At the beginning, when I saw Tao Yunfeng walking to Qiao Xinman with her son in her arms, the employer in front thought that they were in a family with a tight life, and they talked to them with a sense of superiority, but when she saw Tao Yunfeng driving a car of hundreds of thousands, the woman was puzzled: her daughter drives a car of hundreds of thousands, the family conditions should be good, and she still needs to let her mother come out to do housekeeping?

Listening to the woman driving in front of her, she thought that it didn't matter if this woman looked down on her, don't let her daughter be looked down upon, Qiao Xinman made up a so-so reason, and replied: "My daughter is good, she has a good life, her son-in-law loves her, and I am very relieved about her." She's doing well, I don't have anything to worry about, I've been worrying about most of my life, and now it's easy. As for me, I can't be idle, I'm bored at home, so I come out to do something, with a little cooking skills, do something useful, and earn some pocket money for myself by the way. ”

What Qiao Xinman meant by this is that she can't stay idle and wants to come out to do things, it's not that her daughter is not filial, so that she can't enjoy happiness at home when she is a lot older, and she has to come out to do things and work.

"That's right. The woman in front seemed to have nothing to say.

The car drove out of the parking lot, the woman talked to her child, and Qiao Xinman fell silent.

Qiao Xinman has been out to do things for two or three months, and she has been hiding from Tao Yunfeng, for fear that she will be unhappy, so she will not be allowed to do it.

Now that Tao Yunfeng saw it with her own eyes, she couldn't hide it, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Qiao Xinman was idle at home a few years ago, which was the meaning of the whole family, saying that she was old, and she had no cultural education, so she couldn't do a job with good pay and ease, and the work she could do was either low in salary or too hard, so she simply didn't want to work, enjoyed Qingfu at home, and took care of the family.

Women like her, who have no education or education, and no stable job, find it difficult to work until the age of retirement in their fifties and sixties, and generally after their thirties and forties, when the family conditions are slightly better, they will not come out to work and work at home as a housewife.

Now Qiao Xinman comes out to do housekeeping, doing part-time work, buying vegetables and cooking. There is no way to clean up the house and other work, the family spends too much, and the money is tight, so she comes out to do something and can earn some money to subsidize the family.

When Pei Yiming was not married, although he often spent money indiscriminately, he didn't have much money to spend indiscriminately, and now that he is married and has children, he has to spend a lot of money. His monthly salary is not much, his wife does not work, and the young couple have no control over their spending, they spend about the same amount in three or five days, and the rest of the expenses to support his daughter are not enough.

Yuanyuan is a healthy child, but he has a serious congenital heart disease, he has just undergone two surgeries, and he has spent a lot of money on hospitalization, and he will continue to be treated in the future, and he will have to continue to spend money.

Pei Hongqiu's job is not high, and he used to be just enough to support his family, but now he can't take out extra money, and he can't do it for a few years, and when he is old, maybe one day he will be called home to rest.

Buying a house and being born with illness are two major events, which have almost spent all the family's savings, and the family's money has become obviously tight. Paying off the mortgage and treating Yuanyuan will continue to cost money, and it can't be broken. Buying a house and decorating, let Tao Yunfeng post money, treat Yuanyuan, and Pei Hongqiu is not good at letting Tao Yunfeng post money again. After all, raising children and treating children is a bottomless pit that cannot be broken, and it is impossible for Tao Yunfeng to fill it.

Now that the family has no money, Pei Hongqiu is starting to worry. Seeing that there were more and more gray hairs on Pei Hongqiu's head, Qiao Xinman's heart became heavy, thinking that it would not be possible to go on like this.

Qiao Xinman thought about it, she still didn't want to be idle at home, come out to do something, earn some money to subsidize the family, save some flowers, and save a little for emergency use in the future. After discussing with Pei Hongqiu, Qiao Xinman couldn't do anything else, and all she could do was housework, so she found a housekeeping company, and after registering, she began to ask the housekeeping company to introduce the work.

Qiao Xinman has made a good dish, which is considered a bit of a strength, and she has been doing it for two or three months, and she has a little experience, and her employer is willing to look for her. She does it morning and night, and she is so busy that she can take on the work of two or three families at the same time, and after a month, the labor fees she earns are much higher than Pei Hongqiu's salary, but she is too tired.

Thinking that she would come out to do housekeeping, Tao Yunfeng might not agree, Qiao Xinman hid it from Tao Yunfeng, don't let her know first.

Qiao Xinman came out to do things, and the family was not as well taken care of as before, Pei Yiming didn't think there was anything, and his wife Liu Xinyue was all kinds of dissatisfied, but she didn't dare to have much opinion.

Tao Yunfeng went back with Zhao Jing to buy vegetables, but he was not happy in his heart, and after dinner, he left quickly.

After returning home, Jiang Yiqian and Old Man Huo came back, Tao Yunfeng took his son to Jiang Yiqian, and went straight to the east of the city.

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening and nearly ten o'clock in the evening, and when Tao Yunfeng arrived, Qiao Xinman had not yet returned home.

Pei Yiming went to work, Liu Xinyue hid in her room and didn't come out, so Pei Hongqiu talked to Tao Yunfeng in the living room.

"Can't my mother come back so late every day?" Tao Yunfeng asked Pei Hongqiu a little angrily.

Pei Hongqiu promised Qiao Xinman to go out to do things, and also helped Tao Yunfeng, he knew that he was at a loss, and he spoke more hypocritically than usual: "No, she usually comes back when she finishes things, sometimes she comes back early, sometimes she comes back late......"

Sometimes, at the request of the employer, I bring a change of clothes with me and do not come back in the evening.

Tao Yunfeng followed and asked again: "She didn't come home so late, she was outside alone, and she came back alone too late, aren't you worried?"

At night, the road is not necessarily safe, what should I do if I encounter bad people?

If the work is finished, it is safer to come out and take a taxi back, but Tao Yunfeng can be sure that her mother is reluctant to spend money on a taxi, and if there is a bus, even if she has to transfer two times, she will have to take the bus back.

A person who comes home very late, not to mention that the road may not be complete, and people are tired!

Pei Hongqiu must be worried, but in addition to worrying in his heart, he can't help it, he can't drive, if he can drive, he can also drive to pick her up. Besides, when he comes back from work at night, he still has to buy vegetables, cook, and do housework, and when he is done, the time is not early.

In the past, most of the housework at home was done by Qiao Xinman, and Pei Hongqiu sometimes cooked when he got off work early. Now when Qiao Xinman is not at home, the housework falls on Pei Hongqiu. Pei Yiming had to go to work after dinner early, return home at three or four o'clock in the morning, and sleep until noon in the morning before getting up. Liu Xinyue is taking care of the children at home, except for washing her own and the children, as well as Pei Yiming's clothes, she doesn't do anything else housework, if only she and Pei Yiming are at home at noon, she will cook lunch for two people, and sometimes she is too lazy to do it and order takeout.

Listening to Tao Yunfeng's questioning, Pei Hongqiu replied stubbornly: "After she finished her work, she took the car home directly, the road was fine, and now the security is good, nothing is wrong." ”

It was almost half past ten that Qiao Xinman returned home.

Qiao Xinman entered the door with a bag in his hand, his slightly bloated figure, walking step by step, slightly sluggish than before, and looking a little tired.

Tao Yunfeng watched her open the door and come in, and felt uncomfortable in her heart.

"Mom, are you back?" Tao Yunfeng got up and shouted.

"Yunfeng, I bought duck necks, I know you like to eat them. Qiao Xinman said, took out a small bag from the big bag, and handed it to Tao Yunfeng, like a long time ago, when her daughter was a child, she went out to bring her favorite snacks back to coax the child.

Tao Yunfeng looked at the duck neck handed to him, so he had to reach out to pick it up, but said: "It's so late, don't go home early, what else do you want to buy duck neck." ”

Don't think that if you coax her with a duck's neck, she won't care!

Qiao Xinman explained casually: "I saw that the shop selling duck necks was still open on the road, so I bought two by the way. ”

said that it was by the way, but in fact, she took a detour to buy it, and let Tao Yunfeng eat her duck neck, so it was not good to be too angry with her.

Waiting for Qiao Xinman to sit down and drink a glass of water, Tao Yunfeng asked her again: "Mom, you are fine at home, why did you suddenly go out to do things, and you still hid it from me?"

This question, when Tao Yunfeng first came over, he had already asked Pei Hongqiu. Pei Hongqiu's explanation was that Qiao Xinman insisted on going out to do things and making some money to subsidize the family, but he couldn't stop it, so he had to agree.

In his words: "You also know that your mother's temper, once you decide something, the nine cows can't pull it." ”

Tao Yunfeng believes that she understands her mother's temper, and she herself has inherited a lot of her mother's temperament. If it weren't for her mother's insistence, Pei Hongqiu wouldn't have agreed, and she kept it secret from her with her mother.

But Tao Yunfeng still wants to hear what Qiao Xinman himself said, why do you want to do housekeeping?

Knowing that Tao Yunfeng would ask, Qiao Xinman had already strung together the reasons, it was nothing more than that the family was short of money, and she could help a little bit, that is, to tell the truth: "Yunfeng, my mother knows that she will be unhappy, but if there is something, if you are not unhappy, don't do it." As long as I can do it, I still try to do it. It's not like you don't know what's going on at home here. I bought a new house, and I spent a lot of money, and I had to pay off thousands of mortgages every month, which was a lot. Yuanyuan was hospitalized for surgery at birth, and he spent a lot of money, but now it's just a little bit, and I don't know what will happen in the future. After these two things, the family's savings were almost exhausted, and he originally wanted to give Yiming the money for the wedding, but let him use it to buy a car. Your Hongqiu father's salary, except for the family's food and drink expenses, is not enough to pay off the mortgage. Yiming has a match, and the salary is not enough for them to spend on themselves, so they can't count on him. Now is the time when money is tight, while I can still go out to do things, earn some money to help the family is a little bit, and after these two years, a little looser, I don't do it. ”

Hearing Qiao Xinman say this, Pei Hongqiu felt ashamed for a while, blaming himself for not having the ability, and regretting that his son was not successful.