Chapter Ninety-Seven: Drinking to Kill Sorrows
After Sun Xiaohong left, she hadn't been home for more than half a month. Sun Guodong smoked dry cigarettes all night long, and the gloomy clouds on his face never appeared. Recently, he suffered from toothache again, and he often covered his cheeks with his hands, unable to swallow even soft grains of rice. One after another of analgesics, I take it every day, but I always don't see the effect. He always stays up late, his heart is too hot, it seems that there is something wrong with his eyes, and everything he sees is blurry. There are so many contradictions in the family, how can a few analgesics cure a heart disease!
Xiaohong's mother is still so nagging, when she doesn't go well, she is even more angry, her emotions are like blowing, and she is easily impulsive. After Xiaohong stayed, she was full of resentment, because she had no place to vent, she either beat dogs or scolded chickens in the yard, and she was suspicious all day long, which made the whole family very nervous. She is different from Sun Guodong, her temper is getting more and more violent, and she is becoming more and more eccentric, like a *, as long as someone mentions Sun Xiaohong's matter in front of her, her brain will explode immediately, and then she will be in front of everyone, like a bitter enemy, and she will talk about her grievances endlessly, until she has enough.
It may be that the more stubborn a person is, the more fragile his heart is. Xiaohong's mother is in her 50s this year, probably because of early menopause, and most of her mind is full of cranky things. She often complained to Sun Guodong at home, she had earned money all her life, she had never spent money, but she had never seen the shadow of money. I have raised children all my life, but I haven't raised a worry-free one, she said to the east, look to the west, she said to the south, look to the north, like the evil obstacles caused by the previous life, everyone can't get along with singing against themselves. Especially after Xiaohong went to live in school, she was unrelenting, like a demon, restless all day long.
She felt that she had failed too much in her life, and now that the child is older, she is about to fly, but she is calling the mountains and mountains to not answer, and she is not answering the water. Maybe she was too sensitive, and she had a mental problem.
Sun Xiaohong doesn't hate her mother for being harsh on herself, she just hates herself for not being angry. During the college entrance examination, even if she scored a few more points, she might not be what she is today. When countless disillusionments were shattered, she could only bow her head and admit that she had gone with the flow.
The moment Sun Xiaohong entered the door, she suddenly saw that the old man's face had changed greatly when she had just entered the house, so she stepped forward to say hello, turned around and went to find a basin to wash her face. The old man sat there in a daze, not knowing what to do. He walked all the way through the wind and sand for a day, exhausted from the bottom of the hill to the top of the hill, he was entrusted by the boss to be a lobbyist. But he didn't wait to say the purpose of this visit, and when he saw Ren Haoxuan behind Sun Xiaohong, his expression was extremely flustered, he sighed secretly, knowing that he had run in vain.
It's the first time he's been a lobbyist for someone at his age. If it weren't for the boss's repeated begging for him, he wouldn't have bothered like this. To do things for the boss, you have to do things well. If you think about it carefully, most of them are also for Xiaohong's good. But before he could speak, he touched the nail. Stared at Ren Haoxuan for a long time, his eyes were less warm, and his whole face became wooden. He shouldn't have come in the first place, as far as his identity is concerned, to put it nicely, he is a long-term worker who takes care of the home for the boss, and if it is not good, he is a scarecrow who eats mixed rice, standing in a position that is neither yin nor yang today, and he doesn't know what it will look like tomorrow.
Although his situation is a little humble, the boss is also good to him, usually shouting one by one, eating and drinking, he is content, and he knows gratitude. He wanted to take this opportunity to become an adult, but he didn't expect that his kindness would be so stupid that Ren Haoxuan would have the upper hand. When he saw the two of them talking and laughing, his eyes were full of avoidance.
When he was looking down and thinking about how to leave, he caught a glimpse of Xiaohong's mother coming from the window, he hurriedly walked out of the door and called Xiaohong's mother aside: "Xiaohong's mother, I came today for Xiaohong's business, now I say that it may be a little late, I have to leave after speaking, the boss is still waiting for me to go back from the fish pond!" The old man's heart was calm, and he attracted a burst of sympathy from Xiaohong's mother.
"It's hard for you to come and see Kankan, why are you in such a hurry? It's really good time for you to come today, it just so happens that Xiaohong brought the object back today, you have a meal together, and you can check the children. You stop here for a night, turn around and call the boss, tell it, and save people from worrying! Xiaohong's mother didn't seem to hear what the old man was talking about, and she still didn't know what was wrong, she was usually very shrewd, and when it came to the critical moment, the strategy in her mind was stuck.
"No, no! You see that Xiaohong has brought the object home, in front of the child, it's a little bad if I say this again, I won't make trouble here! Hurry up! With that, he couldn't wait to lift his leg to leave. He wanted to say that the relatives of the boss's family had prepared the meal and were waiting for the news that he had come. But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't speak anymore, and he felt that he couldn't stay long, so he wanted to leave quickly. Then go back and explain the situation to the boss, so that the family will die.
Having said this, Xiaohong's mother finally understood what was going on, just now, she was busy cooking, and she actually forgot about it. She slapped her head and said apologetically: "Xiaohong's matter, I've caused you trouble!" You said this child, she didn't listen to me, my father and I told her how many times, but she was just a tendon, and she couldn't turn around. When the child is older, the idea is right, and she doesn't listen to anything, and we can't figure out what her temper is. The other day, I said two things about her. She was okay, moved her luggage, and went to the school to go to the dormitory. I thought, as long as the child is willing, I don't care, and if I care too much, it's all hatred. ”
Xiaohong's mother said helplessly, thinking about how sad she was living in her life. She has said it all her life, she didn't have a father at the age of five, she followed her mother to the mercy of her sister-in-law, and after marrying into the Sun family when she was young, she was at the mercy of her mother-in-law. Now that her children are older and her wings are stiff, she still doesn't count. If she hadn't been strong and fierce, she would have been trampled into the mud by someone.
"It's all for the good of the child, and it's not troublesome. Originally, I wanted to persuade you, but Xiaohong has brought people to your home, so I can't say anything. This young man is very good, I also saw it just now, and he is much better than the children of our boss's relatives. The children are all good children, as long as the two of them are willing, you don't mix in the middle. Don't think much about it, listen to the child. I went back to talk to the boss, but there was nothing wrong with the boss. It's getting dark, I have to go! With that, he went away quietly. The night was blank, and after Xiaohong's mother watched him walk out of the courtyard gate, she felt very uncomfortable when she thought that Xiaohong was so ignorant.
It's hard to buy regret medicine if you have money, and you won't look back if you don't hit the south wall. She said this a thousand times, and her mouth was thinned, but Xiaohong just didn't listen to her, and ran all the way to the dark, and she couldn't do anything about her. Sun Xiaohong, who was carried away, may not have realized this yet. The child is the flesh of the mother's heart, ten fingers stretched out, and it hurts to bite any of them. But what if it hurts, the daughter she has cultivated with so many years of hard work has found such a family in such a daze, can she not be upset.
Grandma went into the city again to go to the aunt, and she had been there for several days. The fifth son was not at home either, and he probably went out to find his friend again. Inside the house, the dining table has been set up. Looking at the ordinary four dishes, steaming on them, this is like entertaining guests! Sun Xiaohong looked at it, and her face became extremely ugly. This is clearly discriminatory. I can't help but don't know how to cook, as long as Ren Haoxuan doesn't pick on it, this meal can only be eaten.
Sun Guodong sat quietly in the middle of the seat, Ren Haoxuan sat next to him, he picked up the wine bottle, filled the wine glass, put it in front of him, and then poured himself another glass. After a glass of wine, his copper-colored face immediately turned red, he took a bite of the dish and put it in his mouth and chewed it, and after swallowing, he put the chopsticks on the table upright.
"Haoxuan, today is the first time you came to the house to drink, Uncle is very happy. Come, let's have another drink! When the wine was full, he took it again. Sun Xiaohong saw him pouring wine one after another, and knew that his father was drinking stuffy wine, so he snatched the wine glass in his hand and said, "Dad, you have a bad stomach, don't drink it!" Drink it again, it's time to take stomach medicine again! ”
"It's okay, your dad and I have never been drunk, you see, Haoxuan came to our house for the first time, and my dad was happy! Dad is just happy, he drank so much wine, your dad and I have a lot, Haoxuan is here, how can you do it without drinking! "A of neck, a two-tael wine glass, he drank it all. Dad was drunk, his lips were churning, Sun Xiaohong saw a line of tears rolling out of his drunken eyes, and hurriedly went over to help him rest. "Dad, you've drunk too much, hurry up and lie down on the kang for a while! If you drink like this again, will you have problems with your body? Sun Xiaohong said as she held his arm.
"I didn't drink much! The water of the Songhua River is not dry, the thin water flows for a long time, how can I get drunk! The first time Hao Xuan came to our house, I was very happy, and I was even happier to see him pour me wine! You don't have to come and help me, I'm not drunk! Sun Guodong staggered up from his chair, he couldn't even tell the difference between southeast and northwest, and he raised his leg and stepped forward. Where is he happy, he is clearly masochistic, and he is clearly using alcohol to kill his sorrows. Sun Xiaohong hurriedly helped him to lie down on the kang, and was relieved to see him snoring motionlessly.
When her mother saw Sun Guodong drinking like this, she secretly went to the kitchen and cried secretly. She just couldn't understand how the child she had worked so hard to cultivate, if she didn't take such a spacious road, how could she run into darkness with a small road?
Looking at the table of food, there was a lot of commotion, and Sun Xiaohong no longer had the appetite to eat.