After a simple rebirth

At night they played cards again. There was really no other entertainment. Not many people played mahjong here, and not everyone liked to watch TV. When relatives came to visit, it was not convenient for the host to go over, so the only thing left was playing cards.

Fu Ying did not participate. She was happily watching Happy Camp. This episode was actually with Deng Chao and Yan Ni, plus the Happy Camp family's inherent tacit understanding and humor. To be sad, she thought she would never see such a Happy Camp family again. Although the video can be watched again, the happiness at that time was different.

After watching the variety show, we all prepared to go to bed.

Because there were so many people, they had to arrange who would sleep where in advance. Fu Zhe had it easy, he just ran to squeeze in with Xiaoye and was done, but Fu Ying and the other ladies had to make plans since there were so many of them. In the end, Second Aunt Fu went to sleep at Aunt Fu's house, while Fu Ying and Fu Ma slept in a room that was usually not occupied. Xiaoye said that it was prepared as a wedding room for his brother.

Fu Ying was stunned. Fu Ying knew that her eldest cousin's wife had two sons, but she always thought that Xiaoye was the eldest one. The main reason was that Xiaoye was the one who got married first and had children. She also asked why she didn't see her other son today. It turned out that he went out to work. Xiaoye was the youngest son. So her eldest son should not get married so soon. Fu Ying had never heard much about this.

Fu Ying felt that it was indeed a little colder here, and since no one lived there, she slept more soundly. The next morning, she was woken up by the sound of talking, and the people who were talking were naturally Fu Ergu, Fu Ma, and the eldest cousin's wife.

Fu Ying got up. She had to wash her face but not brush her teeth. Fu Ying knew she was at her aunt's house, but she didn't know she had to stay overnight. There was no convenience store nearby. She could only swallow her uneasiness and rinse her mouth more, pretending nothing had happened.

It was already eight o'clock when we got up, but there was heavy fog in the mountains. Fu Ying stood on the field dam and looked out at the opposite mountain and the mountain below. There was still fog floating, which was very special.

In the previous life, when Fu Ying spent the night here, the fog was also heavy. It was so heavy that visibility was very low, less than five meters, so he could not see the mountain opposite clearly.

It was a bit sunny this time, and there was fog and morning light in the yellow and green fields, which was quite beautiful.

If you really want to retire there in the future, this kind of place would be very suitable. The scenery is beautiful, the air is good, and mountain climbing is just right as a sport.

The eldest cousin's wife had already cooked the sweet wine dumpling soup and called them to eat.

Fu Ying liked this, so she ate some dumplings first and then drank the soup. The eldest cousin's wife kept offering her more, but Fu's mother kept refusing on her behalf, and Fu Ying also refused. Later, she couldn't refuse anymore, so she drank some soup instead of the dumplings. Drinking the soup was already excessive, and eating some dumplings would be very impolite.

After breakfast, Second Aunt Fu said she wanted to go home. The eldest cousin's wife asked Fu's mother and the others to play for two more days, saying that Fu Ying and Fu Zhe had a rare holiday and they should stay for a few more days. But Fu's mother insisted on leaving. Fu Ying heard last night that the eldest cousin's wife's corn had not been harvested yet. If they stayed any longer, they would delay others from harvesting corn and even other things.

Aunt Fu didn't go to church. It was not known whether it was because it was National Day or because she hadn't gone since Grandma Fu passed away. Fu Ying didn't dare to ask.

The eldest cousin's wife asked them to carry away all the chestnuts, walnuts, and carambolas that Fu Ying and her friends had picked yesterday. Second Aunt Fu and Fu Ma each took one or two pounds, and didn't take any more. Fu Ma also took some wax gourds.

Fu Ying thought she was going home, but at the big slope where the bus was supposed to be held, Fu's mother said goodbye to Fu's second aunt, and Fu's second aunt went home, while Fu Ying and the other two had to take a bus to the county town.

Fu Ying asked her mother, "Mom, where else can we go if we don't go home?"

"Go to the county to change buses and go to your uncle's house in Zhaojiatun." Mother Fu answered while looking at the bus.

Zhaojiatun is Fu Ma’s natal home. When her grandparents were still alive, it was her grandmother’s home. After they passed away, it could only be her uncle’s home.

Fu Ying didn't really want to go, she wanted to go home to review, but she had to go this time. Fu's mother hadn't been back to her parents' home for so long, so it was only right for her to go, and Fu Ying and Fu Zhe had lived there for almost two years, so it was only right for them to go back to see their uncle.

For Fu Zhe, he had only been away for three years, so the changes were not that big. But for Fu Ying, he had been away for more than ten years, and the changes were very big, mainly because he had forgotten a lot of things. In the past ten years, she had only come back once, and she stayed for one night before leaving, so she really couldn't remember anything.

After waiting for a few minutes, a passing van asked them if they wanted to go to the county town. Fu Ma asked how much it was per person, and the driver said 10 yuan, so they got in the car.

Fu's mother was prone to motion sickness so she sat in the front passenger seat, while Fu Ying and Fu Zhe were squeezed in the middle row. This should be a seven-seater car, but Fu Ying saw four people squeezed in the back, three in the middle, and Fu's mother in the front passenger seat, so it was already one overloaded. Maybe the overload inspection was not strict at this time, otherwise they would have caught everyone.

After driving for three or four minutes, another boy got on the bus, so there were four people squeezed in the middle. Fu Ying was lucky that she was still thin, otherwise she would have been squeezed to death.

It takes an hour to get to the county town, and the route is a two-lane, two-way road with many bends. Fu Ying was afraid that she would get carsick, so she could only think carefully about her life in Zhaojiatun and try not to reveal anything.

After Grandma Fu passed away, Fu Ying and Fu Zhe lived in Aunt Fu's house for a year before moving to their uncle's house. When they were at Aunt Fu's house, they could only eat with her because Fu Ying and Fu Zhe lived in their own home. But at their uncle's house, they were truly living under someone else's roof.

Grandma died early, and grandpa died in 2008. It was after grandpa died that Fu's mother brought Fu Ying and Fu Zhe to Guangdong Province to study. Although grandpa lived in a separate house when they were at their uncle's house and hardly cared about their food and drink, it was still different with the elders around. Especially for Fu's mother, without the elders, they were just brother and sister.

My grandparents raised four children in total, three sons and one daughter. Fu's mother was the only daughter, the third oldest. The older generation seemed to always suffer a lot of hardships and setbacks in raising children, because of various reasons such as sanitary conditions and economic conditions, there were always older people sending younger people to their deaths.

Before Zhao's grandmother passed away, her eldest uncle had already passed away, leaving behind four children, three of whom she couldn't contact, and only the youngest son was still young. Before Zhao's grandfather passed away, her youngest uncle also passed away, he died accidentally due to alcoholism, in his thirties, unmarried and childless. Only her second uncle and Fu's mother were left, each with four children to raise.

The second uncle is usually called the sixth uncle. Fu Ying used to think it was because he was the sixth in the clan. Later she found out that it was because his name was Zhao Zhenglu, and in the local dialect, "lu" and "six" are pronounced the same, so he has always been called the sixth uncle.

My sixth uncle's life was full of ups and downs. When he was young, he was arrogant and involved in prostitution and gambling. He was almost arrested during the crackdown, but he stopped later. He had no money, no job, and no connections, but he was a braggart. His wife worked in a factory outside, and he kept a mistress at home. My aunt also divorced him many times, and his children were estranged from him.

Later, he also went to Guangdong Province to work, but he was dissatisfied with the low salary. After working there for a few years and being almost fifty years old, he still couldn't find a job, so he found a job as a security guard.

During a family dinner, Fu Ying didn't say much, but her sixth uncle asked her if she looked down on her sixth uncle and didn't want to talk to him because he was a security guard. Fu Ying was confused by the question. She always kept silent in such occasions. What could she talk about? She couldn't interrupt him!

Fu Ying said no, but he was still arrogant and told Fu Ying not to forget him when she became rich and give him some money to spend. Fu Ying could only nod awkwardly. Fortunately, Fu's mother and the others talked about other things to divert his attention.

So even when they were in Guangdong Province, the house rented by her uncle was close to Fu Ying's home, only a five-minute walk away, but Fu Ying would not take the initiative to go to his house.