After Aunt Su left, the whole house became completely quiet. Su Jin counted the money he took out from her, which was seventeen and eighty-three cents.
She thought that the money that the original owner and her husband had left with her was seven to eight thousand, not ten thousand, and she thought about how to get that money back.
"Mom just left, okay? What mom left behind was her food money, right?" Li Fendou hesitated for a moment, and seeing that his wife had stopped talking since his mother-in-law left, he couldn't help but ask.
"Hey, what can we do? We have no money, and my mother feels sorry for me. Knowing that I am weak, she specially gives me money to buy meat to replenish my body. We must be filial to my mother in the future." Su Jin sighed and stood up. , a little dizzy, Li Fendou quickly came over to help her.
"Yeah, we don't have money, why don't we have money?" Li Fendou sighed heavily.
He had never had such difficulties when he first graduated and started working.
He and his wife have a total salary of seven to eight hundred, not counting various subsidies. Why don't they have any money?
"You're stupid. Mom has saved our money. I'll go back and get it in a few days." Su Jin looked at Li Fendou with a look of disgust.
Li Fendou:...
"I have to send Zhenzhen Qizheng to school, and I have to replenish the health of you and the two children. I have to listen to the doctor's words. I have to buy stationery, clothes, schoolbags, etc. to go to school. Everything costs money. Fortunately, my mother is kind and helps me save money. , My mother is so kind." Su Jin said happily.
Li Fendou:...
He sighed heavily, okay, just let his wife say yes, maybe it's really good.
"You can't have a problem with my mother just because of what happened today. She just cares about me too much." Su Jin immediately became serious when she saw Li Fendou's unspeakable expression.
"Yeah, yeah, my mother-in-law is very kind to you, but no matter how nice she is, she can't agree to buy a color TV. All our money is with mom, where can we get the money to buy a color TV." Li Fendou nodded perfunctorily.
After speaking, he was afraid that his wife would be angry, so he quickly said: "The doctor asked you to rest more, go in and lie down, and I will cook."
"Yes, it's my mother who is good to me, not my siblings. She sent me to the hospital today because she wanted a big color TV. I have to think carefully about buying a color TV." Su Jin frowned and saw Li Fendou. They were surprised by her words, but the two children looked calm and sighed inwardly. The image of the original owner burning his small home to brighten up his parents' family was so profound that neither child believed it.
In other words, her husband still has some expectations for her.
"What are you doing standing around? Zhenzhen and Qi Zheng haven't eaten anything today. They must be hungry. Let's have some snacks first. You go and cook." After saying that, he went into the room again, opened the locked cabinet, and put in the things he bought. I took out the mung bean cake that I planned to take back to my nieces and nephews. I also made three bowls of lotus root starch for them to cushion their stomachs, and muttered: "Eat less mung bean cake. I have to eat later. If you eat too much, you won't be able to digest it."
Seeing their mother bring out the mung bean cake and lotus root starch, Li Zhenzhen and Li Qizheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and they ran to the table. They held the table with both hands and watched Su Jin make the lotus root starch, swallowing hard.
Su Jin smiled and gave each of the two children a piece of mung bean cake.
For a moment, both children forgot that their mother had ignored them.
When Li Fendou saw Su Jin taking out these things, he wanted to say something, but when he saw the two children wearing ill-fitting clothes, holding mung bean cakes in both hands, eating carefully, he felt sad, did not say anything, and went to the kitchen in silence. .
The kitchen is very clean, there are no dishes, just some rice and flour. Usually a family of four goes to the mother-in-law's house to eat. This is why they give her such a high living expenses.
So Li Fendou was a little worried. He didn't know what to eat. Should he just drink porridge or eat steamed buns?
But the doctor said that both the children and his wife needed to take supplements. This was not enough. Li Fendou was very annoyed.
"Hey, aunt, why are you outside the door?" Su Jin opened the door and saw Grandma Zhao lying at the door.
When Grandma Zhao saw the weak Su Jin, she smiled uncomfortably and said hurriedly: "Passing by, passing by, passing by."
"I'm going to my daughter's house, haha." Grandma Zhao said and hurriedly knocked on the door diagonally opposite. Su Jin smiled and closed the door.
Seeing Su Jin closing the door, Grandma Zhao hurriedly took the hand of her in-laws who came to open the door, and said with a gossipy face: "Let me tell you, that family is really struggling to cook, but it doesn't matter, Zhenzhen's mother is She is really filial and really listens to her mother, I just heard..."
Su Jin lay at the door, listening to the sound getting smaller and smaller, until the door was closed, cutting off the sound of voices, and smiled secretly.
When she turned around, she saw two children eating lotus root starch looking at her with their ears raised. When she turned around and immediately pretended to be eating seriously, she felt funny.
"Comrade Su Jin, we don't have food at home." Li Fendou's voice came from the kitchen.
"Yes, in the house." Su Jin replied.
So Li Fendou and his two children saw Su Jin take out a piece of bacon and a handful of garlic sprouts from the cabinet in the bedroom.
Li Zhenzhen was about to say that she was going to take this back to replenish the health of her cousins, but before she could say anything, her brother covered her mouth.
"Get some rest quickly, the food will be ready soon." Li Fendou also quickly took the meat to the kitchen, fearing that his wife would regret it if he was a step too late.
"Remember to eat the lotus root starch on the table." Su Jin thought for a while and realized that she was indeed feeling uncomfortable. After saying this, she lay down.
"I got it." It turned out that he still had his share. Li Fendou's heart felt warm. It seemed that his wife was serious about replenishing their health. She not only listened to her mother-in-law but also listened to the doctor's words.
But in the end he was not willing to eat it, so he still divided it between his two children.
Seeing her father like this, Li Zhenzhen shook her head and said, "Dad, eat it."
"Dad doesn't eat it, so you guys eat it." Li Fendou's heart became even warmer.
"Then mommy eats it." Li Zhenzhen thought, mommy didn't eat it either.
"I'll eat." After hearing his sister's words, Li Qizheng quickly took the bowl over.
Today, my mother was protecting my uncle but not him. He was holding a grudge and didn't want his mother to eat it.
Li Fendou didn't think much about it. He just thought that his son was still hungry, so he and his daughter shared the food, and then went to the kitchen to make noodles.
"Brother, why did you cover my mouth just now to prevent me from talking?" Li Zhenzhen asked doubtfully as she licked the lotus root starch on the edge of the bowl.
"You're stupid. If you tell me, we won't have any meat to eat." Li Qizheng said in a low voice and glanced in the direction of the kitchen. "Tonight there will not only be meat, but also white flour steamed buns. Alas, it would be better if my mother's brain was always broken. .”
Li Qizheng interpreted Su Jin's abnormality as a brain injury. Aunt Su also felt that her daughter, who had always been filial, could not ask for money from her. She must have a brain injury. She was angry along the way. When she got home, she saw her daughter-in-law... There was no fire to cook, which made me even more angry.
But when I thought about my daughter-in-law’s parents being retired cadres and having an older brother working in the capital, I took a sigh of relief.
