Chapter 161: It's True
The vicious stepmother actually went to Wu's house on a big day like the New Year?
He Peier was stunned for a moment, and then felt ridiculous, she didn't return home, and went to her son-in-law's house for the New Year, what is this!
In a hurry, He Qiushui not only got married, but even her mother was taken away.
But He Peier is too lazy to take care of these things, she is not just right, and out of sight is clean.
"Yongzi, go chop wood, I'll come to the one on the stove."
Without the vicious stepmother, He Peier is still willing to work when she returns to her parents' home.
The second sister wanted to do it, He Yongzi was naturally happy, and he used enough strength to chop wood, so he wanted to finish it quickly and help the second sister make a fire.
In the kitchen, it looks like it hasn't been cleaned up seriously for a long time, the kitchen cabinets haven't been wiped clean, and the salt in the jar has bottomed out.
Looking at this look, it is estimated that there is no tomorrow after eating, He Peier sighed, and asked He Yongzi at the kitchen door to go to the school to buy catties of salt after chopping firewood, there is a commissary next to the school, and some small things in life on weekdays still have to be sold.
The two men spent the New Year at home, and they usually dealt with it casually, He Yongzi forgot about the salt, and trotted all the way to school after chopping firewood.
When he came back again, He Pei'er not only steamed the rice, but also soaked the dried vegetables in the water, and cut half of the meat she had just brought over, and was burning it in the stove with tongs.
"Second sister, Dad killed a chicken in the morning and put it in the kitchen cabinet, you remember to take it out and stew it." He Yongzi poured the salt he weighed back into the clay pot as he spoke.
It's good to have the second sister here, and the whole house feels angry.
"I see, I'll stew with those dried vegetables in a moment. Yongzi, did you eat croquettes and dumplings during the Chinese New Year? He Pei'er cleaned the kitchen before, and she really didn't see these two things, her bun father and vicious stepmother didn't even prepare these two necessary things for the New Year.
"Second sister, I didn't prepare anything for the New Year this year except for meat."
He Yongzi was also pitiful when he talked about this, and He Peier felt distressed when he looked at it.
"Yongzi, what's going on? No money or no rice at home? "What's going on with the He family, for the New Year, even those lonely and widowed old people who live alone will prepare these two things, not to mention that the He family has parents and children, and this year will be like this, what is this!
"Second sister, you don't know, Dad has been working outside every day for the past few months, and he only came back on the evening of the thirtieth, and the oil at home has not been squeezed, and Dad went to Hejian Village this morning. Mom hasn't come back from Wu's house for several days, so someone is doing that! ”
He Yongzi originally felt aggrieved about this matter, but now that he has someone to talk to, he hasn't said it all in one go, but there are still a little bad things he didn't say.
The family originally changed some glutinous rice, and it was all carried to Wu's house by his mother.
I heard that Baozi's father had been working outside for several months, and He Peier put the roasted meat into a basin of cold water, and she was a little puzzled.
"Yongzi, is the family short of money? Isn't something wrong? "I and He Qiushui are both married, the younger brother is still young, and he is still far from marrying his daughter-in-law, what is Baozi's father doing so desperately, there must be demons abnormally.
When it comes to money, He Yongzi lives in the He family, even if they cover it up, he still hears some rumors.
In He Yongzi's mind, the second sister was not an outsider, so she lowered her voice and said, "Second sister, I heard that our family owes the Wu family a lot of money." ”
Owe the Wu family a sum of money?
How can he borrow money outside, in He Peier's impression, Luo Biqun must still have a deposit of about 200 yuan in his hand.
"Yuko, do you know why?"
He Yongzi scratched his head, "I'm not sure, it seems to be related to the eldest brother-in-law." "When the Wu family came to ask for money before, his mother mentioned a few words to the eldest brother-in-law, and took him out as a guarantee, saying that he would pay it back if he saved his salary.
But it's just a good word, the money is not earned by his father working outside, so he paid back a little to the Wu family first.
Something to do with Wu Congjun? He Peier thought of what Huang Meili said before about Wu Congjun's suspension and review, she felt that she was the truth, and the money she borrowed back must be for Wu Congjun's work, and she took it to work.
"Second sister, do you say that this matter has something to do with the Wu family, doesn't the eldest brother-in-law still get a salary every month, it is impossible for our family to lend him money outside." But if it weren't for the Wu family, their family wouldn't have a place to use money, let alone borrow money outside.
In the eyes of outsiders, a national worker like Wu Congjun, who receives a monthly salary, is an enviable and jealous existence, and he has twenty or thirty yuan a month, so he has no money to spend.
These things are both realistic and complicated, and the younger brother must not be able to figure it out now, He Peier didn't talk about it again, let him come over to light the fire, and she slaughtered the chicken.
He Zhibiao saw green smoke rising from the top of his kitchen from afar, and when he walked to the gate of the courtyard and heard the laughter of his son and daughter, the corners of his mouth cracked unconsciously.
Although my brother's family went to my mother-in-law's house today to pay New Year's greetings, this courtyard is much more lively than before.
He Zhibiao was carrying a pot of vegetable oil, and when he entered the door, he saw Xia Lin sitting on the edge of the door, so he greeted him warmly.
"Xia Lin, when did you and Pei'er come? Fortunately, it hasn't rained in the past few days, and the road is relatively smooth, so you came by ox cart. ”
He Zhibiao was familiar with the parents, but Xia Lin had a faint expression, just looked up at him, and then lowered his head to play with his nine links.
The temperament of these two sons-in-law is too cold, and I don't know how to treat my daughter.
Seeing that he didn't speak, He Zhibiao laughed awkwardly twice, and went to the kitchen with the oil in his hand.
He Yongzi heard his father's voice, and a head had already emerged from the kitchen.
"Dad, you came back just in time, and the meal is almost ready."
"I know." He Zhibiao smiled happily, he smelled the fragrance when he entered the door, fried meat dishes, and stewed chicken.
In the kitchen, his daughter was busy on the stove, although he was deliberately ignoring him, but his heart was extremely appropriate at the moment.
In the past two days of the New Year, there were only two people, he and his son, and everything was dealt with casually, and now that his daughter is back, this family finally has such a look.
"Pei'er, I got the oil back, I didn't get the balls at home this year, you can get some oilfruit at noon today."
The oil fruit in Baozi's father's mouth is the fried flour dumplings of Caizi, in fact, He Peier also has this intention in her heart, if nothing else, to relieve her little brother's cravings!
There is no meat all year round, isn't it just looking forward to the New Year's Day and the tooth sacrifice, but as a result, one of the parents did not return home, and the other was busy earning money to pay off debts, so he didn't take it seriously at all.
Thinking that Bao Zi's father had been working outside for a few months, and the whole person was thin and dark, He Peier looked a little pitiful for him.
But who can be blamed for this, it's not that he is confused and self-inflicted.