Siheyuan starts to eat the old man

Chapter 358 Returning to Three Rivers
After get off work in the evening, Li Pingan and Ding Qiunan talked about Ding Rushan's phone call. Ding Qiunan thought about it for a while, then nodded and agreed to go back to Sanhe on the weekend.

Speaking of which, Sanhe hasn't been back for a long time. This time, the father-in-law specifically asked Li Pingan to bring some food for him, so he had to prepare well.

After finishing his work, Li Pingan left the rolling mill in his jeep, found a deserted path, got out of the car and observed, and when he saw no one around, Li Pingan stepped into the space.

I rummaged through the pile of tatters in Lou's house, and found many rare things, such as bacon, ham, imported chocolate and foreign wine collected by Lou's father.

Ding Rushan has been studying abroad for many years, so sending these things can be regarded as making the best use of everything.

Seeing that the back seat of the jeep was full of good things, Li Pingan felt emotional for a while. Now that the news is cut off, he doesn’t know how Lou’s family is doing in Xiangjiang. The evacuation is so well prepared and they have brought so much gold. Xiangjiang, life should be good.

The fact is just as Li Ping’an guessed, this time the Lou’s family lived comfortably, with a lot of money in their hands, and with the help of Xiangjiang’s relatives, they quickly gained a foothold, and Lou Xiao’e put on her clothes again to eat Come to the day of the big lady who opened her mouth.

In the afternoon, Li Pingan drove around Sijiu City with nothing to do, and when the time was almost up, he drove the jeep back to the rolling mill to pick up Ding Qiunan.

Ding Qiunan looked at the big and small bags sitting in the back seat, and knew that they were brought at Ding Rushan's request. Ding Qiunan was shocked, and asked Li Pingan to return the things with a black face, this time empty-handed.

After Li Pingan talked about it, Ding Qiunan reluctantly agreed to take things back, but asked to reduce the number of things to bring back, foreign wine and the like were not allowed, and bacon and the like could only be brought in two or three meals.

Anyway, Ding Rushan's old couple are not his parents. Ding Qiunan, a girl, said so, so Li Pingan naturally wouldn't refuse, and agreed without hesitation.

The condensed ones are all good things, and of course they won't keep them after they are taken out. That night, the aunt fried some of them. The family also tasted the rare foreign wine these days.

Early the next morning, Li Pingan got up early and drove a jeep with Ding Qiunan to Sanhe.

This time the departure was relatively early. At ten o'clock, Li Ping'an's jeep parked steadily at the door of Ding Rushan's house.

The two of them entered the house with their belongings, and when Ding Rushan and his wife saw that it was their daughter and son-in-law who had returned, they quickly went up to greet them warmly, and greeted them with a burst of greetings.

Facing his old father-in-law, Li Pingan naturally nodded and bowed with a smile on his face, while Ding Qiunan was so angry that he faced his father's greetings, his face was dark all the time, and he looked unhappy.

Seeing his daughter's dark face, Ding Rushan pretended not to notice, this little padded jacket is not considerate at all, isn't it just that he doesn't want to work in the third line, what's the matter, as for halving the cost of living to embarrass others.

"My son-in-law, I haven't seen you for a long time. Let's go. My chessboard is set up. Let's play chess. I'll leave the lunch to your mother." When the things were put down, Ding Rushan took Li Pingan to the main room. , before leaving, he gave his wife who was talking to Ding Qiunan a wink.

Ding's mother received the look, and nodded with Ding Rushan in a subtle way, then she smiled and took Ding Qiunan back to the house on the grounds of explaining the precautions for pregnancy.

Seeing that the door of the back room was closed, Ding Rushan didn't mention the chess game anymore, and whispered aggrievedly: "My son-in-law, your father and I are living a difficult life now. Since the cost of living has been halved, your mother and I This month's life can be said to have taken a sharp turn for the worse, and I can't even afford meat."

The interaction between the old couple just now, Li Pingan could see clearly from the corner of his eyes, and now seeing Ding Rushan sell himself miserably, he immediately understood that today's main course was coming.

Li Pingan knew what the old man meant, and wanted him to add the monthly living expenses, but now Ding Qiunan was pregnant and emotionally unstable. Playing Tai Chi with my father-in-law:

"Dad, Qiu Nan told me about this matter, now Qiu Nan is only angry, just bear with it, and it will be fine when Qiu Nan's anger subsides."

Seeing that his virtuous son-in-law is not up to the trap, Ding Rushan chooses to continue to sell miserably.

"Your mother and I are both old. You know the situation at home before. At that time, you were often hungry and full. Your mother fell to the root of the disease. That is, after Qiu Nan married you, she took care of her body. , Your mother was a little dizzy two days ago, I gave your mother a check, and the root of the disease that fell at that time showed signs of recurrence."

Facing the misfortune of the old father-in-law, Li Pingan listened with a worried face on the surface, but he didn't believe a word of these words in his heart. His old father-in-law, Li Pingan, knew very well that if the mother-in-law was really what he said, Li Pingan will definitely take Ding's mother to check, and then confidently ask Ding Qiunan to pay the living expenses.

Now that Ding Qiunan is deliberately dismissed and sold out to himself, it means that Ding's mother has nothing to do, and she just asks herself to make peace with Ding Qiunan and recover her living expenses.

Ding Rushan looked at Li Pingan's face and thought that Li Pingan believed his words, so he performed even harder, wiping the corners of his eyes from time to time to wipe away the non-existent tears, as if he cared about his wife.

This scene, coupled with Ding Rushan's description, can be said to be sad to hear and the audience shed tears. If Li Pingan hadn't understood the situation, he would have believed his words.

After a hard-working performance, Ding Rushan looked at the heartbroken son-in-law, thinking that he believed what he said, so he said expectantly: "My son-in-law, you understand the situation at home, look at Qiu Nanna."

"Dad, you know Qiu Nan's temper. She is very righteous. I dare not tell her about this. Why don't you talk to her after Qiu Nan comes out?" Li Pingan said tentatively.

Ding Rushan, who had hoped for Li Pingan, was completely disappointed now. Li Pingan was still unwilling to help even after he said it was so miserable. If Ding Qiunan believed in him, then it would be up to you?

"Humph"

Ding Rushan snorted coldly, too lazy to talk to Li Pingan, got up with a flick of his sleeves, sat alone on the sofa next to him, picked up a cup of herbal tea, and sulked.

Before making the call to Li Pingan, the old couple of the Ding family had discussed it. The old couple agreed that the man was thin-skinned, and it was the first time that he, the father-in-law, spoke to him. He would definitely ask Ding Qiunan to increase his living expenses, no matter how bad Will secretly help a little.

Who knew that this rebellious son-in-law didn't pay for oil and salt, and his father-in-law said that he was so pitiful. Not only did he not help him raise his living expenses, but he didn't even show any signs of it.

Ding Rushan, who was sitting on the single sofa, got angry with Li Pingan for a while, and then began to think about his future with a sad face. Ding Qiunan is his daughter, and she naturally understands Ding Qiunan's character.

Since I have vowed to halve the cost of living if I don't work, I will definitely continue to implement it.

Ding Rushan, who has no other options, can only think about the work that his daughter said.

Here, Li Pingan saw Ding Rushan sullen, and Li Pingan didn't rush to comfort him, but went to Ding Rushan's bookshelf to check his collection of books.

Compared with before, the current bookshelf looks empty. The books on traditional Chinese medicine handed down from the family in the previous bookshelves disappeared without a trace. I don't know whether Ding Rushan hid them or burned them.

I wanted to ask my father-in-law, but seeing that my father-in-law was still angry, I gave up the idea, and picked up a book on western medicine to read.

To say that the fate of modern Chinese medicine is really ill-fated. Several large-scale abolition of Chinese medicine, so many books on Chinese medicine were burned, and the inheritance was almost cut off at one time. Under such circumstances, they can still survive and usher in recovery. It is really invincible cockroach.

Soon Ding Qiunan and Ding's mother came out from the back room. Their expressions were normal. It seemed that the mother-in-law didn't betray Ding Qiunan, but just a normal mother and daughter chatting.

"Didn't Dad want to play chess with you? Why did you pick up the medical book and read it?" Ding Qiunan saw that Li Pingan was reading the medical book, and couldn't help asking curiously.

Putting down the medical book, Li Pingan pouted in the direction of Ding Rushan, and said, "My father has something to tell you, I think you will talk about it later, so I will read the book myself."

After hearing what Li Pingan said, Ding Qiunan cast a questioning look at Ding Rushan.

Seeing his daughter looking over, Ding Rushan hated Li Pingan so much that he hated Li Pingan so much that he didn't help, didn't say anything, and made trouble, but he didn't show it on his face, and said with a loving look: "It's okay, it's just a small matter for me. It doesn't matter if you say it or not"

Ding Qiunan knew his father's personality very well, and he could probably guess what they looked like, but he didn't point it out. He went to the kitchen with his mother to make today's lunch.

When he came to the kitchen, Ding Qiunan, who was still smiling just now, immediately turned dark. Today's family banquet at noon, the staple food is pure cornmeal steamed bread, a few potatoes, and two tomatoes, and nothing else.

"Nan Nan, the living expenses you gave me this month have already been spent. You really have no money to buy meat when you come back with Ping An. This is the best thing your father and I can offer." Looking at Ding Qiunan's face, Ding Mother said apologetically.

Ding Qiunan didn't believe a single punctuation mark in Ding's mother's words, not to mention whether they had saved money for living expenses of 20 yuan a month, even if it was [-] yuan a month, it would be enough for the old couple to live without illness or disaster.

What I did today was just to make a fool of myself in front of Ding Qiunan, trying to get Ding Qiunan to raise the cost of living again.Ding Qiunan was angry. Looking at his mother who was fighting psychological warfare with him, Ding Qiunan made up his mind that he must let his father go out to work.

Ding Rushan has just turned 60 now, and the state stipulates that the retirement age is 50 years old, and for doctors, [-] years old is the best age. Before the situation was not good, and he couldn’t find a job, so let’s not talk about it. keep.

Now that I finally have the opportunity to return to my post, I can't miss it.

After making up his mind, Ding Qiunan showed a smiling face: "It's okay, this is good, it's time for dinner, let's cook quickly."

Ding's mother saw her daughter's appearance, her heart sank. It seemed that she was serious this time. If Ding Rushan didn't go to work, the living expenses would have been ten yuan. Ding's mother started to start with complicated feelings. lunch.

The scene in the kitchen was naturally unclear to the two people outside. At this time, on the sofa in the living room, Ding Rushan glared at Li Ping angrily, wanting Li Pingan to speak.

Li Pingan, who was stared at by his father-in-law, finally couldn't help but put down the book in his hand, and said with a smile: "Dad, Qiu Nan really made up his mind this time, and he told me early in the morning, I think you should go to work." , it’s far away, you can come back when you retire, and as long as you go to work, we will give you 20 living expenses every month.”

"No, there is nothing in the third-line area. I spend every day digging in the ravines. What is the use of my money? It is not impossible for me to work. I will stay in Sanhe and not go to other places."

"Then you should wait for Qiu Nan to come out and talk to Qiu Nan, I can't decide this matter." Li Pingan said, picked up the medical book again and started to read.

When Ding Rushan saw that Li Pingan had given up on persuasion, he also angrily picked up the newspaper and read it.

Soon, Ding Qiunan came out of the kitchen with the dishes and called the two of them to the table for dinner.

When Li Pingan came to the dining table, he saw a plate full of potatoes and tomatoes and the pure cornmeal cornbread next to him. He immediately understood the plan of the old couple. Without saying anything, he picked up his chopsticks and prepared to eat.

The lunch table was very quiet, except for the sound of chopsticks being moved. Ding's father and Ding's mother frequently used eye contact at the dinner table. Li Pingan felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he didn't speak, and lowered his head to pick the food in his bowl silently.

Finally, Father Ding couldn't help it anymore, and took the initiative to speak: "Qiu Nan, you have seen with your own eyes what kind of life my mother and I are living at home. You know that your mother is not in good health and needs to supplement nutrition. Ten yuan a month is too little, not enough for the two of us to live on.”

"That's right, Qiu Nan, your mother and I haven't eaten meat for a long time, so you can still pay the original monthly living expenses."

Ding Qiunan swallowed the food in his mouth, and then slowly said: "Yes, the living expenses can be restored to the original, but Dad must go to the third line to work."

There are 1 people in Ding Rushan who are unwilling to go to the third-tier place. Hearing that he is still allowed to go to the third-tier place, he is naturally full of reluctance. It is not good to count the third-tier places at the dinner table.Ding's mother naturally didn't want to go, and followed Ding's father to complain to Ding Qiunan.

Listening to the two chattering about the bad situation of the third line, Ding Qiunan was really angry. He slammed the table and said forcefully: "Why is the third line bad? I'm looking for a hospital that has already been built for you. Go to the hospital." Where is the doctor, and it’s not that my dad is going to the construction site, this third-line must go, you should pack up your things and get ready to go at any time.”

(End of this chapter)