Chapter 181 Uncle
“Haha, Fugui, I’ve heard a long time ago that your son is going to accompany his wife back to his parents’ house, and he has to bring a lot of things.”
“That’s not true, it’s shameless to take such a young man with him. Come back."
"..."
"Oh, let me see whose descendant this is? Stop him by talking so arrogantly."
"Stop, stop, don't let him pass..."
They were all elderly people from the Chen family and the Wang family. They got up very early. When they saw him, they stopped the ox cart and laughed with him.
Wang Zhenzhen often runs around with the little children in the village. He has long been shouting that he is going home, so now many people in the village don't know about it.
It was so lively all the way out of the village.
Gradually, the early morning sun showed its head. The ox cart was walking on the mountain road, shaking slightly. Accompanied by the jingling bells, the little white cow stepped on its hooves and swung its tail, walking happily.
All the way over the mountains and across the river, the sun slowly rose, the sunlight gained warmth, and loud folk songs also sounded in the mountains.
Going home.
Wang Susu was very happy. She felt that the sunshine, the morning breeze, and even the grass and trees in the mountains seemed to be smiling, and the birdsong in the mountains seemed to be singing joyfully.
So she also smiled, hugged her sister, and started humming.
On the way, Wang Zhenzhen, who couldn’t sing with Chen Ling, raised his head and shouted loudly to cause trouble for them because he didn’t know how to sing.
The three of them sang and laughed, and the mountains were filled with their laughter and laughter.
When they arrived at the village, they wanted to rest for a while. Wang Susu took her sister to the toilet behind the township government, while Chen Ling took two dogs to look for Wang Jusheng nearby. When Chen Ling passed by, he was at the tap. Washing dishes nearby.
"Brother Jusheng, are you having dinner so late?"
Hearing the familiar shout, Wang Jusheng raised his head suddenly, and then immediately smiled: "Fugui, why are you here."
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As he said that, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, wiped his hands randomly on his clothes and walked over.
"I'm going back to my parents' house with Susu. I've just arrived in the countryside."
"Ah, yes, you have paid a visit to Uncle Juncai's grave. It's time to go back."
>"Come on, smoke..."
"No more, I'll give the dogs and cows some water."
Chen Ling waved his hand, he came to Wang Jusheng not just for small talk.
The road to the countryside was not very close, and the ox-cart was slow. We set off at around six o'clock in the morning, and after walking for about three hours, both the dogs and the cows were thirsty.
He and Zhao Dahai came to see Wang Jusheng a few days ago. Knowing that it was more convenient to get water here in the village, they stopped by. Otherwise, if you don’t know anyone elsewhere, you have to take a long way to the livestock station.
"It's easy to say, I'll get you a bucket."
Wang Jusheng put away his cigarette, turned around and took out two iron buckets from the room.
Hei Wa and Xiao Jin knew that this man was an acquaintance and did not see anyone else. When Wang Jusheng received the water, they buried their heads in the bucket and drank loudly.
After the two of them finished drinking, Chen Ling took the water and went out to feed the cows.
Then he joked to Wang Jusheng: "Look at this guy, he looks like a cadre in the countryside, but he looks higher than me."
"Pull him down, you are still making fun of me. I'm here, why don't you go back to your parents' house with your wife and change into something nicer to drink tea with? At least you have to wear a pair of leather shoes, so you just go and make your parents laugh."
Wang Jusheng looked at him. One look and he immediately replied.
Tea clothes are decent clothes for visiting relatives, entertaining guests, attending weddings, etc.
I usually don't want to wear it when I'm working, so I take it out only at times like this.
"It's just a joke. If it doesn't work, I won't go next time."
Chen Linghun said nonchalantly.
Of course, this is just a joke. In fact, I prepared my clothes yesterday, but the weather looked bad when I went out today, so I didn’t change them for fear of getting dirty.
The same is true for the two sisters Wang Susu.
"You son-in-law, with your attitude, if I were your uncle, I would beat you out with a pitchfork..."
Wang Jusheng smashed his mouth and said.
While the two were talking, Wang Susu and her sister came back and stopped talking.
Fill the water bottle with water, say goodbye to Wang Jusheng, and continue on your way.
The entire county of Lingyun is located in the mountains, and mountain forests account for more than 70% of the area.
This becomes more obvious after leaving Changle Township and going west. The mountains are steep and densely forested. Among the towering mountains, pedestrians are like ants.
Fortunately, there is an ancient trade road running diagonally between Changle Township and Fenglei Town, connecting the three provinces. The mountain road is spacious. Legend has it that it was developed by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji, as a special post road for Yang Guifei to transport lychees. Although It is relatively steep, but the road surface is smooth. Compared with the mountain road to the east of Changle Township, it is undoubtedly easier to walk.
Coupled with the beautiful weather today, the dull sunlight gradually brightened up, and the speed of the oxcart gradually increased.
Slowly, as they got closer to Fenglei Town, Wang Susu became more and more excited. She held Chen Ling’s arm, pointed at the landscapes and villages along the road, and kept chattering, with a look on her face saying no. She was so happy and joyful, just like a little girl who had never been out.
Wang Zhenzhen’s thoughts were not with them. He just leaned on the bullock cart and swayed his little feet, holding various snacks given by Liang Hongyu’s family, stuffing his mouth full, and commanding the two dogs. Run around, go to the roadside to chase rabbits and catch birds, and then give them snacks.
Seeing her behavior, Wang Susu couldn't help pinching her little face and laughing at her for looking like a little landowner.
"I'm not, sister, you are, the landowner of the old Chen family, hehe..." Wang Zhenzhen wrinkled his nose and smiled at her.
If Chen Ling had said this, she would have given up long ago and would have fought fiercely with her brother-in-law.
But my sister, she has been very close to her since she was a child, so she hugged Wang Susu’s arm and played with her with a smile while talking, and also fed her to her sister.
But the little girl is young after all, and has been restless since she left the house. After playing for most of the way, she got tired after the excitement wore off, and dozed off leaning on the baggage on the carriage board.
Wang Susu took out her clothes and covered her sister.
In this way, the ox cart continued to move forward slowly and leisurely. From six o'clock in the morning, it was not until nearly two o'clock in the afternoon that Fenglei Town was finally in sight.
"Aling, look, look, Fenglei Town is here."
Wang Susu, wearing a pink headscarf, looked forward and pointed it out to Chen Ling.
Actually speaking, we haven’t gone all the way yet. All we can see now is the stone monument of Fenglei Town, which is erected in front of the mouth of a mountain gorge. It is almost two people tall, simple and round, and very huge.
There is still a long way behind the mouth of the mountain gorge. After walking this mountain road and crossing a bridge, you will reach Fenglei Town.
There is a big river outside the town, very wide, but not too fast.
Fenglei Town was built on mountains and rivers.
This town has a very long history. Although the province it belongs to has often changed since ancient times, due to its remote location, mountains are surrounded by water, and water surrounds the mountains. It is at the junction of the north and the south, and various caravans and boat gangs pass by frequently. Here, because of the high mountains and steep roads, there are perennial bandits and soldiers.
A place like this has its own endless legends and endless stories.
"The road inside has also been repaired. It's not bad."
Chen Ling took a quick look and found that this road used to be difficult to walk on. "I really wake up soon, we are almost at my hometown."
"Wow, we're in town."
The little girl immediately rubbed her eyes and sat up.
When he saw the stone tablet outside the town, he took off his clothes and jumped out of the oxcart happily.
Heiwa and Xiaojin were trotting happily beside the bullock cart.
Getting closer to home, she was really happy to see familiar scenery everywhere.
Wang Zhenzhen led the dog to run around, and soon became dishonest again. He ran back to the car from the front and shouted: "Sister, brother-in-law, let me go to the town and call my brother out first, okay... ..."
Wang Qingwen is not in the village most of the time. He is a teacher, and his wife is also a teacher. The family usually lives in Fenglei Town Middle School.
Wang Zhenzhen often ran there to play since she was a child. Many teachers and janitors knew her.
"Go ahead, class is about to start in the afternoon. I don't know if my brother has class today, so you should go and take a look first."
Wang Susu thought about it for a moment, and when she saw the expectant look on her sister's face, she agreed. .
Then he saw his sister turning around and running out with the dog, and shouted hurriedly: "Slow down when crossing the bridge."
"I know." Just like that, Chen When Ling and his two men drove the ox cart onto the bridge, they saw that on the other side of the bridge, their uncle Wang Qingwen was already walking over in a hurry.
Followed by a little girl jumping around, seemingly tireless, and two dogs sticking out their tongues and sniffing for pee everywhere.
"Brother, we are back."
Wang Susu was very excited to see her elder brother and got off the oxcart while waving her hands.
Chen Ling also came down and stood aside with a whip.
"It's good to be back, it's good to be back. The house has been prepared for a long time, all the things for the new girl. My parents have been looking forward to this for two years, just waiting for you to come home..."
Wang Qingwen came to the front and said to his sister with a smile.
Then he nodded, smiled, and patted Chen Ling on the shoulder, all without saying a word.
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"When you wrote to me, you didn't tell me which day you came. I thought you came after visiting the grave on the first day of the new year. I really ate in the first few days. After class, I ran to the pier, but there was no one there, which made me really wait for a while."
Wang Qingwen led the way, walked off the bridge into the town, "I'll take you to dinner first, and hurry up. We must be hungry after such a long journey, let’s talk while eating.”
Chen Ling and his wife responded together, constantly looking at this quaint town.
An old bluestone street, long from north to south, some places have been stepped on all year round and have become extremely smooth. Most of the streets are lined with quaint Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings, small houses, white walls and black tiles, and black lacquered wooden doors. , although it is patchy and sparse, it is definitely an extremely rare ancient town that is well preserved.
Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the scenery is beautiful. Chen Ling thought to himself: No wonder later generations call it the Jiangnan town in the north. Even if tourism has not been developed yet and it has been extensively renovated, the original landscape is enough to have that kind of scenery. It has a Jiangnan charm.
Since it was not a market day, there were no stalls selling things on either side. They were all ordinary people, walking around or saying hello to Wang Qingwen and saying ordinary things.
Actually, before getting married, Chen Ling had been here two or three times. At that time, he didn't think there was anything special here.
Now that I have decades of memories from later generations, I feel that this place is extremely precious.
What makes him regretful is that due to the floods this year, many places have been rebuilt and completely demolished.
No way, in this day and age, people think that their own gadgets are not treasures, and they are all thinking about building a small western-style building that would be called grand.
The further you go into the town, the more obvious it becomes.
Chen Ling admired the architectural style, while Wang Susu talked to her elder brother.
The little girl Wang Zhenzhen missed her big brother very much when she didn't see her, and felt annoyed when she saw her. At this time, she was caught by Wang Qingwen for running around and scolded her: "I just know how to mess around. If I don't act honestly in front of my parents when I go home later, I will be punished." You're good."
The little girl was so indignant that she grabbed the hair on Heiwa's neck, pointed at Wang Qingwen's butt and whispered: "Bite him, bite him."
Hei Wa stuck out his tongue and looked at her innocently, flicked his hair, and ran forward to show off his power in front of the local dogs as if he didn't understand.
It is not stupid. How can it bite one of our own? Otherwise, it will be the one who suffers.
“We have a market on February 7th in our town. Come back in two days. Even though it is smaller than your hometown, there are many boat people here and it is very lively.”
Wang Qingwen led them into a small restaurant, which I heard was one of the eight restaurants on the pier.
As the name suggests, its specialty is dock food.
The wharf dishes eaten by the caravans and boat gangs are all about high quality and low price, large portions and filling dishes, and most of them are served with wine. Such big fish and meat must be paired with two or two small glasses of wine to taste the best.
But today they have to return to the village before dark. After filling their stomachs and taking a short rest, they will continue on their way, so what they eat is nothing special, which is simple beef soup with some fried buns.
It really makes you eat faster.
After eating, we went to Fenglei Town Middle School. There were already a large class and a small class waiting in front of the school gate.
She was a woman under thirty years old, neatly dressed, squatting in front of the school gate, drawing on the ground with chalk and joking with a four or five-year-old boy.
"Sister-in-law, everything."
Wang Susu shouted excitedly when she saw the two of them.
Looking up, the woman has a round face and big eyes, but her face is a little rough and her cheeks are slightly maroon, but she is also a very delicate and charming woman.
The little boy has a round head, like his mother's round face, big eyes, small nose and small mouth. He is very cute. He is very different from Wang Qingwen's angular face with a high nose bridge.
“Oh, Susu...”
When the woman saw Wang Susu, she was also very happy. This is Wang Susu's eldest sister-in-law, her name is Su Ligai. Since she is seven or eight years younger than Wang Qingwen, she got along very well with Wang Susu's sister-in-law after she got married. Now that they have met, she is really happy from the bottom of her heart.
“You don’t know, your brother has been talking about you and Ling Zi every day since he came back from a trip to your house. He received your letter a while ago and he was so happy that he fell asleep for several days in a row. No, I’ll wait for you at the pier after lunch every day.”
“I’ll wait for you, I’ll wait for you.”
The aunt and sister-in-law held hands, and the two missed each other very much.
Especially Su Ligai looked at Wang Susu's fair and pretty face under the pink scarf, and the slightly messy hair in front of her forehead, which made her sister-in-law even more young and beautiful. She only said that Wang Susu was even more beautiful than before she got married. .
Wang Susu's face became hot when she said it, but she couldn't say anything, so she leaned over and stretched out her hand to her little nephew and said, "I haven't seen you in two years. They are already this old. Come, let me hold you."< br>
The little nephew was looking left and right, curiously observing the strange man and woman in front of him, as well as two majestic big dogs and a beautiful big white cow. When he saw Wang Susu reaching out his hand, he was so frightened that he hid in Su Li's way. After reformation.
Peeking at this strange woman from between Su Li’s legs.
"Haha, he didn't remember anything when you got married. He definitely doesn't know who you are when he sees you now..."
Wang Qingwen smiled and pulled his son to him, squatted down, and pointed at Chen Ling and Wang Susu Said: "Tongtong, these two are aunt and uncle, do you understand?"
Then he was afraid that he could not tell the difference, so he pointed at Wang Zhenzhen and continued: "This aunt who always steals your food is a little girl." Aunt, these are the eldest aunt and uncle. "
"Come on, Tongtong, call someone."
Xiao Tongtong pursed his lips, looked at Chen Ling, looked at Wang Susu, and leaned forward. He was squirming back and forth in Wang Qingwen's arms, but refused to speak.
Wang Qingwen immediately made a serious face: "Tongtong, how did I teach you?"
"It's okay, the child is still young, it will be fine when he gets used to it."
Chen Ling also laughed when he saw it. , it is normal for children to be shy.
He took out a handful of toffee from his pocket and put it into Xiao Tongtong's hand.
“This is the toffee that aunt and uncle brought for you. There will still be some in the car after you finish eating.”
Next to him, Wang Zhenzhen was very proud when he heard this: "Hehe, all the food is in my bag."
"Look, there are beef jerky, shrimp crackers, rice cake candies here." ...Do you want to eat it?”
In fact, except for the toffee, Liang Hongyu’s family bought her all the food and took out all the food.
The variety of snacks really easily bought the little doll over.
The little guy took this and that, and the pockets of his jacket and pants were quickly filled.
After all, he was familiar with Wang Zhenzhen, the little aunt who had grown up since childhood. At this time, the little guy was following Wang Zhenzhen, eating by himself and feeding the two dogs. Then he went to play with the little white cow and fed the cow water.
The little white cow has always been friendly to the little baby. After drinking the water, he gently lowered his head and let the two caress him.
The two of them were playing around, and Wang Susu followed Su Ligai to the school to pick up things. The family didn't go back to the mountain often, only two or three times a month.
My mother-in-law’s family has a lot of things going on.
Taking this moment, Wang Qingwen pulled Chen Ling aside and asked how the birth of the baby was going.
Chen Ling responded with two fingers.
"What? What does this mean?"
Wang Qingwen couldn't figure it out.
Chen Ling walked up to him with a smile and whispered, "It's been two months."
My uncle's eyes suddenly widened.
Then he slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "This, this is a good thing, why didn't you two talk about it, and didn't mention it in the letter."
Chen Ling briefly explained, but I don't know if he listened.
He just patted Chen Ling on the shoulder hard and kept saying: "Okay, that's great. My parents will be happy if they know this. Let's go, pack up, and go up the mountain and go home."
(End of this chapter)