When he heard that Su Qi was going to reconcile with Zhang Xiuqin, Xiao Man was really taken aback.

has lived through ups and downs for so many years, even if Zhang Xiuqin was excessive, her father also said that he would divorce her, then in that case, anyone could see that he wanted to divorce his wife, it was just to scare Zhang Xiuqin.

Now, for the sake of a house, Su Qi actually said that he wanted to reconcile.

You know, the meaning of divorce and divorce is not the same, is it true that my father doesn't want to live with Zhang Xiuqin?

Xiaoman was shocked in her heart, but in the face of Su Xiaoling, who was crying constantly, she had to pretend to be calm and soothe: "Dad is just angry for a while, don't take it to heart, and persuade him when I go back today, and this matter will be over." ”

"Sister Xiaoman, although I am married, my heart is still in the Su family." Su Xiaoling wiped away a few tears, raised her head to look at Xiaoman, bit her lip and said aggrievedly: "You bought a house, it was also for my father's good, but he didn't appreciate it, and he suspected that my mother was provoking it, you say, my mother has not worked hard and hard over the years, but my father and he... He doesn't understand my mother at all... It really makes me so sad. ”

Xiao Man was a little embarrassed, she stretched out her hand, hesitated and landed on Xiao Ling's shoulder, and patted it twice, "Don't be sad, I'll ask my father when I go back, and after I find out what's going on, we'll solve the problem, okay?" ”

She knew that Su Qi did this for a reason, but Xiao Man didn't plan to ask Xiao Ling or Zhang Xiuqin, because she knew very well in her heart that the facts that these two people said were absolutely processed, and they were absolutely different from the real facts.

I don't know which tendon Su Xiaoling made a mistake today, and she actually said Zhang Xiuqin's difficulties in front of her, Xiaoman frowned with a headache, and her brain was messy.

But for now, she still has to comfort Su Xiaoling first.

Xiaoman persuaded a couple of words very unwillingly, and listened to Su Xiaoling's words about how difficult Zhang Xiuqin was for a long time, she nodded and responded from time to time, and finally coaxed Su Xiaoling not to cry.

However, after coaxing, Su Xiaoling had no intention of letting her go.

"Sister Xiaoman, if you really want to buy a house for your father, why do you have to wait for him to agree?" Xiao Ling sniffed and pretended to be puzzled.

Xiaoman was speechless for a while, and in the face of Su Xiaoling's innocent eyes that she didn't know if they were pretending, she laughed dryly twice and explained: "Of course, my father agreed, otherwise this house was bought, but she didn't live in it, wouldn't it be bought for nothing?" ”

Xiaoling continued to ask: "Then you buy it directly, put the deed in front of your father, anyway, you bought it, your father will never leave the house alone, and sooner or later he will live in it." Sister, according to my idea, you just buy the house, so even if Dad refuses, it won't work. ”

Saying that, Su Xiaoling took out the list of idle houses in various sections of Taoyuan County that had been prepared a long time ago, and stuffed it into Xiaoman's hand, "This is all what I saw when my family bought a house before, and now we have bought it, you can take this list and take a look, if there is one who looks right, buy it directly, this Taoyuan County is not as expensive as Shangjing, and the house is not so expensive, with your status, a house at such a price is not a problem, right?" ”

Xiao Man took the list, laughed twice, and didn't speak.

How does she think that this Su Xiaoling has been prepared for a long time and is waiting for herself to buy a house?

"Xiaoman!"

Lu Li's call came from outside, and Xiao Man immediately seized this opportunity to say goodbye to Xiao Ling, "Dad has returned to Bishui Village, it just so happens that I will go back to persuade her now, you go to the store first, don't worry about us." ”

With that, she trotted all the way out of the store, no matter how Su Xiaoling kept it, she didn't look back.

Out of the store, Xiao Man walked to Lu Li's side excitedly, looked up at the man on the horse, and raised the corners of his lips, "Has the letter been sent?" How long will it take for the prefect to come? ”

"No more than two days." Lu Li stretched out his hand, Xiao Man willingly stepped on his feet, and with the strength of the man, he got on the horse gently and skillfully, and the man laughed, "Do you want to go back to Bishui Village?" Or do you stay here, or do you go horseback riding? ”

In fact, Xiao Man really wanted to go horseback riding with Lu Li, but there were still a bunch of things to deal with at the moment, so she could only lower her shoulders and say a little sullenly: "Go back to Bishui Village, I have something to discuss with my father." ”

"Okay." Lu Li didn't ask much, he tightened the reins and turned the horse's head, and galloped away in the direction of Bishui Village.

When I returned to Bishui Village, it was lunch time, and white smoke came out of the chimneys of the houses, drifting straight into the sky. The chimney of the Su family is also smoking, but the smoke is black and choking.

The two dismounted, didn't knock on the door, and went straight into the courtyard of the Su family.

In the past two days, Xiaoman and Lu Li often came to Su's house, and the dog and goose in the courtyard knew the two, so this time when they came again, even if they didn't knock on the door, the goose and the dog didn't bark, and it was very quiet, so that Su Qi was busy with his own affairs, and he didn't notice that the two were standing behind him.

Su Qi was bending over to light a fire on the edge of the earthen stove in the courtyard, but because of his poor technique, he didn't see the slightest flame, but instead emitted thick black smoke, and the water in the pot didn't move.

"Daddy." Xiao Man reluctantly stepped forward and called, helped Su Qi up from the earthen stove, and looked at the other party's nose and cheeks blackened by black smoke, she was angry and funny, so she had to take out a handkerchief to help Su Qi wipe it clean.

Su Qi snatched the handkerchief angrily, wiped it by himself, and ignored Xiaoman and Lu Li.

Xiao Man, who didn't know what the other party was angry about, scratched the back of his head and tilted his head helplessly to look at Lu Li.

"Father-in-law." Lu Li stepped forward, leaned over slightly, and pretended to be sorry and said, "Xiaoman and I haven't eaten at noon, but the food and vegetables in the cabin are gone, can we cook a meal with you?" ”

Su Qi had a cold face, "Didn't you eat at Xiaoling's house?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Xiao Man guessed a rough idea.

It must have been Su Qi who quarreled with Xiaoling and Zhang Xiuqin, so he walked back alone in a fit of anger, and because Lu Li and himself couldn't catch up with him in time, he was angry about this matter, and he must have thought that she and Xiaoling and others had united.

Therefore, Xiao Man hurriedly grabbed the conversation and pretended to be aggrieved: "It's not that you don't know that I don't have a good relationship with Xiaoling, and you don't eat at his house, so why am I embarrassed to go to her house to eat." Because I remembered that you hadn't eaten yet, Lu Li and I rushed back in such a hurry, and our stomachs were almost hungry. ”

As soon as he said this, Su Qi's tone was really much better, he returned the handkerchief to Xiao Man, cleared his throat and said, "Okay, let's cook quickly, I'm hungry too." ”

Xiao Man secretly pursed his lips and smiled, and responded, "Hey, I'll cook right away." ”

As she spoke, she secretly poked Lu Li again, and whispered: "I'll cook first, you go into the house to accompany your father, don't mention the affairs of the house, otherwise he will have to turn his face again." ”

"Don't worry." Lu Li gave her a confident look, and then helped Su Qi into the house.

Xiao Man breathed a long sigh of relief, then rolled up his sleeves, leaned over and pulled up his trouser legs, put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind for the time being, and began to concentrate on life and cooking.

Pull out all the firewood blocked in the stove, leave only a small part, and then light the fire fold and stretch it into the stove, "whew", and the flame suddenly becomes vigorous. Wash the rice and pour it into the pot, and then go to choose vegetables while the fire is vigorous.

Although he hadn't cooked for nearly a year, once he started doing these things, Xiao Man was still very proficient, but after a while, he prepared lunch, four dishes and one soup, and fed the chickens, geese and other livestock in the yard by the way.

"Daddy! Lu Li! Time to eat! ”

Because the summer was getting hotter and hotter, the three of them fortunately had lunch in the courtyard, brought the food to the stone table under the vegetable shelf, and with the help of the cool shade and the warm wind, Su Qi poured himself a glass of wine and took the lead in using chopsticks.

Lu Li and Xiaoman followed, and the three of them talked and laughed, but they never mentioned the matter of the house.

Lunch was almost over, Su Qi was a little drunk after a glass of white wine, he put down his chopsticks and looked sideways at Lu Li, "Lu Li, when do you plan to go back to Beijing?" ”

Lu Li paused and reported truthfully: "I originally planned to go back in five days, but now something has happened to the county government, so it may have to be postponed for a few days." Father-in-law, is there something wrong with you? ”

"No... No. Su Qi waved his hand, touched his stomach and burped, and said with emotion: "I just thought, it would be good if you could live in Bishui Village all the time, and bring Wangshu by the way, so that I can also have something to do, so that I won't be idle and panic every day." ”

Xiao Man opened his mouth to speak, but before he could speak, he was stopped by Su Qi, so he could only listen to him continue: "Xiao Man, I know, you want to buy me a house for my good." ”

The two of them were nervous, but they didn't expect Su Qi to take the initiative to talk about the house.

In the past two days, for the sake of this house, the family does not know how many times they have quarreled, Xiaoman began to doubt whether his idea was wrong or right, Xiaoling said something like that again this morning.

Xiao Man, who didn't know what was going on, became more and more annoyed, and even began to give up the decision to buy a house for Su Qi.

"To be honest, it's always more convenient to have your own house in Taoyuan County." Su Qi sighed, took another sip of wine from his wine glass, and continued: "But you don't know that Zhang Xiuqin is such an insatiable person, she wants to take the deed of the house in her own hands!" ”

"What?" Xiao Man's face was shocked, he didn't expect Zhang Xiuqin to have such ambitions.

Ignoring Xiao Man's shock, Su Qi said to himself: "You are rich now, but I can't watch you give away your money to her!" I know exactly how she treated you back then. ”

"Xiaoman, don't buy a house, I'll live in Bishui Village, it's good." After speaking, Su Qichang sighed, tilted his neck and poured all the remaining wine in the wine glass into his throat, and then lowered his head sullenly.