When Song Hongguo came home from get off work, Yang Rongyue was coming out of the county hospital and went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a few things. She carried them in her hands and rode her bicycle straight to Li's house.
Nowadays, housing in the city is tight. Three generations of the Li family are crowded into a small courtyard. There are three main rooms, and east and west wing rooms. There is a patio of about 20 square meters in the middle, with several poles set up in various directions for drying clothes. .
At this moment, the Li family was having dinner. A large round table was surrounded by people. Li Maohai was sitting at the head table, holding a big bowl and drinking porridge, making a lot of noise.
Yang Jinzhi was next to him, and the two of them sat together. The contrast was particularly obvious. They didn't look like a couple at all, but like two generations. Li Maohai was dark, with wrinkles on his face. His work clothes had several patches, and Yang Jinzhi's face was pale, with some fine lines at the corners of his eyes. He was wearing a clean and respectable plaid top. The disgust on his face was not concealed. He used to scold him a few times, as if he was lecturing a child. He did not regard him as the head of the family at all. Others had already I'm so used to it that I don't even bat an eyelid.
Only a few grandsons made trouble and deliberately imitated him, chirping while eating, which made their mothers slap each other a few times, and then they screamed in dissatisfaction, making a messy noise.
Li Maohai didn't care. After drinking the porridge, he wiped his mouth casually, got up and left. He took the mazza and went to smoke far away. Their two sons followed the same example. At home, they would not hold the oil bottle when it was poured. Lord.
Li Yuexue was so irritable that she put down the bowl and said angrily, "I won't eat anymore!"
Seeing this, Yang Jinzhi quickly coaxed, "Eat a few more bites, how much have you eaten now..."
Li Yuexue looked at the plate of fried radish strips without oil and water on the table, as well as the horrible pickles, and her heart became more and more uncomfortable, "I have no appetite, I can't eat, I only have radishes and pickles all day long, how can I survive?" ?”
Hearing this, the two daughters-in-law of the Li family looked at each other and curled their lips. What would they eat if they didn't eat carrots and pickles? She really thinks she is our lady, she only has to eat fish and meat. It’s good to have a stutter these days. She’s so picky and so damn hard to take care of. She does nothing all day long and only feeds her pickles. , they all felt at a loss.
But Yang Jinzhi was so spoiled that he urged his second daughter-in-law, Zhu Yan, to steam egg custard for her little daughter, and specifically asked her to add sesame oil, but Zhu Yan reluctantly went.
Now, Li Yuexue was happy, but others felt uncomfortable.
The adults can tolerate it, but the children can't hide the matter in their hearts and just yell away.
"I want to eat eggs too!"
"Grandma, you can't just favor my sister-in-law!"
"That's right, women are just throwing away water, so what's the use of eating so many good things? All the good food has to be left for the male grandson!"
Yang Jinzhi lowered his face and scolded, "Shut up, stop arguing and don't want to eat anything. Your sister-in-law has a bad health, what about giving her some eggs? If she gets sick, she will have to spend more money." , you even want to compare with this? Don’t you and I have neither?"
"But my sister-in-law has grown up now and her health has already recovered. She doesn't need supplements at all..."
"That's right, in our family, my sister-in-law and my brother-in-law have raised me well. No one outside knows that, but they are all partial to each other. Hmm, no wonder people say they are stepmother..."
"Jinbao, shut up!" Wang Xiangyun, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family, slapped her and interrupted her eldest son, "Are you full? When you are full, go back to the house and do your homework!"
Li Jinbao groaned and threw down the bowl. He said "no homework" and pulled his brother outside.
When the other children saw this, they also followed suit.
In the blink of an eye, the yard became quiet.
"These brats are getting more and more outrageous, haha..."
Wang Xiangyun had to make up for it, but Li Yuexue refused to cooperate. She tugged at the corner of her lips and said with a half-smile, "Sister-in-law, since you know that Jin Bao is getting more and more shameless, you should teach him well. You don't have a clue. It’s okay to talk about it at home, but if we say it openly outside, how can others laugh at our family?”
Wang Xiangyun smiled stiffly and said, "Isn't he still young..."
Li Yuexue rolled her eyes and interrupted rudely, "He is already ten years old this year, so why is he so young? Sister-in-law, please be more careful. Don't let people poke your spine and say that our children are uneducated and have no respect. Young and old..."
Wang Xiangyun couldn't listen anymore, "Yuexue, what are you talking about? I am your sister-in-law after all, and you are so educated when you run against me like this? Are you old or young in your eyes?"
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Yang Jinzhi patted the table, "Okay, it's endless. I'm not afraid that the neighbors will hear the joke. Just go and do whatever you need to do. Don't be an eyesore here."
No matter how unwilling Wang Xiangyun was, her mother-in-law got angry, so she had no choice but to let it go.
Li Yuexue snorted provocatively at her.
Yang Jinzhi tapped her with her finger and warned her to stop. Although her mother-in-law could still control the whole family, she should not go too far, otherwise everyone would make a fuss and she would also have a headache. She looked down on the Li family. , but I can’t leave here for the time being.
At this time, a cry of "Golden Bough!" sounded outside the door.
Hearing the shout, the Li family looked towards the gate curiously.
Yang Jinzhi was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the person walking in, he stood up quickly, with a bit of unnoticeable nervousness on his face, "Rong Yue? Why are you here?"
As he spoke, he went up to meet Yang Rongyue and winked at Yang Rongyue.
Yang Rongyue seemed not to understand, and greeted her affectionately, "We haven't seen each other for a long time. I missed you. I happened to be free today and came to talk to you."
Yang Jinzhi forced out a smile and said, "Then go sit in the main room."
"It's fine in the yard, it's open and bright." Yang Rongyue handed the things she was carrying to her, then picked up a maza and found an open space to sit down, as if she wanted to chat.
Yang Jinzhi felt uneasy and secretly guessed the purpose of her visit. Although they were from the same village, they were not very close. They had been in contact over the years, but they did not visit each other's door. They met mostly outside. It's easier to talk, and secondly, everyone is subconsciously guarding against something.
The rest of the Li family welcomed Yang Rongyue's visit, and their attitude became even more enthusiastic when they saw that there were canned fruits and peach cakes in the bag she was carrying.
Zhu Yan stopped steaming egg custard and was busy boiling water to make tea, while Wang Xiangyun rummaged through the cabinets to find melon seeds and snacks, which she arranged carefully on the plate and let Yang Rongyue eat.
Li Yuexue even relied on the relationship between her mother and Yang Rongyue to come from the same village, and got close to her, saying "Aunt Yang" in her mouth, which was very annoying.
When Yang Jinzhi saw this, he couldn't stop him. He was so miserable that he couldn't express his sorrow. Fortunately, his son was not at home. Otherwise, the boy might have been more flattering. Who said Yang Rongyue was the wife of the county magistrate? She had power in her hands, but she just wanted to curry favor. ?
It was inconvenient for the men of the Li family to move forward, but they did not avoid it.
