Chapter 48: Returning Home
The car drove for a long time, and when he really came down from the provincial highway and entered the road leading to Xingkou Village, Chen Xukun really understood what Xu Heer meant, this road is really potholes, and the original paved asphalt road has been unrecognizable, he has to drive carefully to avoid riding bicycles, electric cars, motorcycles, tricycles and pedestrians, and pay attention to trucks of different sizes, some of which are loaded with goods, and they must be overweight, and the cars are a little shaky. To make matters worse, the trucks kicked up a huge cloud of dust as soon as they passed, and he had to turn on the wipers......
After the car drove into the village road, Chen Xukun was a little more relaxed, not that the road conditions in the village were better, but that there were not so many heavy trucks on the road. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Xu Herer is all the way home, even such a good car is still bumpy, when he got out of the car, Xu Herer rubbed his waist, his legs were almost numb!
As soon as Meng Fangtian heard the sound of parking outside the door, he immediately walked out, and saw that Chen Xukun was still a little incredulous, and Xu Hel had already told her in the text message that Chen Xukun had to come to their village, so frightened that Meng Fangtian called Huang Ma directly, she didn't know that Chen Xukun did this, and the Chen family knew it, and later Huang Ma told her that it was the old man who agreed, and Meng Fangtian was relieved. She immediately took her daughter-in-law upstairs to clean up the room in the west, fortunately, the upstairs rooms were equipped with air conditioning, and Chen Xukun would not feel hot when he moved in.
The talent car in the village parked at the door of Xu Her's house, and they came over one after another, and saw that the driver was a young and handsome young man, and he was very close to Xu Her, and couldn't help but guess whether this was the object that Xu Hel talked about when he was in college. Xu Heer greeted these people with a smile, but sighed loudly in his heart, these people must have misunderstood their relationship with Chen Xukun. Meng Fangtian didn't explain, in fact, she was also embarrassed, Chen Xukun's identity was better to be low-key, otherwise it might be even more difficult to hear.
Xu Heran had seen Chen Xukun, so when he saw him, he was quite calm, and greeted him generously, Xu Heran saw that his sister's cheeks were a little rounder, and she was still satisfied with this marriage, so she suppressed the awkwardness in her heart and answered Xu Heran's question obediently.
Xu Her's grandparents heard that a distinguished guest had arrived, and soon came over, and a group of people sat in the hall, the big fan on the ceiling was whirring, and the small fan on the ground was also blowing all the time, so it was not too hot. Xu Heer's grandmother was more thoughtful, and when she saw Chen Xukun driving Xu Herer back, she wanted to explore the relationship between the two of them, but was blocked by Meng Fangtian's words, and it was inappropriate to ask anything at this time.
Xu Herer was really tired, and he didn't sit in the hall for a while before returning to the room, lying on the bed, and Xu Heran followed into the room. Xu Heran patted his sister's leg and asked, "Are you still angry?" ”
Xu Herr rolled around on the bed, a little away from Xu Heran, and asked weakly: "Is it useful for me to be angry?" When did you ever care about my opinion? ”
Xu Heran sighed and explained, "We are very happy that you want to participate in family affairs. But you also have to know that the customs and etiquette in the countryside are more complicated than you think, and most of your head is already the thinking of a city person, so your opinions are somewhat ...... Some idealization knows? ”
Xu Heer turned over and sat up: "That's because some customs in the village are too ignorant!" Say that it is popular to get pregnant unmarried these days, and you have caught up with the trend! said that the girl and the boy should get married early, you see how many girls under the age of 20 in the village have become mothers! It is said that the widow is ashamed to remarry, and the relationship between the married men and women in the village is ......"
Xu Heran covered her mouth in time: "Be quiet, just tell me about your complaints." If you can't get used to it, don't look at it, don't listen to it if you can't get used to it, the village says it's big or small, don't talk nonsense and ruin your reputation! ”
Xu Herer pouted and said dissatisfiedly: "You are like this too!" ”
Xu Heran helped her recomb her hair, braided it into a simple braid, and persuaded: "Life in the countryside is a bit boring, and if they don't find some fun, they won't be able to live this day." You are obedient, after the wedding, go back to SH with my mother If you want to stay with your sister-in-law for so long, you must be crazy. ”
Xu Hel hugged his sister's flat waist and asked in a low voice, "Don't you really regret marrying Chang Bin?" ”
Xu Heran's eyes suddenly turned red, and he patted his sister's back and comforted: "What is there to regret, their home is so close, if I am wronged, my brother will be the first to rush over." We all live so close, what can you do in the future? ”
Xu Herer joked: "I have a few very good friends in college, and they take good care of me, even if I don't go back to the village in the future, I won't be bullied!" ”
At this time, Ma Hongmei pushed the door in, and saw the two sisters hugging each other, so she breathed a sigh of relief, before she heard the eldest sister say that the younger sister has been angry at home, and may not come back.
Xu Heran let go of his sister. asked, "Is there anything wrong with my sister-in-law?" ”
Ma Hongmei hurriedly said: "Mom let you out!" It is said that it is necessary to make dumplings for guests to eat at night. ”
Xu Herr suddenly remembered that during the Spring Festival, she and Chen Xukun talked about dumplings, so she hurriedly went out. The people who came to join in the fun in the hall had almost gone, and Xu Her's grandparents had also returned to their homes, leaving only Meng Fangtian and Chen Xukun, and a few neighbors' children with candy in their hands.
Xu Heran took some snacks from the room and coaxed these children home, before going to the kitchen with his mother and sister-in-law to prepare, Xu Heran saw that he was a little uncomfortable, so he smiled and said: "I know, our countryside is terrible!" ”
Chen Xukun smiled helplessly: "Everyone is indeed too enthusiastic!" I'm so enthusiastic that I'm sweating all the time! ”
Xu Heer knew that he was a bit of a cleanliness student, so he said: "Then you go take a bath first, there is no air conditioning in the downstairs room, you can go upstairs to rest for a while after taking a bath." ”
Chen Xukun shook his head: "I can still tolerate this little heat, but I want to wash my face!" ”
Xu Heer brought him a bucket of cold water from the well: "Wash it with well water, it's cooler!" ”
Chen Xukun put his hand into the washbasin, and it was really refreshing. Xu Heer's family uses a pump to draw water, but in summer, everyone still likes to use a bucket to fetch water, which is cooler.
Soon the sound of tuk tuk tuk came from the kitchen, there are many women in the family, and it is relatively fast to make dumplings. Xu Heran was in charge of chopping the stuffing, Meng Fangtian was in charge of the noodles, and Ma Hongmei helped to help. The small kitchen was already crowded with three women, so when they saw that Xu Herer and Chen Xukun were coming in, Xu Heran immediately drove them out and asked Xu Herer to take Chen Xukun around, just when the sun was weak and not too hot.
Xu Hel took Chen Xukun to the stream under the small bridge, the water here is clear and cool, Xu Heer's feet in sandals did not hesitate to stick in, and told him that this is his favorite place to come when he was a child, there is shade in summer, and in winter, you can find some beautiful small stones in the riverbed. When they were children, the most common thing they played was to play with pebbles, but unfortunately she didn't have many chances to win.
Crossing the small bridge, they came to the bamboo forest again, at this time the bamboo forest is the most lively, tired birds return to the nest, chirping a little noisy, they did not dare to cross the bamboo forest, for fear of those bird droppings falling from the sky. Further along is Xu Her's grandmother's house, Fang Meng was very happy to see her little granddaughter, and heard the neighbor's gossip that her little granddaughter brought back a handsome guy, thinking that it was the one next to her.
Xu Heer took his grandmother's arm and introduced: "He is Chen Xukun, he is an SH person, grandma can chat with him in SH dialect!" ”
Fang Meng looked Chen Xukun up and down for a while, and then smiled: "How many years have this been, and I don't remember a few words of SH." Thank you for sending Hull back, little girl, and please bear with me! ”
Chen Xukun smiled politely: "You are serious!" Hull is a very good little girl and I am very happy to be with her. I mean...... It's comfortable to get along with her as a sister! ”
Xu Heer breathed a sigh of relief, if Chen Xukun didn't make up the second half of the sentence, then her relationship with him would be too ambiguous. Originally, Xu Herer wanted to invite his grandmother to eat dumplings at home, but his grandmother refused, and asked Xu Herer to bring back some grapes from her yard.
Chen Xukun helped Xu Hel carry the bag with grapes, and on the way back, he told him about his grandmother's past, Chen Xukun had heard some, but he didn't expect Xu Her's grandmother and mother's fate to be so tortuous, he looked at Xu Her, and in the process of saying this, her mood was a little low.
When I got home, the dumpling making work was about to end, Chen Xukun saw the original picture of the dumpling photos sent by Xu Heer during the Spring Festival, because the utensils were made of thin straw to form a circle, so when the dumplings were placed, they were neatly stacked along the edge of the circle, just like a whirlpool on the plane.
Chen Xukun thought it was very interesting, so he took several photos excitedly, and Xu Heran stood aside and laughed: "Isn't it like this for Ah Kun's family to make dumplings?" ”
Chen Xukun shook his head: "It's all in a rectangular stainless steel tray, and there aren't so many!" ”
Xu nodded clearly: "People in the city don't eat much!" ”
Chen Xukun smiled: "It's not that there are not many, it's that there are not many people in the family!" ”
Xu Heran saw his sister go to the small vegetable garden outside, so he asked Chen Xukun: "My sister didn't trouble you, did she?" Thank you so much for sending Hull back this time! ”
Chen Xukun shook his head and comforted: "She's still quite well-behaved!" Growing up is often like this, if it is too smooth sailing, you should be more worried about whether she will explode more in the future! ”
Xu Heran smiled, looked at the courtyard outside and sighed: "Yes, if she can settle down after this outbreak, I will be relieved!" The gap between us and her is getting bigger and bigger, and many times we can't understand her thoughts and can't help her. ”
Chen Xukun patted her on the shoulder: "Hull still knows how to measure, and the sisterhood will never change." Xu Heer will lose her temper, which shows that she cares about you! ”
Xu Heran nodded and said with a smile: "She will also lose her temper at our own family, and she can be docile outside!" ”
Chen Xukun nodded very seriously: "That's true, but most people are so defenseless against their families, and they are very wary of outsiders!" ”
Xu Heran smiled: "Yes, yes, yes!" It's such a duplicity! ”
Xu Heer had just come in from outside, shook the water in his hand, and couldn't help but be a little surprised to see them chatting so happily, and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”
Xu Heran shook his head: "I didn't say anything, you go to your sister-in-law's room with me to sleep at night!" ”
Xu Hel glanced at Chen Xukun and nodded silently, such an arrangement is the best, otherwise if the sister-in-law lives on the same floor with Chen Xukun, the sister-in-law must be very awkward.
Ma Hongmei still hasn't reacted to the sudden arrival of a noble son in the family, who is good-looking and gentle, and what is even more rare is that she does not dislike their backwardness in the countryside, and she can chat so happily with her eldest sister! But Ma Hongmei didn't dare to chat with him, always worried that she would say the wrong thing, so she kept working behind Meng Fangtian and was not easy to be alone with Chen Xukun.
The hot dumplings came out of the pot, and the Xu Heer sisters were busy bringing out the bowls of dumplings, and their family habit was that the dumplings in the bowl did not have noodle soup, and if they wanted to drink, they would use another bowl to serve them. And Xu Her's favorite is their own fried chili oil, mash the dried chili peppers into a bowl, and then pour them with boiling hot oil, after a sizzling sound, the fragrance of the chili peppers will come out, and then pour vinegar and salt to taste, and finally put in the minced coriander, minced green onions, minced ginger, etc.
Xu Heran saw his sister almost drooling with the bowl of chili oil, a little helpless, his sister's recipes have not changed much since she was a child, she has always loved to eat, and she still won't move a chopstick if she doesn't like to eat for various practices, every time she criticizes her for not being such a picky eater, Xu Herer has a heartfelt word, her picky eating and lack of nutrition can be made up from other foods, the nutrition of most foods is the same, and partial eating does not mean that the nutrition is unbalanced.
But Meng Fangtian still gave Chen Xukun a separate plate of vinegar, only put a little ginger, he can't eat spicy, not to mention that he has a bit of cleanliness, and he doesn't like everyone's chopsticks to be stretched into a bowl. For such obvious differential treatment, Chen Xukun was a little embarrassed.
Although Xu Heer knew that he didn't eat spicy, he still took out a plate again, poured some chili oil and put it in front of him, and encouraged: "Try it, although it will be a little spicy, it should be better than dipping it in vinegar." ”
Chen Xukun carefully dipped it a little, just like Xu Heer said, it is not particularly spicy, but the aroma of chili peppers is particularly tempting to appetite, Xu Heran saw this, so he took out some remaining chili oil from the kitchen and put it in front of him, and said: "Don't worry about eating too much and getting hot, my mother boiled bamboo leaf water, put a little rock sugar, and drank some after eating." ”
Chen Xukun nodded, and couldn't help but feast. Xu Her also ate some fast food at the rest stop in a hurry at noon, and now he was hungry, so he also ate unceremoniously.
Meng Fangtian sat on the side and looked at the two of them as if they had been hungry for a long time, and couldn't help but smile kindly, this time it was really a loss to Chen Xukun, otherwise her little daughter would not have been awkward for a while.
At the end of the meal, Xu Herer and Chen Xukun were all overwhelmed, this was really an embarrassing scene, Xu Heran hurriedly took a few tablets for the two of them to eat, and let them go out for a walk to digest and digest. Xu Herr didn't want to move, but Meng Fangtian and Xu Heran dragged her out for a walk, otherwise her stomach would definitely be uncomfortable at night.