In City S, Lin Xiazhu got off the plane and got into Song Cheng's car. As soon as she turned on her phone, she received a call from Bai Ru'an. She smiled when she saw the caller ID and answered the call.
"Hey, Xiao An, I just got off the plane and I'm on my way back to the county town now." Her voice was gentle.
"Xiaozhu, I have something to tell you, about Xiaoxue." Bai Ruan pinched her brow, feeling a bit of a headache.
"Hmm? Did she get into trouble?" Lin Xiazhu had a bad feeling.
“She hung out with Song Yuheng, she even skipped classes to travel with him, she did everything.”
Lin Xiazhu: "..." Is Lin Xiaoxue trying to reach for the heavens?
Sensing the weariness in Bai Ru'an's voice, Lin Xiazhu said gently, "Xiao'an, leave this to me. You don't need to worry about it. I'll call her right away."
After hanging up with her husband, Lin Xia's childhood friend called Lin Xiaoxue, only to find that her phone was switched off and out of service area.
Either she really turned off her phone, or she blocked him/her. Very well, Lin Xiaoxue is indeed no ordinary person. I knew she couldn't be underestimated; she would cause trouble sooner or later.
"Big sister, what's wrong? Did something happen to Xiaoxue?" Lin Xiazhu hadn't lowered her voice when she spoke on the phone, so Song Cheng overheard the gist of it.
"It's nothing. She's secretly dating a rich boyfriend. She won't answer my calls. She's got a lot of ideas. Let's leave her alone for now and deal with her when we get back to Beijing." Lin Xiaoxue is already twenty years old, an adult. How can we control her?
What can we do if she insists on getting involved with Song Yuheng?
Song Cheng opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't. He wanted to explain that many college students date, so there was no need to be too nervous, but thinking about what Lin Chacha had told him about Lin Xiaoxue's personality, he felt it was better not to get involved. Lin Xiaoxue was different from his wife.
"Xiaoxue is very carefree. We can't control her. We just hope she won't regret it later." Lin Xiazhu was no longer worried. Lin Xiaoxue was a shrewd person. She planned everything in advance. She guessed that Xiaoxue was plotting something.
Fine, she's not going to kill or set fires. And I can't rush back to the capital to deal with her right now. She dared to turn off her phone, which means she doesn't want me to get involved. So let her have her way.
Lin Chacha had her postpartum confinement in the town. Knowing that Lin Xiazhu was coming back, she took her two sons to the county town by car. The full moon celebration would be held in the county town, so it would be more convenient to come up here in advance.
Two nannies were still serving her, but Song Cheng's aunt was worried and insisted on coming to the county town to boss the two nannies around.
As soon as Lin Xiazhu got out of the car and entered the house, she heard Song Cheng's aunt loudly scolding one of the nannies, "Kang Kang and Sui Sui are awake and just peed. You hurry up and wash the diapers. Why are you always trying to slack off? We paid so much money to hire you, not for you to enjoy yourself. Do you even know how to serve people?"
"I get annoyed just looking at you all. Ugh, what's the point? Acting like old landlords, needing people to wait on you. This is a new era. Besides, it's just postpartum confinement; you don't need anyone to wait on you. Back when I had three children..."
After lying in bed for seven days, she got up to wash clothes in the river and even cooked for her family. People these days really know how to enjoy life! Look at all this meat! One chicken a day isn't enough; she also needs several pounds of mutton and beef. How can she eat so much?
Lin Xiazhu's face darkened, and she quickened her pace as she passed through the house. Song Cheng's expression also changed upon seeing this. His aunt always liked to nag. He told her not to come to the county town, but she insisted on coming. She had promised beforehand that she wouldn't nag and would just focus on taking care of the two children, but now she was back to her old tricks.
"Big sister, don't be angry. This is all my fault. I'll take my aunt back to town right away." Song Cheng quickly called out to Lin Xiazhu, afraid that the two would start arguing.
“There’s no need for that. Since you’re already here, just stay. But let me make this clear: I hired these two nannies, and they’ll stay as long as I ask them to. No one has the right to fire them.” Lin Xiazhu said this while looking at Aunt Song Cheng, and she was making sure that Song Cheng heard it.
"As for Chacha's diet, as long as she can eat, it's not a problem no matter how much she eats. I'll buy it for her. Even if I don't buy it, she can afford it. She works so hard to earn so much money, and she can't even eat and drink well during her postpartum period? That's not fair."
If it weren't for saving face for Song Cheng, Lin Xiazhu would have been even more direct and harsher, instead of being so tactful.
Aunt Song Cheng blushed. For some reason, she was intimidated by her sister-in-law. She was too powerful and capable. She graduated from a prestigious university, bought a house in Beijing, and was told that she had started a factory last year. She was very good at making money.
“I didn’t mean anything by it. I just felt that these things could be saved, and there was no need to spend money. We rural people are used to saving money all our lives. I really didn’t mean to make things difficult for Chacha. She is a great contributor to our Song family. I am grateful to her.”
The gratitude was genuine, but the unintentional annoyance was also real. Lin Xiazhu had also grown up in the countryside, so how could she not understand what these old women were thinking?
It's nothing more than the suffering they endured in the past, so they can't stand seeing young people living too easily nowadays. They always want to inflict the suffering they suffered on others, so that others can also experience the taste of past hardships.
“Aunt Song, my parents passed away early, so I, as the eldest sister, will make decisions for Chacha whenever she needs anything. I will not allow anyone to bully her or let her suffer any grievances. Even if our family didn’t have the means, I would never let her go without meat during her postpartum confinement.”
Cha Cha has always had a big appetite and loves meat. Now that she has given birth to twin sons, it is the time when she needs to nourish herself. She can't neglect her body, or she will suffer from health problems when she gets old.
"Song Cheng, you should talk to your sister-in-law properly. Aunt really didn't mean it that way. I admit my mistake, isn't that enough?"
You have to admit your mistakes and correct them. Otherwise, what's the point of admitting your mistakes and then doing it again?
"Aunt Song, to be frank, it's not that I look down on Song Cheng, but the truth is, Song Cheng and Cha Cha's business is so successful today thanks to the large sum of start-up capital we lent them. Without that financial support..."
Even if pig farming were successful, it wouldn't be possible to do it that quickly or on that scale, let alone open a chicken and duck farm. A person should have a conscience and remember the good things others have done for them. Song Cheng is a very good person, I have nothing to say about him, and he and Cha Cha are very happy.
"If you really care about them, then mind your own business. Don't you have two sons of your own? Aren't you worried enough about them?"
Lin Xiazhu couldn't understand it. Chacha had told her before that the matchmaker had already arranged marriages for Song's aunt's two sons. One of them was already married, and the other was dating and would soon be getting married.
How come Aunt Song still has time to meddle in Cha Cha and Song Cheng's affairs? This woman is really something else; she just loves to meddle in other people's business.
“I’m so grateful. Song Cheng and Cha Cha paid for my youngest son’s wedding. They said they would also pay for my eldest son’s wedding. It’s all because my uncle and I are useless and we have to rely on Song Cheng for everything. My mother-in-law is also very grateful. I don’t know what else I can do. I just wanted to help Cha Cha more during her postpartum period.”
So she insisted on coming to the county town, but unexpectedly she was disliked instead, and Aunt Song felt very wronged.
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