Chapter 002
The kang in the east room was very hot. Zhang Yongmei, who hadn't seen two daughters for more than a year, hugged Ju Min and Ju Jing and cried. The crazy grandmother, who was dressed in a torn dress, squatted at the door and cried, and she didn't know what she was crying.
Ju Wenqi was cooking in the kitchen, feeling upset by the crying noise. He came in with a spatula and was impatient to tell the four women of all sizes to stop crying.
"You guys wake up for your little one," Ju Wenqi said helplessly.
This sentence is better than 10,000 persuasion. Zhang Yongmei hurriedly held back her tears and told her two daughters not to cry. She waved her hand and asked Ju Wenqi to continue cooking. She pulled her two eldest daughters to watch her little daughter together.
"When will my sister wake up?" Ju Jing looked at the little baby in the cradle with her big curious eyes, and reached out to poke her face.
Ju Jing is only three years old now, and I don’t know the importance of it. Ting Lao’s nails with black mud in the long gap can be poked on the baby’s face and it will be broken.
Zhang Yongmei hurriedly stopped Ju Jing's dirty hands and said patiently: "My sister is tender-skinned. If you twist your fingers, you can touch it again."
"I want to twist it too", Ju Min also stretched out her dirty hands to compete for favor.
Zhang Yongmei looked at her two daughters with a doting smile and said, "Okay, both are twisted, all are twisted."
After searching around for a long time, Zhang Yongmei found a handful of heavy black scissors in the kang cabinet.
After carefully cutting the nails for the two daughters, the crazy grandmother also brought her hands over and looked at Zhang Yongmei without saying a word.
Her hands were even dirty, as if they hadn't washed for several months. Zhang Yongmei didn't dislike her at all. She grabbed her hands carefully and patiently cut them up.
The warm atmosphere did not last long, and uninvited guests were visiting at home.
I don’t know who reported the letter. It took them so long before they got home, but people from the village came to me.
A total of six people came, and the village chief followed behind. He was fined for more than one child without saying a word when he entered the door.
The Ju family is so poor that there is no money.
If you don’t have money, just move things. People are prepared to drive a car and take away as long as they like big and small items.
Grain, farm tools, tables and chairs, bedding...
When they pulled the things and left, there was really nothing left in the house.
Zhang Yongmei started to cry with pain. As soon as she cried, Ju Min and Ju Jing and the crazy grandmother also cried.
Ju Wenqi's sad face wrinkled into eighteen folds of buns, and sighed and advised: "Don't cry anymore, there's still porridge in the pot. If you don't eat it, you'll be muddy."
No matter how you live your life in the future, you have to eat today.
During the meal, Ju Wenqi said optimistically: "It's a good thing that I'll cook first. If they cook later, they will take away all the food, and we can't even eat this meal."
While eating by himself, Zhang Yongmei used a spoon to feed the baby. He laughed at him. After laughing, he remembered something and said to Ju Wenqi: "Today, it was thanks to the village chief who helped us hide the milk powder, so it was not searched. Otherwise, we are young and don't even have a stutter. Go back and say thank you to the village chief's house."
Ju Wenqi nodded and said that he would go to clean up the house after dinner.
Ju Wenqi stayed at the village chief’s house for more than an hour, and when he came back, he was around nine o’clock in the evening, and his three children and the crazy mother had already fallen asleep.
There are big kangs in the east and west rooms at home. They used to sleep in the west room. Now, when the family has added a population, they all come to sleep in the more spacious east room. It can save some firewood if you only burn one house.
It is a waste of sleeping on a big kang. It is very inconvenient for the couple to whisper a little, so they can only suppress the sound very low.
Ju Wenqi put a thick big hand on Zhang Yongmei's thin arm, rubbing it gently while sighing, "The village chief's wife's sister-in-law cannot have children. People don't care whether the child is a man or a woman, so they want to have a child around them when they are old and give them their old age. They said that you don't have milk anyway, so you can save some money when you eat milk powder wherever you eat, so you might as well send it to our family early. In the past year, your body has been created, and you have to eat some good things to nourish your body."
Zhang Yongmei sobbed gently, and reached out to touch Xiaobudian's face.
After a while, she asked Ju Wenqi: "Have you thought about it? You really want to give the little one away? Have you asked about the situation in the village chief's brother-in-law's family? If you don't have a good time, you can't give the children to them even if you give us money."
"I told them to go home and discuss with you, and I will tell him if I will deliver it tomorrow night. During the day, I will go to Sanfatzitun to inquire about the situation of the family with my grandparents and brother-in-law," Ju Wenqi said with difficulty.
Zhang Yongmei's mother's house is in Sanpangzi Village, which is closer to the village where the village chief's brother-in-law is located, and she also knows the situation there better. Zhang Yongmei's child has to report to her parents' family for the incident, just inquire about the situation of the family.
The couple discussed giving the child away. The little boy who was less than a day after he was born seemed to be able to understand their words. He sagged his mouth and started crying.
When Ju Wenqi hugged her, he still peed all over him.
The next day, Ju Wenqi went to Ju Ying's house to borrow a basin of rice and the family had to eat. After the meal, he went to Sanfatzitun.
After returning from Sanfatzitun, Ju Wenqi brought back bad news.
The village chief’s brother-in-law is a lazy man and has always relied on parents, brothers and sisters to help him live. The couple lives a hard life, and it is not necessary to have a full meal every time the child is sent. So Ju Wenqi politely refused the village chief.
However, it is not only the village chief’s brother-in-law who wants children, but there is another one in the village.
The family's surname is Cao, and the couple are both in their forties. They had a child that they could not support in the early years.
"The Cao family is not good," Zhang Yongmei refused very simply: "Their family is buried. They don't wash a piece of clothing for half a year and you don't need to take it off and you can see lice crawling on your body without undressing. I feel distressed when I think of the little one who looks like Batty in the future. It's better to be poor with us."
Ju Wenqi patted her arm and said deeply: "If you don't like it, we won't give it to you. At least we can eat more. We can work early and work late for a few more years to support our children."
Just when the couple gave up sending their children, another family who wanted them came to the door.
This time I came to the Ju family’s relatives.
The person who came was named Ju Dacheng, who was the grandson of Ju Wenqi's cousin. He was in his forties and was unmarried.
Ju Dacheng came with several relatives, and brought a lot of things in big bags and had to pay for them. He also promised that if he was not good to his children, Ju Wenqi and his wife could take the children back at any time.
The conditions given by Ju Dacheng were too good and too tempting, and Ju Wenqi and Zhang Meilan were obviously loosened.
The people in this room are not particular. Almost all the men have cigarettes in their hands, which is so stuffy.
Chapter completed!