Tian Zun is on the side of the road

Chapter 76 Tomb Sweeping
The home of the third sister of the old Zhang family in Danmei Village, where Li Dong's grandmother lives now, and Zhang Chunling, the third sister of the Zhang family, is waiting on her.

Zhang Chunling, the third sister of the Zhang family, cuts watermelon in the kitchen.

The eldest sister, Zhang Chunlan, knocked on the sunflower seeds by the door, seeing the third sister's attentive appearance, she couldn't help but said:

"Chun Ling, what do you think you are doing so hard? They can't eat so much."

Zhang Chunling wiped off her sweat, and said in a gentle voice, "How long will it take for Xiaodong and brother-in-law to come back, it's also hot today, eat some watermelon to relieve the heat."

The second sister, Zhang Chunhua, was sweeping the floor in the kitchen, putting the rubbish into the dustpan, and then the third sister gave her a blank look behind her, and said angrily: "After cutting those, quickly cover them, people don't know when they will come, and the flies are crawling! "

Zhang Chunling didn't say anything, the cover covered the sliced ​​watermelon plate.

As soon as the broom was put away, the second sister pulled up a chair and sat at the door. She patted her thigh and groaned: "This little brother-in-law is the same. He doesn't call the eldest sister or me. He just calls the third sister." Sorry, this is ridiculous."

The eldest sister interjected, "Chun Ling, did my little brother-in-law say when he'll be here?"

Chunling glanced at her elderly phone: "It should be soon."

"Come early, don't stay here when you're done, hurry up, we don't have the energy to entertain them here, we have a lot of work to do at home." The second sister groaned.

The eldest sister gave a "tsk" sound and slapped the second sister's thigh.

The second sister cocked her neck, looked at Zhang Chunling, snorted coldly, and turned her head away from speaking.

Zhang Chunling stopped cutting melons for a moment, and then the knife fell down again.

"Chunling, the old lady seems to be humming, as if she is going to pull." The eldest sister who was knocking sunflower seeds at the door tilted her head and said to Zhang Chunling.

Zhang Chunling let out a cry, put down the knife hastily, and ran to the inner room hastily.

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After getting out of the car, he pushed open the iron gate of the third aunt Zhang Chunling's house. The first thing Li Dong saw was the second aunt knocking sunflower seeds by the door in front of the brick path.

Seeing Li Dong and Li Dashan walking in with big and small packages, the aunt stood up first, threw the melon seeds in her hand on the ground, and said with a dry smile: "Little brother-in-law, are you here?"

The second aunt also stood up and called out "brother-in-law".

The aunt looked at Li Dong and said with a smile: "Oh, Xiaodong, he has grown taller again."

Li Dong smiled back.

Li Dashan and Li Dong put down the things in their hands, and Li Dashan and the two exchanged pleasantries in a very unfamiliar tone, it didn't look like a family was talking.

Hearing the noise outside, her third aunt Zhang Chunling rushed out. Seeing Li Dashan and Li Dong, her face was very happy. She went up to say hello to Li Dashan, and then touched Li Dong's hand very intimately. Arm: "Xiaodong has grown up again!"

Seeing Zhang Chunling's closeness, the aunt and second aunt felt a little contemptuous.

After the younger sister left, the younger brother-in-law was not only beaten with a leg, but also fired from the restaurant. Li Dong's family has plummeted since then.

At the beginning, the aunts and aunts were afraid that their family would entangle them, so they avoided them as much as they could, but it didn't work out. This Li Dashan was brave enough to open a small restaurant in the county.

But they also know that this small restaurant doesn't make much money at all, not as much as their men go out to work, so they look down on Li Dong's family even more.

Some poor people look down on the poor.

Several people entered the house, and Li Dong went to see his grandma.

On the top of the kang, a skinny old lady was lying on it, with a dry body and little flesh. When she heard a voice, she raised her head with difficulty:

"Xiaodong..." Patted the kang beside her, the old lady said, "Sit."

"Hey!" Li Dong sat beside his grandma, touching her withered hand.

The others stood by and watched, and couldn't help but sigh.

A WeChat message came, and Li Dong sent the other party a location.

Not long after, the great uncle came to the third aunt's house with square steps and hands behind his back.

Li Dong's second uncle and third uncle both went out to work, and only the eldest uncle was still in the village.

He is the party secretary in the village, he has a high prestige in the village, and he is also the head of the old Zhang's family now.

Squinting his eyes, uncle Ma Zhigang looked Li Dashan up and down. When he spoke, he was confident: "How are you, Dashan? How are you doing in the county recently?"

Li Dashan replied: "It's okay."

"If you can't, why don't you stop doing it and go out and do some work. You see, your second brother-in-law and third brother-in-law make a lot of money a year, which is much better than your small restaurant." Uncle Ma Zhigang said loudly.

Before Li Dashan could speak, the second aunt interrupted first: "I saw the shop in Dashan, it looks pretty nice, and I don't make any money after working so hard for a year!"

Li Dashan said in a deep voice: "It's not a problem to support Xiaodong to finish college."

Upon hearing Li Dashan's rebuttal, the elder sister turned her finger on Li Dong: "Xiaodong, did you hear what your father said? You have to study hard and don't let your mother down anymore. Don't mess around with useless things all day long. Take it easy, I'll be taking the university entrance exam next year..."

Zhang Chunling protected Li Dong from behind: "Xiao Dongxing, Xiao Dong has a good brain!"

The second aunt said in a strange way: "The brain is easy to use, but he doesn't use it in the right place!"

Seeing this group of people, Li Dashan showed the appearance of sentient beings like in previous years, and he was also very angry, thinking that my son is still something you can evaluate casually now?

His tone was also a bit rough: "Xiaodong did very well in the midterm exam this time..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ma Zhigang: "Dashan, don't spoil the child all the time, boys can't indulge him like this!"

Li Dashan wanted to say something else. Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit solemn, the aunt interrupted: "Isn't it almost time? It's time for us to leave."

The second aunt sat down on the kang: "You go, I will watch the old lady at home."

The few people stopped talking and walked outside in a muffled voice, leaving the second aunt alone to watch the old lady at home.

"Xiaodong, let me carry it for you." After Zhang Chunling finished speaking, she wanted to snatch the flowers in Li Dong's hand.

Li Dong hid, smiled at Zhang Chunling and said, "Third Aunt, no need."

Zhang Chunling looked at Li Dong's smile, and smiled too: "Young man, you have really grown up, so much taller than your aunt."

The aunt and uncle walked in front with their hands behind their backs, not talking to the three people behind them.

Passing villagers greeted Ma Zhigang respectfully: "Secretary, come out for a walk!"

Ma Zhigang nodded with a smile on his face, with a big belly, he didn't look like he was going to sweep the grave.

The aunt also stopped and walked on the side of the road, chatting with some women from time to time, laughing and walking towards the cemetery in the back mountain.

Behind the mountain, in front of Li's mother's tomb.

"Okay, Xiaodong, hurry up." The aunt looked at the name on the tombstone, and couldn't help urging Li Dong, and she seemed to feel that something was wrong when she said the words, so she quickly shut up.

Ma Zhigang stood beside him with his hands behind his back, but he didn't say anything.

"Wait a minute." Li Dong looked at the photo of his mother on the stele and said lightly.

Li Dashan couldn't help but glanced at his son, what are you waiting for?
"What are you waiting for?" Auntie asked strangely.

Ma Zhigang couldn't help but frowned, but thought that Li Dong was missing his mother, so he didn't say anything.

After a while, Li Dong was still standing in front of the tomb, speechless. Ma Zhigang moved his mouth, ready to urge Li Dong, but he was also anxious and didn't want to stay here for too long, because he felt uncomfortable.

At this time, three Land Rovers came from afar, bumping on the bumpy ground, and the driving state made people feel sorry for the expensive tires.

Under the amazed gaze of Ma Zhigang, Auntie and Li Dashan, the Land Rover slowly stopped beside them, the door opened, and a tall man in a black suit got out of the car.

The leader had a thin face and a stern expression. He stepped out of the car, his shiny leather shoes stepping on the dust of the mountains without any scruples. Surrounded by a group of men in suits, he walked towards Li Dong and others.

(End of this chapter)