When Xu Nannan returned home, the Xu family had already started cooking. The city has started to burn coal, and Xu Jiansheng works in the mine, so there is no shortage of coal. Li Jing usually uses coal for cooking and stir-frying, and does not need help from others to burn firewood. One person can cook a large table of meals. But today is different, Xu Xiaoman is obediently washing vegetables beside him, squatting with a small body, sleeves rolled up, very obedient.
It stands to reason that Xu Xiaoman is already nine years old, so it is normal for him to help the family. Xu Nannan also doesn't think it's a good thing to spoil the child. But seeing Xu Xiaoman working on the side, and Xu Hong and Xu Meizi doing their homework on the bench beside her, she was in a bad mood.
"Xiao Man, come here." She didn't argue with Li Jing, and called Xiao Man directly.
When Xu Xiaoman heard that Xu Nannan was back, he immediately ran over happily, "Sister, why did you come back?"
"Go out for a stroll,"
"Sister, is it fun in the city?" Xu Xiaoman asked curiously.
"It's fun, next time my sister goes to the city, I'll take you for a walk." Now that she has money, she has a good relationship with Xu Gensheng's family, and it will be convenient for her to go to the city in the future, so she won't have to look for Xu Jiansheng and his wife. She can take Xiaoman around the city by herself.
"Xiao Man, what are you doing, why don't you come over to work!" Li Jing yelled from the kitchen.
Xu Xiaoman's expression changed, and he was about to go over subconsciously. Xu Nannan directly pulled her arm, "Don't worry, it's not that there is no one. Let's go into the room with my sister." As he spoke, he directly pulled Xu Xiaoman into the room.
Li Jing yelled for a long time and didn't see anyone. When she came out to look, Xu Xiaoman was nowhere to be seen.
Xu Hong said, "Auntie, Erya came back just now, and she didn't let Siya work. I don't know what Erya was thinking. She went out for a day and didn't let Xiaoman do it. She didn't understand the hard work of Uncle Ma If I didn't have to do my homework, I would have already helped my aunt with work."
Hearing this, Li Jing's complexion became colorful.
Xu Meizi said on the side, "Auntie, don't be angry. After I finish this homework, I will come over to help you with the work."
"I don't need you, just do your homework well. I don't believe it, I can't control these girls today." Li Jing tore off the apron from her body, threw it on the ground, and hurried into the room angrily.
Seeing this, Xu Hong covered her mouth and smiled, and winked at Xu Meizi. Xu Meizi acted as if she hadn't seen it, and continued to do her homework with a blank expression.
Li Jing entered the room, already holding a thin wooden stick in her hand.
Xu Nannan and Xu Xiaoman were sitting in the main room. Seeing her coming in, Xu Nannan put Xu Xiaoman behind him and looked at Li Jing coldly.
"Come out, little bastard, it's really turned upside down. No wonder your grandma hates you so much. It turns out that you have such a virtue that you deserve to be disgusted by your grandma."
Xu Nannan smiled and said, "Mom, you are wrong. The reason why my grandma despises me is because I was born by a maid. My grandma often said that the cubs born by a maid are the maid's life, and they deserve to serve others. I didn't believe it before , Now I come here to see it, I really believe it. Honghong and Meizi can sit down and eat delicious food, and Xiaoman and I have to work. Isn’t this the life of a maid? Mom, you haven’t become a maid yet Enough."
She knew it was Li Jing's sore foot, so she said it on purpose. If Li Jing doesn't make her feel better, she certainly won't make Li Jing feel better.
"You damn girl, I have to beat you to death today!"
Li Jing blushed with anger, and with a thick neck, she took a stick and beat Xu Nannan with a ferocious expression. Xu Nannan directly pulled Xu Xiaoman to the other side of the table and ran out the door.
While walking, he shouted, "Director Zhu, my mother abused the child."
When Li Jing realized it, Xu Nannan had already dragged Xu Xiaoman to the door.
Li Jing was so angry that she almost fainted.
At this time, everyone was cooking dinner, and they lived close together, so they all came to watch when they heard the movement. Knowing that it was Li Jing's family who was teaching the children, they felt very strange. You know, Xu Jiansheng and his wife have been well-known model couples in this mine over the years. The Xu family is also a five-good family that has been awarded for several years in a row. The whole family is friendly wherever they go, and they have never blushed. Li Jing is very kind to the children. Today it turned out to be beating a child.
"This doesn't seem to be their niece, why haven't I seen it before?"
Someone saw Xu Nannan dragging Xu Xiaoman out of the yard, talking in low voices.
"It should be the daughter of their family. I heard that the daughter of their family came to the mine today, and her life is very bad. It is said that the child doesn't even have a good dress."
"This daughter was beaten as soon as she came here. What is Li Jing doing?"
Several people were discussing, and Xu Jiansheng was also returning with a small load of pork. Seeing neighbors pointing at him, he walked over suspiciously. When he heard Li Jing yelling inside, his two daughters stood outside After people looked at it like a monkey, their face suddenly sank.
"Nannan, what's the matter?"
Xu Nannan was talking to Xu Xiaoman about what he had seen and heard outside, when he heard Xu Jiansheng's voice, the expression on his face immediately became very sad, "Dad, you're back, mom doesn't know what's wrong, she's chasing me and Xiaoman Fight. Xiaoman and I are afraid to go home. Dad, we will go back to our hometown tomorrow, I know, this is not our home. It is Sister Honghong’s home.”
He was still a little angry at first, but when he heard his daughter say this, Xu Jiansheng felt a little sad and guilty. This is his own daughter, and she even said that this is not her home.
It's only the first day that the child is born, and it's like this. What's the matter
Xu Jiansheng walked over and led the two children into the house, "Go home, your mother won't beat you."
Xu Nannan didn't dare, "My mother is still scolding inside, and she still holds the cane in her hand."
"I'm back, she dare not!"
Xu Jiansheng affirmed.
"Dad, I believe in you." Xu Nannan smiled gratefully.
Seeing his daughter's smile, Xu Jiansheng felt even more uncomfortable. He let the two children in with a sigh, and closed the door directly after entering the yard, separating the gossip from outside.
In the yard, Xu Hong and Xu Meizi were beating Li Jing's back. Seeing the two children coming in, she immediately picked up the stick, "You still dare to come back, see if I don't beat you to death today!" If she hadn't been worried about being seen by outsiders, she would have rushed out to kill the two children. It's been a beating, especially Nannan, a dead girl, is getting more and more shameless.
Seeing her like a shrew, Xu Jiansheng frowned even tighter, "What's wrong with you, why are you so nervous? It's only the first day of your child's life, and you've made the neighbors laugh at you, you What is this for?!"
Today, his temper is not going well all day. He has been holding it in for a whole day. He doesn't know how it happened. When he came back at night, he wanted to feed the children something good to make up for it. In the end, this usually nice wife started to swear at the street. up. This looks very much like the old lady at home. Let him get upset just looking at it.
"You don't ask her what she did," Li Jing pointed at Xu Nannan aggrievedly.
Xu Jiansheng looked at Xu Nannan.
Xu Nannan spread his hands, "I didn't do anything, I just let Xiaoman talk to me. Mom suddenly rushed in with a stick to beat someone."
"Talk?" Li Jing snorted coldly, "There are a lot of things waiting to be done, and you are still gossiping and don't know how to help with work."
Xu Nannan said innocently, "How do I know? I don't think Sister Honghong and the others are doing any work. Longlong and Leizi are still playing outside. How do I know that there is something to do. Besides, Xiaoman and I came here on the first day. It's not our turn to work."
Hearing that this was the case, Xu Jiansheng felt that Li Jing had made a fuss over a molehill. But it's not easy to teach Li Jing a lesson in front of the children. He turned his head and looked at Nan Nan, "Nan Nan, it's your fault. Hong Hong and the others are guests, how can they let them work. You, don't think so in the future."
He thinks this matter is very simple. When guests come to the house, aren't they all entertained by the host? My daughter must entertain my niece.
When Xu Hong and Xu Meizi heard this, their faces were a little bit bad. Especially Xu Hong, biting her lip, with a somewhat unwilling expression on her face.
Xu Nannan laughed angrily, "Dad, there is something wrong with what you said. I want to ask, whose guests spend more time at home than the master. I always thought they were the masters of the house , Xiaoman and I are guests."
"This..." Xu Jiansheng choked for a moment.
Li Jing was planning to watch Xu Jiansheng teach the two girls a lesson because Xu Jiansheng was protecting her, but Xu Jiansheng was questioned and got angry again. "You child, you are really uneducated, even your father is as good as you, why are you so neither big nor small."
"No one taught, where did you get the education." Xu Nannan said naturally.
"Erya, how can you talk like that? Isn't it hurting uncle and auntie? There are so many grown-ups in the family taking care of your two children, what do you want to do? Do you know how difficult it is for uncle and auntie?" Xu Hong said angrily.
Xu Meizi looked at Xu Nannan guiltily, "Sister Erya, if you are angry, just vent it to me, don't blame Uncle and Uncle."
Li Jing wiped away tears, "Look, why are they so sensible, why did I give birth to such a thing."
Xu Long and Xu Lei also heard the movement and ran back from the outside. Seeing Li Jing crying, Xu Hong and Xu Meizi were accusing Xu Nannan, and immediately joined the fight, "Sister Erya, why are you so bad? Make trouble when you come. When you don't come, we live a good life, but you make trouble when you come." Xu Long said angrily.
He still feels sorry for the two meat buns. The aunt said to leave it for him and Xu Lei to eat at night, but Er Ya and Si Ya actually ate it.
Xu Lei also wanted to scold, but was stopped by Xu Meizi, "Leizi, don't bother the auntie and the others, go to the house and do your homework."
Xu Lei really wanted to curse, but his mother said that he had to listen to Meizi, or else he would be taken back to the countryside, so he didn't dare to do it now, so he could only go inside the house with his mouth open.
With so many helpers, Li Jing immediately gained momentum, and wanted to yell a few words, but Xu Jiansheng, who had been silent just now, couldn't stand it anymore, "Okay, stop making trouble. It's time for dinner, let's make a fuss What? Li Jing, go cook!"
"It's not over yet." Li Jing was a little unconvinced.
"I said I'm going to cook. I've been tired all day, and I still can't eat a hot meal when I come back." Xu Jiansheng said with a sullen face.
Seeing that Xu Jiansheng's face changed, Li Jing became a little scared. She bit her lip, glared at Xu Nannan, and then went to the kitchen to cook. Xu Hong and Xu Meizi also glanced at Xu Jiansheng, feeling a little scared, and followed Li Jing to the kitchen.
Xu Jiansheng rubbed his head with a headache, "Nannan, take Xiaoman to rest first, and I will call you for dinner later." After speaking, he also entered the room.
Only Xu Xiaoman and Xu Nannan were left in place, as well as Xu Ling who was too scared to move standing in the corner of the yard.
Xu Xiaoman looked at Xu Nannan aggrieved, "Sister..." She was very sad, why did her mother treat them so harshly and treat Sister Honghong and the others so kindly. Just now I kept praising Sister Honghong and the others, and hated her and my sister so much.
Unlike her, Xu Nannan was not sad at all, at most he was a little angry. For her, the Xu family members are irrelevant people, and their attitudes are insignificant to her.
Of course, to Xiaoman, it is still very important. So Xu Nannan gently wiped her tears, "Xiao Man, did you see? My parents don't care about us anymore. They didn't care about us before, but now they only care about Sister Honghong and the others. From now on, you can live a good life with sister. Don't be sad gone."
After listening to her, Xu Xiaoman couldn't help but shed tears. His mouth was tightly pursed, not knowing what he was thinking.
Xu Nannan also had no choice but to recognize some things clearly, otherwise he would be even more sad in the future.
"Elder sister and second sister, stop crying and eat candy."
Xu Ling didn't know when she came over. She is small, less than Xu Nannan's waist, and is obviously stunted.
She stretched out her small palm, and there were two pieces of rock candy in her palm.
Xu Nannan squatted down, "Where did you get the candy?" She didn't believe that Li Jing was willing to give candy to the children in her family. Of course, it might not be so if it was someone else's child.
Xu Ling looked around with her eyes, and said in a low voice, "I got it in my mother's house. I know where she puts the candy. I watched her put it when I went to bed at night."
This candy was sent out from the mine during the Chinese New Year, and it was used to greet guests. Li Jing will take care of the house, so she will naturally save some of it. Prepare to get some sugar water for the children to drink. Although she loves her nephews and nieces, she is also reluctant to spoil such a good thing casually, so she hides it and feeds it to the children according to the portion. Who knew that when she put the candy at night, Xu Ling, who slept in the same room as her, didn't fall asleep. She secretly remembered the place where the candy was put, and touched it when she was free.
Xu Nannan looked at her in surprise, "You didn't tell others, did you?" If Li Jing knew about this, then it would be fine. She and Xiaoman left, Xu Ling's life is not easy.
Xu Ling proudly said, "No one knows. Don't tell them." She stretched out her hand again, "Eat, don't let mom see."
Seeing the child's eagerness, Xu Nannan took a deep breath, reached out to pick up one, and stuffed it into Xu Xiaoman's mouth who was still crying, "Eat something sweet and stop crying."
There was still one in Xu Ling's palm. Xu Nannan picked it up and stuffed it into Xu Ling's mouth, "My sister doesn't like sweets, so you can eat them. But you should eat less in the future, so as not to get tooth decay."
After Xu Ling ate the candy, she tilted her mouth in a smile, and looked up at Xu Xiaoman, "Second Sister, is it sweet?"
Xu Xiaoman wiped his tears with his sleeve, nodded and said, "Sweet."
With such a fuss, the atmosphere of dinner at night was naturally a little gloomy. But Xu Nannan and the three sisters are quite delicious. Especially today when Xu Jiansheng came back with a piece of meat, Li Jing deliberately put it in front of Xu Jiansheng. Xu Jiansheng didn't eat with his chopsticks. Seeing that Xu Jiansheng didn't move, Xu Hong and the others didn't dare to move either.
Xu Nannan, on the other hand, kept bringing food to his two younger sisters, and he ate it himself.
"Just know how to eat!" Li Jing said bitterly, seeing that the meat was getting less and less, her heart ached. I wanted to say a few words, but I was worried that making a scene would make Xu Jiansheng angry. Fortunately, the two children will leave tomorrow, and the family will be at peace.
After a meal, Xu Nannan and the others had a more comfortable meal.
After eating, Xu Jiansheng arranged a place for them to sleep. There are only two rooms in the house. My nephew and niece usually sleep in one, and Xu Jiansheng and Li Jing sleep in the other with Xu Ling. Now that there are two more people, they can only share a bed with Xu Hong and the others.
Without saying a word, Xu Nannan lay down on the bed and took the main position. "Xiao Man, sleep."
Seeing this, Xu Hong looked at Li Jing aggrieved. Li Jing's expression changed angrily, and she yelled a few words. Seeing that Xu Nannan didn't move, she looked at the night again, so she had nothing to do. "Sleep like this first, they have to leave tomorrow, let's be wronged all night. Your uncle is tired today, let him have a good rest."
Hearing Li Jing's words, Xu Hong could only grit her teeth, and sat on the edge of the bed unwillingly.
Xindao country people are very dirty, and I don't know if there are fleas on them.
On the other side, after Li Jing returned to the room, she was still upset. I kept saying that Xu Nannan made too much trouble today.
Xu Jiansheng didn't speak for a while, and said after a while, "Okay, it's our daughter after all, what else can I do? You are usually nice to Honghong and the others, why are you not getting along with Nannan?"
He also discovered today that Li Jing seemed to have a wrong attitude towards the child. In the past, Li Jing rarely saw her children, and they were always in the countryside. He didn't communicate much, and he didn't like to see it. My own child must have nothing to say. But Li Jing's attitude towards the children today is much different from that towards Honghong and the others.