Chapter 47: No Peacemaking
Chu Dan, a master of sabotage, immediately spoke up: "Of course she did. I remember when I was seven or eight years old, my second sister went to the pond to compete with others in swimming, and she was spanked by our father."
The atmosphere was ruined. Chu Hong glared at her and simply picked up a small bowl of egg custard to feed Xiao Yuer.
After eating two bites, Xiao Yuer said sensibly: "Mom is sick, give it to her."
Then he smiled at Chu Hong in a flattering way: "Hello, Second Aunt and Little Aunt, you guys eat too."
The child actually understands a lot and knows that he can only eat the egg custard when the second aunt comes.
She just wanted to be better behaved and more sensible so that her second aunt would like her and come to visit them more often.
Unfortunately, she didn't know what to say, so all she could do was give the best food to her second aunt.
Chu Hong was in a very complicated mood. Children are ignorant, which just shows that they are loved and there is no need to care about other people's feelings too early.
The child, who was only six years old after the Chinese New Year, could not hide his emotions very well. He was obviously reluctant to give up the egg custard, but was willing to give it up in order to please the adults.
But that flattery also made her sad.
If this goes on for a long time, when she grows up, it will be easy for her to ignore her own feelings in order to please others... Chu Hong didn't dare to think about it anymore, and kissed the little girl on the face, smiling and saying: "This is for you, Xiaoyuer, eat it while it's hot."
"Grandma and the others miss Xiaoyuer very much. Can you go back with Auntie?"
Xiao Yuer looked interested, looked at Chu Tong again, and asked in a low voice: "Mom, can we go to grandma's house?"
Chu Tong's period was irregular, often only once every two or three months. But when it came, it was especially frequent in one day. She dared not move, and naturally could not go back.
But she also felt sorry for her daughter, so she smiled and said, "You go back with your aunt first, and mom will pick you up the day after tomorrow."
The day after tomorrow is New Year’s Eve. According to the old custom, we have to have a reunion dinner.
Chu Hong fed half of the egg custard to Xiao Yuer, and left the other half to her elder sister: "We will go back to eat meat. You don't have to pick him up the day after tomorrow. Chu Dan will bring Xiao Yuer back."
She only found out about her elder sister's irregular breathing today, and originally wanted her to go back and ask Mr. Jia to take care of her health.
But then I thought about the taboo of seeing a doctor or taking Chinese medicine during the Chinese New Year, and I felt it was a bad omen.
I swallowed the words that were about to come out of my mouth and planned to talk to my elder sister after the first month of the lunar year.
After all, it’s not a big problem, and it doesn’t matter if it’s a month late.
Chu Tong also appreciated her sister's kindness and finished the remaining egg custard in three bites.
It's mainly just an egg custard, not much more.
On the other side, Aunt Su had also been paying attention to the movements in her eldest daughter-in-law's room. When she saw Chu Hong carrying her granddaughter out, she hurried out: "Just give Xiao Yu'er to me. Her mother was not feeling well this morning, and I was the one who took care of her."
It is to let them know that I am very good to my daughter-in-law and granddaughter.
Chu Hong still held Xiao Yuer steadily: "My grandma misses the child, I will take her back to stay for two days, and send her back the day after tomorrow."
After saying that, he strode out with the child in his arms.
Thinking of the slap mark on her granddaughter's face that had not yet disappeared, Aunt Su wanted to keep them, but before she could open her mouth, the two sisters rode away on their bicycles as quickly as if they were being chased by dogs.
Chu Dan slowed down after leaving the village and couldn't help asking, "Sister, why did you persuade my eldest sister to divorce?"
People of this generation think that marriage is a lifelong thing.
Just like in Lingxia Village, there are couples who quarrel and fight, but no one talks about divorce because of this.
A widow who remarries is inferior to others.
Chu Hong smiled and said, "I'm divorced too. Do you think I'm not doing well?"
This was indeed something Chu Dan could not refute. After his second sister got divorced, the family's life became better and better, with many people coming to propose marriage.
She could only say: "But my elder sister is different from you?"
"What's the difference?" Chu Hong wanted to dispel her idea of early marriage: "We three sisters grew up in our family, and our parents loved us very much. They didn't treat us as money-losing goods."
"Marriage is not for bearing children in the husband's family. Is this marriage for taking care of everything at home and outside? This is like working like a cow or a horse."
"I've worked so hard, but I still get beaten by my husband. How can I live like this?"
Chu Dan also felt that what her second sister said made sense. She couldn't help but ask, "If you were the eldest sister, what would you do?"
"I will fight back." Chu Hong understood what she meant: "Even if women are not as strong as men, tigers still take naps. Unless he doesn't sleep, I will find a chance to beat him."
"Men like to take advantage of their strength, but women can also beat men until they are subdued."
"It all depends on whether you are brave enough and whether you can be ruthless enough."
Chu Dan stepped on the pedal vigorously and said after a while of silence: "Eldest sister is too kind-hearted. I will persuade her more when she comes back."
After Chu Hong responded, she started to talk to Xiao Yuer.
In fact, she also understood that it was impossible for her elder sister to get a divorce just by saying so.
She just planted a seed in her eldest sister's heart, letting her know that her parents would not treat her as a daughter who was married off and thrown away.
In this way, when she accumulates too much disappointment, she will think about divorce.
She glanced at the obedient child in her arms again, it was she who was a little troublesome.
I don’t know whether the Su family will agree to let my eldest sister take her away.
The main thing is that I have never heard of a case where the woman can take the child away after divorce.
Unless the man doesn't want the child.
When I got home, lunch was already prepared, including white rice and a pot of fried lotus root.
Chu Dan looked at the half pot of lotus root in the pot and felt so distressed: "Oh, why did you fry so many lotus roots?"
When Mrs. Song heard this, she laughed and said, "I didn't buy it with any money, why are you so upset?"
Before, we either had vegetables or radishes, and we were really fed up with them. Now that every family has been given lotus roots, it’s naturally an improvement.
She glanced at the things in the backpack again and couldn't help but grumble, "We bought so much again. People might think we're planning to open a supply and marketing cooperative, right?"
"Grandma, you don't know," Chu Dan went to check on the remaining lotus roots, looking worried, "Aunt He gave us thirty yuan and asked us to send another thirty kilograms of lotus roots later."
Old Man Song suspected that he had heard wrongly: "You have already paid? Do you really need so much?"
Chu Dan finally got the chance to show off, and he told the story with great excitement, and finally said with emotion: "In my heart, Aunt He is my breadwinner."
Old Man Song immediately said, "It's okay. I'll go get some more lotus roots later. I'll make sure there's enough."
Chu Hong first found a bottle of wine for Grandpa: "Grandpa, please try it. I also bought some hard candies, peach cakes, biscuits, and several clam oils. You can use them to exchange for lotus roots."
When Chu Dan heard this, she was afraid that her grandfather would take advantage of her cookies, so she immediately took the cookie box and went to her room.
Secretary Song shook his head when he saw this: "This little girl is not as sensible as Xiao Yu'er. She only thinks about eating."
After that, he praised Chu Hong: "I didn't expect you to have such good fortune. You make money easily. You can make as much as others make in a month in one day."
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