Before, when Qiao Yu beat his children, their buttocks only turned slightly blue, and they would heal after lying down for half a day.

This time, Qiao Yu's penis was swollen and the children had to lie down for half a month.

I took the best medicine for half a month, but it was not enough to fully recover. I could still see the signs when I walked.

Gousheng didn't get the little goldfish the next day, so he went picking up trash in disappointment. He did this for half a month.

Seeing Little Goldfish and her four cousins ​​return, she greeted them with a smile: "Big sister, you are finally here? Do you want to fight today?"

The little goldfish and the quadruplets looked sallow, as if they had encountered something terrible and had a stress response. They quickly shook their heads and said, "No more work, no more gambling!"

"Then..." Gousheng looked disappointed.

"I'll pick up trash with you guys, just get used to it first."

"Um?"

The little goldfish said seriously, "I think my mother will abandon me sooner or later, leaving me an orphan without a father or a mother. I have to get used to the life of picking up garbage first."

Quadruplets: ...

Cousin, if your aunt hears you saying this, you will be beaten again! Do you know that?

Of course the little goldfish only dared to chirp at its mother's back.

…

Zhou Ermei often went out on the fourth day of the New Year, wandering around Beijing, and Dawei was always with her.

Dawei didn't want to follow at first, but the old man said something to him: "Beijing is so big, and there are many beggars during the New Year. Where can she, a powerless lesbian, go to cry if she is kidnapped? If you don't follow, then..."

The old man looked at Zhang Zhan.

Zhang Zhan pointed at himself with a puzzled look on his face. He quickly found an excuse for himself: "Grandpa, even the little goldfish knows that I like gay men. I can't take care of lesbians."

What's more, she already has a lover, so why does she need him to follow her?

He felt that his father had bad intentions and was trying to find work for him.

The old man thought so too and his eyes fell on Xiaoyong.

Xiaoyong was puzzled, "Grandma, my brother didn't follow me, and you want me to follow my fourth sister-in-law? What's going on?"

After hearing what Xiaoyong said, Qiao Yu thought of a classic saying: Sister-in-law, open the door, I am my brother...

too.

Um.

Stop.

Dawei raised his hands in surrender, "Okay, okay, I'll follow you."

Qiao Yu handed the Polaroid camera to Zhou Ermei, "Take more photos and leave a trace of your younger self."

After hearing this, Zhou Ermei gained a deeper understanding of her second aunt.

She has a loud voice and can scold everyone like a rural woman, but she can also say such romantic words in her daily life.

Like the foreign ladies who studied abroad before the turbulent times.

But according to Second Aunt’s life trajectory, she has created her current situation by herself.

"Okay, thank you, Second Auntie. I won't leave any regrets for myself." Zhou Ermei said.

In the next few days, she and David went to visit famous buildings in Beijing and tour the beautiful scenery of the motherland.

Before, when they were in the Red Flag Brigade, even though they had gotten married, before Dawei came, they both slept in separate rooms, and they didn't say hello to each other when they met in the factory unless one of them did something embarrassing.

This silent time together actually brought them closer. They couldn't go home for lunch, so they went to a restaurant. After all, they were both regular employees and had plenty of money.

A few days later, after Second Aunt severely beat Little Goldfish and the quadruplets, Second Sister Zhou had a deeper understanding of her.

That night, she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

Dawei, who worked as a clerk, put his hands on his head and lowered his voice, saying, "Were you scared during the day?"

Zhou Ermei pulled the pillow towards the edge of the bed, closing the huge distance between her and the floor, then she placed her hands on her chest, stared at the ceiling, and said, "I thought parents who loved their children would not hit them."

"Didn't mom tell me? Third brother was also beaten. Mom has a bad temper, but she's usually not angry and won't do anything violent. If my younger sister robs the house, she'll just take the money from her pocket money." As if thinking of something, Dawei smiled slightly and said, "But if she really robs the house, we, the brothers, can also chip in some money. No matter how hard life is, we can't let my younger sister suffer.

Mom really gets angry, and that’s what you saw today.”

I don’t know what Zhou Mei is thinking.

She didn't say anything, so he didn't ask.

She thought about the beatings she had received as a child.

Is it out of a mother's love for her child?

No, it's not.

Second Aunt beat Little Goldfish and Zhou Wu to prevent them from going astray and to leave a deep impression on them in their childhood so as to avoid such things from happening again in the future.

Her mother beat her, of course, to leave a deep impression on her childhood. However, this impression was not for her own good, but to add a labor force to the family.

Why do the brigades like to marry lesbians who are good at both domestic and foreign affairs? It is because they were brought up like this in their parents’ homes, and it is profitable for the husband’s family to marry them back.

Why can't the man take care of everything at home like in my second aunt's family? After all, men are stronger than women.

Zhou Ermei fell asleep with doubt in her mind.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Sister Wang came back and started helping to clean the house, inside and out, front and back, until everything was clean.

Even Qiao Yu was caught in the act.

He wore a newspaper cap on his head and old clothes, and looked very dirty.

The little goldfish and the quadruplets wanted to go out and play, so they were all kept at home to help with housework. They were not given the chance to do heavy work, so they were only given light work like cleaning the table.

Sister Wang looked at the refrigerator, feeling troubled.

The cockroach medicine was also used under the refrigerator, but she couldn't move it!

Qiao Yu saw that the power was unplugged and all the things inside were emptied out. She closed the refrigerator door and picked up the refrigerator by herself and moved it to the side.

The little goldfish was yawning and lying on the dining table pretending to wipe the dust. The quadruplets were also wiping the chairs.

They were shocked when they saw Qiao Yu's behavior: ⊙o⊙wow~

After the shock, the little goldfish began to tremble.

She felt that her mother was holding back when beating her, perhaps because she was still young?

If she were older...

What if her mother can't control herself?

The little goldfish lay on the table, not daring to move. When I thought of this possibility, I wanted to warn myself every day to be less aggressive and not to mess with my own mother...

When Sister Wang saw the dead cockroach, she exclaimed, "There really are cockroaches in my house."

After putting down the refrigerator, Qiao Yu said, "Right. But the cockroaches there aren't as bad as those on the island. Not only can they fly, but there are also many poisonous insects. I have to burn some homemade incense that is harmless to the human body every once in a while."

Sister Wang wondered, "I have rarely seen cockroaches in my life. Is it because of the floor heating here?"

"perhaps?"

The old man: "Yu, can you make incense?"

"Yes..." Qiao Yu paused, and said, "The North doesn't need it, and neither do you. Didn't I give you the Ten-Perfect Tonic Pill?"

"What is Shiquan Dabu Wan?" Zhang Zhan asked as he entered the living room after cleaning the roof.

The old man explained, and Zhang Zhan's expression changed slightly. He said, "Yu, can you give it a nicer name next time? This name is too..."

Secondary school?

Qiao Yu found the precise words to describe his elder brother.

She thought for a moment and said, "Is that called Lengxiang Pills?"

This time, it was the old man's turn to change his expression slightly, "Let's call it Shiquan Dabu Wan."

What Leng Xiang Pills? If this old man eats Leng Xiang Pills all day long, will he have any dignity if it gets out?!

Qiao Yu smiled and said to his eldest brother, "You see, Grandpa still thinks that 'Shiquan Dabu Wan' sounds better."

The eldest brother murmured in his heart: He has no choice.