Hetu was tidying up the stove, and when he heard her ask so aggressively, he raised his head in fright, looked at her blankly, and nodded after a while.

"Who let you use it! Who let you go into the big kitchen without my permission! Mu Shi raised his hand and stepped forward to greet Hedi's face. He Tu hurriedly dodged and said aggrievedly: "It's Jiayi!" I was hungry and wanted to eat something good, so I fried some snacks in oil for her to eat. ”

Mu Shi saw that Hedi dodged his own slap, and was annoyed, listening to her such an explanation, his heart became more and more angry, "How much can you eat, I see that half of your barrel of oil has fallen!" What about dim sum? What about the dim sum you make? Why didn't I see it? ”

He Tu thought dissatisfiedly, the oil you said was still taken from me, and now I blame me for using it, but the expression on his face remains the same, and he is still aggrieved: "Mom, you go and ask Jiayi, she pestered me to eat, so I took it to my own room." After saying that, she quickly stood up, and without waiting for Mu Shi to speak, she ran out of the house, stood on the steps and shouted Cheng Jiayi a few times.

"What?" Cheng Jiayi's mouth was vague, and he answered from the opposite room.

"You come out! Mom said I used oil and didn't believe I fried you snacks. He Tu shouted, saw the figure on the window of the main room flash, and knew that Cheng Tielong had also heard it, so he bit his lip, jumped down the steps, and ran towards Cheng Jiayi's room.

Cheng Jiayi poked his head out of the crack in the door curtain with two small rolls in his hand, and when he saw his mother's angry face, he was almost frightened back. He Tu hurriedly grabbed her arm and asked loudly, "Do you want to eat, that's why I asked you to make it?" ”

Cheng Jiayi glanced at Hedi, very hesitant to affirm her answer. In the afternoon, Hetu told her a thousand times, she must take the responsibility on herself, and her parents are very fond of herself, and she will not lose her temper, so that next time Hetu will give her good food. Only now, the expression on her mother's face was really terrifying, and most of her courage in the afternoon suddenly disappeared, and she didn't dare to say a word.

"Is it delicious?" Seeing that she didn't answer, Hetu grabbed her arm, stared at her tightly, and asked, "If you want to eat next time, don't let me be scolded." ”

Cheng Jiayi glanced down at the small rolls in her hand, they were really delicious, she wanted to eat them every day, all the time. Forget it, what are you afraid of, my father will definitely protect him. Thinking of this, Cheng Jiayi's courage grew again, so he nodded at his mother who came over and said, "I asked my sister-in-law to help me do it." ”

Mu Shi's footsteps suddenly stopped, she frowned and looked at the two people in front of her suspiciously, not believing a word of Cheng Jiayi's words. Where would she suddenly have the idea of eating this, obviously it was Hetu who seduced her, but seeing that Cheng Jiayi was still holding two snacks in her hands, she trotted to the main room, and she was coquettish to her husband again, she wanted to find trouble and couldn't be justified, so she had to glance at Hetu fiercely, turned around and walked towards the main room.

"Dad, is it delicious?" Cheng Jiayi snuggled up to his father's lap and sent snacks to Cheng Tielong's mouth. Cheng Tielong kept nodding his head and said appreciatively: "It's delicious, it's delicious, where did you buy it from?" ”

"My sister-in-law did it." Cheng Jiayi said proudly, "I've made a lot, I'll bring it to you later." ”

"You're going to take care of her." Mu Shi stepped in, his face full of dissatisfaction, "Half of the barrel of oil was used for her, just to make her snacks." ”

"Half a barrel of oil?" When Cheng Tielong heard this, his brows furrowed, he looked at Cheng Jiayi, and then at Hetu, who followed behind, and reprimanded, "Is the family's money blown in the wind?" Why are you so wasteful! Fry these things! ”

"Dad, use the oil I brought from home." He Tu hurriedly said, "Last time, my mother took it from me. ”

Mu Shi heard Cheng Tielong reprimanding Hetu, his face became proud, and when he heard Hetu say this, his eyes darkened, and he turned his head and glared at her fiercely, which sounded awkward, as if he had to snatch it from her.

As soon as Cheng Tielong heard this, his complexion softened, anyway, it wasn't his own, so he didn't care how to waste it. He felt that the fried dim sum was very delicious, so he asked Cheng Jiayi to take a few more, leaning on the pillow and watching the news. Seeing that he had nothing to do, he went back to his bedroom, planning to tell his mother-in-law the next day and go to his sister's house to see her.

It was a very sunny day, the temperature had risen several degrees, and I felt hot in my cotton clothes. He Tu took out his spring coat from the cabinet, took off the heavy cotton jacket on his body, and changed it on, and suddenly felt a light sense of freedom, as if his body was much lighter. Cheng Jiahua went out early in the morning, and after he finished his family work, he went to the main room to ask his mother-in-law if he could go to see his pregnant sister, and take care of Cheng Yan for an afternoon by the way. Mu Shi was sitting with Cheng Tielong chatting, hearing her say this, Mu Shi's first reaction was to complain, and when he heard that Hedi's parents were also coming, Cheng Tielong said: "Since the in-laws are here, then you can go, it's convenient to see at night, invite them to come to the house for a light meal, I haven't seen your father for a long time." After speaking, he stretched out his arm and grimaced at Xiao Chengyan, wanting to make her laugh.

He hurriedly smiled and agreed, turned around and went out. She dragged the jar out from under the bed, took out the pocket hidden inside, put it in the old bag she had brought from her mother's house, and strode out the door with it on her shoulder. In order to save money, she did not take a ride and almost trotted in the direction of her sister's house. By the time she arrived, half an hour later, she stopped at the door, panting, and raised her hand to knock on the door.

Someone in the door answered, Hexin opened the door from the inside, saw Hetu covered in sweat, and hurriedly smiled: "Why are you here?" ”

"I'm here to see you, and by the way, look at this little guy hiding in your belly." He Tu smiled and touched her sister Shang Ping's lower abdomen, which was gently slapped away by He Xin. He Xin smiled: "People who have children, they are still so unserious, come in." She took Hetu into the door, and Hedi, as usual, went to inspect the flowers that were about to bloom, and after a few words of advice from her sister, the two of them went into the house holding each other's hands. He Tu took out the pocket in the bag, opened it and sent it to his sister, and said proudly: "Sister, look what this is." ”

"What?" Hexin looked at it and saw that the pockets were all the things she loved to eat, and she couldn't help but be surprised and happy. He Tu smiled: "I know you like to eat this, and what others make is not very suitable for your taste, so I specially made it for you last night." ”

Hexin looked at her sister with emotion, she didn't expect her to miss herself so much, she reached out and took a piece from it and put it in her mouth, a familiar taste suddenly invaded her mouth and spleen and stomach, she was in a trance, as if she had returned to her hometown, and said quietly: "In the past, during the Chinese New Year, I loved to eat this, but there were few of them, and the whole family had a point, so I could only eat a few bites, I didn't expect you to do so much today to bring, you really have a heart." ”

He Tu felt that her eyes were a little moist, she bit her tongue, calmed down her excitement, and said, "Now that the two of us are together, of course we have to take care of each other, otherwise who else can we rely on?" ”

The two of them chatted for a while, and then asked, "When are your parents coming?" My father-in-law said that it was convenient in the evening, so he invited them to my house for dinner. ”

He Xin glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and said, "I said that I came in the afternoon, and the car at one o'clock is estimated to arrive at two o'clock." When it's two o'clock, we'll pick them up at the station. ”

Jiafu and Cuiying came with a big bag and a small bag, along with a game. Originally, Herui was also coming, but because there was no one to take care of her at home, she couldn't help it, so she had to stay at home to watch the door. Because I came here to stay for a long time and left, I didn't have so many worries, I didn't bring clothes or anything, I only brought some family specialties, and by the way, I saw Hefu who was going to school. Hexin Hedi picked up the two old men and his sister, and then took a ride to the house, laughing and laughing along the way, so unhappy. He Yi was especially excited, she finally came to the city again after such a long time, and she felt as if she had returned to the time when she was in school, as if she had changed as a different person. She yelled that she wanted to go to Xiuhan's house to see Xiuhan, and Hedi explained to her for a long time, saying that Xiuhan was not at home now, working elsewhere, she didn't believe it, she had to go. He Tu was helpless, so he had to turn his head to look out the window, not planning to deal with her. Cuiying heard the conversation between the two, turned back from the front seat and smiled: "We only stayed for a long time when we came, you didn't hear your second sister say that you still have to go to your second sister's father-in-law's house, how can you have time to go to your Xiuhan's house, you are obedient." ”

"Then you go, I'll go to Sister Xiuhan's house by myself." He Yi was not convinced, and pouted and said.

"Are you listening?" He Du threatened, "If you don't obey, I'll send you back right now." ”

"Sister, how did you become like this now?" He Yi grabbed Hedi's sleeve and said dissatisfiedly, "I used to go to Sister Xiuhan's house, and you were obviously the most active. ”

"Where is it now?" He Tu took her hand away and reproached, "You are such an adult, and you still go to other people's houses, and you feel embarrassed to look at it." ”

"What's so embarrassing about this, aunts and uncles are very good to us, so they won't feel embarrassed because we go to see them."

"Then you go, you go." He said angrily, "You go now." ”

She looked out the window, was quiet for a while, and suddenly remembered something, leaned out of her neck, and said excitedly: "Parents, if you don't go back first in the evening, I will live in the eldest sister's house for a few days." ”

"You kid." Jiafu hurriedly said, "The field is going to be busy in the past two days, and it is when you need manpower, you stay here to play, and let your parents go to work in the field." ”

"Dad." Hexin hurriedly said, "It's still cold in the past two days, the seeds are not in a hurry to go to the ground, or let Heyi stay at my house for a few days, I am also very bored at home every day, just she is with me, I can still relieve my boredom, and I will send her back in a few days, how about it?" ”

He Yi was about to cry out if he was wronged, but when he heard the eldest sister say this, his expression changed, and he immediately became happy again. Jiafu looked helpless, so he had to agree, and told him to let Hexin watch Heyi well, and don't let her run around, this little girl is even more naughty than when she was a child, and she is very assertive, and she often runs away when she is at home. He Xin agreed with a smile, reached out and touched He Yi's hair, and asked, "Did you hear what Dad said?" You minx. ”

He Yi smiled obediently, leaned his head on Hexin's shoulder, reached out and gently touched Hexin's belly, and said, "I don't want another nephew to be born." ”

"I don't know if it's a man or a woman." Hexin smiled.

Seeing them talking and laughing so lively, Hedi was naturally very comfortable, but when she thought that the separation was imminent, when Hexin and Heyi would accompany her for a few days, she was only alone and returned to that dull home, she felt sad and reluctant. She clenched her hand tightly and kept talking to her parents, hoping that time would pass more slowly, and that time would stop now. But soon, the car stopped at the door of Hexin's house, drank a few cups of tea in Hexin's house, sat and chatted a few words, and looked at the happy Keyi who was playing alone, and was about to get up and go to Hexin's house. Hetu has always been very frugal, as long as she can not spend money, she does not spend money, and carefully saves those small gross tickets. But when her parents came, she was suddenly willing to spend money again, called a car, and the three of them drove to Hetu's house together. Cuiying fiddled with the pocket containing the specialty on the chair, and said uneasily: "I don't know if my in-laws will dislike it." ”

"Hey, they haven't seen anything, of course we're all gadgets, but it's just a show of our hearts." Jiafu said that he remembered the magnanimity of Cheng Tielong when he came to his house to propose, touched his beard, and was indeed a little worried in his heart, for fear that his in-laws would not be able to look down on this gift.

"It's okay, my father-in-law just invited you over for dinner, and he didn't say that he had to ask you to bring a courtesy." He Tu smiled, seeing his parents so solemn and a little worried, he felt distressed, "Don't think so much. ”

"Silly girl, they said they wanted to invite us to dinner, and we had to bring something on the table, otherwise wouldn't the balance of human relations be tilted?" Jiafu smiled, looking at his daughter, who had obviously lost several times compared to before she got married, she frowned slightly and turned her head away.

"You have to listen to your in-laws and follow them, so they won't be too critical of you, you know?" Cui Ying took Hedi's hand and said in a babbling voice, "Your sister doesn't have in-laws now, so I can't say this to your sister, but I want to say it to you." You live in someone else's house now, if the family is good and doesn't let you be wronged, that's a good thing, if they let you be wronged, you just endure it, don't conflict with them, otherwise you will be the one who will be uncomfortable in the end. Mom and Dad are far away from you and can't come to see you often, so you have to learn to take care of yourself, you know? ”

He Tu nodded, his heart mixed. Doesn't she know these words, how many women have endured grievances like this for thousands of years? It's just that she always has a breath in her heart, unwilling to let herself become that kind of angry bag, and unwilling to be so unscrupulously squeezed by others, she hates this kind of life, and always feels in her heart that she will change the current situation and live a better life than now. Thinking like this, the grievances and sadness in her heart lightened a little, she exhaled, smiled at her mother, and said, "Got it, Mom." ”

Soon arrived at the destination, the car stopped at the mouth of the alley, Hetu got out of the car first, put the heavy bag on his shoulder, but was snatched by his father, he wrapped the bag in his hand a few times, and said: "I'm coming, it's too heavy, you walk with your mother." ”

He nodded and turned back to help her mother. There is a steep slope from here to the door, and it is very difficult to walk up. The three of them came to the door panting, and saw that the gate was open, and some water was sprinkled on the concrete floor in the courtyard to prevent the dry dust from rising up and choking people. He couldn't help but feel comforted, at least they didn't feel that their parents were unworthy of hospitality, and they had the heart to clean the yard. She helped her mother into the door, shouted a few times to the main door, and Mu Shi came out. I saw that she was wearing a brand-new silk gown, her hair was neatly combed, and she had a polite and kind smile on her face, and walked towards them. Cheng Tielong then opened the curtain and came out, also wearing new clothes, dressed very solemnly. The two of them stepped forward one after the other, and politely greeted the same family Fu Cuiying, and invited them into the main room.

He Tu felt very new to what she saw in front of her, she had been in this house for so long, and it was the first time she had seen this kind of smile on the faces of her parents-in-law. She followed them into the door, ready to make tea, but was gently pushed open by Mu Shi. He looked at his mother-in-law puzzled, not understanding what she meant. I saw Mu Shi reach out and take out another pot of tea from the drawer inside, and put the outside can of tea inside. He Tu took a closer look, and it turned out that the jar outside was what his father-in-law used to drink, which was cheaper and ordinary, and the jar inside was a good tea. For a while, she felt very complicated in her heart, and she didn't know whether to be moved or surprised. Mu Shi pushed the tea in front of her, gestured with his eyes, and returned to his seat and sat down. He Di silently made tea, brought it to everyone one by one, found a bench and sat down in the back.

The four of them were chatting, all of them were short of parents. As he listened, he gradually felt bored in his heart, not knowing when they were going to talk about it, how nice it would be to spend this time chatting with his parents. Seeing that it was getting dark outside, she stood up and said, "Mom and Dad, I'm going to cook." ”

Mu Shi waved his hand, ready to say let's go, but Cuiying grabbed the front and said, "Just do whatever you want, let's eat as much as you like." ”

"How's that going to work?" Cheng Tielong hurriedly said, "You only come a few times a year, you must do something good." He turned his gaze to Hetu, "The dim sum you made last time was delicious, you can make some more, and besides, I just asked Kaki to buy some meat and come back, you can fry it too." ”

He Tu subconsciously looked at her mother-in-law's expression, and saw that the corners of her mouth twitched, obviously very reluctant, but for the sake of face, she still smiled reluctantly and nodded to Hedi. He answered happily, turned and walked out.

"She's going to be." He Tu thought excitedly, picked up the half barrel of oil with one hand, and poured it all into the pot with a vengeance. She kneaded the dough with the dough, then covered the pan on the cutting board and waited for the dough to rise. Then she began to wash the rice and vegetables, cut the fresh meat into dices, pour it into the steaming oil, and when the vegetables in this pot were almost fried and the noodles were launched, she began to make another pot of fire, let the oil heat up, and began to pinch small snacks and fry them in the pot. When the whole table was finished, it was already completely dark, she took off her apron, wiped her hands, found a plate from the cupboard, put the dishes in it one by one, and prepared to bring them to the main room.

"Ah, it smells so good!" Cheng Jiayi lifted the curtain and stepped in from the outside. The schoolbag on her shoulder has not been unloaded, her face is flushed, she has just come back from school, and when she sees the small snack on the plate, her saliva is about to fall, and she is about to grab it. He Tu hurriedly dodged away and reproached: "This is for the guests to eat, you wait for them to finish eating, you come back to eat." ”

"I'll just eat one!" Cheng Jiayi said anxiously, his eyes seemed to be glued to the dim sum, and he couldn't take it off.

He Tu smiled helplessly and said, "In this way, you help me serve the food, and I'll leave a few for you here." ”

"Really?" Cheng Jia nodded with a smile, hurriedly put down the schoolbag on his shoulder, took the plate from Hetu's hand, turned around and staggered outside. He Tu shook his head, turned around and continued to work, and when the dishes were finished, Cheng Jiayi stepped forward, stretched out his hand and said, "Quick, quick." ”

"You finished the food I made for you yesterday?" He Tu opened the door of the cupboard and asked lightly.

"That's it, I'll finish it in one night." Cheng Jiayi suddenly pursed his mouth, "It's not enough for me to stuff my teeth." ”

"Miss, your appetite is too big, right?" He Tu looked at her sister-in-law in disbelief, watched Cheng Jiayi snatch the plate in her hand, almost trotted to the table, sat down and ate. Looking at the wolf-eating appearance, Hetu also felt a little hungry, she served dinner, ate two bites casually, and went back to the guest room to accompany the elders.

"Why didn't you see Jiahua?" Towards the end of the meal, Jiafu suddenly asked. He turned his head to look around, looked at his in-laws suspiciously, and put down his chopsticks in confusion.

It stands to reason that when the father-in-law and mother-in-law visit, the son-in-law should be present to accompany him. But it's night, and Cheng Jiahua is still nowhere to be seen, which makes people feel a little rude. Cheng Tielong smiled awkwardly, turned his gaze to Mu Shi, Mu Shi looked at He Tu again, He Tu hesitated, smiled, and said, "He is working outside, maybe he is busy at this time, and he hasn't come back yet." ”

"Also, I didn't tell you in advance when I came, so it's normal not to be there." Jiafu said, looking back at his daughter worriedly. A few more people talked, and when they had nothing more to say, they got up and said they were going back. He Tu accompanied her in-laws to send her parents to the door, and when she was reluctant, she suddenly saw her father in the dark and gave her a look at her, and motioned for her to go aside. He Tu glanced back at his in-laws, then stepped forward and took two steps, and heard Jiafu ask in a low voice, "Jia Hua hasn't gambled anymore these days, has he?" ”

"Nope." When he saw his father ask this question, he replied.

"That's good, that's good." Jiafu breathed a sigh of relief, "Gambling on this thing kills people, you must watch him well, always urge him in his ear, and let him do something serious, this is the most important thing." ”

"Got it, Dad."

Jiafu nodded, and was about to turn around, as if he remembered something, he turned around and asked, "How much debt is left?" ”

He looked at his father puzzled, not understanding what he meant, "Debt?" What debt? ”

"Don't you know?" Jiafu looked at his daughter strangely and frowned, "Last time you went home, Jia Hua clearly told me that he owed some debts outside, which was quite a lot, and I also gave him money to pay off the debts, what, don't you know about this?" ”

He Tu looked at his father blankly, unable to react for a while. At this time, Cheng Tielong stepped forward, stuffed a box of cigarettes in his hand into Jiafu's hand, and asked him to take it back to smoke. Jiafu shirked it, saying that he didn't smoke, and stuffed the cigarette back. The group was talking, and gradually came to the mouth of the alley, Cheng Tielong stood on the road, stopped a small three-wheeler carrying passengers, and said to Jiafu and Cuiying: "You guys slow down on the way back, when you get home, if it's convenient, give me a call, we can rest assured." ”

"Okay, okay, you guys go back, don't send it." Jiafu helped Cuiying to get into the car, and then he also sat down. He waved his hand at the three people, and glanced at He Tu very worriedly, and saw that her expression was still dumbfounded, so he shouted, "Hedi, listen to your father-in-law and mother-in-law, be filial to them, you know?" ”

He was awakened by this shout and nodded hurriedly. Mu Shi was very proud when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Hedi, as if he was signaling something to her. But Hetu's mind was so confused that he didn't notice his mother-in-law's expression and gaze at all, and when the little three-wheeler disappeared into the darkness and the three of them turned around and walked back, Hetu gradually sorted out the messy yarn in his chest.

In the dark, she suddenly felt that Venus was rising in front of her, and there seemed to be a fire burning in her chest, she clenched her two fists tightly, gritted her teeth and looked at the road looming in the darkness in front of her, she had never been so angry, and she had never been so hateful, she couldn't wait to tear Cheng Jiahua with her hands now, so that he could never appear in front of her again.