Chapter 35 first quarter

After the National Day, Guan Tong set off as scheduled. It was morning when she left, and Gu Xiaoying hadn’t woken up—her sleep quality has plummeted since she became pregnant. She had to go to the bathroom four or five times every night, and she still couldn’t sleep well. Guan Tong didn’t wake her up before leaving, just walked Going to the bedside, bent down and kissed her on the cheek, Gu Xiaoying fell into a drowsy sleep, and stretched out her hand to push her, humming a few words "I hate it, don't touch me", turned over, wrapped her head with a cold quilt , and fell asleep again.

Guan Tong sighed softly, took another look at the "cocoon" wrapped in a ball on the bed, and then carefully closed the bedroom door and left. Before leaving, he did not forget to tell Guan Liming and Xie Jiarong: Don't let Gu Xiaoying carry heavy things, don't let her Eat leftovers, put more lean meat when cooking, walnuts in the box, honey in the jar, fish and shrimp in the refrigerator, milk in the milk box at the door, and all kinds of food in plastic bags on the balcony Fruits—remind her to eat them. Xie Jiarong nodded nonuo, while Guan Liming kept saying, "Remember, remember, let's go." Guan Tong just left the house, but after getting in the car, he still couldn't help thinking: the long seven days in the future In the next month, I don't know what else will happen?

After all, the word "accident" is really not uncommon for his family. Sure enough—since the loss of Guan Tong's "double-sided tape", all kinds of conflicts have been lined up waiting to erupt. The first conflict stems from the fact that Gu Xiaoying dragged Xu Xin to the shopping mall on the day when her three-month pregnancy expired, and bought herself a sweater for pregnant women, two pairs of pants for pregnant women, two sets of thermal underwear for pregnant women, two Maternity underwear, two breastfeeding bras, and a pair of flat shoes—a total of 1,600 yuan. When he came home with big bags and small bags, he bumped into Guan Liming as soon as he entered the door. He looked at Gu Xiaoying in surprise: "What did you buy again?"

"Clothes, clothes and trousers for pregnant women." Gu Xiaoying grinned, not much, and went back to the house, but he was overheard by Guan Liming when he should never have called Gu's mother, and Guan Liming just He didn't hear anything else, but he only heard the phrase "one thousand and six"... so his heart was almost terribly stimulated. After finally waiting for Gu Xiaoying to put down the phone, Guan Liming stood at the door of Gu Xiaoying and asked, "Xiaoying, you spent so much money on these clothes, how much do you think you earn in a month?"

Gu Xiaoying was startled when she turned her head - he clearly remembered that he had specially closed the bedroom door before making a call, when did Guan Liming quietly open the door?Why is this man so elusive? "Dad, what's the matter with you?" Gu Xiaoying frowned and asked. "I'm here to ask you to eat," Guan Liming was very worried. "When I opened the door, I heard you say that it cost 1600 yuan. You said you..." "Dad, can you knock on the door before you come in next time?" Gu Xiaoying felt that she couldn't bear it anymore, and interrupted him holding her breath, "Including when the child grows up, before entering his (her) room, we Parents are knocking on doors."

"What door is the family knocking on?" Guan Liming was stunned. "Although we are a family, we still have privacy with each other." Gu Xiaoying endured and endured, but finally did not say "knocking on the door is the most basic courtesy". "Privacy?" Guan Liming was delighted, "What kind of privacy does a brat have?" Gu Xiaoying took a deep breath before saying: "Let's knock it, it's science, it's written in the tutor's book." "Teacher, what is that?" Guan Liming couldn't figure it out, but he knew what "one thousand six" was, and he continued to speak earnestly, "I said Xiaoying, you gave birth to a child like this once, why buy so many new clothes? I think my clothes are thin, so I wear Guan Tong's, or I can wear your mother's..."

"Guan Tong's? My mother's?" Gu Xiaoying repeated in surprise, looked at Guan Liming with wide eyes, and took another deep breath. "It's almost winter, why don't you ask your mother to make you a padded jacket?" Guan Liming suggested enthusiastically, "Your mother's needlework is one of the best in the whole village. Last year, the daughter-in-law next door was pregnant, and it was your mother who gave her a hand. The padded jacket I made..." Only then did Gu Xiaoying figure out that "your mother" was referring to Xie Jiarong instead of Luo Xinping, and she became even more devastated.

Now, he finally knows what the real "chicken and duck talk" is - it may not only be a language barrier, but also a complete mismatch of thinking, and the latter is the most extinct! Due to her personality, Gu Xiaoying naturally complained a lot on the phone. Guan Tong sighed: "They are used to being frugal. In the past, clothes worth twenty or thirty yuan were considered expensive in the countryside. Now the life is too different for them. It is difficult to find the feeling for a while. Please be considerate. Didn’t I tell you that, in fact, until I was in college, I used to wear old clothes sponsored by my classmates…”

People's hearts are fleshy. Hearing what he said, Gu Xiaoying couldn't complain too much, so she could only sigh: "Guan Tong, I really didn't dislike them so I didn't let them into my house, but everyone has privacy. Besides, I think that writing and writing requires quietness. This is not the first time, whether it is your father or your mother, they opened the door and came in without making a sound. As soon as I looked up, I saw a figure standing beside me. I was taken aback every time, but I couldn’t say anything, because they always asked me with a smile if I had any laundry to do—I’m not an unreasonable person, of course I can’t do it again if they do the laundry for me. To lose your temper is to feel awkward."

"I can understand, I will tell them slowly, but it will take time," Guan Tong said in a good voice, "If I call them now and tell them that I will knock on the door when I enter the house, then they must know that you told me Now, in case you have lumps in your heart and you won't get along well in the future, I think it's better to find a suitable time and use the child as an excuse to tell them. Anyway, as long as the child is mentioned, they are willing to compromise, and you have to let them adapt The process of these habits, right?" "Okay, you can figure it out," Guan Tong's persuasion by reasoning was too successful, Gu Xiaoying was out of temper, and just told, "Stay there by yourself, don't drink too much, hide when you can, do you know?"

"Understood," Guan Tong smiled, "Don't worry." "What's the condition of the place where you live?" Gu Xiaoying was worried. "It's just an ordinary house with three bedrooms and one living room. The walls are whitewashed and the floor smoothed out. There is no table, chair, and bed." Guan Tong looked around and reported on his mobile phone. "It's so miserable, it's like a prison cell." Gu Xiaoying smacked her lips, and suddenly said seriously: "Husband, don't you feel wronged? You go to work every day, work overtime, and rarely rest on weekends... If it was me, I would have been full of resentment." gone." "Oh, like our rural children, it is not easy to be admitted to university, find a good job, and go in and out to work in a large organization that was unimaginable before," Guan Tong said with emotion, "It is lucky, but also It can be regarded as meeting Bole, and it is too late to cherish it now, how can there be resentment?" "Husband, you are really not an ordinary person," Gu Xiaoying clicked her tongue, "Your state is so noble that it seems that you can only see it in novels." "I'm telling the truth," Guan Tong smiled, "Actually, who doesn't know that home is good? No matter how small your house is, it's still home, but if the house is big and people run far away, is it still home?" Gu Xiaoying's eye sockets wet suddenly, she opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say. Guan Tong is telling the truth. In this slightly unfamiliar city, although he has a good job and a house that looks quite large, but because his home and family are not here, he has never been here. It's just a feeling of "passing through". Except for a few college students who have settled here, the acquaintances in this city are basically acquaintances accumulated through years of working relationships-of course, there is one exception, Jiang Mantang. However, Jiang Mantong is still Guan Tong's neighbor - in the civil servants' community, Jiang Manyu's temporary residence is separated by two buildings. You can meet them just by taking a walk. When we met, the two would chat. It wasn't long, and we couldn't talk about deep topics—after all, we are both adults, we have a family, we have a family, and more importantly, we have an official position. Naturally, we have a lot of concerns. , but alone in a foreign land, they are all lonely, and it is good to talk to each other when they meet. The most common thing to talk about is the child—Jiang Manyu’s son, whose nickname is Xiangxiang, who is four years old and very naughty. Whenever it comes to mentioning his son, Jiang Manyu will be like all women in the world, proud, nagging, revealing a sense of happiness that does not need to be concealed. For example, if the son is handsome and popular, Jiang Manyu would tell him with a smile: "My son recently made a girlfriend. The girl is very cute. She likes to play with my son. My son is sick and hasn't gone to kindergarten for three days. The girl called my mother-in-law's house and asked, 'Why isn't Zhang Kaixiang here? I miss him so much'." Guan Tong also laughed and didn't say anything. Jiang Manyu didn't expect him to say anything, but just said to himself: "But my little girlfriend is too inattentive. My son fell ill later, and I didn't go to kindergarten for half a month. Playing with other little boys. My son is so disappointed, and he is not in a good mood after returning home..." She said to herself: "I have to go back on the weekend, treat my son's little girlfriend to dinner, and then make a match..." When she was speaking, Guan Tong looked at Jiang Manyu's side face, and suddenly had an illusion - it seemed that only Gu Xiaoying could come up with such a weird idea.He was startled for a moment: Is it because of Gu Xiaoying's image of Jiang Manyu that made him fall in love with Gu Xiaoying, or was it because Jiang Manyu was like Gu Xiaoying that he would not reject Jiang Manyu thousands of miles away? Fortunately, he quickly dispelled this doubt - when he returned to his white, empty house after walking, he had quickly found his place, because the house was full of a kind of The strangeness made him think of his own home irresistibly. Although it is a small house, but with the local accent of his parents, the smile of his wife, and the aroma of food, that is the taste of home. In the dead of night, he just sat quietly at the desk, not reading books or reading materials, just in a daze. He remembered that many years ago, when he first set foot on the land of the provincial capital, he was amazed at the size of the city.At that time, he didn't know what "KFC" was and what was "roller coaster".Even when he was a graduate student, he didn't know that in addition to going to the study room and the grove, he could also go to the movie theater when falling in love. The movie ticket of ten yuan per movie in that month seemed astronomically expensive to him.After finally graduating, my monthly salary was less than 1,500 yuan, and I lived in a single dormitory arranged by the government. I also followed the instructions of enthusiastic elder sisters to go on blind dates N times, and sometimes I continued to contact girls when I met them. But the place is either a park or a road—it's not that he doesn't want romance, but he doesn't have the money for romance.At the beginning, it was an extremely contradictory feeling, which made him feel inferior or annoyed, and he would also feel grief, loss, frustration, and unwillingness when he was rejected by girls or their parents... But he knew that this was the most realistic life. Therefore, he never imagined that he would live the life he has today - no need to worry about food, clothing and housing, having a daughter-in-law, there will be children soon, parents are by his side, and although there is no lack of friction, the family still lives together lively …Compared to everything before, life today seems like a dream. Guan Tong felt that he had indeed lived a good life. Take taking parents to live together in the city as an example. It sounds easy, but it is a luxury for many new immigrants in cities, especially new immigrants in big cities-in today's high-income society. Under the background of housing prices and high cost of living, it is difficult to have a house that can accommodate three generations of a family, not to mention that there are so many daughter-in-laws who are unwilling to live with their parents-in-law, so it is necessary to prepare two houses, two houses ... Even if it is a second-hand house, they may represent hundreds of thousands or millions. This kind of pressure is enough to suffocate the young couple.Therefore, it is not an easy task for rural parents to come to the city and "share the fruits of reform and development" with their sons who jumped out of the farm. You need at least a solid job and a good salary , a reasonable wife, a pair of tolerant and loyal parents... Moreover, in a city that is not too big, and in a consumption environment that is not too outrageous. Now, his long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, and he is very pleased.Some things he doesn't say are because of his personality, not because he doesn't feel it-such as contentment or gratitude. Because of contentment, he is grateful to Gu Xiaoying from the bottom of his heart: These days, there are fewer and fewer daughter-in-laws who are willing to live with their parents-in-law.Although she never stopped complaining, she, who has always been exquisite, has gradually learned not to be surprised. She is trying to restrain herself for the simple life of a family. He will remember it when he sees it.Because he knows that it is not difficult to love someone, to care for him, care for him, and miss him, but it is the most difficult thing to wrong himself for him.Some people who are willing to do this are because they have resigned to their fate, so they live negatively from now on until they live their lives as dry mummies; The edges and corners are exchanged for the tender time in the long years to come... Gu Xiaoying is the latter, so why not Guan Tong? That's why he is willing to explain the problem from her point of view, to make her feel better, and to make him feel better—after all, he also admits that other people's parents will never be equal to his own, so no matter what It is impossible for the young couple to live with the old man on either side without any friction.Then at this time, only if both of them are willing to put themselves in their shoes, communicate actively, and be considerate of each other, can the ice melt away. Even if it is at the cost of having to bear some grievances or changes. Just like what Gu Xiaoying said before: Marriage is a grinding stone, as long as you are willing to rub it, dead skin, calluses, and dirt can all be rubbed off.There will be a little pain at the beginning, but if you don't experience this, you won't have a pair of delicate and delicate feet, and you won't be qualified to walk around in a pair of delicate thin strap sandals in the hot summer wind. This is her attitude, and it is also his hope——Guan Tong pressed the phone, looked at the photo of herself that Gu Xiaoying had saved as the standby screen before his departure, and thought with a smile.