In the evening, Li Ying walked slowly towards the three gardens while knocking melon seeds.

When Gu Xuan rode his bicycle to the gate of the Third Garden, he happened to see the old mother who was spitting out melon seed shells.

She stopped her bicycle and whispered, "Mom." ”

"Hey." Li Ying's fat face trembled, and she asked, "Is it hot today?" Why don't you wear short sleeves? It's very hot here in mid-February, and I knew I wouldn't bring long sleeves, only short-sleeved shirts. ”

Gu Xuan is still wearing thin long sleeves, and explained: "My sister-in-law said that it will rain in late February and early March of the lunar calendar. You're too old to be careless and just wear short sleeves. ”

"Hey! It's hot! Li Ying didn't care at all, and took the lead in pushing open the door and walking in.

Gu Xuan pushed the bicycle to follow, and said lightly: "Sister-in-law also said that there are many people who catch colds in the rainy season here, and people with colds will be very uncomfortable at that time, their hands, feet and limbs are sore, and they can't get up from their heads and feet." ”

Li Ying didn't care at all: "Don't listen to her everything!" She's going to scare people all day long! ”

Gu Xuan said with a paralyzed face: "Sister-in-law is a native of Yucheng, we are not." She knows the climate and culture here best, I don't listen to her, can I listen to you? ”

Forehead?

Li Ying rolled her eyes, knowing that her daughter liked to scare herself the most, so she had to take a deep breath and turn around and walk forward.

At this time, the little tiger jumped down and greeted him with a smile.

"Grandma! Aunt Xuan! ”

Li Ying instantly smiled and said, "I'm a good grandson!" Good boy! Why are you going? Your dad is off work, right? “

Xiaohuzi replied crisply: "I asked Aunt Xuan to borrow her textbook to study." I went to the factory to find my dad after school in the afternoon, and I came back with him after work. Dad was drawing pictures in the study. ”

Li Ying looked around and asked, "What about your mother and aunt?" Haven't you come back yet? ”

"Not yet." Xiaohuzi rushed towards Gu Xuan.

The aunt and nephew talked and laughed, and then one big and one small walked to the study.

Li Ying didn't like the "oppressive feeling" of the bookshelves and walls full of books in the study, so she simply sat on the steps to enjoy the cool and continued to knock melon seeds.

Although the second and youngest moved back to live with Gu Xuan, they didn't cook much.

Gu Xuan came to Sanyuan for breakfast, and brought lunch to eat at school at noon. Gu Yixiao and his wife ate in the canteen in the morning, one ate on the construction site at noon, and the other ate in the canteen.

In the evening, Xiao Liangkou and Gu Xuan both had dinner in Sanyuan, and occasionally Gu Yi didn't need to work overtime, and Zhao Xiaoxing fixed dinner in Sanyuan.

If young people don't cook, she naturally won't cook, anyway, she will eat wherever they eat.

Morning and noon in the cafeteria, dinner also to the side of the three gardens.

In fact, she likes to come to her eldest son's place to eat, because the eldest daughter-in-law is generous, and there are meat and vegetables almost every meal, and the dishes are rich and delicious.

Best of all, she can be lazy, don't have to cook herself, and doesn't have to wash the dishes herself – it couldn't be too good!

It's a pity that Archie said that when Aunt Cai helps Qin Tiantian go back after confinement, she will have to go back to her hometown with her.

As soon as she thought of this, she couldn't help but regret it.

She didn't want to go back to her hometown in the capital, not at all. Every day, the house is deserted, she has to cook and wash the dishes by herself, and if she doesn't do it, she won't have to eat, and she is so uncomfortable.

During the day, I can go out to find neighbors to chat, and at night I am quiet alone, and most of the time I can only lean against the wall and eat melon seeds, and there is no one to talk to.

No, she had to find a way to stay, and she couldn't go back.

Her sons and daughters are all here in Yucheng, she is not here and relies on them to eat and drink spicy food, she can't stand it at all!

At this time, Gu Qi walked out of the study, went straight to the kitchen, and then took out a few potatoes and a handful of vegetables.

Then he sat on the steps and peeled the potatoes.

"Mom, you can't spit out the melon seed shell, remember to clean it after eating it for a while."

Li Ying didn't dare to refute, so she could only answer obediently.

Gu Qi has always been meticulous in his work, not slow or slow, even peeling potatoes.

Li Ying looked at her son's fair-skinned and slender hands full of mashed potatoes, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Your hands are for drawing and designing machinery, not for housework!" I kept the work until the women came back to do it. You're too busy with serious work to do this. ”

Gu Qi didn't raise his head, and said lightly: "As long as you work hard with your own hands, as long as it is legal and compliant work, it is all serious work." Mom, I can't finish the housework at home every day. If you don't do it, I don't do it, and other people can also do it, so what do we eat and wear. ”

Forehead?

Li Ying pursed her lips and asked, "What are you doing with your daughter-in-law?" It is to come to the house to do housework and take care of your life. If a man wants to make money and have a future, how can he hide at home all day and do such work! ”

Gu Qi said lightly: "This is your idea, not mine." In my opinion, I married my daughter-in-law because we love each other and want to have a happy family. Work should not be divided between men and women, especially household chores at home. The home belongs to both of us and my husband, not to my daughter-in-law alone. I also have to take on the housework, because I also have a part in this family. ”

Both of them are busy with their studies and careers, and their children are still too young to be counted on. Housework is done every day, and it can't be left behind every day, otherwise the family will not work.

When she's busy, he does a little more. When he went on a business trip, it all had to fall on his daughter-in-law.

If everything has to be taken care of, the family has to jump every day.

He doesn't always have a lot of accounting at work, after all, everyone works in the same department, he knows the most, and he has the most experience in design, so he doesn't mind taking on more.

That's true at work, let alone at home!

Others are just colleagues, just friends and colleagues who are not related by blood, but the family is related to his blood, and they love him, let alone lose it.

Li Ying secretly rolled her eyes: "Don't think I don't know!" She now goes out early and returns late, and she is not home every day! Little Tiger now depends on you to send it out in the morning and take it home in the evening. Take a shower at night, sleep at night, it's all yours. She's almost turning her home into a hotel now! You just spoil her! The more you spoil, the more you can't find the north! You—you're going to regret it sooner or later! ”

Gu Qi peeled the potatoes and placed them in the corners one by one.

Then, he began to pick vegetables.

"My daughter-in-law, I don't spoil myself, so who will spoil me? Well? Mom, will you spoil Xing'er? Is it possible? ”

Forehead?

Li Ying was stunned again, and ate melon seeds by herself.

"I ...... I won't get used to her! I'm her mother-in-law, an elder. What am I spoiling her for? She is a daughter-in-law, so she has to be filial to me! This has been the rule since ancient times, but I didn't say it myself. ”

Gu Qijun's face sank slightly: "You are an elder, but do you look like an elder?" Elders are role models, role models who walk ahead. You are lazy, you love to eat, you love to take advantage of you, you love to calculate, and you love to play mahjong and gamble for money - can an elder like you be worthy of the honor of others? ”

Li Ying's face was flushed with shock, and she turned away in embarrassment.

"But I- I'm still your mother! She is your daughter-in-law, and I am her mother-in-law! This can't be changed! ”

Gu Qi let out a low "um" and said, "I haven't denied it, and neither does Xing'er." All I know is how I told you to take good care of her when I handed her over to you. But when I came home at the end of the year before last, I found that she had been mistreated by you, and she was emaciated. When I was not in my hometown, she did all the work in the family alone. I couldn't help her back then. Now that she has to go to work and school, I can't help her, and I can only share some more housework. In our house, there is no distinction between men and women, and there is no distinction between hers and mine. ”

"But you're a man!" Li Ying was quite dissatisfied: "You are the head of the family, you are the father of Xiaohuzi!" Men have to have the dignity of a man and -- and the prestige of a man. Right! The prestige of men! ”

Gu Qi snorted lightly at the tip of his nose, and his tone carried an obvious sneer.

"If, for the sake of a little so-called men's face, the family has no peace all day long, people's hearts are disheartened, and the home is not like home - then what do you want this so-called 'face' for? The melon seeds in your hand can still be knocked and eaten. What good can such a face be? Can you eat, drink, or knock? Well? ”

Li Ying was speechless by the rhetorical question, and couldn't answer anything.

Gu Qi said again: "A man's prestige depends on working hard outside, relying on his own ability and talent to win, so as to gain the respect and admiration of others. If it is obtained by oppressing one's wife or relatives, what kind of prestige is it? ”