After the three of them entered the house, it didn't seem to be very warm, and they could hear heavy breathing when they talked.

Hu Xiaokang frowned and said to Hu Qinghai, "Dad, why don't you use the stove in this room? It's already this late, and you're still burning it at night?"

He doesn't come to this room often. After all, he has a family and a career. Why would he come here every day?

"Alas..." Hu Qinghai said with a smile, "I'm not cold, am I? Your mother isn't home either. I only need to keep one side warm during the day. I'm not often at home during the day."

It's not that he has to save money, but he really doesn't have time to watch the stove.

I go out to collect coal during the day and also have to go up the mountain to collect some firewood, so this wastes time.

Even if the stove is lit, it will go out again when you come back in the afternoon and you have to light it again.

Hearing this, Hu Xiaokang became even more unhappy. "You should just stay home in the middle of winter. I give you five dollars a month, which is enough for fuel."

He also has two children and a wife to support, so even though he earns a lot, the pressure is quite high.

So now I can set aside five dollars every month, which is really a lot.

Hu Qinghai shook his head and said, "Do you think I can stay here?"

When you get older, your health will deteriorate if you stay out for a long time.

Do more work now that you can move, so that you won’t be unable to move soon.

Hu Xiaoman interrupted and said, "Third brother, Mom lives at my house, but she's worried about Dad and wants him to go over there with her."

"You can persuade him to come back in the spring."

Hu Xiaokang was a little surprised when he heard this, and without thinking, he retorted, "How can this be possible? You are a daughter. If your parents go to stay with you, how will people see us?"

This concerns the opinions of neighbors, so he will not agree.

Hearing him say this, Hu Xiaoman looked at him in surprise. "Third brother, I didn't expect you to still have old-fashioned ideas. This kind of thinking is not acceptable. The leaders have said that women hold up half the sky. Our family cannot treat men and women differently."

She didn't actually have to go. She didn't know it before she came. She came to check today. When Zhang Chunxia was not at home, this person only lit the stove once a day. He would definitely get sick from the cold.

So today, she must persuade him clearly.

"What you said doesn't make sense. This is not the way to say that women hold up half the sky." Hu Xiaokang smiled helplessly.

He knew that his younger sister had good intentions, but it depended on the situation.

The current situation is that Zhang Chunxia and her husband are both gone, and it is difficult for them to do their job.

"Third brother, why do you still think so? We have to go today anyway." Hu Xiaoman didn't know what to say.

Hu Qinghai sat between the two of them, looking at this and that, and finally said, "I'll go and be back in a few days."

"The house can't be empty all the time. I just want to go over and see my little grandson."

It just so happened that he had never seen the child. He had thought it was not a good idea to go see the child during the confinement period, so now that he was out, he decided to go and see the child.

Hu Xiaoman was happy now, and nodded with a smile, "Okay, you have the final say."

Let him go first and see. Who can say for sure whether he will stay here forever?

Hu Xiaokang was assigned a task. If there was no one at home to come and heat the kang once a day, otherwise it would not work for a long time.

When he arrived home, Hu Qinghai went to see his grandson first. The child was fair and chubby, and he looked blessed.

"This child is growing up nice and strong." He nodded with a smile on his face.

Zhang Chunxia rolled her eyes and said, "Xiaoman drinks milk powder all day long and eats well, how can this child not be strong?"

Anyway, she had never seen anyone who could eat better than Hu Xiaoman. He ate a combination of meat and vegetables all day long and ate meat three times a week.

People used to eat two meals a week, but now they eat three meals a week.

"Just say less. We earn our salary and spend it together. How can we not eat whatever we want?" Hu Qinghai was annoyed by her inconsiderate look.

There is no pressure on either of them. Just eat whatever you want. Why bother with all this?

In the afternoon, Hu Xiaoman went out for a walk and brought back a river fish and a big goose.

The dishes were stewed in the pot at around two o'clock. The big goose needs to be stewed for two hours, so we can eat when it's almost time for dinner.

For vegetarian dishes, she prepared cabbage and black fungus, as well as a shredded radish and meatball soup.

Seeing such a sumptuous meal, Hu Qinghai felt a little embarrassed.

"Son-in-law, I'm sorry to have cost you so much money." He said to Lu Jianghe with a smile.

Lu Jianghe only found out that his father-in-law had come when he got home from get off work, so he hurried out to buy a bottle of white wine.

Neither of them drinks, so there is no alcohol at home.

"Dad, don't be polite. Just treat this as your own home. No need to be so polite." He said with a smile, and then asked everyone to eat.

After living together for such a long time, Zhang Chunxia has long lost the ability to be polite. Her son-in-law is usually generous, so she always eats and drinks as she pleases.

Seeing her picking up food with her whirlwind chopsticks, Hu Qinghai frowned.

This person eats a lot, so let the two children eat more of this meat.

Thinking of this, he kept winking at Zhang Chunxia, ​​but unfortunately she was so focused on eating that she didn't even look at him.

After dinner in the evening, Hu Xiaoman also cleaned up the yard next door and heated up the house, so the old couple lived in the room she had lived in before.

Because no one has lived there for a long time, the house is not messy.

"This house is really nice." Zhang Chunxia looked here and there and thought the house was pretty good.

"Take a rest! What are you looking at?" Hu Qinghai knew what this person was thinking without having to guess.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chunxia curled her lips unhappily. It’s not okay to just take a look!

cut……

Hu Xiaoman put the sleeping child at the head of the kang, where there was a small wooden crib that was neither too hot nor too cold.

I was afraid of bumping into my child when sleeping, but now with the guardrail, I don’t have to worry about crushing the child.

Hu Xiaoman has always been restless when sleeping, otherwise he wouldn't do these things.

"Dad, do you agree to live here?" Lu Jianghe asked after coming back from washing his feet.

"No, he said he'd stay here for two days." Hu Xiaoman replied, "Never mind for now. It's okay to come here often anyway. Otherwise, if I get hurt at home alone, what will I do if something happens?"

In addition to being afraid of these things, she was also worried that if something really happened, Hu Xiaokang and Hu Xiaolin would blame her.

As long as the two elderly people are taken care of, there won't be any big problems.

But to be honest, the two of them are only in their fifties and have been doing physical work all year round. Their bodies are really good and they can work for at least another ten years without any problems.

Unlike people in later generations, who are no longer able to do it in their fifties and have to take medicine all day long.

Nowadays, people in their fifties are all working, and few are idle.

Even Shen Yulan is the same. Even though she is retired, she often goes out to teach some doctors.

Lu Jianghe didn't ask too many questions. He was the son-in-law, and it wouldn't be nice to ask too many questions. Anyway, as long as they were willing, it would be fine as long as they didn't make a big fuss.

It is time for Hu Xiaoman to go back to work. He has had enough of his rest and it is time to go back to work and get his salary.