Chapter 36:

Pei Xinglin, the cannon fodder brother in the novel, ignored Pei Hailin and Pei Jianglin. He just looked at the child who looked smaller and smaller standing next to the man.

The child looked timid. His small hands were tightly grasping the man's clothes. He was not wearing gloves, and the exposed backs and little fingers were already red.

The yard was full of people, and the voices of everyone arguing were loud and sharp. He could clearly see that every time someone spoke loudly, the little body would tremble slightly, and then the little body would move again. Get to the inside position.

"He looks so small. I saw his face just now. It's so pretty. He looks nothing like you." Pei Hailin added.

The Pei family has not had children for a long time. Now that I suddenly saw a child, I found it quite interesting. After all, it is very cute, especially this cute three-headed body, if it is not noisy, it will make people more curious and like it. Looking at the little fur ball on the hat on his head, Pei Hailin wanted to go over and pinch it, but his grandma would probably explode, so he let it go.

"Get out! How did Zhao Wanqing abandon my son and my grandson and run away? We didn't look for you, and now you have the nerve to come! Your whole family is a pest!" Wang Yuhua pointed at Zhao Huaishan with one hand on her hips and one finger on her waist. , yelling.

Pei Xinglin frowned and looked at the child. He couldn't help but want to move forward, but unexpectedly, the child turned his head to look at him the next second. Then, he saw the child's originally scared face turned towards him. A big smile.

Pei Xinglin was stunned.

...Just like what Pei Hailin said, he is a very beautiful child. Whether it is his big black eyes or his fair skin, he is like a New Year picture doll on the wall. The only flaw is his child's face. There are cracks on the face, and the redness at the corners of the child's eyes and the tip of the nose.

But...' He seemed to be having a bad time. '

Pei Xinglin thought, he was very naughty when he was a child and couldn't stay indoors even on snowy days, but he had never been so chapped.

"Hey! Brother! Xinglin! He's coming over!" Pei Hailin shouted excitedly and curiously in Pei Xinglin's ear.

When Pei Xinglin came back to his senses, he saw the timid little thing that had been hiding behind the man just now, stumbling towards him.

He was really small, and because it was winter, he was wearing a bulky cotton jacket and thick cotton pants. These clothes wrapped him tightly, but because there were so many clothes, he was almost invisible. The whole foot looks like a moving ball.

It's still snowing today, and the snow in the yard hasn't been cleared yet. The child stepped on it and his body swayed, like an unsteady roly-poly. But even so, Pei Xinglin could still see the expectation and lack of hope in the child's eyes. Slow down the pace.

What was he expecting? They are obviously strangers...

"Brother Guo Guo." Pei Xinglin lowered his head and saw that the red hands had grabbed his pants.

Pei Duoyue looked at the brother in front of him with joy. This was his brother.

elder brother!

He found his brother! Xiao Duoyue knew that she came here to find her brother. But when he saw his brother, the dream he had recently appeared clearly in his mind.

This world is a book, a period novel.

The novel describes the experiences of the male and female protagonists working hard in the business world, from the first time they made money to the various things they experienced because of money, as well as their various personality changes and growth experiences. During this period, there were successes and failures, gains and losses. The loss was that the male protagonist lost his cousin because of his own fault. After losing his cousin, he finally faced his mistakes, lost his vanity and childishness, became down-to-earth, and began to mature, and his brother was a supporting role in it.

He looked at the boy standing next to his brother and pursed his lips. This man was the protagonist, and it was because of him that his brother became what he was in the end.

"Brother Guo!" Xiao Duoyue moved her little feet and turned to the other side, grabbing her brother's clothes and looking at Pei Xinglin with bright red eyes.

"Hey, what's going on? Why do I feel like this little guy dislikes me?" Pei Hailin saw the little guy's movements and scratched his head.

No one around him answered his words, they just lowered their heads and looked at the little dumpling that was less than Pei Xinglin's thigh height.

"Brother, I'm here to find you."

"Go away, our Pei family has no reason to support your Zhao family." After saying this, Grandma Pei Wang Yuhua put down her hand on her waist and faced the person standing at the door. The neighbors waved, "Okay, okay, don't look at it, let's go and eat."

Since the owner said this, the neighbors couldn't wait any longer, so the people standing at the door gradually dispersed.

"Aunt, we can't help it. I'm in the army, my mother is sick at home, and I have three children. My wife really can't take care of this child. She has been in poor health for many months, and she needs more people to take care of her." Zhao Huaishan is a tall man. A man, but now he is bent over and has been scolded many unpleasant words without any rebuttal.

"As expected, it is your Zhao family. This child is sick and cannot be taken care of, so he is thrown into our home. What does this child have to do with us! Why, my son's compensation to your Zhao family is not enough, and our Zhao family's money is Right? Get out! We can't keep this child!"

Pei Xinglin shouted.

But Wang Yuhua was so angry that she did not hear this sound.

"Miscellaneous!" So Pei Xinglin increased his voice, "I want to keep him."

"No, no, don't worry, I brought the money..."

Zhao Huaishan and Pei Xinglin spoke at the same time, but after hearing Pei Xinglin's words, regardless of Whether it was Zhao Huaishan or Wang Yuhua, both looked at Pei Xinglin in shock at this moment.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Pei Xinglin said calmly: "Nai, I want to keep him, he is my brother."

Yes, this child is his brother, his mother's child, his dead mother's child . Looking at the clothes on the child, he could tell that his mother should love the child very much, but... Pei Xinglin looked at the child with red hands, a little short trousers, and eyes full of fear and expectation.

It's like being kicked around. He has no parents. He doesn't know whether to stretch out his chopsticks when eating... Forget it, he has a fixed house here anyway, and he can raise him until he is sixteen. .

"What!" When Wang Yuhua heard Pei Xinglin's words, her eyes that had drooped due to old age widened, "You raise him? You raise him! Let's not talk about your parents, but how do you raise him?!"

" I will go to work next year, I have already asked good people, and I can always support him. Now I can also go into the mountains to find something and exchange money." Pei Xinglin said with lowered eyes.

"Auntie, although Duoyue's health is not good, it's not a big problem. Also, Duoyue's grandmother and mother passed away. The government paid compensation, and there was also money from his family. We didn't ask for any of it and saved it for him. He has Child support." Zhao Huaishan said quickly.

At that time, because Duo Yue's grandmother and mother died on the bus, there was compensation. The government paid out 15,400 yuan in one lump sum. At that time, the street office made it happen, and it was all saved in Duo Yue's bankbook. , Duo Yue’s grandmother and mother still have savings, Zhao Huaishan also saved them all for Duo Yue, totaling 6,000 yuan, and their relatives added more or less, and collected 600 yuan. If we talk about money, maybe Peijia Village No one is richer than this child.

They have no choice. The Pei family, Wanqing has said that Pei Yijun is a good person, and the money in the bankbook is also deposited regularly.

Pei Ruzhen didn't speak at first, but now he heard his grandson say this, he stood up and said, "Please think about it, your mother left your father and you in order to return to the city. Your father has been depressed these years, and this has something to do with it." "Relationship."

"Yes, Xinglin, you have to think carefully," Pei Yimin also said.

"If my father were here, he would also support him." Pei Xinglin's voice was low but firm.

Wang Yuhua said nothing, but kept staring at Pei Xinglin.

But Pei Xinglin didn't change his words and looked at her.

Looking at Pei Xinglin's eyes, Wang Yuhua knew that her grandson had made up his mind.

She had said before that her grandson was very stubborn, just like his father. The things they decided themselves could not be changed no matter what others said.

That's all, she can't control the big ones, and she can't control the small ones either.

"Forget it, old man." Wang Yuhua drawled her voice, "It's useless - you still don't know the virtue of your grandson."

As the old couple entered, Pei Yimin and his wife also entered the yard, leaving only the grandson. Generations of these people.

"Well, Xinglin." Zhao Huaishan picked up the suitcase and walked to Pei Xinglin, "Thank you for staying for so many months..."

"After all, he is her child." Pei Xinglin said expressionlessly.

He still remembered that when she was still alive, he was simply the happiest child in the village, and his mother was the most beautiful and gentle...

"Ah." After hearing Pei Xinglin's words, Zhao Huaishan looked at Guaiguai again. Xiao Duoyue, who stayed next to Pei Xinglin's legs, felt a little uncomfortable, "It's right to say thank you, but we are not capable enough."

"Well, here are clothes that Duoyue can still wear. They are all from last year. Some may be short. I'll trouble you to check and make up for it when the time comes... Also, there are three passbooks in it, one is for depositing on a regular basis and can be withdrawn after a few months until you turn sixteen, and there are two... .Also, if you want, let his surname be Pei. I won’t say much else."

Zhao Huaishan squatted down and touched Xiao Duoyue, who had been silent. "Look. It's good that you like your brother."

"That's good."

After saying that, he squeezed the little guy's red hand and stood up.

"If, if you don't want to raise him anymore." Zhao Huaishan was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Just call me. The money in the bankbook is enough to raise him and go to school. I just hope you can take care of him. Pay attention to him. This child is in poor health and is prone to colds and coughs. He won't be able to recover after a cold and cough. He has to go to the hospital for infusion. It is the most labor-intensive at that time. I hope you can take care of him." "I 'm

leaving.

He bent down again and finally touched the ball on Pei Duoyue's hat: "Uncle is gone, don't get sick again."

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After Zhao Huaishan left, in the yard It finally became lively.

"Wow! It sounds like this little kid is quite rich." Pei Hailin tugged at the kid's clothes again without looking outside, "This clothes looks pretty good, and it's still velvet on the outside!"

Seeing this, he was shocked at all. The invisible eldest brother is still the protagonist of this novel. Xiao Duoyue twists her body and hides behind her brother.

"Hey, this little guy is still hiding." Pei Hailin squatted down, "Why do I feel like this little guy doesn't like me?"

"Who could like you?" Pei Jianglin laughed stupidly.

"Who said no one likes me!" Suddenly, Pei Hailin exploded like a cat with its tail blown off.

...

Pei Xinglin ignored the two men, picked up the suitcase that Zhao Huaishan had put down, and said to Pei Duoyue, who had been looking at him eagerly, "Follow me."

Pei Xinglin's yard is next door.

When the homesteads were divided, the three men of the Pei family all had houses. After the third son got married, everyone separated and lived in their own houses.

The Pei family's two-bedroom house looks ordinary from the outside, but inside, because he and his wife have to live alone, Pei Yijun also tidied it carefully.

Pei Xinglin walked in front, and Xiao Duoyue walked behind with great difficulty, but kept staggering hard on her short legs to follow her brother.

The yard has a front and back yard. The front yard doesn't look big, but it is neatly kept. When you enter the door, you see the main house. Next to it, there is a built-up wing with no doorframe windows. One is filled with firewood, and the other looks like the kitchen. , the room on the other side is a bit far away and cannot be seen clearly.

The main room of the house has four ordinary rooms, but the two windows on the left are just covered with hemp paper. The hemp paper was newly replaced this winter. Although it looks very neat, it does not keep warm at all, and Pei Xinglin thinks it is A room for storing clutter.

The two rooms on the right are the houses where Pei Xinglin lives. They are covered with bright thin glass. However, because it was cloudy today, Pei Xing put out the fire in the mud stove before leaving, so the room was not very warm.

"Brother."

"Brother, little, is Xiao Duoyue rich enough to live with my brother?"

The child, still with his little red hands, tugged at Pei Xinglin's pants and asked in a low voice.

He saw that his brother's house had many rooms, and he wanted to live with his brother.