Picking mulberries

"You helped the company get a big deal?" Cui Dongxu said without interest.

"No," Qiu Yang took the drink handed over by Su's mother, raised his neck and took a big sip, "Is Uncle Cui not at home?"

"I have dinner with my friends, so I may have to come back later." Su's mother was also curious about what could make Qiu Yang, who had always been calm and calm, so excited.

"Can I just tell my dad?" Cui Dongxu felt a little disappointed, he didn't even ask me about going to Fuzhou after not seeing each other for so many days.

"No way," Qiu Yang chuckled, "It's about the teacher's hometown."

"About my hometown?" Cui Dongxu immediately became interested when he heard it, and hurriedly urged, "Did you go to Xianliu this time on purpose? What did you find out?"

"I saw your aunt." Qiu Yang nodded.

"My aunt?" Cui Dongxu couldn't believe it, "Is it true?"

"A Yang," Su's mother was also very surprised, "Do you mean you met Mr. Cui's sister or sister?"

"It's Uncle Cui's sister, so I can still lie to you." Qiu Yang took out his mobile phone and flipped it over with his fingers. "I took photos, here, take a look."

"I've never met before, and I don't know my aunt, so I'll just show it to my dad later," Cui Dongxu carefully looked at the old lady on the phone, but couldn't see anything, so he pulled Qiu Yang to the sofa He sat down and said, "Tell me about the situation in my hometown. How is my aunt doing?" My relatives only knew about my mother's natal family when I was a child. I didn't expect that there were relatives living on my father's side. Cui Dongxu felt a little excited.

"Not very good." Qiu Yang shook his head.

"What's wrong?" Su's mother took the phone and looked at it, feeling very sad. Judging from the photos, the old lady really doesn't seem like a person with a smooth life.

"A 70-year-old lady who lives alone in an old house," Qiu Yang explained in detail, "The place where she lives is very dilapidated, the earthen walls are crumbling, and the worst thing is that no wall is complete, and there are air leaks everywhere. The roof is partly covered and partly uncovered. If you speak in a high voice, you are worried that the roof tiles will be shaken off. There is no decent piece of furniture in the house. The old lady cooks on a small stove built by herself. The leaves are rotten and the branches are rotten, making the room pitch black. None of the bowls and chopsticks for eating are complete, with missing corners and edges, and some of them are replaced by bamboo tubes."

"Life is so difficult?!" Cui Dongxu felt very sad when he heard that. Although he and his aunt had never met, they were his father's sister after all.

"It's so pitiful in this era. Isn't our Qingyuan's economy in the whole province very good, and there are still such poor people down there." Su's mother also sighed, and she had suffered a lot. People, who have a better taste of suffering than Qiu Yang and Cui Dongxu, of course they have touch.

"I didn't see it with my own eyes, and I wouldn't have imagined it either." Qiu Yang said.

"The situation is so familiar, have you seen my aunt with your own eyes?" Cui Dongxu couldn't believe it, "Did you really enter her house?"

"Of course, otherwise, how could I have taken her picture. I went to Xianliu to inquire about it. I ran to several villages. I first went to your hometown, Jiepai Shancui, and asked a lot of old people before I asked about you. The village where my aunt lives is called Liutang Yejia. Coincidentally, the village is not far from Ruijin Mountain. Alas, you don’t know how many times I asked before I found your aunt’s house. Of course it took a lot of trouble. If you want to see someone with your own eyes, how can you hear it from hearsay. Before I came back, I left 200 yuan for the old man to buy some delicious food."

"It's really hard work for you. Mr. Cui has been away from home for more than 50 years, and things have changed a long time ago. Only the elderly over 60 years old in the village will know some clues." Su's mother touched Qiu Yang's head , I appreciate Qiu Yang's actions this time.

"Who says it's not? Only people who are older will know a little bit." Qiu Yang also felt that he had made a great contribution. "The most difficult thing is that it turned out that Uncle Cui's current name was changed later. People don’t know about it, but luckily, Uncle Cui told me a few things about my childhood, and the name of the village where your aunt married, so it’s finally a match.”

"It's really embarrassing for you. You can find out the name even if it doesn't match. It's amazing." Cui Dongxu stretched out his hand to pamper Qiu Yang's smooth face, "Then what was my dad's name before?"

"I can't say Uncle Cui's name, you can ask yourself later." Qiu Yang laughed.

"My aunt has no children, is my uncle still alive?" Cui Dongxu asked again.

"Speaking of this, it's too embarrassing. Your aunt's life is really hard. Your uncle is no longer alive, and has been dead for decades," Qiu Yang sighed, "You, there are three cousins, your aunt A widow worked hard to bring them up, and when she was old, none of her sons were willing to serve her. All three sons had built new buildings, but none of them was willing to live with their mothers, leaving the old man alone in the dilapidated house. Three A daughter-in-law, oh, that is, your three cousins-in-law, all of them can’t afford to suffer at all. The monthly rations are calculated to death. I wish I could count them one by one, let alone give them something delicious and easy to use. That’s right. When it comes to his son and daughter-in-law, the old man just keeps wiping away his tears.”

"There are such unfilial sons and grandchildren," Cui Dongxu said angrily, "It's completely devoid of conscience."

"Oh, oh, it hurts my heart to hear it, it's a crime, it's a crime." Mama Su wiped the corners of her eyes.

"Who says no?" Qiu Yang also sighed, "Thanks to the old man's two good neighbors, I would give her some delicious food if she had any, and would help her when she encountered any difficulties, even asking your cousins ​​for help." The old lady’s rations are provided by them, and your aunt said that if it weren’t for them, she would have starved to death.”

"It's unreasonable. It's really unreasonable. Isn't there no village cadre to take care of it?" Cui Dongxu asked.

"I asked the same question at the time. It's hard for an upright official to decide on housework. I heard from the two neighbors that the village didn't ask about it. It's just that there are too many sons. If you talk about it, I will play Tai Chi. I am arrogant and arrogant, and the village officials are so angry. Ignore it. It’s not what I heard with my own eyes. I really can’t believe that human nature still has such a vicious side. Doesn’t the old lady have some social security money every month? Even the three sons are fighting for the hundred dollars. The village cadres really can’t see it. The village committee manages the social security card. Fortunately, the monthly money is spent on the old lady. I asked the old lady what else besides her son She has no relatives, but she said that she has a younger brother, who has not heard from him for more than 50 years, and does not know whether he is alive or dead."

"You mentioned my dad?"

"No, I just asked casually." Qiu Yang rubbed the center of his brows with his hands, "It may be that the old man rarely has someone to talk to her, and she doesn't have any worries about me as a stranger, so she caught me rambling a lot. For a long time. Listening to her, it seems that I feel very sorry for my younger brother, and I have been blaming your uncle who passed away early, saying that he has a vicious heart, does not care about family affection, and has no kindness to his natal family."

"My dad was still relatively young when he left his hometown. As an older sister who didn't take care of his only younger brother, it must be a lifelong regret."

"The old lady felt very guilty towards Uncle Cui. She also mentioned the events of the past, saying that Uncle Cui, who was only 11 years old, came to the door and asked his sister to help him buy some dried noodles and a few catties of meat. To survive, your uncle not only refused to give money, but also locked your aunt in the house and prevented her from going out, which disappointed your father. After your father left, she wanted to chase her mother’s house, but was severely beaten by your uncle. Pause. The old lady wiped her tears when she mentioned this matter, thinking that her younger brother who was a child stood alone outside the door and waited for a long time in disappointment, and now she is very sad. Speaking of this, the two The neighbors also helped to criticize your uncle's various faults, listening to them agreeing, I really think your uncle is a person of very bad character."

"The two neighbors are also there?" Cui Dongxu felt sore when he heard that, he didn't expect his father's life before to be so pitiful.

"Well, most of the things about your aunt are told by them." Qiu Yang took another sip of his drink, "I don't think there are any relatives or friends who come to the old man's door all year round. I, a stranger, will definitely attract their attention. The two of them really have frequent contact with your aunt, and they know your aunt's big and small things very well, what's wrong with her body, what's in the pot at home, how to save water, Speaking of it, I'm afraid your cousin and sister-in-law don't know something about them."

"You didn't tell them about my father, so why did you find my aunt?" Qiu Yang was so familiar with the situation, it was hard to do without putting in a lot of effort.

"I made up a reason," Qiu Yang said with a smile, "I said that I am a college student who is about to graduate. In order to finish my graduation thesis earlier, I am conducting social surveys, focusing on the living conditions of the elderly in rural areas. I have given them my student ID card." Otherwise, the two neighbors wouldn’t have told me so many trivial things about daily life.”

"You are really a great benefactor of our family. Hurry up, call my dad and let him go home early." Cui Dongxu urged.

"It's not in a hurry, it's better not to disturb Uncle Cui's party, and come back later."

"Oh, I don't know if Mr. Cui is happy or sad when he finds out about the situation." Mama Su got up to prepare soup to sober up.

Maybe it was because he didn't have any other activities after dinner with his friends. Cui Shicheng came home early, and he drove home before eight o'clock. The hangover soup prepared by Su's mother was for nothing.

Qiu Yang looked at Cui Shicheng's state and knew that he must have a meeting with Buddhist friends.Amidst the sympathy and condemnation of Cui Dongxu and Su Ma, Qiu Yang recounted to Cui Shicheng the ins and outs of going to Xianliu this time, emphatically expressing the old lady's guilt towards him, and expressing the old lady's guilt towards him. His three nephews were criticized bitterly for their evil deeds.

Cui Shicheng was both happy and sad when he heard it. He was happy because he didn't expect that after more than 50 years, his sister still missed him. It turned out that he had misunderstood her all the time, and the knot in his heart disappeared immediately.What's sad is that my sister is so old and has so many children and grandchildren, and she still lives like a beggar.When he thought that he had cut off the road to his hometown because of a misunderstanding, causing his sister to live a life that was not as good as a cow and a horse, Cui Shicheng regretted it in his heart, and was so excited that he asked Qiu Yang to set off immediately to lead the way.

"Don't be in a hurry for one night, let's go tomorrow," Qiu Yang persuaded, "It's inconvenient on the dark road."

"That's right, that's right," Su's mother also persuaded, "A Yang has just arrived and is very tired, so let's talk about it tomorrow."

"It's too late for one reason. Besides, we have to think about the recognition in the long run." Qiu Yang said.

"Why?" Cui Shicheng asked.

"I want to ask, Uncle Cui, what do you plan to do after the siblings recognize each other?"

"What else can I do? People with children and grandchildren have become beggars. Of course, I asked my sister to move in with me."

"That's right, we have a support together." Su's mother echoed.

"Teacher, what's your opinion?"

"Nonsense, of course we will live together."

"Come on, it's as I expected," Qiu Yang pushed Cui Dongxu, who stood up excitedly, back to the sofa, "Since we agree, we have to plan carefully."

"Is it too troublesome to take over?" Cui Shicheng frowned.

"Of course, Uncle Cui, you were impatient and didn't think about it," Qiu Yang explained, "Didn't I mention to you that the old man gave birth to three sons?"

"There is no difference between having and not having unfilial offspring like animals." Cui Shicheng said angrily.

"It's because they have gone too far. Do you think it is necessary for people who treat their own mothers as a burden to be relatives with them? Do you feel disgusted all the time?"

"What do you mean?" Cui Shicheng and his son said in unison.

"Mao rashly ran to pick up the old man. If Uncle Cui's family is an ordinary family, it's fine. Your three nephews are all very snobbish. With an uncle from such a good family background as you, they will definitely not cut off the relationship all at once. .”

"Will they not let me take it over? I don't even dare to borrow their courage!" Cui Shicheng said angrily.

"You can't say that," Qiu Yang smiled. "After all, the elderly are their mothers, and they have reasonable reasons to pester us."

"You are right." Su Ma thought for a while and nodded.

"Then what should we do? Give them some money?" Cui Shicheng asked authentically.

"It's fine if I don't slap them a few times, give me money? Dad, this is feeding the wolves." Cui Dongxu disagreed.

"Well, what the teacher said makes sense. Even if you have a family relationship, you must not have anything to do with them. People like them can't be fed enough. Once they climb high branches, they will bite their hands tightly."

"Let's file a lawsuit and sue them for abusing the elderly." Cui Shicheng pondered for a moment and said.

"It's too troublesome. Besides, although the monthly rations are small, they are given rations anyway. It's not enough to say that they don't support them." Qiu Yang pinched his brows and thought carefully, "Why don't we come and put on a show? Bar."

Therefore, Qiu Yang told everyone his thoughts, and with everyone's improvement, he finally formulated a plan.

After going upstairs to rest, Cui Dongxu wanted to express his appreciation and gratitude, so he went to Qiu Yang's bedroom and kissed him.Of course, Qiu Yang would not let go of such a good opportunity, so he took advantage of the opportunity to make love with Cui Dongxu.

"I can't do it today. Tomorrow I have to get up early with Uncle Cui and go to Xianliu. We'll talk about it when I come back, and I'll talk to you about our good things when I come back." After a long time, Qiu Yang took the initiative to move Cui Dongxu to the door.

"What's a good thing?" Cui Dongxu muttered in his heart, what do you mean you can't do it today, what kind of demon moth are you going to play when you come back.

"Hey...let's talk about it when we come back." Qiu Yang said with a sly smile.

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