"Here, here is your son. This is the blood of your old Wang family. You can go and kiss him yourself. I don't care!"
Hongmei left the house angrily, slamming the door as she left.
The noise startled the child, who burst into tears.
Dabai was holding the child in a hurry.
…
In the end, Dabai still compromised and went to Hongmei to talk softly with the crying child. Hongmei was chewing melon seeds and resting her feet on the small coffee table in front of her. Her face, lightly painted with pink and white, was full of pride.
"I won't talk about that anymore. It doesn't matter what you call my mother, as long as you give me some face and don't go too far in front of me."
"Also, the baby is too young. If you have any dissatisfaction with me in the future, you can't beat him in front of the baby. It will scare the baby."
Hongmei looked at Dabai with sideways eyes, a trace of shock flashing across her eyes.
When she first met him, this boy was still a young man. He had a smooth tone and a fair and good face. He was quite popular with her among the apprentices and clerks in the shop at that time.
Only after more contact did I realize that this kid was not only smart and full of ideas, he was also very bad.
Hongmei likes such a bad boy because he is young, energetic and courageous, so she goes out of her way to break off relations with all her other lovers and devotes herself to being good to him.
He suffered a lot after that, especially during the year when he was raising a baby in Changping Village, he was ridiculed by Yang Huamei and other village women.
She is really tired of being humble and pretending to be virtuous.
Now that the child has been born and the shop has reopened, she has finally moved out of the village and returned to urban life, away from the mess of chicken and pig manure.
Let her act hypocritically with Yang Huamei again?
Sorry, her wings are stiff and she is not interested in acting.
Therefore, she and Yang Huamei had several conflicts in the shop during this period, which meant that both sides suffered losses.
Dabai was devoted to her at first, and plotted against Yang Huamei with her.
But for some reason recently, Dabai gradually began to get along with her, and he no longer focused on her as before.
This time when he went back to look after Ji, he even started to put in good words for Yang Huamei.
She was so angry that she decided not to take care of the child.
She originally thought that Dabai would come over to make a fuss with her, but she didn't expect Dabai to swallow her anger and back down again.
Dabai's regression did not make Hongmei feel happy and proud, but instead made her feel unspeakable unhappiness.
Dabai is holding back.
For the sake of the children and for his mother.
This kind of forbearance is a sign of caring.
This kind of caring made Hongmei unhappy the most.
She is a smart woman who knows when to make trouble and when to stop.
Otherwise, if the man is pushed too hard, she will get nothing.
Hongmei sighed deliberately, retracted her legs from the coffee table, stood up, picked up the crying child, held her in her arms and fed the child.
The child cried for too long, so he swallowed hard and started sobbing. Hongmei stroked the child's back, softened his tone and spoke to Dabai: "I married you. In order to have a baby, I went through all the hardships that I don't want to do with you." Said, for fear of adding to your burden."
"I treat your mother and father as my own relatives."
"Your wife is actually not bad. The main reason is that your mother-in-law is always brainwashing her and trying to sow discord between our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. This is the reason why I don't want to return to the village."
"When the child's stomach feels better in a few days, I'll take the time to go back and see your mother. If I don't go back, the people in the village and your grandma won't know how to accuse you. Hey, others don't feel sorry for you. I still feel sorry for you!"
Hongmei took a step back, and Dabai also breathed a sigh of relief.
He smiled, and his eyes returned to the doting and indulgent look of before, "My family and everything will be prosperous. If you can think of me like this, I will remember it in my heart."
"I will work hard to make money so that you and your children can live a better life."
Hongmei snorted and turned her face away.
Dabai knew that she was frustrated, so he scratched his head and said, "Then I'll go work in the backyard."
Before anyone could go downstairs, a shout was heard from downstairs.
This shout frightened the baby who had just been coaxed to sleep again, and she cried again in Hongmei's arms.
Hongmei was a little angry. She hugged the child and continued to coax her while cursing in a low voice: "Who is this blind person yelling down there? He is seeking death!"
After hearing those shouts, Dabai's expression changed several times.
"It sounds like my brother is here." Dabai said.
"Your brother?"
Hongmei was confused, and an image of a black and strong man with a bigger appetite than a pig and a lazier man than a pig suddenly popped into his mind.
"You mean Xiao Hei? Isn't he in the tea garden? Why can he come here?"
Dabai said: "It's hard to explain in words, I'll take a look first."
He roared out of the house and went down the wooden stairs.
It is closing time downstairs now, because Dabai originally planned to go back to take care of Yang Huamei for two or three days, so he gave everyone a holiday.
In the empty lobby, chairs were set up on the tables. Xiao Hei circled around the pile of tables and chairs, looking around, and shouted louder than ever: "Brother, sister-in-law!"
"Don't shout, don't shout, your nephew is sleeping!"
Dabai responded in his mouth and hurried to Xiao Hei.
"Xiao Hei, didn't you go to your master's house? Why did you come to me?"
Xiao Hei was stunned for a moment, "Brother, how did you know that I went to my master's house?"
Dabai said: "My mother is sick, so I went back home. My fourth uncle and the others said that they are looking for you right now and want to take you back to see your mother."
When Xiao Hei heard this, he immediately showed a reluctant look, pulled up a stool next to him and sat down, "What are you doing with me? There are so many things to do!"
Dabai also pulled up a stool and sat down next to him, "Then what do you want to do when you come to me?"
Xiao Hei looked around and smiled, "Brother, what else can I ask for? I thought I would hide here for a few days to be clean!"
"What? Mom is sick, you don't plan to go back to see her?" Dabai asked again.
The smile on Xiao Hei's face faded, he frowned and muttered: "Isn't it just a minor illness? It makes you feel like you are about to live or die. Everyone has minor illnesses. If you are an elder and you have a headache or a fever, come here." How can you call me junior? I have my own things to do!"
Dabai turned his face away and clenched his fists with his hands hanging by his sides.
Only when you become a father can you understand how difficult it is to be a parent.
Sometimes there are some truths that you can't make the other party understand with words or even fists. Only the other party can understand them when they get to that point.
"Brother, since you went back to see your mother, you will go back in my place." Xiao Hei changed his sitting position and continued.
"Brother, can you go get me something to eat first? I haven't eaten breakfast yet, and I'm so hungry that my chest is touching my back."
Dabai's eyes fell back on Xiao Hei, and he asked doubtfully: "What? Your master didn't take care of your breakfast?"
Xiao Hei lowered the corner of his mouth and complained: "Stop talking about my master. He will fall out when he says it. When I went down the mountain with him, he politely invited me to his house for dinner. But yesterday, my fourth uncle and the others went to his house. , when I come back from the county town, they will rush me back to the village, and now they will kick me out directly."
