4. Male Supporting Roles in Period Stories (4)

In the early morning, with the first rooster crow, all the roosters in the village crowed together.

Most people in the village were not called because they had already woken up before the rooster crowed. The women at home began to cook, while the men carried tools and went for a walk in the fields.

Duan Qingen has always had the right to sleep in. When he got up, Li Hongfeng was no longer there. He opened the curtain and went out, just in time to see his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who were chatting and laughing in the yard while choosing vegetables.

Ye Cuixiang and Li Hongfeng get along well.

Without the grudge about the replacement, Ye Cuixiang held her breath in her heart and wanted to show Li Bishuang, who had given up her family's grace, how good she was to her daughter-in-law, what a good mother-in-law she was, and Li Hongfeng was indeed a good person. The girl also wants to have a good relationship with her mother-in-law, and it is normal for the two of them to talk happily.

When Duan Qingen came down the steps, Ye Cuixiang was muttering: "Mom will take you to the shop later, and you go pick out some clothes. From now on, we are all one family, so you're welcome."

Li Hongfeng was really flattered. Ever since her parents died when she was a child, she had to work twice or even three or four times as hard to get anything. No one had ever been so straightforward and kind to her.

I don't want her to pay anything, I just want to be good to her.

Ye Cuixiang has always been good at reading people's eyes, and she saw the gratitude in Li Hongfeng's eyes at a glance, and she felt even more satisfied.

As long as you know how to be grateful, it seems that they will get along well in the future.

Duan Qingen interrupted the friendly conversation between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law: "Mom, why didn't you get up so early and not sleep more?"

Ye Cuixiang turned to look at her son, her eyes full of love: "Are you confused? Don't I always wake up at this time? Otherwise, who will cook for you?"

Duan Qingen glanced at his newlywed wife who was blushing and looking at him, "Isn't this Hongfeng here? Just let Hongfeng cook."

As he said that, he winked at Li Hongfeng quickly and said, "I want to eat the food cooked by Hongfeng."

Li Hongfeng blushed even more. The two chatted before going to bed last night. Duan Qingen asked her if she knew how to cook. She also said that she had been alone for so long and wanted to taste the difference between the food cooked by her daughter-in-law and the food cooked by her mother.

It had to be said that it made her feel at ease to have such expectations from her new husband just after she got married.

Ye Cuixiang didn't know about last night's episode. She just thought that her son was usually quite clever, so why was he so confused when it came to his wife.

As soon as the new daughter-in-law came into the house, she asked her to rest and let her cook. What was Hongfeng thinking? Did she feel that her husband didn't value her?

Ye Cuixiang sighed in her heart. She was still a young boy after all, and she had to make up for it as a mother.

Thinking about it, she glared at her son: "What are you talking about? Hongfeng just got married and asked her to cook. If you don't feel sorry for me, I still feel sorry for her!"

Because of the topic last night, Li Hongfeng didn't feel that her husband didn't care about her, but she also felt her mother-in-law's concern and care. As Duan Qingen said before, she had lacked love since she was a child, so when people gave her a little love, she couldn't wait to hold it in her heart. Treat with caution.

Now listening to Ye Cuixiang's words, she felt warm in her heart. She gently pulled her mother-in-law's sleeve and whispered gratefully and admiringly: "Mom, it's okay. It's just cooking. You've done everything. I Something."

After scolding her son, Ye Cuixiang really didn't blame him in her heart. She just wanted to make the relationship between them husband and wife more harmonious. Now that she saw Li Hongfeng protecting her son like this, her inner satisfaction was even higher.

She patted her daughter-in-law's hand and said pleasantly: "Hongfeng, you are young and don't know that our new daughter-in-law is getting married. It is best not to enter the kitchen for the first three days. This is to show that we value the new daughter-in-law."

Li Hongfeng had been busy working or studying before, and her aunt didn't teach her. She really didn't know that there was such a rule. Although she had never heard of it, now that her mother-in-law had told her, she was naturally obedient, "Then I will listen to mom." , wait three days before entering the kitchen.”

The more Ye Cuixiang looked at her daughter-in-law, the more satisfied she became. When she was planning to take someone to her shop to choose some nice clothes, Duan Qingen sat down next to her, and while Li Hongfeng was getting the food, she whispered: " Mom, is there really a rule in the village that a new daughter-in-law should not enter the kitchen for three days? "

"Really." Ye Cuixiang didn't understand why: "Why do you ask this? Can I still lie to you?"

Then she looked at her son, his eyes lit up, took her hand and started to encourage:

"Don't go to the store now. Go to the entrance of the village. Don't all the people in the village go from there to do their work? Go there and praise Hongfeng."

"I'm going to go and praise the red maple to others?"

Ye Cuixiang looked at her son in surprise. Although she was very satisfied with Ye Hongfeng, it was too deliberate to go out of her way to find someone to praise her daughter-in-law.

"Hey!"

Duan Qingen got up from his seat, half-crouched in front of his mother, looked at each other and gave her an analysis: "You can just pretend to be a chance encounter. Aren't you women like this? You can chat with each other all day long. hours?”

Ye Cuixiang was still confused: "I'm so good, why do I do this?"

"Think about it." Duan Qing'en held out a finger: "Zhou Jiaming usually doesn't leave the house even after eating at home. His mother is notoriously delicate. If she can do one job, she will definitely not do two. Yes, and his mother fled from x province and may not know the rules of our village. Do you think she will let Li Bishuang work in the kitchen? "

Ye Cuixiang thought about it carefully and felt that it was really possible. According to her understanding of the widow of the Zhou family, she would definitely not be too good to her daughter-in-law. She might even find ways to make her son and daughter-in-law less affectionate to prevent her son from being biased towards her daughter-in-law. , it’s not like there were no such people in the village before.

But she still didn't understand, "It's so good, why am I doing this? What does my praising Hongfeng have to do with the Zhou family?"

"It was Li Bishuang who was supposed to marry me, but she doesn't want to marry herself. Do you think, if her mother-in-law treats her badly, and your mother-in-law treats Hongfeng, who married her for her, well, will she feel comfortable?"

Ye Cuixiang understood instantly, her eyes lit up, and she patted her thigh: "Absolutely not!"

"We are all sisters from the same family, and they are getting married on the same day. If Hongfeng doesn't enter the kitchen for three days, will she be willing to go in?"

"Definitely not! We might even have trouble with that woman!"

The more Ye Cuixiang thought about it, the more excited she became. She wished she could go to the entrance of the village and have a good beeping right now. She was excited when she suddenly remembered something and looked at her son: "Qing En, do you still hate her?"

Duan Qingen coughed dryly: "No, it was just her who pushed Hongfeng out to block her. If our family hadn't thought clearly, we might not know what kind of life Hongfeng would be living now. I feel sorry for Hongfeng and want to help her vent her anger."

If he didn't cough dryly, Ye Cuixiang would believe him.

She took a clear look at her son and felt that he was still very upset about Li Bishuang's abandonment of him, and even used Hongfeng as an excuse.

He also wondered what kind of relationship he and Hongfeng could have since they had never gotten along before.

If her son really wants her to stand up for Hongfeng, Ye Cuixiang may still be a little unhappy. Although she likes Hongfeng, she has worked hard to raise her son for more than 20 years and his heart is biased toward his wife as soon as he gets married. She will definitely Can't get over this hurdle.

But now that it was seen that he was using his daughter-in-law as an excuse, Ye Cuixiang was not only not unhappy, but also felt that her son was really still young. He actually used Hongfeng as an excuse at this time, and she was not afraid that she would think that he valued Hongfeng more than herself.

Of course, as a good mother, she would definitely not expose him. As a man, you have to save face.

And Hongfeng, such a good girl, marrying a son like him who doesn't understand amorous feelings is really...forget it, she should be more thoughtful in the future and cultivate their relationship more.

"Hongfeng is a good girl. You feel sorry for her and it's right to want to help her vent her anger. Okay, then I'll go out in a minute. We won't do any small things to sow discord. We will just praise Hongfeng. As for whether others will be jealous , don’t care about our family’s affairs.”

Duan Qingen was about to agree when he saw Li Hongfeng walking from the door out of the corner of his eye. He narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "By the way, mom, give me some money. Hongfeng's clothes are just a little better than the ones yesterday. I don’t know how many times she’s washed it, but it’s very prickly. I’ll buy her a new one.”

"What else can you buy from your own store?"

Ye Cuixiang rolled her eyes at her silly son, took out the money from her pocket and handed it over: "But you might as well go out for fun together. I'll give you the money. After dinner, take Hongfeng to the town to buy something for her, and then go The store asked her to pick out some new clothes. It's so pitiful. When I went to pay for her dowry last night, I saw that her clothes were all burred and white after washing. Even the red dress I gave to Li Bishuang last night. Yes, I don’t know how long it’s been since I bought new clothes.”

Duan Qingen sat back down and said, "It's like living under someone else's roof."

"Her parents obviously lost so much money when they left, and her house and land also belonged to Li Bishuang's family. Now life is not very sad. She may not have any new clothes. There is also the dowry. Are you fooling me? It can be seen at a glance that if someone is petty, they will definitely have a problem with this daughter-in-law. They don't want Hongfeng to have a good life at her husband's house. It's really..."

Ye Cuixiang now regards Li Hongfeng as one of her own, and is not unhappy because of her shabby dowry. Instead, she feels aggrieved for her.

Although she was living such a life, the whole village felt that the Li family was extremely kind to her, and they had no idea how aggrieved the girl was.

It was not easy for her to marry into their family's lucky home, but she met her own son who was so charming that he made her cook as soon as she got married.

When Ye Cuixiang thought about this, her feelings for Li Hongfeng suddenly rose from level five to level nine, and she told her son:

"Okay, I'm going to cook. You can help me choose the dishes later. Don't just watch. Hong Fengku, please be more considerate of her."

She entered the house, and Li Hongfeng stood at the door, her eyes red.

The grievances that had been held in my heart for more than ten years were completely suppressed by the care of my mother-in-law and husband at this moment.

It was also at this moment that she clearly realized that she was the daughter-in-law of the Duan family. She had a husband and a mother-in-law. They all cared about her and were kind to her.

She is no longer the niece of the Li family who depends on others, this is her home.