It's just that the snow outside is so heavy, how can he say that he can go back if he wants to, so he can only grit his teeth and endure it.

Because of the snow, the carpentry work could not be done, so Jiafu sat at the door with a cup of tea, and crossed Erlang's legs to enjoy the snow in front of him. Today the snow is especially beautiful, there is not a trace of wind in the air, the goose-like snow flutters in the air, and slowly falls on the ground, like light feathers. He was so fascinated that he didn't hear the footsteps around him, and it wasn't until the man sat down and asked him aloud that he came back to his senses.

"Dad, what are you looking at?" Cheng Jiahua looked at his father-in-law suspiciously, then looked at the heavy snow outside, and asked.

Jiafu smiled slightly, squinted his eyes, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Look at the snow." ”

Cheng Jiahua looked outside carefully like his father-in-law, but he couldn't see any fame, so he had to ask again: "What's so beautiful about this snow?" ”

"Of course the snow is beautiful." Jiafu said, picked up the teapot on the small table next to him and added some hot tea to the cup, "You can see at a glance whether the snow is dirty or white, and you can't see whether the person is dirty or white." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Cheng Jiahua frowned, and he couldn't understand what his father-in-law was saying.

Jiafu let out a long breath and said: "To be a man, you have to be like this snow, white inside and out, so that people can appreciate the beauty, if not, what you see is only dirty, who will go to see this snow?" He glanced at Cheng Jiahua meaningfully, and then said, "There are some things that make you no longer white, maybe you have no choice but to do it, but as long as you insist, you will definitely be able to put an end to it, what do you say?" ”

Cheng Jiahua nodded as if he didn't understand, but his brows furrowed even tighter.

"I heard Hetu say—" Jiafu took another sip of tea, "You used to gamble a lot, is there such a thing?" ”

Cheng Jiahua glanced at his father-in-law vigilantly, but quickly lowered his head weakly. Although Jiafu's eyes are gentle and kind, there is an undoubted power in them, which makes people feel as if they have been pondered through, and the righteousness of the heart becomes a weak heart. Cheng Jiahua was hesitant, he didn't want to say it, but he didn't dare not say it.

"You are now married and have children, you look at Cheng Yan, he looks so likable, if you are still obsessed with this thing like this, it will not only be you who will be ruined in the future, but also Hetu and Cheng Yan." Jiafu's tone became stern, and he put the tea in his hand on the coffee table, "Although Hetu said that you have quit this thing recently, but I see that your eyes are vague and you are restless, it can't be that you are still secretly gambling behind her back, right?" ”

"No, no!" Cheng Jiahua hurriedly waved his hand and denied, "No, I'm not gambling." ”

"What's on your mind?" Jiafu stared into his eyes, trying to see something in his eyes, "Is there any difficulty in life?" ”

Cheng Jiahua's eyes were dripping, and he began to groan in his heart, maybe he could ask his father-in-law to help him repay the money, so that those creditors would not chase him around. It's just that if you talk about it, in your father-in-law's heart, your impression of yourself will definitely be greatly reduced, but what can you do, Cheng Jiahua has never lived by the impression in other people's hearts, as long as he is comfortable, he doesn't care what others think of him.

With such a decision, Cheng Jiahua pretended to have an extremely difficult and painful expression, and said hesitantly: "Indeed, there are indeed some difficulties. ”

"Tell me about it, and I'll listen." Jiafu turned around and faced him, carefully watching the expression on his face.

"Let's be honest, Dad, don't be angry with me, although I don't gamble now, but at that time, because of gambling...... I owe a lot of money to others......" Cheng Jiahua's hands kept twisting, and he didn't dare to look at his father-in-law, "Although I'm trying to make money now, it's far from enough to pay back, just because of this, I don't dare to tell Hedi, I'm afraid that she will be worried that it will be bad if she hurts her body and the child in her belly, so I'm just holding it alone." He raised abruptly and looked at his father-in-law with a sincere face, "I know it's all my fault, but I've made up my mind to change it, and I will give some of the money I earn back every month, so that she can save it, and if it's not enough, I'll find a way to make up for it myself." Alas, it's because of this incident that I feel very stressed, and I really don't know what to do lately. ”

"You're so confused." Jiafu looked at Cheng Jiahua with hatred, "You don't know that gambling will ruin people, it's like taking drugs!" ”

"I know, so I regret it now. But at that time, I was young and ignorant, and I didn't think about the harm of gambling......" Cheng Jiahua lowered his head, as if he was overwhelmed by the burden on his body.

"Alas, forget it, it's useless to say it now." Jiafu turned his face back to the snow that was still falling, and muttered, "How much do you owe?" ”

Cheng Jiahua saw that this question was asked to his heart, and hurriedly said: "I owe a little 10,000." ”

"So much?" Jiafu was so frightened that he almost jumped out of his chair, but he quickly stabilized his mind and said with a frown, "Alas, your dad didn't say he wanted to help you?" ”

"My dad doesn't care about me, although he will give a little money every month, but only a little, just enough for us to eat, and he doesn't care about other things."

"Forget it, your father is afraid that he will be very embarrassed, if he gives you so much money, he is also afraid that you will lose all of a sudden." Jiafu let out a long sigh, "I have some money here, although I can't help you pay it back, but I can pay it back a little bit." He stood up with the handrail, walked towards the back room, and after a while, he took out a small cloth bag and handed it to Cheng Jiahua, "I don't have much money, and the family has just built a house, so that's all left." ”

Cheng Jiahua hurriedly raised his hand to take it, and was caught by Jiafu tightly by his arm again, only to hear him say: "I helped you for Hetu and Xiao Yan, you must use it to pay off the debt, but you are not allowed to gamble anymore." ”

"Got it, Dad!" Cheng Jiahua said with a smile, "I won't gamble anymore." He stuffed the cloth bag into the pocket of his padded jacket, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "Dad, don't tell Hetu about this matter yet, she doesn't know that I owe money outside, and if she does, it will definitely be another big fight." I don't think she's been in good spirits lately, so let's let her worry less. ”

Jiafu looked at Cheng Jiahua fixedly, and Cheng Jiahua's heart straightened, but in the end he nodded and said, "Okay." Then he went back to the chair, sat down and continued to look at the fluttering snow, sipping the cup of hot tea shallowly, and gradually fell into deep thought.

Cheng Jiahua's heart was full of joy, he carried the thin cloth bag, as if he had found a safe haven, and his heart gradually settled down, but this stability was not brought by the repayment of debts, what was he thinking in his heart? He smiled at this time, looking at a certain place in the air in a daze, as if he had found some way to make himself happy.

The snow did not stop until the afternoon, and a thick layer of snow was piled up in the yard, and as soon as one stepped on it, he sank into the calf. The children, who were bored by the snow, began to play in the snow, wearing thick gloves and holding large snowballs to build snowmen, while the adults picked up shovels and brooms and began to sweep the snow from the yard. Although this thick layer of snow is beautiful, if it is not treated in time, as soon as the sun comes out and the temperature rises, it will melt all over the yard with water, and it is extremely inconvenient to walk. As usual, he was playful, running around with large and small snowballs in his arms, throwing them on the person's back and smashing them on the person's head. However, everyone was infected by the vitality brought by her liveliness, and they also began to laugh and smash people with snowballs, only Jiafu, Cuiying and Cheng Jiahua stood aside, shoveling the snow while looking at them helplessly.

"Be careful, don't fall!" Cuiying saw how fast Heyi was running and hurriedly shouted. Heyi's face was red from the cold, his smiling mouth couldn't close, and he didn't have time to respond to his mother's concern, so he was still scurrying around the yard.

"You'll have to take care of it, too." Seeing that she didn't respond, Cuiying turned her head and said to Jiafu, "It's all so big, and it's so playful." ”

Jiafu didn't speak, just smiled, still bowing his head to clear the snow. Cheng Jiahua looked at Heyi and remembered his naughty little sister, the two of them were about the same age, and even the naughty appearance was exactly the same, but Jiayi looked slightly more mature than Heyi. He smiled, lowered his head, and shoveled the snow absentmindedly, but his mind had already drifted into the distance.

Cheng Jiahua and He Tu were delayed until the third day, and then they set foot on the way home. The group stopped at the junction and watched them leave from afar. He Tu was naturally very reluctant, she turned back three times in one step, although she was urged by Cheng Jiahua from time to time, her steps became slower and slower. It wasn't until she couldn't see the shadow of her family that she turned her head and walked forward in a distraught manner.

"This snow can delay people, and you have to look at the weather forecast when you go out in the future." Cheng Jiahua said as he walked, "I called my mother yesterday, I was angry when I heard her tone, and I didn't know how to lose my temper when I went back." ”

He Tu silently rolled her eyes and thought, "I don't care what she thinks, I really hate her now." But she didn't say anything. When she left, the luggage was twice as much as when she came, and what she was carrying in her hands was some of the food that her mother had put on her, and I heard that now the family is cooking separately, Cuiying filled her with a bucket full of freshly squeezed oil, and asked her to go back and fry some flower rolls and twist flowers or something to relieve her hunger. The things were very heavy, but Hetu felt warm in her heart, and she looked down at the things in her hands from time to time, as if through those things, she could see the two charitable faces of her father and mother.

By the time I got home, it was already dark. Pushing open the gate, the street lights were on in the courtyard, but there was no one to see. The snow inside was swept clean, and the snow was piled up in the flower bed in the middle of the yard. Cheng Jiahua shouted a few times at the top of his voice, only to hear Mu Shi answer from a distance in the house, so they closed the door and walked towards their bedroom, ready to put down the things in their hands and go to see their parents again.

Hedi's hand was already red, and she rubbed her hand and gently stroked the red part. Cheng Jiahua was not too heavy, he quickly took off the scarf and hat around his neck, put the sleeping child on his back on the bed, covered it with a quilt, and turned around and walked towards the door.

"Let's go and see what my parents are doing." Cheng Jiahua said and lifted the curtain.

"You go first." He said, picking up the iron clip, "I'll light the fire, otherwise it will be too cold." ”

"Okay." Cheng Jiahua didn't look back, and walked straight out. Five minutes later, she wiped the sweat from her forehead, sat down on a stool tiredly, and reached over the stove to warm her cold hands.

A sound of footsteps drew nearer, and Moose walked in.

Her face was still cold, but her tone was deliberately intimate, she sat next to Hetu and asked, "How are your parents?" ”

"It's good." He Tu replied with his head bowed, and the iron clip in his hand kept poking at the charcoal in the basket.

"It's snowing over there, isn't it?" Mu Shi asked again, but his eyes were rolling around the room.

"Down." He Tu glanced up at her, and couldn't help but frown when he saw her gaze fall on the pile of things she had brought back.

"What about bringing so many things back?" Mu Shi stood up, walked over and bent down to check them one by one, the food was not in her eyes, but the barrel of oil attracted her attention, she hurriedly smiled, "Ouch, this is for me, right?" She picked up the bucket of oil and tested its weight, and put it down again, "I also said that my mouth has been very astringent in the past two days, and I want to eat some fried, but our oil is not good, and the fried oil is not fragrant, but the freshly squeezed fried oil is fragrant." Just thinking about it, you brought it back, it was your mother's idea, right? She asked with a smile as she turned her head to look at Hedi.

He Tu was stunned, and a wave of anger rose in her heart, she wanted to say that it was brought to her by her mother, but before the words came out, Mu Shi immediately said: "It seems that I think the same as my mother-in-law, no wonder I have become a mother-in-law, when do you call home, you have to thank her more for me." So saying, she picked up the barrel of oil and turned to go out.

"Nope." He Tu hurriedly stood up and stopped her, and said angrily, "This is what my mother brought me." ”

Mu Shi's face changed suddenly, she looked at He Tu with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "What, you eat my family and live in my family, I can't take you a barrel of oil?" ”

He Tu gasped, the flush on his face that was blown by the wind had not yet faded, his hands were still tightly grasping Mu Shi's arm, and he muttered, "You can take anything else, but don't take this, this is what my mother brought back from the oil mill after walking a long way." ”

Mu Shi frowned, and his arm was pinched by the pain, and his tone suddenly became heavier, "Then you pay back!" Eat me every month, wear me, and return the money to me, I don't want this barrel of oil! ”

Before he could say anything, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, Cheng Jiahua walked in, saw that the two were deadlocked, his eyes suddenly widened in surprise, and asked, "Mom, Hedi, what are you doing here?" ”

"Look at your good daughter-in-law!" As soon as Mu Shi saw Cheng Jiahua coming in, her eyebrows immediately rose, and she made a weeping expression on her face, "It's just such a bucket of broken oil, and you won't let me take it, your dad has been shouting that he wants to eat something good for the past two days, his mouth is very greedy, and he is so tired day by day, do you think your father's money is blown in the wind?" ”

Cheng Jiahua looked down, it turned out to be the barrel of oil that Hetu brought back from home, he looked at Hedi, and then looked at his mother, and he didn't know what to do for a while. Mu Shi's face was getting worse and worse, as if tears could fall from his face at any time, and He Tu pursed his lips tightly and looked at Cheng Jiahua with hatred, as if waiting for him to make a decision.

After struggling for a few seconds, Cheng Jiahua turned his gaze to Hetu, and said as if embarrassed: "Hetu, you can give it to your mother, and you won't be able to take it next time you go back to your house." ”

"No way!" He Tu said, increasing the strength of his hand, and Mu Shi almost screamed in pain. She put down the bucket in her hand and shouted, "You dead girl! My arm is about to break! ”

Cheng Jiahua hurriedly broke Hetu's hand, pulled her aside, and let Mu Shi carry the oil out before he said angrily: "Zhou Hedi, you're a bit too much." ”

"Excessive?" He Tu looked at him in disbelief, "She took my things, which my mother gave me!" ”

"What she, that's Mom, Mom wants to take something from you, you just let her take it, it's just a barrel of oil, do you need to do this? Look at what you have done with your mother's arm, no matter how you say it's an elder, you're going too far. Cheng Jiahua rebuked with words, his expression looking extremely angry.

She suddenly laughed, glared at Cheng Jiahua, gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, okay, that's the elder, my elder, I'll let her." With that, she turned around vigorously, threw off the curtain and walked out.