Jin Yu paced and wandered under the big apricot tree, waiting for the result of the old man and the old lady's discussion. Rong Jin asked uneasily: "Looking at the old lady's appearance, she is really a bit similar to Mr. Yue, and she is on guard against everyone." Will they go back with you? ”

Jinyu said: "If they don't go back, I'll stay here for a while, and when they see my sincerity, they're willing to go with me." They hadn't seen Lin Yuan for so long, they should have missed him too. ”

Rong Jin has been with Jinyu for two years, knows Jinyu's temper, and never gives up halfway, so he can only follow her decision.

The two of them sat under the tree and waited for a long time. The old lady finally came out trembling.

"Mom," Jinyu hurriedly greeted her and reached out to support the old lady, but the old lady politely patted Jinyu's hands and did not let her support herself.

The old lady said with a smile on her face full of apologies: "Girl, I discussed it with his father, and it was a good idea for you to come to see us." We know what kind of people we are, and we don't dare to climb your home. You and Lin Yuan are fine, and his father and I will be relieved. ”

Jin Yu knew that the old lady must still have concerns in her heart, and she was not annoyed, so she still said very obediently: "Mom, you are seeing the outside world when you say this, Lin Yuan and I are husband and wife, you are Lin Yuan's parents, and you are my in-laws, it stands to reason that I should be my daughter-in-law to honor you, where is the saying that you climb my family." ”

The old lady pulled Jinyu and sat back on the small bamboo chair under the tree, the summer wind blew up and it was originally a burst of dry heat, but when it came to the apricot tree, it became a trace of coolness.

The old lady said, "Girl, I know that you are a good boy, and his father and I can rest assured of you." But I have a question with his father, you and Lin Yuan are married, why haven't we ever known the news, and Lin Yuan's child refused to tell us? ”

Before Jinyu could answer, the old lady seemed to be chatting with her and talking to herself, rubbing the big apricot tree beside her and saying: "We have a custom here, the son of the family marries a daughter-in-law, and he must blow and beat it here, and send candy cakes to the relatives and friends he knows, so that everyone knows." His dad and I always thought he wasn't married, and when the neighbors asked me, I just said that the kids were working outside the home and didn't care about getting married. ”

Jinyu heard that the old lady had something to say, and it was difficult to tell the truth, so she could only comfort the old lady: "When our family pays more attention to auspicious days and auspicious days in business, time is very tight. In addition, after getting married, my father helped Lin Yuan open a store, and Lin Yuan couldn't take care of anything when he worked. That's why it's going to be held out until now......"

The old lady let out a soft "um", unable to hear whether she agreed with Jinyu's answer.

Jinyu said, "Mom, would you like to go back with me?" You and Dad haven't seen Lin Yuan for so long, don't you miss him? ”

The old lady shook her head: "Girl, let's not go." If we go, we will only embarrass Lin Yuan, let people who know him know that he has such parents, it is not easy for him to be in a big city, and we will rest assured that he is doing well. ”

Jin Yu wanted to say something, but the old lady was very smart, and stood up with the apricot tree: "Girl, you have been here for so long, and you must not have eaten anything on the way, I will cook some food, if you don't dislike it, eat some and go back." Come all the way and don't let you go back hungry, it's our slackness. ”

Jin Yu was afraid of causing trouble to the old couple and wanted to refuse, but Rong Jin whispered: "Mr. Sun, you agree, stay and chat with the old man, and then persuade them to change their minds?" ”

Jinyu had no choice but to say, "Mom, then I'll trouble your old man." I'm here to help. ”

The old lady was not very flexible in her legs, but she had already neatly taken out all kinds of vegetables, melons and fruits, and even a piece of smoked ham. Jin Yu knew that the price of this kind of meat was not cheap, and according to the old lady's hospitality, she must have been willing to make it because of the guests at home.

Thinking that because of her father's stubbornness, her parents-in-law couldn't even attend their son's wedding, and they didn't even live a good life with them, Jinyu's heart was very uncomfortable.

"Mom, I'll help you." Jinyu said that she was going to get a kitchen knife to cut meat.

The old lady said, "No, no, you can just rest, I am used to doing these tasks, and the meal will be ready soon." ”

Jin Yu saw that the old lady was busy, but she could only stand and watch helplessly, but regretted that she should learn how to cook with Sister Mu before she came.

The dilapidated wooden door in the yard rang, and someone was banging on the door outside.

"Is Lin Yuan's mother at home?" The people outside said in a loud voice.

The old lady put down the kitchen knife, wiped her hands on her apron, and politely said to Jinyu: "You sit down, you sit, it should be our neighbor who is here, I'll open the door." ”

"Lin Yuan's mother, this is the dried fish that my daughter-in-law brought back to her parents' house, her mother's house is close to the sea, and these miscellaneous fish are often there. Don't dislike it, take it back and boil it and eat it, it's fresh. ”

Jinyu heard the sound at the door and came out to look. The aunt at the door was wearing a men's sweatshirt, carrying a bag of shriveled fish in one hand, and shaking a big pu fan in the other, and her voice was so loud that Jinyu's ears were buzzing.

"Oh, who is this, it's so beautiful. Big city, right? When the aunt saw Jinyu, she still asked the old lady in her voice.

The old lady said lightly: "It was my son's boss who came to see me from the big city." ”

The aunt's eyes never left Jinyu, and she sighed: "I thought it was your Lin Yuan who brought his daughter-in-law back, your Lin Yuan has been out to work for two or three years, if you marry such a daughter-in-law in the city, you old couple will be happy, ......what do you want?"

Jinyu listened to the aunt's rude words, smiled politely at the aunt and returned to the courtyard. She doesn't like to be judged the most.

The old lady took the dried fish from the aunt, asked her to wait, returned to the house by herself, and went out with a large piece of frozen beef for a while, Jin Yu soon heard the aunt's voice coming clearly: "What are you doing, it's too polite, a little trash fish is not worth anything." ”

"Don't be disgusted with the lack of things, this is still a good piece of beef tenderloin, take it back to the little grandson to eat." The child grows up and eats. The old lady's voice was soft.

I didn't want this aunt to talk too much, so I pulled the old lady and didn't let go: "Has your Lin Yuan married a daughter-in-law?" ”

Jinyu listened carefully, wondering how the old lady would answer. The old lady's voice was very gentle, she couldn't hear what she said clearly, she could only hear the aunt say before leaving: "Your Lin Yuan is the most promising, he must invite our neighbors to drink wine when he marries his daughter-in-law." ”

The old lady closed the door, washed her hands on the faucet at the entrance of the courtyard, and said to Jinyu while chopping vegetables: "The people here are like this, they are not as good as the people in your big city, so you can see the jokes." ”

Jinyu heard the old lady say this, and hurriedly persuaded her: "No, no." ”

The old lady's work is not idle, and Jinyu wants to help but can't. Rong Jin asked quietly: "Do you need me to buy some ready-made food and come back, save a little trouble?" ”

Jinyu nodded, smiled and asked the old lady, "Mom, is there a deli nearby?" ”

The old lady said, "Walk south along the road at the door, there is a barbecue shop on the left, are you not used to eating our food here?" ”

Jinyu said, "Mom, I don't want you to work too hard. It is said that the daughter-in-law met her in-laws for the first time, and I should have cooked this meal, but I ...... I'm not good at it, I'm afraid you won't eat well. It's also convenient for us to buy some back, and it's also a little bit of my heart. ”

The old lady said no more, but still cut the vegetables in her hand, and after the vegetables were cut, the old lady put the vegetables and the sliced smoked ham on a large plate, and went into the house and began to make a fire.

Jinyu originally thought that the family still used a large stove, but fortunately, it had been replaced by a gas stove, but it was a gas canister. Jinyu has never seen a gas stove since she went to elementary school, and this jar is forty or fifty pounds, and the old couple can't carry it back.

Jinyu asked, "Do you usually have someone to help you change the gas tank?" ”

The old lady said, "The neighbors know that my father and I are the only ones in my house, and they often come to help us. ”