Chapter 17 Recognizing Relatives (2)
"Mom, my house is in Xilongzhuang to the north. I will take you home first today and take you to the county for treatment tomorrow." Zhang Lang said, holding the old lady's hand.
"No, why are you spending that in vain? I can hear you call me mother, and now I can close my eyes even if I die immediately."
With a whisper, he cured the old lady's illness halfway, and held Zhang Lang's hand and refused to let go.
"Mom, that's not possible. You have to live well and help me see the child in the future!" Zhang Lang smiled and comforted the old lady, "Besides, you don't spend money on medical treatment. The squad leader is a martyr and the country has the care."
"Yes, mom... just listen to Zhang... Zhang Lang!" The squad leader's sister-in-law also persuaded him.
From now on, when Zhang Lang was at home, the burden on her body immediately became much more relaxed and her mood improved.
Just when Tang Feifei thought of her dead husband, she felt a little sad.
"I'm not just causing trouble when I go. I'm here. When I die one day, I'll be satisfied if you come and burn a piece of paper for me." The old lady refused to go.
"Mom... it's not trouble, it's not trouble at all. You can sit with my mother when you go. As for the rest, you don't have to worry about it. I'm the secretary of Xilongzhuang." Seeing that the old lady refused to go, Zhang Lang had to reveal his current identity.
"Of the Zhuzi family, God is open to his eyes, good people are rewarded. God has sent you another son. You should cherish your blessings, go... enjoy a few years of blessings." The old patriarch also advised.
"Oh! It's just that it's causing you too much trouble." The old lady's voice was a little loose.
"It's not trouble, it's not trouble at all. If you don't go, then I won't leave anymore. I'll stay to take care of you." Zhang Lang hurriedly worked harder again.
"That won't work. You are the secretary. There are still a lot of things in the village. How can you stay... Mom... Mom just follow you." The old lady finally agreed.
"Sister-in-law, please follow me, let's take care of my mother." Zhang Lang was really worried about leaving a young woman here.
"No...no! I...I'm not suitable to go!" Tang Feifei felt empty and subconsciously refused.
"You are a good wife... Shi Tou's life is not worthy of you! But my mother can't bear to give up on you... You will be my own daughter from now on!" The old lady grabbed Tang Feifei's hand, afraid that she would run away.
"Mom!" Tang Feifei held the old lady's hand and cried.
"You go with your mother, I'm not blind. Your brother is a capable person. Let him help you think of a way to send you back to the city." The old lady held Zhang Lang with one hand and Tang Feifei with the other.
"Mom, is my sister-in-law an educated youth?" Zhang Lang only knew that the squad leader had married a beautiful wife, but he didn't know if he was an educated youth in the countryside.
"Oh... I'm a sin!" The old lady didn't explain, but just kept sighing.
"Mom, I'm leaving this to me. I will definitely help my sister-in-law get back to the city." Zhang Lang promised.
"Mom... I won't go back to the city, Brother Shitou is gone... I'll give you a care for your old age!" Tang Feifei said firmly, gritting her teeth.
"Silly kid! Don't you want your parents? Haven't you been thinking about them all the time? Listen to your mother and ask your brother to inquire for you." The old lady's mind became clearer and more organized, and her speech became more organized.
"mother……"
"Mom...Sister-in-law, let's discuss it slowly when we go home. Anyway, this is not something that can be solved in a day or two." Seeing that the mother and the mother began to wiping their tears in a sensational way, Zhang Lang hurriedly persuaded.
"It's already noon, let's leave after dinner!" The old patriarch saw the problem solved, and was happy, and began to keep guests with a smile, "Although our Shiwo Village is poor, we can still take care of a meal."
"It's decided that the mother and mother also have to pack up their things." The old patriarch said without any refutation.
"Okay, then let's disturb the old patriarch." Zhang Lang was not a pretentious person. Seeing that the old patriarch was really keeping guests, he agreed. After saying that, he picked up the wild boar meat placed on the ground and handed it to the old patriarch, "I'm here in a hurry, don't think there is a little thing, the old patriarch should not be too small."
"Okay, then I'll accept it. I'll go back and ask them to prepare first. Come and invite you later." The old patriarch was also readily, and did not refuse. He took it and explained it again, turned around and left.
The wild boar meat was originally prepared by Zhang Lang for the old lady, but he didn't expect that he would accept the relatives and wanted to take the old lady home. The wild boar meat was just handed over to the old patriarch.
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I had a meal at the old patriarch's house at noon. Because I had to walk more than ten miles of mountain road in the afternoon, I didn't drink much wine, but just wanted to drink two bowls of wine.
In the afternoon, the old patriarch found a cart for him, and Zhang Lang pushed the old lady and the few bows of salutes, and set out on the mountain road home.
Carts are also called wheelbarrows. Lu Province uses more often. The frames are made of wood. At the earliest, the drums of wheelbarrows were also wood. After the liberation, wheelbarrows with rubber wheels appeared.
In the past, when fleeing famine in Shandong Province was like pushing a wheelbarrow and hustling to the Guandong.
Wheelbarrows often appear in later anti-Japanese films.
Marshal Chen Yi said, "The victory of the Huaihai Battle was launched by the people of SD with small cars."
The small car mentioned here is a wheelbarrow.
Fortunately, Zhang Lang's ancestors also came from Shandong Province. There is no shortage of such wheelbarrows in the village. He has been pushing him to work since he was a child and can still control him.
The old lady was on one side of the wheelbarrow and a bow on the other side, and Tang Feifei followed behind her.
When I came, I walked all morning because many mountain roads were covered with weeds, so Zhang Lang needed to clean up while walking.
When I went back, although Tang Feifei was not used to walking on the mountain road with the car, she was still much faster.
When we were about to have supper in the dark sky, we finally returned to Xilongzhuang.
I greeted the villagers all the way and returned home.
When I introduced the old lady to my parents, I heard that it was my life-saving benefactor, my mother and wife, Zhang's father and mother, were so enthusiastic that I stopped wielding the old lady's hand.
There was a hundred approval for Zhang Lang to take the old lady and Tang Feifei to live at home, and he felt sorry for him and added two mouths to eat.
Zhang Lang also confessed like his parents that he would adopt a child to the class monitor in the future. Zhang's father and mother also agreed with each other, exaggerating that Lang was doing the right thing, and people knew how to be grateful and should not forget their roots.
Zhang Lang accompanied Zhang's mother and the old lady to chat in the house. As the two chatted, they began to wipe their tears. The tears were like these two people's feelings became much closer, and they began to call them sisters.
In fact, the old lady is not old, and she is only in her forties or less than fifty years old. But the pressure of life makes people look old and look like she is in her sixties.
The eldest girl started to work hard to cook dinner, but Tang Feifei refused to be idle and took the initiative to run over to help.
In the evening, the family of eight had a happy reunion dinner, and Zhang's father also made an exception and drank a glass of wine.
At night, Zhang Lang's godmother refused Zhang's mother's invitation and insisted on living in the middle room. Zhang Lang had to give up the south kang, letting his godmother, sister-in-law and eldest sister live there. He and Xiaoshu and Xiaohe moved to the north kang.
Chapter completed!