Wanghai County, Changping Village, the second room of the old Yang family.
After Xiuxiu got out of the car, she followed Cao Bamei to the kitchen.
Xiuxiu said to Xiuhong, "Just go and play with your brothers and sisters. Leave the kitchen to me and I'll help my mother stuff the firewood."
Xiuhong didn't dare to agree easily, let alone really turn around and leave. Instead, she turned her inquiring eyes to Cao Bamei.
Cao Bamei's eyes fell on Xiuxiu's throat and Xiuxiu's belly.
"You're such a big belly, I'm afraid you'll get hurt!"
Xiu Xiu looked down at her belly and smiled: "Mom, you're not that fragile. Just be more careful!"
When it was over, Xiuxiu said again: "I haven't had a good chat with my mother for a while."
Cao Bamei said: "Let Xiu Hong fill the firewood, and you sit on the side with a small stool. Our mothers can still talk!"
However, Xiuxiu insisted on helping Cao Bamei stuff the firewood and said, "I'll stuff the firewood and keep myself warm by the fire. My hands and feet will be warmer! Just let me do it, mother!"
In this case, Cao Bamei followed Xiu Xiu, then turned to Xiu Hong and said, "Go and keep an eye on the mistress and sister, and don't let them play in the pond!"
Xiuhong nodded, pulled off the apron around her waist, turned around and went outside the kitchen.
Li Wei just parked the wheelbarrow and carried it into the kitchen with his head bowed.
"Mother-in-law, is there not much water in the water tank? I'm going to fetch water!"
Li Wei glanced at the water tank. The water in it was almost bottoming out. He picked up the bucket and was about to leave, but was stopped by Cao Bamei.
When facing Li Wei, the smile on Cao Bamei's face was not so bright, and she also had a deliberately serious face.
"No need, just go and have a rest. My son-in-law is a spoiled customer and I don't dare to ask you to work!"
Li Wei froze on the spot, looking a little embarrassed at Xiuxiu who had just sat down at the mouth of the stove.
As soon as Xiu Xiu sat down, she saw Li Wei coming in to fetch water. Xiu Xiu was quite happy. She was very pleased to see Li Wei showing his filial piety.
But the mother's reaction next made Xiuxiu's smile freeze on her face.
"Mom, that's your son-in-law. Your son-in-law is your son-in-law. Don't be so polite to him!" Xiu Xiu said.
Moreover, sometimes being polite is also a kind of alienation and politeness. It feels like an outsider. Xiuxiu doesn't like that feeling.
"Xiaowei, don't be stunned. Go and do what you have to do!" Xiuxiu winked at Li Wei again.
Li Wei came to his senses, picked up the pole, picked up the bucket, put it on his shoulder and left the kitchen.
"I told you not to overwork you..."
Cao Bamei was about to chase after Li Wei and stop Li Wei. At this time, Xiuxiu stood up from the stove with a big belly and shouted in a long tone: "Mother!"
Cao Bamei stopped and had to let Li Wei leave the kitchen and go to the pond to fetch water.
"I really don't want him to work!" Cao Bamei frowned and returned to the pot, picked up a vegetable basket full of cabbage and radish, and started to pinch the cabbage.
"Mom, he is your son-in-law. He married your daughter. It is natural for him to do some work for you. Why do you have to be polite to him?" Xiu Xiu sighed and sat back again.
Cao Bamei squatted on the ground to pick vegetables. She pinched off the outer leaves of the cabbage and put them aside. She didn't need this part. She chopped it up later and fed it to chickens or pigs.
She only keeps the inner part of the cabbage, which is tender and has a good texture. She boils it with some sesame oil, which is very good.
Or stir-fry with deep-fried or thinly sliced shiitake mushrooms, which are crispy and tender and delicious!
At this moment, listening to Xiuxiu's scolding words, Cao Bamei misplaced the cabbage leaves in her hand.
So he picked it up again and put it back together, and told Xiuxiu: "I don't need Li Wei to be filial and attentive. As long as he takes good care of you and makes your cough heal as soon as possible, he has done a good job. This is better than choosing a new one for me." A hundred tons of water still needs to satisfy me!”
"Mom, what you said..." Xiu Xiu shook her head after hearing this.
"He carries water for you, he is filial to you, and he treats me well and takes care of me. There is no conflict between the two!" Xiuxiu added.
However, Cao Bamei continued to shake her head, "No, it's different."
"What's different?" Xiuxiu asked again.
Cao Bamei still shook her head: "If I say it's different, it's different. If you're not my age, you won't understand even if I say it!"
Xiu Xiu was speechless.
"Okay, okay, then I won't ask, but I still want to say one thing." Xiuxiu said, "That is, Li Wei is good to me. In the Li family, I have the final say in everything big and small. I won't nod. I won’t agree to any of his affairs, including visiting his father in the county jail, and none of the three mothers will dare to go!”
Hearing this, Cao Bamei couldn't help but raise her head and look at Xiuxiu in disbelief: "What's going on? They still want to go to the county government office to visit the prison? People like Li Yi do something that is outrageous to both humans and gods, and is worse than an animal, and they still want to go Visiting prison?"
In Cao Bamei's view, those who commit such crimes should be locked up in prison for the rest of their lives and never be allowed to come back!
As a family member, you should uprightly eliminate your relatives and draw a clear line between you and that kind of person, because it is that kind of person who ruins the family's reputation.
"Mom, you can't say that. No matter what, you are still Xiaowei's biological father. Especially since it's getting colder and colder today, it's okay to go visit him and give him some clothes."
The prison provides a set of prison uniforms when you enter. Other than that, other things should be provided by your family.
The prison is a place where prisoners are held. The prisoners are sent there to atone for their sins, rather than the Yamen providing money to let the prisoners eat and sleep there.
If this were the case, wouldn’t everyone go and commit crimes? Especially the homeless people, thieves and beggars on the street, they do bad things when the weather is cold, and then they wait to be caught and spend the winter in prison.
He will be released from prison when the weather warms up. What does that sound like? Are prisons still punishable? Will bad guys still be afraid? Wouldn't everything be in chaos?
Therefore, Cao Bamei firmly disagreed with Li Wei's family going to visit Li Yi in prison.
"Still afraid of clothes? You guys are really idle. Let me tell you, if you are caught, don't worry about his life or death. The worst he can do is be sent to the quarry to do menial work!"
Many prisoners are indeed ignored by their families, so those prisoners have to work if they want to avoid starvation and cold in the prison.
What I do is hard, tiring and life-threatening work.
Normal people would not normally do that kind of work, but the yamen would regularly send these prisoners to do those kinds of work, and they were still unpaid.
"Mom, no, how can you be so cruel? No matter what, he is still Xiaowei's biological father!" Xiu Xiu's expression changed several times.
"You also know that he is Li Wei's father, the grandfather of the baby in your belly?" Cao Bamei asked Xiuxiu.
"A grandpa makes such a mistake, causing his grandson to be laughed at before he is born. Do you think such a grandpa deserves to enjoy your filial piety? Such a person deserves to die!"
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