Chapter 294 Aunt Zhao
On the 15th, the army sent two cars to pick up the bride.
Su Mo, as the bride's guest, went with Jiang Yue to see Ma Xiaojuan off. After the New Year, they had to go back to Harbin to hold a formal wedding banquet, so neither of their parents came.
At the educated youth point, Ma Xiaojuan only invited a few of the better ones, and the brigade invited the branch secretary and the brigade leader. Everyone got in the army's car to pick them up and went to the army to have the wedding banquet.
The family area of the garrison was built under the mine, and it was separated from the military camp. Because this place is remote, there are not many family members accompanying the army, only about ten or twenty households. The house
allocated to Tao Peisheng was also a traditional Northeast three-room bungalow, with a similar layout to Lu Changzheng's house, but the decoration was not as good as his, it was a half-green brick and tile house.
There are two bedrooms, one for Zhao Chuan's mother and one for Tao Peisheng himself.
Su Mo and Jiang Yue accompanied Ma Xiaojuan back to the new house first, while Lu Changzheng and Lu Qingan took the two children to the team first.
They set up four tables in total this time, which would definitely not be enough at home, so Tao Peisheng borrowed the army's canteen and separated a corner.
Su Mo had heard Lu Changzheng talk about Zhao Chuan before, and knew that Zhao Chuan's mother was taken in by Tao Peisheng to take care of her in her old age. Su Mo still respected the relatives of martyrs.
When Su Mo and the others arrived, Aunt Zhao was cooking in the living room. She was wearing an old gray-black cotton jacket, her hair was gray, her back was a little hunched, she was very thin, and her face was full of traces of hard work.
Seeing Su Mo and the others, Aunt Zhao forced a smile, "Xiaojuan is here, come in and sit down, I'll pour you some water."
As soon as she opened her mouth, she spoke in a thick Guizhou dialect. Jiang Yue was confused. Su Mo had watched too many videos in her later life, and this Guizhou dialect was somewhat similar to Sichuan dialect, so she could understand it more or less.
"Aunt, don't worry, we can do it ourselves." Su Mo said.
"Goddess, this girl is so beautiful." Aunt Zhao grabbed Su Mo's hand, "Are you Lu Waer's wife?"
"Yes." Su Mo replied.
"That's great!" Aunt Zhao said, and pulled Su Mo to sit on the stool, as if she wanted to talk to Su Mo in detail.
Su Mo was a little embarrassed. Aunt Zhao seemed to be more enthusiastic towards her than towards Ma Xiaojuan.
Besides, today is Tao Peisheng's wedding day after all, and what Aunt Zhao is wearing is too shabby. Tao Peisheng has taken her in to take care of her in her old age, so he wouldn't even buy her a new cotton-padded jacket.
I don't know if the old lady is simple in her habits or if she has some other thoughts in her mind.
"Auntie, let's talk later. I'll go help Xiaojuan put on her dowry first." Su Mo stood up with a smile. Ma Xiaojuan's dowry had been moved in and was placed on the kang in the new room.
"Yes, you are busy. I've steamed some buns for Xiaojuan. They will be ready soon. You can have some later." Aunt Zhao said, and went to the stove again.
Su Mo hurried into the new room and put on Ma Xiaojuan's dowry with Jiang Yue.
The main thing was to lay out the red flower wedding quilt, and then arrange the enamel basins, enamel basins and thermos bottles with the word "happiness" in a nice way, and then put some red dates and peanuts on them.
There weren't many things, so the two of them finished quickly.
After that, Jiang Yue lowered her voice and asked Ma Xiaojuan, "Why does that auntie seem to be a little less enthusiastic about you?"
That auntie is just the mother of Tao Peisheng's comrade-in-arms. It seems that she is not qualified to act like a mother-in-law, right?
"I don't know. She may be more sensitive, and I am careless. I guess I offended her when I said something."
Su Mo frowned. If this is the case, there may be trouble in the future.
"Then you..." Jiang Yue wanted to say something, but she stopped talking when she saw Aunt Zhao coming in with something at the door.
"Xiaojuan, I steamed some buns for you, eat some to fill your stomach first." Aunt Zhao said, and she may have coughed a few times, spit at the door, and rubbed her feet.
The three were stunned.
After rubbing, Aunt Zhao came in with the buns, handed one to Ma Xiaojuan, "Xiaojuan, eat the bun."
Ma Xiaojuan took it with a stiff hand, "Aunt, put it aside first, we are not hungry now, we will eat it later." Aunt
Zhao's eyes flashed with loneliness, and she put the bun on the kang table embarrassedly. This Tao Waer's wife is not as honest as Tao Waer, and it is difficult to serve. It is estimated that she dislikes her.
Marrying such a daughter-in-law, it is possible that she will be sent back to her hometown in two years.
Su Mo was also very thankful at this time. Fortunately, the three elderly people in the family are very hygienic. Otherwise, they would have conflicts if they lived together every day.
After a while, Tao Peisheng came back and saw Aunt Zhao busy in the living room. He said, "Aunt, don't be busy. Put on new clothes quickly. We will go to the canteen in a while."
"Tao, I'd better not go. Don't embarrass you."
"Aunt, everyone respects you so much. Who dares to say anything to you? Besides, I am your son. How can a mother not be there when her son gets married?" "Aunt,
go change your clothes quickly. We will go there in a while." Tao Peisheng coaxed and pushed Aunt Zhao into the room where she lived to change clothes.
After that, they entered the new house. Su Mo and Jiang Yue went out first with great tact, leaving space for the two to talk.
"Xiaojuan, what happened just now?" Tao Peisheng asked softly.
"Nothing happened, she just brought in some buns, but I wasn't hungry, so I didn't eat." Ma Xiaojuan said, it's easy to find a partner, but it's hard to live!
Tao Peisheng sighed, it was indeed his fault.
When he wanted to bring someone here, his parents objected, saying that it was not good to let an old person leave his hometown, it would be better to send more money every month and find someone there to help take care of her. But he thought that no one could take care of her as well as he could, so he brought her here. After
coming here, Aunt Zhao was unfamiliar with the place, couldn't speak the language, stayed at home all day, and was very sensitive. She was also a pessimistic person, and liked to think badly about everything, so he had to take care of her emotions from time to time.
He himself didn't care, but since Xiaojuan married him, she shouldn't be the one to take on this responsibility.
"Xiaojuan, Aunt Zhao doesn't have a bad heart. She should be afraid that we will dislike her. After all, she is helpless here. If there is anything that makes you uncomfortable, please bear with it."
"You decide. If we can get along, then we can. If not, then I will go to your place in the future, or we can build another house in Lujia Village." Tao Peisheng said after considering it. He was also in a dilemma.
Ma Xiaojuan patted his hands and said, "Don't worry, I will get along well with Auntie."
What else can he do? He should respect the mother of his savior. When they were talking about the partner, Tao Peisheng also told her about the situation, and she agreed at the time.
It's just that she always likes to talk about things and solve them face to face. Aunt Zhao doesn't like to talk about things and keeps them in her heart. It's really tiring to get along with her.
She was also spoiled at home and it's really difficult for her to please an old lady. Fortunately, we don't live together, otherwise it would be troublesome.