Soughing wind and rain in dreams

  In Linfeng Town, there are more than 200 large and small woodworking workshops. It is said that during the peak period, there were as many as 380 households. Most of them do not have fixed rest and working hours, and whenever business is booming, they work almost day and night.

  Of course, Li Donglin's family was the same. Some time ago, Li's family received a large order: eighty long sofas, one hundred and twenty short sofas, and thirty carved wooden beds. For this, Li's father specially hired more than twenty people to work on it until last night before finishing. Today at noon, after loading all the furniture onto the truck, Li's father and mother finally breathed a sigh of relief - this was indeed their family's largest order in nearly two years. Just as they were about to relax, Li's father finished work early, had an early dinner, took a shower, and sat down on the sofa to watch TV. His wife sat closely beside him.

  21:05, Li Jia returned from school after finishing her evening self-study (Li Jia's junior high school is also in Linfeng Town, and since it's the third year of junior high, she has to attend supplementary classes every Saturday). She ran upstairs with a "thud, thud, thud" sound, saw that her parents were watching TV, and softly called out "Dad, Mom". Then she walked into her own room. But before long, she came running out again, asking: "Mom, has my brother come back?"

  Li Jia rushed out in a hurry and asked hastily. Li's father and mother were taken aback at first, then almost in unison replied: "Not yet!"

  "How come you're still not back?" Li Jia muttered to herself with a pout.

  Mrs. Li didn't know why her daughter was like this, so she pulled her into her arms and sat down. Just as she was about to speak, Mr. Li's words came up: "Jia Jia, you're not unaware that your brother won't finish his evening study until 9:30, and it's only a little past 9 now!" He said, looking at his watch again. Without waiting for his daughter to respond, Mr. Li reached out and gently scratched her nose, smiling and saying: "You silly girl, have you been studying so hard that your brain has become muddled - how could you even forget when your brother finishes his evening study?"

  Her father's teasing made Li Jia, who had a few dark clouds on her forehead, suddenly regain her usual lively and lovely appearance. She jumped to her father's side, pulling and shaking his arm, and said with a smile: "My brain is not muddled at all, I just wanted to ask my brother about Haonan - it's been a long time since Haonan came to our house, I want to invite him to tutor me in writing, this mock exam essay was a big loss for me..."

  "Oh, that's what happened! I saw you rushing out in a hurry and thought something big had happened!" Li Mu said with a pat on her chest, her words filled with infinite concern.

  "Yes, it's been a long time since Haonan came back..." This was Li's father's voice, he shifted his gaze from the TV to say.

  "Mother Li heard Father Li say that, and immediately followed up with: "I'm saying, Changhao (what Mother Li usually calls Father Li), don't you think our Donglin and Haonan have had a fight?"

  "Quarrel?" Li Jia almost shouted. Although she had noticed that Chen Haonan hadn't come to her house for a long time, she just thought he was busy studying and didn't have time, but she never thought of anything else. Moreover, she knew that her brother and Chen Haonan were very close, and she always treated him like an older brother. She had never thought about the two brothers quarreling or having conflicts, so when her mother mentioned "quarrel", she couldn't help but shout in surprise.

  "How is that possible?" At this time, Li father turned his head again. Since Li Jia jumped out of the room, he had not been calm watching TV, and while staring at the TV, he also listened to his wife and daughter's conversation with his ears. When he heard his wife guess "Are Donglin and Haonan quarreling?", he immediately felt absurd and immediately chimed in: "Huiying (Li father's daily address to Li mother), you are really... Don't make random guesses if you don't understand, and your guess is so absurd... Quarrel? I think that's impossible. Maybe Haonan was stuck with something? They will be third-year high school students next year, and this year is the most critical year - as for quarreling, I think it's just a privilege of women like you, they two..."

  "What?!". Mrs. Li was listening carefully, when her husband suddenly said "quarreling is a specialty of women", she felt wronged in her heart, "what's wrong with us women? When did I ever quarrel and argue with others? You always speak carelessly and scold people without reason..." She stood up while speaking, but her voice gradually lowered, almost to the point of sobbing.

  "Dad, you're really something!" Seeing her mother cry, Li Jia quickly stood up to help, "Mom was just guessing, why did you say those hurtful words?" She said, comforting her mother at the same time.

  "I, I..." Mr. Li had no intention of hurting anyone, it was just a casual remark, but he didn't expect his wife to react so strongly, and even their usually doted-on daughter turned against him. He wanted to explain himself, but something seemed stuck in his throat, and all that came out were the two words "I, I..."

  Li Jia persuaded her mother to sit back down, and she didn't say another word. Li Mu also just sobbed quietly, not saying anything else. And although Li Fu felt wronged in his heart, he had said the wrong thing after all, so it wasn't convenient for him to speak up either. So this small family storm was extinguished silently without a sound. However, the silence continued, with only the TV frequently broadcasting boring commercials, extremely boring...