Old Man Xie, Xie Zhenghe, and Xie Zhengyang went out to work and only came back last night. When they came back, they just heard about what happened in the Xie family.
They were angry and sad about this. They were sad about Xie Zhengchuan's sacrifice, and angry about Pan Zhaodi and Su Li's quarrel. As soon as Zhengchuan left, one after another disturbed the peace at home.
So every morning at breakfast, the whole Xie family ate in silence. Old man Xie and his two companions lived frugally while working outside. In half a month, they earned only 23.57 yuan.
This was a considerable sum of money for the Xie family. In the past few years, Xie Zhengchuan's allowance was almost used up by his own marriage and the red brick house built at home. After all the money was spent, there was still about 600 yuan left, which was all kept in the hands of Xie's mother.
In the morning, we eat corn porridge, steamed buns with wild vegetables, and a large pot of fried cabbage with bacon, less meat and more vegetables. Such meals are rare in the village. After all, most rural families have two meals a day. Now there are fewer people, so everyone basically stays at home and does not move around much, so they can save more food.
Because she understood their hard work outside, Second Sister Xie obtained Zhang Guihua's consent and put a small piece of bacon on the vegetables that morning. The children's eyes lit up and their mouths were watering.
"Mom, I want to eat meat," Lai Fu pulled Pan Zhaodi's clothes. As long as his mother agreed, his grandparents wouldn't say anything.
"Eat if you want. You are the eldest grandson of the Xie family. Mom will serve you some."
Zhang Guihua was disgusted when she heard this. What’s the matter? What if the eldest grandson of the Xie family has the throne for him to sit on?
"Come, Xiangzhi, Xianglan, Xiaofang, Xiaoqin, eat too." As she said this, each of them took a piece, and she herself took a piece of cabbage leaf and ate it, which was delicious.
Mrs. Xie is a good cook. Even such simple dishes are made to taste especially delicious. The meat is eaten by the men in the family as they do heavy labor, so they have to eat well.
The first wife has three children, the eldest Laifu, the second Xiangzhi, and the third Xianglan. The second wife has two children, Xiaofang and Xiaoqin.
The two elders of the Xie family had no idea of favoring sons over daughters, especially Zhang Guilan, who had given birth to three boys and no daughters, so she treated her granddaughters better than her grandsons. After giving birth to two girls in succession, Xie's second sister-in-law was very grateful to her mother-in-law.
Pan Zhaodi was different. Her mother gave birth to six sisters before she had a younger brother, so she thought that since she gave birth to a son as soon as she married into the Xie family, she would be the greatest contributor to the Xie family. What was the use of a little girl? She was a useless waste of food and a loss of money.
She always thought she was superior to Xie Ersao, so she was even more disgusted with Su Li, who was rich and gave birth to two sons at once.
She didn't care about whether it was hard work or not. Her beloved son wanted to eat meat, so no one had to give in.
"Mom, what are you doing? Isn't this a waste? Why should the little girl eat the meat? It would be better to save it for Laifu. He is your eldest grandson, and you will have to count on him to be filial in the future." Pan Zhaodi said as she handed the Xiangzhi Xianglan bowl of meat to Laifu.
After hearing what his mother said, Xie Lai Fu quickly picked up the meat from the bowl and ate it. After all, he was the eldest grandson.
Xie Zhenghe looked at his son and couldn't help but hit him. "Have you never eaten meat? Don't you know how to give in to your sister? You are such a big kid, but you still want to steal your sister's meat, you bastard."
This beating was so severe that Xie Laifu threw away his chopsticks and rolled on the ground, "Ah~, Mom, Dad hit me, it hurts so much, Mom, please make a meal for me, it hurts so much!"
Seeing her precious son in distress, Pan Zhaodi not only did not stop him, but also twisted Xie Zhenghe's collar and started beating him, "You are so good! You beat your son so hard, are you going to beat me too? I have been married to you for so many years, what do I want from you? Are you rich or capable? You want to beat me? Beat me to death!"
As he said this, he rammed Xie Zhenghe with his head, calling him a useless thing.
Xie Zhenghe was knocked to the ground, with one hand stuck under his body. He instinctively pushed Pan Zhaodi with his other hand, but he failed to dodge in time and bumped into the dining table. A bowl on the table fell and hit Xie Laifu's mouth, and blood gushed out instantly.
"Ah~" Xie Lai Fu covered his mouth and cried even louder.
Zhang Guihua was also startled and hurried to get something to wipe Lai Fu's mouth. Xie Zhenghe looked at his son's expression and regretted it for a while.
When Pan Zhaodi saw her son’s mouth full of blood, she felt so distressed that she quickly went over to help Xie Laifu up and held him in her arms.
"It's over. We can't live like this anymore. You coward, you only know how to bully us. If you have the ability, you can earn dozens of dollars a month, and your daughter and son can eat meat. Your husband's family looks down on you, and your parents' family looks down on you. Why am I crying so hard?"
Father Xie was so angry that his hands were shaking. "Alright, can you please eat properly? You've been making a lot of noise this morning and you only know how to make trouble. If you don't want to eat, get out."
When Old Man Xie got angry, all the men, women, and children in the yard were frightened and trembled in their hearts, not daring to speak.
Pan Zhaodi felt that these words were meant for her to hear, and that she was just trying to get out. She picked up her son and was about to leave.
"Grandma, what are you doing? Sit down quickly. Your father is not talking to you." Zhang Guihua is a good mother-in-law. She only wants the family to be harmonious and is most afraid of conflicts.
Xiangzhi and Xianglan watched Pan Zhaodi carrying her brother and leaving, and they cried and pulled at their mother's clothes, "Wow~ Mom, don't go, Mom."
Seeing that her mother-in-law and children were trying to keep her, Pan Zhaodi felt proud and walked forward a little. She must make Xie Zhenghe apologize to her tomorrow and then take the opportunity to ask him to return all the money he earned from the marriage. Her younger brother was going to get married soon and her mother was counting on her help. She couldn't let her mother down.
Who knew that Zhang Guihua almost fell down because of her effort. Fortunately, Xie Zhenghe helped her up and said, "Go, go now."
Pan Zhaodi heard this and said, "Hmph! If you want to leave, then leave. I'll make you beg me to come back later."
After Pan Zhaodi left, Xie Zhenghe returned to the house with his two daughters, whose voices were almost hoarse from crying.
Old Man Xie was smoking his pipe with a melancholy look on his face. Zhang Guihua sat aside without saying a word. Second Sister-in-law Xie washed the dishes and took Xie Zhengyang back to the house. She didn't want to get involved anymore.
When Tiedan, Huzi and others arrived at Xie's house, they felt that the atmosphere in Grandpa's house was weird.
"Grandpa, grandma."
Father Xie felt better when he saw his grandchildren. "Hey! Why are you here? Did you miss your meal?"
Tiedan said, "Grandpa, grandma and grandpa have finished eating, you guys come into the house quickly." As he said that, he went to pull Xie Dad. Hu Zi and the others looked around and pushed Zhang Guihua into the house.
The two old people laughed as they looked at the mysterious looks of the children. "What's wrong? Do you have anything to tell grandpa and grandma?" Zhang Guihua touched Hu Zi's little face lovingly.
Tiedan slowly took out two steaming meat buns from his arms and handed them to Old Man Xie and Zhang Guihua, "Grandpa, grandma, eat them quickly, they are delicious."
Zhang Guihua was shocked when she saw the big white flour bun in her hand. "Ouch! Where did this come from? You guys eat it, but grandma won't eat it." Then she stuffed the bun into Tiedan's arms, and Father Xie also stuffed the bun into Huzi's arms.
"Grandpa, grandma has eaten, you guys can eat now. Bring the buns over. Does your mom know?" Grandpa Xie was of course happy that his grandchildren thought of him. It was not in vain that he loved these children, but he was also worried that Su Li would beat the children if she knew.
This is white bread. Although their family is well off, they only eat once every ten days or half a month, and the bread is mixed with whole grains. You can tell at a glance that this bun is made of good white flour. You can smell the tempting aroma just by looking at it.
"Grandpa, grandma, you guys eat. We have eaten at home. It was also white bread. This is what my mother asked to be sent over. My mother is very nice to us now." Shitou said.
Old Man Xie and Zhang Guihua looked at each other, then looked at the children. They had clean little faces and were wearing soft clothes. The material was fine, she had never seen such fine cloth before. They were wearing soft-soled cloth shoes on their feet, not layered ones.
It was obvious that the money was bought from the supply and marketing cooperative. Although they felt sorry for Su Li's big hands, they couldn't say anything since the money was being spent on the children.
Unable to refuse, Zhang Guihua looked at Old Man Xie and said, "Old man, do you want to eat this bun?"
"Eat, why not eat? Your daughter-in-law and grandson are offering you food. Eat. Don't think about saving it for other children. It will hurt their feelings. You can't eat this bun. Eat. Eat with big mouthfuls."
Zhang Guihua listened to her husband's words, looked at the buns in her hand, and then looked at the bright and expectant eyes in front of her, "Eat."
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