brother-in-law's melancholy

Chen Yujie's hometown is in the countryside of City G, because during the honeymoon period, both Chen Yujie and Tang Yun had a week's vacation, including annual leave and Spring Festival, which was half a month.

On New Year's Eve, Tang Yun and his wife came to pick Tang Yu back to the countryside for the festival. Tang Yu had no choice but to quit his job in the supermarket and go back with Tang Yun and the others.

Chen Yujie's hometown built a small western-style building, because it is an ancestral house, and the yard is spacious.

Chen Yujie is an only child, and there are only grandparents, parents, and mothers in the family. Tang Yu knew Chen Yujie's parents, but it was the first time he met his grandparents.

However, he looks good to the elders, and the sudden visit is not annoying. Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen are over 80 years old, and the family has not had children for a long time, so they are looking forward to the granddaughter-in-law giving birth to a baby, which is lively and lively.

As a result, Tang Yu came, Grandpa and Grandma Chen kept praising him for being cute and sensible, Tang Yu was so restrained that he didn't know how to respond.

The Xiaoyang Building has three floors. The elderly grandparents live on the first floor, Chen Yujie's parents live on the second floor, and the third floor is the site of Chen Yujie and his wife.

Considering her younger brother's character, Tang Yun let him live with them on the third floor and gave him a guest room.

Opposite the room is the bedroom of Tang Yun and Chen Yujie. Although there is a bathroom in the master bedroom, it is impossible to touch anything at night, but Tang Yu still feels embarrassed.

He could only reduce the time spent on the third floor, and went to the courtyard to chat with the elders of the Chen family to help.

Mrs. Chen planted vegetables in the flower garden in the yard, and Tang Yu helped to pick the vegetables and weed the weeds. Seeing that he was white and clean, Mrs. Chen hurriedly said, "Hey, Qiuqiu, you go inside to watch TV, auntie here Just come."

Tang Yu was afraid that he would hinder her, so he had to take two steps back.

The vegetables in the flower garden were growing very well. Tang Yu squatted down to watch for a while, and saw a fleshy caterpillar crawling on the cabbage leaves. He even took out his mobile phone, recorded a short video and sent it to Qin Yi.

Qiuqiu: Brother Qin, I have a surprise for you!

Qin Yi: ...

Qiuqiu: It’s cute.

Qin Yi is a native of the city. Except for the vegetable market, he has never seen vegetables in other places. The vegetables in the vegetable market are all washed and selected. Where can there be such insects?

Although he admitted that he was a little timid, Qin Yi still had goosebumps all over his body when he saw the squirming worm. Looking at Tang Yu's mischievous appearance, it was like seeing his disobedient nephew, which made people want to teach him a lesson.

Qin Yi: Tangqiuqiu, if you play these games again, I will beat you.

Tang Yu didn't take his words to heart, and picked up a branch and poked the bug's head, watching the bug curl up into a ball in fear.

Qiuqiu: Brother Qin, look, it's so cute.

Qin Yi: Qiuqiu, I'll count to three, stop playing with it, go back and wash your hands.

Putting his head on his knees, Tang Yu typed back: But I'm so bored here, I don't know the way, I don't know anyone, and I have nothing to do, so I don't know how to pass the time.

Qin Yi's heart softened: Then let me chat with you.

Qiuqiu: But aren’t you in a meeting?

Qin Yi looked at Qin Ge who was making the opening remarks right in front of the meeting room, and moved his fingers to send a message: It's okay, anyway, I'm just in charge of listening.

Qiuqiu: I'm so bored, I hate holidays.

If it was in high school, Tang Yu would have liked to have a vacation every day, but this winter vacation, every day is very difficult, especially Tang Yun has to take him everywhere, he is not at all comfortable in other people's homes.

Qin Yi: Then come back early, have you bought your ticket yet?

Qiuqiu: I bought it. My sister didn’t let me go to school so early, saying that it was too cold there, so I just made it a day or two earlier, but I think it’s colder here, and it will rain in a few days. Frozen.

Qiuqiu: I really miss the heating at home, the bed at home, and Da Mao.

Qin Yi smiled and asked him: Don't you miss me?

Tang Yu blushed when he saw this straightforward sentence. He subconsciously felt that Qin Yi was just making a joke, but he couldn't help but blush and heartbeat.

Qiuqiu: miss you,

Qiuqiu: Cooking dishes.

Qin Yi gave him a sweaty expression.

Only then did Tang Yu start to smile. He squinted his eyes and continued typing and chatting with Qin Yi: Is it surprising, is it exciting, is it exciting, is it unexpected?

Qin Yi: You were so pleasantly surprised that I wanted to beat you up, you heartless little thing.

Tang Yu kept talking nonsense to Qin Yi. If Qin Yi couldn't see him, he could act cute and coquettish. He did what he didn't dare to say or do in front of Qin Yi on weekdays.

But he didn't feel complacent for long. Tang Yun tidied up the room and saw him squatting in the yard from the balcony. She didn't know what he was doing, but it looked ugly. She shouted: "Qiaoqiu, come back, Ready to eat."

Tang Yu regained consciousness from the chat interface, only to remember that he was in Tang Yun's in-law's house, he was like a discouraged ball for a moment, Qin Yi teased him and he was in no mood to reply.

Qiuqiu: Brother Qin, I'm going to eat.

Qin Yi: Go ahead, behave yourself in someone else's house.

The New Year's Eve is very grand in the country, killing chickens, worshiping gods and burning firecrackers, sending off the kitchen god, busy with other things, and then the family sits at the big table to eat.

The family was chatting about family affairs, but Tang Yu didn't understand, and he pretended not to listen, because it had nothing to do with him, and he had no reason to intervene, so he ate the food in the bowl quietly.

There is a feeling of being dependent on others, even when I first lived in Qin Yi's house, I didn't experience it so strongly.

After eating, he said to eat slowly, and left the table.

Dinner was early in the village, and it was still dark when I went out. Tang Yu opened the gate and tried to go out for a walk.

Compared to the hustle and bustle in the south, today is just an ordinary day in the north. Qin Yi bought vegetables from the supermarket, cooked at home, and ate alone.

Usually after dinner at this time, Tang Yu would call and chat with him non-stop, but today Qin Yi waited for a long time, but did not receive a call from Tang Yu.

Probably because he was a guest at someone else's house, so he didn't have time, Qin Yi thought so.

Tang Yu walked around the Chen family's courtyard, gradually getting more courageous, but he was afraid that it would be dark and Tang Yun would be worried if he couldn't find him, so he could only go back.

There is no recreation here, Tang Yu sits in the living room symbolically watching TV with his in-laws for a while, and then Tang Yun chases him to take a shower and go to bed.

Tang Yu simply couldn't wish for it. After taking a shower, he went back to his room and closed the door, and took out his mobile phone to look for Qin Yi.

Qin Yi was also afraid that Tang Yu would find him suddenly, so he was worried when he took a shower, so he took his mobile phone into the bathroom and put it on the locker.

The hot water sprayed from the shower soon filled the bathroom with steam. Qin Yi stood under the water jet to take a shower, and inadvertently saw the phone screen light up.

He turned off the shower, wiped his hands with a towel, went to pick up his phone, opened it and saw the message from Tang Yu.

Qiuqiu: Brother Qin, I want to go home tomorrow, it's really boring to stay here, and I don't know my in-laws well, it's so embarrassing.

Water droplets dripped from Qin Yi's hair, across his face, to his chin, and then to his neck. The only sound of water droplets could be heard in the bathroom.

Qin Yi didn't wipe his body, didn't put on his clothes, and replied with his mobile phone: "Good boy, bear with me, after all, it's your sister's husband's family, you have to behave better."

Qiuqiu: No, I will tell my sister tomorrow that I would rather go home and celebrate the New Year by myself.

Qin Yi: You are at home by yourself, what will your sister think, she will be worried about you.

Qiuqiu: But here, I feel like an outsider. I can’t get in what they say, and no one talks to me. I live on the same floor as my sister and them, so I feel so awkward.

Qiuqiu: What's more, I can't even chat with you properly here, or make video calls with you.

Qin Yi's heart moved, and he couldn't help asking him: Do you want to talk to me so much?

Tang Yu hesitated for a long time, and deleted and deleted the words he typed on the chat box, but he still didn't have the courage to admit it.

Qiuqiu: Because only you are willing to listen to my thoughts.

When Qin Yi saw this answer, he didn't feel too disappointed. Perhaps Tang Yu was too young to tell the difference between feelings.

Qin Yi: Tell her first, sister and brother, you should treat each other honestly, if your sister refuses to agree, you should be obedient first, and you can type without video or call, it's the same, you are obedient.

Tang Yu was soothed by Qin Yi, he felt less depressed, and chatted with Qin Yi for a while, Qin Yi was only halfway in the shower, seeing that it was getting late, he coaxed him to sleep.

Tang Yu went to bed very early. The sound insulation here is not as good as that of commercial housing. He went to bed early to avoid hearing the conversation between the newlyweds. After all, it is considered the privacy of the couple.

The next day, while Chen Yujie was going downstairs, Tang Yu saw that only Tang Yun was drying clothes on the balcony, so he dawdled over and said, "Sister, I want to go home."

Tang Yun heard the words and turned to look at him: "Why do you think you want to go home, didn't you say that it is good to celebrate the New Year here?"

Chen Yujie and Tang Yun were going to spend the Spring Festival here, and they brought Tang Yu here because they were afraid that he would be alone at home.

Tang Yu faltered to find a reason to persuade Tang Yun: "I, I still have a lot of homework for the winter vacation, and I haven't done the social practice report required by the school. After the new year, I will go back to school, and there must be too little time."

Tang Yun: "Why didn't you bring it with you before you came yesterday?"

Tang Yu doesn't know how to lie. When Tang Yun asked him this question, he was scared and didn't know how to answer.

Tang Yun has been with his siblings for many years, almost watching him grow up, so why doesn't she know what he is thinking.

She put down the hanger in her hand, turned around and asked him gently: "Are you not used to living here?"

Tang Yu lowered his head as a tacit consent.

Tang Yun looked at her younger brother and sighed, "I can't let you celebrate the New Year at home by yourself. You can live here with peace of mind. Your brother-in-law and his family like you very much. Don't think too much about it."

Tang Yu whispered: "Will this make it difficult for you? After all, I am just an outsider."

Tang Yun: "How can you be an outsider? Aren't I still here? As long as you are obedient, no one will hate you."

Tang Yu cried and said: "I still want to go home, sister let me go back, I can take care of myself."

Tang Yun asked him with a sigh: "Didn't you live well at Qin Yi's house back then? Why are you so shy with your sister here?"

Tang Yu seemed to have been accidentally touched by Tang Yun's secret, and was confused for a while, not knowing how to answer.

It was like this when I first went to Qin Yi's house, but Qin Yi was so kind to him, so kind that he made progress. He didn't have the consciousness of being an outsider at all, and even had some unspeakable thoughts.

Qin Yi is Qin Yi, he is different from others, Tang Yu said silently in his heart.

The author has something to say: This is the most annoying OTZ transitional chapter I wrote when I was most stuck, but there will be a surprise in the next chapter!