At two o'clock in the morning, it turned out to be Cheng Ke's call to me.

I have no business dealings with him, and he will call me so late, I think something must be wrong, so I quickly picked it up, and I went to the balcony for fear of making a noise.

"Hey, good buddy, what are you doing?"

When I heard it, it was clearly drunk.

"Squad leader, where are you? What are you doing? It's two o'clock in the morning. ”

"Ah, it's two o'clock in the morning? I was drinking in a bar in Houhai, and I was drinking with a few friends, but they all went back to hug my wife, so I was left alone, which is really not interesting. ”

"Squad leader, you should go home too, hurry up and go home and sleep. ”

"Go home...... Hahaha, Jiangdong, I can't go home, my wife kicked me out, is it okay for you to come out and drink with me, a good buddy who has worn a pair of pants since childhood, can you come out to accompany me?"

When Cheng Ke said the last sentence, there was a choked voice in his drunken voice, Cheng Ke's relationship with me was established since childhood, and in my mind, it was not much different from my own brother.

In the middle of the night, I was worried that something would happen to him alone in the bar.

I immediately said, "Okay, you tell me, in which bar, you wait for me, and I'll come to you." ”

Cheng Ke told me the address, I turned around and climbed into bed, leaning on Jiang Xi's ear and whispering hello to her who was asleep, "Wife, wife, the squad leader may be in a bad mood, I'm worried that something will happen to him, I'll go and see him!"

Jiang Xi slept in a daze and muttered, "Your squad leader...... Why is it so annoying!"

When I saw that she had fallen asleep again, I quietly went out.

It is especially difficult to take a taxi in the middle of the night, but this is probably the benefit of the capital, and it took a little more time to get a taxi.

Half an hour later, I arrived at the bar where Cheng Ke was, at half past two in the morning, the bar was actually quite lively, but he was alone at the table near the squad leader in the corner, and he seemed alone.

I was just about to walk over when I suddenly saw a girl walking towards the class leader with a bottle of red wine.

"Sir, may I sit next to you? ”

I wanted to step forward to stop it, because I thought that the girls who approached at this time were generally not good girls, but unexpectedly, Cheng Ke slapped the table with a "snap!".

"Who are you, you dare to approach me when you look so scary, let me tell you, you are not even half as good as my wife, my wife is a top student of Peking University, she is beautiful, but her temper is not very good, but, let me tell you, I can't be sorry for my wife in my life, I love her, I love her very much. ”

The girl opposite looked at the squad leader in a daze for a while, and muttered, "Come to this place to play, and praise your wife for being good, let's be neurotic!"

As soon as she said this, Cheng Ke was stimulated again.

Cheng Ke slapped the table again, stood upright, a height of more than one meter and eight meters, and when he stood up, he was really a little imposing, but because he was drunk, his body was a little shaky, and with his president-style handsome face, it looked a little funny.

"What's wrong with me coming here? You think I want to come, my wife drove me out, my family's house of more than 200 square meters in the International Trade Center is much more comfortable than here, if it weren't for my wife driving me out, you think you can see me such a handsome prince fall into a bar!"

"Then you go home, insane!" the girl cursed again, and turned away.

Cheng Ke was still unwilling, and he still chased after the girl and said, "Aren't I unable to go back......?"

I hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Cheng Ke, "Don't shout. ”

Cheng Ke turned his head to see me, and grabbed me, as if he had finally seen his relatives, "Oh, Jiangdong, you are here, I miss you, come, have a drink with me, I opened a good wine tonight, Louis XIV, more than a thousand bottles, don't waste it." ”

As he spoke, he was about to pour the wine, and I quickly snatched the bottle and said, "Don't drink it, take it away." ”

He didn't listen to me, and wanted to rob me, but he was so drunk that he couldn't resist me, so I held the bottle in one hand and held him in the other, and pulled him out of the bar.

When I got to the door, the waiter said to me, "Sir, please settle the bill, your table is worth 3,800 yuan." ”

As soon as I heard this, my heart tightened, and I spent three thousand eight in one night, and it was really poverty that limited my imagination.

I quickly opened the pocket of his clothes and found the wallet from it, not to mention, the rich are different, the wallet is bulging, it looks like it is 5,000 yuan, and it is all new tickets, I took out 3,008 and paid the fee, and took him out of the bar to take a taxi.

The car in front of the bar was very taxi, and in the car, I asked him, "Shall I send you a hotel to sleep?"

He squinted at me, "Jiangdong, why are you harming me?"

"What did I do to you?" I looked at him puzzled.

He said vaguely as if he had a piece of candy in his mouth, "I stay in a hotel from Monday to Friday, and it's finally a weekend, and you still let me stay in a hotel, you want me to die!" I want to live at home, I want to feel the warmth of the family, but as soon as I get home, I am a chicken and a dog, saying that I don't take care of their mother and daughter, I have to receive dozens of big customers a day, even if I don't meet, I have to call, a day that there are many bad debts, how can I have time to take care of them, let her take care of the nanny, she is not at ease, let my mother come, they can't get along, what do you say you want me to do? I can't quit my job to help her take care of the children at home, right? I have a loan of two million on my back. ”

When I heard this, I was shocked, "Why are you carrying so many loans?"

The squad leader squinted his eyes and shook his head vigorously, trying to sober himself up, "On the one hand, I feel that the housing prices in Beijing will definitely be longer, and on the other hand, I have bought a house for my parents and her parents near my house, thinking that in the future, everyone will live together, wouldn't it be more convenient to take care of it? ”

"You're right, but isn't it too much pressure on you?" I really felt that if I was left on it, I couldn't stand it.

"How can I not be stressed, but men! Pressure is also motivation, it's nothing, I can get through it with my efforts, but the most unbearable thing for me is that my wife is inconsiderate of me...... Ahem!"

After the squad leader said this, he seemed to be tired, sighed, leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and squinted.

When I saw that he was tired, I did not disturb him again.

At this time, the driver's car was about to go to Ping'an Avenue, so he asked me, "You haven't said where to go?"

I hurriedly said to the driver, "Go to Ruyili Community, Xizhimen Inner Street." ”

Since he doesn't like to stay in a hotel, I'll take him to my house.

Houhai is very close to Xizhimen, and it takes more than ten minutes to arrive.

After getting out of the car, I helped him back to my house, and when I opened the door and led him to the narrow aisle of the dining table in front of my house, he slammed into the corner of my small dining table, and he scolded and scolded in dissatisfaction.

"Koto...... Where did you take Lao Tzu here? Is this a public toilet? It's so cramped. ”

Me, "......".

I really wanted to smoke him, and I dared to say that my warm little home was a public toilet, and I regretted bringing him home.

As soon as the two of us got home, the movement was so loud that it would inevitably wake up Jiang Xi and her mother.

Jiang Xi's mother turned on the light and looked at it, frowned and asked, "Who is this?"

I hurriedly said, "It's my squad leader, my best brother since childhood, I don't worry about him staying in a hotel alone, so I brought him back." ”

Jiang Xi's mother squinted at Cheng Ke and said, "Just now he said that our house is like a public toilet, right?"

"...... mother-in-law, why are your ears so good?

"I think he looks like a big animal, and he can't speak human words. ”

I quickly explained, "Mom, he's so drunk that he doesn't even know grandma, so don't worry about him." ”

At this time, Cheng Ke said coldly, "I know my wife, I love my wife the most, how can I not know my wife?"

Jiang Xi's mother pursed her lips, "For the sake of his donkey's lips not the horse's mouth, forgive him, our family is so small, where can you sleep when you bring this big animal back?"

I said, "Mom, you go to the back room and sleep with Jiang Xi, I'll let him sleep in your bed, and I'll make a bunk on the floor myself." ”

Jiang Xi's mother glared at Cheng Ke and said, "It seems that you are really good brothers, and you are willing to bear this kind of grievance for him." ”

I smiled and said, "It's nothing, when I was a kid, I copied his exam papers many times and got 100 points." ”

Jiang Xi's mother pouted again, "Ha! This is really a lot of kindness." ”

After she finished speaking, she took her pillow and quilt and went to the back room.

Jiang Xi didn't come out, and said from the back room, "Husband, you spread it yourself, don't get cold." ”

"Well, you hurry up and sleep wife, I'm sorry to disturb you!" I whispered.

She muttered, "What are you talking about, neurotic!"

I laughed and helped Cheng Ke to the bed, his height and weight, as soon as he lay on the bed, the bed was pressed to "creak".

Jiang Xi's mother heard a voice from the back room, "Oh, my bed, I feel distressed for a minute." ”

I laughed.

As a result, Cheng Ke looked at me and smiled, and he didn't know if he understood what I was laughing at, so he also laughed.

When he had laughed enough, he said vaguely, "It's good here, it's human! ”

Jiang Xi's mother said in a bored tone, "You hurry up and let him shut up and sleep, otherwise we think we've brought back a man-eating goblin, and when we fall asleep, don't let him smell and eat us." ”

My mother-in-law was so funny, and in order to make everyone quiet, I didn't say anything more.

I took off my coat for the squad leader, took off my shoes, and he fell asleep on the bed.

I covered him with a quilt, and I went to make the floor myself.

When everything was ready, it was already four o'clock in the morning, and I quickly lay down on the ground and went to sleep.

In the morning, my mother-in-law got up to cook, and the sound of the kitchen "clanging" woke us all up.

Cheng Ke was dazed, opened his eyes and said, "I'm here, I'll come to the meeting right away! ”

He sat up, stretched on the bed, and when he opened his eyes completely, he looked at me sitting on the floor with a bewildered expression.

"Koto, what's wrong? Are we back in high school again? Why are we sleeping in the same dorm room again?"

I squinted at him, "This is my home, didn't you say you didn't want to go to the hotel yesterday? I'll take you home." ”

"Ahh

I squinted at him, and I couldn't describe it with disgust.

At this time, Jiang Xi walked out of the back room, Cheng Ke heard the sound of the door opening, turned around in fright, and happened to meet Jiang Xi's indifferent eyes.

"Hehehehe! brother...... Brother and sister?" he was nervous.

As a result, Jiang Xi still didn't give him a good face, "No wonder your wife kicked you out, it's useless to make a lot of money, you don't have a door to open your mouth, you talk nonsense when you're drunk, and you talk nonsense when you wake up." ”

Cheng Ke was reprimanded and laughed, "Hehehe, hmm...... Brother and sister, although your home is a little smaller, but it has a unique smell of home, you smell this oil smoke, it is really fragrant. ”

Me, "......".

Jiang Xi, "......".

Jiang Xi rolled his eyes at me, which means: Forget it, don't worry about the mentally handicapped.

"It's coming, it's time to eat!"

Jiang Xi's mother brought out the food, and Jiang Xi went to help her mother.

I took Cheng Ke to our small bathroom to wash, the bathroom can only enter one person at a time, and a tall man like Cheng Ke is standing in it is even more crowded, he quickly washed his face and came out, I went in to wash again.

When I came out, Jiang Xi's mother served Cheng Ke porridge, and Cheng Ke had already drunk it.

While drinking, Cheng Ke sighed, "Auntie's craftsmanship is so good, this white porridge can be boiled so delicious, oops, I don't remember how long I haven't drunk this kind of white porridge with no materials, what kind of Arctic scallop porridge are those who drink outside, sea cucumber and lobster porridge, the fresh ones are greasy, it's really not as fresh and delicious as this white porridge, and how is this salted cucumber so delicious? Where to buy it?"

I squinted at Cheng Ke, if I didn't know him very well, I'm afraid everyone would think that he was showing off his wealth.

Jiang Xi's mother is also an alternative, she didn't take his words seriously at all, but was praised by him, and immediately smiled, forgetting why she didn't treat Cheng Ke last night, "I pickled this myself, do you think it's delicious? ”

Cheng Ke said, "Okay! I have never married my lover, except for my mother and her, we have basically never cooked." ”

Jiang Xi's mother said, "Oh, how can you live without cooking, not to mention that the food outside is always very expensive, and the food outside is not as clean, hygienic and nutritious as at home!"

Cheng Ke said, "Auntie, you're right. ”

As soon as Jiang Xi's mother was happy, she casually asked, "Aren't you a good young man, because of why you were kicked out by your wife?"

Cheng Ke sighed at the mention of this, "Ahem! The child has been sick for a week, she ran to the hospital alone, probably because she was tired of running, I went home last night on Friday, she wanted me to help take the child, I brought her and she was not satisfied, saying that I don't pay attention to the child's hygiene, the child fell down, I admit, it is true that I did those things badly, my mind is full of work, When it comes to making money, I don't have the heart or talent to bring the child well, she scolded me and slapped me, I think I was really wrong, so I endured it, and the keyboard also knelt, but she didn't lose her anger at all, and she just kicked me out of the house, cough!"

Speaking of this, Cheng Ke sighed again, looking helpless.

Jiang Xi said while eating, "I'm a woman, I think I have to say something for your wife, you are busy with work, you are under pressure, but your wife must be so tired that she is going to collapse with the children alone, don't think about anything else, just understand her well." ”

Cheng Ke said, "I understand, I also admit my mistakes, she can beat me and torture me, as long as she discourages me and forgives me, but she just thinks that I seem to have committed a heinous crime, and she can't forgive me, and always tells me that I don't listen to her, I only receive customers all day long, but also answer customers' calls, how can I have time to listen to her chatter!"

Jiang Xi said, "Squad leader, I'm straight, don't mind, this situation in your family must be solved by a way, otherwise it will feel like a long time...... "There may be a big problem, I guessed what Jiang Xi was going to say, but she left a few words on the side of her mouth, "Maybe it's not too good!"

Cheng Ke quickly finished the porridge in the bowl and said, "You have a point, but I sometimes feel that our family's life seems to have fallen into a dead knot and can't be untied, you have to say, if we don't love each other, we can divorce, but I know that I love her, and now I have children, I can't bear their mother and daughter, I also believe that she must also love me deeply, before the two of us had children, it was very sweet, Happiness, something is wrong, as soon as I coax her, she will not be angry, but now that she has children, she has become very irritable, and I also have shortcomings, in short, it is difficult for Qing officials to judge family affairs, and they can't tell the way, and they can't find a solution. ”

Jiang Xi said, "Women need their husbands to accompany them, can you adjust your work and don't be so busy, such as going home at least eight o'clock every night to accompany your wife and children." ”

Cheng Ke said, "I also want to, but the customers are all food and clothing, I count on them for a mortgage of 20,000 yuan a month, they come with a phone call, do I dare not answer? There is a problem, do I dare not solve it immediately? Lose a customer, may lose millions of performance, I don't dare at all, she actually knows, just can't understand me, you say, I don't look for a junior, two don't spend money indiscriminately, three also really love her, just busy with work, I'm a good husband, right?"

Jiang Xi's mother immediately said, "It's a good husband, Jiangdong often works overtime until eleven or two o'clock...... But it's not easy for you to love someone, cough! Life, it's not easy in its own way, so you can only be more considerate, there's no good way. ”

"Ahem!" Cheng Ke sighed again, "I sometimes think that everyone must have contradictions, all of them are not easy, I just think, I don't do well, she can scold me, beat me, but don't be angry and don't forgive me, this makes me feel very insecure in my heart, you see I love her so much, she kicked me out in the middle of the night, how sad I am! ”

"Hahaha!" Jiang Xi's mother couldn't help laughing, "Then your wife is even more delicate than Jiang Xi, Jiang Xi will hit Jiang Dong at most...... Ahh

I quickly kicked Jiang Xi's mother under the table, and Jiang Xi's mother subconsciously snorted.

The result can be imagined, Cheng Ke still heard Jiang Xi's mother's words, "Ah? Jiangdong has also been beaten by his wife? Hahaha, it seems that all wives in the world are generally black! ”

I looked at Cheng Ke with disdain, "Who do you say, you deserve to be kicked out by your wife." ”

"Hahahaha!" Cheng Ke smiled even more happily, and then reached out and touched my head with a cheap face and said, "I know that Dongdong is the best for me, I was thinking when I was in school, if Jiangdong was a girl, I would definitely marry her home, she is beautiful and good-looking, and her temper is super good, cough! I have been sorry for this for several years, if we live together, we will definitely be happy!"

As soon as he finished saying this, Jiang Xiyan's knife flew after him, and he began to fly me again.

I immediately said to Cheng Ke, "You can do it, the more you talk about it, the more unreliable it becomes." ”

"Hahahaha! Thank you for your family of three, no, it's going to be four soon, and thank you Auntie for breakfast, it's so fragrant, I'll go first, go home and coax my wife, I also miss my eldest daughter, today I'm going to take my eldest daughter to the doctor, I have a cold and cough for a long time. ”

"Let's go, let's go!" I couldn't wait to chase him away.

Before leaving, Cheng Ke pinched my face very cheaply.

Me, "......".

"Oh, why is this young man so unserious, full of nonsense, haha!" Jiang Xi's mother thought it was funny.

Jiang Xi stared at me coldly, the chopsticks bit in his mouth, and the action of eating stopped, "Am I going to prevent fire and theft in the future, and I have to guard against buddies!"

Me, "......"

"Oh, he's talking about it. "Damn the squad leader, he just deliberately didn't let me have a good time.

Jiang Xi, "Hmph, I'm teasing you to play with you, what are you weak about?"

"What is wrong with my heart?"

"Hmph, be careful with me in the future, stay away from him!" Jiang Xi said coldly.

"Oh, Queen. ”

"Huh! That's pretty much it!"

"Wife, have you hummed enough? I'm so scared! Are you being bored with me, or are you serious, your acting skills are so good, I can't tell the difference! But if you even eat men's vinegar, does it mean that you love me very much?"

Jiang Xi squinted at me, "Hmph!

She still didn't say that she was joking, or seriously, treacherous!

After Cheng Ke arrived home, he sent me a message: I forgive me, don't worry about me, thank you for your family's hospitality.

I replied: Who misses you?

After a long time, I didn't contact Cheng Ke, and everyone was busy again.

My work was going well, my salary was high, and our savings were naturally faster, at that time, my salary plus some of Jiang Xi's manuscript fees, we had more than 40,000 yuan in savings.

My eldest sister and second sister would ask me every time they called, "Is your child about to be born?"

I said, "It's almost my due date." ”

They are also looking forward to it, after all, they are my own sisters, and they are naturally happy to see me happy.

It's just that when Jiang Xi's due date was still half a month away, my mother returned to her hometown from out of town.

That day, my eldest sister called me, and she said, "Brother, my mother is back." ”

When I heard this, I was naturally happy, I hadn't seen my mother for a long time, "Great, will my mother come back this time?" If you don't leave, when Jiang Xi finishes giving birth, I will pick her up and come to stay with me for a few days, and come to see the child." ”

Speaking of this, the eldest sister's tone was a little hesitant, and she hesitated, "That, my mother, she may not want to go to you for the time being, you see that your house is so small, Jiang Xi and the child live, and her mother, how can there be a place for my mother to live!"

When she said this, I was silent, my house is indeed a little small, but it is not completely uninhabitable, but what is the point of arguing with her about such a thing?

I said, "Eldest sister, if you have anything to say, just say it, our sister and brother don't have to be polite." ”

The eldest sister hesitated again and said, "Then I'll just say it!"

I said, "Hmm!"

"My mother has saved 40,000 yuan in her hands over the years, and she is now older, and she doesn't want to wander outside, she thinks...... Use the 40,000 dollars to buy a house with us. ”

"Forty thousand yuan is not enough, right?" I said subconsciously.

"Yes, so, she wants me to ask you, do you have any money over there now, she has a house in sight, she needs 80,000 yuan, can you give him another 40,000 yuan. ”

When I heard this, my heart was directly blocked, and I didn't know what to say.

There was only one thought in my head: I only had 40,000 yuan in my hand, and my wife was about to have a baby.

At this time, I didn't expect that my mother was next to my eldest sister, and she took my eldest sister's mobile phone and said to me, "Dong!"

I haven't heard my mother's voice for a long time, and my eyes turned red at this sound, and I immediately shouted, "Mom! you're back, I miss you very much!"

"I miss you too! You listen to me, I want to buy a house has my thoughts, first of all, I am old, I want to have my own place to live, I originally wanted your eldest sister and second sister to give me 20,000 yuan, but they didn't give me out, they all said they wanted me to live with them, your eldest sister is getting a divorce, after the divorce, her house is not hers is not necessarily, your second sister's family of three is very happy, I don't want to disturb them, living in my son-in-law's house, I always feel uncomfortable, no matter how you say it, it depends on people's faces, sons-in-law and sons are always different. ”

When I went to Beijing, I found that in big cities, sons-in-law and mother-in-law live together than daughters-in-law and mother-in-law, accounting for a much larger proportion.

But in our small place, parents live with their sons and daughters-in-law, and if any parents live with their daughters, others will think that either the son and daughter-in-law are really unfilial, or the parents have no sons.

Parents live with their daughters, it is a disgraceful thing, but also a thing that makes parents ashamed of themselves, as the saying goes, "the daughter who marries out, spills the water", which is vividly shown in us, and after the daughter marries, she also has to support her in-laws over there, and she can't blame her daughter for being bad.

Therefore, we also have a special fancy for sons there, so many families would rather be fined, but also have three children, the purpose is to have a son, really not born, families with two daughters, will also raise another son, this is probably the poison of feudal thinking in small places, not as open-minded and avant-garde as big cities.

In fact, think about it, what is the difference between sons and daughters? If you get along well, you will be good, and if you don't get along well, you will not be good.

And my mother, I know her very well, she has a strong personality, she will not be soft and tactful, plus she is divorced, she has low self-esteem, and often says that she is a failed woman, so I can better understand why she doesn't like to live with others.

I silently felt sorry for my mother in my heart, if I had a lot of money, I could say, Mom, you can buy it if you want, and my son will pay for you, but ......

My mother saw that I was silent for a while, and then said, "I bought this house, not only for myself, but also for you and your daughter-in-law and children in the future, and you will have a place to live, if you come back for the Chinese New Year, every time you come back, you will live in your sister's house, it's not good, don't you say?"

"Yes!"

Our family used to be rural, and after my two sisters grew up and worked, they married in the city, and after my parents divorced, the broken house in the countryside was thrown there, and the rent could not be rented, and the property certificate was still the common property right of the brigade, so it was not worth a few dollars to sell, so I threw it there and left it alone.

I think my mom was right, it's just ......

"Mom, can you tell my two sisters again, let them pay this money, after all, they are richer than me, I only have 40,000 yuan in my hand now, Jiang Xi is about to have a baby, I can't keep money in my hand!

"Ahem!" my mother sighed, "I told them for a long time, but they didn't want to give it to me, I felt that there was no hope in them, and I had no choice before I came to you." "At the end of the day, my mom choked up.

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