On the second day of the Lunar New Year, it is the day when the married girl returns to her parents' home. The custom in County C is that on the day the daughter-in-law returns to her parents' home, the mother-in-law will carry a basket (a basket made of bamboo) for food.

Sun Xiufang got up early, as soon as the sky was bright, she got up, she didn't cook when she got up, she began to cough loudly, prompting her daughters-in-law to get up and cook, and she started shouting when coughing didn't work, until she made a noise.

Although the time was relatively tight in the first year, Sun Xiufang still steamed out a few pots of noodle fish, sugar buns, jujube buns or something, she felt partial to the second family, in order to make the second daughter-in-law go home and look good, she found a big basket, put a few noodle fish, noodles and peaches and other pasta at the bottom, put a big jujube bun on top of the steamed bun, and then put out the dim sum that Shi Dayong bought, and put some of them to see that the basket was not satisfied, and then went to the dustpan and pinched a large handful of fried hemp leaves (a kind of pasta, sesame seeds and noodles are hard and hard with salt, rolled into thin slices, Put it in the oil pan and fry it to be burnt and crispy) came and put it on it, and saw that the bamboo was bulging, so I was satisfied with finding a red furoshiki to cover it.

As long as she returns to her mother-in-law's house, wherever Wang Ying dares to sleep lazy, she always gets up early. Today, she is going to her mother's house, she and He Xiaoxia make breakfast together, and when everyone is finished, brush out the pots and pans, and wait for Sun Xiufang to fill her with a flute.

After Sun Xiufang packed a basket, she was going to put another one for Wang Ying, she first found a similar basket over, loaded a few steamed buns into it, and suddenly felt a little distressed, if this is the same as the previous one, then how much you have to put into it, all of them are loaded for her daughter-in-law, and there is not much left in her own house, after thinking about it, she put the basket back in her hand and found a basket that is half smaller than the original one.

Wang Ying stood aside and watched, and saw that her mother-in-law had pretended to be one big and one small, she didn't understand, they were all daughters-in-law, you don't have a bowl of water, what are you doing with the two big and small pipes, although the father-in-law sees a doctor and sends it is his own family's money, but you can't be partial here, so that the second family will be so sad.

Wang Ying wanted to remind Sun Xiufang and let her pick up some of the things in her own baskets, and put them into two equally sized baskets, which would also look good.

"Mother." Wang Ying took two steps forward and was about to speak.

Sun Xiufang happened to have the little flute also loaded, and when she heard Wang Ying calling her, she picked up the little flute and handed it over: "It's loaded, take it." ”

Wang Ying was dumbfounded at that time, and her heart sank to the bottom cold, it turned out that she was self-inflicted, and this little pipe was prepared for herself.

"Mother?" Wang Ying endured the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes, she wanted to ask why, what did she do not do well enough, over the years, Shi Dayong has paid for her hometown with her heart and lungs, although she is dissatisfied, she has never stopped it, especially this time when her father-in-law is sick, and her whole family is worried about it, and she has never complained about contributing money and efforts.

Sun Xiufang didn't care about Wang Ying's expression at all, she then handed the big bamboo to He Xiaoxia: "Your mother's house is far away, hurry up, go early and return early." ”

Wang Ying bit her lip and held back her tears until she felt the pain, and she looked at Shi Dayong who was on the side.

Shi Dayong has long noticed every move here, as a filial son, he can't say that his mother is wrong, and as an eldest brother, he can't argue about the amount of things in front of his brothers and daughters-in-law.

Shi Dayong felt his wife's gaze, he pretended not to see it, hugged An An and pretended to talk to An An.

Wang Ying was disappointed, she said angrily: "I don't want it, my father and mother have never eaten the basketball." After saying that, he put the things on the ground, went into the house, hugged the stone, and left.

Just out of the hospital, the tears that I had endured for a long time finally broke the embankment, and people came and went everywhere in the village, either preparing to go back to her parents' house, or having already returned to her parents' house, Wang Ying was afraid that people would see that she was crying ugly on this day, so she stuffed her head, half-hid her face on Shi Xiang's cover, and walked forward quickly.

Shi Dayong saw that his wife was gone, he hurriedly chased An An out, went out of the gate and turned back, today the girl must bring the basket when she goes back to her parents' house, and it is not good to take it to her mother-in-law's house, no matter the size of the basket, it is better to bring one than nothing, he picked up the basket on the ground, looked at his mother with complicated eyes, and did not say a word.

Sun Xiufang knows that her eldest daughter-in-law is angry, so if you are angry, you will be angry, what are you afraid of? Are you still justified in giving birth to a daughter?

It wasn't until she left the village that Wang Ying's footsteps slowed down, her mother's house was in the town, and she didn't want to cry and go back to her parents' house, so that her old parents were worried, she tried to calm her mood and gradually put away her tears.

Shi Dayong chased after him, and he also knew that he was at a loss, and he flattered Wang Ying's arm.

Wang Ying's body twisted and glared at Shi Dayong fiercely.

Shi Dayong sneered: "Yingzi, don't be angry. ”

Wang Ying saw Shi Dayong carrying a small bamboo in his hand, and immediately felt very eyesore, she shouted angrily: "Didn't I say no!" What else are you doing with it? ”

Shi Dayong was still laughing: "Hehe, Yingzi, don't be angry?" It's not worth it to be angry with your body. ”

"I'm not angry!" Wang Ying's eyes were full of anger: "You said that your mother did this, can I not be angry?" My father and mother are not short of your family's things, let's talk about this principle. Wang Ying's tears flowed out again, and she choked up: "Over the years, how has our family treated our hometown, which thing is not what we are worried about, I don't ask her to remember our good, treat me highly, even if she has a bowl of water, it's okay......"

"Yingzi, Yingzi." Shi Dayong was very embarrassed, it was his mother, even if he knew that his mother had done something wrong, he couldn't say bad things about his mother: "Let's go to the town and buy it ourselves, okay?" ”

"Shh Wang Ying sneered: "Don't talk about buying it ourselves, what I'm telling you now is what does your mother mean like this?" Tell me what she means. ”

Shi Dayong said: How do I know what she means? I'm not the roundworm in her stomach.

Shi Dayong accompanied him all the way, coaxed his daughter-in-law, and finally arrived in the town, almost home, Wang Ying didn't want to worry about Shi Dayong anymore, and commanded Shi Dayong to buy some more things, put the bamboo basket and put it on again, and bought two bottles of good wine, and then walked home with his things.

Wang Ying also has two sisters, the eldest sister's house is nearly 20 miles away from her mother's house, much farther than her, the second sister was assigned to Qingdao after graduating from college, it is not easy to come back, and the two sisters have not seen each other for several years.

"Dad, mother!" Although she left her parents' house on the 30th, Wang Ying felt as if she hadn't seen her parents for a long time, especially after being wronged at her in-law's house, Wang Ying felt even closer to her mother's family.

Xiuzhi had been waiting for a long time, and when she heard her daughter's voice, she went straight to the door to greet her, she took the stone thought in Wang Ying's arms, and said affectionately: "My obedient come, let my grandmother hug me." ”

"Mother, is my eldest sister back?" Wang Ying said as she looked into the courtyard.

"Not yet, her house is far away, and it will take a while to come, so you can sit in the house first."

Wang Youyuan wore an apron around his waist and walked out with a spatula in his hand: "Dayong is here." ”

Shi Dayong hurriedly handed the basket in his hand to his father-in-law: "Dad, bring you something." ”

"Look at you, come on, what are you doing with some things?" Wang Youyuan took the basket and said politely: "You drink saliva in the house first, and when your eldest sister's family comes, we will have a banquet." ”

"Dad, I'll help you." Shi Dayong followed Wang Youyuan to the kitchen.

Wang Youyuan shook the spatula and refused: "No, no, you are a guest, how can I use your help, I have done it myself." ”

"Dad, I'll help you light the fire, let's talk."

"Oh, that's the talk."

Weng and his son-in-law entered the kitchen, and Shi Dayong pulled a small bench behind his buttocks and helped Wang Youyuan light the fire: "Dad, my second brother and third brother have gone to relatives?" ”

Wang Youyuan flipped over the pot: "Well, I accompanied my daughter-in-law back to my parents' house." ”

"It's been a year, and I miss them, and I'll come to them for a drink tomorrow."

"Come on, yesterday your two brothers said they wanted to play with you."

Shi Dayong was still thinking about his father-in-law's promise that he would take him to his relatives for the New Year, so he leaned his head up: "Dad, you said you took me to my relatives, what should I buy for others?" ”

Wang Youyuan rarely asks people to do things, he has been a doctor for so many years, usually people come to him for medical advice, to be honest, he hasn't taken the initiative to find others, he doesn't know what to buy for people, the courtesy is light, he can't take it, the courtesy is heavy, he can't take it out, and besides, he doesn't know if people are willing to help with this, he thought for a while: "I don't know what to buy, what are you going to buy?" ”

"Dad, I think so, I'm coming back from abroad, I'm bringing back some things, there's a cassette recorder at home that hasn't been sold, I want to bring that, do you fancy it?"

Tape recorders? This is a good thing, not to mention the cassette recorder, and now whoever has a small radio at home, it is a great thing, and immediately agreed: "I fancy it, so let's do it." ”

"Dad, mother, I'm back!" Wang Yueya did not arrive, and the voice arrived first.

"Yo, my eldest sister and they're back." Shi Dayong hurriedly got up and walked out: "Eldest sister, eldest brother-in-law." ”

It was his brother-in-law, Yang Zenghuai hurriedly stepped forward: "Oh, Dayong is here, when did you arrive?" ”

"It didn't take long to arrive." Shi Dayong took the basket in Yang Zenghuai's hand and said to Wang Youyuan behind him: "Dad, my eldest brother-in-law brought the basket, I'll carry it to the house, right?"

Yang Zenghuai came over with four children, and when he saw Shi Dayong, he shouted around: "Happy New Year for my sister-in-law, what about my aunt?" ”

"Okay, okay, your aunt is in the house, go, go to the house to warm up."

As soon as Yang Shurong entered the door, she looked for Shi Ke: "Cocoa, Coco." After shouting a few times, no one paid attention, so he asked Wang Ying: "Auntie, where is my sister?" ”

Xiuzhi has been teasing the two little ones, and also ignored Shi Ke, Yang Rong reminded him like this, and remembered: "That's it, what about Coco?" Why didn't you come again? ”

Wang Ying was angry when she visited all the way, where was she still thinking about Shi Ke, her eyes immediately blinked a few times, and her mouth was a little goodbye: "Coco, that Coco, well, Coco said that she wanted to accompany her grandmother at home, and she didn't want to come out." ”

Hearing Wang Ying say this, Xiuzhi felt sour: "It is said that the grandson dog will leave when he is full, this is really true, no matter how good I am to Coco, she still kisses her grandmother." ”