Chapter 41 Quay Reef

"It's good that the uncle is in better health, and remember to rest more on weekdays." Fang Ruo smiled and brought the fruit plate to the uncle's table, and a dazzling array of fruits were placed in front of him for him to choose.

The family sat together and chatted about the parents, the time passed quickly, Fang Haoxuan was shouting on the side to go to the nearby shopping mall to play with toys, Fang Ruo's mother saw that it was still early before dinner time, so she asked Fang Ruo to take her younger brother to play in the shopping mall near her home for a while.

Fang Ruo sensibly agreed, cleaned up briefly and walked towards the mall with his younger brother.

Fang Haoxuan will soon be four years old, and now in the middle class of kindergarten, he is very fat, round like a small ball of meat, he usually eats a lot, and he does not leave the meat at every meal, and his white and chubby body is in stark contrast to Fang Ruo's slenderness.

Fang Ruo's mother always said that the child should grow fatter, so that the nutrition can keep up, in order not to let Fang Haoxuan's growth lag behind, she also bought some milk powder calcium tablets and other nutritional products at home, and supervised him to eat on time every day.

He also lived up to expectations, gaining weight day by day, and at only four years old, his weight was already the same as that of six or seven-year-old children of the same age.

When the kindergarten conducted a physical examination, the physical examination form showed that he was seriously overweight, so the teacher suggested that Fang Ruo's mother should control his diet more in his life, and Fang Ruo's mother began to reduce his food intake when she returned home after hearing this, but whenever Fang Haoxuan yelled that she was hungry and wanted to eat, she couldn't make up her mind not to give the child food, and she always went back and forth at this table every day, and finally let Fang Haoxuan eat enough.

Every time Fang Ruo saw his younger brother eating and drinking, he couldn't help but nag and remind him a few words, Fang Haoxuan ignored her and still ate by herself. The younger brother is not afraid of her, it should be said that the younger brother is not afraid of anyone at home, he is the same existence as a little ancestor at home, and when he falls, his parents will take turns to coax, and buy candy and drinks to make him happy, as long as the toys and items he wants, they are all bought back for him to play, not to mention the food and clothing, they are all good picks.

In contrast, Fang Ruo saved a lot of money for the family, she would feel embarrassed to even ask her mother for living expenses, because she was worried that her mother would be bored and unwilling to give it to her, every time she got the money, her mother would mutter a few words in a weird way, and said that the family had a lot of expenses and had to save some money with money, and said that the big sister of another family didn't look for a penny more to buy snacks at home for a week in her third year of high school, and she had to learn more from others.

Whenever Fang Ruo didn't speak at this time, he listened to his mother silently, and after getting the money, he hurried back to the room, and stayed away from these nagging sounds through the door, and felt relieved in his heart.

She has always been thrifty on weekdays, but there are still some places where money is necessary, and when she meets a good friend for a birthday, she also has to give a gift to show it, and sometimes some sudden situations have to spend money, and the money at these times cannot be saved.

Fortunately, Fang Ruo has also started saving money since he was in high school, and although his savings are not much, they are enough to deal with some emergencies on weekdays.

During the Chinese New Year, she also had some New Year's money, although most of the money was taken away by her mother, but a little money was left to her, and she saved it all, plus she would take the time to write short articles and send them to literary magazines in the town during the winter and summer vacations, and also published a few articles, so she also received some meager manuscript fees.

The financial power of the family is in the hands of her mother, and her father's monthly salary is also handed over as soon as possible, so Fang Ruo has never asked her father for money, and whenever she has to ask the family for money, she can only ask her mother.

Over the years, Fang Ruo has also summed up an experience, taking advantage of her mother's good mood to ask her for money is generally smooth, after she gave the money, at most she symbolically said a word or two of advice, if she met her mother was in a bad mood, as soon as she heard that she wanted money, her face changed, and she scolded and said a lot of gossip, Fang Ruo was miserable every time she listened to it, although she only asked for a very small amount.

When it comes to large-scale activities in the school, such as summer camp tourism activities in the summer, Fang Ruo has never registered, because it requires a lot of money, and she doesn't have to think about it, her mother will never agree, she can imagine how her mother will reply to her in the future, she must have frowned and said sharply, "Traveling is a waste of money, there is no such condition at home, it is better to do more things at home if you want to go out to play."

Every time Xu Zhuoyuan begged her to sign up with her, she replied that she was not interested in the summer camp, and she didn't have time, in fact, she also wanted to go very much, and there were a few days, but she knew that her family would not agree, and she didn't dare to expect to be like him, and she could do whatever she wanted.

There are no naturally well-behaved and sensible people in this world, sensible people, but they are tortured by life to wrap their original edge, and then become more and more sleek and numb, after all, only in this way can they better adapt to the environment and better protect themselves.

If she could, Fang Ruo also wanted to be a little girl who was both willful and temperamental, like other classmates, always held in the palm of her parents' hands. It's just that now she has long been accustomed to looking at people's faces, and she is familiar with how to deal with things without being surprised, and her heart has become more and more indifferent.

She has been wandering on an isolated island, surrounded by thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, but has no place of her own.

So such a person is narrow and closed in her heart, Fang Ruo's heart is so small that she can only tolerate Xu Zhuoyuan, and there is no room for one more person, she is stubborn and firm, and regards him as the only reef in her life.

After Fang Ruo took his younger brother to play in the mall for a while, he returned home and saw that his parents were all solemn, as if they had something in their hearts, and the uncle was not at home, so it seemed that he had already gone back.

Thinking that the uncle went back without eating, Fang Ruo felt strange, she stepped forward with concern and asked her mother what happened just now, her mother only said with a cold face that she would eat first, and she would talk about it later, Fang Ruo answered and walked into the kitchen and took out the bowls and put them on the table one by one, and put the rice in the bowls.

During the meal, the atmosphere around him was very grim, Fang Ruo lowered his head and didn't dare to speak anymore, he picked up the rice in the bowl by himself, thinking about finishing it quickly and then going back to his room.

"Mom, let's let her go, she's old, and now she's not in good health and can't take care of herself, let's take her over and live for a while." Fang Ruo's father sandwiched a piece of braised pork from the vegetable bowl and put it into Fang Ruo's mother's bowl, wanting to ease the tense atmosphere at the dinner table.

"Don't even think about it, I said a long time ago that I won't live under the same roof with her in the future, how did she know how she used to be to our mother?"

"At that time, if she gave birth to Fang Ruo, she patted her ass and left, anyway, I also continued the bloodline of your Fang family, what did she do to me? Did she take Fang Ruo for a day? Did she come to see me when I was confined? She said I'm not as good as a hen who can't lay eggs? I'll remember her well for the rest of my life. ”

"Don't tell me this, it's not negotiable, you really want to take her in, unless I'm dead." Fang Ruo's mother slapped the chopsticks in her hand heavily, and the bottom of the bowl was also buckled on the wooden table, making a dull sound.

"She's our mother after all, don't worry about the past, she was too confused at the time, and now she regrets it." Fang Ruo's father persuaded hard, but in fact, he also felt the deep grievances and sadness in his wife's heart.

But what can he do, this is his mother, who was pregnant and gave birth to him in October, and pulled him up with a handful of and urine, no matter how filial piety must be done, no matter how bad his mother does, he is still the person he respects the most.

"Now that I know that I regret it, I knew it today, why bother in the first place? Hasn't she always been tough, and she didn't expect her to get old and sick one day. ”

Fang Ruo's mother sneered and turned her face away, and her mind also recalled many unhappy pictures in the past. She used to be a young woman, a first-time wife, working hard to conceive and give birth to a child, not to mention not getting some love, and having to bear the humiliation of her mother-in-law.

She hasn't told her husband that when Fang Ruo was one year old, they went to her mother-in-law's house for the New Year, because she was in a hurry to feed Fang Ruo, so the meal was a little slower, and after everyone left the table after eating, her mother-in-law knocked on the table and smashed the bowl with a displeased face, and said a lot of ugly words.

She felt aggrieved and couldn't help but explain a few words, and her mother-in-law slapped her, and she really felt five thunders hit her in an instant. How can I be so angry at home, just because of such a small thing, I was slapped by my mother-in-law, and I was still in this festive and lively Chinese New Year's Eve.

The hatred at the beginning had long been buried deep in her heart, and it could not be forgiven overnight.

"But the eldest brother is not in good health now, he can't take care of himself, how can he take care of his mother's affairs, let's give in and take my mother to live at home for a while. Besides, didn't she also come to the hospital to see you when she gave birth to Fang Haoxuan, and brought local chickens and eggs. Fang Ruo's father still persuaded him politely, wanting his wife to accept his suggestion.

"Are you going to remind me that the basket is full of rotten eggs one more time? The nurse threw it all at me in the back, don't you remember? Fang Ruo's mother got up angrily and walked quickly towards the room, and when she closed the door, a loud bang scared Fang Ruo's heart.

Fang Ruo's mother's meaning is already very clear, she will not give in to this matter, if she doesn't go, if it doesn't go for her mother-in-law, the two of them can't live together anyway.

Fang Ruo realized that his parents and uncle must have been discussing this matter just now, and his parents must have been arguing at home just now, so the uncle hurriedly left when he saw this.

Grandma is now older and her health is gradually getting worse, and she realizes that she needs to rely on and need someone to take care of her.

Fang Ruo's two aunts were already too busy to take care of themselves, and they were busy at home and didn't have time to come to see her; Uncle is also in poor health at the moment, his own food and clothing are problems, and only Fang Ruo's family is in better condition in comparison, so she wants to come to Fang Ruo's house to live.