(49) Clumsiness
The weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, the trees are getting louder and louder, and the earth dog tied in front of the commissary is also lying on the ground listlessly with its tongue extended, and the eyes of the thorny people with white flowers in the sun can't open their eyes. At noon, there was not a single passer-by on the main road.
"Oops, it's so hot this day, I'm afraid to go out!" The mother-in-law was blowing the air conditioner according to the remote control, and when she looked up, the leaves were not moving, and there was no wind at all.
"yes, it's too hot." Li Xiaocan sat on the bed next to him, teasing the child to play with a small bell.
"Baby, here and here! Look at Mom here! ”
The baby's head turned around, the two black grape eyes blinked, the mouth was curved, like a crescent moon, the smile overflowed like flowers, and the air was filled with a sweet fragrance.
Suddenly, a small fountain spilled out, and Li Xiaocan only felt a stream of heat passing by in his hand, "Ah, the baby is peeing!" Li Xiaocan exclaimed, and hurriedly picked up the child, but it was too late, the bed had been wet, and his son "drawn" a map on the mat.
"That's not enough for a dozen pairs of pants! If it's okay, you have to pee, how many times have I said it! The mother-in-law turned her head, her face already angry, threw the remote control on the table, stood up and picked up the child.
Li Xiaocan opened his mouth, remembering that his mother-in-law had said in front of Zhang Gang, "Li Xiaocan can't listen to other people's criticism", but he didn't say anything after all. She was originally opposed to giving the child urine, and the child peed too suddenly, there was no signal, she didn't cry or make trouble, but smiled.
The mother-in-law had already taken the child to the bathroom to pee, and Li Xiaocan found clean pants in the wardrobe and put them on the bed.
"Mom, let's wrap diapers," Li Xiaocan suggested.
"What's the diaper?!" The mother-in-law put the child on the bed, wiped the child's buttocks with wet wipes, and put on talcum powder, "There is so much money that there is no place to spend it?" Diapers on hot days are easy to get rashes! On a hot day, try it yourself every day wearing an aunt's towel to see if you feel comfortable! ”
Li Xiaocan was silent, and only took a towel to wipe the urine stains on the bed.
After the mother-in-law put on the baby's pants, Li Xiaocan hugged the child again. Their division of labor is clear.
"If it's okay, give him a handful of pee, once every twenty or thirty minutes!" Mother-in-law advised.
"Hmm", Li Xiaocan responded, threw his wet pants into the bucket, and walked out of the room with the child in his arms.
Li Xiaocan played music for his son, the two played for a while, "shhhhhh
Li Xiaocan didn't want to trouble her mother-in-law anymore, put the child on the bed, went to the balcony outside to get the clothes, and wanted to dress the child quietly.
Holding the pants that still had the residual warmth of the sun, Li Xiaocan turned around and saw that her mother-in-law was already standing in front of the bed, picked up the child, and said angrily: "It's wet again!" Why can't I always remember?! Every fool knows! ”
The sarcasm of her mother-in-law scraped on her heart like a blade, and she was stunned for a moment before she realized that her mother-in-law was scolding her. Li Xiaocan didn't speak, and handed the clothes to her mother-in-law, but her mother-in-law pushed it to the side: "Don't wear it!" It's still troublesome to wear! It's neat and naked! ”
Li Xiaocan's hand handing over the clothes retracted curtly.
The mother-in-law took the child to the back room. Li Xiaocan was left out to dry, and secretly swore in his heart: "I must work hard to earn money!" Get a babysitter to replace her as soon as possible! ”
The son was bare-bottomed, and he was also playing jubilantly, giggling.
Li Xiaocan adheres to the concept of "scientific parenting", checks on the Internet, and experts suggest that children should not be bare-bottomed in summer, as bacteria are easy to invade, which is not only not conducive to the formation of gender awareness and personal privacy of children, but also very easy to be injured.
Li Xiaocan couldn't help but be shocked when he watched a boy fall on the elevator with his bare butt and was pinched in the news.
"Mom, put pants on the baby, it's better to wear pants." Li Xiaocan took his pants and walked to the back room.
"What to wear?! Always wet, you wash your pants?! The mother-in-law asked rhetorically, the corners of her eyes were raised high, and she was slanting at this Li Xiaocan, who was "in opposition" with her everywhere.
"Mom, it's not good not to wear pants, there are too many bacteria outside." Li Xiaocan felt like a loyal minister in ancient times, risking being scolded.
"What are you kidding?! When my son was a child, he grew up running around with a bare ass running around in the chicken coop and crawling in the dog kennel, and he didn't look good! Are you tired of raising it like this?! The mother-in-law took Zhang Gang as an example and retorted loudly.
Li Xiaocan was speechless and walked out with his pants sullenly. As expected, the mother-in-law will not listen to other people's opinions.
Li Xiaocan will no longer be angry because of her mother-in-law, she has understood in incident after incident that her mother-in-law is prejudiced against her, and because she is prejudiced, she will oppose her again and again, because she is prejudiced, so everything Li Xiaocan does and says is wrong. I don't know if this prejudice started as early as when Li's mother opposed Zhang Gang, or when she proposed a bride price of 60,000, or if Li's father only gave a meeting gift to his nephew of 8,000, Li Xiaocan couldn't understand it, and he didn't want to think about it.
In fact, it's good to figure it out, if you clear it, you won't have expectations, and if you don't have expectations, you won't be disappointed, Li Xiaocan is dead set on her mother-in-law, she doesn't expect her mother-in-law to be good to herself, and she doesn't expect to communicate well with her mother-in-law, there is only one way to communicate, and that is Li Xiaocan's apology. Li Xiaocan, who is arrogant, has never apologized to anyone, but in just one year after marriage, he apologized to his mother-in-law twice. Fortunately, Mama Li didn't know, if Mama Li knew that her daughter, who had always been proud, apologized to her mother-in-law in a low voice, and didn't rush to her mother-in-law's house to make a scene. All the suffering in marriage, Li Xiaocan only swallowed it silently, the person is her choice, the marriage is what she wants to do, and she has cut off the way out when she had no hesitation. For the sake of the family, for the sake of marriage, she endured.
Although her mother-in-law took the lead in taking care of the baby, Li Xiaocan was not idle for a moment. Since Li Xiaocan walked in the door, her mother-in-law saw the substitute and hurriedly handed over the child to Li Xiaocan. Li Xiaocan felt indebted to the child, so he seized every opportunity to hold the child.
Whenever the mother-in-law holds the child, Li Xiaocan takes care of all the housework, cooking, washing dishes, washing clothes, mopping the floor, collecting clothes, taking a bath for the baby, putting water, taking towels, looking for clothes, taking out the garbage, soaking milk, pouring water, and holding the child whenever she is free.
Mother-in-law likes to eat fried fish, father-in-law bought big-headed fish early in the morning, in view of the fact that after her father-in-law was salty and scolded by her mother-in-law for cooking in the past, Li Xiaocan became cautious about cooking, she was not good at cooking, and she really didn't know the bottom of her heart for such a difficult dish as fried fish.
Li Xiaocan tinkered in the kitchen for a long time, washed and drained the fish, shredded garlic and ginger, cut green onions, cut red peppers, washed vegetables, and started to light the fire after everything was ready.
The mother-in-law was playing in the canteen diagonally opposite the child with her child, and Li Xiaocan was in the kitchen feverishly studying her mother-in-law's favorite fried fish.
"Bang", the flames of the gas stove jumped up, Li Xiaocan poured oil, after the pot was hot, he threw peppercorns, chili peppers, green onions, ginger and garlic into it, and the hot oil in the pot splashed, "Ah! Li Xiaocan only felt that the back of his hand was burned, and then a burst of hot and spicy smoke rushed straight to his nose, "Ahh
When Li Xiaocan wiped his nose, he smelled a mushy smell again, "It's not good, it's mush!" Li Xiaocan was afraid of the oil pot splashing with oil stars, so he had to stand far away and hurriedly threw the fish pieces in, "stinging", a puff of white smoke came out of the pot, Li Xiaocan threw the lid of the pot, and let the pot crackle.
Remembering that her mother-in-law loves to eat small pieces of fish skin that are slightly burnt, Li Xiaocan opened the lid of the pot and prepared to turn over the fish pieces, but when the pot was shoveled, the fish pieces were broken, and the fish skin stuck to the pot, what should I do? It's already paste, and then stick to the pan, it is estimated that this dish has been smashed, so let's ask my mother-in-law.
Li Xiaocan wiped a handful of sweat that fell into his eyes, turned off the fire, poked his head out, and called out to his mother-in-law at the commissary opposite: "Mom! This fish has broken skin, how can it be fried? When to turn over? When to put soy sauce cooking wine? ”
The mother-in-law came out with the child in her arms and gave the hurried Li Xiaocan technical guidance: "The spatula should stick to the pot, and if you move the shovel gently, the fish will not be scattered; It's almost ready to turn over, and now it's ready to put ......"
Li Xiaocan, who got the guidance, calmed down, in fact, she was not afraid of cooking, nor did she know how to cook, but she was afraid that she would not meet her mother-in-law's standards and be scolded by her mother-in-law.
Like a war, Li Xiaocan spent a lot of effort to cook the dishes, and the justice came back from work and could start eating. Li Xiaocan walked outside the commissary, only to hear the mother-in-law with a loud voice say, "...... My daughter-in-law doesn't know how to cook at all! Clumsy! Young people are terrible now! ......" The proprietress of the commissary also complained: "My daughter-in-law is not yet!" Every time, I come here after a lot of time, and I'm not waiting for me to cook for her! ……”
Li Xiaocan didn't think much about it, one foot had already stepped into the threshold, the proprietress had sharp eyes, and the words changed: "...... My husband can't cook! Hey, men are like that! ”
Li Xiaocan walked in, and her mother-in-law continued: "My husband's cooking is okay, it's better than my cooking......
Li Xiaocan sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, and before he walked to the sofa, he felt that he had come to the wrong time, so he only glanced at the baby and walked out without saying anything. Li Xiaocan felt that she was really clumsy, she usually made speeches at work and faced dozens of customers in the audience, and she was with Zhang Gang all day long, how could she get to her mother-in-law, she was cowardly, she couldn't say a word, she couldn't say anything, she couldn't say anything.
Li Xiaocan returned to the kitchen, sat on the chair, her heart was as calm as water, she didn't care about it, she didn't feel it, she didn't know when she had blocked the attitude and language from her mother-in-law.