why are you coming back alone, Aihua and Junjun won't come back?"

Zhang Wuyang twitched the corners of his mouth. Before he had decided whether to talk about the divorce, brothers Zhang Erhe and Zhang Sihai came back.

The brothers chatted, and Chen Jinhua had long forgotten about Du Aihua and her grandson. She just asked what she meant, but she didn't care at all.

"Your brother must be hungry after a day's journey," Chen Jinhua looked at the sun, "Let's eat early today, Sihai, remember to cook the meat you bought today."

Zhang Sihai turned around and walked towards the kitchen.

Zhang Wuyang was stunned, and when Zhang Sihai left the door, he turned to look at Chen Jinhua: "Fourth brother cooking?"

Even though Zhang Wuyang is a dutiful son, he still hasn't escaped the machismo of this era, thinking that doing housework is a woman's business. Seeing that he married Du Aihua, he knew that he was a high-ranking person, but he still didn't have the awareness that he should do housework. It was not until he had a quarrel with Du Aihua that he said to help with the housework. He felt that he was helping Du Aihua to share. After being scolded by Du Aihua again, he changed his words, but he still felt that he was helping Du Aihua with housework, not himself.

It is a woman's business to do laundry and cooking. This understanding is deeply ingrained in Zhang Wuyang's heart. He has no awareness that men also need to do housework. He grew up in this environment since he was a child, and even more so when he went to the army. So at first glance Zhang Sihai was cooking, and he seemed to be very familiar with it. Zhang Wuyang was a little stunned, and subconsciously looked at Zhang Erhe again.

Zhang Erhe kept his head sullen and didn't speak, he was like an eggplant hit by frost. Originally, he was an accountant in the village, and he was considered a character, but now, Jiang Gui has made a lot of trouble, and then the family has troubles one after another. Everywhere he goes, he is pointed at him. Zhang Erhe's spirit is high. Being taken away, people appear to be sluggish.

Chen Jinhua didn't miss the stunned look in her younger son's eyes. She was a little embarrassed and explained dryly: "I have to take care of your sister, and I'm too busy with family affairs. Fortunately, your brother and the others love me and know how to help."

For a meal, Zhang Wuyang ate some food that he didn't know the taste. On the one hand, Zhang Sihai's craftsmanship was not good, and on the other hand, Zhang Wuyang had something in his heart.

After eating, Zhang Sihai voluntarily went to wash the dishes, and Chen Jinhua sat there steadily.

Zhang Wuyang felt more and more uncomfortable. He could see that the fourth brother was not very willing to do this kind of work. In their place, men are to be laughed at when they do housework. Only men who are incapable of keeping women down will wash clothes and cook. It's impossible not to know this kind of ethos, but it doesn't mean to help.

This made the filial son Zhang Wuyang very entangled. On the one hand, he felt that it was okay to be filial to his mother to help with housework, and on the other hand, he felt that his mother did not care about the fourth brother.

"Have you ever seen a second one like your mother, enjoy yourself first and endure hardship first, children and grandchildren first," Jiang Hui's words suddenly sounded in his mind, and Zhang Wuyang shuddered.

"...In this family, no woman is really bad. I think you still have to marry your brother back." Chen Jinhua looked at Zhang Wuyang expectantly, and found that his younger son's face was wrong, "Wuyang, what's the matter with you? "

Zhang Wuyang returned to his senses, "Mom, what did you just say?"

"I said to ask your second brother to get a daughter-in-law back. They are still young and can't be a bachelor."

Zhang Wuyang's expression became tense, and he couldn't help thinking, is he reluctant to let his brothers play bachelors, or he wants to find someone to come back to do housework, maybe both. But in the current situation of their family, who wants to marry in unless a big betrothal gift is given.

"Let's get married soon after I've been away. It's hard to say, but it doesn't sound good." Zhang Wuyang said sullenly, he must pay the betrothal gift, but he really can't come up with so much money, he already owes a lot of debt, You are a comrade-in-arms, and you can't be a man if you don't always pay your debts.

"What's wrong with this." Chen Jinhua didn't care, anyway, their family's reputation was bad enough, and she wanted to quickly marry a daughter-in-law and come back to work. It has to be a good one, and let the people outside see that their family has no shortage of daughters-in-law, and they are better than Jiang Hui and Xue Fangcao.

"I asked someone to ask, Chen Jiaqiao has a daughter who is willing to be with your second brother. The daughter is beautiful, and she is honest and diligent." Honesty and diligence are the key points. Waiting on the mother-in-law to take care of the little sister-in-law will never make trouble.

Zhang Erhe, the party involved, was stunned. He had never heard Chen Jinhua mention it before.

Chen Jinhua continued: "It's the high price of the dowry. After all, it's the first marriage. They want a bicycle, one hundred and eight yuan, two cotton quilts, and two new clothes including shoes."

Zhang Wuyang's eyes trembled, a bicycle was about 150 yuan, and a bicycle ticket had to be taken. That thing is difficult to get, and if you buy it on the black market, it is between 50 and 100, plus 108 The money, as well as the quilts and shoes, cost about four or five hundred dollars. But usually, one hundred yuan is enough to marry a daughter-in-law. That family is obviously ripping off. Seeing that the Zhang family is not good at marrying a daughter-in-law, the lion opened his mouth.

"It's not like selling a daughter like this." Zhang Erhe was angry. Back then, he married Jiang Hui for less than 100 yuan. Thinking of Jiang Hui and his three children, Zhang Erhe felt very bored in his heart. A few days ago, he saw Jiang Hui, and she was so bright, so much younger and more beautiful, that he almost didn't recognize her. After the divorce, she got better and better, but she got worse and worse, Zhang Erhe felt very uncomfortable.

Chen Jinhua stared at Zhang Erhe, "What did you say?" She turned to look at Zhang Wuyang, "Old fifth, what do you think?"

Translate it, the fifth one, you come to pay the money.

Zhang Wuyang understood, but he really couldn't say it: "Mom, can our family give this dowry gift?"

Not beware that Zhang Wuyang would ask back, Chen Jinhua was stunned, even Zhang Erhe looked up at Zhang Wuyang in surprise.

Zhang Wuyang said directly: "I have no money, I still owe a lot of money outside."

Chen Jinhua's eyes blushed: "Five, Mom knows that it's dragging you down, it's not easy for you, but Mom won't bother you again if she has a solution. You also saw that there is no woman in this family, it's really not good. Your brother They are also pitiful. This young man needs to have a company. Fifth, you will have pity on your two brothers. Help them again, this time. Both you and Aihua earn wages. , it's better than the days when they dig food in the fields."

Zhang Wuyang looked directly at Chen Jinhua, who was crying: "Mom, my salary is 30 yuan a month, plus subsidies, less than 500 yuan a year. I owe 1,300 yuan outside, even if I don't eat or drink. I have to pay it back for three years, but I have to eat and drink and send the money back. It’s good if this debt can be repaid within five years. If you ask me to borrow money, when will I have to pay it back?”

"The money was all borrowed, but Aihua didn't help you!" Chen Jinhua was incredulous. She knew that her son had no money, and the money was sent back to her hometown, but she knew that Du Aihua was rich, and that Du Aihua's mother was even richer.

Zhang Wuyang tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Aihua is divorced from me."

"What!" Chen Jinhua was shocked and stood up excitedly, "Divorce, how can you divorce! Why?"

Jiang Hui and Xue Fangcao divorced, Chen Jinhua was angry, but Du Aihua divorced, Chen Jinhua was afraid, and she was afraid from the bottom of her heart.Of course she knew the importance of this little daughter-in-law, otherwise she would run back in despair after angering Du Aihua instead of staying there and fighting against Du Aihua, she was afraid that others would not dare to offend others.

Zhang Wuyang wiped his face with a wry smile: "For the money, she's angry that I always send you money."

As if struck by lightning, Chen Jinhua was hit hard and almost fell to the ground.