Bring the refrigerator back to seventy

Shou Sui on New Year’s Eve is a family sitting together on the kang in the main room, eating candied melon seeds that are homemade or bought from supply and marketing cooperatives, and imagine a future where they will be able to eat and clothe themselves warmly.

Big Big Wolf was sleeping soundly on its master's lap, its little tail moving from time to time.Sitting next to Wu Jun was Wu Tong. It was too late, the child kept pecking at the chicken, and occasionally raised his head to ask, "Is it 12 o'clock? Can we start setting off firecrackers?"

It is a custom in the village to set off firecrackers at twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve. At this time, each family will buy louder and longer firecrackers than anyone else's.This year, Wu Jun bought the firecrackers at home from the supply and marketing cooperative in the county, and they bought the firecrackers that made the most noise.

He raised his hand to check the time, it was already eleven fifty.Wu Yun woke up the child, took out the bamboo poles prepared at home and fixed them at the gate.At this time, Wu Tong had already helped to disassemble the firecrackers, and Wu Jun hung the round ends of the firecrackers on the bamboo poles.After the sound of firecrackers started to sound in the village, he also lit the fuse at the end of the firecrackers.

There was a clattering sound, and the children nearby were jumping and cheering.Grandpa Wu and Grandma Wu watched the lively scene, and the two old people cuddled together and looked at the cheerful smile of their grandson.

"Uncle Xiao Tong, happy new year. The firecrackers are over, you can go to bed."

"But I want to pick up firecrackers, otherwise they will be picked up tomorrow." The child said reluctantly.

"I'll buy it for you if it's gone, go to sleep quickly, you won't grow up if you don't sleep."

After talking to grandparents, Wu Jun took his uncle back to the room.

"Junzi, do you think my brother really doesn't want me anymore?" The child lying beside Wu Yun asked in a low voice.

"This is not something you have to worry about, a little kid. Tomorrow, our old Wu family will let your brother make a decision, and we will definitely not let you suffer. At worst, you can come and live in my house." Wu Yun took a picture Pat the child on the head to lull him to sleep.

Knives are not allowed to be used for the first meal of the new year. After reheating yesterday's dumplings, the family will start eating the first meal of the new year.There are more than 90 families in the whole brigade, more than half of them are surnamed Wu.

As soon as the dumplings were finished, children from the village came in to kowtow to their grandparents to pay New Year's greetings.People with average relationships will give some candy melon seeds, and those with close relationships will give a red envelope of two cents.

Seeing the happy children who came to pay New Year's greetings, Grandpa Wu said, "Junzi, take out the cigarettes you bought in the county, and follow me to Shengli's house."

Wu Jun saw this posture and knew that he was going to deal with Wu Tong's affairs.

"Uncle, uncle, happy new year, I wish you a happy new year. Third uncle, second uncle, happy new year..."

As soon as he entered the uncle's house, Wu Yun, who was a junior, started a long series of New Year's greetings and cigarettes.

After everyone sat down, Grandpa Wu, the highest seniority, asked: "Shan boy, you are a good man. After your parents passed away, you have raised your little brother well in the past few years. We uncles all know it, and we are also good." I saw it. Yesterday your mother-in-law yelled loudly. Everyone in the village said that you are not kind. You have raised such a big brother and suddenly said no. What do you think about this matter? It’s all about you If you are a loved one, you can speak out your thoughts."

"Master, you know that I can't speak. But Xiaotong is my brother, I promised my parents will take care of him, and I will do it. Please believe me. It's just that the mother-in-law at home suddenly became pregnant, and she thought about it for a while. She will definitely figure it out later." When Wu Shan said this, all the elders in the room stared at him.

"The heart-wrenching things your mother-in-law said yesterday don't look like she's thinking left. She's said all the things she's been suppressing for more than ten years. She killed Xiao Tong so that she wouldn't go back to the county. Throw him in the village. Those of us who are uncles can't listen to her words." The captain □□ cast Wu Shan a glance.

"That's right, your mother-in-law let the word out yesterday. If Wu Tong follows you back to the county, he won't be given a living. He is only an eight-year-old child. If you go back to the county with you, you will go to work. Your mother-in-law is not yet I know what to do with him now. Our uncles are far away, so we can't take care of them all the time. You should come up with a regulation and settle this matter today." Wu Erye said.

"But I can't give up my mother-in-law, she has my son."

As soon as Grandpa Wu heard it, he knew that his heart had changed. Having his own child, even before it was born, the scale in his heart began to crooked, and it would definitely not be good for Wu Tong over the years.

"At the beginning, your job was to pick up your father. My old man introduced your father's job. You can get 250 yuan salary and various tickets a year. Forget about the rest, you will give Wu Tong 10 yuan a month as pawn The child support will be paid until he is 18 years old. He will stay in the village and we will take care of him. You can see if this is okay.” The other Wu family members said they were fair after hearing this.

"Uncle, Wu Tong is a child, and he can't spend 10 yuan a month in the village. I'd better take him back to the county to live with him." Wu Shan said timidly.

"If you still care about your brotherhood and your parents, you should do what your uncle said." Another old man followed suit.

"It's true that one child a month doesn't cost 10 yuan, but when your parents left, they didn't have a separate family, and the family property they both held was in the hands of your husband and wife. It's been so long, it's not good Forget it with you. However, the money must be given, otherwise you don’t want to do this job. In addition, the house in the village will be allocated to Wu Tong. What do you think?"

Grandpa Wu looked at the relatives and juniors around him, and said the plan he had been thinking about all night.

Hearing that, except for Wu Shan, everyone else nodded in agreement.

"As for Xiaotong, he is too young to live alone. It will be up to him to live in any of our houses he wants. Part of the 10 yuan per month will be used to buy food from the village, and you will help the rest He's holding it."

Seeing that his uncle agreed, Wu Shan could only grit his teeth and nod.I was still fantasizing about waiting for him to persuade the mother-in-law to come back, and then pick up my brother.The younger brother is so sensible, he will understand the elder brother.

"Grandpa, can this Mrs. Shan agree? Giving 10 yuan a month is not like cutting her flesh." Wu Yun thought of Mrs. Shan's confident appearance yesterday, and felt that she would not compromise so easily.

"So you are still a child. It is not up to his mother-in-law to agree to this matter. If he does not agree, grandpa can let him return to the village to farm. At the beginning, this job was mine, but I was going back to the village, so I put The job is given to your father, Shanbo. After all, Xiaotong was just born at that time, and he was in poor health. It was convenient to live in the county to go to the hospital, and he could afford the medical expenses even if he had a job. I just didn’t expect you, Mrs. Shan, to watch people To be honest, it’s actually changing now.”

What Grandpa Wu didn't say was that he promised to give him the job in order to have someone in the county to snoop on the news.

"Grandpa, let Uncle Xiaotong live in our house in the future. Anyway, there is still a room for him at home." Wu Jun thought that he lost his parents who took care of him when he was 8 years old, and Xiaotong also lost his parents when he was 8 years old. In order to take care of her elder brother and sister-in-law, she couldn't help feeling pity for him.

"You don't need to say more about it. I told your Uncle Shengli. From now on, he will hold all the money. Our family can afford food for a child for the time being, let alone your iron bumps. Raise ten The children have done enough. All the work is done, go back quickly, your grandma is still waiting for us at home." The old man went home by himself without waiting for his grandson.