Volume 1 Chapter 97 Return to the City
She could imagine how excited Sheng's father and mother would be when they came back to see the hundred-year-old ginseng.
So she didn't put it into the space, but directly put it in the cloth bag so that she could report to Mother Sheng when she came back.
At noon, Sheng Wanyan cooked tomato and egg noodles with the two old people, which tasted very warm.
Both old people have the habit of taking an afternoon nap, and Sheng Wanyan also likes to hide in bed in winter.
Give her a quilt and she can stay at home all day.
Mr. and Mrs. Sheng came back at dinner time, and when they came back, Mrs. Sheng didn't look very well.
Sheng Wanyan braised pig's trotters today, made the stir-fried pig intestines that Sheng's mother had always dreamed of, and a sauerkraut pig lung soup.
Another serving of cucumber salad is already quite filling.
Mr. and Mrs. Sheng could smell the delicious food from far away, and when they returned home and saw such delicious food, they felt much better.
"Mom and Dad, it's time to wash your hands and eat."
Mr. and Mrs. Sheng put down what they were holding, washed their hands, and sat at the dinner table as a family to start eating.
As Mother Sheng ate the pig intestines she had been craving for, she let out the resentment in her heart.
"How about going back to your parents' house today?"
Grandma Sheng looked at the two of them, Father Sheng lowered his head and said nothing, and Mother Sheng got angry when she talked about going back to her parents' home today.
She carried the meat back, and all the food was taken away by her mother. Her mother was very enthusiastic towards her at first, but at lunch time she only gave her and Sheng's father a vegetable steamed bun.
Over the years, she has become accustomed to her parents' favoritism. In their eyes, daughters are worthless.
Anyway, I went back just to save face and not let anyone find fault with me.
But while eating her meal and munching on vegetable steamed buns, she, as an aunt, was asked to help her nephew find a job.
After she refused, he tried to get her to help find a good family in the city for his niece to marry.
As she was talking, her mother asked her to give her daughter's job to her nephew from her mother's family.
She even said in a nice way that having a worker at home would allow her to hold her head up high in the Sheng family.
She was unwilling to do so, but her mother directly scolded her, saying that she was living a good life but was unwilling to support her family.
She is simply an ungrateful person. Her brothers and sisters looked at her with reproach, blaming her for not wanting to support her mother's family.
She has been saying that for so many years, she, as a daughter, has not fulfilled her filial duty. Apart from bringing some meat during the New Year and other festivals, she has never taken her parents' home seriously.
Seeing her relatives like this, Sheng's mother was very angry and started quarreling on the spot.
Her brother and his family are not doing well, can they blame her?
Does she, as an aunt, have to take responsibility for the future of her nephews and nieces?
Are their parents dead?
My nephews and nieces are all adults, don’t they even understand this?
She is just a married daughter, not their biological mother, so there is no reason for her to support them!
As if she owed them!
In the end, no matter how Grandma Sheng cursed, she even put aside her pride and begged Sheng's father for help as her son-in-law.
Both Sheng's father and mother were unwilling to attend, and the meal was extremely tense.
When Sheng's mother came back, Grandma Sheng gave her a pound of sweet potatoes and asked her to take it away.
This was ordered by Grandpa Sheng, otherwise there would be no sweet potatoes.
Grandma Sheng sighed after hearing this. She had been treating her relative for so many years, but he still couldn't see clearly.
The brothers and sisters from Sheng's mother's family are all hopeless, and the sisters are completely controlled by Grandma Sheng. They dare not resist their mother at all.
Mother Sheng is a rebellious person who has always been against her natal family, that's because she married well after her death!
But the other sisters in the family are all from the same village, or from the next village. They work in the fields every day, and suffer bullying at their husband’s house and at their parents’ house as well.
I can't be tough at all!
It’s not that Sheng’s mother didn’t help her parents’ side when she was young, but every time her pampered brothers and sisters were too tired to work.
Every job she went to do was rejected, and all her favors were wasted.
Grandma Sheng sighed. Her in-laws are already this old, but they still can't see clearly.
The future of the grandson at home also requires the help of Aunt Sheng.
This family is truly hopeless. Fortunately, Mother Sheng was not infected by the evil spirit of this family, otherwise how would she live?
"After all, they are your parents, so you still have to show them respect during festivals."
"Just refuse it in a roundabout way if there is anything you want to ask. Don't let anyone label you as an unfilial person."
Grandma Sheng tried her best to comfort Mother Sheng, saying that it had not been easy for her as a daughter-in-law over the years.
With such a vampire in her family, if Sheng's mother wasn't able to stand on her own, she wouldn't be afraid of trouble.
I'm afraid that Mother Sheng's life now is just like her sisters at home, being controlled by her parents' family.
After hearing this, Mother Sheng nodded. She also knew what Grandma Sheng meant.
Anyway, she would not go back except during the holidays, so she didn't want to cause trouble for herself.
Every time she goes back, she is full of anger. Why does she do that?
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Sheng Wanyan stayed in the village with her family elders until the sixth day of the New Year. On the eighth day, everyone had to go to work, so they had to return to the city.
Before leaving, Grandpa Sheng and Grandma Sheng carried two kilograms of pastries and one kilogram of bacon to the village chief's house.
After all, the village chief's wife helps clean the house every year, which is hard work. In this era, who would be so kind as to waste their energy working for you?
It would be better to use this energy to work in the fields and earn work points. Grandpa Sheng and grandma Sheng send some things every year as a reward.
“Take it back!”
The village chief's face darkened when he saw this. He and Grandpa Sheng had fought against the Japanese together when they were young. They were good brothers who had been through thick and thin together.
Cleaning the house is such a small thing, is it necessary for me to carry things to the door every year when I come back?
Who do they think he is?
"It's not for you, so there's no point in asking your sister-in-law to help you with the work for free."
Grandpa Sheng gave the things to the village head's wife. The village head's wife wanted to keep them because they were all valuable things.
And I also put in a lot of effort. I clean the house thoroughly every time.
The village chief's face didn't look so gloomy after hearing this. When the village chief's wife saw that his face looked better, she knew that the thing could be taken.
"Come on, have a glass of water."
The village chief's wife enthusiastically brought two cups of sweet soup to entertain Grandpa Sheng and Grandma Sheng.
"You guys are leaving soon?"
"Yes, the kids at home all have to go to work the day after tomorrow, so I have to clean up when I get home."
The village chief nodded when he heard this. People in the city all go back to work on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, so it is already very difficult for them to come back and stay for a few days.
"Then take a bullock cart at the entrance of the village to the commune, and then take the bus back to the city. The bullock cart will leave at 2 pm."
The village chief gave them instructions, and Grandpa Sheng and Grandma Sheng hurried home to pack their things.
Although Grandpa Shengda's family had some conflicts during the last dinner, their only brother was leaving and they had to see him off no matter what.
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