After dinner in the morning, Zhao Cheng, Wang Cuihua, Zhong Ziqi, and Zhao Zhengan went to Li Zheng's house. There was a man in his early fifties who was sitting in the yard talking with his little grandson in his arms. He saw them come in. Lizheng was just a little surprised, so he called his son to take his grandson away.
The man in Lizheng was busy in the kitchen, and he came over when he heard the shout. When he saw Zhao Cheng and his family, he immediately understood. It's really unscrupulous to come to separate the family in two days. He is a neat person, bored in his heart, his face is not so good-looking, he ignored the two couples and directly hugged his little grandson: "Come on, dear grandson, grandma will take you to eat something delicious."
After the child was taken away, Lizheng got up and flicked his clothes and turned around: "Go into the room and talk."
Zhong Ziqi looked around and secretly remembered the location of Li Zheng's house, and was the last one to enter the house.
"Lizheng, we are here today to make a written statement." Wang Cuihua said impatiently.
Li Zheng raised his eyelids and glanced at him: "Separation?"
"Yes, you see that Zheng'an is not young anymore. His younger brother will get married in two years, and our house is not enough to live in. I don't need Zheng'an to take care of them, so let's split them up."
Li Zheng ignored Wang Cuihua's murmurs and asked Zhao Cheng, "You agree?"
Zhao Cheng nodded indifferently.
Zhong Ziqi saw that Lizheng was looking at him and nodded immediately: "Uncle Lizheng, I also agree."
Since both parties agreed that Lizheng would not talk too much, he took out a pen and paper and wrote down all the points to be divided according to Zhao Cheng's statement. Before signing, Zhong Ziqi suddenly said, "Mum, is it true that you don't need us to provide for the elderly?"
Wang Cuihua was in a hurry to sign, and waved impatiently, "I don't need you." It would be good not to pay the money.
"Oh, Uncle Lizheng, please write this sentence too, and also write that after the division of the family, we will not interfere with each other's finances. We don't need to take a penny to support them in the elderly, and they have no right to interfere with our family's future affairs. .”
"This—" Lizheng didn't expect Zhong Ziqi, a thin brother, to be quite scheming, not as weak as the village said.
"Uncle Lizheng, you have also seen that Zhengan is a fool. Our family doesn't even have a labor force, and we only rely on me as an elder brother. If you want me to take money for the elderly, I can't afford it. We both have problems in our lives." Zhong Ziqi looked at Lizheng pitifully, trying to arouse his compassion. He didn't know that his appearance was exactly the same as Zhao Zhengan's usual aggrieved appearance.
Sure enough, Li Zheng felt soft-hearted and sympathized with him: "Okay, do you have any objections?"
Zhao Cheng frowned, Wang Cuihua didn't do it, he still has a bit of a brain, what he said verbally is different from what he said in writing, he thought that if the two of them got rich one day, then they-
But Zhong Ziqi didn't give him a chance to open his mouth: "It's okay if Mom and Dad don't like it. Can we get more money if we split up? It's really difficult for us to support ourselves."
Sure enough, the two people with small vision immediately shut up and agreed not to pay a penny for the two of them.
In this way, the two parties signed it in triplicate, and the agreement came into force.
After returning home, Zhong Ziqi didn't need Wang Cuihua to chase her away, she went back very consciously to pack up her things and leave. In fact, there was nothing to clean up. He didn't bring many things, only two or three pieces of clothes, while Zhao Zhengan's was even less. Wearing good clothes or getting married, this one that Wang Cuihua deliberately rushed to remake for fear of bad reputation, it is still old, and the other clothes are basically tattered, with many big and small holes on it, Zhong Ziqi wanted to throw it away, but thought of it I don't know what life to face, so let's keep it.
Seeing Zhong Ziqi packing up his things, Zhao Zhengan tugged at his sleeves, "Daughter-in-law, please don't leave, idiots will listen to you."
Zhong Ziqi didn't expect him to be quite sensitive, so she put down what she was doing, and coaxed: "Didn't I tell you that your name is Zhao Zhengan and you are not a fool? And let's go to live in another place, okay? It's just the two of us living together." .”
Zhao Zhengan tilted his head: "Aren't you with Mom and Dad?"
"No, it's just the two of us." Zhao Zhengan clapped his hands happily: "Okay, okay, just be with my wife again."
Zhong Ziqi had no choice but to call him whatever he wanted. Looking at his happy face, he remembered the scars on his body. When he undressed to sleep last night, he lifted his clothes and checked. There were many long red marks, which were obviously made with a stick. There are still some wounds or scars that have scabbed, which shows how difficult his life in this house is.
Zhong Ziqi is a person who is easygoing and calm in nature. Deep in his heart, he likes this kind of life in a farmyard. There is no intrigue or worry. Although his current life is not as good as he imagined, his life must continue. Now there is another A person who depends on him for a living will starve to death if he doesn't work hard, but he won't have any regrets or troubles. He is obedient and unintentionally cute (stupid performance). How can he be as hard as a stone in his heart.
Shaking her head, Zhong Ziqi packed up her things and wrapped them into a package to carry on her back. After going out the door, Zhong Ziqi saw Wang Cuihua sitting in the main room. He walked over and shouted, "Em, we're leaving!!"
Wang Cuihua replied impatiently: "Let's go, let's take the food distributed to you, take away the dishes and chopsticks quickly, and you are not allowed to pick the vegetables in the yard after you eat them yourself." It was all negotiated, even if Wang Cuihua was not happy with one hundred and twenty people, it was not easy to do, and then she turned her head and walked away, muttering something while walking, it would not be a good word anyway.
Zhong Ziqi didn't care too much. Seeing that there was only half a bag of coarse grains, she was speechless. This Wang Cuihua was too picky, how many meals would it be enough for? Very good, he will keep this account in mind, don't beg him when you have the ability.
Kneeling down, Zhong Ziqi wanted to carry the coarse grains on her back, but her sleeves were pulled again: "What's wrong?"
Zhao Zheng'an reached out and grabbed the thick rice and carried it on his body: "Shen, I will carry it." Then he lifted up the belt that held daily necessities.
Zhong Ziqi was startled, some emotion in his heart disappeared in a flash, so fast that he couldn't grasp it.
After going out, he dragged Zhao Zhengan to the ancestral house. When he met villagers on the way, he also greeted them generously. When others asked him what he was doing, he didn't hide it, saying that the family had separated and he went to the ancestral house.
Walking past the head of the village and looking back, you can see a few houses with uneven distances not far from the foot of the mountain. It is said that there were more people in Zhaojia Village in the past than now, so the houses were built against the mountain, and some people moved later. Those who moved died, and the ancestral house was quite close to the mountains and it was not safe, so it was gradually abandoned and moved forward collectively.
The house of the Zhao family is still in good condition, at least it has not collapsed or leaked. Because the Zhao family moved in late back then, and later came to live in it, this house is in good condition, while the other houses are terrible, some collapsed. Some of them have even turned into dust long ago.
What relieved Zhong Ziqi was that these dilapidated houses were not connected to each other, and there were not many standing ones. Otherwise, it would be scary if someone hides here in the future.
Push the gate of the courtyard, the wood inside, the stools are scattered around, it looks messy. Zhong Ziqi sighed, asked Zhao Zhengan to put down the things in his hands first, and dragged him into the house to have a look. It was much better than he expected. There is a door on each side connecting two large bedrooms. The kitchen is built separately next to the main house.
Apart from being old and dirty, at least people can still live in it. Looking up, at least there is no place where there is no light. They just need to clean it well. Now they only need to go through the difficult period at the beginning, and he will not let it go. If you are in this predicament yourself, good days are just around the corner.
"Daughter-in-law, where is this?" Zhao Zhengan looked at the unfamiliar place with some anxiety, and reached out and quietly grabbed the corner of his wife's clothes.
Zhong Ziqi patted his head and said with a smile: "Zhengan, this is our home, we will live here from now on, don't be afraid."
Zhao Zhengan was comforted by his daughter-in-law, and he was no longer afraid, and immediately began to visit his new home with great interest.
Zhong Ziqi shook his head, sure enough, he was very coaxed, he walked into the left bedroom holding his nose, luckily the table and chairs were there, found a rag to wipe off the dust on the table, and put the package on the table. He unwrapped the package and found a rather torn piece of clothing, which he tore to use as a rag.
There is a well not far from their gate. After all, there were people living here, so there is still a well. Later, when everyone moved to the place where they live now, they thought the well was too far away and dug a new one. Zhong Ziqi found a wooden barrel in a certain corner, and seeing Zhao Zhengan still running around, she said, "Zheng'an, I'll be right back after I go out to fetch water, you wait here for a while."
Hearing this, Zhao Zheng'an immediately ran over to pick up the wooden barrel in Zhong Ziqi's hand: "Daughter-in-law, Zheng'an carry it." After speaking, he happily ran to the well.
Zhong Ziqi suddenly realized that Zhao Zheng'an had run to the well, and was pushing the stone covering the well aside, so he ran over quickly: "Zheng'an, don't move! I'll do it, be careful not to fall!"
Zhao Zheng'an glanced at him suspiciously, filled his hand with a bucket of water quickly, and then looked at Zhong Ziqi with an expression begging for praise.
Zhong Ziqi: "..." I'm worrying too much, right? It is estimated that there is not much to do so proficiently. But looking at his bright eyes, he still said silently: "Zheng'an is really powerful, but you have to be careful not to fall, you know?"
Zhao Zheng'an got the silly joy of his daughter-in-law's praise and satisfaction: "No, I do it often, and I definitely won't fall."
Sure enough, it was as expected, Zhong Ziqi sighed: "Then be careful, I won't want you if you fall inside."
"Fools will be careful, daughter-in-law don't want me." Zhao Zhengan immediately grabbed his arm in horror, as if he was afraid of losing it to him.
Zhong Ziqi raised her forehead, and really wanted to tell herself why she said this, but it was quite useful: "Don't worry, I won't leave you behind, but you have to listen to me, you know? Also, you are called Zhao Zhengan, not a fool, let's talk I'm a fool and I don't want you." Every time this guy called himself a fool in a hurry, for some reason he didn't want to hear it coming out of his mouth.
Back in the yard, Zhong Ziqi began to clean the house, wiping the dust, and Zhao Zhengan followed suit, Zhong Ziqi was amused by that serious look.
"Is Ziqi there?" A familiar voice sounded outside the door, it was Zhao Ning who met that day. "Here!" Zhong Ziqi hurriedly put down what she was doing and went out. In the yard, Zhao Ning pulled a boy holding something in his hands and stood there looking around.