Zhao Yongzhong's family, except for Zhao Siniang, didn't close their eyes all night last night, and now they all feel exhausted. It wasn't until Old Man Zhao led Zhao Qiao's mother and daughter into the upper room that they were able to drag their heavy steps back to the small courtyard where they lived.

The courtyard where the old Zhao family lives now was purchased by the old man Zhao when he opened a grocery store in Jinghai County. Back then, the old man Zhao made a fortune and wanted to take his father and mother to the county seat to be raised, but the old couple was old and unwilling to leave their hometown. Old man Zhao saw that the old couple insisted on staying in the village, and he was reluctant to go, so he spent a lot of money to build this yard. Even after more than 20 years, this courtyard is still one of the best neat courtyards in Zhaojia Village, and only the Li Zheng family can compare with it.

There are three rooms in the upper room, the middle one is the hall house, usually a large family eats here, the old man Zhao and Zhao Qiao's live in the upper landlord's house, and although the second room lives in the town all the year round, the west house is still left to them. There is also an ear room on each side of the upper room, the west side is the stove room, and the east side is now used for sundries.

The east wing room is where Zhao Yongzhong's family and Zhao Yongxiao live together, and the west wing room is the boudoir of Zhao Chenglan's sisters. The layout of the East Wing is the same as that of the West Wing, with a total of two rooms. The one in the south belongs to Zhao Yongzhong's family, and the one in the north lives alone.

It stands to reason that children should live with their parents, a three-room family of six is still crowded into a room, the family shares a kang, and when they sleep at night, Zhao Yongzhong and his wife and the children use a curtain to separate the kang, so Zhao Chenglan should also live in the upper room with Mr. Zhao and his wife. But three years ago, Zhao Chenglan and Zhao Chengqing, who were to be married at the time, suddenly were not happy to live with the old couple, and they were not willing to share an ear room. Even if Zhao Chengqing got married not long after, Zhao Qiao's family still kept Zhao Chengqing's house, saying that he wanted his eldest daughter to bring his uncle back to live from time to time.

As for the remaining ear room in the upper room, Zhao Qiao's family refused to let the Song mother and daughter live in it even if they put sundries, so they drove the mother and daughter to live in the hut behind the stove.

Zhao Siniang walked into the door of her house and saw that there was a table and two benches by the door. There is a kang on the right hand, and there are three green cloth quilts spread on the kang, and the quilt has been washed and white. There was a wooden box with paint off the side of the kang, the lid of the wooden box was wiped clean, and a pair of half-eaten soles of Jiang's shoes were placed on it.

This is all the belongings of a three-bedroom family of six! Zhao Siniang was full of resentment, thinking: God, you are too cheating! Didn't I just take a nap on the bus? As for putting me in this poor jingle place?

Now it's spring, but the night in Youzhou is still very cold, Jiang saw Zhao Siniang touched the quilt, thinking that she wanted to sleep, so he burned the kang and let her lie down.

"Mother, I'm not tired. Everyone is hungry, let's go eat first! "Zhao Siniang's body hasn't eaten well for several days, and today she only drank two bowls of medicine and ate two mouthfuls of pancakes. At this time, she was really hungry and couldn't hold it anymore before she proposed.

Anyway, just now Jiang and Zhao Sanniang were going to the stove to help, but Old Man Zhao stopped them and told them to stop their work and go back to rest first, saying that they would come to call Zhao Yongzhong's family for dinner in a while. But when the family cleaned up the house and the kang was warm, no one came to call them for dinner.

From last night to now, they have relied on a few pancakes given by the Liu family next door to survive until now, and they are all so hungry that their chests are close to their backs. It's just that Old Man Zhao didn't let people call, and their family went rashly, and they would definitely eat a meal.

"Mother......" Zhao Siniang shouted weakly, looking aggrieved. In fact, my sister doesn't want to be so unproductive, but "people are iron and rice are steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic", everyone has been hungry for several meals, and now she is weak, her eyes are dazzled, and she is begging for food with a dead face!

Jiang was sad for a while, glanced at Zhao Yongzhong in embarrassment, and was surprised to see Zhao Yongzhong nodding at her, picking up Zhao Siniang, and beckoning the children to go to the upper room together. The husband seems to have become a little different from before, if he used to say something to make the child endure it again, but now...... Whatever, anyway, the husband who has always been filial proposed to split the family for the first time, what else is impossible? Thinking of separating the family, his heart was full of hope, Jiang straightened his clothes and went out with him.

But when they arrived at the upper room, they found that Old Man Zhao had already eaten, and there was only some soup and water left on the table, and Zhao Qiaoshi was directing Song to clean up the table.

When Zhao Qiaoshi saw them coming, his originally gloomy face became more and more unsightly, but it was rare that he did not attack them.

"Mother, I'm bringing the children to dinner." Seeing that Zhao Qiao's was not angry, Jiang had the courage to smile at his mother-in-law.

Zhao Qiaoshi "snorted", turned his head and asked Song: "Let you go and call Sanfang to eat, didn't you say that you called them, and they said they wouldn't eat?" Why are they here again? ”

Song was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and admitted his mistake: "Mother, it's me who is not good." ”

"Okay, you lazy woman, you don't do what you tell you to do well, and you will steal and play tricks on me all day long!" After Zhao Qiaoshi finished scolding the Song family, he turned to Jiang and said, "What can I do about this?" Your sister-in-law was lazy and didn't call you, and now the meal is finished. ”

Zhao Qiaoshi was afraid that he had taught Old Man Zhao a lesson, and he didn't dare to blatantly find trouble in Sanfang, but now that he has learned to be smart, he has changed to secretly making stumbling blocks.

Zhao Siniang ran to the door of the hall and shouted to the east house: "Grandma said that there is no food for us to eat, let's go to the village and find a few families and ask for two mouthfuls of food!" "If Old Man Zhao knows the current affairs, get out of here now, if you dare to pretend to be dead and not come out, I really dare to show my face and go door to door to ask for food! Other things can be endured, hungry rice is the biggest provocation for Zhao Siniang, a foodie, which makes her feel unbearable.

As soon as Zhao Siniang's words fell, Old Man Zhao ran out of the house, pointed at Zhao Qiaoshi and scolded: "You stupid mother-in-law, why can't you stop for a while?" Pick up trouble for me all day long! The children are tired all day, and they don't get them some hot meals to eat, how can you be a mother! ”

Zhao Qiaoshi was stunned, she and Mr. Zhao have been husband and wife for more than 30 years, this is the first time Mr. Zhao has scolded her in front of the children, even if she and the little girl were called over to teach her a lesson, it was also closed. She was suddenly aggrieved in her heart, but when she saw that Old Man Zhao was really angry, she didn't dare to spill it, and she wanted to go to the stove to cook.

"Mother, you are so resting, how can you be tired of cooking for us?" Jiang hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, planning to lead Zhao Sanniang to cook. The rice and grain at home are all under the control of Zhao Qiao's family, as long as Zhao Qiao's family does not let go, even if the stove room is there, they don't dare to go in and cook and eat without permission. Now that Old Man Zhao has spoken in person, they will be able to cook in a bright and bright manner, which is enough, I really don't dare to expect Zhao Qiaoshi to do it himself!

"Third daughter-in-law, don't move! You let her go! Old Man Zhao stopped Jiang and shouted to Zhao Qiao: "Go and call Cheng Lan out, you two go cook together!" Don't expect your daughter-in-law to do everything! The two of you will do the housework for both days! ”

Zhao Qiao's heart was a thousand and ten thousand unhappy, but he didn't dare to go against the will of his angry husband, and went to the west wing to find Zhao Chenglan to cook.

Jiang was uneasy for a while, thinking, how can his daughter-in-law rest, but let her mother-in-law go to work? wanted to follow, but he didn't dare to disobey his father-in-law's will, and he was embarrassed.

When Old Man Zhao saw it, he beckoned the people in the third room to sit down, and said, "Leave them alone, let them do it!" Seeing the sky at home is wasted, it is idle! ”

Zhao Siniang saw that Old Man Zhao was showing favor like this, but she didn't appreciate it in her heart, thinking: They will be so arrogant, and they are not what you are used to? If it weren't for the trouble at the door today, you would be so "impartial"? The real Zhao Siniang has been killed by you, and it's too late to do anything now!

After the old man Zhao saw the people in the third room sit down, he didn't say a word, and the corners of Zhao Sanniang's sisters faintly sneered, and they felt uncomfortable for a while, this family is centrifugal!

"It just so happens that everyone in the three rooms of you is ......," Old Man Zhao broke the silence and said.

"Master, you are mistaken, the people in our third room are not here, and our eldest sister is not here!" Zhao Siniang interrupted coldly. Don't blame her, people are angry when they get up, and she gets angry when she is hungry. Seeing this culprit who was full of hypocrisy and made her hungry, she couldn't help but stab a few words.

When Old Man Zhao heard the mention of Zhao Erniang, he felt uncomfortable for a while, and said softly: "Your eldest sister is now in the place of a saint, and this day should not be too bad." ”

"Since it's a saint's place, why is the master reluctant to send his aunt there? Okay, if the aunt doesn't go, then the sister-in-law should be sent there, how can there be any reason to let the niece go to the top cylinder? Why didn't you think that my sister-in-law was a year younger than my sister-in-law? Zhao Sanniang was sad and indignant, stood up and said loudly. She wanted to ask these words for a long time, but her father kept blocking her from asking, and it was rare that her father was stubborn today, she must ask these wolf-hearted dogs to see what excuses they would find!

"Whew! Why should I go to such an unseemly place! I only heard Zhao Chenglan, who should stay in the stove to cook at this time, shouting loudly at the window.

It turned out that Zhao Qiaoshi estimated that Old Man Zhao would discuss with Sanfang how to divide the family now, for fear that when she was not there, Sanfang would coax away any benefits from Old Man Zhao, so he sent Zhao Chenglan to eavesdrop.

"Oh, you also know that it's an unsightly place, why should I let my sister go!" Zhao Sanniang asked sharply.

Old Man Zhao frowned, and shouted loudly: "Cheng Lan, let you cook, who told you to hide there and eavesdrop?" Don't get back to me yet! ”

Zhao Chenglan heard that his father was angry, and he was so frightened that he hurried back to the stove.

Old Man Zhao coughed twice and said, "Erniang...... Alas, it's true that I can't live in your three rooms. However, everything has happened, and no matter how much you care about it now, it won't help, right? ”

Zhao Sanlang saw that Zhao Sanniang was about to rush up to continue the theory, so he hurriedly pulled her back and sat down. What if the theory of finding a master wins, the old Zhao family will not give them justice.