Li Xiaocan stood at the door with his son in his arms, looking at the other side of the road, like a woman who had returned from her husband in ancient times.

A familiar figure caught her eyes, and Zhang Gang happened to see Li Xiaocan and his son, and walked forward quickly.

"Baby, look, Daddy is here!" Li Xiaocan said to his son, who was eating his fingers and drooling everywhere.

"Son, I'm Daddy!" Chen Gang stepped forward and kissed his son.

"He doesn't know you, but he recognizes you when you play with him." Li Xiaocan said. When the son saw Zhang Gang, he didn't have an expression of excitement and joy, and his little eyes were full of strangeness.

"Hmm." Zhang Gang answered and walked into the house. The mother-in-law hurriedly handed over a cup of cold tea: "Gang'er, come and drink water." He walked up behind Zhang Gang and took off his backpack.

Zhang Gang took the cup, drank it with his head up, and sat down in his chair.

After Li Xiaocan put his son in the cradle, he lifted the kettle and poured water for his son to drink.

My father-in-law was watching TV in the back room, and he had a day at work today.

"Are you tired of traveling? Are things busy? The mother-in-law asked with concern, turned on the fan again, and blew at Zhang Gang.

"Fortunately, this customer is easier to talk to." Zhang Gang played with his phone.

After pouring the water, Li Xiaocan went to the kitchen to work again, it was 8 o'clock in the evening, and everyone was hungry.

The braised pork ribs still need to be reheated, the vegetables need to be washed and drained, the tomatoes are cut and put on a plate, the meat slices are coated in starch, and the chicken broth is still in the pressure cooker.

Li Xiaocan seemed to have practiced light skills and quickly shuttled through the kitchen.

"Yikes!" Li Xiaocan held the large enamel basin containing chicken soup, and after placing it on the table, he quickly pinched the earlobes on both sides with his hands.

"It's hot, isn't it?" Zhang Gang asked with concern.

"No, no." Li Xiaocan wiped his hands on his apron and went to the kitchen to serve food.

Four dishes and one soup were served on the table, Zhang Gang saw the red tomatoes, green vegetables, yellow chicken soup, sauce-colored lean meat, red pepper pork ribs, and suddenly felt hungry, and hurriedly gave a thumbs up, nodded and praised: "Ah, Li Xiaocan, when did you become so powerful?" After staying with my mother for a few days, my cooking skills are on the rise! ”

Li Xiaocan smiled bitterly in his heart, "With such a strict judge as your mother, can I not improve quickly?!" He only said, "You haven't eaten it, how do you know if it's delicious?" ”

Zhang Gang took a chopstick rib and raised his eyebrows: "It's delicious!" Li Xiaocan breathed a sigh of relief, the tight strings were relaxed, and he realized that the original relaxed feeling was so enjoyable! Only with Zhang Gang can she feel that she can breathe normally, this is a normal life, God knows what kind of life she has been living these days, and how depressed she has been!

"If it's delicious, you can eat more." , I don't know if the gas altar is closed tightly, Li Xiaocan got up and went to the kitchen to turn off the gas after speaking.

Father-in-law and mother-in-law Zhang Gang both picked up the bowl to eat, Li Xiaocan returned to the table and sat down, just picked up the bowl, "Wow, wow, wow......" The child cried, Li Xiaocan put down the bowl, took the bottle and put it in the basin, poured hot water to disinfect, and handed it to the mother-in-law after soaking the milk, and the mother-in-law fed the child.

Li Xiaocan just started to eat, and after eating quickly, she took the baby and her mother-in-law began to eat.

After dinner, parents-in-law and Zhang Gang watched TV in the back room, Li Xiaocan put the child in the car and began to wash the dishes, after washing the dishes, take off the apron, the child's pants were wet, Li Xiaocan found clean pants for the baby to change, and replaced the wet mattress and laid a clean urine pad.

"Wash the urine well, just rinse it in the water." The mother-in-law's voice came.

Li Xiaocan picked up the basin again, took the soap and began to wet his pants.

"Xiaocan, take a break. Does your leg hurt? Zhang Gang asked with concern.

Li Xiaocan remembered that he had said to Zhang Gang on WeChat before that the hand holding the child was sore and his back hurt.

The mother-in-law rebuked in an extremely irritable voice: "You haven't gone to the field to plant seedlings, you try the taste, a pain for more than ten days, today's young people really can't bear the hardship, I gave birth to a child at that time without anesthesia, hard pain, pain all night, just eight pounds of weight, I was stunned to give birth to a smooth delivery, now people are delicate, a pain has to be anesthetized, a needle more than a thousand, what do you say the current hospital earns?" It's all about making money from you young people who haven't suffered anything! ”

Li Xiaocan thought to herself, this Zhang Gang added to the chaos, obviously he didn't say bad things about his mother-in-law behind his back, Zhang Gang's words of extremely ordinary concern turned into a complaint and a bitter thing in the eyes of his mother-in-law.

Li Xiaocan found that her mouth was getting more and more clumsy, so stupid that she couldn't even explain, what to explain? The mother-in-law won't listen, and it's in vain to say it.

Li Xiaocan stuffed his head, so he took out the trash can and poured it out, anyway, he won't get along in the future, anyway, he will leave tomorrow, early in the morning.

Put on the garbage bag, the child is already asleep, and the mother-in-law and father-in-law are watching TV.

This is an old house with two small rooms, mother-in-law and father-in-law live in the room, 1.5 meters of bed, three people crowded, the corner of the wall is a roofless toilet separated by iron sheets, not only there is no exhaust fan, but also no ventilation window, which makes Li Xiaocan very embarrassed every time she takes a bath and goes to the toilet, especially when her father-in-law is there, she can hold it back, or go to the public toilet in the park to solve it.

Outside, there is a dining room, a living room, a bedroom and a corridor, with a bed, an electric car, a dining table, a few chairs, and a water dispenser.

The outermost corridor is both a balcony and a kitchen, integrating drying clothes and cooking, and after a long time, there is a layer of sticky grease stains on the drying rack.

These two rooms, together are twenty or thirty square meters, every space has been carefully planned, every inch plays a role, there are hooks hanging on the wall, boxes are stuffed under the bed, even the door is nailed and bags are hung, the narrowest place can only allow one person to pass through, and once the things placed on the table twitch, they will "click" and fall to the ground.

Li Xiaocan sighed, when the child learns to climb, there is no place to climb.

Early in the morning, my father-in-law bought steamed buns, pressed the pork rib soup, and at the dinner table, my mother-in-law asked, "Is the hitchhiker applauded?" ”

"Well, it's good." Zhang Gang eats steamed buns.

Li Xiaocan looked at Zhang Gang, not knowing how to mention the matter of leaving, so he only asked in a low voice, "What time is it?" ”

"Nine o'clock."

Li Xiaocan quickly finished eating and went to pack his luggage, Zhang Gang was still drinking soup.

"What? Do you follow along? Seeing this, the mother-in-law asked Li Xiaocan.

"Hmm......" Li Xiaocan put his clothes into Zhang Gang's backpack, and couldn't find an excuse for a while.

"Yo, you're reluctant, aren't you?" The mother-in-law looked at Li Xiaocan and suddenly smiled meaningfully.

Li Xiaocan was worried that she couldn't find an excuse, and as soon as her mother-in-law said it, she immediately pushed the boat down the river, made a sorry statement, and pursed her lips and smiled: "Ah, of course, after all, the newlywed has only been a year or two!" ”

After speaking, the stone in Li Xiaocan's heart was put down, and he was finally leaving!

After packing her luggage, Li Xiaocan went to the kitchen to wash the dishes again, and she didn't stop until she left.

Li Xiaocan made dish soap on the rag and began to wash the dishes, and her mother-in-law suddenly seemed to remember something, walked over, and asked suspiciously, "Why are you leaving?" ”

Li Xiaocan had to pull another reason: "Zhang Gang is under too much pressure alone, I'm afraid that he will work too hard, and I can take care of him if I go." ”

"Oh, and when are you going to have a baby?"

"I ...... I haven't thought about it yet, it's only been more than five months, and I haven't thought about a second child. Unexpectedly, her mother-in-law suddenly asked this, and Li Xiaocan was a little caught off guard.

"I calculated, next year is the Year of the Pig, the year after tomorrow is the Year of the Ox, the Year of the Rat and the Year of the Ox are not good, life is hard, none of the cows and rats I know have a good life, either divorce or be called as a cow and a horse. You have to give birth early, preferably next year, the life of the pig is okay! Before Li Xiaocan left, the mother-in-law made suggestions for the future of the couple.

Li Xiaocan's heart was bitter for a while, and he hurriedly excused himself: "Mom, the baby is too small, and it is very difficult for us to raise one now." ”

"Hey, what are you afraid of? Anyway, there is no way to live without money, and when you have money and regenerate, you don't know the Year of the Monkey! Take advantage of the young to give birth quickly, give birth to a pig baby with two together, besides, the second child is close to the next place, it won't hurt too much, or you don't go to work this half a year, give birth to the child. "My mother-in-law looks confident.

Li Xiaocan unscrewed the faucet to flush off the dish soap foam on his hand, and squeezed out a wry smile: "Mom, the baby is too small, born next year, I have to conceive this year, Zhang Gang's salary is moonlight, how can I afford it?" ”

"At the end of this year, I can pull a pig's tail next year!" The mother-in-law smiled and summed it up.

Li Xiaocan didn't know how to answer, a child would jump around, and if she added another one, she would probably be overwhelmed.

Giving birth to a child is a hurdle, giving birth to two, it requires the support of financial resources and manpower, let's talk about the most practical question, who will take care of Li Xiaocan and the baby after the second child? At that time, how much pressure was Zhang Gang, housing loans, car loans, living expenses of the family, and foreign debts, didn't Zhang Gang's hair turn white? Zhang Gang's temper is much more irritable than before, and in order to get more wages, he works overtime until more than ten o'clock every night; I have no income for a year or two, and I have been despised like this, and if I eat soft rice, I will be even more disgusted. At that time, everyone was too busy and tired, which was more likely to cause family conflicts, so she Li Xiaocan didn't want to live this kind of day of chickens flying eggs, jumping up and down, and being in a hurry!

The mother-in-law was still chasing Li Xiaocan and asked: "You will take care of your body in the second half of this year, and you will be pregnant at the end of the year, ah!" ”

Li Xiaocan put the bowl in the cupboard and kept silent, thinking that this mother-in-law's parting words were really unique, and she didn't miss every opportunity to control other people's lives.

"Alas, I'm here for your good, I'm a person who has come over, I know how to live, I'm also a woman, now you're young, finish giving birth early and complete the fertility task, and there are a lot of opportunities to make money later, don't worry about it for two or three years." The mother-in-law saw that Li Xiaocan did not agree with her point of view, and she was still persuading her mother-in-law.

"Xiaocan, the car has arrived!" Zhang Gang walked out with his backpack.

"Good!" Li Xiaocan wiped his hands with a rag, raised his head and straightened up, finally relieved! followed Zhang Gang out of the door.

"Mom and Dad, take care!" Zhang Gang waved at his parents.

"Mom, let's talk about it later. We're leaving! Li Xiaocan turned around and said.