Chapter 47: Chicken with mushrooms

Qin Lian is cooking at home.

She took off the lid of the big pot, picked up a spoon, stirred the local chicken and chicken mushrooms inside, and then scooped a small mouthful of the soup to taste its saltiness.

The chicken mushrooms were fresh and the local chicken was plump. Qin Lian felt that the taste was just right, so she covered the pot again.

Farmers don’t have many native chickens, and most of them have to be kept for a year before being carried to the market to be sold at the end of the year.

However, in order to welcome Qin Yue and Xia Tang back, Wu Chunmei specially asked Qin Lian to kill two chickens, cut the chicken into pieces, and cook them with chicken mushrooms.

The chicken mushrooms were also freshly picked from the mountains. We cooked a large pot of them together. The aroma of the chicken and the freshness of the chicken mushrooms collided together, making the taste even more delicious.

Hu Fang held a handful of melon seeds in her hand and ate them while leaning against the door frame.

The scent of muscle sneaked into her nose, and she couldn't help but take a deep breath of the fragrance, but she complained in her mouth:

"Lian'er, isn't your mother a little too partial?"

"We slaughtered two chickens, but your brother said that Xia Tang doesn't like spicy food, so he boiled both of them with chicken mushrooms. I say, why not leave one and stir-fry it with chili? Wouldn't it be more delicious?"

Qin Lian lowered her head and stuffed firewood into the stove without saying a word.

Seeing that she was silent, Hu Fang leaned closer and said:

"Hey, you just got married and you're already picking on me about whether I can eat spicy food or not. You won't have a good life in the future!"

Qin Lian lowered her head and said:

"My brother has raised us for so many years, so he deserves a few bites of chicken."

"Then what should we do?"

Hu Fang sneered,

"Even if your brother should do that, shouldn't you also serve your sister-in-law?"

"Qin Lian, we grew up together. I'm saying something unpleasant, but it's for your own good. Your sister-in-law is no pushover!"

Qin Lian threw the fire stick to the ground, scaring Hu Fang.

She turned away and said to Hu Fang:

"Sister Hu Fang, are you really doing this for our family's benefit?"

"Then why did you have to make a big fuss about my brother when you saw him in the hospital and he didn't want you to tell my mom about his injury?"

"Don't you know that my mother has a heart disease and can't stand being scared?"

Hu Fang stuttered:

"Then I'm still afraid..."

"What are you afraid of?"

Qin Lian frowned.

"My brother only had superficial injuries. I'm glad you didn't scare my mom to death. You know best whether you have good intentions or bad ones."

She stood up and looked at Hu Fang:

"My brother also said that he won't bother with you about the previous incident. But if you make up stories about my sister-in-law again in the future, I'll see if my brother will settle accounts with you!"

After saying this, he threw the last two long pieces of firewood into the stove, clapped his hands, and went out.

Hu Fang was stunned for a moment, then threw the melon seeds to the ground:

"I... I mean well, don't I? Really, you take my kindness for granted!"

The evening meal is a family dinner.

The Qin family didn't have many people, but they came in one after another and sat at two tables.

But Hu Fang was not there.

Wu Chunliu was still waiting for her maid to sit down. She looked everywhere for Hu Fang but couldn't find her, so she asked Qin Lian.

Qin Lian brought the last dish of winter melon fried pork slices to the table and said coldly:

"Maybe he's afraid of seeing my brother."

"What is she afraid of?"

Wu Chunliu was puzzled, but he didn't ask any further questions.

However, even if Hu Fang was not there, she could not stop Wu Chunliu from making trouble.

One moment he praised Hu Fang to the sky, and the next moment he spoke in a sarcastic tone about Xia Tang's identity as a "city dweller" under the pretext of asking some questions.

Seeing that no one else paid attention to her, she pulled Wu Chunmei and spoke vigorously.

Even on such a happy day, Wu Chunmei was not happy to hear it.

But Wu Chunliu couldn't stop talking, and she was too shy to refute others, so she could only listen patiently.

As they talked, they no longer mentioned Qin Yue and Xia Tang's house in Yuncheng.

Wu Chunliu immediately became excited and started typing with his chopsticks in hand:

"Qin Yue, I heard that you city dwellers have very tight housing conditions. There are many children but few houses. Sometimes, a whole family lives in a small house. The environment is really... Tsk tsk tsk."

"But let me tell you, no matter how tight the house is, you have to take your mother and your sister over. And there are two children, didn't you say you raised them? It's not appropriate to just leave them to your mother and your sister, right?"

Wu Chunliu was talking for a hundred seconds while Wu Chunmei was pulling her from below, but even this did not stop Wu Chunliu from performing.

Instead, he pulled his sleeves and said repeatedly:

"Hey, why are you pulling me? Did I say something wrong?"

Wu Chunmei whispered:

"Actually, I don't like living in a house in the city..."

She felt suffocated.

Wu Chunmei let out a loud click of the tongue:

"You don't understand. If you don't live in your own house, won't it be given to someone else? The wife you married has become the head of the family, but you are staying in a shabby house in the mountains. How can this be possible?"

After saying this, he deliberately said to Xia Tang:

"Xia Tang, do you think what I said is correct?"

Xia Tang didn't say anything, Qin Yue frowned:

"Second aunt, Xia Tang and I got married freely. There's no such thing as marrying in. Besides, Xia Tang has her own house, which is better than the one I applied for. If I marry her, it's a bargain for me."

Wu Chunliu was a little confused at this time:

"What? You said she...how can she have a house?"

After all, in the countryside, women have no property to speak of.

Women who are kicked out of their homes sometimes don't even have anywhere to go.

She had lived a feudal life all her life and could never imagine what it would be like to have her own house.

"How can she not have a house?"

Qin Yue retorted speechlessly.

"Don't say that again. If you continue, it will become like I am marrying her."

“…”

Wu Chunliu was almost pissed off by his nephew and turned back to find an ally, but Wu Chunmei just kept eating without even raising her head.

She raised her head and tried to struggle again:

"You all have houses, so you can't leave the old lady and sister at home! You'll have to go to the city to enjoy life! And those two kids, is it appropriate to just leave them at home?"

When these two sentences were said, Wu Chunmei and Qin Lian did not react, but Shuigen and Niuzi lowered their heads.

Qin Yue was about to speak again, but Xia Tang softly placed her hand on his.

Her voice was gentle, and she glanced at Qin Yue:

"We really want to discuss this with Mom."

She felt that everyone around her was looking at her, so she smiled:

"This time we come back, we plan to bring Shuigen and Niuzi back home."

As soon as she said this, everyone looked at her.

Even Qin Lian couldn't help but say:

"Sister-in-law, why don't we let Shuigen and Niuzi stay in the village first? They are sensible and we can take care of them without getting tired."

Xia Tang looked at the girl chewing potatoes in Qin Lian's arms, and the girl sitting on a small stool secretly looking at her nipples, and his heart softened:

"Since Qin Yue brought them back, it is only right for us to take them to our side and take care of them. It will be good for them to stay in Yuncheng to attend kindergarten and elementary school, and then go to junior high school, high school, and college in the future."

These words left Wu Chunliu completely speechless.

She opened her mouth for a long time, trying to think of something else to stir up trouble.

But just as he pushed Wu Chunmei, he was glanced at by the honest Third Sister, who sighed casually:

"My dear sister, please stop talking."

*

Qin Yue and Xia Tang stayed in Xiayazi Village for two days and left on the morning of the third day.

They did not bring Shuigen'er and Niuzi this time. They only agreed to take them upstairs when Qin Yue's house came down.

When she was about to leave, the girl, who had already become familiar with Xia Tang, clung to her side and twisted her body, not wanting her to leave.

Shui Gen'er looked at Qin Yue eagerly:

"Brother Yue, is Yuncheng big?"

"big."

“Is there a big park?”

“There are lots of big parks.”

Shuigen suddenly became energetic:

"Then I'm going to go to the park in the future!"

"OK,"

Qin Yue scratched his nose, stretched out his hand and made an agreement with him.

"It's a deal."

When Xia Tang and Qin Yue returned to the city, Xia Lulu and Xie Minghui had a big temper tantrum.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and sister-in-law competition some time ago ended with Xia Lulu winning a great victory.

However, even though we won a complete victory, there were also reasons why objective conditions did not allow it.

After all, the dormitory at Yunnan University really couldn't accommodate four people. Otherwise, with Xie Minghui's mother's temper, she would have settled down in Xie Minghui's house even if she had to sleep on the floor.

But even though he won, Xie Minghui ignored Xia Lulu for several days.

After all, given his temper, he would never tolerate his daughter-in-law climbing over him.

He originally thought that after showing Xia Lulu a few days' displeasure, she would immediately kneel down and apologize, but he didn't expect that Xia Lulu simply ignored him during those days!

Not only did she treat his anger as air, but she also approached him and asked him to go to Guangzhou with her!

???

Xie Minghui has never done anything so vile in his life.

He even wondered if Xia Lulu's brain had been brainwashed by Xia Tang.

Setting up a street stall, opening a snack bar, or doing small business, is that a good thing?

Why does everyone leave their serious work behind and do those trivial things!

Even if you make money, how much can you make?

Xie Minghui was angry and couldn't help but speak louder to Xia Lulu:

"Aren't you ashamed?"

Xia Lulu confidently reached out to him:

"It's shameful! If you're afraid of embarrassing me, just give me 40 yuan a month, and I promise to stay at home and lie down comfortably!"

"You! You are making trouble!"

Xie Minghui slammed the door and walked out in anger.

Xia Lulu was not angry, and continued to apply her vanishing cream slowly on her face.

The vanishing cream was expensive, so she spent two dollars to buy it. After she came back, Xie Minghui scolded her.

But when she said she would buy a bottle for her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, he stopped talking again.

Thinking of that scene, Xia Lulu felt wronged again.

It seemed that no matter what she did, Xie Minghui would always be on the side of his family.

Her mother-in-law and sister-in-law were even more excessive! They always said that other people's daughters-in-law were better! They even compared Xia Tang with her!

How is she inferior to Xia Tang?

In a fit of rage, Xia Lulu threw the vanishing cream to the ground.

The bottle of vanishing cream fell onto the terrazzo tiles, and the white cream was all over the floor.

Xia Lulu felt distressed again. She squatted down, picked up the bottle, and wiped the cream stuck on the ground with paper.

I thought angrily:

You have nothing to do with me in Guangzhou!

I'll leave by car tonight!

I just can't do it! Without you, my diamond, I can't do the porcelain work!