Chapter 21: Family Meetings
At eight o'clock in the evening, the He family sat in a circle around the rectangular dining table, and everyone did not speak, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.
"Oh, what's wrong with everyone, Dad, you called me and Lao Li, what's the matter?" The first to speak was He Daling, who was He Chenggong's eldest daughter. This He Daling speaks softly and is full of aura, although she is not a big beauty, but at first glance she looks like a small jasper, and she does not look like Si Damei's daughter at all in temperament, which is not surprising, after all, she was sent by Si Damei to her mother, He Daling's grandmother, for foster care when she was born.
"Oh, thisโthere's something to discuss, let your mom talk about it!" He Chenggong obviously didn't know how to answer his eldest daughter, so he could only make a gesture of being a family member, and casually perfunctory, although he asked Si Damei many times what was going on, but she said that she would wait until her daughter and son-in-law arrived.
"Uh-huh!" Si Damei glanced at He Weiye, who was standing in the corner, then cleared his throat and said very formally: "Now let's start discussing things about Weiye."
"Oh!" He Daling squinted at her mother slightly, and then stopped answering, but secretly rolled her eyes in her heart. She had always disliked her mother's picture, which she didn't understand anything, but she was always self-righteous and domineering, but she would never do it directly with her mother, because as the eldest daughter, she knew at a very young age what kind of stupid and unreasonable person her mother was.
"Do you want He Weiye to come over and pick it up?" He Erling has always been straightforward and fast-talking, she will say whatever comes to mind, and she will immediately put on her face when she is unhappy, which is very similar to her mother. It's no wonder, after all, I grew up with Si Damei!
"What to pick up, don't pick up!" Si Damei roared, completely unconcerned that her son-in-law was also present.
"If you don't pick it up, you won't answer it, what are you yelling about!" He Erling is very aggrieved, but since she entered puberty, she has never lost this point than anyone else.
"Okay, don't do this, it's still a matter of great cause! Right! He Daling hurriedly patted her sister on the shoulder twice to calm her down, she didn't want to see her sister quarrel with her mother. It's so annoying, what this family is best at is quarrelling, noisy all day long, they are all full of food and have nothing to do, and they are always comparing whose voice is louder, and in the end, no one can listen to anyone's words, and they are all as angry as a toad!
"Alright, alright, hurry up, let's talk about the great cause first!" He Chenggong glanced at Si Damei with a frown, and while scolding "You stupid woman" in his heart, he urged this woman who always didn't know the point with an impatient face.
"It's that Huo Xiaorou, I have to let Weiye go over now, and say that I will take care of the confinement child!" Si Damei organized his language a little.
"Then go! What is there to discuss! He Erling quickly replied, there is no need to discuss this at all!
"Shut up, you're talking!" Si Damei gritted her teeth and pointed at her second daughter and asked her not to continue talking.
He Erling immediately stood up, her face flushed with anger, and she rushed out of the house with a snort, while her husband Wu Sihu also went out with him. Wu Sihu is happy to run out, he has so many goods to be sent, how can he have time to care about He Weiye's idle affairs!
The departure of the second daughter and the second son-in-law did not stop the meeting from continuing, Si Damei reorganized her emotions and told her son's affairs and her own concerns, of course, the main emphasis was on her own concerns.
"Let's all talk about our thoughts!" Si Damei said very democratically, "Yilong, you say! โ
"I think ah, this matter was originally done wrong on our side, we should go out as a family, go over to apologize, and take over the people and children-" Li Yilong was very enthusiastic to tell his father-in-law and mother-in-law the solution.
"I can't go, I'm too busy here, I can't leave......" He Chenggong hurriedly interrupted and rejected the proposal of the eldest son-in-law, he didn't want to face his in-laws, he couldn't talk to Huo Xiaorou's father at all, and he obviously felt that that person looked down on him, didn't he stretch out his face to beat him in the past, it was too embarrassing, so he didn't go!
"What are we going to do, I'm so busy! I'm talking about Weier, and the focus of the discussion is whether Weier goes or not! Si Damei frowned and looked at her eldest son-in-law impatiently--not a fool, couldn't she understand her words?
"I think, don't talk yet, haha, Li Yilong, you haven't been drinking, what are you talking drunk!" He Daling laughed dryly twice, and hurriedly stopped her tenacious husband from continuing.
"I'm afraid that now in the past, it just gives the Huo family's family a handle, doesn't it happen to confirm the fault party in our family? Weiye went over alone, what should I do if I was beaten again? Si Damei was most worried about her son's physical safety, and when she thought of this worst outcome, she couldn't help but become impatient.
"Hey! Aren't you afraid of divorce? Li Yilong sighed helplessly, looked at He Weiye, who was sitting in the corner without saying a word, and sighed twice angrily. He is really anxious about his brother-in-law, but 'the emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry' is useless!
"Divorce?" The words of the eldest brother-in-law made He Weiye's heart tighten. Although he sometimes said some angry things, he never really wanted to divorce.
"Possibly!" Wu Sihu, who came into the house to get his mobile phone, couldn't help but interject. Although he has always adhered to the principle of "it's none of his business", he really couldn't bear it this time, but he didn't want to get too involved in this matter, so he slipped out as soon as he finished speaking. He knew that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were fools, but he didn't expect it to be unreasonable to such an extent - it was obvious that the more this matter dragged on, the more angry it became. If he had a daughter, but unfortunately only two sons, who had been bullied like this, he would have blown the dead boy's head with a brick.
"Huh? There will be no divorce! He Weiye was completely shaken, even that Wu Sihu spoke, it seems that the situation is really bad!
"Don't scare him! How can it be so bad, it will talk nonsense! Si Damei saw that her son was about to be persuaded by herself, but she didn't expect the two sons-in-law to come out halfway, and if she didn't help her speak, she even turned her elbow out.
"If you want me to say, it's not a big deal! Husband and wife live their lives, how can they not quarrel, it's just a little thing, it has to be like this, how can this day really be? Alas, I think it's Huo Xiaorou's family who is blindly mixing and making trouble! He Chenggong said indignantly.
"Not a big deal?! Heh-ah-" Li Yilong's voice was like riding a roller coaster, from a small muttering to a screaming shout, and the final end even had a little poetry recitation-like tone. It turned out that when he was just halfway through his words, his waist was twisted by his daughter-in-law He Daling. He wanted to say something, but he turned his head and saw his wife's stern and pleading eyes, so he kept silent. After a while, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed, so he turned around and walked out of the house, talking to He Erling, who was still angry in the yard.
"Let Weiye decide for himself!" He Daling saw her husband leave and finally relaxed. If it weren't for her own brother, she would never have participated in this kind of shit!
"Yes, you say it!" He Erling stood in front of the window and shouted loudly into the house.
"Da Ling, let's talk about it!" Si Damei completely ignored the opinions of her second daughter, and she really couldn't think of anyone else who could put forward suitable opinions.
"This, look at what Weiye thinks!" He Daling herself understands that it is not just He Weiye's business now, but there is no way, her parents are so unreliable, they don't know what to smoke crazy, they can quarrel with a pregnant woman who is in confinement, what can't bear to go through this month! Judging from the current situation, the old man and the old lady will add to the chaos even in the past.
"You make him think, what does he think? What can a child know? Si Damei began her verbal speech again.
"Oh, what about the child, more than thirty years old, what about the child, if you don't always say this, can you offend your mother?" He Chenggong now has a headache when he hears Si Damei say this.
"If you offend, you deserve it, she deserves it, obviously she is younger than me, and the shelf is weird, I'll just say it, just say it! Weiye is my child, no matter how old he is, he is a child in my eyes, what's wrong? "Si Damei's unreasonable way of quarreling was tried in front of He Chenggong.
"Yes, you can!" He Chenggong looked like he would never care about her again, and took a few puffs of cigarette fiercely, and his full disbelief turned into swear words and jumped out of his mouth wrapped in cigarettes, "Foolish, brainless thing!" โ
At this moment, He Weiye's mind was a complete mess, and he didn't know how to choose, he didn't want to divorce or take the risk of being beaten - so only a few words came out of his mouth - "I don't know!" โ
He Daling glanced at her unassertive brother, and then at her arrogant mother, and had to sigh in her heart - it seems that it is almost impossible to keep this marriage, poor brother!
After thinking for a while, He Daling asked her younger brother directly with a serious expression: "Actually, I don't think it has to be the result of divorce, Weiye, are you sure that Xiaorou asked you to go, didn't you dream at night?" โ
The eldest sister's words made He Weiye feel that he had been greatly insulted, and his face turned red in an instant, and he swore and said, "Of course! She also said that she didn't want a divorce, saying that she couldn't live without me! As long as I pass, she will definitely come back with me without saying anything, just like the previous two times! โ
"That's good!" He Daling was skeptical of her brother's words, but now she could only pray that he was telling the truth.
As soon as Si Damei heard He Weiye's words, a sense of pride rushed up from the bottom of her heart - he really deserved to be her Si Damei's son! At the same time, she also decided in her heart that Huo Xiaorou had already been pinched to death by her son, haha, when the two of them met, no matter how much her parents wanted to make waves, I am afraid that they would have to return their daughter's hands in the end!
"I'll just say it's not a big deal, everyone is a reasonable person!" He Chenggong listened to his son's words, his heart was relieved, and his mood was instantly much happier - that's it, this is not a big deal at all, he and his wife have no malicious intentions, when the two young people meet, they are tired of being like a person, and the newly married young man is just going to be noisy!
"Ha, yes, oh!" Like a bucket of cold water poured down from his head, He Weiye's heart was cold, and he suddenly realized that he was too full of words. But after thinking about it, I feel that there are always two sides to everything, although saying big things makes him a little unstable in his heart, but his parents' mood seems to be much better because of this, so it is all worth it.
"Hmph, I think I should dry her well and make the Huo family anxious!" Si Damei said angrily.
"Your stinky mouth, can you stop talking!" Although He Chenggong's tone was heavy, his voice was as small as a cat that had just been born for a few days.
"I think! I thought, I thought! Si Damei looked like she was going to quarrel with him.
"I'm not in the mood to talk to you, idiot!" He Chenggong scolded and went out.
Just when He Chenggong and his wife were arguing, He Daling had already joined the chat team of Li Yilong and He Erling, and talked to them about their business situation without a word.
This family meeting finally had a good result, Si Damei sat alone in the room for a while, suddenly felt bored, stood up a little overwhelmed, was stunned for a while, slowly paced to the edge of the bed, half lying on the bed and watching TV......