marriage is natural

Chapter 293 "Competing for Favor"
He Wei sat behind the big stove, helping her mother light the fire, and warming her hands and feet by the way.

Both large stoves were on fire, chicken and duck were stewed in the left pot, and meatballs were steamed in the right pot.

He Mu opened the lid of the pot to check the doneness of the chicken and duck, ordered her daughter to add more fire, and then set up the pot on the gas stove next to it, ready to fry smoked fish and tofu skin meat rolls.

Aunt He came in with a tea tray of stewed pig's trotters. Seeing that it was her little niece who was burning the fire, she smiled and said, "Little girl, what are you doing squatting under the fire? It's warm under the sun, you Xinxin." Brother and the others are playing badminton, you can go too, your mother and I are enough here."

He Wei felt warm and comfortable facing the stove, so she didn't bother to get up and said, "Second Aunt, I'd better stay here and help you light the fire."

The mother of the mother brought her daughter to light the fire, but she was too busy to do anything about it. Now that the second sister-in-law came, she naturally didn't need her daughter to sit in the stove. While frying the smoked fish, she said, "Listen to your second aunt, go out and play." Let's move around later, and mom will make lunch after frying these. In the afternoon, you help mom make egg dumplings, and your second aunt and I have to boil two pots of sugar. Your dad said that he can make frozen rice candy in the afternoon. It saves me from staying up late at night, and I have to cook the hot pot soup base tomorrow night..." In short, there is a lot of work.

Fortunately, peanuts, melon seeds, etc., the He family's elders fried them bit by bit before they came back, otherwise they would be even more busy.

He Wei tilted her head and thought for a while, it's okay, let's go out and do some activities, squatting in front of the stove all the time, the firewood is so warm that I don't want to move anymore.

I got up and was about to go out when my second aunt said, "It's a pity that the tofu shop in the village is closed. Otherwise, let the two boys run to buy a pot. Drink a bowl at this time. It must be very comfortable when it's hot." His eyes lit up, and he said to Hemu, "Mom, I'll grind soybean milk for you to drink."

After finishing speaking, he ran out of the kitchen excitedly.

Aunt He asked in surprise, "What? Did you bring a soybean milk machine?"

Hemu opened her mouth, not knowing how to explain.

The soya-bean milk machine also has a good mix of whole grains. It is a new year gift from Yuxiu Pavilion for the daughter. I didn't pay attention when I went out, so I picked it up. I only found it yesterday afternoon when I was packing my luggage.Thinking that there is one at home, it is fine for the daughter to dismantle it and keep it in the old house.

So he said "hmm" and said, "Others gave it to Weiwei. I thought I had one at home, so I brought this here."

If He Wei was present and designated to give her mother a thumbs up, the scene would be more and more beautiful.

"Oh, I originally wanted to buy one, but I heard from the young daughter-in-law of Awen's family that it is too troublesome to clean, and I don't want to use it once the freshness wears off. Most of the time, I leave it at home to collect dust, so I simply didn't buy it. , It’s very convenient to carry a pot when you want to drink Shangdoufufang.”

Aunt He said with a smile, she turned over the chicken and duck in the cauldron, poked it with chopsticks, and felt that it was almost done, so she stopped adding firewood to the stove and let the remaining fire simmer for a while.Get up and take out the bowls, chopsticks and plates from the cupboard, soak them in boiling hot stove water, and wash them.

"Of course you don't have to grind it yourself if it's close to the tofu workshop. It's not expensive to buy and eat anyway." Hemu said with a smile, and finally thought about the demolition, and asked her second wife: "After moving away, the old Feng's Do you still make tofu? I remember there is a tofu shop in the town?"

"It's not decided yet. From her tone, she might move to Wangjia Village in front of the mountain. Her sister-in-law married there. She said that no one has opened a tofu shop. She usually buys it in the town."

"That's pretty good. I can rent out the divided house, and I can get two incomes every month."

The two sisters-in-law chatted and went to work.

On the other side, He Wei ran to the West Room, took out the New Year's goods that Yuxiu Pavilion gave her—a soybean milk machine, a box of mixed grains, and happily planned to grind a pot of red bean and rice milk for everyone to drink.

A quarter of an hour later, when the preparations were ready, He Wei carried the cleaned soymilk machine to the Eight Immortals table in the main room, added the appropriate proportion of red beans and rice according to the instructions, and pressed the "whole grains" button on the soymilk machine, and the machine began to "buzz". started.

While waiting, she sat under the eaves of the hall with her cheeks on her hands, watching He Xidong and He Xin back and forth playing badminton in the yard.

He Xidong greeted her while calling: "Weiwei, it's so boring to sit around, come on! Brother let me call you for a while."

He Weilai refused to get up on the small bench: "No, I just like sitting like this and basking in the sun."

"How old are you, why are you no different from a little old woman..."

"What's wrong with the little old woman?"

The old lady stared at the soya-bean milk machine in wonder for a while, and then strolled out to bask in the sun. As soon as she came out of the main room, she heard the words from her little grandson, and the old lady who was hard of hearing was furious.

He Xidong stuck out his tongue, and comforted the old lady while catching the ball: "No, grandma! I'll just make an analogy, that's all, do you understand the analogy?"

"don't know!"

"..."

"Pfft hahaha..."

He Xin and He Wei were amused by the conversation between the old and the young.

"Hey! Are you all happy? Have you eaten lunch yet?"

Amidst the laughter, a slightly bitter voice cut in out of place, causing everyone to turn their heads.

Uncle He pulled her daughter who was discharged from the hospital with a fake smile, and stepped into the yard.

As soon as he entered the door, he didn't continue to talk about it. He saw the brand-new car parked in the corner of the yard sharply. The shiny black paint looked even more dazzling in the sun, almost blinding people's eyes.

"Yo? Whose car is this? Why is it parked in Eminem's yard?"

Even though she vaguely guessed that the car was most likely bought by the third family, for some reason, Aunt He refused to admit it.Unwilling to admit the living conditions of the third family, they have not only caught up with their own family in the past few years, but also greatly surpassed their own.

But what she didn't want to admit didn't mean it didn't exist.

The old lady's cheerful words immediately shattered her self-deception: "This car belongs to the third family, and I just bought it a few years ago."

"Isn't it just a Range Rover? What's there to be proud of? Maybe it's low-end, and it's not as expensive as my car." He Meimei pouted.

The old lady was far away, so she couldn't hear what she was saying, so she took it for granted that the two of them were praising the third family's car, and then smiled and said: "Don't say it, this car looks weird, and it's really comfortable to sit in." , your grandfather and I have both sat in the car, you don’t have to bend your legs and feet, you can stretch it however you want, it’s more comfortable than your two cars..."

The old lady's "the bull's head is wrong with the horse's mouth" made He Meimei feel ashamed, snorted, and considering the abdominal injury that had not fully healed, she moved slowly into the main room, found a chair and sat down.

He Wei and the others couldn't help laughing because they heard both He Meimei's words and the old lady's words clearly.After the top-quality girls left their sight, they shrugged their shoulders and laughed happily for a while.

After Boss He's family came back, the atmosphere in the old house became strange for no reason.

He Xidong and He Xin stopped playing badminton. After laughing, they went back to the main room, sipped the red bean and rice milk that their younger sister poured, and consciously or unconsciously guarded her surroundings, lest He Meiqin would bully her again like in previous years.

In the past, when the uncle's family was in high spirits, they would seize the opportunity to bully others, let alone now.

Look at that old-fashioned face that is far beyond her age. She has raised her eyebrows and looked fierce before she has been provoked. If my precious sister says a wrong word, she will be bullied to death.

He Xidong simply sat down at the Eight Immortals table, drinking rice milk and beckoning to his younger sister: "Wei Wei, come and sit with brother, I've been busy all morning, take a rest for a while."

Aunt He was about to curl her lips, what can the little girl be busy with, she must have spent a long time guarding the soybean milk machine, this thing has nothing to do with the Chinese New Year, and she is busy when she is busy.

But before she opened her mouth to prick her, the old lady said with a smile: "No, I got up early in the morning to help your grandfather tie the broom, then helped Eminem make breakfast, and after breakfast, I went to the stove to light the fire. I was so busy until noon, I'm not idle even if I'm free, cook some rice milk for grandma, let alone, this red bean rice milk is indeed much better than the soy milk bought from the tofu shop, it's sweet and fragrant, if I have time tomorrow, I'll cook it for you How does grandma drink?"

He Wei smiled and nodded: "Grandma likes to drink it, so I cook it every day. There is a big box of whole grains."

"That's good!" The old lady smiled happily, and she didn't forget to pass a cup of rice milk to her eldest grandson, "You can drink it too, your sister spent a lot of time cooking it, it's delicious, and the milk doesn't lie you……"

He Meimei was so depressed that she couldn't speak.

Isn't it just red bean rice milk, what's so great about it.Why does grandma love that stinky girl now?Do you not know that you are recovering from a serious illness and need to be cared for?It's all my mother's fault, why hide this matter from grandma and grandma, wouldn't it be better to let them know that I was hospitalized a few days ago instead of filming?This will allow you to care and love yourself more.Unlike now, no one in the theater cares about it, and the crew has lost their role in the show. If someone asks why the filming is not on the air in the future, what should I say...

As soon as He Meimei thought about this, the old lady began to care: "Meimei, I heard from your mother a while ago that you were so tired from filming that your mouth was burning and your stomach was not good. Your mother put aside family matters , specially ran to Haicheng to accompany you, are you all right now? Is the filming finished? When will it start broadcasting?"

He Meimei was stopped by the old lady's series of "what", "bar", and "ah", she secretly gave her mother a look, it was her mother's fault!If I don't hide anything, nothing will happen. I can't hold back the anger in my heart. I can't help but blurt out: "Grandma, you don't care about me at all. I'm not filming. I'm suffering in the hospital."

"Hey you girl—"

When Aunt He saw this, she wished she could jump up and cover her daughter's mouth, the dead girl's mouth was too loose, and she made it clear along the way that she had no right to be hospitalized.

It's not that I'm really afraid that my parents-in-law will be anxious and worried, but I'm afraid that they will learn that their daughter was stabbed while filming, and they won't let her continue filming, and maybe they will call her back to propose marriage and get married as soon as she graduates.Then what is the way out in this life?The school she went to was not practical for finding a job at all.

In the past, my family was in a good condition, and I didn’t care about what major I studied. If I couldn’t find a suitable job, I just squatted in my steel shop, collecting cashiers, keeping accounts, and when I met a suitable family, I got married and had children early.Anyway, with her natal family as the backer, she is not afraid of being bullied after marrying.But with the current state, not to mention being a backer, the dowry can't afford a high-end one.Apart from finding a good job and jumping into the dragon's gate, otherwise, it is doomed to never come out of the mountains in this life.

But He Meimei didn't know the twists and turns in her mother's heart. Seeing her mother anxious, she moved to her mother's side first, leaned on the old man delicately, talked about her injury, and even lifted up the hem of her clothes to show the old lady. The hideous wound on the abdomen.

Of course, she always said what was good for her. As for whether Fang Xiaoyu, the other party, would go mad with anger when she heard these words, she couldn't care less about tearing her mouth open.

Anyway, the crew agreed to her, as long as she doesn't leak it to the outside world, the police will definitely try it truthfully and not favor sides.So at home, she naturally made up whatever she wanted.

Seeing the old lady hugging her in shock, fright and distress, looking up and down, and asking her persistently, "Does the wound still hurt?" Meimei proudly raised her chin towards He Wei, as if to say: See?Grandma loves me the most, soy milk, rice milk, you should drink it by yourself, who cares about this kind of thing.

He Wei twitched the corner of her mouth speechlessly.

Others might listen to He Meimei's nonsensical rhetoric, but because I had heard the original version a long time ago, I just find it funny to hear her say that now.

He Xidong dug his ears, really couldn't listen anymore, leaned into his sister's ear and whispered: "It's a virtue to be publicized as an honor after being stabbed."

Aunt He heard her eldest niece's voice in the kitchen, and she came out with the soup for lunch, glanced at her sister-in-law meaningfully, and said, "Oh, my sister-in-law has repeatedly told me and Jiankang not to eat. Tell anyone, why did Meimei tell all about the beans she poured out of the bamboo tube? Now, I'm not afraid that Mom and Dad will be in a hurry?"

Aunt He knew she was wrong, and scolded her daughter half to death in her heart, and explained with a smile: "Isn't this just discharged from the hospital? My father and mother should not be in such a hurry when they see someone. After all, it is such a big matter, think about it or To speak to them."

Aunt He Er smiled, and went back to the stove and pulled He Mu to complain: "Look! She has the final say on all the good things. When I came here, I was too busy talking about gossips, and I didn't come in to help. Why don't I just sit for a while after dinner?" table to eat."

"Forget it, after all, Miqin has just been discharged from the hospital. If you were my child, you won't be able to let go of this heart for a short time, so let's just leave it alone. Let's start steaming the rice. I'll mix the jellyfish skin. I'll have dinner early, and I'll be busy in the afternoon." Well. Father and the others should be back too."

During the conversation, several men from Lao He's family did come back one after another.

(End of this chapter)