Chapter 88: Where the Heart Knot Is
There are good dishes and good wine, and the men have to push the cup and change the cup to drink a few glasses, Zhang Wenguang and the brothers pulled Qu Weiyang, you come and go with me to drink less, and a bottle of wine quickly drank to the bottom.
Fortunately, Qiaolian prepared two bottles, and hurriedly opened another bottle, and was about to pour it, but Qiaojuan reached out and stopped it.
"No, don't drink it, we'll have to drive back in a while." You've all drunk too much, do you want the old ladies to catch the car?
Look at your little bit of energy, you are not allowed to drink, and if you drink too much, you will go back to drunkenness. Qiao Juan glared at Zhang Wenguang.
Zhang Wenguang listened to his daughter-in-law's words the most, and when he saw his daughter-in-law's eyes, he immediately stopped drinking anymore.
"Yes, yes, we have to catch the car when we go back, we can't drink anymore, come on, eat vegetables." The second sister has made so many good dishes, let's eat vegetables. ”
As soon as Zhang Wenguang stopped, Zhang Wenxing and Qu Weiyang also felt that they couldn't drink anymore, so they all stopped and ate some casual meals, and dinner was over.
It was not early, and after dinner, everyone got up and left Qu's house and drove back.
Zhang Wenguang and his wife originally planned to use Qu Weiyang as an excuse to drink too much to let Qu Weiyang stay, but without waiting for Qiaolian to refuse, Qu Weiyang instead expressed his intention to leave.
Everyone in the Zhang family was helpless, so they could only shake their heads and sigh, and the group just took advantage of the night to go back.
On the way, Qiao Juan told Qu Weiyang what she had talked to Qiao Lian during the day.
"Second brother-in-law, my second sister has a knot, you have to think of ideas, if you don't untie this knot, it is impossible for her to accept you.
Alas, you said that this matter was troublesome, when you left home to join the army, you had to mention it to your second sister. She knows in her heart, and she can't be so angry with you, right? ”
Qu Weiyang also smiled bitterly when he heard it, "Eldest sister, how dare you tell your family at that time?"
Our Shijiagou was not liberated at that time, let others know that I went to join the army, wouldn't even my father and mother and Qiaolian have to suffer? ”
Qu Weiyang left home to join the army in the winter of 1945, when Shijiagou had not yet been liberated, and he really did not dare to speak out.
Everyone sighed, "Then you say, what should I do now?" My sister has a twisted temper, and she said that she wants to separate from you, so she will definitely not look back.
You can think of this matter yourself, we can only help you say good things, but there is no way to stop her from divorcing you.
It's mainly you, how can you find a way to make the resentment in her heart disappear, so that the two of you can be together. ”
Qiao Juan couldn't think of any good way, Qiao Lian's attitude was so resolute, and her eldest sister didn't have a problem.
"Alas, why do you say the second sister is so stubborn?
I watched during the day, and she got along very well with her brother-in-law, talking and laughing.
My brother-in-law was tired and sweaty, and he handed towels and water, just like two people getting along.
Why do you have to put this breath aside? It's over, why can't we live together peacefully? Zhang Wenguang shook his head in confusion while driving the car.
"Can you not be stubborn? If the second sister doesn't have a little heart, can she raise the two children with gritted teeth?
What is a good place for you to camp in Kuangzi Village? The poorer the place, the more right and wrong, the more people can't see others better.
The second sister led the two children to be helpless, if they didn't have this little bit of energy, they would have been bullied to death by those people a long time ago. "Qiaojuan doesn't have a good impression of Yingkuangzi Village.
Zhang Wenguang thought about it, it was not easy for Qiaolian these years.
The husband is nowhere to be seen, there are in-laws above and a pair of children below, and he has to deal with those ill-intentioned people outside.
"Brother-in-law, it's not that your brother-in-law won't help you, your brother-in-law really can't help with this, everything that should be said has been said, and the second sister can't listen to it."
Qu Weiyang smiled when he heard this, "Eldest sister, eldest brother-in-law, thank you, I'll solve this matter myself, you have helped me a lot, I'm really grateful."
Sister, I'm glad you told me this, okay, I know what to do this time. Qu Weiyang already had a solution in his heart, and his mood was much better.
There was no moonlight at the beginning of the month, and it was pitch black all around, but fortunately, Zhang Wenguang had been driving for many years, and he was used to walking this road, and he could get home safely with his eyes closed, so the carriage trotted back to Zhang's house.
After a day's work, the big guys were very tired, so they went home and cleaned up, and the bottom of the pot was on fire, and the big guys didn't care about that, so they went to sleep.
Qu Weiyang got up early every day and ran to Shizuizi greedily, he was tired from working during the day, and he drank a little wine tonight, lying on the kang in Zhang's West House, and fell asleep in less than two minutes.
The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Qu Weiyang was already refreshed, got dressed and came out of Zhang's house, and rushed to Shizuizi.
The exterior walls of the Qu family have been cleaned up and sturdy, so there is no need for Brother Zhang Wenguang to go over to help.
Only the inner wall was left, which was simply repaired, Qu Weiyang did it himself, with Qiaolian to take the handle, and it took more than two days to get it all done.
The inner and outer walls were all repaired, Qu Weiyang was not idle, and went into the mountains to cut a lot of wood, and split them into a lot of smooth wooden halberds.
Qiao Lian watched Qu Weiyang do this, felt strange, and asked without holding back.
"What are you doing here? Keep the fire burning? The firewood doesn't have to be chopped so smoothly, you are almost caught up with the carpenter's sawing, and the thickness is almost the same. ”
Qu Weiyang laughed when he heard it, "Didn't you notice that the wooden halberd I split is quite similar to the tiles on the roof?" I'm going to change the roof tiles for you.
Taking advantage of the good weather in the spring and no rain, I quickly cleaned up the roof to save the house from leaking rain on rainy days. ”
Now the house is different from the later generations, there is no nailing of the shed board or hanging shed, and when you look up, you can see Liang Chu.
The roof is paved with eight boards, and the eight boards are hung with tiles, and the gables on both sides are built to the top and sealed.
In this way, they all point to the eight boards and tiles to block the rain, and if the tiles hanging on them are moved or rotten and broken, the house will leak rain.
Qiaolian lives in an old house, which has not been repaired for several years, Qu Weiyang is worried that the roof tiles will not work, and it will leak when it rains in summer, so how can people live?
So Qu Weiyang wanted to take the opportunity to clean up, so that he would return to the army on leave, and Qiaolian's mother and son would not have to suffer at home.
"Oh, it turned out to be for repairing the roof, I really didn't pay attention." The house in Shijiagou used to be pretty good, and it didn't leak rain, but Qiaolian didn't know how to pull the roof.
"Thank you, for thinking so thoughtfully, these days, you have helped to re-clamp the garden sticks, the inside and exterior walls have been cleaned up and repaired, and now you have to help me repair the roof.
If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't know what to do. Qiao Lian thanked her sincerely.
Qu Weiyang smiled, "It's so polite to me, isn't this what I should do?"
I'm just trying to make up for my past mistakes, and you don't have to thank or appreciate it. ”
Qiao Lian glanced at Qu Weiyang, phew, who is grateful to you? Kick your nose on your face, give you a smile and you will be bright, and you will not bother to pay attention to you in the future.