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Chapter 131 Lu Shishen Married a Lazy Woman
“I remember when Xingxing was just born, I didn’t eat well and didn’t have enough milk.
He made a bow and arrow, and he could shoot down pigeons in the trees and wild rabbits in the mountains with one shot. He was so good.”
Guan Ailian said with gusto, almost waking the child up. She quickly lowered her voice. “Your parents saw him like that, and they were worried.
They thought that he was so quiet, he wouldn’t achieve anything, and he wouldn’t even find a wife in the future.” “When he turned eighteen, there were just some military recruitment quotas in the village. He went to sign up behind his parents’ backs. Who would have thought that he passed the political review right away.
I felt like he became more energetic after he signed up. Later, he came back for the first time after serving in the army for two years, and I felt like he had changed into a different person. Anyway, he was much better than when he was a child.
He was so lifeless back then, he wasn’t like a living person.” Guan Ailian wasn’t very educated, and her language was quite straightforward.
She spoke about things with gusto. Yang Niannian was increasingly surprised. She felt that the person Guan Ailian was describing was very different from the current Lu Shishen. Although Lu Shishen wasn’t a very talkative person now, he wasn’t completely silent either.
As for practicing martial arts with a wooden stick, Yang Niannian didn’t find it strange. When she was a child, she liked to stick chopsticks in her hair and wear a sheet, imagining herself as a noble lady. After thinking for a while, she asked, “Did your parents treat Shishen badly when he was young, or did he get scared when he was a child, leaving him with some psychological shadow?
” Guan Ailian shook her head, “Well, how do we raise children in the countryside? It’s good enough if they don’t go hungry or freeze.
We didn’t do anything to him.
The second year after I married your brother, your brother was beaten by your father with a club.” Speaking of this, Guan Ailian laughed again, “I’ll tell you, your parents are afraid of Shishen, they dare not touch him.” Yang Niannian, “…”
The generation gap was too big. Guan Ailian was straightforward and kind, but she was a typical old-fashioned person, and it was hard to change that. Seeing that Yang Niannian didn’t say anything, Guan Ailian thought she was sleepy, “Niannian, if you’re sleepy, go to sleep quickly. We have to get up early tomorrow. If you wake up late, your mother will shout all over the village, saying that Shishen married a lazy wife. You won’t have a good reputation in the village.”
Guan Ailian had experienced this kind of hardship; she was kindly reminding Yang Niannian. Yang Niannian also wanted to sleep, but the room was too hot and there were too many mosquitoes, she couldn’t sleep at all.
Outside. Lu Qingyuan and Lu Shishen weren’t asleep either. They spread straw mats on the ground and slept. Fuguang ran over and lay down next to Lu Shishen’s feet, occasionally rolling over on his back. His brother had finally come back, Lu Qingyuan was happy. This was the first time they had slept together since his brother had grown up. His brother used to be quiet and lifeless when he was a child, but now he was becoming more and more down-to-earth.
Lu Qingyuan couldn’t help but want to have a heart-to-heart talk with his brother, “You don’t plan to hold a wedding, does your sister-in-law know? Does she have any objections?” “She doesn’t have any objections, we discussed it and decided.”
Lu Shishen said calmly. He placed his hands on his abdomen, sleeping straight and stiff, like a coffin lid. He had always been like this since he was a child.
Lu Qingyuan used to imitate his brother’s sleeping posture when he was a child, but he couldn’t hold it for long before he would turn over and kick his legs.
He brought his thoughts back, “You’re not young anymore, maybe you’ll be transferred back to civilian life in the next few years.”
He paused, then said earnestly, “Now you’re married, and soon you’ll have your own family. I’ve discussed it with your sister-in-law, this house was built with your allowance, we can’t shamelessly occupy it and not leave.
I’m going to build a house on the piece of land at the entrance of the village, when you come back, we’ll move there. It’s just that our parents might not want to move and live with us, they might want to stay with you.” Lu Qingyuan knew his parents’ temper, they wouldn’t want to move and live in an earthen house with him, they would definitely stay in this house and not leave.
Lu Shishen’s eyes were as deep as a pool. He looked at the ceiling and said in a deep voice, “Brother, you’ve been taking care of our parents all these years, you’ve worked hard.” “It’s nothing.” Lu Qingyuan told the truth, “Our parents are still young, they don’t need to be taken care of.
They usually help me more, and they’ve used a lot of the money you sent back to help the children.” To be honest, he, the elder brother, was really useless, not even one-tenth as good as his brother. “That being said, having a son by their side, the two old people will always feel more at ease.” Lu Shishen said. Seeing that his brother was so understanding, Lu Qingyuan was very moved. He listened as his brother continued, “I won’t be transferred back to civilian life for now.
All these years, I haven’t been able to take care of the family.
I’ll leave this house for you to live in, as compensation for my failure to fulfill my responsibilities. You don’t have to move; this house will be yours from now on.
” Lu Qingyuan and his wife had already discussed returning the house to his brother, but he didn’t want the house. It cost over 1,500 yuan to build the house, all of which was sent back by his brother. He hadn’t paid a penny. He felt uneasy living in this house, but he also knew his brother’s temper. His brother really meant it when he said he would leave the house to him. He really needed this house… Lu Qingyuan was a kind and honest man. He didn’t play games of false sentiment; he was so moved that his eyes were moist. “What about your sister-in-law…”
“She doesn’t mind.” Lu Qingyuan was even more touched, “Your sister-in-law is a good girl. She came to our place and didn’t even look down upon us for being poor.
You have to treat her well. I think she’s better than her sister. When our parents went to their house before, her sister was rude to them, she looked down on them.”
Like Guan Ailian, Lu Qingyuan subconsciously thought of Yang Niannian as a girl from a wealthy family, so he was always worried that Yang Niannian would look down on their poor living conditions.
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