Chapter 17: Trivialities
Wei Hongyu felt that she was holding back her strength in her heart, she couldn't go up or down, and she couldn't say how uncomfortable it was.
Out of the courtyard gate, I stood under the shade of the tree and blew the cool breeze for a while, and walked to Liu Wenlan's house.
Liu Wenlan's house is close to her house, two or three minutes away, in the blink of an eye
The jujube red courtyard door was hidden, and the two rows of door nails painted with copper paint were polished.
Wei Hongyu pushed open the door and shouted.
After a while, Liu Wenlan came over from the backyard with a bucket in her hand.
"You go into the house." She wiped the sweat from her forehead and said.
Wei Hongyu sat in the hall for a moment.
Liu Wenlan walked in with a large teapot and two cups.
poured a cup and handed it to Wei Hongyu: "The sour plum soup I made in the morning has been in the well for a day." ”
Wei Hongyu waved his hand: "I don't drink it, my teeth are broken." ”
"Cut, it's only comfortable to drink this in the summer." After Liu Wenlan finished speaking, she raised her cup and drank half a cup in one go, wiping her mouth: "Ah... It's a pleasure! ”
"Where's your wood?" Wei Hongyu asked casually.
"I went to the city to find his father, this kid has been hanging around all day, and he doesn't have a serious job, so it's better to follow his father to do a small job." Liu Wenlan sighed, and when she mentioned her youngest son, she had a headache.
Wei Hongyu responded: "It's good to follow Brother Min, someone will be in charge." ”
Liu Wenlan's lover Zhang Aimin has been working in J City for many years, specializing in installing, repairing and cleaning fish tanks.
It's not heavy, but it's tiring and hard.
Fortunately, the money is not small.
There is also a commission of 100 yuan a day.
Wages are calculated separately.
The two chatted for a while, and Liu Wenlan saw Wei Hongyu's depressed expression, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"It's okay." Wei Hongyu shook her head.
Liu Wenlan just wanted to ask questions, when she heard a sound of footsteps outside the door, and as soon as she looked up, Liang Xuetao walked in, carrying a plastic bag in his hand.
Wei Hongyu stood up suddenly: "Why are you here?" ”
Liang Xuetao's new round head, a black polo shirt on the upper body, beige trousers on the lower body, and shiny leather shoes.
It's exquisite! Liu Wenlan couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
"I bought a lot of cherries and gave them to Sister-in-law Wenlan." Liang Xuetao said.
Cherries are seasonal fruits, and they cost about 20 yuan a catty. Now that the living conditions are better, this thing is not that it cannot be eaten, but it is expensive, and most people in Ota Village are reluctant to buy it.
Liu Wenlan took the bag and said a few polite words.
With the presence of Liang Xuetao, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a lot duller.
Especially Liu Wenlan, her words and deeds suddenly became restrained.
Seeing that she told Liang Xuetao on the phone that day, she really didn't dare to be so presumptuous in front of her.
Liang Xuetao sat there alone, his momentum was much stronger than that of ordinary people, and there was no smile on his face, and he was stunned when he looked at it timidly.
The three of them sat down and chatted for a while.
Wei Hongyu felt bored, stood up and said hello and walked out the door.
Liang Xuetao nodded at Liu Wenlan and walked out.
Back home, Liang Xuetao said, "Mom told us to go to her for dinner at night." ”
Wei Hongyu didn't speak.
Twilight was approaching, and the two came to Mrs. Liang's house one after the other.
The old lady usually cooks her own meals.
The grain, oil, rice, and noodles were covered by the three sons.
In addition, there are clothes for the four seasons, coal in the winter, and pocket money.
Most of these expenses are paid by Liang Xuetao.
He didn't pull it off in the years he left Datian Village, and he was sent over in the name of Liang Xuejun.
Today's dinner staple is cold skin.
Mrs. Liang personally cooked a few cold dishes, hot and sour gluten, celery and dried tofu...... In the afternoon, Liang Xuejun specially sent half a saltwater duck.
A total of five dishes.
Liang Xuetao drank two taels of wine on the food.
After eating, I cleaned up the stove.
Mrs. Liang cut two more vegetable melons and served them to the table.
While eating melons, she asked Liang Xuetao about building a house: "Is the schedule arranged?" When will the ground break? ”
"June 8th."
Mrs. Liang shook her head: "I let people calculate, this day is not good, postpone it by one day." ”
Liang Xuetao spat out the melon seeds and said strangely: "Who counts?" ”
"Master Ji of our village."
Liang Xuetao thought about it for a long time, and he didn't remember that there was such a person in Datian Village.
"It's Teacher Ji who used to teach in the county."
Liang Xuetao couldn't help frowning.
Mrs. Liang glanced at him: "Don't take people in your eyes, this Master Ji is quite a god, and he speaks in a set way, and many people of the older generation in the village are quite convinced of him." I think it's better to believe this kind of thing than to believe it. Having said that, let's not care if it's spiritual, can you lose a piece of meat by a day or what?! ”
Liang Xuetao didn't dare to say more.
After a while, Liang Xuejun's family came.
Mrs. Liang coaxed her little grandson to eat a piece of melon, and then turned around and instructed He Wei: "You all know that your second brother is going to build a house, the date is set, the ground will be broken on June 9th, and you will all have to come to help on that day, remember?" ”
He Wei responded: "That's a certainty. ”
Mrs. Liang nodded, and dragged Liang Dong to the outside to wash her hands.
He Wei turned his head and smiled at Wei Hongyu: "Now the second sister-in-law is blessed and has a new house to live in." After a pause, he said: "Speaking of which, the second brother is still very good, saying that if you build a house, you will build a house, it's like we have to prepare for several years." A five-acre house costs a lot of just a courtyard wall, right? The second sister-in-law told me how much money the second brother had prepared for building a house this time? ”
She received a call from Duan Meifang two days ago, and when she learned that Liang Xuetao was "bankrupt", she felt like scratching her liver and lungs, and she always wanted to find out.
So the big boss with money says that if there is no money, there is no money?
She didn't believe it, didn't the old saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
Helplessly, he ran into Wei Hongyu's saw-mouthed gourd, so he just smiled, but he refused to say anything.
He Wei couldn't help but take a sip in his heart.
Phew, the second brother has only been back for a few days and is proud of her like this!
In the courtyard, Liang Xuejun gave Liang Xuetao a cigarette, and then began to ask his second brother.
It's just that as soon as I started with a full stomach of drafts, I saw Liang Xuetao wave his hand: "I did sell the company and the house, and my mother also knows about it, as for the reason, don't ask, I won't say." ”
Liang Xuejun was stunned, and the words on his lips could only roll up and swallow back into his stomach.
The night is getting darker, and the mountain breeze is slightly cool.
Cicadas chirp and frogs chirp one after another.
The silver-white moonlight flowed all over the courtyard.
Liang Xuetao finished smoking the last cigarette, stretched out his hand and flicked it, the cigarette butt in his hand instantly fell to the ground in a parabolic shape, and after a moment of silence, he retracted his gaze and turned around and walked into the house.
As soon as he took a step, he suddenly remembered something, turned his head and instructed: "Let your daughter-in-law deal less with Duan Meifang." ”
Liang Xuejun hesitated for a moment, and then boldly caught up and asked in a low voice: "Second brother, did you really break off with your sister-in-law?" ”
Liang Xuetao turned his head and glanced at him and nodded.
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