Chapter 54: Family Separation
Because of the fuss all night, no one slept much, and the next day, he still got up early and had to go to the ground to collect it. When he had to cook in the morning, Zhou did not get up. Even the old man could not do it, so he had to let He and Zhao take turns cooking.
On the breakfast table, Lian Man'er looked at the steamed strange-shaped nest, said nothing, scooped a spoonful of millet and rice, and almost spit it out. He made the rice again and made it worse. Lian'er was even more miserable. He bit a grain of sand in one bite and almost broke his teeth. He simply put down the bowl and stopped eating.
You can't eat food, but you have to do your work. Even the old man took his sons and grandchildren to the field with his empty stomach.
Lian Man'er still stayed at home and took care of Zhang.
The old hen's belly was full of oil. Lian Man'er put the oil out in an iron pan and filled it with a small magnetic jar for cooking. The whole chicken was cut into two portions, and the thick soup was boiled for Zhang to drink in two times. The chicken forced Zhang to eat it. Later, He sent the little hen, peeled it and washed it, dried it, applied salt inside and outside to keep it fresh, and hung it on the beam of the outer room, intending to make it for Zhang to eat slowly.
Now, after Lian Man'er made a small cooking pot for Zhang, he poured some of the chicken oil into the pot, sliced the half-baked wok and fryed it on both sides, and then stir-fried some rice with chicken oil and some chopped beans. She and Xiaoqi ate some first, and put the rest in the pot, and ate it when Lian Shuxin and Lian Zhier came back.
As soon as she finished her work, she heard the sound of the Lian family's door. Lian Man'er hurriedly walked out and saw He sitting in the cart, being pushed back by Erlang, and Liulang was followed behind him.
Lian Man'er was wondering that Erlang had already helped He get off the cart.
"Mom, please rest. I have to go back there."
"Go back, don't be tired after a little slower," He instructed.
Seeing Erlang leave, He took Liulang to the west wing.
Lian Man'er quickly winked at Xiao Qi and asked him to plug the door from the room.
"My mother was asleep, the imperial physician told me not to disturb her." Lian Man'er stopped He.
Lian Man'er refused to let He enter the house. He saw with his own eyes that Lian Man'er was not a good person to mess with, so he turned around and went to the room. Lian Man'er was in the yard and heard He's loud voice talking to Zhou in the room.
"...I just said that I'm always bored these days and I don't have any taste of eating. It turns out that I'm pregnant. Mom. I don't seem to be very stable this time. When I lowered my head, I felt dizzy and couldn't do any work. I told my father. Come home and rest."
"Are you pregnant with a golden egg?" Zhou said angrily. "Go and see which wife of a family doesn't work if she is pregnant? The fourth wife never came before giving birth. She still has to do all the work at home. Who is used to your problem?"
"She loves to work, but how is this time!" He said, "I was frightened by her. If I were like her, I would lose a child. Even if I save my life, I would have to spend a lot of money."
Zhou didn't say anything.
"Mom. Are there any eggs? Give me two, your grandson is shouting hungry in his stomach..." He said.
"If you want to eat eggs, you can go on your own." Zhou shouted, "Everyone thinks they are like a daughter, and don't urinate and follow you..."
Hey, is He pregnant? Lian Man'er was thinking about it when He came out of the upper room.
"Man'er, the second uncle has a body. You, the girl, have wrapped her feet and are not responsible for your work. You have to take care of your second uncle more."
Lian Man'er rolled her eyes secretly.
"Second uncle, I am young and I can take care of anyone. Only my mother can handle it. Is the food I cooked unskilled, and my mother is not picky. Now that I am pregnant, my body is so precious. If I have something, I can't afford it." Lian Man'er said.
"My second uncle is not picky either. Man'er, I haven't eaten enough in the morning. Look at you, you have white flour, so you can make a cake for me, or you can give me a bite if you have anything to eat. I smell the fragrance. My sister, Ya'er, said, "You can cook, and you will smell the fragrance no matter what you cook."
He, Liulang and Lian Yaer were all staring at Lian Man'er. They couldn't swallow the morning woo and rice.
"Second uncle, you don't even eat what you cook yourself. Who will blame you? You have to go whatever you want to eat, but you don't want me. I am a child, and I still have to rely on adults to eat."
From this day on, He said that he had a body, was unstable, and refused to do anything, and stayed at home all day long. She also wanted to have a small meal, but she had no rice or noodles, so she asked Liulang and Xiaoqi to grab eggs. Liulang was older than Xiaoqi, but he was not smart enough to grab eggs from Xiaoqi. Lian Man'er was holding a kitchen knife next to him. The children in the second room were usually afraid that Lian Xiu'er would not be able to get up for many days. They all knew that it was Lian Man'er's several moves. Therefore, although Liulang was older than Lian Man'er, he became timid when he saw Lian Man'er and did not dare to provoke him again.
Zhou was still angry, and even Lian Xiu'er didn't do anything. Jiang was so delicate that he was not used to doing work, and he had to take care of Niu Niu. The family's work fell on Zhao's alone. He couldn't help but send Lian Man'er, so he sent Zhao. Zhao was overworked and had menstruation again and finally fainted on the ground.
If you can't get enough food, you won't have the energy to work. Although there is even the old man's supervision, some people still start to slacke in work.
Seeing the water vapor in the air getting heavier and heavier, the expected rain was approaching, but the peanuts and beans in the Lian family had not been taken back. Old Master Lian was anxious and had a circle of blisters on his mouth.
Once again, it was time to eat, but it was a cold pot and stove. Even the old man took the lead in gnawing a hard nest and had to go to the field to work. However, except for Lian Shouxin and Lian Shouli, even Shouyi and his family sat there in an unmoved place.
"I can't eat enough, I really don't have the strength."
"The fourth wife is lying all day long, eating rice, white flour, chicken, duck, fish and meat. I am pregnant, and my children are tired of working." He said, "Dad, this bowl of water must be kept flat. My husband and children are exhausted, and they can't even eat hot rice. Why is the fourth brother only laborer, eating several mouths, and having to support the fourth brother's wife like an empress."
Old Master Lian looked at Lian Shouyi.
Lian Shouyi lowered his head, silent.
"Shouren, you and Jizu went to the field with me." Old Master Lian said to Lian Shouren.
Lian Shouren took two steps back.
"Dad, you know me. I have never done work in the field before. If I go, I can only get in the way. Let Jizu go." Lian Shouren said.
"Master, my feet are not clear yet. The doctor said that I will not let me work for a hundred days." Lian Jizu Qiqi said authentically.
Mr. Lian looked around him. The only ones who could go to the fields to work with him were Lian Shouli, Lian Shouxin, Lian Zhier and Goro.
"You are one by one, so you don't feel ashamed. Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Don't you just want to split up?" Mr. Lian picked up a tea bowl and fell on the ground, "Okay, split, I'll give you the share!"
"Dad, I don't want to split up." Lian Shouren said hurriedly.
"Dad, I don't have any family." Lian Shouyi said.
"Didn't my mother tell me to let the fourth brother go out?" He said, "Don't say that there are so many things in the family in the past six months, and they are all in the fourth brother's room. Just say that his family Man'er died and lived again. Then the fourth brother's wife, tsk, this troubled family..."
"Second sister-in-law, stop talking." Lian Shouxin interrupted He's words.
"Mom, do you think this is the case?" He asked Zhou.
Zhou sat on the kang without saying a word.
"Dad, I have something to tell you." Lian Shouxin pulled Mr. Lian out of the upper room and stood under the cucumber rack in the backyard.
"Dad, you have also seen this situation today. Second sister-in-law's words are not just the second sister-in-law's words. If there is no constitution, the crops will not be collected, and our family will not be able to live this life. Dad, according to the thoughts of everyone, let us divide us. My mother and I have thought about it myself. His mother lost her health and I don't know what happened in the future. I am the only laborer in my room, the children are still young, and there is a famine of seventy taels of silver. In the future, his mother may not take medicine or something. If you have such a huge burden, I will not bear it. Just divide it, divide it and bear my own debt."
"The fourth brother, that's not true. I will decide this family, and I can't lose one." Old Master Lian said with his hands trembling.
"Dad," Lian Shouxin knelt down to Mr. Lian, "Even if you suppress this time, there will be next time. This time, the elder brother, the second brother hasn't spoken yet, the brother's affection... is still there, next time..."
Lian Shouxin didn't continue to say anything. Lian Man'er grabbed a cucumber leaf next to him and crushed it. Is the love really still there? Lian Shouxin's words are just to save face for everyone.
"Dad, let's split..." Lian Shouxin kowtowed to Mr. Lian.
Old Master Lian helped Lian Shouxin up, turned his face, and wiped away the tears from his eyes with the back of his hand.
"Cross the crops first."
Old Master Lian and Lian Shouxin walked back into the house.
"The tree is divided into branches, and it's time to divide this family." Old Master Lian said this, and his back was straightened and he couched down slightly.
"Dad, we won't separate." Lian Shouyi said hurriedly.
"If the fourth brother wants to divide it, let him go out by himself." He said.
Even Shouren and Jizu didn't speak, and even Shouli lowered his head, without saying a silence.
"Brother, second brother, I told my dad that I have been separated." Lian Shouxinqiang said with a smile.
"Fourth brother, why do you want to split up? How can this happen?" Lian Shouren said hurriedly.
"Yes, the fourth brother, what her mother said just now was not what her second brother meant." Lian Shouyi said.
"Dad, this family can be divided, but it's better not to distinguish it." Lian Shouli said.
"If the fourth brother is willing to live with us, we must separate it, and it is hard for us to stop him." Lian Shouyi glanced at Lian Shouren and said.
Lian Shouren nodded.
"Stop talking about it." Old Master Lian waved his hand, "It's decided to split the family. Get the crops in first. If you don't work hard, get out of the Lian family when you turn around."
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Chapter completed!