The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

Sometimes Xiaoping really didn't know whether she was smart or stupid. When she heard Darong's tone was wrong, she realized it belatedly and stopped saying anything. She just lowered her head and helped Darong clean the pig's trotters on the chopping board.

Mother Zhong and Father Zhong went to the town together, saying that they planned to go to Dacheng to pick up grandfather to stay for a few days and buy some more things.

Before leaving, I had already told Darong that I would go to Zhong Yunhong's house at noon and would not come back for lunch.

Zhong Yunsheng and his wife also went to Wenying's parents' home, so at noon only Darong and Xiaoping were at home with the children, which made cooking much easier.

"Sister-in-law, is my brother doing well now? Xiao Gao doesn't have a stable job now, I don't know what he can do."

After dinner, the two children played in the yard, while Xiaoping and Darong sat in the east room watching TV and chatting.

"To be honest, your brother's annual salary seems to be quite a lot, but he also spent a lot on gas and car repairs. Plus, he borrowed money to buy the car, so after adding up all the extra money, he only has his salary left."

Darong was actually just telling Xiaoping the truth about her family's situation, but Xiaoping suddenly said, "Sister-in-law, even if we buy a car, we won't compete with my brother for the job. My second brother knows a lot of people."

"Xiao Ping, if you are talking like that, then you should buy it now. Your second brother has connections and can introduce you to it. How much you can earn by then is up to your Xiao Gao."

Darong suddenly felt very angry. She had been suppressing her temper at home for so many years. In the final analysis, she just didn't want to embarrass Zhong Yunxing. But now it seemed like she was showing weakness.

"Sister-in-law, that's not what I meant..."

"That's what I meant. If you didn't mean that, you wouldn't have said such a thing! Sister Xiaoping has been married for ten years. If you still don't understand me, then these ten years have been wasted."

Xiao Ping did not expect that Da Rong, who was always easy to talk to, would suddenly turn against her because of a word. She did not know how to respond for a moment.

As soon as Darong finished speaking, Mrs. Zhong and Mr. Zhong pushed a small tricycle into the yard.

When Darong and Xiaoping saw this from the window of the east room, they both stood up and went to greet the door. The awkward conversation between the two aunts and sisters-in-law finally came to an end.

"Mom and Dad, you're back."

Darong saw that Mrs. Zhong was in a bad mood. After saying hello, she lowered her head and stopped talking. She just moved the things she bought from the tricycle into the house.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

After everything was packed up, Mother Zhong sat on the kang in the east room with Xiaoping and Darong, while Father Zhong went to the west room and sat there silently.

"Hey, we shouldn't have climbed that high gate."

Mother Zhong may have figured out Wu Meifeng's character over the years. This time she just sighed and told about what happened at Zhong Yunhong's house at noon.

There was no telephone in Erdaohezi at that time, so Wu Meifeng had no prior knowledge that Mr. and Mrs. Zhong went to Zhong Yunhong's house.

Mother Zhong thought that the quarrel between Zhong Yunhong and Wu Meifeng during the New Year was caused by her, so she bought a lot of things for Jixiang today and gave him a red envelope to send to his home.

After all, Mrs. Zhong is the mother-in-law, and she is always embarrassed to really apologize to her daughter-in-law. She wants to use actions to ease the relationship and make Zhong Yunhong's life more comfortable.

This would have been a good thing, but the problem was that Mother Zhong had made the decision on the spur of the moment and had gone there just in time for Wu Meifeng to host a banquet for her family at home.

Sometimes whether a person is happy or unhappy really has a lot to do with his or her own nature.

When Wu Meifeng saw Mrs. Zhong and Mr. Zhong coming to her house, she naturally couldn't kick them out, but she asked her younger brother to go home and tell her mother to cancel today's party.

There is nothing wrong with this.

But the problem is, Wu Meifeng put away all the semi-finished ingredients that had been prepared, but used the peeled shrimp skins and shrimp heads to mix the batter and make fried shrimps?

Let’s order fried shrimp skin and let Mrs. Zhong and Mr. Zhong have lunch with the pancake.

If this incident had not really happened to Mrs. Zhong and Mr. Zhong, Darong would never believe that in this day and age there would be a daughter-in-law who would feed her parents-in-law fried shrimps.

However, Mother Zhong seemed to have cultivated a strong heart, at least she did not cry this time.

"She's such a piece of shit. How could she do such a thing? Who is she looking down on?" After hearing this, Xiao Ping was so angry that she sat on the edge of the kang and stomped her feet.

At that time, the salary level of civil servants increased by leaps and bounds within a period of time, and the gap between them and ordinary workers was three or four times. Therefore, people of Darong's generation were very keen to let their children take the civil service exam.

After Zhong Yunhong and Wu Meifeng's economic conditions increased exponentially, Wu Meifeng, who had always looked down on the Zhong family, felt that Erdaohezi was just a rural village.

"Hmph, he's been that kind of person from the beginning. It's impossible for him to change his mind even when he dies." Mother Zhong stared at the ground and said this with cold eyes.

Darong sat in a chair in the corner all the time. Although she did not approve of Wu Meifeng's behavior and even looked down upon it, they were sisters-in-law, and any comments or remarks between sisters-in-law would be considered sensitive.

Darong's mother has suffered from talking too much, so Darong has learned to avoid suspicion since she was a child.

Zhong Yunxing came back from outside in the afternoon. He seemed to be drunk as well. As soon as he entered the door, he fell asleep in the small west room.

It was not until dinner time that Darong ran to call him and found that his face looked very ugly.

"Mom, please take a look at Yunxing. Why do I feel like he doesn't look right?" Darong frowned and called over Mother Zhong.

"Daxing, what's wrong with you?" After Mrs. Zhong came in, she looked at Zhong Yunxing, who was still dazed lying on the bed, and patted his face twice.

"No, I just drank a little too much at noon, and I feel a little nauseous."

Zhong Yunxing was lying on the bed, unable to see his own face or appearance. He was just half asleep and not yet fully sober.

"Daxing, open your eyes and let me see."

Zhong Yunxing squinted his eyes slightly when he spoke, but his mother seemed to think something was wrong with his eyes and asked him to open his eyes and look at her.

After Zhong Yunxing raised his upper body and opened his eyes completely, Darong could see clearly that the whites of his eyes were indeed different in color from before, and were slightly yellowish.

"Don't sleep anymore, go to the hospital immediately."

When Darong saw Zhong Yunxing's appearance, she immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, pulled him out of bed and rushed straight to the hospital.