"Fourth aunt, is the noodles of my father-in-law and grandmother cooked? Why don't I bring it over, my uncle will be coming in shortly!" ”

Niu Xiaoxia turned around and let Niu plough the village, and said as she walked into the hall of the upper room, "The bowl is very hot, you can't hold it as a child, your grandfather's bowl is put on the stove first, and I will come out and scoop the noodle soup for him." ”

Niu Yonghou, who walked to the door of the hall with the child in his arms, hurriedly came out with a free hand and opened the curtain for his sister Xiaoxia.

"Second brother, second sister-in-law, you are back. Hurry up and put the baby on the kang first, I rolled out the noodles and put them on the board. Cut it into the pot and eat it quickly. ”

The hall is a large open room, walk in the left and right walls and have a door in some symmetrical positions behind them, and there is a red curtain embroidered with the word mandarin duck on the left door, and enter the room of Niu Yonghou and Tian E; There was no curtain on the door on the right, the door was open, Ye Shifang had just come down from the kang and was putting on his shoes, when he heard the movement outside, he asked.

"Are Yonghou and Tian'e back?"

Niu Yonghou walked towards the room, and promised in his mouth, "Yes, uncle, we took Zhang Fu's coal truck down the way, and we would have arrived earlier, but when we passed Qianyangling, there was a car that overturned when it turned a corner, and the car was blocked for a long time, so it was delayed." ”

"Well, it's good to come back safely, your mother was still talking just now, thinking that you won't be back today."

Niu Yonghou opened the curtain and entered the room, put Niu Gengmu on the kang, turned around and took the Niu Gengyu in the hand of his daughter-in-law Tian E, and made a look.

Tian E understood, hurriedly patted her body, combed her hair with her hands, and went to the opposite room to greet her mother-in-law. She stood at the door of the room and took a look, and saw her mother-in-law Wang coming down from the kang.

"Mom, uncle! Yonghou and I are back. ”

"Well, I'm not deaf yet, and I heard you guys return."

With a displeased expression on Wang's face, Niu Xiaoxia, who had just put two bowls of noodles on the kang table, hurriedly pulled the old lady's hand and played a round field, "Mom, my brother and sister-in-law didn't come back so late on purpose, they came back together in Zhang Fu's car, and there was a traffic jam on the road." ”

"Zhang Fu is here too?"

Wang's face softened slightly, put on his shoes, and was about to go out.

"Mom, why are you going without eating?"

"I'll go and see Zhang Fu, Xiaoxia, you should come with you quickly, it is estimated that he hasn't eaten yet, hurry up and give the baby a note."

Wang and Niu Xiaoxia walked out one after the other, Tian E hurriedly dodged her body, and the old lady glanced at her and walked over. Niu Xiaoxia gently stuck out her tongue at her sister-in-law, shook her head and smiled mischievously, and followed.

Tian E breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and saw that Ye Shifang, the uncle in the room, also walked out, and said when she passed by, "Your mother is such a person, such a temper, she is old, she is old, sometimes she is like a child, and she will be fine in two days." ”

Tian E nodded, "Uncle, I know, this time it was also the daughter-in-law who stayed at her mother's house for too long, which made the three of you old people suffer." ”

Ye Shifang smiled, "Silly woman, what can you suffer from this?" Don't think too much about it for a day, how is your mother's health? Is your dad okay? ”

"Uncle, Yonghou has seen it, but he twisted his ankle when he fell, and it didn't hurt his muscles and bones. I applied some medicine to invigorate blood and dissipate blood stasis, plus Yonghou kneaded and massaged every day or two. By the time we left, we were already able to get off the kang by ourselves. My dad is in good health, even uncle, you know, my dad is a lifelong farmer, uneducated, and has a big temper. This time it was because my dad and mom were arguing and chasing and beating her, and she accidentally fell while dodging. ”

Ye Shifang said "um", "Your uncle in Qishan told me about this many years ago, why is your father still like this at such an old age?" ”

Tian E sighed, feeling aggrieved for her mother, "Uncle, this is also something that can't be helped." My mom has been bullied by my dad all her life, and she has been beaten all her life, and she often wipes her tears and says, this is her life! ”

"In this life, fate is actually nothing, and many things have to be realized by yourself! Your mother is a very kind-hearted woman, who has eaten vegetarian food all her life and worshiped a Bodhisattva all her life, but she only knows how to be obedient, and this is indeed her life. You sons and daughters have done your best to be filial to her, and it can be regarded as making her feel better. ”

"Wow Wow...... Woohoo! ”

The wolf dog Xiao Hei barked wildly in the yard, followed by the voice of his mother-in-law Wang, "What are you talking about, don't you know that it is your own family?" Obediently lie down! ”

"Mom, Dad!" Yan Zhangfu opened his mouth and called.

"Xiaoxia, quickly catch the things in Zhang Fu's hand, and drive all the way, how can I let you take your luggage."

Tian E heard her mother-in-law Wang's words, and hurriedly walked out, grabbing ahead of Niu Xiaoxia to pick up the things in Yan Zhangfu's hand.

"Second sister-in-law, it's already at the door of the house, I'll just take it in, don't be so troublesome."

Yan Zhangfu smiled and excused himself, and when he glanced at his wife Niu Xiaoxia at him, he immediately realized that he hurriedly handed over all the luggage to Tian E.

The Wang family seemed to want to say something, but a smile appeared on his face when he saw this, "Zhang Fu, hurry up and sit on the kang in the house, you shouldn't have eaten yet, right?" My name is Xiaoxia, go down right now! ”

Yan Zhangfu was dragged into the house by his old mother-in-law, and saw a tall old man standing in the hall, his own height was already relatively tall, and he had not measured it specifically, about 1.7 meters. The old man in front of him seemed to be half a head taller than him, and that was one meter eight.

The tall old man wore a black octagonal hat on his head, a half-foot-long white beard on his chin, and a kind face with kind eyebrows, looking like an old gentleman who taught and educated people. However, his slightly kind smile had a little majesty in it, a bit of indescribable nobility, like a big leader in an institution, but not as domineering as a big leader.

Although the old man was wearing a thick cotton jacket in winter, the navy blue tunics covered by the cotton jacket looked straight and neat, and the cotton pants he wore did not look so bloated, and the pants covered outside were gray and white. He held his hands interactively, and naturally hung down on the lower abdomen in front of him, so that people could look at it, and only feel that the proportions of the whole body were very harmonious, and standing there was like a majestic mountain, giving people a heavy sense of strength and comfort.

Yan Zhangfu thought to himself, this old man must be the other father that his wife Niu Xiaoxia said. In the past year, he has spent most of his time running out for transportation, and he has never had time to see this old man. Originally, when he married Niu Xiaoxia, he could see it, but the old man liked to be quiet, and secondly, he went to other places, and something was delayed, so he missed the wedding.

Now that Yan Zhangfu saw the old man, he realized that his wife Xiaoxia was more correct in his later analysis, and the old man did not attend the wedding for their own good. If the old man was also there at that time, then two fathers-in-law and one mother-in-law appeared, and there was a lot of gossip in the countryside, so the new daughter-in-law Niu Xiaoxia became a topic of conversation among the villagers of Yuchi Village and Hulu Village after dinner.

"Daddy!"

Yan Zhangfu was a little scared when he thought about it, and he couldn't help but have a little more respect for the father in front of him who was thoughtful for his children.

"It's Zhang Fu! I often hear your mother-in-law and Xiaoxia talk about you, and when I saw you today, you were really a good boy. But you still call Xiaoxia the same as them, call me uncle! "The old man's voice is very magnetic, thick and warm, and it is very comfortable in the ear.

Yan Zhangfu immediately opened his mouth and called "uncle", and heard the old man agree with a smile.

"Don't even stand here, sit on the kang and get warm."

Yan Zhangfu didn't shirk, followed the two old men into the house, sat down on the kang, saw the two bowls of noodles on the kang table at a glance, and hurriedly said, "Uncle, Mom, your two elders haven't eaten yet?" Hurry up and eat it, or this side will swell into a lump. ”

Ye Shifang picked up a bowl of noodles, which was his own special bowl and chopsticks, and the colors and patterns used by others in the family were different. The bowl is an army-green enamel, like the kind used by the army, and the chopsticks are two silver chopsticks with embedded patterns, which seem to have been used for many years, and the color is a little black.

Although the Wang family said that he was a rare son-in-law, when he was eating at the moment, he did not give in at all, took out the recipe that he should have as an elder, picked up the bowl, stirred the noodles, and ate slowly.

"Fourth uncle, give you dinner!"

Originally, Yan Zhangfu felt that sitting quietly in front of the two old men, watching them eat, listening to the dull sound of the occasional collision of chopsticks and bowls, as well as the subtle sound of chewing, the scene was a little indescribably embarrassing. Now that his nephew Niu has come in, it can be regarded as a rescue, he took the bowl of noodles in his hand, looked at the familiar Ding Ding dish and the bright oil and spicy seeds on the top, and suddenly smelled a burst of aroma in his nose, and couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva water, thinking, "It's still the noodles made by my wife Xiaoxia, and I also know my own taste." ”

Yan Zhangfu was not polite, picked up the bowl and mixed it, and ate it "huhulala".

Tian E returned to the room and put down her things, and saw that her husband Niu Yonghou had coaxed her son Niu Gengmu to sleep after a while, and she was a little relieved. Today they set off after lunch, tossing and turning on the road for a long time, at the moment they are very tired, finally arrived home, can take a break, she doesn't want these two boys to wake up at this moment.

The eldest son, Niu Geng, walked in with a bowl of noodles, and before he could speak, Niu Yonghou took the bowl.

"Yunyun, go and bring it to your mother, tell your aunt, and say don't put spicy seeds."

Tian E glared at her husband lightly, "You know that when you call the child, I will go to the kitchen to serve the food by myself." ”

Cultivator followed his mother Tian E to the kitchen, and the fourth aunt Niu Xiaoxia was scooping noodles in the bowl, and when she saw them, she said, "Second sister-in-law, you and your second brother have been on the road for a day, and you just came back, why did you come to the kitchen?" When the noodles are ready, I will let Yunyun come to the room, and you and the second brother can rest a little more. ”

Tian E sighed and said with a smile: "Xiaoxia, I know you have a good heart, your second brother can rest in the house and let people bring him food, but my sister-in-law can't, the old people in this family are all watching." ”

"Second sister-in-law, my mother is like that, in fact, she has a good heart, don't take it too seriously."

"Silly sister, sister-in-law is not such an easy person to remember. It's that you have to pay more attention to your mother-in-law's house, it's nothing if you just got married now, but after a long time, you will understand. ”