In Xiawan Village under the jurisdiction of Guang'an County in Dayue, the midsummer evening faded away from the scorching heat of the day, and the cool breeze blew by. The farmers who had worked all day had dinner and sat outside to enjoy the coolness, which was rare. The women were chatting together, while the men were bragging and farting together. A scream that seemed to pierce the sky broke the tranquility.
"This is the second sister-in-law of the Zhou family who is about to give birth?" someone who knew it said.
"No, isn't there still one month to go, could it be premature?" "
Ah, that's bad, it's hard to support this premature birth.
" Didn’t all the girl-girl movies feed her?”
“How do you know that people still give birth to girls?”
“I’ve given birth to four girls, and this baby must still be a girl. Too much is useless."
"Shhh, don't say that in front of Brother Zhou Zhou, otherwise people will have to fight you hard! It's not like you don't know that the couple almost lost their eyes looking forward to a son"
" My tiger, of course I wouldn't say that in front of his face."
Rusty discussions sounded out among the crowd enjoying the cool air, and some got up and walked towards Zhou's house wanting to watch the excitement.
The Zhou family said it was a house, that is, an earthen house with three entrances, a main house with three main rooms, side rooms on both sides, covered with black tiles, and surrounded by a yard. In Xiawan Village, most of them are two or three In a village sheltered by a few earthen houses, such a house can be regarded as very grand.
In the courtyard of the Zhou family, in a small room in the West Wing, an extremely haggard woman was lying on the bed. Except for her bulging belly, her thin limbs did not reveal that she was a pregnant woman at all. "Tuesday sister-in-law, work harder, the amniotic fluid has already broken, and you can give birth to a baby if you work harder." The midwife panicked when she saw the woman gradually weakening, and hurriedly said. I don't know if it was because the midwife said that having a boy gave the woman motivation, so she really opened her eyes and worked hard, the veins on her forehead popped up, and she let out a muffled groan from time to time.
Standing beside the kang were two girls, both skinny and small, about five or six years old, with tears in their eyes, and one of them, the older one, kept wiping the sweat off the woman's forehead.
At the door of the room, a crippled man was already in a panic when he heard the muffled groan. He dragged his unsteady legs and walked around the door unconsciously.
There was a muffled groan in the room, when the midwife ran out and said to the crippled man anxiously: "Brother Zhou, this second sister-in-law is having a difficult life, and it doesn't look very good, you'd better ask A doctor."
"Not good? Yanniang!" The lame man's face turned pale when he heard the midwife say that, and he didn't care about the custom that men are not allowed to enter the delivery room, so he ran into the delivery room with his lame leg and looked at the closed room. Looking at the gray-eyed wife, Zhou Shou felt a throbbing pain in his heart.
"Yanniang, open your eyes and work harder!"
"Brother Shou...", Wang Yan opened her eyes with difficulty, panting a few times: "I'm afraid it won't work..., you will take a few girls to work hard in the future." But, find them a decent husband's family, and then find someone to give birth to a son for you."
"Yanniang, I don't allow you to say that, you'll be fine, I'll go to the doctor right now, go and go We won't have any more children in the future, and whether you have a son or not is not as important as you." The man in charge of Zhou wiped away the tears from his face, begged the midwife, and said to the two girls beside the bed: "Big ya, Sanya , you go to the house of the second grandma next door, ask the second grandma to cook two eggs, bring them to your mother to eat, and then ask the second grandma to kill another chicken, and then pay the money when I come back." Da Ya Sanya listened and hurriedly Should have run out. Zhou moved out of the house, looked at the room, and felt chills in his heart. Although he had known for a long time that he had no place in this family, he still had some affection for Mr. Zhou, the father, but now Yan The mother was almost overwhelmed, and the people in the upper room didn't move at all. He couldn't believe that they didn't know anything about such a big thing here. Zhou Shou went to the upper room.
Everyone in the main room of the upper room finished their meal, and now the whole family is sitting and talking together. Sitting on the kang were Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou, both of whom were neatly tidied up. They looked quite energetic in their forties. Next to Mrs. Zhou sat a young girl of twelve or thirteen years old, dangling her legs, concentrating on Looking at a bracelet in her hand, she raised her hand to show off from time to time, the joy in her eyes was obvious. Sitting below were the eldest and his wife Zhou, and beside them was a four-year-old boy who was eating an egg with great relish. A nine-year-old girl with a handsome face was embroidering with an oil lamp.
Beside them, Zhou Laosi was holding a book, shaking his head, and Zhou's mother looked at the bracelet in the little daughter's hand, and was also very happy: "Yaomei has found this marriage, let's see, who can bear it?" Such a heavy betrothal gift, not to mention the cloth, and such a valuable bracelet is added to the thirty taels of betrothal gift, at least this bracelet is worth ten taels of silver!" Father Zhou was smoking a cigarette, without saying a word
.
Li Ermei, the eldest daughter-in-law of Zhou, hurriedly said: "No, I just said that my sister-in-law is blessed. After marrying into the Zhu family, she will not be able to eat well and drink spicy food. She will be a young mistress." After speaking, she glanced at the embroidery under the lamp daughter, silently thinking about what kind of husband's family to find for her daughter in the future.
Zhou Yaomei blushed when she was told, and shouted coquettishly: "Sister-in-
law ." Li Ermei has been married to Zhou's family for so many years, and she has a thorough understanding of Zhou's mother's habits, and what she said made Zhou's mother and Zhou Yaomei smile.
Although Mr. Zhou still didn't speak, there was still a little joy in his eyebrows. Boss Zhou was sullen and only focused on playing with the bamboo basket in his hand. The second younger sister Li looked at Boss Zhou with hatred. This husband is good at everything, but he is too honest. Look at the other brothers. The third brother Zhou is in the town. The waiter in the restaurant is about to take over from his father-in-law and become the second shopkeeper. Zhou Laosi is studying in a private school, and this year he is going to take the exam for scholar. At that time, the shopkeeper will be the shopkeeper, and the official will be the official. Their family is eating from the ground. Fortunately, Da Lang is also studying.
She subconsciously ignored Zhou Laoer.
At this time, Zhou Shou entered the house.
The people in the room who were enjoying themselves just now saw him coming, they stopped talking, and looked at him in surprise, wondering how this person who usually doesn't meet with them except when necessary, came into the upper room at this time.
Ignoring the surprised looks of the others, Zhou Er Er said directly to Mr. Zhou: "Father, Yanniang's birth is not going well. I'll go ask the doctor right now. You always give me some money." "What!" The others Before she could speak, Zhou's mother exploded first: "You should have given birth to some kind of golden baby eggs, and you still need to invite a doctor. How can you have any money at home? You gave birth to a litter of wenches, all of whom were reincarnated from starving ghosts. The house is about to pull out the mouse hole and fill the mouths in your house, and now you need money, which is a good idea." Zhou Shuo glanced at Zhou's mother, and quickly moved away to look straight at Mr. Zhou. Mr. Zhou took a puff of his cigarette, "Is your wife really serious?" Zhou Shou hummed. "Then go ask for it, you don't have to worry about the money." With Mr. Zhou's affirmation, Zhou Shou felt a little happy in his eyes, and rushed to ask for the doctor. "Damn old man, you can invite a doctor as soon as you touch your mouth. Where did you get so much money at home? The eldest brother and the fourth child will go to the examination room next year, and there is Yaomei's dowry, and what's the use of inviting a doctor? It's not that I gave birth to another girl." Seeing that Mr. Zhou was really accurate, Zhou's mother hurriedly cursed. Mr. Zhou took down his cigarette pouch and knocked it on the edge of the kang: "I know more about the property in the family than you do. Isn't that a life? Don't think I don't know what you're thinking." Zhou's mother froze when she heard this: "Can I have money ? What's on my mind, I'm not doing it for the good of this family!" "Hmph, I know what you're thinking about your second son, but don't forget, that's also my son."
"You...you...what do you mean by that? You mean that I treated him badly. My God, why am I so miserable? Treating a son born to a little woman with all my heart, I have to wait until the end. If you don't get better, I know that you only have that vixen in your heart, and the only one in our family who can catch your eyes is that little woman. Boss, third child, fourth child, eldest sister, sister Yao, you are all miserable. Ah, I didn't find a good mother, and even your father would look down on you." "
That's enough, you don't feel ashamed to say such nonsense in front of the children." Mr. Zhou couldn't bear it anymore. Roar, Mother Zhou stopped in fright.
"Father and mother, can you please be quiet and stop people from studying." Zhou Lao Si raised his handsome face, looked at the old couple with dissatisfaction, stood up, shook his clothes and went out.
Second Sister Li hastily persuaded her a few words, and then brought her family back to her house, where they lived in the East Wing. There are two big rooms and a small room, which is much better than Zhou Laoer's steamer-like small single room.
Farmers usually have nothing to do, and they don't know how to light lamps, so Erya put down her embroidery work and prepared to boil water for a bath. Saburo couldn't bear it anymore and ran out of the house to play.
Li Ermei was restless, "You said that his second aunt won't really have a boy this time." "Second brother
has so many girls in his family, so it's time to give birth to a boy this time." Boss Zhou said in a muffled voice.
"You elm head, the second child earned a lot of money as a carpenter for a year, and now he has to hand in all of it. Why, it's not because he has no son, he has no idea, and he expects his nephews to fall when he gets old. Put it in the grave, and besides, the property left by his mother passed through Ming Road at that time, if he had a son, would he have no idea?" When
Li Ermei said this, Boss Zhou stopped talking. Son, then he will always not hide anything for this family, but if he has a son, it will be very different, not to mention that he will definitely not hand over all the money he earns in the future, that is, after passing Minglu, Er Niang It is clear that the property left to the second child will be spit out.
Boss Zhou is the eldest son, and he will also be the head of the family in the future. If the second child really wants the property left by his mother, it will be digging food from his bowl.
"Then what should we do?" Boss Zhou asked.