He Tu looked at her parents with an innocent look, but her eyes had begun to redden slightly. At this moment, she suddenly felt sorry for her parents, they have always tried to give themselves the best life, but sometimes the conditions are really not allowed, and they can only wronged themselves. She took a deep breath and decided that she would be filial to her parents in the future, and not let them be unhappy because of herself and bitter and disappointed because of herself. She walked silently beside her parents, feeling how good it is to have the protection of her parents, and that home is the warmest harbor in the world, which is very true. Thinking about it, she couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help but reach out and grab her mother's arm.

"How long is this going to take?" Cuiying was busy asking her husband, "How long will it take to get to Hexin's house in the city?" Ouch, I wish I could see her now, Hexin, this kid is too sensible, if it weren't for a degree of difficulty, he wouldn't have told us. This stupid boy ......"

"Don't worry, it should be fine, I listened to her tone on the phone, I guess it's ......" Jiafu frowned, touching the short stubble on his chin, "Maybe it's ......"

Cuiying's eyes suddenly widened, she looked at her husband in surprise, and opened her mouth to say something, but suddenly remembered that Hetu was still by her side, so she closed her mouth happily again.

Jiafu glanced at her with a smile, the two of them had a clear heart, although they didn't speak, but they both understood what the other was thinking in each other's hearts. He Tu glanced at his parents suspiciously, not understanding what they meant. But when she thought of her sister's poor health, she felt anxious in her heart, and always felt that her brother-in-law made her sister unhealthy. She remembered her brother-in-law's cold face, shivered unconsciously, and hurriedly shook her head, driving that gloomy face out of her mind.

"If only it were a boy." Cuiying immersed herself in her own thoughts, and said slowly, "Alas, I didn't expect that I would be able to hold my grandson right away. Saying that, she couldn't help laughing, her face suddenly sank, and she said worriedly, "If this Hexin has a big belly, she has to have someone to take care of her, and she can't be left to be busy at home by herself. ”

"I'll talk about it then, let's go and see what the situation is. It's not a word, but you think about it later. Jiafu quickened his pace as he spoke, and as soon as he reached the intersection and waited for a while, the car drove up to them. Jiafu asked Hetu and Cuiying to get on the bus first, and he was the last to get on the bus to buy tickets. There were very few people in the car, and there were many vacant seats, Cuiying pulled Hedi to pick up two vacant seats and sat down, and Jiafu sat behind them, put the bag in his arms, and closed his eyes to recuperate.

This was the second time she had taken the bus, and as soon as she got on the bus, the cloudy smell made her stomach churn again. But fortunately, there were not many people in the car, she sat by the window, opened the window, the fresh air instantly brushed her face, and the churning sensation in her stomach quickly pressed down. There was no physical discomfort, and there was a sense of pleasure in the car, and she looked at the flashing scenery outside the window with great interest, while saying something to her mother.

After about half an hour, the car slowly stopped. He Tu looked out the window and found that it was different from the last time he stopped with Xiuhan, this time it was a courtyard, it should be a station. She got out of the car with her father, stopped a rickshaw on the road, and drove all the way to where Hexin was. The road was dusty, half of the road was surrounded by a blue iron gate, and I didn't know what was being repaired inside. Finally arrived at the entrance of the alley, they jumped out of the car, paid, and followed the guidance of the owner of the shop at the entrance of the alley to Hexin's house.

It was a weekday afternoon, Liu Ji went to work, and Hexin was the only one at home. She was sitting on a chair making dumplings because Liu Ji said that she wanted to eat dumplings filled with leeks and eggs at night. She rolled the dumpling wrappers on the board, and a feeling of nausea surged in her heart, and she hurriedly bent down and fell in front of the trash can, opening her mouth to vomit something, but after a while of retching, nothing came out. She straightened up, took a few deep breaths, and tried to suppress the uncomfortable feeling, and her heart gradually became sad and depressed. I don't know what's wrong with my body, if I get sick and fall ill, there will be only Liu Ji left in the family, so what can he do. While she was worried, she continued to roll the dough. Suddenly there was a knock on the courtyard door, and she was startled, and hurriedly threw down the dumpling wrappers and rolling pins, and walked quickly towards the door.

There was a faint sound of talking outside the door, and Hexin bent down to look at the crack in the door, and her expression suddenly became surprised and happy. She hurriedly opened the door and said excitedly to the people outside the door: "Dad! Mother! How did you guys get here! ”

"Ouch." Cuiying looked at her face and hurriedly said, "Why did you come out and open the door with a full hand?" ”

"Why don't you tell me in advance when you came, I can make some preparations." Hexin let her parents and sister in the door, and said in a chattering voice, "I'm making dumplings, but fortunately, I've already started making them, and I'll make dumplings for you to eat later." Heck, next time you come here, you must call me first, at least I'll buy some fruit or something, there's nothing in the house right now. ”

"You don't have to buy it." Jiafu walked into the house and sat down on the sofa happily, "We're just here to see you, what are you buying so many things for, we're not here to eat." ”

"Dad, look at what you said, that's my filial piety to you, you just have to eat." Hexin pretended to be annoyed, and then laughed heartily. Her expression was a little tired, but after seeing her parents, the tiredness disappeared without a trace, and she felt very happy and excited in her heart, and she couldn't wait to give birth to three heads and six arms at once to work, so that her parents could eat a good meal quickly.

"Sister, I'll help you." He Tu went to the sink to wash his hands, took the rolling pin from his sister's hand and rolled out the dough. Hexin sat on the side, expertly wrapping the dumplings. Cuiying asked while washing her hands: "Why do you make dumplings to eat?" ”

"Liu Ji said he wanted to eat it, so I wrapped some of it."

"You serve him every day, has he ever asked you?" Cuiying looked at her reproachfully, "How is your own body now?" Do you still like to vomit? ”

Hexin's expression suddenly became annoyed, she nodded, and said, "I don't know what's going on?" ”

"Have you ever been to the hospital?" Jiafu asked, and before Hexin could answer, Cuiying said again: "You may be happy." ”

"Huh?" Hexin didn't react to her words for a while.

"Silly girl." Cuiying smiled and sat down beside her, "Maybe you're pregnant." ”

Hexin's eyes widened in surprise, but her face turned red all of a sudden, and she lowered her voice and asked her mother, "Mom, how do you know?" ”

"Look, this is a stupid child, isn't it? You want to vomit all day long, and you can't eat, is that a sign of pregnancy? Cuiying laughed, "After eating later, Mom will take you to the hospital for a check-up." ”

"Not that exquisite." He Xin blushed and smiled, "Just this little thing, and go to the hospital." ”

"You are now from the city, and you are not as good as the countryman, so you have to be more particular."

"It's okay, I'll go to the clinic downstairs and ask later." Hexin lowered her head and smiled, she was thinking in her heart what kind of mood Liu Ji might be in if she knew about this, she suddenly looked forward to Liu Ji coming back soon, so that she could tell him about it as soon as possible and see what the expression on his face was.

"You have a child here, you have to be careful, don't do all the heavy work as before." Cuiying nagged, "I have to talk to him when Liu Ji is back." ”

"Mom, it's not necessarily a thing." He Xin stole a glance at the confused He Tu, "Hetu is still there, don't say it." ”

Cui Ying laughed, "Hedi, they are all married, and they are also about to get married, so it's nothing if you know." ”

"Married?" Hexin looked at her mother in surprise, and then at her father, "Why didn't you tell me?" ”

"Didn't that tell you?" Cuiying's chin came out, and she happily put a piece of dough on the palm of her hand and pressed the filling on it with chopsticks.

"Where's that? Where is it? He Xin asked curiously. Hedi heard them talk about their topic, and hurriedly lowered his head, silently just rolling his dough.

"It's in the city, but not near you, it's farther away, it should be in the suburbs." Jiafu said slowly, "It's just a good family." ”

"Good people are good." Hexin said with relief, and turned her head to tease Hedi, "You, you're blessed." ”

"Oh, why did you talk about me when you talked about my sister." He said angrily with a blushing face, turning his head away. Everyone laughed together, and the atmosphere in the originally quiet room suddenly became warm.

Three people make dumplings, and the speed is much faster. They ate half of it, and put the remaining half in the refrigerator to wait for Liu Ji to come back before eating. This was the first time Jiafu and Cuiying came to Hexin's house, and they carefully visited the yard and house under the leadership of Hexin. Jiafu sighed: "Liu Ji, this child, although he talks less, he is still very motivated. Last time, he heard about Liu Ji's promotion and salary increase, and he praised this son-in-law very much, thinking that he would have a bright future in the future. Cuiying didn't think so far-reaching, she just kept saying, "Okay, okay, my daughter's life is good." ”

When she heard that her parents and sister were going to stay in the city for a day, Hexin offered to let them stay in her own house, so that it would be more convenient to eat or something. This proposal was rejected by Jiafu, he shook his hand and said: "No need, we can just stay in a hotel outside, you see your home, there are only three rooms, one is not a bedroom, it is too inconvenient for us to live here." ”

"Nothing inconvenient, Dad." Hexin hurriedly said, "I'll sleep with my mother and Hedi, and you can sleep with Liu Ji." ”

"Have you asked Liu Ji this?" Jiafu stared at her, "Does he agree?" ”

Hexin was stunned for a moment, her lips moved a few times, and finally lowered her head and stopped talking. She only now realizes that although she lives in this house, in fact, she does not have any use and sovereignty over this house, even if she lets her parents live in, in case Liu Ji is not happy and comes back to show them her face, then wouldn't her actions make her parents feel wronged? Hexin suddenly felt very powerless, and although she was an adult, she was ashamed that she could not help her parents in the most basic problems.

"Alright." Cuiying said, "We will live outside, and besides, it is not expensive to stay in a hotel for one night, so you can rest assured." ”

"Okay." Hexin said stupidly, she took her mother's hand again, and a smile appeared on her face, "Mom, you can accompany me to the clinic to have a look." ”

"Okay, okay." Cuiying turned back to Jiafu and said, "You stay at home with Hedi, and I'll accompany Hexin." Jiafu nodded, and the two of them snuggled up to each other and walked towards the door.

As soon as the door closed, the room fell silent again. He Tu looked left and right boredly, his eyes swept over the various furniture. Suddenly, her eyes stopped on her father, who was looking down at the TV, and she was embarrassed by the quiet atmosphere in the room. Because her father usually speaks little and seriously, she rarely talks to him, and suddenly the two of them are alone in a confined space, and she hardly knows what to say. She racked her brains to think, her lips trembled slightly, and she said some intermittent and inaudible words, but Jiafu didn't notice. All his attention was focused on the square machine in front of him, thinking seriously about something.

He Tu talked for a long time, but she felt that her mouth was dry, but her father didn't say a word, so she had to give up this effort. She stood up and wandered around the room, and when she saw a stack of brand new newspapers on the coffee table, she took it and read it. After only three pages of a newspaper, the door opened, and Hexin and Cuiying walked in from the outside beaming, holding something in their hands.

"I'll go check it out first." Hexin said to her mother and walked into the bathroom with the object. After a while, she came out, with a look of surprise and joy on her face, and nodded to her mother again and again.

"Look, I'm right?" Cui Ying clapped her hands and said happily, "Just let you believe Mom's words." ”

Jiafu looked at them with a smile, he didn't need them to say, he knew what they were talking about. Only Hetu is ignorant and ignorant, and he can't understand anything. However, the return of her mother and sister broke the awkward atmosphere before, and she suddenly felt more comfortable, and the page of the newspaper seemed to become concise and easy to understand.

Later, he put down the stack of newspapers and sat beside his mother to listen to them. Jiafu walked to where she had been sitting, picked up the newspaper and read it. He Tu looked at her father with some surprise, she never knew that his father could read and write, and he could read the newspaper. She was immersed in this jumble of thoughts when there was a sudden knock on the door. Hexin's words immediately stopped, and she said, "Liu Ji is back." ”

Sure enough, it was him, with his flat face, indifferent gaze, and tightly pursed lips full of hatred, which made the temperature of the whole room drop by three degrees as soon as he entered. Even when he saw his father-in-law and mother-in-law sitting on the sofa, he only symbolically raised the corners of his lips to show his welcome to them, and there was no other expression.

"Liu Ji." He Xin smiled awkwardly, she looked at her parents, then at Liu Ji, and said timidly, "My parents are here, in the afternoon." ”

"Oh." Liu Ji replied lightly, turning his face to the two old men, "It's been hard along the way." ”

"It's not hard, it's not hard." Jiafu looked at his son-in-law with some doubts, not understanding what was wrong with him for a while, and thinking that the arrival of himself and his wife had displeased him.

"Do you have any food?" Liu Ji glanced at He Xin coldly, "I've been busy all afternoon, I'm hungry." ”

"Yes." Hexin hurriedly nodded and said, "I made dumplings in the afternoon, and I'll cook them for you now." She turned around and walked quickly into the kitchen.

Liu Ji took off his coat and hung it on the hanger at the door, walked towards the study with a briefcase in his arm, and suddenly stopped when he walked to the door of the study, turned back to his father-in-law and mother-in-law and said, "Since the two of you are here, you can play here for a few more days, tell me where you want to go, and I'll let Hexin buy what you want to eat." ”

"Ouch, why are you so polite?" Cuiying clapped her hands and said with a smile, "Don't let Hexin work, don't take good care of her." ”

"Huh?" Liu Ji frowned and looked at Cuiying suspiciously.

"Hexin has it." Cuiying smiled, looking at Liu Ji still looking confused, so she simply explained, "Hexin is pregnant." ”