Chen Xiao really doesn't smoke.

He blows half and the wind pumps half.

Smoking a cigarette, the funny Lin Xi laughed all the way back and forth.

If she hadn't been smart enough to hold her mother-in-law's arm, she would have to be helped by Chen Xiao.

When the family finally arrived home, Yang Ying hurriedly tied an apron.

"You said you two didn't say hello in advance when you came back, you had to send a message halfway. In a hurry, I didn't even get my food ready. ”

Lin Xi smiled and said, "Mom, we are not guests, as long as there are fish to eat!" ”

"There are fish, your dad just caught them in the afternoon, but it's work!"

"Then let's cook the fish and eat it." Lin Xi pulled her mother-in-law into the kitchen.

Chen Xiao watched his father light another cigarette, and wanted to remind him, but after thinking about it, Lao Chen should have something on his mind at this time, let him smoke.

Waiting for this cigarette to finish again, Chen Lie stepped on the cigarette butt and asked, "What is the big case that went to Qingxi?" ”

"Sort of, if we let Dongzhou go, it's not small."

Chen Lie nodded: "It's really good." ”

After saying these three words, Chen Lie fell silent.

But Chen Xiao could see that his mind had drifted far away, which made Chen Xiao can't help asking:

"Dad, do you have something you want me to talk to?"

Chen Lie came back to his senses, patted the cigarette ash that had just accidentally fallen on his sleeve, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, right...... Are you going back early tomorrow morning? ”

"No, let's stay at home for three days this time."

Chen Lie was surprised: "Xiaoxi doesn't go to work?" ”

"It's just that she misses the two of you, saying that she misses the fish made by her mother and misses going fishing with you. So I asked them for three days off, so I waited a few days before going back. ”

The smile on Chen Lie's face was even worse: "Don't say anything else, it's really not true that you pick your daughter-in-law's vision." Now many people's daughters-in-law wish to be as far away from the old man as possible, but she wants to come back to accompany us as long as she has a holiday. ”

"Hey, that's!"

"Don't be proud, I don't care what you had in mind or what you couldn't help yourself, now that you've changed, don't make any more mistakes. If you really dare to make another mistake, I promise to change the household registration book the next day and erase your name directly! ”

Chen Xiao hurriedly said: "Don't don't, this is not a joke. ”

Seeing Chen Xiao pretending, Chen Lie couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay, I'll go see if your mother has laid out the quilt." ”

"I'd better go."

"Sit on you, and the meal will be ready later."

Chen Xiao also sat back again, but Lao Chen just glanced at their room, and then went back to his room and never came out.

At first, Chen Xiao didn't feel anything, but after waiting for Chen Xiao, he got up and took a look.

When he stood at the door and took a look, he found that Lao Chen took out a photo from the box and put it in his hand to look at it.

Just looking at the back of the photo, Chen Xiao was not sure who was inside.

But if it's a family photo, it won't be hidden at the bottom of the box, right?

Chen Xiao walked over curiously and asked, "Dad, what are you looking at?" ”

Lao Chen subconsciously hid it, and hurriedly said, "It's nothing, it's just some old photos." ”

Chen Xiao was puzzled.

But Lao Chen didn't show him, and it happened that his mother was shouting for dinner in the hall again, so he could only give up and walk out.

Mom didn't cook a few dishes, but they were all big meat dishes.

By the time Chen Xiao and the others were sitting down, Lin Xi was already looking at his bowl and worried.

Mom had already sandwiched a stack full of vegetables for her.

Chen Xiao was also speechless for a while, and said helpfully: "Mom, how can you eat Xiaoxi with so much?" ”

"If you want you to say, you don't see how thin Xiaoxi is! She is a people's policeman, and she has to make up for it when she goes home every day! ”

After counting Chen Xiao, my mother smiled at Lin Xi and said, "Eat, leave him alone." If you really don't have time to cook in Dongzhou, call your mom and I'll make it for you! Anyway, I'm not too old now, so it's no problem to cook for five or six people! ”

Five or six people?

They are only a family of four?

Where did five or six come from?

Chen Xiao was curious, and Lao Chen immediately coughed: "Eat, eat!" ”

Lin Xi lowered his head and worked hard, as if he didn't hear the deep meaning of these words.

When dinner was over and her mother was washing the dishes, Chen Xiao saw the opportunity to go to the kitchen.

As soon as there was a sound, my mother turned her back to me and said, "Xiaoxi, didn't I say that I wash alone, you should go and rest quickly, and if you are bored, you will play chess with your father." ”

"It's me." Chen Xiao replied with a smile.

When my mother heard this, she immediately took off her sleeves and said in surprise: "What, you want to help me wash the dishes?" Then dare to be kind, hurry up! ”

Chen Xiao took the sleeve with a wry smile, and when she saw that her mother was leaving, she asked, "Mom, who is that photo in the box?" ”

"Pictures in the box? Oh, you're talking about a picture of us and your Uncle Vande? ”

Uncle Wonder?

This name suddenly touched Chen Xiao's memory.

If he remembered correctly, he should have met this elder when he was very young.

But it seems that when he was in the nineties, Uncle Wande went south to work, and finally disappeared in a place called Wood Town!

It is said that at that time, many migrant workers in that town were not able to return to their hometowns.

Suddenly thinking of this incident, Chen Xiao couldn't help but wonder the reason why Lao Chen wanted to stop talking just now.

Shouldn't he have moved his mind to find Uncle Wande?

Just thinking about it, my mother also sighed at this time.

"Speaking of your Uncle Wande, our family owes him everything, do you remember what your mother told you about how you were born?"

Mother's words brought Chen Xiao back to distant memories.

Of course, that memory was not remembered by Chen Xiao herself, but only learned about it when she grew up with her parents.

"Remember, when you said you gave birth to me, we were both in the hospital and couldn't come back."

"Yes, at that time, every family was poor, and whoever gave birth to a child was looking for a stable woman with a famous spot nearby. But when I gave birth to you, Wen Po said that she had to be sent to the hospital as soon as she saw the situation. But at that time, where did our family get the money, your father found all the relatives and didn't get much money. ”

"Later, it was your Uncle Wande who stole his parents' savings and sent us to the hospital. At that time, your Uncle Wande had many parents and children, and he was always displeased. So after that incident, your Uncle Wonder was almost beaten to death by his father. It was a real beating, if it weren't for me and your father kneeling in front of the old man and promising to pay back, your Uncle Wande would have died that day. ”

"So since that incident, your father has treated your Uncle Wande as a brother who has died. It's just that who would have thought that he suddenly had a fever in his brain that year and wanted to go to work, and there was no news for more than ten years! ”

When her mother was talking about the past and crying for what happened to her benefactor at home, Chen Xiao couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Money debts are easy to repay, but personal debts can never be eliminated.

Chen Xiao subconsciously put down the sleeves in her mind, and said while thinking: "Mom, I'll go to my dad to talk about Uncle Wande." ”

(End of chapter)