Chapter 1850 People are poor but have short ambitions
After learning about the situation of the Feng family, Chu Heng, who was originally a little dissatisfied with Zhou Ju's indifference to his mother over the years, instantly understood.
It’s not that she doesn’t want to be filial, it’s that the messy life of mending things makes her unable to do so.
“Boom!”
Hu Zhengwen’s actions were also very fast. Chu Heng chatted with the brigade secretary in the room for a while, then he drove back, and not only did he drive When Zhou Ju came back, she also brought back her fifth-year-old couple and two half-year-old daughters.
After the old lady entered the house, she introduced her son and daughter-in-law to Chu Heng and the others, and then hurriedly packed her luggage.
“Drink water, drink water.”
Facing Chu Heng and others from the capital, Lao Wu and his wife seemed very reserved and did not even dare to say more. , after giving each of them a bowl of water, the two of them sat aside timidly and looked at them secretly.
Chu Heng didn't care either. He drank water from a thick porcelain bowl and chatted happily with the brigade secretary. After a while, the old lady packed her things.
She came to Lao Wu and his wife worriedly and warned: "Lao Wu, mother will be back in a few days. Remember to tie your third brother with a rope when you go out, but Don’t let him get out and cause trouble.”
Lao Wu subconsciously turned his head to look at his giggling brother outside, nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, mother, I'll remember it."
Then Zhou Ju came to Chu Heng and said, "Let's go. , little comrade."
Chu Heng stood up, looked at her fifth child, and asked: " Old lady, I don’t know if our fifth brother can walk away. If he can, let him choose two children to go with him. Let Grandma Wu see her grandson and great-grandson and be happy. "< br>
Lao Wu was an honest man who didn’t pay attention. Hearing this, he looked at my mother and asked her to make up her mind.
Zhou Ju was a little embarrassed, and said tangledly: "Little comrade, it's not that I don't want him to go, it's that our family relies on the strong labor force of Lao Wu to earn grain. If you work less, you will lose one day's work points. , maybe the family will be hungry for one more day, so let’s not take him, I will take him myself.”
The secretary of the brigade on the side had the idea of making friends with Chu Heng. Hearing this, he immediately offered a favor: "It's okay. For Comrade Chu's sake, I will make the decision for you. Feng Wu is not here these days, and the work points will be calculated as usual. Don't worry. Go to hell with you."
Chu Heng is a very smart person, and he is not willing to do anything for this. He quickly declined: "Thank you first, but this is not the case. Come on, we can’t take advantage of the public.”
As he said that, he took out ten dollars from his pocket and put it on the table. He smiled and asked Zhou Ju: “Old lady, this money is enough for your fifth brother. Have you lost the work points in the past few days?”
Seeing him take action, everyone in the room was stunned except for Hu Zhengwen and Mavericks, and the fifth daughter-in-law was even more stunned. Straight.
In this era, no matter where you are, the value of great unity is not small. In the city, it is nearly one-third of the monthly salary of ordinary workers. In the countryside, especially in the situation of the Feng family Yes, all year round, if you take away the rations, you may not even see ten yuan, or you may be in debt.
As the saying goes, a man is poor but his ambition is short, and a horse is skinny but has long hair.
Zhou Ju, who logically shouldn’t take the money, didn’t care about her face at the moment, because the money was so important to her family, so after a slight hesitation, she shamelessly picked up the money and handed it to her daughter-in-law. Then he stared at Lao Wu and ordered: "Why are you still standing there? Go pack your things quickly and come with me to see your grandma."
"I'll go right away." Lao Wu hurriedly went to look through the cabinet.
After his wife carefully put the money into her pocket, she also got up and went to help him.
After a while, Lao Wu packed up several pieces of clothing and put them into his baggage. Then he and the old lady made plans and prepared to take his eldest son and youngest daughter to leave with Chu Heng.
In this regard, Chu Heng stopped messing around. After they discussed it, he expressed his gratitude to the brigade secretary, then came out of the house with Zhou Ju and the others, and asked the family to get on the Volga, and Mavericks went to the truck. went up and quickly left the village.
Inside Volgan.
This was the first time for Zhou Ju’s family to ride in a car. It was very strange. After getting on the car, they looked around, especially the nine-year-old son and the five-year-old daughter of the fifth family. They were curious about everything. Can't help but want to touch and see.
As the car sped along and soon left the county town, Chu Heng, Mrs. Zhou and Lao Wu chatted about Grandma Wu's situation.
The two little ones were over their fresh energy at this time, and fell asleep leaning on their father drowsily.
Not long after, Mrs. Zhou and Lao Wu also fell asleep one after another.
Soon it was noon.
Because there were old people and children on the bus, Chu Heng and the others did not have lunch as they did when they arrived. When they arrived in Guantao County, they stopped for a while and found a restaurant to have lunch. Then he continued to set off. They kept walking and stopping until after ten o'clock in the evening, when they returned to Banchang Hutong.
It was a bumpy ride, but Chu Heng and Lao Wu were okay. Mrs. Zhou was very tired. When she got out of the car, her legs and feet were all weak. She staggered and almost fell. .
"Oh, please slow down."
Chu Heng hurriedly stepped forward to help her.
“Hey, I’m old and useless.” Zhou Ju’s face was full of exhaustion and she hammered her sore back.
“Are you okay, mother?”
Lao Wu, who had just woken up the child and got out of the car, hurriedly stepped forward upon seeing this.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
Zhou Ju waved her hand to her son, looked around, and asked Chu Heng: "Little comrade, where is your home?"
"This is it. "Chu Heng pointed to the house next to him, and together with Lao Wu, he helped the old lady to the front door, and gently patted the bolted courtyard door a few times.
“Dong dong dong!”
After a while, the dogs at home heard the noise and ran over, whining excitedly behind the door.
Not long after, the sound of footsteps was heard, and then Yang Guizhi's voice sounded: "Is it Hengzi?"
"It's me, Sister Guizhi."
"Have you been picked up? ?" Yang Guizhi hurriedly stepped forward to open the door.
"Got it." As he spoke, the courtyard door opened. Chu Heng smiled and introduced Mrs. Zhou and the others to the elder sister: "This is Grandma Wu's daughter, Zhou Ju, and that is her elder sister. Five, the two younger ones are her grandchildren.”
Yang Guizhi hurriedly came over and said, “Come in, come in, haven’t you eaten yet?”
"No, please cook us some noodles."
Chu Heng helped the old lady, whose legs and feet had not recovered, into the hospital, followed closely by the fifth brother, Hu Zhengwen, and others.
As soon as Fang came in, Zhou Ju hurriedly asked Yang Guizhi: "Daughter, where is my mother? How are you doing now?"
"She is in the backyard, she has fallen asleep. She needs to rest more now, so you can go see her tomorrow." Yang Guizhi said.
Zhou Ju, who had not seen her mother for nearly forty years, was very anxious at the moment. She could not wait until tomorrow. After hearing this, she took Yang Guizhi to discuss: "If I don't go into the house, let me stay outside." Let’s see if that’s okay? I definitely won’t disturb my mother.”
"This..." Yang Guizhi looked at Chu Heng, not daring to make the decision.
"Let's take a look." Chu Heng understood the old lady's mood very well, nodded and warned: "But don't disturb Grandma Wu to rest."
"No, definitely not ." The old lady responded hurriedly.
Immediately Chu Heng and others came to the window of Grandma Wu’s room in the backyard.
At this time, Grandma Wu was lying on the kang, with her eyes closed tightly and her chest rising and falling slowly. Next to her lay Qin Jingru, who came to take care of the old lady.
"Mother!"
Looking at the dying old lady on the kang in the dim moonlight, Zhou Ju's eyes were moist, she covered her mouth and cried bitterly, with a look of guilt on her face
(End of this chapter)