Neighbors on a street, some of them have finished pasting the Spring Festival couplets, and some are posting them.

Seeing Xia Meng, the two brothers and sisters all greeted each other and chatted with concern.

At this time, most of the people are simple, and the neighborly love is also very deep.

Their woodcarved and plastered houses were built by the Qingshan Forestry Bureau, and there were five houses in one trip.

The layout is three rooms with a single courtyard, as soon as you enter the house, there are two large pots on the left and right walls, two bedrooms in the east and west, and the east house is larger.

Xia Meng's family is the one in the mountains, and now the chimney is curling with smoke.

Xia Meng knew that her mother had returned home from the hospital early in the morning, and she had probably done a lot of work at this time.

Xia Xiao pushed the bicycle into the courtyard and shouted, "Mom, we're back." ”

Xia Meng only felt happy to see everything, and echoed with a smile: "Mom, I'm back!" ”

Xue Mingyue heard the movement, pushed open the door of the house nailed with cotton felt and came out, and brought out the flying white ha.

"When I came back, I hurried into the house and shouted in the yard, it's not cold."

Xia Xiao smiled, put a ladder on the car, and began to unload things down.

Xia dreams of helping.

Xue Mingyue, who was wearing an apron, grabbed her: "Let your second brother do it." ”

She asked with concern: "Girl, is it freezing?" ”

"It's a little, it's really cold today, it's minus 40 degrees." Xia Meng was especially sitting in the back seat of the car, unlike her second brother who was riding, so it was colder.

Xue Mingyue was anxious when she heard this, and pulled Xia Meng's arm and went to the house: "Then you hurry up and go to the east house to warm up on the kang, don't worry about anything, just wait, Mom will boil all the water for you in the cauldron." I'll kick your second brother out later, and wash it well. ”

There are many people in the staff bath, the environment is still humid, Xia Meng's head is injured and can't touch the water, Xue Mingyue plans to burn the house hot and let her daughter take a bath at home.

Xia Meng naturally obeyed the arrangement.

When he entered the East House, took off his cotton shoes and clothes, and lay down on the hot kang, Xia Meng let out a satisfied sigh.

The golden nest and silver nest are not as good as their own kennels, and they are not as good as their own homes.

She casually looked around.

The room in her east house is not too big, and the furnishings are very simple.

A kang is laid by the south window, and a kang cabinet is placed at the tip of the kang.

There is a log-colored wooden box next to the edge of the kang on the ground, and a small yellow lock is locked on the nose of the lock.

There was a pile of pill bottles and small mirrors on top of the lid, a wooden comb cream, and an old-fashioned radio.

Next to it is a large wardrobe made by himself, and there is a kang table and a few wooden benches on the wall.

Now that the eldest brother is married, he and his sister-in-law Dai Hongye moved to live in the family area of the forest farm in the ditch.

Therefore, usually in the summer, the two of them live in the east house, and the second brother lives in the west house.

In winter, it is very cold, often minus thirty-eight or nine, forty degrees, and they have to burn hard, otherwise it will be cold if the ceasefire is stopped, and the three of them will live in the east house.

Xia Xiao helped her sister get water, and after completing the task, she grabbed a handful of melon seeds and went to the neighbor's house.

Xue Mingyue plugged in the door and drew the curtains.

Xia Meng didn't wash his hair, only washed his body, and simply washed it.

After washing, the whole person was wrapped in the quilt, and the pores on his body were telling of comfort.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and in addition to the eldest brother and their family coming back from the ditch, there will definitely be someone in the family, so Xia Meng covered it for a while and put the mattress and quilt into the kang cupboard, leaving only a small pillow and a small thin quilt outside.

Seeing this, Xue Mingyue went to open the door.

As a result, Xia Xiao hadn't come back yet, but Xia Meng's aunt Xia Hongying came with a bulging cloth bag.

It is said that nephews are like uncles and nieces are like aunts, which is not reflected in Xia Meng.

Xia Hongying also has thick eyebrows and big eyes, but with an upper face and thick lips, she is not as delicate as Xia Meng's goose egg face, watery peach blossom eyes, and slightly upturned Yangyue mouth.

"You kid is finally in danger, if you really do something, how can your mother live. You'll have to be careful next time, you know? "Originally, her eldest brother was gone so early, and if something happened to her only daughter, no one could stand it.

"I know, aunt, don't worry, something like this will never happen again in the future, let my mother and my brother worry about them." Xia Meng humbly accepted it, because of her accident, her family was anxious and worried, and she was quite guilty and unhappy.

"It's good to know."

Xia Hongying came with the whole family after the eldest brother Xia Hongwen arrived in the forest area and gained a foothold, so it was better for Xia Meng's children than for the second brother Xia Hongwu and his children in his rural hometown.

"Speaking of which, you're not too young, you're nineteen years old this New Year, and you have to go on a blind date to find a partner, and it's not okay to be so playful and unstable.

When you get married in the future, can your mother-in-law get used to it? If you meet a powerful person, you can't be trained all day long! ”

Xia Meng doesn't like to hear this: "My mother-in-law is not my mother, why should she discipline me?" ”

Xia Hongying pouted: "That mother-in-law is not your mother, but your husband's mother, you are married to someone else, and you can't discipline you as an elder?" Some mothers-in-law even beat and scolded! Don't you have to bear it? ”

Xia dreamed of his mother's mother-in-law, that is, his grandmother, his face instantly turned cold, and he snorted: "That's someone else, it's not good for me!" I don't care who she is, I'm not used to stinky problems when I'm in a hurry! If you dare to scold me, I will scold her, and if you dare to beat me, I will also beat her! What elders are not elders, I am married, and I am not sold, and I don't even have any human rights! Besides, there are no men in the world? Why should you bear it? Aunt, it's not me saying that your old thinking has to be changed. ”

Xia Hongying was shocked by her niece's words.

Standing up from the edge of the kang and pointing at Xia Meng: "You kid, why haven't you seen you for a few days, you are so powerful, you dare to say anything." Besides, no matter how wrong the old man is, he can't beat and scold, isn't that hurting the sky? ”

Xue Mingyue came in with a teapot and glass with tea brewed at this time, and when she saw the two facing each other, she hurriedly greeted: "Yingzi, don't patronize and talk, drink some hot water to warm up." ”

Xia Hongying understands her sister-in-law, and she doesn't want others to talk about her children, and she can't quarrel with her niece during the New Year, so she can only suppress her stomach in a sullen manner, pick up the teacup, blow it, and take a sip.

Xia Meng didn't want to be angry with his aunt, but just expressed his thoughts in a hurry, and then he also had the vision to push the plastic plate with melon seeds and pine nut candy cubes forward: "Aunt, you eat, my mother fried these pine nuts are fragrant." ”

Xia Hongying suddenly lost his temper at all.

After Xia Hongying left, Xue Mingyue sent someone back, nodded Xia Meng's head and scolded with a smile: "Look at what you said, your aunt's face changed color." ”

Xia Meng couldn't help laughing: "I actually didn't want to top her." She mainly remembered how her grandmother treated her mother a few years ago, especially when her father had an accident, and even almost ...... I still hate it when I think about it now, but it's impossible to say these words, which makes my mother uncomfortable.

Xue Mingyue touched Xia Meng's ears and said with emotion: "Oh, how did my daughter go back to the hospital, she choked like Little Pepper?" ”

"It's been reborn." Xia Meng stared at her mother with burning eyes and asked, "Mom, am I bad?" "She had to get her mother used to her current personality, or she couldn't stand it if she had to pretend to be the way she used to be.

Xue Mingyue nodded vigorously, and her eyes were sparkling: "Okay, great." Mom was worried that the whole family spoiled you and got used to you, and raised you so that you couldn't even quarrel and fight, and you would be bullied when you got married and went to your in-law's house in the future. Now there is no ...... at all."

"Mom, little sister, my eldest brother and they're back!"

Xia Xiao shouted in a loud voice.

Xue Mingyue immediately pressed Xia Meng on the kang, and then wiped the corners of her eyes and went out of the house to greet her.

Xia Meng had no choice but to stand at the window, looking hard into the yard through the window nailed with plastic sheets and a layer of moisture.