Blurb One:
For the past few days, gossip about Director Jiang’s family has spread at the state-owned cotton factory in hushed whispers. It’s said that his unruly youngest son is causing t...
◎The beginning of the conflict◎
As soon as this was said, someone followed suit: "Really? You smelled it too? I was wondering why I could smell a faint smell today. I thought the cafeteria was cooking something delicious today and the smell was coming over here!"
"Yes, yes, yes, I smelled it too. If anyone brought something delicious, stop hiding it and bring it out for us to taste."
Jiang Che had no choice but to take the initiative to admit: "I'm so sorry, brothers and sisters. It should be that the lid of the meat sauce I brought was not sealed properly, and the smell came out."
"Comrade Xiao Che, don't be so hasty to say these things. Let us see what this sauce that has been craving us all morning looks like."
"Yes, yes, let us see it too."
Jiang Che ignored the comments and said, "It's really unfortunate. Today is a festival. My wife made this sauce specially to honor my parents. I definitely can't open it in advance. So, I'll bring another jar from home tomorrow to apologize to everyone."
Most of the people in the office were reasonable, and after hearing what Jiang Che said, they let him go and started chatting about what delicious food their families had prepared for the holidays.
After get off work in the afternoon, Wei Xuan deliberately stayed up a little later than usual. When she arrived at Jiang's house, the living room was already full of people. Jiang Che's three sisters and brother-in-law had all returned, and Jiang Che had also arrived.
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Seeing Wei Xuan coming back, Sister Jiang was the first to say, "Xiao Xuan is back. We were just praising the sauce you made for being delicious."
The third sister then said, "Yes, Xiaoxuan, how do you make this sauce? If you have time, please teach us."
Before she finished her words, Jiang Che laughed at her rudely with a "puff": "Third sister, you'd better not ruin things with this cooking skill. Ask my third brother-in-law, does he dare to eat what you cook?" This is a skill that can make money, and she wants to learn it as soon as she opens her mouth. She has really been spoiled.
Jiang Che's third sister was angered by what he said, but she was used to her brother's bully temper since she was a child, so she quickly adjusted herself and replied weakly: "If I don't know how to do it, I can learn it. What if I learn it?"
Before Jiang Che could speak, her husband stopped her dangerous idea: "Come on, you don't usually go to the kitchen, so don't waste your brother and sister-in-law's time."
Can't you see that Jiang Che obviously doesn't want to pay attention to her? And yet he insists on asking for trouble. Besides, he's not wrong. Don't you have any idea of your cooking skills?
Jiang's father and mother didn't care about the quarrels between the children. Moreover, their youngest son came back to celebrate the festival today, and they were very happy. Not to mention that Jiang Che actually knew to bring back something to honor them for the first time. It seemed that he was really sensible.
The fact that they are thinking about food shows that the young couple are living well outside, and the old couple is in an even better mood.
The whole family was chatting animatedly, until the voice of Mrs. Jiang calling for dinner was heard from the kitchen, and then everyone moved to the dining table and sat down.
The main thing today was to eat dumplings. The dumplings were made by the three sisters of the Jiang family and Jiang's eldest sister-in-law after they came back from get off work, and the number was quite large.
Each person got a big bowl. Wei Xuan looked at the full bowl of dumplings and secretly tugged at Jiang Che's sleeve.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Che looked at her puzzledly.
Wei Xuan whispered in his ear: "Pick a few over. There are too many dumplings for me to finish."
What did Jiang Che think was a big deal that was worthy of her being so mysterious?
Sister Jiang on the other side couldn't stand their clingy look. She had an idea in mind and pretended to be concerned, "Sister-in-law, you gave everything in your bowl to Xiao Che. Can you eat enough? You look so thin. I think you are too young and don't understand. Listen to sister-in-law and eat more. It's not good for a woman to be too thin. It's not good for fertility."
Wei Xuan knew that the sarcastic look from Mrs. Jiang came late but it came.
Section 14
To be honest, Wei Xuan is not that thin. She actually has quite a bit of flesh on her body. I really don't know what Mrs. Jiang's look is like.
But seeing her mother-in-law's approving look, Wei Xuan had no choice but to say, "Sister-in-law, I usually eat a lot, but this afternoon my colleagues at the supply and marketing cooperative gave me some homemade glutinous rice cakes, so I'm not too hungry now."
Mother Jiang recalled that her younger daughter-in-law had indeed eaten a lot at home before, so she was relieved. However, she was also concerned about the issue of having children raised by the eldest daughter-in-law: "Xiaoxuan, your sister-in-law is right about one thing. You and Xiaoche are still too young. If you get pregnant, you will definitely have no experience. In my opinion, you two should move back home when you get pregnant. I will feel more at ease with me watching over you."
Mrs. Jiang was so angry at her mother-in-law's words that she had a heart attack. She had already moved out and wanted to move back? She was dreaming!
Jiang Che didn't want to either. He was used to living outside now. How free! And he was addicted to making money. He couldn't do it when he came back. So he spoke directly to stop his mother's thoughts: "Mom, I don't plan to have children for the time being."
How could Jiang's mother hear this? She immediately became anxious: "Why? If you think it's troublesome and don't want to take care of the child, don't I still have you? At worst, I will quit and I will help you take care of the child at home."
"That's enough!" Seeing that his daughter-in-law was getting more and more outrageous, Jiang's father interrupted and said, "Just eat, why are you talking about this? The children have their own ideas about their affairs, so don't interfere."
When Jiang's mother heard him say that he was causing trouble, she wanted to get angry, but when she thought about how her youngest son had finally come back, she held back and said nothing.
She wanted to have a private chat with her son after dinner, but Jiang Che was so slippery that he could not give his mother this opportunity. He asked Jiang's father for a bicycle and ran away with his wife when no one was paying attention.
On the way, Wei Xuan sat on the back of the bicycle and asked him, trying not to laugh, "Is it really okay for us to just leave like this?"
"Don't worry, my dad is here, he will convince my mom."
At the Jiang family, when Jiang's mother found out that Jiang Che had left, she was really angry. But she couldn't take it out on her three daughters, so she could only drive them away impatiently: "Okay, it's getting late, you all should go back!" Staying here was an eyesore, and she couldn't even keep an eye on one person.
So Jiang Che's three sisters had no choice but to take their husbands and leave.
Jiang Che's brother-in-law is an honest man and doesn't have any extra thoughts about his mother-in-law's temper.
He is also the eldest in the family. Like Sister Jiang, they are both tolerant and devoted. Moreover, the Yue family does help and subsidize them a lot. Otherwise, it would be difficult to support three children and two elderly people in the family with just his and Sister Jiang's salary.
But the scene was different on Jiang Erjie's side. As soon as she left the Jiang family, Jiang Che's second brother-in-law's face fell.
"I finally understand. Your parents' minds are all on your useless brother. It's useless for you daughters to be filial. It's all in vain."