Chapter 20: Mabel's Resentment
"My family is my brother and me." Tian Meibao said with a smile, "My mother has always wanted to give me younger brothers and sisters, but unfortunately my father said that he couldn't afford to raise them." ”
Tian Daqiang had already stared at his daughter, but he was used to having no prestige, Tian Meibao raised her chin towards her father.
"Yes, I like to have a lot of children and be lively." Tian Meibao's mother, the fourth aunt Wang said with a smile, "You can come to the fourth aunt's room to play if you have nothing to do, and the fourth aunt will bring you candy to eat." ”
Tian Qingan responded as a representative.
Next to the fourth aunt was a middle-aged woman, who looked very shrewd, while the middle-aged man next to her was cowering, looking like a wreck.
If you guess correctly, these two people should be the eldest aunt Tian Cuihua and the eldest uncle Chen Dongsheng.
The eldest uncle Chen Dongsheng is an orphan who has fled and has no family, he is honest and cowardly, and he is also a strict wife, and everything in the family is decided by the aunt.
This can actually be seen from Chen Dongsheng's spirit.
Tian Meibao said a few more words here at home before bringing them to Tian Cuihua, "This is the eldest aunt, the eldest uncle, this is the golden cousin, the silver cousin, the bronze cousin, this is the peach blossom cousin." ”
The four stood behind the couple, looking at their faces, except for the peach blossoms or the girl's dress, Chen Tonggui was a little younger, and the remaining two cousins stood with their parents as if they were peers, and next to them were their wives, who didn't look young.
This is also the norm in the countryside here, where people are much older than they actually are.
However, both of them are older than the rich cousins of the uncle's family.
Tian Cuihua is the first child of Old Man Tian.
Well, this is who the Tian family is currently at home.
It's just those little kids, they're all playing outside, don't care.
"There is also a sister-in-law at home, but she married into the town, and I don't know if you will come back, and there is a beautiful cousin, and Cousin Meizhu is not far from marrying, and it is estimated that she should come back tomorrow when she receives the news."
Tian Qingan nodded, their family is not a big person, so there is really no need to get everyone back so solemnly.
There is no one to introduce, Tian Meibao scratched her head, she didn't know what to do next, she looked at her father for help, Tian Daqiang was angry that this stinky girl just said that about him, and deliberately didn't see it.
Fortunately, at this time, the old lady above spoke, "Cuihua, let Peach Blossom move out to live with Mabel, and vacate the house for the third family to live in...... Okay, it's nothing, let's disperse, what should you do, old man, you can cook dinner today. ”
Tian Cuihua and her eldest aunt Fu Shi responded with a smile.
Tian Cuihua also deliberately explained to Tian Dazhuang: "The third brother's family came back suddenly, and they didn't bring a letter or anything before, and we didn't prepare...... But it's also quick to clean up, it'll be fine in a while, you guys sit down first, okay, I'll let Peach Blossom come and call someone. ”
As he spoke, he pulled the arm of the girl behind him, "Peach Blossom, go, go with my mother to take your things." ”
Peach Blossom pouted, her face full of reluctance, thinking too, can she live alone in a room the same as living with others?
But how does one of her granddaughters live here?
was glared at by Tian Cuihua, and Peach Blossom put away her face, but she still had a straight face.
Tian Meibao pouted, who face to give!
But the adults in the family don't say anything, and her cousin can't say anything, so she can only say to Tian Qingan, "Don't worry about her, she just likes to lose face." ”
Tian Qingan didn't care at all, just a stranger.
"Mother, let's go!" Seeing that the others went out one after another, only Tian Daqiang and Tian Dazhuang were still sitting, estimating that the old man and the old lady might want to talk to their son in private, Tian Qingan came over and pulled his wife's arm.
Chen Qiao'e nodded at Tian Dazhuang, holding Tian Qingyu's hand and peas on the other, next to the fourth aunt Wang, followed by Tian Qingyang's brothers and sisters and Tian Meibao.
Tian Meibao said that she was going to help, "...... I just bought a feather duster at home, I have always wanted to use it, but my mother didn't let me use it, but I found an opportunity! ”
Wang explained helplessly: "Why don't I let you use it, don't you know?" This kid looked at the chicken feathers on it and looked good-looking, and always wanted to pull it off and make a shuttlecock kick, that thing cost me three pennies, how could she break it. ”
"Don't you have chickens at home?" Chen Qiao'e asked.
"She can't look down on it, she doesn't look good." Wang said with a smile.
As soon as the two of them crossed the threshold, they heard the old lady behind them say again: "...... Scrambled an egg, went to buy a piece of tofu and burned it with bacon, killed a goose, the three children had a salted duck egg each, and the other children, one of the four, and you can watch the other dishes, and make a few more dishes. ”
Fu Shi responded softly.
Tian Qingan saw his younger brother's drooling water, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless.
Tian Qingyu hurriedly wiped it with a handkerchief, and Pea consciously took out a piece of jerky from his purse and stuffed it into his mouth to grind his teeth.
"The goose meat is not delicious at all, it is old and woody, but it is unpalatable." In her ear, Tian Meibao complained quietly.
Tian Qingan frowned, "Didn't you say that the goose stew in the iron pot is particularly fragrant?" ”
This is the standard menu of the farmhouse, the meat is rotten and deboned, the goose meat is delicate, fragrant but not greasy, every time I go to the farmhouse, I must order this dish, and she can't help but salivate when she thinks of it.
Tian Meibao pouted, "Who knows, anyway, what our family does is not delicious, I would rather eat chicken." ”
As they spoke, several people went into the courtyard.
Tian Meibao looked at the puddles on the ground, and then looked at the glamorous cousins and cousins of the third uncle's family, and couldn't help blushing, and explained: "It's not usually like this, the family is busy today, and they haven't had time to clean up." ”
Tian Qingan smiled and asked, "When we came over, we met a group of children, and they asked for something after calling people, saying that they were our children?" ”
Tian Meibao's face turned even redder, a touch of shame flashed in her eyes, she was no longer cheerful before, she lowered her head, kicked the small clod of soil on the ground, and her voice was even more inaudible, "Well, it's the children of Brother Lobby and the three cousins...... They, well, my mother said it was not good, but no one listened. ”
Tian Qingan patted her on the shoulder, "I think so too." ”
Tian Meibao probably felt that she had found an alliance, raised her head, took Tian Qingan's hand and said: "You don't know, it's a shame to die, like asking for food, as if the family doesn't have enough food?" When I first went out, the people in the village laughed at my family for a group of people who asked for food called Hanako...... My mother said that this is not right, it is not good for the child, and I was told by the aunt and the aunt, saying that I have few children, and I don't have back pain when I stand and talk, and let my mother help raise the child! ”
Tian Qingan walked to the tree in the corner of the yard, Tian Meibao angrily pulled the leaves on the pear tree, "Really, since I can't afford to raise so many children, why should my family raise him for nothing, do they provide for my father and mother?" ”
Tian Qingan nodded approvingly, and asked again: "Don't you care about the old man and the old lady at home?" ”