Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

"Okay, Jingru, stop fighting with the kids. Everyone has a nickname when they are young. Fighting between kids is inevitable."

After Zhao Shanhe said this, Zhao Antong became proud again. He was afraid of his mother, but his mother listened to his father the most. If his father said it was okay, then it was okay.

"And you, An Tong, you are the eldest brother, and this is how you bully your younger brothers. You must set a good example."

"Got it, Dad."

"Okay, wash your hands and get ready for dinner."

"Quail, Dad has made up his mind. From now on, you will be called Zhao Anhuan. Huan means kindness, benevolence, gentleness, dignified, upright, orderly, sympathetic, kind, merciful, stubborn, and kindhearted.

How is it? Are you satisfied? "

"Dad, you're so nice." An Huan kissed Zhao Shanhe on the face, then struggled to get off his father's legs.

"My name is Zhao Anhuan now, who's still calling me quail?"

Sure enough, children's sadness comes and goes quickly. She was crying just now, but now she is smiling happily again.

During the meal, Zhao Anhuan told everyone that his father had changed his name, and he would be called Zhao Anhuan from now on.

"Brother, really, you changed An Chun's name. Didn't you say Chun means good? Why did you suddenly change the name?" Zhao Shanhai asked

"Really? From now on, I'll call him An Huan. I'm telling you, some kids were playing this afternoon and gave him a nickname~"

"Dad, don't tell me."

"Okay, okay, Dad won't say any more."

Zhao Shanhai thought for a moment. An Chun is a quail. "Did they name you Quail?"

"My name is Zhao Anhuan, not a quail, you stinky third uncle, I'm not going to pay attention to you, humph."

"This boy."

Time slipped away inadvertently, and soon it was the winter of 1975.

"Aunt Chen, where are you going with the eggs?" Zhao Shanhe just returned home and saw Aunt Chen going out with eggs.

"Shanhe is back. I'm going to go see Auntie. She can't get out of bed. I don't think she will survive this winter."

"Oh, then go ahead."

Aunt Chen usually has a good relationship with Aunt Yi. Aunt Yi often helped Aunt Chen take care of the children. I should go and see her.

Speaking of the death of a lady, it seemed that Jia Zhang or someone else mentioned it in the play, and then it was just passed over in a passing manner, as if she died in 1975.

In the play, everyone else has always called Auntie Yida, and she has no name. Only Auntie San has a name, Yang Ruihua. Zhao Shanhe lived there for so many years before he found out that Auntie Yida’s surname was Li, and her name was Cuihua, Li Cuihua.

Aunt Li Cuihua had a sad life. Just because she had no children, she couldn't hold her head up, so she had to accept everything all her life and do whatever Yi Zhonghai said.

Zhao Shanhe's evaluation of Aunt Chen is that she is a half-good person in the compound. She is usually very enthusiastic. At least she helps Aunt Chen to look after his children. Regardless of whether it was instructed by Yi Zhonghai or not, she at least helped him to look after his children. To him, she is a good person.

Why half? We have to mention Yi Zhonghai. You can't have two kinds of people sleeping in the same bed. The aunt must know what Yi Zhonghai did. Not only does she know, she probably supports him because she has no children and needs someone to take care of her in her old age. (I've analyzed it before, so I won't repeat it)

Zhao Shanhe's thoughts were soon pulled back to his senses as Aunt Chen came in with eggs again.

"Alas, there is no one in the room. I heard from Jia's sister-in-law that Lao Yi sent him to the hospital this afternoon. I have been at home the whole time and have not seen him go out."

"Aunt Chen, you are not the third uncle. You can't just stand guard at the door whenever you come back. Even tigers take naps sometimes. If you didn't see it, then you didn't see it. It's no big deal. You can go and see it when you come back."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to come back. Sister-in-law Jia said it seems to be quite serious. I've been going to the hospital a lot recently. This time it's more serious than before."

"Auntie is in poor health and has heart disease. She takes medicine every day. It's only because Uncle Yi is rich that she has money. If she were in the countryside, she would have died long ago." Qin Jingru said

"Good people don't get good rewards. Auntie is such a good person, but I didn't expect her health to fail so early. That sister-in-law from the Jia family has been making trouble since I married into the Zhao family. After your father died, she even called me a jinx. I didn't expect that she is in good health now." Aunt Chen sighed.

Zhao Shanhe didn't know what to say. After Aunt Chen married into their family, she did have a good relationship with the first aunt. When Aunt Chen knelt down in front of him, he guessed that it was Jia Zhang who said it. Aunt Chen didn't say anything at that time, but he didn't expect her to say it today.

"Aunt Chen, it's not normal that Aunt Jia is in good health. It's probably because Uncle Jia and Jia Dongxu saved her life. I think her health is better than Qin Huairu's. I don't think Qin Huairu can survive her."

"Indeed, but the old woman is different now. She is cheerful all day long and has a kind face."

"That's not normal. In the past, there was no man in the family, so one played the good cop and the other played the bad cop. Otherwise, the family would have been wiped out long ago. Now that Bang Geng is married and has a man to take over the family, isn't that a kind and gentle woman?"

"Shanhe, you're right. I hadn't thought about it carefully before, but now that you mentioned it, it seems to be the case. It will indeed be difficult for orphans and widows in the future."

"Aunt Chen, weren't you looking down on Jia Zhang just now? How come it's so difficult for you in the blink of an eye?"

"Others in Shanhe don't understand that feeling, but I do. When my husband died, the whole family was wiped out. If I hadn't met your father, I would have died long ago with Da Ya and Er Ya. It was not easy for Jia Zhang's family not to be wiped out."

"Blessings and misfortunes go hand in hand. Aunt Chen, if you hadn't come out, I wouldn't have met my father. At least life in the city is better than in the countryside. If we hadn't met you, Aunt Chen, we would have starved to death. Everything is the best arrangement."

"Shanhe, you didn't blame me for killing your father. Aunt Chen always remembered that you didn't kick us out. With your ability, you can live well with your brother without me. I am different from Daya and Erya. Without you, we can't survive. The difference is that we owe you."

"Aunt Chen, you're here again. We were originally a family. You raised us when we were young, and I raised you when you were old. Isn't that what we should do?"

"Okay, Aunt Chen, I won't say any more. What do you want to eat? I'll go cook."

"Let's have hot pot. I brought back a few pounds of mutton a few days ago. It's snowing outside, so it's perfect for hot pot."

"Okay, let's eat hot pot."

Another week passed, and it had been a few days since Auntie came back from the hospital. When Zhao Shanhe just returned home, Auntie Chen told him that Auntie had passed away in the afternoon and did not survive the winter.

"Okay, Aunt Chen, please take care of the child. The second and third brothers and I will go see if there is anything we can help with."

Don't go to a wedding if you're not invited, and go to a funeral if you're not invited. This is the rule. After the two Zhao brothers arrived at the Central Courtyard, everyone else came in groups of three or four.

A simple funeral was held and the old lady passed away.