my family is old

Chapter 20

Since the nanny Xiaosun returned to Mrs. Ma's house, Mrs. Ma's attitude has changed. This change is due to the previous rift and the extra salary of [-] yuan.

At the end of the month, it was time for Mrs. Ma to hand over her salary to Xiao Sun.

When I woke up in the morning, Xiao Sun kept reminding Mrs. Ma that today is the last day of this month, and Mrs. Ma was so angry that she kept rolling her eyes secretly.

Daughter Liu Shan called for daily inquiries, and reminded Madam Ma not to forget to add 300 yuan when she paid her salary.

Madam Ma said impatiently to the phone: "I know, I know! Money, money, money!"

Liu Shan held up her mobile phone for a moment, wondering why the old lady was so angry so early in the morning, so she asked, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing! I'm fine!"

Xiao Sun was feeding the old man breakfast in the back room, and when he heard old lady Ma talking so angrily, he rolled his eyes and curled his lips.

Liu Shan didn't need to ask her mother what happened to that sentence, what else could the old lady do, the things that made her unhappy must have something to do with money.

Mrs. Ma entered her room with her mobile phone, closed the door, covered the microphone and said to her daughter, "You, you shouldn't have added so much money to her."

Liu Shan smiled, and as expected, it was the 300 yuan that made the trouble. Today is the day to pay the nanny.

"You don't know, that little grandson, who keeps reminding me when I wake up in the morning, it's annoying me to death!" Madam Ma sat down on the bed with a dark face.

Liu Shan smiled, "As for being angry? It's only 300 yuan."

"Why not! Why not! For 300 yuan, I can't eat it all in a month."

300 yuan for a month, what do you eat?Liu Shan persuaded with a smile: "It's alright, alright, mom, calm down, we've already made an agreement with my little grandson, then follow the agreement, if you don't want to give the money when it's time to pay, that won't work, Believe in what you say."

The old lady Ma gritted her teeth, that is 300 yuan, what can I buy for her grandson.

"Okay Mom, I'm at work, I'm going to hang up."

A beep came from the phone, and Mrs. Ma threw the phone on the bed, closed her eyes and sighed.

Xiao Sun knocked on Old Madam Ma's door, "Aunt Ma, Uncle said he wanted to go out to bask in the sun, so I took him downstairs."

Madam Ma opened her eyes and took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "Go."

Xiao Sun stood outside the door and rolled his eyes. Wouldn't the old lady come out for a while?So he knocked on the door again, "Aunt Ma, you haven't eaten yet."

Madam Ma got annoyed when she heard Xiao Sun's voice, "Ah, I'm going to eat now, you go."

Xiao Sun glared at the door and left.

The old lady Ma heard them go out, opened the drawer and took out a wad of money, which is Xiao Sun's salary for a month, the old lady Ma held the banknotes and counted them distressedly, "Huh, it's better than me!" The monthly income is much faster, and I will add money to her, what to add!" The old lady Ma took out the 300 yuan and put it back, put it back and picked it out, and finally put it in again, she stared at the stack of fresh money. Money, no matter how you look at it, it hurts. "Hmph, that damn girl Liu Shan insisted on adding 300 yuan to her on her own initiative. I have to pay for that money. Hmph, why don't you come out?" Mrs. Ma regretted a little, she should have let her daughter The idea of ​​the son-in-law paying the 300 yuan is theirs, and they should pay for the money, alas, but I didn’t say this at the beginning, and it’s inappropriate to say it now.That's all, three hundred, give it, I'll give it!Mrs. Ma put the money in the envelope. The salary is ready, but she will wait until night to give it to Xiao Sun. The money will be held in her own hands for a while, and such a thick stack of money at night will go into other people's pockets. .

Madam Ma put the envelope away, closed the drawer and opened the door to go out.She walked into the old man's room and looked around. The bed was tidy, the floor was clean, there was no peculiar smell in the room, and the clothes were folded meticulously.Well, Mrs. Ma breathed a sigh of relief, well, for the sake of Xiaosun's conscientiousness, an extra three hundred will be an extra three hundred.

After eating breakfast alone, Mrs. Ma opened the refrigerator and inspected it. The leftovers were not given to the nanny for the daughter and son-in-law. So what can I eat to save the 300 yuan?Meat is too expensive, so it can be cut, fruit can be avoided, and leafy vegetables are expensive, so you don’t have to eat them.

So, when it was lunch time, there was only a plate of fried shredded potatoes on the table.

Xiao Sun stared at the plate of shredded potatoes for a while, then looked at the kitchen stove.

Mrs. Ma smiled and said: "Ah, the meat I ate last night should be a vegetarian today. This will reduce the burden on the stomach and be good for the body." After finishing speaking, she moved her chopsticks first. The wife said: "Don't be dazed, eat."

Xiao Sun watched Mrs. Ma holding the shredded potatoes with one chopstick after another, and finally asked, "Aunt Ma, is this the only dish for lunch?"

"Ah." Mrs. Ma didn't even look at Xiao Sun, and picked up the rice in the bowl.

"Aunt Ma, three of us, one dish?"

"Yeah." Mrs. Ma raised her eyes to look at Xiao Sun, "I fried three potatoes, it must be enough, don't worry."

Xiao Sun stared at the plate in the middle of the dining table, the corner of his mouth twitched, what does this old lady Ma mean?This is not going to feed her, three potatoes?The potatoes at home are not big, so Mrs. Ma is not willing to buy big potatoes, and use three such small potatoes to fry a dish for three people to eat?What are you kidding.

Mrs. Ma picked up a chopstick dish, looked at Xiao Sun and said, "Eat it, my daughter and son-in-law agree on the potato shreds I fried."

Xiao Sun glanced at the old man sitting beside him, "Aunt Ma, does uncle only eat this at noon?"

"Ah, I've filled it up for him. Just feed him after you finish eating. He's never picky about food."

Xiao Sun laughed in his heart. In the first two days after she was invited back, there were fish and shrimp on the table every day. After two days, there was no fish or shrimp, and at least there was meat. At that time, Mrs. Ma said all the time, You have to eat fresh food, you have to mix meat and vegetables, pay attention to nutrition, and so on. Now, there is only one plate of shredded potatoes. This kind of treatment is really getting worse every day. Xiao Sun thought, maybe he will have to eat leftovers again Bar?She is determined not to eat!Is this old lady all right?Changing face becomes a bit fast, right?

The old lady Ma glanced at Xiaosun, and smiled in her heart, hum, the food money has been saved for you as a salary, what else do you want to eat, this would be great, the old lady Ma urged: "Eat quickly, Your uncle is waiting for you to feed."

Xiao Sun moved his chopsticks, finished his meal in two or three strokes, and put down his chopsticks to take care of the old man.

Old Madam Ma gave Xiao Sun a sneaky look, and smiled with a twitching corner of her mouth.

While feeding the old man, Xiao Sun said, "Aunt Ma, today is the last day of this month."

Old Madam Ma pursed her mouth into a penny, hummed, stood up and cleaned up the dishes without saying anything else.

Xiao Sun lowered his eyes and rolled his eyes, and smiled again when he looked up at the old man, "Come on uncle, eat some more, this shredded potato is delicious."

The old man was chewing the food stupidly, and Xiao Sun probably couldn't taste the taste of the old man looking like this, probably everything he ate was the same.

Xiao Sun picked up a chopstick and lifted it to the old man's mouth, but the old man kept his mouth shut.

"Eat."

The old man just didn't open his mouth.

Xiao Sun smiled, "Uncle, are you full?"

The old man hummed and turned his head away from the person.

Xiao Sun said loudly: "Uncle, you ate too little today, is the food not to your liking?"

Old Madam Ma could hear everything in the kitchen, she gritted her teeth with hatred, and then said loudly: "Your uncle is full, take him to the toilet, and then let him go to sleep."

Xiao Sun rolled his eyes, stood up and took the bowl to the kitchen, "Aunt Ma, uncle ate half of what he ate today, less than half."

Mrs. Ma snorted, "It's okay, you won't be hungry if you eat less."

"I see, uncle still prefers to eat meat, and there must be meat."

"Hmph, it's okay, just eat vegetarian ones. Also, before your uncle got this disease, we both ate leftovers every day, and he didn't eat less."

These words were obviously meant for Xiao Sun, who twitched the corners of his mouth, turned and left the kitchen, and took the old man to the bedroom.

Old Madam Ma glanced sideways at Xiao Sun and rolled her eyes.

After taking care of the old man to sleep, Xiao Sun also lay on the bed next to him and took a rest in the morning.

Mrs. Ma went back to her bedroom to rest.

In the afternoon, Xiao Sun didn't remind Mrs. Ma about her salary anymore. She wanted to see how long her stingy boss would wait until she paid her salary. Anyway, if she wanted to pay her today, she would definitely Don't do it.

Mrs. Ma’s idea is that I will delay you, and I will give you one minute late if I can. According to the agreement, I will definitely give you money today, but today is counted as today before twelve o’clock, so let You are in a hurry.

Yesterday's dinner had two vegetarian dishes, millet porridge and steamed buns.Today's dinner time, there was no sound of cooking in the kitchen at all, and Mrs. Ma only cooked a pot of millet porridge.

It's meal time.

Xiao Sun stared at the plate of pickles in the middle of the table and thought, is this the only one for dinner?

Mrs. Ma served porridge on the table, "It's ready to eat after drying."

Xiao Sun really guessed right, there is only pickles and porridge for dinner.

What does this mean?Xiaosun found it ridiculous. Mrs. Ma obviously didn't want to feed her.

The old lady Ma pursed her lips with a smug face, hum, from now on, this will be the treatment.

After dinner, Mrs. Ma called Xiao Sun into the bedroom after washing the dishes.

Mrs. Ma was sitting and Xiao Sun was standing, as if a master and servant were going up and down.

Xiao Sun watched as Mrs. Ma took out an envelope from the drawer, handed it over and said, "This is your salary for this month."

Xiao Sun accepted it and said with a smile, "Thank you, Aunt Ma."

Madam Ma pursed the corners of her mouth, revealing a forced smile.

Xiaosun was about to turn around and go out. Mrs. Ma said, "Don't you count?"

Xiao Sun turned around and smiled at Madam Ma, "No, can I still trust Aunt Ma?"

Madam Ma smiled, waved her hand and said, "Xiao Sun, sit down, let's talk."

Xiao Sun sat down, "What does Aunt Ma want to tell me?"

Mrs. Ma glanced at the bag of money in Xiao Sun's hand, then glanced at Xiao Sun again, "It's really nothing."

Xiao Sun said bluntly, "Aunt Ma, I have something to say to Aunt Ma."

"Say what you say." Mrs. Ma looked at Xiao Sun with a smile, and had guessed what she was going to say.

"You know that I am Aunt Ma. I have a straight temper. I can't hide what I have to say."

Mrs. Ma knew that it was impossible for Xiao Sun to keep silent for a meal of shredded potatoes and pickles today, so Mrs. Ma inserted her left and right hands, put her arms on the table, looked at Xiao Sun and said, "Just say .”

"Then let me just say it, are these two meals today a bit too simple?"

I knew she was going to say this, and it would be better for Xiao Sun to say this first. Mrs. Ma shook her body and said, "Xiao Sun, you know the conditions of our family, right? We are just the most ordinary People, life is very simple, and people of our generation have lived through hardships before, and know that money and things are hard to come by. You said today’s meal is too simple, huh, actually, before you came to our house, Your uncle and I really eat like this every day. It’s really simple. We have one dish at noon, and pickles and porridge at night. That’s it. Come down? Isn’t it just picked out from the mouth?”

Xiao Sun smiled wryly in his heart, so there is no need to show such vain reasoning, it's boring.

"Three hundred, I will give you an extra 300 yuan every month." Mrs. Ma also opened the skylight and said bluntly, "Where did the 300 yuan come from? You can only pick it out of your mouth and save it from food. , Don’t you think so? Where else can it come from? My pension and your uncle’s pension are all fixed. There is only so much money every month, and there is no other income. But, no income is more Expenditures, what do you think can be done?" Madam Ma smiled, "To be honest, your salary is enough for us, Xiaosun, you can go out and inquire about it, and pay the nanny so much Many, very few."

Xiaosun closed her eyes, old lady, what does this mean? The addition of 300 yuan made her liver hurt, and even the previous salary was too high?Xiao Sun smiled and said, "Aunt Ma, if you want to say that, you just don't understand the market. I don't want much money to serve someone like my uncle who can't take care of himself. The market is the price."

Madam Ma rolled her eyes to look at the roof.

"Aunt Ma, you can ask various intermediary companies, or you can ask acquaintances to inquire about it. Few people are willing to do this kind of work, such as waiting for feces and urine. Those who are willing to do this work require a lot of money. .”

Mrs. Ma didn't believe it, she rolled her eyes and kept looking at the roof.

"Actually, Aunt Ma doesn't need to ask others. You can ask your daughter and son-in-law. They have used an intermediary, so they must know."

"We gave you a lot." Mrs. Ma said, "I mean——"

Xiao Sun smiled, "Aunt Ma means that she gave me an extra 300 yuan, and the money will be deducted from the meal bill, right?"

That's right, as long as you understand it, Mrs. Ma said: "Since we live under the same roof, we are like our own family, right? You know the situation in my family, and I will explain it to you. "

"That means, from now on, everything will be shredded potatoes and pickles? Is that what Aunt Ma planned?"

Madam Ma twitched her lips, "No, it's like this every day."

"Then do we have to agree, how many meals of meat and fruits will we eat a week?"

"How should I say this? Do you have to stipulate that one, three, five eat meat, and two, four, six eat fruit?" Mrs. Ma smiled, "You can eat whatever you have."

Xiao Sun snorted, "I see, there are only pickles and potatoes every day, is that what you mean?"

(End of this chapter)