The husband's son-in-law

The courtyard of the Gu family is spacious, with two main rooms rammed with yellow mud and tiles on the roof. The layout of the entire courtyard is actually similar to that of the Li family, except that there is one missing main room, which is not a brick and tile house, and the side house is also the same. unilateral.

However, such a courtyard is considered acceptable in the village. At least there are courtyard walls and tiled roofs. Houses built with blue bricks are rare.

At that time, the brothers of the Gu family separated, and Gu's father had a shortage of coverings, leaving room for them, so the entire yard was empty, so that it could be covered later.

The six-year-old Hutou was playing with a group of children in the open space in front of the house. The child's eyes were sharp, and when he saw his elder brother from afar, he sniffed his nose and said, "My elder brother seems to be back." He stopped playing, turned around and ran home, while Shout: "Aniang, Aniang, the eldest brother is back."

"What are you arguing about?" Li Guihua didn't hear clearly. She was seven months pregnant, and it was inconvenient to have a big belly. Recently, her temper also exploded. Whenever she saw the tiger's head was dirty, she would get annoyed. of--"

"A Niang is the eldest brother, and the elder brother is back." The tiger head walked away, afraid that A Niang would twist his ears.

Li Guihua put her hands in the air and said, "I thought it was an iron egg."

Tie Dan is Li Gui Peanut's eldest son. He is eight years old this year. He disappeared all morning and said he went to fetch water and has not come back yet. Maybe he went crazy somewhere.

"Come back as soon as you come back, open your mouth to eat more, you are married, why do you still come back? The Li family can't stay here anymore..." Li Guihua murmured, in her opinion, the one born before was really delicious, lazy to do anything, and talkative A slippery tongue will only cost you money.

That brother from the Li family is really a fool, so what about Gu Zhao's outstanding looks, farmers live a life, Gu Zhao is so lazy, he can't even carry a sack, and he spends 18 taels of silver to marry him back, and he will have to marry him in a few days regret.

"Don't really return the goods." Li Guihua muttered, "It is absolutely impossible to return the money."

Hutou couldn't hear what A Niang said, so he said greedily with his fingers in his mouth: "A Niang, the elder brother and his elder brother came together, and they brought meat, I saw it."

"Have you brought meat? Have you brought something?" Li Guihua patted Tiger's head, "Why didn't you say it earlier."

She remembered, could it be that she came back?

Just as they were talking, Li Guihua heard movement at the gate of the courtyard. Li Guihua saw that it was indeed Gu Zhao and his brother Li Zhouzhou. She glanced down first and saw that Li Zhouzhou was holding two catties of meat on a straw string in his hand. Drinking wine, and carrying a basket, his eyes brightened immediately, and he greeted him with a warm smile on his face.

"Hey, are you coming back? I said I haven't seen you in three dynasties, and I'm still thinking about it. Today is finally here." Li Guihua took the meat first.

Li Zhouzhou said: "The three dynasties were delayed by some things. Yesterday I went to the town to buy wine, sugar, meat, and some melon seeds, peanuts, and caramel. I also picked up some eggs laid by the chickens at home."

Nowadays, there are three things that are necessary for returning home in three dynasties. If the man cuts a catty more meat, more sugar, or brings some eggs, it is a sign that he values ​​the woman.

Li Zhouzhou thought about being late for a few days, fearing that it might affect his husband, so he prepared a few extra items.There are melon seeds and peanuts at home, and the eggs are also laid by myself. I gave some caramel candy when I bought the cube sugar.Of course, you have to carry your things outside, and report them carefully, so that people in the village will know what you have taken.

The courtyard wall was low, and when Li Zhouzhou was talking, the neighbors joined in the fun through the courtyard wall.

"Gu Shulang and Li Geer came back?"

"Osmanthus fragrans, you're still in a daze. If you don't boil water for your new daughter-in-law to cook, it's a heavy hand."

Someone patted it jokingly, "It's the other way around, what a new wife, you forgot, Gu Shulang was the one who married."

A few people laughed, and Li Zhouzhou turned his head to look at the old man, fearing that the old man would lose face.Gu Zhao didn't feel ashamed at all, and even took Zhou Zhou's hand and said, "Zhou Zhou, this is my mother-in-law, you should be called mother-in-law."

Cracking the wall to watch the excitement: ...

Li Guihua happily carrying the meat: ...

Li Zhouzhou knew that Xianggong was deliberately teasing him, but he always obeyed him, not to mention that he was still in front of outsiders, so he really obediently called out: "Mother-in-law is good."

Li Guihua couldn't hold back her smile.

Someone laughed at the wall, Li Guihua stared at her, wanted to scold but didn't know what to scold, so she held back her breath and said, "Come and talk, go into the room and talk, don't stand in the yard."

The main room of the Gu family is very long, one room is for Gu’s father, Li Guihua, and the other room is divided into two with a cabinet in the middle. The tiger baby Tiedan sleeps together, and the original body sleeps against the wall with windows.

There is no main room, so I will sit in Li Guihua Gu's father's room.

"Hutou, go to your uncle and call your father back. Just say that your elder brother and brother are back. If you see your brother, call back together." Li Guihua went out of the house and called Hutou to run errands.

Hutou came in from Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou, his eyes never left what Li Zhouzhou was holding, especially when he heard that there was caramel, he swallowed greedily, he couldn't help it, and said: "Mother, I want to eat Caramel."

"Damn it, hurry up." Li Guihua likes to hide things, and things like sugar are put away first.

Of course the tiger head refused, and hummed, "I don't, I don't, I want to eat caramel."

Li Guihua raised her hand to twist Hutou's ears, but Hutou covered his ears and hid away, his voice opened, and he shouted, "I want to eat caramel, I want to eat caramel." Gu Zhaoli Zhou Zhou also heard it in the loud room.

"Eat, eat, eat, hurry up." Li Guihua thought the tiger's head was loud, so it spread into the room, and asked if Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao would eat or not?Immediately, he took a piece of caramel from the basket and gave it to Hutou, gagging his mouth.

Hutou took the caramel happily, and immediately put the glutinous rice paper in his mouth to hold it.

"Hurry up and go." Li Guihua scolded angrily.

The tiger head bumped and ran out of the yard.Li Guihua looked at her son's back and scolded the brat again, but with a smug smile on her face, she felt that her tiger head was smart, knew what was good, and would beg for things.

When Gu Zhao was in the old house, he would also please his grandfather.

Li Guihua took the things into the stove, first put the meat and eggs away, and put the sugar cubes in the big bowl. After Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao left, they put the cabinets in the room and locked them up.Tanggui is usually reluctant to buy Li Guihua, and thinks that she won't need to buy it until the Chinese New Year. The piece Li Zhouzhou took is quite big, and it will be considered a decent gift when she returns to her natal family.

Everything is hidden, it's time to boil water and cook.

There was actually still water in the water tank, but Li Guihua lingered on the excuse that Tiedan hadn’t fetched water yet, so she didn’t do it right away. What she thought was that although Gu Zhao came to marry her, Li Zhouzhou was a brother. An elder, with a big belly now, is it possible that she needs to serve her?

So Li Guihua finished putting away her things and entered the house empty-handed.

Gu Zhao took Zhou Zhou around the house, but there was nothing to see. He slept in the house for half a month, and now he is sleeping like a tiger. The light is good there, the cabinets are placed against the wall, and half of the room is piled with grain.

Li Zhouzhou was actually thinking about those books. The husband brought home the handwritten copies, and he still remembered that the bookstore clerk said that the printing was good, the handwriting was clear, and it was easy to read.

"Why don't you two sit down? Sit down." Li Guihua came in with her waist supported.

The three returned to the back room, Li Guihua sat down on the kang, Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou sat on the stools.Li Zhouzhou memorized the book, and asked cheekily, "Mother-in-law, are the younger brothers still studying?"

As soon as Gu Zhao heard it, he knew what his wife was thinking, and it was all for himself.It's just that Zhou Zhou is too straightforward, he can tell, not to mention the stepmother.

Sure enough, Li Guihua raised her eyebrows and said: "Read it, why don't you read it, the books at home are put away, and when spring comes, I will send Hutou to study with a scholar in the village. He is just right in age and smart, so he must be a good one."

"Speaking of this, when Zhao'er came to your house, he brought a box, pens and paper, all of which were bought with money, and I didn't say anything. become."

Li Zhouzhou wanted to refute, but the husband still read it. Could it be that the mother-in-law still wants to take those old pens and paper back?

Gu Zhao touched the back of Zhou Zhou's hand and talked with his stepmother, Zhou Zhou couldn't say it.Li Zhouzhou sensed what Xianggong meant, so he swallowed the words back.

Li Guihua didn't see this little move, and complained repeatedly, saying: "Although Zhao'er is not my own, I treat him more dearly than my own. Look at the first three children in the room, and they are all uneducated. , just read it as a sign."

"I have been studying for more than ten years. I only pay a tael of silver every year for Shu Xiu, a scholar in the village. I also give some eggs and meat during the festivals, not to mention buying those paper and pen books. If Zhao'er can read something Let's not talk about it."

By saying these words, Li Guihua meant that Gu Zhao joined Li's family, and they didn't want much.This person is like this. He clearly doesn't like Gu Zhao, and he also knows that Gu Zhao stays at home as a burden to eat. Now that he has 18 taels of silver from the Li family, he is not a good boy. He wants to complain again. How much can he get from the Li family? .

Judging from today's ceremony, one can tell that Li Zhouzhou is a fool who values ​​Gu Zhao.

Li Guihua counted loudly, and seeing Li Zhouzhou's unsightly expression, she quickly smiled and said, "I'm just straight-hearted, and there's nothing wrong in my heart. On weekdays, Li Zhao'er studies, and I don't dare to work for him in the house." .”

He held his waist and touched his belly again, and sighed: "When I was pregnant with this, I was rushing to get married for you two, and I worked hard for more than half a month. Now, when I stand for a while, my waist is sore and my legs hurt. Looking at the mess at home, I don't have time to wash my clothes... ..."

Li Zhouzhou is not stupid. When he was a child, he couldn't understand the words hidden in the words. He suffered a few times, and after thinking about it when he came back, he understood that what his mother-in-law meant was that he wanted him to cook and work, and it was best to wash the clothes.

In fact, it’s okay to do some work, Li Zhou often does it, even though he and his husband-in-law returned home for the first time after they got married, it is reasonable to say that they are guests, but the mother-in-law has a big belly...

Li Zhouzhou was about to agree, it was getting late, and he couldn't go hungry.

"Thank you Ma'am." Gu Zhao stepped forward and asked, "Didn't my father come back?"

Seeing Li Zhouzhou's expression agreed, Li Guihua hid her laziness for a while, and said casually: "I'm visiting your uncle's house, I let the tiger head call."

Just as I was talking, there was movement in the yard, and Gu’s father, the tiger-headed Tie Dan, came back. Tie Dan carried a bucket of water and ran to the kitchen to pour water. After pouring the water, he wanted to eat caramel, but there were too many people, so he dared not speak .

"Where did I go crazy all morning, I didn't see anyone coming from home, so I called for someone." Li Guihua didn't like the eldest son, he was too stupid.

Tie Dan didn't dare to ask for caramel, so he called brother, but when he got to Li Zhouzhou, he didn't know how to call.

"Call me brother." Gu Zhao said.

Nowadays, when elder brothers get married, they are actually called according to the relationship between a woman marrying a man, but Gu Zhao is married.

Tie Dan was about to yell, but Gu's father's face turned black, and he stared. Tie Dan was afraid that he didn't know what to shout, and the tiger head next to him called his sister-in-law, Gu's father's face softened, and Tie Dan followed suit.

Li Guihua touched the tiger's head, she was still the smartest son.The tiger-headed father was not there just now, and Li Zhouzhou bullied her. She recognized the title of mother-in-law, but now she is not obedient in front of the tiger-headed father.

Father Gu has never looked at Li Zhouzhou straightly since he entered the courtyard, and put on airs.Even if Gu Zhao entered the Li family and became the son-in-law, Li Zhouzhou still had to be his daughter-in-law and respect him as his father-in-law.

Li Zhouzhou didn't care about these things either, Tiger-headed Tiedan was still two children, so he called Dad by the way.

"Yeah." Gu's father barely recognized it. When he entered the room, he saw that there was no hot tea, his face dropped instantly, and he said to Li Guihua, "It's been so hard, I haven't made tea, and I don't cook any rice."

Li Guihua supported her waist while looking at Li Zhouzhou with her eyes.

Li Zhouzhou was about to agree, when he saw the gentleman roll up his sleeves, and asked with a smile: "Mother, let me help you. I have never cooked rice before, and I just learned how to cook it recently. I am not familiar with it. Zhou Zhou, sit with daddy." Have a good rest, talk, and I'll bring you the hot tea when it's ready."

House owner: ? ? ?

"No, what, what—" Li Guihua stuttered her tongue.

Gu Zhao took it for granted and said, "Auntie, I married Zhou Zhou as a housekeeper. I was supposed to do laundry, cooking and housework. I didn't learn it at home before. Today is just right, Auntie, teach me how to do it." Me, how to make the fire, how to cook the rice, if you don’t teach me to watch, I’m afraid the stove will catch fire.”

"Nonsense!" Father Gu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he patted the kang heavily.

Gu Zhao's expression didn't change at all, he was still smiling, and reasoned with his father in a gentle voice.

"Father, when Zhou Zhou came to welcome the bride, I placed a matchmaker's post, and the dowry money was also a lot of money. I rode a donkey back to Li's house with Zhou Zhou. As the saying goes, when a married daughter splashes water, I am a married woman." The son who went out, the water was splashed on Li's house, and he will be a Zhou Zhou's man after birth, and he will enter Zhou Zhou's family's ancestral grave when he dies."

Use magic to defeat magic.

Li Zhouzhou opened his mouth halfway, not knowing what to say.

Gu's father, who was putting on airs on the kang, was livid with anger, and pointed at Gu Zhao, who seemed to be able to push over, but because of his good health, he resisted for a long time.

Gu Zhao wanted to fix the loopholes to the death.

"Father, if you don't like us, Zhou Zhou and I will go back right away. Even if we go back today, the villagers will all watch. We haven't passed noon and we haven't had any food. Maybe the villagers will say something."

Gu's father loves saving face the most. Gu Zhao's coming to marry him has already been talked about and ridiculed behind the scenes in the village, saying that he sold his son, and he scolded him several times before no one dared to say it.

Coveting the money of the Li family, he didn't even keep a bowl of rice.

Even if Li Guihua could swear at the shrew, she couldn't explain it to Gu Zhao, because what Gu Zhao said was right, and that's the reason.

Let’s say it’s a married girl who didn’t dare to ask people to cook, cook and wash clothes when she returned home in three dynasties. Then she is a family member, a relative, and a guest after she gets married.

Gu's father was calm and smooth, but he still didn't go smoothly, and shouted at Li Guihua, "What are you still doing, let's cook."

"Auntie just said that she is tired after being pregnant, so it's not good to make Auntie tired." Gu Zhao said with a considerate face, "Otherwise, I'll do it, I just don't know how to do it, if you burn something What, I didn't do it on purpose, just don't blame me, Auntie."

Li Guihua: ...

Burn her what?Rice noodles or pot?Break her what?Bowl or Basin?

Li Guihua's heart hurts when she thinks of this, of course she doesn't want Gu Zhao to touch her things, it's wasteful, but as soon as she says she can do it, Gu Zhao can't say well, it tires her, so she insists on doing it.

No one mentioned Li Zhouzhou to do it.

Finally, Li Guihua gritted her teeth and invited her aunt to cook.The uncle's natal family has a daughter and an old lady, so there is no shortage of cooks, but when Li Guihua went to invite her, the old lady heard the reason and didn't scold Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou, because Gu Zhao was married, so they are relatives It's an outsider, and only Li Guihua is precious, and she can't even cook a meal, which is a pain for her.

The aunt was also trained by Mrs. Gu. The old man is the most polite. When he went to the kitchen and saw that there were two catties of meat, he said: "Then stew rice, stir-fry cabbage slices, sauerkraut stir-fry meat, what else is there?" ?”

When Li Guihua heard that she still fried two meat dishes, it was even more heart-wrenching.

She thought of a pot of noodles with pickled vegetables, so she sent Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou away, and kept two catties of meat for herself.

The fourth sister-in-law didn't speak, and the auntie made the decision, cooking two meat and two vegetables.Because of the help, Gu's father couldn't let the sister-in-law do it for nothing, so he asked the sister-in-law to bring a meat dish to take back to eat. At that time, she was honoring her mother and elder brother.

No one enjoyed this lunch except Gu Zhao.

Tie Dan and Hu Tou didn't dare add more meat dishes. His mother would scold the beggar for lack of food and meat?

Pointing at Sang and scolding Huai.

Gu Zhao understood, then took a large piece of meat and put it in Zhou Zhou's bowl, and said with a smile, "Zhou Zhou, eat meat."

The aunt's handiwork is really good, and the meat is really delicious.