Chapter 39: Travel

You will cook this year's reunion dinner, cook it for three or five years, and then you will evaluate me, don't play moral kidnapping. Every year because of your sister's affairs, I am already annoyed. Last year, she sowed discord, and Lao Tzu just forgot it for your sake.

It's been that year, don't ask Lao Tzu for any three obedience and four virtues. Lao Tzu left you, the same, without the fetters of your family, Lao Tzu lived more comfortable, freer and more chic. ”

Weizi stopped talking. The more Xiaoyu thought about it, the more angry she became, is it that men have enjoyed the dividends of marriage for too long, and they have forgotten that most women are financially independent now, and they no longer need to be attached to them. But the men's stereotypes have not yet changed, and there is a lack of respect for women, let alone labor.

Xiaoyu suddenly remembered that Engels talked about the essence of marriage in "The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State": "The modern family is based on open or secret female slavery. ”

"Marriage was created to make it easier for men to exploit and enslave women." Engels said hundreds of years ago that the birth of marriage is the deprivation and control of women's reproductive rights. The essence of marriage is to ensure that every man has his own slaveA woman's marriage is nothing more than "a one-time and forever sold into slavery." The cooking of the household lost its communal character, and the work of the wife was excluded from social production. But now the sky has changed, and women are also half the sky.

Thinking of the increasing trend of non-marriage in China, the difficulty of having children, which is a headache for the country, has a lot to do with the oppression and grievances that women now endure in marriage.

Xiaoyu thought that the marriage system appeared with the first division of labor and private ownership in society, and in the near future, with the equality of the economic foundation of men and women and the narrowing of the gap between men and women in the type of work, and with the development of science and technology to achieve reproductive freedom, perhaps the marriage system will die out sooner or later. But Xiaoyu can't see the dawn of the demise of the marriage system in her lifetime, and for the sake of her two children, Xiaoyu still has to struggle in the bitter sea of marriage.

As soon as Xiaoyu protested, and her mother-in-law insisted that she must go back to the house for the New Year, saying that this would be auspicious, just like locusts crossing the border, she moved all the oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea of Xiaoyu's family back to her home. Weizi objected: "There's no need to move it all. "We sometimes have to eat breakfast at home.

The mother-in-law said, "It's okay, anyway, you have to go over to eat, and you have to buy it and spend money, so it's convenient to bring it over." Then Xiaoyu found that in addition to a bag of salt and a few meters or two meters in her kitchen, there were only pots and pans.

Xiao Yu looked at the empty kitchen, thinking about whether to buy some eggs, milk, bread, steamed buns or something, and prepare breakfast during the Spring Festival in advance.

After Xiaoyu's strong protest, she didn't expect her mother-in-law to overcome the severe cold discomfort, endure the feeling of physical discomfort, and be very strong to cook for her daughter and son-in-law. Of course, Xiaoyu's family was also called over for dinner.

As soon as Xiaoyu entered the door, she saw Weizi carrying a few pieces of milk of various flavors, Dongdong carrying a large bag of dried fruit snacks, and her father-in-law carrying durian and other fruits into the door, and soon filled the coffee table. It seems that the three of them have prepared the New Year's goods, and suddenly the father-in-law gave Xiaoyu's ID card to Xiaoyu and asked, and Xiaoyu realized that they used Xiaoyu's shopping card to buy New Year's goods. Xiaoyu asked, "How much money is in my shopping card?" ”

The father-in-law said, "It's not much, a thousand yuan, we're running out." ”

Xiao Yu watched Dongdong eating durian in her heart, Weizi went to wash the cherries, and Xiao Yu's heart dripped. Dare to quarrel with Xiaoyu, Weizi will use Xiaoyu's money when he is angry, and buy whatever is expensive. I also used the money cleanly, and there was not a dime left. Weizi, you are taking Xiaoyu's way, so that Xiaoyu has no way to go.

Watching her mother-in-law gulp down braised pork, Xiaoyu knew that her cold would get better soon. Mother-in-law's acting skills are so poor, even if she wants to pretend to be sick, she has to pretend to be presentable, and it is easy for people to see through.

When she got married, her mother-in-law gave her a serious damaging reputation in view of the division between her brothers and sisters in the previous generation, and her mother-in-law made serious demands on Xiaoyu: Even if your sister does something wrong, you can't quarrel or make a fuss, etc., let alone let relatives, friends and outsiders see jokes, and the family is harmonious and beautiful.

Xiao Yu's previous generation was almost in this situation, and Xiao Yu was also deeply affected by it, and nodded in agreement. Therefore, Weizi's sister came back to rob her mother as soon as Xiaoyu was out of confinement, and did not agree with her in-laws to subsidize Xiaoyu and her husband to buy a second suite, and suggested that her in-laws should not bring a second child to Xiaoyu and his wife, etc.

Originally, Weizi and Xiaoyu discussed, the couple made a meal on Chinese New Year's Eve, but the mother-in-law cooked the meal by herself, the couple looked at each other, Xiaoyu said: Look, you ~ mother, the cold is free.

Weizi understood his own mother and kept silent.

The family was at least happy on face, so they discussed the travel plan. Go to the ancient city on Chinese New Year's Eve, go to the amusement park on the first day, visit the temple fair on the second day, go to the reeds on the third day, go to the botanical garden on the fourth day, worship ancestors on the fifth day, and rest at home on the sixth day.

Because she was pregnant, gave birth to a child, and Xiaoyu has been staying in the small city where she lives, only recently she went out and returned to her parents' house to relax, and Xiaoyu has not gone out for a long time.

The family pushed the stroller in the ancient city to play, although everyone has been to this place no less than a dozen times, but the feeling of travel is still very good. Feeling the open world outside, breathing in the lively and festive air, eating snacks, buying interesting toys, everyone's face is full of happy smiles, forgetting the previous unhappiness and discomfort. Especially for Xiaoyu, who is in a depressed mood, it does improve Xiaoyu's mood, maybe this is the benefit of playing.

The plan was very good, but Weizi and they forgot about Xiaoyu's body after giving birth, and followed them for two days, Xiaoyu's legs were seriously unbearable, and Xiaoyu's body after giving birth had not fully recovered, so they were not ready to follow them to play in the second year of junior high school, and it was good to stay at home alone to watch the broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala and watch variety shows.

In the third year of junior high school, when Xiaoyu's body recovered and she could travel with the large army, her nephew Hanhan stopped doing it. The main reason is that Han Han is dissatisfied that the food cooked by the unexpected mother-in-law is too light, and strongly asks to improve the taste. There was no way for the family to eat and had to turn to the hot pot restaurant to meet Hanhan's requirements for spicy food, when Hanhan wanted to continue to travel after eating hot pot at noon, Hanhan wanted to stay at home, Dongdong also stayed at home with his cousin, Xiaoyu was worried that Hanhan was also a child, and he couldn't take care of Dongdong at all, so he had to go home and stay to take care of the three babies, by the way: "You guys go to play, I'll cook at night to improve the taste, fry some lotus boxes, children must like to eat." ”

Lying on the bed, looking at the sleeping Xixi, Xiaoyu felt that her heart was too soft, she had made up her mind that she would never cook, why did she take the initiative to ask to cook now? I am a knife-mouthed tofu heart. Thinking of Weizi's sister, every time she goes back to her parents' house, her mouth is very sweet, all kinds of verbal filial piety, and her mother-in-law is very useful, but Xiaoyu didn't see her sister take a step towards the kitchen.

If you know that your mother really has a cold, shouldn't you cancel your plan to go back to your parents' house for the New Year, or go home and work hard to reduce the burden on your old mother? Anyway, Xiaoyu has never seen her sister take the initiative to cook a few meals for her mother-in-law. Even in other families, it is rare to see a daughter-in-law doing something like herself, and Xiaoyu feels that she is enough to be a daughter-in-law.

When they came back from their trip in the evening, Xiaoyu had already cooked a table of good dishes. Xiaoyu made Hanhan's favorite tomato ball soup, fried lotus box, salt-fried meat, and various vegetable stir-fries, and her father-in-law took a sip of purple potato sago dew and praised it endlessly: "Wow, it's so delicious, how is it something, how is it crystal clear?" ”

Han Han looked at his grandfather with disdain and said, "This is sago, we often drink milk tea." Oh. I guess you've never drunk milk tea, so you've never known that sago exists. ”

Xiaoyu said: "This sago is artificially synthesized from the starch of palm trees, and the method is a little troublesome, but it is good for the lungs and skin, I bought a lot, and I can continue to cook it for you tomorrow if you like it." ”

My sister suddenly said, "Sister-in-law, I'm going to go back tomorrow." ”

Xiaoyu asked, "Didn't you go to work on the seventh day of junior high school?" It's rare to come back once, so let's play for a few more days. ”

My sister said, "You also know my family's Hanhan, you know that you are staying at home and playing with your mobile phone, and I want him to go back and finish his homework." ”

Xiaoyu is not good at keeping guests, but I didn't expect my sister to discuss with Weizi the next day, anyway, the holidays are all playing, it is better to go to the city where their home is located to play, and now it is not good to go out of the market, so let's just go to play together. Weizi did not refuse, and the family set out to continue the trip. For the sake of convenience and fun, my sister orders food directly in the restaurant, which is also trouble-free. After playing for two days, soon the balance was already insufficient during the Spring Festival holiday. Before leaving, he gave the children New Year's money, considering that his sister's family now has only one child, Xiaoyu directly gave double the New Year's money, and her sister naturally understood and gave Xiaoyu's two children the original amount of New Year's money as usual.

Bidding farewell to his sister's family, Xiaoyu's family drove home, Weizi turned off the navigation by relying on his familiarity with the road conditions, but he didn't expect that there was a big traffic jam when he was about to reach home more than 20 kilometers. Weizi looked at the navigation and said, "There were two rear-end collisions in front, and it is estimated that it will take more than two hours to wait." ”

Looking at the darkening night outside and the fireworks blooming everywhere, Xiaoyu envied the countryside where fireworks could be set off without restrictions. Xiaoyu asked, "You didn't open the navigation?" ”

Weizi: "Well, at such a close distance, you didn't open the navigation when you fell asleep for fear of noisy you." ”

Xiaoyu sighed: "This is to eat a trench and grow a wisdom, if you open the navigation, we know in advance about the accident in front of the rear-end collision, we have already gotten off the highway and taken the provincial road, and now we have gone home early, why bother to be in such a dilemma on the highway now."