Don't Say You're Heartless

"Why is that?" Shen Qiuhua didn't understand the purpose of this regulation.

Yang Qiong shrugged. "Who knows? The rules passed down from the ancestors, everyone has always done this." She is a woman and is not within the rules, so she didn't think about the reason carefully.

When the two of them entered the village, it was already dark.In the twilight, it can still be seen that the size of the village is not small.There are row upon row of houses built on the mountain, and there are faint paths between the high and low houses.No one was seen in the village at the moment, and a few dogs could be heard occasionally barking.

Yang Qiong hasn't come back for several years, but she knows the way very well.The main reason is that the village has not changed much, and it looks exactly the same every few years.

When she came to the gate of her own house, Yang Qiong looked back at Shen Qiuhua, and then raised her hand to knock on the door. "Mom and Dad, I'm back." She spoke the local dialect, and Shen Qiuhua struggled to hear it.

Not long after, a very old woman came out through the low courtyard wall.She stood at the door of the room and looked out of the yard, and after a while she asked tentatively, "Is it Xiao Qiong?"

"It's me." Yang Qiong nodded.

The woman came over and opened the courtyard door, before she could speak, a big yellow dog jumped out diagonally, frightening Shen Qiuhua a lot.

"Don't be afraid, my dog. Old Huang." Yang Qiong stopped Shen Qiuhua one step at a time, and let Lao Huang's front paws pounce on her. "Old Huang, are you still alive?" The words Yang Qiong opened his mouth were so unsightly.

Lao Huang is indeed not young, and he will be honest after pounced.Turning around at Yang Qiong's feet, occasionally tilting his head to look at Shen Qiuhua, but he didn't cry.

"Look, it's quite obedient." Yang Qiong reached out and patted Lao Huang's head.Lao Huang let her touch obediently, making a whining sound from his mouth.

"Xiao Qiong, this is..." the woman pointed to Shen Qiuhua and asked.

Yang Qiong was busy teasing the dog, and only now remembered to introduce it to the two of them. "Mom, this is my colleague, Shen Qiuhua. Qiuhua, this is my mother."

Shen Qiuhua has a gentle and generous demeanor, and he didn't have the slightest stage fright when he met Yang's mother.After greeting each other, Mother Yang let them into the house.

The house is very simple, it can even be said to be shabby.Entering the door is the kitchen, which is very smoky and choking.Shen Qiuhua looked around carefully, and found that it was still a wooden structure house, but it also gave birth to a sense of sight from the previous life.

On a bench, sat a very old man, smoking a dry pipe by a firewood.He didn't look back when he heard the door knock, and asked, "Who knocked?"

Mother Yang said: "Xiao Qiong is back." Hearing that tone, there was no surprise at all.

The man turned his face full of vicissitudes, and saw Yang Qiong at a glance.He nodded, "I'm back. Have you eaten yet? It happens that we are going to eat too." He stood up and walked over.

Yang Qiong introduced Shen Qiuhua again.This man is her father. He is over 60 this year, and he is in good health, but he smokes all the year round, his lungs are not good, and he always coughs.

Hearing that this beautiful girl is Yang Qiong's colleague, Father Yang didn't say anything, just nodded his head as a greeting.The two walked through the kitchen and entered the inner room, which should be regarded as the living room.Shen Qiuhua thought to himself.

At this time, a seven or eight-year-old girl ran out from the inner room, and saw the two of them standing there suddenly.The big black eyes blinked, looked at Yang Qiong and asked, "Sister?"

Yang Qiong came over and patted her head, "Are you Erhong?"

The little girl nodded.Immediately turned around and ran to the back room.Shen Qiuhua felt a little sad when he saw how the aunt and nephew looked like they didn't know each other.

"The second child of my second brother's family. I was still holding her in my arms when I saw her last time. She has grown so big in a flash." Yang Qiong finally had a sense of seriousness when speaking.

The two did not continue to walk in.For this family, Yang Qiong feels like an outsider.Outsiders are not qualified to break in all the way.

In the living room, the two unloaded all the things they carried on their backs.Father Yang and Mother Yang didn't make any movement, and Erhong didn't come out after entering the back room.Shen Qiuhua was a little puzzled about what was going on, and looked at Yang Qiong.Yang Qiong shook her head with a smile, took out a water bottle from her backpack and unscrewed the cap and handed it to her, "It's actually similar to staying in a hotel here."

Shen Qiuhua took two sips of water and didn't ask why.They found a stool and sat down, waiting quietly.

In less than 5 minutes, Mother Yang came in from the kitchen, wiped her hands on her apron, went to a nearby cabinet and poured two glasses of water for them.

"Qiuhua, there are no outsiders in our family all year round, so please take care of us if we are neglected." Yang's mother struggled to speak Mandarin, and Shen Qiuhua could only barely understand this sentence when she spoke it very slowly.

"Auntie, you are too polite." Shen Qiuhua smiled and took the water bowl from Mother Yang's hand, and gently placed it on the small table beside her.

Mother Yang smiled, more wrinkles appeared on her face.She turned her head and pulled Yang Qiong to a corner, and asked softly, "Xiao Qiong, how long do you plan to stay this time?"

Rao Yang Qiong was already used to this way of getting along, so it was inevitable that he would have mixed feelings after hearing this.But she had no resentment.Just ask: "Is there not enough food at home?"

"Ordinary food is enough. But your colleague is here, why don't we let her eat cornbread with us all day?" Mother Yang still understands this basic way of hospitality.

"That's fine. We'll eat whatever you usually eat. Besides, I'll leave in about three to five days, so I won't cause you any trouble." Yang Qiong's last words were a little angry.

Mother Yang also heard it, and sighed, "You child, you haven't changed a bit after you have been out for so many years." After speaking, she turned her head and smiled at Shen Qiuhua, and went to the kitchen.

"What did you say?" Yang Qiong and Yang's mother were communicating in local dialect, but Shen Qiuhua didn't understand a word.Originally, this was Yang Qiong's family matter, she shouldn't have asked.But when she got here, she wanted to know everything about Yang Qiong.

"My mother is worried that you won't be used to the food here, so I'll tell her what to do, don't worry about the two of us." Yang Qiong said with a smile.

At this time, Erhong ran out from the back room again, and when she saw Yang Qiong, she immediately asked, "Did my aunt bring me a gift?"

Yang Qiong smiled, took out a Barbie doll from the suitcase and handed it to Erhong. "All girls in the city like to play this, do you like it?"

Erhong took it over and looked at it, then nodded and said, "I like it too, thank you sister-in-law." Then he ran into the back room.But he bumped into a middle-aged woman who just walked out the door.

"You damn girl! You don't have eyes when you walk? Hit me, see if I don't break your leg!" The woman scolded.

Erhong took two steps back in fear, and lowered her hands, "Mom, I won't dare next time."

Satisfied with Erhong's performance, the woman waved her hand to signal that she could go, and Erhong immediately ran in like the wind.

Shen Qiuhua saw that this woman's lips were extremely thin, and she thought she was a mean and talkative person.

"Second sister-in-law." Yang Qiong finished greeting and introduced Shen Qiuhua.

The second sister-in-law of the Yang family took a few glances at Shen Qiuhua, and suddenly smiled "puchi", "Xiao Qiong, you have helped us a lot by bringing such a beautiful girl to our village. In recent years, girls from outside have been unwilling to marry in, so There are more and more bachelors, you are... really thinking about your own people!"

Shen Qiuhua couldn't understand the words of the second sister-in-law of the Yang family, but seeing her eyes kept turning around him, she felt that what she said was related to him.

Yang Qiong's eyes were as sharp as a knife. "Second sister-in-law, Qiuhua is my colleague, and she came back with me this time. If the second sister-in-law was joking, I hope she won't make such a joke in the future. If not, then what she said is a bit too much .”

The second sister-in-law of the Yang family was not angry when she heard this, but the smile on her face deepened a bit. "Little Qiong, the water was thrown by the married daughter. Now you are a guest when you come back."

Yang Qiong also laughed, "Second sister-in-law, I'm not married yet."

Now the second sister-in-law of the Yang family was quite surprised, "Are you already thirty? I remember that you and my third sister were born in one year, and the family has already had two children. You are still not married?" she said Suddenly understood something here, looked her up and down, "Is it because you can't get married outside, and plan to go back to the village to find a man?"

What is this all about?Yang Qiong felt that he was really out of line with these people.

"Second sister-in-law, I just came back to see my parents and you. I have no other ideas. Don't make random guesses." She suddenly realized that it was very unwise to chat with this woman.

Shen Qiuhua sat on the sidelines and watched coldly.Seeing the second sister-in-law of the Yang family looking at herself for a while, and Yang Qiong for a while, she still didn't understand a word for a long time.But looking at Yang Qiong's expression, it seems that the conversation between the two was not pleasant.

At this time, a middle-aged man in his 40s came out of the back room, and he also had traces of time on his face.It looks like Father Yang's four points.

"Second brother." Yang Qiong called out.

The second brother of the Yang family nodded. "Just came back?"

"Yes."

The second elder brother of the Yang family turned his head and looked at his wife, "What are you still doing here? Why don't you go outside to help? Didn't you see any guests?"

The second sister-in-law of the Yang family went to the kitchen without saying a word.The second elder brother of the Yang family turned his head and saw Shen Qiuhua, and looked at Yang Qiong with questioning eyes.

Yang Qiong originally thought that when eating, he would introduce everyone and finish the job.Anyway, with Shen Qiuhua's memory, there is no need to worry about not being able to remember.Unexpectedly, everyone came out one by one, so she had to introduce it again.

Shen Qiuhua nodded towards the second elder brother of the Yang family.The second brother of the Yang family didn't pay much attention to her.Turning to Yang Qiong, he said, "Have you made a lot of money outside these years?"

"It's just to make ends meet." Yang Qiong was telling the truth.The little money she earned was just enough to feed her food and clothing.

"I asked Erhong to inform the eldest brother and them, and they will probably come in a while." Such houses usually have two doors at the front and back, so that it is convenient to enter and exit.

Sure enough, half an hour later, the food here was already on the table, and several brothers and sisters from the Yang family also came over there.They were all family members, and the room suddenly became lively.