The next day, Zhang Hongying met Grandma Xie.

She walked over and asked, "Your family, Yu and Qingshui, have moved out. Did you know about this?"

When Grandma Xie heard the news, she was stunned. "What's going on?"

Zhang Hongying's good friend pulled her aside and said to Grandma Xie, "That's not true. Don't listen to her nonsense."

Why do you want to interfere in other people's family affairs?

What if the couple wanted to move out on their own and were not driven out by their stepmother? Then the whole family would be together and Zhang Hongying would be in a difficult position.

Grandma Xie looked angry and asked indignantly, "You let her talk. Is there anything I can't bear to hear?"

Zhang Hongying repeated to Grandma Xie all the news she had heard. Grandma Xie's face darkened and she was very angry.

Grandma Xie thanked Zhang Hongying and went back to Xie's house. She found that her grandson and his wife were not there. The young couple even took away their clothes, and the house was empty.

"This is outrageous! This is really outrageous!"

How dare Xu Maofang do this?

What made Grandma Xie even angrier was that she actually heard the news from someone else.

Xu Maofang had just returned home after buying groceries and saw her mother-in-law sitting there waiting for her with a sullen face.

Xu Maofang's face turned pale, "Mom, why are you here?"

Grandma Xie grabbed the teacup and slammed it down. "Do you still have me as your mother in your eyes?"

Xu Maofang gnashed her teeth in hatred. She didn't expect Grandma Xie to know the news so quickly. It must be those two little bastards who were complaining behind her back!

Tears trickled down her cheeks. She knelt in front of her mother-in-law, her face filled with grief and indignation.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have advised Shuiya. She's been making sausages every day and selling them to people in the compound. I saw that she was pregnant and her family had enough food for her. Why did she work so hard?

If this gets out, it will not be good for our reputation. Is our family the kind of family that mistreats their daughter-in-law? That child is too sensitive. I advised her not to work so hard, but she thought I despised her. "

Did she do anything to them? Within three sentences, the two little bastards moved out directly.

This doesn't mean she is sincere about moving out, it's clearly putting her on the spot.

The more Xu Maofang spoke, the more indignant he became. He felt a sense of grievance and grief in his heart, and even his tears seemed genuine.

"I know I was wrong, but I begged them to come back every day during the days they moved out. I almost knelt down in front of them. They say it's hard to be a stepmother. From now on, I will never say anything more. I will only make myself look bad."

If Xie Tingyu had not been raised by Grandma Xie, and she was extremely partial to him, otherwise, the daughter-in-law would be wiping tears and kneeling at this moment, crying so sadly that even the most heartless person would not think that she did anything wrong.

Is there something wrong with her?

She cared about her daughter-in-law and advised her not to tire herself out for the sake of making money. However, Qingshui was sensitive and moved out without saying a word.

Grandma Xie quickly shook her head, nothing was right!

This is not a question of being sensitive. There is a huge difference between care and disgust, and anyone can feel it. If Xu Maofang looks so caring, how could Shui Ya move out in such a fit?

Even the grandson, who was always sensible, moved away. It is obvious that this is not just a matter of a few words of "concern".

Grandma Xie threw the teacup heavily in anger. Xu Maofang's heart trembled and he even forgot to shed tears.

"Tomorrow I don't care what method you use, you have to invite them back even if you have to kneel down. They are all kind-hearted children. If you have a correct attitude, how could they embarrass you? Maofang, I know that I sent Dongmei back to the Zhou family, which made you feel resentful..."

A good, kind child?

Would a kind person do such a thing as spreading rumors to force others to death? Xu Maofang almost no longer recognize the word kindness.

Xu Maofang could hardly maintain the expression on his face.

She agreed, and when she saw her mother-in-law's complexion finally improved, she suddenly had an idea and mentioned her daughter.

"I will never stop Shuiya from making sausages again, but it's too hard for her to run around all day. I'm clumsy and can't compare to young people. It's better to let Dongmei come back, at least she can help her sister-in-law with some work."

Grandma Xie pondered for a while, but did not agree to let Zhou Dongmei come back.

But she was afraid that Shuiya would be tired. After all, it was not convenient for her to do heavy work while pregnant.

Grandma Xie then said, "You can ask her to come and help Shui Ya on weekends. Her sister-in-law is pregnant and it's inconvenient for her. The Xie family has raised her for so many years, and it's her duty to take care of her sister-in-law for a few days."

After hearing this, Xu Maofang felt dizzy and was almost disgusted by these words.

Not only did this old guy not agree to let Dongmei go home and live with him, but he also made Dongmei work for nothing?

…

Ye Qingshui and the man lived outside for three days. On the fourth day, Xu Maofang was "forced" by Grandma Xie to apologize to them.

It is unrealistic to ask Xu Maofang to kneel down.

Xu Maofang knelt before her parents and mother-in-law, her knees were very weak. But kneeling before a younger generation? She still had some dignity.

She lowered her head and apologized to Ye Qingshui.

When Xu Maofang wasn't looking at anyone, it was as if there was a knife hidden in his eyes, but he insisted on swallowing his anger and pretending to be submissive.

Ye Qingshui found it very refreshing.

Xie Tingyu was not in a good mood. He said, "Shui Ya is in a bad condition now. If something happens to her, I won't be able to take care of her. It will be too late to regret it."

If you go back home, you're afraid of something happening, but if you move out, you don't have to worry about anything happening? This sentence really hurts the heart. Xie Tingyu almost said that Xu Maofang was a murderer.

If something happened to the child, it must have been Xu Maofang's fault.

Why? Maybe the stepmother and stepson don't get along, or she doesn't like her daughter-in-law?

Grandma Xie's face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye. She had not expected that the conflict between her daughter-in-law and grandson would be so deep.

Xu Maofang forced a smile and said, "Shuiya's child is my grandson, right? Even if I had an accident, I would never let it have an accident."

Only then did Xie Tingyu reluctantly agree to move back to the compound.

The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren walked in front in a harmonious atmosphere. Xu Maofang fell behind by himself and no one remembered him.

She looked at the three men with gloomy eyes.

…

After Ye Qingshui returned home, Grandma Xie remembered and said with a smile: "Oh, I forgot to tell you."

"Grandma is worried that you are too tired, so she asked Dongmei to come and help you with the work on the weekends. Is Shuiya willing?"

Ye Qingshui couldn't imagine Miss Zhou Dongmei doing rough work, but why not use the ready-made labor force?

She smiled sweetly and agreed: "Of course I do."

On the weekend, Zhou Dongmei came to the Xie family with good reason.

Since she moved out of the Xie family, she could only come to the Xie family on the pretext of visiting her mother. This time, she was asked by Grandma Xie to come to the Xie family with good reason.

But Zhou Dongmei didn't seem happy at all.

She looked down on Ye Qingshui for shouting in the courtyard just to earn a few cents, and hated the petty-bourgeois ways she brought from the countryside, which tarnished the noble reputation of the Xie family.

But in turn, Zhou Dongmei was asked to lend a hand to help Ye Qingshui with the work... Zhou only felt insulted.

Greasy and dirty, even in spring, the smell spreading in the kitchen is foul.

That’s right, Ye Qingshui was washing the casings.

Seeing Zhou Dongmei coming, she pointed at the casing and said, "Grandma asked you to help me. I didn't expect you to agree. Thank you for your help..."

How can Zhou Dongmei not do it?

No, she was still hoping that Grandma Xie would agree to let her move back in, and that she would soften her heart and agree after seeing her working.

But Ye Qingshui is a really poisonous person. On the first day, she asked the young lady who had never done housework to wash pig intestine casings for her.

Zhou Dongmei's face turned pale, then black, then black, then red, and she almost vomited from nausea on the spot.

She almost turned around and slammed the door and left.

But thinking about the messy environment of the Zhou family and the vastly different treatment she received after leaving the Xie family, the friends who used to surround her and play with her began to consciously distance themselves from her.

Zhou Dongmei clenched her fists.

Zhou Dongmei wore a mask and rinsed the casings three times.

Ye Qingshui almost laughed when he saw the look of her holding back tears.

It made her look like a farmhand abused by the landlord. If Zhou Dongmei wore ragged clothes again, she would probably sing "The little cabbages are yellow in the field, but their father doesn't love them and their mother doesn't care about them."

She hasn't asked the eldest daughter to do any heavy work yet!

Ye Qingshui soon stopped caring about Zhou Dongmei. Today was the weekend, and she had received an order for 20 kilograms of Chinese sausages. The Chinese sausages had to be dried for a full week before they could be shipped. The stock of previously dried Chinese sausages was almost gone, so Ye Qingshui could only hurry up and make more.

The processing fee for a pound of sausage is 50 cents. Although the profit is thin, she does not need to provide pork, and after deducting the cost of sausage casings and spices, the 50 cents is almost net profit.

How much are casings and spices worth?

Five pounds of sausage casings cost less than a dime. If you arrive at the slaughterhouse early, you don't have to pay for them. The master will give them to you for free.

Ye Qingshui can earn five yuan for making ten kilograms of Chinese sausage a day, which is one hundred and fifty yuan a month. This income is more than twice the salary that Grandma Xie received at work.

This is not sausage, it's golden sausage, right?

Zhang Hongying came to Xie's house at noon and took a pound of sausage that belonged to her.

She held the sausage full of meat and said happily: "I use this to replenish my man's meat. This thing can be stored for a long time, and my children also like to eat it."

Ye Qingshui also smiled and replied to Zhang Hongying: "Sister-in-law, although it can be kept, it must be eaten within a week. This is the sausage I made myself, so it is clean and safe. It is not like the sausages sold in the factory, which have preservatives and nitrous acid added to them."

Zhang Hongying didn't know there was so much knowledge in it.

She readily agreed, "Then listen to your sister-in-law and finish eating early."

Zhou Dongmei looked a little strange after hearing this.

How could a country girl like you know about preservatives and nitrites?

Zhou Dongmei quickly dispelled her doubts, thinking that he probably learned it from his brother.

In her heart, Ye Qingshui was a shallow and materialistic countryman, and how could a countryman understand these things?

After washing the casings, Zhou Dongmei washed her hands vigorously with soap for half an hour, wishing she could rub off a layer of skin before she was willing to leave.

Ye Qingshui didn't care about Zhou Dongmei's mood. Xu Maofang, on the other hand, was so heartbroken that he curled up into a ball, looking at Ye Qingshui like a thorn in his chest.

I feel very uncomfortable.

Xu Maofang touched his daughter with a distressed look and said to her, "Your father is back and was watching you work. Just hold on for a while... He will make the decision for you."

"Ye Qingshui is pregnant now, and her family is praising her. Let's wait until she gives birth and see if she can still be so proud?"

Only then did Zhou Dongmei become happy.

In Xu Maofang's heart, her daughter is much better than Ye Qingshui. She is better than her in every way. Her daughter will go to college in the future, and her future is immeasurable. But what about Ye Qingshui?

At most she can only do this kind of superficial work, but her Dongmei is destined to work in an office in the future.

After such a long time, Xie Jun and Yan Chun still won’t make a choice?