"Mom and Dad, we're back!" He Qiuniang returned home quickly, dragging her foodie son with her all the way, feeling that her face was burning.
Seeing that they were back, Grandma Chen immediately put the food that was still hot on the stove on the table: "You're back, eat quickly, you must be starving."
With his sharp eyes, Li Zheng saw at a glance what He Qiuniang was holding and the bulging cheeks of his eldest grandson. His expression suddenly changed: "Where did the things come from?"
How dare He Qiuniang open her mouth? Her son went to other people's houses and even took food with him. It would be embarrassing to talk about it.
But Niu Ergou didn't realize it at all. He snatched the bowl from his mother's hand and ran to Grandpa with a smile to offer the treasure: "Grandpa, look, this is red date cake. Sister Caohua made it, and I also helped. .”
I helped wash the dates and collected firewood!
"Okay, okay, the dog has really grown up and can help with the work." Li Zheng touched his grandson's head with a kind attitude.
"Has your brain been eaten by a dog? Dogs are young and ignorant. How about you? How old are you? How do you do things!" Grandma Chen put the last bowl of rice on the table, holding her chopsticks and scolding He Qiuniang. On.
"You don't know what's going on at Niu Dadu's house, and you still go to take advantage of it. Your conscience has been eaten by dogs."
"Mom, I don't have it. His family insisted on handing it to me. I pushed it for a long time." He Qiuniang looked bitter.
She never takes advantage of others.
Li Zheng's family gathered around the dinner table and watched my grandma curse. He didn't even dare to fart, for fear of being scolded if he made any noise.
When Mrs. Qin saw her sister-in-law coming back with pastries, her face was filled with joy unconsciously. Her children would be able to share some of these pastries, but her mother-in-law's scolding immediately made her shrink into the corner, and her back habitually He got rickety.
When Niuergou saw his mother being scolded, he later realized that he had done something wrong, but grandma's scolding was too terrible, so he shrank into his grandpa's arms.
Niu Shanbao felt sorry for his wife and stopped him: "Mom, Qiu Niang didn't mean it. She had to give it to her, so don't scold her."
As soon as these words came out, it was like poking a hornet's nest, and Grandma Chen's face turned black visibly: "I cursed? You have a wife and have forgotten your mother. I worked hard to raise you up, and this is how you repay me. Can't you just say a few words to your wife? Are you going to beat me to death in the future?"
"Mom, what are you thinking about? I don't mean that." Niu Shanbao was scolded by his mother and immediately gave in. He gave his wife a helpless look and stepped aside.
"You bunch of heartless things are all white-eyed wolves." Grandma Chen seemed to transform into a fire-breathing dragon and began to attack indiscriminately.
"Okay, let's eat." Finally, Li Zheng said.
Everyone in the Li Zheng family was as quiet as a chicken, obediently washed their hands and sat down at the dinner table.
Niuergou sat in his lap, eagerly looking at the food on the table. In the past, he would have taken action directly, but today, the atmosphere at home was tense, and he suddenly became less courageous and did not dare to move.
"Boss, send the cakes Hua'er brought to Niu Dadu's house this afternoon." Halfway through the meal, Satozheng suddenly ordered.
You can't just go out and eat and drink for free every day and then take it home with you.
"Old man, you can't. That pastry was brought back from the city by Hua'er. It's not cheap. What's the value of this broken jujube cake?" Grandma Chen was extremely reluctant.
"Don't talk so much, just do as I say."
"Got it!" Niu Shanbao saw that his mother was silent and nodded quickly.
"Hmph! The eldest daughter-in-law, you wash the dishes today." Grandma Chen still didn't like the eldest daughter-in-law and glared at her.
"Okay, mother." Chen Qiuniang didn't dare to have any objections.
After eating, the family went about their business.
Niuergou followed him to the kitchen, sat on a small stool, cupped his chin and watched his mother busy.
"Mom, why are grandpa and grandma so angry?" Haven't you ever gone to Zhenzhen's house for dinner before? Grandma even praised him for being smart.
"The houses you went to before are all relatives. How many meals you eat doesn't matter. How can the Niu Dadu family be the same? His family is so poor that they can't afford to eat. You went to eat and ate all the food in his family. How will we live with the rations then?" Chen Qiuniang muttered.
Niu Ergou thought about it carefully and felt that what his mother said seemed to make sense: "Mom, please prepare my rations. I will go to Sister Caohua's house to eat my own rations."
Chen Qiuniang laughed angrily, and grabbed her son's ears with the hand she was using to wash the pot of water: "You can do it. It's only been a few days, and you have already become a member of someone else's family. That family is so nice."
Although his mother's expression was fierce, she didn't use much force on her hand, and it didn't hurt at all. Niu Ergou knew that his mother was not too angry. He raised his head and laughed: "Sister Caohua, you are so good, cook some delicious food for me." Yes, take me to play in the mountains and give me a little rabbit. By the way, mother, do you know that Sister Caohua also knows how to read? She taught Xiaodi how to read."
"Know the words? Are you serious?" He Qiuniang suddenly lost her composure.
There is not a single literate person in the entire Niujia Village.
Even her father-in-law, Li Zheng, was illiterate. He only had a book at home, which he said was called "The Analects of Confucius" and was given to him by a noble man he met when he was young.
This thin little book was kept in the room by the father-in-law, and they couldn't even take a look at it.
But now, her son says that the daughter of Niu Dadu's poor family knows how to read!
This is too ridiculous!
"I don't know if it's true. I heard Xiaodi reciting books in the yard the day before yesterday, and Sister Caohua was watching him do it. I still remember that at the beginning of someone..." Niu Ergou was actually not sure, he I heard it vaguely the last time I went there, but as soon as I entered the courtyard, the voices stopped.
"Then you must have heard wrong. How can his family be literate? We have all grown up watching it. How can we not know what is going on in his family? I would rather believe that sows can climb trees." He Qiuniang curled her lips, I went back to washing dishes.
Today there was a dish at home with several pieces of meat in it, and there was oil on the bowl. Even though the oil on the bowl was rinsed with hot water several times, it was still difficult to wash.
"Mom, I'm going to go play in the small land~" Niu Ergou couldn't sit still after sitting for a while. He said hello and was eager to run away.
"Little bastard, go ahead. Remember to come back for dinner tonight. Don't ask me to look for you again."
He ran to the kitchen door and was stopped by He Qiuniang again.
"Wait a minute, bring this bowl over. And call your dad too."
"Oh~ I know~"
"Dad~Mom asked me to call you to go to Xiaodi's house."
"I know, here we come."
In the living room, Niu Daya and Niu Erya were hiding in the corner, watching the interaction between the uncle's family and their eyes almost overflowing with envy.
Niu Daya thought of her mother-in-law who was holding her sister in the room and crying again, and her father who disappeared as soon as they finished eating, and wondered why she was not the uncle's child.
If it were an aunt or uncle, she would definitely not be like this.
