Chapter 130: To accompany my father and mother
Shang Mei was actually very reluctant to go back to her hometown with Shi Tao, but after listening to Shi Tao, if she didn't go back, Shi Tao would have much less time to accompany her.
"Okay, you can take a leave of absence first. Shi Tao thought that Shang Mei hadn't returned to his hometown with him for a long time, and it was rare that he agreed to go with him this time, so he agreed to her idea.
Shang Mei immediately called the financial director, saying that Shi Tao was back and wanted to go back to her in-law's house with him tomorrow, and the financial director readily approved the leave.
It was dark, and it was raining outside the window, and the raindrops crackled on the glass windows, as if mixed with hail.
Shi Tao got out of bed and looked outside through the window glass, the rain was indeed very heavy, and when he saw the rain pouring into the window, he closed the window.
It's a bit too early to go to bed now, Shi Tao wants to watch TV for a while, and when he thinks that it's raining outside, he dispelled the idea of watching TV.
"You see, I want to watch TV for a while, it's raining outside again, forget it. In the westward migration company, there is not even a TV, and it is really difficult for the sea workers to spend this long night. ”
Shi Tao imagined that if there was no computer and no TV to watch, the employees of the Xiqi Company would be extremely bored at night.
He now finally understood why so many Haishi workers liked to drink, play cards and play for money, and there had to be a way to pass those boring times.
"Isn't there a TV over there? I heard that Nanyuan Company has installed a TV for the employees.
"There are a lot of TVs in the factory's offset materials, and I don't know what the leaders think, so many TVs can't be sold, why don't you install a few for the employees of the Xiqi Company?"
Shangmei is struggling with the monotony of the spare time life of the employees of the overseas company.
"Nanyuan Company has installed a TV for its employees, and the Westward Migration Company will also install it, so it may not be taken care of at this time. I believe that it is not Huyu's style to have a cheap and not to take advantage. Fortunately, I have a computer, and I can't watch TV if I have it. ”
In fact, Shi Tao doesn't like to watch TV very much, so it doesn't matter if he has it or not.
He just watches the computer to chat with his friends, and he doesn't have much interest in browsing the web or anything, at best, he watches a TV series, which has to be a TV series that everyone reflects is good, and he doesn't bother to watch soap operas that are not nutritious.
"Hey, by the way, speaking of computers, our computer can't be connected to the Internet, let's change it, or I'm bored at home alone, just watching TV and getting tired, it's not interesting. The people in the class have computers at home with Internet access. ”
Listening to Shang Mei, she wanted to let Shi Tao connect the network cable, Shi Tao heard it, and now the network is becoming more and more widely used, he can use the network in the class when he is stationed outside, and when he returns home, he can't access the Internet on a single machine, which is simply a decoration.
"I bought a computer just to practice typing and writing materials, and I didn't even think about surfing the Internet. Who knew that the Internet is developing so fast now, almost every household is online, and if you don't go online, you can't keep up with the situation. Well, I'll give you an upgrade when you come back from your hometown. ”
If you don't have access to the Internet, your computer will be no different from a waste product.
"I can video chat with you on the Internet, so I don't have to make phone calls. And I can also know your daily life and work, and I can supervise you remotely to prevent the vixen from seducing you. ”
When Shang Mei heard that Shi Tao agreed to update her computer, she was suddenly happy, and she couldn't help but say what she thought in her heart.
Shi Tao originally thought that Shang Mei reminded him to go online, so that he could chat with Princess Sissi at home, but he never expected that Shang Mei was going to chat with him and supervise him remotely.
This made him regret it a little, and he couldn't say it clearly.
"That's what you said, why didn't I think of it? That would save us months of not seeing each other. ”
Shi Tao had to go on against his will.
"I heard the class say that, originally, I wanted to change the computer myself, but I don't understand, I'd better wait for you to come back. Since you're back, you'll have to get it for me, and when I miss you, no, I'll video with you every night. ”
Shang Mei was even a little proud, leaning on the head of the bed with a smile on her face, and there was no longer her previous grievances.
The woman's face changed faster than the sky outside.
The rain outside the window was intense at first, and the hail only fell for a short while, then gradually subsided, and now it became a drizzle.
Shi Tao kept looking out at the window sill, from the heavy rain to the light rain to the drizzle, he kept looking outside.
"It's not raining, go watch TV, don't you see it?" Shi Tao said to Shang Mei, then went to the living room and turned on the TV.
Shang Mei also got out of bed and came out, sat on the sofa, and still snuggled up to Shi Tao to watch the TV series with him.
In fact, Shi Tao doesn't care what he plays, he just wants to take a look at those long-lost images, TV is really dispensable to him, even at home, he is not interested in watching TV.
Shang Mei's mind was not on TV, but she wanted to be with Shi Tao, she just wanted to be with him, and she wanted Shi Tao to accompany her, she didn't want Shi Tao to leave her for a minute.
The rain finally stopped. Shi Tao wanted to go to the supermarket to buy some things as a gift for going home to visit his parents tomorrow, and Shang Mei insisted on going with him to buy them.
The air after the rain is unusually refreshing, the dim street lights reflect the bright water everywhere, and the shallow water on the cement pavement is like a child's play after the rain, and a gust of wind blows, but it looks a little cold.
"You've all come back, and instead of going to see my parents first, you're thinking about going to see your parents. ”
On the way to the supermarket, Shang Mei complained about Shi Tao, wrapped the single clothes on his body, and hugged Shi Tao's left arm tighter.
"Actually, I'm going to see my parents-in-law tomorrow, and since you've taken a leave of absence, let's go see them when we come back. ”
This was indeed Shi Tao's idea, he never thought that Shang Mei would immediately ask for tomorrow's leave, and had to postpone the plan to visit his parents-in-law.
"Well, it's up to you, it's okay to have this heart, I'm still worried that you don't want to see them. ”
Shang Mei really has this worry, because of the child's problem, parents are always a little prejudiced against Shi Tao.
She didn't want Shi Tao to be coldly looked at by her parents, even in normal times, she mostly went back to her parents' house by herself, and rarely took Shi Tao with her, so as not to be embarrassed.
"Anyway, they're your parents, they're my parents, they're both parents. My father and mother will visit, and your father and mother will also visit. I have no prejudice against the elderly, no matter what attitude they have towards me, I have a clear conscience. ”
Shi Tao thought that no matter what his parents-in-law thought of him, as a junior, he would also honor them, but Shang Mei treated his parents without the slightest consciousness of being a daughter-in-law.
This is what Shi Tao has always been worried about, and it is also a prejudice against Shang Mei, which may also be one of the reasons why Shi Tao is dissatisfied with his marriage.
When he was picking up items in the supermarket in the community, Shi Tao wanted to buy the gifts for visiting his parents-in-law, but Shang Mei insisted on buying them again.
After buying gifts, the two returned home. Shang Mei packed the luggage she needed to bring tomorrow, and the two went to bed early.
Early the next morning, after breakfast, the two went to the station and boarded the bus back to their hometown.
Shi Tao called his brother and told his parents in advance to get ready.
Maybe it was because Naomi didn't go back to her mother-in-law's house easily, and when she heard the news that she was going back, her brother waited at the intersection where they got off early.
After getting on his brother's electric tricycle, Shi Tao found that his brother was very careful, and had prepared two small Mazha in the trunk, and the two of them sat on the Mazha and were driven home by his brother.
When I got home, it was already noon, and it was time to eat.
In the morning, when they heard that Shi Tao and they were coming back, my mother bought vegetables early, had already wrapped the dumplings, and the water was boiling, and when Shi Tao and the others entered the house, they began to cook the dumplings, so that they could eat the freshly cooked dumplings.
Parents love their children little by little, they don't necessarily have any impassioned rhetoric, nor do they necessarily have any wealth, and their concern is everywhere in life.
Shi Tao greeted his parents, put down his luggage, and washed his hands, and his mother beckoned him to start eating dumplings.
The elder brother didn't eat with Shi Tao and them, and the elder brother didn't make too many dumplings for his mother to work too hard.
Mother's dumplings are filled with two kinds of fillings, one with fennel meat and the other with leek and eggs. Because her mother knew that Shi Tao liked to eat fennel stuffing, and Shang Mei liked to eat leek stuffing.
Shi Tao originally loved to eat dumplings, so he naturally ate them very fragrantly. The mother asked Shang Mei how it tasted salty or light, and Shang Mei said that it was salty and light, and it was okay to see Shang Mei eating, and her mother was very happy with a smile on her face.
After the meal, her mother went to wash the pot and wash the dishes, but Naomi stood aside and was indifferent.
This made Shi Tao feel very uncomfortable, so he stepped forward and was determined to replace his mother.
"I'll do this job, I'm afraid you won't be able to clean it, and you'll be tired after sitting in the car for a long time, so you can go to the house and rest." "Mother insisted on doing it herself.
Shi Tao meant to let Shang Mei see that he should do some work for the old man, instead of eating and wiping clean and watching from the sidelines.
As a junior, you must have the consciousness of work, and you can't always let the elders serve you, which is not right.
Seeing that his mother didn't let him brush the pot, Shi Tao said to Shang Mei: "You go and brush it, you can't just watch from the side." ”
Shang Mei saw that Shi Tao had spoken, and she was embarrassed to pretend to be stupid standing there anymore, so she hesitated to replace her mother-in-law.
"I said it, you don't have to worry about it, let's go and rest in the house. "Mother really doesn't want Naomi to do it.
After all, Shang Mei has come very few times, and she has no sense of identity here, except for knowing this family, she is still very unfamiliar with this environment, and she is still a little unaccustomed to it.
In her mother's eyes, Naomi was more like a guest than a host.
Shang Mei didn't regard this place as her home out of her heart, and she didn't want to work, but because Shi Tao said, if she didn't move, she seemed to be too ignorant, and she had to give in reluctantly.
Hearing her mother-in-law say this, Shang Mei really stopped and finally did nothing.
Shi Tao saw all this in his eyes, and he was a little indignant in his heart.
The little warmth for Shangmei that had just risen last night disappeared without a trace.
And Shang Mei still went her own way, she didn't realize that what she did affected Shi Tao's opinion of her.
Little did she know that this had sown a crisis in her marriage.