Chapter 964: Ridicule
"She invites you, so go!"
Chen Guifen sighed helplessly:
"So I don't have to look at that person's face at home."
Chen Guifen was not talking about someone else.
It was He's sister-in-law Zhao Lanxiang.
Around the Chinese New Year, Brother He and his wife also came back with their children.
Lu Miao didn't see them when he entered the room, for no other reason.
Or is it because of the stalemate a few years ago? Brother He and his wife are not close to their family now, let alone them?
He just stayed in his room and didn't come out.
Let’s go back to what Chen Guifen said. There is a bit of a story behind it.
Roughly speaking, Brother He and Zhao Lanxiang have been married for more than ten years.
Earlier, Zhao Lanxiang only had a daughter, Minmin, but Tian Guihua gave birth to a son in her first pregnancy.
Zhao Lanxiang boasted that she was suppressed by Tian Guihua for many years, and she had long been resentful of Tian Guihua.
This time, something like this happened to He Erge and his wife. After Zhao Lanxiang came back and heard the whole story, she not only did not say a few words of comfort, but instead said a lot of sarcastic remarks.
The food, clothing, and resources in the countryside are all poor.
If you don't eat or drink well, and stay at home during the winter, it's easy for you to fall into financial difficulties.
Tian Guihua was weak from the induced abortion, and she had to listen to Zhao Lanxiang's harsh ridicule every day. It was impossible for her to feel good about it.
Chen Guifen didn't say much about these things, but how smart is Lu Miao?
More or less, she expected it.
After a brief thought, Lu Miao made a decision:
"Let's not even talk about how many days they'll stay. Second brother and second sister-in-law can just come stay with us! There's a big place over there, with plenty of room to sleep, and it'll be good for the kids to bond together."
Upon hearing Lu Miao's words, Tian Guihua immediately shook her head:
“This is not good…”
Lu Miao took her hand and said:
"We're all family, what's wrong with that? Just listen to me on this matter, and you can just relax and stay here!"
Lu Miao said, looking back at Chen Guifen, and bluntly revealed his meaning:
"No matter how good a house is, if no one lives in it, it will become a 'bad house' over time. Uncle and aunt, or second brother and his wife, we are usually not home for the four seasons. If you move in, it will create some atmosphere. If you say something a little strange, I should be grateful."
Lu Miao has never been a timid person.
In the past, Tian Guihua had treated her very well and had helped them a lot during her pregnancy. Now that this matter had happened and he had the ability to do so, Lu Miao naturally wanted to help.
She had said this so completely without making any mistakes. If Chen Guifen and Tian Guihua continued to refuse, it would seem like they were alienated.
“Few people can catch her eye.”
Finally, Chen Guifen gave in first.
Patting their clasped hands, Chen Guifen smiled at Tian Guihua and said:
"Then you can go with the second brother and warm the house for them."
Tian Guihua nodded, and when she looked back at Lu Miao, there was a hint of gratitude in her eyes.
Lu Miao comforted her with a smile, then raised his voice and called the children outside to come eat.
Baichuan slept all the way, and when Lu Miao took the bowl out, he thought it was about time for him to wake up.
As a result, I had just sat down and taken a few bites when I heard crying.
Just as Lu Miao was about to move, Fu Jingyou stopped her from putting down her chopsticks:
"You eat, I'll go take a look."
Lu Miao nodded and chatted casually with the elders and He Erge and his wife.
"Are you usually busy with work? How long can you stay at home this time?"
"Brother You took two extra days off, so this time he can rest for half a month. He bought his return ticket for the afternoon of the eighth day of the first lunar month."
He Hongjin nodded, took a puff of his pipe, and suddenly exclaimed as if he had just realized something:
"You're leaving on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year? Including today, you've only been home for about ten days..."
Just as Lu Miao was about to respond, He Erge on the side spoke first:
"Wouldn't it take time to get there? Jingbei is so far from home."
"oh……"
He Hongjin responded with a drawn-out "Oh," and then said "Yes" several times in a rather lonely tone.
"The road is long, the road is a bit far... too far."
Unlike the joyous look when the whole family entered the house just now, He Hongjin rubbed the back of his head while muttering something, and suddenly felt lonely.
I have a total of half a month's vacation, and I have already used up 10% of the 30% of it by running back and forth.
Not only are people exhausted from traveling, but they also don’t spend many days at home…
The children had just returned, but He Hongjin was sighing, as if he was feeling helpless and sad as if the children were about to leave home for a long journey.
In rural families where children work away from home, the elders usually have this feeling at the end of the year.
Lu Miao suddenly became tongue-tied and didn't know what to say.
Fortunately, Fu Jingyou was unpacking in the room and bought an extra set of clothes for Xiao Baichuan. He came out holding the child and immediately diverted He Hongjin's attention.
He Hongjin happily amused the child.
Baichuan is young and doesn't remember much.
The memory of the last time he came back was long gone, and Bai Chuan still looked at He Hongjin as a stranger, so naturally he didn't want He Hongjin to touch him any more.
After sticking to his mother for a while, Baichuan, wrapped like a small ball, jumped and ran to the small table on the other side of his brother and sister, opening his little mouth to ask for food.
Shi An, Ming Xia and others were obviously used to this kind of situation.
The three brothers and sisters took turns feeding the little greedy mouth with chopsticks.
He Hongjin watched happily from the side with a smile on his face.
Although he didn't get to touch his grandson, He Hongjin couldn't help but feel happy when he saw the children taking care of each other and having a good relationship.
After dinner, they went to Fu's house. Lu Miao was holding the child and his hands were busy.
Tian Guihua and He Erge helped carry the luggage.
The Fu family had already cleaned up, and some rice and grain were brought over a few days ago. Now all they needed was vegetables.
Chen Guifen didn't take the vegetables because she was afraid that they would go bad if she took them too early.
At this moment, let the young ones go ahead first, while Chen Guifen and He Hongjin will slowly clean up behind.
Chen Guifen freed up two baskets and filled them with the cabbages, red and white radishes, spinach, etc. grown in her home garden.
The meat left over from the New Year pig slaughtered at home, including fat, lean meat, and large bones, filled up half a basket.
After giving the two baskets to her husband to carry, Chen Guifen went to He Erge's room to roll up her bedding.
He Hongjin saw it and asked her what she was doing.
Chen Guifen glanced in the direction of the main house in the yard and told what had just happened in the kitchen in a low voice.
He Hongjin originally felt that it was not good.
But when he thought about what it was, the rough old man lit up his pipe, took a puff, and then let go after puffing out a cloud of smoke.
Shian, Dabao and Erbao are the three older ones.
He had been back several times in the past. Minjie was quite close to them, and the brothers could always play together.
It’s a little worse when you get to Baichuan.
After all, we didn't grow up together and we don't see each other very often, so there must be some feelings of unfamiliarity.
Just like his wife said, taking the opportunity to let the children spend more time together will help them to grow closer.
Thinking of this, He Hongjin glanced at the bones and meat in the basket and said:
"Where's the pig's trotter? Didn't our family have a pair of pig's trotters left over from the sale? Why didn't you take them?"
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