Chapter 117: Fox

Spirit Xie Jinkui was alarmed. He and Xie Jinlan lived in the fourth aunt's house to eat food. If they went to his house today, so many people would eat food from his family?

No, no.

Panpan and Tiantian were enthusiastic children. They started to pack their schoolbags and ordered Lin Xia and Lin's father to help their parents pack.

There were no fun children in the grandmother's house. Since there were some at this uncle's house, it would be great to go to his house.

"Second aunt, pack your bags quickly."

Xie Jinkui was speechless and didn't know how to say no.

Xie Jinlan was happy because Lu Shaotang was going too!

When Lin Shu and Lu Shaotang came back from their walk, the two children had already made clear arrangements for them.

"Let's go to this uncle and aunt's house to play, we need to stay for two days."

Lin Shu: "There's no room for everyone, we can go tomorrow and come back tomorrow."

The purpose is to drive these two shameless people away, not really want to live in the Jie family.

Panpan is not happy, "But this uncle and aunt have warmly invited us to go? There are so many interesting children in the uncle's house."

Jie Jinlan persuaded her inexplicably: "Yes, my grandma also misses you and my second sister, go."

Jie Jinkui quietly pulled her clothes, what nonsense is he talking about?

There are only four sleeping rooms in our house, more than ten people, where is the place for them to live?

But Jie Jinlan thought it was nothing, other people's families have five or six men, women, old and young living together.

At worst, they can just squeeze in.

She wanted her grandma to help her.

Mother Lin also thought about the problem of not having enough space. She coaxed the two children, "Your uncle's house really can't accommodate so many people. Look at the two rooms at your grandmother's house. We can just squeeze in. Your uncle's house is not much bigger than ours, and there are nearly a dozen people in their house."

The two children calculated that there really couldn't be room.

Panpan said to Jie Jinkui, "Uncle, how about this, you and this aunt go back and tell them for us, and we'll go tomorrow."

Although children's words are innocent, these two children are snatching pomegranates, asking for New Year's money, and chasing people away.

Jie Jinkui really can't stand it.

He can no longer laugh, and his face is not very good. He said to Mother Lin and Father Lin, "Fourth aunt, uncle, we just came to tell you that my grandma is sick. We'll go home and wait for you."

After saying that, he made a gesture to leave.

Lin's mother: "Jinkui, don't leave in a hurry, eat first, your sister is cooking now."

Jie Jinkui wanted to take advantage of the situation and sat back on the kang.

Panpan had already waved her little hand, "Goodbye uncle, goodbye aunt, we'll see you tomorrow, mum..."

He blew kisses at them, learning from Lin Shu.

It's free anyway, and the grandmothers, aunts and aunts in the village like his blowing kisses. The

brother and sister couldn't pretend anymore. They were being chased away so openly, where could they stay?

Lin's mother and father were still trying hard to keep them.

Jie Jinkui thought: If you really want to keep them, why don't you slap that mean kid twice? If you hadn't hit him, I would have thought you had let the child say that on purpose.

Lin Xia was about to get internal injuries from holding back her anger, and she said to Lin's mother, "It's cold outside, you sit on the kang, I'll go and see him off."

However, before Jie Jinkui's buttocks had completely left the kang, Lin Xia was already ready to see him off.

Jie Jinlan was a little thin-skinned, and she couldn't stand it anymore. She laughed uglier than crying, and walked out with a sullen face.

Jie Jinkui had no choice but to get off the kang and put on his shoes, and also walked out holding his breath.

He really wanted to say something to his fourth aunt alone: ​​The two children of Lin Shu's family are really ignorant and have no family education. They must be taught well, otherwise they will really go blind, and not only will they be hated by others, but they will also offend their relatives.

Unfortunately, Lin Xia was staring at him, so he had no chance.

The brother and sister came by bike, and left on an empty stomach.

When turning the corner, Jie Jinlan saw Lin Shu and Lu Shaotang strolling by the stream, holding hands. They were talking about something, but Lin Shu was smiling particularly brightly.

Jie Jinlan almost pinched her palm.

It wasn't that she loved Lu Shaotang that much, she just admired his good looks and high salary, but she was more jealous of Lin Shu, thinking that Lin Shu was not as pretty as herself, so why did she marry so well.

Back to Jie's house.

Old Mrs. Jie came out briskly in a new winter coat, a new hat, a pair of small feet, and a small cane, "Your big grandson is back, is he frozen?"

That kind and caring look was really heartwarming.

Xie Jinkui, however, had a gloomy face, "Grandma, I'll tell you when I get back to the house, I'm starving."

Old Lady Xie also casually said to Jie Jinlan, "Jinlan, you must be cold, come in and have some hot soup, I'm warming it up for you."

Of course, she didn't heat the soup specifically for Jie Jinlan, but saying this made people feel that she cared about her in particular.

After entering the house, after listening to the complaints of the eldest grandson and granddaughter, Old Lady Xie picked up her walking stick and knocked on the edge of the kang.

"I'm on an IV drip, and she didn't give me a penny? Your two younger sisters didn't give me a penny either?"

She really couldn't believe it!

The daughter who was raised by her own mother with all her hard work was not allowed to share the money.

And there is Lin Shu. It’s ok that Lin Xia didn’t take care of her, but she did. She was kind and caring to that girl when she was little. Now that she has grown up and married a rich man, how can she not respect her?

Not taking the initiative to respect her is wrong enough. She pretended not to know when she asked someone to do it?

Mrs. Jie has a skill, which is to distort the facts with a clear conscience.

When Lin Shu was little, she went to her house to stay a few times. That was also to compete with Grandma Lin. She wanted to control the daughter and granddaughter. She said that she was not feeling well and asked the daughter to come back to see her, or asked the daughter to come back to wash the bedding.

And if Lin’s mother took the daughter back, she had to bring food. How could she go back empty-handed?

Mrs. Xie did not mention this, but only said that her daughter-in-law and granddaughter often came back to live with her, and she loved them very much.

Besides, Lin Shu was raised by her.

Xie Jinlan: "Grandma, don't be angry. My fourth aunt is really sick. She has been hospitalized in the city for several days. My two sisters said they will come to see you tomorrow."

Old Mrs. Xie muttered: "If you are more filial, you won't have to go to the hospital. If you are not filial, it's useless to go to the hospital no matter how rich you are."

Xie Jinlan whispered: "Grandma, my third sister-in-law is here too. Do you want to let my third sister stay tomorrow?"

Old Mrs. Xie: "Let's talk about it when they come."

She called her eldest daughter-in-law over and told her that Lin Xia and Lin Shu would come tomorrow, so she asked her to clean up the house.

Of course, it was not to clean up the sanitation, but to hide the things that she didn't want to eat or see.

She went to open the cupboard again, rummaged around and took out her patched cotton jacket and cotton pants, preparing to wear them tomorrow.

She also wanted a furry hat like those in the city, and wanted her two granddaughters to buy it for her, so she hid her good hat and found a tattered hat to wear. She

said to her eldest daughter-in-law, "We are not the kind of shameless family that asks others to lend us money and then eats and drinks delicious food without paying it back." If

you borrow money from others and don't pay it back, and you still eat delicious food at home, how can people not be jealous?

She is not that kind of person.

She said to Jie Jinkui: "Your fourth aunt is sick and I am also worried about her. Go and tell your second aunt and ask her to go see your fourth aunt."

She turned around and rummaged in the corner of the kang, and took out a small bag with some millet that had worms in it in summer. "Give this to your second aunt. She has a bad stomach and I am worried about her."

Jie Jinkui: "Grandma, you are kind and worried about the children. I will go now."

Old Mrs. Jie: "You go to see your aunt without eating. You are a filial and kind child. Your aunt will feel sorry for you if she knows."

She moved a snack box from the kang cabinet and took out a few pieces of egg cake for Jie Jinkui to eat, and handed one to Jie Jinlan.

In the Jie family, only the eldest son could eat snacks with her before, and when the eldest grandson grew up and became sensible, only he could eat with her.

She treats her eldest son and eldest grandson the best now, but treats her great-grandson just average. After all, she depends on them for her old age, and her great-grandson can't help much.

When Xie Jinkui was eating snacks, old lady Xie looked at him lovingly and reached out to touch his head, just like when he was a child, and praised him: "My eldest grandson has really grown up, handsome and fair, and you can tell at a glance that he is a blessed man. Don't worry, grandma will always bless you when she goes to heaven."

Xie Jinkui: "Grandma, don't worry, I will always be filial to you. When you are old, I will definitely serve you."

Although she said so, old lady Xie is now an old lady, and every time she is sick, it is basically the second aunt and the second aunt who take care of her. The eldest son and the eldest grandson who are expected to support her in her old age only have to do work like making maltose sugar water, and they have to eat and drink together.

Of course, in her opinion, the eldest son is very filial. He beats his wife when asked to, beats his younger brother when asked to, and even beats the mentally ill old woman who quarrels with her outside.

In the eyes of old lady Jie, filial piety is when children listen to her and obey her in everything.

As for taking care of the excrement and urine, she couldn't bear to let her eldest son and grandson do it. Why should they let their children do this when they have daughters-in-law and concubines to order them around?

Aren't concubines raised to serve their parents when they are sick?

She asked her eldest grandson to go to her second aunt with an empty stomach to deliver millet to nourish her stomach, and reminded her to visit her sick fourth aunt. Who would not say that she loves her child? Wouldn't the concubine be moved to tears?

How could a mother not love her own children?

The palms and backs of the hands are all flesh, and the children are the flesh that fell from the mother's body. How could she not love them?

When Old Lady Lin instigated the Fourth Lady to cry and ask her about it, she cried even harder, louder, and more sadly than the Lady.

Did she want to do that? Wasn't it because they were poor in the past and couldn't support so many children? Didn't they have to

resort to such tricks? Put yourself in their shoes. If you froze or drown your own children, would you feel bad? If you feel bad, wouldn't I feel bad? You understand me, how could you not feel bad for me? Just like that, Mother Lin, who was almost drowned by her, understood her, and Second Aunt Jie, who didn't want to drown, understood and was grateful to her even more. Second Aunt Jie heard her eldest nephew say that she asked him to send her millet, so she held Jie Jinkui's hand, which was as white and tender as the eldest Lady's, and held the pound of millet with worms in her eyes with tears. Although she is only in her early fifties, she was so hungry when she was a child that she didn't grow tall. Now she is short, skinny and old. At first glance, she is the same age as Mrs. Jie, or even older. Jie Jinkui: "Second Aunt, my grandma is worried about you and Fourth Aunt. She can't come to see you because of her bad legs. I just came back from Fourth Aunt's house. She urged me to come and give you millet before I even had dinner." Second Aunt Jie wiped her tears and said hurriedly: "Wait a minute, Second Aunt will roll out noodles for you." On New Year's Eve, she didn't want to use thin bread dumplings, but ate corn porridge with the old man. The mill was too fine, and the corn was not ground into fine flour like Lin Shu's family, but corn crumbs, which were directly used to make corn porridge. She eats dry food when she is busy and liquid food when she is free. She is reluctant to drink liquid food. She cooks sweet potatoes with dried sweet potatoes every day. When she is tired, she eats a bowl of barley porridge every two days. Xie Jinkui: "Second aunt is still good to me. Second aunt, don't worry. Even though you don't have a son, I am your son. When the time comes, I will smash a pot to send you and your uncle to the grave." People without children are most afraid of being said to be extinct, and they are most afraid of no one to smash a pot to send them to the grave. Second aunt Xie was really moved and wiped away tears. When she was a child, she worked hard at her parents' home and was exhausted. She got married late. She gave birth to a daughter in her early thirties and never had another child. Now the daughter is married and doesn't come back often. Only the eldest nephew comes to see her from time to time. Hearing that her mother asked her to visit Lin's mother tomorrow, Second aunt Xie hesitated. Tomorrow is the third day of the Chinese New Year. Will the daughter bring the child back? Xie Jinkui: "Second aunt, don't even think about it. My sister is reluctant to come back this year. Didn't she not come back last year? Didn't she come back the year before? No wonder my grandmother said that this daughter-in-law is not as useful as the boy. The boy is still serving his mother and son after he got married, but the daughter-in-law serves the parents after she married her son-in-law. You still miss her, but she doesn't miss you." Second aunt Xie wanted to explain that it was because her mother fell ill on the second day of the Chinese New Year, and she was in a hurry to go back to serve the sick and didn't take care of entertaining the daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law changed the time to come back. Second aunt Xie thought about it, she didn't know that her fourth sister was ill and hospitalized, so she had no choice. If she knew, she would definitely go to see her, because this was what her mother ordered.

The next morning, Panpan got up early and planned to go to his uncle's house.

He was really curious. What about his mother and grandmother? What about his uncle?

Tiantian: "Dad also has a grandmother and an uncle."

Panpan: "Then should we go to see them one by one?"

Suddenly, the desire to visit relatives was ignited, and he had to go.

In fact, Lin's mother wanted to go, but Lin Xia and Lin Shu would not let her go.

When they went, the old lady wiped the tears of Yi Ku Shi Tian, ​​and Lin's mother made sure that she had to pay.

Lin's father quickly packed the gifts for the relatives, including frozen meat, persimmon cakes, brown sugar, and malt extract.

Panpan: "Grandma, don't bother, we're not bringing anything."

Mother Lin: "How can we visit relatives without bringing anything? Look, you brought so many delicious foods for grandma and grandma."

Panpan: "Didn't the uncle and aunt bring anything? My grandfather said... Tiantian, what's her name?"

Tiantian: "Reciprocity."

"Yes! Reciprocity, if he gives to us, we give to him, if he doesn't give to us, we don't give to him. He didn't bring anything yesterday."

Mother Lin and Father Lin laughed so hard, but they couldn't really not bring anything.

Not only did they have to bring it, but they also had to pack a lot, so as not to make the mother-in-law and the uncle and aunt unhappy.

Lin Yue didn't have a bicycle, so he didn't take Baoer with him. He was still young and didn't like scenes with so many people.

Lin Yue was responsible for pushing the cart, pulling the gifts and the two children.

After walking for a while and out of sight of the old couple, Lin Shu stopped the car and began to distribute gifts.

She wrapped a few pancakes and a can of pickles in a cloth bag and said to Lu Shaotang, "We will take Panpan and Tiantian there, you go to Fangshi."

Fangshi is Fang Dihua's mother's home, and the old lady is still alive.

In fact, Fang Dihua can just go there, not everyone has to go, but isn't Lu Shaotang special?

I heard from Lu's father that old lady Fang loved Lu Shaotang very much. When he was a child, she often came to bring food to Lu Shaotang on her little feet. She also said that the child was tough and had a bright future, and she made a tiger-head hat and small cotton shoes for Lu Shaotang.

Lu Shaotang was a little worried when he saw his wife looking like she and her two siblings were going to fight.

He went to put pressure on his wife, so that no one dared to bully his wife.

He wanted to go to Fangshi tomorrow.

Lin Shu: "It's okay, you go, we just go for a visit."

Lu Shaotang couldn't convince her, so he had to send them to the entrance of Jiejiaguanzhuang Village, and watched them go in before riding to Fangshi.

The two children led the way: "Valiant and proud, crossing the Yalu River..."

When Lin Shu and others arrived at the door of Jie's house, they saw Jie Jinkui and Jie Jinlan supporting an old lady with bound feet who was patching clothes and walking out tremblingly. Old lady

Jie had gray hair and was not tall. Because of her age, her eyelids drooped and became triangular eyes. Her neck was slightly forward, and when she looked at people, her eyelids lifted up and her eyes were as sharp and mean as a razor.

She smiled instantly and turned into a kind old lady, "Oh, my eldest grandson and granddaughter are here. They are my great grandsons. They are so good. Oh, my great grandmother is old and has bad legs and feet. I can't go to see you. I miss you all day and finally see you today. Come in, come in and have some candy. Great grandmother has prepared it for you."

When she entered the room of old lady Jie, she saw that the good bedding on the kang was replaced with a worn-out quilt, and the cotton wool inside was rolled up.

This must be the room of the second uncle, right?

The old lady really acted out the whole show. Old

lady Jie enthusiastically let them get on the kang, gave them melon seeds and peanuts to eat, and gave the two children a few pieces of candy.

If the daughter came back, old lady Jie would not bleed, this is to win over Lin Shu and Lin Xia.

Seeing the sticky appearance as if it had been licked, the two kids disdained it and refused.

The eldest aunt-in-law came out from the west room and greeted them with a smile, but ignored Lin Xia's special affection for Lin Shu.

"Third lady, why didn't you bring your son-in-law with you now that he's back? It must be your mother-in-law who didn't allow you to do so? I'm not saying this to sound bad, but your mother-in-law is so mean. She wants to torture you all day long. She never gives me a good face every time I go back. Last time you were not at home, she simply refused to let me in. It's like embarrassing your relatives, isn't it a slap in your face?"

The eldest aunt-in-law had a good idea. There are not many mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law in the world who can get along with each other. If you complain about her daughter-in-law to the mother-in-law and complain about her mother-in-law to the daughter-in-law, they will definitely become close to each other immediately.

She hasn't gotten good things from Lin Shu for a while, so doesn't she hate Fang Dihua in her heart?

Lin Shu sneered in her heart, you said bad things about my mother-in-law? I'll let you see how powerful her grandchildren are!

The two kids can't stand people saying anything bad about their parents and grandma.

Sure enough, Panpan refused the dirty candy, turned around and glared at the aunt who was trying to sow discord, and said loudly: "Aunt, my grandma asked me to ask, when will you return the thirty yuan you lent me, as well as five catties of cotton and five meters of cloth?"

Tiantian checked for the missing, "There are also two pairs of shoes, a pair of scissors..."

The aunt was so angry that her face turned blue, "What nonsense are you talking about."

She pulled Lin Shu, are you visiting relatives or are you here to quarrel?

Old lady Jie rolled her eyelids, this is not in her control.

Jie Jinlan rushed to help her mother, "Why didn't the third brother-in-law come?"

Tiantian: "Aunt, why do you always stare at my father? It's been like this since yesterday, and it's still like this today? My grandma said that there are those vixen who like to stare at other men, are you a vixen?" This