Early in the morning on the second day of the Chinese New Year, Li Taohong's family came to visit and brought some snacks and candies.
"Big sister." The man next to her hunched over and greeted her, then stood aside in silence.
Xie Yunshu and Xie Mingcheng also hurriedly called out, "Auntie 께, Uncle 께."
The man Li Taohong married was called Zhao Baoliang. He was physically handicapped. He had a hunched back since he was young, and now that he was old, he couldn't stand up straight, and he couldn't lift anything. His company took care of him and let him guard the gate at the Grain Bureau. The salary was not high and he had to work night shifts, but it was all he could do.
Probably because of this reason, Zhao Baoliang seldom communicated with others. Every time they met, he was silent like a wall. He didn't match the pretty Li Taohong at all when standing together.
The Li sisters are all good-looking. If the Zhao family had given a large sum of money to their son to marry a wife, they would not have been willing to marry their daughter to him no matter how poor the family conditions were. But the mother of the Li family wanted to marry her son, so wouldn't her daughter be sold?
At only 15 years old, Li Taohong had no room for objection at all, and she was sent to the Zhao family as a bride without even meeting Zhao Baoliang. Fortunately, her life was not too hard. Her parents-in-law knew that it was a grievance for such a beautiful girl to come to their family, so they treated her well. Although Zhao Baoliang was dull and inferior, he listened to his daughter-in-law.
This was probably the only good thing in Li Taohong's unfortunate life. When she first got married, she had thought about resisting, but her parents slammed the table and the young girl lost her temper. Like her older sister Li Fenlan, she was afraid of being beaten and scolded since she was a child.
Mother is the sky, how can children say anything wrong? So every year on the second day of the Chinese New Year, they would go back to their mother's house without fail, just like going to pay tribute. If they brought too little, they would be scolded, and if they did not do enough work at their mother's house, they would also be scolded...
A few years ago, my elder sister stopped interacting with our family. To be honest, Li Taohong was envious of her.
Li Fenlan looked behind her and said, "Why are you alone? Where's Fangfang?"
Although it was just the New Year and she had a smile on her face, Li Taohong couldn't smile: "You know the situation in our family, why did you let Fangfang go with you? She cries for the whole afternoon every time she comes back."
Li Fenlan remained silent, and forced a smile: "Come in and sit down first, let's talk. It won't be too late to go later."
If you go too early, you will just get scolded for doing the work...
Zhao Baoliang followed Li Taohong and sat in the corner with his head down. He was as quiet as a statue. Only when Li Taohong took off her scarf and hat, he took them and put them in his arms.
Li Fenlan was wearing that new down jacket, which looked fashionable and warm. Li Taohong touched it enviously and said, "This jacket is great, softer than cotton."
"My daughter bought it for me!" Li Fenlan had a proud look on her face. She pointed at the clothes on Ming Cheng and said, "That one was also bought by Yun Shu. I've always said that this daughter is amazing!"
Xie Yunshu has always been strong-willed, good at studying and bold, but unfortunately she had a bad fate. When she was about to go to high school, her husband divorced her, and now she is married and divorced.
Li Taohong felt really sorry for her niece. She sighed, "You'd better change your clothes when you get home, or you won't be able to wear them again."
At this time, Xie Yunshu, who had been leaning against the window sill reading a book, suddenly looked up and said, "No need to change. Clothes are bought to be worn."
Li Taohong shook her head: "Yun Shu, your grandparents' tempers..."
This girl hasn't been back for a few years. I'm afraid she has forgotten what happened back then?
Xie Yunshu smiled and said, "Auntie, you and Mingcheng will go back with us soon. How can we let mom go alone to visit relatives?"
Li Fenlan's face changed slightly: "Yunshu, you can go back by yourself. You and Mingcheng can read books at home and come back after dark in the afternoon."
If mom goes back alone, won’t she suffer a great loss?
Xie Yunshu smiled at her and Li Taohong: "You are so old now, what are you still worried about? It takes an hour to get down there, and you and your brother are still worried!"
Now is not the time. She and Mingcheng have no ability to resist and can only watch their mother swallow the grievances.
Xie Mingcheng also put down the book: "Mom, 놖 and sister are going 놅."
The child is grown up, and she doesn't care what she says anymore!
Li Fenlan was sulking but couldn't do anything about it. But Zhao Baoliang suddenly looked up and said, "Sister, it would be better to let Yunshu and Mingcheng follow."
In the early years, when Old Xie was still alive, he would be more restrained every time he went back there in the second year of the Chinese New Year. After all, Old Xie was a member of the working class with a stable job. But now that Old Xie is gone, he is a coward and can't support himself. He can only rely on Yunshu and Mingcheng who have just grown up.
At least, his niece is a strong one, the kind who dares to chop people with a knife...
Li Fenlan's mother's home is in the suburbs of Haicheng. It used to be a rural area, but in the past two years Haicheng has been developing and has been included in the urban area. However, it is still several miles away from where they live. They took the bus and walked for a while to get there.
Li Taohong held a large bamboo basket with a few eggs in it, and two pieces of pork in the other hand. This gift was quite generous. In comparison, Li Fenlan's gift was much simpler, with only two large cabbages...
Li Fenlan had prepared some meat, but Xie Yunshu kept it. She smiled and said, "Mom, our conditions are so difficult, we don't need to give grandma so many things."
Li Taohong moved her lips but said nothing. She was used to being submissive and didn't want to take so many things, but she didn't dare to resist, fearing that the slap would be slapped on her face without any explanation.
When she got home, there was a well in the yard with water and two large basins of dirty clothes. Li Xiuzhi was sitting at the door waiting and saw her two daughters' eyes fell on their hands first.
Li Fenlan subconsciously stepped back, feeling that the two cabbages were a little hot.
Xie Yunshu held her arm, called out "Grandma" without dodging her eyes, and walked into the house. Seeing the clothes in the yard, he laughed and said, "Grandma is washing clothes, why is the water flowing all the time? Isn't it a waste?"
Li Xiuzhi raised her eyelids and saw Xie Yunshu and Xie Mingcheng. Her eyes lit up: "Oh, Yunshu and Mingcheng are here to see grandma too? You little girl, you are such a fool. You don't even think about grandpa and grandma after you get married!"
Just by listening to these words, one would definitely think that this is a good grandmother who loves her grandchildren.
Xie Yunshu smiled and said, "Grandma, isn't the day coming?"
Li Xiuzhi smiled amiably and acted natural. She stood up and led the group into the house. "Old man, look who's here? Our Yunshu is here. She's our great doctor's wife! Didn't you complain about leg pain last time? Tomorrow I'll ask Yunshu to take you to the hospital to see your grandson-in-law!"
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