Her misogynistic mother accepted a high-priced bride price and married her to a man with disabled legs. She was ridiculed for half her life. Facing the婆婆's (mother-in-law's) constant nitpic...
All the dishes were served on the table, and the two families squeezed together and sat down at the table.
Zhao Xingmei was still in a sickly state, so weak that she could not even sit still. She simply put down her chopsticks and stopped eating, and lay back down.
As the head of the family, Jiang Jingshan naturally had to entertain his father-in-law and mother-in-law well at this time. He opened his cupboard, took out a bottle of wine, and filled it directly for Uncle Wang.
"Come on, let's have a drink today! I have to thank you for coming all the way to visit my old lady!"
Uncle Wang is also a drunkard. He can't walk when he smells the aroma of alcohol: "Okay, okay, how strong is this alcohol?"
"Big, strong! Drink a few more cups today!"
"That's fine."
Wang Sha picked up the chopsticks, pouted, and dug into each dish: "Sister-in-law, my mom likes fish, and my dad likes chicken, why don't you cook either?"
"It's not that I don't want to make it, it's just that the supply and marketing cooperative didn't sell it today! I came back from the hospital with my mother quite late, and I barely managed to grab this much. Fortunately, there was still some meat! If I had gone a little later, I'm afraid there wouldn't be any meat left! Let's just make do with a bite today, and when I have the chance in the future, I will definitely treat Uncle Wang and Aunt You well!"
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Wang Sha curled her lips. Although she was unhappy, she didn't say anything.
"You guys eat! Everyone, pick up your chopsticks! My father-in-law and I will have a drink first!" Jiang Jingshan picked up the wine glass and wanted to drink with Uncle Wang.
The two of them took a sip of their wine and then started to eat some food.
Uncle Wang likes to eat meat. He picked up a piece of fat and lean pork belly from the stir-fried celery and pork and put it into his mouth. At that moment, his face changed and he spat it out.
Immediately afterwards, the whole room was filled with the sound of something being spit out.
“Sister-in-law!” Wang Sha’s voice changed. She pointed at the plate of golden eggs and shouted loudly, “Did you kill the salt seller? My tongue is almost salty!”
"Oh my, it's spicy! It's so spicy that I can breathe fire now! My girl, go get me a bucket of cold water, so I can cool down!"
You Aicong covered his cheeks and accused Ye Li in dissatisfaction: "What level are you at? The cabbage is almost sour. Is this cabbage with vinegar? This is cabbage soaked in vinegar! You are so sour that my teeth are about to fall out!"
"This... is so unpalatable?" Ye Li asked with eyes wide open.
The expressions of the people at the table were hard to describe.
"Sister-in-law, why don't you try it?" Jiang Xi pointed at the table full of dishes and said, "How could you make all the dishes on this table inedible?"
"What a waste! Sister-in-law, I remember you didn't cook like this before! How come my father-in-law and his family are coming to eat, why do you cook so badly?" Jiang Rui asked angrily, "Are you doing this on purpose?"
Jiang Xun frowned: "Are you complaining about your sister-in-law? Mom can't cook, there's no one to cook at home, and she was busy in the kitchen for half an afternoon to make a table of dishes. Even if she didn't have any credit, she must have worked hard!"
"Brother, this dish is inedible!" Jiang Rui pointed at the dishes, his resentment reaching its peak at this moment, "I think my sister-in-law did it on purpose! Even if she didn't want to entertain my father-in-law and mother-in-law, she wouldn't waste it like this, right?"
Ye Li looked at Jiang Rui innocently: "I really didn't mean it! I just wanted to cook properly, but I haven't cooked for so long that my hands don't obey me anymore! As for what you said about wasting food, I'm also very sad!"
Zhao Xingmei came out holding onto the wall, pointing at Jiang Rui and scolding him: "How dare you say that about your sister-in-law? She accompanied me to see the doctor all day, and she worked hard to cook for me when she came back. You're eating ready-made food, and you're still picky? You said she did it on purpose, why did she do it on purpose? Come on, explain it to me. If you can't explain it clearly today, don't leave this room!"
"Mom, try this dish. It's so spicy, sour, and salty. How can you eat it? If you say she didn't do it on purpose, I don't believe it! She's just wasting food!"
"Shut up!" Zhao Xingmei took off her shoes and threw them across the table. "Today's dishes and meat were all bought by your sister-in-law. Did she waste her money just to get angry with you? Your conscience has really been eaten by a dog! You said your sister-in-law is not good, but why don't you take a look at how your sister-in-law treats Miaomiao?"
"Mom, don't be angry, this is my fault!" Ye Li quickly got angry and went to help Zhao Xingmei calm down, "It's my fault, it's my fault! This is all my fault, I don't have the skills, I shouldn't have taken on this job!"
Jiang Xun half-closed his eyes, anger rising faintly in his eyes. He stood up and pulled Ye Li to leave: "Let's go back to the house! If you don't do it, you will never make mistakes. On the contrary, the more you do, the more mistakes you will make!"
"Go ahead and quarrel! You brothers are quarreling just for a meal! You're really going to piss me off to death..." Zhao Xingmei didn't finish her sentence. She rolled her eyes and fell down.
Fortunately, Jiang Xun was quick, otherwise, she would have really broken her head!
The Jiang family's house was in chaos. Jiang Rui and Jiang Xi rushed over, fearing that something might happen to their mother.
"Everyone, get out of the way!" Jiang Xun shouted, and walked forward to pick up Zhao Xingmei. "I'm taking Mom to the hospital! Ye Li, you follow me!"
"good!"
"I want to go too, I want to go too!" Jiang Jingshan ignored everything and hurried to go with them.
Jiang Miao was frightened by the scene and burst into tears with his mouth opened.
The noise from their house was so loud that it attracted all the neighbors, who crowded at their doorstep to watch the fun.
"Everyone please make way. My mother fainted and I have to take her to the hospital! Everyone please make way!" Jiang Xun carried Zhao Xingmei out, and Ye Li followed closely behind.
One of the two men pushed the cart and the other supported Zhao Xingmei, and they soon disappeared into the night.
Aunt You and her family were left alone there. Faced with this embarrassing situation, they didn't know what to say for a moment.
Finally, Uncle Wang coughed twice and said with embarrassment: "My dear relatives, I am sorry to trouble you with this meal! I think your mother-in-law is not in good health, otherwise we should just go back first!"
Jiang Jingshan sighed and nodded solemnly: "Okay."
Aunt You hadn't expected it to turn out like this. She had originally thought of staying for two days, but seeing the situation, she felt embarrassed to stay any longer, so she simply left: "Then let's go first! My health isn't good, so I wanted to stay and take care of my mother-in-law and Wang Sha for a few days, but it's no use! I won't cause any trouble for you, let's go first!"
"Grandma, what about me?"
During the time that Ye Li was away on business, Jiang Jingshan and Jiang Xi lived in the same room, and Zhao Xingmei moved in with Jiang Miao. After living together for just half a month, she was reluctant to leave her grandmother.
Moreover, her grandmother and aunt loved her and bought her delicious food. When she went to her grandmother's house, there were not so many delicious foods.
What's more, she has been having a lot of fun playing with her friends from the next yard these days. She hopes she can always be happy like this and doesn't want to go back to her grandma's house again.
Aunt You also had no intention of taking Jiang Miao with her. She had to go back to take care of her daughter-in-law, and it would be inconvenient to take Jiang Miao with her: "You should stay at grandma's house for a while. When grandma is well, I will take you there!"
Jiang Miao couldn't ask for more. Although he was extremely happy in his heart, his face showed a reluctant expression: "Okay, then grandma, come pick me up later!"
Although Wang Sha was reluctant to let her biological mother go, there was really no way she could keep her under the current circumstances.
If she just kept the man regardless, she was afraid that the neighbors would poke holes in her spine. After all, she would be living in this courtyard for most of the future, and a lifetime was a very long and distant period of time.
Jiang Rui and Wang Sha sent the Wang family to the gate, and only turned back after watching them go away.
On the way, Wang Jin gritted his teeth and said, "Today I really lost both my wife and my soldiers! I bought so many things for nothing and gave them to them! My wife didn't even get to eat these good things, they all went to that old woman Aunt Zhao!"
Uncle Wang was also unhappy and felt very aggrieved. He could only sigh all the way.
You Aicong also knew that he had spent a lot of money today, and his heart ached, as if a piece of his flesh was being cut off.
She also gritted her teeth and consoled herself: "Don't worry, I will get the money back from Jiang Rui in the future! If Jiang Rui doesn't have money, just ask his mother for it, and then the money will be returned!"