When my mother was still embarrassed, Niu Xiaogang reached out and unzipped the bag, and took out a temporary new Sanyo, "Mom, this is a special award for me by the factory leaders in recognition of my hard work, I am worried that it will be stolen in the dormitory, you help me keep it, I am going to keep it for when I get married." ”

Mother Sun Mei heard that the first half of the music blossomed, and she thought that her eldest son would keep this tape recorder for the family, so that the old Niu family would have face in the village. Later, when she heard her eldest son say that he wanted to keep the tape recorder for marriage, Sun Mei's smile froze suddenly.

Niu Xiaogang unconsciously advised: "You find a nylon bag to wrap it up and hang it on the beam, so that the tape recorder will not be damp or damaged." ”

"Oh...... Oh...... I'm going to find a nylon bag, Gangzi, you rest for a while, your father-your dad is raking in the back mountain, I guess it's time to come back, let's have dinner together later. ”

Niu Xiaogang took the bag in his hand, waved his hand and said, "No need, the food in the canteen in the factory is very good, I'd better go to the factory to eat, Mom, I'm leaving." ”

Niu Xiaogang didn't seem to want to stay at the home where he had lived for more than ten years, so he turned around and left after speaking. When he reached the door, he once again ignored his brother who was pinching vegetables at the door, as if this brother was air.

Sun Mei chased her all the way to the door, she opened her mouth to say something, but her lips squirmed several times, and she still didn't say a word after all.

Niu Xiaoqiang was almost angry, he originally wanted to upset his mother and sister, but when he thought of his status in the family, he had to dispel this idea.

There are a total of eight people in the family, and the highest status is his father Niu Dazhuang, followed by his brother Niu Xiaogang, and then it is his mother's turn Sun Mei.

And his father Niu Dazhuang is also very doting on his brother Niu Xiaogang, as long as Niu Xiaogang's opinions are raised, he basically supports them all, even Sun Mei can't compare.

What is Niu Xiaoqiang? He is just a fool, he has no status at all in the family, and he can only play tricks with Rhubarb.

Niu Xiaogang is different, he is the pride of heaven that the old Niu family has cultivated with great difficulty, and he is the biggest reliance of the old Niu family to change the identity of three generations of poor peasants. He was already a technical expert in the factory at a young age, and even Director Chen valued him very much and wanted to marry his daughter to him. Such a capable son, the father doesn't like it?

The main reason why Niu Xiaogang is so unpopular and has such a cold temperament is that Niu Da Zhuang is on his body.

Niu Dazhuang gave birth to four daughters before waiting for such a son, and he was a bit serious in his patriarchal thinking, so he naturally doted on his eldest son. Generally, children from rural families are experts in farm work, but Niu Xiaogang is an exception, the heaviest farm work he has ever done when he is so old is herding cattle, and the hoes and other farm tools at home are insulated from him, and he has never touched them.

When he was very young, Niu Xiaogang realized his privileged position at home, and he was always calling his sisters. Later, even his mother began to dislike it, and his words always revealed his dissatisfaction with his mother, thinking that his mother was a rustic mountain man, which was too embarrassing for him.

When he grew up, his excellent academic performance made him even more proud. When he was hired by the factory in advance with excellent grades, his tail went straight to the sky, and even his father, who had always doted on him, was not so eye-catching. As for the rest of the family, that's not to mention.

For example, the third sister Niu Qiuxiang, she works in the canteen of the factory, but Niu Xiaogang never talks to Niu Qiuxiang, and never mentions her relationship with Niu Qiuxiang to others, as if this will make him very faceless.

Niu Xiaoqiang is very contemptuous of his brother, but he can only despise it at present, there is no way, who called him no status in the family?

"Mom, the dishes have been pinched, is there any other work to do? ”

In order to ease his mother's mood, Niu Xiaoqiang pinched the dishes as quickly as possible and asked with a smile.

Seeing her youngest son behaving like this, Sun Mei's discomfort eased a lot, and she smiled: "Mother-mom doesn't have anything for you to do, you go study." ”

"Mom, you don't have to listen to the eldest brother, I think the title of mother is very good, there is no need to change it to mother. ”

Sun Mei didn't speak, she shook her head and sighed, and walked into the kitchen with the vegetable basket.

The eldest sister Niu Chunxiang patted Niu Xiaoqiang's head: "Little brother, it's still good to you." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang grinned: "Sister, it's still early, the further you go, the better you will find me." ”

"Praise you for two sentences, you're still floating, silly boy, go study. ”

"Howler. ”

After Niu Xiaoqiang entered the house, Niu Chunxiang said to himself: "This stupid brother seems to have really changed, he has become smarter, even if he has not become smarter, he is much stronger than the eldest brother." ”

At half past seven in the evening, the family set up dishes, chopsticks, tables and chairs under the big tree in front of their house, and ate and drank together.

Niu Xiaxiang and Niu Dongxiang have gone back to the city, and the third sister Niu Qiuxiang went to help in the canteen of the arsenal and only went home on weekends, so only Niu Dazhuang and his wife, Niu Chunxiang and Niu Xiaoqiang sat at the table.

Niu Dazhuang had already heard about his eldest son's homecoming, and he complained to his wife while drinking: "You really can't do anything at all, and you can't even keep your own son." ”

Sun Mei drank porridge silently and didn't say a word.

Seeing that his wife was too lazy to take care of himself, Niu Dazhuang felt more and more depressed, and drank hard.

Niu Xiaoqiang saw that the atmosphere was not right, and he didn't even dare to take a breath of air. Worried that he would be beaten by his father for no reason, he finished his meal as fast as he could, then said hello, got up and walked into the house.

Niu Xiaoqiang didn't stay in the house, he slipped out of the back door directly, and trotted to the door of Niu Huahua's firewood house.

Seeing that there was no one around, Niu Xiaoqiang bent down and entered the firewood room of someone else's house. It didn't take much effort for him to come out with a cow chew.

A cow chew is a tool that is specially put on the mouth of a cow to prevent it from eating crops.

After harvesting the rice, the rural people will spread the ears of rice on the rice field, and then put a stone stone on the ox, and drive the oxen to crush the rice ears back and forth on the rice field. After repeating this many times, the grains on the ears of rice will be crushed and fall off.

In the mountains, where there are few fields and the output of grain is very limited, some villagers will put chews on the cows' mouths to prevent them from stealing grain while grinding the ears of rice.