The candlelight in the room flickered, and Hetu hurriedly protected the candlelight from being blown out, and stood up and looked into the room. It was another room apart, and at the end was the family that had bought the courtyard on the other side. The partition wall hadn't been erected yet, so I could still hear the sound next door clearly. He Tu picked up the candle and walked into the house, and when she reached the small passageway, she was about to step over it, but Leng Buding tripped over something under her feet. She hurriedly stood still, and took a closer look at the light of the candle, only to see that it was a bag of foul-smelling garbage. She couldn't help frowning, searching in her mind when she threw the garbage into her house, but after recalling it for a long time, she didn't remember it, and she determined that this bag of garbage was thrown by the family opposite. Seeing that a bag of pickled garbage was thrown away in the clean house she had cleaned up, she couldn't help but get angry, fixed the candle on the table, crossed her waist and shouted to the other side: "The other side! Opposite! You come out for me! ”

When these words came out, the other side was quiet for a while, and no one came out to answer. He Tu then amplified his voice and shouted a few more times, this voice even attracted Cheng Jiahua, he stood behind her suspiciously, pulled over Cheng Yan, who was about to step forward to see the excitement, and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"Look!" He Tu angrily kicked the bag of garbage, "There are still people throwing garbage into our house, what kind of quality is this!" Saying that, she shouted to the other side again, and at this time the other side finally responded, a middle-aged woman walked out angrily with her sleeves rolled, her face was blue, and she seemed to be born with such a late mother's face, even when she smiled, it made people feel very uncomfortable, it seemed that she could put away her smile at any time and rush up to hit someone. She walked out, rolled her eyes and glared at Hetu, and screamed, "What is it called!" What is it called in the middle of the night! Annoying! ”

"You throw the garbage in my house! Are you still reasonable? Seeing her righteous appearance, Hetu couldn't help but be even more angry, she bent down and picked up the bag of garbage and threw it at the opposite side.

The woman quickly dodged, still crossed, and shouted, "What's wrong with me throwing out the garbage?" This is the place where I throw garbage, for many years, every bag of garbage I throw here, why can't I throw it away when you come! With that, she picked up the bag of garbage and threw it back.

He Tu looked at the woman in disbelief, but he didn't expect her to be so unreasonable and vexatious. Seeing that the bag of garbage was thrown back again, a foul smell came to her nose, she couldn't bear it anymore, took the bag of garbage and rushed over the remnant wall to the opposite side, slapping the garbage on the woman's face. The woman screamed and struggled, but she could not struggle in any way with a real rage, and the bag full of rotten vegetable leaves and broken eggshells covered her head and face, and she looked extremely embarrassed. After the goal was achieved, Hetu took two steps back, looked coldly at the woman who collapsed to scream, and said loudly: "If you throw garbage at my house in the future, I will burn your house, I will do what I say!" With that, she turned around, stepped over the broken wall with a majestic spirit, and closed the curtain that had been hung up temporarily.

Cheng Jiahua looked at the woman in front of him dumbfounded, stunned by her unusual behavior. It's not like he hasn't quarreled with Hetu before, but where has he seen her behave like a shrew. He watched Hedi sit down at the table again, calmly picked up the bowl to eat, couldn't help but feel nervous, and said hesitantly: "It's just a bag of garbage...... If we don't get rid of it, if we don't have a good relationship with our neighbors, how will we live in the future? ”

"This kind of person, do I need to have a good relationship with her!" He Tu reprimanded sternly, and couldn't help glaring at Cheng Jiahua, "Why are you cowering, what are you afraid of?" She's not your father and she's not your mother, just trouble you to go up and beat her, and help her throw out the garbage, I'm full? ”

He Tu obviously vented his anger on Cheng Jiahua's body, and he didn't care whether what he said was unpleasant or not. Cheng Jiahua's face changed suddenly, he frowned, and said, "You can talk as you speak, why are you pulling my parents?" ”

"I'm using an analogy, who is pulling your parents?" He Di felt even more angry because Cheng Jiahua didn't help him speak, "Let me ask you, just such a person with no quality, what else do you have to do with her?" ”

"I'll just say it casually, and you can do whatever you like." Cheng Jiahua didn't want to quarrel with Hetu, he was too lazy to talk now, he just wanted to lie down and sleep well. After muttering these words, he turned and walked outside, and after walking two steps, he suddenly heard a sound coming towards the back of his head, with the surging momentum of thousands of troops, "Build that wall tomorrow!" I was upset when I saw the house opposite! ”

Cheng Jiahua didn't answer her, didn't even stop his footsteps, and walked straight into the darkness.

He put down the bowl with a snap, and he had no appetite to eat. She glared at Cheng Yan, who was playing alone on the side, and scolded loudly: "Have you finished eating!" What do you play if you don't finish eating! Cheng Yan was so frightened that he trembled, hurriedly threw down the toy in his hand, ran over to eat, and peeked at the look on his mother's face while eating, feeling very scared.

"It's not in vain! Unpromising! Everyone in the family is unprofitable! He said viciously, frowning tightly, as if someone had done something heinous to provoke her.

The next day, Cheng Jiahua blocked the passage.

He built a thick wall as if there had never been such a passage, and then so-so painted a layer of lime, even if it was done. Hetu was very satisfied with the wall, and looked at it for a while. Cheng Jiahua didn't want to listen to her rambling nagging, so he ran to the yard to build the courtyard wall, but instead of laying two bricks, Hehua walked out again, stood on the steps, looked at him coldly with his arms crossed, and asked, "When are you going to go out to work?" ”

"Wait until these two walls are built first, shall we?" Cheng Jiahua didn't look back, he was busy with the work in his hands, and was immersed in the joy of this simple labor.

"What's there to build on?" "Aren't you going out to work and letting the family drink the northwest wind?" When you have money, you can invite someone to build this wall, can't you? ”

"I'm not in a hurry for these two days." Cheng Jiahua still insisted, "It's done soon." ”

"You just do these unproductive things, and don't do any productive things!" He Tu had an inexplicable fire in her heart again, she didn't know what was wrong with her, she was especially easy to get angry in the past two days, and then she thought of her sister and brother-in-law's appearance, and thought of her brother-in-law's career and future, her heart couldn't help but be even more angry, "Look at my brother-in-law, why can people do that!" If you look at the decoration of other people's homes, do you think that the yard and walls of his house are all repaired by themselves? Isn't it because he has the money to hire someone to fix it? My sister can buy her whatever her brother-in-law wants, you look at the clothes I am wearing, and then look at what Xiao Yan is wearing, you don't even have the money to pay the electricity bill now, what do you say you can do? He Tu chattered and said, as if he wanted to say all the complaints in his heart, "There are so many debts outside, and I have to borrow money from friends to decorate the yard, I don't dare to say this to my sister, I'm afraid that my sister will laugh." When can you be like my brother-in-law, I have face on my face when I go out, and I have confidence to speak, there is no need to be so timid, I am afraid of this and that, I can't even live a good life. ”

Cheng Jiahua was impatient when he heard this, he was very happy when he moved out of the house, and even made up his mind that he would live a good life in the future, make good money, and strive to run the family well like his father. Some time ago, he was still elated, he felt very happy, and he felt a little guilty in his heart, feeling that he had treated them badly, and now he heard Hedi's complaints, and the guilt in his heart disappeared quickly like dew in the sun, from last night to now, her mouth has not stopped, and she has been talking and saying, most of the content is not to complain about half and a half of the yard repair, not to be a look, or to complain that he can't get a penny back home, and can't let them live a good life. Didn't he Cheng Jiahua want to take money from home? He also has a bitterness in his heart! Thinking like this, Cheng Jiahua turned his head and slapped the cement in his hand on another brick, and said with a calm face: "Can you shut up?" ”

He Tu was stunned, but soon spoke again, "What else can you do but shut me up?" If you have the ability, you can make money! You've made all your money, I promise to shut up and not say a word! ”

"What else can you worry about besides money?" Cheng Jiahua was angry, he turned his head and glared at her angrily, "Every day I come over and go over to make money, I get annoyed when I listen to it, why don't you earn it yourself?" ”

"If I were a man—" He Tu was very angry, and straightened his back suddenly, "I'll go and earn it, maybe I will earn more than you." ”

"I'm annoyed." Cheng Jiahua said, took off the gloves on his hands, threw them aside, and walked outside without washing his hands.

"Why are you going!" Seeing that he didn't explain, he turned around and left, and hurriedly asked. Cheng Jiahua didn't speak, his steps were tired and fast, and he gradually disappeared at the end of the road, out of sight.

"He's supposed to listen to me, right?" He muttered until she couldn't see him clearly, and then she turned back into the room. Cheng Yan listened to her instructions and was taking care of her younger brother so that she could free her hands to make lunch. He Tu and noodles, unconsciously began to babble again, "If you don't eat food, you deserve to starve to death." As she spoke, she increased her strength in her hand, as if that mass of noodles was Cheng Jiahua, and she wanted to vent all her resentment and anger on it.

Cheng Jiahua left and didn't come back until midnight. The electricity bill was still unpaid, and the house was still pitch black, except for the faint candlelight in the back room. Since the move, in this remote place with only two or three neighbors, it was the first time that Hedi had stayed alone with his two children until late at night in Cheng Jiahua's absence. Except for the one in the backyard, several other neighbors were so far away from them because of the size of the territory that they couldn't hear the sound of people at all, and they couldn't feel the anger of any people. He Tu felt very scared, he didn't dare to sleep before Cheng Jiahua came back, and waited in the candlelight with the child in his arms, seeing that the candle was halfway burned, and all kinds of vague strange sounds came from the window, which seemed to be the wind blowing on the roof, and it seemed that someone was tiptoeing through the window. Finally, the iron door rang and was pushed vigorously. He Tu was startled, hurriedly cheered up, and looked into the living room through the curtains tremblingly, and saw a figure flickering outside the crack in the iron door, and after a while, the iron door was knocked again.

Cheng Yan was frightened awake, she watched her mother get out of bed with her shoes on, and hurriedly jumped down, and was scolded by Hetu: "You are staying in bed, what are you doing when you come down!" ”

"I'm afraid, I don't dare to stay alone." Cheng Yan said, following his mother. He had no choice but to let her, and he walked to the iron gate with a candle and asked loudly, "Who?" ”

"Me." Cheng Jiahua's lazy voice came in from outside, and He Tu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. She hurriedly opened the door, waited for Cheng Jiahua to squeeze in, locked the door again, turned around and asked, "Where have you been in the middle of the night?" ”

"Go home." Cheng Jiahua said absentmindedly, his body was filled with the familiar smell of tobacco, and his hair was messy, as if he had fought with someone. A bad premonition surged in Hedi's heart, and he asked again: "Go home, go home, why do you look so embarrassed?" Got into a fight? ”

"Didn't you tell me to make money?" Cheng Jiahua said, looking back at her impatiently, "I'll go back to find Jiaji and go with him." ”

"If you make money, you make money, how-"

"Oh, okay, okay." Cheng Jiahua waved his hand, "I'm very tired, you first make a basin of water and let me wash my face." ”

"What money do you make to make yourself like this?" He asked unrelentingly, although he had already turned and walked towards the kitchen. Cheng Jiahua closed his mouth and refused to speak, he sat down on the old sofa with a thud, leaned on the back of the sofa and closed his eyes, and there was a tendency to fall asleep.

Hetu placed the basin on the small bench and reached out and pushed his shoulder. Cheng Jiahua jumped up from the sofa as if he woke up, looked around in a panic, and saw that he was in his own home, his expression relaxed, bent down and bowed a handful of water, and washed it off his face. He Tu looked at him like this, and felt very strange, always feeling that he had something to hide from him, but no matter how he asked, he refused to speak, always nagging that he was too tired and too tired to sleep. He Tu had no choice but to think that he would wake up tomorrow, and it would not be too late to ask him again. The candles were blown out, and the whole room was plunged into darkness again, and in the silence of the night, the faint and terrifying sound outside the house slowly climbed up to the roof, and kept tickling everyone's hearts, as if they didn't want them to rest.

Early the next morning, Hetu got out of bed. She has always gotten up so early, she has never slept lazily for a day, and when she finished washing up and making breakfast, the three of them were still immersed in their sleep, snoring high and low. He Tu took the broom, and greeted them one by one with the broom, supervising them to wash their faces and brush their teeth. While Cheng Jiahua was washing his face, He Tu asked, "Didn't you pay the electricity bill, why didn't you pay it when you went out yesterday?" ”

"I'll hand it in today." Cheng Jiahua said vaguely, wiped the water droplets on his face with a towel, and strode outside. He looked so hungry that he sat down at the table and began to devour his bowl in his hand. After getting his words, Hedi didn't want to nag anymore, dressed the sleepy-eyed Cheng Lin, carried him into the kitchen, and sat down at the dinner table. As if reacting to her movements, as soon as she sat down, Cheng Jiahua put down the bowl and stood up, wiped her mouth, and said, "I'm out." ”

"Why are you going?"

"What are you doing at work?" Cheng Jiahua said unhappily, "It's not that you nagged me to make money, I won't make money?" ”

Looking at his expression, Hedi's original interest in telling him a word or two suddenly disappeared. She lowered her head, fed Cheng Lin, and listened to his footsteps gradually disappear outside, feeling angry and relieved in her heart.

"Forget it, for the sake of him finally knowing how to go out and make money, I won't be angry with him." He Tu comforted herself, barely squeezing out a smile, as if she was laughing at herself.