"Father and mother, my family has built a new house. We will move into the new house tomorrow. If you are free, come and have a meal together." Sun Bailian stood outside the closed door, knocked on the door, and told the people inside.
After a moment of silence, seeing that the people inside had no intention of opening the door for him, Sun Bailian turned around and said to her husband behind him, "Husband, let's go."
Cao Gang reached out and held Sun Bailian's hand, knowing that all this was because of him, and now they were not even allowed to enter the door. But if it happened again, he would still hold this person's hand tightly. From the day Sun Bailian chose him, he would not let go of his hand. Even if he was slashed by the enemy on the battlefield, he would not frown, but he would be flustered if this person shed a tear. If he is not tempted, then it is fine. But once he falls in love with someone, she is his and he will never let her go. His silent heart beats for this person, and this person can only be his.
Because of him, he and his father and mother have become like this. All these years, he can only treat this person better and bring all the good things to him to make up for him. Despite this, he has never thought of letting go. He cannot imagine that any other man has this person. He would want to kill all those people.
The door was not opened until they left.
The people in the house heard the footsteps outside and knew that they had left. When the door was opened, his third brother was no longer outside the door. The person standing at the door looked outside with no expression on his face.
As soon as they reached a deserted place, Sun Bailian could no longer control herself. She turned around, hugged her husband's waist, buried her head in his chest, and began to cry. Cao Gang's body stiffened, and he raised his hands to embrace the person in his arms, and gently touched his back with one hand, waiting for this person to finish crying and then everything would be fine.
When they returned, Sun Bailian's eyes were still red, and the careful Qi Wanfeng saw it at a glance. He knew that Sun Bailian was afraid that she would be blamed by her mother again when she returned to her mother's house, so she came back with red eyes.
He had seen Sun Bailian's mother from afar, and could recognize her at a glance. She looked very similar to Sun Bailian, with her lips pursed and no smile on her face. She was probably stubborn, so it was no wonder that she still didn't forgive Sun Bailian after so many years.
If it were him, his brother was also his flesh and blood, so how could he bear to treat him like this! As long as the man his brother married treated his brother well, what did it matter if he was a little older? Now that they were living a good life, they should let go of everything else.
"Come and have some water." Qi Wanfeng poured a bowl of water for Sun Bailian and asked him to sit down and rest for a while.
"Thank you." Sun Bailian's voice was still a little hoarse from crying. Thinking of how she had cried for so long in her husband's arms, she felt ashamed. After crying, she felt much better. Facing Qi Wanfeng's worried eyes, she said, "I'm fine."
Cao Xiangnan also saw something. Seeing that Cao Gang's face was not very good, he thought that he was also being bullied by his mother-in-law. Seeing Sun Bailian sitting down and taking the water to drink, with Wanfeng at home, it seemed that there would be no problem. After receiving
Cao Gang's eyes, when Cao Gang stood up and walked to the back, he followed him. The two came out and moved a small stool to the back door to sit on. The wind from the back door was very cool. "I don't know what to do." Cao Gang said suddenly.
There was still a burning sensation on his chest where his tears had burned him. He didn't like Sun Bailian always crying because of his mother. He had been reluctant to let this person shed a tear for so many years, but he would cry every time he went back home, and every time he shed tears, it was because of his mother.
"Tell me about it, maybe I can give you an idea." Cao Xiangnan rarely saw this expression on Cao Gang's face. He looked at Cao Gang very seriously and said.
"His mother doesn't like me." Cao Gang said.
"..."Brother, will you die if you say a few more words? If he hadn't already known about the relationship between Sun Bailian and his mother from Wanfeng, it would be really hard to guess what he meant. Cao Xiangnan rolled his eyes at Cao Gang, but his brain was still trying to find a solution for him. He said, "Then make your mother-in-law like you."
"Hmm?" Cao Gang looked at Cao Xiangnan with a wooden face. Could it be possible just because he wanted to?
"Do you want your mother-in-law to like you?" Cao Xiangnan also heard the problem. One party was too stubborn, and the other party was too reserved and wanted to save face. So now he just wanted to ask for his mother-in-law's forgiveness, and first of all, he didn't want to save face.
"Look, you robbed someone's raised brother, don't you want to show your sincerity?" he asked.
Seeing Cao Gang continued to nod, "Have you expressed your sincerity?" Cao Xiangnan asked again.
"I sent them prey, but they didn't want it." Cao Gang continued to have a wooden face, obviously unhappy.
"That's because you're doing it wrong." Cao Xiangnan then gave Cao Gang a lesson on "how to win the favor of my father-in-law and mother-in-law." In fact, he had no experience at all, but all success starts with a successful theory.
The core idea of this lesson is to be shameless.
"If you really like Bai Lian and want her to be happy, you have to give up your dignity, in short, be shameless, and try to please your mother-in-law. I tell you, people who appear cold and frosty on the surface are the most depressed on the inside. If you give him something and he doesn't want it, then give him something to accept it. If you invite him to dinner and he doesn't come, then you have to invite him until he comes. Don't back down. If you give up, you really lose." Finally, Cao Xiangnan summarized Cao Gang. Seeing his thoughtful face, he knew that he had listened to him, so he stood up and went outside to see if the water on the grapes had dried up. If it had, he would continue.
Cao Gang stared at Cao Xiangnan's back as he left, and also stood up and followed him.
The racks in the corner of the yard were deliberately chosen to be in a corner where no one goes and to avoid the coming and going of people in the house. The fruit pulp on the racks was drying, some of which were dried a few days ago, and some of which were recently dried. Fortunately, after this weather, if this kind of weather continues, the color of the dried fruit pulp will be very good and more durable in storage. The early batch of fruit pulp has been packed in the jars.
The grapes picked back are washed and selected, and then cut one by one. After washing and drying, they are placed on the dustpan board to dry the water before the next step of production can be carried out.
From this day on, they increased the picking of grapes, and with the help of two people, they can pick a lot of grapes in a day. They also found another field of green grapes. No one in the village would pick such sour fruits. Except for the birds and beasts, there was a large field waiting for them to pick.
After dinner, they picked the last batch of grapes and brought them back with horses. In this way, they could bring back a lot of grapes in one trip. Sun Bailian took the child back, and Cao Gang stayed with him to help until it was almost dark. After
taking a bath at night and lying on the bed with his wife in his arms, Cao Xiangnan thought that no matter how hard the day was, it was worth it. Listening to the evening breeze telling him about Sun Bailian's family, the voice of the person in his arms gradually weakened. Knowing that he was asleep, he bent down and kissed the sleeping person, and said to him, "Good night, sweet dreams."
The next day was the day when Cao Gang moved into the house.
"Crackle, crackle--" the sound of firecrackers, a group of children standing at the door covered their ears and shouted, their voices were full of joy, children love to join in the fun. Today the children have a day off, they can play to their heart's content, this day is much less lively without these children.
Cao Xiangnan also delayed the start time for the brothers who worked in his house, so that everyone can come here to eat sweet porridge.
"Are you ready? We are going to open the door."
"Yeah"
"Ya--" Cao Gang took Sun Bailian's hand and opened the door, and opened the door together, and the two of them took the children and walked into their new house together. For them, this heralded a new beginning. In their eyes, there was tenderness for each other.
A big pot of sweet porridge was brought out, and the happiest people were the children, who sat down and ate the porridge in their bowls. The adults also sat down and ate a bowl of sweet porridge. After eating, everyone had to go to work again, and everyone would come over for dinner in the evening.
From this day on, Cao Gang officially moved into the new house.
The day before, they used a horse-drawn carriage to move some old things from Cao Gang's family over, but the things they moved were not many. Everything was ready in the new house, so they just moved some things they needed at home.
"Wanfeng, Bailian, let's go to the town to buy some food and come back." The village now slaughters pigs every day. The pork was left by Cao Ada the day before, so they don't have to go to the town to buy meat, but they still have to go to the town to buy other things. In the past, the village only needed meat for banquets, but now they want more dishes and better food in addition to meat. Anyway, Cao Xiangnan is the chef, so he decides, and Cao Gang is the driver.
They drove the carriage to the town and bought a lot of things in the round trip.
After noon, they began to wash vegetables and prepare dinner. There were not many people to help, but fortunately, the dishes were not many, just a few tables of simple meals, and a few people were enough.
Chen Hong had free time now, so he hurried over to help. Cao Xiangnan was the chef, Cao Gang and Sun Bailian were also helping, and even his family's Wanfeng came to help. He would not stop Wanfeng from doing such easy work.
The kitchen was busy in full swing. The soup in the pot was boiled first, and the rice was cooked first. Two pig trotters were bought and stewed. This meat needs to be stewed for a longer time to be tender and smooth. The vegetables on the table were all washed and cut. When it was almost dark outside, Cao Xiangnan started to fry them.
"Sizzle--"