Chapter 12: Brother and sister-in-law
Su Binghuai and his wife Gu Shi turned their heads when they heard the voice. Su Mi has been married for less than a month, her body is a little rounder, her eyes are more charming and charming, and her eyes are a lot clearer, and her white skin seems to be able to pinch out water.
"Look at this, my sister is having a good day!" Gu Shi spoke, and his arrogance was a little gentler than before in the Su family.
Su Mi stood at the gate of the courtyard and smiled slightly: "My brother and sister-in-law won't be here to care about me, right?" ”
Su Binghuai saw that his sister seemed to be a different person, and his eyes lit up: "My sister has been married into Zhaojia Village for almost a month, and she hasn't even done enough to return to the door for three days, and my brother doesn't blame my sister, I just brought my sister-in-law to take a look, I'm afraid that you will be bullied by this person." ”
Su Mi's temperament was already soft, and seeing that his brother and sister-in-law had no malicious intentions, he opened the courtyard door: "Brother and sister-in-law, come in first, my husband has gone to the town to sell tofu, and it is estimated that it will take some time to come back!" ”
The two of them paced into the courtyard, and although the house was made of wood, it was made of some fine sturdy cypress. In addition to the spacious hall, there are two bedrooms, and the stove room next to it is connected to the firewood room and the latrine, which is very neat and spacious.
There is also a bright and sturdy shed in front of the courtyard, which is used by Zhao Laosan to grind tofu, and there is still a little bean dregs on the stone mill.
Su Mi quickly dried his man's gown, and when he saw his brother and sister-in-law standing, he brought a chair: "My brother and sister-in-law didn't say a word in advance, one of them was at one end of the town and the other was at the other end of the town, and if they came over, they would have to walk more than ten miles, which was very troublesome." ”
"Come and see the girl, no matter how far you go, you have to come here, right?" Su Binghuai sat on the chair, but his eyes looked around the room.
Su Mi saw that noon had passed, and his brother and sister-in-law walked more than ten miles, so they began to prepare lunch.
In the stove room, there are two pieces of tofu that Zhao Laosan left in the house today, as well as some wild vegetables that he went out to dig yesterday, and there is also a basket of eggs.
knows that my sister-in-law grew up in a delicate life and refuses to endure hardships, and after my father's death, I must have lived a poor life in my husband's house. After watering the crispy wild vegetables, he chopped them and fried them with a few eggs in lard. Cut the tofu into small pieces, put more lard in the pan, fry until golden brown on both sides, and stir-fry with the pickles.
After finishing the meal, I was about to call my brother and sister-in-law to eat, when I suddenly remembered that there was a pickled fish hanging in the firewood room, which was caught by Zhao Laosan in the river when it rained a few days ago.
So he took down the pickled fish and fried it in oil with the wild garlic sprouts. In a few moments, there were two or three delicious meals on the stove table.
Su Mi called her brother and sister-in-law to sit down, and first filled a bowl of slowly soy milk to moisten her mouth, and her brother and sister-in-law devoured it. Not to mention in Sujia Village, even when I lived in the suburbs of the capital, I rarely drank soy milk.
Seeing that the two of them love to eat, their hearts are also a little relieved, even if their brother and sister-in-law treated themselves lightly before, but after all, they are brothers and sisters-in-law, if they don't care, Su Mi can also be lenient: "Brother and sister-in-law love to eat, Zhao Laosan has to grind tofu every day, when you leave, I will bring you some tofu, you can make edamame tofu if you can't finish eating, and when there are few wild vegetables in winter, you can eat porridge!" ”
The two of them ate, the wild vegetables and the taste of lard wafted between their mouths, and Su Binghuai devoured two bowls of rice for a while. Sister-in-law Gu Shi is a little gentle, and Su Mi is also sitting on the side eating: "Is my mother okay now?" ”
Since she got married, she has to walk more than ten miles back and forth, Su Mi knows that her brother and sister-in-law don't want to see her, so she hasn't returned to her mother's house once, and only lives her own life with her own man.
"Mother...... Mother is not very good, sister, you also know that after you leave, I will take care of my mother, and your brother will go out to work to support us! Sister-in-law Gu put down the dishes and chopsticks, and looked extremely difficult.
When Su Mi heard this, her heart tightened and she was very worried about her mother's body: "How is my mother now?" ”
"My mother is fine, but I do farm work alone, and my family is always short of food and clothing, and my mother suffers with it!" Su Binghuai put his hands in his cuffs, and his voice was slightly lower.
The two of them came this time to ask Su Mi for money. Since the last time Zhao Laosan proposed marriage and gave some money, the two of them have been lazy and do nothing at home.
Su Mi's eyes sank, and her eyebrows twisted a little worried. I didn't eat much for lunch, so I couldn't eat anymore, and after cleaning up the stove, I saw that Zhao Laosan hadn't come back yet: "Sister-in-law, the money in the family is all on my man, and when he comes back, I will take the money back tomorrow to see my mother!" ”
"What do you mean, girl, are you driving us away?" Sister-in-law Gu Shi saw Su Mi's face showing doubt, her face changed instantly, and she raised Erlang's legs and crossed her waist with her hands, looking like she wanted to teach Su Mi a lesson.
"Don't forget, you are not windy or rainy, you are raised by our Su family with a mouthful of rice and soup. Now that I'm with a strong man, do you think you can deny your six relatives? Su Binghuai pointed at Su Mi, saliva foaming wildly.
Su Mi had a hundred grievances in his heart, he obviously wanted to go back to see his mother in a few days, but he didn't expect his brother and sister-in-law to count him down like this: "Didn't my brother come here today to ask for money?" ”
"That's right! Otherwise, who would like to walk more than ten miles? Sister-in-law Gu stood up, with her hands on her hips and looked like a village shrew.
I only felt that my heart was very cold, and my brother and sister-in-law, who I hadn't seen for a month, treated me more and more coldly, and a pair of apricot eyes fell with tears.
When my sister-in-law saw her pitiful appearance, she became even more angry, and kicked her nose and roared: "Don't think that we are men outside, you make a pitiful appearance, that's for men, we don't eat you!" ”
"Today, if you can come up with twenty yuan, we will still recognize you as the daughter of our Su family, if you can't take it out, your sister-in-law and I will go to the government to sue you for unfilial piety!" Su Binghuai saw that his sister-in-law was crying with pear blossoms and rain, not only did he not feel distressed, but he intensified it.
"Twenty cents?" Su Mi stretched out his fingers as white as chives and compared, twenty yuan is in the current troubled times, let alone curing diseases and saving people, even if you buy a shop, it is more than enough.
"What? Mother is old now, do you still want to repay the debt? Sister-in-law Gu Shi stretched out her hand and pulled Su Mi's ears, and Su Mi could only endure it. Gu Shi didn't give up, and as before, he grabbed Su Mi's hair and dragged her out of the stove room: "If you don't give money today, I will go to the government to sue you for being unfilial to your mother and disobedient brother and sister-in-law!" ”
"You go sue one and try it!" Su Mi turned her head when she heard the sound and saw Zhao Laosan, with a pair of apricot eyes teary eyes, and she became more and more aggrieved: "Husband, you are back!" ”
Zhao Laosan put down the cart and package in his hand, paced over, and reached out to hold his wife in his arms. A pair of dark eyes revealed a bit of awe-inspiring air, staring at Su Binghuai and the others with hatred.