Gu Ningzhi led his family to the rented courtyard. As soon as they entered, his sister-in-law commented, "This house isn't very good. Why would you rent a place like this?"
"As long as it's habitable, I don't care about these things." The dormitory is quite nice, but it's too small for a family of three to live in.
"Let's go see the baby first. The baby is already a month old, and I, as the grandmother, haven't even seen him yet!" Gu's mother smiled awkwardly, and then went to the room with her two daughters-in-law to see the baby.
She deliberately came so late because she didn't want to take care of a delicate city girl during her postpartum period. If she were to take care of Feng Xintong during her postpartum period, she felt that she would probably live many years less.
Upon entering the room and seeing Feng Xintong still there, Gu's mother was quite surprised. "Xintong, why are you still at home? Didn't you go to work?"
"What you're saying is ridiculous! Ning Zhi is never home, and neither am I. Are you going to leave the child on the bed to starve to death? I never imagined you could be so cruel as to want to starve my child to death!" Feng Xintong's eyes widened as she said angrily. "Ning Zhi, did you hear that? Your mother and your sisters-in-law want to starve your son to death! My mother was right, these country folk are truly vicious. They say even tigers don't eat their cubs, but you, as human beings, actually want to starve your grandson to death. Do you have too many grandsons and don't want any more? If you don't want grandsons, you should have said so earlier. My parents would have loved to have grandsons..."
Feng Xintong spoke loudly and rapidly, determined to make the Gu family back down and prevent them from plotting against her again.
They came empty-handed, without bringing any nutritional supplements. Did they really come to visit her and her child?
They probably have ulterior motives!
"Mom, what are you doing? If you don't like my son, you don't have to come to see him. Your glances at him don't help us at all," Gu Ningzhi said unhappily as she walked in.
Their arrival immediately displeased Feng Xintong, so it seems they weren't there to sincerely visit the children.
“Ningzhi, your son is my grandson, how could I not like him?” Gu’s mother said hurriedly. Of her sons, Gu Ningzhi was the most successful and also the most generous. Every time he came home, he would buy things to bring back with him.
The remaining children couldn't do that.
"Really? Since Mom likes her grandson so much, how big of a red envelope is Mom planning to give him? How much money will you give him every month from now on?" Gu Ningzhi asked.
Everyone is waiting for him to support them. Could it be that now that he's married and has children, they're still waiting for him to support them?
"You're all grown up, don't you understand anything? Sisters-in-law, you know to bring things when you go back to your parents' home, but why don't you bring anything when you come to visit the children? Does this mean you don't consider us family? Since you don't consider us family, then from now on, please don't touch the things I buy for my parents." Gu Ningzhi said coldly, "From now on, I will only prepare enough for my parents, and I won't prepare anything more."
Their children have taken advantage of him quite a bit, and now that it's his children's turn, they haven't shown any remorse whatsoever. It's truly disheartening.
“Yes, we should come here less often in the future. I don’t want my child to know that he has grandparents who dislike him so much. On our first meeting, they didn’t even have a single piece of clothing. Even though his maternal grandparents couldn’t come, they still sent things over! It’s clear that liking or disliking someone is very obvious,” Feng Xintong said coldly.
She was unwilling for Gu Ningzhi's efforts to go unrewarded. From now on, he only needed to provide for his parents' retirement, and other people's affairs would be none of his concern.
They've taken so much advantage of her, yet they won't even make her a piece of clothing or a pair of socks. What are they trying to do?
Are you trying to use the child to intimidate her?
She was indeed not good at handling these things, and she didn't know how to deal with them, but she could also act shamelessly and cause trouble. When a person has no shame, they are invincible.
The three women, Gu's mother, came full of confidence, but left dejectedly. They had originally planned for Feng Xintong to stay home to take care of the children and serve the family, and give up her job. However, Feng Xintong had already made arrangements herself. Even if she stayed home to take care of the children, she would not give up her job.
I never expected that this city girl would be so cunning. The key thing is that her son is so obedient. It's like I raised him for nothing.
After they left, Feng Xintong said, "I will arrange my own work. Tell the others not to covet my job, otherwise they will take advantage of me and covet your job next time."
"It's your job, you can arrange it yourself, I won't interfere." Feng Xintong was able to marry him because of this job. If he takes the job back, wouldn't that be like crossing the river and burning the bridge?
Moreover, the job is in Feng Xintong's hands, and he can't just take it back whenever he wants. After all, Feng Xintong herself has to go and handle the formalities!
No one can have this job unless Feng Xintong agrees.
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"Shall we go to the fields to collect snails together tomorrow morning?" Lin Yiwan said to Wen Xi.
The team will have a two-day holiday tomorrow and the day after, so there won't be many people in the fields. No one will say anything if they go to pick snails.
"Okay!" Wen Xi readily agreed, as she had nothing to do at the moment and was rather bored!
While Shen Jiaojiao and the other three went out to catch these things in the evening, she didn't go out. She stayed at home to cook in the system kitchen. Since the weather got hot, Wenxi hardly cooked herself anymore and always took the dishes out of the system to eat.
The next morning, just as dawn broke and the air was still chilly, Lin Yiwan came to find Wen Xi. The two of them set off with baskets in hand. Lin Yiwan planned to collect more snails and then make them into a spicy snail sauce to send to Pei Jingzhou.
They've only met once since they started dating, and now they communicate through letters. She misses him terribly, but there are less than six months left before they can meet again.
Lin Yiwan told Wenxi how to make the spicy snail sauce. Wenxi nodded after listening, "Yiwan, thank you for telling me how to make the snail sauce. After I make it, I'll send some home so they can try it too."
Upon arriving at the rice paddy, the two women went down into the paddy and began to carefully pick up leeches. They were both wearing boots, so they weren't afraid of them.
In summer, all the snails are lying on the mud, making them easy to spot and pick up. However, if the seasonings are not properly prepared, they will have a very strong muddy and fishy smell, which is why most people don't eat them.
However, ever since Wenxi introduced everyone to the delicious spicy snails, the villagers have started eating snails too. But at this time, there are so many snails that even if the whole village eats together, they still can't finish them all.
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