Chapter 24 Chen Wenli's Misfortune Begins
"Lai Cheng is back, so what's with the tone, old man? Are you unhappy with us, mother and son?"
Hearing his wife's threatening tone, Master Jiang dared not agree and shook his head repeatedly.
"No, no, I was just thinking that when Cheng comes back tomorrow, the young couple is moving to the transportation team's family compound, so we should help them out."
Don't be fooled by what Master Jiang says; he's probably secretly overjoyed. Just look closely at his eyes; Jiang Xixi doesn't even want to admit how excited he is.
"Sigh, Xixi, why don't you stay at your teacher's wife's house? Anyway, Lai Cheng is rarely home."
Seeing the expectant look in her teacher's wife's eyes, Jiang Xixi almost wavered.
Almost at the last moment, Jiang Xixi held firm to her principles and shook her head resolutely.
Although she had a pleasant time living with Jiang's mother, Jiang Xixi still wanted to live alone.
"Fine, if you move out, you move out. When Cheng isn't around, you'll be lonely at home by yourself. Just come to your teacher's house, and your teacher's wife will cook you something delicious."
"Okay, then please don't find me annoying, Master's wife."
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"Yu Rou, it's not that I'm criticizing you, but look at the food you made. Is this even edible? You've really wasted the flour my son bought."
At the Chen family's dinner table, the five family members looked at the bowl of rice in the middle that looked like pig feed and were troubled.
Mr. Chen, as the father-in-law, was too embarrassed to say it, but Ms. Chen and her sister-in-law, Chen Jiaojiao, didn't have so many reservations.
"Sister-in-law, if you don't want to cook, just say so. What kind of behavior is this, wasting food? Don't you know our current situation? If you're wasting food now, what will you do when winter comes and we can't exchange our work points for food?"
Jiang Yurou had never really taken it to heart.
At home, her parents never let her cook, so she was very satisfied with what she had done.
Besides, the food might not look very appealing, but it could taste quite good.
"Mom, I just couldn't get the heat right. Please be understanding. I'll definitely be more careful next time."
"you……"
Chen's mother was so angry that she fell backward. She realized that her daughter-in-law was now completely oblivious to everything else.
Look at that dark, messy mess, would you dare to put your chopsticks in it?
This thing is really something, it can turn white flour into black lumps. She admires no one but Jiang Yurou.
"You can eat this pig swill, I can't eat it." Chen's mother said this, cursing as she left the table and walked into her room.
The door was already flimsy, and with Chen's mother slamming it shut, it had completely fulfilled its purpose.
With a thud, he fell to the ground.
The Chen family members were left speechless, looking at each other in disbelief.
"Mom, look at all the effort you've put in! What are we going to do now? It's been windy these past few nights. Are you going to freeze our whole family to death?" Jiang Yurou exclaimed, successfully diverting the family's attention from the still shaky, broken door.
"Wow~ You're all bullying me, Chen Xiangang, how can you let people bully me like this!"
Chen's mother, who had been pampered for most of her life, finally couldn't hold back anymore, and tears uncontrollably streamed down her face.
"Chen Wenli, are you just going to let your wife bully your mother like this?"
Chen Wenli was bewildered, but that didn't stop him from launching a powerful attack on Jiang Yurou.
He actually knew in his heart that Jiang Yurou hadn't done anything.
First, his mother started trouble. Even before cooking, Jiang Yurou had clearly stated that her cooking was not good.
But she was his mother after all, what could he do?
His wife will have to suffer a bit!
Jiang Yurou was stunned by the slap; she looked at Chen Wenli in disbelief.
In his previous life, he didn't treat Jiang Xixi like this. He doted on her and spoiled her rotten. Why is it that he slaps her in the face when it comes to her?
Jiang Yurou is not one to be bullied. In the Jiang family, she was a beloved little princess. In her previous life, apart from being poor and powerless, she never suffered any grievances.
After she realized what had happened, her first thought was to slap him back.
But seeing her mother-in-law and father-in-law glaring at her, her sister-in-law's eyes piercing her like knives, and her husband's eyes revealing his disgust for her, Jiang Yurou didn't dare to make a move.
She couldn't withstand a brawl involving this whole family.
Sometimes, she is quite sensible.
"Mom, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that to you. I'll learn more about cooking and try to cook more dishes that will satisfy you." Jiang Yurou practically forced out these last few words through gritted teeth, each one expressing her resentment.
You old hag, you'll get what's coming to you later.
"Alright, Wenli's wife has apologized, so let's let this matter drop."
Wenli, go to the brigade leader's house and ask if the brigade has any old doors that have been removed. Our door is probably no longer usable.
Mr. Chen stared at the shattered door on the floor, speechless for a moment.
"Captain, Captain."
Hearing the knocking at the door, the brigade leader's wife, Aunt Guihua, rolled her eyes at the brigade leader. Being this lousy brigade leader meant one trouble after another every day, not even a moment's peace to eat.
"Dog Egg, go open the door and see who it is."
"I wonder who it is that has no manners at all, running into someone else's house during mealtime." Guihua Shen said, shoveling rice into her mouth while glaring at the brigade leader.
Seeing his wife's expression, the captain was both amused and annoyed.
He knew she felt sorry for her, but since he had taken this position, he had to be responsible to the villagers.
The brigade leader patted Aunt Guihua's hand to comfort her.
He quickly finished the rice in his bowl and looked towards the door.
Having just arrived in the countryside, Chen Wenli still retained the superiority complex of a city dweller. When he saw the somewhat messy yard of the brigade leader's house, a hint of disdain appeared in his eyes.
He really is a country bumpkin, he doesn't care about cleanliness.
Realizing he had come to ask for a favor, he quickly composed himself and adopted a polite and aloof facade.
"You must be Wenli, right? Come, sit down and let's chat. Have you eaten? If not, have your aunt get you a bowl of rice." The brigade leader was very polite.
"I've eaten. I came to see you, Captain, about something." Despite his rumbling stomach, Chen Wenli insisted on maintaining his city-man's decorum.
Although the scrambled eggs with tomatoes and the roasted chicken leg on the table looked really delicious.
He swallowed nervously, thinking he was being discreet, but Gou Dan, who had been watching him warily, glared at him.
"Uncle, it's like this, the house we live in is really dilapidated. When my mother came in, she accidentally broke the door. It's been drafty at night these past few days, and my parents aren't in good health either. I was thinking if there were any old doors in our village that had been replaced..."
“Okay, I remember there’s an unused door in the area where the educated youth lived. Come on, I’ll take you there to ask. In this weather, you really can’t do without a door.”
Chen Wenli nodded, but in his heart he really felt that the captain was not good at doing things. He asked you to break down a door, and you actually broke down a door. Don't think he didn't know that the brigade had just replaced a batch of new doors yesterday, and several of them hadn't been used yet.
If the captain knew that Chen Wenli was thinking this way, he definitely wouldn't even be willing to break down the door for him.
They have such a big face! The brigade office is the face of their Jian'an Brigade, and that's why they're using a new door.
These funds were raised by the villagers one by one; why should they be used by a reformatory person like you?
After taking Chen Wenli to get the door, the captain didn't bother with him anymore. After all, such a big young man could safely carry a door back... right?
Unexpectedly, Chen Wenli was an unconventional man; the brigade leader had barely sat down when the incident occurred.
A commotion arose outside the door.
"Captain, something terrible has happened! That brat's son has fallen into the ditch, and he looks like he's going to die!"
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