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052: Uneasy

After Zhao Peng's uncle was imprisoned, his already fierce aunt scolded Zhao Peng's family as well as his grandmother, and strictly prohibited her from interacting with Zhao Peng's family, including Zhao Peng's mother.

Although Zhao Peng understood his aunt's anger, he also felt sorry for his grandmother.

Standing in her position as an elderly person, her palms and backs are full of flesh, with her miserable daughter on one side and her poor son on the other, she feels uncomfortable no matter who suffers.

What can she do?

In rural areas, married daughters throw water away. Since Zhao Peng's mother is married outside, she is from another family. Now that her family is imprisoned for other family members, my aunt has no one else to complain to, so she will

All the anger was poured out on grandma.

The poor grandma had no way to defend herself, so she had to endure it silently. Not only did she have to do very heavy work at home, but sometimes she would go back to herd the sheep without even having a hot meal, and the pots would hang up after being washed.

It can be said that because of the affairs in Zhao Peng's family, several families were in a state of collapse and many people who were originally good to their families were in an embarrassing situation. This cannot be blamed on others.

"I have something to do here, Nai, are you here alone on the street?"

Grandma smiled kindly and helped Zhao Peng pull up his collar, "I'll sell the eggs at home and exchange them for some oil. There's no more oil to eat."

Only then did Zhao Peng notice that the bulge in his grandmother's little cloth bag turned out to be filled with eggs.

Judging from the appearance of the bags, it doesn't seem like there are many. I guess there are only about twenty at most.

He couldn't help but feel sad.

Grandma raised two hens, but they didn’t lay eggs every day. I don’t know how long it took for these eggs to be laid, so they were accumulated one by one.

"Grandma, please give me the eggs, and I will give you the money first."

"Ah, you want to eat eggs. You don't raise chickens at home, so grandma will give you two, and you can take them back to eat. I can't give you more, or your aunt will scold me again. Alas."

Grandma tremblingly reached out and took out two eggs. After hesitating, she took out another one and said, "Here, take three."

Zhao Peng's eyes were almost red.

Grandma, grandma.

"It doesn't matter, grandma, just give it to me. You see, I will give you the money."

Zhao Peng took out all the money with a face value of 5 yuan that he had put in a pocket, and stuffed it into his grandmother's hand, "Grandma, keep this money, go back and give the money from selling eggs to your aunt, and you can take the remaining money."

Keep it for yourself, you can buy some food, and you can also buy medicine when your back hurts."

Grandma looked at the pile of money in her hand and hurriedly handed it back to Zhao Peng in panic, "You kid, where did you get so much money? You should collect it yourself. Your family is also nervous now. Your mother still needs to take medicine. You

Dad's health is like that, and you three siblings have to spend money to go to school... Oh, my miserable daughter has to suffer at home with my mother, and she will suffer even more when she gets married."

As my grandmother spoke, she wiped her tears with her lapel.

"Grandma, don't be sad. You look like this, and I want to cry too." Zhao Peng really couldn't help it. He was fine at other times, but when he saw his grandma's old and weak look, he thought of her lying on the cold kang.

After waiting for so long, and finally dying in pain, it was really hard to calm down.

But is my aunt to blame for this?

It’s so difficult.

My aunt's family has three children. After my uncle came out, his health plummeted and he could no longer do heavy work.

Grandma lives with her uncle, so the burden of the family of five falls on her. What can she do? Faced with such a natural disaster, she is just an ordinary rural woman. How big a deal does she need?

Being able to take care of my grandmother who has been paralyzed for several years, I can't say much more.

In the final analysis, it is still the uncle's problem on the father's side.

The old Zhao family is ashamed of the old Zhang family.

"Look at me, I don't know when God will take away this breath. I really don't want to live for a day. I have lived enough. You should collect this money quickly. I don't want it. You can use the money to study. When you get out,

Become a high official, make a lot of money, and make your parents look good."

Grandma kindly grabbed Zhao Peng's hand and patted it gently, "If my grandson becomes a master in the future, then my face will not be bright even if I lie on the ground. You have been a sensible child since you were a child, and so are you.

The most promising of all my grandchildren, he must study hard and not neglect his studies."

"I understand, grandma. But just accept the money. Don't worry, I still have money. Didn't you say that your eldest grandson is a person who makes a lot of money, so he won't make any money. Hurry up and collect it.

Don't be seen by others, there are many thieves now."

"No more..."

"grandmother!!!"

Zhao Peng had no choice but to resort to the trump card of coquettishness.

Although it is shameful, there is nothing I can do about it.

From a very young age, whenever he wanted something, he would act like a spoiled child to his grandmother, who would pat his head and give it to him with a sigh.

His closeness to his grandmother can only be compared to that of his mother.

He is many times closer than his father.

Grandma saw that he was using his trump card, so she had no choice but to carefully put the money into her pocket and pat it hard with her hands outside to prevent it from being put away properly.

"Grandma, when are you going back?"

"I originally sold the eggs and bought a pound of oil and then went back. Now that you want to eat eggs, I will just go and buy the oil."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Zhao Peng pushed the cart and accompanied his grandmother to a small store.

At this time, there was no concept of supermarkets. Towns were usually small shops or small stores, selling different types of goods according to their size.

Zhao Peng and his grandmother came to a relatively large store, which not only stocked household items, but also kitchen supplies such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and seasonings. Of course, there were also pots and pans.

"Grandma, why don't you go shopping by yourself?"

The owner of the store is from my grandmother's village. My grandmother has the highest seniority in their village. There is no one higher than her. She is a very nice person and everyone in the village also likes and respects her.

"Ah, yes, let me buy some gas. What's the price of gas today?"

"I'll definitely give you the cost price. How much do you want?"

"One pound is enough. I don't have any extra money."

The boss was stunned for a moment, with a slightly sympathetic look on his face. He was from the village and couldn't hide anything. Everyone knew what happened at grandma's house.

"Grandma, I see you didn't bring an oil bottle with you. Let me get you a bottle to put it in."

"Sorry to trouble you, I was just thinking about how to bring it back. When I came here, I had washed the oil can, but I just forgot to bring it. Alas, people just can't remember things when they get older. They are getting older.

"

"Don't say that. You have to wait for a better life in the future. The difficulties now are temporary and will be over soon. Come and give you some oil."

Zhao Peng had been standing next to his grandmother and watching. When he saw the oil being handed over, he couldn't help but be startled and glanced at the boss.

The amount of this bottle is only one kilogram, and even two kilograms may not be able to hold it.

Sure enough, grandma felt something was wrong when she got it, and quickly said: "One pound is enough. We don't eat much oil. Please pour some out quickly."

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