Zuo Ranjia's memory is a little long, but in order to appease his new wife's heart, Du Xuze asked Du Xuqing to briefly talk about the situation at home.

The little boy was entrusted with a heavy task by his brother, and he was quite serious, and began to introduce it in standard Beijing. Du Xuze ran outside, there were three uncles and three aunts at home, eight-year-old Du Xuyuan and five-year-old Du Jinqi were all brought by him, his precocious heart was tight, and he spoke quite seriously, which made the two adults laugh sullenly, and their hearts also rose sour.

The Du family's yard is big enough, and the 100-square-meter space in the backyard has been reclaimed into a vegetable garden, and there are two hens that lay eggs. The front yard is more than 200 square meters, only two pomegranate trees and two jujube trees are planted, and a few clotheslines are pulled, which looks extremely empty.

Before the reform and opening up, people blindly pursued the big pie drawn by the leaders, and everything was put on the line. You can raise chickens, but there are strict regulations on the number, and so is the vegetable patch at home, and if there are more, they will be dragged to the street for criticism.

There are three rooms in the main house, the middle is the living room, and the one on the left is the house of Mr. Du, which is now occupied by the three-room couple. The room on the right with a small cubicle was originally Du Xuze's house, but now it has been cleaned up by the third room and used as a wedding room for the eldest son.

There are two rooms in the east and west rooms, and a kitchen and a utility room, because of Du Xufeng's marriage after the New Year, the house at home is a little nervous, and the third aunt cleaned up the grocery house next to the West House, and sent Du Xuqing, Du Xuyuan and Du Jinqi to live in it.

The room next to the main house is where 13-year-old Du Xubo and 7-year-old Du Xuhong live, and the 16-year-old Du Jinhan and 7-year-old twin sister Du Jinxiang live next door.

The one in the west house next to the main room lives Old Lady Du, and beyond is Du Xuze's house. And in his house at the moment lives the 20-year-old idle nephew of the third aunt's family!

Listening to Du Xuqing's words, Du Xuze's face became more and more gloomy, the yard that his father desperately bought was all three-room, and even living with relatives was better than his own brothers and sisters. Huh!

"They don't know I'm back?" Du Xuze thought about it wrong, the third uncle has a soft ear and no opinions, and has always listened to the third aunt, and the third aunt is mean, stingy, and snobbish, but she will always do superficial work on her own, and it is impossible to know that he is still so arrogant when he comes back.

Du Xuqing shrunk his neck, and smiled at his dark little face, "Didn't you call Brother Jian?" I happened to run into him, and I was in a hurry to write a letter for you, and I forgot to tell the third uncle and third aunt. They still think you're not going home for the New Year. ”

Du Xuze didn't know that he would meet Zuo Ranjia on the road, and he thought that he would go to see how she was doing after this trip, and take on some private work by the way, so the last time the third aunt asked him if he would go home for the New Year, he said no back.

He didn't know Du Xuqing's little crooked intestines, patted his brain, and scolded with a smile: "The complaint is a serious complaint, don't learn from the little belly chicken intestines like a girl to make a bad heart." ”

Du Xuqing cautiously turned his head to look at Du Xuze, "Brother, aren't you angry?" ”

"Angry? Who's angry? Yours or the third aunt's? ”

The little boy who was named pretended to be stupid and laughed again, and suddenly said to Zuo Ranjia: "It's different to have a sister-in-law, and the eldest brother has become human." ”

Du Xuze, who said this, beckoned to him again, "In the future, just know who is the biggest in our family, one day my brother is running a car outside, you have to be smart, if your sister-in-law is wronged, you just wait to eat bran vegetables!" ”

"Huh!" Du Xuqing happily responded down, his sister-in-law is at home, and the three of them will be fine, right? He was a little apprehensive in his heart, just knowing that his brother had been thinking about this sister-in-law for two years, and he also knew that his sister-in-law was not as likable as her sister-in-law, would she be tormented by the third aunt with them at that time?

Hey, Du Xuqing immediately felt that Alexander in his heart was happy and worried.

Hearing the familiar sound of bells at the mouth of the alley, Du Xuyuan, who had been waiting absentmindedly for a long time, led his sister Du Jinqi to jump up immediately, and stopped peeling peanuts, ignoring the third aunt's shouting and scolding, and rushed directly to the door.

"Little bunny, where are you going crazy! Hurry back or you won't want to eat at noon! One by one, the stars are dead, which makes people heartbreaking. The third aunt's sharp voice was full of penetration, and she was pretending to be in front of Du Xuze on the surface, but how could she hold it in the neighborhood for three hundred and sixty-five days.

"Who is the third aunt scolding, the little rabbit cub and the mourning star?" Du Xuze pushed the bicycle in, and the corners of his lips hooked a sneer.

Aunt Du San trembled, her face was no longer obedient, and she didn't know whether to cry or laugh: "You, Xu Ze, why are you back?" Third aunt, I'm not afraid of chaos outside the New Year? Now there are abductors of children, and their heavy tone scares and scares them. Isn't it, Fuchiko, Kiki? ”

Du Xuyuan and Du Jinqi didn't answer, but instead drilled behind the familiar Du Xuqing, looking at Du Xuze with the same dark face, and their eyes were full of admiration, with great joy and anticipation.

"Oh, really?" Du Xuze didn't continue to investigate, put down the bicycle and took Zuo Ranjia's hand, and walked to the west of the main house.

"Xu Ze, who is this beautiful girl? Why did you bring her back? The third aunt hurriedly wiped her hands and stepped forward to stop them, her face was a little ugly and she forced a smile.

"My daughter-in-law, I just got my certificate," Du Xuze looked at the third aunt with a smile, "Auntie, it's almost the New Year, you help Zhang Luo, neighbors and relatives and friends come to get together, let this girl recognize people." ”

"Ah, you still get the certificate? Why don't you talk to your family about such a big thing as getting married? I, I haven't cleaned up anything, your house hasn't been inhabited for a long time, it's dirty and messy. Otherwise, you go to Bozi's house first," as soon as she finished speaking, thinking of the chaos in her second and youngest son's house, she immediately changed her words: "Go to your uncle and aunt's house to rest, and I'll clean up the house for you." ”

"It's okay, how can we trouble you, auntie, we'll clean it up ourselves," Du Xuze pulled the corners of his lips, the smile was not dyed in his eyes, his five fingers clasped Zuo Ranjia's, and sighed in his heart, feeling that he was embarrassed in front of his daughter-in-law, but it was from his family.

He pulled Zuo Ranjia around the third aunt and went to his own room, and Meng Guixiang, who was in a hurry, turned in a circle, and could only shout at the top of his voice: "Fengzi, what are you still doing in your brother's house?" I'll let you sweep the house, it's morning after the ink, and your brother is back, why don't you come out and call someone soon! ”

Du Xufeng, who was sleeping comfortably in the house, rubbed his ears and sneered, the eldest brother didn't go home for the New Year, and this reason was enough to coax him to get up. He continued to rub the soft quilt, thinking that he was going to marry his wife on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and his whole body was hot and tight, and he couldn't help rubbing the ground while riding the quilt.

Du Xuze pushed the door in, saw the shaking lump, and the anger that had been holding all the way completely exploded, he turned around and pushed Zuo Ranjia out of the door, holding back his anger and coaxing softly: "Daughter-in-law, good, you let our younger brothers and sisters take you around the yard first, and the master will catch up with this good brother." ”

Zuo Ranjia is not really a little girl who doesn't understand anything, so she is very happy in her heart, so she follows his words and walks out.

As soon as she stepped out of the door of the cubicle, she heard Du Xufeng in the room howling hoarsely: "Ah, mother, my brother is going to beat me to death!" ”

Listening to her son's miserable howl, Meng Guixiang hurriedly ran to the house, banged on the door vigorously, and begged: "Xu Ze, it's all a family, why do you have to be like your brother?" Auntie, I'm going to vacate the house with you, don't fight, Fengzi is weak and can't stand it! ”

Her voice was shrill and piercing through the sky, causing the ears of the nearby people to heat up, and they put down their work and listened. Although Du Xuze's reputation is not very good, everyone gives him the title of Du ruffian, but on weekdays, who has something that can't be solved, he still has the cheekiness to beg him.

As long as everyone is sincere, Du Xuze can still help in the face of the neighborhood. Therefore, looking at Meng Guixiang's tribulation, they would say a few words if they couldn't look at it, or secretly stuff them with something delicious, hoping that they could continue to ask for Du Xuze's help if they had something to do.

Hearing Meng Guixiang's miserable voice, everyone secretly said yes! They also knew that Du Xuze must have come back, and they began to think in their hearts that they had to bring something for a walk during the New Year. Asking people to do things depends on the business relationship on weekdays, and it will not work to hold on to one's feet temporarily.

"Xu Ze's daughter-in-law, you can help your aunt talk to Xu Ze, your eldest brother will marry a daughter-in-law after the New Year, what can be done if it is broken," Meng Guixiang shouted for a long time, and Du Xufeng's howling voice inside was still unabated, and he could only wipe his tears and beg Zuo Ranjia.

Zuo Ranjia sighed lightly and walked very slowly on crutches, "Du Xuze, I'm hungry, when are we going to eat?" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the door was opened by Du Xuze from the inside, and after moving his muscles and bones to vent his anger, his face looked much better, "Wash your face, let's go to the restaurant to eat." ”

As soon as Du Xuqing heard this, he immediately beckoned Du Xuyuan to the third aunt's house, one took an enamel basin and the other took a big red plastic kettle out of the pot, and soaked the basin with good water. This Du Xuqing didn't know where to find a brand-new towel with a brand and alabaster that had not been packaged, regardless of Meng Guixiang's face twitching, he greeted Zuo Ranjia happily: "Sister-in-law, hurry up and wash it down, there are more people to eat." ”

Du Xuze picked up Zuo Ranjia's crutches and grabbed her right arm hard to give her strength.

Zuo Ranjia washed her face comfortably in the eyes of one big and three small crystals, and smeared alabaster cream, and sighed softly.

Du Xuze wiped a few handfuls of her face with the water she had washed her face, as if she had really gotten rid of the fatigue along the way, and sighed: "Cool! ”

Du Xuqing came over with a few small ones, washed his hands, giggled and ran in the yard with excitement, with the eldest brother here, the third aunt did not dare to arrange work for them.

Du Xufeng limped out of the room, rubbing the corners of his mouth and gasping for breath, seeing Meng Guixiang, an eighteen-year-old boy who was about to get married, crying in strings of grievances, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

Meng Guixiang was very distressed, and dragged him to his own room, Du Xuze was really ruthless, and he didn't recognize his six relatives when he mixed up! There was a burst of regret in her heart, she shouldn't have a trace of luck.

"Auntie, please vacate my house when you have a meal, and I will change all the things that Du Xufeng has used." Du Xuze sneered.