Jiang Yuanxin waited at home for two days, but he didn't see his little daughter-in-law come back, and he was very unsure, first, he was worried about whether the little daughter-in-law had returned to her mother's house in Inner Mongolia, and second, he was afraid that the little daughter-in-law would be abducted. So I waited until the canteen on the 23rd mine was over and the party was over before I went to look for my little daughter-in-law. Twenty-four got on the bus to Fengzhen, Inner Mongolia early.

Fengzhen is not far from Yanbei, it is the junction of Inner Mongolia, Yanbei and Hebei, and Fengzhen was also divided into Yanbei jurisdiction during the Qing Dynasty, but the folk customs there are closer to Baotou and Hohhot, and now it is under the jurisdiction of Ulanchabu League. The little daughter-in-law was introduced by Jiang Yuanxin's co-workers, and she has been married for seven or eight years, and she has not been to the little daughter-in-law's house a few times. I looked for the bus again, and rushed to Yongdonggou Village in Jiushanzhuang Township, I didn't come for many years, the road in my memory became blurred, and I could only ask the villagers to find the door, the street door was not closed, Jiang Yuanxin shouted the name of the little daughter-in-law, and walked inside, and there was a big yellow dog tied to the iron chain in the courtyard, and he was able to reach the gate, and he screamed loudly, so scared that Jiang Yuanxin withdrew from the gate again.

Listening to the movement outside the courtyard, an old man came out, and saw Jiang Yuanxin who was probing his brain outside the courtyard, and then turned around and walked into the house, Jiang Yuanxin also saw that it was his father-in-law, and hurriedly opened his throat and shouted: "Da (Dad), Da Da! Yes, Yuan Xin, Ne came to pick up Sanhuazi, and looked at the dog." ”

The old man didn't reply, but went back to the house, letting the big yellow dog bark.

Jiang Yuanxin was in a stalemate with the big yellow dog, and there were many people passing by outside the street, pointing at Jiang Yuanxin, Jiang Yuanxin saw that it was not a way, he measured the length of the dog chain, carried things, and rubbed against the root of the wall, the big yellow dog fluttered more urgently, Jiang Yuanxin finally simply closed his eyes, rushed along the wall, almost fell on his head, and hit the windowsill outside the door, seeing that the dog couldn't pounce, he let go, fortunately When the old man turned around and entered the house just now, the door was not inserted, Jiang Yuanxin pushed it with his hand and was just about to come in.

But as soon as he opened the door and poked his head in, he was greeted by a feather duster, and he knocked it down with a head and face, Jiang Yuanxin saw that it was his mother-in-law, and hurriedly covered his head with both hands, shouting: "Mother, hey, don't fight, Ne knows it's wrong, Ne comes to pick up Sanhuazi, and Ne comes to admit his mistake." ”

The mother-in-law didn't stop the feather duster, and shouted while fighting: "Admit that you are wrong, you are a parallel goods (begging for foodies), bullying my (nan) daughter, on a cold day, running back barefoot (barefoot), and being defeated." There is also a face, and there is a face, and there is a face...... "Every time the mother-in-law says "and face", she will pull a feather duster on the head of the body, and the next is also ruthless, Jiang Yuanxin, who is in pain, protects his head and his hands, and finally the pain is really helpless, and he escapes out of the door again, and is accompanied by the big yellow dog.

The big yellow dog barked in the courtyard, the mother-in-law counted in the house, Jiang Yuanxin was also an older person, and now he was crying at the door like a wronged offspring, and he didn't know whether it was painful or wronged, and he said while crying: "Mother, alas, you have to listen to Ne, you can't take your daughter-in-law back if you have a way, and you can't get your daughter-in-law back, and she didn't pick it up, she wanted to come back by herself, and she searched for several days." Aren't you looking for it in a hurry? Let Ne enter the house and say a word, Ne admit his mistake, and take his daughter-in-law home. ”

The mother-in-law in the house heard this and shouted: "Go home, what are you going back to, I will tell you, my daughter will not go back, she has already found a new family, she will tell you that she is no longer at home, and you will come in vain." ”

Jiang Yuanxin listened, cried and shouted: "Mother, don't draw (make it difficult) to be angry, how can your daughter-in-law marry so quickly, you have feelings, let Ne go in to see your daughter-in-law, and let Ne take her daughter-in-law home." “

The mother-in-law shouted through the door: "You hurry up and get far away, wow, and have the face to go home with you? What are you going to do when you go back? Drink the northwest wind? I don't even have a gambling scum (guts), and I don't want a penny, so I will go back with you? Look at your Banglang head (the head of the people in the Inner Mongolia area of Yanbei, the former round back plate is the standard and good-looking, not like this is called Banglang head, derogatory alternative meaning) is a goods without a corpse, and I will make it clear to you today, it is impossible for my daughter to return to your forehead of water. Roll the ball wow. ”

The son-in-law and the mother-in-law confronted each other in a room outside the door, the neighbors on the street came out to watch, the big yellow dog in the courtyard saw more people, and stopped barking, everyone watched Jiang Yuanxin, Jiang Yuanxin did a living of suffering all the year round, and he was hunched over the years, and he looked even older, and the father and mother of the little daughter-in-law looked like peers, fellow villagers who did not know the truth, and the people who protected their hometowns began to point out Jiang Yuanxin without a head, what "old cows eat tender grass", "old people don't ask for corpses" "briquettes jumped out of a black ball"Wait, later, I saw Jiang Yuanxin's unbearable voice, not like a temperamental master, but even more energetic, with a big group of sieges.

Jiang Yuanxin was hovering in the courtyard, feeling very aggrieved, he was a good worker in the pile of workers, and for the sake of his little daughter-in-law, he went to work according to the month card, and he had very little rest, but his life was ruined like this, who did he blame? Could it be that the little daughter-in-law was a gambler and lazy, so she didn't have any responsibility? When she was old and married a beautiful little daughter-in-law, she could only be spoiled and endured, and she had no way at all. This is coming from afar, and it is appropriate for the mother-in-law to scold her daughter, but she should not say such vicious words. The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and then listening to the number of people around me, the mud bodhisattva was also angry, at that time, Oh stood up all of a sudden, and yelled at the house: "Sanhuazi, Ne will ask you, will you go back with Ne today?"

There was no voice of the little daughter-in-law in the house, only the vicious scolding of the mother-in-law: "If you don't go back, you go back to your water nest by yourself." ”

Jiang Yuanxin is also out of the way now, and yelled at his mother-in-law: "You old man begs to shut up, listen to Sanhuazi, Sanhuazi, will you say that you will not go back? ”

There was no movement of the little daughter-in-law in the house, but the door opened, and the old man listened to Jiang Yuanxin scolding his daughter-in-law "Lao Naiqiu" angrily and ran out with the stove hook that stabbed the fire, and whipped it at Jiang Yuanxin. As he spoke, he ran out of the courtyard and out of the village.

In fact, the little daughter-in-law was in the house, and when she first returned to the village, she hid her lazy habits from her father, but she just said that Jiang Yuanxin had no ability to make money and couldn't live, and the unreasonable father and mother saw her daughter wearing a pair of shoes and went back to her parents' house, and she was very distressed, and the little daughter-in-law said that she didn't want to go back to live a sinful life with Jiang Yuanxin, and these two old men could only beat away the old son-in-law Jiang Yuanxin for the sake of their daughter.

Jiang Yuanxin was very aggrieved in his heart, more resentful, hating this little daughter-in-law for not leaving a daughter and a half son for many years, and wasting her savings for many years, this time thinking about taking the little daughter-in-law back to the official kiln, living a stable life by herself, and letting the little daughter-in-law quit the problem of playing with money, and then spend some money to live a daughter-in-law or son, and wait for her to retire and live a happy life. Now, the people who are sixty have started to fight again.

Took the bus to the long-distance station in Fengzhen, the noon meal had passed, Jiang Yuanxin found a small restaurant that was still open on the street, asked for a big bowl of bean noodles and eight shares, while eating and thinking about the grievances, tears fell down again, the small restaurant looked at Jiang Yuanxin's grievances, leaned over and asked: "Lao Gang, what are you doing?

Jiang Yuanxin knew that he was out of shape, wiped away his tears with his hands, and said to the boss: "Boss, it's hard to live, alas, it's troublesome, let you smile." ”

The boss was also a hard-working person, so he found a stool and sat next to Jiang Yuanxin and chatted: "It's not, Lao Gang, it's difficult for people to live, and the more difficult it is, the more they have to live." What's wrong with Lao Gang, tell me (nan)?"

Jiang Yuanxin listened, and also felt that he was wronged, and he didn't vomit or be unhappy, so he talked about his past with his little daughter-in-law to the hotel owner, who was a sensible master, so he reasoned with Jiang Yuanxin: "Lao Gang, you say this, in fact, it's still to blame you, a slap can't make a sound, you look at the old sister-in-law, but the scene, then why don't you take the situation away? If you wipe your tears like this in the future, it will let everyone see your jokes." ”

Jiang Yuanxin listened to what the boss said reasonably, and said: "I know that I am wrong, but what can I do? The more I think about it, the more I can't live." ”

The boss replied: "Lao Gang, you will make me look down on you more and more, if this matter is changed to me, without my sister-in-law, I have to live a good life, and I have to live a good life, so that everyone will envy me, and let those people who squeeze you today understand in the future that the water in the past is not Lao Gang's fault, and let them regret it." ”

Jiang Yuanxin listened to the innkeeper's heart-warming words, felt full of energy, held the hotel owner's hand and said, "Big brother, you didn't suffer this meal in vain, and you didn't eat this meal in vain." Thanks. ”

The boss smiled, pulled out his hand, and said to Jiang Yuanxin: "Lao Gang, why don't you thank you, just understand, Lao Gang can see it?" As he spoke, he pointed to a popcorn man across the road and said: "That popcorn guy, life is more difficult than any of us, and there is a crazy daughter-in-law at home, but every day is happy and happy, and I haven't seen him panic." Lao Gang, it is not easy to live, and many people have gone, but the days have to look forward. ”

Jiang Yuanxin followed the boss's finger and saw that there was a popcorn man on the other side of the road, constantly turning the high-pressure furnace on the fire in front of him, and there was a dilapidated pedal tricycle beside him, and a middle-aged woman was sitting on the tricycle. Around his body was a blanket made of thick hundred cloth (a blanket made of rag heads). His mouth opened and closed, as if he was muttering something. The popcorn man was also smiling and saying something, just a pot of popcorn came out of the oven, stepped on the gas valve gate of the high-pressure furnace, and faced the big frame bag containing the rice with a loud bang, the white heat rose into the air, and the woman on the tricycle listened to the movement, looked at the white gas, clapped her hands, and looked innocent.

The popcorn man, smiling, put the popped rice into the pot prepared by the owner, grabbed a handful, as if to say words of thanks, and stuffed it into the hands of the woman on the tricycle, the woman was full of happiness, holding the popcorn in both hands and ......eating it happily.