After noon, we boiled hot water, took a bath, and everyone put on new clothes.
Zhang Weiguo still didn't have a deep understanding of his father's death. He only knew that his father was basically not at home during the Chinese New Year. It should be said that in his memory, his father was never at home during the Chinese New Year reunion.
He still remembered that when he asked about it last year, his grandfather said that his father was on duty and the country needed him, so he would not go home during the Chinese New Year.
He cried at that time, why is it that other people's families have fathers at home, but his father is not
After losing his father, he heard a lot of gossip from his friends, saying that he was a child without a father, and he fought with them a few times. After he told his brother about it, his brother said not to tell his mother. Then he went to beat up those people himself.
Wearing new clothes, Zhang Weiguo was a little tangled, his brother said not to mention his father in front of his mother, and his mother would be sad.
So, let's not mention Dad this time.
As soon as the children put on new clothes, they wanted to show off to their friends. Zhang Baoguo finished washing first, and he didn’t know where to go. Zhang Weiguo looked through his new clothes. He wore several in winter, and the new clothes were at the bottom. Others can't see it at all.
It's a pity that other people's homes didn't make new clothes, and they didn't have to show off. He did it, and others couldn't see it, and my mother didn't let me tell.
Su Hui knew what Zhang Weiguo was thinking when he looked at the white and tender Zhang Weiguo puffing up his mouth just after taking a bath, and found something for him to do: "Mom is doing laundry in the back, can you do mom a favor?"
"What?"
"Take out the soybeans and pumpkin seeds from the cabinet and put them on the table. Tomorrow, when someone comes to visit the house for New Year's greetings, mom will give them to eat."
Speaking of it, the days when there is no washing machine and can only be washed by hand are really sighing. When will the washing machine be available? What a great invention the washing machine is, freeing women from the daily routine of scrubbing.
Speaking of this, Zhang Weiguo hesitated a bit, and discussed with his mother: "Mom, can't we keep those for ourselves?"
He acted like a baby with his mother, "every household has it, we don't need to take it out, our four brothers will finish eating it soon."
No one gives Su Hui a daily ration, everyone has so much, it is impossible to open up and eat.
Su Hui shook her head, but did not answer directly, and asked Zhang Anguo: "An Guo, do you think what brother said is right?"
Zhang Anguo looked left and right, his elder brother blinked at him, but...he stood by his mother!
"Mom is right. We have to take it out. Others have it, but we don't."
Su Hui asked the youngest Zhang Dingguo again: "Dingguo, what do you think?"
Dingguo took out the big pocket of his clothes, and said honestly: "There is food for New Year's greetings. I have prepared my pocket. If there is no one, I won't go." I pestered my mother to make the pocket bigger.
Su Hui touched Zhang Weiguo: "Understood? If my mother didn't prepare these things, others would say that my mother is stingy. Are you willing to hear others say that you are a stingy? If this is the case, others will not be willing to be friends with us." There is nothing to return, and it is not impossible to give less, but there is nothing, and the poorest and most stingy family will not have an empty plate on the first day of the new year.
Su Hui didn't treat them badly in terms of food. The eggs laid by the chickens in the family were basically served on the dining table. Since she was able, she could do whatever she could with fine grains, fish, and meat. When I first arrived, my skinny appearance was better, but I haven't changed too much, after all, it hasn't been long.
The family did not treat them badly, and Su Hui also hoped that they would not develop a stingy temperament.
Zhang Weiguo thought for a while, and went obediently, but privately picked out the biggest one and put it aside, Su Hui turned a blind eye to this.
Su Hui was doing laundry, and someone picked up a load of buckets to fetch water. They were the only households with wells in their homes, so they could go to the stream and river for washing clothes, and they had to pick up food.
Because there is only one woman in Su Hui's family with four children, and carrying water is heavy work, which can only be done by ordinary men. They will not come to Su Hui's house to carry water. Only then will women come here.
Everyone who came here called her Aunt Shun, and her house was right in front of their family. She was a well-known eighth woman in the village and liked to gossip the most.
She first walked around the outside of the house, took a look at the furniture at home, smashed it, smashed it, although the furniture is old, but the master repairer is good at repairing, if you don't look carefully, you can't see how to repair it However, the tables, stools and cabinets are complete, at least they are more complete than her home, the door of the room is ajar, she can't see inside, the window is blocked by something, she can only vaguely see it.
She wanted to take a closer look, but a child rushed out: "Ma'am, what are you looking at?"
Fang Shun took a closer look and saw that it was the youngest child named Dingguo.
"Oh, it's Dingguo. Let me see if your mother is here. I'll fetch some water."
Zhang Dingguo raised his eyebrows, just now when his elder brother went out, he forgot to close the courtyard door, and Dawei followed him out, really, next time, he must make his elder brother remember to close the door casually.
"My mother is in the back, washing clothes." He looked at her vigilantly. Some people came into the house, and some things could not be found. It was not precious, but it was disgusting.
"Oh, good."
Fang Shun then carried the bucket to the backyard. Sure enough, Su Hui was washing clothes on the edge of the backyard.
She sat down on the rock next to her, carefully looked at Su Hui's face, and patted her on the shoulder in relief: "I'm doing laundry, eh, I'm afraid that you won't be able to get out, so relax. You have this house and four children, and with your status, the village will take care of you, how can you say that you can live this life, so don’t try to make a fool of yourself.”
Of course, Su Hui doesn't know how to be foolish. Does she act like a fool? Su Hui was a little puzzled when he made such a call.
She buried her head in the laundry: "I know, why don't you carry water." Carry water quickly, don't say what you have.
Fang Shun didn't see the reaction he wanted to see, so he sighed softly: "Yes, but don't worry, let's talk, let's not talk about this, there is something I heard from others before, I don't know if it should be Let me tell you." She changed the subject and paused, hoping that Su Hui would catch up with her.
Su Hui didn't raise her head: "The mouth grows on other people, I'm not interested in listening to what Ba Po said."
Fang Shun choked. Even if she knew that Su Ani was not talking about herself, she felt a little uncomfortable when she was often called a mother-in-law. She skipped those, and said, "I think, I should tell you, otherwise you will be scared." I don't know, how wronged, your mother-in-law is talking about you secretly." She lowered her voice, and looked around, creating an atmosphere of "whispering".
"I heard people say that when your mother-in-law was chatting with her friends, she said that you were ignorant and did not respect the elderly. Look at her well…”
Fang Shun let out a long sigh with some embarrassment: "At the time when my family separated, there was a lot of trouble, but your mother-in-law is also true. After the division, you should have taken what you got. I don't know why she is angry? It's not me. Say, everyone knows that your mother-in-law has lost her mind for a long time, and she suffers from being in the middle of your man's row. There is a big brother at the top and a younger brother at the bottom. Neither of them depends... "
Su Hui put the clothes through the water for the last time, wrung them dry, put them in an empty bucket, and stood up: "Don't carry water, it's gone, and don't come here in the future, I don't want people who want my family to be restless. My door, you please."
Fang Shun, who hadn't said that she was having a good time, turned green and white, she didn't expect Su Hui to have such a personality, she looked gentle and soft before, not so fierce.
She took a sip: "I don't know good people, if you don't pick them up, don't pick them up. Do you think that only your house has a well? In the future, if your mother-in-law rides on the head, you will know mine is fine." She was used to being talked about, and her face had recovered. , It's just that she didn't hear what she wanted to say, she was still a little disappointed, she still wanted to hear her complaints, and speaking out was another big drama involving mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, involving their family, there must be many people willing to listen.
But now it can also be said that Su Ani is stingy, and she doesn't want to ask her neighbors to pick up water. She came out with an empty bucket, and then went to a place with a lot of people to go around...
Su Hui looked at the background of her leaving and shook her head.
She knows how her father-in-law and mother-in-law are, from the original body's memory and the time they spent together in person during this time.
There is some partiality, and it is not impossible to say something bad about her, but it is the first time she has met someone who came to her to provoke, and provoked so stupidly.
Even if Li Manfen is dissatisfied with her and talks small things about her, so what, the family has already been separated, that is the original mother-in-law, not her real mother, and she still has two sons by her side, as long as she does her duty.
She hung up the clothes and went into the kitchen. It was almost time, and she was going to have a reunion dinner there later.