Cai Xiufen looked at Captain Jiang with a smile. Hearing this, Captain Jiang just took a breath of dry cigarette and was choked so hard that he coughed repeatedly. Seeing this, Cai Xiufen laughed out loud: "Why, you think what I said is wrong." ?”
"How old are you? You are still so unstable. You are not afraid that the boss and others will hear the joke."
The coughing finally stopped, and Captain Jiang looked at Cai Xiufen with difficulty.
"What's so funny? Could it be that what I said is wrong?"
Cai Xiufen disagreed.
Captain Jiang put out the cigarette pot and then put it together with the cigarette bag on the kang cabinet.
"Where are you going?"
Cai Xiufen held her sleeping little grandson, Jiang Guoan's son, in her arms. When she saw Captain Jiang getting off the kang and putting on his shoes, she couldn't help but ask.
"I'm going to visit my eldest brother."
The old father is celebrating his birthday tomorrow. Although the whole thing is handled by the eldest brother, he is the second eldest son, and it is fine for him and the third eldest son to provide money and support, but as brothers, he cannot really help with everything.
What's more, his parents gave birth to three brothers. Now that the two elders are getting older and their lives are getting worse day by day, he might as well go and talk to them.
"Don't forget to put on that big cotton-padded jacket."
Cai Xiufen had no objection to Captain Jiang going to Uncle Jiang's house, but in order to prevent Captain Jiang from freezing when he went out, she couldn't help but tell him to wear thicker clothes.
"What a big cotton-padded jacket, Li Bao said more than once, it's called a down jacket."
Since every room in the house is equipped with heating pipes, and even the living room is at a moderate temperature, Captain Jiang, Cai Xiufen, and the rest of the family did not wear cotton-padded clothes as long as they did not leave the house.
For example, Captain Jiang is only wearing a thin sweater on his upper body, and a more close-fitting down vest.
"It's just a different name."
Cai Xiufen gave Captain Jiang a roll of her eyes: "I am so old that I am being pretentious, but in the final analysis, you are still a dead old man!"
Picking up the down jacket hanging on the hanger and putting it on, Captain Jiang turned to look at Cai Xiufen: "You bitch, I really don't know what to say." The cotton jacket is filled with cotton, but is the down jacket filled with cotton? ?
This old woman has been in Beicheng longer than him. How come she still doesn’t know the difference between a cotton-padded jacket and a down jacket?
Captain Jiang shook his head secretly.
"Are you speaking ill of me in your heart?"
As he was about to walk out of the room, Cai Xiufen's voice came from behind, and Captain Jiang couldn't help but pause.
"What bad things can I say about you?"
Captain Jiang asked with a straight face as his eyes fell on Cai Xiufen.
"Say I don't know the difference between a cotton-padded jacket and a down jacket."
The couple has lived together for decades and has never blushed. Needless to say, there is no need to talk about their feelings. This also means that they understand each other very well. Even if the other person's expression changes slightly, it is not difficult to guess where he or she is. What to think.
No, as soon as the words left Cai Xiufen's mouth, Captain Jiang looked away guiltily.
"Do you admit it?"
"What am I admitting? I have nothing to do but just think about it!"
Captain Jiang waved his hand: "You can rest, I'm leaving."
"Damn old man, don't even think about struggling..."
Cai Xiufen's voice was not loud, but Captain Jiang had not yet left the room, so she naturally heard her. He blushed instantly and then walked out of the room without looking back.
Obviously, Captain Jiang undoubtedly understood what Cai Xiufen meant.
But Cai Xiufen had a smile on her face at this time, and there was a little pride in her eyebrows.
Want to struggle in the palm of my mother's hand?
Useless!
Even if you are lying in a coffin, I will still hold you tightly!
This is not Cai Xiufen's boasting.
In fact, Captain Jiang was really manipulated by Cai Xiufen, but then again, Cai Xiufen was not unreasonable. She would listen to Captain Jiang on big matters, even if she had different opinions. Said to Captain Jiang.
For example, Jiang Li married Luo Yanqing.
The two of them talked about it in front of the whole family. In short, it was all for the good of their precious daughter.
Therefore, after the incident, there was no knot in each other's hearts.
"Mom, where is my dad?"
Jiang Li walked into the room and didn't see Captain Jiang on the kang, so he couldn't help but ask.
"Didn't you see it at the courtyard gate?"
Cai Xiufen asked with a smile.
"Ah?" Jiang Li blinked in confusion, but she reacted in a flash and said, "I took Tuanzi and the three of them around the village for a while, and we just entered the house!"
The implication is that she was not always at the gate of the hospital.
Cai Xiufen did not answer, but asked: "Where are Tuanzi and the others?"
"Weiwei took her to play with Lin Dan and Yan Rou."
Jiang Li smiled and saw Cai Xiufen winking at her and closing the door. Without saying a word, she closed the door and asked, "What's wrong?" It was so mysterious. Could it be that I wanted to whisper something to her?
"Come up and sit."
Cai Xiufen opened the quilt, put down her sleeping little grandson in her arms, and let the little guy lie down to sleep on his own. She also called Jiang Li to get on the kang.
Jiang Li: "You shouldn't have been holding me until now, right?"
"What's wrong, you can't hold me?" Cai Xiufen helped her little grandson to cover him with the quilt, and saw Jiang Li shaking his head: "I didn't say anything. But don't your arms feel uncomfortable since your little brother and the others came back to hold you?"
"Why do you feel uncomfortable?" Cai Xiufen didn't care: "When I worked in the fields, I worked all morning, and my hands were basically free. That's when I was tired! But no matter how tired you are, what can you do? Everyone It’s all the same. If you don’t earn more work points, what will the whole family eat..."
Speaking of this, Cai Xiufen waved her hand: "Not to mention those old emperors, everyone's life is much better now. Every household has its own land, and it is their own business to do what they want. If they don't want to be burdened, they will plant less land. I think it's fine to find a job in the city to make money as long as you can support your family."
Jiang Li extended his thumbs up and praised: "My mother's ideas keep pace with the times. She is worthy of being a women cadre. She is amazing!"
"Stop hating me."
Cai Xiufen glared at Jiang Li, knowing that her precious daughter was causing trouble to make her happy, but after being praised by her daughter, she felt happy in her heart. However, her face did not show much strangeness. She said: "It's a good national policy. I listened to the radio and watched TV news a lot when I was in your place, so if I still stick to the old ideas, wouldn’t I be dragging the country back?!”
During the reform and opening up, people in the countryside who are smart and capable can do other things to get rich within the scope of the policy.
This way, there is nothing to say.
Cai Xiufen knew this very well, so when Brother Jiang and Brother Jiang contracted out part of their family's land, they insisted on starting a business outside without raising any objections.
After all, the country does not stipulate that country people have to farm their whole lives.
What's more, with the development of the country, more and more machinery will replace the work in the fields in the future, which does not require much human effort, just like the tractors that appeared in the past few years.
It can pull crops back from the ground and pull manure into the ground, which saves everyone a lot of effort.
"Mom, you are said to be powerful, but you are too modest to admit it. Tell me, you often listen to the radio and watch TV news. How many women in our village can compare with you?"
Jiang Li's eyes were shining, and her face was serious: "This is called pattern and vision. Mom, you are really an extraordinary old lady!" She extended her thumbs up again.
As for the clinker, Cai Xiufen did not accept Jiang Li's rainbow fart. Her eyes widened: "Am I very old?"
Jiang Li noticed that something was wrong and said hurriedly: "You are not old, you are still young. When we go out, we don't look like mother and daughter, but like sisters!"
"Then who do you call old lady?"
Cai Xiufen raised her eyebrows.
"Mom, you must have heard wrong. How could I call you an old lady?" Blinking his eyes, Jiang Li said cutely: "In my eyes, my mother is a great beauty, so beautiful that my father can't move when he sees it. Open your eyes!”
"screw you!"
Jiang Li was sitting next to Cai Xiufen, which made it easier for Cai Xiufen to attack her.
"Ouch, it hurts!"
After being slapped on the arm by her mother, Jiang Li immediately went online and said, "Mom, don't you love me anymore?" She looked aggrieved and said, "I'm so pitiful. My mother has moved on and doesn't like me anymore. What should I do? Who will comfort me?"
Cai Xiufen was neither smiling nor angry. She casually patted Jiang Li on the arm again: "I let you play tricks! I let you play tricks! I don't know that you have already misled Hanhan like this, even glutinous rice balls... Now that I’ve started to learn from you, can you tell me that you’re a bit like a mother?”
Hearing this, Jiang Li instantly returned to her seriousness. She cleared her throat and said, "I am definitely the most perfect mother in the world!"
Cai Xiufen: "Are you trying to flatter yourself?"
Jiang Li deliberately misinterpreted my mother's meaning: "How ugly that is! Mother, look at me, your beautiful daughter, if I get a little gold dust, wouldn't I become ugly?" Don't look too innocent.
"Are you playing tricks on me with your mother?"
Cai Xiufen seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
"How dare you!"
Jiang Li smiled flatteringly: "Mom, you know what kind of person I am, how could I play tricks on you? Actually, I am just trying to show off in front of you, and I will be bumped into by the children occasionally, but I make sure I've never been outspoken in front of children, so if you think about it carefully, you'll know if I told lies."
She has always been a serious mother in front of the children at home.
"Okay, you have such a mouth, even if you don't understand, you will still make sense!"
Pointing at Jiang Li's forehead, Cai Xiufen turned the topic to Wang Pan: "Your brother and your wife were quarreling just after they came back today. Your father and I said something about your brother, and your brother actually mentioned divorce in front of us. , I think your little brother didn’t say that on impulse.
Later, when your brother left, I chatted with your father about your fifth sister-in-law, and we mentioned Xiaodan and Rourou. As a result, your fifth sister-in-law was standing outside the door of our room. If Linlin hadn't greeted your fifth sister-in-law, I don’t know how long she will stand there and listen in the corner! "
Jiang Li: "It probably wasn't intentional."
Cai Xiufen: "I think so too, but I still feel a little uncomfortable."
Jiang Li: "What are you doing with my father Tilin Dan and Yan Rou?"
Cai Xiufen: "Isn't your fifth sister-in-law just because she is from the city, she keeps showing off to our family, and she always quarrels with your little brother. Anyway, I can't stand her noisy spirit."
"So you and my father mentioned the two grandsons-in-law, saying that they also grew up in the city, but one is more sensible than the other, right?"
After hearing Jiang Li's words, Cai Xiufen was startled at first, and then said: "As expected of my daughter, you can guess all this."
"Mom, there is no comparison between people. We live in different growth environments and develop different personalities. As for the fifth sister-in-law, she is just having a little temper in front of my little brother. Don't take it to heart and look back. Also tell my dad to stay out of my little brother and his wife’s affairs.”
Jiang Li didn't want his father and mother to be caught between Jiang Guoan and his wife and suffer.
After all, they are a couple. They are quarreling one moment and can reconcile the next moment. But if the old couple gets involved, it may intensify the conflict.
Because as the saying goes: couples quarrel at the end of the bed.
"Your father is more open-minded than me. He also advised me not to get involved in the affairs of your brother and his wife. He said that your fifth sister-in-law may have been spoiled by her family and lived with your brother after marriage. ,
It was inevitable that I would have a bad temper. After listening to your father's words, I retorted to him and said, "Aren't you the one who is loved by our family? Why don't you always make trouble with Yan Qing? After your father heard this, tell me what to do." Looking at the uncle's house, I know that he has nothing to say and is avoiding the question. "
"I have no chance."
"What did you say?"
Cai Xiufen glared: "Repeat what you just said."
"Mom!" Jiang Li's voice was soft, she did it on purpose, and she said with a smile: "You taught me how to make trouble with your good son-in-law? Besides, your good son-in-law is very busy at work, and it's hard for him to go home and have a rest. , she can’t possibly give me a chance to make trouble, right?!”
Cai Xiufen: "Don't think that I don't know what you meant by what you said before." Doesn't it mean that the son-in-law is busy with work and did not give her a chance to make trouble? This is not allowed.
Thinking of this, Cai Xiufen straightened her face: "Li Bao, this mother has no control over how other girls get along with her own man, but you can't act petty in front of Yan Qing. Not to mention that Yan Qing has a good temper. He alone He's so busy at work that he can't even take a break. If you make a noise when he finally goes home to rest, it's your fault!"
"I know, I know! Your good son-in-law works hard, I promise not to make trouble with him at any time!"
Jiang Li looked serious: "Do you need me to raise my hand and swear?"
"As long as you know what's going on."
Cai Xiufen shook her head and said helplessly: "When we live together as a couple, either you let me have some, or I let you have some. Only in this way can we live peacefully. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the two of us to live together for a long time."
"I will remember what mother said."
Jiang Li smiled slightly, and then said: "We can say that we are all outsiders when it comes to my brother and his wife, but I believe that my brother is a successful man. He knows how to live his life. We are watching from the sidelines. That’s good. Besides, husband and wife need to get along. Maybe in a year or two, Sister-in-law Wu will no longer quarrel with my brother over the sesame and mung bean order."
"It's best that way."
Cai Xiufen said: "From your eldest brother, sister-in-law to your fourth brother and sister-in-law, your father and I have never had to worry about these four couples. It's you and Yan Qing. If you hadn't disappeared suddenly that year, your father and I would have been I was anxious, complaining in my heart whether Yan Qing had said something to you, which made it difficult for you to accept it for a while, so I ran to a secluded place to stay by myself. I didn't want my family to feel uncomfortable, so it made it easier for you two to talk about it.
I didn't expect this from your little brother. When I first met your fifth sister-in-law, I thought she was a pretty good girl. However, she seemed to have changed her personality after marriage. "
Hearing this, Jiang Li smiled and did not answer.
Before getting married, I was obsessed with showing my best side in front of my partner and his/her family, especially for someone like Wang Pan who pursued me backwards, so I never forgot to hide my shortcomings.
Once you get married, the man you want to pursue becomes your own. Once your nerves relax, your character flaws will naturally gradually reveal themselves in your life.
When she realized that Wang Pan was not as innocent and carefree as he appeared on the surface, she kept a certain distance from him. At the same time, she stopped thinking about bringing him into her life, that is, providing him with ways to get close to Jiang Guoan. Chance.
And when Jiang Guoan asked about his attitude towards Wang Pan, he expressed his opinion without any personal emotions.
In the end, because of Wang Pan's "perseverance", he successfully captured Jiang Guoan.
She could see at that time that it was not necessarily true that Jiang Guoan liked Wang Pan very much. Most of them were moved by the other person's "perseverance". Furthermore, she felt that since they were old enough and they didn't hate Wang Pan, it would be fine to live together.
In one sentence: Just make do with it!
Sometimes Jiang Li couldn't help but wonder, why is Jiang Guoan's relationship so bumpy in the entire Jiang family?
When I first started working, I met a wonderful girl Yang Zijuan. When I was in college, I met Wang Pan who had the spirit of "The Foolish Old Man Moves Mountains". Love letters were sent to me one after another. Even if I didn't accept them, they still appeared in front of me again and again. Submit her confession letter.
Speaking of which, any normal man would probably be unable to withstand this.
And Jiang Guoan happens to be one of them.
Why! Sighing secretly, Jiang Li felt that one thing could not be denied, that is, Wang Pan was indeed good-looking and looked very well-behaved.
…
Grandpa Jiang has three sons, and Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang live with Uncle Jiang. Needless to say, tomorrow's birthday party will be held at Uncle Jiang's house.
Since many people from Uncle Jiang's house in the third room and Jiang Li's house in the second room went to Uncle Jiang's house to help this afternoon, the three families naturally stayed together during dinner.
At about nine o'clock in the evening, Uncle Jiang's family and his second wife Jiang Li's family left Uncle Jiang's house.
The folks who came to Uncle Jiang’s house to help select and wash vegetables have also left one after another.
All the preparations have been done, just waiting for the chef to take over tomorrow morning.
At present, there are weddings and funerals in the farmhouse, and the villagers are helping each other, and they need to borrow a lot of tables and chairs. However, Lao Jiang's family was very popular in Aoli Village, so it didn't take Uncle Jiang or Captain Jiang and Uncle Jiang to ask. Those villagers who came to help, whoever had a high table and long stools, just brought them over when they came to help in the afternoon.
As for the pots, pans, and tableware used on the banquet, the chef in charge has them at home, and they are rented exclusively for villagers from ten miles and eight villages to hold weddings and weddings.
There is no doubt that the head chef is a wise man. It is reasonable and reasonable to make money through this legitimate method and achieve the goal of getting rich. It also provides convenience to the folks in eight villages in ten miles and eight villages, and he has received many thanks.
If the head chef could think faster and provide tables and stools, he would probably be able to increase his income...
"Everyone go to bed. You have to get up early tomorrow, so don't stay here all the time."
After returning home and sitting on the kang, Cai Xiufen looked at the room full of people and raised her hand to chase people away.
Captain Jiang did not speak.
"Mom, I'll stay and talk to you and my father." Jiang Guosheng, the second brother Jiang, spoke at this time. Seeing that his mother didn't chase him away, Jiang Guosheng couldn't help but cast his eyes on Jiang Li: "Li Bao, you are here too Dad, let’s sit in my mother’s house for a while.”
Jiang Li knew that the other party wanted to have a chat with her.
Nodding, she said to Mingrui: "Ruirui, you and Hanhan Weiwei take Tuanzi and the others to wash up and go to bed first."
"OK."
Mingrui responded, greeted Minghan, Mingwei picked up the dumplings and glutinous rice balls and went out of the room.
Brother Jiang, Third Brother Jiang, Fourth Brother Jiang, and Jiang Guoan sent their respective children away. Without waiting for Captain Jiang and Cai Xiufen to say anything, they all took off their shoes and got on the kang, huddled together with Jiang Guosheng and Jiang Li. Together.
"Old man, do you have a headache?"
Looking at her son sitting on the Kang, Cai Xiufen's brows turned into knots.
"Um."
Captain Jiang nodded.
Having too many sons is indeed a bit overwhelming, but fortunately, having only a few at home makes things easier.
"Dad, our brothers are not unfilial sons!"
Jiang Guoan said with a smile.
"Lao Wu is right, father and mother, we brothers are all filial. Of course, if compared with Li Bao, our filial piety is not enough!"
Brother Jiang said, he looked at Jiang Li, and then he was obviously embarrassed.
Brother Jiang looked at Jiang Li with a smile and said, "Li Bao, I am not as filial to our parents as you are, but I will work hard to prevent you from falling too far behind."
Third brother Jiang's eyes also fell on Jiang Li: "Li Bao, be filial in front of our father and mother. Third brother can't compare with you, but as long as our father and mother are here in our hometown, third brother will definitely take good care of our two elders." All right."
This is the truth. Ever since I accompanied Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang back to their hometown during the National Day, Third Brother Jiang has basically been in charge of the daily lives of Cai Xiufen and Captain Jiang.
For example, helping Cai Xiufen cook, or working in the fields with Captain Jiang. In short, Brother Jiang spends at least half of his time in the village in a month.
Everything in the clothing store is taken care of by Jiang Sansao.
"Brother, you all know how to say it, but I don't even know what to say now."
Jiang Guosheng smiled bitterly: "I have been transferred to work in Beicheng for more than a year, but I rarely have time to go to Li Bao's place to see my parents. Instead, my parents come all the way to my place to visit our family. Speaking of which, no matter what I feel ashamed both as a son and as an elder brother! I couldn't be more filial to my parents, and I couldn't help Li Bao in any way. Looking back, I'm a bit useless!"
"Second brother, what are you, eldest brother, third brother, fourth brother and younger brother doing? Are you holding a review meeting with me?"
Jiang Li was a little dumbfounded. She said, "What do you mean you are useless? You were defending our country. If there were no people like you, how could we live a stable and peaceful life?"
Gentle and smiling eyes passed over Brother Jiang and others. Jiang Li continued: "We are all children of our parents. In my opinion, when it comes to filial piety, I can't compare with you. First of all, growing up, my parents doted on me. You loved me, you also pampered me, and you didn’t let me do anything. There was delicious food at home, so you clung to me to eat it first. After I married Luo Yanqing, my parents were worried that I would be alone in Beicheng.
Not only did I ask my brother to accompany me, but my mother also went to Beicheng to take care of me. After that, even my father took care of me and a few children. I was not filial to my parents, but my father and mother were always there for me. worry. If you don’t want me to feel ashamed, don’t say anything about me not being filial in front of my parents. Otherwise, I will jump off the kang and leave immediately! "
Then catch the bugs. . .
(End of chapter)
