Small Shop Owner in the 1960s

Chapter 16

When Xu Nannan returned home, the Xu family had already started cooking. Coal is already burning in the city, and Xu Jiansheng works in the mine, so naturally there is no shortage of coal. Li Jing usually uses coal for cooking and stir-fry, and without the help of people to burn wood, one person can cook a large table of food. But today is different, Xu Xiaoman obediently washes the vegetables next to him, squatting down, his sleeves rolled up, he is very cute.

It stands to reason that Xu Xiaoman is already nine years old, and it is normal to help the family. Xu Nannan didn't think it was a good thing to be used to children. But seeing Xu Xiaoman working on the side, Xu Hong and Xu Meizi doing their homework on the bench on one side, her whole body is not good.

"Xiao Man, come here." She didn't quarrel with Li Jing, and directly called Xiao Man over.

Xu Xiaoman heard that Xu Nannan was back, and immediately ran over with joy, "Sister, why did you come back."

"Wandering around,"

"Sister, is it fun in the city?" Xu Xiaoman asked curiously.

"It's fun, next time my sister enters the city, I'll take you for a good stroll." She is rich now, and she has a good relationship with Xu Gensheng's family, and it will be convenient to enter the city in the future. Then she will not use it to find Xu Jiansheng and his wife. She can take Xiaoman to play around the city by herself.

"Xiao Man, what are you doing? I'm not here to work!" Li Jing yelled from the kitchen.

Xu Xiaoman's face changed, and he was about to pass subconsciously. Xu Nannan directly took her arm, "Leave it alone, it's not nobody, go, and sister into the house." He directly pulled Xu Xiaoman into the house.

Li Jing shouted for a long time and didn't see anyone. When she came out to see, Xu Xiaoman's figure was long gone.

Xu Hong said, "Auntie, Erya just came back, so I don’t let Siya work. I don’t know what Erya thinks. I don’t want to go out for a day without work, and I don’t let Xiaoman do it. I don’t understand the hard work of my auntie. If I hadn't had to do my homework, I would have helped the auntie."

Upon hearing this, Li Jing's face became colorful.

Xu Meizi said on the side, "Auntie, don't be angry. After I finish this homework, I will come over and help you work immediately."

"I don't need you, you guys do your homework well. I don't believe it anymore. I can't restrain these girls today." Li Jing tore the apron from her body, fell directly to the ground, and hurriedly walked into the house angrily.

Upon seeing this, Xu Hong covered her mouth and smiled, winking at Xu Meizi. Xu Meizi thought that she hadn't seen it, and continued to work on her homework blankly.

Li Jing entered the room, already holding a thin wooden strip in her hand.

Xu Nannan and Xu Xiaoman were sitting in the hall. Seeing her coming in, Xu Nannan placed Xu Xiaoman directly behind him and looked at Li Jing coldly.

"Come out to me, little bastard, it's turned the sky upside down. No wonder your milk hates you so much. It turns out that you are such a virtue that you deserve to be disgusted by your milk."

Xu Nannan smiled and said, "Mom, you are wrong about that. The reason why my milk dislikes me is because I was born to a maid. My milk often says that the child born to a maid is the maid’s life and deserves to be served. I didn’t believe it before. Now when I come here to see, I really believe it. Honghong and Meizi can sit and eat and drink, and Xiaoman and I have to work. Isn't this the maid’s fate? Mom, you haven’t been a maid yet. Enough."

She knew it was Li Jing's painful foot, so she said that on purpose. Li Jing wouldn't let her feel better, and of course she wouldn't let Li Jing feel comfortable.

"You **** girl, I have to beat you to death today!"

Li Jing's face was flushed and her neck was thick, and with a grim look, he hit Xu Nannan with a stick. Xu Nannan directly pulled Xu Xiaoman around the other side of the table and ran out of the door.

He shouted as he walked, "Director Zhu, my mother abused the child."

When Li Jing reacted, Xu Nannan had already pulled Xu Xiaoman to the door.

Li Jing almost fainted in anger.

At this time, everyone was cooking dinner, and they were living close to each other, and they all watched when they heard anything. Knowing that Li Jing's family is teaching the children, it is very strange. You know, over the years, Xu Jiansheng and his wife are well-known model couples in this mine. The Xu family has also been a top five family for several years in a row. Everyone in this family is kind and friendly wherever they go, and they have never blushed. Li Jing is very good to the children. Today is actually beating the child.

"This doesn't seem to be their niece, why haven't they seen it before."

Someone saw Xu Nannan drag Xu Xiaoman out of the yard, whispering.

"It should be their relatives. I heard that their relatives came to the mine today, and they had a bad time. It is said that the child doesn't even have a good dress."

"This daughter was beaten when she came, what is Li Jing doing?"

Several people were discussing, Xu Jiansheng was also coming back with a small mention of pork. He saw the neighbors pointing to his house and walked over in confusion. When he heard Li Jing yelling inside, his two daughters were standing outside. After being watched as a monkey, his face suddenly sank.

"Nannan, what's up?"

Xu Nannanzheng and Xu Xiaoman talked about what he had seen and heard outside. Hearing Xu Jiansheng’s voice, the expression on his face immediately became very sad, "Dad, you are back. Mom doesn’t know what’s wrong, chasing me and Xiaoman. Hit. Xiao Man and I are afraid to go home. Dad, we will go back to our hometown tomorrow. I know, this is not our home. It's Hong Hong's home."

He was still a little angry at first, and Xu Jiansheng felt a little sad and guilty when he heard his daughter say this. This is his daughter, who actually said that this is not her home.

This is what happened on the first day the child arrived. What is this all about?

Xu Jiansheng walked over and reached out and led the two children into the house, "Go home, your mother will not hit you."

Xu Nannan didn't dare, "My mother is still scolding inside, still holding a cane in her hand."

"I'm back, she dare not!"

Xu Jiansheng affirmed.

"Dad, I believe you." Xu Nannan smiled gratefully.

Seeing the girl's smile, Xu Jiansheng felt even more uncomfortable. He sighed and let the two children in, and when he entered the yard, he closed the door directly to isolate the gossip outside.

In the yard, Xu Hong and Xu Meizi were giving Li Jing a smooth back. Seeing the two children coming in, she immediately picked up the stick and said, "You dare to come back and see if I won't beat you to death today!" If it wasn't for fear of being seen by outsiders, she would have rushed out to give the two children There was a beating, especially the dead girl Nan Nan, really getting more and more out of character.

Seeing her like a shrew, Xu Jiansheng's brows became tighter, "What's wrong with you, what's your nerves? The first day the child came, all the neighbors and neighbors who made troubles were all jokes, you What do you want to do?!"

Today, his anger was not going well. He held back all day and didn’t know how it happened. When he came back tonight, he was thinking of giving the children a good meal and making up for it. As a result, the usually kind daughter-in-law started to curse the street. Up. This looks very much like the old lady in the family. Let him watch and make trouble.

"Don't ask what she did," Li Jing pointed at Xu Nannan aggrievedly.

Xu Jiansheng looked at Xu Nannan.

Xu Nannan spread his hands, "I didn't do anything, I just asked Xiao Man to talk to me. Mom suddenly rushed in with a stick to hit someone."

"Speaking?" Li Jing snorted coldly, "There are a lot of things waiting to be done, you are still talking gossip, don't know how to help with work."

Xu Nannan said innocently, "How do I know, I think Sister Honghong is not working, Longlong and Leizi are still playing outside, how do I know there is something to do. Besides, Xiaoman and I came on the first day, It’s not our turn to work."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jiansheng felt that Li Jing made a fuss over this matter. But in front of the children, it's always hard to teach Li Jing. He turned his head and looked at Nan Nan, "Nan Nan, this is your fault. Hong Hong and the others are guests, so how can they allow them to work. You, you can't think about it like that in the future."

He thinks this matter is very simple. When the guests come to the house, aren't they all the hosts entertain them. My daughter must entertain her niece.

When Xu Hong and Xu Meizi heard this, their expressions were a little ugly. Especially Xu Hong, biting her lip, with an unwilling look on her face.

Xu Nannan laughed angrily, "Dad, you have a problem with this. I want to ask who has more guests than the owner. I always thought they were the owner of this house. , Xiaoman and I are guests."

"This..." Xu Jiansheng choked for a while.

Li Jing originally thought that Xu Jiansheng was defending her, so he was going to see Xu Jiansheng teach these two girls, but Xu Jiansheng was actually asked about it and became angry again for a while. "You kid, really uneducated, even your dad is like him. Why are you so small or small."

"No one taught, where did the education come from?" Xu Nannan took it for granted.

"Er, why can you talk like this? Isn't this hurting the heart of the uncle and the aunt? With so many adults in the family taking care of your two children, what do you want to do. Do you know how difficult it is for the uncle and the aunt?" Xu Hong was indignant.

Xu Meizi looked at Xu Nannan guiltily, "Er-ya sister, if you feel angry, just throw it at me, don't blame your uncle and auntie."

Li Jing wiped tears, "Look, they are so sensible, how come I was born with such a thing."

Xu Long and Xu Lei also heard the movement and ran back from the outside. They saw Li Jing crying, Xu Hong and Xu Meizi were accusing Xu Nannan, and immediately joined the fight, "Erya, why are you so bad? Come and make trouble. When you don't come, we have a good time, but when you come, we make trouble." Xu Long said angrily.

He still feels distressed about the two meat buns. Auntie said that she left him and Xu Lei to eat at night, but Erya and Siya actually ate it.

Xu Lei also wanted to scold him, but Xu Meizi stopped him again, "Leizi, don't quarrel with the auntie and them, go to the house and do your homework."

Xu Lei wanted to scold someone, but his mother said that he had to listen to Meizi, or he would take him back to the country, so he didn't dare to go there anymore, so he could only go into the house with his mouth flat.

With so many helpers, Li Jing came up immediately and wanted to yell a few words. Xu Jiansheng, who had not spoken just now, couldn’t stand it anymore, “Okay, stop making trouble. It’s time for dinner, let’s make a fuss. What. Li Jing, go cook!"

"This matter is not over yet." Li Jing was a little unconvinced.

"I said I was going to cook, I was tired all day, and I couldn't eat hot rice when I came back." Xu Jiansheng said with a calm face.

Seeing Xu Jiansheng's face changed, Li Jing became a little scared, bit her lip, and stared at Xu Nannan before going to the kitchen to cook. Xu Hong and Xu Meizi also glanced at Xu Jiansheng, feeling a little scared, and went to the kitchen with Li Jing.

Xu Jiansheng rubbed his head with a headache, "Nannan, take Xiaoman to rest first, and call you for dinner later." After that, he also entered the house.

Only Xu Xiaoman and Xu Nannan were left in the same place, as well as Xu Ling standing in the corner of the yard, too scared to move.

Xu Xiaoman looked at Xu Nannan aggrievedly, "Sister..." She was very sad, why should Mom be so fierce to them and so good to Sister Honghong and them. Just now I have been complimenting Sister Hong Hong and the others, so hate her and sister.

Unlike her, Xu Nannan was not sad at all, at best he was a little angry. For her, Xu's family are irrelevant people, and their attitudes are of little importance to her.

Of course, for Xiaoman, it is still very important. So Xu Nannan gently wiped her tears, "Xiaoman, have you seen it? My parents don't really care about us anymore. I didn't care about us before, but now I only care about Sister Honghong and them. From now on, you will live with your sister. Don't be sad. Up."

After listening to her, Xu Xiaoman's tears couldn't help streaming out. Her mouth was tightly pressed, not knowing what she was thinking.

Xu Nannan was also helpless. There were certain things that had to be recognized clearly, or else he would be more sad in the future.

"Eldest sister and second sister, stop crying and eat sweets."

Xu Ling didn't know when she came over. Small, not even Xu Nannan's waist, obviously stunted.

She stretched out her small palm with two rock candy in her palm.

Xu Nannan squatted down, "Where did the candy come from?" She didn't believe that Li Jing was willing to give candy to the children at home. Of course, if it was someone else's child, that might not be the case.

Xu Ling looked around with her eyes and whispered, "I took it in my mom's room. I know where she puts the candy. I watch her put it when she sleeps at night."

This candy was issued from the mine during the Chinese New Year to greet guests. Li Jing will take care of the family, so it is natural to save a part. Prepare to get some sugar water for the children to drink. Although she loves her nephew and niece, she is also reluctant to ruin such a good thing casually, so she hides it and feeds it to the children according to the amount, which is a long flow. Who knew that Xu Ling, who was sleeping in the same room with her, didn't fall asleep when she put sugar in at night. She secretly remembered the place where she put sugar in, so she could help her out when she was okay.

Xu Nannan looked at her in surprise, "You didn't tell others." If you let Li Jing know about this, it would be fine. She and Xiao Man left, and Xu Ling's life was not easy.

Xu Ling said proudly, "No one knows. Don't tell them." She stretched out her hand again, "Eat, don't let mom see it."

Seeing the child's eagerness, Xu Nannan took a breath, reached out his hand to pick up a pill, and stuffed it into Xu Xiaoman's mouth, who was still crying, "eat something sweet and stop crying."

Xu Ling still had a pill in the palm of her hand. Xu Nannan picked it up and stuffed it into Xu Ling's mouth, "Sister doesn't like sweets, you can eat it. But you can eat less in the future and don't get cavities."

Xu Ling ate the candy, smiled and tilted her mouth, looking up at Xu Xiaoman, "Second sister, sweet?"

Xu Xiaoman wiped his tears with his sleeve and nodded, "Sweet."

After such a disturbance, the atmosphere of dinner at night was naturally a little low. However, the three sisters Xu Nannan really enjoyed it. Especially today Xu Jiansheng returned with a piece of meat, and Li Jing specially put it in front of Xu Jiansheng. Xu Jiansheng did not eat his chopsticks. Seeing that Xu Jiansheng hadn't moved, Xu Hong and the others dared not move.

On the contrary, Xu Nannan has been picking up vegetables for the two younger sisters, and he eats too much.

"Just know to eat!" Li Jing said bitterly, seeing the meat less and less, and her heart hurts. I wanted to say a few words, but worried that it would make Xu Jiansheng angry. Fortunately, the two children are leaving tomorrow, and the family will be peaceful.

After a meal, Xu Nannan and the others ate more comfortably.

After eating, Xu Jiansheng arranged a place for them to sleep. There are only two rooms in the house. Normally, my nephew and niece sleep in one, and Xu Jiansheng and Li Jing sleep with Xu Ling in the other. Now that there are two more people, they can only squeeze a bed with Xu Hong and the others.

Xu Nannan didn't say anything, and lay on the bed directly to occupy the main position. "Xiaoman, sleep."

Upon seeing this, Xu Hong looked at Li Jing aggrievedly. Li Jing changed her expression angrily, shouted a few words, and saw that Xu Nannan hadn't moved, and watched the night again. "Sleep like this first, they will have to leave tomorrow, and be wronged all night. Your uncle is tired today, let him rest."

Hearing Li Jing's words, Xu Hong could only gritted her teeth and sat on the edge of the bed unwillingly.

The country folks are very dirty and don't know if there are fleas on them.

On the other side, after Li Jing returned to the room, she was still upset. I've been talking about Xu Nannan's trouble today.

Xu Jiansheng remained silent, and said after a while, "Okay, what else is it like our girl? You are usually good to Honghong, but why are you not with Nannan?"

He also found out today that Li Jing seemed to have a wrong attitude towards the child. In the past, Li Jing and his children rarely met. Every time he was in the countryside, he didn’t communicate. He still didn’t like to see it. He thought that because of the lack of space, Li Jing had no chance to be nice to the children. After all, Li Jing was so good to his nephews and nieces, yes. My child must be even more speechless. But today Li Jing's attitude towards the children is far too different from that towards Honghong in peacetime.