"Xiaoping, didn't Liu Feng say that there are a lot of ribs at home! Why didn't I see it? He Mu put on an apron, walked out of the kitchen, and shouted into the house.

"The ribs should be in the third small tank under the eaves, covered with snow, and you should be able to see it when you clear the snow." He Xiaoping's angry voice came from the room.

Mother He walked under the eaves, lifted the lid of the third small tank, and shaved open the snow on it, and sure enough, she found ribs inside.

"Found it!"

The ribs are all cut, about two centimeters of small pieces, He Mu took a plate, went to two yams, peeled and cut into small pieces, first fried the ribs into browned on both sides, then added water and appropriate seasoning, after the water boiled, add the yam, simmer for half an hour.

He Mu's cooking skills are far better than He Xiaoping's.

On the big kang in the east chamber, two layers of quilts are spread, which are very soft, for He Xiaoping's confinement, Wang Chong can be regarded as having a hard time, and in the summer, he got the big kang here in the east chamber in advance.

He Xiaoping sat against the wall, with a blanket on her legs, a flower headscarf wrapped around her head, Xiaodoubao was full and fell asleep, Xiaorui sat on the kang, her eyes staring at the TV opposite the big kang.

The sound of the TV is not loud, it is Journey to the West, which was just released last year, but Xiaorui, who is only three years old, looks very fascinated.

"It's time to eat!"

He Mu carried a tray with a large plate of pork ribs and stewed yams, a bowl of steamed eggs, a fried cabbage, and white flour steamed buns as a staple food.

As soon as He Mu came in, Xiao Rui's eyes immediately moved away from the TV, staring directly at the tray in He Mu's hand, or staring at the large plate of pork ribs stewed yam with an attractive fragrance.

Although the conditions of the He family are good, they cannot guarantee that they will eat meat every meal.

But since I called Wang Chong's house, three meals a day, even breakfast, the sauce used to make fried noodles is fried with pork belly, and the buns are basically all meat filling, beef, mutton and pork.

It's only been a little over a week, and Xiaorui's white and tender little face is bulging at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

"Do you want to leave some for Liu Feng?" Mother He put the food on the kang table, and suddenly remembered Wang Chong, who had gone out early in the morning, and couldn't help asking.

"No, Mom!" He Xiaoping said with a smile: "He is going to a restaurant, not to another place, and he can have a lunch in the restaurant!" ”

The New Year is approaching, the lives of the common people are getting better and better, and the business of the restaurant is also rising with the tide, becoming more and more popular.

He Mu patted her head and suddenly said, "Yes, yes, yes!" Look at my brain, what is going on! ”

"You really opened that 'Good Luck Restaurant'?" He Mu still couldn't believe that such a big restaurant, the number one in the entire Yan Kyoto row, would be opened by He Xiaoping.

"Mom! How many times have you asked! He Xiaoping said a little angrily.

He Mu smiled: "I can't believe it!" ”

"Alright, alright! Let's eat first, you see Xiao Rui's gluttony. He Xiaoping looked at the big pot of pork ribs stewed yam on the table, and kept swallowing saliva, and a smile appeared on her face unconsciously.

Mother He looked at Xiaorui and scolded in a low voice: "The starving ghost is reincarnated!" When I saw the delicious food, my eyes straightened. But his face was full of smiles, and he didn't mean to blame him.

He Xiaoping hurriedly took chopsticks and sandwiched two pork ribs into Xiaorui's bowl, and said softly: "It's just out of the pot, it's still very hot, don't be in a hurry to eat, blow it, dry it, and eat it when it's cooler." ”

"Thank you, second sister!" Xiaorui said obediently.

The little girl was only three years old, and she didn't know how to use chopsticks, so she raised her hand and carefully touched the ribs in the bowl, and immediately retracted her hand from the hot one, but she didn't shout hot at all, her eyes were still staring, and she puffed out her mouth and blew on the ribs.

It's so cute.

Mother He took a white-flour steamed bun with her hand, scooped a bowl of soup, and put it in front of the little girl, "Eat some steamed buns first, it's also hot, and drink it when it's cool." ”

In the blink of an eye, it was the thirtieth of the Chinese New Year's Eve, He Xiaoping was sitting for two months, and there was still more than a month before the confinement was released, and Wang Zhong Hospital had already taken a holiday.

The restaurant is also closed, and there is a three-day holiday for the New Year, from the evening of the 28th to the morning of the second and third days of the Lunar New Year.

Wang Zhong was in the study, and He Mu had just boiled a pot of hot water, walked outside the study, and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Wang Chong's voice came from the study.

"Liu Feng, I just boiled the kettle of hot water, I thought that the hot water in the study has been a day, and it is time to change it." He Mu walked in, put the corner table on the table, picked up the hot water bottle in the tray and shook it, there was only a little bit left in it.

Wang Chong hurriedly stood up: "Mother-in-law, how can I trouble you about this matter, I will do it myself!" Don't be busy, just watch TV with Xiaoping and Xiaorui! ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm not on the way!" He Mu smiled and withdrew.

Wang Zhong shook his head helplessly and sat back in his chair.

He Xiaoping's mother is like this, she can't be idle, she always has to find something to do, and when she has nothing to do, she cleans up the house, from the main house to the wing room, and cleans up the inside and out.

After a while, He Mu came back with a thermos that had been filled with water.

Looking at Mother He's expression, Wang Zhong took the initiative to ask, "Mother-in-law, do you have anything to tell me?" ”

He Mu barely squeezed out a smile, and her eyes were a little evasive: "Liu Feng! I do have something to discuss with you. ”

"Then let's go out and sit down!" Wang Chong looked at He Mudao with a smile.

"No, no, just a few words!" He Mu waved her hand again and again, so that Wang Chong didn't have to get up, just sit.

Wang Zhong smiled and said, "Then what do you say?" ”

"I want to take Xiaorui back tonight, after all, it's Chinese New Year's Eve night, you see······" He Mu asked a little worriedly.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Isn't it up to you, if you really want to go back, I will send you and Xiaorui back later!" ”

"I told Xiaoping, but she wanted me to stay here! Spend Chinese New Year's Eve with you! He Mu said.

This is the reason why He Mu is looking for Wang Chong.

Wang Chong suddenly said: "Do you want me to persuade Xiaoping?" ”

Mother He immediately nodded like pounding garlic: "Xiaoping is still relatively strong in size and temperament, and she hasn't been confined yet, so she can't be excited, I'm worried about ······"

"I understand!" Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Don't worry, Xiaoping is not as fragile as before now, and her psychology is not as fragile as you think, let's go to her together!" ”

He Mu didn't say anything, but Wang Chong's voice suddenly changed: "But there is one thing, I think I should tell you in advance!" ”

He Mu's expression also changed, frowning, and looking at Wang Chong suspiciously.

"What's the matter?"

"Let's go and sit outside and talk slowly!" Wang Chong led He Mu to the side hall outside, and Wang Zhong poured a cup of hot water for He Mu.

Only then did he say: "You are Xiaoping's mother, it stands to reason that you are an elder, there are some things I shouldn't say, but Xiaoping is your biological daughter, I am Xiaoping's husband, some words may be a little offensive, but after thinking about it, I think I should still talk to you." ”

He Mu vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she wanted to know what Wang Chong wanted to say, why she suddenly said that, and she couldn't wait to say: "Since it's for Xiaoping's good, there's nothing that can't be said." ”

Seeing Mother He's attitude and listening to her tone, Wang Zhongzhong's worries went a lot.

"Xiaoping, who is much more sensitive and fragile than ordinary people when he is young in his heart, is there a reason for this, in the final analysis, there are two, the first is because of Xiaoping's biological father, but now that others are gone, let's not talk about him.

This second point is because of the family that you and Xiaoping's stepfather re-formed! ”

He Mu's eyes flickered, her face was not very good-looking, obviously Wang Chong's words had poked at the sore spot in her heart.

can think of He Xiaoping, He Mu endured the grief and no, looked at Wang Chong, with a hint of strength in her expression, as if gritting her teeth and said, "You go on!" ”

Wang Chongdao: "Xiaoping's stepfather knows how Xiaoping treats Xiaoping, you and I know in our hearts, but Xiaoping can grow so big with all beards and tails, and can also read, learn to dance, and enter the art troupe, Xiaoping's stepfather has made great efforts, although he does not love Xiaoping, but as a stepfather, he has done enough, and Xiaoping has always been grateful to him in his heart."

To be honest, I also admire him, if I were replaced, I might not be as good as him for someone else's daughter. ”

"But He Xiaojun and He Xiaoru are hostile to you and Xiaoping when they are young, and you know the reason in your heart, this matter is not right or wrong, but the damage to Xiaoping is real."

He Mu nodded, with a little sadness between her eyebrows: "I know, Xiaojun and Xiaoru, as well as Xiaofang, don't like Xiaoping when they are young, and often bully her, every time Xiaoping comes to tell me, I let Xiaoping endure it, and tell her that we are sending people under the fence ······"

As she spoke, He Mu's eyes were full of tears, and her face showed grief.

"Then do you know why Xiaoping practices dancing so hard, and why she wants to go to the art troupe?"

He Mu shook her head, but the tears couldn't be stopped, and they kept slipping.

"Because she wanted to escape from that family, she thought that when she joined the art troupe, no one would bully her."

Saying that, Wang Zhong sighed, and his face was full of sighs: "But what she thinks is too beautiful, and the reality is too cruel." ”

"She thought that the art troupe was what she dreamed of, a harmonious and beautiful paradise, but in fact it was just from one hell and into another."

"At that time in the art troupe, just because she liked to sweat more than ordinary people, she was disliked, no one was willing to partner with her, everyone disliked her, isolated her, and bullied her."

"Do you know how lonely and miserable she was at that time?"

The more Wang Chong said, the more He Mu cried, and she couldn't help but raise her hand to hide her face.

Wang Chong sighed again, and continued: "Later, I went to the field hospital, and finally got rid of the place where the art troupe made her uncomfortable, and then, when the war ended, we went back to Yanjing and got married, until today." ”

"Xiaoping has suffered too many injuries and experienced too much pain in her life, and every time she goes back to that home, she feels uncomfortable, but she still grits her teeth and goes back, because you are there." Speaking of this, Wang Chong paused and sighed.

"Do you know, Xiaoping has always told me that she doesn't have any wishes in this life, she just wants to have a home of her own, take you over, take her to her side, in her own home, no longer have to send people under the fence like before, no longer have to be bullied, you can live your own life with peace of mind, and you don't have to look at anyone's face······"

"Don't talk about it····· Don't talk about it······" He Mu grabbed Wang Chong's hand, and she was already in tears, crying silently.

"It's me who I'm sorry for Xiaoping, it's me who doesn't have the ability, it's me, it's all my ······" But even if she was crying, Mother He tried her best to suppress her voice, for fear that He Xiaoping, who was in the East Chamber, would hear it and make her worried.

"Mother-in-law!" Wang Zhong helped He Mu: "Xiaoping has never blamed you, she has always understood you, in that situation, you were a woman, with Xiaoping, a six-year-old child, helpless, and you were forced to helpless, so you took her to the fence." ”

"But if you can live, who likes to send people under the fence and be angry with others."

"In the past, I didn't have the ability and no conditions, but now it's different, Xiaoping and I have our own home, we have our own house, Xiaoping also knows, you now have Xiaomin, Xiaorui, she didn't think about it, let you draw a line with that family, after all, when you and Xiaoping were down, it was your father-in-law who took you in."

"Xiaoping just hopes that if you have time, you can come to the house to sit more, accompany her more, let her do more filial piety in front of you, and let you enjoy the joy of family."

Mother He got pear blossoms and rain, she couldn't cry, and even her snot flowed out, Wang Chong hurriedly took out a few tissues and handed them to Mother He.

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"You drink saliva first, calm down, I'll go to Xiaoping's place first, and do her work first······" Before Wang Chong finished speaking, his hand was grabbed by He Mu.

"Don't ······"

"No need!"

Mother He sobbed a few times, still crying: "I'm not leaving, Xiaorui and I will stay and spend Chinese New Year's Eve with you and Xiaoping." ”

Wang Chongdao: "It's best if you can think like this!" Xiaoping would be happy if she knew. ”

Although He Mu's sobbing voice was much quieter, the tears in her eyes refused to fight for anything, and kept falling, so she could only sob: "Liu Feng, you... You go first... Accompany Xiaoping····· I'll be there later... Wash your face and go over again. ”

"I listen to you!"

"Then I'll take a look!"

Walking out of the main room, Wang Zhong turned his head to look at the location of the side hall, the corners of his mouth raised a slight arc, and smiled.

Although it was a little trick, if the knot between He Xiaoping and He Mother could be untied, and the relationship between mother and daughter would be repaired, they would be happy, and Wang Zhong would not mind.

As long as the result is good, the means and process are not so important.

However, it is freezing three feet, not a day's cold, although He's mother is shaken, but she and that family have been completely connected together, unless one day He's father goes, otherwise, He Mu's no matter what, can't leave that home.

After all, He Xiaomin and He Xiaorui are the blood and blood of He Mother and He Father, they have been forming a family for more than ten years, and they have long been accustomed to each other's existence.

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At the beginning of the lanterns, the family stayed in He Xiaoping's confinement room in the east chamber, sitting on the big kang that was burning, and gathered around the kang table, He Xiaoping was holding the small bean bun that was eating in his arms.

Xiaorui was sitting next to He Xiaoping, Wang Zhong and He Mu were sitting on both sides, and on TV, the first Spring Festival Gala was being staged.

Xiaorui's hands and mouth basically never stopped, eating a few peanuts for a while, grabbing two red dates and longan for a while, peeling two white rabbit toffees and stuffing them into her mouth for a while, and occasionally taking the peeled oranges from He Mu's hands.

The little belly under the sweater was propped up, and it didn't take long for her to feel uncomfortable, and she cried directly, Wang Chong checked it, and immediately couldn't cry or laugh, hugged her to himself, and rubbed her belly carefully.

After a while, after a few full hiccups, Xiaorui's crying gradually stopped.

He Mu looked at Wang Chong in surprise and gave a thumbs up: "Liu Feng, your medical skills are good!" ”

"It's just a little common sense, Xiaorui is swollen after eating too much all of a sudden, you give her ······ like this" Wang Zhong gave He Mu a method of how to deal with eating and bloating, and He Mu pricked up her ears and listened very carefully.

The minutes and seconds passed.

Before the Spring Festival Gala was finished, the little girl dozed off, and fell asleep with her little head resting on He Mu's lap.

Mother He put the little girl behind, covered the quilt, and still followed her daughter and son-in-law to watch the Spring Festival Gala with great interest, until twelve o'clock in the evening, after the New Year's countdown ended, Mother He took Xiaorui, who was still asleep, back to the next room.

turned off the TV, and Wang Zhong and He Xiaoping also went to the kang.

"Huh!" As soon as Wang Chong lay down, He Xiaoping couldn't help but whisper: "What's going on today?" Mom told me in the morning that she wanted to go back? ”

Wang Chong smiled: "Apart from your husband and me, who else has this ability." ”

He Xiaoping came to Wang Chong's side, exhaled like an orchid, and asked curiously, "How did you convince my mother?" ”

Wang Zhong hurriedly moved his body out: "Stop, stop, you won't help extinguish the fire later!" It's still me who suffers. ”

He Xiaoping's face flushed, and she raised her hand angrily and slapped Wang Chong: "What are you talking about!" People are serious with you! ”

"Isn't that serious?" Wang Chongdao: "It's not like you haven't seen it when I'm not serious!" ”

"Oops! Just say it! He Xiaoping's face became more and more red, she twisted her body, she was curious and anxious, and her heart was like hundreds of ants scurrying around, and even her tone changed.

Both of them have been holding back for a while, Wang Zhong is uncomfortable, and He Xiaoping is getting better.

There's a word called eating marrow and knowing taste, and it's just right to use it here.

"Alright, don't ask!" Wang Chongyi grabbed He Xiaoping's hand, and his voice was slightly raised: "Hurry up and go to sleep, don't be blind." ”

"Humph!" He Xiaoping snorted, turned her head and turned her back: "If you don't say it, you won't say it, hum!" ”

Good guys, straight.

Since she became pregnant, He Xiaoping's little temper that she didn't have before has gradually come out.

However, He Xiaoping was angry for ten minutes at most, and she didn't need Wang Chong to take the initiative to coax her, she was fine again.

Wang Chonggang closed his eyes for a while, and after only two or three minutes of work, he felt a sinking on his body, and the familiar fragrance came to his nose, as if there was a faint milk fragrance.

"Husband! Just tell people! The soft and glutinous voice sounded in his ears, and Wang Chong's whole body trembled.

Good guy, is this still He Xiaoping?

Wang Chong suddenly lost his sleepiness, turned his head and widened his eyes, looking at the shining eyes in the darkness with some surprise.

"What are you doing?"

He Xiaoping didn't hear it, exhaled like an orchid, and a hot breath blew in his ears, and Wang Chong suddenly gasped.

Good guys, where did you learn this! I also learned to grind people with a soft knife.

This is the temperament of the king who eats soft and not hard!

If it weren't for the fact that she hadn't been out of confinement at this time, her body's immunity was low, and her pelvis and hips were still damaged to a certain extent.

"Don't!"

"I say!"

"Didn't I tell you it wasn't possible!" But now at this time, Wang Chong can only soften: "Don't wake up the little bean bag!" ”

Xiaodoubao is still sleeping most of the day, and it hasn't reached the most abrasive time, but it's hard to cry in the middle of the night.

"Snort!" He Xiaoping covered her mouth and secretly laughed twice, and hurriedly urged: "Speak quickly!" ”

After He Xiaoping listened, he was silent for a while, and then suddenly climbed Wang Chong's neck, and in the dark, stared at Wang Chong's eyes for a while, and then Wang Chong only felt that his eyes were dark, and his lips were covered by a touch of softness.

"Don't!" After being gnawed for a while, Wang Chong hurriedly pushed He Xiaoping away: "Your body hasn't recovered yet, and you can't ······ yet."

But halfway through the words, he was blocked back!

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