Chapter 39 (1)
The cold winter has finally passed, the green trees have begun to bud, and small grass tips have gradually grown in the mud in the flower beds in the courtyard. The sky, which seemed cold and distant throughout the winter, became friendly and warm when the footsteps of spring stepped on this land. Everything is full of vitality, this is a new opportunity for rebirth after being tortured by the severe cold, and it is a special vitality that shows the beauty exuded by vitality all the time.
Under such beautiful skies, there is nothing more exciting and moving than receiving good news. Putting down the phone, Hetu clenched his fists excitedly and made a small "yes" gesture. A new little member has been added to my sister's house, and a little guy who doesn't know if it's a girl or a guy is quietly pregnant in her belly. This is good news for the whole family, and even more so for Hexin. If the atmosphere in the family was dull and cold due to the death of her in-laws, the arrival of Keyi greatly changed this atmosphere, and the family finally gained some popularity, but this was far from enough. Although Liu Ji is not as taciturn and indifferent as before, but in his words and deeds, there is always some alienation, a family of three sits together, as if they are just friends, Liu Ji occasionally teases Keyi, hugs him and plays, but always nods and smiles at Hexin, or simply ignores her and faces her coldly. Even if she is accustomed to this kind of life, Hexin still feels lonely and lonely in her heart, she desperately hopes that there will be more people at home, just like her mother's family, even if she is idle, the home is always full of laughter and laughter, and there is life everywhere, not like herself, only a little Keyi accompanies her. Fortunately, she was pregnant with another one, and in countless dull and boring days, that little embryo was like a shining little angel, lighting up the hope of life for her.
It's just that although Liu Ji is not as cold as before, his temper has been getting worse and worse recently. After going to the grave of his parents every year, his bad temper is particularly obvious, always picking things to vent, even if Hexin is careful, he can always provoke him, the light one scolds loudly, and the heavy one actually smashes the things in the house. Encountering this situation, Hexin could only endure it, hiding in the bedroom and hugging Keyi, who was also frightened, tightly, and the two of them trembled. Every time he lost his temper, although Liu Ji felt a little guilty in his heart, it was difficult to say it. He was thin-faced, as if he would lower his status by saying anything apologetic. Since he was embarrassed to apologize, he tried his best to buy things at home, as long as Hexin and Keyi could use them, he even bought those who couldn't use them, all kinds of clothes, skirts, accessories, all kinds of toys and food, until they were piled up in the wardrobe and refrigerator. Hexin has always been idle and likes to raise some flowers and plants at home. The flowers and plants were carefully tended by her, and they all grew luxuriantly, and the petals were crystal clear, like the most delicate princess in the world. Once, I don't know why, Liu Ji lost his temper again, Hexin felt wronged, and defended a few sentences, he stood up and didn't say a word, went straight to the yard, picked up those flowers and plants and smashed them heavily on the ground. Those flowers and plants are Hexin's heart, seeing them smashed to pieces, but she can't do anything, Hexin cried and fell to the ground, almost heartbroken. That evening, she knelt on the ground and cleaned up for a long time before she cleaned up the broken pots and leaves. originally thought that was it, and she planned not to raise it in the future, in case Liu Ji's temper came up and smashed it again, how could she stand it. Unexpectedly, the next morning, the sun had just risen, and Hexin, who was sitting at the table dressing up, heard a rumbling motor outside the door, and a car stopped in front of her door, and someone knocked on the door after a while. She felt surprised and suspicious, and asked him who he was through the door, for fear that he was a bad person. The man was rough and said that he was here to deliver the goods, and told her to open the door quickly. Hexin glanced outside through the crack in the door, and saw a pickup truck full of things, covered with tarpaulin, and she didn't know what it was. She staggered to open the door, and with a wave of his hand behind her, two or three people began to move things into the courtyard one after another. Seeing those things, Hexin's eyes widened, they were all the flowers and plants that she had been smashed before, and none of them were bad. Until the delivery man moved all the flowers and plants in, her surprise had not calmed down. When the man stepped forward with the slip and asked her to sign, her hands were shaking, and she asked tremblingly, "Who asked you to send this?" β
"A gentleman surnamed Liu." The man said, pointing impatiently at the list, "Hurry up and sign it, I'm still in a hurry to go back and deliver it." β
Hexin hurriedly bowed her head and signed, she didn't know how to write, and the name she wrote was crooked. After sending those people out of the yard, she squatted down to check the flowers, which were just like the ones she had raised before, lush and crystal clear, and more importantly, none of them were unfamiliar to her, they were all the ones she loved and loved on weekdays. I don't know when Liu Ji wrote down these flower names, he clearly doesn't like flowers. Hexin looked at the pots of fresh flowers with mixed feelings, and didn't know whether to blame him or be moved by his actions. She silently placed the flowers in their place, watered them carefully, and returned to the house to wait for Liu Ji to get off work, wanting to ask him well. But Liu Ji's temperament, how could he be willing to say soft words, he was asked in a hurry, and he began to lose his temper again, Hexin had no choice but to run to the bedroom with Keyi in his arms, giving up this dangerous move.
Hexin's pregnancy was discovered by Liu Ji. In those days, she became a lot lazy, due to morning sickness, the whole person lost weight several times, her face was yellow and thin, as if she had not yet grown into a small vegetable sprout wilted by wind, frost, rain and snow. As the family ate that day, Hexin couldn't help but feel sick to her stomach again, covered her mouth and ran to the bathroom, but she just retched and couldn't vomit anything. When he returned to the dinner table, Liu Ji had already gone out, and when he came back, he held a pregnancy test stick in his hand and stuffed it into Hexin's hand for her to take a test, only then did he know that she had been pregnant for a month. Although Liu Ji's face couldn't see happiness, Hexin sensed a glimmer of light from his eyes, and I am afraid that he also felt that a family of three was too lonely. In the evening, he took Hexin and Keyi to his parents' graves and told them the good news. The wind was a little strong that night, which made people's eyes hurt, Hexin turned her head to look at Liu Ji, and saw that his eyes were shining with tears, and his eyes were full of pain and self-blame. Hexin's heart ached, remembering the scene where he woke up every night from a nightmare. I haven't experienced this kind of thing, I don't know how much he suffered to persevere, and because of this, every time Liu Ji loses his temper, Hexin can always endure it, she knows how painful he is in his heart, and she also knows that this pain will not disappear easily, and will not be easily vented, since she has become a husband and wife, she is willing to be by his side and help him bear this pain together, as long as he does not give up on himself, she will never give up on him first.
After returning, Hexin told her sister and parents the news. Jiafu and Cuiying were naturally very happy, and said that they wanted to come to the city to see her. Hexin turned his head to look at Liu Ji's face, and saw that he was in a good mood today, so he smiled and said, "Okay, tell me before you go, and I'll pick you up then." After hanging up the phone, she called Hexin's home again, and the phone was answered by Mu Shi, and as soon as she heard Hexin's voice, her tone became lazy. When Hetu came to answer the phone, she stood and watched, leaning half against the cabinet, like a proprietress waiting for the rent to be collected. He Xin told He Tu about her pregnancy, and He Tu was very happy, and when her sister said that her parents would come to the city soon, she was even happier, and hung up the phone and ran out. Mu Shi looked at her dissatisfied, and complained in his mouth: "It's not serious at all, it's ugly!" β
No matter what she says, when people are happy, they will always automatically ignore the people or things they hate around them. She hummed a little song to work, sweeping the dust and fallen leaves in the yard, and wiping the cabinets, tables and chairs in the guest room. Because she was in a good mood, she thought of helping her sister-in-law clean her messy room, and when she opened the thin curtain, Cheng Jiayi was sitting on a chair with Erlang's legs crossed reading a novel, and when she saw Hedi coming in, she hurriedly put down her legs and sat upright, looking at Hedi with a wary face.
He Tu smiled indifferently, she knew that after the quarrel two months ago, this sister-in-law was extra wary of her. When walking by, Cheng Jiayi also had to pose as if Hetu would plot against her, Hetu would feel a little annoyed a few times before, but then she felt funny, and even every time Cheng Jiayi showed that kind of expression on her face, she couldn't help but burst out laughing. Cheng Jiayi was naturally annoyed and asked her what she was laughing at. He Tu shrugged, not saying what she was laughing at, and the sister-in-law who provoked her followed her ass and kept asking, and she had to ask before she stopped. He Tu naturally hates her, hates Cheng Jiayi's arrogant and domineering temperament, and hates Cheng Jiayi always telling himself that he is just an outsider with a defensive posture. But no matter how annoying it is, Cheng Jiayi is just a thirteen-year-old child, what real evil can a child at this age understand? If you really want to hate it, you should also say that you hate the endless doting of her family, and hate the atmosphere of the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked.
"What are you doing!" Cheng Jiayi asked sharply, deliberately furrowing his eyebrows, and making a fierce look.
"I'll help you tidy up the house." He Tu pointed to the messy beds and tables, and said with disgust, "Look, how can your girl's house be so dirty and messy, don't you know how to clean it up yourself?" β
"You care about me!" Cheng Jiayi hurriedly stood up and blocked in front of Hedi, intending not to let her see the whole picture of her room, "My own room, I can do whatever I want." β
"Then we'll have to clean it up, too." He Tu pushed her arm away and looked down at this naΓ―ve little girl, "If your classmates come, will you let others be guests in such a chaotic environment?" β
"I said it! You have to take care of it! Cheng Jiayi stopped Hetu's body again, "You are the oldest, dare to say that about me." β
"I said, what's wrong with you?" Hedi's expression instantly turned cold, "I'm your sister-in-law, you said I'm the oldest." β
"Hmph." Cheng Jiayi sneered, "What sister-in-law, you are just the one who married Chongxi!" β
He threw the broom in his hand to the ground with a bang, looked at her with a gloomy face, and gritted his teeth and said, "You say it again!" β
Cheng Jiayi shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly, and said, "It's just a waste of saliva for me to say it again, and what I'm saying is the truth, so don't put on such a scary look." If you want to talk about sister-in-law, the former sister-in-law is the sister-in-law, how good my brother is to her, how much my parents love her, you see that when you come, has my brother put a good face on you? You're just a substitute, you're still arguing with me here, what right do you have to quarrel with me! β
"Shut up!" He Tu threw the rag in his hand at her fiercely, and Cheng Jiayi took a big step back in fright, "Even if I don't get along with you, you don't need to say such hurtful words, right?" I know I can't compare to that Jiajia, but since I've come to your house, why do you compare me to someone who has already left? β
"I'm not comparing you to her, that's just the way it is." Cheng Jiayi was still stiff-mouthed, and said loudly with his neck stalked.
He Tu closed her eyes, trying to calm herself down, she opened her eyes and looked at Cheng Jiayi fixedly, and suddenly smiled, "Do you still hold a grudge against me because of that quarrel?" β
Cheng Jiayi was stunned, puzzled by her sudden change, she nodded hesitantly, and said: "Yes, you are so stingy, you really can't compare with your ex-sister-in-law, whatever I want from my ex-sister-in-law, she will give it to me." β
He Tu was angry when he heard the words "ex-sister-in-law", but he still gritted his teeth desperately and held back, and reluctantly smiled: "I didn't mean to quarrel with you, it's just that you moved away from the cabinet, and your brother's living expenses for me and your brother next month are gone, and I'm in a hurry." β
"Didn't I give you a part of the money?" Cheng Jiayi frowned dissatisfiedly, "That's the pocket money I've saved for a long time!" β
"I know, that's why I felt like I was going a little too far." When He Tu said this, his conscience was painful, not at all, he was not too much, what was too much was the person in front of him and the parents who doted on her, "So I don't want to help you clean the house or anything now, so that we forget the previous contradictions and become friends again?" β
Cheng Jiayi looked at her suspiciously, not believing what she said at all. After a long time, Cheng Jiayi pointed to the cabinet and said, "That's it, I don't want this cabinet anymore, it really takes up space in my house, you give me back the money I gave you, and I ask someone to move the cabinet back to your house, how about it?" β
He almost couldn't control himself and slapped her in the face. She clasped her hands vigorously, gritted her teeth and smiled: "Yes, you can tell your parents to see what their attitude is, and I agree." β
"Really?" Cheng Jiayi still had a suspicious expression on her face, she raised her eyebrows and looked at the expression on Hedi's face, trying to see something from Hedi's face, "Then you say so, hurry up and return the money to me." β
"You tell your parents first, and I'll pay you back after they agree." He Tu said, picking up the rag and broom from the ground, "I'll clean the house, you can go and talk." β
Cheng Jiayi was so happy that he jumped and jumped out of the door. He Tu sat down in the chair, took a few deep breaths, and muttered, "Don't be angry with children, don't be angry with children." β