On how steamed buns are made
Russell entered the door and put things away, and when he looked back, Qiu Yunxiang was still standing outside the door stupidly, seeing that his expression was a little reluctant, he frowned slightly, and walked out quickly to pull her in.
The yard is quite spacious, but it looks messy because of negligent management, and there is no serious paved road, just after the rain yesterday, Qiu Yunxiang's pair of valuable sandals hung a foot of mud every minute, she was very uncomfortable.
Before she came, she really didn't expect Russell's house to be like this. In fact, the village where their family is located is not remote, and his neighbor is a two-story building, which shows that it is not the overall poverty. Look at the father-in-law and mother-in-law's legs and feet are also very neat, the eldest sister is also an honest and capable person, and the younger brother is also a young man in his twenties, the labor force is enough, he doesn't make money from farming, he goes out to work, plus Russell's salary of more than 3,000 a month, he can give his family more than 2,000, so he can't even afford to build a house, right?
When I entered the room, it was dark, and the windows of the hall were above the stove, and they were so shiny that they had completely lost their light.
"Why don't you turn on the lights? It's so dark. Qiu Yunxiang asked Russell, and Russell pulled her hand and motioned her to whisper: "Mom lives a frugal life, and the electricity bill is very expensive, so she can save a little." It's not dark in this house, you've just come in from the outside and you're not used to it, and you'll be fine after a while. If you can still see something, you turn on the light, and your mother will scold when she sees it. Let's finally come back, don't upset her. ”
Forget it, the first time they met, Qiu Yunxiang didn't want to make her mother-in-law angry. Since ancient times, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been difficult, and for the sake of the other party being the mother of the person he loves, he is older and naturally stubborn, so he can only be a junior and take care of more.
Entering the bedroom on the left, it was much brighter than the hall, the mother-in-law and the little sister and brother were busy distributing gifts on the pit, or the father-in-law came forward to beckon Qiu Yunxiang to sit, and asked Russell to go out to boil water to drink.
It was noon, and more than six hours had passed since he got off the train, Qiu Yunxiang had not eaten a drop of rice, and he was so hungry that he couldn't do it, but several people sitting on the pit were excitedly unpacking their gifts, and they didn't mean to cook at all. Of course, Qiu Yunxiang was embarrassed to say that he was hungry, so he had to take out a piece of chocolate from his bag to cushion his stomach first.
As soon as the package was torn open, a dirty little hand reached out from the side without warning and snatched the chocolate. Qiu Yunxiang looked at the empty hand in a daze, and turned his head to face the dirty child.
It was the little boy from my sister's house, who looked like he was in his teens, and there was an equally dirty little girl next to him, about six or seven years old. The little boy grabbed the chocolate and stuffed it directly into his mouth and chewed it, and the little girl just looked at it, obviously very greedy but didn't dare to ask for it.
Soon, the little boy finished eating a piece of chocolate and didn't give it to the little girl at all, then raised his head, stared at Qiu Yunxiang and said domineeringly, "I still want to eat." After speaking, regardless of whether Qiu Yunxiang agreed or not, he directly used his hands stained with dirt and mud to rummage through her bag.
Where has Qiu Yunxiang ever seen a bear child who doesn't ask for himself? Instinctively, he picked up his bag and stood up, not letting him turn it over. Just kidding, can a woman's bag be flipped through casually? There's something in there that shouldn't be seen by others.
The bear child did not succeed, and immediately lay on the ground and rolled around, crying as he rolled: "I want to eat chocolate!" I'm going to eat chocolate! Ahhh ”
The younger sister, who had been picking things on the pit, suddenly fell from the pit as if she had been beaten with chicken blood, picked up her son who kept crying, hugged her in her arms and screamed in her heart, and glanced at Qiu Yunxiang from time to time: "Son, don't cry, Mom will come to you in a while, don't cry, be good." You can buy whatever you want to eat. Don't cry, my heart. ”
Russell's younger sister is named Luo Yun, and her eldest sister Luo Qin's Mu Ne is different, she has been liking her parents since she was a child, and her status at home is second only to Russell, and even her younger brother Luo Song stands aside, which also develops her lazy personality.
Luo Yun coaxed her son Cao Xiaobao and leaned over to Qiu Yunxiang's side: "Sister-in-law, your nephew wants to eat chocolate, you can give him a few more." The tone was the same as that of the little overlord bear child, as if whatever she said, others had to abide by and implement it to the letter. Now Qiu Yunxiang finally knows what it means to teach by word and deed, and sure enough, if there is a mother, there must be a son, and neither of them knows what the word politeness is.
Before Qiu Yunxiang could agree or refuse, Luo Yun's hand had already pulled her bag. Touching other people's things without permission is undoubtedly disgusting. Qiu Yunxiang unceremoniously knocked Luo Yun's hand away, and said a little angrily: "I don't have it in my bag, but I forgot about this one in my bag last time." Is it okay not to rummage through my stuff? ”
"I'm so careful, but I don't want to give your nephew a piece of broken chocolate! Big brother, look at what kind of wife you are looking for, she doesn't pull out a dime! When Cao Xiaobao heard that there was no chocolate to eat, he let go of his throat and cried, so that everyone present could accept the baptism of magic sounds.
"Everyone, hurry up, take the chocolate out and coax him, otherwise he won't stop. You are really, you can't be reluctant to have a child, you have so much money at home, and you don't know what to keep it for? This is the first time Qiu Yunxiang's mother-in-law said to Qiu Yunxiang.
After two years of divorce, every time Qiu Yunxiang thinks about it, she feels that she is really a bun and a mallet, and her forbearance cannot be exchanged for the respect of the other party, but intensifies the exploitation.
The meaning of the mother-in-law's words is that Qiu Yunxiang is not sensible, not atmospheric, and does not know how to behave. All of a sudden, Qiu Yunxiang's heart was broken up when he tried to integrate into this family.
She thought, these people are Russell's relatives, but they have nothing to do with her life, at most, they just spend some money on the New Year's holidays, why should people who can't get along reluctantly pretend to love each other? Just keep your distance and create some beauty.
Without saying a word, Qiu Yunxiang took out a hundred yuan from his bag and handed it to Cao Xiaobao: "I really don't have any chocolate here, what do you want to eat, go buy it yourself." In short, a family conflict ended with Qiu Yunxiang settling things with money.
"Old man, it's the first time you come to the door, our requirements are not high, just just eat a few things. Boss, you take her out, tell her where everything we cook is, and then come back, I have something to tell you. Old family, put less oil, I can't eat anything that is too oily. As soon as my mother-in-law gave instructions, she determined that Qiu Yunxiang was today's chef, and no one could refute it at all.
Russell came out from behind the crowd and pulled Qiu Yunxiang out with a promise. Pointing to the things piled up in the corner of the hall and said: "Our kitchen is small, you will use it, I will go to see what our mother told me first, and I will help you later, the dishes are in the northeast corner of the courtyard, what do you eat and look at the picking." After speaking, without waiting for Qiu Yunxiang to answer, he raised his feet and entered the house.
The first time I came to the door, I even had to cook by myself, the biggest shortcoming of poor Qiu Yunxiang, who was excellent in character and learning, was that he couldn't cook, and the life of the two after marriage was taken care of by part-time workers, and Qiu Yunxiang had never cooked by himself, how could Russell not know anything? But he still left her awkwardly left here alone.
Qiu Yunxiang suddenly regretted a little, did he get married too hastily?