You can't do anything without money.

The northern cities are dry and cold in winter, but they can't stop the beauty on the street from pursuing beauty. In order to be slim, even in the cold wind, you should dress up beautifully and freeze people. Leaves are no exception.

This magazine only works for half a day on Wednesday. Schiller didn't want to go home early, so she took Luo Mei shopping. Mei Luo saves money to buy a house, but usually sees more and buys less. After trying it on, she always finds out a lot of reasons for not buying clothes, such as poor texture and inappropriate color, which makes the shopping guide itch. Schiller is different. She is a typical shopaholic, mainly in buying clothes. She doesn't pursue famous brands in cosmetics. She is young and has good skin. Everything she uses is glamorous, but she believes that people will feel confident and glorious because of their clothes, as long as they wear new clothes with good brands and styles. So, every once in a while, Schiller will go shopping for clothes. And her favorite brands focus on "Yi" and "Gloria" which take the lady route. Although compared with those rich people, this is really not a big name, but one is also hundreds of dollars. After shopping several times, Schiller's meager salary in his pocket soon ran out.

He and Mei left the shopping mall and took a fancy to a cashmere coat. The asking price was 1080 yuan. Considering the salary of more than 2000 yuan just paid in his pocket, he hesitated and didn't buy it.

On this day, Bin Xu got off work early, walked down the street with Schiller and saw the cashmere coat in the shopping mall. Schiller tried it on again, turned around in front of the mirror and asked Xu Bin, "Is it nice?"

"Good-looking, people grow well, and everything looks good!" Bin Xu praised at a side.

Schiller spoiled: "I want it!"

Bin Xu said generously, "Buy if you want! More money, buy! " Looking at the label 1080, Xu said calmly, "It's a little expensive. I'll buy it for you next month! "

Schiller hung his face unhappily: "Next month is spring, you don't need to wear a coat!" "

After pulling the bag away from the counter, Xu quietly told her, "Yesterday, I got paid, and my mother told her that we had to pay the living expenses for eating at home. She left me 300 pieces of pocket money. Where is enough to buy! "

"Did you pay the living expenses of your family before?"

"No, I have no money, but she wants it! But my mother said that she likes the feeling that her son gives her money to honor her. "

Schiller stopped talking and said sadly, "I still like the feeling that my husband gives me a salary!" " "It seems natural to pay the living expenses, but why do you have to pay the living expenses when you come? Isn't it a family? In a rage, Schiller turned back to the counter and smartly asked the shopping guide to pack the dress and buy it himself.

Xu Bin didn't get angry either. Instead, he felt guilty and caught up with a fake smile: "Next time, I'll buy you a new one next month! Don't be angry! "

"I'm not angry, no!" Schiller was insincere.

Back home, Xu Bin loves to show off more than Schiller, and can't wait for Schiller to put on new clothes to show him. Schiller gets dressed in her own room so that Bin Xu can enjoy it again. The workmanship, fabrics and styles are suitable and comfortable, and she looks noble and generous. Bin Xu pushed Schiller out again and shouted, "Mom, come and see Schiller's new clothes!" Just like before, I bought new clothes for my mother to see.

Mother-in-law came out of the kitchen full of flour and looked at Schiller's coat. She didn't show any surprise or praise, but simply said, "Did you buy new clothes again?"

A word "you" threw Lei's newly joyful heart on the cold ground.

At the dinner table, my mother-in-law finally couldn't help asking, "How much is that dress!"

Schiller was still hesitating to tell the real price, and Xu Bin blurted out: "1080, half of her salary!" Mother-in-law's face suddenly darkened and said, "Schiller, when you get married, you can't be so extravagant." There are more places to spend money in the future! " No plan! "

What her mother-in-law said seems to be reasonable. Schiller can't find a reason to refute, so she has to say, "It's winter. Besides, I'm still newly married, so I can't always wear old clothes! " What's wrong with buying skirts! I bought it with my own money, not with others. "

Hearing this, the mother-in-law tried again: "Why don't you give your mother your salary and leave you some pocket money, and your mother will keep it for you, okay?"

Hearing this, Schiller immediately answered "no" in her mind, but she said nothing. She was deadlocked and didn't answer for a long time. Bin Xu just smiled and finally said publicly, "Come on, your son is yours!"

My father-in-law's words discouraged my mother-in-law, but she was still explaining: "I was right. You see, eating at home, buying vegetables, buying rice and noodles, and paying water, electricity and gas, I will give us a unified plan and not waste all of you! "

No one answered at the dinner table, so my mother-in-law had to give up.

2

Office workers who have been busy for a week are used to sleeping in on weekends, and Ray and Xu Bin are no exception. Mother-in-law can't say anything when she sees her son sleeping late. But she still gets up early, sweeps the floor, mops the floor and washes clothes outside. Doing a very ordinary thing will make a thunderous sound. Schiller slept very lightly and often woke up in such a sound. Such trifles often remind Schiller of her mother unconsciously. At home, as long as Schiller is sleeping and her mother gets up early, everything is quiet, for fear of disturbing her daughter's dream, and her eyes are full of heartache for the children who study hard. Schiller smiled wryly at the thought of this. How can a mother-in-law be like a mother? She is bored and coquetry in her mother's arms! I don't treat my mother-in-law as a mother myself. Why should I ask others to be like my mother? After washing, Xu Bin is still sleeping. My mother-in-law washes clothes in the bathroom. There is a washing machine, but she seldom uses it. Usually she washes it by hand in a big plastic basin. Xi Lei put away the dirty clothes in her room and washed them. Every time her mother-in-law washes Schiller's clothes, Schiller's heart is both grateful and uncomfortable. She knows she is lazy, but after all, she loves clean and beautiful girls, so she remembers to wash her clothes, even though she has put them in the dirty laundry basket for several days. Mother-in-law helps her wash clothes, which shows that her mother-in-law is virtuous and diligent, and Schiller is lazy and ignorant. So every time I see my mother-in-law washing clothes in the washbasin, Xi Lei, who is sharp-eyed and quick-handed, will take them out immediately, ashamed and ashamed: "Mom, don't wash my clothes, I will wash them myself!" "

My mother-in-law did not forget to educate Schiller in time: "Don't leave the dirty clothes for too long, and the good clothes are ruined. Also, the clothes are left there after two days of wearing, and they are not dirty. They need washing, and clothes are worn out if they are washed regularly! Still wasting water. Don't! You young people really can't live. "

Schiller picked up a silk scarf that had just been put into the water by her mother-in-law, and a silk thread was drawn by her mother-in-law's long-term rough hand. The original flat embroidery pattern is rough because a silk is pulled away. Looking again, a sweater was put in the basin by her mother-in-law. Oh, dear, that dress needs dry cleaning. Schiller quickly took them out and shouted, "Mom, don't help me wash my clothes. I'll do it myself."

Mother-in-law looked at ungrateful ray and sighed, "I don't know when to wait for you to wash." I don't wash my husband's clothes, and I don't remember to wash my own clothes quickly. "

Xi Lei pretended not to hear, put the sweater in her pocket, and then went to another bathroom to wash her scarf with clean water. The washed scarf is hung on the balcony, and the torn one is clearly visible.

She sighed and went into the bedroom to sort out the magazines she read at night. Bin Xu is still sleeping.

After a while, my mother-in-law also finished washing clothes and began to shout outside: "son, get up!" " The sun shines on your ass. "

Xu Bin turned over and muttered, "How boring!" Go back to sleep.

After crying for a long time, my mother-in-law saw that Xu Bin didn't respond. She went straight into the room, lifted the quilt and smiled lovingly: "Get up, get up."

"Oh, I'm fine today, sleep a little longer!" Xu Bin likes to sleep in only a pair of underwear. At this time, the mother-in-law has uncovered the quilt, patted her son's ass and said with a smile, "Get up. Today, my father and I will go to a colleague's son's wedding, and you two will go together."

Xu Bin was annoyed by her mother's harassment and had to sit up: "Don't go, I don't know, go by yourself." At this time, the mother-in-law has accurately found Xu Bin's autumn trousers from the wardrobe and patted her son's thigh affectionately: "Come, let mom put them on you!" "Bin Xu sleepy, half asleep, let mother put on long Johns for him, barely got out of bed and dressed himself.

Ray stood by, dumbfounded.

My mother-in-law is out. Schiller whispered contemptuously in Bin Xu's ear, "Suck! You think you are only three years old! Disgusting! "

Bin Xu hey hey smile, trotted to the bathroom. Ray doesn't have to look to know. At this moment, even if her mother-in-law is in the toilet, Xu Bin will openly pull open her pants and pee in the toilet under her mother-in-law's nose, ignoring it. This is what they do, mother and son. They never avoid suspicion. In the words of her mother-in-law, "Why shame? No matter how old you are, you are my son. When you were a child, you ran around in front of me naked. " Schiller said several times, but the mother and son are still the same, and Schiller had to give up.

After going to the toilet to wash, Xu Bin sat down in front of the computer and didn't mean to go to the wedding with his parents. Mother-in-law is still nagging her son to go with them. Bin Xu didn't want to go, and his father-in-law also said, "Forget it, forget it if they don't want to go!" Why go to so many people! "

Mother-in-law curled her lips: "We follow the crowd and want to eat it back. It's not worthwhile not to go. " "Don't be ashamed! Go away! " The old couple finally left.

Schiller breathed a sigh of relief and climbed up Xu Bin's shoulder from behind: "Honey, what do you want to eat? I cook for us today. "

Hearing this, Bin Xu said, "Good! I like your Yangzhou fried rice best. It's so authentic Go! "

Xi Lei Gang entered the kitchen when the phone rang. It was Luo Mei: "Woman, have you eaten?" Sounds like Luo Mei is in a good mood.

"Not yet? I am preparing to cook. "

"You cook! Rare! " Luo Mei teased her. "They are not at home today, I cook!"

"Don't do it, come out, I won't invite you anymore."

"Okay, wait!" When Schiller returned to the house, she told Bin Xu to get dressed: "Come on, Luo Mei invited us to dinner!"

three

Rare winter sunshine, occasionally see a few sparrows parked on the roof, jumping around for food. Schiller's mood is also happy. At that moment, she wondered if the birds on the roof were worried. Bin Xu pinched Schiller's face and smiled: "Why are you so happy?"

Schiller smiled, stretched out his arms, gave a hug and took a deep breath: "I feel like a bird out of the cage."

Bin Xu smiled disapprovingly: "Hey, it seems that someone has been pestering you all day!"

When they arrived at the appointed restaurant, Luo Mei and Feifei had been waiting for a long time, so they waved to Schiller in the distance: "Schiller, this way!" " "

Ray and Bin Xu sit down.

Luo Mei generously asked, "What to eat? You order! " Then he called the waiter: "waiter, order!" " "

Ray took the menu and said solemnly, "Well, two stewed frogs with papaya, four shark fins with golden hooks and a lobster. Well, what else?" Xi Lei didn't finish, but the waiter giggled. This is just an ordinary restaurant, with nothing so expensive.

Luo Mei knew that Schiller was deliberately making trouble and said with a smile, "You want to eat me poor! Come, give me some! " Luo Mei picked up the menu and ordered several dishes, which were carefully prepared, hot and cold, economical and practical. This is Luo Mei's consistent style.

"Tell me, why did you suddenly think of inviting me to dinner? What's the good news? I won 5 million, so I'll order the expensive one! "

Luo Mei smiled mysteriously: "Guess. Forget it, don't say it! "

It is still a simple and honest smile, with the shyness of a big boy: "We, Luo Mei and I are going to get married next month."

Hearing this, Bin Xu and Xi Lei said in unison, "Congratulations, that's great!"

Bin Xu remembered and asked, "Where did you get married and live?" Luo Mei once shared an apartment with Schiller and never lived in the dormitory of the unit.

Luo Mei took out a house purchase contract from her bag and proudly waved it in her hand: "Look, we have already bought a house, and we will get the key in a few days."

Ray took it and looked through it. It turned out to be just a house of 50 square meters. Because it is a small apartment, the total price is low, and the 30,000 down payment will be fixed. The next step is to pay one or two thousand yuan a month. Although small, people have their own nest after all, but themselves, although living in a big house, but feel just a tenant, I can not help but envy from the heart. So he asked, "Is there such a thing? I also want to buy it! "

"No, we bought it late."

Hearing this, Bin Xu taunted Schiller: "Do you have money if you buy it?"

Xi Leibai gave him a look and said nothing. Bin Xu didn't know that when she got married, Schiller's mother gave Schiller 1 10,000 yuan as a dowry. Schiller paid another bonus years ago and made several travel drafts for another family, earning extra money. Schiller left a mind's eye and didn't tell Bin Xu. She has quietly saved 20 thousand yuan for a rainy day.

The dishes are served in turn.

Schiller couldn't hide his jealousy: "Luo Mei, I really envy you having your own house."

Luo Mei smiled: "I still envy you. You are not satisfied with living in such a big house! "

Xu Bin also echoed: "Yes!"

Xi Lei muttered bitterly in a low voice: "What do you know!" She remembered what Wang Xifeng said in A Dream of Red Mansions, which was so similar to her mood at the moment: Coptis chinensis sticks, bitter in the light! Schiller stopped talking about it. She only listened to Luo Mei's chirping expectation. After she got the key, what color the wall was painted, what kind of curtains she bought, what style of sofa and what brand of TV set seemed to be a little housewife.

After dinner, Luo Mei asked the waiter to pay the bill, carefully checked the list several times, and didn't pay the bill until it was confirmed. There are many dishes left on the plate, and one dish has hardly been touched. Luo Mei asked the waiter to take a lunch box to pack.

Bin Xu praised: "Look at how people will live, and then look at you." Luo Mei said with a wry smile, "I will live, but I was forced out." No money, nothing. As the saying goes, money is not everything, but it is absolutely impossible without money. "

four

When I got home, my parents-in-law had not come back. Along the way, ray was very unhappy. Bin Xu teased her with jokes, but Xi Lei ignored her. As soon as she entered the room, she threw herself on the bed. When Bin Xu went to see it, Ray actually began to cry, and his tears wet a big bed quilt.

Bin Xu was startled: "Girl, what's the matter! I didn't mess with you! "

Schiller turned around and patted Bin Xu on the chest: "It was you who provoked me, you liar. You said you would make me happy, but you did! You see, people have their own home, although it is small, but it belongs to them, and I am like a tenant under the fence. I feel depressed, depressed, very depressed, I can't stand it! "

Bin Xu never knew that Schiller had so much dissatisfaction, so he had to comfort himself: "What's the matter, isn't it good to live?" The family is so big, it's all a family. You can do whatever you want, and you can't find happiness for yourself. What are you suppressing? My mother just likes to mumble, can't you just forget it? "At some point Xu Bin felt wronged and went to the study alone. Schiller cried alone in the room for a long time, wondering if he really had a problem. Looking at myself in the mirror, my face is pale, my hair is messy, my eyes are tearful, and I look like a dissatisfied housewife. She remembers that the magazine did a survey about depression, and she didn't think she had depression!

She patted her face, raised her smiling muscles with her hands, piled up a smiling face and told herself: Schiller, you are great!

At this time, my mother-in-law and they also came back. Xi Lei hurriedly wiped away the tears on her face.

She went out to get some water, but her mother-in-law still saw the tears on her face and asked, "What's the matter, did you quarrel?" Schiller quickly concealed: "Nothing, nothing!"

Seeing that Schiller didn't want to talk, her mother-in-law stopped asking. Bin Xu also came over and grabbed Schiller's shoulder with a cheeky smile: "We are fine!"

Mother-in-law and father-in-law entered their bedroom. After a while, there was a quarrel inside.

"Look for it again? Is it put inside? " Father-in-law's voice

"Where is it? I just put it here. " It turns out that I lost my wallet.

My mother-in-law later came out and asked Xu Bin, "Did you move my wallet?"

Xu Bin replied impatiently, "No, who knows where your wallet is." Finally, it can be confirmed that the wallet was stolen by the thief in the car. In retrospect, when the car was shaking, she seemed to feel that her bag was caught. Maybe it was gone then. Fortunately, it's just some small change, 100 yuan. . My father-in-law comforted him: "Forget it, just one hundred dollars. If you lose it, you lose it. Just pay attention next time. "

Mother-in-law sat on the sofa and sobbed softly. At first, it was like a stream. In a short time, it became Wang Yang who burst its banks and burst into tears.

Xilei stood there in a daze.

Xu Bin was puzzled to see his mother crying so sadly. He took a towel to his mother and comforted him: "Why are you crying? This is worth crying about. "

However, she still cried. Xu Bin took out 200 yuan from her wallet and put it in her mother's pocket. He comforted: "Come on, look, the money is back, make up the position!" " Xu Bin speaks the stock market terminology that his mother is familiar with. The mother-in-law took the money and was teased by her son.

When I looked up, I saw Schiller looking at myself, so I became wary and asked, "Schiller, what are you looking at?" Xu Bin gave me money, you are not happy! "

"me!" Ray doesn't know how to answer. She just watched her cry and stood by, instead of staring at Xu Bin giving her money. Before going to bed at night, Lei said that her mother-in-law was crying because she lost her money, and she felt angry and funny.

Xu Bin said, "My mother had a hard life since she was a child. My grandparents came to support the northwest. They are all ordinary workers, and their wages are not high. It is not easy to support five children, so she has been frugal since she was a child. She never buys expensive clothes herself. That year, I went to college and lived on campus, and my father was always on a business trip. Instead of buying food at home, she eats it every day. In fact, I can understand that when she cried just now, it was not a question of money, but a strong sense of loss after losing her own things. "

After hearing what Xu Bin said, Schiller thought it was not easy for her mother-in-law. For the first time, she felt that Bin Xu was so affectionate and filial. Thinking of Bin Xu's "strong sense of loss after losing one's own things", Schiller mused.

End of this chapter ...