"What do you mean you can't come back?" Ye Lan grabbed Ye Ning's hand, her dark yellow face was full of panic, "Sister, you can't talk nonsense."
"I also think it's fake." Ye Ning choked up, "In order to make more money, Dad didn't go with Uncle Youde, but went to a coal mine. , I received a call and went to the place where Dad works, only this bag of clothes."
Eucalyptus Ye is already 8 years old, the child of the poor has long been in charge of the family, and knowing what it means that his father is gone, he holds Ye Ning's other hand and cries that his elder sister is lying.
Ye Lan still didn't believe it, the father who smiled and said to make money a few months ago just disappeared.
"Is there no money to spend? I have living expenses from my father, and there are eight yuan, all of which are for you, Ye Ning, I can't tell some lies." Ye Lan stopped calling her sister and called her by her first name.
When Li Fang gave birth to Ye Lan, she had a dystocia, and Ye Lan was ordinary-looking, so she didn't like her second daughter very much. The most unpopular child was the most sensible, and Ye Lan was like this. All the pocket money she got would be saved up, but the original body would spend it as soon as she got it, and then she would lie to Ye Lan to get the money. She hoped that this time it was just Ye Ning who lied deliberately because she wanted pocket money.
Ye Ning looked at her younger siblings, her tears never stopped, she sniffed her nose, opened her luggage and took out the larger cloth bag, which contained Ye Qingshan's clothes, when she went out during the Chinese New Year, Ye Lan packed her things Yes, seeing these familiar clothes and items, Ye Lan only felt that her eyes turned black.
"..." Ye Lan opened her mouth, her throat seemed to be blocked by something, and she couldn't make a sound.
Eucalyptus Ye is also stupid, she no longer has a mother, and now she doesn't even have a father, they are really unwanted children.
"I don't want new clothes, and I don't want to eat meat, big sister, let dad come back." Ye Yu cried.
"What about dad? Why is there no dead body? You didn't even find dad's body, so you brought back such a bag?" Ye Lan grabbed Ye Ning and shook her like crazy.
Ye Ning shook off her hand, picked up the bag that fell on the ground, and carefully put it on the table, "Dad went down a mine, the gas exploded down there, and the whole mine collapsed, how do I dig it? Dig it down... It doesn't work." There are six people in total, none of them came up, it’s not that we didn’t want to find the remains, anyway... the fallen leaves return to their roots, the mine owner asked an expert to look, and there was no way to dig.”
Ye Lan and Ye Yu hugged each other and cried for a long time. Ye Lan's eyes were swollen like steamed buns, and she asked hoarsely: "Then you just lied to them that Dad will come back, but now Dad won't come back, why? manage?"
Ye Ning sighed, no matter how powerful Ye Lan is outside, she is still a country girl who has not stepped out of society, let alone Ye Eucalyptus, a little boy who doesn't understand.
"I've thought about this before. I originally planned to set up a tomb for our father, but now I have to wait. If we know that our father is gone, let alone those people in the village, our uncle and uncle will want to cramp us. Skinning."
"Then let Dad be a lonely ghost? That's not okay, besides, our family is separated from the old house, and they have no control over us." Ye Lan said angrily.
"No matter how the family is separated, they are all elders. They are naturally higher than us. In the village, you are hard on them? Even the village head and secretary speak for them." Ye Ning pulled Ye Lan to let them sit down, and looked at Ye Qingshan The pile of clothes said: "You are going to take the senior high school entrance examination soon. After the high school entrance examination is over and Xiaoan has finished this semester, we will go to the city together. After we are stable in the city, we will pick a day to set up a tomb for Dad. Before that Let's find someone to make a memorial tablet for Dad first, and worship at home by ourselves, if Dad has a spirit in heaven, he will definitely not blame us and will protect us."
Hearing her sister's words, Ye Lan knew that it was all because of her and Xiao An, otherwise the eldest sister was a high school student and had turned eighteen, so she wouldn't have to worry about her relatives in her hometown.
Ye Eucalyptus is so young, although he is also listening, there is no place for him to intervene, but he knows that the eldest sister is thinking of them.
"What about the family's field?" They don't have a family to support them, and now Ye Qingshan is gone, and Ye Eucalyptus is still so small, the family's field may not be able to keep.
"Sold." Ye Ning said in a deep voice.
sell? Ye Lan's red and swollen eyes widened, looking very funny.
"It can't be sold, it is the lifeblood of the family, what will we eat if we sell it?" Ye Lan looked at Ye Ning anxiously, she believed that the elder sister really had this idea.
What is a field? It is the life of the common people. Without fields and land, what do they eat and drink
Ye Ning glanced at her, "Don't worry, I've found a job in the county, and I can support you all. Besides, if we don't sell it, can we keep the land? It's better to sell it if it is taken by the old woman's family, or Would you like to give it to them?"
"Sell it, sell it to Er Mazi, he is rich, and his family is powerful, if you sell it to their family, I forgive Ye Fangming and Ye Qinghe for not daring to fart." Ye Lan gritted her teeth and agreed to sell it to the old woman's family. Drop, "You got a job? Not going to college?"
When Li Fang was still there, she always said that studying was the only way out, so all three children in the family were sent to study, even if she didn't like Ye Lan. Looking around the whole village, Ye Ning was the only one whose children went to school. Among them, there is only one girl like Ye Ning who goes to high school. When she was admitted to high school, Li Fang expected her to go to university, and even said that she would pay for her by selling everything. Yuanshen herself has always regarded herself as a future college student. , she often talks at home about where she will go to college in the future, which shows her expectation for college.
"Well, I've missed classes for so long. I'm afraid I won't pass the exam. It's better to go to work early. Don't think so much, just eat something at noon, and I'll go to Ermazi in the afternoon."
Ye Ning really thought about going to college for a long time. To be honest, she had enough school in her previous life, but she can't deny that that diploma is really useful. It's just that she has been out of society for many years, and the knowledge she learned has long been returned to the teacher. The college entrance examination will be in a few months, and she will not be able to pass the exam with her current background. Besides, the 1980s was a golden age when money was everywhere. She still wants to start her own business when the policy is relaxed.
Ye Ning knows how to cook, but she doesn't know how to burn a stove. Ye Lan made lunch. Just after hearing the news of her father's death, no one was in the mood to eat, so she cooked some noodles and took a few casual bites. The two sisters took Ye Qingshan's After tidying up the things, Ye Ning started to ask Ye Lan about the fields at home.
It's not like I won't come back to my hometown, Ye Qingshan will be buried here, and I have to come back every Qingming to visit the grave, so the house can't be sold, and when I have money, I can come back and build a two-story building, maybe Ye Eucalyptus will return to his hometown when he gets old , always keep it first.
I have to keep my private land, which is close to my home, and the main private land is not much, and it is not worth a lot of money. Datou's fields and lands are good and bad, Ye Qingshan is lucky, the lottery is good, the good ones are better than the bad ones, this is the reason why the uncle and uncle wanted their farm so much, the two paddy fields left home It is close to the creek, and every day there is more millet than others. Fortunately, the family was divided before the field was divided. If it is combined with the old house, the family will be divided after the field is divided. How good is this land? It's their turn.
Ye Ning wrote down all the fields and private plots in the notebook, marking the distances, nears, and sizes, and ticked off the private plots in the back mountain, "I still have to leave a cemetery."
"Here, Dad told me that I will be buried here when I get old." Ye Lan often followed Ye Qingshan up the mountain, and knew all the fields in the family, and knew his division.
Ye Ning nodded, ticked off that piece of land, and sold everything else.
"Why don't you leave a paddy field?" Ye Lan looked at the fields written in the notebook, and they all belonged to their family, and they would be gone if they sold them.
People in Ye Ning's time could no longer understand how farmers felt about the fields. The main reason was that at that time, the young people in their hometown went out to work, and many places were abandoned. Only some old people nearby were still farming. She saw Ye Lan glanced at it and said with a smile: "I'm panicking if I keep it. If I plant it for others but not Grandpa, I will definitely be scolded by people poking my spine. It's better to sell it to save worry."
It is only said that the three of them will go to school, and they will not be at home in the future, and they will sell them to pay tuition fees, which is also an argument.
In the end, Ye Ning still left a piece of land by the side of the road. Most of the homesteads in the countryside are his own fields. To approve the homestead.
Calculating the time, most of the families have already finished their lunch, so Ye Ning took the notebook and IOU, and brought Ye Lan to Er Mazi's house.
"Second Aunt, are you home?" Ye Lan shouted outside the courtyard gate.
"Yes, at home." The second aunt picked up her apron to wipe her hands, and opened the door, "It's Xiao Ning and Xiao Lan from Brother Qingshan's house, come in quickly, have you eaten yet?"
"I've eaten. My dad called me a few days ago and asked me to come back and return the money to Uncle Youcai." Ye Ning came in and saw Er Mazi, who was Ye Youcai sitting at the dining table eating, embarrassed Said: "It's not a coincidence for us to come here, you eat first, and come back later."
"No, you are a cultural person different from us, so you are so particular, mother, what are you doing standing up, go and get the bowls and chopsticks quickly." Ye Youcai waved his hand, signaling Ye Ning and Ye Lan not to be polite, and to find the table by themselves. a stool to sit on.
"No, no, no, we've already eaten." Ye Ning quickly refused, found a chair and sat down, and said, "Didn't my dad borrow fifteen yuan from you when he went out? He sent the money to me a few days ago and told me Back to you."
"Your father is just too polite. Use the money first. I know it's not easy for him."
Ye Ning smiled, but didn't answer the words. Seeing her second aunt go in, she pursed her lower lip and asked, "Uncle Cai, I heard that you want to buy a field?"
In addition to his wealth, the reason why Er Mazi was found was that he said a few years ago that he wanted to buy land first.
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