Chapter 249

"Are there any other adults in your family?" Ye Lingtian once again confirmed that there was no one else in the family and asked.

"Yes, my mother, my fourth brother and my fifth sister are all working in the field. They should be back for dinner soon, or I'll go to the field and ask them to come back," the little girl said.

"No, we'll just wait here"

"Girl, how many brothers and sisters are there in your family?" Li Yuxin heard the little girl say, four elder brother five elder sister's stare big eyes asked.

"We have six brothers and sisters in our family, and I'm the youngest. There are big brother, second sister, third sister, fourth brother, fifth sister, I'm old six. "The little girl said with a smile, it's very nice.

"Six? My God. "Li Yuxin looked at the little girl in disbelief.

"How old are you?"

"I'm 15 this year"

"At school?"

"Yes, I'm in junior high school."

"Is your school far away? "Away from here"

"It's not too far. It's just in our town. It's only a few hours' walk away," the little girl said with a smile.

"A few hours, it really takes so long to get here to your town. It's estimated to be five hours." Li Yuxin sighed when she heard that the school was in the town.

"No, it's only three hours," the little girl said, shaking her head.

"What's your name?" asked ye Lingtian again.

"My name is Wang Xue"

Ye Lingtian sits there chatting with the little girl. Although Wang Xue is young, she is very mature. She talks like an adult. Before long, she sees someone coming from outside.

"My mother and my brother, they are back," Wang Xue said and came out, shouting: "mother, brother's comrades in arms came, said that brother let him come back to see us.".

Ye Lingtian also stood up and went out. As soon as I went out, I saw a woman in her sixties (in fact, she was just in her early fifties, so she looked much older than her real age because she worked all the year round) coming in with a young man and a girl carrying farm tools.

The three people all looked at ye Lingtian and Li Yuxin in surprise.

"Are you a Yong's comrade in arms?" The woman came to ask ye Lingtian.

"Yes, I'm Wang Yong's comrade in arms, I retired, so he asked me to bring him back to see you, he can't come back because of the heavy task," ye Lingtian nodded.

"Come and sit in the house, Xiaoxue. Is the meal ready? Go, go, take that Bacon off the roof and cook it. Ali, go to your third uncle's house to make a pot of wine. "The woman laughed, arranged for several children to do things, and finally said to another daughter," Xiaoyu, go and take out the new tea we collected this year and make it for the guests. ".

"Aunt, really don't be so polite." ye Lingtian was a little embarrassed.

"Villagers, there is nothing good to greet you. Don't mind, don't mind, sit down." Wang Yong's mother is also a little nervous.

"You're welcome, aunt. Wang Yong and I are comrades in arms and brothers. His family is my family. I'm not an outsider. You're welcome.".

"You and a Yong are comrades in arms. This boy asked his third uncle to help him become a soldier in the army. He went there for more than ten years, but he didn't come back. It's hard for him to write a letter in a year. Yes, you look as old as him. Is that your mother-in-law? It's so beautiful, so beautiful, "Wang Yong's mother said with a smile, looking at Li Yuxin.

The word "mother-in-law" does not sound good. It seems that it has a derogatory meaning. However, in some places, it means daughter-in-law and wife. There is absolutely no derogatory meaning. Ye Lingtian and Li Yuxin both know this. However, Wang Yong's mother said that, Li Yuxin and ye Lingtian were embarrassed.

"Aunt, our army is a very special one. We are not allowed to have too much contact with the outside world. Even if we write home, we have to be censored. Basically, we haven't been home. Don't blame Wang Yong," ye Lingtian said with a smile, lighting a cigarette.

"I don't blame him, but I miss him after I haven't seen him for so many years. He said he had a good life in the army, so we can rest assured. He is out of the mountain. I just hope that he can marry a mother-in-law and have a baby, so that his father's spirit in heaven will be at ease, "Wang Yong's mother said and then talked about Wang Yong's father, not only wiping tears.

"Uncle, he?" Asked ye Lingtian.

"I've been gone. I've been sick for six or seven years."

"I'm sorry" ye Lingtian nodded, his eyes dimmed.

"Auntie, what's the situation at home?" Ye Lingtian looked at some old houses and asked.

"As you can see, there are six children in my family. The eldest one has gone to be a soldier. The most obedient one is able to send a lot of money back to his family every month. The second and the third are married. The fourth got a disease two years ago, which empties the family. Now the fourth and fifth are helping at home, and the sixth is still in school, spending a lot of money every year. I didn't want her to go to school. It's no use for girls to go to school so much. Sooner or later, they want to get married. But the boss didn't do it. He wrote back and said that he must let sixth go to school, and that he should go to university to bear the burden. Ah, the eldest and the fourth have not married their mother-in-law, and they have no money at home. They still let the sixth go to school. I really don't know what to do, "sighed Wang Yong's mother.

"Wang Yong is right. She should be allowed to go to school. Only when she goes to school can she walk out of the mountains and have a better life in the future. Fourth and fifth have been working at home all the time. How much is the family's annual income? " Ye Lingtian nodded. In the countryside, some of this idea of son preference is still deep-rooted, which can not blame Wang Yong's feudal mother thought.

"In addition to the food you eat at home, you can get six or seven thousand yuan a year. The boss can send back more than ten thousand yuan a year, which adds up to twenty thousand yuan. But I have to wear clothes at home, and I have to go to school. I can't save much money every year. Last year, I told the old four a mother-in-law, but the bride price was only 30000 yuan. How could we have so much money? What a good mother-in-law, she turned yellow at last, and later she married someone else. "Wang Yong's mother said with a look of chagrin.

"Why do you earn so little a year? You have several labors at home. "Ye Lingtian is very surprised. He only earns six or seven thousand yuan for his own food all year round. He still works by three people, which is unimaginable.

"It's already very good. Our family's labor force is pretty good. We can sell a lot of things a year. Some families have no children, and they can eat for themselves all the year round. Basically, there is nothing left. Our place is no more convenient than that in the town or those villages outside. They can sell everything they want. We don't have access roads and cars can't get in here. We have to pick and sell everything by ourselves, "Wang Yong's mother said slowly.