The next day, Huo Yang got up early before dawn, put on his cotton clothes and prepared to go out to visit his wife. As soon as he walked out of the main house, he was stopped by Old Mrs. Huo who got up after hearing the noise.
"Yangyang, wait a minute, I'll get you something," and then stuffed the things prepared last night into Huo Yang's pocket.
The sky was foggy and there was no light in the room. Huo Yang could not see clearly and could only rely on the feeling of rubbing it to guess that it was money and bills.
"Grandma, what is this?"
"It's inconvenient for you to commute to get off work. When you go to work today, ask your colleagues. Even an old one will do. You can get a bicycle. Then it will be convenient for you to commute back and forth."
Upon hearing this, Huo Yang retracted his outstretched hand and said, "Okay, I understand. Grandma, go back and sleep for a while. I'm leaving now."
"Hey, be careful." After seeing Huo Yang off, Mrs. Huo endured the cold and ran into the house. Inside, Old Man Huo lifted the quilt tightly, without opening his eyes, and said, "Give the money and tickets to Yangyang."
"I gave it to you," Old Mrs. Huo sighed comfortably as she huddled in the quilt. "It's still warm inside the quilt. When Yangyang left, I saw him take some food with him. I'm afraid he brought it to Aze."
"If you ask me, that kid just needs to go hungry for a couple of meals. A loving mother spoils her son. She had to bring him all the way here," Old Man Huo turned over in a bad mood, with his back to Old Lady Huo. Then he was hit twice on the back. At the same time, Old Lady Huo's cursing voice rang out from behind him. "A loving mother spoils her son. What are you? I broke up with Du Lao San, and you gave in after he went hungry for two meals. And when the book incident happened, weren't you the first one to suggest leaving home? Now you're putting the blame on me. I think it's probably because of your spoiling that Aze has become like this. And you still have the nerve to criticize me."
Old Man Huo had no way to refute what he said, and could only say softly, "Then you won't persuade me."
"Didn't I try to persuade you?" Old Mrs. Huo snorted coldly. "I've talked you through it all, but you insisted on going along with his wishes. Every time he made a fuss, you gave in. You've been going along with him until you're like this today. And that bastard, if I didn't think he was still useful, I would have kicked him out of the house long ago."
"Ahem, that's enough. Say less. After all, he is Yangyang's father. What would Yangyang think if he heard it?"
"I think you're just feeling sorry for him," Mrs. Huo said, piercing through Old Man Huo's fig leaf without giving him any face. "The older one likes colors, and the younger one hooked up with a lunatic. I think your family's genes aren't very good."
This made Old Man Huo unhappy, and he immediately turned around and argued with Old Lady Huo face to face.
"So this child is my own business. Wasn't it born from your belly? Even if there's responsibility, it's both ours. It's inappropriate for you to put it all on me, old woman."
"If I say it's suitable, then it's suitable. It's you who insists on saying boys shouldn't be raised by women. If you take that, you're no better than Yangyang, the one I personally raised. At least he has a sound moral character, is honest and sincere, and is a gentleman with a stature as straight as a pine tree. If it weren't for the rules, he would have already started doing something."
Old Man Huo compared the three people's appearances and had to admit that what Old Lady Huo said really made sense. He couldn't help but quiet down. Seeing this, Old Lady Huo took advantage of the situation and said, "You insisted on listening to your mother at the beginning. Do you still think everything your mother says is right?"
"Well, my mother didn't say it either, but at least the two kids are very masculine."
Old Mrs. Huo rolled her eyes. "Alright, go ahead and show off your masculinity. I'm telling you, now that I've asked the eldest brother to intervene in A-Ze's affairs, I'm afraid Third Du will be here soon. You can handle it yourself."
"What? Third Du is coming over?" Old Man Huo sat up in shock and turned to look at Old Mrs. Huo in disbelief. "Who told you that?"
"Yangyang, how could his words be false?"
This... this... Old man Huo's expression kept changing, just like a palette, which made Old Mrs. Huo very happy. However, she had already been too open-minded about her eldest and youngest sons. Perhaps when her mother-in-law interfered with the education of the two children and even didn't let her participate at all, she had already seen clearly that although her son was not good enough, her grandson was well educated. Old Mrs. Huo finally got a comeback in this matter.
Old Mrs. Huo was in a very good mood and closed her eyes to concentrate. She had stayed up most of the night before and she wanted to have a good sleep. Old Mrs. Huo slept soundly, but Old Man Huo was not sleepy at all. Looking at his wife who was sleeping soundly, he finally did not wake her up.
Old Mrs. Huo didn't get up until noon. When she opened her eyes, she saw Old Man Huo's conflicted expression. She rolled her eyes in annoyance and went to wash up.
After cleaning up, Old Mrs. Huo took the vegetable basket and went up the mountain on the pretext of knocking on the door of the educated youth's residence.
"Is Du Jiang here? I have something to talk to her about."
When Xu Zhizhou saw that it was Old Lady Huo, he quickly welcomed her into the courtyard. "Grandma Huo, Du Jiang lives in that room. I didn't see her go out this morning, so she should still be home. Let me knock on the door for you."
"No, no," Mrs. Huo waved her hands repeatedly. "I'll do it myself. You go wash the clothes. It's so cold, even though it's not snowing anymore, it's still better to wash clothes with hot water."
Looking down at his red fingers, Xu Zhizhou smiled and nodded, then obediently went into the house to get the thermos.
Mrs. Huo watched him enter the house before knocking on Du Jiang's door. "Du Jiang, are you there?"
Du Jiang, who was reading a book, heard the sound and quickly got down to open the door. Seeing Mrs. Huo at the door, she was very surprised and said, "Grandma Huo, why are you here? Come in."
As soon as she entered the house, Mrs. Huo felt a heat wave coming. Looking at the blazing stove, she nodded secretly, "You are enjoying yourself, girl. By the way, you have to go up the mountain today. I plan to go there to find some herbs."
"Ah," Du Jiang, who was pouring water, was stunned for a moment. He turned around to look at Mrs. Huo sitting on the kang, then looked at the snow outside the window, and hurriedly advised, "Grandma, we can't go to the mountains in this weather. Not to mention the snow, it's cloudy today. If it snows again, it will be troublesome."
Old Mrs. Huo had originally used this as an excuse, and she nodded when she heard it, "Okay, then don't go. It just so happens that I didn't want to go up the mountain before the New Year. I have something else to tell you today." As she said that, she waved to Du Jiang, motioning him to come closer to her.
When Du Jiang got closer, Old Mrs. Huo whispered into her ear what she had heard last night. Du Jiang was dazed, and her mouth was wide open in shock, unable to close for a long time.
Mrs. Huo sympathized with this. "Take some time to warn those girls. If it's an open conspiracy, it's fine. But I'm afraid they'll use some conspiracies and tricks that are hard to defend against. Besides, a girl's reputation is very important."
"Thank you, Grandma Huo. I will tell them about this," Du Jiang thanked Grandma Huo sincerely. "I'm really sorry to bother you. Grandma Huo, you have to make this trip in such a cold weather."
After saying this, Mrs. Huo, feeling relieved, waved her hand and said, "Alright, just keep this in mind. I won't be staying here long. I still have sheep to feed at home."
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