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On Sunday, the children do not go to school. After finishing their homework and calligraphy, there is nothing to do. The sun is warm and there is no wind. After lunch, the whole family sits in the yard to bask in the sun. The cave is dug on a sunny and leeward hillside Up, warm and comfortable.

Liu Changqing asked Sun Chang'e to go to Liu Changchun's place together with Liu Kui and Liu Chuan.

Two days later it will be Zhai Yulan's "May [-]th", and four days later it will be Xu Xiaohong's "May [-]th". The custom here, "May [-]th" is a grand ceremony second only to the day of burial, which means that the soul of the dead will really leave from then on When they are home, the living will prepare enough paper money and various other supplies for them, as their travel expenses on the way to the underworld and living expenses after they arrive. This is not a small expense.

Liu Changqing and Sun Chang'e have been discussing for several days, and they want to hold Di Yulan's and Xu Xiaohong's "May [-]th" together.

Liu Chuan's vacation is here, and she has to go back to the army immediately; Yunzhi is a teacher, has a job, and has a young child, so she can't be allowed to run back and forth, tens of miles, and it's not easy to go back and forth once; Yuzhi will also be back for almost a month Now, she is six months pregnant, running up and down the mountain, if something happens, no one can afford it.

There is another very important point. The family really has no money. All the friends and relatives who can open their mouths have borrowed, and now they have nowhere to borrow. Moreover, Liu Changqing knows in his heart: this family cannot bear more debts.

Liu Xia watched his father and mother go to the second uncle's house, he knew what they were going to do, last night they thought Liu Xia was asleep and whispered what they said when they discussed in a low voice, Liu Xia heard clearly, he felt that the second brother would definitely not agree.

He sat in the most leeward northwest corner, put the cat in the nest formed by his crossed legs, supported the cat with his two arms so that he faced him, and teased him. She has gained some flesh and is not so ugly anymore, but: "Sister-in-law, tell me, when will the cat grow white and fat, I remember that Xiao Rui is like that, she can laugh when she teases her, why doesn't the cat laugh? Hmm... It's not that they don't know how to laugh at all, the cat just laughs when it's asleep, and stops laughing when it wakes up."

Xiumei slapped the cotton-padded jacket that had been torn apart, turned her head and squinted her eyes because of the dust, and said, "You're so cowardly, Xiao Rui, if you urinate on the cotton-padded pants again, I won't kill you; Sleeping and laughing? It’s all the same, it’s the laughing mother-in-law teaching him to learn to be happy and laugh in a dream. After a hundred days, the laughing mother-in-law left to tease other newborn children. The child passed a hundred days will laugh by itself."

Liu Hai sat on the persimmon tree, shaking the branches loudly: "Down with feudal superstition! Sister-in-law, who has seen the smiling mother-in-law?"

Xiumei put the cotton wool aside, and threw the outer cloth into the big wooden basin: "Cut, what do children know, I won't tell you, Liu Ling, Liu Yu, you two want to go to school tomorrow?"

"Well," the two nodded together, Liu Yu moved his arms twice, and said lazily: "I'm done, I won't learn how to do it at home, Xiaoling studies so well, if he delays, he won't be able to take the first place in the exam." It’s gone.” Without his mother and sister-in-law, the home is like an icehouse, Liu Yu feels that no matter how hot the fire in the stove is, it won’t warm the cave dwelling, and he is afraid to stay at home.

The stitches on Liu Ling's head have also been removed, and the wounds on her body are almost healed, except that her hair hasn't grown back yet, and her scalp is short.

He is the one who likes to go to school the most in a group of children. He never asks adults to get up in five winters and six summers. He has not gone to school for the past month. The time was different, Xiumei and Liu Kui couldn't tutor him anymore, but he was really asked to learn, and he didn't want Liu Yu to be sad at home alone, Liu Changqing quietly told him last night to let him take Liu Yu to learn, The crowds in the school are so lively that it will make Liu Yu's life easier, so he purposely acted particularly worried about the final exam in front of Liu Yu.

Liu Xia used to like going to school very much, of course, except when he got up in the early morning of winter. After having a cat, he was still at school, and he was always thinking about the soft little guy under the quilt at home. He began to look for reasons to avoid going to school, but he didn't succeed once, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb about the topic of going to school, and just teased the cat: "Cat, don't spit bubbles, spit your chin wet, wet It's cold,"

Liu Xia carefully wiped the drool from the corner of the cat's mouth with his sleeve, and then slapped Xiaorui's black paw away: "Xiaorui, your hands are dirty, don't wipe the cat's mouth, hey, hey... Cat, didn’t I just beat you, why did you pee again, sister-in-law, my crotch is wet again... hey, second brother?"

Several people saw Liu Mao coming up from the bottom of the slope. Xiumei didn't care about Liu Xia's wet crotch, so she stood up and greeted Liu Mao first: "Mao, are you out? Xiao Mao, you... Hey, Xiao Mao, What are you doing?" Xiumei looked at Liu Mao, who was looking haggard and panting, and rushed towards Liu Xia aggressively, and stretched out her hand to pull him.

"Give him to me." Liu Mao patted Xiumei's hand away, stood upright beside Liu Xia, and stretched out both hands.

Liu Xia was peed on the crotch by the cat, he was holding the cat, he couldn't help it, and he didn't look carefully at Liu Mao's face, so he handed the cat to Liu Mao carefully: "Second brother, slow down, don't flash Hold the baby on the waist."

Liu Mao's eyes were red, and he took the cat and said hoarsely, "I won't dodge him, I'll just throw him to death." Then he walked towards the edge of the ditch by the yard.

"Liu Mao!"

"Second Brother!" "Second Brother!" "Second Brother!"...

Xiumei, Liu Ling, Liu Hai, and Liu Yu all chased after her. Liu Mao's slender back with a determined madness made them understand that he was not joking.

Xiumei yelled and reached out to pull Liu Mao: "Xiao Mao, are you crazy? That's your child..."

"Second brother, what are you doing?"

"Second brother, don't dare to fall, let go quickly."

"Second brother..."

Liu Ling, Liu Hai, and Liu Yu also ran over and grabbed Liu Mao, trying to stop his crazy actions.

"I threw him to death, I threw this Sangmen star to death, this Sangmen star..." Liu Mao struggled to rush out, while Xiumei and the others tried to tear him apart.

"Xiao Mao, let go quickly, don't dare!" Xiumei wanted to snatch the cat, but when she missed it, Liu Mao lifted up the little thing in her hand: "He is the one who killed Xiao Hong and my mother." , this is a loser, I must smash him to death today..."

"Second brother, give me the cat, give me the cat!" Liu Xia rushed up, shouting so loudly, he jumped up to reach the cat in Liu Mao's hand, but Liu Mao was nearly 1.8 meters tall , Liu Xia couldn't catch the cat even when he jumped up.

Liu Mao rushed left and right like crazy, the cat in his hand began to whimper and cry, Liu Mao's eyes were blood red, and while cursing, he rushed to the deepest part of the ditch on the east side of the yard. No one here has a courtyard wall, Below the yard is a ditch of more than ten meters, and on the edge of the ditch are all kinds of weeds, shrubs, and rocks. Liu Mao struggled to break free from several people and shouted: "Get out, get out, get out, I will kill him...ah ——" Liu Mao yelled suddenly, bright red blood flowed down his hair and into his neck.

Liu Chuan rushed up first, followed by Liu Kui, Liu Changqing, Liu Changchun...

"Liu Mao, what are you doing?"

"Yaoer, what are you doing?"

Several people ran over together, Liu Kui and Liu Changqing reached out to grab Liu Xia who was swinging the bench at the same time, but the crazy Liu Xia broke free, he jumped up and smashed the bench on Liu Mao's head again: "I Tell you to let go, my mother, I tell you to let go of the cat..."

Liu Xia, who was hugged by Liu Kui, struggled desperately. Liu Kui snatched the bench in his hand several times but failed to take it away. Liu Kui had to hug him to the middle of the yard. Liu Xia turned his head and cursed Liu Mao: " Your mother, you are the Sangmen star, you are the Sangmen star, your mother, let go of the cat...Brother, let go, I will smash him to death, a bastard..."

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Liu Chuan finally snatched the cat from Liu Mao.

Liu Changqing and Liu Changchun supported Liu Mao and pushed him into the cave.

Liu Mao's face was covered in blood, and he kicked and beat desperately, turning around and cursing: "The third child, Chuan'er, was thrown to death by that funeral star, he killed my mother, killed Xiaohong..."

"Your mother, you dare to say something again!" Liu Xia, who had just been let go by the elder brother, picked up the bench and chased after him.

Before Liu Kui ran to Liu Ling who was knocked to the ground by Liu Mao, he turned back and chased Liu Xia. Liu Xia threw the bench out of his hand before being hugged by him.

"Liu Xia!"

"Yaoer, dare not..."

The bench flew towards Liu Mao, Liu Changqing quickly pulled Liu Mao aside, the bench hit the window behind him, and the glass shattered on the floor.

Liu Changqing let go of Liu Mao, came over and picked up another elm tree lump used as a stool, and kicked Liu Xia who was about to smash it over. Liu Xia was kicked several meters away, and the elm lump also rolled away. , Liu Xia curled up and lay down on the ground.

Liu Ling, Liu Hai, and Sun Chang'e yelled and ran over, but before they got to the front, Liu Xia had already got up, grabbed a bench beside him, and without looking at Liu Changqing, directed at Liu who was still yelling. Mao rushed over again.

Liu Chuan had already handed the cat to Xiumei, and he ran over and hugged the crazy Liu Xia in his arms: "Yaoer, Yaoer, Xiaoxia, okay, okay, baby, look what you give us What happened to the second brother, he is crazy boy, let's ignore him...boy, Yaoer, go and have a look, the cat is fine..."

Liu Xia kicked and kicked, and yelled at Liu Mao: "Liu Mao, you bastard, rabbit, grandson, dog, you dare to beat the cat, see if I peel you alive, you shameless bastard, you Don’t you just want to find another daughter-in-law? Do you think the cat is an oil bottle? You bastard, bastard, bastard, if you dare to recruit the cat again, I won’t be named Liu unless I kill you..."

"He's just a loser..." Liu Mao was dragged to the kiln in the main room, still cursing at the top of his voice.

Liu Xia, who was immobilized by Liu Chuan, was about to burst into tears: "Fuck your mother, you are the loser, soft bastard, bastard, bastard, you want a wife and don't even want your own children, bastard... ..."

Liu Xia was taken hostage by Liu Chuan and Liu Kui and carried into the cave dwelling. Liu Kui and Yuzhi's son-in-law Wang Erfeng got Liu Mao, who had collapsed on the ground, onto the trolley and went to the brigade health center in Zhangjiabao to see a doctor. Liu Xia smashed Liu Mao with a bench. Liu Mao hit him several times, there was a big bump on his head, two big gashes, blood flowed everywhere.

Sun Chang'e came in with the cat in her arms, and the blushing and thick-necked Liu Xia, who was kicking and staring with the elder brother and the third brother, stopped and lay down on the kang panting.

Sun Chang'e gave Liu Kui a wink, went over and put the cat in Liu Xia's arms, saw that he was covered in dirt and his crotch was covered with mud, picked up the cat again, and said softly, "The cat peed on you again? "

Liu Xia immediately sat up with a grunt, ignoring no one, stripped himself naked, sat down in the bed, and then yelled arrogantly: "I only make children pee, I just wait for cats to pee." , bake it for a while, and wear it tomorrow."

Mao'er's cotton trousers were open, and the little jj pissed quite high, pouring all over Liu Xia's crotch, and his own trousers were a little wet on the trouser legs. The influence has passed, and he is looking at Liu Xia with his dark eyes open, and he keeps spitting bubbles out of his mouth.

Liu Xia wiped the drool off the cat's chin, sat in the quilt, wrapped himself in the quilt to the chest area, and the cat was also wrapped in it, only a small head was exposed on Liu Xia's chest.

Liu Chuan sat on the edge of the kang, looked at his youngest brother, and patted his head helplessly: "Yaoer, if no one stops you, are you going to be beaten to death by our second brother?"

As soon as Liu Mao was mentioned, Liu Xia's calm eyes turned hostile again: "Today, it's still light, if he dares to recruit Mao'er in the future, and Mao'er is a dead star, I'll take the knife hacked him."

Liu Changqing shook his hands angrily: "You've got some skills, you can beat your own family, can't you?"

Liu Xia went all out, and confronted Liu Changqing with staring eyes without showing any weakness: "Mao'er is not from our family? Mao'er is still Liu Mao's son, but he wants to be killed by Mao'er, why don't you talk about him? "

Liu Changqing raised his slap and was about to hit someone, Liu Chuan hurriedly stood up to stop him: "Uncle, don't be so angry, it's really my second brother's fault for this matter."

A large group came in from outside, Xiumei, Liu Yuzhi, Liu Ling, Liu Yu, Liu Hai and the two younger ones, Liu Ling and Liu Yu also came to pull Liu Changqing: "Uncle, you can't hit Yaoer, my second brother is really serious today!" Crazy, none of us can stop him, if Yao'er hadn't come over, he would have killed the cat."

Liu Chuan took the opportunity to push Liu Changqing to sit on the edge of the kang, and Liu Yuzhi came over with a bowl of water: "Uncle, don't be angry, we have all seen it, the second child is really messed up today, I can't blame you."

Liu Changqing took the bowl and drank a few sips: "Xiao Mao gets messed up again, that's his second brother too, this little bastard can't hit him like that."

Unconvinced, Liu Xia twisted his neck and said, "Why not? He wants to be killed by the cat, why can't I hit him twice?"

The fire that Liu Changqing just went down was shot up again, stood up and pointed at Liu Xia: "You are still stubborn, let's see if I won't beat you to death today."

Liu Chuan hugged him desperately, Chang'e Sun yelled at Liu Xia: "You're going to die, dare to argue with your uncle, don't hurry up and admit your mistake."

Liu Xia stared angrily at Liu Changqing for a while, then turned his face away with a "hum".

The kangs of Liu’s family are all placed under the windows, bright and bright. It’s convenient for women to do needlework and men to discuss things, saving kerosene.

At this time, the afternoon sun was just right, shining warmly on Liu Xia's body. Liu Xia twisted his neck, looking stubborn to the end, but gently patted the cat in his arms.

Liu Changqing stared at his youngest son for a long time, and finally sat down on the kang in frustration.

Liu Mao made such a fuss today because he was holding a breath in his heart and didn't dare to attack him and Sun Chang'e, so he blamed Mao'er. In the final analysis, it was his own fault. I can't even get the money for the "May [-]th" for my brother's wife and nephew's daughter-in-law.

Liu Changqing sighed a long time, stretched out his hand to stroke the little hairy head of the cat, and said to Liu Xia: "Your mother and your sister-in-law are busy these days, so be careful when you look at the cat, don't keep calling them Unpacking and washing your cotton trousers, both of their hands are swollen from the cold."

Liu Xia turned his head and blinked his eyes twice. He had never seen Liu Changqing look so depressed and helpless. He panicked and said in a low voice, "Uncle, I, I didn't hit my second brother on purpose, he insisted on giving it to me." The cat fell into the ditch, and I couldn't help it.

Uncle, mother, third brother, there is someone in my class. His mother died when she gave birth to his sister. His uncle wanted to marry another wife. The widow detested his sister, so his uncle said that her sister was a loser and killed him. Mom, if she kept raising her, she would kill the rest of the family, and in the end she was found by his sister.

He told me that when his mother is alive, he will be waiting to see his sister. He said that his sister looks like his mother, and he told him to take care of his sister when he grows up. He will raise his sister soon At the age of three, he was able to find his own daughter out in order to marry a wife in the end. My second brother didn't even want to look at the cat. He just dislikes the cat as a fool, and it will delay him from marrying a wife in the future. "

As Liu Xia spoke, he became excited again, seeing everyone in the room suspicious: "You all despise cats, don't you? My eldest sister has milk, and she also brought milk powder for his child. I begged her to call cats the other day." After drinking it once, she turned around and hid the milk powder. I know she dislikes the cat and is afraid that the cat will drink it again. Uncle, if you dare to find the cat out, or ask the second brother to find a stepmother for the cat , I don’t want to, if you despise the cat and want to find him, just go out with me and the cat. I will leave the house, I will go alone, I will not treat you so cruelly as a child."

Liu Ling said in a voice: "Yao'er, we all can wait for the cat, no one will dislike him, the milk powder you mentioned was hidden by the eldest brother-in-law, I happened to see it that day, our eldest sister said they Just put it in our house for a few days, the cat is small, can’t drink much, and it’s hard to hide it. The elder brother-in-law said that their milk powder is good milk powder, and it costs more than one yuan per bag. If the cat wants to drink it, ask our family to buy it by ourselves. .”

Liu Yuzhi lowered her head in embarrassment. When her brother-in-law hid the milk powder, although her sister was unwilling, she didn't fight to the end. Both she and her husband saw it. This made her feel ashamed in front of her husband.

"Xiao Ling." Liu Chuan gently called out to Liu Ling, and he saw his father's heavy and helpless eyes.

Liu Changqing let out a long sigh. Every word Liu Ling said just now was stabbed in his heart like a knife. A man is useless, and his wife and children are looked down upon by others. These children of his are smart and sensible, just because they were born in this Poor mountain valleys are ridiculed everywhere.

A few days ago at the county hospital, Liu Ling was in severe pain when she got the needle, she yelled twice, and was at a loss when the doctors and nurses rolled their eyes and reprimanded her. The skin test screamed earth-shattering, and the nurse smiled and comforted the child and his mother.

Liu Changqing felt out of breath, stood up and was about to go out, walked to the door, turned around and said: "Our baby, you won't go out even if you starve to death."

Liu Xia pursed his mouth and began to cry.

Liu Changqing stood at the slope, waited for Liu Ling to come out, and stopped him: "What's the matter with that bloody streak in Yao'er's neck?"

Liu Ling was stunned, shook her head, and turned her face away with flickering eyes.

Liu Changqing turned his face away: "Did your second brother fight or did he fight with someone at school?"

Liu Ling lowered her eyes and did not speak.

Liu Changqing let go: "Zhong, don't you tell me, right? Then I will go to school with you guys tomorrow, and ask your teacher or classmates, someone will always know."

Students are most afraid of their parents going to school. Even if they suffer from a fight, the parents look very dignified when they go to help vent their anger. When the parents leave, others will isolate you, alienate you, feel that you are worthless, and call adults for anything. In the early days, Liu Ling was no exception, so he froze immediately: "Uncle, don't go, Yaoer, Yaoer, he didn't suffer, he beat those two papers too hard."

"Zhizizhili? Why did Yao'er fight with Shizizhili?"

It was too late for Liu Ling to regret it. He knew that Liu Changqing was not easy to fool, but he had already slipped his mouth, and he did not dare to blatantly lie to his father: "It was after my aunt was gone, Yao'er asked Liu Gouwang to find him A basket, Yao'er picks up writing paper after class every day, and later in the afternoon when I leave school, he goes to the supply and marketing agency to sell it for three cents a day.

There used to be two children in my school, who have been picking up writing paper and selling money for money since a few years ago. They are two brothers. Dali is in the seventh grade like me, and Xiaoli is in the fifth grade like Yaoer, but he is older than Yaoer. The two of them approached Yao'er once, and Yao'er was not allowed to put it in my school to pick it up again. Yao'er ignored them and just picked it up alone.

At noon at night, Yaoer went out to pick up the steamed buns after eating, but ended up picking them up at the back of the seventh-grade classroom, causing the two brothers to squeeze into the persimmon forest, and they started fighting. That’s right, they all said that the big guy had a big pimple on his head, and the small cotton trousers were beaten to pieces by Yao’er, but the two of them were already dressed in tatters… Well, Yao’er Ye’er A mile of writing paper sold for four cents. "

Liu Ling begged and looked at Liu Changqing: "Uncle, don't beat our youngest, you must not blame him, our youngest has never bullied others, although he is average in studies, he is very skinny, but the teachers are very good at it." But when you see him, he said that our Yao'er is a little skinny, but it's not muddled; Yao'er didn't ask me to tell you about his fight, I swore to Yao'er."

Liu Changqing patted Liu Ling's head, and said softly, "I don't beat children, Xiao Ling, Yao'er never said what he saves money for?"

Liu Ling shook her head: "No, he won't tell anyone who asks."

Looking at the gray mountains in the distance, Liu Changqing sighed deeply.

Xu Xiaohong's "May 11th" was handled independently according to Liu Mao's wishes. Liu Mao borrowed the money from his own unit. He works in the Luogezhuang Coal Mine as a contract worker. His salary was raised from 14 yuan to 70 yuan two years ago. The production team paid ten yuan, and the rest was his own. He borrowed [-] yuan this time.

Liu Mao ordered the highest standard of seven-color flower offerings, which are steamed buns in seven colors and various animal shapes, for the deceased to drive to the underworld to enjoy. With the money, he bought gold ingots and silver ingots, gold and silver cash cows, and Liu Mao specially made bicycles, sewing machines, large cabinets, crates, Eight Immortals tables, watches...

Liu Mao made everything that Xu Xiaohong once dreamed of but never had, and Liu Mao gave his wife the most beautiful and decent 'five seven' that no one in Liujialing has ever seen.

Liu Mao left early in the morning on the second day after finishing the work, and did not come to see the cat after all.

Liu Chuan had already left the day after Zhai Yulan's 'May [-]th', his vacation was over.

The family seemed to have returned to the peaceful life of the past, but Liu Changchun's family had no vitality at all.

Liu Changchun and Liu Yu now eat three meals a day at Liu Changqing's. This is Chang'e Sun's strong request. Liu Changchun pushed a few times, and the whole family sat there waiting for him. If he didn't go, the whole family would not eat.

Xiumei didn't have a single complaint about this.

Sun Chang'e and Xiumei's natal families are from neighboring villages, and they both lived in a relatively affluent village near the Wangning brigade. Their love and marriage are almost exactly the same: they accidentally met a young man surnamed Liu in Wangning Commune, and they fell in love at first sight. The woman's whole family objected. , and then leave without a thread of dowry.

The difference in the follow-up is that Sun Chang'e was turned away many times when she went back to her natal home, but after Xiumei had Liu Wei, her mother would meet her when Wangning had an ancient meeting, and secretly gave her two pieces of personal money After Liu Rui was born the year before last, she and Liu Kui went to her mother's house again. Although his father had a stern face, he finally didn't drive them out.

In fact, Xiumei had heard of Sun Chang'e before she got married, because when she went to Wangning Commune, more than once, some unserious older men said: "It's so beautiful, hurry up and catch up with the competition in the past." It's Chang'e." At that time, Xiumei imagined Sai Chang'e's appearance, but she never thought that one day this person who was praised as a fairy by ten miles and eight villages would become her mother-in-law.

And Xu Xiaohong is different from them. Xu Xiaohong and Liu Mao are high school classmates. The two secretly fell in love at school. After graduation, the Liu family asked someone to propose a marriage. Xu Xiaohong's father disagreed. After finding out, he was a salesman and a contract worker from Wangning Supply and Marketing Cooperative; Xu Xiaohong threatened to die, and Liu Changqing asked Sun Zhiyong to work for Liu Mao as a contract worker in Luogezhuang Coal Mine. Xu Xiaohong finally got married and entered Liu's house.

And the Liu family is also worthy of Xu Xiaohong's persistence. She has not been pregnant for three years, no matter what the villagers say, the Liu family has never disliked her, and Liu Mao treats her as well as before.

Xiumei can understand Liu Mao's pain after losing Xu Xiaohong.

Day by day, Liu Xia finally saved enough money to buy the first bag of milk powder for the cat on the day before the final exam. Cruel-hearted, he made another half a bottle for him. The cat drank it happily and vomited quickly. As soon as he finished drinking, he burped, followed by the white milk.

Liu Xia wiped it for him in a hurry, the cat kept vomiting, and Liu Xia cried out in distress: "Mao'er, don't spit up, baby, you are like uncle's week-long writing paper!"

Mao'er couldn't understand Liu Xia's words, but Liu Changqing, Sun Chang'e, and elder brother Liu Kui all understood. For a big man like Liu Kui, his eye circles turned red in an instant. He took Mao'er and helped him take off his hood. Pushing Liu Xia at the same time: "Go, look at your body, hurry up and take off the padded jacket and wipe it off.

Put my green padded jacket on the top of the kang, you put it on first. "

Xiumei took the cat and said to her husband, "Go get it, Yao'er is almost soaked, go out and get cold."

Sun Chang'e was opening the pot to prepare the steamed buns, she turned her head and said to Liu Ling: "Your elder brother and the others are talking, you can hold the cat for a while, Liu Kui, don't take it, I have changed your uncle's army coat, here is it Er and Xiaoyu changed a padded jacket by themselves, and it was supposed to be worn by him during the Chinese New Year, Linger, you go and get it, and put it in the crate on my Kangtouer."

Liu Changqing cherishes his six years in the army very much. Although he doesn’t say anything, Sun Chang’e can tell that in the past 30 years, all the clothes Liu Changqing brought back from the army have been worn out or changed into clothes for other members of the family. Only the cotton army coat, which Sun Chang'e has been keeping, is taken out for a few days at the coldest time of the year, and then put away in the sun. Until this year, there is no money to make clothes for the children, but always It’s Chinese New Year, let’s not talk about the big ones, some small ones will get new ones anyway, it’s good to change old clothes,

Liu Changqing cut the seam of the coat first, and Sun Chang'e did it.

Liu Kui stood up: "It's okay, put that one aside for Yao'er to wear during the Chinese New Year, he is the youngest, so I have to add another one for the Chinese New Year, besides, mine is warm."

The green padded jacket Liu Kui mentioned was a collarless military padded jacket he brought back from the army. It was thick and soft. Liu Xia was only 11 years old now, and it was wide and big, but it was very warm. He wrapped the cat in it. , and then put the quilt on his lap, so that the cat's feet are warmer.

The two were sitting on the kang, the cat no longer slept all day long, and was now looking at the kerosene lamp hanging on the wall with its small black eyes.

Liu Xia pointed to the oil lamp again and again and taught Mao'er: "This is a lamp, an oil lamp, a mile lamp for lighting."

Liu Changchun sat by the stove, looked at the child on the kang, but couldn't say a word, "Come here, let grandpa hold you."

Liu Xia took the milk bottle handed over by Sun Chang'e, which contained boiled water. It is said that goat milk and milk powder are both on fire, and the cat should drink more water. Liu Xia held the milk bottle to feed the cat, and suddenly remembered something. Liu Changqing: "Uncle, catch me a female rabbit who has just given birth."

Liu Changqing was a little confused: "What?"

"Mother rabbit, she has just given birth to a baby rabbit and is having milk," Liu Xia explained to Liu Changqing very seriously; "The sheep at the third grandpa's house is almost out of milk, and there is so little milk powder in this bag, the cat drinks it." In a few days, when you set up a rabbit, set me up with a female rabbit who has just given birth, and I will milk the rabbit for the cat to drink."

"Ahhh—" Xiumei was the first to burst out laughing, and she leaned back and laughed so hard that she was about to die.

Liu Kui originally wanted to glare at her, thinking that she would embarrass Liu Xia by laughing like that, but he couldn't help but also laughed, followed by Liu Changqing and his wife, and finally, Liu who hadn't even spoken for almost two months. Changchun also laughed.

Xiumei finally got her breath even, she stroked her chest, shaking with laughter: "Rabbit milk, rabbit milk to feed the cat, ahahahaha..., Yaoer, what are you thinking about with such a long face?" Ah, I'm afraid even the gods can't easily come up with this idea, the rabbit feeds the cat with milk, ouch, I laughed so hard."

Originally, the grown-ups were only laughing at the matter of feeding their children with rabbit milk. When Jing Xiumei said this, thinking about it, it was even more ridiculous. Even Liu Ling and the others, who didn't realize what was so funny about this at the beginning, also laughed. laughed.

Liu Xia didn't think there was anything ridiculous, he rolled his eyes, pinched the cat's little nose and said: "Cat, let's ignore them, they don't even know that rabbit milk can be eaten, we have nothing to do with them Easy to say, huh?"

The cat's small mouth opened roundly: "Oh—oh——"

"The cat is so good, the cat..." Liu Xia lowered his head, slowly pulled the quilt away, and screamed, "Cat, you're going to drink some water, mom—"

The laughter from the whole room almost knocked the roof of the kiln down.