That night, he fell asleep in the middle of the night, and when he woke up the next morning, the child was still sleeping, Wei Jianwei was no longer in the room, and the mats and blankets were all put away.
He Xiaoyun lay on the bed in a daze for a while, remembering that she had to "go back to her mother's house" today, she woke up completely, lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
There is a mirror attached to the big wardrobe in the room. She stands in front of the mirror and combs her hair. The person in the mirror has an oval face. Although she is in the countryside, her skin is unexpectedly fair, her eyes are slightly round, black and white are distinct, and her nose is straight. And delicate, with fleshy lips, even without makeup, she can still be called a beauty.
He Xiaoyun herself is pretty and pretty, she can be regarded as a little beauty, but compared with this face, she is still a bit inferior.
From this point of view, not only did she lose her life in vain, but she also gained a healthy and beautiful body. Even if the current situation is not very good, she has nothing to complain about.
After changing clothes and going out, the rest of the family got up one after another. Wang Chunhua was about to go into the kitchen. He Xiaoyun saw that the sister-in-law was going to help with her stomach full, so she hurriedly stopped her and went by herself.
"I'll take this with me when I go back after dinner." Wang Chunhua cut a few sweet potatoes into the pot, covered the pot, and gestured to her for the basket by the wall.
When she put things in it just now, He Xiaoyun saw that there were about two or three catties of peanuts, half a pack of orange candies, a dozen eggs, and two cabbages on top.
Among other things, those eggs alone are hard to come by. The pullets at home don't lay eggs every day, and it's good for three hens to have an average of two eggs a day. Now my sister-in-law is pregnant and needs nutrition, and she has nothing else to eat, so she cooks a custard every day. Occasionally, Wei Yuanhang can get one. The family's eggs are not likely to survive. I'm afraid I have to store up the dozen or so. half a month.
He Xiaoyun was very sorry, "Mom, let's forget about the eggs and leave them to sister-in-law."
Wang Chunhua glanced at her quite unexpectedly. In the past, the second daughter-in-law only thought it was not enough, but when she didn't say it was over, judging by her expression, she didn't look like she was pretending, she really changed her temper
She shook her head, "I have already kept your sister-in-law's, and I planned to bring them back to you."
Although among the two daughter-in-laws, she prefers the well-behaved and hardworking eldest daughter-in-law, she still tries to keep the bowl of water level. Usually, if there are any good things, the eldest has something, and the second child also has it. Do it separately, even when the eldest is not pregnant, do more. Wang Chunhua knew very well that it was easy for a large family to have conflicts if they lived together. If she still favored one, it would only make the house more uneasy.
After breakfast, Wei Jianwei carried the pannier, and He Xiaoyun led Wei Yuanhang and set off.
The brigade they were in was named Qingshuihe Brigade because of the river at the foot of the mountain. There were two small teams in the team. Wei's family was in the first team, and He Xiaoyun's mother's family was in the second team. two kilometers.
I met a lot of people along the way. The whole brigade and even some people in the commune heard about their marriage. Now that they saw their family of three walking together, many people kept looking at them, and some of them were acquainted. Stop to say hello and ask where they are going.
Halfway through the journey, Wei Yuanhang's footsteps began to slow down, and the child became lazy, "Mom, I'm so tired."
He Xiaoyun glanced at him condescendingly, and said, "Usually running here and there for nothing, I have a lot of strength, now I'm tired after just two steps?"
"It's not two steps, it's already taken many, many steps!" He made a big circle with his hands, expressing many, many.
"Then what are you going to do? I'm too tired to carry you on my back." He Xiaoyun was very ruthless.
The little boy had no choice but to continue walking, whining and moaning as he walked. After walking another half way, he stopped again and said with a mournful face, "Mom, I really can't walk anymore."
He Xiaoyun is still unmoved, she knows exactly what this kid is thinking, when she watched him play with Yanyan before, he could run for a whole day, if he only went out with her, he would not be so coquettish, why not look at the side With Wei Jianwei around, he acted coquettishly, expecting someone to carry him. Who said children are innocent? One by one.
Seeing that she ignored her, Wei Yuanhang turned to Wei Jianwei to pretend to be pitiful, "Dad, my legs are working hard."
He Xiaoyun was watching, and Wei Jianwei really stopped and squatted down in front of the child.
"Father is so kind!" Wei Yuanhang cheered and rushed over, not forgetting to flatter him.
His chubby body was a heavy burden for He Xiaoyun, and it was not enough to look good on his father's back.
Seeing that Wei Jianwei was still carrying the basket, He Xiaoyun said, "I'll do it."
Wei Yuanhang happily swung his legs on his father's back, excited as he discovered something new: "Mom, look, I'm so tall, even taller than you!"
He Xiaoyun patted his writhing butt and butt, "Be careful, and be careful not to fall and break your teeth."
The child was obediently quiet for a minute, and then began to look around again. Only Wei Jianwei was strong, and his figure was still stable with such a lump of moving meat on his back.
Still some distance away from He's house, He Xiaoyun saw Li Yuegui sitting in the yard from a distance, picking beans and looking up from time to time.
"Grandma! I'm here to see you—" Before entering the door, Wei Yuanhang raised his voice.
Li Yuegui stood up quickly, wiped her hands on the apron carelessly, and came out to greet her with a smile, "Jianwei is back?"
Wei Jianwei nodded, called his mother, and put Wei Yuanhang down.
Before the child hit the ground, Li Yuegui hugged him, "Oh, our Xiaohang has grown up again, and grandma can't hold her anymore."
While she was talking, she let a few people into the house, and seeing the backpack carried by He Xiaoyun, she couldn't help but said: "Next time, tell your mother-in-law, don't bring so many things every time, you have a large family, and you are saving money." Use what you save."
"Understood," He Xiaoyun responded, seeing that Wei Yuanhang was still on top of his grandmother, she said, "Come down soon, Hanghang, you little chubby boy, you've exhausted grandma."
Wei Yuanhang pouted, but he didn't dare to be disobedient.
Li Yuegui loves his grandson, and hurriedly said: "Our Xiaohang is getting fat, children must be round and round to look good."
But she didn't hug Wei Yuanhang anymore, instead she asked him to sit down with Wei Jianwei, and walked quickly into the kitchen by herself.
Yesterday she heard the news that her son-in-law was coming back. She knew that her daughter would probably go home today. She boiled the water when she got up in the morning. go down.
He Xiaoyun followed in to help, saw her beating eggs, and hurriedly said, "Don't cook my share." The family situation is much worse than that of the Wei family, so save as much as you can.
"How can that be?" Li Yuegui couldn't deny it, "Usually it's fine if you come back alone, but today Jianwei is here, and you are all guests."
He Xiaoyun shook her head helplessly after hearing this. No matter which era, this kind of thinking seems to exist. There are always people who think that when a daughter is married, she is considered a member of another family. When she returns home, she can only come back as a guest, and they are forcibly separated from the home where they grew up.
She knew that this kind of thinking could not be changed by a few words, so she didn't argue with her for a while.
Li Yuegui asked again: "Why don't you talk to Jianwei outside?"
He Xiaoyun thought to herself, I have nothing to say to him, but if I say it out loud, I will be scolded for a while, so I changed the subject: "Where is Dad, why is he not at home?"
"I was called by the team to discuss about transplanting rice seedlings, and I'll be back in a while." Li Yuegui beat six eggs in a row, covered the pot and simmered for a while, then turned to look for brown sugar in the cupboard, "Your eldest sister also came yesterday one trip."
The He family has three children, the eldest and the second are daughters, and the third is a boy who is still studying. He Xiaoyun ranked second. The eldest sister above married into the brigade next door and had already given birth to two children, both daughters.
He Xiaoyun responded and waited for her to continue.
Li Yuegui took out a paper bag from the cupboard, sighed and said, "These candies were last year for your elder sister's confinement, so I bought some extra to save. She quarreled with your brother-in-law again yesterday."
"Because of the child?" He Xiaoyun asked. The eldest sister-in-law's family wanted a boy, and they were a bit dissatisfied with her having two daughters in succession. Last year, she urged to have another one, because the two daughters were too young to take care of her. Her eldest sister wanted to wait until later. , so it has been noisy.
This kind of thing is not uncommon. In the Qingshuihe Brigade alone, some people gave birth to five daughters in a row, just to have a son. There were too many children in the family, and they could not support them. They even gave two to other families. Now the daughter-in-law Another big belly. This is somewhat human. Some people are black-hearted. When they see a baby girl, they drown in the washbasin. They just tell others that the baby is gone after birth.
He Xiaoyun was born in a mountain nest in her previous life. At that time, family planning had been implemented, and the country only allowed one child, but in their place, if the first child is a daughter, even if she hides and secretly gives birth, she still has to have a son. In this case, there is a brother who is three years younger than her, who is almost brought up by her.
Many girls in the mountains do not study, go out to work with others before graduating from junior high school, give birth to a child a few years later, leave the child in their hometown, continue to work, and repeat their experience when the child grows up.
He Xiaoyun was luckier. She got good grades in primary and junior high schools, and she got the first place in the town in the senior high school entrance examination. Originally, her parents wanted her to earn money. It was the principal and teacher of the school who came to the house in person, convinced them, and promised to help He Xiaoyun fight for it. Only by reducing tuition fees can she continue to go to school.
However, they were a poor county with a lack of educational resources, and there were not a few key university students a year. He Xiaoyun came from the countryside. Although her grades were good in the town, they were not enough in the county. Money for tutoring and extracurricular materials all depended on my own hard work, and I finally got a second exam.
She was the first college student in the small village. At first, her parents were very happy and thought she had a good face. Later, she heard that she had to study for four years in college before she could work, and she needed a lot of tuition and living expenses every year, so her complexion changed.
Then one day, a very nice woman from the village came to the house and dragged her back and forth to look her up. He Xiaoyun became vigilant and eavesdropped on her conversation with her parents. Only then did she know that there was a boss in the county who heard that she was admitted to a university. She is smart and pretty, so she wants to spend a lot of money to marry his mentally handicapped son to see if he can have a normal grandson.
He Xiaoyun was like a bolt from the blue. She thought her parents would reject her outright, but she didn't expect her daughter's future. Compared with the money in front of her, the parents chose the latter without hesitation. Not only did they lock her up at home, but they also burned the admission notice in front of her face. If her younger brother hadn't let her go secretly later, she might really want to be a fool's wife.
When she ran out of the house, she had nothing on her body. In those years, she was cheated, beaten, and almost sold. Later, she finally struggled to become a little human, but it was not long before she was diagnosed with cancer. here we go.
Because of her experience in her previous life, she knows very well that some deep-rooted thoughts are difficult to change.
The eggs in the pot were already cooked, Li Yuegui took out three bowls, put a spoonful of brown sugar in each bowl, and then filled the eggs, she still said to herself: "If you want me to say, it's better for your eldest sister to give birth earlier, while it's still ready." Young, you can always give birth to a boy. Your life is better than hers, the first child is a son, Jianwei has a future, you live a good life in the future, don't always make him angry, you know?"
He Xiaoyun didn't answer, just staring at the sparks in the stove that went off and on and on and on.