The Xiao family's yard is very spacious, with open space in front and a large garden on the right where fruits and vegetables are grown. There is also a garden behind the house.
Bamboo is rare in the north, so fence frames are made of rattan or tree branches. You can also buy some green nylon nets to prevent chickens and ducks from flapping out when they are young.
Next to the poultry fence, there is a large area of sweet cane. The sweet cane is similar to sugarcane, but thinner than sugarcane. It tastes cool and sweet. Local people eat this and don’t like to eat sugarcane.
Jiang Zao looked at Xiao Shuisheng standing in front of the sweet stalk forest, with a group of chicks and ducklings around his feet. He sighed helplessly, his face full of melancholy: "Can you please stop feeding them?"
Xiao Shuisheng frowned: "Why?"
"Labor is glorious, and I think feeding chickens and ducks is very interesting." I have never done this kind of work before.
Jiang Zao rubbed the end of his brow and said, "Do you think you are suitable for feeding chickens and ducks? Haven't you heard that people say I'm a shrew?"
If this continues, her reputation will be completely ruined.
Xiao Shuisheng thought it was nothing serious: "If they want to spread it, let them spread it. Why do you worry about it? You are the eldest in the family. Do you want to come with me to cut the grass?"
"After a day's work, I cut some grass to stretch my muscles and get some exercise."
Seeing that he was unwilling to compromise, Jiang Zao took out a gray sleeve from his pocket, put it on his arm, and went to the warehouse to find a basket and a sickle: "Let's go."
The voice was filled with depression.
The neighbors were surprised to see Jiang Zao and Xiao Shuisheng cutting grass together. It was no wonder that Xiao Shuisheng didn't look like someone who would do farm work.
It was as awkward for him to do farm work as it was for a scholar to butcher pigs.
"Hey, Shuisheng went to the mountain to cut grass again, bringing his wife with him."
The person who was speaking was Grandma Wang who lived at the entrance of the alley. Her children and grandchildren were all successful and filial. The old lady had poor legs and feet, so she would push a small stool and sit at the door every day, listening to gossip from people nearby. Her ears were not very good, but she was very trusting and knew everything.
She pursed her toothless lips and looked at Xiao Shuisheng happily.
Xiao Shuisheng didn't feel embarrassed and nodded: "My wife loves me and is afraid that I will work too hard, so she came out to accompany me."
Jiang Zao wanted to kick him away: "No, I asked him to rest at home, but he refused."
Grandma Wang smiled.
"I understand. It's a good thing that Shuisheng has a capable wife. A capable woman will make the family wealthy."
Jiang Zao: “…”
She understood too.
What does it mean when a dumb person eats Coptis chinensis?
There is an undeveloped wasteland at the entrance of the alley, which is connected to a low hillside. The foot of the hillside is covered with prickly lettuce, purslane, bitter herbs, daisies, foxtail grass and goosegrass. The goslings mainly eat goosegrass and bitter herbs. When the rainy season comes, you can walk up the mountain for a while and pick up a lot of mushrooms and wild fruits.
The days are long in summer and the sun sets slowly. Jiang Zao found a good place to squat down, grabbed a handful of grass, and skillfully cut the grass with a sickle. In a few strokes, she filled a basket. After cutting, she went to find Xiao Shuisheng, thinking of going home together.
Looking back, I saw Professor Xiao, who had the final say in the laboratory, clumsily waving a sickle to cut the grass.
Seeing that he was working seriously, Jiang Zao didn't go over to give him any instructions.
Ten minutes later, Xiao Shuisheng finished cutting a basket of grass and said, "Go home."
Jiang Zao and he walked back carrying the basket. On the way, they met a few older sisters who also came to cut grass. Amidst everyone's joking gazes, they hurriedly took Xiao Shuisheng home.
Turning into the alley, Jiang Zao saw from afar two men standing at his door talking.
One is Xiao Wensheng and the other is Xiao Chengda.
Xiao Wensheng's face didn't look good.
Xiao Chengda's face turned even uglier. "I'm your father. What's wrong with asking you to lend me some money? You're asking me all sorts of questions. When I was spending money on you before, did I ever take care of so many things?"
He was obviously very angry and his voice was quite loud. Jiang Zao and Xiao Shuisheng both heard the last sentence.
"It seems that their life after marriage is not very good." Jiang Zao leaned close to Xiao Shuisheng and whispered.
I took out 3,500 yuan, and just a few months later, all the money was gone?
Seeing Xiao Shuisheng and Jiang Zao coming back from a distance, Xiao Chengda coughed lightly and frowned: "You two are back."
He heard at the research institute that Xiao Shuisheng was working at home and was rumored to be a henpecked man. He didn't believe it at first, but the moment he saw it with his own eyes, Xiao Chengda had to believe that the rumor was true.
"As a grown man, why are you still following Jiang Zao out to cut grass?"
"No wonder Xiao Qiang was angry at you. How come you're going backwards after getting married? When I got married to your mother, she didn't bully me." Xiao Chengda didn't like Jiang Zao in any way. When Jiang Zao first got married, he even gave her some wine to take back to her parents' home for a visit during the Chinese New Year. Now he really regrets it when he thinks about it.
She is not a good person. It is useless to give her anything good. If she hadn't instigated, would Gu Xiufang have divorced him?
He couldn't hold his head up wherever he went. Xiao Qiang was right, Jiang Zao was a jinx.
Xiao Shuisheng's face darkened. "When you chose to go out with Qin Taoxian, no one in the family had anything to do with you except Xiao Qiang. I can live my life however I want, and I don't need you to tell me what to do."
As for how loving he and Jiang Zao were and who listened to whom, there was naturally no need to explain to him.
Those who couldn't understand it naturally wouldn't understand the explanation. He just needed to show his attitude, which was enough to intimidate the other party: "I advise Dad to respect Jiang Zao a little, otherwise don't blame me for establishing your authority in the research institute."
Jiang Zao couldn't help but look at Xiao Shuisheng, and her heart couldn't help but be moved.
This era is quite feudal, with endless talk about male superiority and female inferiority.
But he... never cared about the opinions of others, and always put her happiness and her safety first.
Xiao Chengda coughed angrily: "You...you are a bastard!"
"I'm your father. Is there anyone in the world who talks to their own father like this?"
Xiao Shuisheng didn't care, his expression was sharp and merciless: "Now we see it."
"A father is kind and a son is filial. Dad, don't mix up the order. My mother has been with you for so many years, and you don't feel sorry for her giving birth to your children. When you abandoned your wife and children to find Qin Taoxian, you should have thought about the consequences you will face now."
"When we divided the family property, I gave you 3,500 yuan, and you spent it all so quickly?" The company's welfare housing hasn't been distributed yet, so where did his money go?
Speaking of money, Xiao Chengda became awkward, with a feeling of suppressed anger: "I'm here to borrow money, not to listen to your lectures. If you don't want to lend me money, go into the house. Wensheng, give Dad 50 yuan. There is no money for food at home."
"Your sister is still in high school. Do you really want to watch her starve to death?"
When it comes to Huo Xiaoman's affairs, Xiao Wensheng always tolerates, compromises, and endures, which eventually leads to a big mistake.
Since his divorce from Huo Xiaoman, Xiao Wensheng discovered that sometimes in life, he could learn from Shuisheng and be tougher, and his life would be much more comfortable.
Xiao Wensheng no longer felt any burden: "She died of starvation, you died of poverty, these are the paths you chose."
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