Chapter 69: Borrowing Food
Guo Xiaowu and Maodan fell asleep while chatting, and the snow was getting heavier late at night! However, there was no light in the east room of Guo Laoer's main room, and Guo Laoer and his wife were not asleep while they were worried.
The kerosene lamp was lit next to the windowsill, and the cold wind blew into the kerosene lamp through the closed gaps and swayed.
The second sister-in-law sobbed, and tears in her eyes dripped down and kept wiping them with her sleeves: "What should I do if the head of the house? As the snow is getting heavier and heavier, my parents' food is about to be out of food."
"Can't you last for two days? Don't worry, I'll send the food tomorrow morning." Guo Laoer comforted.
"The road is blocked by heavy snow, and it is not safe on the road! I have only given food for more than two months. How can I rest assured if you go?" The second sister-in-law cried. Her husband was the pillar of the family. If something happened on the road, she would be even more reluctant! But her parents couldn't ignore it.
"In previous years, the shoulder poles would come early, Hui'er, don't cry! If you cry again, you will be in charge of your mother every year? Nothing will happen. I can walk over the way to our mother's house with my eyes closed. I'm very familiar with it." Guo Laoer continued to comfort him.
If the road is blocked with heavy snow, the rivers and pits on the road will be filled! If you accidentally walk the wrong road and fall into the dry pit, you can still get up. If you fall into the river, you will not be able to survive.
It takes more than ten miles to deliver food to my parents' home, how can my second sister-in-law not worry?
"I can't leave the mule and horse carriage, so I will carry it bags! Hui'er don't worry, I'll take a stick to explore the way at that time." Guo Laoer continued to comfort him, and then stopped his wife's worries.
"You must hold a longer stick tomorrow!" My second sister-in-law got on the bed.
"Don't worry! Don't worry." Guo Laoer agreed, took off his clothes and uploaded it and blew out the kerosene lamp.
The cold wind outside the window was whistling, and snowflakes were falling like goose feathers! In a dilapidated courtyard, there was a cough sound from a distance in the main hall.
The kitchen was still on fire, and a 14 or 15-year-old boy looked at the boiling medicine jar and was suffocating Chinese medicine! His cotton coat and cotton trousers were wearing more than a dozen patches, and the cotton hat on his head was also worn out and turned out the cotton flesh.
The boy looked very thin, but his eyes were bright and energetic.
"Pedal, is your mother back?" The old and weak shouts came from the east of the main hall.
"Dad, I'm back!" the young man responded.
This young man is the shoulder pole of the second sister-in-law's younger brother. Now he is also worried about his mother! His mother went to the eldest brother's house to borrow food. She has been there for half an hour and has not come back yet. He hasn't been decocting medicine for his father, so he has already run over to take a look.
The family had cut off food the day before yesterday, and my second brother-in-law had not brought the winter food yet! It was snowing heavily now, and seeing that the snow would take two days to stop, my mother wanted to ask my elder brother to borrow some to pass the two days.
My father is sick! In order to maintain good health, you cannot stop eating.
The last family in the east end of Zhangjiazhuang is the eldest brother's house, which is only a few dozen steps away from his own house! And my mother is old, even if her legs are inconvenient, she should come back.
My mother thought that she didn't borrow too much, so she borrowed five kilograms of cornmeal to last for three or five days.
In front of the yard of the eldest brother's house, there was an old woman with a white-haired haired woman wrapped in a pocket towel! The worn cotton jacket and cotton pants made her look very thin in the heavy snow, and she was wearing patched cotton shoes under her wrapped calves.
"Royant! Open the door..."
This is the shoulder pole mother shouted at the door for many times, and her voice was a little hoarse! However, the gate of the courtyard was still closed, but there was a kerosene lamp in the inner room of the main room.
"Lotus, open the door..." The vicissitudes of life were filled with endless sadness and loss! Tears were hanging in the muddy eyes of the shoulder pole mother, and she wiped them with her sleeve again and again.
The north wind was whistling, and the shouts of the shoulder pole mother attracted the attention of her nearby family members! Sighs came from the main hall of these family members.
"It's snowing day! Luo Tou locked his mother out of the door? It's not a thing."
"You can't control whether it's something or not, and our family has no extra food! Go to bed quickly."
The conversation between several nearby families could not be heard by the mother carrying pole! But the elder brother and wife of carrying pole could hear it clearly.
"It's snowing, just open the door for my mother!" Luo Tou said unbearable, and grabbed the cotton coat with a bitter look on his face and was about to get up.
The sister-in-law of the shoulder pole snorted coldly with a ferocious look on her face, kicked the husband of the shoulder pole off the bed and rolled over. The sister-in-law of the shoulder pole gritted her teeth and said, "You dare to open the door! If you dare to open the door, we will be able to live this day.
The old woman must come to borrow food. If she doesn’t borrow food, she will discuss treating your father.”
"We have been married for more than ten years, but we have never taken care of our parents once. Besides, did we share some of the food sent by Huier? My father is sick, so we must pay the money we should pay, so what if we borrow some food?" The elder brother on the shoulder pole retorted, but he did not dare to move again. His family is not as powerful as his wife's family, and his family is poor! If his wife is really not good, he will become a widow.
This unfilial piety will be said to be, but if you become a widow, you will be looked down upon.
"That's your sister for your mother, not for us! It's natural for us to take your mother's food. Whoever asked your mother to support her and two grandsons to support her is not much?" said the sister-in-law who was carrying a pole with a bad face.
"Then, then I have to reply to a letter! How can I let my mother freeze outside? Besides, my parents and the shoulder pole broke their food the day before yesterday." The elder brother of the shoulder pole said with a bitter face.
"I can't starve to death for two days! When the snow stops, your brother-in-law will definitely send the food here. I will ask for five or six kilograms of food in two days! It will be in vain if you give it to your parents. When your brother-in-law comes, you will send it to your own." The sister-in-law on the shoulder pole said coldly.
"You, why are you so cruel? My father is still sick." The elder brother on the shoulder pole gritted his teeth.
"Besides, let's get out of here! My mother's food is fed to the dog and shook her tail. Giving it to your mother is ruining the food. If you say anything again, you dare to touch me a grain of food, and see if I don't take the child away, I will marry a man again." The sister-in-law on the shoulder pole threatened, with a cold face and a tough tone.
The elder brother who was carrying the pole lowered his head and did not dare to say anything again! He hid beside the bed and sighed with a whisper.
"Roto... open the door for my mother!" In the wind and snow, the mother on the shoulder pole was still shouting! At this moment, she was already crying, then she sighed deeply, turned around and staggered back.
At this time, the shoulder pole had already put the fried medicine on the head of my father's bed and walked to my elder brother's house to find my elder brother's house! I happened to see my mother coming back sadly at the door of my elder brother's yard. It took more than half an hour to see my mother not entering my elder brother's house.
"Mom! My elder brother doesn't open the door? I just said that my elder sister-in-law is not a good thing." The shoulder pole said gritting her teeth.
"Hey... the shoulder pole! Let's go, it's my mother who was blind and raised an ungrateful wolf." The shoulder pole mother touched her eyes and was supported by the shoulder pole and wanted to walk home.
Chapter completed!