Chapter 20: The Hearts of Parents
After Father An waited for Liang to leave, he stood at the door and watched, he knocked on the door absentmindedly with a cigarette stick, but there was not even a trace of tobacco in the cigarette stick.
"Erya, you go and take a look on the road, have your aunt and them come?" I was still a little anxious when I stood at the door, and instructed Erya to go and see.
"Okay." Erya was about to go out as soon as she slipped away, but Dong stopped her and said, "It's raining, wait for you to go out and get wet." ”
When Father An heard his daughter-in-law's words, he also felt that his idea just now was a little inappropriate, so he said, "Okay, then you can go into the house, I'll just watch at the entrance of this courtyard." ”
He is very much looking forward to his daughter coming back, he didn't see her, he was always worried about this, worried about that, for fear that Zhang Zhen'an and other reckless men would be bad for her.
They used to be raised in the boudoir, and they were reluctant to let her do a little heavy work, and even the housework was when they saw that she was old and about to get married, so they let the Liang family teach her a little.
But now that he is married to someone else, he has to take care of the housework for him, and he even has to hoe the ground, he feels distressed when he thinks about it, last night, the two husbands and wives said a word to me, but they scolded Zhang Zhen'an for a bloody forest.
But what about after the scolding? After scolding, he still blamed himself, blamed his husband and wife for being useless, didn't save money, and even married his daughter in exchange for money.
At the small courtyard gate, Father An couldn't stand at all, only pacing back and forth on the threshold with his hands behind his back.
"Daddy!" An Xiu'er saw Daddy An from afar, and hurriedly waved her hand to him, Daddy An saw that his daughter was back, his cloudy eyes lit up, and he walked up quickly, saying, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back." ”
"Dad, it's raining here, why don't you wear a hat?" An Xiu'er said as she took off the hat on her head, put it on Father An's head, and said as she walked: "It's strange cold outside, why don't you come out to pick me up?" ”
"I didn't come out to pick you up, but I just came out to see something, and I happened to meet you." Father An said happily, he put the hat on his head on An Xiu'er's head again, and said, "Don't say anything else, come into the house, today your mother made your favorite braised chicken nuggets and pigeon soup." ”
"Dad, I'm not a distinguished guest, where do I need to spend money like this at home." An Xiu'er said and beckoned Zhang Zhen'an to go to the house together.
There was only a short way from the courtyard to the hall, and the three of them soon came to the hall, and An Xiuer and Zhang Zhenan took off the hat and hung it at the door, and then entered the house and sat down.
The son-in-law came to the door for the first time, Father An beckoned Zhang Zhenan to sit beside him, Dong helped to pour tea, raised his eyes, touched Zhang Zhenan's eyes, he nodded to her and thanked her, she smiled, poured him full of tea, put down the teapot, and sat on the side of the table.
"Dad, why don't you see your mother?" An Xiu'er asked, breaking the dullness in the room.
"Your mother is cooking for you." Father An replied and said, "I asked her to do it earlier, but she didn't go, so she stood at the door and waited for you, I said that you couldn't come so early, she didn't believe it." ”
"It's not because you asked me to cook, if I just stood for a while, wouldn't I just pick up my daughter." Liang came over with a plate of fried peanuts, she felt that she had fallen for Daddy An, and Daddy Ann deliberately split herself, otherwise she would have been the one who received An Xiu'er.
Besides, Dong is at home today, and it is not her turn to cook.
When Dong saw her coming, he pursed his lips and smiled, stood up, and went to the kitchen, while Liang sat down in Dong's position, pushed the peanuts to Zhang Zhen'an and An Xiu'er, and said, "Eat some peanuts first, and the rice will be ready immediately." ”
"Well, thank you, mother." An Xiu'er picked up a peanut with a smile and said, "The peanuts fried by my mother are the most crispy." ”
"If you like to eat, you can eat more." Liang looked at her daughter, her eyebrows were full of smiles, she peeled two peanuts and put the peanuts in An Xiu'er's hands.
Pulling her hand away, she couldn't help but be a little anxious when she saw two big blisters on her hand: "How did you get this hand?" ”
An Xiuer retracted her hand and explained: "We want to reclaim a vegetable field to grow vegetables, Xianggong went out to fish, I was idle at home, I secretly hoeed two hoes, but my hand was blistered, Xianggong came back, and scolded me, saying these things, just wait for him to come back and do it, I said I'm not so delicate, he didn't listen, so he didn't let me do it." ”
When Liang heard An Xiu'er say this, he originally had some thoughts of blaming Zhang Zhen'an, but now it has disappeared, and he only said: "You kid, if you want to reclaim the vegetable field, if you are not busy for a while, I will ask your father and your second brother to help you." ”
"No need, my father and second brother are too busy with the work at home, how can they help us, the two of us will take our time and we will be able to get it done soon." An Xiu'er tilted her head to look at Zhang Zhen'an as she spoke, and said coquettishly: "Xianggong, did you say it?" ”
Zhang Zhenan knew that An Xiu'er didn't want her father and mother to worry about her, so he deliberately did this coquettishness, but he did feel a little self-reproachful in his heart, and nodded a little uncomfortably, "Hmm." ”
An Xiu'er smiled at him again, put the handful of peanuts in her hand into his hand, and said, "You see, my mother kissed her so well to you, and she specially peeled peanuts for you." ”
Zhang Zhenan looked at the peanuts in his palm, pale yellow in color, round one by one, he reached out and picked one up, put it in his mouth, and two smiles came out of the corners of his mouth, "Mother-in-law's craftsmanship is really good." ”
Zhang Zhen'an entered the room, he didn't say a few words in total, he sat there, a little scary for no reason, and when he heard him speak, he still praised himself, and Liang's face showed a smile, "If you like to eat, eat more, and let you bring some back to eat when the time comes." ”
"Thank you, mother." An Xiu'er raised her face and smiled very brightly, the corners of her mouth were deeper, she pushed the basket on the table to the Liang family, and said, "Knowing that I am going back today, Xianggong went to sell fish early in the morning, and these are the gifts he specially prepared for you." ”
"Ah, that's embarrassing." When Liang heard An Xiu'er say this, he glanced at Zhang Zhen'an, and said, "Let my uncle break the bank." ”
"It's a little funny." Zhang Zhenan was a little embarrassed to be praised, God knows, if it wasn't for An Xiu'er reminding him yesterday, he wouldn't have known that today was the day she returned to the door.
"Look, mother, he bought meat, and bought you sugar, and bought a pot of wine for my father, I said that my father doesn't drink much bar, and he wanted to mention it, saying that this spring is wet and cold, and Dad, you can drink a little wine at night to warm up your body."
An Xiu'er said a few words, and Daddy An and Liang's faces were full of smiles, and they almost couldn't close their mouths with laughter, and Daddy An said straightly: "Let my uncle bother." ”
Liang also said: "Yes, my uncle looks like a rough person, I didn't expect my heart to be so careful, if I can always be like this, then Xiu'er will be handed over to you, then we two old men will rest assured." ”
"Yes, my father-in-law is good to me, so don't worry, Daddy." An Xiu'er said with a smile, "Although Xianggong looks a little vicious, but he is actually very kind, yesterday the yellow woman came to us to exchange fish, she only brought two eggs, four small bamboo shoots, but my Xianggong saw that her daughter-in-law did need to eat fish when she was milking, so I changed it to her." ”
"Well, my uncle has a good heart, but we had a misunderstanding about him in the past." Liang also nodded, listening to An Xiu'er's words, and now she looks at Zhang Zhen'an again, and she only feels that the more she looks at it, the more satisfied she becomes.
This Zhang Zhen'an, although he is older, but it does hurt people, and his appearance is actually good, compared to ordinary crop men, he has a little more momentum on his body, and he looks heroic, because the smile on the corner of her mouth is getting deeper and deeper, and she really peeled peanuts for Zhang Zhen'an.
But when she put a handful of peeled peanuts into Zhang Zhenan's hands, Zhang Zhenan was stunned and flattered.
Liang pulled Zhang Zhen'an and An Xiu'er and said: "That Huang Pozi has always been a stingy person, you must not be so kind in the future, Shengmi En's hatred, otherwise she will not only be grateful, but will come to exchange fish like this every time, you already rely on fishing for a living, how can you suffer every time." “
As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Zhenan and said, "Uncle is too, Xiu'er is thin-skinned, you should refuse her." ”
"Well, I remember." Zhang Zhenan nodded, humbly learning the way of life taught to him by the Liang family.
The more I listen to it, the more I think it's interesting, people and things, a small village, there are so many big truths.
Liang said a few more words on weekdays, the children in the family disliked her, and her son An Tiemu, who was still at home, has now married a wife and had children, if she said two more words, he didn't like to listen to it, and said impatiently every time: "Mother, I know." ”
But Zhang Zhen'an is different, he is not a person who talks a lot, he listens to everything Liang says, and he doesn't interject, he only nods occasionally, and his calm and dignified expression seems to be listening to her talk about something important, which makes Liang's vanity greatly satisfied.
In just half an hour, Liang changed her impression of Zhang Zhen'an, and now she sees Zhang Zhen'an as her mother-in-law and son-in-law, and the more she looks at it, the more she likes it, and she thinks that a calm man like him is actually quite good.
After Liang taught the two of them some principles of how to behave in the world, he asked, "By the way, why does my uncle always wear a face towel on weekdays?" ”
"Mother, that's not a face towel." An Xiu'er, who was sitting on the side, explained to Zhang Zhen'an: "My father-in-law's eyes were injured and he couldn't see the bright light, so he was blindfolded, I want you to take a good look at him today, and I specially let him take it off, and I don't know if his eyes are uncomfortable now." ”
Saying that, she asked Zhang Zhenan with concern, "Xianggong, do you have eye pain now?" ”
"It doesn't hurt." Zhang Zhenan shook his head.