I'm 28 years old, and it's the first time I've seen such a strange family of four. They are the sons of my uncle's family, that is, my cousin Xiaodong's family.
My dad had three brothers, and one of them was my cousin Xiaodong. He has two grandchildren, twin boys, who are 10 years old and both in the third grade of primary school.
The uncle has been divorced for ten years and has not remarried, and he works outside with his cousin Xiaodong. The twin children are also studying outside, and the sister-in-law is a stay-at-home mother who does not go to work and is responsible for driving the children to and from school.
The second uncle has not married a wife so far. And I have an older brother and a younger brother. The older brother has started a family and has a 5-year-old nephew, while the younger brother is still in college.
I don't know how my cousin's family lives outside. I just heard that my cousin and uncle made a lot of money, and they also installed a monitor on the house in their hometown and spent 150,000 yuan on decoration.
My cousin's family came back on the twentieth day of the lunar month. The uncle gave the second uncle 100 yuan and had a meal at the second uncle's house. My uncle, my second uncle, and my father, the houses of the three brothers were built together, the eldest uncle lived in the east, the second uncle was in the middle, and my house was in the west.
My cousin bought apples for 100 yuan and took two apples to my mother's house, which is his uncle's house. He said that these apples were sold for a price, 10 yuan a catty, and he gave two to my nephew to taste. He also said that these apples are completely different from the apples you buy at home.
My mother was a very hospitable woman, and she always said, "You're welcome, you're welcome, I'll cook for you later, you can come and eat." ”
The cousin responded unceremoniously: "Okay, okay, make more, I'll tell the children to come and eat." ”
The mother was stunned for a moment, and helplessly faced her cousin's proposal, so she could only go with the flow. After all, the mother was originally carrying a five-year-old nephew, and it was really hard to take care of the children and cook at the same time.
My father was still working outside and didn't come back. My brother and sister-in-law are busy with business and haven't had a holiday yet. So, my mother called ** to me, and I hurriedly went to the street to buy some vegetables for my mother and came back.
My mother and I were busy putting together a table of sumptuous dishes. At this time, my cousin's family of four also came.
The twins looked at the food on the table and complained, "Why don't there be any prawns that I like to eat?" Why don't I have crabs that I like to eat? ”
The cousin-in-law behaved particularly interestingly, saying that she had made up while eating. After touching up makeup in public at the dinner table and perfecting the makeup, I hurriedly ran to the bathroom to wash my face after eating half of the meal, took out the makeup bag I carried with me, and displayed all kinds of cosmetics one by one like a beauty blogger, saying how much this is and what brand it is.
Finally, she reached out and let us admire her nails. There are several plum blossoms painted on the nails, a ** ring is worn on each finger, and a chain is attached to the back of the hand, as if it is a gorgeous scene like a jewelry display. I've seen a couple of rings with a chain, but I've never seen all the fingers with rings and two chains.
She stretched out her two hands and said that these hands were worth 30,000 yuan. I always felt that her nails were black inside, and I suspected that her hands were not clean.
With so many rings, of course you can't do housework. After they had eaten, the two children snatched my nephew's toys away. The family of four was like eating in a restaurant, and when they were done, they left, without even washing the dishes, and left directly, leaving my nephew there to cry and say that the twins had taken away his toys.
I comforted my nephew and cleaned up the table with my mother. Mother said that she would never say anything more pleasant, and she would never be polite again. Who knew my cousin was a climber.
Unexpectedly, in the evening, my mother had just prepared a meal and was ready to eat, and my cousin's family of four came over again.
The cousin said to his mother, "Auntie, you see, your nephew and daughter-in-law can't cook. My mom wasn't home either, and there was no one to cook. Our requirements are not high, just have a bite to eat, aren't there still a lot of leftovers at noon? If you heat it up, let's just eat it. ”
The mother had no choice but to heat up the leftovers from noon over and over again. The cousin's family of four was like ants crossing the border, and after eating, only the leftovers were left on the table, and then they left with a smoke.
The five-year-old nephew cried again. When my mother asked why, she found out that the new toy I had bought for my nephew had been snatched away by the twins.
The next day, the cousin's family of four slept until 11 o'clock, and then came to his mother's house to eat. The mother was so angry that she kicked them out.
The cousin's family of four brought two more apples and went to another cousin's house to eat. They rubbed it for three days in a row. It happened that someone in the village had a happy event, and they gave 100 yuan as a gift, and they didn't leave three meals behind, and they ate for three days.
They ate it, but they thought they were right, thinking that they were here to save face, and they took things after eating.
Later, they went to their cousin's mother-in-law's house for dinner. During this time, the eldest uncle followed the second uncle to eat, and the second uncle's family had no wife and no children, so he felt that it was not bad to eat with the eldest brother.
Later, my father also came back from the construction site, and my brother and sister-in-law also came. His father was even more enthusiastic about his cousin, his nephew, and treated him warmly.
In those days, my cousin's family of four all ate here. Not only the food, but also the wine. The cousin always left drunk. The twins were still holding their nephew's toys, but the father said it didn't matter, saying that the cousin was working outside the home and didn't have toys at home, so they would take their grandson's toys over to play, and it didn't matter.
On the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, my cousin's family of four was still eating at my mother's house, but they did not regard this as a rubbing meal, but felt that it was a reunion dinner, a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Especially on that day, my father gave each of the twins 200 yuan for the New Year's money, but my cousin only gave my nephew 100 yuan.
Although my father didn't notice it, my mother was very angry in her heart, but she didn't express it until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
Early that morning, my father set off firecrackers and my mother ordered a pot of dumplings. My cousin's family of four came again and said that they wanted to eat dumplings, but my mother had to order dumplings for four more people.
My cousin had only eaten three dumplings, so he ran out and picked three rapes outside the yard. He said: "Eat more delicacies from the mountains and seas, how good it is to eat more of this green vegetable, you see that this rape is covered by heavy snow, and it must be very fragrant when it is put in dumpling soup." ”
The mother's face became very cold, and she scolded: "You eat and drink every day, are you still not satisfied?" What are you still picking my canola for? I use this rape to squeeze rapeseed oil to eat, they grow well, and they don't get in your way, what are you doing picking them? ”
I know that my mother planted some rape in her free time, and I also saw this rape growing luxuriantly. How could he have thought that my cousin's hand was so light that he took it off?
After eating the dumplings, the sister-in-law put down the bowl, picked up the two children and left, saying as she walked, "Uncle and aunt, it's so stingy." When we come to your house for dinner, we still look up to you, and when others invite us to eat, we won't eat. ”
When the cousin's family of four left, the eldest uncle and the second uncle quarreled. It turned out that when I went back to my parents' house, I gave the eldest uncle and the second uncle their respective gifts, and the eldest uncle's gave them to his cousin to eat, and even ate the second uncle's.
In addition, my elder brother and younger brother also gave gifts to the eldest uncle and the second uncle for the New Year, but the eldest uncle's son, cousin Xiaodong, did not give gifts to my parents and the second uncle, which made the second uncle unhappy.
The second uncle scolded the uncle and said, "You have money outside, and I am not uncommon." You've fallen into the eyes of money. is getting more and more picky, and even his younger brother is calculating. ”
The uncle replied, "You don't have a son, and it will be Xiaodong who will support you in the future." If you scold me, I won't let Xiaodong support you in the future. ”
The second uncle laughed and said, "I never expected you to support me, I will let the third brother's son support me." The third brother is much more grateful than you, and he also has two sons. You see, it's been almost 20 days since you went home for the New Year, and you bought apples for 100 yuan, what else have you bought? These 100 yuan apples, you still give them away several times. ”
It may be that the uncle's family is thinking about the second uncle's house again, because the uncle also has two grandchildren, considering the second uncle's house, I want the uncle's grandson to inherit it, so that both grandchildren have a house.
's mother fell out with her cousin's family because of the three rapeseeds, but my father said that my mother didn't give him face, saying that my cousin was still young and would be sensible when he was older.
The mother and the father quarreled, and the mother said, "Am I going to serve their family?" How much face do they have? Are you here to care for the elderly or to buy food? Two apples? I really don't care. We are Xiaodong's elders, how did our two sons treat their two uncles? The New Year is all delicious and delicious to send to the uncle. ”
When my mother told me, my cousin's family went to someone else's house to eat. They can always find a place to eat, which can be regarded as a kind of ability. However, there are many people in the township who scold their cousin's family for being an iron rooster behind their backs.
Mother said: "I've become a grandmother, what do I care about? There is no substance, and face is only a superficial thing. I want to make myself feel comfortable and not let myself be wronged. ”
Maybe so, but families like my cousin are really uncommon.
It is often said that relatives will last long if there are contacts and contacts. Just receiving, not giving, will only become more and more unharmonious.
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