CH 56.1

"These four walls are well repaired, and they look good. Look at these pots and pans, all of them are new."

Liu Xianglan looked around three times in and out of the tea shed, and then glanced at Xu He again and again. It wasn't until Zhang Shiyue came over to say hello: "Mrs. Xu is here, sit down."

"Okay." Liu Xianglan then looked away, drank tea in the tea shed very politely, and after a while he grabbed Xu He and asked some questions, how much it costed to build the tea shed, and then whether the business was good or not.

Xu He shook his head, he still didn’t know his mother's virtues: "Mother, what are you doing, do you want to give me some subsidies?"

"The family life is still difficult. How can I get the money to subsidize you. You have a meat stall and a tea shed. How can you don't have money?"

"Mother, business is not so easy."

"Come on, start complaining to me now, and I don't care if you want to borrow money." Liu Xianglan crossed her legs, acting like a master, and was about to yell something, when she suddenly saw a tall and strong figure at the door, she subconsciously straightened her legs.

"Hey, the mother-in-law is here."

Zhang Fangyuan saw someone when he entered the room, and put down the bucket of water.

Liu Xianglan rubbed her thighs: "Ah, He ge’er's father was thinking that it was not easy for you to open a tea shed and do business, so he asked me to bring some vegetables from the field, and if you want to eat, you can pick them at the field yourself, so you can  save some money. "

Zhang Fangyuan clicked his tongue: "oh, that’s true, it’s so rare."

Liu Xianglan said again: " He ge’er's father asked him to go home for a meal tomorrow. The two families are in the same village, and he hasn't come back for a while."

"Of course it’s good."

Liu Xianglan felt that talking with Zhang Fangyuan was like sitting on pins and needles, and she felt painful sitting on the bench. After talking a few words, she couldn't find anything to say. She looked at Xu He's meat and wanted to ask him to give her some to bring home, but when she saw Zhang Fangyuan sitting in the room crossing his legs like a magistrate, she couldn't say what he wanted to say in her heart.

She could 't help but miss the time when the two families hadn’t gotten married. At that time, Zhang Fangyuan was so kind-hearted and nice-speaker, and he would bring some meat every now and then. Now that the fulang was in his hands, his true nature was exposed, and he could 't be provoked. The two children were married, and they really had their own lives, which made the mother's family felt depressed.

"Okay, He ge’er, come home early tomorrow." As she said that, Liu Xianglan stood up and said, "I'm going back."

Zhang Shiyue poked her head out of the kitchen: "Mrs. Xu, come back after dinner, let's eat together."

"No, there is someone in the family so have to go back and cook."

Zhang Fangyuan and Xu He didn't keep anyone, and let her come and go.

"Why did you promise her that I will go back, not to mention that I'm busy here, there will nothing good for her to tell me to go back to eat, just keep us safe."

Zhang Fangyuan said, "What are you afraid of? I'll go back with you."

Xu He thought about it for a while, he said: "Forget it, I'll go by myself. If you go too, the business of both sides of the family will be delayed, and it won't be worth it."

"Then ca you handle it?"

"Don't worry, it's okay."

Zhang Fangyuan agreed, he said: "Yes, if there is something, delay it first, and I will deal with it when I come back."

The next day, Xu He went back to Xu's house from the tea shed around noon. There were more customers in the tea shed at noon than in other time periods, so he had to deal with it before leaving. The rest was left to Zhang Shiyue to be busy, and Xiao'e and Xiaomao who were playing there also could help her like sweeping the floor, burning the fire and serving the dishes were no problem for them.

Xu He went back in peace.

When he arrived at Xu's courtyard, he could see smoke from the kitchen. It seemed that the food had already been cooked. It was rare that the family didn't wait for him to go home before cooking. Entering the courtyard, the sun was shining brightly, and his head was sweating under the straw hat. He took off the hat and hung it on the wall.

He heard that there was still some excitement in the house.

"My aunt is here, and my second sister is also back."

Liu Xiangmei who was fanning herself in the middle hall was stunned when she saw Xu He who came back, and she almost didn't recognize the person at first glance.

It turned out that she was pulling Xu Shaochun to talk, but after she saw Xu He, she immediately threw away Xu Shaochun and pulled Xu He to sit beside her, and he fanned him again and again: "It's hot, why didn't Zhang Fangyuan bring you back with a carriage? Look at you sweating all over at noon."

After speaking, Liu Xiangmei took out a handkerchief and wiped Xu He's face.

Xu He backed away subconsciously. He had never experienced such enthusiasm and concern in this family, or among the relatives and friends in this family.

Liu Xiangmei was not surprised either, after living in the city for many years, changing her face had become a common occurrence, and she didn't feel embarrassed at all.

She glanced at Xu Shaochun beside her, then she looked at Xu He, she took his hand and patted it lightly: "Your body is growing, look your aura, at your age the body will grow the most, look, you grow a little bit and become taller, it's more prominent."

Xu He laughed dryly: "Where is it aunt?"

"I don't mean to coax you, look at you now, you are tall and has grown some flesh, appearance is something that we have to pay more attention to when going out."