Chapter 63: Chickens Fly and Dogs Jump
Reunion dinner?
What reunion dinner?
Without a mother, what kind of reunion dinner is it?
The most important thing is that Shen Bi and I went to dinner, what should my mother do?
So I refused.
My grandfather's expression was a little solemn, "Xiao Di, Xiao Bi, in the end, you are also the children of the Shen family, I don't have to ask you to pass the Chinese New Year's Eve, but twenty-eight twenty-nine should come over, your grandmother and I miss you a lot." ”
After saying that, without waiting for me to refuse, my grandfather put his hands behind his back, sighed, and left.
What I wanted to say choked in my throat at once.
"If you don't go, you can't go." Shen Bi, this kid is more irritable than me, and before my grandfather can go far, he yelled urgently, "Who is the same family as the widow, and my sister and I won't go." ”
My grandfather's back froze, his pace quickened, and he quickly left the place.
"Bi-chan." My mother shouted Shen Bi.
Shen Bi twisted her body a little reluctantly, "Mom, don't persuade us, my sister and I won't go to a reunion dinner, we will be reunited with our mother." ”
My mother wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, hugged Shen Bi, and said in a low voice, "Mom knows that you feel sorry for Mom, but in addition to Mom, you also have Dad, and grandparents." Your grandfather is right, no matter what happens, you are all surnamed Shen, and you all have the blood of the Shen family. Besides, it's just a meal, it's not Chinese New Year's Eve, it's just a meal, it's okay. ”
"Mom......" Shen Bi stretched out her voice and coquettishly told my mother, "But people just don't want to go, they don't want to see that pair of hypocritical mother and daughter." ”
My mom sighed, "Let's go, it's rare for your grandfather to call you once, and I can see that he is looking forward to your going." ”
Shen Bi was completely speechless, got up from my mother's arms, put on a straight face, and entered the lattice shop.
"Xiaobi......" my mother called her, seeing that she ignored it, she turned her head to look at me, and said apologetically, "Xiaojiang, Mom doesn't have to force you to go, it's just ...... It's just that if you don't go, maybe even your grandfather won't care about you in the future......"
Shen Bi is still young and doesn't understand my mother's good intentions, but I do.
So I hugged my mom and whispered, "Okay, I'll go." ”
My mom smiled with relief.
After another two or three days, I talked to Mr. Ji about it, agreed to settle the accounts of the next county after the New Year, and then closed the seven lanes in the two counties and gave everyone a holiday.
Because the shares of this store were not given to Mr. Ji, our income was still very considerable, and my mother was finally willing to take the initiative to buy clothes.
I took her and Shen Bi to pick out three thick and warm coats, the styles of the girls are close, and they look good together.
My mom was so happy that the corners of her eyes were wrinkled when she smiled, and when I saw this, I bought her another set of creams.
My mother didn't want it, it was too expensive, and I told her that women have to dress up, dress up well, live a glamorous life, and make people in the past regret it.
My mom blamed me for where I learned these weird stresses, and she couldn't put them down while holding the bottles and jars.
I took the opportunity to pay, took my mom and left.
My mother thought that she had robbed someone else's things, and she was so scared that she wanted to return the things, but she was grabbed by me and Shen Bi, and explained again to find out the truth.
After a few happy days, it was finally the end of the year, and the New Year was only three days away.
In the afternoon, Shen Bi and I put on the new coat we bought, changed into warm little boots, and went to the small building hand in hand.
At that time, the atmosphere of the New Year was still very strong, many people were pasted with all kinds of "Fu" words at the door of their homes, all kinds of firecrackers were heard endlessly, and the little girl in new clothes was running around the street with a flower on her head, and everyone had a smile on their faces.
Even my grandmother, who pulls her face at every turn, laughed rarely, and didn't quarrel with Widow Zhang.
I took Shen Bi's hand, stepped on the familiar steps, walked through the familiar corridor, and walked step by step to the place where I had lived for sixteen years.
Raise your hand and knock on the door.
It was my grandfather who came to open the door.
Seeing our two sisters, my grandfather breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, "Xiao Jiang, Xiao Bi, you are here." ”
My grandmother saw us and was smiling.
It's just that when his eyes fell on us and he found that we didn't bring anything, his face drooped in an instant, "What's the matter, your family has so much meat, so much food and drink, why did you come here empty-handed?" Can't you bring some? ”
My grandfather scolded my grandmother, "The child is coming for the New Year, what are you talking nonsense, we can't afford to eat at home?" ”
My grandmother glanced at the kitchen unhappily and snorted coldly, "How many dishes do you not know?" ”
My grandfather stopped talking for a while.
I smiled, pulled Shen Bi to sit on the sofa, squinted, and didn't speak.
"Yo, Xiao Jiang is here." Widow Zhang still hated me because of the things in the small restaurant before, and when she saw me coming, she deliberately called me, "I heard that Xiao Jiang is clever, come, help Aunt Zhang come over to make dumplings, there is just a lack of help." ”
I glanced at Zhang Qiongyu, who was sitting on the sofa with her head bowed and not speaking, and suddenly remembered that it was the same in the past, Widow Zhang always praised me for being diligent, praising me for my neatness of hands and feet, and then asked me to help her work, or simply work for her.
As for Zhang Qiongyu, Widow Zhang scolded her every time for being stupid and not doing well, and then kicked her out.
At that time, I was still beautiful, very happy, and felt that Widow Zhang liked me to be diligent.
But now that I think about it, Widow Zhang is clearly protecting Zhang Qiongyu, not wanting her to work, and wanting to call me more, so she said that.
Poor my idiot didn't see it at all.
But now, she wants to make me work.
"Look at what Aunt Zhang said, I don't know how to make dumplings, every year during the Chinese New Year, my mother wrapped the dumplings alone, Aunt Zhang is more diligent and neat than my mother, and she will definitely be able to finish it, right." I said with a smile on my face.
All of a sudden there was no sound in the kitchen.
After a while, my dad came out of it, walked up to me, and pushed my shoulder, "Hurry up and go in and help your Aunt Zhang make dumplings." ”
I just sat on the sofa and didn't move, "Dad, you don't know my craftsmanship yet, that bag, like an airplane, how can Qiongyu be ingenious, in this way, you let Qiongyu go to the bag, she is so powerful that she will definitely be able to do it." ”
Zhang Qiongyu, who was sitting on the other side of the sofa, raised her head and glared at me.
I smiled at her without moving.
"Shen Jiang, why are you so meaty now." My dad couldn't push me, and he was a little angry, "Why is it so difficult to ask you to make dumplings, didn't you help your mother make a hamburger for chicken cutlets, you don't want to make dumplings, what's the matter, you still want to eat white food?" ”
"Master, didn't you tell me that you came to have a reunion dinner? also said that Xiaobi and I are both girls from the Shen family, but I listen to my father, I am not from the Shen family, if I can't work, I can't eat, otherwise it's called eating white food, isn't that so, grandpa? "I really didn't bother to talk to my father, who couldn't figure it out, and turned my head to look at my grandfather.
My grandfather's face turned blue with anger, and he slapped my dad on the back, and said angrily, "You two go, you two dumplings, what are you shouting about the children, they are still young!" ”
"What is small, after the New Year, she is eighteen, she is an adult, and there are many people in our village who marry at the age of eighteen, she makes some dumplings or something." My dad muttered discontentedly.
My grandfather raised his hand and hit him again.
My dad went back to the kitchen.
After another big meeting, it was dark, and everyone else in Xiaolou had set off firecrackers to eat dumplings, but my father and Widow Zhang hadn't finished it yet.
Shen Bi was a little hungry, so she ran over and stretched out her head to look, my dad was still making dumplings there, and Widow Zhang was sitting on the side cutting her nails.
"Oh, Aunt Zhang, why do you cut your nails? Why don't you cover it? Shen Bi opened her mouth and shouted.
Widow Zhang was startled, quickly threw away the nail clippers in her hand, pinched a piece of noodles and put it in her hand, "I'm bag, I'm bag." ”
After speaking, I don't roll the dumpling skin, just pinch it and put the meat filling inside.
My grandmother came over and saw this scene, and her nose was crooked.
"Zhang Min!" My grandmother yelled at the top of her voice, "That's how you make dumplings!" You let Guozheng pack here, you actually cut your nails there, you are too much, too much! ”
After that, he picked up the wooden stick and was about to beat the widow.
My grandfather hurriedly came over to stop him, "It's all the New Year, what do you want to do, can you stop it." ”
I stood aside, coldly watching the scene in front of me, and the picture of my mother making dumplings alone in previous years suddenly came to mind.
At that time, my father, my grandfather, and my grandmother were all sitting in the living room chatting, and my mother was making dumplings in the kitchen alone, cooking them, and finally bringing them out, scooping them into the bowl, and putting chopsticks on top of the bowl, and everyone started to eat.
I don't know if my mother eats now?
Alone, not lonely.
I sighed, held back the sourness on the tip of my nose, and pulled Shen Bi out of the kitchen where the chickens and dogs were jumping.
I happened to see Zhang Qiongyu standing at the kitchen door, staring at my grandmother's back with hatred.
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