20: Fig Leaf
"Starting tomorrow, if someone comes to borrow food, you just say it's not ....." Before Old Man Lin finished speaking, he heard a knock on the door.
He stopped talking, got up and went to open the door.
"Erbao, why are you here?"
"Grandpa, my mother asked me to come."
I'm afraid that everyone will not be able to wait for half a month, and it will be time to run out of food in the next few days...... Forget it, in the end, it's a family, Old Man Lin sighed and let Lin Erbao come in.
"Erbao? Why are you here? But you don't have anything to eat at home? Mrs. Lin said, throwing down the soles of her shoes and going into the vegetable garden to pull vegetables.
Although she didn't deal with the little prostitute, she couldn't see her grandchildren starving, and the poor ones were all skinny and skinny...... I haven't had enough to eat for a few days.
"Grandma don't be busy, I'm here to deliver something." Lin Erbao stopped Mrs. Lin, put the bowl she was holding on the table, and opened it to be filled with a large bowl of meat.
"It's... This ...... Where did this come from? Old Lady Lin frowned.
I brought a bowl of chicken yesterday, and I still served it today, isn't that little prostitute going to live?
No, no, no, no......
The little prostitute was afraid that she really had the idea of the ancestral house, otherwise how could she send good things for two days in a row.
Lin Erbao didn't notice Grandma's expression, put the five copper plates in his pocket on the table, and explained:
"This is all sent by my mother, and I said that I would eat it for grandpa and grandma, and my mother also said that I should bring a thank you, those dishes are very fresh...... The family is still waiting for me to go back to dinner, so I'll go first! ”
Lin Erbao ran away after speaking.
"Eh, eh!"
Mrs. Lin was stunned, grabbed the five copper plates, and ran out of the door to chase them, but saw Lin Erbao running fast, and disappeared after a while.
Mrs. Lin looked at the copper plate in her hand, a little crying and laughing, and secretly scolded: "The stinky boy runs so fast, and he will disappear with a smoke like a rabbit." ”
Turn around and enter the hospital and close the door.
The courtyard door diagonally opposite was half-squinted, and when she saw the old lady enter, the woman lying by the door also closed the door.
The woman is the second daughter-in-law of the Lin family, named Niu Xiaoniu, her face is not divided, and her mouth keeps thinking in pieces: "When I first got married, the old lady said that a bowl of water was flat, but it only took a long time for her to start quietly stuffing money into the big house...... No, I'll have to ask the old lady what she means......"
Before Niu Xiaoniu reached the door, a scolding came from under the courtyard wall.
"Don't go!"
Lin Lao Er smoked dry tobacco one after another, his skin was yellow from perennial labor, his big hands were dry and cracked, but his eyes were black and bright, with a trace of fine light.
"What time is it now, my father and mother are old, you have nothing to do with them, why did you break up in the first place, don't you have any points in your heart?"
Speaking of this, Niu Xiaoniu was angry in her heart, and gritted her teeth with resentment, "You are embarrassed to mention this, no one in the village knows that you are a younger brother, and you don't do anything every day, just thinking about your sister-in-law." This kind of scandal was about to spread outside the village, so you hurriedly carried me into your house, and I came to be the fig leaf of your Lin family! ”
Seeing a few children at the door poking their heads to look this way, the second child of the Lin family endured his anger and whispered: "You collect some for Lao Tzu, the children are watching, you have to live yourself as a joke, right?" ”
Niu Xiaoniu sneered, "Joke? I've become a joke since I married into your Lin family, you go out and see, the people in the village don't laugh at me, if I still care about this face, I would have found a rope to hang myself! ”
Lin Lao Er closed his eyes, unwilling to say a word to this kind of person again, turned his head and smacked his cigarette one by one.
Seeing that Lin Lao Er shut up, Niu Xiaoniu thought that she had won the quarrel, and walked into the house with her hands crossed her waist like a winning rooster.
Lin Lao Er looked at the thick, wide, and short back, and scolded in disgust: "It's unreasonable, crazy woman." ”
……
Wang Xiulian cleaned the pot, and Gu Xiaoxiao called a few children to help serve food and food to the hall.
Soon, four dishes and one soup were served on the table.
Lin Erbao smelled the smell of food before he entered the courtyard, and when he walked into the courtyard, he saw everyone sitting in the hall chattering, waiting for him to come back.
He suddenly felt a little excited in his heart, if only his mother could be like this forever.
In the past, the house was deserted, and it had never been so warm, and this was the first time he felt at home.
When thinking like this, Lin Erbao's steps became much brisker.
"I'm back, sit down! Let's eat! Gu Xiaoxiao greeted and began to serve the meal.
"Good!" Lin Erbao hooked his lips and smiled.
Lin Sanbao, who had been unconscious, also woke up at this time, rubbing his hungry gurgling belly, and looked at Gu Xiaoxiao cautiously.
His eyes were dark, some grievances and some fears.
The eldest brother said that his mother took them back.
Mother must be angry......
The Zhao family took their things and beat their mother, he and his eldest brother thought that if the silver didn't come back, then add a little blockage to the Zhao family......
Gu Xiaoxiao still knows the truth of not training children before meals.
She didn't say anything, just shouted, "Sambo, sit down and eat." ”
“…… Good. ”
At one meal, everyone had a good meal.
All the distractions in her mind were discarded, and Wang Xiulian rarely let go and ate more.
Everyone was faintly worried, but they couldn't help but indulge in it.
It's really because this kind of day is so beautiful, there is no scolding, no scolding, no ridicule, just laughter and laughter, and hot dishes and hot meals.
After a meal, Lin Sanbao was the only one who ate so nervously that he didn't even eat a few pieces of his favorite meat.
After eating, it was almost starting to get dark.
Everyone began to work in their respective duties, chopping firewood, carrying water, collecting wild vegetables in the yard, washing dishes, and boiling water.
Gu Xiaoxiao went into the house to get a set of clothes, and when she came out, she saw a quail standing at the threshold.
Ben ignored it, but she thought about it, and the psychology of children is relatively fragile.
With patience, she asked, "What are you doing standing here?" How can you eat so little at night, are you not hungry? ”
"No...... Mother......"
Gu Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows slightly, "Huh? ”
Lin Sanbao was full of energy, "Today's matter, I ...... Big brother he ...... You beat me, eldest brother, he just wants to protect me, and I brought it up to go to Zhao's house. ”
Gu Xiaoxiao stepped over the threshold and walked out, Lin Sanbao clasped his hands in front of his chest, closed his eyes in fear, his mother was going to do it!
The expected pain did not come, but an extra hand on the top of the head, gently rubbing it.
Lin Sanbao opened his eyes and widened his eyes in disbelief, "Mother......"
"Did your dad teach you a word? It's half the effort. ”
Lin Sanbao blinked, is my mother testing his knowledge?