Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

Gu Jiashu didn't come back all night, Huo Xiaoli was so angry that his lungs would explode, and all he could think about was where he went and who he was with.She thought about calling Gu Jiashu, but she pressed the phone number and hung up again - he had already protested to her by saying that he didn't come home at night, and she even called to ask questions. Gu Jiashu sneered, and even looked down on himself a little bit. Simply, he suffocated and bulged all night, deliberately turned on the lights to see when Gu Jiashu would come back. She turned the night into dawn, and she didn't see Gu Jiashu's shadow. The anger in her heart swelled into a balloon. When she arrived at the work unit, she surprised Dr. Wang at the opposite table and asked her if she was sick.

Huo Xiaoli shook his head, said no, he was insomnia.Seeing Dr. Wang looking at her with concern, as if wanting to know the reason, he smiled and said that he stayed up all night reading novels. Dr. Wang said with emotion that a woman usually has a child, and the good life is over. She has to be busy taking care of the child and serving her husband all day long. Like her, she is busy all day long, not knowing that she is busy. What, where is the mind to read novels.In the end, I envy Huo Xiaoli's blessing. He married a good husband, and his mother-in-law is also reasonable. She has been helping to take care of the children, so that Huo Xiaoli can live a happy life.

What Dr. Wang said made Huo Xiaoli even more sad.In front of people, she never said anything wrong with Xiao Aiqiu. First, no one would believe her. Second, she didn't want to be the kind of gossip daughter-in-law who took pleasure in criticizing her mother-in-law in front of others. She seemed stupid.No matter how weak the mother-in-law is, she is still a family. If something good happens, she will run out of support, and immediately turn around and say that it is not a family that does not enter the house.As for Gu Jiashu, let alone, she doesn't need to take advantage of him behind his back, not to mention that everyone sees her as happy, and happiness is a good thing for herself, but not necessarily for others.What a strange animal people are, everyone wants to be happy, but once the people around them are happy, they are so easily lost.The so-called blessings to others are mostly just social rhetoric that they know can't be realized. When others are really happy, what they feel may not only be sharing happiness, but also deeply hurt internally.

Huo Xiaoli knows that the so-called happiness she has has hurt a group of people around her, because she is beautiful, her husband is successful, her son is cute, her parents-in-law are kind, and her life is like a roll of auspicious pictures slowly unfolding, like a perfect and strong bird. There is no short board that can miss happiness.And how many people have a vague expectation, hoping that a board will suddenly fall from the bucket of her happiness, and see her happiness finally crashing into water, so that they can have a chance to express their sympathy, and they can also let it fall naturally. Pity her, so that the heart that has been pinched in front of her for a long time can finally take a long breath.

So, Huo Xiaoli just smiled at Dr. Wang and said nothing. She doesn't like sympathy, not only because she has strong self-esteem, but also because there are too many sympathies, which will only make people feel more self-pity. Sister Xianglin has earned a lot of sympathy, but is it miserable or not? ? If Gu Jiashu could call her during the day and explain where she went last night, maybe she could calm down. But Gu Jiashu's annual spare parts bidding meeting was about to start, so he was too busy to explain to her.Therefore, on this day, Huo Xiaoli was full of the black mushroom cloud after the atomic bomb exploded, and lived in the silence of Gu Jiashu in a daze.

When I got home from get off work, the house was as deserted as usual, without even a phone call. Gu Jiashu had a meeting at the company to study the plan and came back late at night.As usual, the suffocated Huo Xiaoli lay on the bed and pretended to be asleep. When she heard his footsteps coming in, she moved slightly, thinking: If he still cared about her, he would definitely explain where he went last night. But after Gu Jiashu had been spinning around for a day and a night, he was almost exhausted and collapsed. He changed his shoes, threw himself on the bed without even taking a shower, and suddenly fell asleep.

Hearing his snoring sound evenly, Huo Xiaoli felt that something was collapsing in her heart. She was like a person who got into a dead end, thinking of nothing. She felt that the only thing left in the whole world was Gu Jiashu's cheating, which deserved attention. As for his recent spanking because of the bidding, she didn't even bother to think about it, and even forgot the irrefutable truth that "career is a man's love, and love is a woman's career".She was like a paranoid patient, he was too busy to take care of her, and he was connected with cheating. Now, the more soundly Gu Jiashu slept, the angrier she became, and she sat up suddenly, glaring at him angrily, feeling that her eyeballs were about to bleed.She wished she could grow two knives out of her eyes, cut open Gu Jiashu to see what kind of woman he had in his heart, and how kind he was to that woman, and then killed the pair with one knife and two. The men and women who come out will be happy until the seven orifices bleed.

She grinned at Gu Jiashu who was sleeping like mud, measured his neck, and tried to strangle him to death, but Gu Jiashu still snored like thunder, as if she was a clown who made trouble, even if he stabbed the sky down, he should sleep in his bed Sleep or sleep with him. Huo Xiaoli's anger grew inch by inch, and Gu Jiashu fell deeper and deeper in the dreamland. She couldn't bear it anymore, picked up the pillow, and threw it on Gu Jiashu's body. "I can't sleep!" Huo Xiaoli yelled sharply and kicked him again. Gu Jiashu opened his eyes and looked at her inexplicably, "What are you doing?"

"What do you think I'm doing? Where did you go last night?" Huo Xiaoli asked eagerly. Gu Jiashu became more awake, frowned, "Go to Lacey." After speaking, he turned over and continued to sleep. "Go to Laixi? Who can prove that you have gone to Laixi?" Seeing that he woke up, Huo Xiaoli refused to let go, jumped off the bed, turned on the light, and stood on the floor in front of Gu Jiashu with bare feet. superior. Gu Jiashu was dazed by the light for a moment, a little annoyed, and sat up suddenly, staring at Huo Xiaoli for a few seconds, as if trying to hold back his seizures, got up without a word, turned off the light, and stabbed his head. On the bed, he took a sip, "My sister can prove it, and Luo Wudao can also prove it! Go ask!"

In fact, during the busy breaks during the day, Gu Jiashu once thought of calling Huo Xiaoli on his own initiative, explaining where he was last night, and then asking her why she made such a fuss for no reason.But after thinking about it, I felt that once I took the initiative, it seemed that I had done something wrong and wanted to apologize, so forget it. But for Huo Xiaoli, Gu Jiashu had already cheated, because she hadn't found out yet, so she deliberately pretended to be nothing in front of her, pretending to be righteous.Regarding men's attitude towards affairs, I have heard a little bit about it. As long as they are not caught in bed, everyone is the male version of Liu Hulan. Even if they are caught in bed, they can make up ten thousand ridiculous reasons to justify themselves.

"Don't think I won't ask, I'll tell you, Gu Jiashu, I'm going all out, I'm not afraid of losing face, I'll ask tomorrow!" Huo Xiaoli threw himself on the bed, "I'll tell you, Gu Jiashu, This time, you don't want to get away with it!" "You'd better ask now!" Gu Jiashu had a severe headache, sat up suddenly, groped in the dark, grabbed the pillow and left. A moment later, there was the sound of a door slamming from the attic. Huo Xiaoli felt like a frog locked at the bottom of a well, no matter how much he hopped around, he hit a wall. He felt so annoyed and angry that his whole body was hurting from invisible scars. She didn't wait until tomorrow, so she called Luo Wudao. In fact, it wasn't that she didn't believe that Gu Jiashu went to Lacey, she just wanted to find an excuse to get rid of the accumulated anger in her heart, otherwise, she would suffocate herself to death that night. Hearing the drowsy Luo Wudao answering the phone, she suddenly realized that she was a little crazy, and didn't know what to say, so she was vague for a while before asking: "Brother-in-law, did Gu Jiashu look for you yesterday?" Luo Wudao hummed, and explained the cause and effect a little embarrassedly, and then Huo Xiaoli realized that it turned out that he was not the only heartbroken person in this world. Others may not know how deep Gu Meitong's feelings for Luo Wudao are, but she knows, because she knows that Gu Meitong has been using vitamins as contraceptive pills to hide a secret painstakingly for so many years, but because she is afraid of losing this man. Her heart suddenly softened, "Brother-in-law, is it just because she refuses to have children?" Luo Wudao was bored for a while, "This matter cannot be explained clearly in a few sentences." Huo Xiaoli pondered for a while, "If it's just because of this, I think I should tell you..." While talking, Huo Xiaoli let himself be frightened, covered his mouth subconsciously, and asked after a while: "Do you have to leave?" "Definitely." Luo Wudao's voice was very soft, but crisp, without any room for maneuver. When she heard the word "definitely" spit out from Luo Wudao's mouth, for some reason, she suddenly stopped hating Gu Meitong so much, and even felt that she was pitiful, as pitiful as a drowning child who cannot be rescued .If it is said that Gu Jiashu's affair was a blow to her head-on, then Luo Wudao's unfeelingness had soaked Gu Meitong's life in a pigsty. "Brother-in-law, come back tomorrow, I have something to tell you." After saying this, Huo Xiaoli suddenly felt that he was like Lin Xiangru who was carrying the priceless jade. She is a woman who regards marriage as her life's work, she cannot just watch Gu Meitong being immersed in the hopeless pigsty of marriage. Although Gu Meitong may not be able to accept her love, and whether it is useful or not, she must reach out to give Gu Meitong a hand. "Is it Jiashu's meaning?" Luo Wudao was a little apprehensive. "It's my own idea. There is something. If she didn't tell you, I think I need to explain it to you." Luo Wudao said yes, and then asked Gu Xinjian if he was very angry. Huo Xiaoli was at a loss for words, and it was difficult to say because she suspected that Gu Jiashu had an affair and the trouble was raging, and he didn't even bother to ask about the affairs of his in-laws, he just hummed haha After a few simple prevarications, he hung up. She leaned on the bed, somehow, her mood became much calmer.It turned out that she was not the most unfortunate woman, at least she had a baby son Tie Dan, even if Gu Jiashu really betrayed her, he didn't set his mind to throw her away as trash like Luo Wudao did to Gu Meitong. Happiness and misfortune all have a scale, there is no most unfortunate, only more unfortunate, she thought drowsily, and fell asleep on the bedside, and when she woke up, it was already daylight. Gu Jiashu had already left, and the dirty clothes he had changed were thrown on the sofa. It seemed that he had entered the bedroom because he wanted to find clean clothes in the closet. Perhaps, he had already seen her sleeping in embarrassment on the head of the bed, but he didn't care about her, and he didn't even pull the quilt that only covered her waist for her. Her heart, like her upper body that had been out to dry for most of the night, was cold and cold. After a while, she smiled again: What's wrong with thinking?In this family, Gu Jiashu is just a vacuum cleaner, he only sucks up the kindness of others to him, and what he pours out is all emotional garbage.Sometimes she wondered if Gu Jiashu had a split personality. Outside, everyone who saw him would praise him as a modest gentleman, full of gentlemanly demeanor, but why did he become a bully when he returned home?If you follow him anyway, if you say something against his heart, you will become a choked donkey, stretching its neck and barking staringly. It's really hypocritical, Huo Xiaoli even thought of Xiao Aiqiu from him, it really is a mother and son, outside, they all pretend to be good people, and tear off the painted skin when they come home.After so many years, what did he care about her?Even if she has a fever, she has to cook for him.What's more, they just had a fight? When Luo Wudao arrived in the city, it was already noon, so he called Huo Xiaoli and said that he would wait for her at a restaurant near the hospital. Huo Xiaoli went there after get off work, simply ordered two dishes, and chatted briefly about their respective situations before getting involved in Luo Wudao and Gu Meitong's divorce. Huo Xiaoli looked at him for a while, then slowly said: "Brother-in-law, is having children important to your marriage?" Luo Wudao said: "It's hard to say, but at least it's the flashpoint of conflict." Huo Xiaoli nodded, and said cautiously that he was a gynecologist. For a couple, there are usually two situations in whether they want to have children, one is that they are unable to have children due to physical defects, and the other is that they do not want to have children.Then, I asked Luo Wudao, if these two situations were put in front of him, which one would he be more willing to accept? Luo Wudao said that it is of course the first type. It is a matter of fate that the body has a defect and cannot give birth. It is a matter of attitude that it may be born or not. "What if Gu Meitong belongs to the former?" Huo Xiaoli looked at him calmly, "What if she also wants to have a baby but can't, but is afraid of losing you, so she can only excuse her not wanting to have a baby?" Luo Wudao looked at Huo Xiaoli firmly, and pretended to laugh loudly but didn't laugh out loud, "How is that possible? She eats contraceptive pills for food. Besides, I don't think she's afraid of losing me. On the contrary, in her mouth, I am the sinner who prevented her from wearing leather and living in a mansion for the rest of her life." "You are wrong brother-in-law. She loves you very much and is afraid of losing you. As for what she said, it is just a guilty conscience. She wants to overwhelm you and let you know how much she has paid to love you. You cherish her, although she never told me, but I know that if she doesn't want a child, it's not because she doesn't want to give birth to you, but because she can't." Wanting to help Gu Meitong save her marriage, persuasion and reasoning are useless, she You must tell the truth, you must let Luo Wudao know that everything is not as he imagined, Gu Meitong loves him, and loves very hard. Luo Wudao was stunned, and after a long time he murmured to himself: "She can't give birth? How is it possible? Hasn't she been taking contraceptives?" "She's not taking birth control pills, it's vitamin C." Luo Wudao's eyeballs almost jumped out of their sockets, "Did she tell you?" "She didn't tell me. I'm a doctor, so I know she's taking vitamin C." Then, Huo Xiaoli asked how Gu Xinjian asked her to help replace Gu Meitong's contraceptive pills, and she discovered this. The secret thing said again, "From the moment I found out that she was taking vitamins instead of birth control pills, I understood that she loves you very much and loves you well. In fact, she is very pitiful, especially when I I am a woman and a gynecologist. I know how painful it is for too many women who want to be mothers but can’t. Brother-in-law, although she is wrong to hide it from you, but Well, if she can grit her teeth and endure for so many years without saying anything, you should understand how much she cares about you and how much she doesn't want to lose you." This sudden truth hit Luo Wudao like a bullet. He remembered the time when Gu Meitong wanted a child, wanted him like crazy, and wanted him a second time after doing it once. Presumably it was not unsatisfied. She just wanted a child, and murmured: "Why didn't she explain? Why didn't she tell me?" "I guess, because your parents want to hold a grandson so urgently, she dare not say it at all, for fear that if you say it, your parents will completely give up on her and force you to divorce her." Luo Wudao sighed heavily, leaned back on the chair as if paralyzed, looked at the ceiling of the restaurant, and said nothing. "Brother-in-law, I'm telling you this, just to let you know that she is a poor woman with a sturdy appearance." After finishing what he wanted to say, Huo Xiaoli felt a lot more relaxed, and silently added a cup of tea to Luo Wudao, " No one knows about this except me, not even Gu Jiashu." "Actually, she is also very bitter. In the past few years, she and I... have no husband and wife life." Luo Wudao held the teacup, "I didn't say anything to anyone." "Will you be more determined to divorce because you know this?" Huo Xiaoli was surprised, "Why? Because she doesn't want a child, you..." Luo Wudao sighed softly, "No, I'm just frustrated with myself... I went to the doctor, they said I was psychological, and I could be corrected through psychological counseling, but when I thought about it, she didn't plan to have a child. I'm not interested. I won't want a divorce just because I know about it." Huo Xiaoli let out a long sigh of relief. "Now that I think about it, the reason I want to get a divorce is because I feel that she has always looked down on me, and even regarded marrying me as a favor to me. Over the years, my self-esteem has been crushed. If I don't get a divorce, I will die I want to look down on myself, so I use not having children as an excuse, but... Hearing what you said, I don't think I will mention the divorce anymore, I don't want me to look down on myself." Luo Wudao's voice was very low, Like a sigh, "I'm not leaving." "Can you please stop telling her I've been looking for you?" Luo Wudao nodded, and then, talking about Gu Meitong's usual targeting of Huo Xiaoli, he was very moved. This matter should be left on others. For Gu Meitong's today, it would be good if he didn't make trouble, let alone help She spoke. Huo Xiaoli smiled and said that from the perspective of human nature, she can understand Gu Meitong.After all, when she married Gu Jiashu, it was like an outsider broke into the house, and it was inevitable that she would feel repelled. Moreover, her mother and mother-in-law did not deal with each other, so Gu Meitong naturally wanted to protect her mother and regard her as her mother's allied resistance. The same goes for the mother-in-law, but she is older, and her restraint and concealment skills are better than Gu Meitong's. Therefore, she does not blame them, and manages herself rationally, which requires extraordinary concentration and personal cultivation.Even if she knew this, wouldn't she be able to do it?It is unreasonable to ask others to do what you can't do yourself.Therefore, she hoped that Luo Wudao would not tell Gu Meitong what she knew that Gu Meitong was infertile, including what she had discussed with him today, because infertility, in Gu Meitong's view, is the most worthwhile privacy to defend, otherwise she would He won't even hide it from his biological parents.What is privacy?To put it bluntly, it is something that one thinks that speaking out will bring shame to oneself.If anyone knows, he will become a dangerous enemy that the master of privacy is always on guard against.The relationship between her and Gu Meitong is not good, let alone let Gu Meitong know that she already knew about it.However, Gu Meitong's marriage had a problem because of this, not only could she not gloat, let alone stand by and watch.This is the subtlety of the relationship between relatives. You can keep away from each other, look down on them, or turn against each other. However, once a relative is in trouble, people's first reaction must be to the relative.Because in the vast sea of ​​people, there are more strangers who don't even have the chance to pass by. However, relatives are part of your life and have appeared in your life field, whether you love it or hate it, you They have all had emotional contacts with them, and hatred is also a kind of emotion. In the past, Luo Wudao only thought that although Huo Xiaoli never took the initiative to provoke troubles at home, but since she was right, she had to show her stubbornness, and felt that she was also a fierce master, but he did not expect her heart to be so broad, Even compassion. The so-called compassion because of understanding is not as simple as what people in the market say. It is a deep understanding of human nature that can truly forgive the ugliness of people struggling in desire. The two chatted for a while, and Huo Xiaoli told him that he already knew about Gu Meitong's infertility, and it was best not to let Gu Meitong or his family know about it, because Gu Meitong would feel ashamed and his family would feel guilty about it, and Apart from being tormenting, these emotions did not help their marriage at all. It is better to pretend not to know and let everyone think that he is reluctant to part with Gu Meitong, although this is very unfair to Luo Wudao. Luo Wudao said he knew, and then smiled bitterly, saying that he should not be ashamed to say that he did not divorce Gu Meitong, which in itself is a kind of compassion, since it is compassionate, let it be compassionate to the end.It's better for her to cover up these scars, since she thinks that she can live a happier life by covering up these scars. It was time for Huo Xiaoli to go back to work in the hospital. After leaving the restaurant, she sincerely said sorry to Luo Wudao. She smiled sourly and said: "Xiao Huo, don't say that, I don't think anyone is sorry for me, and you also know that it has nothing to do with her not having children if I want a divorce, do you know? They are all just reasons stated to the outside world, no matter what the reasons are, no matter how righteous they are, there is only one real reason, that is, I don’t love her anymore.” Looking at the back of Luo Wudao going away, Huo Xiaoli suddenly understood one thing, that is, when you witness a marriage that should not have survived, and one of them seems to be living in an extremely useless way, divorce is very important to him. It's a kind of relief, and he has the ability to be free, but he just doesn't choose to be free, so he must not be a wimp. That is compassion, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people. It must not be love that can make a marriage last longer. Love is a beast with long hair and long legs. It will get lost at any time, get sick, or die young; it is not necessarily responsibility. Responsibility is moral discipline. Through it, marriage can Survive, but the quality of survival must not be good enough, let alone warm; there is only compassion, which is tolerance and compassion. For this Luo Wudao who never spoke loudly at home, suddenly, Huo Xiaoli was both sad for him and full of admiration. Luo Wudao wanted to go home and have a look. Since he was not going to get a divorce, he had to make a gesture of not getting a divorce. It was best not to make the whole family feel uneasy, not to mention that his father-in-law was not in good health.He also felt that going back alone was a little strange, so he went to Gu Meitong's work unit and called her downstairs to ask her to come down. Because Luo Wudao was determined to get a divorce, Gu Meitong lived like a lit fly on his butt these days, bumping into one end and the other, almost going crazy. When he saw that the call was from Luo Wudao, he thought it was another call. The one who forced the divorce, once picked up, didn't even let Luo Wudao speak, and opened his mouth to curse. Luo Wudao originally wanted to talk to Gu Meitong earnestly, but after hearing her scolding so harshly, he lost all emotion. He listened silently for a while, hung up the phone without saying a word, and went back to Lacey by car. For several days, neither Gu Jiashu nor Huo Xiaoli spoke. The cold war froze them like transparent ice, and they could see each other, but neither of them was willing to open their mouths. It seemed that whoever spoke first would be an inch shorter. Her heart was as silent as a bright mirror, bright and miserable. In fact, Gu Jiashu was just very tired. After being busy at the company all day, he also wanted to go home and have a good meal with Huo Xiaoli. He also asked her why she got angry for no reason, but when he thought of Huo Xiaoli's cold face, There is no emotion.Simply, occasionally when I can go home for dinner after get off work early, I don’t go home to eat. One is because I don’t want to see Huo Xiaoli’s angry face; , try to delay things as much as possible, but Gu Meitong is not a master who can hide things in her heart, especially divorce, which is simply an earthquake to her. Nowhere to go.Mother Xiao Aiqiu is also a very curious person. Seeing that her daughter is not in a good mood, she might chase after her and ask the bottom line. The more Gu Jiashu thought about it, the more worried he became, so he used the excuse of going home for dinner to beat Gu Meitong on time. Xiao Aiqiu was a little strange seeing that Gu Jiashu always went home to eat alone, and asked him if he had conflicts with Huo Xiaoli. Gu Jiashu laughed and said that Huo Xiaoli was going to take a professional title exam recently, and he was so busy preparing for the exam that he didn't even have time to talk to him, so he didn't have the energy to argue with him. Xiao Aiqiu was skeptical when he heard this, so he asked Tie Dan to call his mother and ask her to come over for dinner. When Huo Xiaoli heard that Gu Jiashu would rather go to his in-law's house for dinner than go home, his heart became even colder.He thought that Gu Jiashu was so tired of her that he didn't even bother to look at her, and he didn't even want to go to his mother-in-law's house for dinner. He thought that once he went, at Gu Jiashu's place, he would deliberately pave the way for him to reconcile. He simply told Tie Dan that his mother was very busy, and that he would go to grandma's house for dinner after a while. Tie Dan said that he missed his mother, so Huo Xiaoli had to come. Huo Xiaoli felt sore, saying that tomorrow is Friday, she went to school to pick up Tie Dan after school, and took him out for a good day on the weekend. Tie Dan reluctantly put down the phone . The next day, Huo Xiaoli went to school to pick up Tie Dan, and took him to eat his favorite pizza. The two of them were chatting in the pizzeria, and Huo Xiaoli looked at Tie Dan firmly, What if she and Gu Jiashu were about to divorce, what would Tie Dan do? Seeing his mother looking at him stupidly, Tie Dan picked up a piece of pizza and handed it to Huo Xiaoli, "Mom, why don't you eat it?" Huo Xiaoli was in a daze, took the pizza, and touched Tie Dan's head, "Mom is thinking about something... Tie Dan, do any of your classmates have divorced parents?" Tie Dan thought for a while, then nodded, "Yes." "Are they happy?" Tie Dan shook his head, "Not happy, the teacher said that children whose parents divorced are mentally unhealthy." Huo Xiaoli's heart twitched, "Nonsense, they may be a little unhappy, how could they be mentally unhealthy?" "Really, Song Xiaoqi never played with us. Everyone said that Song Xiaoqi was mentally unhealthy, and it was also said on TV that adults divorced and children tend to be mentally unhealthy." Tie Dan said seriously, "Song Xiaoqi's parents divorced." Huo Xiaoli asked Tie Dan, what would happen to him if his parents divorced one day? "You and dad won't divorce." "Why?" Tie Dan's decisive answer made Huo Xiaoli very curious. "Because I'm not as annoying as Song Ziqi." Tie Dan said while eating pizza, looking very serious. Huo Xiaoli just laughed, thinking that children's thinking is a bit strange, thinking that only when children are annoying, parents will divorce, but after thinking about it carefully, she feels sad, what if she and Gu Jiashu really get to the point of divorce?Isn't Tie Dan hurt? Huo Xiaoli knew that it wasn't that he had a big heart. He was just a seven-year-old child. In his impression, Song Xiaoqi's parents were like that. He would never know that divorce was a later life event. Fission. Huo Xiaoli didn't want to indoctrinate Tie Dan with this prematurely, so he chatted with him about other things.Tie Dan said that her aunt was acting weird recently, so she didn't smile anymore, and she didn't take him out to play. Her face was sombre all day long, and grandma said it seemed like someone owed her 800 yuan. Huo Xiaoli felt a little strange, could it be that Luo Wudao was perfunctory when he said no to divorce?But based on her understanding of Luo Wudao, she thought it was impossible, so she called Luo Wudao and asked him how he was doing and if he had contacted Gu Meitong. Luo Wudao said that he wanted to ask Gu Meitong out for a chat, and then went home to see his parents-in-law, but was scolded by Gu Meitong, and finally sighed and told Huo Xiaoli to leave it alone. Anyway, Gu Meitong didn't want a divorce. He didn't mention it anymore, after a while, Gu Meitong probably won't be so excited when seeing him. Huo Xiaoli reminded him that next month is Gu Meitong's birthday, no matter how angry she is, as long as he shows up on time on her birthday, even if he doesn't say anything, Gu Meitong will understand his intentions and will definitely be very moved. Luo Wudao pondered for a while, and said that he would come back with a gift on Gu Meitong's birthday. Huo Xiaoli hung up the phone, and Tie Dan asked her mother why she called her uncle. Huo Xiaoli said that because her aunt was unhappy recently, she called her uncle to coax her.Tie Dan clapped his little hands and said it was great, he wanted his mother to buy roses to coax his aunt, Huo Xiaoli was amused, and asked him why he bought roses to coax his aunt, Tie Dan said seriously that he went to school with TV, If girls are angry, as long as their boyfriends give them roses, they will cry and laugh. Huo Xiaoli said that when he sent him back tomorrow, he would buy roses for his aunt, but Tie Dan said no, it was too late tomorrow, and he wanted to send roses to his aunt tonight, because her aunt was always Cry secretly at night.There is a reason why Tie Dan has a deep relationship with Gu Meitong. Luo Wudao has been in Laixi all year round, and Gu Meitong often sleeps with him because he likes Tie Dan. Huo Xiaoli said yes, after dinner, he took Tie Dan to the flower shop to buy flowers and some other things, and went to her mother-in-law's house together. Xiao Aiqiu asked Tie Dan who he planned to give the flowers to, and Tie Dan said to his aunt , I went straight to Gu Meitong's room, and presented the flowers in front of Gu Meitong's eyes as if offering a treasure, "Auntie, I gave it to you." Gu Meitong was taken aback, "Tie Dan, why did you send me flowers?" "Girls will be happy when they receive roses from boys." As he said, Tie Dan stuffed the rose into Gu Meitong's arms. Gu Meitong stared blankly at Tie Dan, and suddenly pulled him into his arms, tears rolling down his face and the ground came down. Tie Dan wiped her tears with her small hands, and said, "Auntie, don't cry, mom called uncle just now, and asked uncle to come back to coax you." Gu Meitong was startled, "Your mother called your uncle?" Tie Dan didn't know what to do, and nodded, "Yeah." Gu Meitong put down Tie Dan and asked him to go to grandpa to play for a while. She wanted to talk to her mother, so Tie Dan dragged her grandfather up the mountain for a walk. Gu Meitong stood up and yelled, "Xiao Li! Come here." Huo Xiaoli was helping Xiao Aiqiu put the shopping into the refrigerator in the kitchen, but she didn't hear it, Xiao Aiqiu thought she pretended not to hear it on purpose, so she said your sister called you, Huo Xiaoli said oh, washed his hands, and was about to go out, Xiao Aiqiu Suddenly asked how her preparations for the exam were going, Huo Xiaoli guessed that Gu Jiashu lied because she never came to her husband's house for dinner, and didn't want to expose it, so he said it was okay. Seeing that Huo Xiaoli had not come over for a long time, Gu Meitong simply came over, leaned against the kitchen door, and looked at her with folded arms, "Did you call Luo Wudao?" Huo Xiaoli originally thought that it would be fine as long as he got to the point, but he didn't want to get involved in this matter, so he deliberately said something perfunctory, "What's wrong?" "I asked if you called him?!" Huo Xiaoli guessed that Tie Dan might have told her, and there was no point in denying it, so he said it was a beating. "What did you tell him?" "It's nothing, it's just that I haven't seen him back for a long time, so I'll call and ask." Now that the conversation has come to this point, Huo Xiaoli simply opened up the conversation, so that everyone can feel at ease, and then said, "Brother-in-law said next Yue is coming back to celebrate your birthday." But Gu Meitong didn't believe it. She firmly believed that she had made things difficult for Huo Xiaoli for so many years, and now that Luo Wudao was determined to divorce her, Huo Xiaoli could finally watch her liveliness happily. It's definitely not a good thing to call, "Why did he tell you that he is coming back for my birthday?" Xiao Aiqiu was also a little puzzled, and echoed: "Yeah, Xiao Luo, if he has something to say, he can just tell your sister directly? What are you talking about with your brother and daughter-in-law? His mother called and disturbed the family. I haven't even seen him, and it's Meitong's birthday, what is he doing? Playing around?" Huo Xiaoli knew that she couldn't tell her mother-in-law too much about this, so she went out of the kitchen and said to Gu Meitong, "Let's go out and talk about it." Xiao Aiqiu's curiosity had already been aroused, so Huo Xiaoli could not allow Huo Xiaoli to say behind his back, and followed him, "Xiao Li, isn't it just about Xiao Luo and your sister? Just say no at home." Helpless, Huo Xiaoli had no choice but to say: "I heard from Tie Dan that my sister was unhappy recently, so I called my brother-in-law and asked about it, nothing else." Gu Meitong didn't believe it even more, thinking that Huo Xiaoli had discussed with Gu Jiashu, and planned to continue to hide the fact that Luo Wudao was going to divorce her from her parents, fearing that the parents would see the flaw, so they mobilized Luo Wudao to perform a few plays. Thinking about it, I was so annoyed that I said sharply: "Xiao Li, I don't need you to worry about my affairs!" After finishing speaking, he went back to the room and slammed the door. Seeing Huo Xiaoli embarrassed and angry, Xiao Aiqiu was afraid that she would resent Gu Meitong, so she treated Gu Meitong's country mother-in-law as a stinky melon seed for a long time, then poohed the air on the floor, saying what I am Fate, the in-laws at the booth are more powerful than the other. Huo Xiaoli felt uncomfortable hearing it, and said that it was time for Tie Dan to go home and do his homework, so he went out. Xiao Aiqiu was still full of anger, glanced at Huo Xiaoli's back, and muttered softly: "There is no fuel-efficient lamp." The cold war was still going on, and Huo Xiaoli could tell that Gu Jiashu didn't connect her anger to the disappearance of her white hair at all, and even took her anger as an unreasonable trouble from an unconfident wife.It is impossible to expect him to introspect. I wanted to be proud at first, and I didn't even bother to know who pulled out his white hair, but the more Gu Jiashu remained silent, the angrier she became, and the more angry she became, the more curious she was. His white-haired woman was like a huge mystery that bothered her so much that she couldn't sleep or eat. In the end, Huo Xiaoli had to admit that he was still a mortal body after all, and he couldn't escape the vulgarity.什么骄傲自尊，全是婚姻风平浪静时的假想。她像撒泼发飙的庸俗女人一样，甚至连披头散发骂街的劲头都能拿出来，而且不费吹灰之力。 现在，她就想知道，给他拔白头发的女人是谁，他到底打算怎么办。如果想让她扮大度，睁只眼闭只眼当这件事没发生过，是不可能的，她是是非分明的霍小栗，不是那些把婚姻当终身饭碗伺候的全职太太，犯不着屈辱着自尊苟延残喘在破败不堪的婚姻里讨生存。 她也想过，顾嘉树或许会给她一个解释，可谁又能保证这解释不是个谎言呢？ 所谓解释，哪一个不是编排周密的谎言？ 就像她托米糖去核实那五根白发的去向一样，一切看似多么逼真多么严密呀？可得到的结果，不就是个更多人参与造假的谎言么。 霍小栗一想到自己生活在一个四处是漏洞的谎言中就浑身不自在，她做不到像有些女人那样，明明知道丈夫有外遇，还要跟所有人伪装幸福。因为她害怕别人会在她伪装幸福的背后发出令她毛骨悚然的哂笑。 被人窃笑的感觉，像蹲在树梢上自我感觉良好的猴子，以为下方的一干笑脸是对自己的仰慕呢，孰不知却是讥笑它露在众人视线下的红屁股。 她不想做那只蹲在树梢上的猴子。 主意已定，霍小栗觉得从容了很多，上午门诊量很大，她没时间胡思乱想，快到中午时，秦紫突然给她打了个电话，说中午请她吃饭。 霍小栗心里一震，突然想起了秦紫曾经追过顾嘉树的往事。结婚以后，除了回娘家时和秦紫偶尔在院子里碰上，谁也没刻意制造过单独见面的机会。 秦紫怎么会突然请她吃饭？莫不是顾嘉树私底下跟她还有联络？托她做说客来了？若是这样，顾嘉树可就有点荒诞了。这么琢磨着，中午就到了，霍小栗简单地补了补妆，就去了秦紫所说的饭店，就在医院大门正对面，她以往也常和同事们去吃，店家的拿手菜是回转大肠，很香，尽管身为医务工作者的霍小栗们知道它很不利于健康，可还是难以抵挡它的诱惑。 秦紫还没来，霍小栗在僻静处找了一张桌子，望着饭店墙上的回转大肠图片，不知怎的，就跟男人的外遇联络了起来，其实大多男人也明白外遇会导致婚姻发生致命病变，可明白又能如何？但凡有机会，哪个男人不想来上那么一两场外遇？ 她正发着呆呢，秦紫就笑嘻嘻地进来了，一边抱歉自己的迟到，一边诅咒满城的路没一条不是梗阻的。霍小栗就笑着说现在的这路，没哪天是不堵的。 秦紫落座，问霍小栗爱吃什么菜，别跟她客气，今天她打算大放血，霍小栗就笑着说，你想放血，我还不敢喝呢。 秦紫嗔怪地切了一声，也没再客气，噼里啪啦地点好了菜，托着下巴专注地看着霍小栗，霍小栗让她看得有点不自在了，“看什么看呀？怎么跟色狼似的？” 秦紫这才嘻嘻地笑了下说：“看你漂亮呀。” 女人最爱听的就是恭维话，哪怕明知言不由衷。霍小栗就半是玩笑地回恭了一句：“算了吧，都人老珠黄了还漂亮呢，倒是你，多少年了也不见变样。” 秦紫笑，“得，咱俩就别相互拍马屁了。”说着招手要酒，霍小栗忙拦住她，“吃饭就行，下午还有手术呢。” 秦紫一副恍然大悟的样子，拍拍自己光洁饱满的额头，“看我这脑子，差点忘了你是治病救人的大医生。” 霍小栗见她只字未提顾嘉树，就暗暗嗤笑了自己一顿，不知为什么，多少有那么点失落。言语间，霍小栗觉出秦紫并不知道她和顾嘉树的矛盾了，遂也没提，何况就算她和顾嘉树的矛盾比天大，就算全天底下的人都知道了，她也不愿意让秦紫知道，因为她既不想接受秦紫的开导安慰，也不想让秦紫一转身就快意恩仇地狂笑她也有今天。 饭吃到一半，秦紫突然神秘地问：“小栗，问你个专业问题，男人少精症是不是绝对不能让妻子怀孕？” 霍小栗一愣，“如果有，那也是奇迹，至少在我从医的这些年没遇上过。” 秦紫哦了一声，拿着筷子的手，缓缓沉到了桌子上，“能治疗好吗？” 霍小栗这才想起来，秦紫结婚这么多年，一直没孩子，就想问患少精症的是不是她丈夫，却又怕伤了她的自尊。毕竟在中国的传统里，无论男人还是女人，不育患者多少会有些自卑，好像没造个把孩子出来就是辜负了结婚时的众多祝福，更对不起抱孙心切的父母们，好像生命比别人短缺了一块一样的不自在。 秦紫见霍小栗欲言又止，猜到了她的心思，倒是大度地笑了笑，一脸不得不开诚布公的无奈，“别猜了，是陆丰。” 虽然早已猜到了，可听秦紫亲口说了，霍小栗还是很吃惊，“其实也没什么，现在医疗水平很发达，如果你想要孩子，可以采取其他医疗辅助手段。” “试过一次了，太痛苦了。”秦紫黯淡道。 霍小栗知道，现在虽然可以采取医疗辅助手段帮助不孕不育夫妇实现为人父母梦，但过程漫长而痛苦，连她这做医生的都有些打怵，“那……你想怎么办？” 秦紫看着霍小栗，目光诚恳，以往那个妖娆得有些盛气凌人的秦紫彻底消失，“小栗，你能帮我个忙吗？” 霍小栗就警觉了一下，想起了媒体上报道的医生护士利用职务之便偷新生婴儿的故事，心想，她该不是想让自己帮着偷一小孩吧，那也有点太缺德了，身为人母，知道孩子对母亲意味着什么，那就是大半条命，遂有点慌乱地说我就一妇科医生，能帮你什么啊？ 秦紫仿佛看破她的心思，故作怒意地咳了两声，“别瞎琢磨啊，我既没想让你帮着我捡弃婴，也没想让你帮我偷婴儿，我这忙很简单，你动动笔就成了，要是你动不了笔，帮我动动嘴也成。” 霍小栗就更是摸不着北了，“得了吧你，别绕圈子了，想让我帮什么忙直接说。” 秦紫两手托着下巴，眼睛眨啊眨地看着霍小栗，“你大学同学有在生殖门诊做大夫的吧？” 霍小栗不明白秦紫到底要干什么，不敢贸然回答，“怎么了？” 秦紫顿了一会儿，一字一顿地说：“我怀孕了。” “孩子不是陆丰的？”霍小栗惊得半天合不拢嘴。 “对，不是他的，可我想让陆丰以为孩子是他的。”说着，秦紫的眼睛就湿润了，“别嘲笑我，也别骂我无耻，这几年我过得很痛苦，陆丰是个刚愎自用的人，他总认为少精不等于无精，怎么可能让我怀不了孩子？他不信邪，一到了晚上就疯狂地要我……小栗，我受不了他为了要孩子像个疯子似的做爱，所以我就……” 霍小栗默默地看着她，“我明白了，你想让我托同学骗过你丈夫，说他的少精症已经缓解了，可以让你怀孕了？” 秦紫眼睛一亮，笑了，飞快地点了点头，“对，就是这事，其实这些年他一直没停下治疗，也在吃中药。” “不行，秦紫。”霍小栗知道，拒绝会让秦紫很受伤，可她还是摇了摇头，“我不能为了帮你毁了一个医生的前程。” “没这么严重吧？”秦紫脸上不自在了起来，“这年头，哪一行没做假的？” “可这是原则问题，秦紫，真对不起，下午我还有台手术呢。”尽管霍小栗很同情秦紫，但她还是拒绝了，既然帮不了忙，也不想继续坐下去了，否则，只会更尴尬，就招手结了账，对坐在那儿呆若木鸡的秦紫说了声：“这事不会有别人知道。” 从饭店出来，霍小栗心里堵得慌，觉得秦紫太自作聪明，就算怀孕期间她骗得过丈夫，可孩子出生以后呢？还有那么漫长的人生路要走，随便一个小破绽就足以引发信任危机，一个DNA鉴定就足以让她前功尽弃。 霍小栗隐隐地替她不安了起来，想劝秦紫别异想天开了，就折了回去。秦紫已从饭店出来了，正往停车场走，霍小栗追过去，喊住了她：“秦紫，你真想留下这个孩子吗？” 秦紫一脸被人拂了面子的不自在，睥睨了她一眼，“肯定。” “你要想仔细了，就算怀孕期间能瞒过你丈夫，可孩子一出生就会露破绽的。”霍小栗苦口婆心。 “怎么，你打算等孩子一出生就揭发我啊？”秦紫用带了挑衅的目光斜了她一眼。 秦紫毫不掩饰的敌意让霍小栗愤怒，“我没那么无聊！我只是好心好意地提醒你，现在孩子一出生就有血型报告，只要稍有点医学常识，就可以从血型上判断出孩子是不是自己的！” 秦紫无所谓地笑了一下，“噢，谢谢你的好意提醒，他的血型和陆丰一样，都是A型血。”说完，就钻进了车子，一踩油门，轰鸣而去。 霍小栗到医院时，见门诊走廊的长椅上已坐了几个预约了下午来做流产手术的女孩子，不由得感叹了一下，有的人是能生却不想生，而有的人是想生却生不了，各有各的苦恼。 离上班还有二十分钟，霍小栗泡了杯茶，反省自己拒绝了秦紫是不是过于冷漠无情了？把自己拷问了半天，也没得出个答案，林主任进来了，见霍小栗皱着眉头发呆，就打着哈哈问她考虑什么重大问题呢。林主任是少有的男妇产科医生之一，妇产科病号都是女的，对男医生比较抵触，再者，林主任的妻子谢兰也强烈要求他调换科室，两年前，院里又辟出一个男性生殖科，把林主任调过去了，但妇产科主任一职还兼着，只是具体业务不再插手了。 霍小栗脑子一转，就把秦紫的事编排了一下，当成一虚拟故事跟林主任说了，问他有没有可能帮这位盼子心切的母亲遮挡过去。 林主任就笑了，“是有人找你帮忙吧？” 霍小栗脸一红，点了点头，“我没答应。” 林主任说她答应了也没用，这事有点缺德，一旦捅出来比医疗事故还严重，这假谁也不敢做。因拒绝秦紫而来的隐隐不安，才从霍小栗心上退掉了些许。 顾嘉树刚当上分公司经理那阵，霍小栗就曾开着玩笑问他，会不会像某些混账男人似的，混出点颜色来就弄点桃花给老婆看？顾嘉树也玩笑着说不弄白不弄，免得枉担这罪名。霍小栗就掐了他一把，说要是你厌倦我了就直说，就俩字，离婚，离了之后再去光明正大地犯桃花，要不然，既伤她的自尊又伤他的身家清白，多划不来啊。 虽然是玩笑话，但霍小栗也想过，如果真有那么一天，顾嘉树说霍小栗，咱俩离婚吧，她连为什么都不问就签字，不就是人家不爱你看你不顺眼了么，问不过是自寻其辱而已。 可现在，她似乎看到了要离婚的苗头，心里却凄惨上了，以前假想的那些勇敢、干脆，甚至连那个设计了无数遍的华丽转身，都不知道该怎么使用了。 她不想继续冷战了，想晚上跟顾嘉树谈谈。可等到七点多，也没见他回来，一个人在家待得不仅无趣，还被满脑袋壳的胡思乱想追得坐卧不安，干脆就起身去婆家看看铁蛋。 铁蛋正在写作业，霍小栗静静地看了一会儿，摸摸他的头，突然觉得心酸，眼泪就下来了。 铁蛋听到了她压抑的哽咽，抬头看着她，“妈妈，你哭了？” 霍小栗摸摸他的头，“没，妈妈看着铁蛋长这么大了，突然很感慨。” 肖爱秋端了杯热牛奶给铁蛋，问顾嘉树是不是又没回家吃饭，霍小栗嗯了一声。 肖爱秋拧着眉头看了她一会儿，小声问：“小栗，你跟我说实话，你是不是跟嘉树吵架了？” 霍小栗知道婆婆是个精明人，这段时间，她和顾嘉树总是单独行动，她肯定感觉到不对头了，就避重就轻地说了句也算不上。 “我猜就是这么回事……小栗，不是我向着嘉树，他忙得脚打屁股，还不是为了老婆孩子啊？你就不能迁就迁就他？”肖爱秋抽了张纸，把沾在铁蛋嘴角的牛奶擦了。 “妈，我也很忙，妇科手术虽然不大，可一天几台下来，我这全身也跟散了架似的，再说，如果不是我一直迁就他，我们也过不到现在。”每次她和顾嘉树闹矛盾，只要肖爱秋知道了，肯定要数落她一顿，好像顾嘉树就是这个家的孺子牛，而她就要把他当祖宗供起来膜拜才算合格。以前，为了家庭气氛，肖爱秋数落两句，她忍忍就过去了，可现在不行，顾嘉树触犯了她的底线，有高度疑似的外遇迹象，她就不想忍了，觉得再忍下去，顾家的人，谁都可以拿她当擦脚垫子蹭两下了。 肖爱秋没想到霍小栗今天一点面子都没给她留，愣是接着她的话茬给架了秧子，脸上一沉，“小栗，你这话说得有点硌耳朵眼子啊，你那忙能和嘉树的忙比？” 霍小栗明白肖爱秋这话里的意思，跟顾嘉树的光环和薪水比起来，她那忙就是狗啃骨头的瞎忙活，没图头，类似的话肖爱秋不是没说过。如果再说下去，怕是就要吵起来了，她不能吵，不是因为怕肖爱秋，而是顾忌到顾新建的身体，遂忍气吞声地拿起包，摸摸铁蛋的脑袋，让他好好写作业，对肖爱秋不冷不热地说了句：“我回去了。” 肖爱秋当然明白霍小栗要走是甩了个不软不硬的钉子给她撞，也不甘示弱地用鼻子嗯了一声，没搭腔。 霍小栗还没出门呢，顾新建回来了，霍小栗跟他打过招呼就要走，顾新建觉出了她情绪不对，就探头看了一眼肖爱秋，瞪着她小声问：“怎么回事？” “现在的年轻人哦，说不得，老人说一句她有十句等着。”肖爱秋敞着嗓门嘟哝了一句。 顾新建瞪了老伴一眼，回头对霍小栗说：“小栗，你先别走，爸爸有点事要问你。” 到了门口的霍小栗只好折回来，顾新建坐在沙发上，笑着对霍小栗说我先把气喘匀了。霍小栗这才发现，顾新建的呼吸似乎不太对头，脸色也有点发黄，忙问：“爸，您是不是身体不舒服？” 顾新建摇了摇头，说上楼爬楼梯爬的，没事，拍了拍沙发，让霍小栗坐。 肖爱秋倒了杯热水，端给顾新建，“就知道嘴硬，一到了夜里就咳嗽的人不是你？” 霍小栗就问顾新建有没有按时吃药，顾新建说吃着呢，说着冲肖爱秋递了个眼色，恰巧被霍小栗看在眼里，“爸，您别糊弄我，您到底有没有按时吃药？” “他吃什么吃？让小罗妈给气得把药倒马桶里了，还不让我说。”肖爱秋幽怨地看着顾新建，“倒完了，他也知道这药是按疗程从国外开的了，死压着不让我说，这才几天啊，脸色就不如从前了。” 霍小栗一听就急了，“爸，您怎么能扔了呢，那药是五百多元一片啊！” 肖爱秋和顾新建的嘴巴瞪时就惊得能塞进去一只拳头，肖爱秋几乎是磕磕巴巴地拽着霍小栗问：“小栗，你说那药五百多元一片？” 霍小栗自知说漏了，可没法往回收了，慌乱之下，忙改口说：“是五百多元一瓶，不是一片。” 肖爱秋拍了顾新建一下，“五百多元一瓶也够贵的，你这坏脾气的老头子。” 可顾新建明白，霍小栗是情急之下说了真话，后面的补充才是假的，他在心里飞快算了笔账，抗癌药加上化疗，一年下来就得三十万元，就既难过又感动，一年三十万元的医疗费，足以压垮一个家庭，虽然顾嘉树有出息，可是，儿子再有出息，他这做父亲的简直就是台血汗榨汁机，会把儿子辛苦赚的钱榨个干干净净……他眼睛潮湿了，颤颤地对霍小栗说：“小栗啊，你们都是好孩子……” 霍小栗知道公公未必信后面的话，悔得都恨不能抽自己几巴掌了，又心急如焚地辩解说那药真是五百多元一瓶而不是一片呢，正说着，顾嘉树回来了，见霍小栗也在，愣了一下。 霍小栗虽然生顾嘉树的气，可知道方才自己嘴巴闯了祸，低着头不敢看他，起身说妈我去帮你收拾一下冰箱，就躲到厨房去了。 顾嘉树在公司忙活了一天，累得全身跟散架似的，把包往沙发上一扔，肖爱秋心疼儿子，忙起身倒了杯水递给他，趁顾嘉树接水杯的空，小声问：“嘉树呀，你爸的那药到底是多少钱一瓶？” 顾嘉树懒洋洋地说：“大概五块左右吧，我不是早就告诉你们了吗？” “咳……嘉树，你说多少钱就多少钱吧。”肖爱秋知道儿子和媳妇都没说实话，就感慨地看着顾新建，“老头子，儿子孝顺，你有福了。” 顾新建直直地看顾嘉树一会儿，突然说：“嘉树，我都已经好了，那药就别再买了。” “爸，您又来了，又不是多金贵的药，您就别倔了，现在，您的健康是咱家的头号宏伟大业，我的任务是买药，您的任务是吃药。”顾嘉树这么说着，瞟了厨房一眼。 顾新建好像根本就没入耳，铿锵了一句道：“我说不吃了就不吃了，你买了我也不吃！” 顾嘉树有点纳闷，“爸，您今天这是怎么了？” “你爸是心疼钱，听小栗说那药五百多元一片呢。”肖爱秋小声道。 顾嘉树的脑子嗡的一声，霍小栗为什么要把药的价钱告诉父亲？为了报复这一阵他不理她吗？一股无名的火从心底里噌地蹿了上来。他不想在父亲家吵架，把火往下压了压，抽完一支烟，才做出一副若无其事的样子进了厨房，顺手把门掩上了。 霍小栗知道，旧战未平，新战又将开始了，她掩上冰箱门，回头看着顾嘉树，歉意地说了句我不是故意的。 “谁能证明你不是故意的？心疼花钱你可以直说，想报复我你也明着来，霍小栗，你为什么要冲着我爸来？”顾嘉树使劲攥着拳头，控制着情绪和声音的高度，尽量别把争吵声传出去。 霍小栗原本很是内疚，可顾嘉树劈头盖脸的一番话，把内疚全都抨击成了愤怒，她什么也没说，只是不甘示弱地看着顾嘉树，把手套一摘，往灶台上一摔，扒拉开他，出了厨房。 肖爱秋见霍小栗虎着一张通红的脸从厨房出来，知道两人又吵架了。连忙喊顾嘉树出来陪顾新建说话，她和霍小栗给他忙活点热饭吃，霍小栗好像没听见一样，从沙发上拎起包，说我要回家看复习资料了，说着，就风一样从家里卷了出去。 顾新建知道她肯定是因为说漏了药价而被儿子凶了一顿，就喝了一嗓子：“嘉树，你给我过来！” 肖爱秋不满地嘟哝了一句：“就知道派你儿子的不是，儿子还不是因为疼你这当爸爸的？” “少说两句行不？”顾新建瞪了她一眼，肖爱秋就嘟哝着进厨房给顾嘉树做饭去了。 顾嘉树让父亲数落了一顿，草草扒拉了两口饭，就吃不下去了，刚放下筷子，顾新建就催着他回家跟霍小栗赔个不是，说嘉树你就惜福吧，要是换了别人，咱这家还不知闹成什么样呢，他这辈子，最称心如意的事就是儿子娶了霍小栗这媳妇，媳妇又给他生了个可爱的胖孙子。 听老伴把儿媳妇给抬得这么高，肖爱秋不服气地嘟哝着说本末倒置，说来说去还不是她养的儿子争气？要不然，就霍小栗怎么能哭着号着非要嫁给顾嘉树呢？自古以来这做老婆的贤惠指数就是和男人的成功指数成正比，要是顾嘉树没出息、镇不住她的话，她早就跟她那泼妇妈一样把这家的房顶都给戳下来了。 顾嘉树虽然还在生霍小栗的气，可听妈妈这么说她，还是不高兴了，就瞥了妈妈一眼，正巧被肖爱秋看在眼里，肖爱秋就啧啧了两下嘴巴说：“老头子，看看你儿子，我还没怎么着他媳妇呢，说了两句就给我甩白眼了。”说着，拿起顾嘉树的包，往他怀里一塞，“别在这儿听我的驴毛话塞耳朵眼子了，快回去哄你的宝贝媳妇吧。” 顾嘉树夹起包，匆匆往外走，肖爱秋送到门口，冲着楼梯上喊：“回家别吵架啊，别让你媳妇以为我这当婆婆的背后又给下了眼药，挑唆你们吵架。” 怕惹父亲上火，顾嘉树忍了一晚上气，听妈妈又没完没了地絮叨，实在是忍不住了，从楼梯上返回来，小声说：“妈，您说这些干什么？跟下眼药有什么不一样吗？” “好心当了驴肝肺。”肖爱秋没想到儿子能返回来冲她发火，推了他一把，“好了好了，我不说了，我这不是怕你回家吵痛快了我倒霉吗？” 顾嘉树那个沮丧啊，满肚子的恼火没地发，突然间困惑，家到底是干什么的？一个个在外面看起来通情达理的人，一回了家，怎么全变成了脸上笑嘻嘻背地里使枪耍棍的敌人？