The ox cart slowly arrived at Wangxing Village, Cao Shi wiped a handful of spit stars from the corner of his mouth, and reluctantly pulled the little hand of the willow catkins and said: "You girl, your mouth is sweet, and it makes me feel excited, next time I go to Xiawa Village, I will definitely go to see you." ”

Liu Fu scratched her head embarrassedly, along the way, it seemed that most of the time it was Cao Shi who was talking, and she would be able to make a long speech immediately, without even asking her what her surname was.

Seeing that the purpose was reached, it was impossible for the ox cart to really pull the two to Xiawa Village, Liu Wu awkwardly jumped out of the carriage with Cao's family, and said to Cao's family embarrassedly: "Auntie, forgive me, I panicked, I didn't go to Xiawa Village, but went to Wangxing Village's relatives' house to visit the door." It's not that I deliberately deceive my aunt, it's the mother's instructions before I go out, and the person who talks on the road, the more kind and kind the eyes, the more delicate the appearance, the more likely it is to be a kidnapper. ”

Aunt Cao was stunned at first, and then laughed and said: "Your mother is right, there is no big mistake in being careful, won't we get acquainted with each other in the future?" ”

Cao's is really a transparent and refreshing person, and his temperament has a good fight with Zhao's, not only did he not have the anger to hide the catkins, but he also did not inquire about the relationship between the catkins and the Liu family, but enthusiastically took the catkins and willow buds for a while, pointed to a dilapidated adobe yard in the westernmost part of the village and said: "Liuwu, that yard is the Liu family that you are trying every possible way to investigate, the situation of the Liu family that the aunt said, but it is as sincere as the aunt's people, you think about it." ”

Liu Fu nodded as a thanks, and Cao shook his head and left with a sigh.

The courtyard of the Liu family was quiet, and there was not even a single chicken raised in captivity by ordinary farmers, as if there was no anger in the slightest.

The adobe houses, the muddy walls, and the dead grass swaying in the wind, would have made people think that this place was uninhabited if it weren't for the smoke in the chimneys.

A woman held a hug of firewood in her arms, turned from the back of the adobe house, and saw two girls, one tall and one short, standing in the courtyard, her brows were wrinkled at first, and she walked closer with firewood in her arms, and saw the catkins and willow buds from above, and said suspiciously: "Who are you, which one are you looking for?" Passing by begging for water and food, there is none. ”

Liu Wu couldn't help but laugh, from the high cheekbones and yellow face, as well as the sour tone, he could also guess with his toes that this person must be the eldest aunt Wang.

Liu Wu's face immediately bloomed with a smile that he thought was the most harmless and innocent in the world, and he called out enviously, "Auntie, I'm Xu'er." ”

Wang's face was as uncomfortable as if he had been choked, and when he turned around, he ran into the house, closed the door tightly, and said eagerly: "Go away, we have no money to take you in." ”

The smile of the willow catkins was frozen on his face like this, and he didn't know which sentence he said wrongly, which expression he made wrong, so that the Wang family, who loved to be greedy for cheap, even didn't want lard and entered the house, which is not quite consistent with the legendary love of greed and cheapness.

Liu Wu not only did not leave, but walked to the door, knocked on the door and said: "Uncle, we are not here to run to you, but to give a gift to the festival. ”

The Wang family is still beating the drum in his heart, and the sister-in-law, who has always been so poor and sour that she can't even look down on herself, actually came to give her a gift of money, which is a strange news in the world.

You must know that in the past, because of the relationship between the Zhou family, every time he went back to his parents' house, he returned empty-handed.

The most important thing is that Wangxing Village and Liuhe Village, the distance between the two villages is moderate, and when they set off in the morning and took a ride to Wangxing Village, they just happened to be able to catch lunch, which is also the reason why Wang always beat Liu with words when Liu came, and even did not let him enter the house and drove away directly, because he stayed to eat, and he would waste money again.

This time, Liu did not come in person, only two girls came, and brought such a large piece of oily oil, there must be a demon when things happen, Wang's idea that instantly poured into his head was: Liu had an accident, and even died, leaving two children who lost money, Zhou drove out the child who had no father and no mother, and let him go to the Liu family.

Although he was reluctant to take in the child, Wang's greedy psychology couldn't be changed, and he didn't want to let the plate in front of him slip away in vain, so he owed the door a crack, only revealing a dead fish-like eye, and said tentatively: "Why didn't your mother come?" ”

Liu Wu grinned and said: "My mother is busy working at home, saying that she went into the house to talk to her grandmother, and left after sending the oil." Since my aunt doesn't like this lard, I and Ya'er will take it back. ”

"Is your mother really okay?" Wang opened the door a little more, with a look of disbelief.

Liu Wu's little face was put down, and his face was displeased: "Auntie, what you said is not looking forward to something happening to my mother?" ”

Liu Wu took Liu Ya's hand, turned around and left, Wang opened the door with a "snap", looked at the oil in Liu Wu's hand with his eyes, was ruthless, strode to Liu Wu, and said: "Now that you are here, you will go into the house to see your grandmother, drink hot water and leave." ”

Liu Wu took Liu Ya's hand and finally walked into Liu's house and saw the true face of Liu's mother's family.

Don't look at Liu's house is an adobe house, but it is spacious enough, there are four and a half rooms, the middle half is a room to add fire, two main houses on the left side, and two side rooms on the right.

Wang led the two sisters directly to the innermost room on the right, and there was a gray-haired woman sitting cross-legged on the kang, looking around with cloudy eyes, listening to the movement, her ears moving, and her face was very happy: "Shuhua, is Yucui back?" ”

Wang's face fell, and he said: "Mother, you are blind, don't say that Yucui didn't come back, but she came back, you can see what's going on." ”

The old lady was "blind" too much, she didn't care, and stretched out her hand in the direction of the catkins and willow buds, her eyes were cloudy, as Wang said, she couldn't see anything at all.

Liu Wu affectionately grabbed the palm of the old man's hand, felt the mottled marks on it, and made people's skin wear uncomfortable, and couldn't help but feel a little soft in his heart, and said slowly: "Little grandma, I'm Xu'er, I also brought Liu Ya, and a younger brother Liu Mao, his body is a little weak, I will let him come to see you for a while." ”

Sheng Shi trembled with excitement, tears seeped out of his eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Is your mother Yucui at home?" I scolded her so hard in the past few years, and she didn't come to see me for several years, is it a grudge? It's not that I don't want to see her, but I'm afraid that she will come back and get angry. ”

Wang was not happy when he heard it, and then Sheng's words were convincing: "Mother, it's better to listen to what you say, you have to say it clearly." You didn't let your sister-in-law come back, because you were afraid that your sister-in-law would start when she returned to Liu's house, and her mother-in-law would make it difficult for her to be angry; It's not like I'm coming to our Liu family, I'm angry. ”

Sheng sighed and replied "yes", so he didn't say any more, but sighed in his heart, how could this daughter-in-law Wang treat her daughter well?

Yucui didn't come with hope and returned disappointed, and the last time she did even more excessively, because it was snowing heavily, the Wang family was afraid of the wind and snow, and people didn't leave people in the sky, so they simply didn't even let Liu enter the house, and drove back directly.

At that time, the Liu family, who had just lost her husband, found out that she was pregnant with her posthumous son Liu Mao, and was excluded and treated harshly by the Liu family.

A weak woman, without the support of her mother's family and her husband, what status can she have in her in-law's family? He can only show weakness to everyone in order to gain a cone of survival.

Women, difficult, ancient women, even more difficult.

I have always felt that Liu's weakness is unbearable, and even hates the catkins who can't be made of steel, but suddenly feels that in fact, behind Liu's weakness, there is also a strong and unyielding shadow, which is the existence of it that I have been ignoring.

Being alone, after being betrayed by your relatives, still living reluctantly requires more courage than death.

She lives the greatest care for her three children.

Liu Wu, for the first time, wanted to take care of this weak woman from the bottom of my heart, in the name of not Liu Wu.

Because it was close to noon, the food was already hot in the pot, and even if it smelled a simple stewed dried cabbage and steamed noodles, it could smell a strong fragrance.

Sheng hadn't seen his granddaughter for a few years, so he was happy and said to Wang: "Shuhua, the two children have been doing an ox cart all morning, and they are a little tired and hungry, so you can put the meal first." ”

Wang's face was unhappy, and he retorted: "Mother, Benchang and Nong'er haven't come back yet, can't the master not be at home, the lady eats first at home, otherwise the people in the village should pay attention to my lazy food......"

Sheng was so angry that he coughed twice, with Wang's current appearance, where does he have a good reputation? I'm afraid it's so rotten that it can't be rotten anymore.

Otherwise, why is Liu Nong a good simple man with crops, and he hasn't said anything about his daughter-in-law until now, he finally ordered this, this condition came out today, and that condition came out of another day, leading the Liu family's nose away, and what is even more hateful is that Liu Nong separated after getting married, which is simply unseen, unheard of, and even more shameful.

Sheng slapped the kang mat angrily and said, "Shuhua, you just think of your mother-in-law and I am hungry and want to eat first, right?" ”

Wang shook his head again and said: "Mother, you are sincere and ruining my reputation, this dish has just been boiled, and it has not been stewed to a rotten degree, if you chew a hard swollen belly, if you can't go to the toilet, your daughter-in-law can't tell even if she has a hundred mouths......

Sheng was so angry that he coughed several times in a row, Wang hurriedly stepped forward, patted Sheng's back and said urgently: "Mother, don't be seriously ill anymore, our medicine residue has been fried three times, and it can't be fried anymore, and it will cost Lang Zhong to re-prescribe medicine......"

Wang's actions really refreshed the three views of catkins, Zhou's is not good, it is not good to be bold, say not to invite Langzhong, let you die of illness and don't invite.

This Wang's family, you should ask Lang Zhong to invite Lang Zhong, it's just this medicine, you want one medicine to be used as three medicines, five medicines, and the rest of today's cough will continue to boil tomorrow; The residue left over from cough this year has been dried, and if you have cough next year, you will continue to boil it without discussion.

Liu Wu really can't judge which one is more hateful, she or Zhou.