"Hey, Xuxu's mother, you bought a lot of vegetables today. Are there any guests?"
When Xuxu's mother rode a small electric donkey and passed by the rice roll shop, Aunt Xiuhua, the proprietress of the rice roll shop, saw her and asked enthusiastically.
Xuxu's mother stopped the little e-donkey and raised her hand to tuck her hair, which was messed up by the wind while riding, behind her ears. Under the sun, Xuxu's mother's hair was mixed with a few silver strands.
"Oh, it's not the right time to have any guests." Xu Xu's mother smiled a little tiredly: "It's all Xu Xu's father. When I woke up early this morning, he suddenly wanted to eat pig's feet. I think he looks like a pig.
Where are my feet? I’ve already bought everything. I’ll just buy some other vegetables so I don’t have to go to the vegetable market all the time.”
"It's true, shopping for vegetables is quite annoying." Aunt Xiuhua agreed, "Me too, I run to the market every day and don't know what vegetables to buy every day."
When the conversation changed, Aunt Xiuhua added: "But the weather is hot now, so it's better not to stock up on too many vegetables. It's stale and not good for your health."
"I know, I've just been a little lazy these days." Xuxu's mother raised her eyebrows and said to the lady owner of the rice roll shop: "Let's go, I'll go back first."
"Hey wait!"
Aunt Xiuhua rushed out of the store, ran to Xu Xu's mother, and asked in a low voice: "Is Xu Xu not back yet?"
"no."
"Oh, why have you been here for so long? It's been three months. What are you doing?"
"I'm on a business trip." Xu Xu's mother twitched her lips and said, "She said she wanted to open a branch and wanted to inspect it. I don't understand it anyway, so just let her go."
Xu Xu's mother raised her eyes and looked at the people on the street, "What's wrong? Xiuhua, do you have something to do with my Xu Xu?"
"That's right, my husband has a cousin..."
"Stop, stop, stop." As soon as Xu Xu's mother heard Aunt Xiuhua's words, she knew what was going on. Xu Xu's mother smiled helplessly and said, "I can't be her boss now."
"Yes, today's children have big ideas." Aunt Xiuhua looked at Xuxu's mother unwillingly, "How about I send you the photo of my nephew first?"
"No, no." Xu Xu's mother waved her hands feebly, "I heard Xu said what career should I focus on? I should concentrate on my career so that I won't delay your nephew. But thank you, Aunt Xiuhua."
Looking at the neighbor next door riding a small electric donkey without looking back, Aunt Xiuhua sighed, "What a pity."
"It's a pity."
By now we had passed the restaurant, and the store was not too busy. The owner of the rice roll shop shook the rag in his hand, hung it up, and then whispered to his wife: "Wen Xu, something may have happened."
"What?" Aunt Xiuhua looked at her husband in surprise, "No way, don't talk nonsense. If the Wen family hears this, they won't have any conflicts with you."
"I'm just telling the truth." The owner of the rice roll shop raised his eyebrows with a look on his face that you couldn't see clearly, "Although we haven't known each other for a long time, anyone with eyes can see that Wen Xu is
A mother's baby. If nothing happened, how could he not show up for so long? It's already been three months."
"No way." Aunt Xiuhua still didn't believe her husband's judgment, "That child Xu Xu doesn't look like a troublemaker. What could happen to her?"
"Then how do I know? I'm not her father." The owner of the rice roll shop stirred the rice milk in the bucket, "Don't believe it. If nothing else, you will know it just by looking at the state of Lao Wen and his wife. Wen Wen before
When Xu was in Ding City, the two of them were so impressive, but look at it now, I don't need to say more."
"It's true that they have aged a lot in the past few months." Aunt Xiuhua said, "Xuxu's mother has gray hair, which she didn't have before."
"Yeah, why have these two people suddenly aged so much? They must be worried. Why are they worried? It's not for money, it's for people." The owner of the rice roll shop tilted his head and glanced at the flower shop a few shops away.
store, "Their flower shop and farm are doing well now, and last month they bought the No. 2 store and the housing above. They are definitely not worried about money."
"hiss--"
Seeing that his wife agreed with his words, the rice roll shop owner sighed, "How else can I say it's a pity."
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Xu Xu's mother didn't know that someone was talking about her.
Even if you knew it, you wouldn't be able to care about these things.
She carried the groceries she bought upstairs, packed them away, and was about to take off the apron from the hook.
Just then, there was movement at the door.
Xuxu's mother turned to look at Xuxu's father who was changing shoes at the door, "Why are you back at this hour? Isn't the farm busy?"
"I'm the boss, why am I always standing there?"
Xu Xu's father changed his shoes, walked to Xu Xu's mother, and took the apron from her hand.
Xu Xu's mother said dissatisfiedly: "You, what's going on now? Can you die without speaking with thorns?"
"I don't want to quarrel with you." Xu Xu's father put on an apron, washed his hands, and began to pour the vegetables Xu Xu's mother bought, "You can go downstairs and look at the store. You don't need to help in the kitchen. You're in the way."
Xuxu's mother got angry when she heard this, "Are you the boss? I'm the boss too, why should I stand downstairs?"
Look at what Xu Xu's father said, it's like Xu Xu's mother is a kitchen killer.
But when Xu Xu's father was away from the farm, Xu Xu's mother was responsible for cooking.
You two don't like me, and I don't like you either.
The kitchen soon became quiet, except for the occasional sound of water when Xu Xu's mother picked and washed vegetables, and the thumping sound of Xu Xu's father chopping pig's feet.
The two stopped talking.
An unspeakable silence spread between the two of them.
It wasn't until lunch was ready that Xu Xu's father said, "Go and ask people to eat."
"Um."
The staff downstairs came up quickly.
However, several employees soon discovered that neither the boss nor the boss's wife looked happy today.
But this is nothing new. They have been doing this often in the past two or three months.
well.
Maybe this is a mid-life crisis, the two of them probably quarreled again.
I really miss the days when the little boss was here. It would be great if the little boss didn't go on a business trip.
Several employees finished their meals in a hurry and went downstairs.
Xu Xu's father held a glass of white wine in his hand and was silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
Xu Xu's mother looked at the liquor in Xu Xu's father's hand and suddenly said: "On the tribute platform, have you poured the wine?"
"Huh?" Xu Xu's father frowned and looked at Xu Xu's mother strangely, "Don't you let her drink?"
"Pour some for her."
Xuxu's mother sighed silently. She picked up the chopsticks, but for a long time she didn't know which dish to pick.
Finally, Xu Xu’s mother put down her chopsticks and said, “I don’t have much appetite, I’m going to lie down for a while.”
