Chapter 29 They're clearly cousins, so why are their personalities so different...?
Tang Mingmei said to her parents, "Why don't you say anything to her?"
"What do you mean? We're not her parents."
Li Hong felt that this problem was also something that people couldn't do.
Although she was also unhappy with her niece's actions, what right did she have to criticize her? After all, she was just a niece, whom her in-laws had raised for a long time before bringing her to live with them.
How deep can feelings go?
Besides, it's not like they didn't come back, they were just a little late.
And it wasn't very late; they arrived in the morning anyway, carrying lots of bags and packages. Every time the neighbors saw them, they praised them.
Although Li Hong was unhappy, she didn't take it to heart.
Like I said, she's just a niece, how much could I really look forward to her coming back to her parents' home? If it weren't for all those big bags of gifts, I probably wouldn't even bother to receive her.
My niece and my daughter have very different feelings.
For example, this year, knowing that it was her daughter's first time visiting her parents' home after her marriage, she got up early today and busied herself with this and that, cleaning the house spotlessly and preparing fruits and snacks in advance.
Tang Mingmei's feelings became complicated after her mother asked her a question.
After her grandparents passed away one after another, when her parents had just brought her to live with them, some nosy neighbors secretly advised her mother that since they only had one daughter, raising another niece might be a blessing from heaven, and that if she was raised well, she would be filial to them in the future.
When her mother turned around and said these words to her, she felt that they made a lot of sense. But her mother bluntly said that no niece could compare to a biological daughter, and even if she were to treat her like a biological daughter, she would not have a conscience.
Now it seems that's indeed the case; otherwise, why would they have this attitude?
I don't believe Tang Mingli doesn't know that her attitude towards her maternal family directly determines how the Fu family treats the Tang family.
In her previous life, in order to ensure that her family was not inferior to the Fu family, she forced herself to endure the disgust in her heart and demanded that Fu Ci appear in the occasions where the Fu family was supposed to be present.
She knew he was helpless, and she was in pain as well.
Tang Jianguo, who was standing to the side, didn't want his daughter and son-in-law to come back to her parents' home for the first time and keep listening to his wife and daughter complaining about his niece and the others, making him feel that their family was terrible. He interrupted his wife.
"Isn't the chicken still simmering in the pot? Haven't you turned it over yet? Aren't you afraid it'll burn?"
"Oh, right."
Li Hong then remembered that she had cooked chicken stew with mushrooms early that morning, and quickly got up to check on the situation.
After luring his wife away, Tang Jianguo finally felt at ease and politely offered his son-in-law some tea.
I don't know if it's just my imagination, but my son-in-law seems to have gained a lot of weight since the last time I saw him.
Li Dazhu took a sip of tea and was surprised to find that today's tea was particularly delicious, unlike any he had had before. So he asked, "What kind of tea is this?"
"I don't know either, this is..." Tang Jianguo wanted to say that Tang Mingli brought it over, but when he remembered that his niece had openly disliked the tea her son-in-law brought, he had to change his words: "This was a gift from someone else."
Li Dazhu smiled and said, "The taste is really good."
Tang Jianguo dared not say anything like "drink more if you like it," for fear that his son-in-law would feel uncomfortable if he knew that the food was sent by his niece.
So he said in a nonchalant tone, "Tea is all pretty much the same." Then he flattered Li Dazhu, saying, "It's because you love your father-in-law's tea that you think it tastes better."
Tang Mingmei was very happy to hear this. Although Li Dazhu had clearly done nothing, he inexplicably gave her father this impression, making her feel very proud.
Li Dazhu's good looks are a huge advantage; sometimes, even his simple, goofy smile makes people feel his sincerity.
Little did she know that her husband was secretly thinking that if she hadn't married Tang Mingmei, he probably wouldn't have been willing to serve him such fine tea. She really knew how to please him.
In the six months since they got married, he had heard Tang Mingmei say countless times that if it weren't for her, her parents wouldn't have treated him this way.
He just didn't understand what his father-in-law and mother-in-law had done to him.
That is, we provided them with financial assistance a few times when they were in difficulty.
The three chatted, each lost in their own thoughts, until Tang Mingli and Fu Ci arrived late.
Five people were sitting in the large living room, which immediately made the house seem very lively.
Li Hong came out of the kitchen to receive the gift, chatted with him for a few minutes, and then went back into the kitchen to keep busy.
She was really busy today. To make sure her daughter ate well, she prepared a lot of dishes, including several main dishes that took quite a bit of time to prepare.
However, when she thought that Tang Mingli would also get to eat the dishes she had carefully prepared, she felt that Tang Mingli was being treated too well.
Fortunately, she doesn't eat much; she gets full after eating only a little each time.
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Li Hong was busy in the kitchen, sweating profusely, while Tang Jianguo was chatting happily in the living room.
After Fu Ci joined in, he inexplicably felt that the conversations between the men were more comfortable.
With Fu Ci leading the conversation, he and Li Dazhu stopped their aimless and awkward small talk and started talking about some recent national policies.
However, this wasn't the first topic of conversation. It seems that he mentioned that the factory's profits were getting worse year by year, while Li Dazhu laughed and said that the meat processing plant was busier than before, with dozens more pigs being slaughtered every day compared to last year.
These words prompted Tang Jianguo to secretly sized up his son-in-law again, thinking to himself, "No wonder."
No wonder she's gained so much weight; she must have eaten a lot of offal.
It's true, with such a convenient position, why doesn't he occasionally send some things to those two elderly people?
When asked about the increase in the number of pigs slaughtered daily at meat processing plants, Fu Ci naturally chimed in: "Last year, our country successfully bred a new breed of pig. This breed not only produces more meat but is also easier to raise. Some areas have also begun to promote mechanized pig farming, which has greatly improved the annual output capacity."
Tang Jianguo was unaware of these things, and Li Dazhu, who worked at the meat processing plant, had never even heard of them before. The two of them were completely bewildered.
However, Li Dazhu was genuinely interested in this topic. If the number of pigs slaughtered increased, their meat processing plant would only be busier, and naturally, their wages would also increase.
While other state-owned factories were declining in efficiency, their meat processing plant was thriving, giving him the illusion that only he had a bright future.
He asked Fu Ci, "Where did you hear all this from?"
Given the Fu family's status and position, it's not surprising that they know things that ordinary people don't.
However, Fu Ci told him, "It was reported on the evening news."
Li Dazhu gave an awkward smile; he didn't like watching the news.
However, Tang Mingmei reacted even more strongly than him.
Hearing the words "News Broadcast" brought back some unpleasant memories for her.
The Fu family enjoys watching the news. Every evening at seven o'clock, unless there's nothing else to do, the whole family will sit together in front of the television.
The family watched and chatted, speaking in a language she couldn't understand, making her feel very out of place.
Sometimes she couldn't bear it anymore, so she would go for a walk in the courtyard alone, and the Fu family would gossip about her after she went out.
"Why is she unhappy again?"
"What did I do to offend her? Why did she go out with such a cold face again?"
"This child's personality is becoming more and more incomprehensible."
...
She overheard it by chance when she had just stepped out the door and noticed it was drizzling outside, and was about to turn back.
Only then did I realize that this was what they said about me behind my back.
She was heartbroken and stood under the eaves, silently shedding tears for a long time.
Because she caught a chill, she got sick after that day and it took her almost half a month to recover from the cold.
She had forgotten these unpleasant memories from her previous life, but hearing those words on the news today brought them back to her mind, and the heartache she felt was even greater than in her previous life.
But today is the day she goes back to her parents' home, so she has to endure it no matter how painful it is.
The men continued chatting.
Li Dazhu misinterpreted Fu Ci's words, thinking that the country's vigorous development of the aquaculture industry would inevitably lead to an expansion of meat processing plants.
Fu Ci immediately poured cold water on the idea.
"It will probably only shrink."
"Why? Didn't you say that the country is vigorously developing the aquaculture industry, cultivating new breeds, and promoting mechanization?"
“Yes.” Fu Ci nodded with a faint smile. “But it’s not just the aquaculture industry that’s implementing mechanization. In the future, all industries will inevitably follow suit, especially some jobs that don’t require much technology.”
Slaughtering pigs falls into this category.
It may take five or six people working together to slaughter a pig weighing several hundred pounds now, but in the future, perhaps one person can do it alone.
Furthermore, if mechanization becomes more advanced, one person may be able to slaughter dozens of pigs a day.
However, he didn't make any definitive statements; this was just his prediction, and it might not necessarily be true.
Moreover, Li Dazhu works at a meat processing plant. If we tell him now that many of them may lose their jobs in the future, wouldn't that be a slap in the face?
Not only will Li Dazhu himself be unhappy, but his wife's uncle and cousin will also be unhappy.
Fu Ci understands this basic social etiquette.
But Li Dazhu wasn't stupid; how could he not understand at all?
He could only console himself with the thought that slaughtering pigs wasn't a skilled job. Besides, mechanization wasn't going to be so easy to implement; many people didn't even know what a machine was.
Perhaps because he was unhappy, he deliberately changed the subject and asked Fu Ci, "I heard you resigned when Mingmei and I got married. I wonder if you've gone back to work after all this time?"
Fu Ci shook his head: "Not yet."
Li Dazhu was taken aback by such composure and blurted out, "You and your family aren't worried about not having work for so long?"
After speaking, he looked at Tang Mingli.
She was intently eating sunflower seeds, showing no sign of being in a hurry.
Fu Ci also looked at his wife and smiled subconsciously.
This time, the smile was genuine.
"No rush, my wife and family are very supportive."
He ordered a separate dish for his wife, not intentionally, but subconsciously.
Li Dazhu felt a pang of envy, thinking to himself, "It's so good to be rich. Even if you don't work, it's not a big deal."
He was certain that if he lost his job, Tang Mingmei would cause chaos in his family.
What made him feel even more heartbroken was what happened next.
Tang Mingli noticed that Fu Ci was looking at her, and then she looked at him and gave him a gentle smile.
This scene, witnessed by Li Dazhu, suddenly evoked a sense of disgust towards the wife he had once firmly chosen.
They're cousins, so why are their personalities so different? Look at her cousin; she's not only considerate of her husband, but also gentle with him.
Tang Mingmei was also affected by this scene.
Despite her calm demeanor, a storm was brewing within her.
It was Tang Mingli's natural smile at Fu Ci, and even more so the tenderness that Fu Ci showed when he looked at his wife.
It's a ghost...
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