8. Relatives
After the New Year, Xu Ruo's family was ready to go to relatives.
Xu Ruo didn't have a grandfather or an elder like an aunt, so he later got the youngest son Xu Youguo.
Xu Ruo's grandfather suffered a lot in his early years, so he died after Xu Youguo got married, and Xu Ruo's grandmother died of dystocia.
In general, the previous generation of the Xu family was full of disasters and difficulties.
And Xu Ruo's grandmother's house is a different scene, Xu Ruo has four uncles, two aunts, plus Xu Ruo's mother, Xu's grandmother gave birth to seven. Not to mention cousins, cousins, cousins, cousins, and a bunch of cousins.
Grandma's house is still some distance away from Xu Ruo's house, although it is in the same village, but it takes about half an hour to walk.
In fact, Xu Ruo doesn't like to go to his grandmother's house, Xu Ruo in his previous life is always compared with his two cousins, his cousin is the cloud in the sky, and Xu Ruo is the mud in the ground, because the two cousins are very good at studying, and Xu Ruo will only get into trouble. In addition, my grandmother is patriarchal, and she doesn't like Xu Ruo very much.
On the road, Xu Youguo and Xu Meiren led Xu Ruo to walk in the middle, the trees on both sides were bare, only the branches of the snow were left, and the wind was blowing for a while, which belonged to the lonely cold of winter.
Walking on the snow, Xu Ruo hated to bury her whole face in her clothes, God knows that she was most afraid of the cold.
Xu Meiren looked down at her daughter's behavior and asked, "Xiaoruo, do you want your father to pick you up and leave." ”
Xu Youguo also stopped and looked at Xu Ruo: "Is Xiao Ruo tired?"
Xu Ruo smiled, looked up and said, "I don't need my father to hug me, I'm so old, it's just a little cold, let's go faster, it won't be cold when we get to grandma's house quickly." ”
After that, he pulled up Xu Youguo and Xu Meiren and wanted to run.
Xu Youguo and Xu Meiren glanced at each other, with a smile in their eyes, and walked strode up with their daughter's little strength.
When I walked to my grandmother's house, the relatives were almost there, and the women gathered around a table to roll dumpling skins, make dumplings, and talk while busy working. The man set up two tables, one playing mahjong and the other playing poker. Children are noisy, you chase me. My grandparents sat on chairs and basked in the sun.
Xu Ruo's family walked over.
"Happy New Year, Mom, Dad. ”
"Happy New Year to grandparents. ”
"Hey, the beauty and the country are here. Grandpa Xu beckoned Xu Ruo to walk over: "Xiao Ruo come here." ”
Xu Ruo let go of his parents' hands and walked to Grandpa Xu obediently.
"Mom and Dad, then I'll help my sister-in-law make dumplings together. ”
"Then I'll go and watch them play cards, if you want to be obedient, you know. ”
The family also does not say polite words.
"Go, go, go. ”
Grandpa Xu took Xu Ruo's hand and asked, "Xiao Ruo is in the sixth grade now." ”
Xu Ruo nodded: "Hmm." "It looks very reserved.
"Haha. Grandpa Xu patted Grandma Xu's hand with his hand: "Look at it, it's a person who can read, but it's a pity, it's not a boy." ”
When Xu Ruo heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't want to argue with an old man, so he lowered his head and was silent, so as not to let people see his face.
Grandma Xu glanced at Grandpa Xu: "Just don't talk to the door, okay, don't pull Xiaoruo, let her play with Beibei." ”
Grandpa Xu also let go: "Go play with your cousin." ”
Xu Ruo nodded: "Grandparents and grandmothers, then I'll go." She really couldn't stay any longer, and after saying that, she trotted out into the room, and the TV was really playing cartoons.
In the courtyard, Grandpa Xu sighed again: "Alas, it's a pity that the head is so smart." ”
"Hmph. Grandma Xu snorted: "A girl, she can eat well when she reads." ”
Xu Ruo naturally couldn't hear these words, even if she heard them, she would only be uncomfortable for a while, and she would never rest assured anymore, she had already experienced her grandparents' patriarchal thinking, not to mention that she was not a real child, so she would not be angry for words that she didn't like.
And her grandparents don't like her, there are also historical reasons, when Xu Meiren was determined to marry Xu Youguo, who had a sick father in the four walls of the family, she was also angry with her grandparents, and ignored Xu Ruo's family for a year or two at first, and then Xu Youguo went to work in other places to earn money, and the two families reconnected and began to move around.
In the room, Xu Ruo's two cousins saw Xu Ruo say in unison: "Cousin." ”
Xu Ruo was stunned for a moment before responding, Xu Beibei and Xu Jiajia never called her cousin in their previous lives, they called her name directly. How do you ...... in this life? Yes, this life is no longer the same! Xu Ruo raised his smile and sat next to Xu Beibei and Xu Jiajia, these two children are only 5 years old, and they haven't gone to kindergarten yet, so they can't force the imbalance of their previous life on them, in the final analysis, it's just their own reasons.
The three little girls sat together, all pink and cute, watching TV, and did not communicate.
Of course, Xu Ruo can't watch these childish cartoons, only real children watch them with relish, such as Xu Beibei and Xu Jiajia.
At noon, the eldest aunt shouted, "It's time to eat." ”
Xu Ruo cheered, and finally came to dinner, she took the initiative to hold the hands of her two cousins: "Okay, let's stop watching TV, let's go to dinner." ”
Xu Beibei and Xu Jiajia obediently followed Xu Ruo to the restaurant where they ate.
Bowls full of round and cute dumplings were served
The table, just smelling it, makes people's appetite move. The pork at this time is not fed like feed in the future, but home-raised, and it tastes delicious. Xu Ruo remembered an advertising slogan: "Let you eat with peace of mind, eat with peace of mind......"
At the dinner table, I don't know who brought it up, the eldest cousin's family gave birth to a second child and was a girl, and she wanted to put her eldest daughter in a relative's house for a period of time to escape the inspection of family planning.
Somehow, it came to Xu Meiren's head, hoping to put the eldest cousin's daughter in Xu Meiren's house to raise.
Xu Ruo knew that the daughter of the eldest cousin in her previous life had indeed lived in her house for two years.
But now Xu Meiren was the first to disagree: "This is not good, my Xiaoruo is about to enter junior high school, I must follow to take care of Xiaoruo, is it possible to put Lulu in my house? Who will take care of her!"
Xu Ruo glanced at Xu Meiren, and there was a wave in her heart, the first thing a mother always thinks about is her child.
When everyone listened, they didn't talk much, in the past, they only thought that Xu Meiren had a good temperament, but this would be a trouble, and everyone naturally pushed it on her head, and people who didn't think that they had a good temperament were also mothers.
There are also people with pantothenic acid in their hearts, such as Xu Ruo's little aunt, her son is one year older than Xu Ruo, and now he is in the fifth grade, and he was compared to him, only to see her mouth muttered twice and said: "Oh, your Xiaoruo is out of luck now, don't forget our relatives in the future." After saying that, he laughed to himself, and he didn't know what was funny.
Xu Meiren didn't understand, her daughter is just promising, you just sour it, and choke back immediately: "Little sister-in-law, borrow your auspicious words, if our family is also prosperous in the future, I will wait to enjoy the blessings." ”
Xu Ruo's aunt snorted, and was about to say something when she was stopped by the eyes of her husband next to her.
"Okay, okay, don't talk about it, eat. Grandpa Xu slapped the table and interrupted.
The crowd died down.
The meal became tasteless, and after eating, the dishes and chopsticks were cleaned up, and everyone left home one after another.
On the way home, Xu Meiren was still uncomfortable, she took Xu Ruo's hand and said: "Xiaoruo, you must study hard, and in the future, you will be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, and your little aunt will be soured, hum." ”
Xu Youguo laughed and persuaded: "Okay, what's there to be angry about, what are you doing with your daughter, isn't she just jealous of our family's Xiaoruo." ”
Xu Ruo also interjected: "Mom, if you don't say that I will study hard, I will definitely be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University for you." ”
Xu Meiren laughed, and her eyes bent into crescents again: "Okay, Xiaoruo is the most powerful, let's go home." ”
The footprints of a family of three were left on the snow, and they walked away step by step.