Chapter 274: A Little Annoyance in 1970 (15)
When everyone's situation is similar and someone is slightly more prominent, no one will find it abnormal.
But when this person is "protruding" and doesn't know a little bit, everyone will be under pressure.
Like Zhou Eryong, he is so filial that he can almost be selected as one of the top ten filial sons. People around him, whether they are friends, colleagues or neighbors, as long as those who have a relationship with him, will not be happy to see his "filial piety".
Because Zhou Tuesday's filial piety will reflect their "unfilial piety".
They are obviously normal people, Zhou Eryong is an exception, but once something happens, others (such as biased parents) will demand themselves according to the standards of this exception.
When the workers who thought that they might be implicated, they were still thinking of gossiping about watching the fun began to spread gossip about private goods.
Old Mrs. Liang, who went to the post office to remit money, didn't know that she had become the public enemy of all middle-aged women in their thirties and forties.
However, Old Mrs. Liang quickly noticed it.
Whenever she finished her meal, she came to the street to chat with someone with her grandson in her arms. As soon as she said something like "the daughter-in-law is unfilial", someone would respond unceremoniously-
"Oh, Xu Chunni hid out with her children. Isn't this called being unfilial?"
"That's right, I heard that over the past ten years, you have been holding the salary of Zhou Eryong and Xu Chunni. Tsk tsk, I have never heard of any parent who has a family who can still hold the salary of his son." My mother-in-law has often compared Xu Chunni with herself. Those who have something in their words want to learn from Mrs. Liang!
"That's right, it's okay to get my son's salary, but I don't even let my daughter-in-law go. I want me to tell you, you are so lucky, you have such an obedient daughter-in-law." If it were me, wouldn't you drive you back to your hometown?!
"Aunt Zhou, I heard you are here to see your son and daughter-in-law? It's really not easy. Even the youngest granddaughter can go to the red class, so you can still get off the job." Come back home quickly, and if you leave, my mother-in-law will not compete in random competitions.
Old Mrs. Liang heard the words and didn't understand what it meant. When she got home, she thought about it carefully before she got back to the taste.
"Bah, a bunch of nosy and gossipy sluts!"
What's wrong with her just like to stay in the city?
Her son is filial, and others are jealous of them, and they can’t do anything about it!
After going out several times, Old Mrs. Liang was unhappy to go out.
He simply closed the door and took care of his grandson with all his heart.
She had no idea that the rumors outside were getting worse and worse.
As the news spread, the boss of the Zhou family became unfilial and obtained the elderly’s property, but refused to support them.
He also relied on his weakness to openly bully his younger brother. Not only did he throw my mother to his younger brother to raise, but he also sent his son over.
What Mrs. Liang even more unexpected was that somehow these rumors were passed back to their hometown.
Zhou Dali is indeed a little careful. It is true that he is weak, but it may not be possible to not eat coarse grains all year round.
When he was a child, he tasted the sweetness because he was "ill" and was spoiled and spoiled by his parents without principles. He began to develop a "born weak" character.
I can’t eat coarse grains, and I will feel stomachache after eating them, and I can’t get out of shit, so I feel so uncomfortable that I roll on the kang.
You can't do physical work, you can faint on the ridge of the field if you are on the front foot and your back foot.
If you can't bear it, you will be sick after listening to a few gossips.
Over time, Zhou Dali, who was obviously a poor peasant, was raised by his family as a "girl master".
With his parents' preference, he easily lived in a good house and married a wife. He didn't even have to raise his son by himself, and he still had money every month.
If the Zhou family’s parents were so partial, if they had been someone else’s family, they would have had a problem, and even the biased child would have been pointed at by others.
But no one in the village said Zhou Dali’s gossip, but instead thought he was pitiful: Oh, he had no choice but to be in poor health.
Zhou Dali has been working hard to maintain his personality and is complacent about his shrewdness.
Suddenly one day, Zhou Dali discovered that the villagers suddenly looked at him incorrectly.
Then he inquired carefully and found out that it was his own mother who caused trouble in the city.
Alas, why is this old lady so confused?
You said you are biased, just be biased, why do you know everyone?! You almost beat your granddaughter to death?
Now, not only does my reputation become bad, but it also implicates myself.
People of this era pay the most attention to reputation.
Moreover, in rural areas, I care more about what others think of themselves. If there is anything wrong, I am afraid that others will laugh at them.
Another thing is that Zhou Dali’s eldest son is almost fifteen years old and is about to see him. If it is reported at this time that he is unfilial, does not support his mother, and plans to plot against his younger brother, then what other people are willing to marry him?!
No, you can't let the old lady stay in the city anymore. At least you have to avoid this gust of storm!
After a night of thought, Zhou Dali made a decision, and he hurried to the town to shoot a telegram to Old Mrs. Liang.
"There is an urgent matter at home, I hope my mother will return quickly!"
The postman took the telegram and read it word by word to Old Mrs. Liang, and also enthusiastically explained: "This sentence means that something urgent is happening at your home, and I hope you can go back quickly."
"Ah? Something urgent happened at home?"
Old Mrs. Liang suddenly panicked, but the telegram was just a few words, and she had no idea what was happening at home.
The more you don’t know, the more you will think about it.
Old Mrs. Liang even began to think: the boss is sick again, the family has no money, the boss rolls around in pain, and his daughter-in-law and grandson are in chaos...
No, no, she has to go back quickly!
Old Mrs. Liang returned to the north room staggeringly, looked at the empty house, stood for a while, and then started rummaging through the cabinets - something might have happened to the boss, and he needs money!
After searching for a long time, there was nothing valuable at home except for some quilts and torn clothes.
The thirty dollars Annie gave her was transferred to the eldest son for 8 yuan and the third son for 5 yuan the day she received.
Then I bought grain, eggs, and the longevity cake that my grandson likes to eat.
Now, the hands are only seven yuan and three cents left.
When she returned to her hometown, she had to spend money on the way. When she got home, she only had more than six yuan.
This little money is not enough for medical treatment.
Old Mrs. Liang hurried to find Annie. She couldn't pay her salary in advance and couldn't borrow money from her colleagues, so she asked for the money in Xu Chunni.
It costs 180 yuan, even if Xu Chunni spent some, she should have 150 yuan in her hand.
The money should be almost the same.
"Eryong, your brother sent me a telegram saying something happened at home. Woooo, you know that your brother is in poor health and will get sick at any time."
"I have been in the city for more than ten years. He never tells me when he is sick. But this time he suddenly sent a telegram. I'm afraid something big happened to him."
"You brothers have had a good relationship since they were young. Now that something happened to him, you can't ignore him."
Seeing that the old lady was so anxious that she cried, Annie hurriedly advised: "Mom, the telegram didn't say that my brother was sick. It might be something else. By the way, the eldest brother didn't say that he and his sister-in-law were looking at the eldest nephew, maybe this was decided."
Annie knew better than Mrs. Zhou, because those rumors were she who tried to pass them back to her hometown.
Zhou Dali, as Annie expected, couldn't stand the guidance of the villagers and wanted to get Old Mrs. Liang back first.
But Zhou Dali is used to being smart. Even if he hopes that his mother will come home soon, he will not come to pick her up by himself. Instead, he will send a telegram to ask Mrs. Liang to go back by himself. It takes two or three days to go back and forth, not to mention the work points, but the travel expenses are not enough.
Old Mrs. Liang was frightened by her brain supply. Now, after hearing Annie's analysis, she gradually calmed down.
Yes, if the boss is really sick, sending a telegram should also be a "force disease, mother returns quickly", if it weren't for vaguely saying "there is something urgent".
Could it be that the eldest grandson’s marriage was really settled?
The more Mrs. Liang thought about it, the more she felt Annie's words made sense. When she thought that she was going to marry her grandson's wife, Mrs. Liang turned her worries into joy.
However, she is not worried anymore, but she still has to ask Annie for the money.
Just kidding, you don’t have to spend money when you visit your in-laws in the countryside.
The marriage is settled, the bride price, the house is cleaned up, the banquet is held... nothing can be separated from money?!
Old Mrs. Liang discussed with Annie again, "Your brother is in poor health, so he can only do some light work with the women, with fewer work points. By the end of the year, it would be good if he didn't owe the production brigade, and he wouldn't make much money at all."
"It is a big event for our old Zhou family to get married. You, the uncle, have to express your feelings at least."
Anne smiled bitterly, "Mom, if it's a happy event, I must have made some statements. However, first of all, I'm not sure now, secondly, I really have no money on hand-"
"Then let Xu Chunni hand over the money. She doesn't have to worry about being hot when she holds it!" Old Mrs. Liang said angrily.
"Mom, Chunni doesn't have much money. She can't live in her mother's house, so she really can't help but rent a house with her children."
Annie deliberately increased her tone of “renting a house” and also deliberately told Old Lady Liang, “Three rooms cost eight yuan a month.”
With this hint, coupled with the subsequent fueling, Annie believed that Old Lady Liang would soon give her a "surprise"...
Chapter completed!