After the father-in-law took off his helmet and washed his hands, he went to the commissary to call his mother-in-law home for dinner, and Li Xiaocan was serving the meal with chopsticks.

The parents-in-law carried the child into the door. "Hey, I think we used to go to the water conservancy again, and we have to keep track of work, and we have our own hands inside and outside the house! Planting seedlings in the field, weeding in vegetable fields, cutting grain and cutting firewood, feeding chickens and driving sheep, you have to rely on yourself, and you have to do everything by yourself! ...... "Mother-in-law is still looking back on the glorious history.

Li Xiaocan moved a chair and put it under her mother-in-law: "Now the era is different, you can't make money from farming, and you can't support your family." ”

The mother-in-law is still immersed in the bitterness of memory: "At that time, I was pitiful, I gave birth to a child at home, and there was a bed of inferior straw paper on the bed, and a bed of blood was pasted, how can you be advanced now, giving birth in the hospital, and a bunch of doctors and nurses are surrounding you?" Gang'er slept in the cave since he was a child, which is different from the crib now, when he was poor, what was made in the cave, do you know? What a straw! Now people pay attention to what silk quilts, cotton quilts! At that time, it would be nice to have enough to eat! ”

Li Xiaocan pretended not to hear, moved the small cart over, and lifted the awning: "Mom, put the child in the car." ”

The mother-in-law put the child down, and when she got up, she rubbed her back before slowly sitting down: "When I first got married, it was pitiful, my mother-in-law was just his grandmother, eccentric to his uncle, and didn't teach me anything. After I got married, I didn't know how to make the millet sprout, so I asked my mother-in-law, but she wouldn't tell me. I can only ask the aunt next door, and I don't dare to ask in front of my mother-in-law, for fear that she will think my family is ugly! ”

"Mom, I was like this before I got married, and I didn't know how to do housework." Li Xiaocan agreed, the subtext is that her mother-in-law herself has been a new daughter-in-law who doesn't know anything, and I hope that my mother-in-law won't blame her too much.

On a simple foldable table, there are three dishes carefully cooked by Li Xiaocan: stir-fried cabbage, stir-fried meat with carrots, and fried fish pieces.

I saw that my mother-in-law's chopsticks fell on the plate and sprinkled coriander, but in fact, the fish pieces were brown and black, and I grabbed a chopstick and slowly took a small bite.

Li Xiaocan stared at her mother-in-law's lips tightly, those two reddish-brown lips seemed to be a furnace that could destroy everything, and everything that was stuffed into it was grinded, crushed, and destroyed, only to see her mother-in-law suddenly frown and spit out: "Phew!" Bah! What does it smell like?! It's so bitter! ”

Li Xiaocan's heart finally fell: "Okay, finally don't worry about being scolded by you anymore, you have a chance, let's start." Li Xiaocan actually felt a little happy, compared with scolding and fear, the former seems to be simpler, not to mention that Li Xiaocan has formed a super ability to shield her mother-in-law.

Li Xiaocan numbly handed over the tissue. The mother-in-law took it, wiped her mouth, threw it into the garbage basket, and began to count it like a cannon: "The fire is too big!" Fry the fish on low heat, you know?! How expensive this fish is, one will cost more than 20 yuan, and a good dish is wasted! You have to be attentive when cooking, as soon as you smell the mush, you have to quickly add some water, which becomes black charcoal, how to eat it?! I can't say anything bitter! With that, he picked up the plate and poured it into the trash can.

After all, she can't cook, Li Xiaocan smiled wryly, she felt that her laughter must be more ugly than crying.

"Gang'er told me before, you can't cook, I don't believe it, I said that after eating for more than 20 years, I won't even know how to cook rice, I didn't expect that there are really people like you in this world, I can also open my eyes, just said that you cut vegetables and cut your hands, I said, 'Look at the good daughter-in-law you are looking for!'" City people are not like city people, and rural people are not like rural people! You can cut through every vegetable! 'You look like this, it seems that you have to study hard, and from now on, you will cook every meal!' See if you can learn it?! The mother-in-law said in a loud voice, with a smile of disgust and disdain on her face.

Mother-in-law's words are like autumn wind blowing off leaves, obviously it is the height of summer in July, Li Xiaocan actually feels a little cool. The mother-in-law's voice became higher and louder - "Look at the good daughter-in-law you are looking for!" People in the city are not like people in the city, and people in the countryside are not like people in the countryside", like a tight spell, echoing in Li Xiaocan's ears, one by one farther than the other.

Li Xiaocan came back to his senses at this time, it turned out that Zhang Gang was a rare treasure, and she Li Xiaocan was not as good as an old woman in the countryside! In the eyes of her mother-in-law, she is such an embarrassing character.

Li Xiaocan clenched her fists, and her fingernails poked her palms hurt, but Li Xiaocan didn't feel pain, she only had one thought: "I want to go!" I must leave her! ”

A meal is tasteless. Li Xiaocan felt that it was not interesting. I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place, why did I marry myself back in the first place? ! Before marriage, Li Xiaocan went to Zhang Gang's house for the first time, and the egg drop soup was brought to her bedside, and when she learned that Li Xiaocan was pregnant, how good her mother-in-law was to her, she personally delivered food to Li Xiaocan's office, afraid that Li Xiaocan would be so tired that she would see the leader resign her job. Oh, no, it's not that I'm afraid that Li Xiaocan will be tired, but I'm afraid that it will affect my baby grandson. In just one year, Li Xiaocan has become a waste of "rural people are not like rural people, and urban people are not like urban people", hehe, it's really ridiculous.

Li Xiaocan felt that her son was the only reason for her to stay here. If one day, my mother-in-law falls ill in bed, she doesn't know if she can serve willingly. She just wants to stay away from this person forever for the rest of her life, never live with her, never!

It was night, and the moonlight was shining brightly, quietly shining through the crack in the door on the blue floor. On the road outside, the sound of motorcycles "dripping, protruding, prolapsing" and automobiles gradually thinning out. From time to time, there was the sound of passers-by's slippers "da, da, da", and from time to time, slowly approaching, and slowly getting farther and farther away, until it was calm.

Li Xiaocan had insomnia again, she tossed and turned, like a pancake, picked up the phone and put it down, she didn't want Zhang Gang to be embarrassed, and she didn't want to sue in front of Zhang Gang. She typed and deleted, deleted and typed, and finally just a simple sentence of "I'm sorry, I tried!" I really can't get along with your mother, please understand. ”

In WeChat, after this sentence was sent, it was half past two in the morning. Zhang Gang estimated that he fell asleep and did not hear back.

Li Xiaocan looked at the lonely line of words on the mobile phone screen without any emotion, and suddenly burst into tears. She only felt that this house was like a tomb, and in this ancient castle, she became more and more silent and depressed, crying out, begging for help, and struggling, but in the end, she had no choice but to escape, away from here. She remembered that every time she had a dispute with her mother-in-law, she either apologized and was teased by her mother-in-law: "You quarreled with me twice, are you too little??" Either to explain that the mother-in-law thinks "too much heart, say a word you think so much!" Either Zhang Gang's message was thought by his mother-in-law, "Li Xiaocan, this person can't listen to criticism halfway!" ”

She no longer had any expectations from her mother-in-law.

If she gave birth to a daughter, she would definitely tell her daughter that when she fell in love, it was best to choose the kind of father-in-law who was in charge, and she didn't want her daughter to suffer from her anger again. She can not dislike Zhang Gang's family for being poor, she can not dislike Zhang Gang's education, she can not dislike Zhang Gang's size, and she can ignore the opposition of her parents, but she can't live easily in front of her mother-in-law.

Thinking about it, in a daze, she actually fell asleep.

Mudflats, endless mudflats, with unknown weeds, more than half a man tall. Li Xiaocan's legs were stuck in the swamp and he couldn't pull them out, so he only moved with difficulty, but he fell deeper and deeper.

Li Xiaocan shouted for help: "Help! Help me! "There wasn't even a single bird around. The body was still falling, and soon, the mud overflowed his knees, and Li Xiaocan was still desperately calling for help: "Help!" Help me! "But only the lonely wind, whistling by. The aquatic plants swayed wantonly, as if they were smiling.

Li Xiaocan lifted his right leg vigorously, but he stumbled again, as if he had stepped on the air, and the mud was as soft as cotton. The mud was almost up to her waist, and she screamed with all her might, "Ah, help me! Help me! Who's going to save me! She grabbed a handful of weeds in a panic, it was life-saving grass, but as soon as she lifted her left leg, the grass broke. She fell deeper.

The mudflats were up to her chest, and she was a little breathless, and she was about to suffocate......

"Wow, wow......" A baby's cry sounded, Li Xiaocan opened his eyes and looked at the old purple curtain above his head, only to realize that he had a nightmare. She breathed a long sigh of relief and rejoiced, her back was already drenched in sweat.

Breaking free from the dream, she is pulled back to reality - her son is crying. She slipped on her slippers and walked into the back room.

"He's hungry", the mother-in-law has already changed out of her pajamas, and her hair is neatly combed and tied in a ponytail. Li Xiaocan felt embarrassed again, he got up later than his mother-in-law, so he slept lazily, and hurriedly picked up the bottle to pour water to soak the milk.

After a busy morning, his feet did not leave the ground, and his son took a nap, so Li Xiaocan had time to look at his mobile phone. Zhang Gang replied to the message: "I went to Shenzhen on a business trip the day before yesterday, and tomorrow weekend, I will come over in the evening." ”

Li Xiaocan replied: "Okay", and didn't say anything more. She didn't expect Zhang Gang to help her criticize her mother-in-law, and when Zhang Gang ordered her to apologize to her mother-in-law, she knew Zhang Gang's position. She only hopes that Zhang Gang can face up to this irreconcilable contradiction between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, instead of dragging the two of them together like mud, and insisting that Li Xiaocan apologize and give in.

Although Li Xiaocan had made up her mind to leave, she didn't dare to tell her mother-in-law, for fear that her mother-in-law would think too much. just waited for Zhang Gang to offer to take Li Xiaocan away.

Li Xiaocan seized all the time to hold the child, she knew that it was time to separate again, this farewell, I don't know when I will have the courage to get along with my mother-in-law before I can come to see the baby.

As soon as Li Xiaocan thought of the baby, he was so sad that he just wanted to shed tears, poor child, what family did he meet, he was born more than a month ago, he was fallen, and the ghost door was closed, because his mother and grandmother were not in harmony, he was forced to wean, and he was forced to be a left-behind child, Li Xiaocan only hated himself, hated that he couldn't bear the humiliation, and hated that he couldn't make money.