On Christmas Eve, although there was no heavy snowfall, the northwest wind was blowing, and no one would come out to buy woodware on such a cold night, so "Heji Woodware" closed two hours earlier than usual, and a family of four sat together to eat hot pot.

Most of the ingredients for hot pot are bought. After moving here, the only inconvenience is that there is no yard where you can grow vegetables, you have to go to the vegetable market to buy every bit of vegetables, and you don't want to raise chickens and ducks.

However, when she moved, she turned out a few clay pots and large bowls with gaps and cracks, filled them with some soil, and planted some chopped green onions and cabbage. It's a pity that there is little sunlight in winter and no fertilization, and only a little bud is exposed after ten days and half a month.

Mother He is also dead, and if she wants to eat, she can buy it at the vegetable market. However, the fish balls and shrimp balls necessary for hot pot are all made by herself, fresh sea fish and shrimp, freshly made and eaten, and the taste is very good.

Don't look at the fishing wharf is only about ten minutes' walk away from her house, but because the price is not cheap, fish, shrimp and crabs were not often eaten before, and the most bought ones are some shrimp skin, kelp, seaweed and the like. It wasn't until He Wei fainted and fell into a coma that the two of them began to pay attention to their diet, no longer cheap goods every day, and bought some fresh fish, shrimp, crabs, beef and mutton and other concocted flavors from time to time.

And after He Wei won the grand prize and opened a woodware shop at home, although the average daily income is only 180 yuan, she can't stand up to the confidence and life is stable, and the children want to order a dish and eat something can't satisfy them?

Therefore, as soon as I heard the two children say that they wanted to eat fish balls and shrimp balls, He's mother immediately asked He's father to get up early and go to the fishing dock to squat, and when the fishing boat returned to Hong Kong, he immediately picked the freshest sea fish and shrimp home, and then spent two days of work to finally chop these fish and shrimp into puree, make them into balls, and set aside them for the hot pot to eat at night, and put the remaining part into the refrigerator freezer.

The fridge was left by the landlord. The landlord's family moved to a new house, leaving behind a lot of household appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines, and large color TVs, although they are a little old, they can still be used, but they are cheaper than He Wei's family. Because she didn't have any electrical appliances at home, oh, except for a small 21-inch color TV.

Now that there are two TVs at home, He's father moved the 21-inch small color TV to the store downstairs, and when he rested, he had a cup of tea and watched the news and TV series. Now the family is sitting around and shabu-shabu is in full swing, and they can also glance at the talent show on TV.

"Bang bang bang-"

Just when the four members of the He family were enjoying a delicious and fresh hot pot feast, the door of the store was knocked loudly.

"Who could it be? Come knock on the door at this time on a cold day......" He Mu muttered and put down the dishes and chopsticks.

"I'll open the door." He Xidong reacted the fastest, sent the freshly scooped mushroom meatballs to his mouth, and trotted to open the door.

"Second uncle? Second uncle? Brother Xinxin? ”

After being stunned for a moment, He Xidong hurriedly let go of his body, invited the people outside to come in, and shouted into the inner room: "Dad, Mom, it's the second uncle's family here." ”

"Second brother? Second sister-in-law? ”

Seeing the three people who entered the house and the two suitcases at their feet, He's father and mother moved their chairs and stood up in a daze, and they couldn't react for a while, they really didn't expect the second family to come to their house, or on this night when the northwest wind was blowing.

"But what's the matter with my hometown?" He Mu asked tentatively.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just our family, this is not to come to Qingshi to do business, the matter is not done, I wanted to find a hotel to live in, how do you know what Christmas Eve this is, the hotel that can be found in the city is full, I thought that the third child your family is in Qingshi, so I found it, didn't disturb you to eat, right?" The second aunt of the He family replied with a warm smile, pushed He's mother's shoulder and pressed her back to her seat, saw the hot pot and ingredients on the table, and praised: "The hot pot is good, it's hot, it can drive away the cold." ”

"Have you eaten? Didn't eat and sat down to eat together. Dongzi, go upstairs and move two more chairs down. ”

When He's mother heard that she was coming to Qingshi to do business, not what happened in her hometown, she and He's father were relieved and hurriedly beckoned their family of three to sit down.

The dining table that Father He's own made was slightly larger than the ordinary round table, and seven people could sit down if they were squeezed.

The steaming hot pot dispelled the cold, and after a few sips of the soju that Father He poured for him, the second uncle of the He family opened the conversation box: "Alas, the third child, I should have listened to you in the first place, went to Haicheng to bring this bastard boy back, and looked at the good things he did, it really disgraced the face of our old He family......"

"Eat and eat, what are you talking about!" The second aunt of the He family changed her face suddenly, glanced at her son, poked her husband who was sitting next to her with her elbow, and signaled him to pay attention to his words, don't say anything, do you really want her son to have no face to see people.

He Erbo was full of wine, where did he still know the proportions, pointed at his son with chopsticks and glared and scolded: "The stinky boy has even done such a bastard thing, and he is still afraid that Lao Tzu will say it?" Besides, the third child is not an outsider, why can't he say it?! When he called me, I should have listened to him go to Haicheng to touch the bottom of this dead boy, it wasn't what you said, and it was easy to ask on the phone, but he told you the truth on the phone? It's not a lie, but it's okay to say, I'm optimistic about the thing under the crotch, right? Yes? Stinky boy! The ability is not small, Lao Tzu spent so much money to send you to Haicheng High School, you are good, the book is not good to read, net to Lao Tzu to pick up girls, and almost make an adult's stomach...... Loser thing...... If you really have the ability, don't be found out by your school, don't be expelled from school......"

The more He Erbo scolded, the more angry he became, he got up and pulled out the chair, grabbed his son's ear and wanted to beat him to death: "I'll beat you to death, bastard boy...... What else do you say to be embarrassed to go back to Hejiabu, if you are embarrassed, don't give me so many moths......"

He Erbo is tall and big, and He's father's thin body belongs to two completely different physiques, He Xin, who is 1.75 meters tall, has become a little sheep in front of him, and obediently lets him beat and scold.

Moreover, he complained about this matter, and he knew that he had gone too far, and he blamed the little in the liberal arts class, and when he was in the evening self-study, he was dragged to the grove on the edge of the school's big lawn to whisper, lonely men and widows, blind in the dark light, and it was too bad to do something for the second child under him, no, when the two of them were half-naked and leaning on the trunk of the tree to do piston exercises, they were properly caught by the teacher of the school picket.

He Xin is not dissatisfied with the school's decision to drop out, you must know that the reason why Haicheng No. 1 High School is famous in the province is that in addition to the high admission rate, there is also a rigorous school spirit. Now, the students in the school have this kind of incident, and if the school doesn't kill the chickens and make an example, it will not be the style of Haicheng Yigao.

What he complained about was that it wasn't another girl who had a relationship with him who killed him, but a little who had been by countless boys and was only one of them at best, so he was unwilling in every way. But no matter how unwilling he is, who will let him be caught, at this time, whoever is replaced will be unlucky.

He Xin drooped his head, let the second uncle of He beat and scolded, neither fought back nor talked back, seeing that the second uncle of the He family who was pregnant in October was distressed to death.

"Okay, He Jiankang, hurry up and stop it for me! Why are you really fighting, you didn't give birth to a co-authored son, did you? He already knew that he was wrong, so why did he still hold on to it? It's such a big person, what can't you say well, you have to scold and beat like this......"

The second aunt of the He family shouted and rushed over to block her son, not letting her husband do it again.

Hearing the stunned father and mother of He also came back to their senses at this time, one stopped He Erbo, and the other pulled He Xin and asked him to sit between He Xidong and He Wei.

Seeing that He Xin's ears were twisted red and swollen, and there were a few red slap marks on his face, He Wei got up and brought some crushed ice cubes from the quick-freezer compartment of the refrigerator, wrapped them in a dry towel, and asked He Xidong to apply them for him.

He Xidong took the towel bag and touched his nose a little weakly, after all, this matter was what he said at the beginning. However, listening to the meaning of the second uncle's words, my father once called to remind them that the second uncle was not at ease with himself, and after the cousin prevaricated with words, he continued to mess with the relationship between men and women at school, but was discovered by the school and dropped out.

glanced at the two suitcases at the entrance, and glanced at He Xin's crotch without a trace, He Xidong sighed in his heart: I can't control the second child in estrus, lose face and lose my hair.

After such a thing, the second aunt of the He family couldn't hide it if she wanted to, so she had to pick out the key points about her son.

In fact, He Wei's family didn't understand when they heard this, He Xin's relationship with other girls at school, or He's father spent a few yuan to rent a public phone to remind He Erbo, but He Erbo didn't believe that his son would do that kind of thing at the time, and was advocated by the second uncle A few words, so he symbolically dialed the phone and asked about his son's current situation.

Who knew that after more than a month, he actually received a notice of withdrawal from the school, and the written reasons were that he was absent from class for a total of 60 periods without reason, repeatedly persuaded to change, and had a bad impact; The actual situation is that he was caught red-handed by the school picket team and messed with the relationship between men and women, but he read that both of them were students of his own school, and it was not only detrimental to the reputation of the school, but also not conducive to the reputation of the students in the future, so he was lenient, but He Xin's school was withdrawn.

Because the school learned privately that after he arrived at Haicheng No. 1 High School, in just one year, he had such a relationship with four girls, one of whom had an abortion and is now suspended from school at home.

However, the latter thing, it can't be said that He Xin provoked it, he and the girl just got on the same page, and he learned that the girl was pregnant, or he accompanied him to a private hospital for an abortion operation, and the girl's parents noticed it before the operation was completed, and forced her to go through the suspension procedures. Xu was seen by other classmates at school when he accompanied him to the hospital for surgery, and he became the culprit who led the girl's pregnancy and abortion, which was the culprit behind the black pot......

But no matter whether this matter is true or not, the news of dropping out of school reached the ears of the second uncle of the He family, and it was enough to be a bolt from the blue.

The son who was dedicated to providing for him, and the son who had always been proud, actually did such a corrupt thing, and when he became angry, He Erbo really wanted to slap him to death. But when you calm down and think about it, what can you do? The two of them are just such a baby bump, and they have been raised to the age of seventeen, and it is not they who are killed and disabled and distressed?

But just turned back to Hejiabu to study, not to mention that his son was unwilling, and the two of them couldn't pull their faces. At the beginning, he sent his son to Haicheng High School with such fanfare, but in less than a year, he came back in disgrace, even if the reason was hidden from outsiders, it was a fact that he was sent out and transferred back to his hometown high school in less than a year, and he felt somewhat shameless.

The second aunt of the He family came up with an idea, found a high school in Qing City, let her son borrow it, and then go back to her hometown to take the college entrance examination.

But it's so easy to transfer temporarily, no, the two of them have been running around for a day, and they are paying money and gifts, and finally implementing a school, regardless of whether the promotion rate is high or not, send their son in and say, but some procedures can only be done tomorrow, He Erbo's car, two days ago was borrowed by a friend to make a wedding car, and it was embarrassing to ask for it temporarily, the two of them took the bus to Haicheng, and the intercity train from Haicheng to Qingshi was taken, it was a big night, and I couldn't drag my suitcase to catch the late bus, thinking that I had money in my pocket, There are so many hotels and inns in Qingshi, so you can't even find a place to stay.

The result is really a coincidence, there are many people who come out to play on Christmas Eve, and individual attractions are engaged in promotional activities, which has led to the vigorous development of the hotel industry, a family of three even found seven or eight, grinding the soles of the feet are blistered, not to mention the star-rated standard room, not even a second-class shop, only a few presidential suites with a high price left. Spending tens of thousands of yuan to live for a night, where are the two uncles who are more than well-off willing to be willing to do so, and when they are sad, they think of He's father's family.

On the way here, the second aunt of the He family repeatedly told him not to leak out about his son, just say that he would come to Qingshi to do business, stay overnight, and leave early tomorrow. He Erbo naturally thought so at the time, who knew that after a few cups of yellow soup, he poured beans into the bamboo tube and spit them out. The second uncle of the He family was so angry, and the whole person was not good.

Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, He Xidong winked at his sister, and the brother and sister smiled knowingly.

The second aunt must be very angry in her heart, it has always been their family and the old family who laugh at and squeeze their own family, how can there ever be such a time now, surrounded by their own family to watch the excitement?

Therefore, feng shui rotates, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, no one can guarantee that those who live in Hedong will live in Hedong for the rest of their lives, and they may be washed away in Hexi when they will go, and you can't help whether you want to go. Therefore, leave a line in everything, don't crowd others too much when you are proud, and don't feel that the sky is falling when you are frustrated.

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