1979 The Life of Idle Fish

Chapter 436 Mother and son’s daily bickering
For several days, Luo Tao was busy with people coming and going and complicated interactions.

As soon as the sky started to get dark, a group of pigeons flew through the sky, all with whistles on their feet.

Along with their footsteps, whistles sounded throughout the capital.

This is the alarm clock for the people of Beijing, and the old city of Beijing also wakes up with these pigeon whistles.

Seeing them flying freely, Luo Tao was really envious. But thinking about their lives and endings, he had to sigh, it is better to be a human being.

Even though there are too many unsatisfactory things in life, it is better than those birds and beasts who cannot speak.

For example, the thrushes kept in the cage have never flown out since they came to Luo's house. The most they have seen in the world is the water of Ailang in Houhai.

Luo Tao had had breakfast now, and if he had nothing to do, he would stay at home and take care of the flowers, birds, fish and insects in the yard.

He looked very serious, like a boy from the Eight Banners of the former Qing Dynasty, and the one closest to him was a retired uncle in the alleys of the capital.

Although playing these things has the shadow of a playboy, if one can keep his true heart, these things can at best be regarded as a hobby and cultivate one's sentiments.

But there are only one or two sensible people in this world who can keep their true intentions.

Therefore, no matter what you do, whether you fail or succeed, you must first keep your original intention. If you lose your original intention, you will become a slave of all other things and let them manipulate you.

Luo Tao, who was feeding the birds, saw Su Guilan coming out of the north room and specially put on the mink coat that Zhu Lin bought for her years ago.

Luo Tao put down the bird food, walked over, and said with a playful smile: "Mom, what's wrong today? It's so beautiful."

She glanced at Luo Tao with a smile, and she knew that her mood today was a sunny day, even if she didn't say it, Luo Tao knew it too well.

Two days ago, uncle Su Ping received a letter, saying that his family would be arriving in Beijing this afternoon.

When Su Guilan heard this letter, her happiness was over the past two days.

No matter what you do, you always have a smile on your face, and no matter what you do, you always have a sense of confusion.

"You kid, your mouth is full of honey today, and your words are pleasant to my ears." As she spoke, she brushed the collar and shoulders of her mink coat with her hands.

"You've done something serious this time."

"Isn't this what it should be?"

Luo Tao was also a filial child and tidied his mother Su Guilan's mink coat, "Mom, you always look good in this outfit. No matter how I look at it, I feel that you are always a rich lady from a wealthy family."

When Luo Tao said this, she looked at her body and felt a little awkward, "Really? It didn't feel good when I first wore it.

It's all your fault, kid.

I am getting old, I guess, and I still have the bad qualities of a bourgeois lady. "

She looked at Luo Tao with doubtful eyes, "Why don't you take it off?"

These words made Luo Tao amused. This old lady was so interesting.

"Mom, you are so funny. We don't steal or rob, and we don't exploit the working people.

Every penny earned is pure and clean. What’s wrong with buying a few good clothes to wear?

What I said just now was to compliment you. Why do you always have such random thoughts? "

Whether Luo Tao's money is clean or not, let's not decide whether he will die or not. He still has a long life and can leave.

She made a serious face at first, then smiled again, "Your mother, I am not an old fool, and I am not so stupid that I can't hear nice words.

Wear it and won't take it off even if you beat me to death. "

"Look at what you said. It's so bad to say something about death during the Chinese New Year, bah bah bah!"

Su Guilan also felt it was unlucky, so she lightly slapped herself in the mouth and sighed three times in a row.

At this time, she remembered the other two women at home and asked Luo Tao, "By the way, Tao'er, where is your wife? I haven't seen her since dinner. Is there any other sister He?"

"Oh, just now Lezi drove the two of them and his girlfriend to a temple fair, which was quite far away."

Xu Le's girlfriend is from Nancheng in the capital, and she looks pretty good as an actress.

Thanks to everyone's efforts a few years ago, the two of them established a relationship, but they have not yet reached the point of discussing marriage. The girl said that she wanted to see everything.

Xu Le's girlfriend often comes to Luo's house.

"Ahem, so do they. Why didn't they call me on this matter? How many times have I ridden in our new car?"

The boss gave the red car to his family years ago. Luo Tao also bought a two-row north-south bungalow in Mianmian Hutong just for the car and specially renovated it into a parking room.

Because the alley in Baihua Deep is too narrow, there can be no other obstacles on either side when driving in. It is very inconvenient to get in and out.

Furthermore, I don’t know what to do from now on. To avoid any trouble, it’s better to park the car elsewhere.

In addition, Luo Tao couldn't bear to open a door of his family's house just to park this car.

"Hehehe, the car is at home. Whenever you want to take a ride, just say so and Zhu Lin and I can take you for a ride."

Luo Tao helped the old lady into the main hall of the north room and sat down.

He poured her a cup of hot tea first, and she took it very carefully, for fear of spilling it all over her body. She was not pretending, but felt sorry for the mink.

"Okay, my son has a promising future, and my mother is very happy." Su Guilan looked at Luo Tao lovingly, with too much unspeakable love in her eyes.

At this time, in her heart, she must have thought that giving birth to a son, Luo Tao, was the greatest luck in her life.

As a son at this time, Luo Tao also believed that he was lucky to be Su Guilan's son in this life.

"As long as you are happy, just sit down.

I'm going to feed those starving birds first, otherwise they will be screaming again later. "

Luo Tao came out as he said that. He just picked up the bird food. After a while, his wife Su Guilan changed her clothes and came out.

"Mom, what are you busy with?"

"Stay at your house, I'll buy some food and I'll be back in a while."

Upon hearing that she was going to buy groceries, Luo Tao quickly called her to stop.

"Mom, don't worry about shopping for groceries. Before leaving, Zhu Lin told me that you don't have to go shopping for groceries today. They will buy them at the temple fair."

After hearing this, she slapped her thigh and smiled, wondering what was wrong with her today. She was so distracted that she forgot that there were more things at the temple fair than at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Would my smart daughter-in-law not think of it?

"Ahem, how could I forget this problem? You are busy, I will go see the little girl."

Seeing her like this, Luo Tao smiled bitterly, "Mom, the girl is at her grandmother's house."

This time she slapped her forehead instead, "Look at my memory. I can't remember anything. It seems I'm really old."

Luo Tao fed the birds and chatted with his mother.

"Look at what you are saying, I don't like to hear it. In my opinion, you are still young.

If I remember correctly, you are one year older than Aunt Song across from you. Take a look at your old skin, and then look at Aunt Song.

If you two were walking hand in hand, I don’t know, I would think that you are about ten years apart. "She felt happy when she heard it, and a smile appeared on her lips again.

"Go, you are so smooth-tongued, just take your mother and let me play cymbals."

Then he said with a straight face: "We can just talk about this at home, but we can't say it outside. If your Aunt Song hears it, she will tear your mouth apart."

Luo Tao answered again: "Really? My Aunt Song is so powerful."

"That woman was very powerful when she was young." It was not appropriate to talk about people's right and wrong behind their backs, "Hey, why am I telling you this?"

Turning to leave, he thought of something again, turned around and pulled Luo Tao, "Tao'er, tell the truth to mom, is she really old?"

Luo Tao's heart skipped a beat. He was really afraid of saying something wrong. After thinking about it, he smiled and said, "You always look so young. You don't look like someone in their fifties at all. ..."

"You can stop it, it's not as evil as you said, and it's not an old monster like you said.

I just can't stand those people who have makeup on their eyebrows and look like they're dressed up. She felt that what she said was somewhat reflective, and then explained: "I didn't mean to talk about your wife." "

"In a moment, after you have fed these little things, you can clean up the yard and take care of anything inappropriate. Don't wait for your aunt and others to come. It will be a joke for others."

Su Guilan glanced around the yard and ordered Luo Tao.

"Hey, don't worry, your sister-in-law won't be able to find any fault with us."

Su Guilan waved her hand and said, "Go and say whatever you want, no matter how big or small."

Luo Tao just stood and looked silly at her.

"You said your dad is really serious. The more things happen at home, the more he likes to go outside. He doesn't know how to worry about it. He even took little October away. I have to talk to him when he comes back."

After Luo Shaoyi had eaten, he took Little October to Old Zhangtou and told him that he had gone somewhere to buy something. It might be a grasshopper, or a bird, or even more likely an insect.

No matter what they went to buy, they would have offended my mother, Su Guilan.

Luo Tao needed to explain for his father Luo Shaoyi, "Mom, didn't dad say before he left that he would be home before noon and there would be no time to pick up my uncle.

Even if he is at home, there is not nothing to do at home.

Wouldn't it be great if he could have some fun?It also helped Little October to gain knowledge and kill two birds with one stone, which is a good thing. "

"It's a good thing, how do you say that, playing with things loses virtue."

Oh, my mother's mouth is powerful enough.

Luo Tao suppressed his laughter and corrected her, "Mom, that's called playing with things to lose one's ambition, not one's morality."

"Hey, I think it's about the same. Don't worry about what it's missing, it's not good anyway."

There is a bit of truth in this statement, but it is too absolute. To give an example, old Shixiang has learned a lot.

The two of them talk too much even if they don't agree with each other.

Su Guilan walked through the moon gate to the north room of the east courtyard.

She took a good look at the situation in the house.

Beds and bedding supplies, towels, porcelain basins and urns for brushing teeth and washing face, and all household items.

She sat on the bed and tried it out, saying to herself, "What is this Simmons mattress? It's really good and comfortable, but it's not as interesting as sleeping on a kang."

This Simmons mattress is not a Chinese product, it was invented by Americans, and it is not a new product. The Simmons brand name has a history of more than 100 years.

The Simmons brand entered the country as early as the 30s.

In 1935, Simmons established a factory on Yangshupu Road, Shanghai, and became famous in China in just a few years.

After 1938, it faded out of China due to the war, and "Simmons" became synonymous with "spring mattresses" in the hearts of Chinese people.

In the 30s, Xianshi Department Store and Yong'an Department Store in Shanghai sold Simmons brand mattresses and advertised them on the declaration.

Today, in the 80s, Simmons was sold as a high-end product in large shopping malls in China. It was not until the 90s that it really entered the homes of ordinary people.

The north room in the east courtyard has just been vacated for uncle Su Ping and his family to live in.

Knowing that they could not live in the Luo family permanently, and knowing that their aunt and cousin were used to sleeping in beds, I was afraid that they would not get used to sleeping on the kang, so I brought back a large bed and a small bed from the furniture store.

This means there is no need to set up a kang in the house for them. If they like to sleep on the kang, they can move to the east wing of the east courtyard. There was a heated kang set up in this room earlier.

Su Guilan walked around the north room several times, checked several times to make sure it was correct, then closed the door, picked up the broom and swept the east courtyard, and then returned to the small courtyard with satisfaction.

Su Guilan came over and saw that there were still fallen leaves on the ground, so she asked, "Why are you still taking care of those flowers? Has the yard been swept?"

Luo Tao turned around, nodded and bowed, "You always go back to the house and rest, I'm going to do it now."

"Okay, let me ask you to do something, and I will clean it myself.

By the way, you go to the latrine to see, is the wastebasket upside down?If it doesn't fall, you pour it quickly. "

Uncle Su Ping won't arrive until the afternoon, so I'm in a hurry to make arrangements.

Last year, in order to welcome the 1990 Asian Games, the sewers in the alley here in Baihuashen were cleaned up.

The Luo family also spent some money and borrowed money from good policies to transform the two back-to-back rooms in the south into two bathrooms that were combined with toilets and bathing facilities.

The living conditions at home have been greatly improved, and the originally built bathing area has also been demolished.

Hearing that my mother, Su Guilan, had not changed her mind about the toilet, I reminded her, "Mom, that's called a toilet. If you want to be more sophisticated, it's called a bathroom. Don't just go to the latrine. It's too embarrassing to say that."

She was unhappy when Luo Tao said this, "Oh, I can call it whatever I like, don't use foreign words with me.

Isn't it just the bathroom?It’s not like I don’t know, so I’m still a loser?What's the matter? "

Come on, blame yourself for being a bitch, why are you talking about this?

"Come on, as long as you're happy, I'll go and have a look."

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After the family had lunch, Xu Le sent his girlfriend to work, and Lao Zhangtou followed them back to Lanyuan. There was only one family left in this small courtyard.

"Has Lin'er called your parents?"

"Hit me, they'll come right after work in the evening."

Su Guilan nodded, then thought about her granddaughter, and couldn't help but say a few words, "The same goes for my in-laws. They are all working, and they still take the girl over. Isn't this making trouble for myself?"

"You're just ignorant. Didn't your in-laws tell you? He doesn't have many classes a day now, so... take the girl to experience the atmosphere of the university in advance, so that we can have a college student in our family in the future."

Only Luo Shaoyi dared to say this now.

"You are the only one who has the knowledge...there are two in our family."

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