the beginning of the end

Arriving in the south of the city before dark, the weather began to cool down, and there were not many pedestrians looking for food outside.

When they reached the downstairs of the community where their parents lived, Du Ziteng stopped and said, "I won't send you up."

"It's so late, why don't you stay up with us tonight." Mu Qiangguo was embarrassed to trouble others all afternoon, and refused to let them go.Besides, it's so cold, how did this person rush back?

Shen Xi raised her head and looked at the sky worriedly, the snow started to fall heavily, the sky was overcast, and she could not see the way clearly.

Du Ziteng naturally saw what the two of them were thinking, and said with a smile: "I have a comrade-in-arms who lives here, and I plan to go there tonight and not go back."

After hearing what he said, Mu Qiangguo and the others couldn't force him to stay. After all, it was more convenient to live with someone they knew rather than with strangers.

"Thank you today." Mu Qiangguo thanked.

"It's a little thing, maybe I'll ask you to help me next time we meet." Du Ziteng joked, not flattering.

"Definitely." Shen Xi stretched out her hand and looked at him seriously.

Du Ziteng didn't expect that he would drop by and get a promise from Shen Xi, but he could see that the one who made the decision between these two was Shen Xi who never liked to talk.If he agrees, he will definitely help out when we meet next time. In the end, Du Ziteng got a big deal.

After shaking hands with Shen Xi, Du Ziteng said goodbye and left. Mu Qiangguo also took Shen Xi upstairs. This is an old-fashioned building. His mother and younger brother live on the seventh floor. The corridors are very difficult to walk. It's all plastic bags and rubbish. You have to be careful when going upstairs, otherwise it's easy to step on things and slip.

When he reached the floor, Shen Xi took out two large bags of food and a bag of charcoal from the space. Mu Qiangguo looked at the sudden extra things in the corridor, and patted his head with his hands. Why did he almost forget this? It's still his lover's consideration. comprehensive.

The two were about to knock on the door when there was another quarrel inside.

"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat. We have eaten up all the food." When I heard the voice of his mother, Mrs. Mu, I didn't know who I was scolding?

Mu Qiangguo raised his hand and knocked on the door, and Shen Xi stood on his left.

There was a "dong dong" knock on the door, and Mrs. Mu stopped her abuse when she heard the sound, walked to the door nervously, and asked, "Who is it?"

"Mom, it's me." Mu Qiangguo replied through the door.

"Oh, this is not the voice of Qiangguo, Jian'er, your eldest brother is back." Hearing the familiar voice of the eldest son, the old lady Mu turned her head and called out to the younger son, and opened the door happily. Sure enough, she saw the eldest son standing by the door outside.

"It's so cold outside, come in and bake." Old lady Mu stretched out her hand to pull her eldest son into the house, but when she saw Shen Xi standing behind him, her expression was a little ugly.

"Mom, Shen Xi and I brought you something to eat." Mu Qiangguo took Shen Xi's hand, thinking that if his mother really couldn't accept his relationship with Shen Xi and said something ugly, what would he do today? I won't live here tonight, I will take my son and Shen Xi to live in the space for one night, and I will go home directly tomorrow. In fact, thinking about it, my mother is definitely willing to live with my brother, and I definitely don't want to go home with him.

On the way here today, Mu Qiangguo thought about a lot of things, and his original thought of wanting his mother to live with him was also extinguished.

What's more, hearing his mother's angry scolding just now, life should be going well, so he might as well send some food and necessary things over on a daily basis from now on.

The old lady Mu looked at the three big bags on the ground, then stared at the two people's clenched hands, and let the two of them enter the room without saying anything. After thinking about what she scolded her eldest son on the phone last time, she still regretted it a bit.

The old lady Mu is actually a short-tempered, unreasonable, vulgar old lady who can't learn to beat around the bush.It's just that I don't like my brain to think about whether I should say that, but I definitely don't have a bad intention.

Everyone knows her temper, so under normal circumstances, they don't care too much, let alone provoke her, especially speaking behind her back to run on her family members, that is the old lady's rebellion.

"Brother, Brother Shen." Mu Jianguo came forward to greet him, and happily helped to carry things. The food at home seemed to be running out, but he didn't expect that the elder brother brought two big bags here at once, and solved the food problem. He didn't need it either. I was complained by my daughter-in-law.

Seeing that there were rice, vegetables and some frozen meat in the sack, Mrs. Mu was also happy, and she had less prejudice against Shen Xi.

After putting away the things he brought, Mu Qiangguo saw two people he didn't know sitting next to his sister-in-law Zhang Feng and niece Da Ya by the fire in the house. The old woman, the two of them smiled at him stiffly, shrank and said nothing.

"Brother, Brother Shen, you must be tired after carrying so many things. I'll go get you some water." Zhang Feng greeted the two with a smile, and without waiting for them to refuse, quickly went to bring water for them to drink .

Mrs. Mu couldn't bear the appearance of this little daughter-in-law's influence the most. She was showing off to someone. My son had to stand for a long time before thinking of serving water. She was so attentive because she came back with something to eat.

"Mom, who are these two?" Mu Qiangguo looked at the strangers by the fire and asked.

Before the old lady Mu could speak, Mu Jianguo immediately stepped forward and introduced, "Brother, these are my mother-in-law and brother-in-law."

When Mu Jianguo got married and Mu Qiangguo was still in the army, he didn't join the army. Later, due to some reasons, Mu Qiangguo never met Zhang Feng's family.

"Auntie." Mu Qiangguo felt that the atmosphere around the two of them was not very comfortable.He only nodded lightly to the two of them.

"Huh—." What mother-in-law, didn't she come here to eat for free, and she didn't know how expensive the food is now. For a daughter-in-law who always thinks about her mother's family, the youngest son is helping the daughter-in-law to raise these two delicious and lazy things. An outsider like me just sits all day without doing anything, and only asks his younger son for food. Mrs. Mu has long been dissatisfied with his younger son's behavior, and she stood aside and gave her son an angry look.

Mu Jianguo hurriedly pulled the old lady and muttered something in a low voice, and the old lady looked better.

"In-laws, these are my eldest son and daughter-in-law." It was still a little uncomfortable for Mrs. Mu to admit Shen Xi's identity.However, the eldest son likes men and can't change it. Although she dislikes this Shen Xi as a bit lazy, has a bad temper, and is cold and hard, she is really good to the eldest son, and the two of them live a good life. Xi's quarrel with the eldest son is actually because he hopes that the eldest son will have a son who will take care of him and die by his side.

Mrs. Mu is a traditional old lady who really came from the countryside. She has a deep patriarchal thought in her bones. Therefore, in the rest of her life, she hopes to see her two sons live well and give her a grandson. She has been worthy of the ancestors of the old Mu family in her life.

Unexpectedly, the eldest son likes men, and the younger son only gave birth to a girl in the first child. Why is she not disappointed, and she is looking forward to having a grandson to spoil her all day long.Right now, she can only hope that the second child of the youngest daughter-in-law can give her a son and grandson. Therefore, Mrs. Mu can bear with the fact that the youngest daughter-in-law lets her natal family live in for free. If the youngest daughter-in-law does not have her grandson, She had chased people away a long time ago, so how could she just swear and let things go.

As for Mrs. Mu having a male daughter-in-law, people in the Zhang family heard her daughter mention it many times, and they all knew about it, so they were not very surprised.

"Jian'er, hurry up and tidy up that small room. Your elder brother will have a good rest at night. Remember to burn a pot of charcoal to go in to warm up. Your brother will be warm when he sleeps at night." , let him clean the room.

Zhang Feng, who didn't speak at the side, became anxious and didn't care about anything, saying: "Mom, that's a room for my younger brother, how can I let my elder brother live with an outsider."

"What outsiders, my son and daughter-in-law can be considered outsiders, so you are also an outsider." Mrs. Mu has her eldest son backing her, and her youngest son has been afraid of her brother since she was a child, so she doesn't dare to disobey her and help her. The daughter-in-law got angry with her, so the old lady Mu naturally spoke more harshly, she glanced at Zhang Feng's family with unkind eyes, and said without shame: "If it really counts, your mother and your brother are outsiders in my family."

Mrs. Mu is a very protective person at heart. She can say bad things about Shen Xi, but Zhang Feng can't. Doesn't saying that Shen Xi is an outsider indirectly mean bad things about his son?

The son of the Zhang family lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly. The old lady Zhang held back her anger and pulled Zhang Feng, who was still about to talk, to tell her daughter to shut up. Zhang Feng changed his mind, thinking that his mother and younger brother would stay here, She didn't dare to speak now, and besides, she was always a little afraid of her husband's elder brother.

Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo drank warm water and did not speak. One was purely watching a play, and the other didn't want to help speak up. They still had to support their own interests.

"After dinner, ask Jian'er to dig out the extra quilts in the closet in your room and spread them on the sofa in the living room. Your brother will sleep on the sofa from now on." Old lady Mu directly made a decision.

"It's so cold in this living room, Mom, don't turn off the charcoal basin in the living room at night." Zhang Feng compromised and fought for welfare.

"This living room has been burning charcoal for a whole day, and the room is warmed up. It must not be cold to sleep at night. Besides, your brother is a big man, so he is not afraid of the cold." Now there is no place to buy this charcoal, so use less. There are quite a few more at home, and the eldest son brought a sack just now, but Mrs. Mu is still used to saving everything.

Isn't your eldest son also a big man, or is he afraid of the cold? Zhang Feng was very angry, knowing that the old lady was biased, and saying nothing would work, so he simply stopped talking.

For the first time, Mrs. Mu made her youngest daughter-in-law feel overwhelmed, and happily went to make dinner by the stove, planning to cook a rich meal at night.

Therefore, Mu Xibao, who was found sleeping peacefully in Mu Qiangguo's arms, was not very angry, and happily made custard for the two children in the family.