On the second day after returning from the county seat, Li Yuegui asked someone to bring a message to He Xiaoyun, telling her to go back to her mother's house when she had time.
Worried about something happening at home, He Xiaoyun went back that afternoon, only to find out that it rained a few days ago, and the roof of the house leaked. Yesterday her father took advantage of the good weather to go to the house to pick up tiles, and accidentally slipped off the roof. The house is not high, and no one is out. The big thing is that I sprained my foot. But the roof of the house has not been repaired yet, and the rainy season is coming, Li Yuegui wants to ask Wei Jianwei if he is free, and if he has, he can help.
If it is an ordinary person, the father-in-law needs help at home, and the son-in-law has to go without saying a word, but He Xiaoyun is a bit difficult, because she and Wei Jianwei are not normal couples at all.
She just gave him a book yesterday, and she asked him for help today, as if she had some other purpose in the first place, and the relationship between the two of them couldn't be called harmonious. But the problem at home had to be solved. She spent the whole afternoon thinking about how to speak, but at night, Wei Jianwei took the initiative to ask her.
"What happened?"
He Xiaoyun didn't realize it at first, but when she found out that he was talking to her, she was a little flattered, which was the first time in history.
She didn't bother anymore, and quickly seized the opportunity to explain the situation, and finally said: "My mother wants to ask you if it's convenient..."
"Let's go tomorrow." Wei Jianwei didn't have any other ideas, so he agreed directly.
He Xiaoyun said happily: "I will go back with you tomorrow."
As soon as the matter was resolved, the whole person relaxed and hummed while making the bed.
Wei Yuanhang flattered him, "Mom sings really well."
He Xiaoyun didn't even notice that she was humming, and she was a little embarrassed when she heard his praise.
She picked up the little fat man, shook it with great difficulty in her hands, and gasped: "It's useless to be obedient, if it grows longer, mom won't be able to hold you in the future."
"When I grow up, I will hug my mother!" The child said loudly as if showing loyalty.
He Xiaoyun put him on the bed, pinched her little nose, "Who did you learn this glib skill from?"
"My mouth is not oily." The child pursed his mouth unhappily.
"Yoyo, you still said no, your small mouth is so pouted that you can hang the oil pot, why is there no oil?" He Xiaoyun teased him, and even went to scratch his creaking hole.
Wei Yuanhang immediately rolled with laughter: "Hahahaha, it's so itchy... Dad, help me! Hahahaha, it's itchy..."
The two of them had a lively time, and Wei Jianwei's place seemed a little deserted, but he didn't seem to think much of it. After reading a few pages, he looked up and then continued reading.
The next day, while making breakfast, He Xiaoyun told Wang Chunhua that she was going home.
Wang Chunhua said: "Go early, if there are not enough people, come back and tell me, anyway, your elder brother is idle."
"Don't bother brother, my dad has already repaired some yesterday, and it will be fine if we do it another day today." He Xiaoyun handed Wei Yuanhang to her, and after breakfast, he went home with Wei Jianwei.
When he arrived, he went to see how her father's foot injury was. After making sure it was all right, Wei Jianwei climbed the wooden ladder to the roof.
Li Yuegui asked He Xiaoyun from the bottom: "Have you eaten breakfast? The fire in the stove has not been extinguished yet. I will cook two eggs for Jianwei."
"Don't cook it yet," He Xiaoyun held her back, knowing that today's eggs would be unavoidable, so she didn't persuade her. She just said, "I just ate them from home, and I can't eat them now. It's better to save those two eggs for lunch." Give him fried eggs."
"Alright." Li Yuegui thought about it and said.
Back home is not idle, Wei Jianwei is picking tiles on it, and He Xiaoyun helps her mother chop the cabbage from the private plot and put it on the low stone wall to dry. After a few days of drying, it can be collected to make pickles.
"After harvesting these vegetables, what will I plant next?" She asked her mother while peeling off the yellowed leaves.
"Grow some radishes and small rapeseed. Hey...the leaves are still edible." Li Yuegui picked up a leaf that He Xiaoyun had picked off, tore off the yellowed part on the top, and put it aside. As for the dropped leaves, they will not be wasted, and will be fed to the chickens later.
"Has the eldest sister been back recently?"
Li Yuegui said: "She didn't come back, but your aunt came to the house two days ago and said she wanted to find a girl for your cousin."
He Xiaoyun recalled who this cousin was, and then asked, "Have you seen it?"
"No, it's not so fast. It's not easy to meet a good girl, and the two of you can fall in love with each other." Li Yuegui said, "I hope you can take care of yourself when you become a family, and don't always upset your uncle."
After finishing the dishes, He Xiaoyun brought a pot of tea and sent it to Wei Jianwei along the wooden ladder.
Standing on the wooden ladder, she saw him drinking tea with a big gulp, the sweat on his forehead was rolling down, and she couldn't help asking: "Would you like to come down for a while?"
"No need." Wei Jianwei shook his head, poured two bowls of tea, turned around and continued working.
Li Yuegui was in charge of the lunch, and He Xiaoyun fried a sausage left over from years ago, a dish of cabbage just picked today, and fried two eggs for Wei Jianwei separately.
He was covered in dust, and felt that it was inconvenient to eat at the table. No matter what Li Yuegui said, he couldn't come down, and He Xiaoyun still sent him up.
After dinner, He Xiaoyun was washing the dishes, and Li Yuegui was standing on the back door feeding the chickens, and suddenly asked her: "Xiaohang is so old, do you and Jianwei plan to have another child?"
When He Xiaoyun heard it, she subconsciously paid attention to the sound on the roof, and made sure that Wei Jianwei was on the other side and couldn't hear their voices, so she was relieved and said, "I think one is fine."
Li Yuegui frowned, "What's the point of being alone? Don't give Xiaohang a brother or sister, and when you get old, he won't even have a helper. Besides, Jianwei's sister-in-law has been in the house for several years, and she is pregnant now." , I don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl, your mother-in-law definitely wants you to be born again, anyway, you’re still young, and it’s not like no one is taking care of you, so why not give birth?”
He Xiaoyun sighed secretly. She had understood the routine of urging marriage that people used to say in her previous life. Singles urged to find a boyfriend, those with a boyfriend urged to get married, those who got married urged to have a child, those with children urged to have a second child, and even gave birth to a second child. Some elders still want to have a third child. Anyway, in their opinion, as long as they have something to eat and can support themselves, that's fine.
Now she is really glad that Wei Jianwei and Wei Jianwei are not a normal couple. No matter how much others urge her, even if she is willing, he will not agree.
"Let's talk about it." She fooled casually, anyway, when Wei Jianwei returns to the army, the others just want to urge her, and she will not be able to give birth alone.
Li Yuegui shook her head, still muttering to herself: "You can have a son, but your elder sister can't give birth to a son. Now that you are young, your mother-in-law can help take care of you after the birth. How great it is."
The older generation likes to have more children and more blessings, especially in the countryside, where there are no brothers to help and they are bullied everywhere, so Li Yuegui can't understand her daughter's thoughts.
Before evening, Wei Jianwei finished his work, and Li Yuegui asked them to have dinner, but seeing that neither of them agreed, she stuffed a basket of cabbage and asked them to take it back.
On the way home, the sun slanted to the west, and there were paddy fields on both sides of the road. The seedlings in the fields had only been planted for a few days, but they were beginning to grow.
"Yo, Xiaoyun, where are you and Jianwei from?" Two women came to meet them, one of them asked.
He Xiaoyun smiled and said, "I just came from my mother, how about you, sister-in-law?"
"Didn't it rain a few days ago? Today we went up the mountain to pick some wild mushrooms. We went late and didn't pick many." The woman gestured to He Xiaoyun for the basket on her body.
He Xiaoyun glanced at it and said, "It's quite a lot. I haven't gone up the mountain for the past few days. I'll go with you some other day."
"Okay, I'll call you another day."
After saying a few more words, the four separated. When they were far away, one woman lowered her voice and said to the other, "Did you see any quarrel this time?"
Looking back at the two people walking side by side, the other person said: "No, I planted rice seedlings a while ago and delivered meals every day. Do you think it's unusual?"
"Is this called a husband and wife, quarreling at the head of the bed, and making peace at the end of the bed." The two whispered something in a low voice, and giggled.
On the other side, He Xiaoyun and Wei Jianwei walked to the river. Seeing that they would be home after a few more steps, he put down his basket and walked down the embankment to the bank.
"What's the matter?" He Xiaoyun didn't understand, so she followed.
But Wei Jianwei squatted down by the river, picked up the water and splashed it on his face, probably sweating all day, and it was sticky and uncomfortable.
He Xiaoyun also washed her hands, and squatted beside him to watch him.
Wei Jianwei took the water and washed his head, face and neck once, his short hair was covered with drops of water. He Xiaoyun looked at him, and for some reason, suddenly remembered ducks playing in the water, and plunged his head into the water over and over again. Constantly wash the feathers on the body.
As soon as this idea came up, the more she looked at him, the more she felt like him. Imagining a duck with Wei Jianwei's face, walking squarely, with a pompous posture, she couldn't help laughing.
Hearing the voice, Wei Jianwei turned to look at her.
Drops of water rolled down from his forehead, along the bridge of his nose, down his cheeks, and down his neck, and more than half of them fell on the front of his clothes. The clothes on his chest were already soaked and stuck tightly to him.
The last time she saw a similar scene, He Xiaoyun lost a lot of her aura and was defeated in the end. This time she learned her lesson and straightened her back.
Anyway, she wasn't the one being looked at, so why was she guilty
You can't lose this game, you have to hold on.
It depends on this time whether you can get back to the field.
She cheered herself up again and again, she stiffened her neck, not only did not look away, but also looked up and down, tried her best to suppress the urge to blush, and asked him: "Why?"
Don't think that using the same trick twice will still work, she won't be fooled anymore!
In the end, it was Wei Jianwei who looked away first.
He Xiaoyun breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize that she had been holding her breath, and her heart was pounding because of poor breathing.
Before she could catch her breath, Wei Jianwei suddenly pulled up the collar of his clothes, quickly took off his shirt, and plunged into the water with his strong arms bare.
He Xiaoyun exclaimed, hurriedly covered her eyes and ran away.
This stinky rascal! It must be on purpose, she smiled when she saw him enter the water!