"Brother Xu, thank you for telling me this. I know that you only mention me like this because you treat me as one of your own."
Xu Lei's qualifications in the team are not as good as him, but he is a little older than him, so he can afford to be called brother.
"Today I will also tell you what is in my heart, brother, I am aggrieved!"
As he said that, he directly picked up the wine bottle on the table, and poured the remaining half of the bottle of white wine into his stomach. In an instant, his cheeks were black and red, and the smell of alcohol was on his face.
He was actually crying. He was a big man in his thirties, a man who was calm when he met dozens of armed robbers. In the restaurant, he hugged another man and cried loudly, without thinking about his image at all.
He scared away Xu Lei's drunkenness.
"What's wrong, tell me if you have any grievances!"
Xu Lei felt that if he hadn't been greatly wronged, his brother Bai wouldn't cry like a child.
"Since I was young, my dad has been partial to my brother. All the good things belong to my brother. He taught me to listen to my brother. Later, we both got married. My brother died unexpectedly. My dad had to give me the job. , but always told me that this job originally belonged to my brother, so I owed my brother and had to take good care of his wife and children. Tsukuru didn't see any good things, but only my sister-in-law and nephew."
Su Aobai wants to slowly wash Bai Yuanshen's image. He didn't treat her well because he had an old relationship with his sister-in-law and coveted her. It's just a stupid son.
His kindness to his sister-in-law is not a personal relationship, but a sense of responsibility to take care of his elder brother's widow.
"At the beginning, I really didn't want to understand it. I thought that I would treat my sister-in-law and nephew well, and they would also treat my children well, so I believed a lot of what my sister-in-law said."
As he spoke, he began to choke again.
"She said that Xiang Li and the others were disobedient, so I criticized the children; she said that Xiang Li and Xiang Yan lost their mothers at a young age, and the old rules taboo against losing their mother and eldest daughter. Fame, so I asked Xiang Li and the others to help the family at a young age. In winter, seeing the chilblain on the child's hands, I feel distressed, but I can only bear it; she said that Xiang Li is only one year older than Xiang Min , both children are a bit timid, and they will be bullied when they go to school, why not let Xiang Li wait for a year, when the time comes, the siblings will go to school together and take care of each other, so I know that Xiang Li misses studying very much, but she still doesn't take her to school..."
The man did not flick his tears lightly, but before he reached the point where he was sad, he burst into tears, which made Xu Lei feel sad too.
"Brother Xu, I really believe her, but I believe her too much. I didn't realize it. Unknowingly, the three of them have become so thin. When the child's mother was here, they were thin and small. , It’s not so skinny, I know, the three children must blame me for being a foolish father, seeing them shrink back and hide from me as a father at home, I am really heartbroken, I did it too much What a foolish thing, let them be wronged and no longer want to find me, I am really wrong."
He talked a lot, upside down, pouring out the words in his heart one after another, after a meal, Xu Lei knew everything he should know.
For example, all the money that Su Aobai has earned in these years is in the hands of his sister-in-law, or her sister-in-law is eloquent, fooling Su Aobai into treating her three children badly, and she is still a good person in front of Su Aobai …
After Xu Lei heard it, he just felt that his brother Bai was too kind and believed in Xu Hongmei, a woman with a deep heart.
What's wrong with Brother Bai? He was just brainwashed by his parents to be nice to his elder brother when he was a child, and brainwashed by his sister-in-law to treat him badly when he grew up. Fortunately, now he has seen clearly what his sister-in-law is like, and it's not too late.
Xu Lei, who had his own filter, completely picked up Su Aobai, and the only ones who were wrong were the unconscionable Xu Hongmei and the dead old man Su.
When he goes back, he must talk to other people, and he can't let them slander the second child anymore. Hey, the second child is too kind, he has no defense at all.
After Su Aobai confides, he gets down on the ground, that's right, a bottle of high-strength baijiu is just like this, no one will stand up.
The food on the table was basically untouched. Xu Lei packed meat dishes in his own lunch box. Now that it was cold, he could stay on the road and drink. Then he helped Su Aobai, who was drunk, and slowly forgot about the guest house.
He didn't notice that Su Aobai, who should have been drunk in his heart, slightly trembled his eyelashes when he lowered his head.
A dead poor Taoist is not as good as a dead fellow Taoist. Who told him that he is the original body now, and Xu Hongmei should bear the blame alone.
*****
After that, the itinerary went much smoother. They first delivered the private goods, got the receipt, and then delivered the goods from the factory to the destination.
The south is a pilot site for reform and opening up. The business atmosphere here is much stronger than that in the northeast. In addition to local products, there are actually many high-end and imitation products that flow in from the Hong Kong market through various channels.
Xu Lei is an old fritter, and this trip back is empty, and it is a good opportunity to earn extra money. He does not hide his secrets at all, and takes Su Aobai to walk around the streets to find their long-distance bus drivers after so many years. Su Aobai was introduced to the most reliable and most affordable purchase point and merchant without reservation.
It all depended on that fateful friendship, otherwise, Xu Lei would at most tell him that he could pick up some goods on the return trip, but he would not drag him along.
During this trip, Su Aobai gained a lot. Soon, the two embarked on the road back to the city. Out of caution, the two chose to take a long detour when they returned, and did not pass through the village where the accident happened. , so as not to encounter people who jump over the wall in a hurry.
When he came back with a full load, Xu Hongmei was already looking forward to it.
*****
During this period of time, Xu Hongmei's life was not very easy. Yu Xiaomei, an old woman, was not able to get in. With Su Aobai's salary and subsidies, she basically gave all the good things in the family to Su Xiangli's siblings. .
Because of the good food and drink, in just one and a half years, the three children gained a lot of weight, especially Su Xiangli, who is growing up, has grown up again, as if she has grown up all at once, the difference is very obvious .
In this way, any fool would know that she, Xu Hongmei, was the one who treated the three children harshly.
Xu Hongmei suffered from the old lady several times, and she didn't take advantage of it. Fortunately, she had all of Su Aobai's income in her hands and saved a lot of money. Thanks to myself and my son, I took the child to open a small stove every now and then, and said to the outside world that the old lady was frugal, and she and her son Su Jiabao couldn’t get enough to eat, and I was embarrassed to say that the old lady did not do it right, so I had to go outside to cushion myself abdomen.
These words, in the ears of insiders, are just a joke, except for Yuan Shen and some confused old men, no one will accept her pretending to be pitiful.
Xu Hongmei comforted herself in her heart, if she could bear it any longer, it would be fine until Su Aobai came back. When he came back, the old lady would have to go home in despair. By then, everything would be back to normal, but things would really be like her Did it develop as imagined?
*****
"The boy from Sujia is back from a business trip?"
"This time I went to the south, did I bring something good back?"
"Just some local products, as well as the special products that everyone asked me to bring, I'll go back and pack them first, and distribute them to everyone later."
Long-distance bus drivers often encounter requests from relatives and friends to drag them along with them. If they are close, no one will refuse to bring a few things. Before going out, Su Aobai agreed to several neighbors' requests.
The neighbors who had come to beg Su Aobai back then were all smiling now, and said that they were not in a hurry to let Su Aobai go home and take a shower first.
The commotion outside was so loud that the people in the room could also hear it, such as Xu Hongmei, Yu Xiaomei, and several children.
Looking at Changbai and the fattening Su Xiangli and his siblings, Su Aobai's face was filled with indescribable joy and surprise.
Then he nodded gratefully at the old lady, and with a lot of meaning, he looked at Xu Hongmei with complicated eyes until she couldn't hold back her smile, turned her head away and stopped looking at him.
All his actions and changes in expression were seen by the neighbors on the side.
Everyone was very happy, thinking that Su Jia, a fool, should have discovered Xu Hongmei's fox tail this time.
*****
In the evening, Yu Xiaomei cooked a large table of dishes, and Xiang Li's sister and brother helped the old lady. The youngest, Xiang Yan, was only four years old. She was already very unfamiliar with Su Aobai, a father who had been away from home for a while, and had forgotten how he used to be. He was not close, Su Aobai just used a handful of white rabbit toffee, and coaxed her to sit obediently in his father's arms.
"Foot on the wall, little idiot."
Su Xiangmin looked at the cheerful little girl and felt that there was a traitor among them.
"fool!"
The eldest sister, Su Xiangli, patted him on the head, telling him to hold back the words.
She looked at the main room, the father hugged the younger sister, and said something, which made the younger sister giggle, and the flesh of the gums was exposed. It seems that before the Chinese New Year, the father changed. Today, his attitude towards the younger sister, It is something that their siblings have never had before.
Su Xiangli was a little envious. Of course, thinking of her previous life, she, like her younger brother, felt that her younger sister had no position and was easily bluffed.
But she knows better that it is a good thing for the little girl to get closer to her father. The sufferings since she was a child told her that it is true to get benefits. What is in father's hands should be given to them, and what is given to the mother and child a little less.
She wished that her father's whole heart would be bluffed by her little sister, so she didn't allow her brother to destroy it.
Su Xiangmin always listened to the elder sister's words, curled his lips, watched the younger sister's pocket full of candies, and swallowed.
Forget it, how can the little greedy cat bear so much candy? My sister is still young. When she grows up, he will teach her to resist the enemy's artillery fire with steely will.
After the rice was cooked, everyone served, including Xu Hongmei and Su Jiabao who disappeared while cooking.
Seeing the uncle who loved him the most came back, Su Jiabao, who had been disciplined by the old lady during this period of time, regained his confidence.
"I want to eat sausage, it's all mine, you are not allowed to eat it!"
As he said that, he took the plate with sausages and prepared to put it in front of himself alone.
"Jiabao can't be like this. The younger siblings haven't eaten yet. I'm sorry, Aobai. Jiabao was born prematurely and his bones are not good. He needs to eat something good to make up for it. He doesn't want to steal the share from his younger siblings. I will teach him The one who corrects this problem is also to blame Dad for loving him so much when he was alive, and let him develop this habit."
Xu Hongmei said in a soft voice, according to the previous practice, Su Aobai should follow her words and say that Jiabao should indeed nourish his body, and then tacitly assume that this dish belongs to Jiabao alone. I will make up for it later.
"It's time to change it. In our village, dogs are taught by their owners not to care for their food. If you tell them about the problem of eating alone, people will only think that the host's elders are uneducated and can't teach children well. Since you want to change it, start now. change."
As she said that, the chopsticks in the old lady's hand hit Su Jiabao's arm.
Don't look at the old lady's thinness, her hand strength is really strong, Su Jiabao withdrew her hands in pain, nestled into her mother's arms and cried loudly.
Xu Hongmei was heartbroken, but Yu Xiaomei followed her words completely, and even if the adults taught children how to behave at the dinner table, others would not think that Yu Xiaomei did something wrong.
She couldn't find a reason to refute, so she could only look at Su Aobai, asking him to stand up for the two of them.
But soon, her heart skipped a beat.
Su Aobai drank in silence, and occasionally put a piece of bacon in the bowls of his three children, without looking at her at all.
This is an ominous sign, Xu Hongmei thought of Su Aobai's change before he left, could it be that the other party changed his mind?
To say that he loves the child is because he found out that she was bullying his three children, so his attitude towards her changed drastically. To be honest, Xu Hongmei didn't really believe it.
In fact, anyone who is not blind can tell how the three siblings lived before, let alone Su Aobai who lived under the same roof.
Xu Hongmei didn't go too far at the beginning, she tested Su Aobai's bottom line step by step, and found that this selfish man didn't care about those three children at all, so she was confident and raised three children. day lily.
Xu Hongmei felt that maybe Su Aobai had become indifferent to her, or there were other women out there.
No, she can't let this big fish jump out of her tank.
"Xiang Li is not young anymore, it's time to go to school, but I can't make it now, I have to wait until the middle of this year to sign up, just in time I am looking for a relationship so that Xiang Min can also go to school a year earlier."
Su Aobai ignored Su Jiabao's magic sound, and instead threw a big bomb.
To send her to school!
Su Xiangli's eyes lit up!