Jia Ru can come back

Chapter 102 Daughter-in-law and Mother
Apparently Zhou's mother was very interested in this topic, and said with emotion, "Oh, I have been away from City A for many years. I remember that in addition to setting off firecrackers and fireworks during the Chinese New Year, the family should make dumplings and steamed buns during the New Year's Eve."

Han Jingxue is not from City A. She and Zhou Nian must have known each other when they were in school. After they got married, they went abroad with Zhou Nian.So I was very curious to hear the Chinese New Year customs that Zhou's mother said: "How do you make dumplings? Why don't we do it too? It's rare to go back to my hometown to celebrate the New Year. There must be a little bit of the New Year. It just so happens that the little walnuts can also participate. .”

Upon hearing this, Little Walnut immediately pulled Mother Zhou excitedly and said, "Grandma, let's make those dumplings, and steamed buns."

The grandson's request would not be vetoed, but Zhou's mother spread her hands and said, "It's easy for you to say. In the past, you used to make dumplings with the stove made of adobe bricks. After making dumplings, put them in a steamer and put them on a big iron stove." It was steamed on the pot. Where can I find this equipment now, neither your father nor I have touched it for many years."

The kind that Zhou's mother said, I have the impression.Before the old house at home was not demolished, every New Year's Eve my mother would make dumplings, my father was in charge of kneading the dough, and I was in charge of lighting the fire.I still remember that Zhou Yu also came to dig into the stove of our house, scrambling to light the fire. After the dumplings were steamed, there was another job, which was to light red, saying that it would be good for the year.

A group of people looked at each other in blank dismay, even Zhou's father shrugged and said that he couldn't operate it.

Zhou Nian didn't want to see his wife and children disappointed, so after thinking about it, he suggested: "Actually, it's not that there is nothing to do. Now there are quite a lot of farmhouses, and some farmers should have earthen stoves. We can go there to make them. By the way, You can go out and relax."

But Han Jingxue still felt disappointed: "Then it will lose the meaning of Chinese New Year customs."

My heart moved, and as soon as my eyes moved, I was caught by Zhou Yu, and he actually asked: "Jia Xiaoru, have you thought of something?" So all of a sudden, everyone's eyes fell on my face.

I have been a lawyer for so long, and I have experienced a lot of situations where I have faced the attention of the public, but at this moment, I feel embarrassed by so many eyes.I hesitated and said, "If you don't do much, you can actually try using a steam pot at home."

Zhou Yu's eyes lit up, "That's right, didn't we realize the principle by using a steam pot? Why do we need to go outside to find some kind of earthen stove. Boss, your idea is too uncreative. Who is going to run a farmhouse for the Chinese New Year?" what."

Women are imaginative, men are action.After summing up, I decided to buy the biggest steam pot right now, and then I decided to buy related ingredients in a hypermarket tomorrow.

The dinner was prepared by Zhou Liang and Han Jingxue. They sat around the table and it was full of people. The discussions on the table were all about what to buy tomorrow. Han Jingxue even took out a notebook and wrote it down, saying that she was afraid that the men would be frizzy. Wrong purchase.

Mother Zhou was the one who raised the most opinions. She was worried that the steam pot would not be able to produce the effect, so she asked to try it out after buying the pot.But Zhou's father felt that since he planned to do it, he should buy everything that should be bought, so as to save so many trips.The two quarreled and turned their faces. Zhou's father slapped the table and growled, saying that he can't let him have the final say once?Zhou's mother pulled her face down, stared at Zhou's father coldly and said nothing, and the atmosphere on the table suddenly froze.

I thought the three brothers of the Zhou family would go to mediate at this time, but all three of them just kept their heads down and ate, as if they didn't see it.Going to see Han Jingxue again, she didn't even try to persuade Zhou's mother, but devoted herself to serving Xiao Walnut for dinner.

Zhou's father looked around, pushed the bowl in front of him to the middle, walked angrily and said, "I don't want to eat."

Looking at the figure who quickly walked away and disappeared behind the door, I suddenly understood who Zhou Yu looked like with his violent temper, and he followed his father.

After Zhou's father left the table, Zhou's mother wiped her mouth slowly, and then said: "Just do as your father said."

Zhou Liang couldn't help but sneered at first: "I didn't say it, my lord, where did your cold aura go? You compromised with the old man when you turned back."

Zhou's mother snorted softly, "Don't be afraid that the world will not be chaotic. Your father has always been the master of our family for so many years."

I saw that Zhou Yu, and even the three brothers of the Zhou family, all showed strange expressions, which meant—that's strange!
After dinner, the men were still discussing fiercely. When Han Jingxue and I took the dishes into the kitchen to wash, Han Jingxue asked me: "What is the arrangement for tonight? Are you and the third child crowded here or..."

There was a discussion about accommodation before, and Han Jingxue knew about our arrangement, so she asked this question.

I smiled and said, "We'll go to the apartment over there in a while, and my parents will live in our room."

"Well, it's getting late, why don't you leave the bowl for me, and you and the third child should leave early, and you should be careful when driving at night."

I looked at my watch, and it was indeed almost ten o'clock, but I still insisted on washing the dishes before leaving, which was not bad.

Han Jingxue and I were startled when we heard a broken sound outside. What was it that fell?

Hearing the sound, he found that something seemed wrong.

Zhou Yu stood there together, Zhou Nian and Zhou Liang sat in a chair next to the dining table, and the other sat on the sofa, keeping silent.The key is that Zhou's mother looked at Zhou Yu coldly, with an unhappy expression on her face.

Han Jingxue walked over first, asked what happened, and tried to smooth things over.

But seeing Zhou's mother glanced at me, she suddenly got up, and said in a sullen tone, "Is it because we dislike us for obstructing your private space, so that you move away in such a hurry?"

Zhou Yu: "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? How can I say I hate it? Isn't there not enough rooms here?"

"Not enough rooms? Can't you three brothers live in one room?"

Hearing this, I have roughly understood what was going on, and guessed that Zhou Yu just mentioned that we would move to my place temporarily, and then he angered his mother.She thought our behavior was intentional dislike and disrespect to their elders.

At this time, Zhou Liang couldn't help but uttered: "No, Queen Mother, you want me to sleep in the same room with the third child and the eldest brother? We are not children anymore, how could the three of us sleep in that bed?"

But she was refuted by Zhou's mother with a stare: "If you can't sleep, whoever has an opinion sleeps on the floor."

Zhou Liang stopped talking and gave me a helpless look.

Zhou Yu was still stubborn there, perhaps relying on Zhou's mother's doting on him, she spoke more bluntly: "Boss and I are both married, but the second is a bachelor. I have no problem with him sleeping on the floor, but I don't care. He and the boss want to hug their daughter-in-law to sleep."

Zhou Nian coughed twice in embarrassment, and Han Jingxue turned around and walked back to the kitchen to continue washing the dishes.

Zhou's mother smiled, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. She raised her eyebrows and stared at Zhou Yu and said, "What's wrong with marrying a daughter-in-law? If you marry a daughter-in-law, you won't be my son anymore? Have you forgotten that I am a mother?"

Maybe I didn’t have much contact with her before, and I felt that Zhou’s mother was very reserved in both her dealings and her speech, and it was enough to let the other party understand the meaning. Now I realized that she was an outsider. At home, she was very strong, said what she said. Receive.

Maybe it was because she went out to do business with Zhou's father in the early years, which established the character of a strong woman.And the subtlety that I mistakenly thought was the mellowness that she has been immersed in the market for many years.

I was thinking about whether to intervene in the argument between their mother and son, and my heart was very bright. After all, Zhou's mother was not really opposed to us moving out, but she didn't like me.Because of this, she believed that Zhou Yu's stubbornness at the moment was all because of me, but the fact is also true, I want to go back to my apartment, at least let me take a breather.

Zhou Yu wanted to argue again, but Zhou's father suddenly came out of the room with angry eyes: "Why are you arguing? No one is allowed to leave tonight! Whether you sleep on the floor or on the sofa, stay here When the words fell, he went to wrap his arms around Mother Zhou's shoulders, and his tone was still angry: "Let's go, let's go back to the room."

Han Jingxue poked her head out of the kitchen when she heard the sound, looked around and whispered to me, "I've never seen Dad get so angry."

I smiled wryly, it seemed that I had to stay no matter what tonight.

After the second elder entered the room, I saw Zhou Yu was still standing there stiffly, so I walked over and pulled his sleeves. He looked sideways, and there seemed to be annoyance in his eyes.I shook my head at him and said softly, "Just stay."

"The second one is on the floor." Zhou Nian got up and said his decision decisively.

Zhou Liang was stunned, and when he saw Zhou Nian approaching the door of the guest room, he reacted and shouted: "Why?"

Zhou Nian turned around and looked at him with a half-smile, "Since I'm your boss, I have the final say."

Zhou Liang went crazy, but Han Jingxue laughed happily, and gloated: "Second brother, I will wrong you tonight." She usually called Zhou Liang by his name, but now she deliberately emphasized the word "second child".

After a while Zhou Nian came out of the room, "A Xue, come in and make me a new quilt, I'm not used to sharing the same quilt with other people except you."

"Boss!" Zhou Yu said in dissatisfaction, hearing that he was disgusted by his elder brother.Then he turned around childishly, took my hand and said, "Jia Xiaoru, find me another quilt, I have never slept with the boss before when I grow up."

Thinking about it, he is ten years behind Zhou Nian, and his age level is different.When he was five or six years old, Zhou Nian was in junior high school and lived in school.I am afraid that Zhou Liang should be closer, after all, they are only two years apart.

Originally, Zhou Liang was lazily leaning on the sofa, but at this moment he suddenly jumped up, touched his arm deliberately and said: "Okay, okay, you two couples, don't be so nasty here, I'm a single dog Just sleep on the sofa."

In the end Zhou Liang came out with a quilt from Zhou Nian's room, and gave his original room to me and Zhou Yu, while Zhou Nian and Han Jingxue were still in the original room.A room battle came to an end.

But even in bed, I couldn't sleep for a while.Zhou Yu hugged me and said, "Don't think too much about it, I'll just go and coax the Queen Mother later. She has no malicious intentions, she just doesn't want the family to be separated for the New Year."

I was noncommittal, and after a moment of silence, I asked, "What do you think your parents think of me?"

"It should be good. It's not the first time for them to see you. The queen mother hugged you when they were young. It's just that they were so busy that they disappeared. It's rare for me as a son to see them."

Zhou Yu said that Zhou's mother hugged me when I was a child, I don't remember at all.However, he felt that his judgment was wrong this time, and it may be because of his family members that he could not read it rationally, nor could he see the clues.

(End of this chapter)