Chapter 16: Helping to Help

"Yo! What a rare guest, what a rare guest! Su Binghuai held his hands in his arms, covered his body in gray coarse cloth clothes, and looked like he had just woken up.

The two of them didn't care about anything with him, Su Mi said, "Is my mother at home?" ”

Su's mother stood up when she heard the voice, looked at her daughter, who had been married for a month, and walked over to hold her hand with teary eyes: "It seems that I have grown a little taller, and my body is a little rounder!" ”

Although it is not his own, he is also brought up with one hand, and it is still distressing to fight Xiao Zhenzhen's protection. The mother and daughter exchanged a few words, and Su Mi carried Su's mother into the stove room: "Mother! You sit down for a while, and I'll cook and eat!" ”

Su Mi quickly cut a large piece of tofu, and steamed a dried fish in his baggage on the stove. Zhao Laosan put two pieces of dry firewood on the stove, and the woman went out through the back door and pulled a handful of wild vegetables into the house.

"Where's my sister-in-law?" After entering the house for a long time, neither of them saw their sister-in-law Gu.

"Your sister-in-law went to the town to gamble again yesterday, and she came back until dawn, so I'm afraid I'll have to sleep until night!" Su Mu frowned, shook her head helplessly.

Washing wild vegetables on his hands, but his eyes stared at the man, Zhao Laosan's face was calm, and he just sat in front of the stove and lit the fire.

The movements of the woman's hands are neat, and in a short time she will be ready to eat. Su Mi knew that her mother's teeth were not good, so she made the tofu soft and glutinous, and Su's mother put a piece of it into her mouth, which melted in her mouth and was crispy on the outside, and the beans inside were full of fragrance.

Brother Su Binghuai was still a little afraid of Zhao Laosan, so he took some wild vegetables and tofu with his rice bowl, and squatted outside the threshold to eat.

"What work is there to do at home?" As soon as he put down his job, Zhao Laosan stood up and asked Su Mu.

I just had lunch now, and Su's mother is afraid that she hasn't eaten for a long time, so she has eaten a lot today. Su Mi rolled up his sleeves and neatly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the table. Seeing the man helping his mother's family like this, his heart seemed to be smeared with honey, and the corners of his mouth opened to reveal a relaxed smile: "Mother, this spring is the season of sowing, what work is there at home, you can support your husband to do it, he has great strength!" ”

Su Mu smiled a little embarrassedly, "It's rare for you to come here, just rest at home with peace of mind, there are few people in the family and there is not much work, your brother and I can do it." ”

Although Su's mother is old, but after all, she has suffered all her life, and she is also a neat person in this ten miles and eight townships, Su Binghuai and his family go to the town to hang out on weekdays, and she does all the work of farming and farming at home.

"My brother-in-law is a good hand with a big shoulder and a thick waist, and the most sunny place in the east of this village is our family's field, you go and turn it over!" Su Binghuai was very lazy, if he didn't support his brother-in-law to turn the world upside down, Su's mother would let him do it.

"Then the mother and the lady are resting at home, I'll go!" Zhao Laosan naturally knew what Su Binghuai meant, but he felt sorry for his own mother, and took into account her face in her mother's house, so he picked up the hoe and went to the ground without saying a word.

Su's mother was also very satisfied with her son-in-law, and after seeing that her daughter was also busy in the stove room, she was very happy.

The stove room was cleaned up, and the mother and daughter gossiped for a while. Su's mother saw that her daughter's skin was now as white as snow, her hands were still calloused when she was at home, but now they are also white, and her waist is also plump a lot, and a stone hanging in her heart has finally fallen.

After an hour, sister-in-law Gu came out slowly: "It turned out that the sister came back to the door, I said why is it noisy in my ears!" ”

Gu Shi is not diligent, and he hardly does any work at home, but he sees that his family has already eaten lunch and sits on a chair: "I don't know who is the family, and when outsiders come, they don't leave food for the family?" ”

Naturally, this was said to Su Mu, and outsiders were obviously referring to Su Mi and his family.

"Sister-in-law was tired from staying up late last night, you sit first, I'll warm the food for you on the stove, let's bring it out!" Su Mi smiled, forgetting about the nonsense she had done in Zhaojia Village a few days ago, and only treated each other gently.

Gu pouted, his hair was loose and his eyes were lazy: "My sister is willing, and I should serve my sister-in-law!" ”

Su Mi brought out the dried fish and tofu that were hot on the stove, she knew that her sister-in-law Gu liked to eat pickles, so she put a small plate of air-dried radish vegetables: "Sister-in-law, eat slowly, I see that there are not many dried radishes at home, so I'll cut a few radishes to dry." ”

"If you really feel sorry for us, then take some money to honor us, what is it to make some turnips?" Sister-in-law Gu Shi was eating, and at the same time used harsh words to count Su Mi.

Su Mi didn't pay attention to her, and after speaking, she got up and went to the vegetable field in front of the yard to pull out a basket of radishes, turned back and cleaned the mud on it and cut it into small pieces to dry.

After finishing the work at hand, it was already evening, and Su Mi made his bed and prepared to cook dinner.

Seeing that Zhao Laosan had not come back yet, Su Mi pulled Su's mother to gossip for a while. Seeing that Su's mother's clothes were old, he stuffed her with ten cents and asked her to buy some things for herself.

I didn't think that my sister-in-law Gu had been listening to the two of them in the side room, and as soon as Su Mi went to the stove room to prepare dinner, Gu slipped into Su's mother's house and asked her to take out the money.

As the night gradually rose, white smoke rose from the chimney on the roof of Su's house. Su Mi knew that his man must be tired when he went to the ground today, so he naturally had to prepare more for dinner. First, the cucumber was cut into pieces and blanched with wild vegetables, and some chili peppers were splashed, and the remaining half of the dried fish was stewed in a pot, and the rice was stuffed with a spoonful of lard and potatoes.

The aroma was fragrant in the stove room, but Su Mi heard the sound of Su's mother crying, and hurriedly put down the shovel in her hand and paced over: "Mother, did you fall?" ”

"Go and stop your sister-in-law, she took the money you gave me and went to the town, and everything in the family is almost gone after gambling every day!" Su Mu pushed Su Mi out vigorously.

After hearing this, Su Mi hurriedly ran outside, and her sister-in-law Gu had already left the courtyard door, and her feet were as fast as the wind: "Sister-in-law, that is the money left for my mother to buy clothes, you can't use it to gamble!" ”

Gu has long been addicted to gambling, where can he still listen to persuasion, as long as he has money in hand, he will run to the Bliss Gambling House in the town.

Seeing that the Gu clan was about to turn around the ridge and could not see a trace, Zhao Laosan appeared on the ridge with a hoe.

"Husband, sister-in-law is going to gamble again, stop her quickly!" Su Mi looked at his man and pointed at his sister-in-law and shouted loudly.

Although the Gu family is tricky, where is Zhao Laosan's legs and feet, he runs back with his legs. Zhao Laosan didn't panic, he was still carrying a hoe, his face was pale, and he couldn't see what his eyes were when the night covered his pupils, and he only felt that the gloomy Chao Gu clan was over.