On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Wang Chunhua got a few salted duck eggs from nowhere, gave half of them to each family member when she drank porridge in the morning, and hung a wormwood plant at the door. Other than that, it was no different from ordinary days.
In the morning, He Xiaoyun walked home from the river after washing her clothes, and heard the loudspeaker at the entrance of the village shouting that the projection team of the commune would show a movie at the threshing ground tonight for everyone to watch.
During the slack season, the projection team would go to the countryside to show movies in turns in each brigade. This time, by coincidence, it was the Qingshuihe brigade's turn during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Someone next to her was traveling with her, and when they heard the radio, they said, "Xiaoyun, let's go to the movies tonight."
He Xiaoyun said with a smile: "I just want to go, and children can't sit still, so let's have a look."
"That's right, a three-year-old kid, put oil on his ass."
Entering the courtyard gate, I saw Wei Yuanhang sitting on a small stool eating zongzi. The zongzi at home had been wrapped a few days ago, and it was almost finished by now.
He Xiaoyun dried her clothes and was going back to her mother's house. Last time her father sprained her ankle. It had been several days. She didn't know if it was all right. She went back to see if there was anything that needed help at home.
She said something to Wang Chunhua, went into the room again, and said to Wei Jianwei: "I'll go back, watch the child, don't let him play with mud."
She planned to come back before lunch, and it would be procrastinating to bring the child, but the boy has been a little clingy to her recently, so he had to keep him out of sight for a while.
"What's going on at home?" Wei Jianwei was still reading, and when he saw her come in, he put down the book.
"No," she brushed her hair in front of the mirror, and pulled her clothes, "just go back and have a look."
"Do you want me to come?" he asked again.
He Xiaoyun didn't dare to ask him to go back together, otherwise her mother would ask for eggs and snacks when her son-in-law came to the door, "I can do it alone."
After a little tidying up and going out, Wei Yuanhang was not seen in the yard. He heard the voice, talking to his grandma in the backyard. He Xiaoyun quickly slipped away before being noticed.
When she got home, Li Yuegui was just about to take a breather after finishing the housework. Seeing her, she stood up again, "Have you had breakfast yet? I'll get you a zongzi."
He Xiaoyun pressed her and said, "Eat, I also ate zongzi."
As soon as she entered the door, she saw the rice dumplings hanging on the beams of the house. There were probably only a dozen of them in a small bunch, so let the old man eat them by himself.
"Where's Dad? How's his foot?"
Li Yuegui sat down again, and when he heard this, he said angrily: "I went out after breakfast, and said that I was bored at home for several days, and I was so bored. Just let him go, don't complain about your feet hurting later on."
He Xiaoyun also moved a chair and sat down, and said with a smile: "Being able to go out means that there is nothing wrong."
"Don't talk about him, what about Jianwei? Why didn't you come back with you?"
"It's okay to ask him to do it, and it costs you two eggs."
Li Yuegui patted her, "You child, what are you talking about. Husband and wife are walking in pairs, and other people will not gossip."
He Xiaoyun curled her lips inwardly, fearing that others would gossip more if they saw her walking with Wei Jianwei.
But she also understands Li Yuegui's mood. How many people made fun of her daughter for holding onto the Wei family. Now that the situation is better, she wants her daughter to live a prosperous life and slap those people in the face.
"Is there any work at home? Is the vegetable field about to plant new seeds?" He Xiaoyun changed the subject.
"Your eldest sister came back the day before yesterday and already helped me."
She nodded and remembered something again, "I heard that my uncle's family has already fallen in love with a girl?"
Speaking of this, Li Yuegui sighed softly, "It's true, she is a relative of Jianwei's sister-in-law. I heard from your aunt that the girl is very good. She has a good appearance, a strong body, and a hardworking person. It's her house..."
"What happened to her house?"
"Well, it's so pitiful to say that she has an older brother who was sick when he was a child, and one leg was broken, and now he's crippled. I heard people say that their family wants to point out their daughter to get more bride price and give the money to his brother Say hello."
He Xiaoyun frowned slightly when she heard this, and used her daughter's dowry money for her son's wedding. This is true, and nowadays, it is not uncommon, and there is even a bad habit of changing relatives in some places.
"What does aunt mean?" She asked again.
Li Yuegui said: "Your aunt likes that girl very much. She is also thinking about whether to let your cousin meet someone first. If the two young people get along well, other things can be discussed. After all, your cousin People, if you don’t marry a stronger daughter-in-law, how can you control him.”
He Xiaoyun didn't have much impression of this cousin, she just remembered that he was a quiet person, but from what her mother said, it seemed that he had quite a personality and was quite disobedient.
Nothing happened at home, she talked with her mother for a while, and went back after seeing her father.
At the beginning of May, the scorching sun was rising, the vegetation was dense, and the yellow mud road was covered with dogtail grass. He Xiaoyun pulled a few of them and held them in her hands, intending to bring them to Wei Yuanhang. I didn’t tell him before I went out, but I hope they don’t make trouble when I go back. That's good.
Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly heard the voice of a child calling her loudly.
"Mother-"
He Xiaoyun raised her head, the sun was shining brightly, she built a small pergola on her forehead with her hands, and then she saw the little fat man running towards her not far away, and Wei Jianwei followed behind him.
The child was running stumbling, and when he was approaching, he stumbled and nearly fell, but He Xiaoyun hurriedly stepped forward to catch it.
"Mom! Mom! Mom!" Wei Yuanhang threw himself into her arms, raised his head and kept calling.
"I heard it." He Xiaoyun replied helplessly, wiping the sweat off his forehead with her hand, "It's such a hot day, why don't you stay at home, what are you doing out there?"
It's okay if you don't say anything, but when she said it, the child stopped calling her mother, and immediately changed her tone, complaining a bit aggrieved: "Didn't Mom tell me when she left!"
He Xiaoyun had expected such a time, and said: "It's my mother's fault, okay?"
She answered so frankly that the child didn't know how to reply for a moment. He turned his head and thought, his mother had already apologized, and it seemed that there was nothing to cause trouble, so he had to resign himself to it: "Well, mother can't do this in the future."
"Okay, it's over." After wiping his sweat, He Xiaoyun noticed that his eyes and nose were a little red, so she asked, "Did you cry and feel ashamed just now?"
"No!" Wei Yuanhang hastily retorted.
Just when Wei Jianwei also came to him, He Xiaoyun asked him, "Is he making a fuss at home?"
Wei Jianwei glanced at his son, the boy was shaking his head vigorously at him, he didn't see the viciousness of throwing and rolling just now.
Before he could speak, He Xiaoyun saw some sticky liquid on the clothes on his chest, and said to the child with disgust: "I must be crying, look, there is still your snot on Dad's clothes." Woolen cloth."
Wei Yuanhang hurriedly took a closer look, and sure enough, he pouted and groaned, unable to speak.
He Xiaoyun took him by the hand and said as he walked, "I can't do this in the future. My mother didn't tell you when she went out. It was my fault, but you were crying and making noise at home, and even stained father's clothes. That's your fault. Next time If you are unreasonable again, I will spank your ass."
"... Got it." The child hung his head and puffed his mouth in response.
He was a little puzzled in his little head. Before going out, he was going to criticize his mother so that she would never leave him and go out by herself. Why is he being criticized by his mother now
The three of them walked home and passed by a house where the other party happened to be sitting at the door. Seeing them, they joked, "Just now I saw Jianwei hugging Xiaohang. I thought I was going somewhere, but it turned out that he was picking Xiaoyun home. Jianwei, it’s not okay to be so clingy to your wife, I’ve come here since I haven’t seen you for a while!”
He Xiaoyun smiled, didn't answer the words, and asked, "Have you eaten?"
"Not yet, how about you?"
"Nor do we."
After walking a short distance, Wei Yuanhang shook He Xiaoyun's hand and said, "Mom, it's not that Dad is looking for you, it's me who is looking for you!"
He also felt very proud and was ready to claim credit.
He Xiaoyun ignored him and glanced at Wei Jianwei. The snot on his chest glistened in the sunlight.
deserve it.
She thought very badly in her heart, she knew how to play tricks when she was facing her, to an unreasonable child, let's see how he can still play out those bad intentions.
She suddenly thought of a sentence: order tofu in brine, and one thing will drop one thing.
Sure enough, the wisdom of the ancestors is infinite.
As if aware of her gaze, Wei Jianwei looked at her, and He Xiaoyun immediately turned her head.
After doing this action, she silently spurned herself again, why did she turn her head, as if she was afraid of him!
But if she was asked to turn back and look at him again, she dared not.
At the lunch table, Wang Chunhua mentioned the movie to be shown in the evening, and said, "All of you go watch it."
He Xiaoyun said: "I'm afraid that Hanghang won't be able to sit still, so I won't go."
"Just let him follow me. It's rare to show a movie and go to the excitement." Wang Chunhua said, then lowered his head and asked his grandson: "Can Xiaohang go with grandma at night?"
The child wants his head like a rattle, "I want to watch a movie!"
Wang Chunhua then said: "Then take him with you. If you can't sit still, come back earlier."
He Xiaoyun wanted to say more, Feng Qiuyue said: "Xiaoyun, go too, take a walk for a while, if it doesn't look good, we will come back."
"Yes, Jianwei is going too. You were not at home when the movie was shown before. It's rare that you are here this time. I went with Xiaoyun. I heard that young people in the city, before they got married, would eat and watch movies together. What do you call this covenant, covenant—”
"A date." Wei Jianwei added.
"Yes, it's a date! You two will also go on a date tonight." Wang Chunhua said.
He Xiaoyun took a mouthful of soup and almost choked to death. She swallowed hurriedly and stared at Wei Jianwei secretly.
He took a leisurely mouthful of food, looked back as if nothing had happened, and even ticked the corners of his mouth upwards.
He Xiaoyun is angry, this guy definitely did it on purpose, didn't he just make fun of the snot on his clothes, cheapskate! Vengeance!