She waited for a long time, from day to evening, and then from evening to midnight, until her eyelids began to fight, and even if she pinched herself, she could not drive away the heavy sleepiness. The door was also locked, and Cheng Jiahua was nowhere to be seen, and it was estimated that he would have to play outside for another night. Hetu sighed, she was almost used to this kind of life, and she would still find it strange if he came back on time every day. She waited for some more time, but she couldn't stay up anymore, so she stripped off and went to bed to get ready for bed. She hadn't slept all night before, and she almost fell asleep with her head on the pillow, and she didn't know how long she slept, when she suddenly felt that someone was taking off her underwear in a daze. He Tu rolled over, thinking she was dreaming, but the man fell straight on top of her and began to kiss her. He Di woke up suddenly, she pushed the person in front of her hard, and asked in horror, "Who!" ”

"It's me." Cheng Jiahua's voice came, with a strong smell of smoke. He Tu frowned, feeling a wave of nausea in his heart, and asked, "When did you come back?" You let go of me, you smell terrible. ”

"I'm not going to let go." Cheng Jiahua tightened his arms and clamped her firmly in his arms.

"If you don't let go, I'll beat you." He said angrily, "I'm a man who does what he says. ”

Cheng Jiahua was silent for a few seconds and got off her. He lay down and sighed heavily.

He hurriedly sat up and looked at him in the dark. He seemed to be very decadent, and he didn't know what had happened to him.

The two of them just sat and lay down, and the atmosphere gradually became awkward.

"Do you have any money on you?" After a while, Cheng Jiahua suddenly asked, with a slight threat in his tone.

"Nope!" He Tu said sharply, she was very angry, but because of the intimate contact the night before, the timidity when facing Cheng Jiahua gradually disappeared, "You have taken it to gamble, what money do I have." ”

"Dad must have given you more than that." Cheng Jiahua also turned over and sat up, "Did you secretly hide the money?" ”

"It's funny." He Tu sneered, "If it weren't for me, who do you think bought the rice and noodles you eat now?" ”

"Meaning you're rich?" Cheng Jiahua grabbed her arm, "Give it to me!" ”

"Nope!" He Tu shook off his hand, "It's all taken for household use, and the rest is taken by you." ”

Cheng Jiahua was stunned in the dark for a while and did not speak again. He lay down tired, and fell asleep in a few moments.

He looked at him with hatred and felt extremely upset. She picked up her quilt and snuggled up on the couch and fell asleep. She really didn't want to sleep with him, and she didn't know what smell was contaminated on her body, which was very irritating to people's sense of smell, but more of an anger at his unmotivated behavior, as a man who already had a family, how could he still gamble night and night, and not leave a way out for his future? He Tu originally wanted to talk to him, but now he didn't even have the desire to talk, and all he had in his heart was the anger of renunciation.

Speechless all night until dawn, Hetu still got up early. She is a diligent person by nature, and after so many years, she has long been accustomed to getting up early. It's just that today is different from the past, after she got up, she used vigorous means to wake up Cheng Jiahua and let him get dressed and roll off the bed. If it were normal, she wouldn't care about him, just let him sleep until what time. It's just that I don't know when all his behaviors that don't conform to her living habits began to bore her, and she is a more fastidious person, and as soon as the two are triggered, this boredom is about to torture her crazy. She folded the quilt vigorously, cleaned the bed, and pulled a long face, as if someone had her off early in the morning. Cheng Jiahua didn't say anything, just glared at her a few times, yawned and went out. He ran to Cheng Jiaji and Cheng Jiaye's room, took off his shoes and lay down on the bed, and fell asleep, as if he couldn't wake up with thunder.

After making breakfast, Hetu looked for Cheng Jiahua everywhere, but he couldn't find it. She stomped her foot angrily, thinking that Cheng Jiahua had gone out to gamble again. She walked up and down the yard as if she were a maniac. Later, her behavior attracted the attention of the whole family, but Cheng Tielong didn't care, just glanced at her, and turned around and went into the garden. Cheng Jiaji leaned against the wall and looked at her with interest, and asked, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?" ”

He turned around sharply and saw the three of them standing in the doorway looking at him. Cheng Jiaye didn't react, holding a book in his hand, he looked at himself expressionlessly, and still lowered his head to read the book. Cheng Jiayi learned Cheng Jiaji's facial expressions, his eyes were full of banter, and he looked at himself curiously.

He Tu opened her mouth, but saw her mother-in-law open the curtain and walk out, her heart moved, she didn't even think, and blurted out: "Your eldest brother went to gamble again." ”

Her purpose is to use this sentence to attract the attention of her mother-in-law, so that her mother-in-law can also persuade Cheng Jiahua to get rid of this bad habit and take the right path. She didn't even lift her eyes, and took the basin and went in the direction of the storage room. He Tu lowered his head in frustration and felt a strong sense of helplessness.

"Big brother?" Cheng Jiaji snorted and laughed, "Sleep in my room." He spit out a piece of food that had been stuck between his teeth during the morning meal, and then said, "Sister-in-law, you have to let my eldest brother sleep, why did you kick him out?" ”

"That's bad." Cheng Jiayi added, looking at He Tu with a smile.

"It's all this time, can you still let him fall asleep?" He Tu was relieved to feel that the breath that had been held in his heart this morning had finally leaked out. He hasn't left yet, and he still has a chance to trip him, whether it's crying, making trouble or scolding, he has to let him get rid of this problem of going out to gamble.

It's a pity that she was too naïve.

He Tu went back to the house and took the sewing basket and walked towards the small two-story building, and when she reached the door, she heard the snoring sound one after another. Pushing open the door, the stuffy air came in, and she opened both doors to ventilate the room. She didn't wake him up, she didn't do anything, she just sat silently at the end of the bed, and began to knit the arm that was almost finished. After sitting like this for a long, long time, her back began to ache, and Cheng Jiahua slowly woke up from her dream. As soon as he saw Hedi's back, he suddenly thought that he was still in his bedroom, and looked around before he remembered the events of the morning. He lay flat and stretched, rubbed his eyes, and sat up.

"What are you doing here?" Cheng Jiahua looked at Hedi's back and asked curiously.

"Look at you." He didn't move, and said coldly.

"Look at me?" Cheng Jiahua sneered, "I'm not a child, and you're still looking at me." His movements suddenly stopped, his eyes rolled, and a lewd smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said, "You don't want to ...... with me."

He stood up suddenly, turned his head and glared at Cheng Jiahua. She wasn't a child anymore, and she understood very well what he said, albeit vaguely, but containing other information. didn't expect that at this time, he still had the heart to tease himself, he really didn't know what was in such a big head.

"I'm looking at you because I don't want you to go out to gamble!" She raised her voice and said angrily.

Cheng Jiahua sneered and began to put his coat on his body, "Can you look at me?" ”

"Why the hell are you doing that?" He Tu frowned and looked at him condescendingly, "Can't you live a good life?" We can save the money you lose, or we can buy some other household goods, so why give it to someone else's pocket for nothing? ”

"You know the." Cheng Jiahua suddenly lowered his face, he glanced at Hetu gloomily, stretched out his feet on the ground and groped for his shoes. Of course, he knew why, and he didn't think it was good, but he was already trapped in it and couldn't extricate himself, except for the days in the mahjong parlor, the rest of the time was just a walking dead for him. Since Jiajia is gone, his world has only become black and white, and only this self-harming gambling behavior has a little color. Moreover, how interesting this is, his fate seems to be in the hands of God, and the joy and sorrow are all dependent on luck, which makes him feel very excited. Moreover, people have a cheap mentality, the more they lose, the more they want to gamble, there is always an inexplicable self-confidence, they feel that they can win back what they have lost, so they take a lot of money back home, and they also have cards on their faces. Thinking of this, he seemed to have an answer to the question of Hetu, and said, "When I win back what I lost, I won't gamble." ”

"It's with this mentality that you will lose more and more!" How could Hetu be blindfolded by this clumsy answer, not to mention that even if he won all the money back, he would not stop gambling. He has become addicted to gambling, and he will not change if he is not forced.

"What do you know as a woman, there are so many words." Cheng Jiahua stood up, "I'm hungry, I'm going to eat." ”

"I don't have anything to eat for you!" He was so angry that he sat back again, turning his head to look at the air beside him, his eyes as big as a brass bell.

"Huh." Cheng Jiahua laughed, not knowing what he meant by suddenly laughing at this time, and then he went out and never looked back.

"It's not helped, it's not saved." He Tu muttered, and the feeling of helplessness became stronger and stronger.

After breakfast, Cheng Jiahua's figure disappeared again. He Tu was helpless, upset, but no one told him. She tossed aside the sleeve that was only half of it, and didn't want to knit it for him any longer. She stared out the window blankly, feeling how boring her life was, on the other hand, Xiuhan and her sister, even they seemed to be better off than herself. By the way, Xiuhan doesn't know how things have been going on, have things been dealt with, she is really lucky, she was born with everything, and the future is so smooth. If you are like that...... He looked around at the small room and sighed heavily.

This depressing situation did not change until the day the family found out that she was pregnant. It was already April, the cold had receded, the sun was getting warmer, some green grass was starting to grow in the flower beds in the yard, and the various fruit trees in the garden were starting to bud slightly. He Tu sat on the steps and was scrubbing the dirty clothes in the basin, after most of the day, the water in the basin was already cold, her hands were red from the cold water, and her knuckles were so sore that she could barely stretch them. After finally washing the large basin of clothes, drying them one by one in the courtyard, and pouring out the water in the basin, she went into the house to warm her hands. It's just that as soon as the hand came into contact with the warm breath, it began to itch greatly, and she couldn't bear to scratch it, slowly rubbing her hands, trying to make their joints less stiff.

It was already noon at that time, the courtyard was quiet, Cheng Jiaye and Cheng Jiayi were forced to take a nap by Mu Shi, and they had to go to school in the afternoon. Cheng Jiaji said that he followed a friend to learn the craft, and he didn't know what to learn, but as long as he was willing to learn, it was a good thing, but Cheng Tielong was very supportive of him. Cheng Jiahua, as usual, still went to gamble, but he had no money recently, so he restrained a little, so as not to lose all his net worth, the iron rod in the corner of the house is not distressing.

He lay down on the bed, closed his eyes and prepared to take a nap. She had seen the power of that iron rod, at that time Cheng Jiaji didn't learn well, she didn't know when she learned to smoke, even if she smoked, it was nothing, hiding from Cheng Tielong. I didn't expect him to be so bold that he sat on a chair in the main room and smoked a cigarette openly. Cheng Tielong has always hated the smell of smoke the most, his bedroom is a faint incense fragrance all the year round, never another smell, that time Cheng Jiaji was caught smoking by him, without saying a word, Cheng Jiaji kicked Cheng Jiaji to the ground, and beat Jiaji fiercely with an iron rod about one and a half meters long and weighing five catties. After that time, Cheng Jiaji rested in bed for more than half a month, and the injuries on his body gradually improved, but since then he has changed his smoking problem. Cheng Tielong didn't say it to his family, occasionally when the whole family eats together, he will be silent for a long time, and then suddenly said: "I don't care what you want to do, it's going out to gamble and play and make trouble, as long as it doesn't damage the reputation of my Cheng family and my property, whatever you want, if you dare to make trouble on my head, whether it's close or sparse, the stick in my hand is ruthless!" Hearing this, Cheng Jiaji lowered his head in shame, but Cheng Jiahua looked indifferent. He Tu originally pinned his hopes for changing Cheng Jiahua on his father-in-law, but now it seems that as long as it is not his father-in-law's money that he loses, he will not care. Her mood suddenly became even lower, but she couldn't understand this way of getting along with this family, if it was her father, she would definitely not let such a thing happen, let alone condone it all the time