At this moment and in this scene.

Zhang Xiuyun wished she could hide in a hole in the ground.

But seeing how worried her elder sister was, she couldn't tell a lie. It was Zhang Hu who begged her for a long time to pretend to be sick this time.

Seeing her ashamed look, Jiang Xi sneered in his heart and looked even more worried: "Mom, tell me where you feel uncomfortable so I can show you. If there is really something wrong, don't be afraid. I will show you even if I have to sell my iron pot."

Jiang Ermei and Jiang Sanmei, the two children, also came over. They had heard someone say that their mother was ill and asked their eldest sister to send money. Since they had someone specifically pass on the message, it must not be a minor illness. They were also very anxious: "Mom, please tell me, what's wrong with you?"

"Mom, don't worry, my elder sister is amazing and will definitely be able to cure you. If she can't, I will stop studying and earn money to treat you."

Jiang Ermei was so anxious that tears came out.

The two children and the hungry birds looked at her with dependence and worry.

Zhang Xiuyun's face turned even redder, and she wanted to pull the three children into the house: "Big sister, let's go inside and talk..."

Jiang Xi disagreed, "What can't be said? Don't worry, you are my mother, and everyone here can bear witness to it. If I say I will treat you, I will treat you, so don't worry."

The Pei family's parents, who were reluctant to say anything, gritted their teeth and said, "Mother-in-law, Xiaoxi is right. We will treat you. Just tell us what you are suffering from."

Even the Pei family said so, and the surrounding villagers were even more amazed.

The Pei family is so kind.

Zhang Xiuyun couldn't help covering her face when she heard this, and whispered, "Mom is not sick, it's your uncle who coaxed you."

Jiang Xi was shocked: "What did you say? You are not sick?"

Jiang Ermei's tears were stuck in her eyelids, and she looked at her mother in surprise.

Zhang Xiuyun said dryly: "Well, I'm not sick."

"Then why did you ask someone to tell me to send money over?" Jiang Xi asked with a droopy face, looking cheated.

Zhang Xiuyun blushed and remained silent.

Jiang Sanmei pouted angrily: "Mom, you lied! Didn't you always tell us not to lie? Why did you lie yourself?"

Everyone sighed and stared at this place, with all kinds of thoughts in their minds: My mother lied, why? For money?

Zhang Xiuyun didn't dare to answer, she just pulled her elder sister and begged, "Elder sister, can we go in first?"

If she stayed any longer, she would really die of shame.

Jiang Xi shook off her hand and looked at her with disappointment.

Zhang Xiuyun's eyes turned red, and she was about to cry when a crisp voice rang in her ear: "Mom, was it your uncle who asked you to cheat your elder sister for money?"

Zhang Xiuyun's body stiffened and she looked sideways.

The second daughter, who was the most taciturn, looked at her with tears in her eyes, her eyes widened with anger and filled with disappointment.

Jiang Xi was shocked. She just wanted others to see the true face of this woman, but she didn't expect to irritate Jiang Ermei like this. She hurriedly said, "Second sister, it's okay..."

Jiang Ermei wiped her tears with her sleeves. For the first time, she did not listen to her elder sister and yelled at her mother: "In your eyes, you only remember your uncle, right? In order to give money to your uncle, you would rather lie to your elder sister?! Why don't you go back and live with him? What are you doing here?!"

Zhang Xiuyun covered her face and ran into the house feeling completely ashamed, trying to find a place to hide.

The second daughter, who had always been obedient and stick to her, said such a thing, which showed that she was extremely disappointed with her.

Zhang Xiuyun didn't know how to face it at all.

This embarrassed her more than the sarcasm from her eldest daughter, with whom she was already estranged.

The people in the village witnessed this scene, and all of them had complicated expressions. What kind of person is this? For the sake of his brother, he cheated the money of the married girl. You know, she has three daughters, and the most promising one is Jiang Xi. Isn't this stupid?

Mother Pei stepped forward and patted Jiang Xi on the shoulder to comfort her: "Forget it, forget it. How can a mother and daughter hold a grudge overnight? Your mother was just confused for a moment."

Jiang Xi smiled, her eyes cold and expressionless: "She is not confused for a moment, she is confused for her whole life."

Mother Pei choked up, thinking that what he said made a lot of sense. She was almost forty years old, but she still couldn't tell who she could rely on.

Jiang Xi was not the original owner after all, so she was not too sad. She let her two sisters into the house, then turned around to greet people with a smile on her face, without any trace of her previous indifference to Zhang Xiuyun: "He Mai, I told Third Aunt that you will eat here tonight. The meal is in the kitchen, go and get it yourself."

Pei Hemai, who had been planning to leave after returning the car but forgot to leave because of the farce, came back to his senses and nodded quickly: "Okay, thank you, cousin."

He looked at his cousin's wife with sympathy, went into the house to serve the meal, and kept thinking in his heart.

My cousin’s wife is so pitiful.

I hope my cousin gets better soon, otherwise what will my cousin’s wife do facing such a mother?

If his cousin could get better, he could take his wife with him to join the army and stay away from such family members. Otherwise, as a child, no matter what he does, it would be wrong. Regarding the previous banquet, he often heard people say that his wife was cruel, and that his own uncle could be so decisive.

The farce ended with the night rewards.

The masters all hid themselves, and the others were too embarrassed to look any further, so they just went back with grumbling in their hearts.

Jiang Xi sent away the helpers. The team leader had hired them to work in the sanitation center, but she also got all the benefits, so she was in charge of dinner. She used the leftover chicken soup from yesterday and a little extra water to cook rice soup.

Of course, the meal is not all rice. Most of it is a big stew of sweet potatoes, potatoes and some wild vegetables.

But everyone was very satisfied. They were happy just to have a taste of meat.

Jiang Xi doesn't have high requirements for hygiene, so it is estimated that the work can be completed tomorrow night. The remaining tables and chairs will require the carpenter to take his time.

But starting from the day after tomorrow, everyone no longer has to gather in the Pei family yard.

This also relieved some of the pressure on Jiang Xi.

Of course, the most important person today is Zhang Xiuyun. Because of this incident, all the outsiders have left. The Pei family is still very depressed, and everyone looks unhappy.

Anyway, none of them look happy.

Zhang Xiuyun felt that she had done something wrong, so she lowered her head and followed the child who had made a mistake, crying silently.

Looks quite pitiful.

But this person is truly a pitiful person and there must be something hateful about him.

Jiang Xi couldn't feel any sympathy.

Jiang Ermei and Jiang Sanmei were probably also very disappointed. One of them had a cold face, and the other pouted, and they both looked unhappy while eating.

"Eat more, dear in-law." Pei's mother picked up a piece of chicken for her dryly. She was the type of person who would always give some face no matter how ugly the situation was, especially since this person was Jiang Xi's mother.

Zhang Xiuyun was flattered, but also extremely embarrassed: "Thank you very much."

Then, to Jiang Xi, Mother Pei said naturally: "Eat quickly, you are tired after a day. Let your father take care of He Jun. He has not been working these days and has nothing to do at home."

Pei's father, who was busy working on his private plot all day, said: "..."

Jiang Xi smiled and said, "Well, you guys eat too, Mom."

Then she took some meat from Pei's parents and two younger sisters.

The old hen we ate yesterday was quite big, and the tonic soup we made from it was quite a lot, mainly because we added a lot of water, so there were two big jars of it. We haven’t finished it yet, so we gave half of the soup to the helpers, and I ate the rest and the meat inside myself.

Everyone was very happy after eating the meat, except Zhang Xiuyun.

The eldest sister picked up food for everyone but not for her.

The eldest sister is still angry.

Zhang Xiuyun was short of breath again and could not say anything. She could only lower her head and eat in silence. As she was eating, there was a commotion outside, and then a woman said, "Mom and Dad, sister-in-law, I heard that my in-laws are here?"

Jiang Xi turned around with a little surprise, and saw Liu Xiaohua coming over with a plate, followed by a full harvest.

Liu Xiaohua smiled at her, with a hint of flattery, put down the plate, and said with a smile: "This is the fish your second brother caught in the river. Give it to your in-laws to taste."

Jiang Xi narrowed her eyes slightly. She hadn't seen this person since Fengshou recovered. She originally thought they had nothing to do with each other, but now she was trying to please her?

But she didn't put on a stern face and politely accepted the gift: "Thank you."

Zhang Xiuyun even stood up to express her gratitude.

Pei's parents had not expected the second son's family to do something like this. They were quite happy and waved to Fengshou repeatedly: "Come here, grandma has food here."

Fengshou looked at Jiang Xi timidly. He was quite afraid of the auntie who gave him the injection. Seeing that she didn't react, he ran to his grandparents and was immediately fed a piece of chicken. He shook his head in satisfaction: "Delicious!"

After hearing this, Liu Xiaohua touched the corners of her mouth which had already lost a lot of its color, and said happily: "It's okay, it's okay. Okay, Fengshou, let's go back first."

Fengshou was reluctant to leave, his eyes fixed on the meat on the plate: "Don't go back, I want to eat meat!"

Although I had the chicken soup and meat sent by my grandparents yesterday, I didn’t have any today. How could the fish at home compare to the chicken?

Liu Xiaohua stroked her hair awkwardly and was about to get angry when Pei's mother said, "Forget it, let the child eat a few bites here, and you go back to eat first."

Similarly, Liu Xiaohua also glanced at Jiang Xi, and seeing that she had no objection, she said, "Okay, I'll go back first. Fengshou, bring the plate back when you come back."

She left and everyone continued to eat.

Liu Xiaohua must have really spent a lot of money this time. She served a fried fish. The fish was not big, about half the size of a palm. Her cooking skills were pretty good. She fried it until it was golden brown and crispy, and she didn't even have to spit out the bones.

The two little girls, who had never eaten fish in such a long time since coming to Pei's house, immediately took one in each hand and ate it, taking a bite of fish and a bite of rice, and they were so happy that they swung their legs.

Mother Pei also laughed as she ate: "We can only eat this thanks to Xiaoxi."

Zhang Xiuyun looked at it for a long time, and her heart was full of confusion. Why did she feel that her daughter's sister-in-law, who had just arrived, was trying to please her daughter? Or even looking at her daughter's expression? Could it be that her daughter was as strong in front of her in-laws as she was in front of her?

Just when she was worried that her daughter didn't know her limits, she forgot about the previous embarrassment when she heard what Pei's mother said. She couldn't help but ask, "My dear, why do you say that?"

Mother Pei said frankly: "The wives my eldest and second sons married were not easy to deal with. If we hadn't separated the family early on, I wouldn't have been able to control them. But Xiaoxi is different. She is amazing."

How could the second brother's family be willing to send food here before? And such good food? It was because of Jiang Xi's medical skills that they dared not offend him and could only please him.

Zhang Xiuyun didn't see the smile on her face, and she disagreed with what she said: "Why does a girl have to be so powerful?"

Jiang Xi suddenly turned his head to look at her and asked, "Mom, are you full?"

Zhang Xiuyun choked up, and suddenly remembered what happened in the afternoon. She shook her head guiltily: "No..."

She quickly buried her head and continued eating.

Pei's mother watched from the side, shaking her head helplessly. This mother really didn't know what to say to others. Isn't it a good thing for a daughter-in-law to be powerful? Does she have to work like a slave for her husband's family? She herself lived happily as a daughter-in-law in the first half of her life, and she never thought about the situation of a daughter-in-law.

After dinner

Zhang Xiuyun also wanted to find an opportunity to lecture Jiang Xi.

But Jiang Xi was too lazy to listen, and didn't even give her a chance to stay with her two daughters for one night. She said, "Mom, since you are fine, go back tomorrow. I will bring them back to see you once a month, but I won't give you any money. Give up."

Zhang Xiuyun was stunned by what she said, but since her elder sister was now cold towards her, she did not dare to refute and just listened obediently.

She really didn't want the lady's money anymore. She was thin-skinned to begin with, and the loss of this man she suffered today was enough to make her suffer for several years. She even had a psychological shadow on money.

But after Jiang Xi finished explaining, she wanted to speak again: "Big sister, I have something..."

Jiang Xi interrupted her and asked calmly and indifferently, "By the way, I have something else to tell you. My second and third sisters don't have names yet. I will start teaching them to read and write tomorrow. I will send them to school in September and ask for names. What do you think?"

The second and third sisters' eyes lit up.

They are going to be famous!

The two looked at their elder sister and mother expectantly.

Speaking of this, Zhang Xiuyun also had some thoughts: "They have to have a good name. The two children are not young anymore. In fact, your father talked about it before. He said to name them Jiang Yu and Jiang Mi. I think these names are not nice and asked him to think about it again. I didn't expect your father to..." As she spoke, her eyes reddened again.

The second and third sisters also looked depressed, pursed their lips and said nothing.

Jiang Xi felt depressed. The original owner was more dependent on her father because Zhang Xiuyun always disliked them for not being boys and liked her uncle's children more. Her father had been dead for three years and her life had changed dramatically.

If I bring it up again at this time, my body will still feel uncomfortable instinctively.

Jiang Xi took a deep breath, suppressed the depression in her heart, smiled, and said softly: "Second sister, third sister, what do you think? I think this name is very good, ginger fish, ginger rice, Jiangnan is known as the land of fish and rice, and I heard that there is no shortage of food and drink there, this is a good meaning."

The two looked up, their big watery eyes slightly curved, and they smiled and nodded: "Well, that's it."

"Then my name will be Jiang Mi."

Jiang Xi smiled and rubbed their heads: "Okay, it's settled then. Bring your notebooks and pens over so I can write down your names for you."

The two of them quickly did as they were told.

Jiang Xi wrote down the names of the two people neatly in the name column, and then handed them to the two of them, asking them to recognize them: "Remember, these are your names from now on."

"Yes!" The two nodded vigorously.

Zhang Xiuyun watched from the side, sighed with a complicated expression, and said: "Big sister, I know you are doing this for their own good, but you are already a member of the Pei family. I haven't even prepared any dowry for you this time, and you still want them to help raise the child. It's already good enough. Why don't you go to school?"

Jiang Xi's expression turned cold.

Jiang Yu and Jiang Mi's expressions changed slightly and their smiles disappeared.

Zhang Xiuyun noticed it, but still insisted: "Look, you are now a village doctor, and they can still help you if they stay at home. Now you can't go to college, what's the point of studying?"

Jiang Xi said coldly: "What made you have the illusion that you keep lecturing me?"

Zhang Xiuyun was also a little annoyed: "I'm doing this for your own good!"

"Don't say these things for my own good! If I really listened to you, I would be someone else's stepmother now, taking care of a bunch of children, so busy that I would be dizzy, and I would also try to empty my in-laws' money to support your brother, and in the end I would be in a difficult situation." Jiang Xi scolded, "I have hands and feet and can support myself. Please take a look at my situation. I am living a good life now. If you really have nothing to do, go and do good for your brother."

Zhang Xiuyun's face turned red after being yelled at by her daughter. She was speechless and trembling all over, but she didn't know how to retort.

She has old ideas. She has been brainwashed by her parents and society for forty years. How can she change overnight? She is unwilling to change. She even thinks that although she sees her daughter living a good life now, who knows what she will be like in the next few decades? The experience summarized by the old people is always right. Women should be gentle...

But the daughter didn't want to hear that.

Jiang Xi looked at Jiang Yu and Jiang Mi, still angry, and said in a serious tone, "I am in charge of you now. You just need to listen to me, not her. Do you understand?"

Jiang Yu wanted to say something with tears in his eyes.

Jiang Mi pulled her sleeve and said loudly, "Got it, big sister! We only listen to you."

After saying this, he bumped into his second sister beside him in an urging manner.

Jiang Xi also looked at her, waiting for her answer.

Jiang Yu lowered her eyes, wiped her tears, and said, "I understand. I will only listen to my elder sister from now on."

She originally wanted to say a few words for her mother, but she knew that her eldest sister was the one who was truly doing it for their own good, so she was reluctant to refute her.

Zhang Xiuyun was completely ignored: "..."

She now feels that these three people are no longer her daughters.

How can a girl treat her own mother like this? !

Jiang Xi didn't care about her and said, "You two can take care of your mother tonight. Let her go tomorrow morning. I'm going to sleep."

"Okay!" Jiang Mi said loudly again.

Jiang Yu also nodded vigorously.

Jiang Xi turned around and left without any regrets for Zhang Xiuyun.