"Jia Wei, can you take a leave of absence and come home?"

"I'm working, what's wrong?"

"I see that my mother is doing good business today, in a good mood, and happy. I'll take you to meet her and tell you about our marriage. ”

"She's not going to kick me out again, is she?"

"Pi Hao said, try it, anyway, you don't do it once or twice, what are you afraid of. Besides, without her consent, we will never get married. ”

Du Manlin hung up the phone, just out of the phone booth, she heard the song "Intimate Lover" from the east end of the street, she hummed a few words softly, and then rode a women's motorcycle into the oldest laneway in the city, after seven turns and eight turns to the door of the deepest part of the lane, Kang's house, just set up the motorcycle and heard a violent cough from the house. She gently pushed the door open, and a puff of smoke came in front of her. She covered her nose with her sleeve, stepped in, and saw Kang's mother holding her chest and coughing with one hand, and adding firewood to the stove with the other.

"Mom, didn't Jia Wei tell you to use a liquefied stove, why are you burning firewood again." Du Manlin picked up Kang's mother and walked out of the house.

Outside the house, Kang's mother stopped coughing and gasped for air, her eyes were filled with smoke. Du Manlin rubbed her back while taking out a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

"Old man, I can't stand the smoke!" Kang Mu sighed, looked at Du Manlin, and smiled, "You are such a good girl, I Jiawei is his blessing to be greedy for you." ”

Du Manlin found another bamboo chair and helped Kang's mother sit down: "Mom, don't burn firewood in the future, use gas and electricity, so as not to choke your body, and you can't save a few dollars by burning firewood." ”

"Ahem, aren't you and Jiawei going to get married, the family is poor, you can save as much as you can, try to buy more furniture for you and Jiawei."

"Mom, you don't have to worry about it when you're old, I told Jia Wei, I married him to be a person, I don't want any furniture, and I don't think my family is poor. You take care of your health, and if you are well, you will save Jiawei a lot of money. ”

"Hey, Jiawei's father died early, and I didn't make much money by scavenging. Man Lin, you married into the Kang family, what a loss to you! ”

"No loss, no loss. Mom, sit down, I'll cook, and when Jiawei comes back and eats, I'll take him to meet my parents to discuss marriage. Du Manlin said, turning and walking into the house.

Kang's mother got up and grabbed her: "I can't help it, I can't help it, you haven't passed the door yet, how can I let you cook." ”

Du Manlin helped Kang's mother back to her seat: "Mom, I call you Mom, it's not a matter if you don't pass through the door, you can rest when you are old!" ”

Mother Kang shook her head happily: "What kind of blessing did I get from cultivating in my life, greedy for such a good daughter-in-law." ”

As soon as Du Manlin finished cooking, Kang Jiawei came back, and as soon as he stepped into the house, he smelled a fragrance, so he shouted: "Mom, what is delicious today, it is so fragrant." When I looked up, I saw Du Manlin wearing an apron, and I was overjoyed, "Manlin, it's hard work." ”

"It's not hard."

Kang Jiawei looked at the dinner table: "Yo, it's quite hearty, fried bacon with bamboo shoots, braised pig's trotters." Man Lin, it's different when you're in charge of the kitchen, it's fragrant from afar. Mom, Mom hasn't come back yet? ”

Kang's mother came out of Kang Jiawei's bedroom with a smile: "Mom is here, you see that you are a lot older, and you are no different from a child when you come back, so you know to look for your mother." ”

"If I don't look for my mother, who else can I find?"

Kang's mother secretly pointed at Du Manlin: "Looking for a daughter-in-law, your daughter-in-law is the one who knows cold and hot all your life." Mom, I can't take care of you. She kept her voice to a minimum, "You see how there is a nest in your room, you have to pay attention in the future, and leave a good influence on your daughter-in-law." ”

Kang Jiawei's ears were red when his mother said.

Du Manlin scooped up half a basin of water and handed it to Kang Jiawei: "Wash first, wash and eat quickly, and after eating, I will take you to my house to meet my parents." As she spoke, she dusted off his body, like a loving old couple.

Kang Mu stood aside and was happy.

After lunch, Du Manlin drove Kang Jiawei to Du's house on a women's motorcycle. Du's family is located in an old alley of the Xicheng Farmers' Market, Du's father and Du's mother are well-known fishmongers in the county, and they bought a stall in the farmers' market, where they shouted and sold fish all day long. Du Mu is notoriously powerful, both powerful and money-loving, born with a knife mouth, and speaks like lit firecrackers endlessly, not light or heavy. Du's father is known for his "strict wife", honest and honest, and kind. The two of them complement each other with a hot and a cold, so that their business has been very hot. In this way, he has accumulated a lot of money by selling fish.

Du Manlin estimated that her parents were still selling fish in the market, so she and Kang Jiawei went directly to the fish stall at the farmers' market.

Kang Jiawei shouted twice: "Dad, Mom." ”

Father Du replied with a smile on his face: "Uh, here it is." ”

The customers who bought the fish turned around and looked at the two of them, and a congratulatory sound instantly sounded on the field.

"Boss, boss, congratulations, I'm about to upgrade to grandma, grandpa!" "The young man is very handsome, and your daughter is simply a cowherd and a weaver girl, a perfect match." ”……

Du's mother picked up a big grass carp and threw it heavily on the board, and said in a strange tone: "I can't afford to buy fish, and don't pretend to be a turtle son, call my parents when I see people, don't think that if I shout my parents, I will give him a big grass carp." ”

These words were clearly directed at Kang Jiawei, and although Kang Jiawei felt aggrieved, he still greeted him with a smile.

But Du Manlin was enraged: "Mom, are you good at accumulating some virtue, you hurt other people's hearts like this, and you feel good in your heart?" ”

"You turtle girl, I'm your mother, why do you talk to your mother, you learned to turn your elbow out, I raised you for nothing, obviously he broke my heart, how can I say that I hurt his heart."

The customers did not know the reason and watched the excitement.

Father Du put down the work in his hand and led Du Manlin and Kang Jiawei to a secluded place: "Manlin, let me tell you, don't be in a hurry with your mother, she will jump if you are in a hurry." You take Jiawei home first, and then talk about what you have to do when you go home. This is the market, not a place for family affairs. Jia Wei, Manlin's mother has that temper, don't worry. He patted Du Manlin on the shoulder, "Go ahead, the fish will be sold out soon, and we will be back in less than half an hour." ”

Sure enough, half an hour later, Du's father and Du's mother came back with a fish basket. As soon as he heard the sound of footsteps, Kang Jiawei rushed out of the house to help Du's father and mother unload the fish basket.

"Don't be courteous, no matter how you behave, I still say the same thing, our Manlin and you are not in the right household. There is only one situation in which I want to agree to your marriage, and that is when I die, you can do whatever you want. Du Mu said angrily as she walked home.

Father Du followed behind Mother Du, shaking his head and sighing.

Kang Jiawei was stunned for a while, and then followed in.

Du Mu leaned on the sofa in the living room and gently beat her head with her backhand. Du Manlin poured a cup of tea and motioned for Kang Jiawei to send it over. Kang Jiawei was a little weak-hearted, but he still took the teacup, but as soon as he walked to Du's mother's side, he saw Du's mother suddenly straighten up and sit up, staring at him: "Didn't I tell you not to be courteous, this set will not work for me." ”

Kang Jiawei smiled with him: "As long as I am still with Man Lin, I have the obligation to honor my elders." ”

"Who said you were with Manlin? Kang Jiawei, let me tell you, it is Li Shijing who is with Man Lin, do you know Li Shijing? ”

Of course, Kang Jiawei knows that Li Shijing is a typical "second generation official" and "rich second generation", his father is Li Shimao, the largest real estate boss in Tucheng County and the president of Tianyu Real Estate Co., Ltd., his mother is Lian Yuejiao, director of the county finance bureau, and his sister is Li Shimei, deputy director of the county industrial and commercial bureau. Relying on his wealth and power, he was idle and unprofessional when he was a child, and he was a well-known swinger. But he fell in love with Du Manlin, the Li family has sent people to the door several times to propose marriage, and each time Du's mother generously agreed, but Du Manlin refused to live or die.

Kang Jiawei looked at Du Manlin, and Du Manlin shook her head desperately at him like a rattle, meaning that what Du Mu said was not true, she would not, and would never marry Li Shijing.

"Man Lin will never be with Li Shijing in this life and this life." Kang Jiawei replied very affirmatively and resolutely.

"Joke, Li Shijing is the 'second generation of officials', the 'second generation of riches', rich and powerful, if Man Lin is not with him, is he with you, the 'poor second generation', the 'second generation of scavengers', and the 'descendants of widows'?" Du Mu's tone was stern, and her words were full of insult and disdain.

Kang Jiawei's self-esteem was punctured, and tears oozed from the corners of his eyes.

Du Mu continued to sprinkle salt on his wounds: "Kang Jiawei, I ask you now, what can you give her if you marry Man Lin?" Gold and silver bracelets, houses, cars, folds... These are the fundamental, status symbols of a woman's happiness. How much can you give her? You can't give the same, if you can't give it, it's a naked marriage, and a naked marriage is a cheating marriage. You want to use your fantasy so-called love to deceive my daughter, and then let her get up early and be greedy with you for the rest of her life, day and night, for your Kang family, even if the family is widened, but people are old, what's the use. If you can't enjoy happiness for a lifetime, won't you love you for a lifetime in vain? ”

"Mom." Kang Jiawei laughed with tears in his eyes.

"Don't call me Mom, I'm not your Mom." Du Mu almost roared.

"Then, I'll call you Auntie, right?"

"Except for mother, mother, and mother, you can't call it, and you can do whatever you want."

"Auntie, what you just said is just one of the scaffolds of happiness, material desire, which is the material basis of happiness. However, it is not the satisfaction of material desires that makes people happy. There is another scaffold that supports happiness, and that is spiritual desire, people's spiritual needs. Only when both brackets are erected can one be happy. ”

"Do you have these two brackets? If you don't have one, you can't give Manlin happiness at all. ”

"Although I can't satisfy Manlin's material desires, I can give her happiness, because we really love each other, and we can't do without each other. This kind of happiness itself is a kind of happiness, a kind of spiritual and psychological happiness, with the support of this happiness, why not make a fortune! Auntie, I can promise you that within ten years, I will make Man Lin a happy woman who is both rich and happy in Tucheng. ”

"You are talking nonsense here, you are also talking to me about the future, I am looking at the present, if you can catch up with Li Shijing now, you have a house, a car and millions of savings, I can promise Manlin to marry you, if you can't do it, leave Manlin immediately, get out of my house, and don't step into my house for half a step."

Kang Jiawei's heart was completely broken, and tears rolled down his cheeks. He knew that Du's mother was determined not to accept him as a poor son-in-law, and his marriage with Man Lin was destined to be difficult and tortuous. He slowly turned around and looked at Du Manlin, it seemed that whether the two could finally come together depended on Du Manlin's attitude and position.

Du Manlin stood stunned and shed tears, her eyes were already full of tears at this time.

Kang Jiawei slowly approached her, stretched out his hand and hugged her into his arms, and cried loudly, crying and crying, and suddenly let go and ran out like crazy.

Regarding Kang Jiawei's sudden resignation, Du Manlin was at a loss for a while. She didn't know whether she should follow her mother and break up with Kang Jiawei and marry Li Shijing, or should she turn her face with her mother and run with Kang Jiawei? She can't make up her mind, let alone make up her mind, on the one hand, her life and death love, on the other hand, her biological mother, both of them are her favorites, and no one can afford to hurt or put it down.

At this moment, Du Mu's words made her make up her mind and make a choice.

Du's mother said: "Mom knows that Li Shijing's character is a little worse, not as good as Kang Jiawei, but his family is rich, and money can make ghosts grind in this era." If you marry him, mix tens or millions, if Li Shijing treats you badly, you divorce the marriage again, if Kang Jiawei is not married by then, you marry him again, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. ”

These words simply made Du Manlin mad, and she angrily shot back at her mother: "Mom, you said that Li Shijing's character is poor, and I said that your character is worse than Li Shijing." For the sake of money, you can't bear to ruin the relationship that Kang Jiawei and I have cultivated for more than ten years. You are too greedy and despicable, let me tell you, I will marry no one except Kang Jiawei, you want me to marry Li Shijing, satisfy your greedy desires, you can dream of it! ”

From birth to now, more than 20 years, Du's mother has never heard her say such outrageous words. Obviously, Du Mu's gunpowder jar was also ignited: "Du Manlin, you think that you have grown up, your wings are stiff, you can do whatever you want, and you can fly into the sky." You tell me, you have to marry Li Shijing, you have to marry Kang Jiawei, you are not my daughter, no, never. ”

Du Manlin burst into tears and pointed at her mother: "Do you think I rarely see you as a selfish, ruthless, and greedy mother." You also listen to me, if you don't agree to my marriage with Kang Jiawei, I will make you regret it for the rest of your life, I will make you worse than dead, and I will make you miserable. ”

She suddenly knelt down heavily at her father, kowtowed three times, and cried with a handful of snot and tears: "Dad, my daughter thanks you for your nurturing grace, my daughter can't stand you!" As he spoke, he got up and rushed out of the house with lightning speed.