Zhao Donglin went on a study tour with the professor. After leaving, Jiahui really didn't feel used to it. From the time they got married to now, they really haven't been separated for such a long time.
Without a husband, Jiahui decided to find something to do on her own. After not making clothes for a long time, Jiahui's hands were itchy, so she asked her mother-in-law to go to the mall together.
"Mom, I heard that there is a batch of new clothes in the mall, let's go and have a look, if there are any suitable ones, we can buy two."
It’s a new season, every time Jiahui has to add two new clothes, this is a habit left over from her previous life, in addition to the adults, there are also a few children in the family. It's too small, especially the trousers, the trouser legs are too short.
There are also stones, which grow very fast. Although Zhao Donghe loves the child, such meticulous things are not as thorough as Jiahui thinks.
When the daughter-in-law said to go to the mall to buy clothes, Zhang Qiaoer waved her hands again and again, "Oh, I have clothes, I don't need to buy new ones, you have to buy them yourself to see, don't drag me there."
"Mom, if a daughter-in-law wants to be filial to you, you should go with her. If everyone has it, you don't. Then I feel so uncomfortable."
This daughter-in-law is too good at talking, Zhang Qiaoer smiled and giggled, "Who can say that you are not filial? People ask me, how is your daughter-in-law, and how is your daughter-in-law? Not a single word."
This is the truth, Zhang Qiaoer never speaks well of Jiahui in front of outsiders, and for the same reason, when it comes to her mother-in-law Jiahui, she also speaks positively.
"It's because my mother is kind to me. I call it 'reciprocate the favor'."
Zhang Qiaoer's education level is not high, and she doesn't know much about idioms, but it doesn't affect her understanding of Jiahui's meaning, and she is very happy to laugh.
The shopping mall in the provincial capital is a two-story building. The two got off the bus, held Fang Fang's hand, and walked into the shopping mall together.
Fang Fang was impressed by the places that sell food, especially those colorful iron boxes, which contain all kinds of delicious food.
He pulled Jiahui to the right and pulled her directly to the food counter. He pointed to a white rabbit box with a red background and said he wanted it.
"It's biscuits. If you want to eat them, we can pack them in bulk. You don't need to buy iron boxes to eat at home."
Fang put his mouth open and wanted to cry.
I don't know when I learned a skill. When I was taught to be mischievous and mischievous, I started to cry. Zhang Qiaoer likes this, but Jiahui doesn't allow it.
At this moment, he was flat-mouthed, but Jiahui insisted that he couldn't do it. Zhang Qiaoer, who was behind her, couldn't bear it. She was worried that her daughter-in-law was teaching the child, so she didn't raise her foot to step forward.
Fang Fang is so smart, knowing that he can't break through from his mother, he walked past Jiahui, hugged Zhang Qiaoer's leg directly, raised his head, with tears in his eyes, Zhang Qiaoer's heart softened immediately.
"How about... let's just buy a can?"
Well, now more than one person looked at Jiahui pitifully, even her mother-in-law joined the team.
"Then buy a can, buy it back and share it with your brothers and sisters, you know?"
Tickets are required to buy this kind of biscuits. Jiahui and Zhao Donglin are students now. Apart from food stamps, the school does not issue other types of tickets. Jiahui's sugar tickets, milk powder tickets, and biscuit tickets are all given by Shen Nianru.
She really loves Jiahui like a daughter, and takes good care of the children in the family.
Hearing that my mother finally let go, she smiled and nodded repeatedly.
In the end, they bought a can of biscuits. After the purchase, the two took their children to see the fabrics and ready-made clothes.
"The children need new clothes, and the trousers are short. I want to make two more for Meixiang. She has to work, so she needs to dress decently. Mom, do you have any clothes or fabrics you like?"
"You can just buy it. I don't need to buy it. The ones you made for me before are not broken or broken, and they are very good to wear."
"Then you have to pick one. If the whole family has new clothes to wear, then you don't have one. That's why I'm a daughter-in-law."
With Jiahui talking about it, Zhang Qiaoer chose a piece of material. The ready-made clothes were too expensive, and she was really reluctant to spend the money.
When I came back last Chinese New Year, Zhao Donglin had already helped her bring the sewing machine here. Jiahui bought a lot of fabrics and planned to make them herself. It wasn't that she was reluctant to spend money, but the main reason was that she hated those clothes.
Wang Mei wore a modified Chinese tunic suit with plaid stripes and high-heeled shoes to go shopping in the mall. She fell in love with a rose red silk scarf. She missed a batch of goods last time. This time, she made an agreement with a familiar salesperson in advance I left one for her, and today I came to get the silk scarf.
When passing the stairs on the first floor to go to the second floor, Wang Mei turned around abruptly, as if she heard the voice of her former mother-in-law.
"Isn't it too pretty for me to wear this pattern? How can an old lady in her fifties or sixties wear such bright clothes?"
Zhang Qiaoer laughed while talking, what Jiahui compared to her was a piece of printed fabric with a black background, Zhang Qiaoer was wearing blue, gray and black before, and had never worn this kind of print.
"This looks good, it suits you best."
Zhang Qiaoer laughed.
"Your godmother looks good in this kind of fabric. I'm an old lady from the countryside, so it doesn't fit me well."
"Damn it, I bought it too. This is yours."
What else did Zhang Qiaoer want to say, the salesperson who had been watching silently said with a smile, "Old man, your daughter-in-law is showing filial piety to you, so you can go ahead with peace of mind."
Most of the salespersons in the shopping malls are watching people order food. Jiahui bought so many pieces of cloth at once and picked out the good ones, so the salespersons knew that they were in good condition.
Wang Mei turned around and found out that she was not sensitive, the old lady was really her ex-mother-in-law Zhang Qiaoer.
Wang Mei was full of doubts, why did Zhang Qiaoer appear in the provincial capital, a high-end place like a shopping mall, who was the good-looking and young woman beside her, and whether the person sitting on the small bench eating biscuits was the new grandson of the Zhao family.
Fearing that her location would be exposed, Wang Mei found another place to observe and found that they had bought a lot of things, including seven or eight yuan for fabric alone. The woman was Zhang Qiaoer's mother, and the little boy was Zhang Qiaoer's grandma.
I thought that the life of the Zhao family would not be easy after I left, so Zhao Donglin could only find an ignorant rural daughter-in-law, but I didn't expect that the life of the Zhao family would be better, which made Wang Mei's peaceful heart ripple.
*****
In the morning, after Meixiang had dinner at a family behind the dormitory, she walked towards the school facing the sunshine.
The students who study in the No. 1 Middle School are all students who live nearby, so the school does not have a cafeteria. The teachers who live in the dormitory work together in the residents' homes. Meixiang also joined the team. Five yuan a month includes three meals.
After eating for the past few days, the combination of meat and vegetables, although the benefits are not as good as her own, but she is very touched by being able to eat hot meals on time every day.
On the way, I met many students from No. 1 Middle School. When they saw Meixiang, they knew that she was the school's new trainee teacher, and they politely called her "Ms. Zhao".
Meixiang was very moved when she heard the name "teacher" for the first time, and almost cried. For her, as long as the students call her teacher for a day, she is their teacher forever.
The car bell of "Dinglingling" rang, Meixiang turned her head, it was Cui Zongyi.
"Morning, Teacher Zhao."
Cui Zongyi is from Yun County, and time has not left too many marks on him. He is still so handsome and handsome, and he still looks so sunny when he smiles, just like the young man in Meixiang's memory.
The two of them were originally in the same office, and they looked down and saw each other every day. Meixiang got along well with other teachers, but with Cui Zongyi, she was always embarrassed to talk to him alone, and felt embarrassed when she got close to him.
Cui Zongyi took the initiative to say hello, and Meixiang also nodded with a smile.
"Morning, Teacher Cui."
I thought he would leave after saying hello, but Cui Zongyi came down and walked forward with Meixiang pushing his bicycle.
"you… "
The two spoke at the same time, and were stunned at the same time when they heard each other speak.
Cui Zongyi looked at Meixiang with flushed cheeks and smiled.
"You speak first."
Mei Xiang oh for a few seconds, then shook her head, "I don't know what I'm going to say, I forgot."
Cui Zongyi smiled, "Well, you are still the same as before, quiet and not very talkative."
When he said this, his tone was very gentle, and his eyes were also looking at Meixiang. Meixiang was not a little girl who didn't understand anything, so she turned her head and looked at him in surprise when she heard this.
One is that I didn't expect him to say this sentence. If he wasn't sensitive, this sentence would be ambiguous.
Another, she didn't expect Cui Zongyi to have an impression of her. When she was in high school, she was not one of the top students in her studies. Because of her introverted relationship, she often kept silent, just like a transparent person.
As for Cui Zongyi, he is good-looking, has good grades, and is from the county seat, so many girls like him.
She always thought that such an excellent boy must have married early, but he turned out to be unmarried.
In the past few days, the teachers in the office always made fun of her, saying that they wanted to introduce her to someone, and some teachers brought her and Cui Zongyi together.
"Mei Xiang, Comrade Xiao Cui is also a single youth. I heard that you are still classmates in high school, and now you are in the same school. What kind of fate is this? You may wish to consider it."
*****
Half a month is not long or short, and in April, Zhao Donglin finally came back with a sack of special products, including walnuts, longan, red dates, dried persimmons, dried peach meat, etc., all of which are good Both adults and children love to eat Chinese food.
I gave some to godmother and godfather, and sent some to Meixiang.
"Daughter-in-law, I miss you outside."
Although the rivers and mountains of the motherland are good, it is still comfortable at home. He can be regarded as understanding the artistic conception of the phrase "wife and children are hot on the kang". He thought that when he was in the army, he was always tireless and only wanted to go forward. Obsessed with the warmth of the family.
In the past ten days, Wang Mei came to have a look from time to time. She once saw Heidan and Yingbao from a distance, and Zhao Donghe Stone, but she never saw Zhao Donglin.
She had already inquired about people around Zhao, and she knew that Zhao Donglin and his second wife were both students of Wudong University. They had a very good relationship and had three children.
Everyone knows that Zhao Donglin was divorced, but no one knows exactly why he divorced. They also know that Heidan was not born to that second-married daughter-in-law. They also say that Heidan has good grades, not only skipped a grade, but also ranked first in every exam.
However, it is generally not clear to everyone that Ying Bao was not born to that second-married daughter-in-law, but also gave birth to a son and a daughter as that second-married daughter-in-law.
Wang Mei came again that day. She hid behind a tree and saw a man in an army green T-shirt doing carpentry in the yard. The muscles on his arms swelled, full of strength.
Although I haven't seen him for many years, Wang Mei still recognized Zhao Donglin at a glance.
The woman smiled coquettishly and took a towel to wipe his sweat. Zhao Donglin leaned his head and kissed the back of her hand. The woman smiled and glanced at him. Zhao Donglin looked into the room and saw that no one was paying attention. He put his arms around the woman's waist, The woman bent down after being stressed, Zhao Donglin kissed her on the lips, the woman was obviously angry, beat his chest and turned back to the room.
In April, the weather gradually warmed up, but Wang Mei felt that her heart was as cold as severe winter.
In those few years of marriage, when did Zhao Donglin get so close to him
Every time he came back from the army to visit relatives, he kept visiting relatives and friends. The two of them couldn't speak a few words except in bed all day long. Unexpectedly, divorcing him made him and another woman perfect.
The sun was setting and the evening glow was in the sky. Heitan took Yingbao's hand and walked home, followed by a stone that kept talking.
"I competed with Fatty Chen today. I hit seven, but he only hit three, and I left behind."
"Jiang Xiaocui's braid is so long, it kept dangling in class, and she tied a red hair tie today. I untied her, but she turned and glared at me, and I glared at her too. She said she was going to tell the teacher, I said you go, I'm not afraid of you, my brother is Zhao Zhuojun, and then she stopped talking."
Heidan is completely like a schoolgirl in school. He is handsome and always ranks first in grades. He can win prizes in various competitions.
He does not have the arrogance of ordinary students with good grades. He will patiently explain any questions that students do not know how to do.
In addition, his clothes are always clean and tidy, his desks and textbooks are always neat and orderly, he is young and young, and his teens are the time when his love begins. Many girls like such a little boy.
Heidan is two years younger than the girls in the same grade, but he is well-developed, tall, and with a calm personality, he is not small compared to other boys in the same grade.
This is the second time for Wang Mei to see Heidan, because she just met Zhao Donglin, and she felt a little uneasy in her heart, which drew out her maternal love for Heidan.
Her gaze followed the children into the yard, and when she saw Jiahui, Yingbao shook off her brother's hand and rushed into Jiahui's arms.
"Mom, I miss you so much at school."
What the father and daughter said was exactly the same, as if they were buying one and getting one free.
"Are you good at school today?"
Yingbao nodded vigorously, "Well, you are so good, the teacher even praised me."
"Brother, sister!"
Fang Fang ran out of the house, hugging Heidan's legs and laughing, Heidan bent down and hugged Fang Fang, which weighed more than twenty kilograms, in his arms.
"Go in, I cooked beef noodles today, don't you all love it?"
"No matter what my mother cooks, I love to eat it."
"You little clever ghost, you have a sweet mouth."
Yingbao smiled triumphantly, holding Jiahui's neck and leaning on Jiahui's shoulder.
It was only after they all entered the room that Wang Mei moved her stiff legs.
That little girl is my daughter. When I left, she was still a little big milkman. After a few years, the little milkman has grown up and has grown into a cute and beautiful little girl, but this little girl cares about other things. A woman is called "Mom".