Siheyuan: Banggeng and I are classmates

They were mostly depressed when they came, but they smiled a lot more when they left.

They mostly joked and laughed and cursed as they quickly walked back to the yard.

Li Haifu was lying on a recliner in the room, with a radio and tea beside him. He was listening to the opera leisurely with his eyes closed. The only sound in the yard was the faint sound of opera coming from the main room, and Li Haifu would occasionally sing a few lines along.

In the kitchen, Zhou Ru was lighting a fire behind the stove and chatting with Xu Yan about the interesting things they had experienced in the countryside this year, often making Xu Yan, who was cooking, laugh out loud.

Listening to Xu Yan's laughter and smelling the aroma of fireworks and food in the air, Li Muhua's mood, which had been comforted by Li Yujie, was completely relieved. This was exactly the life he longed for!

Zhou Ru saw Li Yujie and Li Muhua walk into the kitchen, and greeted them with a smile, "You're back!"

"Yes!" Li Muhua nodded in agreement.

Seeing Zhou Ru making a fire, he smiled and joked, "No wonder there is a dialect saying that my wife is the one who makes the pot. Today I finally understand why. Whether you are at the educated youth camp or at home, you are the one who makes the pot. You are always busy all day long!"

"there is none left!"

Zhou Ru looked at Xu Yan and said, "Mom is the one who is tired. She has to cook for us after a hard day at the mall. I should learn how to cook from you in the future so that Mom can have more free time."

After hearing this, Xu Yan laughed and joked, "You don't need to learn. You are lucky. Only you and Yujie can eat the food cooked by this lazy guy."

"He used to treat our company cafeteria as his own kitchen. He would go there to eat when it was time for dinner. If he couldn't afford it, he would go to a restaurant for a bite to eat. Occasionally, he would cook a meal for Yujie. But as long as I was at home, he would not cook even if he was starving to death."

"Oh, look at what you said!"

Li Muhua smiled and pretended to complain: "It was you who didn't take good care of us, and now you're blaming me, your youngest son, for not taking good care of you!"

"Where do you think I should go to seek justice?"

"I don't blame you!" Xu Yan looked at Li Muhua with a smile, with some sadness in her eyes.

"Mom just didn't expect that you, who are the most cunning and cunning in our family and even lazier than a pig, are now working in the countryside and have to cook and take care of others when you go back. You can compete with the most hardworking farmers in terms of hard work!"

After saying that, Xu Yan turned her head and raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes.

Seeing that Xu Yan still felt bad about her going to the countryside, Li Muhua smiled and said, "Mom, I'll come back anytime I want to be taken care of by you!"

"Ok!"

Xu Yan held back her tears, nodded and said, "I know you have your own ideas, I don't care about you in these matters!"

After hearing this, Li Yujie glanced at Zhou Ru and smiled, saying, "Mom, don't worry about this heartless little brother. Zhou Ru makes the fire while you cook. He can even take credit for it with you. Why are you still caring about him?"

"If you ask me, he is not as good to you as Zhou Ru. At least Zhou Ru knows how hard you work!"

After hearing this, Xu Yan nodded, wiped her eyes and said frankly that Li Yujie was right. She scolded Li Muhua for being heartless and for forgetting his mother after getting married!

Zhou Ru looked a little embarrassed after hearing this. Li Muhua smiled at her and indicated that it was okay as he was not talking about her.

He turned around and said nonchalantly: "Okay, okay, okay, you can say whatever you want to me, I'm thick-skinned anyway and it won't hurt me!"

"If you think I'm an eyesore, I'll just leave. I won't disturb the deep affection between you, the mother-in-law, the daughter-in-law, and the sister-in-law."

After saying that, Li Muhua turned and walked out of the kitchen. Li Yujie laughed and scolded, "You should send it back to Zhou Ru, and then go back to your educated youth camp, so that we don't have to worry about you."

"I don't want to listen to your nonsense..." Li Muhua yelled.

After sending Li Muhua away, Li Yujie turned around and walked to the stove, asking Zhou Ru about her return home today, and whether her brother-in-law was satisfied with Li Muhua.

Zhou Ru's answers were all very appropriate and there was nothing to fault with them. But when Li Yujie thought about the issues that Li Muhua had just raised with her, she became increasingly unhappy.

But he just kept it to himself, secretly regretting his original choice.

……

The Li family has a new member, Zhou Ru, this year. The atmosphere of family reunion is stronger than in previous years, and the house is filled with laughter on New Year's Eve.

When Xu Yan mentioned Aihua and Qinghua, Li Muhua was afraid that Xu Yan would be sad, so she hurriedly scolded the two of them, accusing them of only wanting to make progress and not going home for three years, almost catching up with Dayu.

One is that he only cares about his country wife and her parents, and even forgets his own parents.

In the end, without exception, after hearing what he said, Xu Yan immediately turned around and started scolding him, which made the New Year atmosphere even stronger!

The second day of the Chinese New Year to welcome the son-in-law——

Li Muhua and Zhou Ru visited his father-in-law and mother-in-law again. This time, the Zhou family did not mention any family matters. They mostly greeted and chatted, which made Li Muhua feel a lot more relaxed.

Fifth day

Zhou Jie was holding a net bag with a paper bag in his hand, followed by Zhou Lin who was looking nonchalant with his hands in his pockets. The two of them knocked on the vermilion door.

Li Muhua and Zhou Ru welcomed them in and led them to the main house. Li Haifu and Xu Yan were standing at the door to welcome them. Melon seeds, peanuts, dried fruits, candied fruits and other items were already prepared on the table inside the house. Li Yujie was making tea for them.

After several people recognized each other, greeted each other and exchanged pleasantries, they sat down one after another.

What Zhou Jie says and does is very appropriate, a little careless but it just makes people feel that he is honest and straightforward, not offensive.

Zhou Lin greeted her in a sarcastic tone, with his hands in his pockets, looking nonchalant, and his eyes kept looking around, or at Li Yujie.

The more Li Muhua looked at him, the more unhappy she felt, so she simply stopped looking at him. Most of the people they chatted with were Zhou Jie, and Zhou Lin was silently ignored by them.

Zhou Lin, who was ignored, was still uneasy. He crossed his legs and picked up the fruit plate, as if he wanted to take a closer look. He shook the fruit plate, making it clang, and carefully selected the dried fruits and candied fruits.

This action not only made Li Muhua look unhappy, but also Li Haifu looked a little unhappy. Everyone else was unhappy. Zhou Ru seemed to be hesitant to speak and winked at Zhou Lin.

Zhou Lin seemed not to see it and continued to swing the fruit plate, making a loud noise. Everyone fell silent for a moment.

Zhou Jie kicked Zhou Lin under the table, wanting him to stop embarrassing his family, but Zhou Lin yelled, "Why did you kick me?"

Zhou Jie was stunned for a moment, feeling embarrassed and not knowing how to respond.

"Hahaha~~"

Li Haifu smiled heartily to smooth things over, and said, "It seems that Zhou Lin must be hungry after rushing all the way here. Mother of that child, go and cook for Yujie!"

"We'll have lunch early today!"

Xu Yan glanced at Zhou Lin with disdain, then nodded to Li Haifu, got up and prepared to go to the kitchen to cook, thinking of finishing her meal quickly and sending them off.

After hearing this, Zhou Lin suddenly put down the fruit plate and shouted, "No, just let my sister help with the cooking!"

As he spoke, everyone looked at Zhou Lin, only to hear him continue, "According to what we agreed on last year, I should have met my brother and Sister Yujie today. Why are they gone after only a few minutes?"

"It's not easy for my brother to come back from Baotou. You should let Sister Yujie and my brother sit down and have a chat, right?"

After saying this, Zhou Lin looked disdainfully at all the people in the room who had gloomy faces, as if it was a matter of course.

Li Muhua could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and stood up to curse.

He had never seen anyone so arrogant as to treat his brother-in-law as his boss.