Xie Han and Xie Ying's houses are connected, belonging to the old-fashioned design of Lianwu, with cornices at the door, corridors below, hot and cool, cold wood, and aisles. With the lobby as the middle boundary, two wings were built on each side, and the lobby was divided by a third, with a common living room in front and a common kitchen in the back.

Xie Han's house was lent to Xie Xiong to live in, and Xie Ying and Xie Xiong each lived in two wings on either side of the lobby. The two families get along day and night, close the door like a family, eat and drink together without each other, although Xie Ying's family's behavior of eating and drinking has fulfilled the virtuous name of Xie Xiong's family, especially confirming Xiao Lin's virtuous virtue.

What kind of reputation you can gain depends on whether you can make what kind of sacrifice, that is, you give up your own interests in exchange for the praise of others, and how much advantage others take advantage of you, how much fame you will get. In other words, this kind of reputation is often determined by taking advantage of it, and has nothing to do with your own wishes, starting from taking advantage of it and ending with not taking advantage of it.

If Xie Ying and his wife and children come to your house to eat and drink, one month and one year is acceptable, if it is ten years and eight years, it is equivalent to providing for two generations of his family free of charge, and you can always have no complaints? Moreover, if the people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, from taking advantage of the advantages and conniving to encroaching upon, and even occupying your house and bullying your relatives, can you give it to each other? Raising tigers will be driven away. Sacrifice will not be endless, sacrifice will not be without size, and cheap will not be arbitrary. Things must be reversed, contrary to common sense of sacrifice, unprofitable abandonment, in the end will pay a double price, not only the interests are damaged, but also the reputation is damaged. It can be seen that under the fame, it is actually difficult to match. Whether it is the name of meritocracy or the virtue of virtue, it must be strength, upbringing, and at the bottom of the realm, whether it is a hype pretending from the greater interest, or a show and acting out of vanity and good face, not only the audience feels hypocritical, but the actors are also exhausted and doomed to fail.

Xiao Lin opened the door, and Xie Xiong noticed that the house had been renovated, and the large living rooms that were originally shared by the two families were divided into two by the new wall, and became a small living room for each family. Ma Huilan entered the living room through the door of the stairwell, and he saw that the stairwell had a new wall and a new door. There are walls on all sides, only the room is counted, to be precise, there was no stairwell in the past, the staircase was exposed in the middle of the common kitchen, and now the staircase has a new wall on the left hand and right hand, and behind the wall is a small kitchen. In front of the staircase, a new wall and two doors lead to the living room of the two houses. In other words, Ma Huilan wanted to see Xie Xiong, in the past, she only had to open her bedroom door, but now she has to open the door of her house in the stairwell first, and then open the door of Xie Xiong's house in the stairwell before she can meet Xie Xiong.

The common living room is divided into two, the common kitchen is divided into two, and the public place is transformed into a private place, and the collective activity has evolved into a family taking care of itself, each family closes its own door, and the brothers live their own small lives. The objective "geographical advantage" condition of eating and drinking together has been eliminated by the subjective and deliberate behavior of "human discord".

In terms of affordability and frugality, there are no disadvantages to the transformation, but in terms of reputation and virtue, brotherhood, and neighborhood harmony, especially from the former intimate eating and drinking, to the current cynical exposure of short-term violence and ugliness, it seems to mean that the two families have turned their faces and almost broken up.

If the house was originally designed like this, no one would have anything to talk about, and then assuming that the house was renovated by Xie Xiong, whether he was willing to carry the black pot for his wife, or was passively forced to be pushed out as a scapegoat, the charge of "brotherly discord" would be borne by him. Xiao Lin took advantage of Xie Xiong's absence to make great changes, just as Xie Ying vented his dissatisfaction in public, calmed the heart of "disgusting brother and nephew", erected a wall of "unkindness and unrighteousness", and added the door of "isolation and blocking", which is not considered to be a disaster for relatives and family, what else can it be? If a goblin does not harm people, it is not worthy of being a goblin!

To be honest, a brother like Xie Ying, who is not consciously not active, does not reflect and does not feel guilty, Xiao Lin should have resisted strongly from the beginning, and the weak connivance fell on the opposite side. Hearing that Xie Ying was full of complaints, Xiao Lin argued with a smile, people are not good, heaven and earth come, good people don't live long, Lei Feng didn't live long. She was originally a weak woman who was incapacitated, and her life was originally difficult, so she had to take care of her family first, and then help others if she had spare strength. Although Xiao Lin's current counterattack is straightforward, and he is indeed a little shrewd and sophisticated, from the perspective of traditional family education, he is smart enough to treat his own people, and he is obviously wrong to hurt people with a soft knife. Such a selfish and petty calculation, only caring about their own interests, unwilling to put others before others, so resentful and calculating, unable to suffer losses and suffering, unbearable and angry, stirring up the ungentle image of chickens and dogs, the reversal is too fast, the contrast is too great, especially for Xiao Lin's virtuous name, her move to add a wall to the partition is equivalent to a slap in the face of the elders who sang hymns before.

Regardless of what others think, let's just talk about Xie Xiong's reaction. With an anxious heart and hesitant steps, he inspected the home from beginning to end, and was surprised to find that the home had changed from the original two-bedroom, one-living room and one-kitchen to a three-bedroom and one-living room, with a kitchen and a bathroom. He touched the wall and scrutinized it carefully, and began to understand that the extra room was to reduce the size of the second bedroom by one-third, and the kitchen by one-third, tear down two old walls, build two new walls, and use the area of these two one-thirds to combine into a new guest room.

Xie Xiong entered the guest room, did not turn on the light, but did not close the door, the light in the living room, reflected in, and the furnishings in the room could be seen at a glance. As for the first bathroom, it is embedded in the south corner of the guest room that connects it to the second bedroom, that is, behind the door of the guest room. Xie Xiong stood at the door, but he didn't find it at first, until Xie Han turned on the light and motioned for him to close the door, and turned around to see it.

Xie Han said: This bathroom mile, it takes me a lot of thought, it is equivalent to waste utilization, turning waste into Baoye.

Xie Xiong said: How do you explain this?

Xie Han said: You go in and have a look, look, you don't need me to say, you understand.

Xie Xiong unscrewed the carved glass door of the bathroom, entered, and looked around, with an area of about ten square meters, with a sink on the west side, a mirror on the wall, a toilet and a squatting pit on the east, a water heater and shower head on the north wall, and a washing machine on the south side.

Xie Xiong said: It is quite luxurious to buy it completely, how much money did it cost?

Xie Han said, "How much money can I have?" If you can't move it, it's mine, and if you can move it, it's yours. Thanks to Xiao Linli, she paid out of her own pocket.

Xie Xiong said: She is at home with her children, and she has not gone out to work, where did she get the money?

Xie Han said: Don't forget, she has good cooking skills, and she can also hold a banquet at home. When the guests are happy, give rewards, give red envelopes, and send tips, no less than you earn!

Xie Xiong said: Really? Why haven't I heard her say that?

Xie Han said: Did you give her a chance? If you make a lot of money, you will be hated by others, so you will be viciously framed, you are her husband, you must be cared for, you must trust, don't doubt it!

Xie Xiong said: Oh, there is a door in the south, where does it lead?

Xie Han said: Open it, go over and take a look!

Xie Xiong opened the door, walked out, and actually entered the second bedroom, and the person was behind the door of the second bedroom. He leaned in and saw that the second bedroom was now one-third less than before, and a bathroom was added behind the door, which had changed from a square to a curved ruler. He was standing in the hallway between the south wall and the bathroom. He patted his head and finally realized it. The new wall of the second bedroom has been moved inward by one-third, the south wall of the second bedroom is still in place, and the south wall of the new guest room has also remained unchanged. Not big, not too small, do the bathroom, the area is just right. Because it was not designed in advance, it was just a new situation that arose during construction, which is why the bathroom is not in the master bedroom.

Xie Xiong reached out and turned on the light in the second bedroom.

Xie Feitian, who was sleeping on the bed, had long been awakened by Xie Xiong's knocking on the door. As soon as the light came on, she pulled up the quilt in a panic, covered her head and face, and shivered under the quilt.

Xie Xiong stepped forward, took off his shoes and went to bed, and hugged his daughter in his arms: "Well, don't be afraid, I'm Dad, Dad is home! Dad came to see my baby daughter!"

Xie Feitian shrank his hands and feet and hid in the quilt, he couldn't help but tremble, and he didn't dare to come out.

Xie Xiong put down the quilt, loosened the quilt, and revealed his daughter's face: Good daughter, I'm my father!

As soon as Xie Feitian opened his eyes, he was suddenly stunned, silent, silent, and even his breathing seemed to stop, just stunned, expressionless, just stunned, his eyes were scattered, as if he had been immobilized by Sun Wukong, like a puppet.

Xie Xiong gently stroked her face: My smart and sensible daughter, what's wrong with you?

Xie Feitian's eyes blinked, his mouth opened, his tongue trembled, his cheeks trembled slightly, as if he had a thousand words to say, but he was so nervous that he choked, couldn't make a sound, and forgot how to speak for a while.

Xie Xiong curled his index finger and flicked it lightly and shallowly on his daughter's forehead: Little baby, you forgot your father so quickly, and you don't know your father anymore?

Xie Feitian opened his big eyes like a fawn, and looked at his father in disbelief, his eyes rolling, as if he was about to drip water. One moment biting his lip and getting angry, the other smiling shyly, suddenly bright and proud, and suddenly frowning embarrassedly, even if there is something on his mind, his eyes are still innocent. After laughing, the restrained expression gradually relaxed, and the worried face slowly eased, and the eyes quietly showed joy and joy.

Xie Xiong said: My obedient girl, what's wrong? Did you have a nightmare just now? Frightened baby!

Xie Feitian got up obediently and happily wrapped his arms around Xie Xiong's neck: Dad, you're finally back. The third dad is bad, he wants me to sleep alone! It's dark in the room, I'm afraid, I can't sleep, I miss you, Dad!

Xie Xiong lowered his head and kissed his daughter's face: Little baby, don't be afraid, I'll sleep with you, dissatisfied?

Xie Feitian said: Dad, you have to sleep with me until dawn. My mother always lied to me, every time I fell asleep, she secretly got up and went to sleep with my third father.

Xie Xiong said: Mom just went to the bathroom, good baby, are you unhappy?

Xie Feitian said: When I woke up again, my mother slept next to me again, and my mother said to me like my father.

Xie Xiong said: Listen to my father and mother, I am a smart child.

Xie Feitian said: Mom is bad, dad is good, let's never take care of Mom anymore!

Xie Xiong scratched his daughter's nose: Yes, wow, my mother is a liar! Let's sleep together, and my mother is not allowed to come in, okay?

Xie Feitian jumped out of bed, closed the door, twisted the hidden button, hung the chain, and slapped his little hands twice: In this way, Mom has the key, and she can't get in! Dad, don't worry, I'll protect you!