Chapter 54
Before Mr. Zhong and his family went to look for Ye Fuyue, they had already given the peaches to Aunt Xie. Although they came mainly to thank Ye Fuyue, Ye Fuyue lived in the same compound as Aunt Xie's family. Since they were already here, there was no reason not to go and say hello to the in-laws.
Now that they have delivered the things to Ye Fuyue, Mr. Zhong and the others are preparing to go home. According to etiquette, they have to say hello to Aunt Xie first.
Aunt Xie was watching at the door.
When Mr. Zhong saw Aunt Xie, he said with a smile, "My dear, we'll go back first."
"Dad, have some water before you go." Zhong Lan said.
Father Zhong glanced at Aunt Xie's unhappy face and waved his hand, "No, we're not thirsty."
Seeing that Father Zhong was quite tactful, Aunt Xie softened her expression and said, "Have you sent all the things to Ye Fuyue?"
"Yes, they have all been sent." said Mr. Zhong.
"Those are all good things! Some of them may not be bought even with money. Did Ye Fuyue accept them all?" Aunt Xie said again.
"Comrade Ye didn't want to accept it, but we insisted that she accept it. She saved Lan'er's life and is our great benefactor. These things are not as good as her kindness to Lan'er." said Father Zhong.
Aunt Xie chuckled lightly: "Didn't Zhong Lan tell you that Ye Fuyue herself was almost beaten?"
"She did." Father Zhong said, "Although Comrade Ye also saved herself, she also saved Lan'er."
Aunt Xie curled her lips.
The Zhong family really values their daughter! They gave Ye Fuyue such wonderful gifts, but only brought a few peaches to her in-laws.
"I thought you didn't know." Aunt Xie gave a perfunctory smile. "The chicken you gave to Ye Fuyue's family was really fat, and the bacon was also very good. We haven't eaten meat in a long time, let alone chicken. What's the use of just a few peaches? They are not as good as chicken, meat, and eggs."
The expressions of several people in the Zhong family changed slightly.
Everyone was not stupid and could tell what Aunt Xie meant. She was complaining that they had not sent these good things to her family.
Zhong Lan said, "My parents don't usually eat chicken and meat, and they don't eat many eggs either. We don't eat as much as we do. If it weren't for thanking Ye Fuyue, my parents wouldn't have gone to the countryside to exchange for chickens."
Aunt Xie got angry when she heard Zhong Lan speak.
They had said last time that there was no need to thank Ye Fuyue specifically. Zhong Lan, on the other hand, didn't even bother to cook breakfast or go home early in the morning. She ran straight back to her parents' home, asking them to thank Ye Fuyue, and only brought a few broken peaches to her in-laws' home.
Aunt Xie's tone was not very good: "Changing one is changing, changing two is also changing. Why don't you just change two and let us try something new!"
Brother Zhong was impatient. When he heard what Aunt Xie said, he couldn't help but say, "If you want to eat, find a way to exchange it yourself. What's the point of asking others for it?"
"How can you talk like that? Did I ask you for help?!" Aunt Xie raised her voice.
Father Zhong hurriedly asked Second Brother Zhong to stop talking.
But Brother Zhong couldn't stand it and said to Aunt Xie, "You know whether you asked for it or not!"
Aunt Xie was so angry that her face turned blue. She pointed at Second Brother Zhong and said to Father Zhong, "Is this how your children talk to their elders?!"
Father Zhong glared at Second Brother Zhong a few times, telling him to stop messing around, and then he smiled at Aunt Xie and said, "This child has a straightforward personality. He doesn't know how to beat around the bush when speaking. He says whatever he wants. If he contradicts my in-laws, please don't be angry."
After a pause, Zhong's father continued, "My family is very protective of our own people. If a family member is bullied or hears something bad about them, we will lose our sense of propriety and bottom line in what we say and do. Take the incident where Lan'er was almost beaten up, for example. Even if we have to tighten our belts for a while after saving Lan'er, we will still thank the person who saved her. But if someone treats our family badly, we won't give them too much face."
Mr. Zhong smiled and said, "We really couldn't get two chickens in exchange. The one we got was given to us by a relative out of old friendship. My family hasn't eaten meat in a long time, and our living conditions are probably even worse than yours."
Mr. Zhong had a friendly smile on his face and spoke calmly, explaining the matter of the hens in detail. However, the protectiveness and even admonishment in his words were very obvious.
Aunt Xie understood what was going on, and she felt like a stone was pressing down on her chest, feeling very suffocated. She snorted coldly, turned and went into the house, no longer paying attention to the Zhong family.
Brother Zhong was still angry and asked, "Little sister, does your mother-in-law treat you like this all the time?"
Zhong Lan said carefully, "My mother-in-law treats everyone like this."
What Zhong Lan said was not a lie.
Aunt Xie is nice to her own family members, but always speaks in a sarcastic way to outsiders.
"Hmph." Second Brother Zhong also snorted angrily.
Father Zhong said to Zhong Lan earnestly, "Before you got married, we all loved you at home. Although everyone says that a daughter who is married off is like spilled water, and from then on she belongs to her husband's family, we don't see it that way. We still treat you as one of our family members. If you are wronged in your husband's family, feel free to come back. We will always stand by you."
Brother Zhong nodded: "Yes."
Second Brother Zhong also said, "My eldest brother and I will protect you. There is no reason for our Zhong family to be bullied."
Father Zhong said, "Although we don't bully others, we won't let others bully our family members either."
Zhong Lan's eyes were red. She held back her tears and nodded heavily, not daring to speak, for fear that she would burst into tears if she spoke.
Father Zhong patted her shoulder and said, "Come in, we should go back."
Zhong Lan hummed "hmm" and watched her father and the others disappear at the gate of the compound before she wiped her tears and turned to go back into the house.
evening.
When Shen Yao, Chen Guifeng and Shen Shun returned home, they saw the table full of things and the chicken with its feet tied in the yard.
Chen Guifeng was stunned: "Where did all these things come from?"
Ye Fuyue told them what happened in the afternoon.
"I don't know what the little girl's parents do for a living. They are so generous. These fine grains, white flour, and malted milk are all very expensive." Ye Fuyue sighed.
"I was at the Public Security Bureau the other day, and I heard the police comrades mention that her father seemed to be the deputy director of a factory, and her mother's position was not low either," said Shen Yao.
Ye Fuyue suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. They are truly wealthy families."
Chen Guifeng asked, "Zhong Lan's family sent so many gifts. Is your Aunt Xie happy about this?"
Ye Fuyue said, "I guess Zhong Lan was not happy about it, so she asked her parents to send it instead of Aunt Xie's family."
Chen Guifeng nodded: "Zhong Lan is a good girl! She wanted to thank you so much that she even went to look for her family. If Aunt Xie knew about this, she would be furious."
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