Xiao Ding saw Xiao Geng writhing around in Mrs. Lu's arms and couldn't break free, so he covered his mouth and smiled: "Eldest sister, you don't look like a loach!" ”

"Silly little brother, if you are so reluctant to eat with your grandmother, you really won't be happy." Lu Xiaoyi ignored Xiao Geng's eyes for help, and watched the two of them enter the west courtyard, and then jumped to the stove room with Xiao Ding.

Yulan sat on the threshold of the stove room picking vegetables, and complained: "The plague chicken just now didn't know what was crazy, so he flew to the windowsill and scratched the window paper, and asked your father to go to the city to buy some new ones another day, and re-paste the windows of our three rooms." ”

Lu Xiaoyi stared at Xiao Ding, and both of them pursed their lips and snickered.

When Yulan saw it, she scolded with a smile: "It must be a few of you who are capable of causing trouble, and you know how to hide it at a young age!" ”

The little sisters leaned on Yulan on the left and right, coquettishly and obediently to make Yulan happy.

Lu Xiaoyi decided to tell Yulan about others calling her Shen Niangzi.

In her previous life, her parents were busy with work, she had been living with her grandparents in the countryside, and she returned to the city after graduating from primary school.

This is true of the modern countryside, let alone the ancient countryside.

Lu Xiaoyi doesn't care if others call her lame and bald, she knows whether she is lame or not, and she can't talk about being bald, but it's not okay to call her Shen Niangzi, this is tarnishing her reputation, not only affecting her future marriage, but also affecting Xiaoding Xiaogeng.

When Yulan heard this, her face suddenly darkened, and she threw the vegetables in her hand, let Xiaoyi Xiaoding pick them, and hurriedly went out.

Lu Xiaoyi picked and washed the greens, and Magnolia came back.

"Xiao Yi, did you smash Shen Qiang's forehead again?" Magnolia asked.

"Well, if he wants to talk nonsense, I will definitely smash him!"

"The Shen family is just a lone seedling, what should I do if I have a problem?"

"Mother, don't worry, I'm measured, I hit it with a small stone!"

"Small stones won't work, if you smash your head into a bloody hole, you will die." Magnolia snapped.

"Then I'll stop smashing his head next time!"

Yulan helplessly reached out and poked Lu Xiaoyi's forehead, "I don't know who you look like?" Suffer a loss, and you don't have a long memory! ”

Lu Xiaoyi's head leaned back along Yulan's hand, and then said coquettishly: "What my mother taught me is that my daughter won't dare next time." ”

"Mother, what did you say when you went to the Shen family?"

As soon as the Shen family was mentioned, Yulan's face suddenly darkened, and she complained: "The mother-in-law of the Shen family is too unreasonable, and before I can say anything, she pulled Shen Qiang to show me the red envelope on his head, and cried pretendly: 'It is said that her grandson has been obedient and sensible since he was a child, and he has never been beaten once, and he doesn't know which disaster he has committed, and he has been beaten four times in a row. 'Humph! What she meant by her words was that you were a scourge. ”

Lu Xiaoyi thought for a while, and said angrily: "I smashed him twice, and everyone could see that his father kicked him the time, he got up and down hard and lightly, just make a show for us, and then his grandmother beat him because he bullied Xiao Geng, and he deserved it." ”

Lu Xiaoyi said this, but her heart was still empty, Shen Qiang was beaten by Lu Pozi, it was indeed she who provoked it, thinking about it like this, is it really as Shen Pozi said, I am Shen Qiang's disaster star?

Yulan then said sharply: "I didn't bother to listen to that Shen Pozi's nonsense at the time, and directly explained her intentions, saying that she didn't care about the child's mouth, and let him talk nonsense to ruin my daughter's reputation, my daughter was lame by your family and made a bad reputation, my Lu family was smashing pots and selling iron, and I had to go to the city yamen to file a lawsuit, and the two families simply tore their faces to break the net!" ”

Xiao Ding on the side looked at Yulan with a look of admiration, and asked anxiously, "Mother, what happened later?" What did the Shen family say. ”

Yulan's expression was much soothed, she reached out and stroked the heads of her two daughters, and said: "Barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes, she is not afraid of being unreasonable and afraid of getting involved in a lawsuit with the yamen, so she beat Shen Qiang in front of me." ”

"Hmph, salute first and then soldier, I don't care if she is really beaten or fake, this time I will talk to her well, and next time I will let me hear the wind, I will not spare him even if I try my best!" After Yulan finished speaking, she sighed again: "Hey! It's no wonder that my mother is not capable, and she is really not as good as your grandmother when she quarrels! But don't let your grandmother know about this, although she doesn't like you, but she protects her shortcomings, and if she knows, she will definitely make a big fuss, and this matter will make a big fuss! ”

Seeing that the daughters all nodded in understanding, Yulan asked again: "What about Xiao Geng, why didn't you see him?" ”

"I was hugged by my grandmother, and I must have eaten lunch over there." Lu Xiaoyi said.

Xiao Ding on the side pulled Yulan's sleeve and said coquettishly: "Mother, let's cook too, my father is coming back soon, and I'm hungry too!" ”

"Xiao Ding, go and pick up your brother!" Magnolia put on her apron and commanded.

"Let the eldest sister go, I'll help light the fire!" Xiao Ding sat down in front of the stove and folded the firewood and grass.

So, Xiao Yi limped to the West Courtyard.

Mrs. Lu was busy with lunch in the stove room, and Xiao Geng sat on the threshold of the stove room and ate a sugar box.

Lu Xiaoyi approached and carefully observed Xiao Geng, who was holding a sugar box like a squirrel, with a bulging mouth and very cute.

Seeing Xiao Yi coming, Xiao Geng handed out the sugar box in his hand and said vaguely: "Sister, you eat, it's sweet." ”

Lu Xiaoyi pinched Xiao Geng's bulging cheeks, "Let's go, go home for dinner with the eldest sister." ”

Mrs. Lu said unhappily in the stove room: "Every time it's like this, the good grandson's ass hasn't been hot yet, so she asks someone to come over and shout, she can't get along with me!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi explained: "Grandmother, you are too careful, Xiao Geng is not honest in eating, my mother is worried that he will stir up the food if you and your grandfather will not eat well." ”

"Hmph, she just opened her eyes and said nonsense, Xiao Geng was very well-behaved when she ate, and she didn't want me to worry about it at all. I know her mind, doesn't it just make me unable to see and touch it? Good grandson, hide at home every day and don't let her come, what kind of heart does she have, I know the door is clear! ”

She has heard a lot of such complaints in the past three months, and she also knows that Yulan is angry with Mrs. Lu, don't you love your grandson? I don't want you to get your way, I just don't let Xiao Geng get closer to you. Of course, Mrs. Lu is not good at stubble, every time she is for Xiao Geng, she either climbs the wall and scolds, or rushes to the east courtyard to point at Yulan's nose and scold.

This is what Lu Xiaoyi doesn't want to see, and she also understands in her heart that no matter how Yulan turns a blind eye and deals with it calmly, it is impossible to say that it is not uncomfortable, Lu Xiaoyi wants to do her best to change Mrs. Lu.

Lu Xiaoyi doesn't know much about Mrs. Lu's personality, and as far as she knows about Mrs. Lu, the biggest problem is that she has a poisonous mouth and is messing around; The biggest disadvantage is that he is stupid and does not have a long memory; The biggest advantage is to protect the short, and I really feel sorry for my grandson.

According to her observations, the Lu family's attitude towards Mrs. Lu now is also different:

Old man Lu is a violent counter to Mrs. Lu, but Mrs. Lu doesn't have a long memory, Old Man Lu doesn't like to take care of her, and Mrs. Lu still comes by temperament.

Lu Zhong is respectful of Mrs. Lu, no matter what Mrs. Lu says, she is also his mother, although her heart is far away, but filial piety comes first, and he will not shirk what he should do.

When he was young, Lu Yong loved to be coquettish and obedient to please Mrs. Lu, but now that he has grown up, he has his own friends and hobbies, in addition to farming and working, he has been playing around in his spare time.

Not to mention Lu Lian, before getting married, she was more close to Yulan than with Lu Pozi, and after she got married, she was a member of her husband's family.

Yulan's attitude towards Mrs. Lu now is lukewarm, oil and salt do not enter, you scold me, I turn a deaf ear, you hurt Xiao Geng, I make your heart like a cat's claw.

After some analysis, Lu Xiaoyi felt that Mrs. Lu was also quite pitiful, and she had become a veritable loner in the entire Lu family. Of course, poor people must have something to hate, and the current situation of the Lu family is largely caused by Mrs. Lu.

She didn't dare to expect Mrs. Lu to become a kind and knowledgeable old lady in the countryside, but if she could ease the atmosphere of this family and let Mrs. Lu scold Yulan a few words, she would be satisfied.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiaoyi smiled and said to Mrs. Lu: "Grandmother, if you want to say who is the most patient and good in our family, who can take care of children the most, it must be grandmother, you must be grandmother, my father, second uncle and sister-in-law were raised by you spoonful, and you must be the most careful in taking care of Xiao Geng." ”

"That's for sure, if our family wants to say that they will take children, I say second, no one dares to call it first." When Mrs. Lu heard her granddaughter praising her, her face softened a lot.

Lu Xiaoyi continued to praise: "Grandmother, you are an elder, take care of such a laborious thing as children, let the juniors do it, you have done all the hard work and tiredness, and you will be tired of it, in the future, Xiao Geng will be bullied, who will help him uphold justice." ”

"Who bullied Xiao Geng again? Isn't it the bastard boy of the Shen family! "When it comes to her grandson, Mrs. Lu is anxious.

"I'm talking about the future and the future." Lu Xiaoyi stroked his forehead, people whose thinking is not in the same line are difficult to communicate.

"Oh, you're talking about the future." Mrs. Lu glanced at Xiao Geng, who was gnawing on the candy box, "Don't think about it in the future, I'm just too old to walk, and I have to tear his two pinches of hair!" ”

"Grandmother, look at you, it's not your granddaughter who said you, you should also change your temperament, rush to the front in everything, a character like you should be the last to appear, just like in the play, the last one to appear is the final word."

"If I don't rush to the front, who will rush to the front? Your mother? Her soft and weak appearance can knock her out with three or two mouthfuls of spittle! ”

The corners of Lu Xiaoyi's mouth twitched, and he decided to change the starting point: "Grandmother, do you think Xiao Geng is well-behaved here?" ”

"Needless to say, look at his small appearance, sitting and eating in a proper manner, very well-behaved!" Mrs. Lu said with a smile.

"But he's not so well-behaved at home, jumping up and down all day long." Lu Xiaoyi began to discredit Xiao Geng, and when he saw Xiao Geng puffing out his mouth and wanting to refute, his eyes were warned.

Xiao Geng pretended to be pitiful with grievances, Lu Xiaoyi snickered in his heart, and then said, "Grandmother, do you know why?" ”

Mrs. Lu shook her head.

"This is because Xiao Geng likes to stay with his grandmother, grandmother loves him, treats him well, and depends on him for everything, he must be well-behaved when he is with you."

Mrs. Lu nodded in agreement.

"But Xiao Geng is at home, his mother is strict with him, he will be scolded if he doesn't wash his hands, and he will be disciplined for his loud voice, Xiao Geng is restrained everywhere."

Lu Pozi's face changed suddenly, and she was about to scold when she opened her mouth, but Lu Xiaoyi hurriedly interrupted, for fear that Lu Pozi would scold and scold the topic, and she would give up all her efforts after laying so much groundwork.

"Grandmother, look, comparing the two sides, who do you think Xiao Geng prefers to be with?"

"Needless to say, it must be me." Mrs. Lu said proudly.

"So, grandmother, you just let my mother go, she wants to call Xiao Geng back, you let him go back, the more my mother restricts him like this, the more Xiao Geng feels that his grandmother is good, on the surface, it seems that Xiao Geng has less time with you, in fact, Xiao Geng is closer to you, grandmother, do you say this is the reason?"

Mrs. Lu thought for a moment, nodded and said, "It sounds quite reasonable, but I didn't expect you to be quite bright at a young age." ”

"Grandmother, didn't I follow you?" Lu Xiaoyi patted the horse.

Thousands of clothes are not worn, Lu Pozi walked to the counter with a smile, took a porcelain bowl out, uncovered the pot, and sandwiched two sugar boxes.

"You're one, your dad is one!" Mrs. Lu said.

Lu Xiaoyi sneered: Good guy, it took so long to earn a sugar box.

"Grandmother, where's Xiaoding?"

Mrs. Lu was stunned and reluctantly added another one, "Give her one too!" ”

"And my mother."

"Nope!" Mrs. Lu hurriedly closed the lid of the pot and handed the bowl with three sugar boxes to Lu Xiaoyi.

"Grandmother, Xiao Geng is hungry and hasn't eaten in the afternoon."

"Then give Xiao Geng another one!" Mrs. Lu sandwiched one.

Lu Xiaoyi took it with a smile, "It's so fragrant, the sugar box made by my grandmother smells so good!" ”

"The leek box I made is more fragrant." After speaking, Mrs. Lu smiled and said to Xiao Geng: "Good grandson, if your mother beats you and scolds you, come to your grandmother." ”

Lu Xiaoyi was worried that Mrs. Lu would spoil Xiao Geng, so she educated Xiao Geng when she went out: "Xiao Geng, grandmother's things can be eaten, but you can't listen to what grandmother says, you know?" ”

"Sister, why?"

"Don't you listen to the eldest sister? In the future, the eldest sister won't take you to play! ”

"Oh." Xiao Geng held half of the sugar box aggrievedly and followed closely behind Lu Xiaoyi.

Lu Xiaoyi successfully brought Xiao Geng home, and brought back four sugar boxes for the first time, and Mrs. Lu did not immediately climb to the wall to scold Yulan.

Xiao Ding smiled and took the sugar box and ran to the dining hall with Xiao Geng to eat.

Lu Xiaoyi told the story in the stove room, except for the sugar box later.

Yulan said coldly: "I know that she is good at this and likes to be praised, but she broke my heart in those years, and I don't have the heart to please her." ”

Lu Xiaoyi looked at Yulan's face was not good, "Mother, do you blame me for pleasing my grandmother?" I also don't want her to scold you for Xiao Geng's business. ”

Yulan smiled and said gently: "There is a reason why I am like this with your grandmother, and besides, the relationship between me and your grandmother is not something that you can ease as a little girl." ”

"Mother, I just don't want to hear her scold you." Lu Xiaoyi put his arms around Yulan's waist and buried his face in her arms.

"I'm used to it, it's fine." Yulan patted Lu Xiaoyi's waist and said softly: "If the family hadn't been separated at the beginning, my mother would have tried to please her for you." It's different when the family is separated, as long as she doesn't look for trouble, she can't scold me, and it's just a few words of scolding, and it doesn't matter if you listen to it too much. ”

Lu Xiaoyi hugged Yulan tightly and took a deep breath, Yulan had the smell of soaphorn on her body, which made people feel comfortable and warm, "Mother, let's cook!" ”

"When you're hungry, take a sugar box and eat it, and I'll fry these little greens and start the meal." Magnolia patted Xiao Yi's shoulder and said kindly.

"I'll light the fire." Lu Xiaoyi let go of the magnolia, sat down on the stove, blew on the spark, added some soft grass, and the flames slowly rose.

"Mother, let's add some minced garlic into it, shall we? Garlic greens are sure to be fragrant. ”

"Okay, then you cover the fire a little smaller, and I'll go get the garlic."

Lunch is served, coarse wheat bread, scrambled eggs with cucumbers, garlic and greens, and sugar boxes.

Lu Zhong said: "Where did the sugar box come from?" ”

Yulan said with a smile: "Mother asked Xiaoyi to bring it over, the dough rolling is busy enough, and after steaming, we will bring it to us while it is hot, and we will also steam some steamed buns in Ming'er, and call my father and mother over to eat together." ”

Lu Xiaoyi felt that Yulan was smart here, and she never said that her in-laws were bad in front of Lu Zhong, she didn't need to please Lu Zhong, she just needed to coax Lu Zhong well.

Lu Zhong nodded and distributed the remaining sugar box in the bowl to his wife and daughter.

"Dad, why don't you eat it?" Lu Xiaoyi asked.

"Your mother loves sweets, let me give her to eat, I'll just eat wheat bread." Lu Zhong picked up a cake and ate it.

"Then mine will also be eaten by my mother." Lu Xiaoyi put the sugar box in his hand back into the bowl.

Xiao Ding Xiao Geng on the side was dumbfounded, Xiao Ding's sugar box was still half, and Xiao Geng's only had a small mouthful.

Xiao Ding handed half of the sugar box in his hand to Yulan, Xiao Geng had a corner in his hand, and said aggrievedly: "Mother, mine is gone." ”

Lu Zhong patted his son on the head and said with a smile: "You kid, eat yours!" ”

Xiao Geng's mouth pouted and he could tie the rope, Xiao Yi and Xiao Ding covered their mouths and laughed. Yulan broke open a sugar box, giving half of the more sugar to Lu Zhong, and keeping the less sugar for herself.

A sweet meal.