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Liu Ling came back, Mao'er was almost healed, but Liu Xia and the others couldn't go home.

This time, the rain was a bit heavy, and the time was not short. With this level of rain, the mountain road from Wangning to Liujialing could not be walked by people at all. At least three consecutive sunny days would be required before the road could pass by. Of course, they must still have muddy legs when they get home.

Liu Kui and Xiumei were very anxious. They were not in a hurry to go back to harvest the wheat, but worried about whether the wheat on the hillside was still there. The slope of Liujialing was very loose, and the rain this time might completely wash away the wheat on the hillside. This year is considered to be a good one, and they still hoped that one mu of land could harvest [-] to [-] catties of wheat, but now it seems that they may not even be able to harvest the wheat seeds.

There are two other reasons that made Xiumei very anxious to leave. One is that Liu Wei and Liu Rui are born in these two days, and the birthdays of Liu Wei and Liu Rui are only one day apart according to the lunar calendar; For five cents, Xiumei felt that this was akin to stealing money: "We just slept here, and they have a lot of bricks and shovels, so how dare they ask for more than ten cents!" If there were no cats, she would I feel that she and Liu Kui can make do with their younger brothers on the street for two days.

Liu Xia and the others also knew the serious consequences this rain might bring to their lives, so they were not in a good mood.

But Liu Xia was the least affected, the cat started smiling at him again, and he was able to drink a full bottle of milk, which was more important to him than the harvest in the field.

Liu Kui is a restless person, and being in a room all day long made him very uncomfortable. He began to find work by himself, first helping Xiao Meng, a cook in the canteen of the hospital, build a pot and bowl The stand of the ladle, and the wires that were messed up in all eight wards were neatly bundled. The light cords that pulled the lamps were broken in several houses, and he also found something to connect them.

He also helped Wang Junyu and Xiao Min repair the slightly deformed and loose glass windows of their dormitory so that they are firm and firm.

However, when the hospital sent someone to repair the window for Sun Chunqin, he didn't even lift a finger.

Liu Kui is a magnanimous person, but it also depends on who he is treating. For someone like Sun Chunqin who doesn't even have the minimum professional ethics, Liu Kui feels that his kindness is not enough to feed the dog.

Not only that, Sun Chunqin's harsh and vicious attitude towards their family made Liu Kui feel overwhelmed with emotions these days, even if Liu Xia and Liu Ling smashed her glass, Liu Kui couldn't let go.

It's not just helplessness, not just anger, it's a deep sorrow that comes from every cell in the body: no matter how hard the parents and he try to teach the younger brothers to be upright and kind, as long as they live in Liujialing, as long as they They are still poor, and they cannot escape the fate of being discriminated against, degraded, and fooled.

And this time, the person who directly made a fool of his younger brother and nephew was Sun Chunqin.

He couldn't help but hate this ugly woman.

During the two days they stayed here, they heard a lot of things intentionally or unintentionally.

Sun Chunqin went to Rongze Medical School for two years of training a few years ago. After returning, she worked as a contract worker in Wangning Hospital. A few months ago, his uncle, who was the deputy director of the commune revolutionary committee, made it official for her. In the past, it was just an ugly person, but now it is crowned with a monkey, but it really thinks that it is a dragon and a phoenix body, and the world doesn't pay attention to it.

A fly that climbed onto the altar, Liu Kui thought so.

They also finally knew that they had heard of Wang Junyu a long time ago, but at that time they only heard about him and didn't know his name.

About four or five years after Zeng Guangtong arrived in Liujialing, they heard that there was another person in Wangning who was deported from a big city. It seems that they worked in a large hospital in Jiangcheng, the provincial capital of their neighboring province. They were repatriated for many crimes. They seem to only remember "leftist" and "stinky old nine". The reason why they can remember is because before that they only They have heard of "rightists", but they don't even know what the "rightists" they often hear about are, let alone "leftists". This crime is very mysterious.

The treatment of this leftist after he returned to his hometown was completely different from that of Zeng Guangtong. Zeng Guangtong was driven out by his tribe with his luggage, but Wang Duo's brigade secretary happily put the leftist into his brigade's health center. From then on, Wang Duo's brigade The health center is famous, and people from ten miles and eight villages go to Wangduo when they have a slightly serious disease. It is said that many people from Rongze County go to Wangduo to see a doctor. It seems that it has been ten years.

Now, Wang Junyu is here because the commune secretary Wang Changmin drove his broken jeep to Wangduo to "see thatched cottage at thirty".

Xiaomin's name is Wang Xiumin, and she is Wang Junyu's cousin. Wang Junyu taught her medical knowledge, and she went to Yuancheng Medical College for more than two years as an intern. When Wang Junyu came to Wangning Health Center, he brought her with him.

Wang Junyu teased the cat with a piece of biscuit: "I heard my uncle talk about Zeng Guangtong. So that man is your father. He has been living in Liujialing Brigade for more than ten years and has never tried to leave?"

Liu Yu said carelessly: "Uncle Zeng doesn't live in my brigade, he lives in my house. Like my family, he puts my house to eat and sleep. If he can't work in the fields like today, he will teach me how to draw. Painting, playing chess with my uncle, and learning calligraphy from my uncle."

Wang Junyu was stunned for a while, then smiled.If he didn't happen to have the special skill of medicine, but like Zeng Guangtong, he can only write and draw which many people think is useless, would he be as lucky as Zeng Guangtong to meet someone like Liu's family?

The cat finally stuffed the biscuit into its mouth, and Liu Xia hurriedly fed him water for fear of choking him.

Zeng Guangtong stood up: "You go to the cafeteria at noon. I asked Xiaomeng to cook eggs. You can add egg yolks when feeding your children."

Liu Kui also stood up, and handed a note written in advance to Wang Junyu with both hands: "You put this away, it may take a little time, but I will definitely replace it for you."

Wang Junyu took the note and looked at it seriously: "No wonder your younger brother is a painter like Zeng Guangtong and still needs to learn to write from your father!" Home is the best. Liu Changqing said that his handwriting is the most solid and rooted. Zeng Guangtong said that his handwriting is regular but not rigid. After reading too much, he can discover a certain style. Wang Junyu put the IOU in his pocket: "I will accept the IOU, but , I hope you can use my way to repay the ten dollars."

Liu Kui nodded solemnly: "You say, I will definitely be able to do it."

"The persimmon trees over there were cut down a few years ago. I heard that your persimmon frost is very good. You can give me a bottle of persimmon frost and silver flower. I get angry easily and like to drink silver flower as tea."

For decades since then, Wang Junyu has been able to receive the best persimmon cream and silver flower from Liujialing every year, as well as goji berries and almonds.

As for the ten yuan deposit he paid in advance, a few years later, Liu Kui put a lot of it in an envelope and put it under the door of his dormitory.

Liu Kui and the others can still live in the seventh ward with peace of mind, which is what Wang Junyu said for them.

Sun Chunqin came back the second day after the rain stopped, and found the dean crying and making noises, saying that the glass in her house was smashed because of retaliation for work reasons. As for the reason, she did not say a word, the dean could not afford to offend The shrew, especially the shrew whose uncle was the deputy director of the commune’s revolutionary committee, had to be paid by the hospital to fix her windows.

Although Director Guo said that there is no evidence that the glass of her house was smashed by some members of the Liu family, Sun Chunqin believed that it was them. She had already ruled out Qiao Dawang. It is said that Qiao Dawang is a coward who only dares to talk big, and it is impossible for him to have the courage to smash the windows of the staff of the state unit.

Then it can only be the brothers of the Liu family.

But Liu An's illness, Wang Junyu, has already said that he doesn't need to use medicine anymore, and he can fully recover after a few days of good care. Sun Chunqin has no excuse to torment that child, but he found it for himself from Wang Junyu's words. Given the opportunity, she said in front of the dean, "Since he has recovered, let him be discharged from the hospital. He can no longer live in our ward."

Wang Junyu said lightly: "I let them continue to live. If you all feel that it is not suitable, you can continue to count their room fees and deduct them from my salary."

The dean waved his hand: "What's the buckle? It's just a dilapidated house. It's been two months since it was repaired and few people have lived in it. It's all dust. I think they cleaned it up after they lived in it. Let's live in it anyway. There will be no lack of bricks and roots.” Wang Junyu has been in the hospital for less than a month, and the number of outpatients in the hospital has increased by 50%. He is stupid to grab a few coins from the pockets of the people who are covered by the God of Wealth.

In this way, Liu Xia and the others lived until Saturday.

Early on Sunday morning, Liu Kui and Xiumei packed their things, they wanted to leave early, the sun became poisonous after nine o'clock, among other things, the cat couldn't bear it.

But their plan was hindered before going out. Qiao Dawang, Xiaomeng, and Xiaojiao all came to say hello, especially Qiao Dawang, who held Liu Kui's hand and told him to visit Wangning at his house in the future.

It was past six o'clock when they went out.

As soon as he turned onto Wangning Avenue, although there were already people coming and going on the street, Liu Xia saw Sun Chunqin sitting on the bench at the entrance of the state-run canteen eating, and her four or five-year-old son was sitting beside her.

Your mother, you bully and bully my child to earn wages, and bring your child to eat meatballs, you are so beautiful.Liu Xia cursed secretly in his heart.

He winked and made a small gesture to Liu Ling who was next to him, and Liu Ling nodded calmly.

You can see the head at a glance on Wangning Street, which is not conducive to secret operations. Liu Xia made a quick calculation in his heart and quickened his pace: there is not much time, and there is nothing to do if the ugly monster leaves after eating.

Liu Kui, Xiumei, and Liu Yu carried quilts on their backs, Liu Kui had an extra mat, Liu Hai and Liu Ling carried schoolbags and bowls and chopsticks, and Liu Xia was only responsible for taking care of the cat.

After recovering from his illness this time, Mao'er became even more clingy to Liu Xia. He was not even happy to be hugged by Liu Kui. As soon as Liu Xia left his sight, he would cry in panic. Every time Liu Xia went to the bathroom, Liu Kui would You have to hold him and follow.

The busiest part of Wangning Street is the crossroads. Several state-run units are around the intersection, and the road south of the crossroads is the road leading to Liujialing, and the cafeteria is diagonally opposite to that road.

Now, the rear left of Sun Chunqin and her son is facing the intersection.

As soon as he turned around and headed south, Liu Xia deliberately slowed down his pace. After walking a few steps, he knelt down and knocked on his shoes. Big border stone.

He said to Liu Ling: "Fifth brother, my trouser waist is loose, please give me a hug for the cat and let me fasten it."

Liu Hai said, "Call me to hug you."

Liu Xia gave him a push: "You will help fourth brother carry the quilt for a while, now you can go ahead and rest."

The sight of Liu Kui, Xiumei and Liu Yu was blocked by the burden on their backs, so they didn't pay attention to them.

Liu Ling quickly took out a slingshot from her schoolbag, took the Jiangshi handed over by Liu Xia, glanced at the target, quickly pulled the slingshot fully, took aim, let go, and Jiangshi flew out with a whoosh.

"Ah—ah—" the woman howled like a pig.

Liu Xia took the slingshot.

Before Mao'er could react, Liu Ling hugged him and put him on Liu Xia's back. Liu Ling supported his little butt, without Liu Xia's force, as long as Mao'er was next to Liu Xia, he would be very obedient.

Liu Xia pulled the slingshot and took aim. His target was the kid's butt, and he did it very well.

"Baby, baby... Damn you, who is such a coward and beat my child... Who, use your ability to come out... Mom, you are so hard..."

When Liu Kui and Xiumei heard the cries of women and children and turned around, Liu Ling had already stuffed the slingshot into the bag, and Liu Xia was kissing the little cat's cheek: "Hey, why are you unhappy? Come on. , Uncle, give me a kiss, I'm good."

Liu Kui glanced at the woman in the distance, covering her face with one hand and pulling the child with the other, who was still yelling and scolding for the murderer in a circle, and gave Liu Xia the back of the head with her hand: "Why don't you hurry up? It's getting hotter and hotter, baby Even more unhappy."

After jogging for three or four miles, after passing Fujiazhuang, Xiumei held onto a tree by the side of the road and laughed.

Liu Kui originally wanted to teach Liu Xia a serious lesson, but he couldn't hold back, and laughed first. When he smiled, Liu Xia and the others were no longer afraid, and they all laughed together.

The cat was also infected, and excitedly bobbed its little butt on Liu Xia's arm, drooling profusely. Liu Xia stretched out his face to him, and he hugged Liu Xia's neck and gnawed his saliva all over his face.

However, Liu Xia thought that the interrogation that had been muddled through could not escape, so Liu Kui held the mat tube with one hand and took the cat with the other, letting Liu Xia hold the cat's little hand with the other to comfort him: " Where did the leather tube on the slingshot come from?"

Liu Xia replied honestly: "Auntie Xiaojiao gave it to me, and there are two more in Brother Wu's schoolbag."

Liu Yu raised her right hand: "I testify, Yao'er saw the leather tube she used to tie the arms of the girl next door when she delivered water early in the morning, and said that she would be very good at making a slingshot. Got a few leather tubes from the cat."

"That woman is not considered a human being, so it's fine if you beat her, but that girl is so young, can you beat her?"

Liu Xia's cheeks puffed up Lao Gao: "Our cat is not young? Our child is only half a year old, why didn't she pity our child when she deliberately pricked our child?" Liu Xia peeked at Liu Kui's face and snorted : "I wanted to hit him on the head, but spanking has already given him face."

Xiumei and Xini: "Our youngest didn't do it on purpose, who made her unlucky to sit there for dinner, oops, she's been beaten already, just don't beat her next time."

Do not hit?Liu Ling looked at Liu Xia, the woman had four stitches on Mao'er, and put the cat's pain to rest, could Liu Xia just settle with her like this?

Liu Xia later proved to Liu Ling that he knew himself with practical actions.

However, now Liu Xia has to coax the fourth and sixth brothers first.

Liu Yu and Liu Hai finally got angry this time. They were excluded from Liu Xia's two revenge plans, it was too dishonest. The two of them shared the same hatred with Liu Xia and Liu Ling and resolutely refused to fight with Liu Ling and Liu Xia. same side of walking.

Liu Xia hugged the cat and went over to make amends with an explanation: "The first time, I don't blame me, it's because you two didn't wink and didn't go by yourself. This time just now, it's because Fifth Brother's slingshot is accurate."

Liu Hai said angrily, "My slingshot is also accurate."

"You are also accurate, but your level is at best accurate, and fifth brother's is accurate." Liu Xia just read Liu Ling's physics textbook a few days ago, and he felt that using scientific written words was more convincing.

Liu Hai was discouraged, and Liu Yu was also a little wilted. Both of them admitted that Liu Ling was the most accurate person they had ever seen with a slingshot. In summer, he shot wheat birds on trees, and in autumn, he shot fruits hanging from the highest branches. , Liu Ling is always the one who hits the most, and the fruit can keep the most intact. Others hit the fruit itself, and Liu Ling is always the one who hits the fruit.

Liu Yu's anger dissipated quickly, and he made a condition with Liu Xia: "If you fight next time, you have to call me first."

"Medium!" Liu Xia generously assured, knowing in his heart that it is basically impossible, Liu Yu has always been better at close-to-hand combat, and it is basically impossible to fight Sun Chunqin at close range.

Liu Hai glanced at Liu Ling's schoolbag: "Give me a leather tube when you go home, and I'll get a new slingshot too. I'm sure I can practice better than Fifth Brother."

Liu Kui looked at his younger brothers who were awkward and reconciled, and smiled at Xiumei. He didn't want to admit that he was actually very happy when he saw the woman and child crying and crying just now. The lingering depression of the past few days Feeling finally a little loose.

Teaching Yao'er is just a gesture. If you really hit Liu Kui with your hands, you will definitely not let go. Let alone beating, even after yelling at Yao'er a few times just now, he has already regretted it in his heart: other people's children are all pimples. , I am such a good brother, but I have been bullied a lot, and I used small actions to avenge some grievances for myself, what's wrong?Such a good brother, others don't care about them, shouldn't he love them more when he is a big brother?

Liu Xia held the cat up high, and played with his head against his belly. The cat kept "giggling" happily.

Liu Kui took the quilt from Liu Yu's back, ran a few steps while Liu Yu was chasing him, and shouted loudly: "Go, go home!"

Liu Xia, Liu Ling, and Liu Hai shouted at the top of their voices, "Go home!"