Chapter 15 Chapter Fourteen

On the weekend, Meixi came over. As usual, she used her sweet mouth to coax her mother around. Xiao Xiao was envious of her. When cooking, she teased Meixi and said: I feel more and more that Gu Haiyang married the wrong one. Man, you are the most suitable candidate to be my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Meixi made a grimace: You earn less money and are cheap, but you still act like a good boy. I’m not here to avoid being slapped in the face when I come to have a meal. As long as your mother-in-law saves energy, if I don’t please her, she will still eat a bowl of rice. Don't feed me a thousand white eyeballs.

Xiao Xiao just laughed, flipped through the dishes and said softly, Meixi said softly: I admire you, such a beautiful home is almost turned into a waste recycling bin by the old lady, yet you can eat and sleep soundly. Is this called survival of the fittest? Don’t forget that humans are advanced animals with unlimited adaptability. The oily base tail shrimp was ready, and the fire was a little urgent, so Xiao Xiao picked up the pot and shouted: "Hurry up and get a plate." Meixi opened the cupboard, took out a plate, and just about to put it down, she screamed: Oh my god, you are too dirty, this plate is still stained with hands, not washed clean.After saying that, he put it under the faucet and washed the plate again before handing it over.

The dishes were washed by her mother, and Xiao Xiao knew that she must have used the principle of diligence and thrift to wash them, so she muttered: There is no way, just close your eyes and eat. After eating, while washing the dishes, Xiao Xiao took out all the useless plates and bowls that his mother had washed in the morning and looked at them. They were indeed slightly sticky, so they put them all in the sink. When the mother saw her, she asked: Xiao Xiao, These dishes and bowls are all clean, why wash them again? Xiao Xiao didn't want to hurt her self-esteem, so she said that today isn't the weekend, since she has nothing to do anyway, why don't she wash the plates and bowls.

My mother stood by the sink and looked at it for a while, picked out the useless dishes and bowls one by one, and said to herself, "It's good, it's never been used, what's the use of washing it, it's a waste of water." Xiao Xiao suddenly felt angry, rubbed the water on his apron, and went to the living room to accompany Meixi to watch TV. After a while, he heard the sound of washing dishes in the kitchen, which seemed to be louder than usual After a while, the sound of the collision of porcelain and porcelain was extremely ear-piercing. Meixi poked her and slapped Nunu in the kitchen.

Xiao Xiao turned on the TV without looking at the kitchen. After washing the dishes, my mother went to the balcony to take care of her garlic sprouts with a sullen face. Xiao Xiao smiled bitterly at his eyebrows: You see, this is my happy life. It looks prosperous on the surface, but it is full of bugs inside. Meixi also sighed and said to bear it. Xiao Xiao also sighed: I didn't put up with it, I admitted it. In fact, no one is right. We are both stubborn people. No one can change the other. What else can we do?Well, by the way, how are you and Chen Lu? There was a cloud of cloud in Meixi's eyes: You said I was cheap or not, I called a few times, and people said I didn't have time, but I still didn't give up. Hey, I think it's a little strange, is he psychologically What's wrong?

Fuck you, if people ignore you, you have a mental illness?Xiao Xiao frowned: However, I also find it strange, why does he seem to be naturally immune to love? Meixi picked up a piece of watermelon and rubbed it against her lips: To be honest, he is the only man who makes me want to marry, but I think he likes you very much. Xiao Xiao carried her on his shoulders: Come on, he wants to love me and hasn't contacted me alone since he graduated from high school? Meixi stared at her, opened her fine teeth and quickly gnawed on the watermelon, like a mouse grinding its teeth: Maybe when he finds out that he loves you, you will already be in love.

Get out, you jumped here to create trouble after you tried to plot. Meixi picked up a knife and cut the watermelon rind into thin slices and stuck it on her face: I don't care, if you don't mobilize Chen Lu to marry me, I'll come to your house every day to eat. Okay, it happens that your mother-in-law likes you too, so I mobilize Gu Haiyang to take you in and make you a little girl. The two little girls were muttering and laughing on the sofa, and the mother was saddened by the garlic sprouts on the balcony. She suddenly missed the days in the countryside. Homework is done on the top of the kang, although it is warm in winter in the city, but this warmth only warms the body but not the heart. Everyone is so busy that there is no time to talk about homely things. When they come home from get off work, they either eat or lie on the sofa watch TV.

It was at this time that my mother thought about the winter in the countryside and thought about leaving. After a long time, she sighed again and put this thought in her heart. If she went back, what would the villagers think of her son?Did she describe her son as a heartless long-tailed magpie who married a wife and neglected his mother in a clichéd way, which led her to go back? Since her son was admitted to university, he has been a role model for people from all over the world to educate their children. How could she humiliate her son's image in her hometown because of her own private thoughts?

Xiao Xiao doesn't like to eat breakfast at home anymore. Every time she sits down, she will see her mother's sullen face. Let him eat well, so that he can be energetic at work, or in the countryside, the wife must be the first to wake up, if someone's man is busy in the kitchen early in the morning, then both the man and the wife will be laughed at I can't hold my head up. Xiao Xiao knew that she was talking to herself, so she ate in silence. In fact, she would rather her mother just say Xiao Xiao, you have to get up early to make breakfast for Haiyang instead of making lukewarm insinuations. With a rebellious mentality, since you think I'm not good enough for your son, then I'm not good enough.

When her mother was nagging, she really wanted Gu Haiyang to be brave once and tell her mother not to move the country's ideas into the city. It's the age of equal pay for equal work for men and women. Is it possible that women should go home to work as nanny to serve men?If so, which city girl is willing to marry? Unfortunately, this foolish and filial Gu Haiyang refused to argue with his mother, which intensified his mother's nagging, because in order to prevent his beloved son from getting up early to cook breakfast, the mother had already done the job of cooking breakfast without hesitation, and relying on hard work The elder who has lived her whole life is extremely aggrieved with the mentality that she should be respected and cared for everywhere. In addition, Xiao Xiao eats as little breakfast as a bird eats. This makes her mother determined that she is naturally delicate and cannot bear hardships. In the future, If I am gone, my son and future grandson will have to suffer from poor care.

When there is no one at home, my mother will look at the rapidly aging face in the mirror and worry unceasingly. Because of the resentment in her heart, her mother's face becomes more and more ugly. She is not good at concealing her nature, and sometimes she speaks too harshly Simply put, Xiao Xiao excused that the Children’s Palace provided breakfast, and disappeared from the breakfast table at home. In fact, he bought milk and bread on the way to work to fill his empty stomach all night. Although it is not as delicious as eating at home, at least the mood is good OK When he came back from get off work, he brought back the evening food, and when he entered the door, he plunged into the kitchen. Since he was promoted, Gu Haiyang was either working overtime or socializing. It was rare to see him at the dinner table, and the dinner was always very lonely. Only the TV was busy with no one else. But he didn't care. After eating, Xiao Xiao went to wash the dishes. Now, the mother may be trying to put on a proper posture for the elders. As long as Xiao Xiao is at home, she basically does not enter the kitchen. After washing the dishes, he went back to the room too early to sleep, as if deliberately ignoring his mother. His face was not good-looking, so Xiao Xiao extended the time of washing the dishes as much as possible. Mother did not wash the breakfast dishes very clean. So he took it out and washed it together, like this every day, Xiao Xiao felt sad, could it be that he wanted to escape the past while washing the dishes at night... That night, Xiao Xiao habitually took out the bowls his mother had washed and put them into the sink, and was washing them one by one, when he heard his mother say at the kitchen door: Xiao Xiao, is it possible that the bowls washed by mother are not clean? Xiao Xiao came back to his senses all of a sudden, shook his head quickly and said: No, I have nothing to do when I have nothing to do and take a shower. The mother looked at the bowl mechanically turning in her hand, and the cloudy tears rolled out all at once: Xiao Xiao, don't lie to me, you have to rewash the bowl I washed in the morning every night, I've seen it several times, you don't eat at home in the morning, do you think my breakfast is not clean?I also watched on TV that people in the city think the country people are unclean. Xiao Xiao felt a buzzing sound in his head, and watched inexplicably as his mother went back to the room with her mouth that was about to cry out. Xiao Xiao quickly rinsed the bowl and wanted to explain to her mother, but her mother locked the door from the inside and couldn't push it open, so she lay on the door and said, "Mom, I don't eat breakfast at home because I really don't like your cooking." It's not clean, didn't I always eat at home before? Mother just cried mournfully. Xiao Xiao persuaded her through the door for a while, then sat down on the sofa and watched TV indiscriminately. When Gu Haiyang came back, he saw that her expression was not right, so he asked what was wrong. Xiao Xiao glanced at him angrily, threw him in the living room, got up and went to the bedroom, slammed the door shut, Gu Haiyang muttered: Hey, it's strange, the little goblin is still angry. At this time, I heard my mother shouting in the room: She is not angry at you, she is angry at me, your daughter-in-law thinks my country mother-in-law is dirty! Gu Haiyang was stunned, and knocked on his mother's door: Mom, what's wrong with you? The mother slammed the door open, grabbed her son's arm with tears all over her face, and talked about the night with snot and tears. Gu Haiyang understood what was going on, so he smiled and smoothed things over and said: That's it, hey, mother, I forgot to tell you, Xiao Xiao has a hobby, that is, he loves washing dishes. Wash it, and keep it until she comes back at night to have fun. You are not afraid of being laughed at when a big man wakes up in the morning and cooks breakfast for his late-sleeping wife. The mother’s voice was loud, Xiao Xiao knew that she was speaking to him on purpose, so she pulled the quilt over her head, but her mother was still relentless: Who doesn’t know that sleeping late is comfortable, but I’ve lived such an old age, and I haven’t seen him yet. A wife who doesn't know how to love her man! Xiao Xiaoteng sat up, angrily going down to reason with his mother, thinking of Gu Haiyang's pitiful appearance like a mouse getting into trouble at both ends of the bellows, his heart softened again, he bit his lip and wept bitterly, and picked it up The pillow vented, picked it up and threw it on the wall opposite the bed, the pillow fell limply, rolled up the quilt again, stood on the bed and stepped on it, stomped hard, after a long time of stepping, I didn't feel relieved, kicked it under the bed. Hearing Gu Haiyang coming over with his slippers, Xiao Xiao snapped on the desk lamp, but seeing Gu Haiyang's exhausted face, the original anger melted into smoke, and he just watched him weep in grievance, saying Not a word. Gu Haiyang threw his coat on the bed, and he rolled over, put his arms around her waist, and said in a low voice: Little fairy, you have been wronged, and I apologize to you on behalf of my mother. Xiao Xiao wiped away his tears, twisted his body, threw him a cold back and said: Who cares about your apology. No one cares except you, and I don't need to apologize to anyone except you.He got into her arms, and his fingers gently climbed up her back: Don't worry about your mother, she has stayed in the country all her life, and she has been feudal all her life, and now even if I take her to the United States, she can't change her life. Feudal concept. She can't change it, so should I bear this kind of trouble? It’s not that Xiao Xiao doesn’t know these truths, it’s just that he won’t be calm about any gap from imagining it to accepting it. Gu Haiyang turned his face and saw that the pillow and quilt were on the floor, so he got out of bed and picked them up, saying: Next time you put me like a pillow. Throw it downstairs like a sandbag to relieve your anger. Xiao Xiao burst out laughing: Bullying me, I can't throw you away?Pretending to grab it and throw it away, Gu Haiyang rolled into her arms, smelling it, he said: Well, your tears are more deceptive than perfume. As he spoke, he lifted Xiao Xiao up at once, and slowly opened the zipper on the side of the pajamas with his lips, staring at her with a silly smile... In the morning, Gu Haiyang woke up very early. Seeing Xiao Xiao sleeping like a cat curled up in his arms, he couldn't bear to move her away, so he stared at her, with long eyelashes, a small nose, and naturally closed lips, like The very spring strawberries tempt him to kiss her. The curves of the neck and shoulders are graceful, flowing like water, and the collarbone under the neck is like the wings of a butterfly, falling lightly on her chest. There was boundless love and pity in her heart. Since the wedding, she had suffered grievances that he was unable to resolve. He also knew that because of loving him, she was doing her best to adapt to her mother and accommodate her mother's pickiness. The only daughter who is spoiled and spoiled, it is not easy for her to do this, but the mother is still not satisfied. Several times, he wanted to have a good chat with the mother, but the mother's tears came down just after saying a few words, Looking at him with tears in his eyes, it was as if he had already rejected her. He had to give up. He sighed and wanted to kiss her, but he was afraid of waking her up, so he kissed her hair lightly, pulled his arm out gently, got up and went out quietly. As soon as he entered the kitchen, his mother came in, snatched the frying pan from his hand, pushed him out, made porridge and fried eggs in silence, and seeing Gu Haiyang standing aside looking at her, she simply turned her head away, Don't look at him to express your dissatisfaction. Gu Haiyang went to the bathroom to wash up. When the mother set the dinner table, she plowed the bowl heavily on the table, and the chopsticks and spoons almost fell on the table, which was very loud in the morning. Gu Haiyang knew that she was angry, so he hurriedly fixed other things, and said: Mom, sit down, let me come. The mother gave him a bitter look: what kind of world is this, women sleep late, men get up early and go to the kitchen. Afraid that Xiao Xiao would hear it, Gu Haiyang hurriedly raised his index finger to shush, and said with a smile: Mother, the city is different from the country, you go to other kitchens to see, the big man not only goes to the kitchen in the morning but also cooks for dinner. Mother filled a bowl of porridge and stuffed it for him: Then why do men in the city marry wives? The wife is not married for cooking, but for love.Gu Haiyang took a mouthful of porridge. I don't know anything about love, but I know that it's only natural for a wife to cook breakfast for a man. Okay, mom, hurry up and eat, I'll be late in a while. The mother gave him a melancholy look, buried her head in eating, and after a while, sighed and said, "I admit that Xiao Xiao doesn't cook breakfast. I always feel that I can't get enough of the breakfast she cooks. I always feel awkward when someone is missing. Is she not used to my breakfast? No, Xiao Xiao said, the breakfast you cook is the best in the world.Gu Haiyang made up nonsense for Xiao Xiao to make his mother happy: Mom, I have to eat quickly, or I will be late. I know, people in the city think the country people are not dirty, maybe Xiao Xiao thinks the breakfast I cooked is not clean, so he doesn't eat it at home.The mother put down the bowl, and said quietly: I remember it. When you went to England, Xiao Xiao said that a classmate lived alone and was afraid. I wanted to go to accompany her. I took it seriously. Now that I think about it, she actually doesn’t want to eat it. When I cook, I also shave my head and make it hot. Gu Haiyang did not expect that his mother had such a strong reasoning logic. Thinking about it carefully, maybe it was true. Xiao Xiao complained that his mother made the good house dirty more than once.Then he put down the bowl, wiped his mouth and said: Mother, where did you think?Didn't she also eat a lot of the food you cooked? The mother threw the chopsticks: she had to eat it, so it was called eating?It was like feeding poison, I was afraid that eating too much would poison her to death. Gu Haiyang looked at his watch and guessed that Xiao Xiao would wake up soon, so he changed the subject and said: Mother, it's time to cut your garlic sprouts, I'm hungry for dumplings now. My mother saw through his trick, pulled her face long, and said, "Don't interrupt, she has to rewash the dishes I washed in the morning every night when she comes home from get off work. Doesn't she think I'm dirty?" When my mother said this, her eyes became wet. She stood up and jingled the dishes and bowls like a ruthless: You finish eating, I will clean up after eating, anyway, people don’t eat it if they think it’s dirty! The voice is very high. Gu Haiyang watched dumbly, at a loss, and was afraid that his mother would quarrel with Xiao Xiao after he left, so he went to the bedroom, trying to wake her up and go with him, so as to put the possible war in a vacuum. Xiao Xiao covered his head with the quilt motionless, as if he was still in a deep sleep, Gu Haiyang couldn't care less, climbed onto the bed and pulled the quilt away, only to find that Xiao Xiao had woken up a long time ago, biting a corner of the pillow and weeping. All of a sudden, he was even more at a loss, knowing that she heard what his mother said. He rubbed his hands, bent down and picked her up, smoothed her sleepy hair with his fingers, and wiped her tears: good boy, get up and wash your face. Xiao Xiao buried her face in his neck, tears streaming down his shoulders. Gu Haiyang's heart sank, how could a happy life be so heavy? He embraced her with one hand, went to get the clothes with the other, dressed her carefully, arranged the socks carefully, and looked at her face before holding her and said: "This morning, I want to watch you wash your face." . Knowing his good intentions, Xiao Xiao couldn't bear to make things difficult for him, so she obediently let him lead her to wash her face, and obediently went out with him. On the way, the two of them remained silent, Gu Haiyang watched her get on the bus before going across the road to wait for the bus to go to work. Later, throughout the winter mornings, Gu Haiyang waited for her to go out together, and only agreed to leave when she got into the car. Even though Xiao Xiao felt wronged in every way, he was melted by his warmth. Occasionally, Gu Haiyang would say: In the future, there is no need to wash the dishes that mother washed, anyway, if the dishes are not clean, they will not kill people. Xiao Xiao said angrily: I can bear the chaos at home, but if the dishes are not cleaned, I will feel nauseous. As for being so dirty? Not too messy, and if you're going to attach a piece of paper to a plate, you can do without glue. Gu Haiyang looked at her: In his hometown, the neighbors all said that my mother is clean and tidy. That's because the standards for cleanliness are different between the countryside and the city. As soon as Gu Haiyang mentioned her mother, Xiao Xiao felt aggrieved, and if she continued to talk about it, it would make her even more disgusted with her mother.